Cindy used her magic to light up her surroundings. She was still in the cave, but by the looks of it, she was inside some hollow crystal. She stayed there for a while, thinking about everything that just happened, then suddenly Celestia's grinning face appeared on all the sides of the crystal.
"I just thought I'd say hi," Celestia smirked. "Before I take over all of Equestria!"
"Hi," Cindy frowned. Then she realized what Celestia just said. "Wait... Don't you already rule over Equestria?"
"That's what you think. Surely you already know...? Well whatever, it doesn't matter. Soon you'll see, but it will be too late then."
Before Cindy could react, Celestia vanished from her view.
"Wait!" Cindy cried out, her voice echoing. "You'd better tell me what you meant!"
She blasted at the crystal until a hole was made in it. She jumped out and saw Celestia lying there, looking a bit bruised. Cindy looked at her angrily, trotting over to her.
"Tell me what's going on!" she hissed. "Why did you capture me here? What's this about taking over Equestria?"
"I didn't capture you," Celestia replied quietly. "Queen Chrysalis did."
"Queen who-salis?"
"The queen of the changelings." She pointed at a spiky band around her neck with her wing. "And I can't do anything with this anti-magic bracer around my neck!"
Cindy blinked at her and realized how foolish she was. How did she not figure it out before? Without further ado, she started pulling on the anti-magic bracer. It looked like it wasn't on tightly, but she still couldn't get it off. Then she noticed a little triangular hole. She stared at it for a while until an idea formed in her mind. Her magic reached out and retrieved a chip from a crystal and began shaping it into a triangle. She placed it into the hole and to her surprise, it started glowing. She turned it clockwise and she heard a clicking sound. The bracer opened and Celestia took it off her neck with her hooves.
"Thank you, Cindy," Celestia smiled. "We must get out of her and stop Queen Chrysalis before it's too late!"
They galloped around the cave, searching for a way out. After a long time, they eventually found an exit, but guarding it were 5 changelings.
"How do we get around them?" Cindy whispered.
"Turn into a bird," Celestia replied quietly, pointing at the ceiling of the cave. "We might be Table to fly over them."
Cindy turned into bird form and they both flew as high as they could. Quietly, they made their way around the changelings, trying to avoid any unwanted attention. Fortunately, the changelings didn't notice them. Once they were away from them, Celestia and Cindy landed on the castle floor and Cindy turned back into filly form.
They heard 'Celestia' speaking inside the throne room. They galloped into the room and saw that Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy and Applejack were there. They all looked at Celestia and Cindy, and then back at the other Celestia.
"What in the hay is goin' on?" Applejack asked, bewildered. "How can there be two Princess Celestias?"
"She's Queen Chrysalis!" Celestia glared at her copy. "Somehow she's returned to take Equestria again."
"How did you get past my changelings?" Queen Chrysalis snorted. "It doesn't matter. You're all too late! I've already got enough power to do anything I wish. And the reason is because everypony loves me now."
Her magic transformed her back into changeling form. She walked over to the window and noticed that her changeling army were already pouring into Canterlot. "Soon," Chrysalis grinned. "I will control all of Equestria, and you are powerless to stop me!"
Twilight's ears perked up. She knew what to do. She motioned for Cindy, Fluttershy, Rarity and Applejack to follow her. They ran out the door and a changeling tried to stop them, but Chrysalis just shook her head. "Let them go," she smiled. "They can't do anything, even if they wanted to."
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Back in Cloudsdale, Rainbow Dash flew around bored. She looked for her friends, but they were no where to be found. After a while, she flew to the library. She walked in and saw Spike.
"Hey, Spike," she smiled at the baby dragon. "Do you know where Twilight, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy are? I can't find them anywhere!"
"That's what I was wondering too!" Spike said sadly. "I thought that they might've been in Cloudsdale for some reason, but I guess that since you can't find them either, I guess they're not. Maybe they're in trouble!"
"Spike," Rainbow frowned. "I'm sure they're fine. They'll turn up later. I guess." At that moment, Pinkie Pie hopped into the library.
"There you are!" she cried out happily. "I've looking for you guys all day! But where's Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity? Fluttershy offered to help me bake muffins with Derpy last week, but she couldn't come, so she said she'd help today. But when she didn't turn up, I went to ask her why she couldn't come, and then I noticed everyone was missing!"
"We're looking for them too, Pinkie," Rainbow replied. "I've been looking everywhere."
They stayed talking for a while, and then suddenly Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack and Cindy galloped in the door.
"There ya'll are!" Applejack smiled. "We need ya'll to wear the Elements of Harmony. Queen Chrysalis's trying to take over Equestria again!"
"Where are the Elements of Harmony anyway?" Rainbow asked.
"Why," Rarity replied. "I believe Celestia has them now. She took them when Discord returned."
Twilight groaned. They probably had to fight many changelings to retrieve the Elements of Harmony. Twilight started using her magic, and they appeared in Canterlot in the room with the Elements. For some strange reason, there weren't any changelings guarding the Elements. Twilight took out the elements from the box and put them on their owners.
They walked back up to the throne room. Chrysalis stood there grinning at them. The room had changelings on the ceiling, on the ground and on the walls. On the ceiling, Celestia was imprisoned in a piece of slime. Twilight gasped and Rarity pulled a horrified face. The six bearers of the Elements of Harmony stood side by side and began to use the power of the Elements. When the magic hit Chrysalis, she made a shriek. They stopped using the Elements once she stopped and saw that she was still there. She didn't even look the slightest bit effected.
"You think you can defeat me with your precious Elements of Harmony?" she laughed. "Think again. I have so much power! It's going to take a lot more than that to defeat me!"
Her magic reached out to Cindy and tried to control her. Although Cindy was immune, she decided it would be fun to act like as if it worked. She walked slowly over to Chrysalis, trying her best to look as if the spell had worked. She stopped by her side and turned around, looking at Fluttershy with a wicked expression on her face. Chrysalis laughed, and turned around the look out the window. Cindy quietly crept towards Fluttershy and her friends. Looking up at her, she freed Celestia, using a spell she learned from a book in the Canterlot library. Cindy winked at her friends, and they knew then that she was only messing around with Chrysalis.
"You must try to defeat her with the Elements," Celestia whispered to Cindy. "You are very strong, and you might just be able to
defeat her!"
Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow, Pinkie, Fluttershy and Applejack stood side by side, focusing on Chrysalis. When she turned around, Cindy turned into bird form and flew over them. She felt bigger than before. Chrysalis eyed Cindy. She looked just like a phoenix now, only without the yellow in her feathers.
The bearers of the Elements of Harmony all started floating. A rainbow linked them together. Then the rainbow linked to Cindy. Cindy's feathers started to become hotter, until she totally caught fire. Cindy didn't notice she was on fire, she just felt like as if she just ate a lot of sugar and was full of energy.
The rainbow hit Chrysalis, followed by a strange wave of red magic. Chrysalis screamed, and this time it was a real scream. The rainbow spread to the rest of the changelings. After the Elements finished, the changelings were no where to be seen. The flames on Cindy's feathers vanished and she automatically turned back into her filly form beside Fluttershy.
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Later that day, there was a celebration held for Cindy and her friends. After a little speech, Celestia pulled a curtain and there was a new glass window. On it was the six bearers of the Elements of Harmony and Cindy in bird form in flames. Over them, was Queen Chrysalis and three changelings.
After the celebration, Rarity made Cindy a lovely new dress. Fluttershy gave her a daisy necklase and Rarity found a way to dye it. They left, but before they did, Fluttershy told her that she'll visit her as soon as she can, and she told her not to forget her because they could always write to each other. Cindy gave her a hug before she left and watched them go back to Ponyville. At least she could go to Canterlot's Magic School for the Gifted.
She spent ages waiting for the day Fluttershy returned. She was thinking about getting bullied at her old school. If she ever went back, she'd probably be bullied again. It was only until later that day when she was having a bath that she noticed that Diamond Tiara couldn't bully her anymore. Because she had a cutie mark. It was a fiery phoenix.