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// The Queen 
// Story: Friends to Journey's End 
// by tassadarth 
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                    CHAPTER 30
The Queen

Twilight, and the others followed Trio as the flowed up the cave like water, but against gravity. They all followed the green light that Trio was giving off, that was being powered by their love. Trio and the others finally reached the ground level of the cave system. Trio looked over to them, and said “We are going to go and defeat the Queen, I will need your help though.” Trio smiled at her new friends. They all continued through a new cave leading even more downward than the previous one. Once they reached the bottom they instantly saw a figure they knew, but didn’t know. This pony was TrioFeet, she stood very tall in her cell as the seven approached. TrioFeet sat down into the corner, and said “No more i don’t like you changelings. I’m too weak to do anymore.” She started to cry, but Twilight spoke up “We aren’t changelings, at least not all of us. We are here to save you, and destroy the Queen.” TrioFeet got to her feet, and said “Then let me out of this cage without having to escort me, then i will know your not changelings. What did you mean not all of you were changelings, are you all taken captive?” Twilight looked over to Trio, and said “No, but we only knew of you because of this changeling.” Trio quickly changed out of her form to a changeling, and back again. TrioFeet looked at the seven with a blank face. She didn’t know what to think nopony had taken a changeling captive not ever. Trio looked over to TrioFeet, and said “Don’t fear me I’m here to help. They’ve morphed my mind to think differently. Changed my point of view, and changed my soul.” TrioFeet looked at the other six with a weird face, and said “You ponies did this, even with a changeling. How?” They looked at eachother, then said “Well according to her with great kindness.” TrioFeet left the cell after she said that, and continued out of the small cave system. She screamed, and ran back down the cave. Twilight looked at her, and asked “What’s up there that made you scream like that.” TrioFeet passed out onto the ground, so Twilight and the others walked up slowly to see what it was about. When they all reached the top they all saw the Queen waiting for them. She instantly said “My changelings come to me, and I will let you feed off of their love until end times.” Trio flew up into the air, and started to cast a spell. Twilight smiled, and said “Sadly enough she is on our side.” The Queen chuckled at that, and Trio shot a beam of light directly at the Queen. She glowed a bright green as the beam continued, and said “You’ve all been fooled, how can such powerful ponies be fooled so easily?” Twilight thought for a moment, and quickly withdrew her love for the pony they originally knew as Trio. Trio still pointed her horn at the Queen as her magic started to glow white, and the Queen collapsed onto the floor as this happened. Twilight walked over the the changeling collapsed on the floor, and said “Maybe you shouldn’t try to deceive us. I just used your own changeling against you. I put all my hatred into her, and it blasted into you. Now you’re weak as you can be. Will you choose to have an alliance with Canterlot, or shall i destroy you where you stand?” TrioFeet stood at the cave entrance to the prison her jaw dropped to the ground. The Queen looked up to Twilight, and said “You will never count on an alliance from such a weak creature, why should i accept?” Twilight looked up as a quick flash came from the entrance of the cave.