The citizens of the Crystal Empire looked up and screamed in terror as waves of Changeling swarms flew above them. Twilight and her friends watched, mouths agape.

"C'mon y'all! Ah have a might bad feeling about this." Applejack said. Everypony began running towards the Crystal Palace to get to Princess Cadence.

"Not again!" Rainbow groaned. Twilight ran as fast as she could in her bandaged state. They reached the palace and the guards let them through. They ran up to Cadence's chamber, swinging the doors open. Twilight's jaw dropped and everyone gasped.

"What the?! Princess Cadence has gone coco in the loco you guys!" Pinkie squeaked. They could not believe their eyes. Before them on the couch lay the Changeling Queen spooning the crystal princess.

"Cadence?!" Twilight choked out. Cadence shot up at Twilight's voice.

"T-Twilight! What are you doing here?" Cadence said, trying to stay calm about the situation. She could only imagine how this must look to Twilight.

"The Crystal Empire is under attack!" Twilight exclaimed. Cadence immediately leaped off of the couch at this. Chrysalis was a heavy sleeper and lay unaffected by the rude awakening. Cadence jabbed her in the side.

"Hmm?" Chrysalis said dazedly.

"Chrysalis! We are under attack!" Cadence said. The Changeling Queen went over all the options in her head: she could help Cadence and redeem herself, but her hive needed her. Emotions got in the way and Chrysalis decided to help her newfound marefriend. She ran with the others out to the siege.

"Woah, woah woah! Twi, what's SHE coming with us for?" Rainbow said, jabbing an accusing hoof in the direction of Chrysalis.

"We don't have time for this, Dash! She looks like she's changed, and now that she's on our side we need all the help we can get!" Twilight replied. Dash groaned and still held a judgemental glare at the Queen.

"Cadence, look!" Twilight said in the midst of war. The Crystal Heart was being jabbed at and bombarded by greedy changeling drones.

"Twilight, can you and your friends hold them off while Chrysalis and I get the heart somewhere safe?"

"You can count on us, Princess!" Rainbow answered before Twilight could. Twilight and her friends leaped into battle, repeating their fight routines like they had done at the Canterlot wedding invasion. Cadence and Chrysalis ran towards the heart at full speed.

"Chrysalis! Can you call them off?" Cadence asked over the sounds of war.

"I can try..." Chrysalis said. She buzzed her wings which echoed a vibrating noise out to the drones. The drones stopped for a moment, but then hissed at Chrysalis and carried on their war.

"I... I... my hive has never disobeyed me before!" Chrysalis said at the shock of the reply she had gotten. In the midst of her anger, hurt, and betrayal she flung herself at the crystal heart.

"Chrysalis!" Cadence yelled, not understanding the Queen's sudden's change of actions. Chrysalis lurched the heart away from its advancers.

"This is what you want, my drones? Well, you're not getting it!" With all her might Chrysalis smashed the heart to the floor and the heart broke into smithereens.

"N-No..." Cadence breathed. All hope was lost now. With the Crystal Heart gone Cadence didn't have much energy source to keep the crystal ponies safe. Cadence couldn't bring herself to cry or show any emotions. She was frozen in place. Twilight and her friends and just about everyone around her had stopped their fight, changeling and pony alike.

"Chrysalis, why..." Cadence whispered. Realizing what she'd done, Chrysalis lay on the ground. She had nothing left. Her hive, her only family she'd ever known, had betrayed her. She had broken the trust of her lover. She had no one. Twilight walked up to Cadence and whispered in her ear.

"Cadence, I think you need to kiss her!" Twilight breathed.

"What?" Cadence answered, not believing what she was hearing right now.

"Remember how you and Shining Armour defeated her at the wedding with the power of love?" Cadence nodded, she was beginning to hate Twilight for bringing up such a fresh and painful memory. "I think you need to use the power of love again to fix the heart!" Suddenly Cadence understood. She walked over to Chrysalis and took the Queen's face in her hooves.

"Oh Chryssie..." She brought the Queen's muzzle to her own and entered the changeling's mouth. After a few moments, Cadence and Chrysalis's horns lit aglow. Magic swirled from under them and around them. But not just any magic-

"Love magic?" Cadence said aloud in surprise, breaking the kiss for a moment. Chrysalis pulled her towards her and they began to kiss again. The magic only glowed stronger. The couple was lifted off the ground by the power of the magic and both royal's eyes glowed in a god like way. As the magic exploded around them into a billion little particle sparks, miraculously the Crystal Heart appeared to be brand new and in its proper place on the spike. Chrysalis and Cadence floated back down to normal level. The drones looked confused and exchanged glances. They all flew off into the distance, echoing their bug-like sounds. Chrysalis looked down as she felt her marefriend's comforting hoof on her shoulder.

"They'll be back." Chrysalis sighed. Twilight's friends all cheered in unison that love and kindness had prevailed. "Why did you forgive me so, Princess?" Chrysalis asked, her eyes meeting her lover.

"Because I love you." Cadence said, kissing her marefriend passionately for emphasis. Chrysalis smiled as tears of joy formed in the corners of her eyes. She was loved, and to her that was all that mattered right now.