//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Crimson fire // Story: The Dark Side // by Dynomation //------------------------------// The Cutie Mark Crusaders all poked their heads out of the log, the swore fire and a burning wooden wolf. The log was far away from the blaze all of them looked for the large black helmeted being that saved them. A large creaking sound echoed through the clearing. A large broken limb flew through the air, Vader stood up with slight burns on his softer part of his suit. A wind stared up his cape now riddled with holes. As he walked out of the blaze his saber flew to his hand and placed it back on his belt. As the Timbre wolves burnt into ashes he found the small younglings. The forest was no place for them but he couldn`t leave them alone. He had felt the hive it was close, within a hour from them, but all his equipment for destroying the hive was with his speeder, but know he had to look after this younglings. The mission and his morals wear conflicting, until the small pegasus broke his consecration. "Woah that was awesome! But not as cool as Rainbow Dash" she stated wings buzzing in excitement, Vader took the fillies statement as a compliment. Vader nodded "I am Darth Vader, and what are your names younglings?" he asked, all of them smiled "Ma`h names Appleboom!" stated the earth pony "I`m Sweetie belle" bubbled the unicorn "And I`m Scootaloo" the pegasus said. Vader through off his next words carefully "It is a pleasure to meet you all, but I wish this could have just been by coincidence but I am here on orders from Princess Luna and Celestia as a enemy of Equestria is near by" he said reassuringly. Sweetie Belle looked above Vader squinting at something, a few dull grey insects flew of the canopy, pony sized grey insects. "Mister Vader would the treat be Queen Chrysalis" Vader nodded "How did you know that?" looking up at the point where Sweetie was looking then turning back to him "I sore a changeling" she said with a frown. "Wait a minute, ya`h goin after Chrysalis?" asked Applebloom, the Sith Lord nodded, all of them fillies gained harden looks "What can we do to help?" asked all of them. They could see it but Vader under his mask was smiling. All of them looked from a bush at the massive green fortress, with a moat of yellow acid protecting it. Vader waited for all the guards to leave. Then jumped with all the CMC hanging onto him. He put them down. "You all remember the plan?" he asked, all of them nodded back to the cyborg. "Yeah set the bombs to 5 hours then move out, you should have Chrysalis by then right?" asked Scootaloo, all of them seem to take to this military action well. "Good, right as shown as your bombs are ready for deployment, use the grapping hooks to get to the other side" he stood up All three of them saluted them hugged his legs "Good luck" all of them ran off with packs full of bombs and grapping hooks. Vader wasn`t stupid, in 5 hours the blast would 'destroy' everything in the castle. Using the force he jumped onto the guard walk of the fortress. Moving quickly and quietly he used the shadow and force persuasion to erase any through of memory of himself from the guards. For what he had heard changelings used the colour green in their armour to prove ranks, but he couldn`t see any green marking only yellow ones. Finally arriving at the throne room he found to 8-9 foot changelings both about 4 feet wide at the shoulders standing in place, both with large fangs, horns and spikes forming from every part of their body, Vader emerged from the shadows, his breathing become audible. Both the large guards turned chattering like bugs, large blue eyes flashing red, charging Vader, who sent both of them flying into the opposite wall. With his saber finishing them off, green ooze trickled down the wall. Vader placed his saber back on his belt. He knew something with great power was sitting behind that door. Forcing them open he`s heavily breathing echoed in the empty room In the dark room stood a chair, back faced to the dark lord, a voice echoed from it user "Argh finally something interesting- the chair turned revealing a changing about the height of Luna. Duel horns on her head with a blood red mane covering her face. Her wings weren`t bee like the were more like swords ready to strike.- Mother said `Princess Luna' would be quick to react to her little plan but a day, ha impatient much!" This creature wasn`t Chrysalis, her daughter, young adult about the same age as Twilight and the other elements possibly. "So, tall, dark and mysterious, hmm, yeah defiantly Luna`s type" he teleported above Vader and hit him into the throne "So big boy do you dance?"