> The Battle For Earth > by darthvader45 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Changeling Encounter > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was a normal Friday afternoon. The sun was streaming in through the windows, illuminating my bedroom with a warm light. I was just sitting down on my bed, surfing the net and updating my Facebook status every so often. For some odd reason Facebook wouldn't even load. "What in the heck is going on? I can't get on Facebook at all? Confound these sites, they drive me to read fanfics" I decided to get away from Facebook for a while and read some fanfics. As I entered Fimfiction.net and began to browse, I noticed several stories about Queen Chrysalis had suddenly popped up. Jeez, what a bunch of idiots, getting lovesick for some evil villain who wasn't even able to go unnoticed while disguised. A lame villain if there ever was one. She fooled everyone but Twilight. A successful villain goes unnoticed by EVERYONE, not "everyone but one person", or in this case pony. "Heh, she can't even keep her evil persona intact for long. What a waste of such power." I said while rolling my eyes. I closed the page and went back to Facebook, only to notice a Queen Chrysalis page had just posted on my personal roleplay page. The post(and the many replies we threw at each other) read as follows: Queen Chrysalis: "You think I am wasting my power? Maybe I will prove to you just how powerful I can be." Me: "Oh yeah? I'll bet you didn't know you have several fanclubs" QC: "Hmm, I can already feel their love coursing through me. I feel much stronger now, and I thank you for this. I believe it is time for me to conquer Canterlot, and then ALL of Equestria! Ahahahahahaha!" Me: "Yeah, but you'll never touch Earth, ever! I dare you to try, you will never win." QC: "Oh really? I believe you have made your biggest mistake yet: taunting the Queen of the changelings. I will see to it that your world is conquered along with Equestria. The love there shall make a feast for my subjects." Me: "*challenge accepted*" I switched tabs, proud at my challenge to her. I knew it just had to be some guy or gal roleplaying as Queen Chrysalis. It couldn't possibly be the real deal, could it? Nah, couldn't be. I was just doing a last check of my page when I noticed a new spark: "Queen Chrysalis has replied to your wall post." I quickly clicked it, and read the post: "*opens portal to your world*" I just let out a quick snort of derision; she couldn't possibly be doing this. I closed the browser and turned around. Instantly I gaped in utter surprise: a portal had opened up right next to me! I could not believe my eyes! "Ok, seriously, you have got to be kidding me" I said, facepalming. "Oh, I'm not kidding..." said a voice that seemed to almost echo, as if two voices were slightly out of sync. "Oh, really? Show yourself!" I shouted, challenging this unidentified voice to reveal itself. The voice stepped out of the portal, revealing itself as none other than Queen Chrysalis herself. My jaw hit the floor(not literally, of course), and I nearly fainted out of sheer surprise: the "person" on the page was the real deal. I've been duped to think it wasn't real. "Oh, duped and fooled you were, Joshua" she sneered. Her voice was just as I heard it from the show, slightly distorted and yet silky smooth. "How in Celestia's green Equestria did you know about me?" I shouted, clearly surprised she knew my name. "Oh, it was easy: I read your thoughts, discovered your name, and then found you on this thing you humans call "Facebook". After that, it was easy to just post on your little page and get a quick response out of you." "Yeah, you still won't get away with this!" I shouted as I lunged at her. "Oh, I already have," she said with a grin as she nimbly dodged my attack, "And you are powerless to stop it" As I ran towards her again, she suddenly sidestepped me and shot a green beam of magic at me. Caught off guard, I had no chance to react as I was suddenly blasted through the portal. > Where am I? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I exited the other side of the portal, I realized I was still hurtling through the air. I had no idea where I was headed, or if I would survive the inevitable fall. "Oh man, I'm gonna die I'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadieI'mgonnadie.... I'm too young to die! WHY MUST THE GOOD DIE YOUNG?!" Rainbow Dash was quietly enjoying her nap in the clouds. It was a good day; she was done with weather patrol for the day, and had just finished practicing her moves so she would be ready for the next Wonderbolts audition. Suddenly, the sound of somepony screaming pierced the air. "Aw come on, I'm busy napping here!" She shouted with a hint of annoyance in her voice. Rainbow Dash hated being woken up in the middle of her naps. As she got up and rubbed her eyes, she spotted something in the distance falling. "Oh boy, not good, NOT GOOD! I'm coming, I'm coming!" She quickly shouted, zooming off to grab a cloud. She picked the largest, fluffiest non-storm cloud she could find and dashed off to save whoever it was that was falling. I was still falling, and as I fell I started to give up. "Oh man, this is it. This is it." I closed my eyes and braced for an impact that would most likely leave me splattered across the grass. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Ooof!" I shouted as I slammed into something-soft? "Huh? What just happened?" I opened my eyes to find that I was laying on a cloud. "How in the world am I laying on a cloud? This is just weird." "Uh, hellooo. Look over here." said a voice that sounded like a girl's, yet a bit raspy. I looked over towards the source of the voice, and almost fainted dead away. A cyan pegasus was looking me square in the eye and looked a bit concerned. Her mane was colored exactly like a rainbow, with a tail to match. Her magenta-colored eyes were filled with a mix of concern and utter confusion. "Who are you, and for that matter what are you?" the pegasus said, poking me in the leg. "My name is Josh, and I'm a human. Thanks for saving me. I would have died had it not been for this cloud" The pegasus quickly smiled at my response and waved it off. "Heh, it was nothing. I've done things like this before. My name's Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in Equestria." "Well Rainbow Dash, can you get me down to the ground please? We can talk more down there, where I feel a bit safer." "Sure, I need to ask you some questions anyway." She said, maintaining that same smile she gave me earlier. She grabbed the cloud and began to push it down to ground level. When we got down low enough, I hopped off and she quickly began questioning me. "Okay, first of all, how in Equestria did you get here, and what's with that scorch mark on your shirt?" She asked, pointing to the circular burn on the center of my shirt. "Okay, here's what happened..." I said, getting ready for a pretty long-winded story. I told her everything that happened, starting with the crazy posting on my Facebook wall (I had to explain to her what Facebook was), then the incident in my bedroom, and ending with the recent events that had just transpired. "Okay, lemme get this straight. "Queen Chrysalis", the same changeling that was encountered at the Royal Canterlot Wedding, starts talking to you on this "Facebook" thingy, then arrives in your room through a portal. You and her get in a scuffle, she blasts you with a bolt of magic, and ends up sending you through the portal into Equestria?" I nod in confirmation, and Rainbow Dash gets worried. "Oh no, this is bad, really bad. We need to tell Twilight right away!" She spurted out while getting really close to panicking. "Yeah, it's better to let someone know about this anyway. Let's get going!" I said, and we both began heading off to see Twilight.