"Vell Reflection you coming?" A small changeling named Ersatz had said in a strange accent, he was a foreign changeling caught in a storm many a year ago, he was healed and had joined the swarm to help in anyway he could and was one of few in the swarm that Reflection felt she could trust with her life.
"Yeah... I'm coming." Reflection said with distaste.
"Good if you don't hurry your going to miss your promotion." He said with a laugh.
"Humph promotion." Reflection was not pleased with all that had transpired in the past year going from being a member of the White Swarm to its captain and now to get a promotion to a position she did not even want. She was to lead the new changeling unit in charge of the Queens new pet, the very creature she had done more than help create.
Today was the day it would hatch and all were to be gathered in the main hall, with a sigh Reflection began her walk there.
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In the main hall there were changelings filling the room from floor to sealing and a grand stage set up for all to see. On the stage was the egg with Queen Chrysalis herself currently standing guard, Reflection looked around the room for Ersatz.
"Vhat are you looking for?" A voice had said from behind her, Reflection turned to see Ersatz standing with a smile.
"Oh nothing important." Reflection replied with a grin.
"Hey zat is not fair reflect-" There was much noise in the room and he was cut off as it had become eerily silent and apparent that the Queen was to speak.
"It has been an incredible learning experience, but all the hard work of the original team in charge of the cleaning of the ruins had found what I was looking for all these many years, and the work of the White Swarm and what was its newly appointed captain had done in such a short time with such a complicated spell." Reflection cringed, and the Queen continued. "But there is one final thing to see of this discovery." "CRACK" The sound had come from the egg on the stage. "Oh it appears that it has already begun." Queen Chrysalis said with a smile.
The egg began to shake and shudder as the shell began to crack, then murmurs from the crowd could be heard as a single small black spike shot forth from the egg and tore it to pieces. The swarm stared in shock as the being puled itself out of the remains of its shelly home. Its skin was jet black with a pair of bright green eyes that were not compound but open and bright much like the queens.
It had a different structure to it with smaller eyes and a shorter face and it had a horn atop its head jagged as the Queens yet very small and although it had two black holey hooved back legs it had little claw like hands on arms jutting forth from just below its neck, atop its head running down its back to its tail was strange silver grey hair.
"Its beautiful..." Said the Queen, a tear in her eye, although most of the swarm seemed to disagree quite heavily.
"This is the future of the swarm, in time this being will learn our ways and fight along side us, my swarm in due time we will not need to hide among the ponies to gather our love we will own the ponies and their Princess Celestia shall fall!"
Many of the changeling were in shock at what they were hearing, although they required the positive emotions of the ponies to live they had never thought to overthrow their food source by force.
"Yeah!" A few loud shouts could be heard through the crowd, turning to a roar as many began to see the Queens word as an order of faith.
All eyes resting on the Queen and her new weapon, as the newly hatched creature stared in confusion at the crowd.
"Reflection will you be a dear and come up here." The Queen said as the crowd went dead silent yet again.
Reflection looked over to Ersatz he was blank faced in shock, she turned and went up to the stage thinking of what was wrong with her Queen, never had slavery and war crossed Reflections mind as an option and now it was all because of the success she had in this beings creation that a war may be exactly what is going to happen.
"Yes my queen?" Was all Reflection could say as she looked at her Queen and the thing beside her. "As you know you will be in charge of the protection and training of the new creature, but to aid you in this process you must know that it has been given a name." The Queen paused. "The child is a male and his name is..." she chuckled. "Obsidian Shard."
The Queen then passed the child to Reflection. "You may go, these guards are now under your control as you are leading their unit at the moment, they will lead you to Obsidians room, and reflection, do not disappoint my decision to place such power in your hooves." The Queen said as she turned to the crowd. "This is a momentous occasion and you may all enjoy your rest as I know I will enjoy mine." The Queens last words of the night as she retreated to her room.
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Reflection walked with the two guards, one male, one female, holding the creature in her magic, she refused to call it by its name as it did not disserve to live, it was a monster.
"Here is the room Commander Reflection."
Reflection turned quite quickly to the room and the male guard inside as she was not used to being called commander, but if that was a shock the room was an attack, as it was full not of bright colors and toys as you would expect of a Childs new room but a small bed, walls of the blackest obsidian covered in shelves opon shelves of books new and old, none of which seemed to have been made for children, and a plethora of training dummies for magic and physical combat.Weapons littered the walls, many of which were most certainly foreign. "This is its room?" Reflection said in shock.
"Yes the Queen said exactly what the room was to be and what to have in it. "The guard behind her said as they entered the room, Reflection looked at the guard.
"If I'm to be your Commander than I would like to know your names." Reflection said, the whole Command thing was new to her even being a captain of the White Swarm wasn't for any more than 8 months, the guard that had opened the room spoke first with a chuckle.
"I am Synonymous please call me Syn, the guard behind you is Replica, we are happy to be under you command."
Reflection looked at the guard with a smile, feeling as though she was forgeting something important and turned to face the other guard the one known as Replica. "It is a pleasure to be your commander Syn and Replica, I hope you can help me with the many difficulties involved with our task."
Reflection said with a smile, Replica looked at her very emotionless then she had pointed to the bed. "I believe Obsidian needs to sleep." Replica said as the creature twirled in the air with closed eyes.
"Yes... I see." Reflection was uncomfortable with Replicas reaction to the situation yet placed the child on the bed regardless, it curled up and went to sleep in an instant. ("After all he had just been born and...") Reflection shook the thought from her head. ("This is not a he it is a monster a mockery of magic and... my creation...")
She left the room slowly as Replica and Syn did the same, closing and bolting the door behind them. "Now I must sleep so if you don't mind I will be returning to my room." Reflection said depressingly.
"As you wish commander Reflection, you may meet the rest of the Black Swarm tomorrow." Syn said in an upbeat tone, the shock was clear on her face as she learned that she was now commander of the newly established Black Swarm, with this she returned to her room and fell opon the bed, one final thought still in her head
"What have i done..."
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Author note again, wow this chapter kinda wrote itself, a little short from what I had originally planned but good none the less (I hope), and thank you all for reading...