So there we were, deep in the thick of the battle...The changelings had us outnumbered a zillion to six. They all changed into exact copies of us. Half the time we didn't know if we were hitting changelings or each other....Finally, when we felt that the army was going to overwhelm us, we-
"No."
Austin looked at Twilight who was slowly shaking her head, her hoof against her face.
"What do you mean?"
"That's not what happened."
"What are you talking about? Of course that's what happened."
Austin sat in his bedroom, the purple unicorn sitting beside him as he was typing up a false story about his adventure in Equestria. Twilight constantly interjected with spell-checks, re-writes, grammar errors and other literature faults.
"Austin, I'm just asking that if you're going to write a story, can you make it somewhat truthful?"
"Twilight, readers don't read for truth! They read for action! For adventure! For suspense! For-"
"But what you're writing is completely made up! And your readers will know that."
"What they don't know won't hurt them."
Twilight shook her head, then began to recall what REALLY happened during the Canterlot Wedding.
It was just after Twilight's rant to her friends about Cadence being evil. Twilight had stormed away and was pouting in her bedroom. Then she heard a knock on the door.
"Twilight? It's me, Austin....do you mind if I come in?"
Twilight just opened the door with her magic and motioned Austin in. He stepped inside and Twilight slammed the door behind him.
"Twi, if it's any consolation, I believe you."
"You....you do?!" She looked up at him and he just nodded.
"Sure. Twilight, if I learned anything from my time here in Equestria, it's that your hunches are usually correct."
"Thanks Austin."
That's when the brave mares and their human companion stormed forward, pushing the army of insectoid creatures back! Further! Further! Until, with a triumphant cry, the leader fired a beam so great that it would've made Celestia herself stare in awe-
"That never happened either!!"
"Can you just...go back to spell checking or something? It's hard to write with the constant interjections!"
Twilight rolled her eyes and continued to recall the real events.
Austin peered into the throne room after everyone had left. He saw Twilight crying and was about to go in and console her, but that's when Cadence came back into the room. He watched with horror as Cadence cast a strange spell that sent Twilight into the ground in a circle of magical green fire. He glared at the alicorn, then quickly left to Earth to get some supplies.
Meanwhile, with the help of the real Cadence, Twilight had escaped the cavern's below Canterlot via minecart. The wedding was underway and was about to be complete, until Twilight and Cadence came in to crash the party. Upon doing so, Queen Chrysalis revealed her true form and attacked Princess Celestia. Twilight and the others ran to her side. Then, armed with the new orders, they ran to the Chamber of the Elements.
They ran into the Chamber, Twilight's horn was almost red-hot from how much magic she was blasting into the crowd of phonies. Changeling after changeling fell, but it was starting to be all for naught-
"FINALLY some truth in your story!"
Austin just grumbled under his breath.
As the mares ran through the destroyed streets of Canterlot, Changeling bombers were slamming into the ground all around them. Suddenly, one dropped right in front of them in an attempt to stop them. But before the changeling could do anything, Austin came in. Uttering a rather goofy battle cry, he batted the changeling far with a baseball bat, knocking it clear over the house beside them. He smiled at the girls, then began to run with them to the Chamber.
Only when they reached the bridge is when they found the horde waiting for them. They all braced themselves for battle, and after a bit of a difficulty (Rainbow being confused about her double), the fight began. The mares and Austin charged the lookalikes. Austin had the easiest time of it. He almost seemed to know which mare was genuine and which was a changeling. Finally, after a long fight scene, the Elements triumphed and then ran to the doors as more changelings started to come up behind them. That's when they found they were simply outnumbered.
And so, with the helpful distraction from the human, the Element bearers defeated the changeling queen and peace was restored to Canterlot!
".....Right when I thought you were going to be truthful."
"Oh come on, Twi....It makes for a better ending than 'the power of love defeated the queen and they lived happily ever after'...."
Twilight couldn't help but roll her eyes, but with a smile. She knew what really happened that day....It was a lot different than the way he was making it out to be...at least he told the truth about the distraction....
Austin was the only one who wouldn't go down without a fight. He was dragged in kicking and squirming, disarmed, but still fighting. The changelings holding him struggled to keep him in line. Queen Chrysalis had won....momentarily, anyway. That's when Austin broke free and started to wrestle with the queen. This distracted her briefly, allowing time for Cadence and Shining to unite and blast her clear out of the kingdom.
Austin was tossed aside after the struggle. Dazed, but not hurt, he got back up and picked up his bat. Then, exhausted, he looked around, grabbed a slice of cake and approached the ponies.
"Alright....it IS still a wedding....LET'S PARTY!!" He grinned and took a bite out of the cake and the mares cheered.
"The Great Changeling Battle of Canterlot is finally uploaded!"
Twilight smiled and hid her giggle with her hoof.
"So, Mr. Great Warrior Human....How about some ice cream?"
"Sounds good to me!"