There comes a time when we all must face the harsh truth of reality. That we are who we are, slaves to one force that will continue to control us even when we think we have our own control. Some tried to break free from that control, and some simply ignored it. But even as he rested there; he knew there one thing he was sure of in his existence, he had a job to do. His purple eyes gazed to the phial in his hand, and then to the changeling behind him and he closed them and sighed. Twilight had once told him about testing it. It made her magic go out of control and hurt Spike, but had made her very powerful.
“It had been a while Brute, since changelings were feared.” He stood up, his body having trouble standing after so long, but after a moment his female body responded. It had been a long time since those days where he had been undercover for his queen after the failed attack on Canterlot, a long time since he had almost even had friends, a long time since they had slapped him in the face for being a changeling. He had gotten close, disguised as Twilight and almost had Celestia cornered. But he had been soft, and it had gotten him in jail.
“Been a while since she gained her wings” He shook his hair, the light purple highlight the only bright thing in the darkness.
“Things have relaxed, this is our only chance.” A ripple assed over his body, a spark emanated from his horn, and his eyes glowed a light green, illuminating the area before returning to purple.
“Brute, it is time for you to leave.” He turned his head, and the changeling was gone. Skid once more turned his gaze to the phial, and he levitated it from his hand, and opened it with a quiet pop. For a split second, he hesitated, and for a moment sadness crossed his face.
“Twilight…”he whispered, before it hardened again and he opened his mouth. It felt like water running into his mouth, and once he swallowed it he waited. Skid opened his eyes as the sudden power surge flowed through him, and his mouth opened in a silent scream before he broke out into a sudden bright light, and blacked out. Opening his eyes, he groaned and quickly flicked his eyes open, and turned his gaze to the jail door and smiled. The jails were protected by the princesses own magic, and it would require a big amount to break it, and he had managed to not only break the spells but pretty much implode the room. Standing up he gazed around, and peeked his head out.
“Halt!” spoke a charging guard, Skid merely laughed and charged a knock out spell, courtesy of Twilight. After dealing with the guard, he flicked his body’s tail, and turned toward the exit and hurried out. His breakout would not go unnoticed. Trotting toward the exit, he turned his gaze to the cells, where prisoners watched him leave with proud gazes. They were proud of him for managing to get out, and he turned his gaze to the exit, his smile deepened as he stepped into the night. After a moment of his eyes adjusting, he turned it on the people around him.
“Cease any action right now or we will attack!” a colt that seemed to be in charge of the group spoke. Rolling his eyes, his horn began to glow, and suddenly two wings unfurled from his back. A few eyes widened, and it was enough time for him to take to the sky. Within two flaps, they began to fire at him, within five he was out of range. Skid gazed to the sky, and took a single flap to appreciate the night before heading toward the castle where an entire army awaited him, his eyes frowned in concentration, and his horn began to glow. He was expecting the princesses to show up, and he was not disappointed as Luna, the princess of the night came spiralling out of the sky to attack him. Skid assumed she had been on patrol, and that was the reason for her quick response. He easily dodged her attack, and fired his spell at her just as a second Alicorn appeared on the scene. The pink Alicorn caught Luna as she fell unconscious and began to fall from the sky and quickly prepared a spell to wake her up. Skid raised his head, and laughed toward the heavens. Two down, two to go. He cast his gaze around for the third and final Alicorn he was expecting, and rapidly gaining height to meet him was how he found her.
“Skid!” she spoke, and his laugh faded and he instantly sped as she fired a spell at him.
“Why hello Twilight, nice night for a fly isn’t it?” Twilight’s gaze fell on him, and hardened at his carefree smile.
“Skid you’re not going to hurt Celestia!” Twilight dived at him, he easily dodged. Twilight may have wings, but she was not an experienced flyer as of yet.
“Oh please, why must this always be about her? I know I’ll pay her a visit and ask” he smirked, charging a spell and teleporting directly into the royal throne room, leaving the three princesses far away. Only one would be able to teleport there, and even so it would take her a few seconds. That gave him enough time to begin running toward Celestia, charge THE spell on his horn, and smirk. A purple spark came from behind him, and he leapt to the left as a hastily cast spell whizzed by him. Celestia stood there, a spell on her horn, ready to meet his challenge. Skid dodged Twilight, who dashed ahead and turned to face him as he headed toward her and the princess.
“You will never touch Celestia” her threat fell on deaf ears, and his smile grew. He dived toward them, Twilight preparing to tackle him out of the way and Celestia preparing to met his spell.
“It’s quite a pity, I don’t want Celestia.” He had just enough time to savour the slightest widening of their eyes as he lowered his head and fired the spell at Twilight. Not expecting the attack, she didn’t even try to dodge and even Celestia could only fire her spell at him as she tried to stop the spell from hitting Twilight. Skid grunted as the spell hit him in the face, and was knocked over to the opposite side of the room, winded. Celestia turned her attention to her student as the spell hit her in the chest, getting absorbed and vanishing from view. Twilight’s eyes only widened, and blinked and she fell unconscious.
“Twilight!” Celestia caught her student, and immediately looked for any signs of harm. Finding her student still breathing and unharmed made her breathe a sigh of relief, before she turned her gaze to the corner where Skid had been. Her eyes furrowed, and she gazed at the empty corner before scanning the entire room and finding it empty. Whatever Skid had done, he had finished and was long gone. Celestia turned her concerned gaze on Twilight as she coughed, and curled into a ball and shivered before relaxing again. Two Alicorns burst into the room along with a dozen guards, and the situation was quickly explained.
“Maybe the spell failed,” Cadence suggested and the two sisters shook their heads.
“We won’t know what harm it did, until it shows itself.” They all gently took the purple Alicorn to her bed, and set up a roster for who would watch her, and everyone went back to their duties. Celestia organised the search party for Skid, feeling they weren’t likely to find him, Luna patrolled the castle, and Cadence stayed with Twilight along with Shining Armour, informing her friends who were still in Canterlot after the coronation. None could understand what Skid had done, but they knew this was far from over.
“Stage one is complete my liege.”