Twilight awoke.
She had been unconscious for an indefinite amount of time. She stood up and looked around. It was the same area, but something seemed different.
"Looks like that portal didn't bring me too far, I'm still in the same spot, I could see Ponyvil-" She stopped talking when she noticed the tree. It looked dead. That was odd she thought, in fact, she started to notice how dark red the sky was.
"Something that doesn't seem right here, why does everything look so....dead?"
She noticed the trees in the distance looked withered. There was a dead silence in the atmosphere, no birds chirped and there was no sign of any animals. Twilight decided to head into Ponyville in hopes of seeing something, well, normal. It was a short walking distance, in less than 20 seconds, she had entered the village. It was a ghostown.
"Where is everypony?" She thought.
But then she saw why it was deserted. Buildings were crumbled, glass shattered. It looked like no one had been there in awhile.
"What could have done all this? It looks like some sort of hurricane had struck." Twilight said.
And then she saw it. She saw the thing that changed everything.
"No, it can't be." She said as her wide eyes widened.
Standing in front of her was a large stone statue of Queen Chrysalis. Twilight took a few steps back to gaze at it, the Queen was on her two back hoofs in a triumph pose. And then all around Twilight Changelings flew in. There were at least twenty of them in the air looking down on her.
"HALT, TWILIGHT SPARKLE! IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN YOU WILL COME TO SERVE HER!" They all shouted in sync voice.
Twilight looked around, she knew she couldn't beat so many of them all by herself, yet she wasn't one to surrender so easily. She lowered her head and got her horn ready to shoot. But before all heck broke loose, a couple of Changelings were disintegrated by a blast. Twilight and the other Changelings looked. Something was flying full speed toward them. It was a blur of blue when it grabbed Twilight onto its back.
"AFTER THEM!" One of the Changelings shouted.
Once Twilight got her senses back together, she saw who she was riding on.
"Princess Luna!"
"No time to talk Twilight." The Princess of the Night replied.
There were Changelings following them at high speed. And then in front some appeared. Princess Luna shot a beam from her horn, disintegrating them. But out of nowhere a Changeling was coming from the side. Twilight back-hoofed it then disintegrated it with a blast. Luna smiled at the fact of what a fighter Twilight was. The Princess then turned around to face the oncoming onslaught of Changelings.
"Hold on tight." She said as she charged up.
The Princess shot a shockwave which eradicated the charging Changelings. With Twilight holding on tight, Luna charged into the ground. They went deep underground...
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Canterlot Castle was once a beautiful building, but now it was red and purple, with large spikes on the roofs. It no longer looked like a castle for a princess...it looked like a demon's castle. Entering the front door was a Changeling. It flew into the throne room of Queen Chrysalis. It lowered to the ground and bowed.
"My Queen, I bring news." The Changeling said.
"News, my Changeling? Just what news do you have for me? Queen Chrysalis said while sitting on her throne. The Changeling then spoke.
"The one called Twilight Sparkle has returned, my Queen. We attempted to capture her, but the one called Luna manged to grab her and escape."
Queen Chrysalis was caught off guard, she was still thinking about that first line. She stood up.
"Twilight Sparkle has returned? Impossible! She hasn't been seen in over ten years, why would she decide to appear now?"
The Queen then started to walk down the stairs from her throne. She spoke in an especially cold voice.
"I want Twilight Sparkle disposed of. Send all available Changelings and find her."
"It shall be done my Queen."
With that, the dark creature zoomed back outside. Queen Chrysalis sat back on her throne.
"So the so-called most powerful of the Ponies has returned. It doesn't matter, nothing can stop me."
She peered to her right to see a familiar looking statue.
"If Twilight thinks friendship is magic and that it can stop me, she's in for a surprise. I, Queen Chrysalis, rule Equestria. Those rebels and her will not matter in the slightest, bwhahahahaha!"