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// The Finders 
// Story: Shaded From The Truth 
// by Joshweiser22 
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The ponies walked into Twilight's house. "So, I hear you were sent by the Princess?" Twilight asked. "Yes, and we haven't much time to explain. We are in need of the spirits of the elements of harmony. Celestia told us that you are the spirit of the element of Magic. That means one down, five to go, correct?" Dr. Whooves partially explained. "And why do you need the elements of harmony?" asked Twilight again. "The changelings are back." Colgate told her. That was enough for Twilight. Chrysalis, queen of the changelings almost ruined her big brother's wedding with the best foalsitter in Equestria! She wouldn't let her do anything bad again. "Count me in! I know where all my friends live." Twilight said, running out. The other ponies followed.

The door slammed shut. "What about me?" asked Spike into the open and there was no response. "Hmph, I never get invited to do anything." he continued. He crossed his arms and sat down. There was a knock on the door. "Who is it?" said Spike in a moaning tone. "It's me, Spiky-wiky!" Rarity's voice said. Her voice was so soothing to Spike and he floated to the door and let her in. "Oh, um, hi Rarity." Spike began to blush. Rarity walked up to Spike. "Spike, I've been thinking. I know you have a crush on me so maybe we could go on a date?" she asked. Spike's eyes suddenly turned into giant red hearts. "I'd love to!" he yelled. "Wonderful! Hop onto my back." Rarity told him. He did just that and they walked out of Twilight's house.

The four other ponies were now at Rarity's house. They knocked on the door and Rarity opened it. They explained what was going on as quick as they could and Rarity was ready to wear her necklace again. They headed off into another direction.

Spike was still on Rarity. He didn't know it yet but this Rarity was an imposter. Rarity headed over to the real Rarity's house and went inside. Spike was still in a daze and didn't know what was going on. Rarity opened up a closet. "Now, Spike, how do you like THIS?" she yelled as she bucked Spike into the closet and closed it. "Huh? Who are you! That hurt!" Now Rarity's voice was different. It sounded more like Chrysalis'. "Fool. Now that you're trapped in there, Twilight will believe anything I say as you." Chrysalis began transforming herself into Spike as she spoke. "Do you really think Rarity would have gone out with you? You're so gullible." she said as Spike. Chrysalis slammed Rarity's door and returned to Twilight's house where she would wait for them all to return.

The ponies now had everypony, except for Rainbow Dash. It was impossible to find her without flying so they had to get into a hot air balloon. Once in the air, Fluttershy helped fly it and Pinkie Pie kept a keen eye out for her. Suddenly, Pinkie's tail began a-twitch-a-twitchin'. "Oh boy, that's not good..." Twilight said, looking at Pinkie's tail. Suddenly, the balloon plummeted straight for the ground. It hadn't burst, it was just floating downward at a rapid speed. Something had obviously fallen on it. When they all walked out, they noticed a pony was on top of the balloon. It was none other than Rainbow Dash. "Well ah'll be. Pinkie's tail even works when it's a pony fallin' out of the sky. Well at least we found Rainbow." Applejack said. Rainbow Dash slowly got up and rubbed her head.

"Ugh. What are you doing with a hot air balloon in the middle of the sky!" Rainbow yelled. Twilight went up to her and explained what had happened. Like the other ponies, Rainbow was fully ready to kick some changeling butt. They had now gathered all the ponies. They now headed back to Twilight's house. The door was already opened. They went inside and Chrysalis (in the form of Spike) was there, expecting them. "Oh, hey Twilight." Chrysalis said. "Hey Spike, have you seen Queen Chrysalis recently? I reckon she's gotta be around here somewhere..." Applejack asked.

That's when Princess Celestia came inside. Princess Luna was behind her. Following her were the two newly married. Prince Shining Armor and Princess Cadence. "I decided to bring these two along. They could probably help in defeating Chrysalis." Celestia said. Twilight went and hugged both Shining Armor and Cadence. They had been on their honeymoon and hadn't seen them sense the wedding! Chrysalis knew that with these two around, she could easily be defeated again. "If you're looking for Queen Chrysalis, I think I might know where she is!" Chrysalis said as Spike. She led them up to the attic and let the ponies all go in first. Then she locked the door on them and transformed back into Chrysalis. "You're just as foolish as the dragon. Goodbye now." Chrysalis said, heading outside to look for the TARDIS. "You wont get away with it! I bet all my muffins on it!" Derpy shouted. Dr. Whooves looked to Derpy. "Are muffins all you talk about?" he asked."But...I like muffins..." she sighed.

The TARDIS was right outside of Twilight's house so it didn't take long for Chrysalis to spot it. Then again, it didn't take long for the unicorns to teleport everypony outside. The ponies surrounded the TARDIS and Queen Chrysalis stood in front of them. It wasn't looking good for her now. Shining Armor and Cadence put their horns together like before and the mane six began using the elements of harmony. Together, they banished Queen Chrysalis back to the changeling colony. "Whew. That sure was close." Twilight said. Queen Chrysalis then reappeared right in front of them with the power of her horn. "You know you'll never get rid of pony get inside the TARDIS, I'll explain later." Dr. Whooves said.

The ponies hurried inside the TARDIS before Chrysalis could do anything to stop them. Once inside he told Shining Armor and Cadence to use their horns again. They did and sent Chrysalis flying. Afterward, the mane six used their powers and even Princess Celestia and Princess Luna joined in with the magic of their horns. From inside the TARDIS, it caused a chain reaction big enough to make the TARDIS' time bubble explode. Just as Dr. Whooves wanted it to, the time bubble followed Chrysalis to the colony and formed a solid bubble around it. Almost like a fish bowl but in this case, a changeling bowl. And they couldn't get out of it.

"Is that it?" Derpy asked. Princess Celestia opened the door. "Yes, I believe it is." she replied. Derpy looked happy and said "Yay! I get to keep my muffins!" Dr. Whooves facepalmed and Colgate couldn't help but laugh. "I'll head out to make sure." Celestia continued. She spread out her wings and flew away. "I'll come with you sister." Luna said as she followed. Pinkie Pie was laughing uncontrollably as soon as the changeling went away making sound effects that sounded like the time bubble exploding while Fluttershy hid in the corner. "Hooey! That was some mighty fine teamwork don't ya think, sugar cube?" said Applejack. "If it were up to me, I'd just give her a punch on the left, a punch on the right, and then an uppercut to put her in her place!" Rainbow Dash said, still with lots of enthusiasm. "That was pretty interesting actually. I assume everything is fixed?" Twilight said looking directly at Dr. Whooves, Colgate, and Derpy.

"Well, to what we know right now, yes, everything is fine. Chrysalis appears to be trapped, my TARDIS seems to be fine even without a time bubble, and none of us have disappeared from existence. I think everything is perfect." Dr. Whooves said. "In that case, I guess it's time to bid you ado. Thanks for all the information. We couldn't have defeated Chrysalis for good without you." Twilight replied. Dr. Whooves, Colgate, and Derpy nodded. The mane six exited the TARDIS and headed back home. Dr. Whooves took the TARDIS back to his home so that he could begin rebuilding the time bubble for his TARDIS. Most everything Derpy had heard from the fake Dr. Whooves was a lie but there was one thing that wasn't and Derpy was soon to find out.