//------------------------------// // Invasion // Story: Power of the Song // by Authora97 //------------------------------// Sabrina The Great King took me from the Hive shortly after the drones took the prisoners away. We still had to deal with that purple and pink alicorn. Something about them set alarms off in my head. 'It's not your head.' A voice reminded me. 'It's mine you fucking bug lover. And if you so much lay one finger on my Dusk I'll kill you!' I didn't know much about this voice. All I knew was that it sounded like me and was on the ponies' side. Coming close to the town known as Ponyville, I prepared the spell the King asked me to use. 'I can see what's happening And they don't have a clue They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line Our trio's down to two! Ze sweet caress of twilight There's magic everywhere And with all this romantic atmosphere Disaster's in the air!' I gave a nod to King Morphosis, telling him to send the changelings off into the town. Once I began to feel the magic of the song dwindle I continued. 'Can you feel the love tonight? The peace the evening brings The world, for once, in perfect harmony With all it's living things' Ponies would've screamed if there wasn't so much love in them thanks to my magic. I walked in the streets, staring all those blissful faces as the changelings sucked love out of them. The magic on the town would last as long as it was needed, or a week. Whichever came first. 'My friends. The Cakes. Mayor. Lilitha Bunny. All of them. Why are you doing this to them?' The voice cried. 'The Crusaders! Take me to the Crusaders!' Wondering who this voice was talking about, I walked over to a big purple house. Keeping the song magic going. Inside were three colts; a yellow earth pony, orange pegasus and whites unicorn. "Sabrina! It's you!" Cried the white one. "It's changelings! Them's all over even at Sweet Apple Acres!" The earth pony explained. I felt something grab my leg. Looking down I saw it was the white unicorn. "We need help Sabrina, please help us." He cried. 'Silver, I'm trying my best to fight her. But Morphosis is too strong.' The voice said. 'Please do what you want with me but leave these colts alone. They're innocent!' I was about to agree with this voice when I felt something stabbing my brain. "Sabrina!" The colts yelled. I looked up at them. "Sorry kiddies. Sabrina is out for the holidays. Could I take a message?" I said cruelly. "No. Not Sabrina." The pegasus denied. The colts soon hid up the stairs of the home. "Come here little colts. I promise that if you come peacefully I can make sure to give you a nice little cell at the Hive. I'm sure the Elements and your Prince of the Night will be glad to see you." I yelled for them. 'You rotten bitch!' The voice yelled. 'Colts run!' "They can't hear you. Nopony can hear you." I could feel the voice crying inside me. Nearly stopping the magic I was using on the town. After some more chasing, I found the unicorn and grabbed him by the neck. "Scream, let your friends come and save you." I commanded him. "Apple Buck! Scooteroll!" The colt cried. The two colts came out, I used a lullabye on all three of them. Knocking them out cold. Wrapping them in cocoons I floated them towards King Morphosis, bowing in his presence. "My King. I have found whom I believe to be the young siblings of two Elements of Harmony, Honesty and Generosity. The third is close with another, Loyalty." Slowly, I placed the cocoons on the dirt. 'What have I done? If I didn't ask to see them, they would be safe.' "Good job Sabrina. Let's take to the Hive." It felt good to please the King. 'Spines, Red Gala, Artemis, all the Bearers and now the CMC. I did this to them. For what? So a bug could have a full stomach." I created a leaf surfboard and began trailing the King with the three cocoons in tow. "He is our King. Whoever you are should feel grateful that he lets us do his bidding." I said out loud. 'But at what cost! We've lost our friends! The only family we had left hates us! Morphosis will use us til you're dry and toss you like a murder weapon.' "My King can treat me as he sees fit." I explained. 'Even if he sees fit to kill you? What then hot shot? You may be mind controlled but even you are scared of death.' I gulped, but kept my facd emotionless. 'You don't want to die. I don't want to die alone with my friends hating my guts. Maybe even have Bubbly throw a party because I'm gone.' "You have friends?" I asked the voice. 'I'm going to let that insult slide.' The voice said angrily. 'And I had the best friends any pony can hope for. A baby dragon. A god of the stars. Six ponies who risked their lives to save me. And a bookworm who is lost out there, not knowing that I'm still in here. Or that I have a HUGE crush on him.' "Wow. Those friends sound nice." I told her. 'The key word was had. I had friends before you came along.' The voice told me. "Why are you blaming me for your problems?" 'Are you dunce!? I AM YOU! YOU ARE ME! I WAS THE YOU BEFORE MORPHOSIS! YOU ARE JUST A MESS HE ISN'T GOING TO CLEAN UP!' "That isn't true." I told her. 'Then why are you talking to yourself?' Her words hurt me it's true. I guess I knew at one point I would no longer be needed. That I would be thrown out. But I hope it will be a long time until that day comes. 'Dusk Shine. I'm sorry.' the voice cried as I felt more sadness come from her. Dusk Shine I hid behind the bushes as another Changeling guard walked by. A while ago I had noticed Morphosis leave and he took Sabrina with him, most likely to begin his terrible plan. I was also beginning to get worried about Eros and Sparkling Armor. They should’ve been here awhile ago. Yet, at the same time I didn’t want them to come. As to keep them safe. This wasn’t the whole truth. I was mostly worried about Sabrina. What had Morphosis done to her? From the time we spent together I knew she was more loyal than Rainbow Blitz, even on one of her not so good days. The mind control was most likely stronger than for the groomstallions but I had no real know of knowing. For Solaris’ sake I couldn’t think straight! I need to try and get the others out too. Maybe I could fix Sabrina first, then we could get the others. I wanted to make sure she was safe first, but they’re my friends so why am I prioritizing her over them? Ugh! Why did everything have to be so complicated when it came to Sabrina?! I knew I liked her but, it just seems like a little weird. Is there a book somewhere on this? I mean, she’s not a pony. ‘Note to self: Never joke about Spines’ crush on Elusive.’ Sensing a magical presence, I ducked behind the bush. I heard some strange whooshing sounds and a big thud. “Perfect, just fucking perfect! Not only did I pick the wrong leyline again I ended up in the Badlands! Someone needs to label those fucking things!” A voice yelled. Looking over the bush a saw a creature looking just like Sabrina. Her hair was black instead of brown. She was wearing some sparkling silver clothing with dark blue cloth over her legs. “I might as well see which one I ended up in. Hello?” The creature asked. Her eyes locked on mine. “Son of a bitch. Are you kidding me?! It’s not just the Badlands it’s the freakin’ genderswapped Badlands! Oh that’s so much better.” She groaned. “Umm...Dusk Shine?” “H-h-how did you know my name?” I asked her. She laughed. “I got it right? Wow, Lila is gonna be laughing her ass off when I get back home.” She said. “Wait a second, what are you doing in the Badlands?” “Me? How did you get into Equestria?” I asked her. “Ah, something’s telling me that you’re no different than my Twilight Sparkle. She was pissed at me when she first saw me like this,” She gestured to all of her, “About five years ago I discovered I could, I guess, jump into over dimensions. That’s literally the best explanation I can give about it. But I also thought I was alone until two hours ago when one of my own bashed my head in.” My eyes widened. “I woke up tied to a chair with a gun (similar to a magical blast only made of metal and about 67% of the time in my case kills) to my back. This girl saved me, Lila, the daughter of the guy that tied me to the chair. I was trying to get to Equestria because your female self did something stupid and I was the one forced to fix her mess. I keep missing. Your turn.” I stared at her for a little bit, “Oh, crap, I forgot, my name is Morgan Spencer. I should really start with that.” The girl facepalmed. After the shock of what she just said passed, I started. “A human came into Equestria a month ago, Sabrina Goldenheart. She was abducted by Changelings a couple days ago. The brainwashed her and are using her magic to try and take over Equestria.” A bright flash filled my eyes. “What was that?” I asked. “My camera phone. Who knows when I’ll see another male Twilight. I needed proof to show her that you existed and to laugh later.” Morgan explained. “What’s that behind you?” Giving her a confused look, I turned around and saw a small green leaf box. “Sabrina!” I almost yelled, picking up the box. “Open it.” Morgan praticaly ordered. “Why should I listen to you again?” I asked her. “Because if this Sabrina you talked about had magic that Changelings wanted then she probably left you something to help her get back to her old self. Inside that box.” Morgan pointed right at the box, to exaggerate her point. “And if you don’t I will.” Not entirely wanting her to, I opened the box with my magic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EPgRfe4SCU “What’s this?” I asked. “Wow, this chick can you Music Magic? Awesome. This song is pretty good too.” I turned to the girl. “You know this song?” I closed the box, shocked to hear someone else understand Sabrina's magic. “Duh, open the box again.” She commanded. The music began playing again and the girl began singing with it. “There’s a place that I know It's not pretty there and few have ever gone If I show it to you now Will it make you run away Or will you stay Even if it hurts Even if I try to push you out Will you return? And remind me who I really am Please remind me who I really am...” The music faded away after that. I closed the box. “Okay, so what does that mean?” I asked her. She looked like she gave it deep thought. “Well, I’m pretty sure Kelly wasn’t using it for this purpose but I think Sabrina knew a way to get herself out of the mind control but couldn’t do it herself because of the whole ‘Her body isn’t her’s,’ so she left this box for you to try and help her figure it out. Basically a really big puzzle. She gave you the pieces, you just need to put them together. Try opening the box again.” Catching on to her theory, I did and this time a different song played out but again it left out all the words. (Author’s Note- The link plays a lyrics version of the song. Pretend it’s karoake.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeYGT-4RX1I “Dude, you are going to have so much fun later.” Morgan grinned. “I need to try and get back home. Just play this song in front of her and this Sabrina chick should come right back to normal.” “What do you mean ‘this Sabrina chick’?” I asked harshly. “Oh, this is so much better. Male Twilight has a crush on a human. Twilight is gonna be so mad hearing that.” “What makes you think I have a crush on Sabrina?” I asked defensively. “Because you never mentioned where the others were.” Drat, she had a point. “Later Dusky.” The girl said as a portal appeared beneath, dropping herself into it. Disappearing when she did. This was my first step to getting Sabrina back. And the others too, can’t forget about them.