Keep living for Friendship

by alejin


Chapter 34, The invasión. . . . I wont beg. . . at least not to YOU!!!

After an almost good night of sleep, everypony dragon and human proceded to get ready for this great day, Alex and Spike once clean proceded join everypony for breakfast, once there they found the mane 6 and the princesses

“Hey everypony!!” they both said

“Hello Alex and Spike” they responded

They proceceded to start eating their pancakes, Alex was relieved when he saw Fluttershy calmer and eating with gusto, but he could swear Pinkie Pie seemed distracted

“Something wrong Pinkie?”

“uh?? oh!! nononono nothing, I was just. . . er planing your birthday party in 3 weeks. . . yeah yeah that was it. . .”

“Oh!! I see” (Wow. . .it seems not only Applejack sucks in lying)

“Sugarcube please, ah don’t need to be the Element of Honesty to know yah are lying. . . what is it?

“sigh, Please Applejack, just for this time. . . don’t ask, I promise nothing is wrong, I just had a feeling thats all”

“. . . . Ok Sugarcube, ah let you keep it for yourself, but remember if yah want to talk about it. . . I. . . we are here to hear yah”

“Thank you Applejack, but really it’s nothing. . . just a. . . feeling. . . that’s all”

Everypony noded and continued eating for a few minutes until they heard a royal guard shouting behind the big doors

“Princess Celestia, the other royal guests are here”

“Oh. . . Ok, let them in”

Alex confused said “other guets? Who are they Princess Celestia”

“You’ll see”

Just when the doors were open enough to let a little filly go in. . . A LITTLE FILLY WENT IN and screaming

“BIG BROTHER!!!!!!”

“WHAT?”

Alex was tackled by his favorite little unicorn filly followed by the other two crussaders and Lyra. . . Lyra?

“Sweetie Bell?? Everypony??, wow what is going on here. . . Princess Celestia?”

“I knew you’d like it, you see. . .Twilight told me about your close relationship with these three little cute fillies and how much you’d like to have Mrs Heartlings here so I made this day off for you to have your little sister and his friends here today. . . I hope you don’t mind”

“Mind? never, but. . . and Lyra?”

“Oh Alexis, my family reunión ended early and I came to Ponyville sooner and on time since yesterday Princess Celestia sent his royal guards to invite me and the crussaders to come”

“Oh. . . excelent, thank you Princess Celestia (she nooded) so. . . . what is the plan for today?”

“Nothing too fancy. . . My ponies are already making the stage, the presentation will be like according to Twilight you had in Ponyville, I’ll make a little speech and then you’ll come out and introduce yourself, after that a little private party at the Palace garden with everypony you know here. . . ok?”

“Sounds good to me”

Lyra and the crussaders joined them for breakfast, once everypony full, Alex and his friends proceded to get ready for the presentation, Alex put on his new clothes, as always Rarity outdone herslef, shorts, sneackers and a set of T-shirts with not only her but everypony cutie mark. . .even “his cutie mark” the Assasin’s logo, Rarity once asked him if he would like a Tuxedo which he declined, once dressed and ready he and everypony proceded to go to the stage in the center of Canterlot, in their way there Alex noticed two weird things . . he could almost swear he saw Donut Joe two times in a diferent place (maybe he was very fast he thought) and then he saw Jet Set with his nose bandaged and 5 minutes later he saw him again but without the bandage and with his nose fixed (What a heck of a doctor he thought) but he looked. . . so serious and. . . menacing (he wondered what kind of bad intentions he had for somepony and since when he had green eyes)

Once there they found everypony gathered and cheering Princess Cadence and Prince Shinning Armor

“Hey Cadence. . .Shining”

“Hey Alex!!” (they both said and made everyony gasped, this human knew them?)

“I’m glad you are here, it will make things easier”

“No Problem dude, just know this, after this presentation we will start to arrange one in the Cristal Empire” (Cadence nooded and smiled in agreedment)

“. . . . Wow. . . ok” (I feel like I’m in a tour)

After a warm friend and family reunión everypony waited until all Canterlot were gathered in front the stage, the trumpets started to play to introduce Princess Celestia, Luna and Cadence, everypony cheered for them, Princess Celestia raised her hoof to command them to quiet and started to talk

“CITIZEN OF CANTERLOT, TODAY WE ARE REUNITED FOR ONE IMPORTANT REASON, AS MANY OF YOU MAY NOTICED DURING THIS PAST DAYS A NEVER SEEN CREATURE HAS BEEN STAYING HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, SOME OF YOU ALREADY HAD THE OPORTUNITY TO KNOW HIM AND MADE SURE HE DOESN’T MEAN ANY HARM TO US, THIS CREATURE SPECIES IS CALLED HUMAN, HE IS KIND AND FRIENDLY AND A DIRECT FRIEND OF ME, PRINCESS LUNA THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY AND MANY OTHER PONIES, PLEASE DO NOT JUDGE HIM FOR HIS APPEREANCE, HE MAY NOT BE A PONY BUT HE LIKE ALL OF YOU. . .OF US IS AN OFICIAL EQUESTRIAN AND A GOOD FRIEND IF YOU LET HIM, PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO ALEJANDRO”

At that moment Alex came out from the courtains and took his place next to the Princesses, he felt a little nervious but thanks to the Princesses reasuring smiles he got the streght to stood in front of everypony and start talking

“HELLO CANTERLOT, AS YOUR PRINCESS SAID MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO. . . ALEX TO MY FRIENDS, IT’S AN HONOR TO MEET EVERYONE OF YOU, I HOPE WE ALL CAN GET A LONG, AND AS IN PONYVILLE I HOPE TO MAKE MANY FRIENDS HERE SO. . . IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING A HUMAN FRIEND. . . I’M HERE FOR YOU, (Many Ponies giggled) I ALREADY HAD THE PLEASURE TO MEET SOME OF YOU, LIKE YOU. . . PIXELBERRY (he pointed Pixelberry who was in the front of the crowd) BY THE WAY, HER CHERRY CYDER IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, TRY IT, NOT TO MENTION HER PAINTINGS (she blushed like a tomato), OK. . . . WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS. . . HELLO EVERYPONY AND LET’S BE FRIENDS”

After saying that many ponies started to cheer Alex (of Course many nobles didn’t not that he minded) after the cheering ended somepony behind Alex and the princesses continued aplauding with his hooves. . . it was Prince BlueBlood, covering allmost all his body with a big cape

“Nice speech. . . freak monkey, a really nice speech”

Alex didn’t do anything, he knew if he tried something. . . this time with no doubt he would be punished hard

“BlueBlood!! (Princess Luna started) What are you doing here? You are supposed to be grounded in your room until we find a suitable punishment for degrading the Royal Family”

“Oh, I just got bored and wanted to come to see how this monkey embarazed himself in front of all Canterlot”

“BLUEBLOOD!! (Cadence said) that’s not a way to talk to somepony, what is wrong with you brother”

“Nothing is wrong with me big sister. . . to be honest I feel better than ever, after all today is the day of my coronation as King of Equestria”

Everypony including Alex looked at him in confusión, what the Hell was he talking about?

“What nonsense are you talking brother. . . have you lost your mind. . . saying that could be assumed as. . .”

“Treason. . . well yes Cadence, you see. . .today Canterlot. . . Equestria is under new managment”

“BlueBlood. . . please brother stop saying. . . .”

At that moment Cadence was interrupted by a scream of a poor pony in the distance

“Changelings!!!!”

At that moment at least 50 ponies in the audence changed to their true form and started to atack everypony

“What??” Cadence said “But that’s Imposible. . . Canterlot has an invisible forcé field that warn us if a Changeling enter the limits”

“Well. . . (BlueBlood started while smirking) maybe just maybe the guards that make the spell are not so loyal to Princess Celestia and Luna. . . . NOW!!!”

After saying that more and more Ponies in the audience started to change and many other changelings started to fall from the sky, everypony started to disperse to try to escape, every guard try to fight back but were outnumbered by the changelings and traitor guards that caught them by surprise, the Elements and Shining Armor also started to fight, Alex commanded Lyra to take the CMC to a safer place which she inmediately did while he and Spike remained on stage watching BlueBlood movements and try to figure how to take him down, seeing everything that was happening. . . . Cadence in tears only could say

“BlueBlood. . . what have you done”

“I joined the wining team”

“No BlueBlood (Luna said) you didn’t”

At that moment Luna shot a beam at him which he countered with one of his own. . . besting princess Luna and shoting her making her lose the consciense”

“What??? LUNA!! But how??” Celestia said

“You thought I would come unprepared, I knew Luna would never dare to use all her magic to hurt me so I took my chances and shot a beam with all my might to knock her out”

“But how you managed to best her even her holding back” Shining Armor said getting more and more angry

“hahahaha how? Well. . . with this!!!” at that moment he removed his cape showing the Alicorn Amulet, Twilight fighting with the changelings and seeing this in shock said

“The Alicorn Amulet?? But how. . . . Zecora had it well hidden

“Don’t underestimate my partner resources Element of Magic”

“Your Partner? Alex said

At that moment a huge beam shot a shocked Celestia down (she could still not believe what her nephew did) leaving her uncounsious as well

“YES HIS PARTNER” A mare said, Alex looked up to see who it was, he was so surprised when he saw another changeling but way different than the rest, at 2 and a half taller, as tall as Princess Celestia, Eyes like a pony, holes in her hooves, she like all the others to him were like hibrids between pony and bug, (cursing himself he had to admit she was. . . . kinda atractive) and as BlueBlood she was wearing another “alicorn Amulet?”

“CHRISALLYS!! SO YOU ARE BEHIND IT, YOU BRAINWASHED BLUEBLOOD TO HELP YOU!!”

“HAHAHAHA, OH MY PRINCESS CADENCE, AS ALWAYS. . . THINKING EVERYPONY IS NICE AND WITH A GOOD HEART. . . SORRY TO DISSAPOINT YOU BUT NO, HE DECIDED TO JOIN ME BY HIS OWN FREE WILL”

“LIES!!” Cadence shouted wanting to Believe her brother would never do that

“If you don’t believe me why don’t you make a scanner spell on him to see if I’m controlling him?”

Cadence at that moment did what Chrisallys said, she died a little in the inside when she found out BlueBlood indeed betrayed them

“Brother. . . why?”

“Why?. . . why??. . . WHY??, I’ll tell you why, because no pony ever treat me with respect, everypony in Canterlot thinks I’m a joke that I only am a Prince for Celestia’s charity and for being your brother, if I’m a true Prince. . . why am I not an Alicorn yet?? Where is my kingdom to lead uh? Everypony thinks I’m a loser. . .even you. . . don’t think I didn’t notice, you promised me you would always be there for me but you. . . once you were married you left me alone, you don’t even talk to me as before, you abandoned me!!”

“Blueblood!! That’s not true, you know I love you, I’m sorry If we don’t hang out as before but leading a kingdom is really tought, please. . . is not late yet, help us to end this and I’m sure our aunts will go easy on you”

“Sorry big sis, but the answer is no. . . I will only say this once, join us. . .you and your husband and I will let you keep your Empire”

“You know we will not do that BlueBlood” Shining Armor said now next to Cadence

“Ok, have it your way then, too bad sister. . . .believe it or not I had hope we could lead Equestria as a Family but now you will go down as everypony else”

Cadence sharing some tears and noding to Shining to attack said

“I’m sorry for this brother”

Cadence and Shinning Armor combining their magic blast a beam to BlueBlood and Chrisallys which them using all their magic with the amulets deflect it. . . sending it back to them. . . .Everypony, Alex and Spike looked horrified how Princess Cadence and Shinning armor were imprisoned in huge cristals each

“BBBFF. . . Cadence!! Twilight screamed while fighting alongside with the Elements.

With all the princesses out of the game and being so outnumbered, in a few minutes the changelings brought the defeated Elements to the stage, everychangeling and traitor ponies also forced everypony in canterlot to return to the stage as well, no pony could resist after getting great part of their love taken away, once there, all of them could see Princess Celestia and Luna (already awake) Cadence and Shining Armor chained and with five DS rings in their horns, it appeared like if all of them would be the audience of something. . . and not only that. . . Everypony realized not Changeling or traitor had attacked Alex and Spike yet, Chrysallis only said to BlueBlood.

“As promised. . . he is all yours”

“Thankyou very much. . . now monkey where we left our little fight two days ago?”

Alex only stayed there and said

“When I was about to kick your deformed face”

“Hahahaha, mind to try it again??. . . cmon I dare you”

As commanded Alex charged at Blueblood not hearing what the Elements were screaming about the Amulet, when he was again close to hit him he was stopped by his aura,

“What?? but how??”

“I’m not the same as yesterday monkey, let see how you like the new me!!”

After saying that BlueBlood Slamed Alex in the floor in his back, Alex could fell how at least a couple of ribs broke, he tried to get free and almost did it, but BlueBlood streghted the Aura like if he wanted to crush him, Alex screamed. . . he could not get free even with his medal and bracelets??. . What the Hell was happening?

“hahahaha. . . really. . .all that talk and this is the best you can give me? pattetic”

BlueBlood kept hitting Alex againts the floor and walls, Alex thanked God for his toughness or by now he would be dead, even though everything hurt like a bitch and he still had some broken limbs, no longer able to watch. . . Spike tried to attack him with his fire which he deflected as well, BlueBlood also managed to grab Spike with his Aura and proceded to slam them to each other

“Hey. . . leave him. . . (caugh some blood) out of this. . . it’s me who you want!!”

“True. . . but he attacked me and besides. . . as far as I know he is your aprentice, he deserves to suffer as you”

“. . . . you are crazy”

“YES”

BlueBlood then still floating them proceded to also grab some pieces of the stage Wood and started to hit Alex and Spike everywhere, everypony could only wittness and watch the brutality of the attack, Everypony were shocked, mothers clossing the eyes of their foals, even Lyra holding the CMC to her chest, trying her best to block their eyes and ears, Twilight screaming for her friend and her number one assistant, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity fainted, Rainbow dash and Applejack still trying to free themselves from all those changelings, Chrysallis and the rest of the changelings were only watching and enjoying the show

Satisfied and having both of them bruised and bleeding and knowing they were so beaten to even move a finger, he set them free

“It was fun and all monkey but I think it’s time to finish this, plus I’m bored, and I know exactly what to do with both of you”

At that moment BlueBlood started to focus all his power in his horn, but was stopped by as scream from Twilight who now was just a few metters from them

“Nooooooo, BlueBlood. . . please. . . don’t kill them”

“Yes. . . please Blueblood. . . don’t do it” Princess Celestia said

“Yes. . . .don’t kill the little Spike and my friend. . . please. . .”Luna said as well

BlueBlood only kept staring at Alex and Spike, both of them laying there barely breathing and coughing blood, he then had an idea

“Ok! I will not kill them” (Everypony started to smile) “but he has to ask me for mercy”

Alex and Spike still on the ground were watching and hearing what Blueblood wanted them to do, after he said that everypony (Expect Shinning Armor) sigh in relief thinking Alex would do that without a doubt, then Princess Luna said to him

“You hear. . . my human friend. . . you just have to ask him to have mercy and he will spare your life. . . now. . . I know you have your pride but please. . .please. . .do it”

“Yes Monkey. . . ask me to have mercy on you”

“Alex. . . . his name is Alex” Celestia said

“. . . Ok. . . Alex. . . ask me to spare your life”

Alex and Spike looked to each other for some seconds and then looked at Shining Armor with a Sad expression, after nooding to each other he said

“I am Alejandro to you. . . and for me, you can go fu. . yourself”

“Yeah!!” (Spike seconded)

Everypony gasped after hearing that, BlueBlood got even more angry than before and started to charge his spell again. . . then Twilight screamed

“Wait. . . wait. . . please just let me talk to him (she turned to see Alex and Spike). . .guys please. . .please. . . I. . . we don’t want you to die and. . . and I know you both don’t want to. . . right? but. . .in order for you both to live. . . you need to ask him”

Everypony nooded in agreement with her. . .Fluttershy most of all, Alex only stared at Twilight who was crying like a baby, he looked at the Princesses looking at him and nooding as well, the rest of the Elements, Lyra and the Crussaders. . . his sister with a desperate look. . . everypony wanted so bad to hear him say those words. . . . only Shining Armor looked at him with a resigning face, sighing he turned again to Twilight with a little smile he said

“Twilight. . . all of you want me. . . want us to beg? To see if he spare our lives?? Oh my unicorn friend. . . I said this once and I’ll say it again, you are one of the most smartest unicorns in Equestria but at the same time. . . too stup. . inocent to see. . . all of you are too inocent to see. . . only Shinning Armor and Spike noticed. . . . tell them Shining. . . please”

Everypony, Changeling turned to see Shining who was starting to share some tears,

“What is it brother?? What is he talking about??. . . what did you see what we didn’t”

Shining sighed and said

“No matter how much he begs. . . . BlueBlood already took his decisión 10 minutes ago”

Everypony then turned to see BlueBlood who was started to laugh while charging his horn

“hahahaha, so you saw through my lies uh? too bad, I really wanted you to beg for your pattetic life before ending it anyway, any last words??”

“Just do what you must. . .”

At that moment BlueBlood shot them both with a powerfull beam, everypony looked horrified how it hit the human and dragon making them dissapear leaving just a dark siluette where they were just a second ago. . . the only things left were their DS medals and brazelets, all the mares screamed and hugged their colts who were shocked as well, the Princesses only stared and then broke in tears, Twilight fainted not believing she just lost her number one assistant and human friend, Fluttershy screamed like she never did before, Applejack started to cry alongside with Rarity who refused to believe she just lost her Spikey wikie and Roomate, Pinkie Pie just stayed there with her mane deflated and with a look of a corpse, even Rainbow started to sob covering her eyes, an enraged Lyra tried to charge at BlueBlood but was inmediately stopped by the guards

“Ok, show is over” Chrysallis said “Take the Princesses and the Elements to the Dungeon”

(Her lackays nodeed and proceded to do it, non of them tried to resist. . .the shock was still present, Alex and Spike. . . .died?) with them gone Chrysallis alongside with BlueBlood turned to see everypony

“CITIZENS OF CANTERLOT, I HOPE THIS SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE TO EVERYPONY WHO TRIES TO CHALLENGE US, GO BACK TO YOUR HOUSES AS USUAL, TOMORROW MORNING AN ASEMBLY WILL BE HELD TO DICTATE SOME NEW DECREES BETWEEN CHANGELINGS AND PONIES. . . NOW GO. . . ONE MORE THING. . .ANYPONY WHO TRY TO ESCAPE THE CITY WILL BE PUNISH SEVERELY”

Everypony scared then proceded to return their homes, Lyra still trying to maintain her sanity levitated the shocked crussaders to her parent’s home. . . Alexis was really gone was all she could think.

Once everypony gone Chrysallis aproached Blueblood and said

“I must say that was quiet a show but I have to admit. . . I never expected you to really execute them so coldy.. . . . I didn’t know you were willing to dirt your hooves”

“hehehehe, who said I was. . . . come here I’ll tell you a little secret. . . (she got near to him) I didn’t vaporized them”

“Then what did you. . . .”

“Remember he stopped a Manticore invasión?. . . I don’t know all the details but I’m pretty sure after killing their king. . . they must not be very happy with him. . . I wanted to make him dissapear but then I thought. . . why not share some of my vengeance with them. . . .let the manticores have their piece of him. . . . so I teleported both of them to the EverFree forest. . . near their hunting área, I’m sure they must be pieces by now”

Chrysallis smirked and said

“You really are evil. . . I like it”

“Thanks my Queen. . . .Co Ruler of Equestria”

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Very deep in the EverFree Forest Zecora was in her cottage unpacking all the stuff she brought from Fillydelphia when she heard somepony knocking her door, who could imagine her surprise when she greeted two manticores, she was about to slam the door in their faces when she noticed something, in one manticore arm was lying a baby purple dragon and in the other one’s back was. . . her human friend. . .both of them covered in dirt, bruises and blood, Zecora inmediately trotted inside her home and drank a potion, waiting some seconds for it to work she aproached the Manticores

“What happened to my friend?? How he had this kind of end??”

The manticores even tough she was speaking their lenguage . . . it was confusing so they deduced she was asking how their previous king ended in that condition and said

“We don’t know, we were hunting when a bright light blind us in the distance. . . when we went to take a look. . . we found them lying in the grass and uncouncious, we brought them to our king and he told us to bring them to you. . . after all you know Ponies are still scare of us”

After that Zecora asked the manticores to bring them inside to treat their injuries and started to wonder. . . what in Celestia’s name happened?”