One hour til the wedding, Location: Canterlot Castle.
Celestia was walking around the castle looking for her sister, it had been hours since she had seen her and she was starting to worry. “
Where are you Luna?” She asked herself. She then saw ‘Cadence’ walking towards her with a slight scowl on her face.
“Is something wrong Cadance?” Celestia asked. ‘Cadence’ quickly composed herself and gave her “aunt” a smile.
“Oh I’m fine aunt Celestia, Just…..uh…..last minute wedding jitters.” She said. Celestia raised an eyebrow at ‘Cadance’s’ behavior.
“If you say so. By the way, have you see Luna by any chance?” She asked.
“Last I saw she was in here room.” ‘Cadance’ said shaking her head.
“Alright, I’ll keep looking around for her. I suggest you start getting ready, the wedding starts in an hour.” Celestia said walking away.
“Oh don’t worry Aunt Tia, I intend to make the most out of this wedding.” ‘Cadance’ said with a sinister smile on her face. ‘Cadence’ began walking off only to feel a sharp pain in her head. “AH!” She yelled before holding her head.
“Something’s wrong, the princess….she’s free.” ‘Cadance’ quickly composed herself and walked back to her room.
“I may not know how she got out, but I know she won’t make it here in time. But just in case…” ‘Cadence's’ eyes began to glow bright green and she smiled.
Location: Castle Maze
Arceus, Luna and Cadance continued walking through the maze, being careful not to set off any of Luna’s traps.
“Are we almost out?” Cadance asked.
“Almost, all we have to do is turn this corner and we should be back at the entrance.” Luna explained.
“Good, I can’t say I find these twisted tunnels comforting.” Arceus said.
“Aww, is the big bad Alpha pokemon scared of a little maze?” Luna teased. Cadence giggled a bit, while Arceus gave the moon princess a deadpan stare.
“I could easily leave and abandon you two right now if I wanted to. You are aware of that, right?” Arceus asked.
“Yes, but we know you won’t.” Luna said with a smile.
“I despise you.”
“No you don’t.” By that point Cadence was beginning to laugh her tail off and Luna and Arceus looked at each other quickly before joining in.
“I know this really isn’t the appropriate time, but I feel like we needed that.” Arceus said.
“Agreed.” Luna said with a nod.
“I haven’t laughed like that in a long time.” Cadence said calming down a bit, trying to keep up the smile she had managed to acquire.
“You deserve it and when we take down that changeling you can laugh all you want.” Luna said hugging her niece.
“Oh, I don’t know about that.” Arceus muttered.
GRRRR!
The group immediately stopped walking and began to look around.
“You two heard that right?” Arceus asked getting into a defensive position.
“Yes, be on your guard.” Luna replied. Knowing her body and magic were still recharging, Cadance stood behind Arceus.
GRRRR!
Luna and Arceus kept looking around for the source of the growling until they saw multiple pairs of green eyes off in the distance.
“I don’t like the looks of this.” Luna said with a glare.
“Nor do I, Sunny Day!” Arceus said shooting a bright ball of light into the air. The ball illuminated the room allowing the group to see a pack of timberwolves in front of them.
“What are these creatures?” Arceus asked, not 100% familiar with the wildlife populating Equestria.
“Timberwolves, and they don’t look too friendly.” Luna said as her horn began to glow.
“Are Timberwolves ever friendly?” Cadance asked.
“Good point.” Luna said. The wooden wolves were closing in on the group causing the two equines to take a few steps back.
“Listen Luna, when I give the signal I want you to take Cadance back to the surface and stop the wedding.” Arceus said. Luna and Cadance both looked at the Alpha Pokemon as if he had lost it.
“But what about you?” Luna asked in a questioning, yet slightly worried tone.
“Hah! I’ll be fine, I can handle a few wooden mutts.” Arceus said in a confident tone.
“You underestimate me”. Luna and Cadance looked at one another before nodding.
“Ok, just be careful.” Luna said. Arceus nodded and glared at the Timberwolves.
“On three! One...two…..THREE!” Arceus yelled before releasing a massive Flamethrower attack causing the wolves to shield themselves. Luna took this chance to grab Cadance and fly over the Timberwolves while they were distracted. Once Luna and Cadance were of of sight, Arceus began chuckling.
“Ok then. Try and be at least a little entertaining.”
Location: Wedding Chapel
“It’s time, it’s finally time!” Rarity said in a delighted tone. She, as well as the other members of the Mane 5 were waiting for ‘Cadance’ to walk down the aisle.
“I know, I’m so excited!” Pinkie said with a huge smile on her face.
“Just wait til you girls see me sonic rainboom afterwards. It’ll make this the best wedding ever.” Rainbow said with a cocky smile.
“Heh, and look at Fluttershy, she and her birds are just as happy as we are.” Applejack said pointing to Fluttershy who was preparing her bird choir off in the choir, grinning widely, along with Spike who was holding the rings with his own proud smile on his face.
“And look at Shining Armor, he has such a goofy smile on his face.” Rarity said pointing at the face of the groom, who was indeed smiling, but something was off about his eyes. While the Mane 5 and Shining Armor were waiting for the bride, Celestia was standing in the front still wondering where her sister was.
“Luna, where are you? The wedding is about to-” Before Celestia could finish her thought, the wedding music began to play, the large doors in front of her creaked open, and ‘Cadance’ began walking down aisle with the illustrious CMC throwing down flower petals in front of her, having the times of their lives serving at a royal wedding.
“Oh she looks gorgeous.” Rarity said quietly, admiring her work.
“That dress does look good on her.” Applejack said smiling at the bride.
“Well done, Rarity.”
‘Cadance’ had finally made her way to next to her husband to be, as the Crusader’s scooted off the side, and looked to him with a small smile. Shining Armor’s parents were in the front of the crowd, both of them crying tears of happiness for their son. Celestia stared at the couple and she sighed.
“Wherever you are sister, you’re missing something completely adorable.” She thought with a smile, trying to remove the concern about the whereabouts of her sister from her mind. She probably overslept after her shift last night, or decided she had better things to do. Either way, she would turn up eventually, and Celestia had a wedding to officiate. As the music began to die down, the solar princess began to recite the words she had carefully memorized over the last few days.
“Mares and Stallions, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armor, two ponies who are extremely dear to me. The strength of their commitment is clear, the power of their love undeniable and as I bestow these rings upon your horns, you will be held together by a bond much stronger than anything. A commitment that lasts longer than life itself. Shining Armor, do you take Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, to be your lawfully wedded wife.” Celestia asked with reverence. She could’ve sworn she saw the slightest flash of green through her peripherals, but she quickly dismissed it, hinging on these next few words. Still beaming like a foal, Shining Armor nodded before almost hypnotically replying....
“I do”
Celestia turned to the other pony before her, and asked “And do you, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, take Shining Armor to be your lawfully wedded husband”
‘Cadence’ turned to her “fiance and cracked a grin, getting the two words ready that would make her the happiest mare in the whole world”
“I do” She answered almost coyly. However, nopony noticed, still caught up in the beauty of it all. Celestia, readied herself, looked forward toward both of them, and began to speak once more.
“And so, I now happily declare you two, husband and wi-”
“HOLD IT!”
Suddenly the doors of the chapel swung open, revealing Luna with an angry expression on her face. Celestia was awestruck. She was one syllable away from ending the wedding, allowing these two to begin their new lives. And now, after missing all of the proceeding, her sister barges in making a scene this large. Celestia, however, saw her sister’s face and she got worried, despite the strong questions she had for her.
“Luna, what’s wrong!? And where have you been!?” Celestia asked, trying to ask the second part more quietly, yet reasonably peeved, still allowing her sister to here.
“I’ll explain that later, right now we must address the threat!” Luna said angrily. Everypony in the chapel began wondering what the lunar princess meant by “threat” and began to almost politefully panic in their seats, while Celestia seemed extremely confused, while ‘Cadance’ began to sweat a little bit. Celestia had nearly forgotten about the threat made against Canterlot. If there was indeed a danger to her citizens, then perhaps Luna’s sudden intrusion was justifiable after all.
“What about the threat Luna? Has it finally revealed itself?” Celestia asked in a serious, yet curious tone. The Elements, as well everypony in the chapel stared at the Lunar princess waiting for an answer, as the panic had manifested into a chilling silence.
“Yes, it has....” Luna began to answer with heavy breaths “...and you are about to wed her to Lady Sparkle’s brother!” Luna said pointing at ‘Cadence’. Everypony gasped at Luna’s accusation and began to speak amongst themselves. The Elements and Celestia on the other hoof, widened their eyes to the familiar claim, Celestia especially. glared at the dark blue alicorn, along with certain members of Twilight’s friends.
“Oh not this again! Luna, did Twilight put you up to this?” Celestia asked in a serious tone, not especially caring to be subtle anymore. Luna had barged in and interrupted her niece’s and future step-nephews special day. Not only that, she blatantly accused her of a crime in front of everypony. Celestia wasn’t sure where Luna was, but she honestly didn’t care at this point.
“Seriously Princess Luna, I didn’t think you would be the pony to believe the nonsense Twilight was spouting.” Applejack said, stepping forward and eyeing the Princess down, unsure of her motives. Shining’s parents were wondering what the Princess and Applejack were talking about, but before they could ask Luna spoke up again.
“Lady Sparkle didn’t say a thing to me and I would refrain from speaking about her in that matter if I were you.” Luna said glaring at Applejack, who took a step back with widened eyes in shock of Luna’s boldness, before turning to her sister. ‘Cadance’ knew this was bad, so she decided to step in and start the waterworks.
“Aunt Luna I don’t understand! Why do you and Twilight insist on ruining my special day?” She said with tears in her eyes, now covering her teary face with her hoof.
“Because it’s not your special day!” Luna retorted, then stepping aside to reveal the real Princess Cadance behind her, still bruised and dirty with a very angry look on her face.
“It’s mine!” She said with venom in her voice, glaring daggers into her copycat’s eyes. Everypony gasped once again, and Celestia and The Elements both reeled, both shocked and confused. It couldn’t be. There was no way. They all stood there motionless, mouths hanging open, and eyes once again widened in disbelief.
“Wait….what….how!” Spike was at a loss for words, as was everypony else. The fake Cadance glared at the real Cadance and she growled.
“I don’t understand! How did you escape the Timberwolves?” She asked in a dark tone. Cadance and Luna looked at one another and smiled.
Location: Castle Maze
Arceus was walking through the ashes of the timberwolves while whistling. “That wasn’t even a challenge, I’m barely warmed up. Hmmm...maybe that changeling will give a slightly better fight.” Arceus said, walking towards the exit of the maze.
Back to the wedding…
The fake Cadance stepped forward and she smiled.
“No matter, you both are too late anyway.” She said in a malicious tone. Everypony wondered what she meant.
“What are you talking about! A-and how can there be two of ya!? What in tarnation is going on!?” Applejack asked, starting to get angered by her confusion. The real Cadence then glared at her doppleganger and stepped forward.
“She’s a changeling, she takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them.” Cadence explained. Everypony in the room turned back to the fake Cadence who began to laugh. She looked up, eyes bright green and filled with malice.
“Well, the cats out of the bag now, sooo…” The fake Cadence was soon surrounded by green fire and her eyes flashed and even brighter green. Everypony took a step back and shielded their eyes as the fake Cadance began returning to her original form. Luna was the only one who didn’t shield her eyes, she didn’t want the bug to get one chance to…
ZAP!!
Just then Luna was hit with a green blast of magic, moving so fast, nopony could have reacted in time, causing her to be pushed back into a wall.
“AHHH!” Luna yelled before crashing. Once the light died down, everypony looked up to see the changeling queen in her true form: A tall, black, insect-looking creature with a long crooked horn, insect wings, and a small crown on her head.
“HAHAHAHAHA! That’s for getting on my nerves, “Aunty Luna”!” She said with a cackle. Celestia quickly got over her shock and looked to her sister who was embedded in chapel wall, the real Cadence rushing to her side.
“Luna!” She then turned back at the queen and glared at her. “How dare you!” Celestia said angrily. She was furious at this monster, but still a sharp pain resided in her chest, a pain she didn’t have time to identify. Chrysalis just chuckled at Celestia.
“I dared months ago Celestia, and it took you up until this point to find that out.” She said with a smirk. This only fueled Celestia’s anger and her horn began to glow. But as her horn ignited the pain spiked, making her breath heavier with a quickened pace. Chrysalis’s words hadn’t wounded her, but amplified one she had been hesitant to acknowledge. Her denial, her ignorance, her realization, all bottled up inside her, and she struggled to contain them.
“I will say this only once, GET! OUT! OF! MY! KINGDOM!” Celestia demanded as her horn bagan glowing more and more with every word. And with every word, another struggle to keep herself together. Everypony except Chrysalis took a few steps back from the angered solar princess. Chrysalis smirked again and turned her back to Celestia.
“Make me.” She said, almost defiantly playful. Celestia didn't hesitate with the opportunity provided, she quickly fired a large golden beam at Chrysalis. The Changeling Queen didn't flinch though as she quickly and without any effort put up a barrier blocking Celestia’s attack. Everypony gasped at what they had just seen, but none were more shocked than Cadence, Luna and the Mane 5.
“How..how is she doing that?” Spike asked with wide eyes, still not sure how to process this, and basically on reactionary auto-pilot. Chrysalis with her back still turned, craned her neck to face the small dragon and chuckled again.
“Simple little dragon, I’ve been feeding off of Shining Armor and Cadence's love for each other for months now. To think the I surpassed Celestia in power in only a few weeks and she had no idea. It’d be sad if it wasn’t so easy.” She said in a confident tone. Celestia slowly stopped her attack and she started breathing heavily.
“This...can’t...be.” She said weakly.
“Oh it certainly can be Princess,and now that I’ve proven that my strength far exceeds yours…” Chysalis’s horn began to glow and she smirked. “I think it’s high time you stepped down from that altar.” Just then Celestia was surrounded by a green energy field that began to shock her with what felt to Celestia like 100,000 volts of magical energy.
“AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!” Celestia screamed in pain. Everypony in the room covered their eyes and ears as they couldn’t stand to watch one of the princesses in so much pain. But The Elements couldn’t look away. They winced and cried but they couldn’t look away as the Princess was writhing in pain before them. They had no words, no actions, no real thoughts other than confusion as to how such a peaceful day had manifested into this graphic image that would be ingrained into their minds forever.Once the attack was over, Celestia fell to the floor unconscious and charred, while Chrysalis just laughed. Luna watched everything happen with wide eyes and she looked to the Changeling with pure rage.
“Nopony and I mean nopony, MESSES WITH OUR SISTER!” Luna screamed before charging towards the Changeling Queen in a fit of rage. Cadence watched her aunt as she charged the Queen.
“Aunt Luna stop!” Cadance said in a panic. Luna was too angry to listen to her niece, her sights already set on her target. She then shot a beam of blue energy at Chrysalis who just kept smiling.
“If you were still Nightmare Moon I might actually be intimidated. But since you’re not…...” Chrysalis fired another green beam at Luna’s. The Two beams collided, but without any effort Luna’s blast was quickly overpowered Luna’s, stopping her in her tracks as she held her footing and tried to push back toward the advancing enemy attack. Cadence saw this and she ran to her Aunt’s side.
“Hold on Aunt Luna!” She said before firing a light blue energy beam from her horn, colliding with the already existing beam duel.. Cadance’s beam along with Luna’s stopped Chrysalis’s beam...or so they thought. Chrysalis continued to smile at the two alicorns.
“You know, I’d actually be impressed if not for this!” She said upping the energy of her laser causing Luna and Cadance lasers to be pushed back again. Both Luna and Cadance’s eyes went wide.
“You can’t be serious!” Cadance panicked.
“Stay focused Cadenza!” Luna said trying her best to hold off Chrysalis’s attack. Everypony in the room could do nothing but watch the scene unfold and some were even wondering where the royal guard was.
With Arceus
Arceus had finally made it out of the maze.
“Finally. If only those walls weren’t affecting my moves, I could have teleported out of there much sooner. Now all I have to do is find Luna and-” Arceus stopped walking and felt a massive tremor of energy being unleashed. “What the!” He then walked over to a nearby window and saw the chapel in the distance. Not only that he saw thousands upon thousands of bug creatures outside of the barrier “Hmmmmm, this does not bode well.” Arceus said in a serious tone. He then opened a golden portal behind him a walked through it.
Back with Cadance and Luna
“I can’t...hold this...much...longer!” Cadance said still struggling to fend off Chrysalis.
“Stay strong Cadenza, we must...stay strong!” Luna said also struggling. Chrysalis was amused by the two alicorns futile efforts and she smiled.
“As fun as this is ladies, I’m getting bored and it’s time..I END THIS! Chrysalis yelled as her eyes and her horn began to glow even brighter. The queens laser then began to overpower the two Alicorns beams with minimal effort. Luna and Cadance both felt a massive rise in the changelings power.
“No….she can’t be this powerful!” Luna said in shock.
“This….can’t-” Before Cadance could finish both her and Luna were finally pushed back by Chrysalis’s laser and were sent not into the wall of the chapel but through it, creating holes on the walls surface.They both were sprawled out, battered and singed by the magic and the impact, and clearly in pain. Everypony looked at the now defeated Alicorns with horrified looks on their faces, The Elements, especially shaken, as seemingly all three Princesses were out of commision, and they were not especially acquainted with this level of violence or malice. They were out of their league, and so they continued to stand their motionless. Cadence slowly opened her eyes and saw Luna unconscious next to her.
“Aunt….Luna.” She said slowly struggling to get up. “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Cadance then looked at the queen with a glare on her face.
“Yours and Shining Armor's love for one another truly is amazing. To think it’s made me this powerful in such a short time. Not even Celestia or the combined power of two Alicorns could defeat me!” The queen gloated. Cadence then walked back into the chapel, almost limping as she continued to stare at the queen with cold eyes.
“I won’t let you...win.” She said breathing deeply.
“I’m sorry my dear, but I’ve already won. As we speak my changeling minions are surrounding Canterlot and are about to attack.” Chrysalis explained.
“Like they’ll get the chance, Shining Armor’s spell will keep them from ever reaching us!” Cadence said, straining herself to raise her voice.
“I highly doubt that.” Chrysalis then looked to Shining Armor and her horn began to glow again.
“Isn’t that right dear?” She asked.
“Mmm-hmmm.” Shining said with a zombie-like nod. Cadence looked at her fiance in horror, pupils shaking at the thought of losing Shining to this monster. She shook her head, remembered what Luna had said, and quickly regained her composure and tried to fire another blast at the queen with a loud grunt.
“Ah-ah.” Chrysalis teased, almost looking down at Cadance like a naughty child. “You don’t want to go back down into the caves now, do you Princess?” Chrysalis asked with a smirk. Cadence knew very well that if she was sent back into the cave, she would never free Shining Armor, so she took a deep breath and she stopped charging her magic. The changeling queen chuckled.
“That’s what I thought.” She then walked over to Shining Armor and smiled at him. “Ever since I took your place, I’ve been feeding off of the love both you and Shining Armor have for one another. Every moment he grows weaker and so does his spell. Even now the minions I told you about are chipping away at his little shield.” She explained. Applejack heard this and looked out the window next to her and saw hundreds of changelings attacking Shining Armor’s barrier.
“She right, the shield is about to go!” Applejack said in a panic. Everypony in the room officially started to panic as well now, but Chrysalis was laughing.
“That’s right, get ready little ponies because today, Canterlot falls.” She then turned to Cadance. “And as a bonus, I’ll just take this young stallion for myself. A gift for a job well done. Who know maybe he could be my husband for real Not like he’ll have any say in the matter. ” She said with a smirk. Cadence both felt anger and heartache and she didn’t know what to do.
“You’ll do no such thing!” Cadence growled.
“Hmmm…..says you.” Chrysalis said with a smirk. “But enough talk for now.” She then turned to Shining Armor. “Dear if you would please, lower the barrier.” She said. Shining Armor gave a small nod and his horn began to glow. The Mane 5 finally had enough of watching and stepped forward.
“That’s it you poor excuse for a bug, We ain’t gonna stand here and let you do this!” Applejack said with confidence in her voice. The other members of the Mane 5 nodded in agreement and after a few seconds of silence Chrysalis just laughed at them.
“You truly think you ‘Five’ can defeat me?” She asked them.
“What makes you think we can’t, we already defeated Nightmare Moon and Discord.” Rainbow boasted. Chrysalis continued to laugh.
“While that maybe true, you’re forgetting one key ‘Element’ that helped you defeat her.” She said with a smirk.
“Really and what would that be?” Rarity said, not wanting to hear the queen’s nonsnese. Chrysalis laughed even louder.
“Pathetic, you five really don’t remember casting aside your only saving grace? I thought bonds like those were “stronger than anything”” She said. The mares all looked at her in confusion except Fluttershy who had a look of horror on her face and it wasn’t because of the current crisis.
“Twilight.” She said in a quiet tone.The rest of the girls looked to the timid Pegasus and raised their eyebrows.
“What was that Fluttershy?” Rainbow asked.
“Twilight.” She said a bit louder with tears in her eyes.
“What was-” “TWILIGHT!” She screamed before breaking down on the floor. The four mares took in what Fluttershy said and their face began pale.
“C-crap!” Rainbow said in a panic, not even thinking about her words.
“She...she tried to…” Applejack couldn’t finish her sentence as the guilt began to get to her. The sharp pain Celestia had felt had spread to the five of them, piercing and stabbing from the inside. They remembered everything Twilight had said, what she tried to do, not for herself, but for her friends. And they drove her away. And without her, they couldn’t use the Elements they had relied on so heavily.
“What did we do?” Rarity asked putting a hoof over her mouth. Pinkie didn’t have to say much as her mnae went flat and her bright smile was all but gone. Chrysalis watched the girls in elation.
“That’s right, you all don’t have Twilight Sparkle with you, and I highly doubt you will ever again. After you all cast her aside like garbage, I wouldn’t be surprised if you never heard from her ever again.” She said with delight and a chuckle. Cadance had a confused look on her face.
“What….what are you talking about? Why wouldn’t Twilight come and help? ...Why...why isn’t she here now…..she should be here…..what….. What happened to her! What did you do to her you monster!” She cried out, tears forming in her eyes.. Chrysalis then turned to the Princess of Love and began to explain.
“You wound me Princess. I have done nothing with your purple compatriot. Because these five ponies, her brother and even her once beloved Teacher turned their backs on her.” Chrysalis said with a smile. Cadance was even more confused now, she had been told by Princess Celestia that her new friends were a joy and that she was lucky to have them. This changeling had to be wrong, but if that was true then why did these five mares look so broken? All these questions invaded Candace's mind and she wanted answers desperately.
“I see you're struggling to understand, Princess. Well allow me to enlighten you. During my time posing as you, I’ve been gaining the trust of everypony in the castle, and when The Bearers of Harmony arrived it only made my plans work even better. I figured that if they had my trust, no one would discover my plans. Unfortunately, Twilight Sparkle had her suspicions and started getting nosy. I was shocked when she called me out on my behavior and what she saw what I had done to her brother at the rehearsal. But I had come too far to let her ruin what I worked so hard to achieve. So I made a gamble and released my hold on Shining Armor when she started talking about the spells I’ve been casting on him. I then let things run their course and once I ran out of the rehearsal room, I listened to what Shining, the Bearers and Celestia said and did to dear Twilight. Her own brother banned her from the wedding and her ‘Friends’ and teacher just left her in her sadness. And before you blame me for making Shining Armor say all those terrible things to Twilight, let me remind you that he was released from my spell, so anything he said or did was completely of his own free will. How sad is it that even your precious Shining couldn’t see through my facade. If only he recognized that he all those chats and long days and nights he spent with his wife over the last few months….weren’t even with his wife at all!”
Cadance and the Element Bearers were silent but wide eyed at the information they had just received. Cadence couldn’t react. All she could do was take it in, and try and process the words in her mind. She felt such conflicting emotions from anger, to sadness, to confusion, to betrayal, and the most potent of all, heartbreak.
“I almost felt bad for the poor unicorn, having her brother, her friends, and her own teacher ripped away for her by somepony they barely knew.” After Chrysalis had finally finished, she allowed her words to sink into the minds of the Princess and the Element Bearers with waiting eyes.
Cadence couldn’t believe what she had just heard. She looked toward the ground, her bruised hooves shaking violently. She still had several questions darting around in her head, but currently only one of them really mattered. She turned to look at the five mares she had never met before, mares that were supposedly Twilight’s new friends. Mares she couldn’t wait to meet. She turned to them with almost lifeless eyes and spoke shakily and confused.
“Why...why did you…” Cadance couldn’t finish her sentence due to the shock. Fluttershy just cried even louder while the rest of the Elements, except Applejack, turned their heads away from Cadence.
“W….we thought that Twilight was just….being to over protective of her brother and she just accused you...her…. of being evil without any real evidence.” Applejack explained.
“So we went to comfort you….her instead of staying with Twilight.” Rainbow said, finishing up their explanation. Cadence just stared at the 5 mares for a good minute before, lowering her head, quickly gritting her teeth and glaring at them. She then opened her mouth, but another voice spoke up first.
“Right from the horse’s mouth.” Everypony turned to see Princes Luna standing back up, clearly straining to do so.
“Aunt Luna.” Cadence said, trying to sound happy, but coming off more somber.. Luna stepped forward and glared at both the Changeling Queen, before turning toward The Elements.
“Do you have any idea what you all have done?” She said angrily. Chrysalis just smiled while the Element Bearers flinched at her question, looking pained more than anything else. Luna then looked to Shining Armor.
“I hope you can hear me too Shining Armor because of what you, my sister, and Lady Sparkle’s ‘Friends’ have done we have lost the Element of Magic and it’s Bearer.” Luna said with a slight growl. Fluttershy was already a crying mess but now the rest of the Mane 5 had tears streaming down their faces.
“Aww, Princess Luna you shouldn't hurt their feelings. Besides it’s not really their….well actually it is.” Chrysalis said before she started laughing again. The two Princesses glared at her at the Queen.
“Now if you all don’t mind, I have a kingdom to conquer. Shining Armor lower the barrier.” Chrysalis demanded. Shining’s horn began to glow and the barrier bagan crumbling away. Everypony began worrying and they knew they couldn’t do anything to stop the queen. Chrysalis's horn and began to glow and she started speaking. “Now my Children, go and Feed!” She commanded. Luna, Candace and The Mane 5 all waited for the massacre to begin and After about 30 seconds….nothing happened. No screams, no explosions, no anything. Everypony in the chapel looked around and then they looked at the Chrysalis.
“Um….not that I’m complaining, but shouldn’t something be happening right now?” Cadance asked a very confused looking Chrysalis.
“This…..this doesn't make any sense! Where is my army!?”
With Arceus
“Well that took a while, but it was worth it.” Arceus said as he looked at all the defeated army of Changelings around him. “These bugs were less of a challenge than those wolves. I guess it’s time I pay that Queen a visit.” He said before opening another golden portal and walking through. “I hope Luna and Cadance haven’t gotten into too much trouble while I was taking care of that.” He said before the portal closed.
Back at the wedding
“This doesn’t make any sense, my army should have invaded by now.” Chrysalis said in a slight panic, taking a few steps back while looking through all the windows, trying to find any trace of her army’s wrath outside. Luna and Cadance were also wondering what was going on, but then a lightbulb went off in their heads.
“Cadenza, do you think-” “It’s possible.” Cadance said cutting Luna off. The two Alicorns then began smiling which didn’t go unnoticed by Chrysalis.
“What are you both smiling about?” She hissed. Luna and Cadance stayed silent which only fueled her anger. She then lifted both alicorns into the air with her magic and pinned them to the ceiling. “You both did this, tell me what you did NOW!” Chrysalis commanded. Luna and Cadance tried to free themselves, but the Queens magic was too strong. “Fine, I’ll just force the answers out of the two of you.” Chrysalis said before Charging a large green laser and aiming it at the two princesses.
“NO! If that much magic hits them they’ll be knocking at death's door.” Rarity said in a panic.
“Stop it!” Rainbow said before charging at Chrysalis.
“Stay out of my way!” Chrysalis said, stopping Rainbow mid flight with her magic and throwing her across the room.
“Dashie!” Pinkie yelled. Rainbow rolled onto the ground, swiftly colliding into the wall with a thud, scuffs across her body and groaning in pain until her world went black.
“Fool!” Chrysalis said before firing her laser at Luna and Cadance. Everypony in the room looked away from what was about to happen and both alicorns closed their eyes and hoped for a miracle….
PROTECT!
Just then a blueish-green barrier surrounded Luna and Cadance and shielded them for Chrysalis’s attack.
“What!? That’s Impossible!” Chrysalis said in shock. Soon, a golden light filled the room and Luna and Cadance were suddenly freed from Chrysalis’s hold, quickly falling to the ground with a set of “oofs”.
“Yes, he made it!” Luna said with a smile.
“Took him long enough.” Cadance said also smiling.
“I say again, you both know I could just leave you to perish.” A majestic voice coming from all directions of the room said. Everypony except for Luna and Cadance looked for the source of the voice.
“Who was that, reveal yourself!” Chrysalis demanded.
“Of course, but you asked for this not me.” Just then, a huge golden portal opened and slowly walking out was the Alpha Pokemon himself. Everypony looked at the newcomer in awe and wonder, completely taken in by his odd appearance and powerful voice.
“My word.” Rarity said in disbelief as she gazed upon the strange intruder.
“He’s so shiny!” Pinkie said her mane slightly coming back to life.
“I just hope that whatever that thing is, it’s on our side.” Applejack said with a slight gulp. Chrysalis looked over the newcomer and glared at him.
“Who are you and give me a reason why I shouldn’t turn you to ashes.” She spat. Arceus simply ignored the Changeling and walked over to the two Alicorns.
“Are you both alright?” He asked.
“We would have been better if you had gotten here sooner. “ Luna said with a small smirk, standing up once again weakly, still wincing in pain.
“Well excuse me for taking out an entire army of bugs by myself. You’re welcome by the way.” Arceus said. Cadence just smiled, also getting herself back upright.
“We’re grateful for what you did Lord Arceus, but we still have a problem to deal with.” She said gesturing to the Queen who was beyond furious by this point. If there was one thing she hated, it was being ignored.
“Oh yes. The queen herself..” He then faced Chrysalis and glared at her.
“So how should I end this quickly? A Flamethrower frontal assault or Aerial Ace to the back.?” Arceus asked himself.
“Do you have any idea who you are talking to, Who do you think you are!” Chrysalis asked in a fit of rage.
“I am Lord Arceus, ruler of the Pokemon world and I don't appreciate you tone. I am tired of this nonsense right now, so I’ll give you one chance to give up. Choose very carefully, because you have already angered me severely.” He said in a calm tone, with an angry undertone.
“Lord Arceus, you aren’t going to let her escape, are you?’.” Cadence asked, questioning the Alpha Pokemon with concern.
“I know what I am doing, dear Cadence.” Arceus said in a confident tone. Cadence's eyes widened and she took a step back.
“Is he really-” “Do not worry Cadence. Arceus already knows what will happen. She will not go unpunished.” Luna replied quickly, turning toward the standoff between the two.
“Well ‘Arceus’, you must know that these three Alicorns have had no chance against me. What makes you so sure you can defeat me?” Chrysalis asked the Alpha Pokemon smugly, already charging her horn.
“Hmph” the Alpha Pokemon huffed, understanding the choice the queen had made. “Well for one, my power isn't stolen like yours is. Second, I have powers nopony in this room can even imagine. And lastly…” And before he even finished his thought, he vanished in a flash. Everypony in the room gasped, and Chrysalis’s eyes quickly widened and moved quickly around the room in a swift search for the Pokemon. Her eyes widened further as she felt a looming presence behind her, and as she quickly turned around with a charged horn…
“Aura Sphere!” cried Arceus as he appeared behind the queen and charged a light blue sphere of energy in front of him, and before Chrysalis even fully turned around, lunged the orb at her point blank, colliding with her face and sending her flying back at the tremendous speed with a large cloud of mist resonating were the impact occurred. The queen hurdled across the room, breaking right through the large wooden door at the far end of the chapel with a loud “creak”. As the dust settled from the attack, Arceus stood there solemnly looking through the wreckage.
“...Those alicorns couldn’t do that” Arceus then turned to the ponies in the chapel and opened another golden portal.
“Everypony out, this portal will take you you the castle.” He said. Everypony in the room was still weary of this new comer, but Princess Luna spoke up.
“It’s alright everypony, Lord Arceus is an old friend of me and my sister. He’s as trustworthy as they come.” Luna then looked to the Mane 5 and Spike who were surrounding a still unconscious Rainbow Dash.
“Applejack, take Rainbow Dash and get out of here with the others.” She said in a calm tone.
“But Princess we-” Luna then cast a deadly glare to The Mane 5 which made all of them flinch. “Ok we understand.” With that Applejack put Rainbow Dash onto her back and the rest of the Elements, along with the ponies in the chapel all escaped into the golden portal. Arceus then levitated Celestia over to Cadance and Luna.
“Leave this place.” He said to the two of them.
“What about you?’ Cadance asked, concerned for Arceus. Arceus looked back at the wreckage and saw it moving slightly.
“I’m going to teach this ‘Queen’ what happens to those manipulate and attack old acquaintances.” Arceus said ruffling Cadence's mane.
“Good luck.” Luna said before putting Celestia on her back.
“Won’t need it. Now go.” Both alicorns nodded and ran into the portal which closed behind them. As soon as it did, an explosion came from the wreckage and Chrysalis emerged with a green flame surrounding her body.
“You….YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!” She screamed. Arceus felt her power spike, but he wasn’t worried.
“What are you going to do about it?” He asked in a smug manner.
“RAHHH!” Chrysalis Screamed as she charged Arceus at full speed. Arceus chuckled at this.
“Protect.” He said before another blueish-green barrier surrounded him and once Chrysalis made contact with it she bounce right off of it and rolled onto the ground.
“Anything else you’d like to try.” Arceus taunted. Chrysalis growled and got back up.
“Don’t toy with me!” She said before teleporting behind Arceus and firing a green laser at his back. This time Arceus let the blast hit him and it sent him forward a bit. Chrysalis didn’t stop there, she then flew into the air and fired multiple beams at Arceus from all sides until he was covered in green smoke. “Now to finish this!” She said before creating a large green energy ball and throwing it at Arceus causing a massive…..
KA-BOOM!
Chrysalis then looked at the explosion with a huge grin on her face. “HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So much for all that gusto, you couldn’t even-” “Congratulations, you managed to kick up some dust.” Chrysalis’s eyes went wide as she saw the Alpha pokemon walk out of the smoke with barely a scratch on him.
“Is that all you got?” He asked in a calm yet serious tone. Chrysalis snarled at the Alpha pokemon and flew into the air.
“Oh, I’ll show you what I got!” She said before firing multiple green lasers at Arceus. Arceus merely took a deep breath and allowed the lasers to hit him.
“How’s that!?” Chrysalis asked before landing on the ground.
“Not bad actually, I had major kink in my neck that was killing me and that little massage really helped out a lot.” Arceus said smugly. If looks could kill Arceus would be dead because Chrysalis couldn’t take the Alpha Pokemon’s mouth anymore.
“Listen up ‘Queen’, I’m going to give you two choices. 1: You either hit me with everything you have and pray to whatever deity you believe in that it defeats me or 2: Surrender and avoid a humiliating defeat. It’s your call.” Arceus said. Chrysalis grit her teeth and her horn began to glow, sparking with surges of power.
“It seems you’re picking the first option. Very well. Just remember, you, me, everything you got. Are we clear?” Arceus asked. Chrysalis’s horn began to glow brighter and brighter and she flew into the air once again. “Crystal!” She said in a dark tone.
Just then the chapel began to shake and some pieces of rubble began to float into the air. “Impressive she’s putting out a lot of power.” Arceus thought as he watched the changeling queen charge her magic, keeping extreme eye contact with the queen.
“This will end, now! And then Canterlot will be mine!” After Chrysalis said that her body was covered in a green flame and Arceus chuckled.
“Very nice, I can actually feel the heat and power coming off you.” He said.
“In mere moments, all you’ll be feeling is oblivion!” Chrysalis said preparing to attack Arceus.
“Hmph, that or disappointment. Go ahead, flip that coin.” Arceus said in a cocky tone, pleased that some form of challenge had presented itself after all this time, despite his unwavering confidence. For Chrysalis however, that was the final straw.
“Soul Extinction!” Chrysalis yelled as she fired a enormous green laser at Arceus.
“Aww how cute, she named i-”
KA-BOOM!
The entire chapel went up in smoke and luckily nopony was in the area, or else being in the hospital would be the least of their worries. The smoke cleared slowly, and a green orb could be seen in the quickly ,dissolving dust with Chrysalis inside.
“I might have gone a bit overboard.” She said before dropping the shield. She then looked around at the now destroyed Chapel, with no sign of the Alpha Pokemon.
“Well, he did say everything.” She said with a smirk.
“Now to round up my army and-” “Wow, you really made a mess.” Chrysalis’s eyes widened when she heard that. She slowly turned around and saw the Alpha pokemon standing right behind her.
“H…...How...?” she asked in a speechless tone.
“Simple. You hit me, I defended, and I waited for the smoke to die down so I could surprise you.” If he could, Arceus would be smirking right now. Chrysalis took a few steps back and grit her teeth. “You’ve probably figured this out, but you will never hit me with that stolen power bug!” Arceus said in a victorious tone. Chrysalis’s shock was once again replaced with anger.
“Then what do you call the last five minutes!?” She asked in an angry tone. Arceus looked the queen dead in her eyes and said one word.
“Pity.” he said before disappearing, reappearing behind Chrysalis and raising a hoof. “Poison Jab!” His hoof began to glow purple and struck the queen in the back causing her to cry out in pain.
“AHHHHHHHHHHHH!” She screamed before falling to the ground. Arceus scoffed and walked in front of Chrysalis.
“You’re very lucky because if you had met me a few millennia ago, you would be dead.” He said in a dark tone. Chrysalis couldn't tell if she was shaking because of her now poisoned body or the words of the Alpha pokemons words. Arceus’s body then began to glow and he placed a hoof on Chrysalis.
“The poison will wear off, but I’ll be taking all the power and love you stole from Cadance and Shining Armor. GIGA DRAIN!” Arceus said. Chrysalis began to squirm and hiss as she felt all of her power and magic being forced out of her body. “It’s doesn’t feel good to have your own energy taken huh?” Arceus said in a cold tone. Chrysalis continued to squirm until Arceus finally stopped the attack. The Alpha Pokemon then got into the now weakened queens face.
“Now you listen to me, if I ever catch you in this land again, I promise I won’t be so merciful then. Now get out of my this kingdom!” Arceus then began charging a black orb and aimed it at Chrysalis.
“HYPER BEAM!” He yelled before quickly facing lower and firing a black beam directly belew Chrysalis. The beam connected to the ground below Chrysalis sending her flying off into the wild blue yonder, bruised and beaten. “And that takes care of that.” Arceus said, looking off toward the sky where he had just sent his opponent, before opening a golden portal and walking through it.