"Hey Jeff", John grinned as he looked over towards me.
"Don't you dare say it again...", I glared at him.
"Hey, what's hanging?" He asked as he began to laugh as he rocked back and forth.
"You mother fucker", I whispered angrily at him.
John and I were hanging by our arms from the ceiling, green goo now covered most of the room, it was that which was securing out hands to the ceiling. We had lost the fight against the Changeling Queen, guess she wasn't lying when she said that Shining's love for Cadence had made her powerful. Princess Celestia and her sister were hanging over the throne, where the Queen was now sitting, in some sort of weird green cocoon. The others were stuck to the ground by their hooves by the same green goo. John and I could easily break free from the goo, but we knew that the others would be killed immediately after we had broken free. We couldn't do anything about the others safety, but stay where we were. Even if we did break free, we would never make it in time before the Changelings that stood by the others killed them.
Well, Chipper was about to be killed right here and now. Seeing as he betrayed his own kind. The Queen walked around him, observed him as she circled him several times. Chipper was covered in dark purple bruises, cuts covered his neck and face from the beating he earned from his former comrades. Now he was going to be killed by the Queen herself.
"Now... Chipper, one of the first of my hatchlings... are you ready to die?" She grinned evilly as she stopped in front of him as her horn glowed a violent hue of green.
"Just get it over with", he snarled at her, not even caring that she's his mother.
"Chipper, no!" Fluttershy cried out as she tried to go to him, but the goo on her hooves kept her in place.
"Hmm? What's this? It would appear that this mare has feelings of... love... towards YOU. You've gone and formed a loving relationship with a pony! *Evil Laugh* How rich", she laughed as she flicked her tail at Chippers face as she trotted down the steps and towards the others.
"Maybe I'll have your brothers have a little fun with your little pony friend, Chipper?" She said as she cast an evil gaze over her shoulder at Chipper.
"Don't you dare!" Chipper shouted at the top of his lungs as he tried to tear the goo from his black hole littered hooves from the goo.
"Seems like an excellent idea", she let out an evil yet light giggle.
I could hear John form a sword into the ceiling as Changelings snickered madly as they trotted towards the others. I kicked John lightly with my food and shook my head at him.
"They're going to fucking kill them!" John hissed at me, forming another sword into the ceiling.
"Hold on a minute, don't you hear that?" I asked.
"Hear what? The approaching death of our friends?" John spat back as he started to pull his hand out of the goo, carving a line into the stone celing.
"No, THAT sound", I said as I looked towards the broken windows.
John groaned but looked towards the windows as well. There were the sounds of light flapping, they were many in numbers, but we couldn't make out on what they were. John groaned again and looked away from the window and down at our friends as the Changelings approached the others, Chipper continued to issue threats and curses at the Queen as he tried to free himself to rush to Fluttershy's and the others rescue. Tears were beading down his cheeks as he watched as his former comrades move in to kill our friends. Suddenly, green fireballs bombarded the Changelings, and only the Changelings, they came from the window. The fire balls that were coming at the Queen were stopped as they collided with her invisible shield. Chipper was for some reason spared. The Changeling Queens expression suddenly changed as she took to the air and flew back towards the entrance of the throne room.
"Minions! Attack!" She shouted as she pointed at the broken windows.
Loud eagle or hawk cries came from the windows as the Changelings charged towards the windows. John and my view were blocked from the over hang of the window, rendering us unable to see what the Queen was so shocked about. Suddenly, a large group of Gryphons surged through the broken windows, all lead by a familiar Gryphon in a purple cape. The familiar Gryphon let out a loud booming laugh as he struck the Changeling in front of him with his scepter.
"It's Might Beak!" John cheered.
"John, now!" I shouted as I formed my scythes and twisted my hands, slicing off the green goo.
"Finally!" John wooped as he tore his hands from the goo and dropped down with me, we both drove our heels onto the shoulders of two Changelings below us.
John wasted no time to clap his hands and form small bubble barriers around the others before he spread out his arms and charged forward. Many Changelings drove their own necks into John's arms as he ran forward. Letting out another laugh, his arms glowed a blinding white color as white gleaming spikes shot out from his arms and stabbed through the Changelings necks. Reaching down, I grabbed hold of the Changelings leg and swung its body at its comrades, swatting several into the air and over the others.
"Good to see you're alive again", Might Beak laughed as he crushed the head of a Changeling with his armored talon.
"Good to see that... well, okay?" I said as I slammed my hands onto the ground.
Black spears shot out of the floor for a brief moment and back into the ground as I removed my magic from the ground, not before they impaled several Changelings around us. Skeleton ponies began to break through the door to the throne room and started to attack the Changelings, but knowingly ignored the Gryphons.
"What are those beasts?" Might Beak said as he moved out of the way of a charging skeleton pony, allowing it to tackle down a Changeling behind us.
"They're fighting with us, long story, but they're okay", I said as I smashed the ends of my scythes together and pulled on them, stretching out the pole.
"What do we do now?" John said as he backed into me.
"I'll go for the Queen, you two stay here and draw them away", I said as I formed my wings and shot into the air.
Leaving the two behind, I cut down the Changelings that were coming down from the air space of the throne room. I flew towards the others, where the Changeling Queen was. Landing hard on my feet, I swung at the Queen, only to have the front blade of my weapon burned away as it came within range of the Queen.
"Give up foolish creature, this battle will end in my victory! You can't even lay a scratch on me!" She boomed as she struck the ground with her hoof, sending a veil of dark green fire at me.
I spun my scythe and blew away the fire as it came close to me.
"But maybe I can!" John shouted as he leaped over my head and swung a giant mace over his head and down onto the Queen.
His attack didn't hit her directly, but the barrier seemed to be anchored to where she was. The force from his attack pushed her down, creating a round indent in the marble floor as her invisible barrier pushed down. She gritted her teeth as she struggled to keep on her hooves, but John and I didn't let her. Forming my black scaled arms, I brought my hands together and over my head, and then brought them down hard on the barrier. With John's added strike from his mace, a crack formed in the air.
"John, I thought I told you to draw her troops away", I said as I backed away.
"Don't worry, I got Celestia and Luna out. They're handling the others with Might Beak", John said as he rested his mace on his shoulder.
"Her barrier seems to be weaker now, give her all you've got!" I shouted as I rammed into her weakened barrier and continued to push her until she crashed into the wall.
John swung his mace upwards, creating more cracks as his attack caused the Queen to go up a little. Shouting in anger, the Queen reeled up and slammed her fore hooves into the ground and sent another, yet bigger, veil of dark green flames at us. I brought my arms together as John rushed behind me, the flames struck my arms but didn't affect me. Trying to attack with the same thing once more, John gave her no time to bring her hooves down. He sprung over me and swung his mace down, causing her to once more create another round indent on the floor. John jumped away as I rammed her through the wall, the sound of glass breaking could be heard as her barrier broke apart.
"I'll be back to claim this Kingdom another day!" The Queen shouted as she began to fly away.
"Jeff, let's get her!" John shouted as he charged towards the hole in the wall, but stopped as the fleeing Changeling Queen was suddenly engulfed in a dark blueish and purple pillar of light.
The Queen let out a pain filled shriek as she was reduced to nothing from this unknown pillar of light. Suddenly, something crashed through the ceiling and broke the floor as it landed, causing the Changelings to blow away from it. The Gryphons took to the air to avoid this. Once the white flames that were created by the falling object had faded, John and I could see that it was King Nova!
"I see you've been handling things here quite well", a motherly voice came from behind us, near the hole in the wall.
"Queen Eclipse? What are you two doing here?" I asked as John and I moved back to give her space to land.
"Is it so wrong for us to see a member of our family getting married? Not to mention the infestation you've had", Eclipse giggled lightly as King Nova let out a hearty laugh as he obliterated Changelings left and right.
"But aren't you two supposed to be in that place?" I asked as I morphed my somewhat usable scythe into two daggers and drove them into the shoulders of a charging Changeling.
"Yes, but the First One will not be pleased for our actions upon leaving our place in that world. That can be handled later, but now we have vermin to clear", she smiled as her face seemed to give off a killing aura.
"You would not mind if I have some fun as well?" Eclipse said as she turned to look right at me, a chill went down my spine.
"B-by all means, go right on ahead", I stuttered as I felt myself become covered in cold sweat.
"Why thank you", she smiled a little more as she turned to the Changelings within the room.
With a single movement, she swung her head. A purple shockwave gave off a white after effect as it blew away the entire room of Changelings, leaving the Gryphons and our friends unharmed. Nothing was left but piles of ash and smoldered corpses in the far end of the room.
"Oh come on, darling, couldn't you have left some for me to have a little fun with? It's been centuries since I've had any action on a battlefield", King Nova let out a heart chuckle as he trotted towards us.
"My apologizes, Father, but I couldn't stand another second with our daughters castle being defiled by vermin", Eclipse giggled as she covered her mouth with her hoof.
"... Scary", John and I said in a whisper.
~Time Skip: 10 pm~
After the mess in the castle and the surrounding area around the castle was cleaned up, we were going to resume the wedding. And this time it was with the real Princess Cadence. The repairs to the throne room, where the wedding was to be held, went far quickly with the help of Queen Eclipse and King Nova. Queen Eclipse was able to make everypony work really fast... they had to, or they would get killed by her stare. The girls, Chipper, John, and I stood to the sides of the alter, each of us were on a step that lead to the top of the platform. John and I were in our armor instead of the suits Rarity had made. Instead of Celestia conducting the ceremony, her mother and father were taking her place as the priest. It took a while to get Shining back to normal, not a little five minute slapping session from John couldn't fix.
After the "I do's", it was time to head out to the garden for the after party... or whatever it's called, I have no idea. The dance was slow at first, until Twilight nodded to Pinkie Pie who zipped towards a Dj stand? Music began to play that was not fitting for a party such as this, followed by Twilight singing. I sure missed out on a lot when I went to get Cadence out of the mines.
~Time Skip: 10:30 pm~
Shining Armor and Princess Cadence were due to leave for their honey moon, but they thought it would be nice to stay another day, to spend some time with us. We were by the far corner of the gardens, where we were all shrouded by the castles curved walls. Princess Cadence, Shining Armor, and myself were on top of a over seeing platform that looked down at the garden, which was only a few feet down.
"Jeffry... thank you for getting me out of the mines. If it wasn't for you, I would have never gotten out of there", Cadence smiled as she looked at me.
"No problem, always glad to help a friend of Twilight", I chuckled as I rested my arms on one another as I leaned on the fancy marble railing.
"How did you know she was in the mines to begin with?" Shining asked.
"It's a complicated story, let's just say that I've got a theater in my head whenever I sleep", I chuckled at their confusion.
"Jeffry, here you are. I thought you had left, John wanted me to give you this", Twilight said as she trotted up the small flight of stairs and towards me, a small black box floating by her head.
"There it is, I thought I lost it...", I smiled as I took and from her magic and held it in my hand for a moment, and then threw it at John who was coming up the stairs with the others.
"Yo, Jeff. Why are you throwing this at me? I thought it was important", John said as he was about to throw it back to me.
"It's okay, it was for you anyways. The jewelry store owner said he made two for the two of us. One for me to use, and the other for you", I smiled as I took out the other box I had.
"Oh cool, wait...", he said as he looked over to Applejack.
"What's in it anyways?" Twilight asked.
I shook my head as I chuckled. Turning to Twilight completely, I took Twilight's hoof in my hand and used my other hand with the box in it to cover the top of her hoof.
"Twilight, I've always thought I was a monster when I lost Amber. You helped me realize that I wasn't a monster, but a hero to some. You've gave me a new life, here in Equestria, a new life that I could enjoy with you and my new friends", I smiled as I kissed her hoof, causing her to blush a little.
John chuckled as he flipped the box into the air and caught it, the others were confused, but not Shining and Cadence.
"You gave me a gift, the gift of love, a gift that I thought I had lost all right to have. But you, you gave me that gift of love. You made my life happy when you said you loved me. Now... let me make your life happy as well", I said as I got down onto one knee, the others now realized what I was doing and was all on edge.
"Twilight... will you marry me?" I asked, smiling up at her as tears flowed down her purple cheeks.
"Yes, I will", she whispered as she dropped a little and buried her face into my chest.
~Time Skip: 15 years~
It has been 15 long and happy years. After Princess Cadence and Shining Armor got married, I proposed to Twilight, who was in tears as she said yes. Our wedding was actually two in one, John used the other ring to propose to Applejack. John and I had our weddings on the same day, same place, same time. I stood on the balcony of the mansion that Celestia and built for us for our birthdays. Twilight by my side, Applejack and John were also with us on the balcony, looking down at three playful little children in the gardens. Twilight and I had our child of our own, Applejack and John had one too. Twilight and I had a human child, while as the child that Applejack gave birth to was a little filly. With the help of Zecora's potions, she was able to brew us a potion that would allow a pony to have a child with another species.
Our son had black hair, black eyes, he was only eight years old, yet he was smart enough to rival the knowledge of Twilight and my own. We had named him a human name, rather than a pony name, to match his human body. His name was Jack.
(A/N: Yay, another name with "J" in it...)
Applejack and John's little filly was also eight. Her mane was short, it was the same color as her mothers. She also wore a similar hat that Applejack wore, it was actually Appleblooms, the one that John had given to little Applebloom on his birthday. Her coat, mane and tail, all matched Applejacks, but the only thing she inherited from John was his monstrous strength. The third child that was playing with our kids in the garden, was the child that Chipper and Fluttershy had. Yes, I know, a Changeling and a pony having a child? Impossible, but Zecora also made the potion for the two, once Fluttershy was sure she wanted to have a child with Chipper. Thought it was rather strange, I was sure that Changelings were born with similar traits as insects, meaning only the Queen could mate. Oh well, better not think about it too much.
The child that Fluttershy and Chipper had was in the form of a filly, but was born with the body of a Changelings. She had a shy personality when it came to meeting new faces, but was okay with the girls and us. She liked to take up the form of a filly, the form she took was very close to that of Fluttershy's when she herself was a little filly.
"15 years, aye Jeff?" John said as he chuckled, his arm around Applejack.
"Yeah... nothing has happened since the wedding, other than our children", I smiled as I watched as Jack was tackled to the ground by Jasmine.
Jasmine was the name that the two had named their little filly.
"You think Jasmine likes Jack?" Twilight asked as she rested her head on my arm.
"I don't know, but I won't let your son go out with my daughter", John gave me a smug grin.
"Hey, if they do love one another, let them be together", I said.
"Yeah... either it's Nina or Jasmine who goes for your son", a voice came from within the room behind us.
"Hey, Chipper!" John said as he turned around and leaned on the railing.
Nina was the name Fluttershy had chosen for her daughter, Chipper wasn't even allowed a single chance to pick a name. It was hilarious, Fluttershy sure knew how to take a stand now.
"I wouldn't mind little Nina being with Jacky", Fluttershy said as she trotted out from the room and onto the balcony.
"Yeah, but if they do get together, what if they want to have a child of their own in the future?" John asked.
"Then they'll have to drink Zecora's nasty brew like we all did", Applejack said as she stuck out her tongue at the memory of Zecora's potion.
"Yeah, that was pretty nasty stuff", I chuckled.
"Well, our kids love will come for one another, or not, in the future. We'll just have to see how that turns out", Chipper said.
A pegasi Guard pony landed on the balcony from behind us.
"Yes?" Chipper asked.
Over the past 15 years, Celestia had finally offered him a place amongst the ranks of the Royal Guard. And the pegasi that was in front of me, was a full grown stallion, his name...
"Commander Silver Streak, message from Princess Celestia. She requests your presence and the presence of the two War Generals in the meeting hall in Canterlot as soon as possible", Silver Streak said.
"Right, come on Jeff. We've got work to do", John chuckled as he patted my shoulder.
"Yeah... bye everypony. Bye Twilight", I said to them all, giving Twilight a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye", the girls all said as they waved us good bye.
"Bye kids!" John shouted from over the railing.
"Bye daddy!" Jack said as he jumped up and down as he waved both arms.
"Bye old man!" Jasmine shouted.
"DON'T CALL ME OLD!" John shouted.
"Come on, gramps. Let's get going", I laughed as I grabbed his shoulder.
Nina had said good bye too, but she also had her mothers voice, a sweet yet tiny voice. Giving the girls one last look, I snapped my fingers and teleport John, Chipper, Silver Streak, and myself to the castle. Work work work, always work.
The End
Well, there you have it folks. New World, New Life 2: Changes of Good and Bad, has finally come to an end. I feel as if I rushed this... which I think I really did. Hope you guys loved the first and the sequal! I will begin working on my next fanfic. The next fanfic will not be updated as fast as my previous fanfics. I want to put more effort and more detail as I can (which will be close to impossible to notice). Going to actually read over each chapter before I upload them.
Well, hope you all enjoyed this fanfic! There might be another story that links to this in the later future, I might write it when I finish with my long list of fanfics to write.
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