//------------------------------// // Bonus chapter 5 // Story: In the Royal Guard // by J8ck78 //------------------------------// With one buck Charger knocked back three Changelings that looked like him as Crescent grabbed two and flew them up high before diving back to the ground. They knew what the Guard was doing and tried to change back to their regular forms so they could have wings to fly but it was too late and they impacted in the ground when Crescent let go. David punched one and bucked a second before turning to see eight of them before him ready to pounce before they were blasted by Magic from Starlight and Flower. David nodded and got back the fight, taking three Changelings with him as he did. As they moved on to other targets, their earth Pony comrade was left alone. Thus Charger became surrounded, and his back went up against something. He turned to face who it was, and saw Crescent. He felt assured he was in a better mess than before before a second Crescent flew out of the sky and tackled the first one. The two Crescents grappled on the ground while Charger bucked three Changelings before aiming his head toward the two ready to charge. "Him! Him!" said the left one, "He's the fake!" "No, no, no!" said the right one, "It's him!" Charger didn't know who to pick and started to back down. David saw this and ran up and looked over the situation. "One on the left is fake." he said "How?" "One on the right is right!" said David with a smile "That doesn't make sense Sarge!" said the left one "Right one's fake. That trick works every time!" said David before tackling a Changeling Charger made a bee line for the fake Crescent as it tried to fly away. The real Crescent grabbed it's tail with his mouth and threw the Changeling back to earth as Charger hit it square on the flank. The force was strong enough to send the Changeling flying and Charger into a dizzy spell. He stumbled around until he was looking upon the Canterlot Palace. Crescent ran up to help his friend as Charger shook his head. "Crescent, is it just me, or does the palace look more, dangerous?" Crescent looked up to see that the Palace was indeed more dangerous. Catapult, ballista's, and cannons were in every window and on every balcony. It was bristling with weapons, and from what he could tell, each one was ready to fire. "INCOMING!" yelled Crescent "What?" yelled Flower "The palace is gonna blow!" Yelled Charger as he covered his head He and Starlight barely had time to look before all of Canterlot shook as the Palace weapons fired. Only David was left standing to watch the spectacle. Cannon balls, arrows, stone chunks, and flaming balls of fire tore through the air, taking out every Changeling in its wake. The barrage continued to fire and in result cleaned the sky of Changelings. Some were impaled by arrows, other hit with cannon balls. Many more were caught in the wake of the fire balls fired and dove to the ground to try and put it out. The rock chunks meanwhile were like huge shotguns and took out up to twenty at once. It was a glorious sight to behold and the morale fo the citties defenders soared. Guards looked on at the sight and cheered, David not the least among them. The sheer power of the entire Guard had been brought upon them, and the Changelings were suffering each blast. They went down in the dozens, hitting the ground never to get back up. Then, as quickly as it happened, it all went quiet. Nothing moved, nothing sounded save the crackling of fires. Not a bird sounded, a wing flapped, a hoof stomped. Just as the citizens of Canterlot and their Guard defenders were about to cheer, a low buzz sounded. Pit's as deep as Tartarus formed in their guts as they looked on horrified. Hundreds of Changelings rose up from the streets, darkening the sky as the Palace attack had failed, miserably. They had managed to clear the skies, but the Changelings on the ground were still fight worthy. "Oh dear Princess Celestia and Luna." said David The Changelings let out a dark cackle as they looked upon the hopeless ponies of Canterlot and went in for round two. They swarmed the city and overran everything in their path. "Okay!" ordered David, "Time to fall back!" They broke for the bank and barely made it in as the Changelings swarmed around outside. Charger and Flower slammed the doors shut as two security Guards braced it. Yet, inside was no better; Changelings broke through the ceiling through the windows, knocking down Storm Catcher and Crescent in the process. "Staff Sergeant, I do believe it is time we fall back to the vault." said Spears "Oh I agree." With a whistle the Guards further retreated into the bank vault, the one place the Changelings could not break through. Still, theat didn't prevent them from trying as they slammed into the side of it repeatedly. Flower, Starlight, and the other Unicorn Guards fired out with magic bolts to keep the Changelings at bay,createing a pile of the fallen creatures, but everypony knew it was only a matter of time. "Sarge, I'm scared." said Charger "I know Charger." replied David, "You have every right to be." "Are you?" David a reassuring smile look to his Earth Pony PFC. The Brown Pegasus Guard dug his hoof into the ground and folded in his wings. "You have no idea." Meanwhile In the palace, the swarm of Changelings destroyed the heavy weapons the Guard set up and moved in on the Guards themselves. The Guard fought off as many as they could, even Filly got in on the action blasting several back to cover two Guards as they ran in. "This is bad!" yelled Spirit "What was your first clue Lieutenant?" asked Shadow Spirit bucked two Changelings and one disguised as a Changeling before a fourth was bucked away by Shadow. "It's been a honor Captain!" said Spirit, "Albeit a scary one." All over Canterlot the Changelings terrorized the citizens of the capital city and overran Guard positions. Even the great and mysterious Doctor Whooves was overwhelmed when one managed to knock his Sonic Screwdriver out of his mouth, forcing the great Doctor to run away and rethink his strategy. Just as everything seemed lost, Canterlot shook. From the Royal Wedding hall spewed forth a orb of magical energy that expanded quickly all over the city, taking every swarming Changelings with it. Like a giant fly swatter the insectiod ponies were caught by it and flung away over the horizon, their Queen screaming in fear and defeat as she flew into the horizon and away. Again all was quiet again. Curious ponies and Guards stepped out from their cover and looked around. They were gone, all gone. A low sound overcame the city, and it steadily grew louder. Louder, and louder until it overtook the city as the ponies and Guard cheered. "We did it!' I don't know how but we did it!" screamed Starlight She hugged Flower, who blushed at that. Charger and Crescent brohoofed at their victory as David laughed cheerfully. "Shining Armor, you never cease to amaze me! HA HA HAA! We won!" In the palace the Guard cheered as they stood up and looked on to see a battered Canterlot, but a free and victorious Canterlot. Spirit danced with a female Unicorn Guard as Shadow hugged Filly. "Did we win Mommy?" "Yes, yes we did!" said Shadow as she held her daughter ---- The real Royal wedding was replanned and even better than ever. As Shining Armor and Princess Cadence said their vows, Spirit, David, Shadow, and Filly looked on happy knowing what kind of fight it had taken to make this wedding a reality. At the wedding party, the wing cleaned David hugged his daughter and couldn't be happier. "My little Filly took on all those Changelings! HA HA! You make me so proud!" As the music started, Filly ran out and danced around with some other Filly's as David met his squad, who were enjoying themselves also. Shadow walked up and sat down, tired but happy. "I think we earned this R&R Captain?" asked Flower who was dancing with Starlight "Yes, yes you have." "So, the other Guard units arrive?" asked David "Yes, I'm going to go inspect them in a moment. I'd thought I'd just check up on everypony." "Captain." said Charger, "You don't have to! All of the Canterlot Corps is on leave to take a break." "Yeah Cap! Unwind a little!" said Crescent as he spun a mare around "Partieesh aren't her thing." said a tipsy Spirit as he stumbled past "Exactly. So, enjoy your time Guards." Just then, a Pink pony started the music as DJ-Pon3 started to jam away. Twilight Sparkle was thrown a microphone and began to sing. "Yeah, I'm out." said Shadow as she started to fly off "Oh no you don't." said David grabbing her tail "No, no wait! David!" Her screams fell on deaf ears as he dragged her out to the dance floor. _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Well, I did it. Wrote the fight against the Changelings and hopefully did some good to the Guard. So, once again I come to a end, but unlike last time, this is not the end of the story. Oh no, I got something planned for this which may be the end of it. You all are jsut going to have to wait and see. Edit May 26th: Okay, in celebration of this Fanfic reaching over 4000 views, a feat I never thought I'd make, I went through this chapter and fixed it up a little. Hopefully I fixed up the right parts and now it's better than when I origionally posted it.