Elsewhere, in Canterlot Twilight and the Mane 6 had been captured and were brought before Chrysalis. “You’ll never get away with this! Twilight and her friends will…” Cadence started but stopped when she saw the six mares brought into the room.
“You were saying?” Queen Chrysalis chided. She looked to the troops that brought the Mane 6 in. “You do realize the reception’s been canceled have you? Go! Feed!” she commanded the nearby members of her Changeling army as her children flew out of the room. Which left her alone with the Mane 6, Cadence and Shining Armor. “It’s funny really. Your friend Twilight and that changeling friend of yours were suspicious of me all along.”
“Changeling friend?” Twilight asked.
“What? Oh you mean?” Chrysalis realized as she started cackling. “You never knew! All these years and you never knew!”
“Never knew what?”
“That your friend Southern Wing is a changeling like us!” Chrysalis grinned. “It’s just so delicious!”
“You mean…”
“Oh don’t worry, he’s not one of my changelings. I’d have executed him when I took power if he was.” She walked around in a circle around the Mane 6. Fluttershy, being Fluttershy, tried to hide her emotions, but Chrysalis quickly caught on.
“Well, some of you were aware of the truth.” She said, getting in Fluttershy’s face.
“Don’t listen to her! She’s trying to confuse us!” Rainbow Dash argued.
“Heh, believe what you will then.” Chrysalis said with a smile walking back to Twilight.
“Well it seems like you’re having some troubles taking the city.” Twilight said in reaction to the sound of gunfire echoing across the city.
“Just stragglers, nothing too much to worry about. We’ve cut the city off and are squeezing the remaining pockets ever tighter.”
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Meanwhile, Wing and Sev were back in the fighting in an alleyway. “Surprise!” Wing shouted as the pair ambushed a group of blue changeling soldiers.
“Weren’t expecting us now, were ya?” Sev quipped.
Wing and Sev overwhelmed the small group taking the ammunition and left one injured but alive.
“Leave him to me.” Wing said approaching the blue changeling.
“And what do you want?” the injured blue changeling asked.
Wing stuck the barrel of his gun in the blue changeling’s wound. “Wrong answer.”
The blue changeling gritted his teeth and chittered something in response.
Wing smacked the blue changeling across the face. “I’m afraid I didn’t hear that correctly.”
“You got a pony wife. And a halfling daughter.”
Wing’s facial reaction changed to one warning the blue changeling to stop but he kept at it.
“I wonder how much love they have. Perhaps when we’re done here I’ll go see them and drain their love.” the blue changeling smirked and started laughing.
“I will make sure you never do that. I will do whatever it takes to defend those I hold most dear. Even if it means wiping out every single lovist off the face of Equis!” Wing raised his sword and swung it like a baseball bat.
“Ha! You missed!” The blue changeling taunted.
“Did I?” Wing asked.
The blue changeling shifted his eyes upward noticing half of his horn missing. Then looking to Wing in horror screamed as his entire body was cloaked in blue flame.
Wing turned around and trotted away, a cold look on his face as the blue changeling begged for mercy. He motioned for Sev to follow, leaving the blue changeling to his fate. But, unbeknownst to the two, the entire scene had been watch by a unicorn hiding in his home from the windows.
“Sweet Faust…” the pony muttered in disbelief as he watched the blue changeling die horribly before his mind turned to questions. “There are other changelings besides the ones attacking? And they don’t seem to be like the ones attacking now. Wait... that one has a pony family? Do they know he’s a changeling?” the witnessing pony’s mind was racked with questions. But it would take time for them to be answered. More blue changelings charged in. Wing fought them with his sword, weaving and dodging like a master swordspony.
One of the attacking blue changelings drew a sword and pointed it at Wing he was unfazed by the enemy’s intimidation.
“Oh you want some of this?” Wing taunted. The other changeling nodding his head in response.
The two charged in and started fighting. The blue changeling brought his sword down, but Wing blocked and kicked his opponent away. Wing swung his sword but again the swords hit each other instead of their opponent. Sev was keeping the other Chrysalis aligned changelings from interfering in the fight.
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As this was going on, Kierzack was fighting furiously in his defensive area. Though the two changelings that were fighting alongside him were already dead, leaving him to fight on alone. As he fought he noticed two upperclass unicorns that had been captured by three lovist changelings. He aimed his weapon and fired on the blue changelings holding them killing the three. He rushed over and cut the two unicorns out of the changeling goo who ran off without even saying thank you. He noticed more lovist changelings approaching and fired but to his dismay found he was out of ammunition. As he began to be overrun he sent a telepathic message to Queen Chiton and his wife. “I’m sorry, but i’ve been overrun.” He took one of his grenades and shouted “If I’m going down I’m taking you with me!” he pulled the pin and released the primer the grenade exploded killing Kierzack and the blue changelings that had begun piling on top of him.
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Wing’s eyes snapped open, glaring at his opponent and began fighting with the rage of a beast. Blow after blow fell the blue changelings, not even getting a chance to breathe. Wing disarmed his opponent and leveled his sword at the blue changeling’s throat. Wing breathed heavily, staring at his opponent while keeping the sword leveled on his opponent’s throat. Wing yelled in changeling then swung his sword. When it was over, Wing’s breathing began to return to normal slowly. but surely.
Sev finished off the last Chrysalis changeling that was attacking him and noting Wing looking walked over. “You ok buddy?”
“I’m fine...Kierzack is dead though.”
“I’m sorry.” Sev set his hoof on Wing’s shoulder.
“Let’s just get back to the job at hoof. There are still a lot of lovist aligned changelings here that we have to deal with.” Wing took note of a Changeling climbing the castle tower with a flag and raised his rifle. After loading a fresh clip, he aimed for the distance and windage, then fired. The bullet hit the changeling,and he lost his grip and fell. Wing lowered his gun and looked to Sev. “Their flag will never fly above Canterlot!”
“Indeed.” Sev agreed. The pair were again confronted by more Chrysalis aligned changelings and started fighting. The fighting was now becoming more desperate as the ring slowly closed around the city. Groups of the defenders became separated from each other, Wing and Sev being in one such pocket. Wing and Sev were trying to fight their way out of the pocket they were trapped. The numbers were too overwhelming.
“Keep fighting, buddy!” Wing yelled.
“What do you think I’m trying to do?!” Sev shouted.
As the fighting went on, one of Chrysalis’s soldiers suddenly pointed toward the chapel. Wing looked in the direction and noticed a glowing magical orb. He instantly realized it for what it was just as it shot out from the balcony. The remaining changelings in the city started flying for their lives. The remaining helicopters pulled one hundred and eighty degree turns and flew as fast as they could away from the city.
“We have to get out of here!” Wing turned and started flying with Sev flying next to him. Wing again looked back and saw the wave getting closer. Wing could hear his own heartbeat as it approached, before it slammed into him sending him flying down several blocks. He ended up slamming into a wall, not only injuring him but completely destroying his pony disguise.
Sev grabbed Wing’s hoof and went flying with him, also getting injured but not as much as Wing was. A group of three royal guards lead by a sergeant rushed over to the area, having seen Wing impact the wall.
“There’s one.” their leader said. They approached Sev getting between them and Wing.
“Back off!” Sev yelled as he stood up to the sergeant.
“Stand down, citizen!” The sergeant snapped.
“I said back off!”
“You’re defending him!? After they attacked Canterlot!?”
“I’m not letting you arrest my friend!”
“He must be under some kind of spell if he’s a friend with one of them.” the second suggested to the leader.
“I’m under no spell!” Sev shouted.
“Sympathizer then.” The third said.
“I won’t repeat myself citizen.” The sergeant warned.
“You want him? You have to get through me first.”
The three guards rushed Sev quickly overwhelming him but he was able to get in a few blows. Wing and Sev were taken to the dungeons and thrown into cells after having magic suppressing rings attached to their horns.
The city of Canterlot had taken some damage and the signs of the battle that had taken place were littered all over the place. Celestia overlooked the city and shed a tear for the lives that she was sure had been lost. Shining Armor and Cadence were hugging each other, while the Mane 6 were just happy that the battle was over. But, Fluttershy was getting worried. She hadn’t heard anything from Wing, and thought that something may have happened to him as a result. The leader of the group approached Shining Armor and whispered something in his ear.
“I have to go. I’ll be back soon.” Shining Armor hugged Cadence then left with the sergeant. After he left the room, he let his true emotions speak through his face. He was angry; angry that Sev of all ponies would stand up for a changeling. A changeling that had probably just finished attacking Canterlot and who had now been captured. He didn’t know what was going on but he was going to find out.