//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: Chrysalis's airship and rescue // Story: Twilight and Rarity Partners In Time // by DryvernX //------------------------------// "Meanwhile, high above Rainbow Falls, the Changeling Airship cruises..." The screen said, while highly above the Rainbow Falls, a huge airship, which was based of a changeling is flying there. Inside the mouth part, the past Twilight Sparkle, and Rarity are playing around, while Baby Princess Celestia, is watching them, while she's sitting on a pink filly carriage. But then, three Shroob ufo's flew past them, and then floated right behind the airship. The first one took out a laser gun, and shooted the airship, thus shaking the airship on impact. Twilight and Rarity jumped in surprise, and then Twilight panicked, while Rarity and filly Celestia begun to cry. Red magical alarms activated from the room, while the sirens made alarm sounds. A speaker appeared from the ceiling. "EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!" The speaker yelled out, before disappearing. Then the young Monsieur Mane crawled up to the room, and then looked at the crying Princess. "PRIIIIIIIINCESS!" Mane yelled out for Celestia. He crawled further to the young princess, and then stood up, at his hooves again. "Oh! Oh, Princess! Never fear, my dear. Mane is here." Mane said, while beginning to grab the filly carriage. Celestia then calmed down, and stopped crying. Come! Let's get you to safety!" Mane said, while walking out of the room, with Celestia. The speaker appeared once again, but with a different voice this time. "This is the great Princess Chrysalis! Kneel, minions! OK, now get up! All personnel to the bridge!" The voice, which belonged to Princess Chrysalis yelled out. The speaker then disappeared again. Twilight began to calm down from her panic, but Rarity still cried in panic. Twilight made a few noises to Rarity, in order to get her attention, but she still cried. Filly Twilight then decided to just push her white filly friend with her instead. Filly Twilight exited the room, while pushing Filly Rarity with her. A little later, Filly Rarity has finally calmed down, and the two filly unicorns made their way, to the bridge. They both walked through some boxes, and also needed to jump over some. After making it through all the boxes, even while the airship is getting shot at, they finally made it to the bridge. In there was Filly Celestia, Princess Chrysalis, and a few Changeling minions, who was controlling the airship. Princess Chrysalis was ready to give her crew commands. "Time to show these alien Jerks what the Chrysalis Airship can do! Fire the Changeling Cannon!" Princess Chrysalis commanded. The Changeling crew obeyed, and prepared a semi large cannon, behind the airship. "FIRE!" A Changeling yelled to the others. "FIRE!" Two others responded. The airship then flew a little higher up, much to the Shroob ufo's confusion. The cannon on the airship's end, then shot out a large spike ball, which hit all the Shroob ufo's separately. Chrysalis began to laugh in victory. "Bwah ha ha ha HAAA! I am just so dang EVIL!" Chrysalis laughed. "I hope they felt honored to be shot down by me!" "You're the best, Princess Chrysalis!" A Changeling crew member praised her. "You're a Changeling's Changeling!" Another Changeling crew member also praised her. "Bwah ha ha ha!" Chrysalis laughed, while being happy of her crew's praise. But then they felt, that they were falling down a bit, much to everyone's surprise. "YOW!" Chrysalis yelled in surprise. The Chrysalis Airship was now floating, on top of the Rainbow Falls. A crew member looked a little nervous, as the Changeling Princess grew angry. "Hey! You call that piloting?! Pay attention, sky-nerd!" Chrysalis angrily said, who has just noticed the reason why the airship fell down a bit. Then another crew member spots something below them. "Princess Chrysalis! There! 4 o'clock!" The crew member said, while pointing down below them, which were the same Shroobs from the Rainbow Falls, who were still cheering, and jumping in victory, over two unconscious unicorns. "Those villagers are under Shroob attack!" The crew member informed Chrysalis. "Your... Your Orders? Should we help them?" Another crew member suggested. But the Changeling princess ignored the suggestion. "Aw, man... It's half past snack time already!" Chrysalis said, who obviously tried to ignore it. "We... We saw nothing! Everybody clear on that?" Chrysalis added, but then Filly Celestia began to cry, incredibly loud, shocking all the others inside. "Great hoogly-boogly! The princess does NOT approve of this! Young Mistress Chrysalis! Abandoning those ponies is reprehensible!" Monsieur Mane said. And to add more crying on, Filly Princess Celestia began to cry even louder, which even made the ship shake a bit. The crew, Princess Chrysalis, Twilight and Rarity all covered their ears in respond. "MY EARS! She'l ruin us all!" Chrysalis screamed in agony. She eventually sighed in defeat, knowing it's the only way, to cease her crying. "Fine! I'll help them if it'll just SHUT HER UP! Changeling Cannon! FIRE!" Chrysalis commanded, who has finally decided to help the village(so she could make Celestia shut up quiet). "FIRE!" Her crew responded. The airship flew over to a small canyon, and then shot another spike ball, which landed on one of the Shroobs, and send the others flying. Chrysalis then walked over to Filly Celestia, who has finally stopped crying. "There! Happy?" Chrysalis said, while looking at calmed down Celestia. She then turned over to Filly Twilight and Rarity. "You two take care of things from here. Fo get 'em, Purple! You too, Whitie!" Chrysalis commanded the two fillies. The airship then landed on the canyon below them. Both Twilight, Rarity, and Monsieur Mane exited. "Young mistresses, if you would please go check on those unfortunate villagers. That, i believe will make the princesses most pleased, and perhaps avoid future tantrums." Mane advised the two fillies. "I shall wait right here for your no-doubt triumphant return. Tallyho and all that!" The two filly unicorns did as told, and begins to walk to the ruined village. They searched the village, for any pony survivors. They continued to look around the destroyed village, until they decided to look, at the same place, the spike ball has landed. When they arrived, they saw the fallen spike ball, and two unconscious unicorns. They walked over to them, and poked at them to see if they're alive. A Shroob came out of the spike ball(who has somehow survived it). Along with another one appearing. The two Shroobs looked at Filly Twilight and Rarity, and was ready to fight. The two Shroobs talked with their usual language, which surprises the two fillies, and turned over to the Shroobs, who charged at them. [Boss Battle: 2 Shroobs] The two fillies started by jumping on one Shroob each. The Shroob to the right, was jumped on by Filly Twilight, and the Shroob to the left was jumped on by Filly Rarity. The first Shroob started by showing it's claw, and shooted a blast at Filly Twilight, who dodged in respond. The other one spinned around, and shoots a blast at Filly Rarity. "Young Mistresses!" A voice yelled to them, which was revealed to be Monsieur Mane, who has just arrived as support. "Let's give you two some Bros. Items, shall we? These items require you to attack as a duo! Please, you two, take these Green Shells." Mane said, while throwing some green turtle shells over to them. The two fillies nodded to Mane, and begins to use one of the shells. Filly Twilight started by bucking her Green Shell at the first Shroob, who took damage on impact. The shell then spinned over to Rarity, and she bucked it to the same Shroob in respond. They continued doing so, until the Shroob disappeared in an explosion. They then repeated the same strategy, and used their remaining shell, to defeat the last Shroob. The two fillies cheered in victory. [Boss Battle End] After their victory cheer, they looked back to the two unconscious unicorns. "That was rather close, eh?" Mane said, while taking a closer look at the two unicorns. The first one was lavender similar to Filly Twilight, and the other was white similar to Filly Rarity. And another funny thing is, they have the same Mane styles as the two filly unicorns. "Now that i see these villagers close up, they bear a striking resemblance to the two of you!" Mane pointed out to the two fillies, who in respond looked closer at the two unicorns. And Mane was right, the two unicorns looked exactly like them, except they looked 18 years older. "But who knows when more of those awful aliens will return? I believe it best to take these two to Mistress Chrysalis's ship." Monsieur Mane suggested, which the two fillies nodded in agreement. The two filly unicorns used their magic, to drag the unconscious unicorns to the airship, with Monsieur Mane helping. Once all of them were inside the airship, it begins to fly up in the air again. A few minutes later or so, the two unicorns were starting to regain consciousness. "My my, it seems that our unicorn guests, are waking up!" Monsieur Mane said, while both Filly Celestia, Filly Twilight, and Filly Rarity and himself looked at the now fully awakened unicorns. "Wow, i felt like i was getting stomped on, by a giant crab." The white unicorn said while feeling a little dizzy. "And i felt like my library has just felt down on my head." The purple unicorn said, while also feeling dizzy. Mane, along with the unicorn filly duo walked up to them, to see if they were alright. "Why hello my ladies. Are you two alright?" Mane asked, while seeing at the two unicorns, now fully conscious. They looked around, and got confused. "Where are we?" The purple unicorn asked. "Why you have just been saved, my dear." Monsieur Mane said, while getting smiles, from the two unicorns. "Well, thanks for saving us sir. We don't know what could have happened to us, if you didn't show up." The white unicorn said elegantly. Monsieur Mane however shook his head. "No no my lady. You got it all wrong. I didn't save you. Mistress Twilight, and Mistress Rarity did." Mane said, who now got confused looks, from the two unicorns. "Wait what?!" They both yelled out in surprise. They then heard a few filly noises. They looked to the right, and saw Filly Twilight, and Filly Rarity waving at them. Monsieur Mane became quite confused, at the small outburst. "Why, is that a way, to say thank you, for saving you?" Mane said, slightly annoyed. The two unicorns then looked at Mane. "So sorry mister. We got a little confused." The purple unicorn said, before beginning to introduce herself. "My name is Twilight, Twilight Sparkle." The purple unicorn, now known as Twilight said, which earned a confused look on Mane. The white unicorn began her own introduction. "And my name darling, is Rarity." The white unicorn now known as Rarity said. Mane was now completely flabbergasted, and almost had his jaw dropped to the ground. "Wait. You have the same name as Mistress Twilight and Mistress Rarity?! How... How is that possible?" Mane said flabbergasted. The two unicorn fillies only looked slightly confused. "Well, maybe we should say this in a prober way. Me and Rarity are from the future." Twilight said. "Ahhh, so that's why you look exactly like those two fillies. You are them, from the future!" Mane said, now fully understanding. "And we want to ask you some questions." Rarity said, while both unicorns looked at Mane. "I want to ask some too my ladies. But ladies first." Mane said, ready to answer some questions. "Those monsters... Their arrival seems like a horrible dream... It was all so sudden... Foul parasites from the Shroob planet, land of utter creepiness! Their purpose is oh-so clear! They wish to take all we hold dear in Equestria! Our land... Our very lives!" Mane's voice said, while showing back in time. In Ponyvile, ponies were happily talking with each other. But then they saw numerous of mysterious dots, appearing from the ground, while it's actually above them. It was the Shroob ufo ships shadowy dots, and all the ufo's began taking out laser guns, and shooted laser blasts all over Ponyvile. "Oh, the village is in ruins... And our beloved castle as well!" Mane's voice said, while showing back the part, where Canterlot was being attacked by the Shroobs, while Filly Twilight, Filly Rarity, Priness Chrysalis, and Monsieur Mane while holding Filly Celestia, is panicking. The Canterlot castle hall has been gravely damaged, the halls crumbled, and the walls and towers were being either rammed at, or being shot by laser blasts. A pony arrived in a panic. "F-Flee! Flee! We must escape! The castle is lost!" The pony said, before a ufo broke through the castle. It flew inside the castle, and abducted the pony. Chrysalis then took out a walkie talkie. "Princess Chrysalis here! Come in Kamek! Get the Chrysalis Airship here, on the double!" Chrysalis commanded. The ufo then took out it's laser gun, and began charging it. But then they heard a yell, from outside the ship. "MY PRINCESS!" The voice, which was presumedly Kamek yelled out. The Chrysalis Airship arrived, ramming through all the Shroob ufo's, and then shot out a spike ball, on top of the ufo inside the castle. Now that the ufo's are gone for now, they all stopped panicking. "Princess Chrysalis! Let's hightail it out of here!" Kamek yelled out, to his princess. The flashback then ends. Back in the present(filly Twilight and Rarity's present), Monsieur Mane has just finished his story to present Twilight and Rarity. The two unicorns from the future, has just explained their story, "And THAT is how the princess and i were rescued by Mistress Chrysalis, odd as that sounds." Mane said. Twilight and Rarity agreed, since it's quite awkward, to be saved by one of their arch enemies. "And now... Almost all of Equestria has fallen under Shroob control." Mane said, while earning shocked expressions from the two unicorn mares. "No. We're too late." Twilight said, while getting tears in her eyes. Rarity gave her a comforting hoof. "Sshh Twilight. It will be alright." Rarity comforted her friend. Then one of the Changeling pilots yelled out the current info, of their flight. "Status report, Your Badness! We are currently on approach to Canterlot castle." The pilot said. The airship flew past the castle, giving a close look at it's current state. "Our once beautiful castle... No... Look at it now." Mane said, while Twilight and Rarity looked out at the window, and what they saw, gave them a shock of their life. The castle towers looked like mushrooms, it had cannons all over it, the pond water has been replaced by some mysterious green slime like water, and the top of the tower has been replaced by a giant statue, which looked like a humanoid princess like figure, but her head looked like a mushroom, except more humanoid, and had two pointed clawed fingers similar to the other Shroobs. "Can... Canterlot castle?!" Twilight said in shock. "It was supposed to be... Beautiful." Rarity also said in shock. "No doubt those fiends call it Shroob Castle." Mane said, with the two unicorns now knowing, Canterlot castle's new name. "Rumor has it their leader is there. Princess Shroob..." Mane said, which earned a frightened look on Rarity. "I simply don't wanna imagine, how it is to meet her." Rarity said, while shivering. Twilight then walked in front of Monsieur Mane, in order to ask him something. "Excuse me Mane. But do you think Princess Celestia, is being held prisoner somewhere in there?" Twilight asked, only to get a confused look from Mane. "Eh? What's that you say? Princess Celestia is being held prisoner in the castle?" Mane said, before chuckling a bit. "Ho ho! Surely you jest. The princess is quite safe and sound right here with me." Mane said, while Twilight and Rarity face hoofed in respond. "No no. I didn't mean the Princess Celestia you are holding. I mean Princess Celestia from the future." Twilight explained. "Hmm? I beg your pardon? The future Princess Celestia? The future Mistresses Twilight and Rarity?" Mane asked, while earning a nod from Twilight. Mane however chuckled a bit in respond. "Ho! Ho ho! You poor ladies... You've gone a bit daffy, eh? Your noggins must have gotten bonked. Perhaps a nap?" Mane said, not really understanding the situation. Twilight almost face hoofed, since she and Rarity has already explained it to him, but now he hardly listens. Then they heard the sirens alarm. "What's going on?" Rarity asked, while getting a little nervous. Chrysalis jumped up and down. "Status report! NOW!" Princess Chrysalis said, while demanding an explanation. "Your Foulness! We're receiving some sort of transmission from Canterlot... I mean, Shroob Castle!" The Changeling crew member said. "A transmission? Put it on the monitor! Let's see what's up." Chrysalis said, while making a magical screen appear, on the wall. The sirens stopped, and they saw a Shroob looking princess, on the screen, giving a menacing look. Rarity almost fainted at the sight of her. "Is that... Princess Shroob?" Twilight thought. Then the Shroob princess said something, but couldn't understand it, since it's talking in Shroob language. "Who's this hag?" Princes Chrysalis asked curiously. Mane begins to panic hysterically at the sight of the Shroob. "Th-That must be Princess Shroob! Undoubtedly!" Mane said, with fear in his voice. Twilight and Rarity begins to show both angry and fearful expressions, while their filly selves merely cheered. Princess Shroob said something in her own language, and then raised her arms up in the air. "What's that supposed to mean?" Rarity said confused. "Man... Does anyone have ANY idea what she's blabbing about?" Chrysalis said, not knowing more than Rarity. The sirens then alarmed once again, and a scared pilot sees something coming. "Ack! P-Princess Chrysalis! Fr-From Shroob Castle... It's a Shroob missile, and it's headed straight for us!" The pilot said. Twilight, Rarity, and Mane gave very fearful expressions in respond. "What?!" Twilight and Rarity yelled out in fear. Chrysalis got angry, and stomped on the floor. "Whoa! Evasive action! Changeling Cannon! FIRE!" Chrysalis ordered, but no one seemed to do anything. "No... No ammo!" A pilot said. That only made the others panic even more. "What? You're fired." Chrysalis said in anger. The Shroob missile got closer to the airship, and it hits dead on to them. "BOOOOOMMMMM!!!" The airship has been hit. "Direct hit!" A pilot screamed. Princess Shroob laughed menacingly, and the screen ended. "Those alien DIRTBAGS! We gotta hold it together until we get back home!" Chrysalis yelled out. The greatly damaged airship begins to float closer to Chrysalis's kingdom. "I DON'T WANNA DIE LIKE THIS! TWILIGHT, IT'S BEEN NICE MEETING YOU!" Rarity screamed, while holding very close to Twilight, who also holded her. "IT'S BEEN NICE MEETING YOU TOO RARITYYYYYYYY!!!" Twilight screamed, before the airship begins to crash down, at Chrysalis's kingdom. All of them flew out in respond. To be continued.