this chapter is about Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Shining Armor. Its their tale of what took place over the last (close to) 7 years.

I smiled as I got into the carriage with my true and only love and now husband, Shining Armor.

"Oh! Oops!" I giggled as I remember the bouquet in my hooves. I through it back and turned around just in time to see Twilight's friend, Rarity I believe, tackle a few ponies and catch the flowers. I let out a quiet chuckle and got into the carriage. I waved a final goodbye to everypony and I heard Shining say, "Whew, what a party!"

"It was alot of fun wasn't, my love?"

He nodded and his gaze softened, "Especially after what happened with changelings, I'm just happy to finally be wih you."

I nodded and nuzzled him lovingly, "Can you believe it, Shining?"

"Believe what, dear?" He asked as he nuzzled me back.

"We're finally married!" I pulled and rolled my eyes then looked at him lovingly. He chuckled and smiled.

"After everything, it is a little unbelievable..." he murmured.

I wrapped my hooves around my husband's neck and he smiled, "I love you, Shining Armor," I whispered.

"I love you too, Mi Amore," he whispered back.

I pulled him closer and kissed him. We both melted in each others hooves. He tried to get on top of me but the carriage was too small, and his hoof slipped and he fell to the floor of the carriage. I giggled loudly, barley managing to ask through my fit of laughter if he was ok.

"I'm fine, but I may have... accidentally, not on purpose-"

I giggled loudly and cut him off, "Spit it out Shining!"

"Ripped your dress!" He said quickly.

I laughed a little more and waved a hoof, "Its fine, Shining, I was only going to wear it once anyway."

Shining let out a breath he had been holding and I giggled. He grabbed me suddenly, "Come here, you!"

I screamed as he pulled me down to where was sitting and began tickling me, "No! Shining Armor! Stop!" I was laughing and so was he, but for different reasons, "Please stop! Ahh! That tickles stop it!"

"Of course it tickles! Thats the point!" He laughed and continued the onslaught.

After a few more minutes of laughing and screaming, we heard a knock at carriage door. Shining helped me stand and he opened the door, "Thank you for the ride," he said politely.

He jumped out of the carriage, I was about to follow him when he stopped me.

"Its tradition," he said in a funny voice, making me giggle, "for tho's husband to carry thee in, milady."

I laughed, "Ok- I mean- Yes, my knight in Shining Armor."

He chuckled at the old joke they shared and held his hooves out. Carefully, I arranged myself in his strong hooves and he carried me to our front door. I smiled at him, and kissed him gently on the cheek. He soft gaze touched mine and I swear I melted. He opened the door with magic and closed it behind us. He set me down.

"Home sweet home!" I said, but he caught the slight nervous edge to it.

"Its ok, Cadance," he said with a soft smile.

"I'm sorry, my love, I just-"

"Its ok, why don't you- I don't know, calm down with a bubble bath or something?" He said, he always thought about me before himself.

I smiled shyly and nodded, "I think I'll do just that."

I turned to start to the bathroom when his strong hooves wrapped around me and kissed my neck softly, "I'll waiting in the bedroom, ok?"

I blushed deeply and nodded. He let me go and I rushed to the bathroom and shut and locked the door. I sighed deeply and looked at myself in the full length mirror. I chuckled lightly when I saw the tear that Shining had caused. I shook my head and somehow managed to get out of it. The veil came off somewhere inside the dress, truly, I think I ripped it more. I dropped it to the ground and prepared a warm, steaming bubblebath, just as my new husband had suggested.

Once it was full, I turned off the water and slipped in.

"Ahh..." I sighed as the hot water soothed me. I closed my eyes and relaxed a few minutes, then began to hum and wash my multi-colored, tail and mane. After I had washed those, I moved onto to my fur- which was sweaty from all the dancing and games the pink pony had planned, I believe her was Pinkie Pie. Yes thats right.

My attention then turned to wings, I pulled out loose feathers and straightened others. I held them at full wingspan out of the water so they would dry faster. I noticed that most of the bubbles had dissappered and that the water temperature was cooling. All sings pointing to 'You have to get soon Cadenza.'

I took a deep breath of the still steamy air and got out of the tub. I grabbed a towel and dried myself to perfection. I combed out my tail and mane, making sure all the knots and tangles were gone. I steeled myself and looked into the mirror again, and liked what I saw. I nodded and slowly opened the door.

I gulped and walked as normally as I could to the bedroom, where Shining was waiting for me. I opened the bedroom and burst out laughing.

"What?" Asked a smiling Shining Armor. He had changed out of his uniform he had worn for the wedding and was now laying horizontally on the middle of the bed with a rose in his mouth. Rose petals covered every surfcae of the room. I couldn't even see the floor!

I wiped a tear away from my face and asked, "Shining, did you do all of this?"

He spit out the rose and wiped a hoof over his tongue, then said, "Yeah and Celestia! Those things are nasty!"

I giggled and walk over to the bed. He watched with soft eyes.

"You look, amazing," he murmured.

I blushed, "Do I?"

"Always," he whispered.

I blushed deeper and got onto the bed, he grabbed me and kissed me. I kissed him back...

The night went on.

I woke up that morning, feeling, strange. In a good way, though. Shining was holding me from behind and I snuggled closer to him. I didn't have to look in a mirror to know that my hair was an absolute mess, and my feathers were ruffled and in disarray. Either way, I knew Shining didn't care. He loved me no matter what I looked like.

"Good morning," he whispered in my ear, his breath tickling it.

I turned in his hooves and faced him, "Good morning."

"How did you sleep?" He murmured.

I snuggled closer to him, "Beautifully, you, my love?"

"Better in my whole life," he smiled, I blushed.

He detangled himself from me, "How about I make you some breakfast?"

"Breakfast in bed?" I asked, snuggling into the blanket and pillows that surrounded me.

"Anything for you, princess," he smiled mischievously. He knew I didn't like it when people treated me like a princess, well... I am a princess, but I liked being treated like anyother pony.

I rolled my eyes and pulled the blanket up over my head. I heard him chuckle and his hoof steps leaving the room. Now, I could finally think about what had just happened last night. It had been better then I had expected, I didn't even knew why I was worried about it.

Shining surpised her when he came back 10 minutes later. I had heard his hoof steps and poked her head out beneath the warm blankets. There stood her husband, a bowl of ceral in one hoof, a plate of toast on the other, and a glass of milk behind his horn.

I laughed, "Dear! Why didn't you use your magic?"

"This seemed funner," he said, trying to keep the milk from falling.

"'Funner' isn't a word!" I giggled.

"It is to me!" He said.

Then he slipped on the rose petals.

The tinkling sound of glass breaking seemed to deafen me.

"Shining!" I exclaimed and jump out from under the covers.

He was laying on his back, gasping a little, "Ow..."

"Oh, dear," I shook my head and smiled at Shining. My horn flared with my cornflower blue magic and the glass floated into the air. I jumped off the bed and walked to the trash can in the kitchen. I looked up and gasped.

"What happened to the kitchen!?" I called to Shining.

He walked out of the bedroom with a light blush on his cheeks, "Um, well I tried to make you breakfast-"

"I don't think the kitchen is a good breakfast, love," I said smiling, he blushed more.

I looked at the ingredients and realized what he was trying to make, "Pancakes?"

He bowed his head, "If it wasn't for you, and I was the only one babysitting Twilight... she probably would have starved..."

I smiled and walked up to him. He lifted his head, and I kissed him.

Well just say breakfast turned into dinner.

"How about I cook?" I suggested as we left the bedroom.

"I can help," he said.

"Ok, what sounds good?" I asked Shining.

"Anything, I'm starving!" He said as he looked in the fridge. His body went a little ridged.

"Whats wrong?" I asked.

"How does a daffodil sandwich sound?" He asked.

"Applejack gave us lots of apples," I said, looking for them, "We should make something with them that way they don't go bad."

"Um..." Shining turned around, he scratched behind his head with a hoof, and had a sheepish smile on his face.

We had managed to clean the kitchen around lunch time, but we didn't stick around too long to eat. I didn't notice any apples.

"What happened to the apples?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.

"Well..." he began, "I tried to cut them up with my magic, but I couldn't get it right-"

I shook my head in disbelief, "You managed to get rid of thirty apples in 10 minutes?"

"Pretty much..." he gave her another sheepish smile.

"Oh Shining," I murmured as I shook my head and smiled a little.

"So, daffodil sandwiches?" He asked, holding up some bread and daffodils.

I chuckled and nodded.

And so we made daffodil sandwiches.

It had been a fun and blissful time, those two weeks my love and I spent together. Sadly, we each had our duties to attend to. My duties to the Crystal Empire could be taken care of easily from Canterlot. My country's and my aunt Tia's and my aunt Luna's were in the process of merging. So it was actually better for me to be here.

Its been about six months since my husband and Shining Armor and I have been married. The merge had been going well, until that one night...

"Mi Amore? I'm home!" I had faintly heard my husband call. I reread the letter that a crossed eyed pegasus mail pony had dropped off. I still couldn't believe what it said.

"Cadance? Are you home?" Shining asked, walking into the bedroom. He smiled when he saw me, "Hey dear, how come you didn't answer..." his smile faded, "me?"

"I-I just got this letter before you got h-home," I said shakily.

Shining Armor's face got serious or as I jokingly called it his, "Knight Face".

"Let me see it..." he said.

I gave him the letter and as he read it, he eyes knitted togther.

"Do you know who sent this?" He asked.

I shook my head, "No, that mail pegasus, Derpy, dropped it off. She didn't even know how it got into her mail bag."

Shining nodded, "This is serious, I don't think its safe-"

I leaped off the bed and galloped straight to the bathroom, and vomited up everything I had eaten that day.

"Cadance!" Exclaimex Shining as he ran into the bathroom, "Are you ok?"

I nodded and waved at him to go away. Instead, his face softened and he came and held my mane. I was about to tell him that wasn't nesscary, but I threw up again.

"Ugh..." I moaned, laying my head down on the toliet seat.

"Its ok," Shining said soothingly, rubbing her back gently. It felt wonderful, my had back been hurting.

"Better?" Asked Shining as I raised my head from the toilet seat. I nodded and smiled weakly.

"I think we should move into that extra room in the castle until this passes over, ok?" He said gently.

I shook my head, "I feel safe here..." I could feel tears rising to my eyes.

Shining looked taken aback, "Ok, don't cry, please don't cry," he said, gathering me in a hug, "We'll stay here ok?"

I nodded, my tears falling without my control, "T-thank you."

"Sh sh," he murmured, petting my hair.

We stayed like that until I quit crying, then Shining decided he would make dinner. He saw my eyes widen, and chuckled, "I'll keep it real simple, Mi Amore."

I smiled and went to sit in the living room, dropping by our bedroom to get the letter first. I read over it for the fifth time, and shook my head, still in disbelief.

Dear Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Captain Shining Armor,

This letter is to tell you about your horrible mistake. You should never had married. You, Cadance as you like to be called, are part ruler of the Crystal Empire, you should have married another of your country. You, Shining Armor, are Captain, which gives you right to marry Royalty, but only of your own country. You both are a great disrespect. You both we be dealt with accordingly.

No name was put at the bottom. I shook my head. The last line scared me terribly. Why us? We were in love, if we had to, we would have run away to be married together! We don't care, and everypony didn't seem to mind either. Most ponies who knew, were excited about the joining of the two countries.

Shining's hoofsteps drew me away from my thoughts. I looked up and saw him carrying a daffodil sandwich. He brought it straight to me and I sniffed it.

"Something wrong?" He asked.

"Its missing something..." I murmured.

"All this is, is some bread and a bunch of daffodils. How could I make it wrong?" He had a frown on his face as he looked at the sandwich.

Then I knew instantly what it needed, "Honey!" I said with a big smile.

His jaw dropped, "You want... Honey? On your sandwich?"

"Yeah! Mmm, it sounds delicious!" I was happy about this and I didn't know why.

"Um, ok dear," he walked away and I felt like dancing. I jumped up off the couch and turned on our radio. It had a pop type music on and I started dancing to it. I started laughing and giggling beyond my control.

"Cadenza?" Asked Shining as he poked his head into the room. I smiled and ran up to him.

"My love! Dance with me!" I said as I grabbed his hoof.

"Um, what about your sandwich?" He asked, sounding confused.

"I'm not hungry right now! Please," I batted my eyes ele lases and he gave in. I turned the station to a slow dance and we danced.

We danced late into the night, and my stomach couldn't stand it anymore. So we ate.

"This is delicious!" I said as I ate the honey smuthered daffodil sandwich.

"Can I try a bite?" Aked Shining as he finished his sandwich. I nodded and extended it toward him. He took a tentative bite and then spit it out.

"Its not that bad," I told him.

He cocked an eye brow at me.

I shrugged and finished my sandwich. "I'm tried," I murmured.

"Go to bed then, I'll be there in a minute."

I yawned and walked slowly to bed. I even felt slow. I remembered the letter and shivered. Who wanted us dead? I couldn't help but wonder. But all wondering stopped as soon as my head hit the pillow.

The next few days were strange for me. I kept getting sick and eating strange things and my moods kept changing randomly. Shining finally convinced me to see the Royal Doctor. I hadn't felt like leaveing the house and was too stubburn to move, so he had one of the guards he had posted around our house for full time watch to get him. He didn't tell them why, we didn't tell anypony why. We didn't want anypony to worry, and nopony asked.

I was sound asleep when I heard Shining Armor say my name.

"I'm sleeping..." I muttered stubburnly.

"Cadance..." he groaned, "The Dr. Echo Hart is here."

I yawned and opened my eyes. I saw Shining and the doctor standing behind him.

"Can't I stay in bed?" I asked.

Shining frowned and looked at the doctor.

"Thats fine," nodded the nazy blue unicorn, "We are going to have to move the blanket though."

Shining did it for me.

"Lets see..." said the doctor. He then shined a light in my eyes, my ears. He listened to my heart. Then he did something that surpised me. He listened to my tummy. The doctor nodded and said, "I know you don't want to get up, Princess, but I insist you come to my office at the castle."

Shining had a worried look on his face and I shrugged, "Alright."

He teleported us to his office and had me lay down on a medical bed thing that had a crinklely sheet. He put some cool gel on my tummy and looked at a screen. I gasped. So did Shining.

"I think I've found the cause of your symptoms," murmured the doctor.

I brought a hoof to my lips and sobbed a little. Shining kissed my forehead, just beneath my horn.

The dotcor narrowed his eyes and then widened them. He pointed toward the picture on the screen, "As you can see Princess, that would be a foal inside you. And this-" he pointed to a small lump on the foal's head- "This is a horn forming, and here-" he pointed to the side of the foal, "this is a forming of a wing."

"An alicorn..." I whispered and sobbed a little more.

"Indeed," nodded the doctor, "Its too soon to tell the gender but you need to come by her monthly to check on the foals health and make sure you are getting everything a mother should."

Shining looked at me and I nodded. The doctor gave us a qustioning glance.

"Nopony can know Cadance is pregnant. Nopony. We are in a bit of danger at the moment..."

The doctor nodded, "I will never say a word."

That brave doctor died protecting that sercert... but that is still to come.

The months went by and I was at eight months. Shining and I took some time off from our duties, are excuse being a second honeymoon.

It strange to have a living pony inside me. Especially the weird things it made eat. I didn't have-as the Dr. Echo Hart called it- morning sickness anymore, which I considered a plus. I still had a few mood swings but they weren't as bad.

I was lounging in bed, when I heard a knock at the front door.

"I'll get it!" Called Shining. I smiled. Shining had been ecstatic when we had gotten that night when we found out I was pregnant. He kept touching my belly and saying funny things. He wanted the foal to be a colt. I did too. We hadn't thought of names, we just hoped one would come to us when we actually saw the foal.

We didn't know if it was a colt or filly yet because we wanted a surpise.

I couldn't wait to hold him or her in my hooves for the first time. I smiled down at my stomach and rubbed it gently with a forehoof.

"Shining?" I called, "Everything alright?"

I heard the door close and hoofsteps come my way.

"We just got another letter..." he murmured. In front of him floated an unfolded letter.

"Oh Celestia..." I murmured, "What does it say?"

Shining read it out loud to me, "Dear Princess and Captain, Your end is upon you. You don't know when it will happen. Be it will be soon."

Tears strated swimming in my eyes as I tried to curl myself around my stomach, wanting to protect my unborn child.

"What are we going to do?" I whispered.

"Stay put. I don't think they know your pregnant. We have the Echo Hart come here and your going to have a home birth, ok?"

I nodded, I do anything to keep this child safe. I would even have this foal in Everfree if it was safer then here!

"I'll send a guard to fetch him."

I watched as Shining left the room. I made sure he was gone before I burst into tears. The foal kicked me gently in response, "Sh," I murmured quietly, "Its ok baby, everythings going to be alright, you'll see."

If I knew then that that small little kick had been a sign of her empathy, I would have been elated.

Shining Armor returned a few moments later, worry etched onto his face. I tried to smile, but I couldn't.

Shining sighed and jumped up on the bed and sat down beside me. He gently put his hoof on my tummy, "Hows Momma and the baby?"

"Better now that dadda is back," now I was able to smile, just a little bit.

Shining put his cheek against mine, and that gave me so much comfort and I felt so safe. I closed my eyes.

"I love you, Cadance," he murmured, "I wont let anything ever hurt you, or our foal."

"I know you won't, love," I murmured back, eyes still closed.

I had just settled down to sleep when there was another knock at the door.

"Stay here," he murmured and I stayed, but listened carefully.

I didn't here any sounds of struggling or fighting, I heaved a breath of relief. I rubbed my hoof over my belly, it was habit now.

I heard hoofsteps coming my way and saw Shining Armor in the door way.

"Who was it?" I asked.

"Just me princess," said the Doctor as he poked his head into the door way, "Everything is set up now, whenever the foal is ready, I'll be ready too."

I nodded and felt reassured. I laid my head down and fell asleep.

Over the next month, I got to work making a blanket for the foal. I carefully weaved it together with magic that keep any and all nightmares away. I thought it was genius. I made it with white fabric, and put a spell on it to make it changed blue for a colt or pink for a filly. I was sitting on the couch, the stomach huge from being close to term. I was putting cutie mark on it, so he or she will always feel loved, and I was about to put Shining Armor's when everything felt... wet.

I frowned and looked down, I gasped.

"S-Shining!" I called, trying to off the soaked couch.

"Yes, Cadance!" He galloped into the room with his sword in hand.

I put a hoof to my stomach as a sharp pain tore its way through me. Shining dropped his sword and helped me stay standing, "Cadance? Whats wrong?"

I refused to let myself scream, I knew I was strong enough not to, so I said through clenched teeth, "Baby..."

I watched as his eyes widened, and felt my contraction fade away, I started panting.

"Echo!" Shining called, then said to me, "Lets get you to bed."

I nodded and let him lead me there. Echo Hart was already setting up shop by the time we got we got there.

"Help me get her on the bed," said Shining.

The kind of shy doctor came and helped me up and down onto the bed. Once I was settled, the doctor told me to regulate my breathing.

"Hold my hoof," said Shining as he held out his hoof. I grabbed it just as another wave of pain felt like it was going to cut me apart.

"Argh..." I groaned and held onto Shining's hoof tighter. Shining whimpered.

"Thats it," murmured the doctor.

It faded away and I relaxed into the soft pillows. I released Shining hoof and he rubbed it.

I smiled weakly, sweat already forming on my brow, "Sorry," I panted.

"Don't worry about me," he said.

So the afternoon went by painfully and it around the time that my aunt Luna would raise the moon when Echo Hart said, "Ok, this contraction, push, ok?"

i nodded and waited, trying to keep my breathing regular.

"You can do this," murmured Shining.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breathe, and felt pain go through me. I pushed as hard as I could. I fell back on the pillows and panted, sweat covering my body from snount to tail.

"Thats it, I can see the horn!" Said Echo Hart from where he was waiting to catch the baby.

I steeled myself and took another deep breathe and pushed with the pain. The foal should be out now!

"One more push!" Said Echo Hart.

So I did it again, pushing as hard as my tired body could. I fell back onto the pillows and heard the most beautiful sound in the world. I opened my eyes and saw a small white bundle wih gold locks, in a towel the doctor was drying the foal in. I looked up at Shining and he had tears spilling down his face, but a huge smile. He looked down at me and kissed the spot just in front of the baze of my horn.

"You did, Cadance," he whispered.

The foals cry sounded like a melody to my ears. I held out my front hoo fs, silently begging the doctor to let me hold my child. He smiled and handed the baby over, "Its a filly," he murmured.

I smiled and as soon as the filly was in my hooves, she stoped her beautiful crying and opened her eyes for the first time. They were a light pink color, her white coat just a shade brighter then Shining Armor's and she had the same gold as I did in my hair, thouh it was much brighter and was the only color it had. Her wings were tiny, and her horn was small too.

She looked up at her father, and held her hooves out to him. He picked her out of my hooves and held her, "Shes perfect.." I murmured.

"She is," he nodded and tickled her chin. She smiled. It was so beautiful.

"What do you to name-"

"Melody," i ssaid without a second thought.

Shining smiled, "I like it, I can nickname her, Mels."

"Kind of like bells," I said, he nodded.

"Echo Hart shooed Shining out of the room so he could clean me up. He took Melody with him.

Once I was settled, Shining came back in with Melody, who was sound asleep in the blanket I had woven.

"I'll be going then," said Echo Hart with a nod of goodbye.

"Thank you for everything Echo," I said greatfully.

He nodded and left the bedroom, closing the door behind him.

He didn't make it to the door. I jumped at the soundbof a struggled at the front door and Shining gave me Melody. I held the sleeping alicorn to my chest protectively.

Shining grabbed his sword and waited by the door. We heard a voice yell.

"Where are they?"

"I-I don't know!" Came Echo's shrill answer.

"Yes you do!"

"N-no! I don't know!" He screamed. Then their was a gurgling sound. Then silence. The foal slept through it all.

"Cadance," Shining whispered, I looked up at him. He pointed at a basket with a cushion inside of it. I nodded and flew silently over to it. I place Melody inside it, then wrote a quick letter and placed it carefully beneath the cushion. I put on a cloak, and looked at Shining. His hoofsteps were silent from years of stealth missions and he whispered, "Go, take her to Twilight-"

I shook my head, "No, that would be too obvious," adrenalin kept tears from falling down out eyes. Our only instinct was to keep Melody sercert and safe, "That Fluttershy pegasus. Shes perfect."

Shining considered then nodded, "Go, I'll meet you by the edge of Everfree."

His horn glowed with magic and a string of magic went into my horn. He was giving me strength to make the jorney there and back.

I nodded and hugged him, "Be safe."

He put on a cloak and hid his sword inside it. He nodded. I flew out the window towards Ponyville. He jumped out the window and galloped in another direction. I held Melody's basket tightly in my teeth.

An hour or so later, I was back over Everfree, tears blinding me as I screamed, "Melody! I'M SSSSSSOOOOOOORRRRRRYYYYYY!"

I was flying fast and my hood flipped off. My cheeks were tear stained beyond belief. The only thing driving me forward was my husband, he was waiting for me.

I could feel my engery wanning and I touched the magic Shining had given and I felt a little tired. I slowed as I saw the edge of Everfree forest, the edge Shining told me to meet him. I flew lower and looked for any sign of him, wiping my blurry eyes as I did so.

I saw a little flickering light and new it was my love. I drifted down towards the ground and landed softly on my hooves. I galloped towards the light and realized something was wrong, but it was too dark to see. Once I got closer, I saw my husband, eyes wild and wide, trying to scream but the gag in his mouth made it close to impossible. His horn was sparking, because he was trying to get free, not because he was trying to signal me. He struggled against the ropes that tied him to a large, sturdy tree. I gasped and gaped and the sight.

He looked over my shoulder and struggled harder against his bonds, his muffled screams more shrill. I turned around just in time to see a sword slashing towards my head, but used my strong horn to deflect it.

I jumped back and tried to get a look at this pony. It was hard though because of his black attire he wore. He lunged at me and I spun gracefully away. Shining had showed me a thing or two about fighting. So had my teacher at the castle in the Crystal Empire when I was not foalsitting.

I spread my wings to their full length and charge at the shadow. He expected the move and slashed at my neck again. I expected his move as well, in my charge I casted a spell that turned my feathers hard as steel and sharp as a dagger. I ducked beneath the blow and the sword hit my horn, I turned and used my wings to slash him into ribbons.

He disconnected his blade from my horn and jumped away, my longest feather barley scratching him, but he still bled a little from it. I turned and we glared at one another, but I stealed a glance and looked at Shining Armor, I could see in his wide eyes that he should be protecting me and everypony else.

I shouldn't have looked away.

The shadow lunged at me and I didn't have time to react. He slammed the pommel of the sword on my head, just below my ear. I stumbled and fell to the groud, a ringing sound exploded in my ears. Vision blurred and it looked like I was seeing everything from a tunnel. My last thought was of my new born child, Melody, who I would never see again...

"Ugh..." groaned as blinked open my eyes. At least, I thought I opened them. I lifted my head and groaned again at the burning, searing pain below my right ear.

"Cadance! Oh, my love, your ok!" Came Shining's elated cry and I felt his snout press against my cheek.

"Where are we?" I murmured, trying to look around as my eyes adjusted to the dark.

Shining Armor sighed heavily, "We're in a dungeon, somewhere, I don't know where because after they knocked you out, they knocked me out. I woke up a little while ago. I stopped your head from bleeding."

I nodded and gave a small smile of thanks. I got up to a sitting postion with Shining's help.

I whispered to him, "Any idea of how to get out?"

He shook his head and whispered back, "No, but a guard came by right after I woke up and I pretended to be asleep."

I nodded and my head swam at the movement. "How did you get caught?"

I saw his eyes narrow in anger, "My own lieutenant sold us out."

"Dishonorable discharge?" I cocked an eyebrow at him.

He shook his head and looked down, "He tried to stop me from leaveing, I had no choice."

I nodded.

He sighed and looked back up at me, he mouthed, "Is she safe?"

Tears fell from eyes and I nodded again. He hugged me and I held tight to him.

We heard hoofsteps coming our way and dropped to the ground and pretended to be asleep. The hoofsteps stopped in front of our prison door and I heard something metal scraping across the hard dirt floor.

The hoofsteps the turned and faded away. I sat up and Shining looked at the tray.

"Well, food and water is a good thing," I heard him murmur and he carried the tray over to me. I looked and saw what it held. There was 2 apples, both brusied but edible, 2 cups of water, and a bowel of soup to share.

"Here," sShining said as he pushed a cup of water, the better looking apple and the soup towards me.

"You need some too-" I began when he shook his head and put a hoof to my now normal stomach. I flinched and realized how tired and sluggish I felt. I nodded and felt tears pooling in my eyes.

I took a sip of water and began to eat my apple. Shining did the same. After I was done wih my apple, I drank half my cup of water and drank the soup until I was 'full', I pushed the half bowel of soup to Shining. My eyes begged him to have some. He sighed and drank the rest of it.

We laid down side by side, our front hooves slightly tucked underneath our bodies. We waited. We didn't know why or what for. But we did just that.

At some point I must have drifted off, because I felt Shining nudge me and Melody wasn't in my hooves. I opened my eyes to darkness.

Then I heard the hoofsteps. It was then one pony, that was certain. I got closer to Shining Armor, I felt safer when I was touching him. I think he felt the same.

We heard the hoofsteps stop in front of our cell, but we couldn't see anypony. Then I remembered the short battle I had and remembered that he wore black. All black. Black on black made it close to impossible to see it. You just had to look closely, I did so and was able to make out a faint outline.

"They're, master," I heard on outline say, and saw his outline bend in a bow.

"Leave," said the other who made no movement. I recongized his voice, he had been the one yelling at Echo Hart. I gulped.

One shadow trotted away, and the other remained. We were all silent for a time. Then the shadow's horn glowed softly and I could see him clearly. He was an onyx black unicorn stallion, his mane and tail the same color, I couldn't see his cutie mark, and his eyes... his eyes were so black, the were blacker then the pupil. I closed my eyes. This stallion chilled me to the core.

"What do you want from us?" Asked Shining, brave and confident.

The stallion chuckled, "Death,"

I gasped and buried my face in Shining Armor's neck fur. This caused the stallion to chuckle again, chills went up my spine and through my wings.

"I am the reincarnation of Death, I bare his coat and mane, and his all mighty cutie mark!" Said the stallion proudly as he turned.

I peeked and shuddered, the cutie was a long dark gray stick, and at the the top of the stick was a slightly less dark gray cured blade. I hid myself again.

"My name is Nex."

(Nex- latin for Death)

"What do you want?" Shining asked again, showing no fear, "To kill us? Do it. We have nothing to live for."

All I could think about was Melody, she was safe and would never know us... My husband was right, we had nothing to live for now.

"Ah," said Nex, he chuckled evilly, "I felt, her, enter this world."

My body went ridged, but Shining stayed calm.

"Who is she?"

Nex opened the cell door and charged up to Shining and punched him in the face. He was knocked away from me. I got a swift kick to my side.

"Don't you DARE, play dumb with me, fools!" He screamed.

I noticed through my pain and terror that the door was wide open. I looked over at Shining and saw defiance in his face, that definace filled me with strength as I remembered who I truly was.

I stood, and Nex faced me. I spoke loud and clear in the Royal voice, "Nex, reincarnation of death thyself! You shall not to forget that We are the reincarnation love thyself! We shall live in harmony or shall not live!"

He looked at me through narrowed eyes. I heard Shining whisper in the tense silence, "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza..."

Nex looked at me through narrowed eyes and said in his dull voice, "Indeed, we shall live in harmony, sister, but he-" Nex pointed a black hoof at Shining Armor, "will not!"

"We have chosen him as tho own! Hoof may not be lain upon him!"

"You withhold something I despartly need, sister. I command you give it to me!"

I laughed, he may be death, but not the true death, otherwise he would be like me, an alicorn.

"Tis not be true death!"

"Nay! I am Death!" As he said the final word his voice turned into the Royal voice and his irises turned blood red.

I laughed again, "Tis nothing but a magic trick!"

His deepened voice called out, "Guard! Bring a prisoner!"

A few seconds of Nex and I staring off, "Master," said a deep voiced guard, he pushed a scrawny mare forward, she was shaking.

The guard left.

"I shall prove that I am death!" Said Nex.

I watched as he kneel in front of the light brown earth pony, and said, "Do you believe I am death?"

She nodded her head vigorously.

"Look into my eyes," he murmured.

(this part is... violent beware skip to bold if you don't wish to read)

I watched as the mare did as she was told. After a moment of staring, she began to twitch. The bottom of her irises turned blood red.

That was the first step.

The mares moth just hung open suddenly, and white foam began pooling out. Her eyes got more blood red.

Indeed the second step.

I stole a glance at Shining, he had his eyes tightly closed, body ridged.

The mares nose and ears began to bleed in tiny rivers down the front and side of her face. Her eyes almost completely blood red.

Third step.

Almost every bone in her srcawny body could be seen through her fur, I closed my eyes and refused to watch. I heard the sound of her blood dripping to the floor.

After a few moments I heard something clatter to the ground, I peeked open my eyes and saw bones were the mare once was. The empty skull looking at me.

Final and most horrifying step.

(Its all good now!)

Nex looked at me, eyes black once more, "Am I death?"

"Indeed, We respect thou," I nodded.

"Then tell me, if thou truly respects me," he was testing me, "Where is she?"

"We do not understand," I said, chin high.

"The foal!" He screamed, "I saw her in a glorious vision!"

"Pray tell?" Asked nonchalantly, inside I was screaming.

"Her hair more golden then Celestia's damned sun, coat whiter and purer then freshly fallen snow!"

I looked at Shining and he cringed, "It sounds to us, like thou is... in love?"

I didn't have to ask, I knew he was in love with my child.

"Indeed," he nodded, "She is purer then Celestia herself. Then Luna. Then you."

"Let us free," I demanded.

"Tell me where she is," he barked back.

I didn't answer, I would never tell death where to find the one he saught for.

"So be it, sister, you and your... plaything, shall stay here in the dungeon until I find her or until you tell me."

He turned around then left, closing our way to freedom behind him. I rushed over to Shining Armor's side. He nose was still bleeding, but not as bad.

My voice returned to normal as I fretted over him, "Shining! Are you ok? Oh your nose! Oh Celestia I'm sorry!"

He put a hoof to my lips, "I'm ok, I've been hit worse and you know it. My nose will be fine, and why are you sorry? You saved my life!"

"Only because you gave me the courage to, love," I said as I hugged him tightly.

If only I had known then that Nex was still there, listening and praying to whomever he prayed to, that he and the little foal would be like that someday.

Shining Armor and I stayed in the dungeon for weeks, then weeks turned into months, and months turned into years. The second year, while using our combined love magic, Shining and I found Melody in a peaceful dream she was having. We hid, and watched until she awoke and we found ourselves crying. When we could get away with it, we watched her dream. Sometimes, she dreamed about the days events. Shining would chuckle sadly at how stubburn she could be. I would smile proudly with tears spilling down my face as I watched her be so kind and caring. I had to agree with Nex, she was pure.

Another year passed and Nex came to 'visit' as he always did once a day. Asking to know where Melody was. We denied him as usual... but today... he snapped.

"TELL ME WHERE SHE BUCKING IS!" he screamed in the Royal voice.

"No," came my calmer, Royal voice.

"SO BE IT!" he screamed.

Suddenly he was in front of Shining and he hit him hard. Then hit him again and again...

My breath came in gasps, I couldn't move. Nex had cast a spell on me. "NO!" I screamed in the Royal voice.

Shining tried to fight back, but death was cruel. He used several different spells to slow his movements. I cried and screamed, mine and Shining Armor's love went deeper then the heart, our souls were connected in someway. I could feel the pain of each blow and brusied and bled like Nex was hitting me to.

Shining finally collasped and I fell with him. Nex seem to realized what he done and shook his head and left. I dragged my useless body over to my lover's. He lay unconscious. Not moving, but still alive.

I steeled myself and swallowed hard. I pushed back the pain of my injuries and my horn glowed, His major wounds began to heal. Mine began to heal too, though not by magic. I don't think, that is.

After I finished his last major wound, I fell unconscious beisde my knight.

Nex had made a risky move that day when he attacked Shining Armor, and, in turn, myself. Since niether of us was killed, the balance was steadfast. But that could change with one false move...

From that day onward, every month he would beat Shining sense less. Each time I promised myself that he would face the vengeance of the Elements of Harmony, the Sun, the Moon, and Love.

He would pay dearly. I promised and promised myself and Shining that after every time we saw his horrible face.

Another two years went by, and Shining and I decided to visit Melody in a dream. We were shocked at what we saw.

In the dream, dark smoke clouds hung in the sky. Building were a blaze and there was a monster roaring. We looked at the beast and saw its blood red eyes.

"How did Nex find her?" I gasped as I looked for Melody.

"He may be dreaming," murmured Shining Armor, "Maybe he just came upon her and hasn't realized it was really her."

I nodded, it made sense. He didn't want to kill Melody, just spend every second with her. I shuddered at the thought.

"There she is! Shes coming this way! Hide!" Said Shining.

We ducked behind a bush and I heard Melody gasping for breath as she came to a stop and hid behind a tree.

"Melody..." I whispered loud enough for her to hear, my husband looked at me like I was insane.

"Huh?" She wondered as she peered at the bush.

"Help get her out of here," I whispered to Shining Armor, he nodded.

"Come here, my love..." I whispered louder.

"Who are you?" Melody whispered back and took a tentative step forward.

"Come closer, daughter..." Shining whispered, I looked at him in surpise but didn't qustion him.

"Papa?" I barely heard my daughter whisper. She must be talking about Fluttershy's husband.

"One step closer and you'll be free from this nightmare," I whsipered, "when you wake up, my love, find your blanket... it will protect you from these horrible nightmares."

I watched as her white hoof raised up, then forward, then down. Then the dream was gone. We we're back in our prison. Shining Armor had tears in eyes and my own tears were spilling down my face.

"Shining... We have to leave this place!" I whispered.

"Yeah," he agreed, "but how?"

And so we figured out a plan. We began hiding some of our food. While I talked to Nex, Shining discovered his weak points.

After a week or so, Shining said, "He leaves the door open each time he comes, if we could stop it from latching, we could escape this hell hole."

I nodded, "That, or we could fight him, A sound barier is an easy spell."

"Too risky, for me that is," Said Shining, "It may not work on you, but I'm sure his eye thingy could kill me."

I slapped a fore hoof to my face, amd that was the first time in a while I had heard Shining chuckle or smile. I gave a small smile in return.

So through the next 2 months we prepared and prepared. We decided that the time to leave was one day before our monthly beatings. Our food was hidden in a magic dimension, so we didn't have to care anything. We waited anxiously for Nex to come.

The plan was that I talk to Nex, he gets angry as usual and leaves. He would shut the door behind him, but Shining would cast a spell to keep the lock from completely latching. Shining assumed there were guards around every corner and we had no idea about upstairs. I had suggested we knock 2 gurads out and take their clothes and change our apperance with magic. He thought it was prefect.

Finslly he came.

"Hello sister," he said with a polite nod.

"What do you want?" I said in the Royal voice.

"What do think I want!?" He screeched.

"An apple?" I asked cheekily. Shining gave a quiet chuckle.

"The filly! I want her!" He yelled.

i shook my head, eyes never leaving his.

He screamed, then left. He didn't shut the door. I walked over and poked my head out. It was a long hallway, no gurads insight. I shurrged "Come on Shining."

He nodded and we walked down the dark hallway, nopony was insight still. We found a flight of stairs and I flew while Shining climbed them as silent as any cat. I casted the spell on my wings, the one used so many nights ago. Looked like normal feathers, I could still fly and the feathers were as light as air, but now, the steel hard and as sharp as the sharpest blade.

Then I noticed that Shining was getting too close to my left wing, "Shining be careful, I casted a spell on my wings."

He nodded and then kept his distance.

We made it to the top of the stairs, and saw more darkness and prison cells. We heard somepony srceech, "Fire!"

I swiftly landed on the groound and use my wings to deflect the arrows the were shooting at us. Once that onslaught stopped, someponies with swords came at us. I heard Shining Armor chuckle, "Fools."

I chuckled too. The first swordsman came at me and thrust the sword at my neck. I turned and deflected it with my wings, then I spun and spread my wings as far as they could go and sliced my attacker. He screech, blood pouring out of his various wounds. I cringed as I felt his love for his wife.

Cringe proved fatal.

"Cadance!" Screamed Shining Armor.

i turned just in time to see another swordsman launch himself at me, I jumped high into the air and dodged the attack. While I was airborn I looked at Shining and saw he was dancing his way through everypony. Each one falling to the ground dead our bleeding to death. His deadly but beautiful dance was a thing to behold.

I tore my eyes away and flew back down to the floor, I kept my wings wide and flat as I charge forward, cutting down anypony in my decided to stand in front of me, I spun around gracefully and deadly, I decapitated that pony.

We finally made to the next staircase and we ran up it, turn our heads only to shoot magic spells at them. I realized that Shining was in some sort of pain. I saw the wide bleeding wound across his side, it reach from his shoulder and stopped just a few inches from his cutie mark. He looked at me, I could see that all the years of beatings and hardships in his eyes. He whispered, "Leave me, find Melody, keeo her safe."

"I'll never let you go!" I screamed in the Royal voice, tears started streaming down his face.

I turned around and my eyes were glowing with magic, as was my horn. I aimed my horn at our enemies and shot of a spell. A wall of magic formed in front and behind me and Shining. I turned to him and cast a strong healing spell. I watch the wound close it self and no trace of it was left.

I raised my head and a ring of magic shot outwards from my horn, the magic walls went the opposite direction from each other, knock everypony down.

Eyes still glowing, I spoke in the Royal voice, "Come, we must leave now."

Shining nodded and put his sword in his teeth. We ran into the next room and saw a lot of ponies out cold from the spell. We ran up the next flight of stairs and to a door. Not evening checking to see if it was locked or not, I blew it open with a spell.

We run through the the long halls of what I suspected to be a castle. The walls were painted black and the floors were a blood red color. Golden light fixtures hung here and there on the ceiling, granting us glorious light.

Shining pointed with his horn at a large set of doors, "Freedom!" He panted.

I ran faster and so did he. At the same time we let out of burst of our combined love magic and below the large doors of their hinges. Thats when we heard screaming behide us. We didn't stop or slow, we kept running faster.

The one who was screaming was Nex.

Once outside, I saw my aunt Luna's moon and I called to her in the Royal voice, "Luna! Help!"

(Luna POV)

I looked around me and saw 2 different stacks of scrolls, one larger then the other. I groaned and get to work on my unfinished stack. Of course it was the larger one.

Then was about at its highest point in the sky and I heard something. Somepony? Whisper my name. Then, I heard help. I felt dizzy, and felt love gushing through me. I wanted to hug everypony. As the feeling faded, I groaned as my head droped and an image was implanted in my brain.

There was a dark, tiny room. Beside me, no not me, somepony else, was a white unicorn, with navy blue mane that had an ice blue streak in it.

"Shining... Armor?" I groaned aloud.

Suddenly, the door opened, and there stood a black figure, a pony, I realized. The pony was talking, what he was saying I couldn't understand. He was a unicorn, completely black, even his irises were black. He turned his head and glared at... "Cadance!" I gasped.

(This mentions the other part from earilier and goes through it again! Skip to bold if you don't want to read!)

The unicorn's eyes were a bloody red now. I watched through Cadance's eyes as a somepony else brought a small, scrawny mare. The unicorn went over to the light brown mare, and said something. The mare nodded. They stared at each other and then the mare began to twitch. I watched through my niece's eyes as the mares eyes adopted a blood red color at the bottom of the irises. Then the mare's jaw seem to break and her mouth hung open wile white foam came out. Her eyes a little more blood red. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Blood began to drip down in rivers along side her face and down the front of it from her nose and ears. Her eyes almost completely blood red. Cadance closed her and then opened them again, only bones remained. (Its all good now!) A thought went through the memory, Nex- reincarnation of death thyself.

The memory changed to running, winded galloping. Cadance glanced over hed shoulder and saw, who I found out to be Nex, chasing her and Shining Armor. Behind them was a black castle and I recognized the trees as the ones from Everfree Forest.

I thought went through Cadance's mind, "Celestia! Help! Daughter, Melody!"

Then the pain of sharing a mind faded as I looked around my study. "So we hadn't been imaging, when we felt another alicorn be born," I whispered.

"Guards!" I yelled, they peeked their heads into the room, "Arouse my sister, ready a patrol!"

"Princess?" One qustioned.

"I have found my niece! Arouse my sister!" I told and commanded, then I smiled softly and told them, "Your captain is with her."

They cheered and set off as fast they could. I knew they had missed their Captain. But something troubled me deeply... Death had returned.

(Cadance POV)

I shoot a spell from my horn and heard the screech of Nex as he fell victim to it. We were almost home free, we had to get to the forest! I looked over my shoulder and saw black energy rocketing at us, I was to slowly to even shove Shining out the way.

He fell to the ground and began screaming in agongy and so did I. I realized through blinding pain that if Nex hurts Shining, I feel and get the injury. If somepony else hurts Shining nothing happens to me.

My horn glowed and I managed to create a bubble around us. I dragged my body over to Shining's. He looked at me with terror in his blue eyes, "Don't... leave me... here... alone," he gasped.

I shook my head, "Never!"

He seemed to be struggling to hold onto life. Just hold on, my love! Help will be here soon!"

I tried to heal him with magic but he gasped quietly, "N-no... use..."

"Don't say that!" I screamed. Tears began falling down my face.

"I... love... you..." he murmured breathlessly.

"Don't say it like its goodbye!" I sobbed, then whispered, "I love you too..."

Somehow, Shining was able to stay alive to the next evening, just as Celestia was beginning to set the sun.

He began coughing, blood coming out of his mouth. I cried as I watched helplessly.

He looked at me, "Cadance?"

"Y-yes?" I sobbed.

"Sing... for me?" He asked.

I nodded, and I would do anything he asked. I sobbed as I sung,

I remember tears stearming down your face,

When I said, I'll never let you go,

When all those shadows almost killed your light.

I remember you said don't leave me alone.

But all that said and gone and past, tonight.

I cried, and he so did he, only his tears were the color of blood.

Just close your eyes,

The sun is going down,

You'll be alright,

No one can hurt you now.

Come morning light,

You and I'll be safe and sound.

He closed his eyes. I saw Nex outside my shield and he lit fire to the grass around us.

Don't you dare look out you window,

Darling, everythings on fire.

The war outside our door keeps raging on.

I ran a hoof over his sweat drenched mane.

Hold on to this lullaby,

Even when musics gone.

Gone.

Just close your eyes,

The sun is going down,

Come morning light,

You and I'll be safe and sound.

His breathing became more even, like he was asleep.

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh,

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh,

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh,

Oooh, Oooh, Oooh, Oooh.

Just close your eyes,

The sun is going down,

Come morning light,

You and I'll be safe and sound...

(Celestia's POV)

(Yesterday, an hour past moon high)

"Are you sure, Luna?" I asked.

She nodded, the star like sparles in her mane shimmering.

"We must hurry then," I nodded, "You have had your Moon Knights prepare a patrol?"

"Yes sister, I do suggest you take your own patrol as well."

She nodded to her guard and he galloped off.

"We leave as soon as my patrol is ready," i said.

"Yes, sister," said Luna. I smiled warmly at her, "I'm proud of you sister, so will Crystal King."

Luna nodded, then frowned slightly, "Tia? While I was in Cadance's head, her thoughts were screaming about a daughter and a melody."

"What?" I asked.

"That one night, when felt something be born, five years ago?" Asked Luna, "I think it was Cadance giving birth. Not another unicorn like Shining Armor and Twilight Sparkle."

I nodded, Luna hadn't been here when the two were born, but I had told her about the way the air felt. How our own magic seem to tug on us gently. When this, what we thought was a unicorn, foal was born five years ago, the air felt electrified. The tug at our magic a harsh pull.

I put the pieces together and laughed joyously, "Sister! An alicorn has be born again!"

Luna smiled and nodded, "Sister, you forget something."

I stopped laughing and gave my little sister a puzzled look, "What could I be forgetting?"

"Where is the foal?" She asked.

I face hoofed, I may be a Princess, but around my sister I was just that. An older sister who had just been out smarted by the younger one.

"Why did you hit yourself?" The midnight blue alicorn asked.

I chuckled, "Your learnings of the new world are going beautifully, little sister, but you still have too learn a few more things yet."

Luna blushed. I answered her qustion, "Its called a 'face hoof' somepony does it when, something obvious occurs, like you pointing out that we have no idea where this alicorn is. I should have been able to figure it out."

"Ooh, ok Tia," she face hoofed, I chuckled.

Two gurads galloped into the room, one of mine and one of Luna's.

"Yes?" I asked, "Are you ready?"

They both sulated, nodded and said, "Yes, Princesses."

"Shall we sister?" Asked Luna as she jumped up into the air.

"Indeed, little sister," we flew out the window and to the patrol.

(present time)

"Sister?" Asked Luna, "I have to raise the moon soon."

"I know Luna," I said, we were flying close to the tree tops, trying to find our niece and her husband.

I felt something tug at me, Luna gasped and I'm sure she felt it too. I turned my body in the direction and called, "Patrol! To me!"

The guards flew around Luna and I in a protective formation, "Watch for a black castle!"

(Cadance POV)

She had finished her song and could feel mine and Shining Armor's soul slowly leaking away from our bodies. Tears went down my face as I thought about my daughter. The first time I held her. Her light pink eyes. He golden mane and tail. Her white coat and wings. Her cry was the sound of bells. I weeped.

I wish I could see her once last time. One more time before... I died.

I watched the flickering flames around the shield. As soon as I was gone, the shiel woukd collaspe and we would burn. Nopony would know what happened except mabye Luna.

I closed eyes and decided to accept my fate.

Then I heard a thud, right over me. I opened my blurry eyes and ontop of the shield was-

"Tia?"

I watched as Luna flew up and her eye widened. Her cheeks filled with air and she blew at the flames. They turned to ice. I watched Celestia next and saw her horn glow and the shield broke. She flew down beside me. Now that the shield was gone I could hear the sound of battle.

"Cadance?" She asked, I nodded weakly then spoke in a whisper, "Heal Shining, it will heal me in turn."

she nodded once and her horn glowed. After a moment, I felt better. My eye sight got clearer and I was breathing normally. I kept feeling better and better. I stood up and looked down at Shining Armor.

He groaned and blinked opened his eyes. He looked confused when he saw Celestia but then sighed in relief, "Thank you, Princess."

Celestia smiled and nodded, "I can't lose my best captain in centuries just yet."

He chuckled and murmured, "Sure."

Celestia fulley healed both of us and we looked as healthy as we did when we got married. I felt full of engery.

"Better?" Asked Tia.

"Much!" I said as I hugged her.

Shining Armor bowed and then a guard flew to them, "Captain! He excliamed, "Glad to your ok!"

"Thank you Soilder! Mind getting me a sword?"

The soilder nodded, "Yes, sir!"

"Cadance!" Called Luna as she flew down and hugged me, "We are so happy you are ok!"

I hugged her back, "We are happy you came."

Luna nodded and smiled. I was the only one besides Tia that would talk to Luna in the old tongue.

"Shall we?" She asked, holding wings at full span.

Tia nodded and held her wings out, I did the same.

We casted the spell on our wings and the soilder brought Shining a sword. We went to battle.

We flew up high in the sky then dove back down, as we did so, Celestai set the sun and Luna raised the moon.

Luna sloke out in the Royal voice, "Prepare for thou's defeat!"

Tia said in the Royal voice, "Death shall die at the hooves of the sun!"

"The Moon!"

I screamed in the Royal voice, "And Love!"

Then we all send at the same time, eyes glowing and horns glowing with white power, "We shall defeat death with vengence!"

A white stream of light shoot from their horns and made a tiny sphere. In usion we told the ball, "Find the one called Nex and trap him in light forever more."

We watched as the string of white light faded and ball zipped off. The battle below stopped as a loud scream could be heard above all others. The ball of light had found its target and had trapped him inside. The ball zipped back to us, "We shall banish thy to thou's castle."

The light went to the castle and covered it completely. The light shimmered and the castle dissappered. The light faded from our eyes and horns. We flew their panting. I began to cry, "Thank you!" Celestia smiled. Luna had tears in her teal eyes.

"Cadance!" I looked at the ground and saw a waving Shining Armor. The enimies had ran into Everfree. Only dead bodies and soilders remained.

I smiled. It was over. My family was safe...

For now.

Whew! Took me forever to write this! Hoped you guys liked it!

to FeatherStone180- thank you for pointing that out! Its fixed now if you want to read it!

to 20coolerthanyou- Since before I started this story i knew what Melody's cutie mark would be. But thank you! Your almost right on the dot about it though! ;)

to echo hart- you wanted me to use your character so I did!

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