The horns of war sounded, reverberating across the frozen battle field. Both sides charged out in preplanned formations to allow their side the best chance for victory.

Queen Chrysalis flew out with her personal guard to assist her. She knew her assignment, and it was important that she complete her task. If she fails, then she knows that the rest of the fight will be far more difficult for her daughter. Chrysalis looked down and saw the massive of her subject move forward, the human out in front ready to do his task.

This is my last fight, and I shall not fail you, Scarlet. Chrysalis thought as she flew ahead, aiming for the dark shadow that flew towards her. She knew who it was: Nightmare Moon. Chrysalis growled at the thought of this creature threatening her hive.

The green swarm and the dark shroud hit, both engulfing the other. The dark shroud shrunk as the green swarm regrouped. In front of Chrysalis was Nightmare Moon, pure evil consumed her face. Chrysalis knew this was not going to be pleasant, but she had enough love from Anthony to give her the strength to take on Celestia.

“So it is true, the changelings are fighting for Equestria,” Nightmare Moon said, thinking that this whole experience was a joke. “I can’t believe Blackwing actually thinks that you pathetic beings are a threat. But he is not to be questioned, so I have been chosen to take you down. So let’s see you can make this at least seem like a challenge.”

Nightmare Moon charged at Chrysalis and her guard, blasting them in different directions. Nightmare Moon hit three of her guards, those three no longer in the land of the living. The others were sent in a tumble away from their queen. Chrysalis quickly recovered and was prepared when Nightmare Moon turned around.

“You shall pay for the deaths of my subjects,” Chrysalis promised, anger boiling up inside her.

“Then what are you waiting for?” Nightmare Moon said, a slight smile on her lips.

Chrysalis charged her horn and shot a blast of magic at Nightmare Moon. In her arrogance, she allowed herself to be hit. The Mare in the Moon crashed into the ground, sending dust and chunks of rocks into the air. Chrysalis stayed in the air, knowing that if she had not been taken in down that easy. The ground shook as the dark shroud shot from the crater. The Mare in the Moon no pissed.

“Well, you might actually be a challenge. Maybe it won’t be such a boring day,” Nightmare Moon said, flying back up to be face to face with Chrysalis and her guards.

“Guards, I want you to join the battle below. I will take care of her,” Chrysalis told her guards, confusing them. She didn’t have time to convince them otherwise. “Now!”

The guards didn’t dare question her, and flew right down to assist the others in battle. Smoke was already rolling across the ground, the siege equipment from both sides doing their jobs well. Chrysalis turned away from the warzone below and focused on Nightmare moon.

“You should have known better than to challenge the might of the changeling kingdom,” Chrysalis said, attempting to intimidate Nightmare Moon.

“Oh really, and why is that?” Nightmare Moon asked, already knowing what her next move is going to be.

“Because: When the changelings go to war, we bring only the very best. Now!” Chrysalis yelled, confusing Nightmare Moon.

Suddenly, a loud crack was heard, followed by a projectile hitting Nightmare Moon in the side. Electricity covered the dark mare, weakening the powerful, demon-infused Nightmare Moon. It took all Nightmare Moon had to remain airborne.

“Good Luck, Chrysie,” Anthony said into Chrysalis’s earpiece.

“You too,” Chrysalis replied, hearing the channel go quiet as she turned down the device. She had to give the human credit; he knew how to wage war.

“You fucking BITCH!” Nightmare Moon yelled, anger now the only thing showing. “You’ll pay for that.”

“If only it was me, but it wasn’t my plant to weaken you. I would have had you killed before the fighting even started. He said something about that how Pinkie Pie wouldn’t enjoy the story. I just went with it, but now I’m glad he did. I get to take you out personally,” Chrysalis said, a smirk creeping on her face.

Nightmare Moon just growled and once again charged at Chrysalis in a blind rage. The changeling queen was ready and dodged to the right, blasting Nightmare with another blast. Nightmare Moon was again hit by the blast and flew forty feet away from the changeling. The Mare in the Moon was now fuming.

Nightmare Moon charged her horn for a powerful blast, one stronger than that which Celestia had used on Chrysalis the first time the two met. Chrysalis would have been able to handle a blast that powerful at the time, but now her strength wasn’t enough to knock it but. Chrysalis shot back at Nightmare Moon and the two blasts collided in between the two.

The light generated blinded both Chrysalis and Nightmare Moon, it also illuminated the ground below. It glowed brighter than that of the sun, causing all sides to watch to see who would the tug-of-war. And they were about to find out real soon.

The point of contact grew in size and mass, becoming more dense and circular. The energy coming off of it was overwhelming, but the two did not let up. They kept up their end of the blast until the giant sphere exploded. The blast consumed all light in the area, erasing all shadows. The heat from the blast alone, even at the height, was enough to melt the snow and heat the air. This destroyed the winter conditions of but a few minutes ago.

Queen Chrysalis found herself on the ground, her wings singed to the point of uselessness. She shook her head to try and remove the ringing in her ear. She tried to look around, but spots still filled her vision. She guessed that Nightmare Moon must not have been doing as good as her.

After a few minutes, the ringing wasn’t as prominent and her sight had mostly returned. She wobbly got back to her feet, her strength really dying down and fast. The changeling queen found herself in a small hill, she in a cored out part from the impact. Dirt covered the walls and a single hole in the top was the only light in the room, not a complaint in Chrysalis’s mind.

Chrysalis started to climb out of the hole to find that the surface of the field was wet and muddy from unfrozen snow. The heat had also risen, adding to Chrysalis’s already tired body. She moved uneasily and towards her camp, hoping to find someone helpful. She didn’t like what did come after her.

A pair of diamond dogs found her, and the two didn’t wait to charge at her with drawn swords. The mismatched armor of the dogs rattled as the moved towards the weakened changeling queen.

“What do you think we should with this one?” DD1 said to the second. The two stopped short as they saw who it was.

“Maybe the boss might want her, she might have important information. If nothing else, I hear changeling are really good in bed,” the second diamond dog said, snicker at the prospect. Queen Chrysalis was worried as she knew that her strength was fading and fast. She tried to move away, but her legs gave out from under her. The diamond dogs laugh at her failed attempts of escape and the two move forward.

Just as the two go to grab her, they are hit by powerful blast of changeling magic. The diamond dogs crash into a jagged rock from the crash, both being knocked out from the hit. Queen Chrysalis looked up and that her daughter was standing were the blast had come from, a contingency of guards quickly forming a circle around the changeling queen.

“Mother, are you okay?” Scarlet asked, getting closer to her mother.

Chrysalis didn’t have the strength to reply, so instead sunk her teeth into her daughter’s neck. At first Scarlet was confused, but then realizes that Chrysalis was too weak. As Chrysalis fed on Scarlet, the guards remained in the defense formation. Scarlet started to worry as Chrysalis fed more than she had in the past, but Chrysalis finally pulled back. The queen of the changelings had a smile on her face from the meal.

“Thank you, daughter, I needed that. You should not have come though, you are more important than me,” Chrysalis said, energy coursing through her veins.

“I couldn’t leave you to be taken or worse. And Nightmare Moon might not be done. She’s a lot stronger than she used to be, and a lot more powerful than Celestia,” Scarlet said, watching as her mother stood up.

“Then we have no time to lose,” Chrysalis said, trying to fly and forgetting the now burnt nubs. She fell down on the ground, now wishing that changelings could regenerate faster.

“Mother, I don’t think that you should continue this,” Scarlet said, wishing she could assist her mother. “I can take care of Nightmare Moon, you just go back and rest.”

“No, I shall be the one to remove Nightmare Moon from this world. She has made this personal. Scarlet, if you could spare a pair of guards, I shall take them and then I can take Nightmare Moon down,” Chrysalis asks, knowing her daughter would agree.

“Fine, but I’ll send four with you. I don’t want to chance losing you again, Mother,” Scarlet affirmed.

“Thank you, Scarlet. I knew that you would be the one to replace me as queen, just didn’t know it would be in this form,” Chrysalis said, giving her daughter a final hug before the four guards move on either side of her.

They move down towards were Nightmare Moon was thought to have crashed was uneventful. They had to walk from crater to crater, using them as hiding spots to remain unseen. The temperature has started to drop again, the effects of the explosion wearing off on the battlefield. The group found the crash site of Nightmare Moon, and suddenly wished they hadn’t. Blackwing was standing there, his final anthromorphic form shown.

He was six feet in height, wings extended behind him in both directions by ten feet. His arms were thick as tree trunks and hands clawed. His hooves were still there, but were now large and attached to oversized legs. His head was the most terrifying feature; it was like a pony’s head was taken and morphed with a dragon’s skull. Blackwing looked over at Chrysalis and her guard and smiled.

“Well, I am surprised you were able to get over here. Nightmare Moon wasn’t doing too well when I arrived, but I think that now you can see for yourself,” Blackwing said, moving to the side to reveal Nightmare Moon. The dark mare was standing, no visible signs of injury on her.

“Now Queen Chrysalis, where were we?” Nightmare Moon spoke, a darker presence in her voice than before.

“I was going to remove you from the fighting, permanently,” Chrysalis replied, trying to hide the fear growing inside her. The guards took a defense stance in front of Chrysalis without being ordered to.

“Ha, and what do you think you can do against both of us?” Nightmare Moon asked, Blackwing just laughed at the thought of killing the guards with on effort.

“You’ll have to fight this one alone, Night-Bitch Whore,” a voice hollers behind Chrysalis. They all look up from the crater and see the armored Spartan standing there, his shotgun aimed at Blackwing.

“Ah, human. I was wondering when you would find me. What has taken you so long?” Blackwing asked, an evil smile growing on his face.

“You know, kicking ass and taking names, and yours is next on the list,” Anthony said, his voice showing extreme stress.

“Well, what are you waiting for then?” Blackwing inquired.

Anthony answered by flying at over a hundred mile an hour straight into Blackwing’s chest. The two went off in their own direction, going farther from the crater every second. Chrysalis and Nightmare Moon stared each other down for a time after the two powerhouses had left.

Nightmare Moon made the first move, flying into the air and firing bolts of lightning at the group. Chrysalis’s guards set up a barrier to take the impact of the bolt, but it was more powerful than they had perceived. The shell crack and shattered, but the occupants were unharmed. Chrysalis decided to even the playing field.

The queen of the changelings pulled her head back and launch out globs of goop from her mouth. It was an easy concoction for changelings to make and was used primarily to capture prey. And that was exactly what it did.

The goop stuck to Nightmare Moons wings like glue and weighed them down to the point of uselessness. Nightmare Moon fell from the sky and hit the ground with a powerful thud. She took one look at her wings and growled, words beyond her scope of thought now. The dark mare shot blast upon blast of magic at Chrysalis in uncontrollable rage. Each of the blast impacted against a shield that her guards were once again able to erect, and this one was holding.

Chrysalis was preparing to finish off Nightmare Moon a powerful blast when the shield exploded, sending Chrysalis away. She hit a tree that was still standing and was the cause of it exploding into a million pieces. One of those pieces was positioned to lodge itself into Chrysalis’s side, right into her one of her lungs. She coughed up a glob of blood and spat it on the ground. Nightmare Moon strolled over, thinking her victory secured.

“Now do you see how pointless this all is?” Nightmare Moon asked, knowing she had the upper hand.

“Nothing is pointless as long as somepony is willing to do something about it,” Chrysalis responded, spitting out more blood. Nightmare Moon just laughed at the queen of the changelings.

“When will you learn, Blackwing is the true ruler of every world. We shall not stop until everything is under his control,” Nightmare Moon said, her ego getting the better of her as she turned away to watch the fighting going on. “Do you truly believe that your single human can defeat Blackwing?”

Chrysalis didn’t respond for fear of losing more of her life essence. She instead prepared for something that she knew her daughter wouldn’t like. Nightmare Moon didn’t even look to see what the dying queen was doing.

“Did you know that it was Blackwing that reconstructed my mind? Yes, he found my broken spirit and rebuilt it. He had his demons build me a new body, one that would be solely mine. All he wanted in return was absolute loyalty to him; he offered this to the human. But that stupid creature was too in love with my weaker counterpart to see the beauty Blackwing had in mind. Now he will pay for that mistake,” Nightmare Moon said. Chrysalis chose this time to speak her final words.

“I don’t think it was a mistake, but a move in the right direction. That human is why I have a reason to fight. He brought me back my daughter, and I shall give my life so that she doesn’t have to live under the rule of a tyrant,” Chrysalis said with much conviction in her words. “And I’m taking you with me.”

“And how do you suppose that?” Nightmare Moon said, turning around to find that Chrysalis was right behind her. The changeling’s horn was lit was enough energy to rip open a mountain, and it was pointed right at Nightmare Moon.

Her eyes grew wide as she tried to erect a shield to defend herself, but the energy was released. A field of energy absorbed both combatants, Chrysalis’s guards having passed away. The last words on Chrysalis’s lips were to her daughter to be strong.