AiE Chapter 4: Salvation

>You can feel the tension in the air.

>Twilight and the Princess are glaring at each other, their eyes practically beaming.

>"Twilight, do not make me hurt you," the Princess boomed.  "Obey my orders, or suffer the consequences."

>You don't like the sounds of that, especially seeing as the Princess' horn looks like it could gore an elephant.

>Wait... does she have... Wings?

>"Princess, I won't let you hurt him." Twilight responds, as her eyes begin to glow.

>"I didn't want to have to do this, Twilight," the Princess says, planting her hooves on the floor, "But you leave me no choice."

>Aw shit, wizard battle.

>Well, kind of.

 

>The Princess fires a large beam at Twilight, trying to push her off of the table.

>Twilight barely shifts her head, conjuring a shield that sends the blast careening into the wall.

>Holy shit.

 

>Twilight returned fire with two smaller beams.

>The first shot directly at the Princess, only to met by a shield that was a simple mimicry of Twilight's.

>The second, however, curved under the shield and slammed right into the Princess.

>Damn, Twilight.

>You scary.

 

>Even though it was a direct hit, it was barely a slap to the Princess.

>"I won't hold back anymore, Twilight."

>"Bring it on, Celestia."

>She's pretty fearless for a small, purple pony.

>This time, the Princess fires two glowing orbs, whose paths intertwine.

>They're disorienting pattern makes them difficult to track.

>You're not liking these odds.

>Twilight closes her eyes and breathes deeply.

>What the fuck is she doing?!

"Twilight, watch ou-"

>Twilight catches both orbs without even opening her eyes.

>She smashes them together into one big ball of energy, and throws them right back at Celestia.

>The Princess frantically tried to put up a shield, but it shatters as the sphere slams through it and into her.

>This time, Celestia was knocked off of her feet.

 

>No wonder Twilight had trouble with healing magic.

>She was much more suited to kicking ass than fixing it.

 

>Celestia was back on her feet with two flaps of her giant wings.

>In any other situation, you would have called her graceful.

>Presently, she was only an angel of death.

>"Twilight, I... I don't want to hurt you," Celestia said, this time her voice much softer, "Please, stop this madness."

>Twilight's glare didn't relent.

>"I won't let you hurt him."

>Celestia's face turned to anger.

>"Then I have no choice."

>Without warning, the medical equipment in the wall unlodged themselves and sped towards Twilight, their blades aimed at her body.

>The surgical tray on the table rose and blocked their path.

>This time, Celestia had learned from Twilight.

>All of the blades curve around the tray, and are on a straight shot for Twilight's head.

>Twilight gasps.

>This isn't good.

 

>Everything goes white.

>Did you get hit?

>Are you dead?

>What the hell happened?

>The light quickly fades, and you immediately notice something's different.

>Holy hell.

>Twilight switched places.

>Celestia is frozen with fear, the blades hovering near her neck.

>"I'm not going to let you hurt an innocent." Twilight says, slowly walking over to Celestia and your operation table.

>"I-Innocent? I thought you said he attacked you in the forest?!" Celestia says, making sure her body is completely still.

>"What? No! He SAVED me from what attacked me!" Twilight says, not letting her guard down.

>No fucking way.

>Celestia begins laughing like nothing you've heard before.

>Twilight tenses up, ready for another attack.

>"This is just a big misunderstanding, then!" Celestia says, stepping off of the table.

 

>No. Fucking. Way.

>Twilight's eyes widen, her face droops.

>"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Princess!" Twilight says, dropping the knives.

>A scalpel narrowly misses your crotch.

"Hey, could you watch where you drop those?!"

>"Oops!" Twilight says, picking up the blade and making sure to re-organize the medical equipment

>She places them all back on the tray.

>That was quite the transition.

>Badass to suck-up in less than a minute.

>"It's my fault. I thought you said he was the 'beast' that attacked you! If I had listened closely, none of this would have happened!" Celestia says warmly, rubbing Twilight on the head.

"Am... Am I going to die?"

>The restraints on the surgical table burst open, freeing you from the metal plate you've been chained to this whole time.

"Th-Thanks..." You say, still in shock of, well, everything.

>Waking up in an operating room.

>Being sliced open.

>Witnessing a wizard battle.

>Between ponies.

 

>This place is weird.

>Really weird.