//------------------------------// // Darkness over the skies of Canterlot // Story: Equestria's Five // by Primary213 //------------------------------// The Changeling Army was swarming the royal city, causing destruction and taking hostages. The five ponies looked at each other, then Doctor Hooves looked up at Queen Chrysalis. "Hey! You! Up there! Stop this attack, or you will regret it!" He yelled at her. She looked to the left and right, then down to see him looking up at her. She just started laughing and sent some changelings down to them. "Bad choice." The Doctor said to himself. He then turned to the other ponies. "Ok team, this is what we do, they can change into us, but that doesn't mean we can't kick their asses. Rainbow, Daring Do, and Spitfire take to the skies and take down as many as you can. Leave some for me and Mare Do Well. We will handle the rest. Got it?" He said the four. They all saluted him, and the three pegusai took off and engaged some of the Changelings. As the Doctor predicted, some of the Changelings continued towed the Doctor and Mare Do Well. "What do we do?" She asked the Doctor. He turned and looked at her. "I'll buck the one coming toward me, you take care of the other three as you wish." He replied. She looked up and ran over to a food stall and jumped onto the shade and bounced off really hard and flew toward the Changelings. She hit one with her front left hoof and grabbed one and kicked him to the floor. The last one grabbed her and threw her down to the floor. She landed on a stall and was dazed in the rubble. She quickly shook her head and looked back up at the Changeling. He was charging her from the sky. Just as he was gunna grab her, the Doctor tackled him and tied him up with rope before he knew it. "That was a close one. Stay alert and bring those fuckers down." The Doctor said to her as he helped her up. She cleaned herself off and continued to fight. The three in the air were doing phenomenal. They were working together and were dropping the Changelings. Queen Chrysalis was starting to become concerned. She was calling out orders for the changelings, but they were empty. The five were just too well skilled and could stop any attack the Changelings did, and could take hits as well. "This can't be possible, these ponies are too.......much for my army. Fall back! We have to fall back!" Chrysalis yelled as she started to fly away. "She is escaping! Don't let her leave!" Rainbow Dash yelled. The other four started running and trying to catch up with her. Rainbow Dash caught up to her and was about to grab her when she turned around and held Rainbow with one hoof. "You seem eager to fight, you have will and determination, I love that." Chrysalis said to her. As she said this, she looked at Rainbow with dark green eyes. Rainbows eyes were enveloped in the same green, then it receded into her pupils and she smiled evilly. The Doctor tried to grab her, but she slapped his hoof away and kicked him to the ground. "You need to learn that ruling Equestria is better than slaving for a stupid Princess just so she can say thank you. If you are smart you would join me and Chrysalis." Rainbow said to the Doctor. She had her hoof extended to him. He just looked at it and slapped it away. "You are evil, and that is Chrysalis talking, not you. You need to come back with us and help us bring that revolting life form you call a Queen down." The Doctor replied angrily. "When will you ponies learn." She replies as Chrysalis and her laughed and flew away with the rest of the changeling army. The Doctor got up with help from Spitfire. "What the hell happened to her?" Spitfire asked as she landed next to the Doctor. He looked at her as the other two ponies walked up to him. "She was put under a spell of possession when Chrysalis looked into her eyes. Rainbow's will wasn't strong enough to get away from it and she is now working with Chrysalis. Don't worry, we will find her and give that damned Queen a taste of her own medicine I swear. We need to prepare to launch a counter attack on Chrysalis, but first, we need to become a more uniform team." The Doctor replied to the three. They all had their heads down and followed the Doctor to Canterlot castle. They other three were wondering what the Doctor meant by becoming a more uniform team, but they knew all his ideas would always end well, so they never questioned it. "We can't fail the Princess, we have to find Rainbow Dash and end Chrysalis." Daring Do whispered to Spitfire. "Yeah, we are Equestria's five. We cannot lose to a low life like her. We will find her no matter what it takes." Spitfire replied and smiled at Daring Do. When they arrived in the castle they told the Princess about the situation. "Well, it seems that Chrysalis is more dangerous than I had originally thought. I am sorry to hear about Rainbow." She sadly replied. They Doctor walked up to her throne and looked up at her. "Don't worry Princess, we will find the Queen responsible and make her pay for what she has done, but we ask for about three weeks to prepare for our counter attack. I want to make sure my team is ready and capable to bring her down and rescue Rainbow. We need to learn battle situations and maneuvers and further train as a team, not individuals if that is ok with you Princess." They Doctor said to her. She smiled and nodded to allow them the time he asked for. The four bowed to her and went Roa lower level of the castle that as a training room. They four ponies looked inside and saw all the equipment I there and knew the Doctor had a lot planned for them. They all were determined by the Doctor to free Rainbow and get her back on their team so they could bring Queen Chrysalis to her knees and make her regret ever messing with the Equestrian Five.