Five Nights of Redemption

Hey guys this is chapter 4 of Five Nights of Redemption in this one they make it to the Crystal Empire and face off against Chrysalis, but will they defeat her let's find out

Chapter 4: love can hurt

Everyone and everypony were coming close to the Crystal Empire, they started to see Changelings out in the open not even bothering to disguise themselves as they knew Chrysalis had no interest in Cadence or Shining Armour anymore, this time it was all about Flurry Heart, the Changelings where going to attack the ponies but when they saw Cyril in a Westland Whirlwind they got confused at the contraption and that let Cyril whale into them with his 4 20mm cannons.

Cyril: "I hope you like lead you big bug eyed freaks"

Celestia: "that machine of yours is impressive, what is it?"

Cyril: "in our universe there was a great war between lands, it shaped the world we know today but we cannot move on without the lessons of the past, so when I was at Pete's Burgers and social club I was the one to teach the kids about it, this is just one of many tools that took part in that war"

Luna: "how noble of you, when we have a war like now we just use our magic"

Marionette: "likewise, but I'm the only creature left in our universe with magic, the others have been given powers which work different to magic"

Twilight: "how so?"

Marionette: "for you, you rely on your friends to give you your magic, with me my magic comes from my will to carry on, and the crew uses the memories of friends and family to gain strength"

Twilight: "umm, it's different but it's similar"

Ashe: "hey guys, I think we need to fight now"

They were at the entrance of the Crystal Empire and it was guarded by a hoard of Changelings, they had taken out crystal guards that stood by the gate and then guarded it themselves to stop anypony like Celestia or Luna from getting in to save Cadence or Shining, problem is they never thought that both Celestia and Luna would come along with a bunch of anthros from what they thought could have been the everfree forest.

Celestia could see that some of her guards and Luna's guards had tried and failed to break through the Changelings and it was time to take matters into her own hoof, so she took all the flyers with her down to the gate to fight them off, the Changelings came at her with the same intentions, Toy Chica started to throw her feathers at them and they got shredded up, Chica used her thunder to strike them out of the sky, Oscar flapped his wings hard and a whole group of Changelings where blown away, Robin possessed one of the Changelings and made it fight the others, Morice sped right up to one then cloaked, the Changeling was confused then was grabbed from behind then dropped to the ground, Cyril was dog fighting in his Whirlwind and tagged a few Changelings as they were confused with his method of flying and the need to keep moving or he'll crash, Rainbow Dash kicked up a storm from the clouds in the area and shocked some Changelings, Twilight just straight up shot them with powerful magic, Pamela used her crystal form and flew right into them, then there was Fluttershy.

Fluttershy: "umm, could you perhaps oh I don't know, just let us through please"

Changeling: "and why would I do that?"

Fluttershy: "well your Queen isn't very nice and we need to tell her to not take Flurry Heart's love"

Changeling: "ha, stupid pony, that's the idea, when she takes Flurry Heart's love she'll gain enough magic to rule over all of Equestria"

Fluttershy: "but why does she need to do that?"

Changeling: "fool, it's not a need it's a want, and when she rules Equestria you shall address her as Queen and true ruler of everything"

Rainbow Dash: "yeah, I don't think so"

Rainbow Dash then drop kicked the Changeling and the gate was now free to enter, down below with the non flyers, they were staring up at them with half lidded eyes thinking how lucky they are to have wings, but at least one of them still had some kind of limitation and may need to make a hard landing and risk scratching his face on the floor, they pressed on into the Empire and saw it was empty, nopony was on the court yard or even anywhere near the Crystal Heart which was thankfully untouched.

They heard laughing coming from the top of the tower, the flyers suggesting to go straight there but Cyril needed to land so instead they all landed, they needed as much crew as they could get so they decided to stick together on this one and went from bottom to top, most likely filled with Changelings.

They got to the first hallway and just as predicted it was filled with lots of Changelings, Monty went up to a Changeling that had a smug look on its face and shot it down with a swift punch to its face sending it flying across the hallway, before the others could attack he then possessed the one who was standing next to it and started punching all in close proximity until he lost control of it, Celestia was impressed of the crews unbelievable power, next was Foxy's turn, he used his fire to burn the Changelings then for added effect Pip and Toy Bonnie froze them, the thermal shock coursed them all to crack then shatter.

They moved on to the next hallway and this time there were even more Changelings.

Sarah: "shish, how many of these things are there?"

Luna: "the Changelings are just like bugs, they have a hive mind and have a strong connection to Chrysalis, she is their Queen and will do anything for her"

Chip: "oh so this is just like the Borg"

Celestia: "the who?"

Chip: "no, the who is a music band, the Borg are from a TV series in our universe that act the same, in fact the same TV series had a race called the Changelings, originality at its finest"

Celestia: "your universe is confusing"

Mike: "enough chit chat, let's wreck these fools"

So Mike and Chip powered up letting the light and dark seep through, Sarah surrounded herself in oak leaves to defend them as they did and Pete went black killing all light in the room but letting the crew see using another trick where he can still see and he shares what he sees with them, Applejack was also raring to go and went bucking crazy exclaiming "yeyha".

Applejack just went into the hoard bucking everything, Mike and Chip used their auras to launch rockets and missiles at the hoard, Sarah used her leaves to slice them up and Toy Chica started to do the same with her feathers, Pete had to stay back to look at the carnage so they could see what they were doing but some were having a very bad case of sensory deprivation like Rainbow Dash, she just couldn't get the right depth when she tried to dive on a Changeling, it was just too weird seeing herself from behind.

It was Pamela and Rarity's turn, Rarity had some fabric in her saddle bag and pulled it out with her magic, the Pamela used her crystal power and covered the fabric with it, Rarity then swung it around like a sword and sliced off the heads of the changelings.

Stuart: "nicely done"

Rarity: "it's crud but efficient, besides there's more to come"

Celestia: "indeed, let's move on to the next hallway"

Monty: "wooow, more fighting, I love my strength"

Robin: "slow down you, you almost tired yourself out after possessing one of them"

They moved on to the last hallway and there was so many Changelings they couldn't see the other end of the hallway, this could be one hell of a fight, to start with Pinkie grabbed Twilight and spun her tail around like it was a handle from a Gatling gun and Twilight's horn shot magic out at 1200 rpm, Cyril found that interesting then thought of something similar, an anti air gun platform with 4 30mm cannons, it materialised and he got to work shooting up Changelings, Lenny and Tina used her feral mode and went crazy tearing them up, Opal and Ashe used pearl form and used a crystal prison to shatter any Changeling they stood in their way and Mike and Chip used their light and dark powers combined to create Ying and Yan.

After the devastation they all coursed they still didn't get through even half of what was placed before them so as Opal and Ashe built up pressure in their quartz to use shatter matter, Finn went rock form to protect them and used massive boulders to hit the Changelings, it was also time for Vinyl and Octavia to play some music together along with Oscar, they blow them away with the intense volume and then Bonnie brought them back using telekinesis so as to rock them to the core and their heads exploded with too much noise.

Toy Freddy coursed a few Earth quakes to shake them up, and Mangle even seduced them only to let them down and break their hearts, even if they could feed on love if it is taken away they lose all they gain, but even with all this going on there was still and whole lot more to get through and at this rate they wouldn't get to Chrysalis before she took Flurry Heart's love, so after taking Twilight away from Pinkie, Celestia, Luna and Twilight combined their magic to create a magic beam of friendship and obliterated the Changelings.

Stuart: "aww, I was about to enter the fight, one of them was left wide open for me to attack"

Celestia: "I'm sorry Stuart, but if we don't hurry Chrysalis will take Flurry Heart's love and we'll all be done for"

Freddy: "well then we better get a move on"

Bonnie: "to Flurry Heart's chambers"

Everyone/everypony rushed down the hallway to Flurry Heart's chambers, as they went though there were still some Changelings trying to stop them, Stuart took his chance to speed right at them and give them a swift punch, they couldn't see it coming and got knocked out, Stuart was too fast for them but didn't rush ahead as he wanted to stick with the crew, when they got to the door they saw Cadence and Shining Armour beaten and weak after they tried to stop Chrysalis.

Twilight: "Cadence, Shining, are you two ok?"

Cadence: "well I'm fine just a bit bent, but never broken"

Twilight: "that's good to hear, what about you Shining?"

Shining Armour: "I'm fine but I'm worried about Flurry Heart, I don't want to think about what could happen to her if she loses all her love, she may lose what makes her special and she could... die"

Applejack: "don't worry sugar cube, we won't let that happen, right everyone/everypony"

Everyone/everypony: "right"

Fluttershy: "let's hurry, who knows what she's doing to her"

Rainbow Dash: "I'll turn her into Swiss cheese"

They then busted into the chambers and saw Chrysalis talking to Flurry Heart as she slept, she seemed to at least give enough considerance about her actions to be gentle with Flurry Heart, but that didn't mean her intentions were pure and the crew were ready to fight for as long as they had to in order to defeat her.

Chrysalis: "ushh, Flurry Heart is sleeping, don't be so rude"

Rarity: "oh, rude, the nerve of you"

Twilight: "what are you planning to do with my niece?"

Chrysalis: "don't worry I want hurt her, she looks so cute and pure, I simply cannot take that away from her, but what I can take is her love and become more powerful then I could ever imagine"

Rainbow Dash: "yeah right like we're going to ever let that happen"

Applejack: "right you are, you're going down, again"

Vinyl: "the only love you're getting is the love of us beating on your stupid head"

Octavia: "you really should just give up, nothing is more powerful or more emotional then my music"

Pinkie: "well it sounds like PARTY TIME!"

Chrysalis: "ha, you'll all fail then I'll be what you call an Alacorn princess, pfft not princess but Queen"

There was a standoff between Queen Chrysalis and the 9 ponies of Equestria... wait 9 but there are 10 ponies here, that's right Fluttershy was cowering under her mane as usual and everyone/everypony looked at her and rolled their eyes, so for now the others fought against her for the freedom of the Crystal Empire.

Pinkie and Vinyl used their base and party cannons and shot Chrysalis with a barrage of confetti and sound waves, Chrysalis barely got away from it and then used her magic to blast them out of the way, Stuart used his speed to confuse Chrysalis while Bonnie used telekinesis to through her around, Chrysalis broke free and hit Bonnie with her magic, Stuart just caught it at the corner of his eye and ran right into Chrysalis sending them out the window.

Everyone/everypony followed them and saw Chrysalis trying to brain wash Stuart, so while Cyril materialised a Hawker Tempest, Monty possessed Chrysalis and made her punch herself, Twilight and Celestia found that funny while Luna thought "I'd probably do that if I could possess others" so instead she unleashed the Tantabus and it seeped into Chrysalis' mind.

Chrysalis: "what, where am I, what's going on?"

Tantabus: "you have fallen under"

Chrysalis: "and what is that suppose to mean?"

Tantabus: "you are now asleep, you are in my nightmare"

Chrysalis: "ha, I am Queen Chrysalis, I don't have nightmares"

Tantabus: "then what is this, a dream of you being with King Sombra, a dream you see as a nightmare because you know he never liked you, and you had your heart broken so you feed on others love just to gain more powerful magic, you don't need it to live that was just a lie"

Chrysalis: "SHUT UP!"

Chrysalis woke up with a start and Luna was his hard after the Tantabus was brought back to her with force, she was going to use her magic to attack everyone/everypony at once but Cyril had built up speed and dived down on her using his 4 20 mm cannons, she was shot up but could still fight, she went for Mangle and grabbed her then flew off then used her magic to take her love.

Chrysalis: "impressive, you are one Fox that has a lot of love to give"

Mangle: "at least I give it and not take it, you should have seen my life years ago I was a broke mess but others took pity on me and made me smile again, then when I got fixed I was on top of the world and everyone came to see me in my beauty, but you are one ugly bug and you take all the love from everyone because you can't get any"

Chrysalis: "someone did love me once, but because of what I was they were forced to let me go, now I take love for my own only I know what love is"

Mangle: "but that's the question, what is love?"

Chrysalis was confused by the question and just took Mangle's love which gave her more power, she dropped her and she fell, Toy Bonnie caught her and she seemed dead but it was just the effect of losing her love, luckily with Toy Bonnie's grief he hugged her deeply and she came around.

Twilight was getting very worried and thought it was time for rainbow power, the mane 6 looked to each other and huddled around, they started to glow and they powered up, the ball of magic now surrounding them they shot their colours at Chrysalis and she seemed to be going down but then she got back up, the colours then straightened out and still no effect.

Vinyl and Octavia even got in on it and used their instruments to stop Chrysalis but what love she got from Mangle was enough to make rainbow power nothing more than an annoyance and she flew back into Flurry Heart's chambers and she was ready to take her love.

Everyone/everypony rushed in but as they got there Chrysalis had already taken Flurry Heart in the embrace of her magic and she was laughing hysterically anticipating the power it would give her and the authority she would command.

Chrysalis: "it's over now, you cannot defeat me this time, no amount of magic or power will stop my reign"

Twilight: "no, somepony, anypony, do something"

Bonnie grabbed Flurry Heart with his telekinesis and they grappled to keep her, Bonnie's hold was strong but he was having trouble keeping hold of her, he almost lost his grip but managed to rip her out of Chrysalis' grasp, then Foxy tried to burn her but it just made her mad and used her most powerful magic, she shot a giant wave of magic at everyone/everypony and they all got severely injured.

Chrysalis then took Flurry Heart back and she was going to finish what she started and took Flurry Heart's love, but just before she did Cadence and Shining Armour burst in and used their love spell, unfortunately since they were weak it wasn't nearly as powerful as the first time so it didn't even effect Chrysalis, if anything it made her stronger by feeding off of it.

Chrysalis: "nice try, but now I win, you can grovel for forgiveness once I have the power I deserve"

Twilight: "NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Applejack: "I thought that was Spike's thing"

Twilight: "ugh, this is so annoying"

Chrysalis: "well for me this is so exciting"

Chrysalis then took Flurry Heart's love, she was now bursting with intense magic she felt like she would explode, the power she had gained just from taking this amount of love was like spending time with Fluffle Puff, the feeling it gave her was intoxicating, with the power and magic she now wielded it would be enough to destroy Equestria 5 times over.

Chrysalis stood proud and tall knowing that she is now unbeatable, but that didn't stop the crew from trying, Stuart went at full speed to stop Chrysalis but she could see him and used her magic to slam him to the ground, Lenny and Tina used their feral mode to pummel her to death but her speed was faster and they caught each other instead, Celestia, Luna and Twilight used their magic combined but she just stood there and took it with not even a scratch on her, Vinyl, Octavia and Oscar tried using their musical talents but the sound waves did nothing, Foxy used fire and she was unscathed, Pip used ice breaker but she broke the ice on him and Toy Bonnie didn't even try.

It seemed she was truly impossible to defeat now, but the Marionette was willing to try one last thing, he had his own style of magic and he wanted to give it his all for the good of this universe and so they could move on to this other being calling to them, he used his mysterious magic to engulf Chrysalis and lower her power but she resisted and tried to break free, it wasn't as easy to beat the Marionette but she did break free and shot a power bolt of magic at the Marionette killing him.

Freddy: "no, Marion!"

Marionette: "it's... ok, (cough) you can... go back... reset the time line... to just before she took... Flurry Heart's... love"

Freddy: "but what about the Freddy in the past, if I see or touch him would I course a paradox?"

Marionette: "don't... worry, the universe will... dispose of... the previous version... it's a fail safe... (cough) you can rest assured that... any paradox is eliminated"

Freddy: "alright then, I just hope this works"

The Marionette then died and Freddy felt a powerful feeling rise in his stomach, he felt it before but now that he's real and alive again it felt more powerful than any feeling he's ever had before and a time vortex appeared in front of him and he went through, he could see the events play out in reverse before him and when he was ready to go back all he needed to do was step forward, to prepare himself he thought "are you ready for Freddy?".

That was Chapter 4 of Five Nights of Redemption, I hope you liked it and that you'll come back for more, I really do hope you guys are enjoying it so far as this is going to be a big story full of great references and I hope to do another music part in the next chapter too so please tell me what you think in the reviews and till next time

Venomous Book out