Today, it is my mission to retrieve Gac and put an end to the very obstacle that an single hoofed-ly stop the development of me and Gac’s hive. So, when I call and round up the grubs, I tell them my plan.
“Okay, little ones. Gac has been captured and carried south into the center of Equestria. But no fret will sound under my ears. FOR I HAVE A PLAN to rescue Gac. I will find exactly where Gac is held in Equestria. Then, all twenty nine of you will be led by me to bail Gac in any way that we can. You will only need to replace ponies if there are guards, but no bail, and after I cast a comatic spell on said guards as a unicorn. It is imperative for us to find those replaced foals and for them to join us.”
And with my speech, the grubs cheer for the plan that I laid out. However, I feel something is missing. Uh oh. Diamond Tiara stated that Ponyville’s entire population was replaced, and that’s a town I don’t even relevate to. I even told Party Favor this well before cocooning him. I remember WAY back when Queens Chrysalis and Light said that they’d take over Equestria. That was about seven moons ago. Now I interpret it as “every known part of Equestria”. Well, I have to get going with my grubs, so it’s time to get to Our Town before the ponies come back.
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After getting the eight additional grubs from Our Town, we finally travel to where my horn locates Gac for the next four days. The nearest town to where Gac apparently is is on the side of a mountain. I don’t know what is this town’s name is. I do know though that another town neighbors the mountain to the south. At this point, I disguise myself as a unicorn, the same color as my initial disguise first coming to Our Town.
Up the mountain, the hum on my horn is strongest just a little higher than the town on the mountain’s side. Looking closer at that point, I find unnatural cracks within the mountain above said city.
“Grubs, this has to be where Gac is. My horn’s humming like crazy over here where the cracks are. Come on. Let’s dig.”
Five minutes in, our progress becomes halted when two alicorns approach us into the air. One white with a rainbow mane and tail, one all blue. Both of the manes and tails flow magnificently.
“Hello, little unicorn. I see you have some new grubs with you.”
I get confused for a split second about what the white alicorn says.
“What? Oh yeah. I’m not from here.”
“Of course you’re not. I presume you were raised inside a hive?”
“Wait. Blue one, how did you know. Excuse me for not knowing your names.”
“Oh, you’ll recognize us soon enough.”
“But white one, I don’t understand. Why do you say that?”
“Here’s a hint. The sun has the most of this natural resource for us.”
“Light. Wait a minute. Blue one, are you two...?”
At this moment, the white alicorn and the blue alicorn transform into the all too familiar changeling queens, Light and Chrysalis respectively.
“Queen Light?!? Queen Chrysalis?!? Why are you here?!?”
“Hatch... where is my Gac? I noticed that you and your grubs were causing damage to Canterlot.”
I change back to myself to answer Queen Chrysalis.
“He has to be inside this mountain.”
“Gac?!? Inside of here?!? Chrysalis and I know geology like the skin of our hive, and we know for a fact that this mountain has always been none other than solid.”
I point to the untouched part of the cracks.
“Then, what are these cracks doing here? Locating him, my horn was humming the loudest over here. The ponies of Our Town must’ve hollowed the mountain out the top. Why else would my horn have been going crazy here?”
Queens Chrysalis and Light start getting confused.
“Um, what are you talking about, my Hatch? You know full well that-”
“HEEEEEELP!!!”
All forty of us (yes, there are thirty seven grubs with me) freeze, hearing the cry from within the mountain.
“GAC?!?”
“Gac!!! What’re you doing in there?!? What’ve those residents done to you?!?”
“Hatch?!? Is that you?!?”
“Together! We need to blast a hole into the mountain together to free Gac!!!”
“My Hatch! Do you even know how much POWER that would take?!?”
“Queen Light, if I can cast a comatic spell, then I can break a hole into a mountain!”
And with that, the two queens and I shoo away five of the grubs in the way before preparing to open the mountain. With that, our combined efforts show a hollow portion of the mountain that I had predicted would be there and contain Gac in. Looking behind me, all three dozen grubs are holding each other, scared of the power that all three of us had wielded together. I look back at Hatch before he comes over to hug me.
“HATCH!!!”
“Gac! How did you end up in there?!?”
“I was seeking refuge.”
“What?!? So, none of the ponies put you in there?!?”
Gac shakes his head. Suddenly, to his shock, he sees the two queens.
“Queen Chrysalis?!? Queen Light?!?”
“Hello, my Gac. It’s been seven moons since I’ve seen you. Too long for a queen to wait after a successful invasion. Tell you what. You two can stay in my hive until those ponies stop looking for Gac. We’ll take your grubs back.”
“Gac and I would humbly accept that offer Queen Chrysalis. See you back at the hive.”
Queen Chrysalis nods in response.