Chapter 13:
During this time Big Mac runs up from the crowd leaping to Ocean Blue's side oblivious to his surroundings, he only wanted to be near Ocean Blue especially if it was to be their last moments together. When Big Mac came to her, he knelt down next to her getting a better view of her wound. There was a large charred area on her side. Her outer shell was badly cracked within the center of the wound. the cracks in the shell looking as if a baseball had collided with glass but not traveled all the way though. Instead the ball left a deep imprint at the center with the cracks radiating out like spider legs from that center area. Green blood could be seen emanating from several of the larger cracks running down to the ground. Ocean blue felt his presence next to her and she slowly moved her head to get a better view of him, her eyes only open as slits.
"Big… Mac… I lo-v…." Ocean Blue said but was unable to complete her thought as her head turned and again rested on the ground as she lost consciousness.
Big Mac lowered his head rubbing his cheek on hers, then moving his mouth to her ear and saying in a whisper only she could hear. "I love you too." And he returned his cheek to hers with a single tear dropping from his eyes and landing on her forehead right at the base of her horn.
"Oh this is priceless, my poor little changeling has fallen in love with a pony and the pony has fallen in love with her. I never thought I would see the day. Ha ha! Not only do I get to defeat my sworn enemies this very night, I get to crush the loving relationship these two are in. Haha ha!" Chrysalis laughed triumphantly.
The entire crowd was gasping and whispering amongst themselves hearing these words. It was unheard of for a changeling to love a pony in any manner besides food, was this really possible?
Ocean Blue's mind was a dark fog as she tried to stay with Big Mac but she felt herself losing the battle until she thought she heard someone speaking to her. The voice was distant and not discernible but it felt familiar, it felt safe. She tried to focus on these words and soon they began to come into focus. She felt warmth flow over her as she was able to finally make out the source of the voice; it was Big Mac, and he way saying something to her through choked sobs of sadness. The feeling of warmth enveloping her became stronger. Ocean Blue ran towards the sound of the voice having desperately needing to know what he was saying. Finally the words came loud and clear. She could hear him repeating the same thing over and over again. "I love you." When the feeling of warmth she felt made her feel like she was about to burst into flames from the inside out, but this feeling was not painful, it was empowering.
With Big Mac's cheek again resting on hers, he could only repeat those words over and over again while slowly rubbing his cheek against hers preparing for the inevitable end while Chrysalis was laughing enjoying the show.
"Oh please, don't make me sick, I think it is time to end this gushy moment don't you hmm?" Chrysalis said.
She started to charge her horn, the glow getting brighter in waving pulses until she heard a weak voice ask. "Why mother?"
The voice was from Ocean Blue. This caught Chrysalis off guard and she stopped using her magic. Big Mac lifted his head off of Ocean Blue a look of pure ecstasy filling his features.
"What was that?" Chrysalis asked holding up one hoof to her ear in a mocking manner.
"Why did you lie to all of us?" she said.
"Oh what ever are you talking about?" Chrysalis responded in an obviously fake form of bewilderment and shock. "Why did you always say we could never be with ponies, that we would be destroyed on site, and we were required to sustain ourselves off of love. There are other ways w can exist." Ocean Blue was saying when Chrysalis cut her off.
"Enough! I will not stand here while you lecture me on our existence. It was I who kept us alive and well all of these long years, it is I who kept us from perishing into nothing!"
In her fit of anger, Chrysalis failed to notice one crucial aspect of Ocean Blue. The wound on her side was quickly disappearing and within seconds it was entirely gone. Feeling her energy returning Ocean Blue lifted her head and in a louder voice she said.
"It was you who caused all of your children to die!" Ocean Blue said in a cold voice.
Chrysalis's face filled with a pure and unquestionably sincere look of shock this time. "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?" Chrysalis bellowed.
"You… you heard me mother! You caused all of my brethren, your children!... To die in that stupid attempt of yours to attack the castle."
Chrysalis was lost for words at first, her anger rising to levels she had never experienced before. "How dare you, you little maggot! I did what I did to keep my babies from starving to death!"
"NO!" Ocean Blue yelled, now starting to get into a sitting position. "I know for a fact now that changelings do not require love to survive, we can eat just as ponies do, we do not need to feed directly off their love when there is plenty to keep our magic strong! You made me come along on that escapade of yours to attack the castle even after I effused. But you tortured me through starvation until I caved in."
"SCILENCE!" Chrysalis yelled fuming with anger.
"I will not be silenced. It was you with your misplaced anger and hatred of ponies that made you KILL YOUR OWN CHILDREN!"
By this time Ocean Blue was standing on all four legs tears streaming down her face, Big Mac behind her, and the other six girls behind him. The crowd surrounding them at a loss for words at the things they were hearing, seeing this changeling challenge the queen as she was.
"You were an abomination when you were born, I should have destroyed you when I first saw you, but I suppose I was weak… but not anymore! You shall be destroyed with the rest of these pitiful excuses for beings." Chrysalis said.
Chrysalis then charged her horn and fired the strongest blast she could muster right at Ocean Blue. With a loud bang, a gust of wind pushing many ponies back several feet and knocking other who were farther away to the ground, a cloud of dust, and a blinding light, everypony present in the crowd felt their hearts fall knowing that there was no way the changeling, Big Mac, and the other girls could have survived such a powerful attack even with one of Twilight's protection spells. Taking all of Princess Celestia's powers had given her untold strength, even enough to overpower Luna in mere seconds and enough such that a powerful lightning strike only tickled her.
Chrysalis began laughing in triumph now pondering what to do with this town and all of its inhabitants. Her thoughts were abruptly interrupted when the dust settled and to her shock and horror, all of the ponies she fired at were still standing.
Ocean blue was levitating a few inches off the ground but her wings were not moving at all. Her arms were extended in a protective manner and her eyes were glowing a bright green. Her horn also glowed a bright green under a shimmering done of green light forming a shield she had created protecting all of them. The area all around them was in ruins with large chunks of dirt missing right in front of them where the blast had hit but they stood un-phased. What was more surprising to all who saw it was that Big Mac himself was also glowing with some kind of golden yellow aura with part of it breaking away from his chest and partially enveloping Ocean Blue with the green of her magic melding with the golden yellow where their auras met.
"IMPOSSIBLE" Chrysalis screamed.
"No mother. If we changelings can use the power of love others feel between themselves and others and be as powerful as we are, a changeling using the pure raw power of the love it shares directly with willing and accepting partner has no equal. I as a Queen changeling myself can harness this and be ever more powerful than even you can ever hope to achieve." Ocean Blue said.
Everyone gasped again both from hearing that Ocean Blue was a not just a regular changeling but a future changeling queen but also from the shear strength of the magic which could be felt emanating from this changeling. Even pegasi and earth ponies, ones not generally attuned to magic had to take a few steps back from the intensity they felt.
Author's note:
I thought I would leave it at a nice little cliffhanger there. I personally like to keep my chapters around 1500 words each. I know, I make you all wait, but I do not think you will be disappointed.
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wetworkzNinja chapter 12 . 15h ago
thanks for the complements :-D
Christ's Disciple chapter 12 . 13h ago
You are right, Luna was defeated VERY quickly. I made a conscious choice to do that, and to have the lighting strike not affect Chrysalis as I wanted show just how strong Chrysalis had become. Now that you have read this chapter, perhaps that makes more sense now as it helps show just how powerful Ocean Blue herself has become. ;-)