I turned the handle of the door, fear was climbing to what I might find behind it, those two guards from before were Necro-minions in disguise. I know the mare I had knocked out was not one of them, those guys had a black smoke radiating off them.
I came into the room to see a cage with a knocked out Icy Breeze and Princess Cadence. Only…Cadence had the black smoke…this wasn’t Cadence at all! Did they get her? Or is this some sort of possession? Whatever it is, there is real danger here!
“Who are you? And what have you done with Princess Cadence?” I ask the cliche question
“Oh she’s right here, I am just have access to the controls now” Cadence’s voice was very darkened as she spoke.
“Still not answering the “Who are you?” question” I say to “Cadence”
“As much as I would like to answer that, I do not have a name, my master never gave me a name, only a mission.” She says
“Well, all I want is Icy Breeze and I out of the Crystal Empire” I say
“I’m afraid I can’t do that Joel, you see you and your little Pegasus friend have been causing so much trouble for us that the Necromancer has noticed you. Even if you escape me, they will be hunting for you and sooner or later, you WILL be found!” The abomination answers
“Like that’ll scare me, you’ll have to do more than that, and honestly, your mission of taking over Cadence won’t be in motion for long, Celestia’ll be on her way here!” I shot back
“How? How can she know about this?”” it asks
“Emergency Dragonfire, turns out these things have hidden emergency powers to go straight to someone who can help. And even if it didn’t, I’m sure some sort of Alicorn connection would tell that Cadence is in trouble, plus this isn't the first time something like this has happened” I explain
“Very clever, but will you be around when Princess Celestia arrives? I’ll be sure to make it that you do not!” “Cadence” says
The possessed Cadence lit up her horn as I drew my sword, she shot a beam at me which my sword instantly absorbed, I did not know it could do that! That’s kind of awesome.
“Grrr, what is this magic?” “Cadence” asks
“Wouldn’t you like to know?” I say with a cocky grin.
The sword was glowing and then it shot back the beam directly at “Cadence” and knocked her straight into a wall, making a huge dent in it.
“Not bad, but you’ll need to be better” “Cadence” says as she gets back up.
“Sounds like you’re in loser denial” I say to her approaching figure.
“Cadence” summoned a sword of her own to be held in her magic and went for a strike that I blocked quickly. Alicorns had very fast speed and strength on their side so I couldn’t attack unless some sort of stupid move happens. For the moment, I must be on the defensive.
After 3 minutes of defensive, a loud boom came and I saw dark ships approaching the empire.
“Eh heh heh heh heh! The ships have arrived, the Crystal Empire will fall, and once Equestria falls, the rest will be easy!” “Cadence” laughs
“Not if I have anything to say about it! You can send as many ships as you like to help you, but you are not leaving this Empire alive!” I say to the imposter
“Even if I die, my task will be complete. The Necromancer will be victorious and all the Immortals wiped from this Earth!” “Cadence” cackles
“Oh go to hell! And tell the damned Necromancer that his head will be a plate soon enough before you go” I say
I used my magic to push “Cadence” off the balcony and landed a floor below in which I quickly opened Icy’s Cell and jumped after her.
“Not bad at all Joel, but if you think you can defeat my master with those skills, you will die before you reach him” “Cadence” mocks
“Oh my god! Do you ever stop talking?! All you do is talk!” I ask her
I swung my sword and hit her back left leg slightly, making a clean cut in her fur, she roared and then made a lunge which I dodged only just. But she quickly let go of her sword and sprung her wings straight into me through the window.
I struggled against her as she tried a bite.
“Get your teeth away from me!” I say as I punch her in the face
I pushed her away as we were about to hit ground level and I quickly used hover to land safely. “Cadence” flapped her wings in time to land smoothly as well.
“You are not bad, human! You would be great under my master’s guidance. But you have annoyed me so that won’t be an option anymore” “Cadence” says
“I didn’t want to join anyway, we don’t see eye to eye, if you get me” I reply
“Oh I get you, you heroic types would never join us anyway.” “Cadence” answers
“I’m not a hero, I’m just a guy caught in the storm of things and because of your master’s plans, everybody’s forces have it in for me” I say
Around me, forces were fighting around the Empire, but two ponies landed before us in a blink of an eye: Princess Cadence (The real one!) and Shining Armor.
“We meet at last, Princess of Love” I bow towards her.
“Indeed we do” Cadence nods
“Foolish imposter, did you not think we weren’t prepared for you after we were infiltrated by the Changelings some time ago?” Shining talks to “Cadence”
“What?” “Cadence” looked around
It was true, the Empire’s forces had a much upper hand…hoof, despite being ambushed suddenly by Necro-forces. Princess Cadence was clearly not a pushover as the Necromancer may of believed.
“I would give up if I were you, you are surrounded by the Princess of Love, the Prince of the Crystal Empire and myself” I said to the imposter.
“And me!” Icy popped in
“Icy, you’re alright!” I smile to see my dear friends up and at em!
“NEVER!” “Cadence” shouted
But Princess Cadence and Shining Armor would not have any of it, they conjured a spell powered by love to smite the evil imposter into nothingness.
They turned to me, my battle was done with the abomination but the fight was still raging on between soldiers of both sides.
“I am Shining Armor, Twilight’s brother and this is my wife, Princess Cadence: Princess of Love” Shining introduced themselves
“A pleasure, your majesties” Icy bowed in respect
“You need not bow, human and pony, you have helped the Crystal Empire a fair share today” Cadence says
“That monster, weaker than me he just was, but he will not be the last, and they will be much more powerful than that” I advise
“That is noted, Joel. Auntie has told me all she could about these Necro-monsters and all about you, but I suggest we move somewhere more private for now” Cadence replies
“What about other proceedings, sweetie?” Shining asked
“Yes…I’ll need you to deal with them while I talk with Joel and Icy, if you see Auntie Celestia arrive, tell them I’ll be in my quarters” Cadence says
“Very well” Shining agrees
“Come along you two, let us go somewhere where we may not be disturbed or seen” Cadence beckons.
Personally, I’d rather go away to the next location but I suppose a conversation with Cadence will do fine…