My Little Pony:
Friendship is Magic

Enter the Darkness

Chapter 5: Zenodite VS Celestia

The newly revived Changeling, Zenodite, looked down at the Ponies and Chrysalis, who was very pleased by his presense. He had a long green mane; a long tail of the same color, both with holes in them like his legs. He looked slightly taller than the Changeling Queen in length. He smiled a fanged smile as he landed on the edge of the mouth of the mountain.

"King Zenodite, the original Changeling. I have brought you back so you could rule all of Equestria by my side. With your power, no one can stop me," Chrsalis stated excitingly.

"...And just who are you?" Zenodite coldly asked.

"I am Queen Chrysalis, the ruler over all Changelings."

"Queen?" he asked. He stepped over to her, staring her down with a deathfilled glare. "You do not deserve that title." Without warning, a dark violet beam of magic energy was shot out of his horn, electricuting the Queen into a critical state. Her crown fell off her head as she collapsed and withered in pain. Before she could even reach out to it, it was crushed to pieces by the Changeling king's hoof. "There can only be ONE ruler. Stay there and rejoice over the fact that I am sparing your life."

"Oh my..." Rarity said, putting a hoof on her mouth at the scene going on.

"Now that was just wrong," Applejack stated angrily as she glared at Zenodite.

"Criticise me all ye wishes, fools. It will not change the outcome of this day. For so many centuries, I have been trapped in that blasted book, cursed to watch the world grow in its peace and harmony. And now, I am free to spread my plague once again," Zenodite said calmly, not at all threatened by the glare. His wings spread widely as he took off into the skies, followed by Chrysalis' Changeling Army, who now serve Zenodite's rule.

"He's heading for Canterlot!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she looked into the distance.

"Nevermind that for now. We need to help Twi!" Applejack said as she galloped toward her hurt friend, followed by the rest of the group.

Just as they made it to her, she is shot by a beam from a near dead Chrysalis; however, rather than hurting her, like the other 5 thought, the beam was instead healing Twilight. Everyone was shocked and almost attacked until Twilight opened her eyes.

"Ugh... Wh-What happened?" Twilight asked as she slowly regain conciousness.

As she stood up, she was immediately bombarded with hugs from her worried friends, which she gladly accepted. She then turned her attention to the queen. "What happened to her? And... did she heal me?" Twilight asked.

"She got blasted by the bad apple of a Changeling," Applejack said. "And... yeah, 'Ah guess she did heal ya."

Twilight stared at the queen, being quite relunctant in touching her. Her horn glowed and, much to the surprise of her friends, she healed Chrysalis with her power of friendship. Chrysalis opened her eyes, slowly regain conciousness; she was quite shocked to find herself alive and even being healed by her enemy.

"Y-You... Why did you... heal me?" she asked, looking at Twilight with a shocked expression.

"I did it because... Despite being my enemy, I wanted to return the favor," Twilight said honestly. "When you do one good deed, the other must return it. And personally, I'd rather not owe you any favors."

Chrysalis wanted to scoff at Twilight, but instead she simply turned away and said under her breath, "...thank you..." She then looked back Twilight with an annoyed but grateful look in her eye.

"Chrysalis... I'm relunctant in asking, but how do we stop that king?" Twilight asked, looking at her very seriously.

"...From what I've read, Luna and Celestia used the full power of friendship to defeat their opponents. However, because they both shared the same Element, the full power could not be used, but it was enough to seal away Zenodite. Since you..." Chrysalis seemed hopeful at first until she turned away. "No... I'm overthinking it. There is no way you are ready..."

Twilight wanted to ask, but then she relunctantly asked a different question. "Chrysalis... Will you help us?" she asked.

"WHAT!?" her friends shouted in unison.

"Are you NUTS!?" Pinkie shouted.

"You want a Changeling... Nay, THE Changeling that nearly destroyed Canterlot to HELP us!?" Rarity asked loudly and shockingly.

"I know it seems a little...farfetched, but what choice do we have? She knows the Evil better than any of us. Plus, we could use all the help we can get. This is one enemy we cannot underestimate. This isn't just a mayhem making creature, this is the being of pure evil. And its up to us to stop him, no matter what," Twilight speeched. "Chrysalis. I know you dislike us in everyway, but we could use your help."

Chrysalis walked to her shattered crown, remembering what Zenodite said. After hearing the same thing play in her mind, she stomped her hoof, scattering the dust of her crown. "I will help in any way I can," she finally said. "I'll show him that I deserve my title as QUEEN! I AM the ruler of the Changelings and that is final!"

Though relunctant, the others accepted this and made their way back to Canterlot.

At Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were waiting patiently for Twilight and her friends to return with the book. A guard barged into their quarters. "Princesses! Trouble!" he shouted in a state of panic.

"What is it that you would bother us!?" Luna shouted angrily.

"A large colony of Changelings have been spotted just above the Everfree Forest and are making their way this way!" the guard reported.

"Chrysalis! We do not hve time to deal wi-"

The guard interrupted Celestia by saying, "No, Princess. It isn't Chrysalis this time. Its a male Changeling who looks even more menacing than the queen."

"Male?" Celestia then realized who it was, as did Luna. "CELL THE ALARM! GET EVERY ROYAL GUARD ON DUTY IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"

"Yes ma'am!" The guard quickly bowed before making his way to a horn. He blew into it, alerting everypony in Canterlot that danger was approaching.

At the statue garden, two guards were standing in front of the statue of Discord, keeping their eyes peeled. The Changeling king landed in front of them, a grin on his face. "Halt trespasser!" one guard shouted, readying some magic.

Before they could react, Zenodite shot his own magic at the two, freezing them in solid stone, their reactions in complete shock. With them both paralyzed as rocks, Zenodite shot his evil magic at the staue of Discord, releasing the Spirit of Chaos.

"Mwahahahaha!" Discord laughed maniacly. "Ah, Master Zenodite. How nice to see you again after so long."

"Its been too long, Discord. The time has finally come. This time, we shall rule the ENTIRE world!" Zenodite shouted as he made his way toward the castle, which Changelings were flying all over, fighting the Pony Royal Guard.

Inside, Celestia and Luna were braced for any attack that the enemy have up their sleeves. Just as they predicted, Discord and Zenodite destroyed their doors and entered.

"Well well. Celestia. Its been a long while, hasn't it. You too, Luna," Zenodite spoke.

"Zenodite. I wouldn't have thought you would return. I had hoped Twilight and her friends would get to you first and keep you in that seal," Celestia said, a glare forming as she readied herself.

"Heh. You underestimate me, girl."

"The time has arrived at long last. This time, you will fall, Celestia and Luna, and there will be no turning back," Discord said, with a grin on his face.

"We'll see about that!" Luna shouted as she flew at the king with her hoof ready to punch him.

A barrier shrouded the Changeling, pushing Luna back. He chuckled at her attempt to harm him and fired a beam at the Princess. Luna dodged the attack and went to attack him again only for the same result to happen. She looked at the carpet under him and used her magic to turn it into lava. However, this was repeled by Discord, who turned it into a river of sudsy water. Zenodite skated on this river and slammed his body into Luna, knocking her down. Just as Luna was about to be attacked by the evil king, Celestia used her magic beam to send him away from her.

"Are you okay, dear sister?" Celestia asked as she stepped in front of Luna.

"Yes. I am fine," the younger alicorn said as she stood up.

"Nice try, Celestia, but it will take a lot more than that to defeat me," Zenodite taunted.

He then galloped at Celestia, colliding horns with her. However, he overpowered her, knocking the Sun Princess down. With a combo of bucks and karate kicks, Zenodite knocked the princess down, injuring her.

Luna got in front of her sister and threw a magic beam at the Changeling, who retaliated with his own beam.

"LUNA! NO!" Celestia shouted too late as the Moon Princess quickly got overpowered and hit by the king's beam. On the spot and in front of the older alicorn, Luna was a frozen statue, unable to move.

"Hah! Irony!" Discord commented.

Celestia stood up, though she could not keep her balance in her weakened state. Discord shot a beam from his lion claw, knocking the poor princess to a wall. Zenodite walked up to her with a glowing horn and am evil smile.

"And so it ends... The reign of the once powerful Celestia," he stated as his horn grew brighter with energy.

Knowing her end had come, she spoke softly with tears, "Twilight. You were a fina pupil. You have learned so much since you left for Ponyville. It is now time for you to use what you learned from your friends to fight this fiend. I always respected you...not just as a student...but...like a daughter... I love you, Twilight... Good bye..."

Zenodite fired his beam, encasing Celestia in stone.