Act Three: Reformation
Chapter III - Big News
===<Golden Oaks Library>===
===<May 15th, P.R. 2>===
Citlali pointed to the brother of the twins, wielding slightly longer fangs than the sister. Otherwise, they were almost impossible to tell apart. "You'll be Labrum," she said, then turned to the sister. "And you'll be Labium. You're twins, which is quite uncommon. Not only will you be clutchmates, but you are also eggmates. Together from your first breath of life, bound forever by a mental link. That means the two of you will have to look out for each other." Citlali spoke both in Equish and through the egregore.
Labium looked over at her brother, blinked, then flicked her tongue out, licking a bit of egg off Labrum's muzzle. Citlali smiled and had to keep herself from doing a little dance.
The Queen had missed raising a nymph that didn't have to be a dragon or a pony. These four were just nymphs. "Spike, go fetch some more energy from the pool. We want them to be strong." Spike nodded and used his magic to lower Maxilla down next to Asier, who had begun to slowly creep towards the twins. Once he was clear of nymphs, Spike walked out of the room.
Citlali watched him leave, then turned to the nymphs. "Listen to me." All four of her children stopped, and turned to face their mother. "Very good. Do you understand who I am?" The nymphs stared at Citlali for a moment, before moving to her hooves and grabbing on. "Yes, that's right. I am your Queen and your mother. I am your shield and I am your anchor. I will do all I can to ensure your safety, as well as that of the hive."
She lowered herself to the floor, looking into the eyes of each of her children. "Each of you will grow up to play a vital role in the resurrection of our hive. Asier, you will keep the hive safe from those who would seek to destroy it. Maxilla, you will look over the wellbeing of the hive, and ensure it is a place that all your hivemates can feel safe." She turned her gaze to the twins, staring at both of them with a firm gaze.
"Labrum and Labium, the whole hive will be relying on your hard work. You will be asked to risk your lives to blend in with the ponies above. To extend a hoof in friendship, and carefully take only that which is healthy for everybody." Citlali looked over the four of them. "I won't lose any of you, not this time. Your continued life will be a testament to our enemies, a promise that we cannot be stamped out like insects," Citlali hissed.
She began to stand up, glancing over at Spike. "Now, turn your attention to my Royal." The nymphs looked over at Spike, and began to slowly walk towards him. Asier, unlike the others, was beginning to understand the best motions for walking. The others were tripping or moving one step at a time, but he already had a good gait down.
Spike bent down to greet the nymphs. "Hi there! My name is Spike. I'm your older brother." The nymphs began flicking their tongue out, tasting the charged emotions that were leaking out of Spike's body. He focused on the mental bead of light that embodied each of their places in the egregore, then began pushing the energy out. It left him quicker than he expected since he was feeding four hungry changelings, but eventually, the flow shut off as they all had their fill.
Citlali walked towards the door. "Now, they won't be able to understand Equish. That's why we must speak to them through the egregore, so they can truly feel our thoughts. They will learn Equish much faster than any pony could learn it, because they can hear its meaning in the egregore as we speak it out loud. The same goes for other concepts." Spike nodded in understanding. "Now, I'm going to go upstairs and grab the foal's books we have. I want you to teach them."
"Really?" He looked up from the nymphs.
"Yes," Citlali said, shaking her head a little bit as she looked back in the doorway. "Spike, you're my royal. My second-in-command. Not only do I want you to be able to care for your hivemates, but you'll also need to take over someday. Hopefully, I'll be around for a while, but..." Citlali ran a hoof across the faded line in her chest, where Chrysalis' magic had slashed her open. "Everything's changing."
Well, yeah. You're changelings. You tend to do that.
This is very interesting for sure. I honesty really REALLY want to see Spike have a large role in this story. The signs of that being the case are here and I love it for that. But I just don't want him to feel like he is going to be pushed to the sidelines. He is the second in command, he is THE ROYAL, and he is the closest to Twi of anyone. I do like that he is bigger than other changlings due to his position and all.
One thing I really REALLY want to see is him interacting with Rarity. There is so much tension and romantic feelings there till this point I really want to see how the two of them are right now. I think now with Spike NOT being a child like they thought he was and in fact having a higher position in the hive than they do it would be interesting to see him and Rarity interact as more equals than anything.
With Spike also living a number of years as a Dragon, I wonder would he go to the dragons to try to form a alliance with them? I mean if Changlings work off and hinder negative emotions just think what that could do for dragons who feel emotions SO strongly they become consumed by them.
I think also Twi would now make Spike take his form to the next level. I mean they don't have to hid anymore, she needs as many strong changlings and leaders as she can get. She already want to have him ready for if he ever have to take over. So seeing him evolve into a new form would be AMAZING honestly.
In this story honestly Twi and Spike are my fav part of it and I really want to see more interaction between them. And with Spike as my fav character I LOVE to see more of him. But it isn't even just that, but that fact he seem to be the perfect middle ground between the old ways and the changling ways. Twi seem she is trying to go back more into her old life as a pony while still doing her duties as a queen, while Spike is already in a great place in my eyes. Not to mention we see more and more about Queens and the like, I would like to see how a changling who identity more as a male would lead. We know how that would be in the canon but I want to see how Spike would function as a leader.
Twilight is scaring me
*sigh* dude just hit the cancel button already....that long for a 700 word chapter just doesnt cut it, you've lost interest in the project and your just forcing it now
as much as i absolutely love this story, sometimes it really is best just to walk away.
:D
9412697 Actually, I finished this snip a few days after the previous update. I figured that, at this point, something was better than nothing at all. It's just that I spend more time in my life doing productive things like working, going to school, and making my own art instead of writing fanfiction for a TV show I've lost most of my interest in. I'm sorry that this website is low on my list of priorities, and I'm very sorry that I'm not able to update in a manner that makes you happy, but I'm happy with what I have and I'm doing with my life.
~Alex
Keep up the good work thanks for the good read.
downvote for complete tonal shift during the changeling fight. Chrysalis and Twilight go from typical villain/heroine banter to for no explained reason trying to murder everyone and everything around them.