My New Life
Chapter 33 - Fell for It
Luna's POV
"Princess Luna?" Came a voice at the door.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"It's Twilight."
I wiped away some tears. "Come in."
She opened the door of my room and came over to my bed, sitting next to me.
"Luna, I have news about the wendigo."
I started to sob again.
"We found that it wasn't actually a wendigo at all. It was a mixture of a few species."
"One of them was pony, wasn't it?" I said through the tears.
"Actually, no."
I ceased crying. "What are you saying?"
"I am saying that it was a mutant of some sort. The base species was the strangest of all though."
"What was it?"
"Changeling."
I stood up and turned to her. "Twilight, will you do me a favor?"
"Sure Luna."
"Will you please watch my children?"
She had a puzzled look on her face. "Um, sure I guess. But where are you going?"
"Don't worry about it." I stepped away from her and went to the balcony. I spread my wings and jumped off the balcony.
A few hours later, I arrived at the hive of the changelings.
"Princcesss Luna. We have been exxpecting you." A drone said to me.
"Good. Show me to your queen." I said.
"Asss you wissh." It said. It turned and motioned for me to follow.
Deep into the catacombs of the hive we traveled. We passed many changelings that seemed to snicker as we walked by. I paid no mind to it though, for I was content to focus on why I was here.
After several minutes, we arrived at the throne room of the hive. Sitting there, awaiting me, was none other than Queen Chrysalis and some other changeling of the same stature.
"Well, well. Look who has come to visit us my dear." Chrysalis said.
"Queen Chrysalis, I demand to know what you did to my husband." I said, stomping my hoof for effect.
"Me? I haven't the slightest clue as to what you are talking about." She said, feigning her innocence.
"Oh please. Stop putting up such a ridiculous act. We found traces of changeling DNA in the beast you sent."
"Oh, you must be talking about Kron's wendigo." She said gesturing to the tall, black changeling sitting next to her.
"So it was you who made it." I seethed.
"Of course it was me." The tall changeling said. He stepped down from his throne and starting walking towards me. "Though I can't take all the credit. If it were not for the knowledge of a pony, we would not of been able to make such a creature."
"Who might that be?" I asked.
"Don't worry, you will meet him soon enough. Or should I say, 'You would have.'" He made a high pitched screech, causing me to cover my ears.
When it ended, I heard the wing beats of a thousand changelings, coming towards me.
"Take her." He said. He began to laugh as several changelings began to fly at me.
I drew my swords and began to fight off the onslaught as best as I could. But in the end, it proved futile.
"Just give up. Soon you will join your husband." He howled with laughter as I was forced to my knees. He walked forward and stood in front of me. Raising a hoof he said, "Lights out."
One Day Later - Canterlot
"Your highness." A guard said as he approached Celestia and Death in the throne room. "There is a package here for you."
"Thank you." She said as she lifted the package up. The guard saluted and walked away.
"There's a note tied to the top." Death stated.
She took the note and began to read aloud. "Hello Royals. We have your precious sister, Princess Luna. She has not yet been harmed too severely, but we can not promise her safety for much longer. Give us the Alicorn Amulet and we might let her go. Meet us at the edge of The Pit in the Badlands in three days and you will see her alive. As proof that we really do have her, we give you something of hers. Until then, Queen Chrysalis and King Kron. P.S. Only Celestia and Death are to come."
After reading the letter, Celestia tore open the box and gasped. "They really do have her." She said, lifting up Luna's royal necklace and crown.
Three Days Later - Badlands
Princess Celestia and Prince Death landed on a plateau next to The Pit. Celestia looked around and saw the two royal changelings standing at the edge of the cliff, Luna tied up and unconscious next to them.
"So they showed up. Looks like they are every bit as soft as we thought." Chrysalis laughed.
"Stop this foolishness! Give us Luna!" Celestia yelled.
"Only after you give us the Alicorn Amulet." Kron said. "And don't try anything funny. These cliffs are ever so fragile, so much in fact that one misstep would plunge Luna into the bottomless hole behind us."
Death turned to Celestia and she nodded at him. "Alright, here you go." He said, taking the box on his back in one of his tendrils from the earth and sending it towards them.
"Ah, finally." Kron said as he lifted the pendant out of the box and placed it around his neck. "Now then, let us see what this can really do." His horn glowed and a flash of lightning shot out at Celestia.
"Move!" Death said, as he pushed her out of the way, causing him to get hit instead.
"You monster! What did you do?" Celestia screamed, running to the motionless body of her husband.
"No need to worry, I merely knocked him out." Kron smiled. "Now then I believe we promised we would let your sister go."
Celestia looked up through her tears. "That's right. Let her go."
"As you wish." Chrysalis said, stomping on the ground in front of Luna. The ground began to crumble and gave way as Luna fell.
"NOOOO!" Celestia screamed as she ran towards the cliff.
"Stay back!" Kron yelled as he shot another bolt of lightning at Celestia.
This time, it came in contact with her and she fell to the ground in pain. The last thing she saw was Luna's limp body falling completely off the cliff. "Luna." She whispered, and then everything went black.