"Why do I have to stay behind? My marefriend is down there!" protested Trixie. Trixie was stuck in the throne room, Shining Armour at her side in his full uniform.
"Because we were told to keep you up here and none of us want to see what a pissed changeling looks like after directly feeding." said Shining. It was true enough. When Chrysalis sent the message, she stressed that Trixie should stay. It sent Luna stumbling when she received it.
"Fine. But why does Cadence get to go then? She is weaker than me." she pointed out.
"Because she has the caves memorized after spending a great deal of time in them. They need a guide and Chrysalis can't guide them without giving up disguise and getting killed." said Shining, starting to get tired of the mares whining.
"I just feel useless." said Trixie, catching Shining's attention. "Chrysalis promised to be careful and that she would protect me. But who protects her? I...I just don't want my first love to die before I get to expirence anything with her." said Trixie with a small sigh.
"And do you think she will let herself be killed that easily?" asked Shining. Trixie looked over at him with misted eyes. "She knows you are waiting and that you would be devastated if she died. She will do everything she can to make sure she comes back." he said with a smile. Trixie smiled back, feeling more confident.
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"They're coming!" shouted one of the AC guards. Chrysalis smirked and looked back at Celestia. She was similarly smirking.
"Alright, you two stay put and protect yourselves the best you can. I'm going to deal with a certain blue Pegasus." said Chrysalis, turning away from the cell. She grabbed her spear and ran forward.
"Now, where are you, you dragon bitch?" she grumbled, looking left and right among the mass of running bodies. They were all heading towards the entrance she came from earlier to get into the caves.
"Spears and swords ready! Cross-bows at the ready! They may not be in demon but they still are dangerous!" shouted a female voice. Directing ponies to the stairwell was a blue drake with red spines. She pointed and directed with a claw, a fermions scowl on her face.
The first wave at the base was blasted away by a midnight blue beam of energy. The battle of the Crystal Caves had begun and Chrysalis was sure that it wouldn't last long. As Luna and Twilight made themselves visible, ponies rushed at them, flailing swords, spears, and charging horns. Blaze stood back and barked orders.
"I don't think so!" shouted Chrysalis, dropping her disguise. She was already practically over the drake as she turned to see the source of the voice. She could only manage a scream as Chrysalis drove the spear through her eye socket, the spear head making itself known out the other side before burying itself in the floor.
"And that's why we don't piss off changelings, children." said Chrysalis hopped off the body. She turned back to the battle front. Cadence was currently fighting off a few guards trying to jump her. Twilight and Luna were in similar situations but were handling them with ease.
"Good evening, Caddy!" said Chrysalis as she pounced on one of the guards next to the pink alicorn. She sinked her fangs into his neck amd jerked her head, tearing open an artery. A fountain of blood poured out of his neck as Chrysalis let go. "Blood never tasted the same as love. It's always too bitter to me." said the changeling.
"Now, I need to know where Trixie is." she said, looking Cadence directly in the eye.
"Well, um, you wanted us to keep her safe so Shining and a few other guards are with her in the throne room, why?" asked the alicorn. Chrysalis hopped over to her amd landed on the stairwell before looking back at her.
"Because the remainder of the army is on their way to kill her."
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Luna has had a good share of blood spilt onto her coat. Now was no exception and she seemed to enjoy every droplet of scarlet liquid that was spilt by her hooves or whatever weapon she picked up. The amount of gory carnage around her reminded her of so many wars with not much purpose or point. This one, however, had more purpose and point than any battle can dream of having.
Twilight, only ever having killed ten ponies and that time being under her demon's influence, the sensation to bodies falling under her was new, but was not unwelcome as she set her goal. Her wife and foal was all that mattered. Any stallion in black Armour idiotic enough to step infront of her learned fast how stupid and deadly of an idea it was.
Hundreds fell, only falling easier after Chrysalis impaled their captain. She still had her doubts about the changeling but she was soon showing to be trustworthy. The closer to the cells they got, the more frequent a guard fell before them. Cadence stood back awkwardly before falling next to them as a guide.
"Alright, it's right this way." said Cadence, pointing a hoof down a corridor. Twilight and Luna followed her, leaving the blood soaked room. The green tinted walls provided the needed light as they walked, keeping am eye out for the cells. They soon came into sight.
A guard sat outside, his eye socket billowing out smoke from where a very concentrated amount of solarmancy magic made its way through his skull. Celestia sat inside, panting. Rainbow was still curled up in the corner, stroking her belly as if it would vanish whatever trauma has occurred to them.
"Oh Faust, Rainbow!" Twilight ripped open the door before taking her wife in her hooves. Rainbow cried into her shoulder, embracing her as she did.
"Th-they were going to k-kill my f-foal." she sobbed.
"It's okay, your safe now." said Twilight, undoing her shackles and the band around her. Luna and Celestia broke apart from their kiss and Luna went to work on freeing her. Celestia looked around.
"Wait, where's Chrysalis?" she asked, not finding the former queen.
"I've been wondering that. I haven't seen her in the battle except when she killed Blaze. I have to give her props on that eye impalement." said Luna. Cadence bit her lip.
"She may have ran off to save Trixie." she said. Celestia thought for a moment before her eyes widened.
"Shit. I knew I should have stopped her." said Celestia. "Come on. We have to help her. Blueblood is probably already knocking down the throne room doors."
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"Get down!"
"Protect Trixie! Eliminate all threats!" The shouts got louder as Chryalis towards the throne room. Instead of turning down the hall that lead to the main doors to the room, she took a turn towards the study, planning to break through the side door and help from there.
"Oh Celestia, Princess down! Somepony get a medic!" The world seemed to stop. Chrysalis deemed doors to be a waste of time as she blasted an alicorn sized hole in the wall, starling everyone inside. It took her a moment to catch up on what she saw.
Black armoured soldiers facing against golden, Blueblood with a recently fired crossbow at the head of the AC army, and Shining Armour looking up at her from next to a bleeding Trixie's side. The azure alicorn had a wooden shaft protruding from her chest, thankfully not a kill shot but close enough to cause death if not treated immediately.
"Tr-tr-Trixie?" she asked, tears starting to steadily fall. Shining knew very well that alicorns were dangerous when pissed off and Chrysalis was no exception to this. He slowly moved himself and Trixie away, hiding behind the throne. Blueblood and the rest, however, were not as quick to receive this message,
"I think this is when you scream for your life." said Chrysalis coldly, a black mist forming around her. Her eyes were tinted with red and her pupils became slits. Her fangs grew an extra two inches in length and she seemed to tower above Celestia. Her body seemed to glow in dark magic, her hair becoming a sickly green and blood red. Her insect wings becoming massive. Blueblood stood his ground, albeit terrified, and watched as she transformed. The others tried to escape, but found the doors to be held in a black aura.
"Now, now. I haven't had my fun with you yet." she said with a chilling grin. Her voice was split into two tones, giving it a menacing sound. Shining made a note to NEVER piss off a alicorn changeling unless he wanted to die in the worst way imaginable.
Staying in her one spit, Chrysalis lit her horn, lifting up the whole army except Blueblood off of the ground. He horn grew darker, a second spell charging. The stallions in her grasp screamed in pain, their bodies dissolving from the inside as if they swallowed acid in some way. In reality, Chrysalis did something close. She turned their entire blood system into acid, eating away at every organ in their bodies.
She dropped the bodies which were emitting a gurgling sound as they were eaten away. She turned towards Blueblood, a look in her eyes made her seem like she gone insane with rage.
"I didn't forget about you, Bluey. You get the special treatment." said Chrysalis, her eye twitching. Blueblood started to back away but was captured in a black aura.
"I did nothing to you! We could have joined forces! Brought down the family ourselves! Every one of them deserves to die and you could have helped!" He pleaded. Out of all of the bad ideas Blueblood has ever done, speaking the way he did to who he did topped the cake.
"If anyone deserves to die, Blueblood." said Chrysalis, slowly drawing a hoof down his figure. "It's you." Her hoof flashed in green light and transformed into a dagger like form, piercing the stallion. She pulled it out enough that the tip was still inside. "You know, Sombra said something about how she would try not to rip out entrails. I might give it a try." The dagger-like hoof travelled upwards, cutting through his flesh.