Chapter 14:
Chrysalis in her infuriated state tried firing off another shot and the same result occurs. The other ponies in the crowd are pushed back again from the blast. The dust settles again and Ocean Blue has a large grin on her face. She lifts a single eyebrow and says.
"My turn." Ocean Blue's eyes changed from their glowing green color to that of Big Mac's golden yellow. Her horn glows brighter with green near the base and golden yellow at the tip. Wisps of magical energy begin to float and envelop Ocean Blue's body beginning near the ground and working their way to her head. Suddenly a strong bolt of magic leaves Ocean Blue as these wisps all converge near the tip of her horn. The blast directed at chrysalis hits its target. Chrysalis is sent flying backwards through a nearby building bringing it crashing down around her as Ocean Blue makes chase. Chrysalis recovers herself blasting forth from the wreckage, pieces of the building flying in all directions. Cracks were forming in even her own hardened exterior, but not enough to cause bleeding. Through gritted teeth she begins to fly into the sky still filled with dark clouds from Luna's lighting attack. The whole while chrysalis is flying into the sky she is firing shot after shot at Ocean Blue. Most shots miss her but the few that do are simply reflected off of her.
"Oh no you don't, you think you can treat my friends, the one I love this way and get away with it?" Ocean Blue yells.
Soon both Chrysalis and Ocean Blue are above the cloud cover. All of the on lookers are unable to see anything that was happening directly, but they knew the fight was raging. It seemed almost like lighting within the clouds only they were not the brilliant white one would expect from lightning. The flashes were sometimes green and other times a beautiful yellow one would associate with the sun. The flashes traveled all through the sky causing many of the on lookers to appear as if they were watching a tennis match, watching the ball go from one end of the court to the other.
The mane six finally released from their dazed thoughts realize they have a chance to help both of the princesses.
"Rarity, Apple Jack, go help Luna, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy, help me get Princess Celestia out of this thing, we need to help her." Twilight says as she points a hoof in Luna's direction when talking to the first two mares and then pointing the hoof in the direction of Celestia still contained within Chrysalis's container.
"Right away." Rarity said. "You got it sugar cube." Apple Jack said as they ran in the direction where Luna landed.
"Let's do this." Rainbow Dash said.
Twilight then used her magic to open the chrysalis holding Celestia. When the container was opened, thick green goo rushed out and Celestia followed shortly thereafter. Celestia look horrible. Her fur was a dark shade of grey not because of the goo covering her but because it appeared as if her fur had aged to the point that she was an old graying mare. She was thin, thin enough that she looked like a skeleton with a thick layer of fur covering the bones and her horn was badly cracked.
"What did that monster do to her?" Twilight yelled out while placing a hoof under Celestia's head, cradling it in her lap while gently rocking back and forth. "We have to help her, but I do not know how." Twilight said again as tears cascaded down her cheeks.
These thoughts were interrupted when a loud crashing boom was heard. Off in the distance a thick dust cloud could be seen wafting up into the sky. Something had deeply impacted the ground causing what felt like a small earthquake. It was chrysalis; she had been propelled from the sky into the ground by Ocean Blue's latest attack. Chrysalis managed to get back up as the energy from Celestia still gave her enough strength to keep fighting. Chrysalis was however still badly injured. Her horn had become cracked from the exertion of her magic against Ocean Blue. Her outer shell had more cracks in it; several were now dripping small amounts of green blood.
Chrysalis saw Ocean Blue quickly flying down from the sky towards her. While she was definitely winning the battle, she was getting hurt herself as she too had cracks in her shell, but not deep enough to draw blood. Her eyes blazed with energy appearing to be portals into the heart of a blast furnace. Just as Ocean Blue was firing another shot, chrysalis became airborne again heading back into the sky to continue this fight to the very end.
Apple Jack and Rarity soon come running up where Twilight was holding Celestia.
"Luna's gone!" Apple Jack yells.
"What do you mean gone? Where is she?!" Twilight exclaims.
"How are we supposed to know, we went to where she was, we saw where she landed, but there was no trace of her." Rarity said.
The battle continued for what seemed like forever, the town of Ponyville was slowly being laid to pieces as either Chrysalis or Ocean Blue was hurled into the ground, hurled through buildings, or misdirected attack blasts hit other objects. Just then however a flash of blue light was seen from behind the girls, it was Luna and she was carrying the gen box filled with the elements of harmony. Just as soon as she had arrived, she fell to her knees; her face in a grimace of pain, fresh blood was still dripping from her mouth and nostrils.
"Luna! We need to help your sister, she is dying." Twilight said oblivious to Luna's condition as her mind was at its wits end.
"We cannot help her until Chrysalis is defeated, how hurry!" Luna yelled with a guttural voice clearly in pain from what were probably broken ribs.
Luna used her magic to open the chest and brought the elements of harmony to its corresponding pony.
"Let's go girls!" Rainbow dash said.
The six girls all sped off towards the direction where the fight between Ocean Blue and Chrysalis was raging. Left alone, Luna helps her sister as best she can by sitting by her side. Big Mac then comes up behind Luna and then sits down next to Celestia alongside Luna, doing his best to comfort the younger princess while he is still emitting a faint yellow glow from his entire body.
The girls come to a large clearing where Ocean Blue and chrysalis were now battling horn to horn.
"Give up mother, this battle is lost to you. Admit defeat and I won't have to destroy you." Ocean Blue said eye to eye with her mother.
"I will never give up until I have what I want!" Chrysalis yelled; spit flying from her mouth into Ocean Blue's face as it appeared Chrysalis was literally foaming at the mouth. While chrysalis is distracted, the elements of harmony activate their powers and with a bright blast of rainbow magical energy, the beam strikes chrysalis dead on. Ocean Blue shoves herself off her mother so as to not be caught in the blast. A state of shocked panic was etched on Chrysalis's face as she felt her legs become immobile. She looked down and to her horror, she was turning to stone. She yelled out in enraged agony with her scream ceasing when her head finally turned to stone.
Seeing chrysalis defeated, Ocean Blue at first stands still, but she begins to waver in balance and collapses to the ground.
"Quick, bring her back to town she needs help!" Twilight yells.
The girls all rush to her and with Ocean Blue's unconscious body draped over Apple Jack's back, Twilight teleports them all to where they left Celestia. In a purple flash, the girls all appear before Luna. Big Mac looks over to them and rushes towards Apple Jack to see how Ocean Blue was faring. Big Mac raises a hoof to her face and brushes her cheek. To Big Mac's delight she opens her eyes and manages to give a weak smile when she sees her love's face.
Soon Ocean Blue's eyes shoot wide open and she says "Celestia!"
She gets off Apple Jack's back and makes her way to Celestia still in Luna's care while staggering, having difficulty in maintaining balance and coordination. Once at Celesita's side, Ocean Blue sees two fang marks near the base of Celestia's neck and realizes what she has to do to save the Princess of the sun.
"Give her to me." Ocean Blue says through a small cough.
Luna was unsure but did as she was asked. Ocean Blue takes Celestia into her own lap, positioning her neck close to her face. Ocean Blue looks up into the sky opening her mouth wide open. The others gasp as they see her fangs elongate to several times their original length. Before anypony had a chance to respond, Ocean Blue bites deeply into Celestia's neck, a small dribble of blood flowing down her neck. Everyone was in a state of shock when Twilight rushes over and tries to tear the changeling off the princess. Just as she was about to do so, she noticed a worrying change in the changelings appearance while simultaneously seeing Celestia's appearance improve. She stops in her tracks and just looks in awestruck silence.
As all of the ponies look on, Ocean Blue's dark black exterior shell begins to lose is luster and begins to change to a shade of grey, the shade of grey getting lighter and lighter as every second ticks by. Her insect wings were beginning to shrivel and crackle as small parts of the transparent membrane broke off and began to float away in the breeze like charred paper would in a camp fire. Her mane and tail fin like material also began to shrivel and break apart. As the seconds ticked by Big Mac's golden yellow aura began to dim and soon disappeared entirely.
The entire time this is happening to Ocean Blue's body, Princess Celestia was returning to her former glory. The last thought to go through Ocean Blue's mind as she was literally giving her own life force to heal the princess was "I love you Big Mac." And then her mind was lost in darkness.