//------------------------------// // Twilight and Chrysalis // Story: A Family Worth Having // by DeathBloodBass //------------------------------// Chrysalis looks down from the balcony watching Pinkie Pie introducing Maud Pie to Starlight. "If only my siblings were like that...", Chrysalis said sadly. "Chrysalis, I've been wondering where you were.", Twilight said walking next to her and notice that Chrysalis was staring at the three ponies. Twilight knew what was on Chrysalis' mind. "If you don't mind me asking, Starlight told me how the Changelings in your homeland work, but how does the Royal Family function?" "By Equestrian standards they are not Queen or Kings of the month.", Chrysalis said. Chrysalis, Miasma and several other queens walk down the street of Kludgetown to handle business. Those residing in their homes or stores quickly close up upon seeing them, while those outside panics. "The Changeling Royal Family!" They quickly bow down to the sides as the queens walk past them. "Who are they?", a brown cat asks as everyone gets back up. "They're Changelings from the Unknown and trust me you don't want to mess with them." "I've heard they destroyed an entire kingdom just because some poor sap gave her the wrong drink." "Who the hell are you?", a large brutish asks blocking the queens way to the door of a large building. Miasma grabs his neck with her hoof and chokes him to death. "Keep the change.", Miasma said tossing the corpse aside and enters the building. A mole is seen packing up his things at quick pace. "Going somewhere?", Miasma asks opening the door behind her are two headless guards lying on the floor. "Miasma! What brings you here?", Verko asks in panic. "You're one month late to pay for our protection.", Miasma said. "I'm here to collect or destroy." "The thing is that I don't have the money. I spent it all up.", Verko said sweating heavily. "Then I'll just have to destroy this town and take everyone as slaves.", Miasma said. "Wait, I have something just as valuable." "I'm listening." "There are rumors of a wedding in some faraway land north of here." 'Faraway land north of here? Does he mean Eqeustria?', Miasma thought. 'The fact that rumors spread could mean that this wedding is a big deal.' "You got off lucky. We'll accept that information as payment, but be sure to pay up the next one.", Miasma said. "Chrysalis, come with me. The rest of you can go back to the homeland." "Where are we going?" "Equestria." "So that's how you came to the wedding.", Twilight said. "And because Miasma was the former ruler, she knew the insides and out of the kingdom. But that was more than a thousand years ago, the land has changed since then." "True, but there were still some area in the kingdom still known to us Changelings.", Chrysalis said. "The mines inside Canterlot was one of them." "I see...", Twilight said getting a bad feeling. "What else?" "From armories to treasure vaults.", Chrysalis answers. "And you know where they are?" "Yes, I just didn't have the time to pick up the things there." "Not to be rude, but you keep on staring at Pinkie lately.", Twilight said. "Sorry, it's just that she reminds me of my older sister, Ambrosia.", Chrysalis said. "I don't think you mention anything about her. What is she like?", Twilight asks pulling out a book titled, Changeling Royalty Encyclopedia. "My sister Ambrosia is the 14th daughter of the family. You could say she is the Changeling version of Pinkie Pie.", Chrysalis said. Twilight shivers the thought of the two meeting. "Her kingdom resides in hot and humid rain forests as she prefers such things and the emotions she feeds off of and amplify is joy/happiness." "I can already imagine on how she uses that...", Twilight said with her face turning green. "Both Pinkie Pie and Ambrosia spread smiles, but it's how to spread it what makes them different.", Chrysalis said casting an illusion spell on what would happen should the two meet. "Do you like fun things?", Ambrosia asks Pinkie Pie. "Who doesn't like fun things?", Pinkie Pie said. "I can show you something fun!" "Really?" Later... The two are splattered in blood with Ambrosia being giddy, while Pinkie on the other hand was on the verge of crying. "That wasn't fun at all.", Pinkie Pie whimpers as her poofy mane turns straight. Twilight throws up into the trash can after Chrysalis dispels the illusion. "Then there is Myxine. She's the 20th daughter of the family. Like you she is a bookworm." "Finally a Changeling I like.", Twilight said feeling miraculously better. "Her kingdom is resides in caves near the oceans and the emotions she feeds off of and amplify is sadness/despair." "A common emotion that will open a path to darkness.", Twilight said thinking about Nightmare Moon. "You better be careful around her. Whenever there is a book she is interested in, she'll stop at nothing to get it.", Chrysalis said casting another illusion spell. "That's an interesting book.", Myxine said disguised as a pony inside a library. "I'll take it." "I'm sorry, but this book is reserved for somepony else.", the librarian said. "Give it to me or else.", Myxine said in a threatening manner. "Or else what?" Later... Myxine walks out of town with the book in tow as the library burns to the ground. Twilight sees an illusion of herself falling to her knees. "You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Faust, damn you all to Tartarus!", Illusion Twilight cries pounding her hoof to the ground. "Was that part really necessary?", Twilight asks. "Please, you wanted to do that ever since Tirek blew up your library.", Chrysalis said. "You couldn't do it due to it being something a princess wouldn't do in public." "True.", Twilight said as Chrysalis dispels the illusion. "Wow, this is really good.", Twilight said after taking a bite of a large white triangle with green wrapping. "What do you call these?" "Rice balls.", Chrysalis said making another. "They are common in the Changeling military as they are easy to make especially during battle. They also come in many kinds of filling." "Chrysalis, what is the Unknown?", Twilight asks finishing her third rice ball. "The Unknown is not some place you want to be.", Chrysalis said. "Compared to the more tamable paradise, the Unknown is a hellish area. You could say it is like the Everfree Forest, but much worse. There are highly volatile and unpredictable weather conditions and in some locations there the very laws of physics and nature and defied. It is also the place where Equestria's first alicorn, Faust was born." "What are the chances of survival?", Twilight asks nervously. "Even with the combine power of you, Celestia, Luna, Cadance and Flurry Heart. I'm afraid you won't last a day.", Chrysalis said. "There are safe zones, but the closest one will take days to reach." This frightens Twilight. Miasma lived in the Unknown for more than a millennium meaning that she alone is more than capable of taking Equestria all by herself, but what frighten Twilight even more is that who else is as strong or stronger than Miasma. Noticing on how scared Twilight is, Chrysalis change the subject. "Would you like me to show you some spells only known to the Unknown?" "Would I?!" Both Twilight and Chrysalis walk to an open field, so Chrysalis can demonstrate some magic used in the Unknown. "First off, I'll show you the basics.", Chrysalis said. "You remember reading the part where Faust defeated my brother, Greed with powerful kicks causing him to explode." "Yeah, how does that work? I mean it's just a kick enhanced with magic.", Twilight said. "I'll show you the difference.", Chrysalis said walking to a large boulder. She throws a kick removing a large chunk of it off. "This is the damage a kick will normally do whether its enhanced or not. On the other hand the damage from the kick Faust used..." Chrysalis closes her eyes and take a deep breathe. The magic within her body all channels down to her right back leg. Chrysalis throws a kick to the boulder and then walks off from a distance. At first nothing happens when suddenly the rock explodes causing pieces to shoot out in every direction. Chrysalis summons a barrier to block off the pieces as Twilight watches completely appalled. "H-how did you do that?", Twilight asks. "I simply concentrated all my magic into a certain part of my body, in this case my right back leg. After striking the target, the energy is very quickly released into the target via the force of the impact, causing a chain reaction that make them go boom.", Chrysalis explains. "It's like transferring magic to another, but in a more lethal way. It's even more devastating should that target possess a large amount of magic." "What do you mean?", Twilight asks. "You remember how Tirek drains magic from other ponies and how you gained the magic of three alicorns." "Yes." "There are two requirements needed when gaining additional magic from something or someone else. One is a body strong enough to handle the magic and the other is that the magic must be received by your own free will." "Because I'm an alicorn and I bear the Element of Magic my body was strong enough to handle the three additional alicorn magic. I also took their magic with my own free will and because of the my body was prepared to adapt to it.", Twilight said understanding that Chrysalis meant. "Wait, then that kick you just did..." "That's right, after the kick the magic forcefully enters the target's body against his or her will. Because of that the body was not prepared to adapt resulting in the additional magic overloading the body and then boom." "Then that would mean..." "Had you either delay or turned down the offer, the Princess would've transfers their magic into you resulting in your body being destroyed." "Then I'm glad I accepted back then.", Twilight said in relief. "I never thought something like that could be deadly." "Power can be a dangerous thing when you're not prepared.", Chrysalis warns. "Remember that well." "So what other spells are you going to show me?", Twilight asks after she finish writing down some notes. "This spell separates a piece of your personality from your body and become it's own pony.", Chrysalis said. "In orders words your're splitting me in two, but the other me will have a piece of my personality.", Twilight said. "Um, which personality are you going to take?" "It's random.", Chrysalis said as her horn glows as another Twilight appears next to the original, but this Twilight appears insane. "Hi everypony, it's me Creepy Twilight!", the insane Twilight said. Twilight realize that Creepy Twilight was her when she was being tardy and cased the Smarty Pants incident. "This is what I looked like when I'm tardy?", Twilight asks completely disturbed. "No wonder the CMC avoided me for a month." "You know if I cast that spell on Luna, I might've brought out her Nightmare Moon persona.", Chrysalis muse. "Please, don't.", Twilight said. "Though I do wonder how the two will interact." "This spell is only common to use Changelings and perhaps some other species.", Chrysalis said. "It's called self-destruction." "You mean blowing yourself up!", Twilight screams i shock. "Just out of curiousity how much damage can a Changeling King or Queen do when they self-destruct? I pretty much got a good idea on the drones and officers." "Let's see... If I use this spell in Canterlot, then the main explosion will wipe out the entire city, while the shockwave damage half of Equestria and finally the toxic fumes covers the entire kingdom killing all life and making the land uninhabitable for a decade.", Chrysalis explains causing Twilight to drop her book and quill in horror. "I officially ban you from using that!" Both Twilight and Chrysalis walk back to to castle still talking. "You're kidding me! One of your brothers can move at a speed of light, while another can see five seconds into the future?", Twilight said. "Do you know who they are?" "I'm afraid I never met every single one of my siblings.", Chrysalis said. "Some of them are rather antisocial, while others don't get along with each other. I learned that in the last meeting with my siblings. I'll show you." Chrysalis place her horn onto Twilight's horn in order for Twilight to look into Chrysalis' memory. Twilight finds herself inside a large castle. In fact it's larger than any castle in Equestria combine. She then sees several female Changelings dressing Chrysalis in a kimono. "Hurry, it up!", Miasma said leaning by the doorway dressed in a kimono as well. "The meeting starts in ten minutes and if we're a second late I'll have your heads." Hearing that the Changelings speed up the process till they finish. "Let's go.", Miasma said to Chrysalis as the two leave with Twilight following them. Twilight finds herself in a rather strange meeting room. The only furniture in the room are very small tables lined up. "So, who do you think will show up?", Chrysalis asks Miasma. "Who knows? Perhaps we may be the only ones.", Miasma said as the door opens up and several tall Changelings enter the room. The females are wearing kimonos, while the males are wearing samurai armor. Twilight recognize some of them as they take their table. Among the members in the room are Myxine, Greed, Envy, and Ambrosia. Calliphora, 17th daughter of the family. Brute, 9th son of the family. Solar, 3rd son of the family. Lunar, 25th daughter of the family. "So only ten of us are here.", Miasma said. "Much more than I expected, in fact this is the highest." "Hey guys, listen...", Envy said sitting down. "Can we dismiss this meeting for today? Also, let's abolish this tradition for next year while we're at it!" Miasma facehoof, while Chrysalis stares at him in confusion. "Don't you think it's a huge pain with no real meaning to it as well?", Envy said in a lazy tone. "This is a direct order from our mother, we have no choice but to participate.", Myxine said reading a book. "Having it abolished would be absurd." "No one was asking you.", Envy said. "You're really annoying.", Myxine said adjusting her glasses. "You're even more annoying than usual, what's wrong don't have a book you like?" "Go die.", Myxine said glaring at Envy. "Too bad, not gonna happen!" "I see you're the same annoying and loud birdbrain as always.", Solar, a tall changeling with a fiery mane and tail said. "As members of the royal family we have a lot of freedom and an endless budget. Why don't you just do your duty as King?" "Hah! Like I'm gonna listen to you!", Envy said. "Here's an idea. Hurry up and leave the Empire. Leave today. No, right this instant! Ok, Three two, one..." "Shut it, shorty.", Solar said pushing Envy's button. "I'll f***ing kill you!", Envy shouts summoning his spiked club and swings it down. Solar does a back flip dodging the blow and draws out his flaming sword. "I see everyone is pretty energetic today too. Why not we all smile?", Ambrosia suggests. "When the f*** did you become our boss, Ambrosia?!", both Envy and Solar screams in rage. 'T-they get along about 800 times worse than me and my friends do!', Twilight thought in shock. "That and they're very scary." The argument then slowly become a brutal fight.