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// Chapter 7 
// Story: The Savior Princess 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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The next morning, Cadance and Shining wake up with an idea. "Hey," says Cadance, "what about we get some advice on this from Starlight, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord as they've actually defeated Chrysalis before?" 

"That could work," responds Shining. "Send the scroll." Cadance nods and shoots the letter to Ponyville with her magic and it soon arrives at the castle and Starlight reads it.

"Dear Starlight, we have a bit of a Chrysalis and changeling problem. They've replaced all our guard and we don't know what to do. We could use some assistance from you and your friends. You know the ones." Starlight then zaps some magic teleporting her friends from their homes and to the castle to explain the situation to them. 

"So what you're saying," says Trixie, "is you pulled me out of the shower for a changeling problem?" 

"Yes, a bad changeling problem. They've replaced all the Crystal Guards," responds Starlight with an annoyed look on her face at her best friend. 

"Well, I'm in," responds Discord. "Anything for Twilight Sparkle and her family." 

A few hours later, Trixie finishes her shower and they hop on the train to the Crystal Empire and arrive about a day later. Once in the Crystal Empire, the royals explain the issue to them. "They're literally everywhere," says Cadance, "and we need to get rid of them for good. They make me anxious, especially the fact that there's been no sighting of their queen." She begins to hyperventilate and Shining does his best to calm his wife down. He then takes her out of the room while Twilight and Flurry continue to explain the situation to Starlight, Trixie, Thorax, and Discord. 

"So," says Starlight, "Flurry, you're the Savior of the Crystal Empire, and Sombra wants you dead and you have a changeling problem at hoof, that's yikes." 

"Yeah," responds Flurry. "I know, but I was literally born to be the Savior." After several hours, the group come up with a bit of a plan. Twilight and Flurry fly the Heart over the city and hold it up with their magic along with Starlight's and Trixie's magic from the ground. They then add a bit of a locator spell to the Heart to help locate the changeling guards at the moment. They then call all the ponies to arm with their love and friendship magic and they all power the Heart together, locating and setting ablaze several of the changeling guards. This continues to go on throughout the day, eventually killing or injuring the changeling guards and causing those left alive to retreat back towards the Everfree Forest and their queen. Discord, learning this, then goes off and confronts and defeats Queen Chrysalis himself, dragging her into the depths of the Chaos Realm and torturing her for all her previous misdeeds. 

Meanwhile back at the Crystal Empire, they return the Heart to its holdings and Flurry goes and delivers the good news to her mother and father. Starlight and the others however, don't even notice Discord and Chrysalis are missing. They then decide to just chalk it up that he's probably finishing her off somewhere, likely the Chaos Realm.  Today, however, it's time for celebration. Across the next few days, the original Crystal Guards emerge from the Everfree Forest, emaciated from loss of love and slowly return one by one on their bellies to the Crystal Empire where they are soon taken to the nurse's wing to be treated by the nurses and the two princesses, who use some of their magic to return love and friendship to the ill guards. Cadance is just relieved Chrysalis is gone along with her changeling drones. She can finally calm down and relax. However, as for Shining and Flurry, they know the real war is still ahead as they can both feel Sombra is about to break free from his prison and wage war across the Empire and then the rest of the surrounding lands.