Queen Chrysalis stood in the wedding hall of Canterlot.
“Soon we take Canterlot! And then all of Equestria!” she declared.
Princess Celestia watched the queen with anger rising in her heart. The shock which had kept her frozen in place for a few moments finally wore off. This creature had turned her against Twilight Sparkle, her most faithful student. The words she’d last spoken to Twilight echoed in her head when Chrysalis had revealed her true self in front of her and all the gathered ponies.
“You have a lot to think about.”
Now Celestia realized she was the one that had a lot to think about. How could she have put a wedding over the threat to Canterlot? How could she not believe Twilight? She’d trusted that young unicorn with complete faith? Now… would Twilight even want to be her student anymore?
Celestia snarled, that would have to wait. Right now she had to do what she could to protect her subjects. She would defeat Queen Chrysalis and stop her before her invasion even began. And once the queen and her minions were dealt with, Celestia would beg Twilight’s forgiveness.
She was about to say to Chrysalis, “No, you won't."
But Twilight beat her too it. The young unicorn stepped forward in front of Princess Cadance, glaring at the queen with a look of pure hatred.
“Not if I can help it!” Twilight shouted. “You’re gonna pay for turning my brother, friends, and mentor against me!”
Chrysalis growled and stepped toward Twilight. “You think you can defeat me by yourself, little pony?”
Twilight merely continued to glare at her. Her horn lit up as though she were about to fire a spell. Chrysalis brought magic up to her own horn as well. Lavender light flew from Twilight’s horn while evil green light flew from Chrysalis’s. The green quickly began to push back the lavender, Twilight struggled under Chrysalis’s power and, knowing instantly she couldn’t match it head on… dove out of the way of the beam before it could reach her. She then fired another quickly, catching Chrysalis off guard. The Changeling Queen was knocked off her hooves but she hissed and was back up in an instant. However, being hit also caused something else to happen.
Shining Armor suddenly shook his head wildly. He looked around in confusion as he was free from the spell which had broken upon Chrysalis getting hurt.
“Huh? What?” he said. “What happened? Is the wedding over?”
“It is far from over!” Chrysalis roared. She flew up into the air, looking down at Twilight. They glared daggers into each other as both prepared to attack again.
Chrysalis shot another beam down at Twilight who teleported away. She reappeared directly above Chrysalis and fell on top of the queen. Chrysalis was caught off guard once again and fell towards the floor, but managed to pull herself back up.
“Get off of me!” she screamed flailing wildly in midair to throw Twilight off.
She managed to do so. Twilight fell with a yell and hit the floor. Chrysalis saw her chance and seized it, landing on top of Twilight and pinning her to the ground. She then opened her mouth and sunk her fangs into Twilight’s neck. The young mare screamed as the onlookers gasped.
“Twilight!” Celestia yelled.
“Twiley!” Shining Armor screamed.
The two princesses present, Twilight's friends and her brother, all ran to the bitten mare’s side as Twilight cringed in pain, putting her hoof on the bite. She was in no danger of bleeding to death but there was definitely damage done beneath the surface.
Chrysalis flew off of Twilight and grinned sadistically.
“My venom hurts doesn’t it?” she asked. “You’ll be dead in a few hours.”
Shining Armor took his sister in his hooves as she groaned.
“Twiley… Twiley I’m so sorry!” he said, tears flowing from his eyes. “I was such a jerk to you! How could I kick my Best Mare out of my wedding?”
“It wasn’t… argh! Your fault,” she gasped through the pain. “She brainwashed you!”
Shining shook his head. He wasn’t sure if it had really been him or not… and he didn’t care. All that mattered now was that his sister was hurt. She was poisoned and according to Chrysalis would die in a few hours.
“We’re sorry too, Twi,” Applejack said. “We should have listened to you.”
“I don’t know what came over me, darling!” Rarity moaned as tears flooded her lovely eyes due to seeing her friend in pain. “Putting a royal wedding before a friends concerns!”
“Where did my Pinkie sense go when I needed it?”
“Some element of loyalty I am.” Rainbow Dash’s head fell.
“I’m supposed to be the element of kindness. I should have comforted you,” Fluttershy said.
“Twilight… please forgive me!” Celestia let out filly like sobs as she looked down at her student. “I’m so sorry.”
Twilight cringed as the venom flowed through her.
“I understand why you all didn’t believe me. I acted like a jealous foal with my accusations. I didn’t have any real proof and could have easily been mistaken. I thought I’d lost you all forever after you left.”
“We were just mad at you darling!” Rarity choked out. “We weren’t going to stop being your friends!”
“Now we could lose you forever,” Fluttershy said.
“No!” Shining Armor said, facing Chrysalis. “Please, is there a cure? I’ll do anything… just tell me. I beg you!”
Chrysalis grinned at him.
“There is no cure for changeling venom! She’s dead, and there’s nothing anypony can do to stop it!”
Hearing this caused Shining Armor to lose hope. But Princess Celestia shook her head, the rage she’d felt earlier when she’d been about to attack the queen returning tenfold. Twilight was more than just a faithful student to the princess. She was the closest thing Celestia had to a daughter, next to Luna there was no pony more important to her. Now Twilight had not only gotten her heart broken but could die. Celestia would not have that! She rose and turned to face Chrysalis with narrowed eyes, her teeth clenched.
“No! This cannot be! There must be a cure, and I will beat it out of you! If it is the last thing I do, I will save my faithful student!” Celestia said as her eyes turned red.
Then suddenly the princess of the sun became lit aflame. Her mane turned from being multicolored to single fiery orange. Her crown and necklace turned from gold to bright orange, and armor-like metal appeared on her wings as well.
“Sweet Celestia! What has happened to you?” Rarity exclaimed.
“Celestia?” the now fiery pony scoffed. “Ha! That pony is no more! I am Daybreaker! And I shall burn this bug and her hive away for what she has done to the pony I consider my own daughter!"
Daybreaker: You have seemed to have truly angered me by brutally harming my dear faithful student, one who I truly view as something more from all the years I watched over and took care of while she was growing up. And for that...there is only one true punishment...........the sentence is death.
I have one thing to say to the queen "You are dead."
Everyone get your preferred weapon it's Changeling Season.
Daybreaker? Chrysalis you are so dead~
Daybreaker vs Chrysalis is a fight I never even thought about! One thing I saw though I'll point out.
But a bit later there's this paragraph.
Unless there's context to that I missed, I'm pretty sure one of those is a typo.
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Whoops forgot to change that line. It was gonna be days at first than I figured it would be more tense for hours.
Oh! Daybreaker vs Chrysalis? That Queen's gonna get it!
I love the idea but the story so far seems a little rough especially when day breaker shows herself for the first time. I was expect more of a ‘Momlestia’ reaction from Celestia when she goes into Mother Bear Mode aka Daybreaker.
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I'll work on that thanks.
Okay, this sounds like an interesting set up; let's see where it goes from here. would love to read of a real knockdown drag out kind of fight between Daybreaker and Chrysalis. This should be brutal.
This definitely has potential. I'm looking forward to the next chapter!
I wonder, do you think this will warrant Teen?
"to be as good" shouldn't be there. The last sentence should read "And I shall burn this bug and her hive away for what she has done to the very pony I consider as my own daughter!"
Hmmmm, an interesting concept. Keep writing.
Talk about badass Twilight, we need a badass Celestia/Daybreaker group.
Interesting, you have my attention
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Might be a good idea. I choose horror just randomly, but I want to try something scary.
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Horror tag has a very specific meaning. You could drop it, keep Dark, and upgrade to Teen. It's your call, but that could fit better.
Good. Look forward to the next chapter.
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Might come out tomorrow. Got a good amount written already. But time to turn in for the night.
It was at this moment that Chrysalis knew... she bucked up.
Yes! This is what we should've seen in canon: an angry Celestia rising to the occasion to squash that mean bug.
*sigh* why is it that Nightmare Alicorns are always so damn Prideful? Seriously, Hubris can get you killed quicker than cyanide, but at the same time from what has been shown, they can actually back up the egoism, so it might not be a huge ego, but rather, the result of not being able to find a single worthy opponent in terms of power.
Well, it's certainly interesting you got my attention. (Yeah I'm late to the hole thing but whatever)
Actually, hef reaction to the wedding thing is the only one that can be excused. Mare Do Well did lessen her trust in Twilight Sparkle, after all.
BURN!!! MUHAHAHA
It was then the queen learned she screwed up
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Rainbow Dash forgave Twilight and her friends afterwards. And stop talking about Mare Do Well. We're tired of hearing about it. Besides, Rainbow Dash is a friend of Twilight. Friends do things like arguing and stuff, but they always make up afterwards.