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The Crusaders Prelude #2

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Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or any of the ideas or characters related to it. I do not own Marvel or any of its ideas or characters. I make no money from this writing.


My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

The Crusaders Prelude: Seeking Help

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     "The changelings are dying."

     The grave statement, spoken with a normal tone, seemed to boom throughout the shining crystalline hall, echoing clear as crystal long after it should have stopped. The speaker of those words, the once-proud and dreaded Queen Chrysalis, frowned and lowered her head, hating having to admit the truth. But there was no alternative. It was this, or a slow death and obscurity.

     "The changelings are dying," she said again to the figure seated on the gold throne atop the crystal steps before Chrysalis. She kneeled before them, the two changeling guards she had brought with her doing the same. There is not enough love in the world to support us anymore. Not since… the Hulk disaster fifty years ago. There is only just enough love to insure my people starve to death slowly."

     The figure on the throne shifted in his seat and leaned forward. The alicorn was armored from horn to hoof in plain grey metal, over which went a deep green cloak. The metal mask he wore, hiding all features yet radiating contempt, glowered down at her. "This is known to us. Little passes in this world that we do not notice. Tell us, Chrysalis, what have you come to the Crystal Empire for?" The voice that spoke was a deep baritone, made deeper by a mechanical reverb from whatever technology the mask contained.

     The changelings are dying.

     Chrysalis didn't know if she was charmed or disturbed by her host's use of the archaic Royal We. Nevertheless, it compelled her to answer. "I came here… for help. Yours was the only nation not hurt in any way by that terrible struggle among the Royalty of Equestria. I had thought at first of infiltrating your Crystal Empire and taking the love your people feel for you as my own, but… seeing what you wear on your left hoof, I don't dare."

     The stallion looked down at his left hoof. The boot was golden, and adorning it was a single gem, green as spring and shining with an inner light. "Oh, so you know what this is, insect?"

     The changelings are dying.

     Chrysalis nodded. This might be her only chance. "Yes, I do. I also know there are five more of them. Even more, I know where one of them can be found."

     "…"

     Chrysalis shared a look with her two guards, and then looked back up at her host. He stared back at her, expression unreadable behind that metal mask. Fear rose in the changeling queen's shriveled heart; fear that she had overstepped her bounds, and would soon become a gooey smear on the floor.

     But then, "Abandon your futile attempts to hurt the Princesses of Equestria. Do not raise a hoof against this newly-created 'Iron Mare'. Serve us, Queen Chrysalis, you and all your pathetic insect hordes, and you shall know the mercy of Doom."

     The changelings were not going to die. Not yet.
The next prelude to The Crusaders features two characters y'all might not be expecting.
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

Vision: Seeing how it is that the changeling hordes have come to work for Doom is fairly interesting. The idea that there's not enough love left in the world to keep them alive without what's probably one of the Elements fits well with the way Equestria has evolved.

Originality: Having an analogue to Doctor Doom running the Crystal Empire makes him the sort of antagonist one might expect to see in the future Equestria.

Technique: Reiterating the fact that Chrysalis's species is dying of starvation adds just the right note of desperation to her audience with Pony Doctor Doom.

Impact: Giving him access to characters who are the moral equivalent of the Skrulls makes him all the more menacing.