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// Chapter 5: Chrysalis's Invasion 
// Story: Sombra's Triumphant Return 
// by GrandSpellcaster 
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	Chrysalis was laying on the floor of the tent that Sombra has insisted she have put up. She had a Changeling watching for Sombra’s signal. It had been worked out that Sombra would make his way to the Crystal Palace then turn it into his palace once that happened she would send her troops to bombard the Empire. She would be aiming for the Palace so she could aid him in defeating Shining Armor, Princess Cadence, and the Elements of Harmony.
The first beams of sunlight just began to shine through the opening in the tent. She got up and stepped outside; she walked to the edge of the cliff and looked at the Empire in all of its beauty. 
“My Queen, I was not aware you were going to be gracing me with you presence.” The drone she had placed to watch for Sombra’s signal said bowing low.
“Neither was I” She said not looking away from the Empire.
There was a dark surge as the sun’s light was blocked by the formation of Sombra’s palace. The Changeling ran back about two meters and hollered “It’s Time!!!” Every Changeling lifted into flight and cast there green shield and began to zoom up in large arched as to land in the Crystal Empire. Chrysalis Cast her shield and took off as to land right at the base of the Crystal Palace.



Princess Twilight Sparkle was having a hard time sleeping in the crystalline bedroom her brother and sister-in-law had provided. She missed the darkness of her tree, and the sound of crickets that she had grown accustomed to. She got up and decided to take a walk around the palace. 
She sat up and looked at the curtains that covered her window. Through the sliver in between the curtains she could see that the Celestia hadn’t resin the sun yet. She lay there for several minutes, but when it was apparent that she wasn't going to fall back asleep she decided to go for a little walk around the palace.
She opened her door and walked out she thought she would go for a short walk to prepare for the Faire that was coming up. 
Along her way she met several of the guards that were on the night shift. Most of them gave her a bow then simply went on their way. On occasion one of them would completely stop and give her a proper bow. 
She had been exploring the palace for about twenty minutes when she pasted a window and noticed that the sun was creeping over the horizon. She knew that her friends would be waking up soon and she started heading towards the guest suites. 
She was just about to reach them when she felt a shiver run down her spine. The very next second the crystal beneath her feet turned black. She ran to the window and just in time to see Cadence flying towards the edge of the Empire where eruptions of magic were coming from. 
She noticed green spots from that direction and her eyes went wide. She used her magic to open the doors of her friends’ rooms and yelled “Wake Up!! We’re under attack!!”
This got a mixed reaction from her friends, Fluttershy screamed and hid under her bed. Rainbow Dash jumped and slammed into a wall. Rarity said “five more minutes”. Applejack shot upright. Pinkie Pie rolled off her bed.
“Come on! Sombra’s attacking with Chrysalis’s Changelings!” She shouted and that got them to move. 
“What now!?” Rainbow Dash asked, recovering.
“The Empire is under attack by Sombra and Chrysalis.” Twilight reiterated. 
“But that gorgeous Crystal Heart protects the empire. Doesn't it?” Rarity asked. As soon as she finished that sentence there was an explosion from Fluttershy’s room and she shot out of it.
A changeling in full battle regale came out only to get bucked in the head by Applejack. “How are they doing this?” She asked.
“I don’t know.” Twilight answered.
There was the sound of screaming ponies coming from the windows. Rainbow Dash flew out of it and the rest of them ran to the window to look down. Twilight teleported the rest of them down, "Protect the Crystal heart!!" she ordered.
"Oh it's you" Chrysalis said almost sounding board with them. "I was expecting to meet Sombra here, but I can't seem to find him. He must be running a little late; I'll just amuse myself by destroying you"
Changelings surrounded them all and turned into different versions of them. The main six had there hooves full with the fight. Chrysalis was simply watching the fight. 
Several of the changelings dog piled Rainbow Dash, more trapped Applejack in a cocoon. Before long only Pinkie rarity and Fluttershy were also cocooned. Twilight was the considerably harder for them to beat.
Chrysalis was somewhat irritated by this but that was all. She knew that Twilight would be subdued before long. 
There was a tearing sound and Chrysalis took a rainbow streak hit her in her side and she sprawled onto the crystal road. The Crystal ponies had freed Rainbow Dash and were in the process of freeing the others. 
Chrysalis got up and roared with a deep hatred behind it, "Kill them all!!"
Here Changelings attacked but this time instead of fifty on six it was closer to fifty on twenty, and the crystal ponies had skin as hear as stone. They were loosing this part of the battle.
Chrysalis began to use her magic to heal her brood and attack the Crystal ponies. But her efforts were in vain as her Changelings fell one by one. Soon enough she found herself drained and trapped in a bubble of Alicorn magic. 
"You've lost Chrysalis" Twilight said sure of her self.
Chrysalis only laughed, "Have you forgotten the current state of the palace. Because I haven't, mainly because I can't use dark magic." 
Twilight's eyes went wide. "Oh no"
"What's wrong? We won." Applejack asked.
"This is Sombra's palace..." 
"...Yes now if you would let go of my ally I would take what is rightfully mine." The ominous voice of Sombra boomed in their ears, even through the commotion of armored ponied and exoskeletal Changelings, his voice cut through the air like a knife.