//------------------------------// // The slumber of an awakening champion // Story: For the hive, my mom and myself // by Lighting Ace //------------------------------// Where…am I? Slowly opening my eyes I start to look around only to find myself in what can only describe was a organ, with a transparent membrane in front of me. In panic I attempt to trash but find my body numb and extremely heavy, making any kind of movement useless. "Oh so you are finally awake" Looking up I was meet with the same creature that claim was my mother kneeling in front me with the same warm smile as before. "How do you sleep sweetheart?" "W…what is happening? who…who are you?" I ask before starting to hyperventilated when I saw bubble leaving my mouth and discover that I was indeed underwater. The creature must had notices my condition, since her expresión soon turn to one of concern and put her hand on the membrane in front of me "Don't panic, everything its ok" "Don't panic!? how can I don't panic when I…" I stop my own sentence when I notices that I indeed was speaking and somehow I was able to breath underwater. Witch in turn calm the creature as she smile once more. "There you go, see? mommy has everything under control, you are not going to drown" Holding my chest I breath in and out trying to calm myself. "Why did you put me in here?" "So we could treat your injuries of course" She tells before standing back, witch allow me to see the room that we were in. The first thing that I discover was the gigantic black rock in the shape of a throne place directly in front of me before noticing holes in the wall moving closing and opening, as if the place was indeed alive and finally noticing a giant diamond place directly in the celling acting as a chandelier and faintly glowing a green light. Over all the place look like a strange and bizarre cave…like if one of the cave from the lion king had just suddenly came to life…although, consider all that happen during Scar song. That might had not be all surprising. I mean a structure just suddenly lift him up to the top, and geyser break in the perfect moment to his lyrics? either that place was alive or Scar had some magic with him My train of though was broke when the creature speak to me again. "Fascinating don't you agree my child?" Looking at her I notices how she too was admiring our surroundings "Our birth place, the changeling hive, standing proudly in the middle of the bad lands, empowered with our own magic so only we can transit throw out its corridors, and protecting us from the horrors of the outside world" She then turn to me "and soon the place you would call 'home'" "What?" "Oh Jeremy, do you really though I didn't hear your pleads?" the creature horn glow once more and in front of me a hollow circle made of fire form in mid air, and from inside the circle a image start to form, until I saw myself sitting in front of a computer and holding my head with both of my hands. "Do you remember now?" "How…how did you get" "I told you my child, I just hear your pleads" From the image we both hear what I was saying "I can't…I can't do this anymore, its too much…please, this is too hard" I look down in shame as I finally remember what I was looking, that memory was the day I get my first job, I wanted to try to keep a positive attitude and try to adapt but the job…it was too much, I was never good in guide others, and it each day I raise from bed was harder and harder. "Seeing a poor soul suffer so much, was enough to break mommy heart…and it didn't stop there, did it?" The image soon change and one after another I saw bad memories of my past, my desperate dream of fly, the crushing prank a girl pull on me pretending to be my girlfriend just so she could win a bet, the times I was ignore, when I was backstab by my family in friends" "Ok…ok I get please, just…just stop it" the circle disappear and the lady once more put her hand on the cocoon I was in. "so you see my son what I did was just answering your cries, a mother can only watch for so long until intervening" "Then why me? I mean sure I'm thankful you save my life but if it was because I was suffering then there is like a million and one persons in the world that need the help more than me, they could even deserve it even more" "Maybe but none of them were my child, and even if sad to say, my family will always come first" "Why do you keep saying that? Miss I'm really sorry to say but I not your son, I don't even know you" "Do you really think so Jeremy?" The woman stand back and spread her arms "I'm really sad that you weren't able to recognised me yet, but I understanding, this new body could be a bit shocking, here let me show you how I used to look like" Confused I turn to her, before looking in shock as I notices how her body just catch on fire in a green flame out of nowhere, before it changes into a figure that I manage to recognised and leave me speechless. "Now you recognised me honey?" The woman spoke in the same sweet tune I knew only one person could have speak. In front of me, a human woman with long brown hair, green eyes and caucasian skin stand with her arms stretch and a kind smile. The image was enough for me to had foggy eyes as I was fighting the numbness in my body to run to her and hug her with all my forces. "…Mom" "Yes Jeremy, its me. 7 years ago when I die, I was reincarnated and place into this world as a changeling, that is the name of the species I'm now by the way. Our race is know to be able to change form and had a really good memory that is why I was manage to retain all of my past life, but even though I start a new family and embrace my new role as a queen, I was never able to forget about you, I took me a while but eventually I was able to find you once more by crossing the barriers between dimension. I was hoping to find my son in good health and enjoying life, but instead I only saw my kid crying." I could see tears start to well up in her eyes as she hug the cocoon "I couldn't keep silence for long, I need to do something for you, anything. So I try, and try and search for ways to reach you, until I finally did, using a powerful spell that allow me to traverse there and bring you here. I might had done something that I shouldn't had, but there is little that a mother wouldn't do for their child." She clean her eyes and look at me before changing back to her original form. "And now my child we can start again, my face might had change but I'm still the mother you once knew, and love, maybe I rip you of a normal death but I couldn't risk never seeing you again. I only ask you to please give me a chance" "Mom" I fight back tears as I nod rapidly "Of course…nothing would make me happy than stay with you…like you say, I was going to die anyway right? I much rather be here with you than there or in some other place with no memory" "I'm so happy to hear you say that" she kiss the cocoon before backing away "now my sweet boy I hate to say this but I need you to go to sleep and rest, your reincarnation is still half way throw" "I don't want to sleep mom, I fear that if I do you will disappear forever" "Shh my child" she start to caress my imprison bubble, I was starting to hate that thing, here she was, my mom waiting for me to hug her and I was trap in this thing, nothing would had made me more happy than to tear this off and just embrace her, but at last I knew it was futile and as much as I wanted to contradict her she was right, whatever this was, it probably was necessary for me to revived a new Je so this is what caterpillars feels like, I could have life without knowing it "Please don't fight it Jeremy the cocoon is preparing you to life a new and magnificent life, but it can't do its job unless you let it happen. I promise, I will be here for when you awake. So please, listen to your mom and go to sleep" I nod again and close my eyes "Ok mom" "That is my boy" "Mom before I go to sleep can I know, what is your new name now?" "Of course I respond by the name of Chrysalis now honey, and as for you 'Jeremy' can't no longer be used for your new life, a new begin deserve a new name, so from this moment on you will be know as Kabuto" "Kabuto…I like it" I chuckle faintly before I drift back to sleep hearing my mom humming a nice lullaby for me. Once she was sure that Kabuto was sleeping Chrysalis turn around and leave the place and approach one of her guards, who vow the moment he saw her approaching "My queen" "Sargent Claw, tell me how is the collecting going?" "We actually just brought the last candidate, your highness" "Excellent, bring them here" "Yes queen Chrysalis" the guard leaves the place before him and his companions enter again with 6 cocoons of different colours that they place around Kabuto and connect to his own cascade using some dry roots that turn to life the moment they connect and make all the shells glow in their respective colours minus the center one that just glow white. Once the last shell its put in place a guard turn around and address the queen that admire all with a sinister smile "as your request my queen I present you 6 candidates perfect to wear the elements of harmony. Moon Dancer, the candidate for magic, Cheese Sandwich the candidate for laughter, Coco Pommel the candidate for Generosity, Tree Huger the candidate for Honesty, Maud Pie the candidate for loyalty, and finally Fancy Pants the candidate for kindness" "Perfect, my plan is coming into fruitions" she looks as the diamond was being nutrious by the 6 ponies while one of the guards approach. "My queen if I may ask, why go into the trouble of infused the human with fake elements of harmony? if you can charge a being with them why not yourself or one of your subjects?" "Oh my sweet Clips there is still to much of the world you are yet to know, Equestria can't bear 2 groups to bear the exact same elements at the same time…but humans are different, specially if they come from another world, do you know what happen if you mix magic with beings laking natural astral energy? The answer is a magic mutation not any kind either, this one can be extremely wild and unpredictable if used incorrectly or not know what you are doing. In the past, fools that don't know how to used it meet their end, testing new magic, but I'm not like them, I know exactly what I'm doing, and how to do it" "Your genius know no end my queen" the changeling say in admiration "such a flatter" She cacle before looking at the human body start to change and mutated exactly like she invision it "yes my darling, yes! grow and change, turn into your destiny and become the changeling finest work, you shall be my champion of the elements of harmony!" Chrysalis laugh maniacally as the other changelings plus a few dozen more appear from the doors and holes in the place curious about the, rainbow light show.