Cleared to Engage
Chapter 29
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The Awakening
Both Andrew and Twilight woke up to find out that they were underground, inside of the crystal mines under Canterlot. They could hear evil laughter, but could not find the source. Twilight fired a spell which almost got Andrew in the foot.
"Hey! Watch it!" He yelped.
"Sorry."
"It's fine, but we need to find a way out of here." Andrew said, turning on his flashlight.
"C'mon! I hear something this way!" Twilight fired another spell, which managed to crack through the brittle crystal. It shattered to pieces, Twilight shielded her face to avoid getting shards into her eyes. Once she caught sight of Cadance, she charged head on.
"Wait Twilight it's-" It was too late, Twilight had already used tackle on her.
"Prove it!" As Cadance did the dance, Twilight was bewildered. Andrew thought it was kinda cute to be honest.
"It really is you!" They both embraced in a hug, Andrew crossed his arms, and smirked. As they finished up, Twilight ran ahead to try and scout out a route, while Andrew and Cadance stood back.
"Major." She greeted him with a deadpan expression.
"Cadance." He returned the gesture.
"C'mon, Twilight's waiting for us." Andrew used his locator, and ran ahead, going in its general direction.
Andrew was busy trying to scout out a route he could use without using magic or flying. He also managed to find multiple shortcuts for them to use, making their trip to the surface that much easier. As Cadance broke out into song, Andrew ingored it and kept on going to try and find a way back to the surface, not wanting to intrude on their dramatic moment. In a way, he thought it was kind of catchy, but he wished he heard the other side of the song.
"Hey, minecarts!" Andrew said. Cadance then tried to push it to get it to start moving.
Andrew used his Kinesis to start one up for them, and he picked up another one. He hurdled the minecart and jumped in, right behind Twilight. They all noticed a gorge that was coming their way, Andrew desparately searched for a way to try and get to the other side, while Cadance let Twilight ride on her back. Seeing that there was no other way, Andrew jumped. His arms were swinging to try and grab onto something, but he could only grab air. As he let out a yell, due to the fact that he was falling, Twilight let out a hoof to try and grab him, doing it successfully.
"Thanks Twilight, I owe ya one." Andrew sighed.
"You can thank me later! There's no time left!" Twilight rushed, still running towards the entrance to the mine.
As they neared the entrance, they were all stopped by the old bridesmaids, who had glowing green eyes. They all had a look of viciousness in their eyes, but Cadance had an idea. She shook the flower bouquet and got their attention, they all looked like as if they were dogs getting doggy treats. She then threw it back into the mine, where they all chased after it, making all of them laugh.
"Alright, is there a plan to any of this?" Andrew asked while running.
"All we need to do is stop the wedding! I haven't gotten that far yet!" Cadance replied, Andrew nodded silently, with a look of seriousness on his face.
As they were both about to commit, Cadance, Twilight, and Andrew burst into the room. This time, Twilight had proof that she was an imposter.
"If that's Cadance, and that over there's Cadance. Why are there two of them?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"It's because she's a Changeling!" Cadance spat, making the other Cadance start to laugh in an evil way.
Evil Cadance started to turn into a black-ish green monster. Andrew took off his helmet to see the whole thing, and it did not look pretty.
"That's one ugly son of a bitch." Andrew said, putting his helmet back on.
"I agree." Helena said, walking up next to him.
"Welcome back Boss, we almost missed you." Nick said sarcastically, throwing his battle axe over the shoulder.
"Get ready, Equestria. To be introduced to your new queen!"
"So, who are you exactly?" Andrew asked.
"Why, I'm Queen Chrysalis, of the Changelings. As we speak my Changeling hive is breaking the barrier." She threatened.
Just then, Princess Celestia stepped up to the playing field. She confronted Chrysalis and challenged her.
"Now that you've revealed yourself, I can protect my subjects from you!" She charged up her horn and blasted a continuous stream at Chrysalis, only for her to retaliate, with more power and strength.
As Princess Celestia fell to the ground, everyone gasped. Twilight ran over to her side, and she whispered something unaudible to Andrew before she passed out. Just as if on cue, the giant pink bubble shield shattered into more than a million pieces. The next thing you know Changelings were swarming Canterlot.
"We need to get to the Elements of Harmony! Andrew, we need your help!" Andrew drew out his sword and shield, and nodded, following right behind Twilight.
The whole place was flooded with Changelings, more than anypony could count. As they neared the gates, they all were surrounded by the swarm.
"Twilight, get behind us, when you see an opening, go for it." Andrew said through his gritted teeth. Though Twilight resfused to listen, she then stood next to Andrew, and got ready to charge.
"No, we're staying with you." She retorted defiantly.
"Yeah! You promised you wouldn't leave us!" Rainbow added in. Andrew sighed, readying himself in a defensive stance.
"Well, then, get ready for a fight! Fluttershy, get behind us if you want to." She nodded silently and got inside of the circle.
As the Changelings started to shift forms, Echo Team readied themselves. The thing is... the Changelings were all shifting into the girls, which was a bad thing, as they don't have special identification tags to know which is the real one. They charged Echo Team first, in retaliation Andrew raised his shield, and lead a counter charge into the swarm.
Andrew felt like he was in a hack and slash game, as he was just swinging his sword in hope of hitting something. Nine out of Ten times he did hit something, but his main fear was hitting any of his real friends. Though, it felt like something inside of him clicked, as if he knew which one was which. He noticed Rainbow getting a little over run. He ran over and stuck his sword out, and swung it all around him, doing a spin attack. Rainbow flew over him and kissed him on the cheek, making him blush. She then flew off to help somepony else, leaving Andrew about to be attacked by a group.
He shot the group with a beam of Stasis, slowing them all down about a fourth of the speed they were originally going. Andrew charged up his sword, performing a jump strike, taking them all out in a matter of moments. Andrew even saw a little shock wave being produced as he hit the floor.
As he finished his side, he stood back and watched the others do their job.
Helena saw in the corner of his eye that Andrew was done on his side. She smirked as she drew out her double hidden blades, holding one at a pivot. She could feel the dripping of the poison coming off of her right blade. A Changeling then charged at her, only for her to sidestep it and stab it straight in the neck.
"Hey! I'm gonna go carve a path for the girls! Keep them busy!" Andrew said, gesturing for them to follow him.
"Copy that." Helena responded.
As Andrew continued his hacking and slashing, Nick, Jhon, and Helena were left to fend off hordes and hordes of Changelings. No matter how many they all put down, they only get replaced by Ten more. There they were, all back to back to back, all with their distinct weapons. Thet all let out one last charge, as they knew that they couldn't hold out any longer. They were backed against the doors to the elements, and eventually, they were covered in a sticky green goo. They were all binded together by their hands, and were taken prisoner, back to the wedding room.
Andrew just closed the gates, and turned around, just to see about a million more Changelings, waiting for them. Andrew eased his grip on his sword, and the girls were left speechless.
"Oh fuck me." Andrew complained.
Andrew woke up from being knocked out, as he came to he noticed that he was being bound by some sort of green goo. He looked around, and saw that he was still at the wedding, and Chrysalis was still in control. He heard her cackle before being confronted by her.
"With you being related to Night Shade I expected you would be much harder to fight. I was wrong." She boasted, Andrew tried to struggle and escape, and hissed at Chrysalis.
"No use fighting it, that bind is almost inescapable." She laughed.
"Anyways, you know I have to feed my hive. By the looks of it you love the blue one very much." She walked over to Rainbow, who was stuck to the ground from the goo.
"Don't touch her!" Andrew threatened.
"Yeah! Don't touch me! I don't know where that horn has been!" Rainbow spat.
Just as Chrysalis was about to touch Rainbow with her horn, Twilight released Andrew's binding. As he secretly grabbed for his sword and shield, she was almost about to touch Rainbow. Andrew took out his Desert Eagle he had been concealing, and shot the ground right next to her, making her jump back.
"You ready to pull this off Night Shade?" Andrew asked telepathically.
"Ready when you are." He replied, laughing like a maniac.
Just then, Andrew started to change. His hair color changed from brown to black, and his eye color changed from blue to gold. Though to Chrysalis it didn't seem that much more threatening, it was just changing color scheme. Andrew could feel Night Shade's power, as it coursed through his veins, he also felt magical.
"Chrysalis, if you lay one hoof on her, you can kiss your sorry hive goodbye." Andrew said, putting away the Desert Eagle, grabbing the sword and pulling it from its scabbard. He threw the scabbard to the side, and the sword emanated a powerful glow.
"Princess, what's going on?" Twilight asked, Princess Celestia, freeing herself from a pod, explained.
"It looks like Night Shade is channeling his power to Andrew, which gives him strength." She sighed, trying to get off any excess goo from her coat.
Andrew did the, "Come at me bro," pose, and Chrysalis did just that. She shot a beam at Andrew, who just deflected it with his sword, only to play a little game of ping pong with each other, making Andrew laugh. Chrysalis was starting to get worked up at this point, and fired a continuous stream on energy at Andrew. He blocked it with his shield, only for his shield to magically absorb it and it fired back at her.
"Ha ha! I knew the shield would come in handy!" Night Shade said triumphantly.
"Come on Nighty! We gotta stay focused."
"Gotcha! What's the next move?" He asked, in a determined way.
"We wait for her to come down, and then we hack away at her." Andrew explained, trying to pull Chrysalis down with his Kinesis.
With her being stunned, Andrew brought her down with Kinesis, and went to town. As he performed the jump attack, she rolled out of the way and kicked him in the chest with her hind legs. He got up as if it was nothing, wiping the blood away from his mouth, and spit out some too.
"Your emotions are all out of control, a little enraged, are we Night Shade?" She breathed in Andrew's emotions, which made her stronger.
"Andrew, she's taking your energy! You have to clear your mind!" Night Shade warned.
"If I let go, I've got nothing left. If I don't, there will be nothing left." Andrew explained, to himself.
He let out a heavy sigh, as if he was meditating, and his pupils started to turn white. Chrysalis staggered back as Andrew shot a beam of stasis at her, making a direct impact. He then threw his shield as a frisbee at her, hitting her in the jaw, and knocking her to the ground. As her Changeling minions rushed to her side, Andrew swung his sword, letting out a shockwave and knocked them back.
"You ready to die, Chrysalis?"
"No! No! Please!"
"There's no room in the world for beings like you. You don't deserve to live." Andrew raised his sword, only for his original colors to come back.
"What are you doing Andrew? We can end this!" Night Shade said.
"Everyone has a right to live, until they give it away. You don't see Chrysalis killing innocents, they're just hungry, that's all." Andrew explained.
"I suppose so. Very well then, if you're my descendant, I trust your judgment." Andrew nodded affirmingly, coming back to reality.
Twilight released Cadance from her binding, and snapped Shining Armor from his daze. He tried to perform the spell, but he was too weak. Andrew watched everything transpire, in which it created a giant shockwave, which drove out Chrysalis and her Changeling army. Andrew used his sword as a walking stick, because he was too weak to walk on his own.
"You did good, Andrew. You may rest now." As Andrew was guided to a bench to sit down, he took a brief nap.
Andrew was later woken up to see the wedding, and he almost cried. He set down his sword as he started to clap for the newly weds. Celestia whispered something to Rainbow that was unaudible to him, but Rainbow turned to him and winked, making him smile back at her. Rainbow flew out the balcony and performed a sonic boom, which also produced a rainbow in the form of a halo. Echo Team was clearly shocked at this, to the point where their jaws here hung open.
At the reception, Luna flew in right when the singing and dancing started.
"Did I miss anything?" She asked, Andrew laughed as he shook his head.
"Nothing much, Luna."
As Shining Armor and Cadance rode away for their honeymoon, they all went towards the train station. They all went over there at a rather slow pace, Andrew was especially excited to get back to Ponyville.
"Until next time, Major." Celestia nodded.
"Until next time, Celestia." Andrew bowed, just then the train cart closed.
"It's good to have you guys back finally." Twilight welcomed them.
"It's good to be back, Twi." Andrew said through his covers.
"Hey Rainbow." Andrew got her attention.
"Yeah?"
"You want to have lunch tomorrow?"
"Hay yeah!"
"Consider it a welcome back date." He chuckled.
"Aww, how sweet! Now go to bed!" Nick moaned, blowing out the candle light.
Next Chapter: Chapter 30 Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 27 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Sorry, I forgot to implement fight music. I'll do it next time! ~Asian