My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 6

Fall

“…and do you, Trixie Lulamoon, take Luna to be your lawfully wedded wife?” Celestia asked.

“I do.” she said with meaning. Luna smiled over to her almost wife. They’re almost married. she can’t believe it.

Elsewhere in the castle, the flaming chakram Jax threw earlier bounced thought the castle.

“Then by the power vested in me as Ruler of Equestria, and Luna‘s older sister, I now pronounce you Mare and Wife.”

Chrysalis/Twilight smiled evilly on the inside. The knife gained more power as it’s trigger phrase neared. “you may now kiss the…”

The flaming chakram burst into the room, bounced off the ceiling, and shot straight for Chrysalis/Twilight, hitting her and sending her right into the wall.

“TWILIGHT!!!” all her friends yelled.

The chakram bounced on back to the entrance to the room where it was caught by Sora. “We didn’t miss anything important, did we?”

“SORA, ARE YOU INSANE!?!” Armor yelled.

“Are you? The Twilight right there is an imposter.”

“What are you talking about? She’s been here the whole time!!!”

“you might want to rethink that, BBBFF.” the real Twilight said as she walked in.

“Wait? How…” Aura pointed back and forth between the two, confused as everyone else in the room.

Chrysalis/Twilight moved the knife from behind her back and tossed it towards Celestia. A gunshot rang out and stopped the knife in it’s tracks, leaving a gapping hole in the middle.

“game’s over.” Ash said, pointing his gun at her.

“it’s happening again, isn’t it?” a not very surprised A.J. said.

Luna noticed something flying around outside, heading for them. Chrysalis/Twilight chuckled as she got up. “Guess it’s time for Plan B.”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eiX3b9ylLo

Changeling Showdown ~Queen Chrysalis Boss Theme~ by youtuber KingSpartax37.

A stain glass window burst into pieces as Toothless flew though it.

Jax jumped off, landed upside-down on the ceiling, shouted ‘INFERNO!!!’ and shot towards Chrysalis/Twilight like a rocket. She rammed into her and the two were sent crashing though another window to the snow below, leaving a crater upon impact.

A powerful green shockwave shot out of it, clearing out snow in a 50 feet radius and sending Jax flying into the castle wall. Chrysalis’ disguise melted away as she angrily snarled. “Guess it was to much to ask of Scorponok to kill you.”

Jax snickered and wiped blood from her mouth. “well, villains never seem to take care of the good guys themselves. Always comes back to bite them in the ass.”

Chrysalis’s horn tip glowed. “then I guess I have to rectify this myself.” she fired a beam of green light at Jax’s spot. She quickly moved out of the way and ran for dear life. The beam hit the base of the building, making a big explosion.

Jax’s other ring flew out of the building by itself and towards it’s owner. She jumped up, caught it, and threw it towards Chrysalis. She moved slightly to the right, making it miss.

“Someone mind explaining just WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!” Trixie exclaimed, nearly throwing a temper tantrum.

“Oh. Gee. Where do we begin?” Sora sarcastically said and callously said. She looked over to Twilight and let her take over.

“Well, Chrysalis is launching a invasion; learning from her mistakes the last time she did this, she locked us up in the crystal caves with, what Jax said, a giant crystal scorpion…” she pretended to thing for this one. “…and, oh yeah, EDGE BETRAYED US!!!”

“What? That’s nonsense.” Req said, dismissing it with a horse-like sputter.

“He did. He’s one of them. He’s a Changeling!” Halo exclaimed.

“No.” Aura said. “he can’t be. Right, Edge?” he looked over to him but he was already long gone. Same with Leon/Halo and Friction.

“FLAME WHEEL!!!”

A wheel of flame, as the name implies, scorched across the gardens, making a beeline for Chrysalis. She used her magic to make the wheel dissipate before it even got close.

Jax jumped though the embers, holding her chakrams above her. “THUNDER BLADE!!!” a sword make out of electricity appeared in her hands. She slashed down at Chrysalis, then left, then right. The queen dodged all 3 and bucked Jax in the gut, sending her towards the ground.

A green whip shot out of Chrysalis’ horn and wrapped around Jax’s gut. With little effort, Chrysalis flailed Jax all over the place, slamming her into walls, statues, pillars, even the statue of a certain Draconequus.

Chrysalis swung her over the edge of the city and let go of the whip. Jax clamored to loosen back up as she fell, barely having enough time to grab hold of the edge. One of her hands got loose and let got. She held on tight with her other one but holding the edge AND a sharp chakram can have it’s limits.

Chrysalis calmly walked over with a evil snicker and slammed her hoof into Jax’s hand, causing a lot of pain.

“You’re more troublesome then Twilight. And I hate…” she dug her hoof in harder. “… people who give me trouble.”

Jax scoffed away the pain. “glad I could be of…” her dangling hand still held on to her chakram as electricity sparked though it. “…Service!” she swung her arm up and hit Chrysalis right in the cheek; the force from the spell sending her back a bit. Jax held on tighter as she pulled herself up.

Chrysalis snarled as she held when Jax hit her; she scuffed up her natural beauty. “you will pay for that, you humanizing bitch!” her horn glowed and charged at Jax.

A spell bolt shot by her head a nearly hit her. She screeched to a halt and looked at where it came from.

End Song.

The group stood there, ready to turn her into a distant memory. The spell bolt came from one very angry Trixie and a equally mad Luna. “You are going to pay for ruining our wedding.” they both said.

Celestia walked past them, horn glowing and ready to fire. “you are under arrest for crimes against my empire. Give yourself up calmly and you won’t be hurt.”

Chrysalis snarled; her plan was unraveling. She had it all figured out. At least, that’s the look she gave them. In her mind, this is how she wanted things to go. She looked up to the sky and saw a black speck growing much larger.

“something’s wrong here.” Zel said. “Anyone else feel something’s off?”

“Yeah.” Satoshi said.

Chrysalis silently snickered to herself, then slowly grew to a soft chuckle, then just full out laughed. “.hmhmhmhmhmhm. Hehehehehehehehe! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“Okay, she’s lost it. Someone call the funny farm.” Bahamut joked.

Chrysalis stopped laughing and backed up to the edge. “You think this is over?” the tip of her horn glowed and shot a ball into the sky. It exploded like a firework, revealing to all the Changelings in the city that it’s time to move. “Oh, it’s not over! Not by a long shot!”

All over the city, Changelings in disguise revealed themselves and went about spreading total anarchy.

One Changeling accidentally knocked over a torch, setting a fruit stand ablaze.

Screams and yells came from the city, getting everyone’s attention. Smoke from the stand rose to the sky. Celestia snarled in anger.

“Are you going to destroy the city to get your way?!”

Chrysalis was pleasantly surprised by the fact that there was smoke. But, It pissed Celestia off so it worked for her. “why, yes I am. This city-- no no no. this world is rightfully mine. And I will have it.”

Req drew her sword and pointed it at her. “not if we have anything to say about it.”

Chrysalis snickered as she feigned fear. “Oh, no. the human goddess is going to stop me. What am I ever going to do?” she finished with a wicked sneer. “Oh, I got something that has proven to be more then a match for you. Something capable of stranding the great and mighty humans.”

She looked up to the sky and spread her hooves. “Come, Mighty Oscurita!”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tMqUYXe6VI

Hade’s Infernal Theme - Kid Icarus: Uprising OST

The black spot Chrysalis saw in the sky fell down to them like a comet. The group backed up when they saw it coming.

Wings extended out of it and slowed it down but it still fell past the city. A loud boom and a cloud of dust came from below.

“oh, there’s no way this is good.” Lloyd said as he and the others began to back up.

Oscurita’s massive hulking form rose from below and roared to the sky.

“Oh, shit!” Ash exclaimed.

Chrysalis laughed her head off. Her secret weapon already has them running in fear. Leon and Friction appeared next to her in flashes of green fire. Friction noticed that Edge wasn’t with them. She teleported away and came back with him.

“Thank you, Edge, forcing giving us the information necessary to launch this invasion.” Chrysalis said, lying though her teeth.

Edge looked away from them all, not wanting to see them when they broke loose with their anger.

“What?” Dash gasped.

“that’s not true.” Fluttershy said, not wanting to accept it. “He’s our friend. There’s no way he would betray us!”

“oh, but it’s true.” Chrysalis walked over to Edge and panted him on the head. “Little Edgy here was sent to spy on you all along. And Fluttershy knew all along that Edge was a Changeling. Bahamut and Pinkie too. Even your Cutie Mark Crusaders knew that Edge was one of us. And they didn’t warn you. How sad.”

Chrysalis grabbed Edge’s head and turned it towards his former friends. They were angry at him; super angry.

“How could you, Edge?” Req said.

“you son of a bitch…!”

Halo was the angriest. “When I get my hooves on you, you’re gonna be sorry you were born!”

Edge looked at all his friends before turning to Fluttershy. She was hurt that he would betray them. Hurt, and guilty; believe that she was the cause of this; of not telling anyone Edge was a Changeling in the first place, of breaking his heart when he told her his feelings. Of not being there for him.

Chrysalis snickered as she let Edge’s head go. “enough with the golden comedy. I got a world to conquer.”

“I won’t let you win, Chrysalis!” Celestia proclaimed.

“I’m afraid you don’t have a choice, Tia.” she turned her head and faced Oscurita. “Oscurita! It’s time! Make Canterlot my OWN!!!”

Oscurita roared and stretched out his wings.

End Song.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_5-Y2B7E-Y

Invasion - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 OST

Beads and streams of shadow flew out of the monsters wings and headed to all parts of the city. A good number of them landed in front of the group and took on various forms; humans, dragons, ponies, gryphons, eels, and ETC.

“Crap. Not again!” Aura said as he drew his lance. The creatures slowly headed for them, causing them to back up into a corner.

Lina powered up a spell when Req stopped her. “wait. There’s no way we can deal with this many numbers. And even if we do fight them off, we’ll have to deal with him.” she glanced up at Oscurita who snarled down at them.

“then what do we do?” Derpy asked.

Oscurita opened his mouth. A blue glow appeared in it and got brighter.

“RUN!!!” Req yelled out. Oscurita fired his beam attack just as they all made a run for it. The beam hit the palace where the wedding took place, taking it out in a big and fiery explosion.

With the boundless Shadow Creatures running wild, Canterlot has effectively turned into hell on earth, causing plenty of fires and untold amounts of destruction throughout the city.

A spider Shadow Creature chased a family of ponies down into a alleyway. They held each other tight and closed their eyes, wanting to believe this was a just a nightmare. The Spider snarled and lunged at them.

Req sliced a human shadow creature in half as she made her way across the rooftops. When she arrived on this world, she never would’ve seen this coming; nobody would. To see such a peaceful and serine place go down in flames… this world doesn’t need it.

Chrysalis laughed with glee as she watched this from on top of the palace with Edge, Leon, and Friction. Edge was horrified by the levels of destruction; Chrysalis wasn’t like this before.

“Do you see this, Edge? This is what I’ve been striving for all this time! This is the future of our species!”

“by destroying theirs!?!” Edge exclaimed.

Chrysalis looked down at him with anger. “one day, you’ll understand why war was the only option.” she turned and left with Leon and Friction.

Edge looked back at the city on fire. He hit his hooves to the cement. “Dammit! This is all my fault!” he exclaimed.

A dragon shadow creature moved in to kill the CMC who had found themselves trapped down a alley. They held each other close as the waited for the end. The dragon opened it’s mouth, ready to blast them with it’s own beam attack when it suddenly disintegrated.

“Come on!” Jax exclaimed. “You wanna get eaten or do you wanna live?”

Soarin’ punched though a Pegasi monster just before touching down near Celestia. “it’s a mess. The entire city is on fire and overrun by those monsters. And for every one we destroy, 10 more take it’s place.” Celestia couldn’t believe it. She looked up in horror to the city. Her Empire, her entire life’s work, was getting destroyed. “what do we do know, your highness?”

Although she was completely devastated that her empire had fallen, she had to keep up a calm outlook. She took a deep breath and exhaled, giving a order she never thought she would have to give. “evacuate the entire city to the train station! We’re leaving Canterlot!”

Soarin’, stunned by the fact that Her Majesty would say that, reluctantly nodded. “yes, ma’am.”

A giant crystal was hoisted to the top to the tallest tower in Canterlot. Chrysalis used her magic and slashed off the top, making ample room for it.

“what is this, my queen?” Leon asked. He never heard of this thing’s existence before.

“A crystal, imbued with the same magic Cadence and Armor used to throw us out. turns out the crystals in the cave can absorb magic and gain power over the centuries.”

“but if it’s the same magic used to throw us out, why did you bring it out?”

Chrysalis snickered as her horn glowed for a second. “I made some modifications.”

The crystal clunked as it was positioned on top of the tower. Chrysalis walked over to it and placed her hoof on it. “Magic within the crystal, hear my words…”

the gem stirred for a moment before shooting a pink beam into the sky. The beam hit a designated point and began to spread out a barrier similar to what Cadence and Armor did the last time Chrysalis tried to invade.

Satoshi, Ash, Sora, and Fox fired at the charging Shadow Creatures, keeping them at bay while citizens fled for the train station.

“Keep moving! Keep moving!” Amelia exclaimed, pointing and gesturing where the station was.

Req was the last one to arrive from all directions. She bent over and panted heavily. “is that everyone?”

“no. there’s more coming.” Spitfire said as she flew over.

Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash ran up, panting and nervous as hell. “you guys okay?” Req asked.

“No. I can’t fine Sweetie Belle anywhere.” Rarity said with worry.

“Same with Applebloom.”

“And Scootaloo & Eris.”

“There’s also 4 dozen more unaccounted for.” Spitfire said. “But they’re making they’re way here.”

A distant rumble got their attention. They looked up to see the pink beam shot up into the air and the barrier begin to take shape. “well, they better hurry.”

Chrysalis laughed from atop the tower. Her plan had gone better then expected so she deserved a nice evil laugh.

The barrier rumbled as it drew closer to the ground.

“They better hurry up!” Req exclaimed.

“HEY!” Jax exclaimed. She, the CMC, and the rest of the citizens were making a beeline for the station, running as fast as they could. “Hold the ride!”

“Hurry it up, hurry!” Emil exclaimed as he slashed at a Shadow Creature.

The thunder from the barrier forced Jax to look up. There was no way they were gonna make it; it was too far along. She looked down at the CMC, who were right in front of her. If everyone inside are going to be prisoners of war, kids shouldn’t be among them. She gripped her chakrams tightly, causing them to glow green.

“WHIRLWIND!”

A gust of wind shot out and carried the CMC away from the rest of the citizens and to the other side of the barrier.

Giddy with excitement, Chrysalis counted down how long till the barrier’s edge hit. “3...2...1...”

The barrier touched the ground, sealing Canterlot forever to the outside. The rest of the citizens still on the inside slammed into it, hoping to get out. The barrier was impenetrable and they could, in no way, make a dent.

They were sealed in.

End Song.

Several Pegasi rammed into the barrier a few feet above as some unicorns tried to blast it away with magic. No good.

Jax slammed her chakrams into the barrier, each one powered up but they couldn’t make a dent. “Dammit. This thing is strong.” she said from the inside.

“You can’t break it?” Req asked.

“Not even a dent. And something tells me Judgment Ray won’t do it either.”

A bit of commotion came from the station. Derpy walked up to the barrier, asking anyone if they saw her daughter. When she arrived at the barrier, she saw that Dinky was trapped inside with everyone else. When Jax did the whirlwind spell, Dinky was sent flying into a barrel.

“DINKY!” she yelled.

“Mommy!”

Derpy slammed against the barrier, trying to get her out.

Jax slammed her fist against it in agony. Guess she didn’t get all the kids out.

Oscurita heard Derpy’s yell and looked over in her direction. Why was she slamming against the barrier? Why was she trying to get in?

His Shadow Creatures, however, took this to mean something else and swarmed in that direction.

“This can’t be happening! This can’t be happening!” Derpy said over and over as she continued to slam against the barrier. She kept going until Req walked over and placed her hand on her shoulder. Derpy stopped and fell back. She can’t be losing her Dinky, not like this. “why… is this happening…?” she distantly said.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLIJJngIUKA

Courtyard Apocalypse - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Soundtrack

A sudden explosion caught the attention of everyone inside the barrier. Legions upon legions of Shadow Creatures were converging on their location. Everypony screamed but Jax kept a straight face as her chakrams glowed.

“Get going!” she told everyone outside.

Req wasn’t so sure she should. Trapped inside a indestructible barrier filled with ponies; that would be hell in pure hell. “Jax, I…”

“I said get going!” she exclaimed. “I know I don’t have the best history with horses but this is war. Hatred… *foof* …out the window.” she turned her attention to the old grey mare. “Derpy. Trust me. I’ll keep Dinky safe.”

Derpy was helped up by Rarity and Applejack and was carried by them both to the station. “you better.” she said in a soulless tone as she left.

Req felt uneasy about this. Jax looked to her and gave her a nod of confidence. Req slightly smiled and nodded back. “You better keep everyone safe.”

“I promise I will.” Jax said with confidence. Req nodded and ran for the station. Jax walked to the front of the cowering group and readied for battle. “and I always keep my promises.”

A Shadow Spider jumped from a rooftop, heading straight for Jax.

Satoshi and Fox fired their guns at the advancing forces, keeping them at bay as everyone boarded the train. Applejack, Rarity, and Derpy were the last ones on. The conductor looked back to see if they missed anyone else and saw Req running for them, pursued by a flood of Shadow Creatures.

“Get going!” she yelled out, summoning her wings. The conductor nodded and pulled the lever.

The train wheels squealed as they rolled forward rapidly before slowing down.

Satoshi and Fox waited until the last second before jumping onto the caboose.

Req spread her wings and took to the air just seconds before a Shadow Lion reached out to bite her. She landed on top of the caboose just as the train leaved the station.

When the train reached a safe enough distance, everypony opened the windows and looked out at the burning and war torn Canterlot. This was something nobody would’ve suspected; not even the Princess’.

End Song.

The train pulled away from the burning capital.

Chrysalis watched them flee from the castle and smiled.
“♪this day has been just perfect. The kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small…♪” she hopped onto Celestia’s throne and got comfy. “♪Canterlot, I now control and soon the world will fall. who says a girl can’t really have it all?!♪”