"SHINING,"Cadence threw open the palace door. "They're here."
Shining put on his helmet and sighed. "It seemed like yesterday they were the Elements of Harmony."
Candance hugged Shining Armor and let a tear fall across her face.
"Ma'am," Shining Armor and Cadance turned around to see one of the guards.
They barely knew it was Flash, the stallion who had a crush on Twilight forever. He had a black eye. Replacing one of his legs was a metal leg with flashing lights and scars were all over him.
Candance let go of Shining and faced Flash. "Are battle stations ready?" Candance asked.
"Yes ma'm!" Flash saluted and left the room.
Silence soon filled the room as Candence and Shining shared their probably last kiss but suddenly Cadence's eyes widened in horror. "Where's Coco!"
The city pony had come to the Crystal Empire to learn about Crystal Pony fashion and how to design them. During her time at the Crystal Empire, she has become friends with Cadence and when the enemies sent a threat to the Crystal Empire she invited Coco to be her lady in waiting while the others joined the Crystal Empire army to protect royalty.
"Candence.."
"No! I can't loose someone else thats special to me!... She was the only person other than you that was my friend because she liked me for me!"
Candance levitated her armor on. It was golden like Shining's and had her cutie mark on the chest place. She put her mane in a ponytail and plopped her helmet on her head.
"I'll be back Shining but with Coco," and before Shining Armor could say anything else, Candance flew out the nearest window.
She soared like a bullet through the city. It was pretty empty except for ponies carrying weapons here and there. But there Candence saw Coco pounding the force-field.
"COCO!" Candence collided with the forcefield and crashed into the floor. "I-I'll will save you," she moaned and opened a hole in the force field for her.
"Oh my goodness! Cadence, are you okay?"
"Yeah, c'mon," Cadence flinched as she stood up and teleported the two to the castle.
"Here let me get a ice pack for your wing," Coco assured and left.
"My wing..." Candence looked back to see her wing facing the same side as her other wing. Great... A fracture.
Coco came back holding an ice pack and gently caressed with the wing. With every caress, Candance fell herself get sleepier.
"There, there," Coco's voice hint of hypnotism in it but Candance hasn't noticed as she got sleepier and sleepier.
"I must thank you... Its nice to have a friend that doesn't care that I'm royalty," Candace tiredly spoke and laid down to close her eyes.
"Oh sugar cube...All I need is your love," that voice sounded familiar,sweet but different than Coco's like a farm pony.
"Applejack!" Cadance eyes opened in horror and tried to bolt upright but she was too weak. Right beside Cadance was the chuckling farm pony.
"Wheres Coco?" Candance hissed but it was too late. Applejack sucked all of Cadence's love for Coco making her permanently weak.
"To think the Princess of Love got her love drained by a Changeling and Coco.. ya'll better not worry, Twilight still has a big appetite," Applejack chuckled. Suddenly an orange flash covered Applejack and quickly diminished after seconds.
Right after that the pony flew to the ground disguising herself as one of the guards.
"No...no this can't be happening," Cadence coughed and heaved but sleep (or what she thought) was too strong. The Princess of Love sighed and closed her eyes.
***
"Candence?" Shining Armor trotted through the halls. He finally stopped at their room, the last place he saw her. Shining Armor slowly opened the door find Cadence who was lying on the floor.
"Candence.. Its no time to sleep," Shining opened Cadence's eye..only to find it green like he was when Chrysalis took all of his love. Shining Armor read about ponies falling into a heartbreak coma but he never thought it would happen to him. She would never wake up.
"Candence..how can a changeling do this," Shining Armor heard an explosion and a bunch screams of agony.
Shining galloped out of the room only to find his castle in ruins. All the walls have crumbled. Anything leather ripped in shreds and a haunting melody filled the air. Shining Armor enchanted himself to resist the siren's call but the other soldiers hadn't as he watched the crystal ponies run to the source only to resolve in them being cracked.
"Hello brother," Shining Armor turned around only to be tackled by a large furry mass.
***
Shining Armor heaved as the thing started walking away. "T-Twili what happened to you?"
And with that the prince died. "None of your business, Shining."