Sneak Peek · 3:55am Jun 6th, 2013

Green light flashed around the chamber, blinding the other occupants and causing them to cry out in shock. But even their voices seemed distant to the sudden influx of voices stampeding into the chosen Queen’s mind. At first, the voices were only barely there, nothing more than tiny whispers within Twilight’s mind. But then they began to grow louder and louder, roaring and bellowing in one giant voice. Twilight buckled as she desperately tried to stem the flow of voices. But it was no use. With a last head splitting shout, the voices rooted themselves within her mind, all calling out to their new leader.

“LOVE!” Twilight screamed suddenly, twisting in agonized torment. “There’s not… enough love… the hunger…!” The sorceress barely even registered Rainbow Dash as the Wonderbolt came hurtling out of nowhere, trying to get Twilight to calm down, and to speak coherently. There was a burst of magic, Twilight’s own magenta, which picked Dash up and sent her flying into the wall. Even as Dash struggled back to her hooves, Twilight could feel millions and millions of ravenous changelings begin to leech away her very life force. She didn’t have enough love, enough positive emotions within her to sate them all. She was going to die here, in this dank chamber, and she was not going to be able to stop it…

Then Rainbow Dash was there again, ramming into Twilight’s side and pinning the unicorn down. With an angry snarl, the pegasus wrapped both wings around Twilight’s horn and began pushing her own magic into the rapidly fading unicorn. Her voice also invaded Twilight’s mind, heard easily above the cries of hungry changelings. Hang in there, Twi. I’ve got you. I’ve got help. Even as Rainbow Dash spoke, more voices, familiar voices, began to speak.

C’mon, Twilight. We’ve got ya Sugarcube. Applejack’s voice sounded loud and clear, even as a new torrent of energy from the Element of Honesty cascaded into Twilight.

We’re here for you, Twilight. Fluttershy was next, her thoughts soothing and calm.

Darling, it’s going to be okay. Nothing is about to take our friend from us.

Let us support you, Twilight! We’ll have a party after you get back!

Then, it was not just her friends. More voices began to speak, to be heard. Her parents, flooding their daughter with their own affection. Princess Celestia, Princes Luna, Princess Cadance. Shining Armor, her brother. Everypony from Ponyville, it felt like. Slowly, bit by painful bit, the changeling voices inside Twilight’s head grew silent. There was finally a blessed moment of silence before Twilight’s head exploded again—this time, with unrestrained joy. Love slammed back into Twilight Sparkle like a gale force storm, revitalizing her and healing her. More and more love flowed into Twilight’s prone form, changing her. Filling her with peace and purpose. Then, at long last, the voices fell silent. But Twilight could still feel their love, their happiness. She could even feel the threads of love connecting her to her friends and family, instead of exclusively her changelings. Then, at long last, Twilight Sparkle, Queen of the Changelings, opened her tear stained eyes.

So, a little present for you all. This is a little excerpt from the next Chapter of Unity. I know I promised you all this chapter sooner, but I want to have it absolutely perfect before it gets published. This is, after all, one of the major turning points to my tale. Keep in mind this is not an entirely finalized version of events, and some things may or may not change before I get it published. I also give props to the amazing author Georg, who originally came up this concept in his "Monser in the Twilight" fiction. Georg gracefully agreed to let me incorporate some of his concept with my own.

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