The Mane 5, along with Spike and Twilight’s family fought against the Royal Guard of Canterlot. Shining Armor had experience with fighting, he used his horn to shoot beams of magic and his hooves to fight the guards. Twilight Velvet, driven by her motherly fury, charged forward.
Night Light looked at his wife in concern, she had a tendency to be a bit of a daredevil and doing crazy things. He remembered the time she went bungy jumping over Luna Bay. His wife was not a very big pony, Twilight was only a teenager, and she had grown to be taller than Velvet already. The Royal Guards were all fairly large male ponies, but Velvet charged at them without fear. As she did so, she put up a shield in front of her and rammed into them. Three unicorn guards shot magic at her, their beams halting her charge, though she remained unharmed thanks to the shield. The guards maintained their beams, hoping to break through. Night Light felt his own protective nature kick in, he focused on the guards attacking his wife, and gathered yellow light to his own horn. A ball of it shot up into the air several feet than split apart into three homing missile spells that knocked each guard down.
Velvet looked back and gave her husband a thankful smile before continuing. Night Light looked around. He saw Twilight’s friends, Shining Armor and Spike were all dealing with the guard in any way they could.
Rainbow Dash flew into the air as Pegasus guards flew up at them and began to try and draw their attention away. Many of them chased her while others continued down toward the ground where the others were. Rarity and Shining Armor shot beams of magic at the incoming Pegasi. Applejack, an insanely strong Cowgirl pony, flung her lasso and tied up one Earth Pony royal guard before doing the same with several others. Another group of Earth Ponies came in from the other side, and Pinkie Pie was ready. She seemed to pull a confetti canon out of nowhere and a large amount of confetti hit the front guard in the face, causing him to trip, and in turn the others behind him tripped as well.
“Dad! Go!” Shining Armor shouted. “We’ll hold them off!”
Night Light gritted his teeth uncertainly as fear gripped him. His wife was headstrong enough to charge into the castle blindly but he knew better. There was no way they were going to be able to take on the guards inside themselves, much less Princess Celestia (or Daybreaker as she was now). Still, he had to save his daughter. Taking a breath to calm himself he ran after his wife in an effort to catch up with her.
*
As they continued to fight, Rarity was suddenly lifted off the ground by a pair of Pegasus Ponies.
“Unhoof me at once!” she demanded, struggling to get free then noticed the height she was ascending too. “On second thought, don’t. I would prefer not to fall to my death. But please treat a lady gently!”
“Rarity!” Spike cried out. “Help her!”
Then suddenly he was picked up in a ball of magic by a unicorn guard. He tried to breathe fire out but the ball kept it contained. Thank goodness dragons were fireproof, or Spike would have burned himself.
“Spike!” Shining Armor shouted, looking in the direction of his sisters number one assistant.
A pair of Earth Pony guards took advantage of the Captains distraction and knocked him out. Now the only ones left fighting were Pinkie Pie and Applejack (Fluttershy, being the kind one, couldn’t even bring herself to fight). They pinned the two earth Ponies down and easily took Fluttershy in hoof irons as she whimpered.
The brainwashed guards took them to the Castle Dungeons.
*
Twilight Velvet made her way through the massive castle, her heart racing as she sprinted through the castle. Adrenaline pumping through her veins. She had to find her daughter and get her back from Daybreaker.
“Velvet wait!” she heard a voice call behind her.
Velvet turned and saw her husband panting behind her.
“We… can’t take… Daybreaker… ourselves,” he said taking deep breaths.
“It doesn’t matter!” Velvet snapped. “We have to try! Our daughter was taken! And I don’t care if it was by the monarch of Equestria herself. I’m going to get her back if it’s the last thing I do!”
She continued. Velvet had been to the castle several times, but she did not know the location of Princess Celestia’s chambers. This place was so huge!
And so full of guards with red eyes. Soon another group of them came out from around the corner. Velvet readied her horn, ready to push past them by any means.
But she didn’t have to. The guards were suddenly swept aside from an attack that came from behind them. Velvet felt a wave of heat, and when the guards fell the ground, she saw her quarry. Daybreaker stood there with baby Twilight in her magic.
Seeing her daughter as a foal again caused Velvet’s mind to wander back to the days when Twilight had been that size. How Velvet had gone through such pain giving birth to her. How she’d feed Twilight at her breast, and eventually settled on being called by her surname to avoid confusion with her daughter. She’d often noticed how much Twilight admired Celestia, and was pleased with the bond that the two shared. Celestia sometimes seemed to be a secondary mother figure to Twilight. But Velvet had never imagined that it would come down to actually being at odds with her.
Velvet felt a sudden tinge of regret at this. But she cast it aside.
“Give me back my daughter Daybreaker!” Velvet ordered.
Daybreaker merely laughed. “She is my daughter now!”
Baby Twilight looked at Velvet. “Ma!”
Daybreaker frowned, and looked from Twilight to Velvet. “Or she will be… once I erase her memories of you!”
Horror filled Velvet at these words. She would be forgotten by her own daughter?
“No!” she screamed.
Raw emotion powered through her and she gathered as much magic as she could. Her body glowed as she prepared to release the most powerful attack she had ever learned. This was one not even an alicorn would be able to stop.
“Velvet no!” Night Light said, putting a hoof on his wife. “You’ll hit Twilight too!”
Velvet hesitated, her husband’s words piercing the fury. This magic could have destroyed Daybreaker, or at least wounded her very badly. But it would be so powerful that Twilight would have been caught in the blast as well. And even if Twilight was out of the way, and Celestia was lost… then Twilight would lose somepony she loved. Velvet could not do that… she could not kill somepony whom her daughter looked up to so much.
Slowly she ceased the flow of magic. Daybreaker however, didn’t hesitate to attack them.