Trixie cleared her throat loudly, trying to find some words to say. Everypony stood with baited breath, the anticipation and tension making the room feel considerably heavier. Tears started to form in her eyes as she turned to face me, another green flash coming from them.
"I ... I ... I can't do this," she said softly as her tears started to well up and spill over her cheeks. She had said it so softly that only Celestia and I had heard her say it. Both of us frowned at this statement.
"What was that, my love? You can't do this?" I said aloud so everypony could hear. My face darkened a little.
"NO! I CAN'T!!" she screamed. "How could you profess your love to me like that? Don't you know who I am?" she cried as she dropped her disguise. Everypony gasped simultaneously as the form of Trixie was replaced by the Changeling Queen herself -- except for the Solar and Lunar Princesses and myself. I was half-expecting it, actually.
"I have heard they call you Chrysalis," I stated flatly. "The Queen of the Changelings. So what made you decide to crash my wedding? And where is the real Trixie?" I asked angrily.
"Your "love" is in a safe place, and you are welcome to join her, along with everypony else here!" she shouted gleefully. She flapped her wings and flew up toward the ceiling of the throne room. "I will have my army take care of all of you!"
Princess Celestia enveloped the Queen in her golden aura and forcefully brought her back down to the floor to stand beside me once again. The golden aura held her in place as the Queen struggled against it. "You underestimated us, Chrysalis. You have made a terrible mistake coming here and a bigger one by abducting Amethyst's bride. If you return her safely to us, no harm will come to you."
"You realize of course that such a request is impossible for me," the Queen stated flatly, glaring daggers at the white Alicorn. "I can't trust you, anyway."
The Element Bearers stood at the ready, waiting for a signal to cast their magic. The Queen turned to me.
"So, Amethyst, would you care to marry ME instead of Trixie?" she asked in a saccharine voice, leering at me.
"What I said to you were words meant for Trixie, not for you. Again I ask you. Where. IS. TRIXIE!?!" I shouted in her face.
"Be thankful I don't bite your face off, whelpling," she snapped at me. I lit my horn at this point.
"Amethyst, calm yourself. Chrysalis, you have one more chance before I have the Elements use their magic against you. Return Beatrix safely or face banishment," Celestia admonished sharply.
"I will do no such thing! And you can't scare me with threats of banishment!" Chrysalis screeched. "Attack them, my children!"
Suddenly dozens of changelings swarmed into the throne room, swooping and diving towards the ponies who scattered wildly amidst the chaos. The three Alicorns present used their magic to freeze all the changelings in mid-flight, their bodies falling to the floor. The doors flung open and more changelings scampered into the room, but they too were easily subdued by Alicorn magic.
"Elements! Now! Use your magic!" Celestia's voice thundered through the room. The Mane Six started levitating, and oddly enough, the Other Trxie and I too started lifting into the air. The Queen tried to break free from Sun Goddess' telekinetic hold but was not strong enough to do so. As our bodies levitated above the floor, we started glowing with the magic of the Elements of Harmony, a rainbow hued vortex surrounding the Queen and myself, since I happened to be in the midst of the magic itself. I let out a cry of surprise to find myself and the Queen face to face as the vortex swirled around us, keeping us close together. She turned her gaze to meet mine with a look of abject terror on her face.
"Help me, please," she pleaded softly.
"You should have brought my wife to me, Chrysalis," I responded.
As the vortex continued to spin around us, the changelings watched in shock as their Queen simply vanished and I returned to the floor of the throne room. I strode up to the Sun Goddess and stood at eye level to her. "That's odd. Why am I at her eye level?" I thought.
"Your Majesty, that was ... unusual. Shall we locate Trixie and rescue her?" I asked. I noticed my voice had a bit more resonance to it for some strange reason. Everypony present gasped again at my new appearance, but both Luna and Celestia simply smiled.
"Well, Tia, it looks like your plan worked. So what do you have in store for our new Prince?" the Lunar Princess asked. Her sister continued to smile calmly and gave her a knowing wink.
"What do you mean, Princess Luna?" I asked incredulously.
The Other Trixie galloped to where I was standing. "Amethyst? What has happened to you?"
The other Element Bearers came forward to meet me at this point, all of them asking similar questions and Pinkie Pie asking if the wedding was still on. The Other Twilight also trotted up to where I was, although she was the last one to make her way to me.
"Wow, you became an Alicorn!" she remarked. "Now you can REALLY help us!"
"What was the nature of your visit?" Celestia asked the Other Trixie and Twilight.
"Um, something similar to what just happened here, your Majesty," Trixie stated. "We were beset with a changeling menace in our world as well."
"Your Majesty," I began, but was interrupted by the Sun Goddess.
"You are no longer permitted to call me that, Michael," she responded. "You must refer to me only as Celestia."
"Forgive me, your Majesty, but I simply cannot do that. Shall I assist the other Trixie and Twilight with their predicament and return to this universe to resume what was so rudely interrupted here?" I asked. I noticed my coat had turned an almost pure white and that wings had appeared on my back. It felt weird. "And one other thing -- why do you refer to me by my human name?"
"Well, Michael, I can't call you Amethyst if you are no longer in that form," Celestia chuckled.
"But I'm not in a human body, either," I protested.
"Then find a new name for your new form," she suggested. "Let me know what you wish to be called."
"I never was any good at picking out good names," I said sullenly. "I suppose you can call me Michael until I make a final choice on a new name ... Celestia." It felt funny for me to call the Sun Goddess by only her name. I didn't like doing that.
"Very well then, Michael. Please assist the visitors from the other universe with their matter and return as soon as possible. There are certain lessons I will have to teach you since you are a new Alicorn. Please be swift with this task, I don't have all day to be waiting on you."
"What about the Element Bearers?" I asked.
"You have more than enough power to deal with their changeling invasion, Michael. This task should be quite easy for you."
"What about my Trixie? My wife-to-be?"
"I will address that matter personally -- she will be here waiting for your return."
"Thank you, Celestia. Trixie? Twilight? Looks like we've got some changelings to dispatch," I stated. The two unicorns approached nearer so I could drape my wings around them and teleported to their universe, landing directly in front of their Library.