“Sister, be careful...” Princess Luna said, embracing her farewell.
“You know what you have to do,” Princess Celestia replied, giving Luna a kiss on the forehead. “We need the Powers of Harmony out of their hands and into those of new Guardians.”
“But who will be chosen?” Princess Luna asked.
“It’s up to you, now fly off!” her sister replied, pushing her into her airship.
The airship took altitude, as Princess Luna looked on to Princess Celestia, eyes watering.
It then took off, with Princess Celestia shaking off any urge to cry.
She then proceeded to run away from the hangar, down the halls, and straight into the throne room. Approaching the throne, she sat on it, waiting for the attacking forces to barge in through the colossal doors.
Within a few moments, the doors blew open, with a menacing male shadow monster wearing a crown and cape, along with a female insect-humanoid monster covered in a green liquid sludge. Both of them were leading armies of lesser but similar looking monsters, minions,and grunts.
Princess Celestia stood firm, staring down the menacing couple as they approached.
“We have taken over your kingdom. Now, yield or die.” King Sombra said, his shadow minions in tow.
“We know you don’t want this to be… painful to your subjects...” Queen Chrysalis added, snapping her fingers to summon her changelings, bringing forth a captured squad of Royal Guardsmen.
Princess Celestia was known to be crafty, but the extent of her craftiness was unknown to the evil lord and lady standing in front of her.
“They’re trained to fight and die for the Kingdom,” Princess Celestia answered. “As much as I hate for them to die, they’re willing to take anything from a bullet to a full powered energy blast.”
She then smirked. “Oh, and I know how your kind proliferates, by conversion. You don’t kill, you capture.”
“Sombrero here's another story,” Queen Chrysalis cooed, stroking the Shadow Lord's cape.
“Get your hands off me,” King Sombra said. “Yet you speak truth. The Shadow Horde feeds on life force.”
“Interesting…” Princess Celestia remarked. “But neither of you will be able to feed on this kind of energy.”
A ray of sunlight blasted its way through the roof, wounding the Changelings and forcing the Shadow Minions to retreat.
King Sombra and Queen Chrysalis were teleported back to their camps.
The Royal Guards got their bearings and took the Princess away, fleeing the castle.
An aircraft landed in the now-destroyed gardens of the castle, with the pilot chiming in.
“Princess Celestia, Shining Armor here, we managed to salvage this before the Changelings wrecked the Royal Guard hangars. I have a message from your sister.”
“All right then,” Princess Celestia said, entering the craft with the guardsmen at watch.
“It was something about the Harmony Orbs, but she managed to go into hiding in a small town called Pony Grove,” Shining Armor explained. “It would be better if she told you herself, since she came close to hyperventilating when she explained it to me.”
“To Pony Grove, then.” The princess ordered. “They wouldn't give chase unless they personally led it, knowing that I'm the target.”