Assault and Capture
The confines of traveling showmares wagon felt cozier than in the past for the two ponies inside. A pale blue unicorn mare sighed as she slept under the cover of a lavender wing her lovers head draped across her neck. The young alicorn princess smiled in her sleep feeling at peace after weeks of internal turmoil.
A deafening roar startled the two awake, causing Twilight to crack her head on the low ceiling, and emitting a “yelp!”.
“The ursa alarm!” Trixie shouted sliding over to the side of the wagon and pushing a sliding panel aside to peer out into the dark.
“Is it the guard?” Twilight said in a panic.
“What are you worried about? You will be taken back to be pampered in the palace. Trixie is the one that is going be doing a one mare show on the moon,” Trixie said squinting to get a better look at the ponies.
“If not the Guard then who?” she Twilight said.
“Trixie doesn’t know. It appears to be two pegasi,” she said. “They must have sent it off by accident.”
Twilight leaned over to look through the window on her side of the bed, and gasped! “Trixie, we need to get out of here!” she said in a panic as she began to charge her horn for a fast teleport.
The wagon was rocked as if the illusionary ursa had swatted it with its starry paw, which was impossible since the ursa was merely a projection of light. The unicorn and alicorn screamed as they felt wagon tip and then tumble onto its side.
“Twilight whats happening?” Trixie said trying to get to her hooves.
“Changelings,” she said causing Trixie’s eyes to go wide.
Twilight focused again and tried the teleport spell a second time before the wagon was rolled again causing her to lose focus again.
“They must be after me,” Twilight said. “I’m sorry.”
She could hear the sound of the insectoide creatures hacking at the carriage trying to break their way inside. Twilight knew it wouldn’t be long until they made it inside.
“It will be too hard to fight them from in here,” Twilight said. “We need to have some open space.”
“Understood, they will realize they’ve attacked the wrong mare,” Trixie said charging her horn.
“No, you need to run. I can hold them off,” Twilight said.
“I can help,” Trixie said not wanting to leave Twilight.
“No, I have a chance,” Twilight responded.”They probably want to capture me.”
“You’re right, Trixie was being foolish,” she responded then levitated Twilights crystal pendant to her neck and chanted a spell. “They want you.” In a flash Trixie’s illusion took hold and she became the alicorn princess and charged out of the wagon. Twilght sat back stunned watching her lover run into the woods followed closely by a dozen black changelings. Her heart sank as she saw flashes light from blue and green spells then a loud cry in the darkness.
The princess bolted out of the wagon to rush to Trixie’s aid. She almost immediately felt the shock of a bolt of magic, then a second, then a third as she struggled to head towards where she last saw Trixie. She pushed forward fuelled my adrenalin and her rage before coming face to face with two pegasi mares blocking her way. The mares looked familiar, she had seen them around Ponyville, one was a jeweler she thought. The color of their coats began to fade and the hard black exoskeleton began to be reveled.
The light before Twilights eyes turned green, she felt a electric shock seize her muscles and she collapsed, her last thought was of Trixie before she blacked out.