I felt cold as the room slowly started to spin around me… I went down on one knee so I wouldn't fall. Twilight had came down from her room after all this chaos and screaming, she addressed me with a concerned voice… but I wasn't able to understand her.
This new development was too much for me. How was it possible for soldiers to arrive in Equestria? I noticed a lot of my friends were talking to me but I had to concentrate on this one thing first, there had to be something I didn't take into account about the portal…
Only two people had access to the data from the portal, Dr. Caput and I…
Dr. Caput…
“... I decided to look into the data log for the portals today and found these strange one-minute openings in constant intervals. I came here to watch the next opening…”
“... I decided to look into the data log for the portals today…”
“... look into the data log…”
A shiver ran down my spine…
‘Fuck! He must have downloaded the data to his office computer to review it, I haven't erased the data there.’, I finally realized and groaned.
“... la… Stella! What happened?”, Twilight shouted at me, her face an inch in front of mine.
“I haven't erased all the data from the portal back then, I made a terrible mistake.”, I finally answered.
As my head finally stopped spinning I carefully got back up and stood in front of Celestia.
“We must kill these soldiers immediately and destroy the portal or all inhabitants of this world may die!”, I declared.
The princess looked at me with a mixture of anger and disgust. “Nopony will be killed just because you say so. There is no way I attack another race without talking to them first, maybe we can reason with them.”
“But these are trained soldiers who prepare an invasion of your world, every minute wasted makes them stronger! Every moment we wait will increase the risk of ponies dying!”, I shouted at her.
She used her magic to pick me up and sat me on one of the chairs, this way I wasn't eye to eye with her anymore but instead she towered over me.
“These are my subjects and I won't start a war without trying diplomacy! I will go back to Canterlot and put together a team of my best negotiators!”
The amount of power flowing through her body was visible to us as yellow sparks rushed over her body. Never before had I seen Celestia angry and never before had I been so afraid of anypony as in this moment when she shouted at me. Only seconds later her magical grip on me disappeared as she teleported away.
We all sat together in silence, it seemed none of us knew how to react to this.
“... well, she has been the ruler of Equestria for more than a thousand years, she should know what's best…”, Twilight was finally able to say.
“Maybe we all should go to bed early…”, Lavender suggested.
“Yeah, I think that’s a good idea.”, Twilight replied and used her magic to clear the table and brought everything to the kitchen.
I didn’t say anything and my mind was racing.
“Are you okay?”, Chrysalis asked me after another minute of silence.
This acted as a catalyst because it forced me into making a decision.
“Yeah... but I need some time to think about all of this, so I’ll spend a few hours in the lab. Is this okay for you Twilight?”
I was fuming inside and I knew she felt it through our connection.
“Sure honey.”, she replied with a slightly worried face as I passed her and exited the library.
…
I was using the electric generator to isolate Twilonium when Chrysalis entered the lab.
“Hey friend.”, she greeted me to my surprise.
“Hey.”, I just replied and concentrated on the chemical process again.
“I would ask you how you're feeling, but your anger, hate, and fear are beaming brightly like the sun.”, she said quietly as she closed the distance until she stood directly behind me.
For a moment a thought about denying it, but I knew how useless it would be. So instead of denying my feelings, I decided to let them out.
“I don't care what Celestia says, these soldiers are preparing an invasion and the extinction of every sentient creature in this world! There is no way I let them hurt or kill the ones I love!”, I screamed as I turned towards her.
She didn't seem the slightest bit surprised by my outburst, instead she laid a hoof on my shoulder and drew me close to her.
“So what are you planning to do?”, she asked. “And could you use the help of a changeling princess doing it?”
“You would act against Celestia's orders?”, I asked.
“You know best what humans are capable of, so I trust your judgment.”, she replied in a most severe tone. “After all this time I finally found true love, I will do anything to protect her.”
I drew her into a hug.
At first she was surprised, but just a moment later she hugged me back.
“It's not much of a plan so far.”, I whispered into her ear. “A spoonful of this stuff I'm extracting right now is enough to blow up this lab if it's ignited… I will extract half a bottle of this and use it to make sure the portal on the other side will be destroyed and I don't care what it takes to do it.”
I felt a slight shudder go through her body as I said this with a voice as cold as ice.
“Maybe that's not the best time to say it, but I never killed anypony.”, she whispered into my ear. “I always was able to get what I wanted using my magic, seduction and in a worst case scenario my sleeping poison.”
I felt her front legs hugging me stronger than before… I felt her fear.
“I don't want to kill anyone either, I hope there is a way to trick these soldiers.”, I replied still whispering. “But I don't think there is anything I wouldn't do to protect Twilight, this world, and anyone I love.”
She just nodded in reply.