Episode 78: Sins of the Past
Intro:
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POV Change: Selena
With your jaw still dropped, Sin walks into the bunker, and heads straight to the living room before finally taking a seat waiting for you to do the same so you can have your talk. You move his body since his strained mind is barely responding.
Bugze? you ask cautiously, feeling your changeling still unsteady and in shock, Are you alright? This is quite the development.
...she's alive... you hear him whisper. All this time I thought I'd left them to die, and now she's here. And my Hive... they actually found the others... and they need me.
You can hear Relief and astoundment in his tone, but they're both smothered by a wet blanket of guilt. Meanwhile you are more than a little reluctant at hearing this information. Bugze just went through a terrible ordeal which he still has not come close to recovering from, and you yourself have become a target for all the forces at Celestia's call. You should be looking out for yourselves, taking time to mend your wounds and lay low, not going out of your way to aid others! Especially Sin and company.
You make these thoughts known to your changeling, hoping to turn him away before he potentially hurts himself further.
I already left them to their fate once Selena. And now it isn't just them, he tells you.
You mentally frown and shake your head. The guilt from before coupled with his actions only a week prior are driving his conscious now. You've been with him long enough to know how the other changelings tormented him, and how they had the gall to continue doing so even after foal-napping your precious daughter.
Perhaps what Bugze did to them was far too harsh, but in your opinion, hardly unwarranted. Everything logical in your mind says none of this has anything to do with you, and that these jerks should be simply left to their fate... But you know how much Bugze is hurting, and how in his state, doing this is sure to make him worse.
So, with the stairs leading down in both directions, you relent.
Very well. We shall hear what she has to say. But Bugze, for all of us, please don't commit to anything out of guilt.
So, sitting your bug down across from Sin and keeping a wary eye, you mentally push yourself back a bit, so that your changeling can speak a little easier.
She gives you an expectant look, but Bugze hesitates as a million thoughts and emotions go through his mind and he closes his eyes.
POV Change: Bugze
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You don't want to face her, not after what you did. But you have to otherwise you'll regret it and add to the ever growing pile. Regret, regret, regret... You take a deep breath.
Agony. That is what it feels like as you force yourself to open your eyes, each inch going by like an eternity. How long ago was it, since that day? A day when you thought being vindictive was justifiable? Another day that you regret your actions of...
It's just like with Trixie.
When you finally completely open your eyes. There is no pretense, no false disguise, nowhere to hide. It’s just the two of you sitting down across from each other. Neither one of you seems ready to start the conversation.
Within her mirror-like eyes, you can see what she sees. You: weak and with eyes of a deeper shade of blue, a far cry from what you were like the last time you both met.
Never before have you felt so naked.
As you stare at her, trying as hard as you can to find your voice. She closes her own eyes and sighs.
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“Look, I know I’m probably the last changeling you want to see at the moment, but time is of the essence. We need-"
“I’m sorry,” you blurt out through your mouth causing Sin’s eyes to widen. “I’m so so sorry for what I did to you…to the others…”
She is clearly surprised by the sadness in your voice, and appears to be fumbling for words.
“I was so angry. I have a problem. I’m a monster who can’t stop trying to let others die for my rage. I’m so so-“
“Look, it’s…it’s fine,” she says in a tone that clearly isn’t fine.
“But you were pleading for help, and I didn’t give it and…”
“IT’S FINE!!!” she declares with grit teeth, before turning away and breathing deeply.
“We didn’t die, not for lack of trying. It’s fine…”
“We? So you mean that the others are also…?
She nods and you breathe out a sigh of relief.
They all lived…I didn’t kill them.
You look back at her and see that she is trying to bring her emotions under control.
"How did you escape?" you ask. The last you saw of them, Garble and his buddies were descending on them.
She pauses at that.
"I didn't. The dragon that caught me, he..." You see her barely manage to suppress a full-body shiver as she rubs at the left side of her face.
"What do you-?“
“Mongo and Biff got all of us out. It wasn’t pretty…we each bear our own scars. Some worse than others” she trails off in thought.
You look back to her cheek and see that the claw marks snake around to the back of her head, and down her back, causing you to wince.
Being left beaten and defenseless by dragons, you’re glad that all they have is scars. But still.
“H-How bad?” you ask nervously.
She sighs and says,
“Biff and I are the lucky ones, we only received some scars… but Tannen lost an ear, Vicky lost a wing and can’t fly anymore, and Mongo…” she winces before continuing. “His throat was slashed, and he can no longer speak.”
Selena herself brings your hoof up to your mouth at the image, and you would have done the same.
“But like I said. It’s fine,” she says shaking her head. “We’re alive, we found what we were looking for, and we’re still are able to carry out our duties.”
That’s not fine. That’s not fine at all, you think in guilt.
Alive is one thing, but they’ve all been maimed thanks to your rage. Every scar that they have, is because of your actions.
Just like Trixie…Oh gods I should have saved her, I had the ability to…
You start to fade out a bit.
Stay with me Bugze! Mayhaps you can still save this one. She came for help after all Selena encourages.
Help…Yeah…sure… you say as you try to keep your thoughts from overwhelming you.
“Wh-where are they now? Are they outside?” you ask nervously.
“They are off in their ordered positions far from here. I figured how last time…” she rubs her cheek, “Well, I figured that perhaps if it was just me things would go smoother 9001”
You don’t even correct her for using your drone number, you’ve been more like that Changeling Cog Wheel than you’ve been Bugze lately.
“And like I said, we need your help to break the Hive out.”
That statement again makes you weary. They came to you asking for the same thing last year, and you turned them down…
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"Why?" With a hoarse throat, you ask.
"Hm?" Sin goes rigid, as if ambushed.
"Why did you come to me again?" You pause, but with surge of will, you elaborate, "You, you know my answer from back then, back on that day. What makes you think it’s changed?" Your voice cracks at the end.
You yourself don’t know if it has changed or not as you still try to grasp at your rational side through the guilt.
Still a bit surprised she ponders your question.
“Surely there are others though. I even ran into some in the Crimson Knights” you interject.
A look of bemusement comes across her face.
“Yeah…Them,” she says in disgust. “Let’s just say we don’t want or need the help of a fanatical old bug who hates his own kind, or an idiot with delusions of grandeur.”
You know she’s talking about Erised and Kichi. Add into the fact that they’re locked up, you can understand her limited options.
“In the grand scheme of things, you were the only option.”
“Even still, why come to me? How did you even find me?”
"Why come to you, huh?" Sin looks to the side, pondering deeply. The few cautious glances towards you answers everything, yet nothing at all. Then, she sighs, but you notice her stiff breathing. "It feels like it’s been so long since that day. It feels almost like a dream. I try to forget, too..."
...But that won’t heal the scars. You glance away.
She seems to hold guilt as well, Selena advises.
Sighing again she continues to speak,
"And to how I found you. Well, there was new information that we’d gathered after…after that night. We’d learned about this Bunker’s location, as well as other secret locations.”
Surprised, you ask,
“Where did you get that info?”
She ignores this inquiry and continues on,
“And then we heard about that uproar a week ago…”
A cold strike of pain hits your heart and you begin to retreat a bit, but Selena ensures you don’t fall.
“And I was ord…I decided to find you,” she says, though her hesitance and change of grammar doesn’t escape you. As if she’s left something out. Before either you or Selena can dwell on this, she continues.
“Deep down, I knew your answer would be the same: Flat rejection,” she declares with a slump of her shoulders. “Of course, how can it be anything else? Not after what...home did to you." She closes her eyes, opening then again after a deep breath. Her eyes are downcast now.
"Although, I didn't expect to be apologized to." This time her hooves go still, her entire being rigid and calm. She's business once more. But by these actions you know she is anything but. "It wasn't what I wanted."
You freeze up. Meeting her eyes suddenly feels like a taboo.
However, she continues.
"Even though you apologized, not once did you say you forgave me." Chuckling dryly, she says, "What can I expect? To you, we must be monsters."
She then looks you in the eye.
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“But monsters or not, we’re still your fellow changelings. We’re family, and family helps one another.”
You don’t say anything to that.
The only family I ever had in the hive is dead. Mom and Dad…Grandbuggy…
"9001, if you come and help us we can help you as well,” she offers.
"Help me Lieutenant?" You ask in wonder. "How?"
“Actually, it’s Shell Marshal now,” she corrects.
She was promoted? By who? You wonder.
"And we can help you if you save the Queen and the Hive I'm sure they would definitely try to get Nightmare Moon out of you. The Queen is pretty powerful. Once she’s gathered enough love she would be powerful enough. We could-"
"Sin, Nightmare Moon's not evil. She's not the problem," you interrupt her immediately.
She tilts her head at you like you were crazy.
"What?!"
"Her name is Selena, and she's changed. She's... my best and closest friend in the world, much more than anyone at the Hive. If anyone's my family, it's her and my daughter," you declare.
As consumed with guilt as you’ve been, you’ve never really thought about the consequences in regards to Selena. Sin has rectified that.
The Changeling mare gives you an odd look before you declare,
"It doesn't matter if you don't believe me. You won't believe us anyways, so there's no point in trying to convince you. Just know that she and I are closer than you think, along with our daughter, I have no plans of getting rid of either of them."
Sin seems to think deeply about your words about your true family before she shakes her head and says dully,
"She's manipulating you 9001. Come with me and we'll help you if you help us. Then the Queen can ensure that you live happily with your daughter.”
Both you and Selena give an incredulous look before she continues.
“Even if Nightmare Moon is possessing you, The Hive wouldn’t care. You’d be a hero, you’d be praised, accepted.”
“That never happened before,” you reply unsurely.
“You have a better chance with us than with the ponies. They’ll never accept you, not after what’s happened. But we NEED you. The prison is impenetrable, and with you on our side, we have a better chance of succeeding.”
“Yeah, but I doubt Chrysalis would ever try to keep me around. With my powers she’d see me as a threat, and sooner try to kill me than help me,” you reply in dejection.
She seems a bit unnerved that you used the Queen’s name so informally, but she shakes her head.
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"9001, we’re on a time table here. The hive has been locked away for more than three years now; the majority of our species are confined to castle with no access to the outside world. They are barely above being starved for love…” she then takes a breath. “I wouldn't have come to you if there were anyling else that could pull this off,” she punctuates by slamming her hoof for emphasis before giving you a pleading look. “We’re going to bust them out, with or without you. We have to.”
“The five of you? All by yourselves?” you ask.
She looks to the side,
“Not exactly…” she trails off, before looking back to you, “But regardless this is our Hive and Queen we’re talking about. We can’t just do nothing.”
“Not exactly?” you ask.
She groans and says,
“While the majority of Hive is locked away after their failed incursion into Ponyville, there are still many like us who have been separated. We have a plan to regroup, but with you joining us, it’d go more smoothly.”
“How?” you ask.
“Because while I may now be Shell Marshall, you are still a Dominant Alpha now. Your power and leadership would ensure victory.”
She wants me to lead? You think.
"Look... I know we were mean to you in the past, like... really mean." Sin tells you, "But we really need you now. Because like I said, we're going in with or without you. And we'd rather go in with you."
But I can’t lead. I can’t be trusted with other’s lives. I can’t…
"You've made your case." Selena speaks through your mouth startling Sin who’s eyes widen. "We require time to consider this."
Selena then keeps a tight hold of your body and mouth as the two of you move into the kitchen while the flabbergasted Sin just watches with a dropped jaw.
Bugze-
We have to help them, you say firmly.
You wait for some kind of argument from Selena, any kind of fighting response. But instead, all you get is a sigh.
I know. But I don't like this. Putting yourself in harm’s way to save innocents is one thing, but these changelings, your old hive... you heard what she wants to do. What will you do if when they are released they try to invade Equestria again? What will you do if this attempt fails and we are captured, taken to the the Elements and they- She trails off before continuing.
I don't want to see you or Nightshade hurt because of this.
I know, You think, knowing you're on the losing side now matter what you choose to do. But like Sin said... we can't do nothing.
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Selena groans at this.
Alright then. If that is your decision, I will support it.
Selena, I just don’t want anyling else to get hurt because of me, you admit. But I won’t follow them to the tee.
What do you mean?
I want to free the changelings, but that doesn’t mean I have to free Chrysalis. The rest of the Hive, they might have a chance to live peacefully if they were separated from her.
How do you plan to accomplish this? She asks.
I don’t know yet. Maybe if I learn more of their plan...Look, I need to help them, not just for what I've done, but even still I won't be a pawn. A pawn can easily be used to hurt someone. Can you take us back to her?
With another sigh she relents and takes you back into the living room. You see that her eyes faintly glow green until you sit down again.
“So it is true. You are the host of Nightmare Moon…” she says in awe.
“It’s Selena, and yes of course it’s true. We’ve made our decision.”
She perks up at this.
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“I’ll do it,” you declare.
Sin is shocked. Her expectations are now blown to pieces, and in its place is hope. Tiny, muted, it is still something. However, wariness overtakes her first. Stiffly, she asks seriously,
"Why? Why change your mind?"
"W-well..." For the umpteenth time in the meeting, you look away, hot with embarrassment. You're not sure how to express your reason. Even so, your mouth moves anyway. What came out is an echo, an abridged recital of something you haven't heard in a very long time.
"I'm just like you, and you're just like me."
I art thou, and thou art I.
Even after his erasure, your Shadow from another universe is there to give you a video game reference to recall. It doesn't sound as bad as it used to be.
With a slight glow, you speak,
"If there are changelings like you and me, I want to know for myself if the Hive is worth saving anymore." You then smile slightly. "Things change all the time. Right?"
"...right." For the very first time, Sin genuinely smiles. “This is fantastic. With you onboard, there’s no way we can fail and…”
“But…” you say causing her to pause, “If I’m going to do this, we have to ensure that nopony is hurt.”
Her eyes seem conflicted at this.
“B-But they are the ones who are imprisoning our kind. They’re the enemy.”
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"I understand that you want me to help. But I'm not going to do it for the wrong reasons. I don't care if you think it’s a betrayal, but I want every one to live in peace."
She seems surprised at this,
"9001 they're our food! We're the predators here it's how life works!"
"Then how did I survive? Because I haven’t eaten any love since the invasion."
"I... that's not the point. They are our enemies, we can’t afford to go easy on them."
"I don't...I can't hurt anyone else. I'm not going to help unless you promise to not hurt any pony,” you declare with confidence. You don’t realize that you’ve moved up further into your body, which makes Selena smile.
“That’s not a promise I can keep 90-“
“My name is Bugze, and I can’t help if you can’t promise that. I'm sorry Sin.”
She seems very very flabbergasted by your resolve.
"Then how do you expect us to survive?! We’d all starve to death.”
"No you won't. Form peace between the ponies and you'll be able to survive."
"Oh yeah, like that's turned great for you," she declares with a bit of heat.
That hurts because she’s right, you have screwed up any chance you have of having peace among them.
"My faults are my own. My decisions have led me to this point and I accept that. I’m a monster…” you then say in determination, “But you all can change that, you all can try to give peace and harmony a chance. You can learn from my mistakes."
She appears conflicted by what you’re saying.
“B-but. The Queen would never…”
“I know, I doubt she would. But there is another way. A way that doesn’t involve her.”
With all of these declarations, you don’t even realize that you’ve more or less taken back your body. You take her hoof in both of yours surprising her.
“You don’t need Chrysalis. None of us do.”
She is startled by what you’ve said, as she slowly takes her hoof out of yours.
“How? How can you say that?” she asks incredulously.
“Because it’s true. I may seek your forgiveness, I may wish to resolve our problems, but Chrysalis has never done anything for me. I will help you and the others, but not her.”
She then looks at you as her eyes faintly glow green.
“But…weren’t you two friends once?” she asks confused.
“What? I don’t…” you start before foggy images flash within your head. Phantom feelings of happiness and joy, followed by hurt and loss.
Bugze? Selena asks in concern.
“That’s why she sent me to you in the first place,” Sin says in confusion.
“What? What are you talking about?” you ask.
She looks at you and declares.
“I told you we found the Queen. We were able to speak with her in secret many months ago, but we couldn’t free her on her own. That’s why she entrusted us to enact her plans.”
“You’ve spoken with her?” you ask in surprise. “But…why would she say she and I were…?”
“After last week, she immediately ordered me to find you because you two used to be close. I wanted to speak with you anyway, so she chose me to-”
“She did? But how did…” you then notice the faint glow of her eyes, causing your own to widen. “She’s linked herself to you hasn’t she?”
“Yes, and it’s an honor," she declares in determination. "How else do you think I attained the rank of Shell Marshall?”
What does that mean?
She’s directly linked to Chrysalis. She can communicate with her even while in prison, you answer in dread.
Sin then sighs and says,
“Look, given our history, I can understand your hesitance, but…” he eyes then flash brighter for a moment causing her to stop midsentence.
“Yes Ma’am,” she says aloud as her eyes roll over with green and she takes out a smooth black stone with a hole in it and place it over her horn
She then channels magic into it, before a circular image appears in-between you and her.
Slowly but surely, a blurry image begins to sharpen taking your breath away.
Bugze…is that?
You nod. She looks paler, thinner and her mane is ragged, but she still holds an air of power about her that you wouldn’t mistake her for anyling else. Her identity is solidified more when she uses your real name.
“Hello @#$%&…It’s been awhile hasn’t it?”
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“Shell Marshall Sin says that you still have misgivings. Perhaps I can change your mind?”
Your former Queen’s image is being projected to you from her prison. Her eyes hold expectancy, arrogance, and even a bit of nostalgia.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
Outro:
Hey Hive Mind,
Eyup. We went three whole years without speaking to her in person. Let's rectify that.
Remember, Bugze's still a bit out of it, but he does have has his convictions, and his past memories are still fuzzy, including his memories of her (Was she the mare at the dance? More than likely 
)
Anyway, Usual Rules: No Princesses, Discord, Doctor, Elements, Revealing Identities, or Killing.
Also, still no leaving the Bunker. This is a conversation 3 years in and out of the story in the making. Make it good guys.
Next Chapter By Monday at the Earliest if I have enough comments.
This is Brown Dog signing off.
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I'm sick and tired of the unanswered questions. We need to know what we're dealing with, why they need OUR help specifically, and what we personally get out of it. The way I see it, if they don't keep their promise, then this could turn into another Flag Burner incident.
You notice that her voices seems... weak and frail. She's dying...
Not sure if put that Sombrero and Chrysalis talk in the head of Bugze ignoring him, or if they already meet each other...
i will edit
Your eyes cross and dilate/pinprick on both sides, then you shake your head and stare at Queen Chrysalis in utter befuddlement.
"How... did you manage to say my name in a way that leaves me with no memory of what you called me?! I keep trying to remember what you said, but it keeps coming up as 'At-hashtag-money-percent-and' and I have no idea why." You ask her, honestly not knowing how anyone could possibly vocalize a censor.
"Holy sweet mother of the moon! you got OLD"
Your instincts kick in before you even realize it. One minute your sitting down, the next your standing up with the Boomstick out and your Power-glove at the ready. Chrysalis raises a eyebrow at this as she says,
"Why @%#!!, why the sudden hostility?"
You just glare at her as you say,
"Why? The last time I saw you, you blasted me with magic! Not to mention the fact that I've denounce you as my queen, so the fact that you showed up is kinda worrying"
Chrysalis winces at that before saying,
"Ah yes...I was hoping you forgot about that. As for denouncing me as your queen, well I guess that's understandable."
Your eyes widen at that, but your guard does not falter. You motion her to continue...
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As Chrysalis continues to talk, you notice something. Sin seems to be getting paler and she seems to be breathing pretty hard. It is then that you remember what Sin told you before,
She has linked with me...
Your eyes widen, before you snarl and interrupt Chrysalis by saying,
"You know what Queeny, I just thought of another reason why I shouldn't trust you."
Chrysalis gives you a look before she says,
"And that would be?"
You snarl again before saying,
"Well lets see...oh right YOU LINKED WITH SIN!"
Chrysalis eyes widen at your outburst before she says,
"I don't see what that has to do with trus-"
"You know how dangerous a link is, that's why!"
Chrysalis gives you a confused look before she says,
"I was aware that you skipped most of your classes, so please enlighten me what is so dangerous of linking with another."
You just glare at her as you say,
"For you, nothing. You can sit in your little jail cell and not feel a thing. But for Sin...it's a massive strain on her body and magic! If you put yourself into command for too long...or she uses too much of your power she'll-"
"She would expire and become yet another martyr for our cause."
}Que Bugze's usual response{
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Figured I let you guys fill in the gaps, don't wanna take up too much of the story with my rambling comments hehehe...
Also finally back from vacation from South Carolina! Can't wait to get back to commenting, cause I have a feeling that things are about to get good!
SAVE CHRYSALIS BUGZE!!!!!
After arguing for a bit.
Chrysalis gives you an offputting look.
“Does our past not mean anything to you?”
Your memories of her personally are still fuzzy.
You grit your teeth as you try to remember.
“You owe me,” she declares.
“What do I owe you? You’re the one who exiled my Grandbuggy.”
She scowls at that.
“Your Grandfather was a fool and a nuisance. I took mercy on him with his banishment. More than my mother gave for your…” she trails off at this as she bites her tongue.
Past heartache hits you regardless though as a personal memory becomes more clear.
Your mom and dad being sent on a suicide mission by the previous Queen. Grandbuggy with tears in his eyes, holding your squirming young self.
You breathe rapidly at these memories as you remember the months of sadness…and then a glimmer of hope. A young changeling female with green hair smiling at you…
Wait…she was there? You think in confusion.
As you have these flashbacks, Chrysalis talks again.
“So yes, I did not kill the old fool for your sake.”
“It didn’t really matter. He went through with his plan to launch himself to the moon after you exiled him,” you mutter as you remember his last letter to you, and seeing the rocket launching in the distance.
“Regardless, it was not by my hoof.”
“I don’t owe you just because you didn’t lead to Grandbuggy dying,” you declare.
“No? How about bringing you back from the dead?”
You pause at that.
“What?”
She gives you a wary look before she explains, “Do you actually think you survived my blast after I discovered your treachery in feeding that miserable wretch?”
“What are you talking about. Of course I did…didn’t I?”
She gives you a pointed look, but her eyes do look somewhat regretful.
“My blast stopped your heart. I killed you Bugze. You died that day in front of Cadenza’s cell.”
“…Huh?” you say in absolute confusion. “But that can’t be right. I’m still right here.”
“Yes, because of me,” she says pointedly. “I did not mean for your death, and for our bond in the past, I decided to fix my mistake. I daresay that your possession by Nightmare Moon is because of me as well.”
“WHAT?” you and Selena vocalize.
“Haven’t you ever wondered why you no longer feast on love? Or why you can so casually shrug off the Hive Mind? It’s because your heart is no longer fully changeling anymore.”
You feel so utterly confused by what she says.
“What did you do to me?”
“Canterlot was full of ancient trinkets that one can obtain when one looks like a princess. I obtained one such powerful item and fused it to your damaged heart. That artifact is now half of what keeps you alive.”
“My heart condition…” you say as you think back to your diagnosis by Quacksalver. “My midnight colored blood,” you used to have normal green blood in the past, but in the last three it’s been dark blue.
“Wh-What artifact did you use on me?”
“The Nightmare Jewell.”
You hear Selena gasp in shock at this.
What? What is it?
It is a power source that I…that she and I created a thousand years ago. It was meant to be used as a weapon in our battle against Celestia, but we never got around to…*GASP* That’s how I was able to sense you that day within my armor. Why I was able to jump into you so easily as weak as I was. I knew something within you felt familiar! Selena deduces in clarity.
Your jaw drops at this declaration and Chrysalis notices.
“Aw, so dawning comes upon you,” she muses as you look back up at her. “So you see, you owe your life and power to me. Pay me back.”
If what she says is true, I died…That must be the reason why my memories of the past are so foggy. My brain was off for Luna knows how long.
You then shake your head at this.
“I don’t think that’s how it works! I wouldn’t have needed to come back to life if you hadn’t killed me in the first place!”
“I didn’t mean to!” she growls. “No matter how we left it at that dance, I didn’t want you to die!”
And with those words, many, many memories of the past are triggered.
I don't have much to contribute so uh... Ask about what will happen to Nightshade. Daughter is main priority
Also Chrysalis angrily mutter-mentions someling named Thorax
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*snap*
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Bugze: "So it is because of you mixing the amulet with my heart that I now have this midnight colored symbol on my chest? (throwback to Story One Episode 27, even if the picture originally provided is not there that I can see)
Chrysalis: "That is strange, I do not remember that being there when I first resurrected you. Perhaps it happened when Nightmare Moon bonded with you."
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At the end of DWC's comment:
Chrysalis: "She would expire and become yet another martyr for our cause."
*SNAP*
Bugze: "That is bullspit and you know it! Noling should die for something so benign as trying to recruit a monster like me! I already said that I would be willing to help so long as none of the guards end up killed or hurt. I am willing to still agree and even let you out under a few conditions."
Chrysalis: "While I normally wouldn't compromise, for you I am willing to make an exception. Let's hear it."
Bugze: "OK. Condition 1: None of the ponies guarding you can be hurt, killed, or taken to act as a food source. This one is non-negotiable."
You see your former Queen (and friend?) look away as she thinks before she turns and sighs.
Chrysalis: "I will agree, so long as my changelings are allowed to protect themselves."
Bugze: "Fine, but only at the lowest possible level of protection. If they can avoid a fight, then make sure they do so. Changelings, at least those other than me, are known for their stealth, have them use it to sneak by. Now Condition 2: You will owe me one favor in the future. Now before you ask, I'll explain. Even as you put it, you saved my life, but I have had to endure things that no living being should ever have to endure. As of right now, there is no reason that I need to help you. I am choosing to. I have a project I want to work on in the future and I may need help. Can I count on you to help me if I ask?"
Chrysalis: "It will depend on the favor, I will not willingly allow my subjects to be taken again nor will I willingly get captured again."
Bugze: "I would not ask you to do either, so I take that as a yes?"
Chrysalis: "Yes I can agree to give you a hoof in the future."
Bugze: "Agreed, and for the last condition. Condition Three: You and I will have a real talk after all this is done, face to face, peacefully and see if we can't get around most of my memory loss of my time before the wedding invasion. I emphasize peacefully because my daughter will be with me and I am sure you have heard what I have done in the name of protecting her."
You see Chrysalis shudder at that before she nods.
Chrysalis: "I agree to those conditions. I may not like the restraints, but it is better than where we are now."
Bugze: "Good, now kindly lessen the strain of the link on Sin here please. I don't want her to die. I'm sure you have already thought of a plan or two on the attack and told her them. She can tell me and you can talk to her without sapping at her life force."
Chrysalis: "Very well then. *She looks at you with a small smile* Before I go, I want to say something. I am very glad to see you again @#$%&."
With that she stops the magic portal and Sin removes the stone before regaining her eye color and begins to sway. You catch her as she passes out. After you make sure she is alright, you stare at her for a moment, before going to find Nightshade and tell her of what is going to happen.
Selena: "I don't like this. They are already after me, once they see you there, we will likely have to deal with Celestia, Luna, and the Elements."
Bugze: Me neither, but I can't leave them there to die, I would never be able to forgive myself anymore than I do now.
Selena: "Just be careful."
Bugze: I will. We can't leave until Sin wakes up and tells me what the plan of attack is anyway and we need to make sure we are ready. Also, you said that they know about you now right?
Selena: "Yes. Why?"
Bugze: Then that means that all of my disguises are now compromised. Pinkie Pie knows about my El Hunko disguise, Fluttershy knows about BST, and it should not really be that hard for her to realize that the Crimson Vengeance was me, buck even Twilight figured it out before I was somehow able to throw them off the trail. And since we both know that my own changing ability is horrible, I will need a new costume. Good thing that Grandbuggy left so many hear to mix and match from.But for now, let's find Nightshade and tell her what we are doing.
Selena: "Alright then."
As you start walking to find your daughter, Selena thinks to herself:
Selena: Even if this is not the circumstance I would have preferred to see him in, I am just glad he has found a purpose and is back in control of his body. Perhaps all he needs is a few projects to keep his mind busy.
Nightshade pop-up from the inventory in the middle of the discussion
"Daddy what is taking so long?" Ask Nightshade looking around and noticing the screen with Chrysalis
"Cool, I wonder if I can learn something like that in the future" Comment Nightshade
"So... This is your daughter?" Ask the image of Chrysalis looking to her with a smile
"Don't you dare, she is off limits" Say Bugzee
"If you think of touching her, you will pay" Add Selena
"So... Let's continue the talk from before... the escape is only part of the plan, we are weak without love" Say Chrysalis
"I don't see why you need love, I did not absorb love since the wedding" Say Bugzee
"Ummm, Daddy, you are not exactly the best example of changeling" Comment Nightshade
"A changeling that can't even transform? I'm not sure you are even a changeling anymore, not to say you have the spirit of a evil alicorn inside you and a megalomaniac with a ego the size of the butt of Celestia" Say Chrysalis
Just then she look to Nightshade for a moment, as if she is inspecting her before looking another time to Bugzee.
"I have a question... Do you like my daddy?" Ask Nightshade
Just then the signal seem to be disturbed for a second before it return again.
"Why do you think that?" Ask Chrysalis
"Intuition, and daddy have that effect, just like with Miss Fluttershy and those girls from the spa and there is also mommy" Say Nightshade as she decided to not comment the story her daddy told in Heart and Hooves day.
"I... Err... Let's talk about that later... We don't have time for that now" Say Chrysalis
Chrysalis notes that one reason for the need of outside intervention is due to the fact that her changelings have suffered heavy losses in their riots and rebellions in the prison, with most of the rioters either badly injured or in solitary confinement. The Guards are oppressive and the Princesses refuse to listen to any and all changeling demands for release and trial, silencing all such attempts and punishing the entire populace for the actions of the rebels. They've made it clear that the changelings are staying in jail, for the time being at least, irrespective of the cost to the captive population. Due to the lack of positive emotions, particularly love, in the prison, the entire population is suffering from hunger.
(I'm not certain if this going to be part of it, but if there are new eggs hatching, then these younglings are at risk from the lack of food and the heavy-hoofedness of the Guards. If this is the case, Chrysalis uses it to try to get Bugze on her side.)
There's also the fact that the changelings outside the prison have been wreaking whatever havoc they could, and lately their efforts to undermine the Princesses' rule have been discovered to be changeling work. At this point, the guerilla changelings who are still free cannot hope to topple the regime without their imprisoned comrades.
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"She is part changeling is she not? I wouldn't dare harm one of my own!" Chrysalis says.
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"She is WHAT!?" Ask Bugzee and Selena at the same time
"Ummm.... errr... Surprise!?" Say Nightshade a little ashamed
"Errr... It was supossed to be a secret?" Ask Chrysalis looking to them
"Well... Not really, but I was not sure about when to tell mommy and daddy... I knew they were not going to love me less but..." Begin to say Nightshade before Selena hug her with Bugzee body
"Don't worry about it" Say Selena
"Wait a moment... Where is the third voice?" Ask Bugzee
"I... Errr... Emmm... Already showed Uncle Sombrero" Say Nightshade
"Really? Okay... How many know the truth?" Ask Bugzee
"Well...."
"I've suffered a lot, just because I'm a changeling. Ever since the invasion ponies only see us as lying manipulative evil bugs! All because you had to invade them. Because you hurt Princess Cadence and. Shining Armor. It's because of you my life is a pain!"
"It's because of me you even have your life." Chrysalis states flatly.
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"Also, ponies are speciesist, they don't need a reason to hate us, even if we didn't try to conquer, and if we didn't try the invasion, soon or later we could be dead, we were taking less and less love and it was more and more hard to silence and make ponies forget... Just look at how ponies treat whoever is not a pony" Say Chrysalis
Just then Bugzee remember a day when he was talking with Zecora and she told him about how she meet Twilight and the others, and how they tought she sended them a curse and shivered
"See? Even you know it's right, tell me one non-pony that you managed to see living in peace with them" Say Chrysalis looking to Bugzee waiting for a answer, even when he was not even sure he could give one.
"At last my daddy managed to live between ponies, from what others told about you, you could not even stay disguised as cousin Cadence for a couple of days without raising alerts, and then you just sended Miss Twilight just to where she was, you yourself sabotaged your plan" Shout Nightshade that could not stay quiet after her daddy was attacked
"I will tell you that my plan was perfect... And what is that about... Cousin Cadence?" Ask Chrysalis
"Well... Nightmare Moon is my mommy, and she was part of Luna and because Cadence is also the niece of Luna that make us cousins... I think" Comment Nightshade
"Somehow it make sense... Great, now I can't take out of my head that somehow we are related to Celestia and also her student" Groaned Chrysalis
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If we put it like that, if Changelings are related with each others like cousins, brothers, etc. And chrysalis is like a auntie to Nightshade, that make them part of the family.
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Then you remember Spike... and Crackle, but she kinda doesn't count.
"A dragon lives with them peacefully. In fact he's close to the Princesses and my daughter."
Chrysalis frowns. "He was there at the wedding, yes. But they only see him as a tool... an assistant of sorts. He's just a harmless little dragon now, but what do you think they will do once he grows tall and mighty?"
You can't answer to this but Nightshade answers for you.
"Take that back! Spike's not just a tool! He's a great friend!" She says before she blushes and stops her yelling. She retreats back into the Inventory and you remind yourself to talk to her later.