Chrysalis and I stood in the Canterlot throne room. Our changeling army was finishing up converting Canterlot into a fortress designed to accommodate the changeling's. The workers were digging into the mountain forming another hive. Canterlot would become our forward operation base to take over Equestria.
The throne room had changed into a dark room. The walls were coated in hardened changeling resin forming almost indestructible walls. I turned to Chrysalis and kissed her briefly.
"Will the army be ready for the next assault? Ponyville has to be our next target. I fear the Elements of Harmony are going to be used against us."
Chrysalis nodded,
"Your right. I would not want to test the power of the Elements... We will have to stop them before they are able to use them against us.
The only reason we were worried about the Elements is because we broke into the vault and found they had been missing.
"Celestia must have sent them to the bearers before the battle."
Chrysalis scowled and nodded again.
"We will have to attend the battle ourselves if we wish to stop them in time... Its risky but its the only way our army won't be decimated by the Elements."
"We must prepare the swarm for the assault on Ponyville"
Chrysalis and I began to leave the throne room. Ten elite changeling's watched our backs. One of the guards opened the door and the view of Canterlot was visible. Canterlot was a changed city, buildings were black and twisted along with tunnels burrowing deep into the ground.
I commanded the swarm to group up and prepare for the assault on Ponyville. However I was interrupted by a foreboding noise.
"It seems they have taken the fight to us..."
I shot into the sky and spotted several groups of pegasi and a few dozen chariots
I commanded the swarm to take immediate battle stations.
"Our enemy has taken the fight to us! Defend Canterlot with your lives!
Thousands of changelings began to pour out of the tunnels and into the air. They closed in on each other and collided. The pegasi were furiously battling the swarm to buy the chariots time to land. Remnants of the Royal guard and the Lunar guard were working together to defeat us.
I charged a beam of energy and shot it towards one of the chariots. It collided and burst into flames quickly falling to the ground. I destroyed another chariot in the same manner but by now the rest had landed. There were several unicorn royal guards and to my dismay six mares with necklaces and a tiara appeared from a chariot.
"Chrysalis! They brought the Elements!"
Chrysalis hissed and started flying towards me.
"We have to stop them before they unleash the Elements!"
I wrapped around Chrysalis in mid air and we both started diving towards the chariot. A green cone began to form around us as we picked up speed. Both our horns were glowing getting ready to blast the chariot into Tarturus.
"LOOK OUT!"
One of the royal guards had shouted just before we collided with the chariot. A massive green explosion decimated the chariot but I noticed a lavender aura contain the blast. When Chrysalis and I recovered there was six angry looking mares in a circle around us. I desperately commanded the swarm to come to our aid.
"Changelings! Hear the cry of your king and aid us in battle!
Hundreds of changelings dropped what they were doing and headed our way only to be stopped by the unicorn royal guards protecting the Elements. They were projecting a shield around us preventing the swarm from getting in. I bit my lip when Twilight spoke in a demanding tone.
"Where is Celestia and Luna and what did you do to them?!"
I didn't respond and Twilight started to use the Elements of Harmony. I started to panic and quickly thought of a desperate plan to buy us some time. I changed into my old white body and gave Twilight a pleading look.
"Why?.."
Her look of determination faltered for a moment and I used this to my advantage. I charged a beam of green energy quickly and shot the tiara off of her head. It flew off and I noticed the changelings had burrowed under ground and under the shield. They began to attack the unicorn guards and I suppressed Twilight in an anti magic shield.
Elite changeling guards attacked the other bearers. Rarity and Fluttershy were the first to go down, Pinkie Pie was impossible to catch while Rainbow Dash and Applejacks brute strength gave them an edge. Twilight tried to break out of the anti magic shield and I had to focus on keeping her contained.
Rainbow and Applejack soon fell and were restrained by elite changeling guards. Pinkie Pie was still untouchable when Chrysalis intervened. She levitated Pinkie Pie and held her still. Three elite changelings tackled her to the ground and her mane deflated when they restrained her. I changed back into my original form.
It was too soon to celebrate however. Twilights eyes glowed white and began assaulting the shield with everything she had. I struggled to keep her contained but the shield overloaded and exploded into a massive wave of energy. Twilight spoke to me in an enraged tone.
"What happened to you?!? WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BIG BROTHER!!!"
Twilight had tears in her eyes and she levitated the hundreds of surrounding changelings into the air. Her horn began to glow and she shot a swirling white beam towards my chest. I couldn't dodge it and it struck me with an overwhelming amount of force. My body felt like it was getting incinerated, my horn felt like it was about to explode. My wings also felt like they were bursting into flames.
"Meta! NO!"
Chrysalis fired a beam of energy along with several other changelings. They slowly began to suppress Twilight's magic.
My brain felt like it was melting and I could only form one coherent thought.
"H-Hurry..."
Chrysalis doubled her efforts and Twilight screamed with frustration, She fell to the ground sobbing and was quickly subdued by the elites. I hit the ground hard and I coughed up green blood. I found it difficult to think clearly with the splitting pain coming from my horn and my back.
Chrysalis was standing over me with a worried expression. I looked into her eyes and raised a hoof towards her face gently caressing it. I started to lose consciousness and I tried to fight its effects. My vision dimmed and my hoof fell from her face.
"Meta... Your dying..."
Chrysalis had tears in her eyes as she desperately tried to refuse what was happening.
"I don't want you to leave me alone..."
She brought her neck close to my face and I was shocked when I realized her intentions.
"Bite."
I took a deep breath and I weakly bit into her neck. The energy in her blood was no small amount of relief. When the green in Chrysalis's eyes began to flicker I let her go and slowly got to my hooves. I noticed that my wings had been burnt making them useless until they healed. I also couldn't seem to use magic.
I still respected Twilight. I would keep her friends alive but only after I had dealt with the Elements themselves. I turned to Chrysalis and she seemed to be recovering I nuzzled her and I gave her my love. She kissed me and I could feel disgust radiating off of the six mares behind me.
I trotted over to Twilight and I decided that I couldn't allow her to remain so powerful. I sat down next to her and she gave me a furious look
"Where.. Is Princess Celestia.."
Reluctantly I took a deep breath and stated.
"Princess Celestia is dead."
Twilights horrified expression soon turned to one of excruciating pain.
Twilights horn now rested in my jaws.