Onyx watched the girls run out of the Wedding Hall, leaving Candance with Shining with the Runic Warriors. He questioned what on earth his princess was doing out loud. "What on earth are you doing, Celestia?"
Asmund snorted while looking at the Changelings around the city because it was honestly not a problem. After all, the five young Rune Warrior are earning their keep. "I am going over to the bridge area."
Onyx nodded and watched his other self because it was interesting how the original Onyx was reacting before looking at the fight between the four Runic Warriors and Chrysalis. He mused aloud because this was an exciting bit of information. "So, four are your equal Chrysalis or super Chrysalis, I should say."
He watched one of those bastards that generally sit in the shadow bring a group of Changelings into a shadowed alleyway and proceed to destroy them. He could not help but chuckle because it was amusing that the Changelings thought that just because ponies were peaceful, ponies were not warriors. After all, their peace was earned through blood and kept by those ponies willing to do violence on our behalf. When he was looking for more information, and was surprised that he noticed something interesting. A bunch of Changelings was surrounding him, causing him to hum in interest. "So, you lot want to dance with me?"
The Changelings quickly roared and transformed and attacked Onyx causing him to shake his head. He quickly used his magic, stopped them, and slowly stripped his shirt, exposing his muscular body. "I think you boys do not really understand what is about to happen."
He quickly spun his hammer, causing some wind and earth to shake. The Changelings looked at the magic radiating off him. They quickly realized that this was a special pony that needed to be taken out. When they felt the magic release, they returned to attacking, and before they felt Onyx swing his hammer and smashed the group of the Changelings and watched amused as they shook and kept attacking. He mused aloud. "I wonder if I over-prepared. After all, you lot are way too weak."
The Changelings shook their heads and looked at this monster of a pony before realizing that they only needed to distract him and started changing they're mentally. Onyx hummed when he noticed their movements because they were no longer straight attacking him. "So now you want to stall me for your queen."
---Asmund---
Asmund arrived at the bridge that the girls would go over and saw a bunch of Changelings appear, causing him to snort and lean on his spear while looking at the weaklings. Asmund hummed before he noticed something interesting the girls were slowly making their way towards him. "So, you lot are going to be my dance partners."
The Changelings growled, confused because that was not possible. There were two of the special monsters that Chrysalis marked. Asmund quickly figured out what they were having problems with. He slowly hummed before deciding to just start while taunting. "Do not worry about other stuff focus right here and now, or you might just die."
As he swung his spear and knocking Changeling's unconscious with every swing, he was surprised to hear the girls appearing. He hummed because he was slightly sure that he had way more time than that. When he swung his spear, he channeled his magic, causing a massive gust of wind to clear a path for him. Still, even though he was destroying Changelings, his eyes were only on a few people in his herd… it doesn't matter that they do not know he existed. They were his, just like his outer was his. Pinkie was the one to speak up in surprise. "Onyx?"
Asmund mused that as much as he wanted to say yes. He had decided that he was Asmund. Asmund smiled down at her happily before turning away to get back into the fight. He spoke in a sharp tone and watched the Changelings, and looked around. "My name is Asmund, my lady, not Onyx... and I shall be clearing you lot a path to the hall where you need to go."
The girls were confused before hearing someone laugh and seeing a Changeling smash into the ground with a shirtless Onyx standing spinning his hammer. Asmund could not help but sigh because even though the fighting has been going on for twenty minutes, and felt like hours already. Asmund looked him over. "What on earth happened to your shirt?"
Onyx looked himself over and realized that he was maybe enjoying the fight a little more than he should be and looked at the girls and quickly smashed his hammer into the ground. He spoke after giving them some space. "I lost it to a Changeling attack that left me completely shirtless… We will clear y'all a path to the hall."
They quickly cleared the girls a path, watched them run onto the hall, left them alone with the Changelings, and noticed that they were not attacking anymore. Onyx hummed and noticed an approaching magical signature. He spoke aloud, informing Asmund. "Well, it appears that the Runic Warriors have lost Asmund."
Chrysalis slowly walked into sight, panting heavily and radiating an aura of anger. She was covered in bruises and blood. She spoke to the two ponies in front of her with hatred in her tone. "This was supposed to be easy, but instead, I have more hurt Changelings than I should have lost… I am giving you two one chance surrender, or I will destroy you two."
Onyx and Asmund looked at each other and started laughing because this was looking like it was going to be fun, and the longer they stall her, the better the girl's chance of getting the weapons actually was. They nodded each other while laughing and flipped her off and retook their fighting stances. Chrysalis looked annoyed because this was not how this was supposed to go. "Why on earth are you ponies able to fight so hard? You peace-loving fools should have been easy food."
Onyx burst even deeper into laughter along with Asmund. Onyx decided that even though it was a rhetorical question, he deiced that he just had to speak up because this was hilarious. "We earned our right to be peaceful by conquering all of Equestria."
Chrysalis growled and quickly called upon her magic before seeing the two of them launch themselves at her because they will stop her and give the girls more time… Every time she got the upper hand on one of them, the other would quickly jump in front of her attacks and make it worthless. She mused to herself because this was interesting. "How are you two able to have such a high level of coordination even though one of you is not in a file of Equestria."
"I wonder how on earth we have such great combo." Onyx teased and was quickly able to smash his hammer into her ribs, sending her flying. Asmund noticed that a Changeling would hit Onyx's back with a scythe arm before watching it shatter, reshape itself without a single wound, leave a chunk behind, and notice that the Changeling was shorter. Asmund Quickly stabbed a Changeling in the chest and watched as he shrunk and healed instantly. Onyx, who saw this got what Asmund wanted to show him. He hummed allowed before feeling a massive blast of magic come flying at him and send him flying. "Ow…"
Asmund hummed and watched as Onyx was about to be run over and realized that he would not be able to rush to his defense. Because Chrysalis was no longer playing the game with them and was quickly smashed as well.
---Time Skip---
Chrysalis pulled Onyx and Asmund into the wedding hall and threw them into a wall opposite of each other, leaving Celestia in the ceiling and Candance and Shining at the altar. She spoke up, annoyed with the 5 people that made this way harder than it should have been. "This is really not going according to plan… I mean, really, Celestia was way stronger than she should have been. Candance escaped, and… and… Ugh!"
Candance could not help but look at the two versions of Onyx because only she and Celestia would realize they were the same people and looked up at Celestia because that was interesting. Celestia nodded her head because this was curious. The Rune warriors were not supposed to be here, and Onyx most definitely called them in and made this way harder for the Changelings. He should not have had the pull to call in the Runic Warriors into a fight with the capital. Chrysalis looked at the two Onyx's and sighed. "How on earth are there two of you anyway?"
Onyx let out a low groan mixed with a giggle while Asmund let out a quiet huff before they started standing back up. Chrysalis blinked in surprise, watching these two Ponies stand back up even though she was certain several bones in their body should be broken. "How are you two standing back up… I am certain I have shattered your bones."
Onyx decided to bite the bullet and started talking about his broken ribs, of which there were three of them. At the same time, Asmund mused that one of his arms was completely destroyed pretty much. Candance grimaced at their words because this sounded bad while Celestia sighed before watching them both cast magic on their hands with Onyx pulling out a spear instead of his 1 hand handed hammer. While Asmund called forth Onyx's hammer. He spoke up while spinning the hammer in circles. "Shall we Onyx?"
"We shall, Asmund." Onyx replied, providing the two princesses with a name, and quickly dashed at two locations instead of Chrysalis, which surprised her. Onyx quickly jumped at Princess Celestia with a swing of Asmund's spear. Simultaneously, Asmund threw himself at the pinned Runic Warriors and smashed the hammer down in between them breaking the floor freeing them before feeling something about to hit his back and pierce his chest.
Asmund looked back and saw the Changeling queen standing behind him with an arm through his chest. Chrysalis spoke up, angry beyond belief. "I gave you two a chance to surrender, and so now you die."
Asmund smiled before twirling the hammer, already feeling the body start to fall apart before smashing it into her face. Onyx quickly reached Princess Celestia and manage to cut her free before being hit by a Changeling and sent into a pillar. Still, he had done enough and watched as the Celestia slowly floated to the ground. Chrysalis watched the body slink apart and turn into magic, and the hammer fall to the ground and leave behind a pile of rocks. "What on…."
As Chrysalis spoke, she heard something behind her and turned and saw that Celestia was free and radiating heat. This time there were none of her subjects around. Changelings started screeching, feeling themselves boil and flake almost as if their skin was falling off. Celestia hummed while looking the Changelings up and down before deciding that free Shining would get rid of the changelings and free her ponies because of his spell, so she quickly flicked him magically. Shining looked around confused before spotting Candance. "Is the wedding over?"
Celestia was the one to respond to the dazed guard captain. "No, it is not shining armor, and I have a need of you to cast your shield spell immediately."
"You think I will allow him to attempt to cast it, Celestia." Chrysalis sneered at the pissed of Alicorn, expecting that there would be no problems. After all, she had defeated this woman once already. Celestia looked at this being straight up, saying to her face that she could be taken. She slowly raised an eyebrow because this is really funny.
---Ethereal Realm---
Harmony looked at Shining Armor and waited for a specific moment because if he succeeded in casting his shield spell on his own, she would make him an Alicorn. After all, he is mentally exhausted and magically drained as well as coming off of mind control. 'Well then, young one, can you do it like you are supposed to.'
Discord hummed while looking him up and down. 'If he succeeds, what is he going to be the Alicorn of?'
Harmony hummed in a low tone of voice at his question. She slowly answered him. 'The Alicorn of Defense a subordinate to the eventual Alicorn of War.'
Discord nodded his head while he thought about the eventual Alicorn of Defense. 'But that only happens if he can do this deed right here and now on his own.'
Harmony shook her head. 'As long as he does some great deed of Defense in his lifetime, I will allow him to ascend.'