Chapter 25: Prison Break
The prisoners rallied around Star, and they charged out from the dungeon. They plowed through changelings, and began to fight. Star took point, and began slashing at them. Topaz was fighting as well, but could not contain his curiosity. As far as he knew, he had never seen a changeling before. Star always thought that their old neighbors were changelings, but that was different tale for a different time. The changelings began to morph, and everypony made sure to keep careful track of where every pony was, as to not harm a friend. This interested Topaz further. Did they know which ones were changelings, or were the changelings blind to their own illusion? If they do know which ones are changelings, how do they tell? Is it by scent, or some secret code? Can a changeling pretend to be another changeling? Can they feed off of each other's love? Do changelings feel love? He tried to contain his natural curiosity and continued firing spells. The battle was going well, changelings weren't that strong. They bega to fall quickly, only a couple were able to take a few shots from Star. They flew back, battered and broken. Some prisoner had fallen, but their morale was not broken. Some had ben down hee for years, families and lovers were quite often captured by changelings to feed off of their love. Topaz managed to hit a few, but his aim wasn't that great, he was a novice at spells. He knew magic of all sorts, but had very little practce, always spending his time learning more. The battle started to die down, most changelings had fallen back. Star went to free the filly. They all started to run towards the exit, but were confronted by a very large changeling, with a long green mane.
"Who said anything about running!" she yelled angrily. "I've got more than changelings to stop you!"
Cultists, much like those at the dragon mountains, started to flow into the room. They had taken over Fillydelphia, allied with changelings. One cultist stood out from the rest, as he was dressed in dark green and black robes, unlike the purple and black of the rest.
"I don't like the looks of this." said Star.
"We can win this, we've been through worse," said Topaz
"Little Brother," said Star. "I want you to run. You too, filly."
"I'm not leaving you here!" exclaimed Topaz
Star let out a sigh.
"Somehow I knew you wouldn't." said Star
"Me neither!" yelled the Filly.
"No," said Star. "You're getting out of here, that's and order."
The filly was reluctant, but understood. She ran for the exit while the rest of the prisoners started to fight the cultists. The queen left, having no interest in fighting. The prisoners tried their best, but didn't make much progress. They were tired and battered down, as being imprisoned and having your love drained isn't exactly pleasant. Star kicked the green robed unicorn, but found him to be as hard as was very odd, as he looked rather scrawny and underweight. She bucket him in the jaw, but he didn't even flinch. A smirk appeared on his face, and his horn shone bright. His blue body emanated a powerful mane flew up as if it was blown by powerful wind, along with his robes. Arcane runes formed around him and Star both. They followed her wherever she went, no matter how she tried to escape. The runes started to flash with energy, faster and faster they went. They spun around her quickly, until they became a blur. Topaz tried his best to fight the magic surrounding her, but his spells were no match. He had never heard of this particular type of magic before, and was unsure how to fight it. The runes shot out beams of white energy, very thin,but spinning so fast they looked like a solid wall. Star was barely visible through the beams, but what Topaz saw was horrifying. It looked as if she was being pulled into some strange void, all of her strength needed just to keep her on this plane of existence. This Topaz could recognize. This was a transportation spell, usually used to travel to other planes, such as those of incredibly powerful magic users. He was banishing her to Sin's domain! Topaz was very protective of his sister, and was not about to let that happen. He began to emit a sapphire blue aura, and his horn shone blindingly bright. His eyes whited out, and he looked to be in a trance. The room was covered in a white flash, and the cultists had been slammed into the walls, except the one in green. He was fighting back, but barely. The runes around Star broke like links in chains, and flew away like shards. A magic barrier surrounding the last standing cultist was peeled away, and he flew into the walls as well. Topaz then fell to the ground, exhausted. Star helped him up, and the prisoners ran from Fillydelphia.