My name is Corporal Cephalon, Leader of the fifth division of the Changeling Royal Army. We’ve just invaded Canterlot, the capital of the most love dense kingdom we’ve ever encountered. General Pharynx has just given my squad and me an extremely important mission: go into the caves beneath Canterlot to cut off the escape of any civilians or royal guards fleeing from our siege.
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Chapters (6)
So, this is between S2 & S3. Cadence has already been rescued. If captured there will be a problem feeding them.
Hmm... Now how long is this squad going to be stranded behind enemy lines I wonder... Will they go native? Sneak out of Canterlot months after the Wedding? Hold out long enough that Pharynx has to pull them out himself after his Brother takes over the Hive? So many ways for this story to go.
great chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter
great chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter
I get the feeling that Cephalon is gonna be like those Japanese soldiers that spent decades in the jungle fighting a war that's already over.
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Yeah, that sounds about right.
Well, I did not expect this! This story became much more interesting than I could anticipate. Good job, author, good job.
nice chapter mate keep it up cant wait for the next chapter
Called it in the last chapter. Not surprised. The time skip was; didn't expect that much time to have passed.
When we got to the part with the Blue Gryphon, I had to pause and ponder what this meant. There was a big difference between Day 27 and Year 27 after all. So I continued reading and...
Gallus married Ocellus?!? I would have bet actual USD on Ocellus and Smolder being a thing, but Gallus? Anyway, it is clear that OMGWTFBBQ Wibbly Wobbly Timey Dilationy stuff is going down. Now I have to wonder if this is going to drag into G5.
Still labeled "Incomplete" so apparently there's more.
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the reason that gallus and ocellus are together is because this fic shares continuity with other fics in my back library where Gallus and Smolder swap common shipping partners.
Hmm... Still incomplete. I guess we still have a chance to find out if the Time Slipping was Physical or Mental in nature. I am sure Pony and Changeling medicine is advanced enough to tell a 20-something Changeling from a 40-something one. Of course, what that means in this story, one way or the other, is still to be seen.
Mental Time Slippage it is, then. Thank goodness it was just a coping mechanism rather than a full on Mental Break.
We recently saw the dragons return in G5 (proper dragons and not "Sparky"), so I gotta wonder if changelings will return, and if so, when?
I love how this sounds like another big set up for gen 5.
As for Cephalon's undecided fate, I don't think Pharynx is as cruel as he is brutal when it comes to confirmed unreformed changelings. If he did go through with trapping her in there, I would imagine that he would have either silently end her then and make it her burial place.
Or he could extract her unconscious form with the ponies none the wiser.
Great story, Wordsmith! I didn't catch the twist until it's too late. This is awesome!
Ps. It is unfortunate that Warframe has made the word cephalon a warframe thing. Didn't realise it is a part of an insect.