Grief
In a desert, late at night, the cool sands whipped up by a frigid wind, the ever shifting dunes were disturbed. A column of black chitin, worn away by the desert, creating green rashes and scars on the drastically emaciated changelings as they marched. When one fell, succumbing to the hunger and exhaustion, as well as the injuries caused by their defeat and the biting grit of the wastes, no tears were shed. They were just one of the swarm, and with their passing, they were now one with it. An odd changeling, one with wings like a dragonfly, spiked legs, and a bee like abdomen stood next to the queen at the head of the line.
"So. This is it then."
"Seems so. I have failed us. I have failed the swarm."
"I'm going back."
"What?"
"Why did we have to become greedy? Why are we so full of hate? I had someone who loved me for who I was, even after the revelation, and I threw it in his face. I had never eaten so well in all my life, and now we're starved." A hoof smack was audible, even over the howling winds as Matron 47, formerly known as Serenity was stuck by her mother.
"We CANNOT go back. We would be killed on sight. What we have done is unforgivable, and none can love a changeling! We are parasites!"
"You're wrong. He did. Even after we knocked him out, insulted him, kidnapped him, and drained him of everything he held dear, he still loved me and would have accepted us."
"Pfft, then go. Be with your precious Alex. Go back to him and be spurned. Feel the sting of hate as he denies you, then die in agony."
"The swarm is dead mother, you lead them to ruin. We followed you, believed in you, and you brought us to disaster."
"I am the queen. You belong to me, and you follow my command! You cannot take a single step without me allowing it."
"No longer....."
"What was that?"
"You are my queen no longer. If you want to wander around a desert and starve to death, fine, but I'm going and taking everyling who will come with me back to Equestria. We'll start a new swarm, and instead of impersonating ponies, we'll simply be who we are."
"You are a fool to think that they would accept changelings. No matter where we roam, we will always be hated."
"We were fools to follow YOU. The reason we're hated is because hate is all you have let us feel! The telepathic connection you hold with us denies us that sense of belonging to ensure our loyalty to you. I may not be a queen, but as a matron, I can sever the connections of myself and anyling else who wants it."
"Then go Matron 47, you are no longer part of this swarm." Her eyes were stern as she hissed in anger, and over half the voices in her mind suddenly went quiet.
"My NAME is Serenity, and your swarm is dead." The other half remained, and now free from the tyranny of Chrysalis, broke rank and turned back to the land of happiness from where they came.
"Alex..... I'm so sorry..... can you ever forgive me?"
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"Heya Alex! I heard you could use some cheering up, so I made ya a remote control helicopter!" Widget said cheerily as she skipped into the room and passed me a remote control. "I know it's not much, but at least it should help get rid of the boredom while you get all your feelings back, and who knows? Maybe joy will be the first one!"
A very small smile appeared on my face. "Actually, it's gratitude. I'm thankful to have you, and Suds, and Celestia, and all my other friends. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to make it through this."
"Aww....." The mechanic pony was about to wrap me in a hug, but remembered to quickly wipe her hooves first before doing it, then left the room as the janitor mopped up behind her.
"Hey Alex, up for some work?"
"Yeah, I could use something to get my mind off things." I said as I grabbed a mop and bucket. "I'll play with my new toy later. For now, let's make this castle shine!"
"Heh, at least ya didn't lose your enthusiasm."
Huh? I updated again? Have I been writing in my sleep? OH! Maybe it's a friendly author ghost who knows all my passwords..... *are you serious?* Okay, so maybe I did write this myself. I had so much trouble figuring out where I wanted to go with this, and suddenly it just came to me, like with SotM yesterday. I like creative splurges. I've spent way too much time on Griffin the griffin and hadn't had thoughts for anything else, but since I need to wait a bit for other fics to catch up, I was able to focus on these other ones.
Dang It I Wanted A LONG Chapter After That Wait... UNAMUSED FACE MATE
1258323A update?A new development?My pants need changing.
Yes at last I love this fic its one of my all time favourites
1258339 I'm working on it okay? Both this and Song of the Moon are going to be updating more regularly while I take a bit of a break from Griffin so that everyone else can
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Okie Dokie Loki
I'll hold you to that
1258346 Little too much info there.
But anyway, glad to see this story is still alive.
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For all we know, he meant it was such a shock he shat himself.
:D
M.C
Oh my god, yes XD finally
IT LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You, sir, get a brohoof! /)
This should be interesting, will he accept Serenity when she comes back? Or will he spurn her and turn to Celestia? Such drama!
1258390 oh shat... RUN RUN FROM THE TRAPINCH THEY ARE EVIL!
1258369 ive been getting slightly bored of the constant griffin we need a slight change and chrysilis your right only alex will accept changelings that is the human way either burn destroy or kill with love and friendship oh yeah and guns dont forget guns
AND UPDATE
THIS PLEASES GNOME
WAIT why is it over
WHY IS IT OVER
Y U NO UPDATE FASTER
Hooray for potential redemption and the rekindling of love!
Matron 47
hitman reference or Thrown Abroad reference or am I just insane ?
Yeah, Matron 47 AKA "Serenity" is bonkers for wanting to go back. I expect rage to be the emotion our fellow human re-acquires when he see's her again.
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I'm more worried about Celestia's rage then Alex's, 47 made fun of his cooking...
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one does not simply take a break from griffin..
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Such as myself in the case of seeing those damn eyes.
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"You're wrong. He did. Even after we knocked him out, insulted him, kidnapped him, and drained him of everything he held dear, he still loved me and would have accepted us."
"Pfft, then go. Be with your precious Alex. Go back to him and be spurned. Feel the sting of hate as he denies you, then die in agony."
It may be a little cliche, but I still love it :D!
Blackwing, this is completely off-topic, but i must wonder...did you ever believe that Griffin the Griffin would be your most popular, and longest, work?
Update? Update?! UPDAAAAAAATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Eh, might as well dump my fic into non-canon at the rate and blocks I'm going through.
That said, BlackWing, I'm SO GLAD I faved this!! Yes! A smart changeling for ONCE! Go to him, Matron 47! I mean Serenity! Go to him!!
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Glad to see this updated!
Eh. Serenity is too foolish for someone who manipulates.
… Eh.
So when did Alex come back from that place Celestia took him too?
1259931 No. It just took off. I really had absolutely no plan for it whatsoever.
I was happy to see that this fic updated, Griffin is great, but this story is really good too. It was short, yet sweet. That being said, please provide us with more and longer chapters. I like the change of heart of Serenity. I liked her character, and was a bit bummed-out to find that she was a villain. To see her headed towards possible redemption is welcome. I really wouldn't be too surprised if she was accepted back, everyone makes mistakes and needs a second chance sometimes; just look at Luna. Still, I don't think that things will initially go smoothly. I expect that there will still be tension, hurt feelings, and mistrust for a while.
I waited so long... it's ok... .75k chapter isn't too bad...dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/eenope.png
Okay. For a minute, I thought you sank the SerenityxAlex ship, but I'm gl is no longer the case.ad to see that that is no longer the case.
i cant wait to see ow this turns out i hope thing work out for serenity
Yes! I need more though
1258369 HEY! i have no opinion on that one way or the other
1258323 Holy crap I forgot this thing existed.
I was so excited when this appeared in my Gmail. Let's say being made a target for 'Freshman Friday' isn't as fun as you think it would be...
Ooooo, nice take on the changelings and Serenity! I am intrigued by this new development. I do have a bad feeling about it, but hey... this is the land of magic, love, and tolerance we are talking about. It could work! Kinda doubt Serenity will be getting her old job back... but who knows, maybe she can broker some sort of alliance with the Equestrians? I mean really, Humans are taught to 'love thy enemy', the ponies actually live it. I hope that things will work out for them all in the end, but we all know it won't be all candy apples to get there!
Tiny baby chapter needs more words to grow big and strong like Heavy!
Serenity/Matron 47: Oh will you please take me back?
Alex: Um, no. A) You told me changelings can't feel love. B) You betrayed me, drained me of my emotions and tried to turn me into one of you abominations. C) I wonder if you taste like lobster? *advances holding nutcracker and melted butter*
And then the author was disciplined for even thinking of created a fucking love triangle.
1261487 Um 75k? It was a 750 word chapter.
1266498 .75k "." look carefully
1266545 Or you could just be less confusing and just type in 750. Not too mention you had ... right in front of it.
1266559 now that you mention it... that probably would have been easier.
I blame the math HW I was doing at the time
1266914 Dinkleburg..............
And you... revived... what? What just happened? This is so... ugh.