'Discoooord!' Pinkie cried, but the draconequus didn't react. Chrysalis was on top of him, one hoof pushed against his chin, and she laughed. She had the most evil laugh the ponies had ever heard, and I think Discord would truly be jealous.
Rainbow Dash looked at the ground and whispered, 'We've lost... I can't believe we...'
She didn't finish her sentence.
The changelings had stopped bullying the ponies, though they still were pretty creepy. They were just hanging in the air, buzzing and staring.
If it wasn't for a certain Pegasus, the ponies would have given up on their Princesses.
Haywing would never let that happen.
As he spread his wings to bump Chrysalis away, he felt a hoof on his shoulder.
He looked down to see Cloud Breaker, accompanied by his Pegasus marefriend. Cloud's horn shone brightly yellow and Heart Shield also had spread her wings.
'You can't do this alone, silly,' he said.
Haywing squinted. 'I hate it when there's nothing I can do. Maybe we can't win, but at least we can fight.
'And fight we will,' Heart whispered, and she launched herself towards the cheeseleg queen. Haywing quickly followed, and (probably because Haywing's wing span is actually much larger) they both crashed into the queen at the same time.
Cloud hurried towards them and tried to break the lock.
'Give me some more time!' he shouted, and Haywing obediently pinned down Chrysalis. Heart Shield kept her horn against the ground, though it burned like a dragon's swimming pool.
The breaking of the lock actually made a small -click- sound, and the light of Chrysalis' horn faded.
Discord, however, was still in some sort of coma. Cloud Breaker tried to wake him with magic, but Twilight and Rarity took that over when they saw how tired he was. The rest of the ponies held Chrysalis down. She was struggling to get free, and her beams were shooting everywhere. They carefully dodged them.
'What's that?' Celestia asked.
Luna looked up from her book. 'Is what?' she replied.
The cave started shaking again.
Celestia sighed. 'That.'
Her sister looked up. 'Meh, I guess it's just an earthquake.'
Celestia shook her head. 'It isn't...' she said. 'This has something to do with the cheeselegs...'
Discord's eyes fluttered open. Rarity let out a 'Squee!' as she saw the draconequus looking around, utterly confused but at least awake.
Pinkie left Chrysalis to the others and crashed into her big friend's arms. Discord smiled as he recognized the strange smell of aquarium and cotton candy.
'No time for this,' Twilight said. 'Discord, you have two princesses to save.'
The draconequus got himself up and yawned. 'Where do we start?' he asked.
Celestia kept firing her bright yellow lasers at the wall, and suddenly the whole grotto collapsed.
Luna and Celestia both were kind of immune for direct, physical attacks, and when the whole cave had been demolished, the two still were firmly standing on their posts.
Far away from where the real things happened.
Chrysalis' eyes suddenly opened, her pupils small in the green of her iris, and she gasped. 'I feel... a lot of love coming this way,' she said, close to hyperventilating. 'Celestia broke out!'
She started kicking the ponies away, but it was too late for her. The ponies all grinned and bro-hooved, but Discord was pale.
'What's wrong?' Heart Shield asked, while sitting on his shoulder . 'Hay, why would that be bad news?'
Discord sighed. 'I have had a giant crush on the Princess for a ridiculously long time,' he admitted. 'I am not certain what will happen when I see her again.'
The Pegasus hugged him and then said, 'Look!'
Everypony looked (peer pressure, or whatever it's called).
In the distance, two shiny alicorns appeared. It didn't take long for everypony to realize it was Celestia, accompanied by her sister Luna.
Discord looked down and both Haywing and Heart Shield tried to calm him down a bit, but it didn't work out. He was heavily breathing and couldn't keep his eyes on one point.
Heart got an idea. 'Do you want to finish this?' she asked. 'Or do you want a love story like Twi's brother and... wait, she was called Cadance, right?'
Discord growled. 'I want to finish this,' he said. 'Princess or not!'
The ponies expected a giant boom or something, but Discord only snapped his fingers.
'Eh... what's this!?' Chrysalis asked panicking.
The draconequus grinned in terror and guilt. 'I should strike a nice pose, lady,' he said. 'Because I'm turning you into stone.'