//------------------------------// // Power of a Human Pegasus // Story: Violet-Rose Equestria Tales // by Fizzyberries302 //------------------------------// “Violet!” Applejack called as she and Rarity trudged down the path. “Violet, are you out here?” “Violet!” Pinkie shouted, bouncing through the forest while Rainbow and Twilight flew over. Neither of them was having any luck finding their friend. Twilight fell to the ground. “This is all my fault, some Princess of Friendship I am.” “GUYS! OVER HERE!” called Comet. Everyone came running in the direction of the call. Comet held up a familiar purple and green scarf. “Violet’s scarf!” Fluttershy cried. “Then she’s got to be around here somewhere!” Discord said, practically tearing the forest apart. Those with wings flew back up into the sky and scanned the forest. “There!” Rainbow pointed. Sure enough, the human turned pegasus was hovering slightly above the trees. “Violet!” Twilight exclaimed and tackled her to the ground in a hug. “I’m so, so sorry that I yelled at you before, I was just trying to protect you.” Violet snickered. “It’s okay, Twilight.” “Geez dude!” Discord cried as he, Fluttershy and Comet joined them on the ground. “Don’t scare us like that!” Pinkie hopped into view. “Yay, your found her!” “I’m going to get the others.” As the pegasus zoomed into the sky, Violet wriggled from Twilight’s grip. “I’m sorry I ran off,” she said, batting her eyes. “It’s mostly my fault,” the princess insisted. “Violet!” Rarity shouted as she came out of the trees, followed by Rainbow Dash and Applejack. “Thank goodness you’re safe!” “Violet! Are you okay? You’re not hurt are you?” Comet asked. “I’m fine, though being in this forest has made me realise that Twilight’s right. Discord, please send me home. My old home…” Everyone blinked in surprise. “What?” “Yes, I need to get back to my mom, she’s probably worried sick.” Discord eyes widened. “But your mom’s…” “You going to send me home or what!” “Are you feeling alright babe?” Comet asked, confused. “Of course I’m fine, now is someone going to send me back or what.” Discord narrowed his eyes and smirked. “You really want to go back to living on the streets?” ‘Violet’ went pale and uncomfortable. “What do you mean streets?!” “I’m sending you back alright, back to the Changeling Hive!” “Hey!” the girl cried out as he picked her up by the tail. “Put me down, you fool!” “You really got to work on your acting skills, Chrysalis.” “Chrysalis?” every pony gasped. The imposter narrowed her eyes and transformed back into the queen of the changelings. “Nice to see you again, Dissy dear.” “A pleasure,” Discord groaned in disgust. “You know her?” Fluttershy questioned, shivering. “We crossed paths once.” “That was before you turned into a fluffy do-gooder,” Chrysalis taunted. Her ears perked up and she turned to Fluttershy. “What’s this? Oh, how precious! The Lord of Chaos had fallen in love with a wimpy, little pegasus!” She yelped has he shook her. “You insult her one more time and your toast! Literally! And for your information, Violet was living on the streets before she came to Equestria, what have you done with her?” “The pony-human? She’s alive, for now.” It was now Comet who looked scared. “No…” His face then changed to a look of anger. “What. Have. You. Done. With. My. Marefriend?!” “She’s fine.” Discord gritted his teeth. “If you hurt her…” “You’ll do what? Kill me in front of your girlfriend? Ha! That would be impossible. You think I would have to come without a backup plan?" She put her hoof to her mouth and whistled. A loud buzz filled the air. Every pony looked up to see an army of changelings swarming towards them. Discord was so surprised that he dropped the queen on her head. He lifted his fingers to snap, but they were frozen in place as Chrysalis blasted them with ooze. He tried the other hand, but she was too quick for him. “Forget it!” he said defiantly. “I don’t need to snap my fingers!” Without warning, Discord was thrown back into a tree by the queen’s magic. “Discord!” Fluttershy cried, flying to his side. He groaned as he lifted his head. The blow had knocked him unconscious. Fluttershy darted her eyes at Chrysalis. “How dare you?!” The queen only laughed. “If we can’t feast on the human world, then we will feast on you instead! And this time, Cadence and Shining Armour won’t be here to save you!” She looked up at the swarm. “Help yourselves, my loyal subjects! But the draconequus is mine!” The insect-like creatures had the ponies surrounded while their leaders approached Discord. Fluttershy held his head protectively. “Don’t you touch him!” she spat. “And what can you do?” Chrysalis cackled. “You have no magic, no defences!” She sighed contently. “Oh keep hovering over him. Your emotion is practically leaping into my stomach!” Fluttershy nudged her love gently. “Discord, wake up!” “Yes, continue! I can feel myself getting stronger by the second!” “Please, wake up! Discord!” The ooze was now up to her neck. Her guards were amusing themselves by turning into her loved ones repeatedly. She could feel herself growing weaker as they fed off her. I have to get out of here, but what can I do? Any moment now, she would be completely covered. Before now she had never given much thought into dying. Would it be painful? Would her parents be waiting for her at the pearly gates? If heaven did exist, that is. She then remembered what Chrysalis had told her. Had the Rainbow of Light really fused into her soul? Then she remembered the multi-coloured light that emitted from her chest when she told Twilight to leave her alone. Was that it? The light had pushed Twilight and Spike back into the library, so maybe the same would work against the guards. But how would she activate it? She tried to remember how she felt when it first happened. She had been thinking of her friends and family. That must be it! She closed her eyes in concentration and let all her thoughts into her mind. She thought of her friends; Discord, Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Comet Blitz. She then thought of her mother and wished she was there to comfort her. She had always known what to do. She remembered what she had said when Violet had been bullied at school: “Don’t you mind what they say, honey. Your special, more than you could believe. What they think of you does not matter. What does matter is how much your father and I love you.” A tear fell down her cheek. Suddenly, a powerful feeling welled up inside her. When she opened her eyes, the guards were shocked to see that they had turned white. The familiar multi-coloured light emitted from her chest and expanded, breaking her prison and pushing the changelings back and knocking them cold. Violet blinked when her eyes returned too normal and glanced around. It had worked. Then she remembered her friends were in danger and launched herself into the air. The changelings had bound Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie together in green goo, while Chrysalis had encased Fluttershy, Comet and the still unconscious draconequus into a cocoon. “You won’t get away with this!” Rainbow cried, kicking furiously. “Scream all you want!” the queen cackled. “No pony can hear you!” “Except me!” Chrysalis gasped as Violet landed in front of her. “How did you escape?” “Doesn’t matter. Now release my friends or you’ll have to face my power that you foolishly told me about!” She laughed. “You humans really are amusing!” She shot a beam at her, Violet dodged it. “Come and get me, ugly!” “Why, you little…” She fired again, but the teenager avoided her shots easily. “You shoot like a girl!” Violet sneered, sticking her tongue out. Her taunting distracted her long enough for Chrysalis to hit her. Violet cried out as she was knocked into a tree. She fell limply to the ground. The queen of the changelings laughed in triumph. “Yes, amusing, but also completely useless.” Violet struggled to get up, but she was so weak. For a moment, she thought she was done for, but then a thought occurred to her. She faced the changeling defiantly. “If humans were so useless, then how did my parents manage to defect you in the first place?” Chrysalis stopped in her tracks, fear flickering on her face. “They got lucky! I thought you be a challenge like them, but you really are worthless!” “Then why are you so intent on killing me?” She paused again. “What is it about me that you find so threatening?” Chrysalis shook her head. “You are no threat to me!” Violet thought back to what she had done a couple of minutes ago and realized she had done the same to Twilight. What had that been all about? Did Chrysalis know the answer? She then decided that enough was enough and slid her eyes shut. “Quit stalling!” Chrysalis bellowed. “It’s time to meet your fate, but before that, I’ll let you watch your friends suffer.” Eye still shut, Violet gritted her teeth. “No one hurts my friends!” Her eyes snapped open as they turned white. “No one!” Every pony gasped as a pulse of rainbow light surged out of her body. “No!” Chrysalis cried. “Not again!” The light hit the queen and the other changelings hard, sending them hurdling out of the forest and back to the hive. The green substance disintegrated, setting the ponies free. Discord cried out as his head hit the ground. He looked around in time to see the light die down and Violet’s eyes return too normal. “What happened?” he asked, rubbing his head. “Oomph!” Fluttershy had flung her hooves around his neck. “I thought I lost you!” His eyes widened as she abruptly pressed her lips against his and then sighed contently. Comet practically tackled Violet to the ground into an embrace, sobbing into her blonde mane. “I thought I lost you too.” he sobbed. Violet silenced him by pressing her lips to his own and sighed. “How did you do that?” Applejack marvelled as the couple broke away. “I thought humans couldn’t do magic,” Rarity said. Violet shrugged. “They don’t. This hasn’t happened before today. But Chrysalis mentioned that this ‘Rainbow of Light’ fused with my soul.” Comet groaned, rubbing his head. “Okay, this is giving me a head ache. Some pony had better have answers!” “I think I can explain.” Every pony looked up to see Princess Celestia hovering above them, Spike at her side. As they floated down, everypony, including Discord bowed. “We meet again, Violet,” she said. “Yeah,” Violet uttered, pawing the ground awkwardly. “Now, I’m sure you all have many questions,” The princess lifted Violet’s chin and examined the girl. “It’s incredible how much you resemble your mother, despite being different colours, but you have her emerald eyes.” “You knew my mother?” “And your father.” “Yeah, Chrysalis said that my parents came to Equestria, but she also said that this ‘Rainbow of Light’ fused with my soul. What is it?” “Yes, I think the best way to explain is to show you.” Celestia turned to the draconequus. “Discord, could you take us into the past, but only to observe.” He looked around at the group. “All of you?” “Yes, I think they all need to see this.” “Um, okay, but when?” She whispered in his ear and Discord nodded, still confused. Then he snapped his fingers.