It was supposed to be a day full of joy and wonder, the union between Shining Armor captain of the Canterlot royal army and princess Mi'amor Cadenza or Cadence for short. They found each other while Cadence was the foal sitter of Twilight, the little sister of Shining Armor and personal protege of Princess Celestia. But their plans have been ruined a creature who needs to feed of Love to keep on going. Taking Cadences place alongside Shining Armor she was able to gain so much love that she became more powerful every minute she was close to him. She imprisoned Cadence deep under the city in the crystal caverns of Canterlot. Caverns long forgotten by pony kind yet found by the cheeky changeling queen to use it as a prison and tomb for the now forever trapped Cadence.
But Twilight started to get suspicious about the 'Cadence' that was with her brother. She was always in an ill mood and took it out on her friends while they were not even aware of the coming danger. Soon after Twilight thought she finally revealed the truth about her so called foal sitter, she was turned down by her friends, her brother and worst of all her own teacher. The looks of disappointment still fresh in her mind she collapsed on the very stairs she was standing on. Not a moment later the 'fake' Cadence walked in.
"Oh my dear Twilight, you were so close. Yet your friends don't believe you, even Celestia disapproved of your behavior. But you know too much dear Twilight," The eyes of Cadence turned a sick poison green with slit pupils. "Therefore I must dispose of you, it's not personal. It's purely business." Her horn was surrounded by an icky green aura as green flames surrounded Twilight sinking her through the floor into the caverns below Canterlot.
A maniacal laugh echoed through the great hall as Twilight disappears from sight. Chrysalis's laughter soon died down to a evil chuckle as she left the hall to prepare herself for her great day. Deep down in the caverns Twilight awoke as she slowly rose from the ground. She looked around the cavern she was in. The walls and ceiling were completely covered with green glowing crystals, which seems to light the entire system of halls and paths. She was pulled from her thoughts as an evil laughter echoed through the crystal halls. Soon after the laughter died down a face of Cadence appeared in one of the larger crystals on the ground.
"W-where am I!" Demanded Twilight as she glared at the image.
"My, my. Demanding aren't we?" Cadence chuckled. "You are deep within the Crystal caverns underneath Canterlot castle, don't you worry little Twilight. Ponies have forgotten these caverns even existed, because this is the final resting place for those who were greedy enough to enter this mace of crystal and stone." The image shifted to another crystal as Twilight used her magic to shoot a bolt of energy which bounced off the mirror like surface into another crystal which sent the bolt back towards Twilight missing her by a hair.
The image chuckled as she taunted Twilight even more.
"Yes Twilight, shoot me!" she laughed as she switched from crystal to crystal as Twilight soon blew through the crystal wall. revealing a beaten Cadence. Her hair is a complete mess and her coat is filled with grim and dirt, she looked up at Twilight as her eyes widen. But her moment of joy was soon over as Twilight jumped her with rage in her eyes. Twilight readied her horn for another blast as the real Cadence used her forelegs to shield her face.
"Please don't hurt me!" She begged as a lone tear rolled down her cheek.
"How do I know you're not a fake?!" Twilight asked with a loud voice.
Cadence thought for a moment before facing Twilight. "Sunshine, sunshine, Ladybugs awake." She said with a really small smile on her face. "Clap your hoofs and do a little shake." She clapped her hoofs together as she soon covered her face once again waiting for the beating, which never came. She soon felt a pair of hoofs wrap around her neck as the soft sobs of the young Twilight sounded from her neck.
"It is you." She said as she tightened her embrace. "I knew she was a fake, but I'm so glad you're ok." She released Cadence from her grip as she walked out of the small chamber Cadence was held in. "We need to get out of here, we have no time to lose or I might lose my brother to a love eating bug."
The two mares wandered around the cavern looking for the exit or entrance. The passed many rooms and path ways but all lead to a dead end. As hope seems to drip of them the more dead ends they find, they found a hidden chamber deep within the cavern. The chambers entrance was blocked by two giant crystals, but the two managed to get through with a little to no problems using magic to blast a hole through them. The chamber itself was empty but at the very end two large iron doors caught the mares attention. The doors were made from a sturdy metal covered with unknown runes which seem to flicker ever so slightly.
When Twilight placed a hoof against one of the doors the runes disappeared. Completely in awe of what happened Cadence placed her hoof against the other giving the same result. Not a moment later when the runes disappeared, a harsh wind blasted the two mares back to the entrance of the chamber. Several metallic clicks echoed through the empty chamber, soon the door opened which gives way to another chamber only this one contained a glass floor with three giant heads on each side of the wall. At the very end of the chamber a glowing plate circle was presented at the two as they slowly approached the device.
Slowly Twilight moved her hoof towards the metal plate as she was about to touch it Cadence stopped her.
"Twilight what are you doing?" She asked in concern. "We do not know what this thing does, maybe we blow up the entire city!"
"Cadence, we don't know for sure unless we test it. I don't care what happens when I touch it, all I want is to stop that changeling." She replied with a serious look on her face. Cadence knew that when she had that face nothing could talk her out of it so she released a sigh in defeat as she nods her head at Twilight.
"Alright, I trust you Twilight. Just make sure we stay alive."
As Twilight returns it with a nod of her own she silently placed her hoof on the glowing plate. nothing happened yet, so she pressed the one button on the plate as the plate moved upwards opening up a status screen. On the screen a red dot suddenly turned green as a roaring sound echoed through the entire chamber. In fear of what Twilight might have awakened she falls to the ground grabbing her head in fear as she was shaking like a leaf. Awaiting her end Cadence waited, but nothing happened. The only thing that happened is that the entire chamber is now lit up by orbs on the walls. She looked around the room in awe as her train of thoughts were interrupted by a voice coming from one of the head which glowed a red color in the eyes.
"Engine matrix activated; Welcome Khad'gar." The voice said in a monotone.
"Who said that!" Yelled Twilight across the chamber.
"Voice not recognized. Starting brief memory back up." the voice replied as the ground behind Twilight and Cadence started to light up. In the middle of the room a large orb appeared which strangely looks like Equis.
"Starting history. Thousands of years ago, titans forged this planet. gave it life and build their machines guarded by the earthen. Definition earthen; Elemental watchers of planet Azeroth before planetary purge. created from stone, soon formed race Dwarfs. The earthen call this the curse of flesh. turning dead matter into living tissue." The voice explained as pictured of short bipedal creatures showed up in the room. Twilight and Cadence watched in awe at the sight. Twilight suddenly remembered something as she turned around to face the giant stone head.
"Wait, you said something about the 'purge' of Azeroth. Please explain."
"Command accepted. Explaining planetary purge; Titans sent heralds to planets to scan for errors in the planets system. Once an error is found the herald has two options. Option one; sent message alpha, confirming stable planetary system. Option two; sent message omega, reporting system corruption requesting planetary purge."
"Dwarf called Brann Bronzbeard found herald of the titans after finding planetary corruption. Herald sent message omega before Brann could reprogram messaging system. Resulting in planetary purge. Reducing population from one point two million to one. Only surviving organism stored in the earth before planetary purge. Starting awakening process."
Once the voice finished a loud sissing noise entered the chamber as a large block of solid ice is raised from the ground. Twilight slowly walked towards the block of ice as she could see a small, really small person inside. it had a pale skin and blonde hair.
"What is that?" asked Cadence to Twilight. But the voice beat her to it.
"Sophia Springlock, race: Gnome. Age: 29. Gender: Female. Once proud Battle mage of the Kirin'Tor, lead by Jaina Proudmore daughter of General Proudmore. Was orphan soon after birth, suffers heterochromia, no close friends or family. Fled to Loch Modan after escaping Gnomeregan due to high radiation levels. Went to the city of Dalaran to study under the Kirin'Tor. Froze herself after near death in quicksand. Appearance here: unknown."
As the voice kept on talking about the gnomes background, energy levels started to raise dramatically, the ice where the gnome was in started to crack and moan under the pressure. Slowly but surely light began to pour out of the cracks lighting the room even more. Twilight can Cadence quickly turned around as they felt the energy within the ice.
"Warning, drastically raising energy detected within the prison. Emergency lock down activated." The voice said as the two massive door quickly shut and locking them in place. Twilight desperately ran towards the entrance but wasn't fast enough as they were now locked within the chamber with no way of getting out.
All they could do was wait for the energy to erase them from existence. The light nearly covered the entire room as the cracks connected with each other, breaking the ice and releasing a burst of energy sending Twilight and Cadence into the wall behind them knocking them out cold.