//------------------------------// // Fighting // Story: Canterlot Wedding // by Bookworm217 //------------------------------// Cadence was still in shock of what happened. Twilight had given her life so that Cadence could have her special day. Why? Cadence sobbed to herself, hugging Twilight's head. Why did the changelings have to invade? Why couldn't my special-hey does Twilight still have a pulse? Cadence looked at Twilight with hope in her eyes. Twilight had a pulse. It was weak , yes, and her breathing was shallow yes, but she was alive. Tears of relief streamed down Cadence's face. She quickly realized that there was no way that she could carry Twilight up with her, so she would have to leave Twilight down in the caves and come back for her. Cadence cast a spell on Twilight that would both lead her back to Twilight and keep Twilight in stasis so that her condition wouldn't get any worse. Unfortunately, the spell took a lot of energy from already tired Cadence. Cadence did her best and turned to the exit. As she left Twilight, she silently vowed that she would come back, no matter what it took, she would come back for Twilight. Spike looked at Shining Armor with a worried expression on his face. He could see the greenish tint Shining's eyes much clearer now. It was obvious that Shining was being controlled be someone, but who? Its surely not Cadence. Spike assured himselfCadence wouldn't do that. Twilight always described her as a kind and loving spirit who is loved by everypony! The way that Twilight said that-the look of pure love and admiration in Twilight's eyes every time somepony mentions her name-it isn't possible Spike. Annnnnd now your talking to yourself. Greaaaaaat. Spike sighed, he was about to forget these thoughts when a very dirty, very messy, very tear stained Cadence barged into the wedding hall, yelling "Stop!" The arctic cold wind howls and the snow is unforgiving. In the arctic north, a beast of shadow and crystals awaken, his eyes full of dark magic and hunger. Hunger for power. As he began to wake, he felt that a certain unicorn had fallen for his trap deep beneath Canterlot. "Oh, would you look at that." he thought to himself. "She's still alive, not for much longer. My poison will take hold just as soon as the empire returnsssssssssss. Rainbow Dash looked in confusion at 'Cadence' on the alter and 'Cadence' at the wedding hall door. What the hay? she thought to herself. The Cadence who was in her wedding dress looked the other Cadence and said " How in Celestia's name did you escape the caves?" " I had some help from help from some pony very dear to me.” Cadence’s voice broke as she said this sentence. Rainbow wondered about what she meant when she said dear. Then it hit her. “ Where’s Twilight?” Rainbow asked, with a hint of worry in her voice. Both Cadences looked at her. The one on top of the alter smirked and said: “If I remember correctly, you abandoned her in her time of need.” Rainbow remembered the wedding rehearsal and a look of horror struck across her face. Before she could answer though, Spike asked a very important question, one that everyone in the room was wondering: “I don’t understand,” his voice was full of worry and fear. “ how can their be two of them?” “She’s a changeling!” Cadence yelled. “ They take the form of some pony you love and feed off of your love for them!” Cadence on top of the alter realized that the jig was up and looked at Cadence with an evil glint in her eyes. Green fire surrounded her and she began to transform. Her hooves became charcoal back with holes in them. Her wings became insectiode with holes in them and her coat developed a exoskeleton. Her horn became twisted, sharp, and with more holes in them. Two fangs were visible from her mouth. After her transformation was complete, she laughed an evil laugh and said: “Right you are princess, and as Queen of the Changelings, it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than any place that I ever encountered. My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it, that we will gain more power than we've ever dreamed of!" Queen Chrysalis told Cadence and every other pony in the room. The only pony that had the same expression on his face was Shining Armor. Rainbow crept over to him as Cadence told Chrysalis that Shining Armor's shield would protect them from her changelings reaching them. "Hey! Shining Armor!" Rainbow Dash whispered harshly at him. "Snap out of it! We have a situation here!" she hissed. He didn't even blink, he just stood there, not moving a muscle. He wasn't even blinking! "Come on Shining!' Rainbow Dash said, her voice rose a little. This made Chrysalis glace back in the middle of her speech with Cadence. She grinned when she saw what Rainbow dash was trying do. " Not today. Dashie!" She said, her fangs glinting. Rainbow panicked and did the only thing that came to mind: She slapped Shining Armor hard across on his face. Chrysalis's face shifted from glee to horror. There were two ways to break Chrysalis's mind control. One of them was Chrysalis herself undoing the mind control, either of free will or trickery. In other words, you can trick Chrysalis to undoing the mind control. The alternative was very unpleasant: pain. Rainbow Dash spends hours clearing the sky, even if her strength was no way near Applejack's level, she still packs a punch. The green glow in Shining's eyes were gone, as he winced in pain, he looked up and asked "What happened?" His head hurt like hell. He couldn't remember much, but he does remember seeing a heartbroken Twilight in front of him. "Ughhhh" he groaned in pain. "What happened?" When he looked up, he was immediately confused. He saw Cadence and a weird bug pony in front of him. Cadence was very dirty and messy, even though he swore that he just saw her clean and groomed for the wedding. He didn't know what was happening, but when he looked over to Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash, he noticed that a certain purple pony was missing. Before he could say anything though, Chrysalis charged up her horn and pointed it at Shining. Shining realized what was going on and quickly jumped out of the way. Unfortunately, Chrysalis had very good aim. The beam was about to hit Shining Armor when a golden shield surrounded Shining, protecting him. Princess Celestia looked at Chrysalis and said " You may have been successful in infiltrating the castle and weaken Shining Armor's spell, but now that you have revealed yourself, I can protect my subjects from you!" They locked horns and engaged in a full battle. Princess Celestia and Queen Chrysalis fire beams at each other. While this was going on, Shining Armor made his way over to Cadence. He needed her help in order to power their spell that they prepared exactly for this moment. When he was a few feet away from her, he hear a big bang followed by a thump on the floor. When he turned around, the sight that he saw made his jaw drop in disbelief. He always thought that Princess Celestia was strong and would make more than one measly beam to defeat her,but what he saw proved him wrong. Celestia was on the floor, defeated. The tip of her horn was blackened. Everypony stared in shock, even Chrysalis. "Aunty!" Cadence yelled, running to her. Shining Armor and Twilight's friends followed in pursuit. "Shining Armor's love for you is even stronger than I thought." Chrysalis said. " Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!" She shouted in victory. Shining looked at Chrysalis fearfully and thought, How in Equestria did it come to this? He looked at Cadence and nodded. She nodded back. They both charged their horns and concentrated. They had to get this right or they would never get another chance. When their spell was ready they touched each other's horns to complete it. Chrysalis looked back and said, " No! Not today!" She fired a beam at them would dissolve their spell when suddenly, a purple figure floated up through the floor. This figure was transparent, but it radiated energy. It protected Shining Armor and Cadence. " No. No. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Chrysalis screamed as she and her changelings were blasted into the Badlands. After Chrysalis was gone, everypony in the room looked at the figure. After Shining recovered from the shock, sputtered " T-Twilight?!" Twilight gave him no heed and turned to Cadence. She spoke so quietly that she was barely audible. After a few tries, she spoke loud enough for everyone to hear her. Cadence, remember your promise! Promises have power! You need to- She couldn't finish her sentence. The figure disappeared beneath the floor. Everyone looked to Cadence who had tears streaming down her face. Before running out of the room, she whispered: I promised her... During all of this, the shadow of the artic cold whispers to himself: “She knows too much...