Obsidian was woken up by #32. He shook her and whispered her name, instead of yelling.
"Chrysalis wants you. Now." He said. She hissed and got up, looking out the window.
"Wha- Celestia hasn't even raised the sun!" she said, half asleep. #32 shrugged and pulled her a little.
"Come on, we seriously need to go. She already has the army ready and is waiting on you! Hurry!"
"Okay sheesh! She can wait a little. I gotta-" Her thought was interrupted as she was literally dragged from her room. She attempted to whack at the changeling dragging her, and was dropped abruptly.
"Ow. Okay. Sometimes you can be a pain in the flank." She said, giving him an angry look, "Fine, I'll go."
"Yay! She's going!" He said, hugging her. Obsidian just rolled her eyes, and began walking towards the throne room. As she approached the throne room she heard a few hushed voices.
"Yes, and my plan can't fail! He'll be under my spell, for me to control!"
"And if he figures out he's under a spell?"
"That can't be possible. It'll be too powerful, but subtle enough to where he or anyling else won't notice." Obsidian shook her head. She could only assume the two changelings speaking were her sister, Firefly and Queen Chrysalis,
"There will be nothing- and I mean nothing- that can stop me!" Chrysalis yelled. She walked out, noticing Obsidian.
"I'm sorry about that. We should go, before the sun rises." She said, grinning, "And I assume you know your role." She pointed a hoof at Obsidian, who simply nodded. #32 stepped forward, waiting for an order. Chrysalis told him something Obsidian couldn't hear, and he smiled at her, leaving to lead the army. She was left with Chrysalis, who signaled for her to follow.
Chrysalis and Obsidian ended up at the palace. Chrysalis changed into Cadence before entering. Obsidian was told to meet at the train station at 10 in the morning with #32. Obsidian looked at the clock standing between a few stores. She heard a rustle in the distance as a guard adjusted his position. It was silent, aside from the noises the guards made every once in a while. She changed into Crystal Jade before trotting out into the streets. There were a few lights on in the windows, but nothing more. She continued on to the station since none of the shops were open. She heard two guards laughing and then stand back in their place. Hmm, there seems to be a lot of guards out. Maybe they know we're coming... Her thought was interrupted by another guard.
"Hello, ma'am, how are you?" He said with a smile. Obsidian returned the smile.
"I'm fine, thanks." She was a bit surprised at how high pitched her voice was, but didn't show this; she didn't want to risk blowing her cover.
"What are you doing out so early?" He asked, looking her over curiously.
"Oh, I was just going out for a walk. I have to get ready for the wedding later, so I decided to go out early." She tried to hide the fact that she was lying. Although her nervousness might have shown, the guard bought the act.
"Okay, just be careful out here. A threat has been made against Canterlot, so try to watch out for anything suspicious. Stay safe!" He smiled, and continued with rounds. She continued on, sighing with relief. She reached the station and noticed someling sitting on a bench. He looked up and waved. She smiled nervously at him and trotted over to the bench.
"So, we get to wait here for a few hours." He said suggestively. Obsidian shot him a look.
"How'd I know you were going to say that?" She smiled a little, "I'm only waiting here until the shops open." #32 nodded, and scooted closer to her. She sighed and smiled. A few guards marched up to them.
"Morning," One of them said. Obsidian waved.
"Hey." #32 said. The guards stood by the entrance as a train came in.
"What's with the guards? There's like- a ton of them!" #32 whispered to Obsidian.
"I dunno. But I want to go somewhere else. These guards are making me nervous. Let's go to this park I saw on my way here." Obsidian whispered back. She got up, #32 following after with a grunt. They headed off to the park, but not without passing at least a dozen more guards.
"Well, this is a suicide mission." #32 said with a laugh.
"Yup. And 20 bits says that this whole thing fails." Obsidian said. They both laughed at this. The clock chimed off in the distance, signaling 6 o'clock. Obsidian sighed, and looked about. It seemed that every passing hour brought more guards out, because there were a lot more than when she passed by earlier. They reached the park and sat under a tree.
"Well, we get to see the sun rise." #32 said, snuggling up to Obsidian.
"Yeah, I guess." She said grumpily.
"What's with you?"
"Nothing. It's just this whole invasion thing. I know it's most likely going to fail, but Chrysalis won't listen." She ruffled #32's blonde mane. She smiled at him, "Well, on the bright side, there was a cake shop. It'll be open in a few hours."
"I hate cake."
"No, you love it. Trust me, I know who takes Firefly's cake."
"Sometimes you make me mad." He said with a smile. Obsidian laid against him, causing him to blush.
"That's your job, not mine."
#32 poked at Obsidian. She had fallen asleep as they watched the sun rise. She sighed and woke up.
"Is it time?" She asked sleepily.
"We've got an hour or so."
"Good. Let's get some breakfast." She got up quickly, knocking #32 over in the process, "Sorry, you knew that would happen." She giggled.
"And by breakfast you mean cake." He confirmed.
"Yep!" She trotted off towards the cake shop, "And we still have to get the wedding dress and suit."
"Yeah, I didn't forget." He said as she went into the shop.
"Hello, what can I get for ya?" The shop owner said from behind the counter. He looked a lot like the pony #32 impersonated, with a blonde mane and blue coat. She gasped a little, "Something wrong?" He said, taking notice to her gasp.
"No, I just never expected so many cakes." She lied. #32 entered the shop, muttering to himself.
"Son! I didn't know you were in town!" He said, looking at #32.
"Oh, yeah. Me and Jade here wanted to, uh, pay you a visit before we headed off to the castle." #32 said. He wasn't exactly the best liar, but the stallion took it.
"Ahah, so you're Crystal Jade. Nice to meet ya. I'm his father, obviously." He said with a smile, "Would you like some cake?" He held out a hoof towards the array of cakes in the display case. Obsidian nodded and pointed at a slice of strawberry cheesecake. He pulled out a slice.
"Yay!" Obsidian said.
"And you can have your favorite, Windows. I know how much you love chocolate!" He grabbed #32 a slice. #32 just excitedly licked his lips.
"Yeah, he likes chocolate." Obsidian said, smiling at #32's expression. She reached for some bits but was cut off.
"No need, I'll give ya this one on the house!" The stallion said. Obsidian saw that there was no arguing so she took the offer.
"Thanks!" She said. She eyed #32, who was chewing on a mouthful of cake.
"So ya going to the wedding, huh?" The stallion said, carefully arranging the cakes.
"Yup. Cadence is my friend, and she invited us." Obsidian replied. #32 nodded, taking a bite of cake.
"How come ya haven't told me, Windows?" He looked over at #32.
"I just go busy, that's all." He responded, avoiding the look.
"What time's this wedding then?"
"I think 12:00 tomorrow." Obsidian said, eating her slice of cake.
"Oh, okay. Well, make sure ya come by before ya two leave." Obsidian and #32 nodded in response and he walked to the back of the store.
"You just had to come here, did you?" #32 whispered under his breath. Obsidian rolled her eyes.
"Whatever. I'm not psychic." She hissed back. She and #32 finished off their cake and headed out of the shop towards the dress store.
Obsidian waited at the train station for Chrysalis. #32 sat beside her, reading a magazine someling had left behind. She was watching the ponies laughing and bustling about since #32 wouldn't let her see the magazine. She sighed with relief as she saw Chrysalis heading towards her. The guards she stood between eyed them and stopped.
"Oh, good. You're here. Now, let's go to the castle. We need to talk about...the wedding." Chrysalis said, watching the guards then smiling. They headed off to the castle, not exchanging a word as they walked.
The castle came into view. Obsidian and #32 stared at it with awe.
"Wow. Here it is." Obsidian whispered. They entered, looking around the enormous entrance hall. Guards stood everywhere like statues. The carpet felt soft and luxurious under their hooves as they walked. Chrysalis showed them to their room.
"This is where you'll stay. Make sure to be here in about an hour because we need to talk. For now, you can just look around or something." She said, looking at the two changelings. "Make sure you don't reveal yourselves though." She added quietly. She smiled and walked out.
"Oh, and I already have him under my spell. It was so easy." She whispered, grinning evilly. Obsidian nodded with approval. Chrysalis left the room, shutting the door behind her. #32 flopped on the bed, inviting Obsidian to lay next to him. She shook her head. He shrugged.
"Well, if you need me, I'll be taking a nap." He said before dozing off. Obsidian shook her head at him and left the room. She gently closed the door, and headed off to explore the castle. She looked about the entrance hall. Sheesh. This place is HUGE! She thought to herself. She shrugged and headed off down a hallway, carefully avoiding the guards. She happened to hear Chrysalis, who was busy complaining about dresses, but continued on. There seemed to be about a hundred rooms in the one hallway and tried to hold back her curiosity. After turning into yet another hallway, she found herself in a huge library. She saw Twilight sitting by herself, mumbling as she picked through the books. She only glanced up, waved, and continued her search. Obsidian decided to enter, avoiding Twilight. She looked through the books and decided on a Daring Do book. She'd always liked the series. She chose a place to sit, then opened her book to read.
"Hello there." A voice said. Obsidian lowered her book, looking up to see who was speaking. It was Twilight.
"Uh, hi. You must be Twilight." Obsidian said.
"Yep! That's me! So, what brings you here?"
"Just waiting for Cadence."
"Oh. You must be one of her friends."
"Yeah. Crystal Jade." Obsidian looked at her book then closed it.
"I it me or is she a little...off?"
"Huh?"
"She seems different." Twilight seemingly said this to herself, thinking about it.
"She must be stressed, that's all."
"Twilight!" A pink mare yelled. She sprung at the sight of Obsidian, and rushed over to her.
"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! You must be one of Twilight's new friends 'cause I've never seen you before anyways it's nice to meet you!" She said in one breath. Obsidian just stared at her and then smiled.
"Pinkie, what do you need?" Twilight interjected.
"Oh, I was just seeing if you could help me with the planning!" Twilight nodded, and headed out of the library. Pinkie waved and followed. Obsidian reopened the book and continued reading.
"Good, you're here." Chrysalis said. They'd met up at the room Obsidian was staying in. #32 was still asleep on the bed. Obsidian only nodded in response.
"Alright, the army is ready, but can't get in. They will make the effort of disabling the spell somehow, but for now, we focus on the wedding. Chrysalis continued. Obsidian nodded once more.
"Tomorrow, you will attend and be sure to help with defeating the elements. We will need to capture them before they can do anything. Now, can you wake him up?" She motioned towards the sleeping changeling. Obsidian gently shook him awake.
"Huh? Is it time for- oh." He pushed himself up to a sitting position.
"You will need to lead the army. Be sure they cover me. Some of them are already in the castle, but the rest are outside. The ponies have a spell up." Chrysalis said to #32. He made a salute and laid back down.
"You know the rest. Now, all I have to do is get rid of Twilight. It should be relatively easy. Anyhow, you two should get some rest. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow." Chrysalis said, smiling evilly, turning to close the door.
"Great, I'm stuck with you." Obsidian said sarcastically with a smile.