Ponyville was in danger from the attack.
Everyone was shocked at such a revelation of the Changeling called Spyral.
“Hold my horses,” AJ said, “what do you mean by being the true son of Queen Chrysalis?”
Spyral began to tell them his story, "It all started after our first failed attempt to conquer Canterlot, the day Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor's love ruined everything."
"Don't play the victim, many ponies would have been hurt if the queen conquered Canterlot," Rainbow Dash replied.
“I don't give a damn if the ponies suffer,” Spyral replied as he continued his story.
"From that day on, my mother the Queen of Chrysalis would try to find a power that was not corrupted by love, but more importantly, that was not corrupted by harmony."
“And you, are you that power?” Twilight Sparkle asked a little fearful of Spyral's response.
“Heh,” Spyral laughed, “it could be said that if, after her first defeat, my mother, the queen, did an experiment on one of the changeling eggs, a spell, and thus I was born, a changeling who does not need love to survive, but without having to succumb to a ridiculous transformation.”
"Chrysalis experimented on an unborn child, that's cruel, even for someone like her," Rarity said.
"Oh poor thing, you must be lonely or feel like you don't fit in," Fluttershy said trying to calm him down.
“Feel lonely? That's nonsense,” declared Spyral, “I only live for one purpose, to finish my mother's mission, so save yourself the friendship nonsense, because I'm warning you that won't work on me.”
"But if you were an egg back then, why are you the size of an adult changeling?" Celestia asked.
"The spell my mother gave me had a side effect, it gave me a growth spurt, which helped me accomplish the mission, when the other changelings betrayed mom and she had to run away, I was willing to act, but she told me that my power was not strong enough to defeat them.”
Everyone present felt 2 things, pity and disgust, Spyral was just a puppet of the defeated queen Chrysalis.
"In any case, she had knowledge that only Discord and the Princesses had and passed it on to me," Spyral said as he showed them 6 gems, everyone was surprised to note that they were the gems that appeared in the book that Luna had.
There, everyone knew what those gems were.
“The elements of sin,” Spike yelled.
"She knew about the elements," Luna thought terrified.
"That's right, scaly," Spyral replied with a sinister smile, "That was my mission, to set out on a journey in search of the elements and having them, my mother and I would rule this pathetic kingdom."
"This guy is crazy, he must have drunk a lot of swamp water," Button Mash whispered to which Spike and Rumble nodded.
But unfortunately Spyral heard them, "WHO SAID THAT?"
"He said it," a startled Button Mash pointed out to Rumble.
"Seriously?" I ask Button Mash sarcastically.
Spyral continued with his story, "I discovered the location of 6 elements and when I discovered that the last one, the element of greed, was buried in Ponyville, I decided to return from my trip and tell my mother the good news."
The girls and Spike knew that what followed in the story was not going to be pretty.
“But when I came back, I didn't hear my mother's voice welcoming me, I met her, but now she was a statue along with a filly and a centaur, I investigated, and you were responsible,” Spyral said pointing to the former princesses.
“We're sorry you feel that way,” Celestia told her.
"But that was what Chrysalis chose," Luna added.
"That's right, Chrysalis had many opportunities to redeem herself, but she chose to follow the sad path she set, everything that happened to her, she could have prevented," Twilight Sparkle finished.
"SHUT UP," Spyral yelled, "I don't care what you say, I'm going to take my revenge, I'll rule Equestria like my mother would have, that's why I've been planning this day for weeks."
“Well, your plan went wrong,” Rumble told him.
"What?" Spyral asked.
“Yes, even with the elements of sin, we are 14 and you are only one,” replied Button Mash.
"I anticipated a situation like this, so that's why I brought this." From his wings, Spyral pulled out some kind of orb, which the princesses recognized.
“A petrifying orb.”
“That's right, the same ones the storm king used, now I suggest you give up if you don't want to be stone,” Spyral told them as he pointed the orb at them.
"You don't scare us," Rainbow Dash told him.
"Yeah, and that trick it's not original at all, you just using things from the movie," Pinkie added.
“And we won't fall into the same trap twice,” Celestia said.
But Luna noticed something strange with the orb, "Sister, this one looks a little different from last time."
"Don't worry princess, I mean Luna," Twilight Sparkle said confidently, I have a spell capable of countering those orbs, he's just bluffing.
"Bluffing huh?" Spyral said, and then tossed the orb at them, "SO BLUFF THIS."
“WATCH OUT,” Luna yelled as she dodged the orb accidentally knocking Spike, Rumble, and Button Mash.
BOOM.
The orb exploded, but at that moment it was revealed that it hadn't hit anyone other than a huge sphere-shaped magical shield conjured by Twilight which covered her friends, the CMCs, and Celestia.
Twilight smiled seeing that none of her friends were petrified, "It worked."
Spyral sneered at her, "You're a fool."
"Huh?" Twilight wondered because Spyral was laughing, but later she realized that her shield didn't fade, "Oh no."
"Twi, what happened?" asked AJ.
“The orb doesn't petrify living beings, it petrifies spells, you won't be able to get rid of that shield for a while,” Spyral explained.
“That can't be good,” Scootaloo said.
"Which means..." Apple Bloom said.
"That we're stuck here," Sweetie Belle finished.
The only ones not on the shield were Luna and the boys, "This certainly complicates the situation."
“Hehehehe,” Spyral laughed.
“No, this is all my fault,” Twilight said.
"Don't blame yourself, Twilight, you just wanted to do the right thing," Celestia reassured her.
"Yeah Twi, we'll be fine, plus we still outnumber him, we're 4 on 1," added Spike.
“Oh, I forgot,” Spyral said with a smile, “I've discovered a very old spell, Similo Duplexis, when combined with Accelero in just the right way.”
Spyral using his magic summoned 3 clones of him, the first clone had a horn but lacked wings, the second clone only had wings while lacking horn and the third clone lacked both horn and wings.
“You can literally be in four places at once!” All 4 Spyrals spoke at the same time, "Now im ready."
Luna, Spike, Button Mash and Rumble gulped.
"Well lady and gentlemen, does anyone have one more thing to say before our, um, possible beating," Spike said.