Chapter 7 Equestria Part 3
(Kate POV)
We were barely fed but we were managing somehow, although I'm not exactly certain how though. However though, today was the day Celestia was planning to execute the three of us. We had our own plan that we came up with from the days we spent quietly talking to one another.
"The plan is simple, I'll transform into a Breezy and get you two out, however if anti-transformation spells were used, then what you've been telling me about, this keyblade or whatever it is, and use it to free us and fight our way out," the changeling said, "then again, you might be lying about the whole keyblade part."
"Don't worry about that part," Rayna said, "You don't have to believe us, just trust us on it."
They came to get us and chained us to the ground inside as Luna was in a shadowed corner not looking at her sister but at rather the three of us. Rayna kept her eyes closed as Celestia's back was turned; the changeling began attempting transformation in any kind if possible.
"I know you three were planning to escape by change into somepony different," Celestia said, not turning to face us, "Don't even bother wasting what little energy you have left."
That was the moment when Celestia turned around and right next to her levitating by her magic was what appeared what seemed to be a keyblade, a glowing white one with suns adorning the shaft as well as one resembling her cutie mark as the teeth and keychain of the keyblade.
"I'm certain you don't know what this is, but this is the only time you will ever see this," Celestia said.
"I know what that is," Rayna said, "and I know well enough that isn't the real one, it's a shame."
"How would you even know what this even is?" Celestia asked with the pseudo-keyblade pointed right at Rayna's forehead.
"That isn't a real keyblade," Rayna said, "it's nothing more than an imitation, a part of yourself yes, but that's just it. The imitation doesn't even have a part of its own that it is its own being to put it in a way. All its power is your power, what else could happen when there is nothing to gain when you are using your power just to make this imitation appear."
"How could you tell? You've never seen the real one!" Celestia shouted.
"I have, seen it, and there were nothing to signify the imitation's materialization," Rayna said as L'Amour materialized in between the two as the light that had surrounded the keyblade as it had materialized was lingering a bit, "this is a real keyblade."
It was almost possible as the need for power flickered across Celestia's eyes as her magical aura attempted to cling onto the handle of L'Amour only to have it disappear and reappear at the Rayna's hooves.
"It seems that you have no clue about the truth of the keyblade's whims," Rayna said.
"What do you mean? Relinquish the key to ME!" Celestia said as her magic only slipped from attempting to gain a hold onto it when it all seemed meaningless in the end.
"You don't understand do you? The keyblade chooses its master not the other way around," Rayna said as I summoned Starlight Lotus using my magic to unlock the chains.
After the three of us were freed, Celestia seemed to have wasted no time at all, attacking us with her pseudo-keyblade as we countered them, barely noticing how the changeling had shifted her appearance to resemble Rayna almost all too well excluding the cutie mark with a pseudo-keyblade resembling a cross between Starlight Lotus and L'Amour. It seemed like relentless fighting until something strange happened.
"Oh Celestia, you always are trying to prove your post," someone new, who had popped in said, he was unlike the other ponies, rather a mix of different creatures.
"Discord, you're assistance isn't required here," Celestia said I just noticed a strange dark crystal bound onto one of her wings.
"Oh but where's the fun then?" Discord said as the room had darkened, looking at the sky, I saw the moon causing an eclipse, and just then, Celestia fainted. Discord asked, "Luna? What are you up to?"
Before she answered, her horn still glowing she rushed towards Rayna as the glow had darkened to match the night. Her horn, touching the area above where Rayna's heart resided, began to glow brighter as the light from it left the horn and into Rayna.
"What…what are you doing Princess?" Rayna asked, scared witless.
"Granting you the powers to help you reach the keyhole," Luna said obviously exhausted.
"How do you know about the keyhole?" I asked.
"We were meant to become Equestria's Guardians of Light, trained by Starswirl the Bearded," Luna said, "however thousand years ago, I lost myself to the darkness and lost my keyblade in the process, when Celestia had banished me to the moon all those years ago, she never knew she was using her keyblade, sacrificing it, in order to seal me away. When I had returned, she held out her soul in replace of Solar Divinity, her lost keyblade, shaped as it believing it to be her keyblade."
"Was Starswirl really a keyblade master?" Rayna asked.
"No, he wasn't, he was told by somepony else to train the three he thought were best to guard Equestria's light," Luna said.
"Who was the third?" the changeling asked.
"Princess Rosemunde, Princess of Duty," Luna said, "She resides in a coastal town, she's the one Starswirl entrusted with the location of the keyhole."
"Where exactly is this town?" the changeling asked.
"In the Southeast," Luna said, "She went to protect the town's residents while learning with the queen of a hive of changelings that resides close by."
"The Airavata Hive? The Airavata are the only changelings in the Southeast coastal region," the changeling said, "Please Princess Luna, I know the Southeastern coasts well, let me take the keyblade wielders there, hide them within the hive until Celestia believes they're gone for good and then take them to the town. My birthmother, Queen Manami, needs to know I'm safe and alive, in return, I'll see if we could come up with a treaty of sorts between the Airavata and Inferna-Airavata with the ponies in the town where Princess Rosemunde resides."
"It seems reasonable," Luna said after a few moments of thinking, "however if it is okay with you young changeling, have Discord accompany you to the outskirts of the town, he may prove some use."
"Of course," the changeling said, "once we arrive, I'll send one of the Airavata falcons with a message to you on the terms of the treaty."
At that moment, fleeing for our lives with Discord in tow, we were running towards the Southeastern area of Equestria. It was then when I noticed a sash, with an empty hoop a little bigger than Discord's lion paw and a midnight blue satin drawstring bag, around Rayna's waist. We didn't have enough time to question it yet, as we traveled, fighting the heartless while avoiding towns and cities. Discord was indeed help, as the Spirit of Chaos, he was able to wield a pseudo-keyblade that was almost like a real one while the changeling would borrow the power by either imitating Rayna or me. Weeks seemed to pass until Discord stopped accompanying us when we arrived to the town closest to the Airavata Hive.