Chrysalis stood nervously in front of the gates of the palace, the guards around her looking nervous as well, but they were not moving to attack her. It had been several weeks since the Crystal Empire had returned, she and the changelings that were left had begun to feel stronger, the hunger that had long been plaguing them ebbing away as the empire slowly began to return to its full glory.
There was however still a problem, for even though their madness was finally gone, they were nowhere near as strong as they used to be…and what was worse, their last queen was now sterile.
“YOU!”
“Oh no…” thought Chrysalis, “please, let it not be her.”
But, much to the changeling Queens horror, she turned to see the enraged from of Cadance, stomping toward her, only to be stopped as the guards moved to stay her.
“Move asi…”
“I’m afraid I can’t do that princess, said one of the guards. “We are under orders by Princess Luna to keep watch over Queen Chrysalis until her sister summons her, and we are also under express orders to keep you from attacking her.”
Cadance was about to speak, when suddenly Luna appeared in a flash of light, her gaze falling upon Chrysalis as she spoke. “Our sister has granted you an audience, and expects you in the throne room at once.”
“Luna this is a…”
“Stay thy tongue Cadance,” said Luna harshly, “we know you have your grievances, but Chrysalis has brought to us information which concerns all of Equestira, so you must control yourself.”
Cadance stared at her second aunt for a long moment, and then sighed, “Fine, I’m coming with you though.”
“Very well,” said Luna, before turning to the changeling queen, “follow me.”
They moved into the palace, Chrysalis keeping herself from straying too close to Cadance as they walked, knowing the young mare was close to boiling rage. Luckily for her, it didn’t take long to reach the throne room, Luna leading them inside before moving to her sister’s side, though Chrysalis had only eyes for the other pony in the room.
“Twilight,” said Cadance behind her, “what the hay are you doing here?”
“I was asked to come here by Celestia,” said Twilight as her old foal sitter came over to nuzzle her, “she said it was very important that I do so.”
“It is,” said Chrysalis, causing everypony to turn in her direction.
“But why?”
“I have been wondering that myself my student,” said Celestia calmly, letting her gaze fall upon the lone queen as she managed to tear her eyes away from Twilight. “That and many other questions, which is why I now give the floor to you Chrysalis, I just hope this is not a waste of our time.”
Chrysalis gulped, “n…no, this will not be a waste of time, for it has to do with the ecology of our world. I…I know this may be of no concern to any of you, but as of this past month…my changelings are on the verge of extinction.”
The room grew deathly cold at this bit of information, nopony wanting to speak, but finally Cadance was the one to break the silence. “What, but you’re their queen aren’t you?”
“Y…yes.”
“Then you can’t be going extinct, I know your races biology from the text books Celestia leant me, as long as the changelings have a queen then they will never go extinct.”
A sad look dawned Chrysalis’s face at that comment, “you…you are correct Princess Cadance, and while normally I would agree with you on that fact…the spell which you and Shining Armor used to expel me and my changelings from Canterlot stripped me of the ability to…to bear young…”
There were gasps all around the room, but no reaction equaled to the one that coursed through Cadance, whose hooves had leapt to her mouth in horror. Cadance herself longed to be a mother, so the idea that one of her spells had resulted in another being losing their ability to be one, it was too horrifying to comprehend.
“I…I didn’t…”
“It is alright Princess Cadance, you had no way of knowing it would happen, and neither did I. However, that is not the only reason I came here, for I have recently discovered that the last hope for my race…is here in Canterlot.”
Again silenced filled the room, the implications of the statement sinking into all of them, till finally Twilight got the nerve to speak. “You…your highness, what do you mean your last hope is here?”
Chrysalis sighed, “As you no doubt know, changeling queens are made differently than a changeling drone, being gestated inside the womb of the former queen instead of being hatched from an egg. I was carrying such an embryo inside my own womb; however it seems that during my struggle with Princess Celestia, the embryo left my womb.”
“Left,” said Twilight skeptically, “I’m sorry your highness, but from everything I know things just don’t work like that when it comes to that kind of stuff.”
“Right again Princess Twilight, except we changelings do have one beneficial quirk when it comes to a queen’s anatomy. If at any time the queen carrying a queen embryo is threatened, the subconscious mind of said queen will use its magic to teleport the embryo into the strongest magical being for its safety, which happened during my battle with you Princess Celestia.”
Celestia raised an eyebrow at her, “if you are implying what I think your implying, you should know I would know if anything foreign were growing within my body.”
“I have no doubt of that,” said Chrysalis calmly, “but my embryo did not end up in you, nor in your niece Princess Cadance…which brings me to the reason I asked your newest princess to join us for this meeting.”
Everypony stared at her for a long moment, and then Twilight finally spoke, her voice shaking as she tried to come to terms with what she just said. “No…no you can’t mean…”
“Yes Twilight, you are carrying the last changeling queen inside your womb.”
If you're planning on having graphic sex (like, clop or whatever) please make sure to bump the rating. Just a future note.
This is really intriguing, can't wait for more.
Warning about shining armor but no character tag of him?
Oh wow, bombshell for Twilight. I also like the subtle hint of the change in Chrysalis's demeanor, the 'Crystal Heart purging madness'. Also it providing a worldwide feast for changelings.
However, Cadance's sudden mood-whiplash when she found out Chrysalis was sterile was a bit sudden. It also seems it'd be a bit Out of Character for her to swear, like here:
Also, you missed capitalization in a few places.
Great story, have a like! I'll be watching you...
That was a great start, I can't wait to see where you go with this.
It is an interesting concept that I want to see explored further, so you better be prepared to update every week or so, because I don't like when people take months to update. (I can tolerate one or two weeks for chapters shorter than 5k words, and a month for anything more around 10K+, but I still am incredibly impatient)
~Crystalline Electrostatic~
Neat idea! Please i'd like some more.
Go on...
Dun dun duuuuuuuuun....
You have my total attention. Please go on.
Go on
This has me intrigued, but you need an editor. I'd offer myself, but I've already got several stories to work on.
so Twilight when's the baby shower?
That must be awkward to tell your parents.
This intrigues me, though, you do need an editor or proofreader since there were a few mistakes that need correction but otherwise this seems good!
We will be seeing more, soon, right? RIGHT??? :D
Upvoted, faved.
Up voted and favorited even before I started reading because The Parasprite did it, so I must do it too.
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No graphic sex will be in this fic, probably none at all, but thanks for the warning regardless.
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Not enough room, though I guess I could replace the mane six tag...which I honestly find kinda redundant seeing as how they seem to be a staple in most stories anyways.
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Yes soon.
Looks like it will be interesting! Definitely gonna read this one!
but...
The title made me think of "Love Mine"...
It's now been a year since it updated...
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Oh yes tag limit damn I totaly forget that one, sorry.
when i saw the title i thought of the movie ¨Enemy mine¨
Are future chapters going be longer? because I won't be able to keep interest with ahort chapters. Other than that I love it
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which is why I had the warning.
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Yes, future chapters will be longer.
Awesome! Ya got me hooked, can't wait for an update!
You said shining armour will be getting a major change for his character and it relates to the dark
tag. I am going to guess that he is going to start hating twilight for being pregnant with a changeling
Hmmm... If Shining Armor is going to be a bad guy in this story, then I should probably not get invested. A shame, because otherwise it seemed an interesting set-up.
4829906 YAY! :D
You had my curiosity, now you have my attention.
This is a tad fast....
Will the Queen burst from her chest too? This story could get real interesting real quick.
Good job on getting featured. The picture was what intrigued me. I will keep an eye on on it. Was hoping for changeling twin with the picture.
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No the new queen will not be bursting from her chest, that is not why there is a dark tag.
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Probably not, especially if you really like said character.
4831725 Well...
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Wait if the changeling baby was teleported out of the changeling queen and inside Twi couldn't it be teleported back or something?
4831788 the magic blast from the wedding took away chrysalises ability to have children so it can't be teleported back
4831834 Well then I would say to give it to Candence since she caused the problem and wanted a foal but I like the idea of poor Twi freaking out for having a changeling daughter and having to cope with all the weird symptoms of being pregnant with a changeling foal (instead of a normal foal with normal pregnant symptomsl).
This sounds like an amazing story. Do please continue it!
I like this already more please
Looks good, but needs editing.
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Like Crazy1245 said, the magic blast sent out by Cadance made it unable for her to bear young. However, it is very unlikely that she would wish for Cadance to carry the child, even if the child could be moved.
A bit too rushed, but a promising story nonetheless.
While it may appear rushed, if the next chapter is utilized in a certain manner it makes the point moot.
4831760 That gif. That gif!
Oh, jeez...
Didn't see that coming, welcome to motherhood twilight
Oh dear...This is turning out to be a very interesting story indeed...