After years spent plotting in the dark, Chrysalis and her changeling army rise again, and the second invasion is an overwhelming success. Equestria has fallen, and it seems as though there isn’t anypony left to save it.
And when Chrysalis finds a special mirror in Friendship Castle, she can’t resist trying to take over this other world, too.
Meanwhile, Sunset Shimmer and her friends start to notice strange things happening around the school. Will they be able to get to the bottom of it fast enough to save both dimensions?
Takes place early Season 6, midway between Friendship Games and Camp Everfree.
Rated T for sexual reference, high school level swearing, violence, and mild gore (blood).
Coverart by the talented and generous mr_minati.
Chapters (37)
At the wedding, did your beloved princess try anything civil before shooting laser beams at my face? No! Just now, did you even stop to think before you and your friends attacked my kin? NO!”
BUCK YOU, you invaded the wedding imprisoned the bride enslaved the groom and tried to imprison Twilight, it was clear you didn't want peace Chrysalis .
Don't play the victim here.
Grrr can't belive she tried...no wait I do, the fricking lying sack of bug juice.
I knew it! I knew it that theres got to be somebody out there that also had a headcanon about Bon Bon being a sleeper agent in CHS . I mean, beside her Pony counterpart's backstory, the fact that she only appears after the first movie, and she display a wide range of skills in Friendship Games short was all just fuels to this theory hahah
from the description alone it sounded like Kamen Rider Dragon Knight
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Well, Sunset does own a motorcycle. Give her a sword and we're there.
i expect changelings queen to be arrogant no magic in this world? easy win but i wonder how he kind still has magic since twilight sunset the siren didn't have magic at first what make them so special to bypass the rule?
Oh i can't wait to see Chrysalis get a Beat Down from "Daydream Shimmer" it would be so cool to see her get blasted by the Elements of Harmony, also why don't Changelings get effected by the mirror when they go through, they should have turned into human version of themselves instead of staying as Changelings, I think that's a rip off that they don't get effected but Sunset, Twilight, Spike and the Sirens did, so why shouldn't the changelings stay in their equestrian forms?
if they start kidnapping humans and make them their slave it'll really be like Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. the other dimension is already defeated (just like in Dragon Knight), they're invading another dimension (just like in Dragon Knight), and they have spies everywhere without anyone knowing (just like in Dragon Knight), seriously if they start kidnapping humans and make them their slave it'll really really be like Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.
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That's not a big spoiler at all, so I can answer early:
Changeling biology is inherently different from pony (or siren) biology, in that it is specifically designed to deal with transformation spells. The dimensional travel isn't what causes the human body in and of itself; that's an addition that Starswirl added to both the portal and his banishment spell for the sirens. The shapeshifting nature of changelings allows them to bypass that, allowing them to keep the organs necessary for channeling magic. And although there isn't much Equestrian magic on Earth, there is enough that changelings can combine it with love energy to perform spells at a rudimentary level.
7511636 Okay I call Horseapples on that, that is just bloody cheating then, they should have a handicap some how to even it out then, if not then it's just not fair to the Human Mane 7, also can't they just blow up the portal on the human side to keep the changelings out, also would the Sirens be enemies to Changelings since they feed off of Negative emotions instead of positive like Changelings.
In that case, there should be a gore tag.
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Alright, I'll make sure I'll add it as soon as it shows up.
Oh man...i wonder how Agent Chrysalis will react to finding out the Changlings serve ehr Counter Part a Changling queen.
I am liking this idea.
Oops. Better find a good magic tutor. Fast.
I'm kind of hoping human Chrysalis get a form with the non-hole version like thorax did help different her from the other women imagine those horns and wings and her having a wing tail with those weird rock in her chest she would find it so weird but she not like that ranting villain she way to smart and rational for that. or maybe she get glowing wings?
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While that would be cool, this story was outlined fully before season 6, and so I can't incorporate the new changeling lore.
7732804 aw hope she doesn't starve and keep that wit of her and not pull what her other self-did so stupidly
I do not do these often but this triggered a major pet peeve of mine so incoming rant
for someone who is a certified genius Twilight is being a fucking idiot. Giving someone who has no respect for firearms besides that they are "cool" or safety for that matter a magic laser gun that is absolutely lethalin the wrong hands is just asking for trouble
this is actually what I mean she obviously wasn't paying attention when given instruction on how to safely operate the firearm and Twilight just shrugged it off
and off course as a result of not listening she makes it so that the laser weapon will destroy whatever she shoots, as opposed to seriously maim
and this is exactly why I am peeved RD is God damned lucky that the laser did not hit one of her friends, this could have easily gone way worse then trying to figure out your doppelganger. But otherwise the fiction is shaping up well time to read further
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Twilight may be a technical genius, but socially... Well, not quite as much.
You bring up some good points; she is being quite stupid, but it's because she's smart. As someone who comes from an intelligent background, she underestimates just how bumbling Rainbow can be at times. Additional, she would assume that Rainbow would be listening to her directions because she would be listening if someone were explaining it to her, and, as pre-Ponyville Twilight, she doesn't fully grasp that people can be so wildly different from her as Rainbow is. She misses the obvious social cues that imply that Rainbow has no fucking clue what she's doing for largely the same reasons.
I do totally see what you're saying, though, and I'm not going to pretend like I couldn't have written it more realistically. While I tried to weave it in naturally, it was, like many things, a plot device, and that's going to show.
Thanks for your comment, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!
This is soo intense! Why havent I read it sooner!
Last chapter, the Sirens were at the top of the mountain and it was an uninhabited ruin. This chapter, they're climbing up it and discussing what they'll tell the inhabitants. Were those two sections accidentally swapped?
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It was intentionally put out of order. I wanted to have the Oratorio scene in intermission F, but also wanted to convey that while they were climbing up there, all the stuff in the caves was going on. (As opposed to them sitting there twiddling their thumbs for three chapters.)
That one's on me, I should have made it less confusing
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Good to know that it's intentional, then.
but yes, I'd suggest making it more obvious to the reader if you want things to be out of chronological order, unless you're intentionally tricking the reader for plot reasons - and that's not the case here.
Celestia's reaction in a nutshell:
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE BACON HEAD!!!!!
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Kick-ass ending. Absolutely brilliant, can't wait for tomorrow.
My favourite kind of problem-solving: throw a star at it
Speaking of which, would favourite again, but.
Is there any possibility of a sequel? Perhaps not quite as action-packed, but perhaps just to see how human Chrysalis handles covering up magic.
I found this story at just the right time. I started reading it last Thursday and finished everything up before this week of updates. Great story, will favorite.
Well, this was quite a ride. I liked it. Very original.
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There will not be a sequel, no. I've about expended my reserve of ideas for this universe.
7903117 DAMN IT!!!!!! I might have to create my own...maybe...
The little voice of reason in the back of my head: DON'T DO IT, DUMBASS, YOU WON'T DO IT JUSTICE!!
What's the harm in trying?
The voice: People will show up at your front door with torches and pitchforks, obviously!
Fuck you, Imma do it anyways!
And now the first trans-dimensional invasion from Equestria begins...
Did anyone call the police? Notify the national guard?
Only just found this, and have to say, not bad, some really interesting ideas here, especially your take on the principals along with your quite reasonable expectation that the Rainbooms wouldn't instantly be able to be ponies.
I honestly don't think I would've done much different here, aside from having Sunset ascend rather that turn to her demon self. For one I find it weird how the element of magic did that to her again, let alone her ability to take it from the tree, neither of which I think is believable. I rather like the idea of her being one major selfless act from ascending honestly. That and I've always liked the concept of her getting an element of her own (element of empathy being my favorite). I just imagine Twilight's face when she's freed from the cocoon and sees a battered alicorn Sunset, that'll blow her mind. And imagine Starlight's reaction.
Moving on though, sequel? Why not, there's tons you can do in this universe, does Camp Everfree happen? What other misadventures happen? Do the Rainbooms become Chryssi's Angels... I mean agents? Maybe not strictly agents, but on call, ready to be whisked away to face whatever magical threat Chrysalis deems necessary? Speaking of Chrysalis, what does she do about the loss of her hand? Prosthetic? Or perhaps some kind of weapons attachment system, allowing her to replace it with swords, knives, scythes and so on?
Really there's a ton more you can do just on the EQG side of the mirror, but after what happened on the Equestria side, there's a lot of room for stories there, whether your own, or you allow other authors to build up your universe for you.
Here comes the warrior.
It’s illegal for for students, teachers, janitors/custodians and other support staff to carry guns in school but not security guards and officers that do visit.
Am I the only one that finds the banter between the Celestia, Luna, the sun and moon amusing?
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You are not alone.
#doctorwhoreferences
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Thanks for writing this! Great job!
I love that one Chryssi is evil love bug queen, while the other Chryssi is top of a top secret government organization that is now out to stop said evil love bugs.
1) How dare you. I spend my time on this site avoiding HiE stories, and here you made me read one, and like it. Though, this isn't like any other HiE story.
2) Are we sure all the blame for Discord's return goes to the CMC? If the field trip happened a couple of days after the GGG, I think the Mane 6 caused plenty of chaos to aid him.
I'm suspicious of Cadance, I'm not sure how widespread the actions of Changelings in the story are right now, so I find it sus how she knows somethings wrong. Plus, Chrysalis did disguise herself as Cadance the first time.
Looks like my suspicion was misplaced, damn.
You hate to see it happen
Pinkie Pie defies the laws of reality once again, you love to see it.
Well, I've reached the end.
It was.. an interesting read, to say the least. I have mixed feelings on the story overall. It's alright, but it has some issues with things such as grammar, and overall I felt the start was the strongest and it only got weaker the longer it went on. The Dazzlings felt like something tacked on last minute rather then something that was planned, the changelings were a joke for most of the story, the only time they were interesting was at the start where the story felt more like a mystery, which was honestly what I was hoping for.
The banter between Principal Celestia/Vice-Principal Luna and the sun/moon was good and I enjoyed that aspect a lot.
Beyond that, once the story shifted from "The Main 7 and the government agents figuring what the hell is going on" to "oh fuck everything is trying to kill us" I really felt the story suffered, it felt like not enough time was spent on the characters and their choices and more just focusing on the action.
I will say that the action was really well written and captivating.
I hope this review didn't come off as too harsh, I really did enjoy reading the story, but some of the choices really brought it down.
im 70th like
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