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The Clouds of Invasion

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THE CANTERLOT SERIES
– Ponies with Epica

[ Click here for the accompanying song]

The Clouds of Invasion



a) Wedding Hall, Battleground

Entering the hall of the wedding
On the altar the bride with her groom
Stop the ceremony
The bride is an impostor
Changeling tears the skin off her form

"If you think you have beaten me, you see you're already late.
Behold as my work is finished, witness as my plan's fulfilled…"

Dark clouds storm over the mountain
Swarming clouds darken the sun
Above us the swarm gathers
Above us the invasion
Fully armed and prepared for assault

"My children answer for my call as I have opened them path:
his love is shield under my will, without him your defenses fall."

The Princess rises against Queen:
"I won't let you cut a single thread on my kin."
"Strike, let no soul fly free!"
"Your plan leads only to misery,
End this madness or I won't answer for your fate."
"Kill, their realm will be wiped out now!"

Standing up for her kin
Princess of harmony and love
Parasite queen, mother of swarm
Radiant sun and flames of greed

Clash in the hall, powers of skies and deeps
For her folk,
For her swarm,
For their sake, the worlds collide…


b) War

She rose against divinity
And found the way to defeat the goddess of heavens
"My will surpasses the gods!"
Misguided love, parasite's fuel
A power beyond to defy the world of harmony
"Die, your kind will be hunted down now!"

Rain over the mountain
Frontlines face within the walls
At the sundown marching to war
Invasion strikes to the heart of land
Flooding the streets, innocence in the crossfire
Harmony's heart lies under the battleground


"Since childhood years I've waited this day:
to overthrow their world, cattle as they are…"

Raining black swarm
In chaos the fight
Separate and strike
Ambush the unprepared
Imprison their kind
Each and everyone

Suppress the resistance
Resign them of worth
Construct them the cage
Gather the cattle
While cries pierce the sky
Shut the children's cry

Into the princess' hall is set the throne fit for a queen
Unarmed, imprisoned take the heroes to their fate…


c) …And What's Left after the Victorious

After the waning sun
Arises the crimson moon
Fallen the god before the swarm
Silent veil over the field of loss

"Please, hold me tightly, I'm shivering.
When did our wedding night became the stage for war?"

When their realm lost, when no more joy left…
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LISTEN THIS SONG WITH THE POEM FOR MAXIMIZED EXPERIENCE [link]

Should I end the series here and just ignore the obligatory happy ending?
The Changeling swarm storms the castle with Epica’s “Serenade of Self-Destruction”. Not happy enough?
:iconpinkiepiesad: fair enough.

This is actually the very first poem I started inspired by The Canterlot Wedding. Changelings were cool, Chrysalis was badass, episode had some nice action and Epica’s newest album was still fresh in my player. It also took forever to finish; I would have loved to submit this when the season finale was still fresh, instead of wrapping up my summer with it before the new season starts, but the last verses weren’t written till mid-July.


The Canterlot Series
Syöpäläisvaltiatar / Parasite Queen [link]
Prisoner in the Mountain [link]
Since the Days When I Was Small [link]
I Dreamed of Every Princess’ Dream [link]
The Clouds of Invasion you are here
By Your Side, Forever and Ever [link]


My Little Pony (c) :iconhasbroplz:
"Serenade of Self-Destruction" (c) Epica, from the album “Requiem for the Indifferent”. Written by Mark Jansen, Isaac Delahaye, Coen Janssen and Simone Simons
Song is used as a soundtrack for the lyrical content in terms of tribute, homage, parody and ponies.
Thumbnail is ”Changeling Swarm” [link] by :iconsandwichdelta:

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My MLP poetry, My Little Poems, can be found here [link]
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