//------------------------------// // Chapter 82: Princesses vs Queen // Story: The Last Human // by Blackdragn18 //------------------------------// “Is that the best you can do?” Chrysalis asked as she blocked another shot from Shining Armor. “I hate to admit that it is,” Shining said between pants. He had been attempting to break Chrysalis’s shields while making his own for a while. It was putting a lot of strain on the unicorn. “Good, my argh!” Chrysalis turned to glare at the pink alicorn that had just shot her. “Stay away from him.” “Fine, I’ll kill you first.” Chrysalis charged her horn before firing a bolt of magic at her. As Cadence prepared to block she was tackled by a drone. The shot was then able to hit the princess, knocking her back several feet.The alicorn attempted to stand before falling over unconscious. "Cadence!" Shining charged at the queen. Yawning she lazily shot him with a laser, knocking him down and out. “This is getting boring. At least the human had offered some amusement.” “Celestia, can you fight at all?” Luna looked to her sister. “She is at the point I will likely need help to stop her.” “I can try,” Celestia said as she stood up, wobbling slightly as her legs struggled to support her. “We just need to stall after all.” “What do you mean?” “You really think Sean would die that easily?” Celestia shook her head. “I highly doubt it.” “Oh Celestia,” Chrysalis said with a smirk. “You put too much faith in the ape. I destroyed his very core, according to my research that is all that keeps him alive. You could completely destroy his body and drain all his magic but as long as that gold gem remains, so does he.” The changeling walked to a small crater where Sean had disintegrated. “But I destroyed that little trinket, there is nothing for him to form around or store his life force.” “I hate to say it but she’s right.” Luna nodded. “That is what keeps him alive, that’s why in his dragon form it’s a weak point. “Tell me Chrysalis, is there any remnants of the gem?” Celestia asked. “No, it probably disintegrated,” Chrysalis said confidently. “We’ll see.” Celestia smirked. “I’ve had enough of you.” Chrysalis charged her horn and shot a green laser at the alicorn. Luna quickly raised a shield to block before retaliating with her own shot. The changeling was caught off guard and sent flying back. “Sister, from what I understand she is right about Sean,” Luna said sadly. “Just wait,” Celestia said. “He’s too stubborn to die that easily.” “Keep your delusions,” Chrysalis said as she got back up. “I will relish your agony when he doesn’t come.” “Sean or not we still need to beat her,” Luna said as she spread her wings in aggression. “Can you fight sister?” “I can try.” Celestia began to charge her horn, wincing as she got a headache. “Oh, I’m so scared.” Chrysalis rolled her eyes. “Celestia is only a crutch to you Luna.” “My sister is stronger than you will ever be!” Luna glared at the queen. “Unless we are in her own capital city.” Chrysalis chuckled. “Then I mop the floor with her.” Celestia glared at the queen before her mane began to catch fire. She was then enveloped in a flash of light. When it subsided she had changed to her flaming form. Though the armor seemed to be a dull gold and the fire of her mane and tail was far more yellow than usual. “Oh, it’s getting serious now.” Chrysalis looked at Celestia with mock concern. “Even that form looks weaker.” “I can still beat you.” Celestia’s voice sounded strained. “Sister are you sure that form is the best idea?” Luna looked at her in concern. “I may experience some trouble later but it will be worth it.” Celestia glared at the changeling in front of her. “We’ll see.” Chrysalis yawned. “Come at me Celly.” “I will avenge my country,” Celestia said before charging at the changeling. As Chrysalis dodged the charge Celestia quickly spread one of her bladed wings, managing to leave a gash across the queen’s chest. “Agh!” Chrysalis cried out as she stumbled back. Inspecting the wound she was pleased to find it wasn’t very deep. She glared at Celestia. “Do I have your attention bug?” The alicorn asked smugly. “I’m going to make your beating extra painful.” She was then sent flying across the cave as a blast of fire slammed into her. “Sister, be careful,” Luna said as Celestia nearly fell over. “Allow me to handle her.” “No Luna, I have to beat her.” The alicorn spread her wings. “She will pay for hurting my friend.” “Let’s see how you handle this!” The princesses looked up to see Chrysalis hovering over them. She let out a screech, after a few seconds a wave of changelings burst from one of the nearby tunnels. “Luna, get down!” Celestia ordered. After her sister had ducked the princess sent a massive fireball out towards the swarm. The changelings were incinerated immediately. “My children!” Chrysalis, cried out. “I will destroy you!” “Bring it on!” Celestia then took to the sky. Chrysalis growled before firing a magic bolt at the princess. Celestia was able to dodge before ramming into her. The changeling then took an alicorn to the body, the two were sent flying towards a nearby wall. “I have had it with you!” Chrysalis shouted before pushing Celestia off and punching her in the face. The weakened alicorn was sent flying to the ground. “Celestia!” Luna came running up. “I’m alright,” Celestia said weakly. Her flaming mane and tail were much shorter. “No you’re not.” “I can’t give up.” “Let me at least help.” Luna’s horn began to glow, Celestia was then enveloped in blue before her wounds began to heal. Not by much but it was certainly better than how she had been. “Some minor healing won’t save you,” Chrysalis said as she landed in front of them. “This ends now changeling!” Luna said before charging at the queen. As she neared her Luna quickly cast a spell that created a copy of her. The two then flanked Chrysalis and blasted her with two lasers. The changeling cried out in pain before jumping back. “Shall we end this sister?” Luna asked. “Of course.” Celestia nodded. She was breathing heavily and seemed to be one the verge of passing out. “I have at least one more spell in me.” “Should we honor our friend with it?” Luna’s horn began to glow. “Sure.” Celestia shrugged before channeling her own magic “Enough talk!” Chrysalis glared at the two, her horn was glowing a vibrant green. “Die!” The changeling then fired a massive laser at the sisters. “Let’s do it,” Luna said before firing a blue laser. At the same time Celestia shot a beam of fire. The two collided and fused as they flew towards Chrysalis, once they fully merged the new beam took the form of a dragon. When the dragon collided with the laser it easily plowed through it and hit Chrysalis. “Bull’s-eye!” Hey! Idiot, wake up! “Five more minutes.” No! We need to get up and help the others. “Fine.” I opened my eyes and sat up. “Where are we now?” I was currently lying on the shore of some sort of lake. The water had a silver tint to it as it lay completely still. Across the lake and around the shore there were many buildings that were slowly collapsing, after they became rubble they slowly rebuilt themselves. “This place is weird.” “How did you get in here?” A voice echoed, seeming to come from every direction. “I have no idea.” I got up and dusted myself off. “I don’t even know where here is.” “This is my domain,” The voice said. “None are able to come here without my permission.” “Aw, I feel so special.” I began to walk along the silver sand. “So, what is this place?” Once I reached one of the crumbling buildings I touched it. There was a powerful surge of magic that almost knocked me back. “You are currently in my meditation realm.” The voice sounded irritated. “Neat.” I began moving away from the lake. After a bit of walking I reached a large canyon, looking down I realized I couldn’t see the bottom. Near the center of the chasm there was a large floating building, it was made of stone with a jagged base. There was a large purple beam shooting out of the top. “So who are you?” “You truly are an idiot.” The wind then began to pick up, looking to the sky I watched as a winged figure flew down. Quickly coming into view the dragon slowed before landing in front of me. “Hi dad.” I waved. “I am not your, never mind.” Bolas shook his head. “What are you doing here?” “I dunno.” I shrugged. “One minute Chrysalis was about to crush my core, the next I’m here.” “Ah yes, the changeling queen is surprisingly powerful for a lesser being.” The dragon nodded. “Your near death likely attributes to coming here.” “Huh?” “Ugh.” Bolas pinched his snout. “My new DNA probably transported you to safety before death, it chose here due to this being my personal world.” “Fascinating.” I thought for a minute before something occurred to me. “Wait, how do you know about Chrysalis?” “After our encounter I began to study your plane. I must say, it has become much more interesting in the last several millennia.” Bolas smirked. “When I first arrived those pitiful equines were just discovering fire, while the griffins and minotaurs had only begun to build small tribes, overall it was extremely dull. That’s when I decided to create your pitiful race. After all, the only other sentient races were about as intelligent as bricks.” “That’s really interesting but how do I get out of here?” I looked around. “I need to help my friends.” “That’s right, you were working to save those ponies of yours.” he smiled. “While I have no intentions of directly interfering I can offer my assistance” “Why would you do that?” “The more I help you with these trivial tasks, the more you owe me.” “Well maybe I don’t need your help.” “Really? Fine, by all means leave.” The dragon crossed his arms. “Use your knowledge of dimensional transport to get home.” “Um.” I looked around. “Well played.” “As I was saying, while I will not come help you directly, I can offer you an edge.”