The wedding was quite nice.
I sat in the crowd, close to the wall as I watched Princess Cadence walk down the aisle towards a waiting Shining Armor and Princess Celestia. For the first time today, my shadow was missing. It was considered safe enough for him to quickly grab something to eat with Celestia in the room. Or at least I told him so and sent him to eat. He had been following me around without a bite all day.
It took some convincing, but Reliant Frost finally agreed.
Sometimes the similarities to some earth customs were just strange. This was one of them.
Very strange.
Even so, having your wedding ceremony performed by a literal sun goddess was a bit rarer back home.
I did wish Luna could have been here though. She would have been up there next to her sister and not next to me, but at least she could have been here.
Stupid threat.
Sighing, I focused on the ceremony itself. I'll see Luna tonight. She is my girlfriend, not my symbiote.
I don't need to spend every moment thinking of her.
Admittedly, it had been difficult not to lately.
They finished saying their vows and Princess Celestia smiled, “Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armor. It is my great pleasure to pronounce you...”
“STOOOOP!”
Huh?
Twilight rushed in and slid to a halt by the open doors as everyone stared at her. She looked pissed.
I had wondered where she had been, it was her brother's wedding after all. But then again, I might have been pissed too if my sister was getting married and I didn't even know she had a boyfriend.
Gasps all around at her interruption.
Princess Cadence ughed and stomped a hoof, “Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother!?” before she turned sad and started to cry, “Why does she have to ruin my special day?”
“Because it's not your special day! It's mine!” A second Cadence yelled as she ran into the room next to Twilight.
What.
“What.” Princess Cadence ...the one next to Shining Armor... asked before she pointed at them, “How did you escape my bridesmaids?”
She then shook her head, “No matter. You are still too late.”
Applejack looked confused, “I don't understand. How can there be two of them!?”
...Good question. What in the fuck is going on!?
Princess Cadence took a couple of steps forward(the one next to Twilight), “She is a Changeling! She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding of your love for them!”
AH! Dominion! Fuck those guys!
...Wait, that's fiction. And they didn't eat love.
Princess Cadence(the one by Shining Armor) was engulfed in flame, it crawled over her, pink fur and wings giving away to black chitin and fibrous wings.
Her mane was flat and green and her mouth was filled with fangs. Her horn turned crooked like a stinger and her eyes were luminous green. Her limbs had holes through them.
She had waaay to many xenomorph features not to be fucking terrifying! I was clearly not the only one thinking so as the crowd was dead silent as we stared at her.
Where are the guards?
She started to laugh and walk towards Princess Cadence, “Right you are, Princess. And as Queen of the Changelings, it is up to me to find food for my subjects. Equestria has more love than any place I have ever encountered. My fellow changelings will be able to devour so much of it that we will gain more power than we have ever dreamed of!”
Princess Cadence glared at her, “They will never get the chance! Shining Armor's protection spell will keep them from ever even reaching us!”
...Yes, but what about everypony else in Equestria!? Where the fuck are those guards!??
The big bug laughed, “I doubt that. Isn't that right dear?”
Shining Armor nodded dumbly.
...Oh fuck. FUCK FUCK FUCK! I fucking knew it! FUCKINGFUCKITYFUCK!
Princess Cadence tried to get to him_ but the bug Queen cut her off, looking rather smug about it, “Ever since I took your place, I have been feeding of Shining Armor's love for you.” she said, moving back to almost rub up against his side, “Every moment he grows weaker and so does his spell. Even now my minions are chipping away at it."
She laughed, “He may not be my husband, but he is under my total control now! And I'm sorry to say, unable to perform his duties as Captain of the Royal Guard!”
WHERE THE FUCK ARE THOSE GUARDS!?!!?
“Soon my changeling army will break through. First we take Canterlot, then All of Equestria!”
“No.” Celestia said, stepping up, “You wont."
Oh you dun goofed now, buggy. Somebody is about to be hit by a star.
“You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now when you have so foolishly revealed your true self...” Celestia started and stepped forward, meeting the bug, their horns clashing, “I can protect my subjects from you!”
Flapping her wings, Celestia pulled back and up into the air, her horn shining like a small sun and she fired a bright beam straight at the bug queen.
The bug answered with a green beam of her own and they clashed in the middle.
Smash her!
To my growing horror though, she started to force Celestia's beam backwards.
No. Nonononono!
She was supercharged! They fed on love and she had been eating the love meant for the Princess of Love! Of course she was on_top of her power.
Shit!
No guards. Someone had to do something.
Charging up the most damaging spell I could, I aimed it at her eyes and put as much power into it as I could handle.
Normally the cutting spell was made for things such as apples.
It struck the Bug Queen across the cheek and black chitin split with a spray of green ichor. She jerked to the side, crying out in pain. In doing so, she broke contact with the beam.
Celestia's spell smashed through the remains of her beam and hit the big bug, sending her crashing across the floor and smacked her against the wall. The bug dropped and laid still on the floor.
With a flap of her wings, Celestia flew over to her, putting a hoof on her in case she moved, glowing bands of light forming around the bugs horn and tying her legs together before Celestia looked at Princess Cadence, “Go to him. Use your magic to free him from her spell. Then reinforce the shield spell.” she ordered, “Twilight, girls. Come with me.” before picking up her fallen foe in her magic, “Blank Page, you as well.”
Cannon break! Yay!
I like this
very much
Detour time!
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Canon break, Yeah!
*SKILL : YOUR FUCKING COMMON SENCE HAS LEVELED UP +10 COMMON SENCE POINTS*
~T.CC
6387949 I have just one thing to say to that...
Snrk... pfffttbwahahahaha!
Considering the earlier remarks by his pegasus friend who's name eludes me a the moment, it makes sense that nopony acted. Their natural reluctance to harm another pony would still b kicking. They did say I takes years to break guards form that tendency.
Wooooooo score one for Human intervention!
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?" *Telekinetic smackdown.*
Where the fuck WERE the guards.
Shit, royal wedding and no guards.
Damn that utopia mindset.
I didn't notice that Inc the show either.
Dam why didn't twilight think to do that?
hey this story deserves more likes *like* there you go XD
Anyway, except for the crazy timeskips and lack of...details, I like it. I feel like you could delve deeper into his other friendships with... cloud and swift? I don't think we get to know much about them. If they aren't important, then nevermind, continue focusing on Luna ^^
Nice plot detour. Can't wait to see the consequences the change has on the story.
6388625 well we have seen Twilight even after she became an alicorn not react fast under pressure combine that with an unshakable faith in her mentors abilities and that would explain why she did not react in time.
Yeah, impressive what can happen when at least one pony decides to do something besides staring... (the normal kind, not the flutter kind)
Anypony else not getting that twice now he's MESSED WITH THE NATURAL ORDER OF THE PLOT?!?!
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Ok, I'm going to say this by trying not to Quote Doctor Who.
One of my theories about time, is that time has the ability to 'heal itself'. An example of would be if a Star Wars fan went back in time and made Star Wars, before Lucas could come up with it. But instead of the Butterfly Effect happening, not much changes, except that George Lucas wasn't the one who made Star Wars. In this case, Page wasn't supposed to be there to strike Ms. Bug Queen, so we will see a different ending to this story, but in the end, the power of love will kick some changeling butts, and the story will continue 'normally'... Ok HOPEFULLY it will continue normally... I hope... Man this comment is long...
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6387949 That's actually a sad picture.
I have to admit, that was really annoying. After that scene with him talking to Luna about his suspicions regarding Shining being a target, I figured it'd come into play somehow. At least it would lead to the queen's plan practically going down the drain since she'd have no time to use her spell on Shining. Instead, it looks like literally nothing (except him saving Celestia) changed. Did they just not bring it up? They were just going back to the castle to let the others know, but here it sounds like it was never brought up in the first place.
The reason it bothers me is that it makes that entire scene with him and Luna feel pointless because it doesn't seem like any of that actually happened.
Still, I'm thankful it still derailed canon. I was beginning to worry about that, since that's how most stories tend to go.
6875551 Well, his advice was if they wanted to weaken somewhere else in Equestria. They would make them recall troops and stuff. Plus they don't know much about changelings at this point to really investigate them
THANK YOU! I thought I was the only one to think that.
Unexpected, but I'm pleased this went off-script.
"Where the hell are the guards!?"
I am now imagining a blind, sonar using, master martial artist changeling named Sam.
...
Fanfic idea!
7417756 I would read that. Please make it.
That's awesome, he actully did something!
The Chance that this happens always look 1:300 or something like that in other storys. I always said even something like that could be enough to count a helping and making the main char look good.
THANK YOU!!!
Seriously, you don't need power, you just need creativity!
the energy required to lift a SPOON and destroy a FUCKING NUCLEAR REACTOR if applied to the correct location!
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YES!!!! We have met someone who finally understands this!!!!! There is not a need for a large amount of raw power in all combat scenarios!
God this seems so long ago now...
I love Page's commentary in this, and I also love that though he did do something to stop Chrysalis, it wasn't what I usually see in fanfics ("Muahahaha, t'is I, Mary Sue OC, and I've come to strike you down with my overpoweredness") and it was creative, rather than being powerful.
Just realized, it wasn't only Shining's love she was eating. Luna's(?), Celestia's, Twi's (until she started to get suspicious), Shining's parents, and everyone who knew and cared for Cadence. She was eating theirs too! Talk about a stat boost!
Canon Break, huh?
HISTORY HAS BEEN CHANGED
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I started this chapter forgetting where the cannon broke off. I knew the end result but not how we got there. It was around the time he started cursing that I recalled him HM01’ing the bug queen. Thank you so much for taking initiative Blank.
My Dude! Commin' outta left field with the
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This actually makes tons of sense. I mean, if you see your princess losing slowly to the bug queen, then help her, Twilight. Honestly, this is probably closer to what would have happened if this was real.
Oh good, I was a tad worried that status quo would reign here. Yeah we had Nightmare Night go better, but that was a minor change. What's the point of writing a story with an oc inserted into events if they're not going to change anything?
Fucking hilarious
Yeeeeeesssssss, cut her eeeeyyyeeeeeesssssss!!!!!
I may have a problem.......
What the Terran Dominon?
I normally don't swear on the sight like this but he is a fucking hero.
Where are the guards? Well, they're eating dinner with Celestia, of course!
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That he is.
I never really liked how canon Equestria tends to ignore it's heroes. I mean the Elements barely got any recognition for a long time.
And then there was the movie where Derpy basically saved everything and made it possible that there even was a chance of resistance in the first place. As far as I can recall the others never even acknowledged her actions.
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I think it might be Star Trek. Perhaps a fan of it can shed light if myguess might be right.
I love this, the fact that, yes, super brawl way out of most league, but showing how a distraction manes victory, the little guy can make a difference.
Always hate when everyone just stays frozen withiut more reason than fear.
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You ever been at the scene of a huge accident?
Only three types of people exist in that moment.
1: Their minds cant comprehend the situation fast enough. So they watch. Dumbstruck.
2: They flee, unable to do anything but run or take cover, panic taking over.
3: They are able to rush headlong into danger, or know how to handle a situation. Guess which one's the 94%, the 2% and the 4%?
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I would have words on the type of accident and where it was being held at cause i can truthfully say in some situations the 94 is in the a b and c column respectively. Usually if it's a public accident then yeah the 94 is in the runner's or slack jaws. But if say it was at a bbq that the local fire department was having and something mysteriously happened like say the picnic table started on fire then yeah the 94 would be in the c column where everyone suddenly knows what to exactly do.
And this is what would happen if there was competent pony rather than standing and watch Celestia about to lose, though I doubt any pony would help Celestia due to their passive-nature - this includes Applejack and Rainbow, while they might fight as their first action, they won't think of anything like attack an enemy's blindspot.
Humans not so much, we'll do anything for survival or to put a situation to our best interests.
Nice! Basicly knife the face. Very simpel, very effective!
Okay, now this is just bothering me. HAs been the entire story.
Normally the cutting spell was made for things such as apples.
It struck the Bug Queen across the cheek and black chitin split with a spray of green ichor. She jerked to the side, crying out in pain. In doing so, she broke contact with the beam.
Celestia's spell smashed through the remains of her beam and hit the big bug, sending her crashing across the floor and smacked her against the wall. The bug dropped and laid still on the floor.
With a flap of her wings, Celestia flew over to her, putting a hoof on her in case she moved, glowing bands of light forming around the bugs horn and tying her legs together before Celestia looked at Princess Cadence, “Go to him. Use your magic to free him from her spell. Then reinforce the shield spell.” she ordered, “Twilight, girls. Come with me.” before picking up her fallen foe in her magic, “Blank Page, you as well.”
What is with the random page breaks? Or paragraph spaces, if you will. I thought, initially, they were there to separate scenes, similar to the HR line code that you can place in stories... but this can't be the case.
Huh, so the status quo wasn't upheld here, and someone interfered when bugbutt was about to win against sunbutt..... I like where this is going.