Onyx slowly made his way to the café where the girls were meeting up for drinks. He could not help but jiggle his wrist because it held his shrunken hammer and Asmund's spear. When he saw Princess Luna slowly make her way through the air, he could not help but sigh. He blinked before thinking about a question he wanted to ask the show creators. 'I wonder where Luna was when the attack of the Changelings happens.'
As he arrived, he was surprised that he was the first one there and looked around for the girls. 'Am I in the right place?'
Before he could think about getting up, he was surprised that Pinkie appeared. He spoke up, happy that he had found the place exactly like he was supposed to. "Hello, Pinkie darling."
Pinkie smiled and sat down while the rest of the girls filed in. She started speaking up. "So what did the Princess need Onyx?"
He was about to speak before deciding to talk to all the girls when they arrived. "I will tell you when everyone is here, alright?"
Pinkie nodded her head and started ordering various drinks for the group as they arrived and watched as Twilight was the last to arrive. Pinkie pointed at Onyx. "Alright, everyone is here, Onyx."
Twilight was confused before realizing that he most likely was for everyone before talking about what he has been doing. Onyx nodded and sighed. "So Celestia thinks that Candance is not Candance."
The girls blinked, confused, and watched Onyx hoping for more information. Onyx sighed because it was kind of obvious to him. "Some being took over and is acting like Candance, and the reasons Celestia thinks this is because this new Candance is completely changing how the wedding is going compared to what she originally wanted."
Rarity blinked and slowly put her drink down with her handshaking. "I am making some imposters wedding dress?"
The girls looked at Rarity and realized that mount Rarity is going to explode at someone. Twilight looked especially annoyed because someone is trying to trick Shining. Pinkie pursed her lips in annoyance because that means all the plans for the party will need to be redone. Rainbow shook her head because it really does not matter to her that this is a different person. The Sonic Rainboom is a Sonic Rainboom. Fluttershy could not help but sigh because the advice she gave was technically accurate for her. Applejack shook her head from side to side. Rarity had anger radiating off her. "She is trying to steal our princess's wedding?"
Onyx blinked and remembered that Rarity was really excited to be making a wedding dress for a princess. "Celestia does not have any physical proof, but Candance has been acting extremely different than normal from what she told me. She wanted a device that could compare magical signatures. I told her it was not possible because I did not have Candance's magical signature."
"Does Shining know that there is a chance that Candance is not who he thinks she is, Onyx?" Twilight asked, worried that her brother is risking himself in some way. Before she realized that was not important to another of her questions. "What is Celestia doing to prove it one way or another?"
Onyx snorted at her two questions and started answering them in the order that she was asked. "As far as I can tell, Celestia has not told Shining because he is way too close to this maybe imposter but again, no proof… She is trying to think about a way to prove it because my Runes have no way to make a device for her."
Twilight and the girls wiggled side to side because this was looking a lot worse than it was turning into. Onyx watched Twilight because this might not turn out how we think. "I cannot make you do anything, Twilight, but I guess if you wanted to try and stop your brother, well, there is nothing the princess and I can about it."
The girls were confused about Onyx's sentence but realized that he wanted her to act like a brat on purpose, losing her brother to someone that she thinks does not deserver him. Rarity thought about it because this was really important. "How certain is she that this person is not Candance, Onyx, because this could mess up the whole wedding?"
Onyx slowly sipped at his drink and decided to give a small fib to the girls because it was to help them and keep them safe. "A little over 76% percent, so pretty sure this is not Candance but an imposter… The only person who can act like anything is different is Twilight because this is her brother, alright?"
The girls nodded their heads and looked at the drinks in front of them and could not help the poutiness they felt about being cheated by some random women.
---Time Skip---
Onyx slowly got ready for bed and watched as his tub was getting filled before hearing a knock at his door. As he was naked currently, he slipped a towel on to cover his lower half and walked towards it and unlocked it, and was surprised to see Twilight there. He watched as she stood there panting and looking around, quite scared. He quietly sighed and opened the door allowing her entry. "Are you alright, Twilight?"
Twilight was about to start speaking before twirling to look at Onyx and saw he was standing there with water and towel as his covering. "I appear to have interrupted your bathing, I apologize."
"Na, I just got into the water. I can get back in when we are done talking Twilight." Onyx waved her off and walked over to the couch and chairs before sitting down. "So, what was so important that it could not wait until tomorrow."
Twilight blinked while watching Onyx before remembering what she had rushed over for and looked at him in thought. "So, Princess Celestia is pretty sure that this is not Candance at all, right? I mean, there is a next to no chance that this is not Candance, Onyx?"
Onyx blinked and realized that she had probably seen Chrysalis mind-controlling Shining and slowly hummed in thought. "From what princess Celestia informed me off that she was pretty sure that this was not Candance but not a hundred percent and was only like ¾ sure Twilight… So if I had to put it into word, the chances of this being a fake are pretty high."
Twilight nodded her head and slowly explained what she had seen about this fake Candance casting her magic on Shining and making his eyes go all swirly. Twilight was slowly panicking over this and was speaking extremely flustered. "Candance never ever used that kind of magic on in her entire life Onyx… Should I take this to Celestia, do you think?"
Onyx sighed because this would lead to Chrysalis being beaten, but Twilight was sent to Candance in the show, and he still cannot find the place where Candance is being held. Onyx spoke up after making his mind with a serious tone of voice, "I need you to do something for me, Twilight."
Twilight blinked when she heard Onyx's tone of voice. "Whatever you need, I am happy to help."
Onyx slowly looked at the night sky, pulled her into his arms, and started whispering into her ear. "I have a magical listing device in here at this range. They cannot hear me… Start cuddling into my arms."
Twilight followed his instruction and felt Onyx start petting her head and calming her down. "I need you to be captured by this fake because we have no idea where Candance is, Twilight… I know I am asking a lot, but this needs to happen if we want to save her."
Twilight nodded against him and realized that she was being asked to allow herself to be captured by an enemy of Equestria. Onyx gently pulled her tighter. "I am going to inform you that this magic that you saw was most likely a different magic and most likely to help with his stress."
Twilight nodded before standing up in a huff. "I cannot believe that you think this magic was for healing Onyx… why on earth would Candance use a healing spell to help with his tiredness."
Onyx sighed and looked at her because this was hurting both of them. This was going to be a massive fight relationship-wise because they are dating, and the imposter might know this.
---Celestia---
Celestia could not help but shake her head at the fight through the magic that she was watching with. "Why on earth is Onyx changing his tune so fast?"
Luna could not help but snicker at her sister's confusion. "Rune Maker Onyx is doing the one thing he can do for Equestria… Helping Twilight get captured, sister."
Celestia was confused before realizing that Onyx most likely deduced that Candance was held captive and that their enemy would take any captive they took to where they were holding the other one. "How certain can he be that this will work and won't just cause my student to be killed."
Luna sighed because this was really the best plan that they had, and she could not help but wonder about something important. "How can anything be guaranteed in a military option, sister?"
Celestia let out a low grimaced because what Luna was saying was a truth that she did not want to acknowledge that this was a military operation. Twilight was indeed their best chance to make this work and get Candance back. "I would like to add that if it were up to me… I would be stopping this from happing, and that small lie he told his friends is quite rude. I do think it is more than ¾ chance that she is an imposter."
"That is the only thing you complained about, sister?" Luna could not help but smirk at her sisters' false outrage about a tiny lie that was most likely going to keep her friends safe. "Be careful, sister, this might end with us exposing her at the worst time, and with me away from Canterlot… you could be on your own."
---Ethereal Realm---
Harmony hummed and hawed because it was honestly a good plan to make it so they could find the missing Alicorn and could not help but smile. 'This is probably going to be the best plan we have currently.'
Discord nodded his head as well because it was looking like everything was going to end well. 'I have found a good idea about how we could cure the Changelings of their Filth infection… but we would need another massive blast of harmony like when they fought with my lower self and awakened.'
Harmony nodded and looked over the findings that they had and could not help her agreement. 'So we cannot remove their need for emotions, but we can mentally stabilize them and making it, so they do not deteriorate further… Honestly, when will we get a chance to have another blast like that.'
Discord looked at her, nervous because he had noticed something. Simultaneously, she was busy watching the events happen in one of the agent's capital. 'Sombra is slowly breaking the seals holding him, and that means he is going to go to one place in particular.'
Harmony realized that the crystal heart would be back into play and watched and planned it out in her head. 'Get a message and get the elements up there, but how on earth are we going to get the heart to channel harmonic magic.'
'We would need something pretty powerful to make it so this works specifically we would need god magic to change the heart, and what do you know we have an Alicorn potential on the field.' Discord singsonged his plan to Harmony because this was probably the best plan to get him to ascend and, at the same time curing the Changelings.
Harmony hummed and quickly planned it out because this was looking extremely good. 'You realize that if it works like you are planning, I will gain another agent among the ponies, right?'
Discord's eye twitched at the before sighing. 'I do not have a choice. Sombra just being out releases and opens doors to the Filth as much as I do not want you to have another agent, I cannot allow more doors to open into our world.'
Harmony nodded in agreement because both options are pretty bag in the end. 'Well, thank you for choosing me, Discord… even though your other choice is the destruction of our world.'
Discord snorted at her words before speaking up. 'We have destroyed the world before and just wiped the slate clean multiple times, Harmony. Honestly, it is not a problem.'