The Changeling War

by RealHoboJak

The Meeting of the Queens

Chapter 4: the Meeting of the Queens

Celestia's sun was rising and the sunlight was peering through the open cave, covering any Changeling there. Hyperion was waking up before anypony else. He went to a small dungeon like cave full of ponies, who were captured over the years, barely sustaining the hive, and had his breakfast. He was getting thirsty, outside the cave about a mile out was a lake. When he got there he took four gulps of water then looked at his reflection, seeing the torn ligament where his wings were.

"Damn you cripple!" He screamed at his reflection while hitting the water. Hyperion's early life was easy because at the time he wasn't the Changeling that the rest of the looked up to but now he knows if he makes one mistake the rest of the hive will know it. He closed his eyes and thought of the battle with the adolescent dragon.

the dragon was about 10 feet tall, blue scales, and large wings. At the time Hyperion flew up to chase the dragon when it tried to flank him or make it to the cave where his wounded family and newborns were at. But one time the dragon got past him and chomped his jaw on Hyperion's wings and threw him to the ground, tearing off his thin wings. After Hyperion got up and charged at the dragon who was laughing at the wounded Changeling on the ground. He jumped to the neck of the beast and chomped hard, at first the dragon thought that only a dragon's jewel crushing teeth could ever pierce the scales of another dragon. Hyperion dug his teeth into the scales and ripped a chunk of meat out of the dragon. The dragon screamed in pain and dive toward the ground, but Hyperion moved further up the throat and tore of a scale and then shoved his horn into the flesh and shot a burning acid-like beam into the throat and the dragon fell dead to the ground, blood and green acid pouring from the throat of the dragon.

His eyes opened. he looked at the direction of his home. He sighed then trotted toward the cave.

When he arrived to the cave Ares was coming from the dungeon. He looked at Hyperion.

"Brother is mother awake? I've only woke up a minute ago." said Ares. Hyperion shook his head and Ares's face looked confused "What's wrong Hyperion?" asked the younger Changeling. Hyperion looked at him sadly.

"I was thinking of that dragon again. I should't have let him get around me." They could here hoofsteps.

"Brother I know you think that battle was a loss, but you're the only Changeling that I've heard of killing a dragon." said Thera. Hyperion turned around to his younger sister.

"Maybe, but have you ever hear of a Changeling with no wings?" he asked with an angry tone. Thera was second oldest of the Eldest so she was used to Hyperion's rage when somepony brought up his wings.

"You ask me that same question anytime I try to help your self esteem about this situation." said Thera in a surprisingly stern voice. "Ever since you lost your wings I've been nothing but caring and helpful, but your damn stubbornness won't let you accept it."

Hyperion's face went from angry to surprised. The only one to ever talk down to Hyperion was mother. He sighed.

"Sorry Thera I know that you're trying to help."

"It's fine I don't blame you for it. I am going to wake up mother and have her meet you at the mouth of the cave." After she said that a very young Changeling walked toward the Eldest.

"Where's mother going?" asked the youngling who seemed to be looking at Hyperion.

Hyperion was never good with younglings he just let Thera and mother do that stuff but the youngling was focused on Hyperion.

He knelt down on his forelegs. "Me and Ares are taking mother to a BIG meeting where there'll be other mothers." he said extending his forelegs emphasizing the cave. "Now you shouldn't be up right now little one, you need to get as much rest as you can for the invasion." he said tuning the youngling around toward his sleeping spot.

After Chrysalis woke up she met her children at the mouth of the cave.

"Are you ready mother?" asked Hyperion.

"Of course I am, I've been to many of these, with you there by my side."

"Ok mother we better leave now because it'll take us while with only one of us being able to fly." Hyperion said looking at Ares.

The three started the trek to the Meeting of the Queens.

After about three hours of walking they made it to a large box canyon where all you heard were the wings of Changelings buzzing in the air and the screams of older Changelings ordering the younger ones.

"Wow, this is the Meeting of the Queens?" asked Ares.

"Yes, yes it is." replied Chrysalis. they trotted down to the entrance of the canyon which was guarded by two Behemoth Changelings which have a gray tint from the Queen that hosts the meeting, where Chrysalis's had a turquoise tint in both wings and eyes.

"Who are you?" asked one of the Behemoths.

"I am Queen Chrysalis, and these are my bodyguards, Hyperion and Ares." said the queen. The Behemoths nodded and let them through. While the three of them walked through to the center of the canyon they saw thousands of Changelings.

"Mother, how often do these meetings happen?" asked Ares. Chrysalis thought about it for a second.

"Every ten years, we meet to discuss territorial issues, enemies, new land that somepony discovered or conquered." explained Chrysalis.

"Why share all this information and not keep it to ourselves?" Ares asked with a confused face.

"It's so one hive doesn't get to strong and dominate the rest." Hyperion answered.

"Does the queen that hosts this count?" he asked.

"No Ares, when she started this her condition was to not grow, make war, or invade." replied Chrysalis.

They reached the center of the canyon which was like the center of an arena, there already were three other queens already waiting for Chrysalis. Chrysalis joined in a circle of the queens and Hyperion and Ares joined her side. A queen with a red tint looked at her.

"Chrysalis, my dear, you bring so little with you every decade. Why is that?" she asked.

Chrysalis had an annoyed face. "Unlike you Myrian, I don't need numbers, I have sons and daughters who are trained from birth to kill and protect the hive." Myrian looked insulted but then shrugged it off.

"If you say so Chrysalis." said Myrian.

There was a Changeling queen who walked out from a cave that was very tall and old. She seems to be the oldest and she was the one hosting the meeting based on her grey tint.

"Quiet now, we have business to attend to. First off, territory, Queen Myrian please, in the middle." Ordered the host.

"Mother who is that?" asked Ares.

"That my dear, is the one who started these meetings even before I was born, that is Queen Lelia, the Old." Ares face was shocked, he never could imagine anypony being older than mother.

"I have grown my hive and took six forts from it's inhabitants." said Myrian.

"Anypony have a problem with this?" asked Lelia.

Chrysalis looked at the other two queens and one who had a dark blue tint called out.

"Were these forts to the east of your home hive?" asked the blue tinted queen.

"No these were to the west and they were inhabited by bandit ponies." replied Myrian.

"If that's it, next up is Queen Pupa."

A queen who was shorter than the rest considerably, flew forward.

"I have not grown in territory." said Queen Pupa with a sad face. Her Changeling bodyguards were also ashamed and looked down.

"Ok then, next is Queen Relock." said Lelia.

A yellow tinted queen walked onto the platform.

"My hive has conquered the Wolfish Mountain." she said triumphantly. The queens faces instantly turned to shock.

"How did you do this in this short amount of time Relock?" asked Myrian.

"I've grown in numbers almost breaking five hundred thousand." replied Relock.

While they were talking Ares turned to Hyperion. "What is the Wolfish Mountain?" he asked. Chrysalis turned her head to Ares.

"It's a large mountain to the south that was ruled by eight wolf tribal kingdoms and the Changeling species has been trying to take for as long as I can remember. I just can't believe she's grown in numbers that fast, she must have found more than one mate."

Relock and Myrian were arguing.

"I fought for that mountain with my children, no one else's so you have not one claim on it, isn't that rule Lelia?" asked Relock.

"She is right Myrian you do not have a claim on it even if one of your ancestors fought for it thousands of years ago." said Lelia. Myrian could't argue, Relock went back to her stand.

"Last is Chrysalis."

She stood up and tried to walk over to her platform but she collapsed from traveling.

"Mother!" said Hyperion picking up the tired queen and helping her walk over to the stand.

"Looks like Chrysalis can't even stand by herself." scoffed Myrian.

"You probably could't either if you fell at tremendous speed from Canterlot, losing most of your children." said Chrysalis with a tear sliding down her cheek.

"I guess you lost land Chrysalis?" asked Lelia.

"Yes. much of it." replied Chrysalis.

"Who defeated you?" asked Lelia.

"The ponies of Equestria a new land to the north of my home hive. And I have sent all of you messages of a goldmine for our species and this is it." said Chrysalis.

"What do you expect us to do?" asked Pupa.

"I'll need all of you to help me conquer this new land." said Chrysalis. the other three queens looked at the host.

"If you need alliances, this is the time to make them." said Lelia sitting down, out of the deals of these younger queens.

"Pupa I need your hive." Chrysalis said turning to Pupa.

She looked to the ground and thought "Why should I help? Wait oh yes." She looked at her bodyguard who were also smaller in comparison to the other hives. Then she looked at the other queens and back to Chrysalis.

"What does my hive in return." asked Pupa. Chrysalis turned to Hyperion..

"What do you think my dear?" whispered Chrysalis.

"Say you will give her the southern part of Equestria, she'll probably take any land in her situation." replied Hyperion.

Chrysalis cleared her throat. "Your hive will get the southern territories of Equestria." Pupa eyes lit up. She looked at her guards and spoke to them a little then turned back to the queens.

"You have our allegiance." said Pupa proudly. Her Changelings looked proud and happy.

"Thank you, now you Relock?" Chrysalis said.

"I do not see a reason to expand my hive after the recent capture of the Wolfish Mountain and I have to recuperate my losses."

One of her guards whispered something in her ear. Her face lit up.

"I now see a reason to join in on this alliance. You have my hive." said Queen Relock with a suspicious face.

"Ok then. Now Myrian what about you?" asked Chrysalis.

"What do I get out of it?" asked the red queen.

"What do you want." replied Chrysalis.

"I want the Ruler of this land." said Myrian.

"Ok. So I have your allegiance?" asked Chrysalis.

"Yes."

After she said that the grey queen stood back up. "Anypony else have anything to say, this meeting is a little different than the others." she said with a sigh.

None of the other queens said anything. Chrysalis spoke to the queens.

"We will meet at my home hive tomorrow." said Chrysalis.

Hyperion looked at one of the yellow tinted Changelings from Relocks hive and he was a little distant from the rest of his group and he was hit in the back and fell asleep but then just picked up nothing and floated off. Hyperion thought little of it.

An hour before, Twilight was looking over a rock, into the box canyon.

"I think we're here girls." said Twilight looking back to the others in her golden armor given to her by the commander. Applejack was in light iron armor and she had a spear in a sheath on her waist. She walked to Twilight and spoke.

"Who should we send in there?" asked Applejack. Rainbow was in heavier armor and had a katana in her mouth so she spit it on the ground to speak.

"Well I Know we're not sending everypony in, not all of us are that sneaky." Rainbow Dash said looking at Applejack.

Twilights face lit up and looked at Rarity. "Well I think me and Rarity should go in because we were taught spells to capture one. If you here a hoard of Changelings screech then come in, otherwise stay here. Come on Rarity." said Twilight. Rarity followed her in her silver armor, which looked quite fashionable.

The two mares sneaked into the canyon and found a small perch and stayed there until the meeting started.

"I thought Chrysalis was the only Changeling queen." said Rarity.

"Same here but SkyJak and his officers told me that a scouting party in the Badlands saw a swarm of Changelings with a different color than Chrysalis's Changelings, they were yellow tinted and hers were turquoise." replied Twilight.

"Do you think Chrysalis will come to this meeting thing?" asked Rarity

"Maybe I don't really know. I really want to learn more about Changeling culture." said Twilight. After she said that the Changelings focused in on the entrance of the meeting place. Chrysalis and two other of her Changelings walked in.

"There she is, but why does she have so little Changelings with her, the other queens brought thousands." said Twilight confused.

"I don't know darling, maybe that's all she has left, I mean we did launch them back here, which is miles from Cantelot, it could't have been a good landing." said Rarity. Twilight shivered at the thought, all those Changelings crashing onto rock and ground, braking bones and dying on impact. She tried not to think about it.

The meeting was starting, but the mares could't make out what they were saying and waited until there was one lone Changeling to capture.

"Twilight look there, that one is by itself." Rarity pointed out. Twilight saw it.

"Ok I see it I need you to get as close as you can and I'll try to hit it from here." Twilight said looking at the Changeling trying to figure the distance.

"Ok but don't hit me please." Rarity said cloaking. Twilight waited a bit so Rarity could get into position, she figured this is a right time it sounded like the meeting was ending, she focused and closed her eyes and hoped to Celestia that she would hit it and shot.

The yellow Changeling fell onto Rarity's back and was carried back to Twilight.

"Got it, let's go" said Twilight. they left the canyon as fast as they could and met with the others.

"Oh my goodness is it okay?" asked Fluttershy.

"Of course it is Fluttershy, Rarity is carrying it." Pinkie replied.

"We have to go now their meeting ended and they'll probably going to leave in multiple directions." said Twilight.

The Elements left the area and was en route to Fort Safeguard.

Author's Note:

I hope you liked this chapter.
Next chapter coming by the middle of next week 'cause I going on a trip this weekend.

Thank you for reading.

Comments

[Lord of Nothing]

3827289

So, I hate to say this so long after accepting, but I simply cannot edit your story. I want to, I really do, but life is starting to get in the wqy, and I fear that I would not be able to really get any work done for you.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to quit. I'll most definetly keep reading, though.

[RealHoboJak]

3874854 That's ok I understand, life does come first thank you for trying though.