Our New Queen

by Miner


Waking up

"Is she alright!?" Nightlight yelled at a passing changeling guard. Twilight's family had followed after her and Thorax the day after the pair had left for the hive, and were now waiting in another room near the chamber where she was resting after her transformation. As the hours passed, Nightlight grew worried and wanted to see his daughter.

"Please, sir," The guard said, trying to calm him down, "The transformation has just finished. We must give her highness time to recover."

Nightlight got into the changeling’s face, making him cringe before him. "But I am her Father!" Nightlight was pulled away from the guard by his wife and son.

"Honey," Velvet said, "You need to calm down."

"Mom is right, Dad," Shining Armor said. "I’m worried about Twily too, but we must trust that the changelings know what they’re doing."

Nightlight’s body relaxed after he took a deep breath, and his family let him go. "Well, how much longer will it take?"

"We must let Twilight wake up on her own," Pharynx said as he entered the room. "Not to mention that she will be famished once she wakes up, and you don't want to be there for that."

"What are you talking about! What’s going to happen to my little princess?!"


Twilight let out a low groan as she woke up. Thorax took notice and signaled a changeling to get ready. Thorax moved his head behind Twilight's and nudged her gently. "Twilight."

She let out a groan of annoyance. Thorax called out to her again. "Twilight."

"Let me sleep," Twilight said weakly as a changeling brought in a large cart filled with bowls of pasta. Slowly the changeling moved one of the dishes next to Twilight’s face. Twilight’s nose then started sniffing. Her eyes opened, and she almost ate the whole bowl along with the pasta but kept it to just the tasty noodles instead. Once she finished the first bowl, she set her sights on the cart and pounced, just missing the changeling that brought them in. Many pasta bowls lost their lives in the eating frenzy that followed. In the end, Twilight was defeated by their sheer numbers, and two bowls remained untouched at the bottom of the cart.

Twilight laid on her side as she stared at the last two bowls. "You win this round," Twilight then rubbed her belly as she laid there before Thorax picked her up. He brought her back to the bed and laid her down gently. Twilight smiled at Thorax but noticed that he looked different.

"Thorax did you get smaller?"

"No, my dear. You just gained a foot in height is all."

"Oh, right, the transformation. Is there a mirror here?" Twilight tried to get up from the bed only to fall back down.

"Why don't you rest for a bit before you try to get up?" Thorax moved some of Twilight’s hair away from her eyes. "You’ve been through a lot."

Twilight looked up at Thorax. "You know. You never said anything about the hunger at the end of the process."

"I didn't think it was worth mentioning."

"What in the world did I eat anyway?"

"Something that I’ve been working on these past few weeks. You see we changeling are omnivores, so I’ve been working on something that we can eat without having to hunt for meat."

"MEAT!?"

"Calm down, Twilight! The pasta had no meat; it was just high in protein! No animals were killed!"

"Oh thank Celestia," Twilight calmed down and laid her head back on the bed. Thorax joined her and laid next to her as he gently stroked her mane. Twilight lost track of time as she lay there before she had to know what she looked like. She looked up at Thorax. "Now about that mirror."

"Of course," Thorax pointed to a full-length mirror hanging against the wall.

Slowly Twilight made her way to the mirror. The first thing she noticed was her eyes. They looked like Thorax’s, but with a brighter shade of purple. Looking down, she could see that wrapped around her neck was a line of white gems like a necklace; a large one in the middle with smaller ones on the sides. She still had her purple coat color except for her middle body, that had a dark purple thorax. She had long sleek legs. Her mane and tail were the same, but now had a glossy look to them. As for her horn, it had curved backward and lost its spiral. When she stretched out her wings, she saw two pink insect wings coming from her back. There was no doubt in Twilight's mind. She was now indeed a Changeling Queen.

"Wow," Twilight said, touching her reflection, "Is that really me?"

"Indeed it is," Thorax said coming up behind Twilight and joining her in front of the mirror. Twilight noticed that she was only a few inches shorter than Thorax, not including the antlers. "You’re very beautiful Twilight."

"Thorax stop that you’re going to make me blush."

"Twilight you have nothing to be ashamed about. You are beautiful," Thorax leaned close to kiss Twilight, but just then the door to the room was busted open.

"Where is my Princess?!" Nightlight said searching the room as the rest of the family entered behind him.

Twilight rolled her eyes before she called out to her dad. "I’m over here," Everypony stared in awe at Twilight’s new look. Her mom was the first to speak up.

"Twilight?"

"That's me."

"Wow, Twily," Shining said, "You really stand out now, don't you?"

"I’ve just got to get used to it."

"Can you transform?" Cadence asked.

"I haven't tried it yet," Twilight turned to Thorax. "Can I transform?"

"Now wouldn't be the best time, dear," Thorax said. "You are still recovering from your first transformation. Besides, it takes changelings months before they can transform. Right now, you are no different from a newborn changeling. Not to mention that your legs are shaking."

"Huh," Twilight then noticed that her legs were indeed shaking, and gave out as Thorax caught her. "I didn't even notice."

"It’s some numbness from the transformation," Thorax brought Twilight back to the bed. "It should go away in a couple of days."

"I do have a question Thorax," Nightlight asked.

"Yes, sir?" Thorax said as Twilight got comfortable.

"Why didn't you wait until after you two were married to change Twilight into a changeling?"

"Don't look at me. It was your daughter-in-law’s idea, not mine," Everypony looked at Cadance as she was now the center of attention.

"Cadence?" Shining Armor asked.

"I just didn't want Twilight's recovery to interfere with their honeymoon, that’s all."

"They could have waited," Nightlight said.

"What’s done is done," Twilight said. "A better question is where is the wedding going to be held. And am I going to go as my pony self or my new form?"

"You go as what you want to go as sweetie," Velvet said. "It’s your wedding and nopony in Equestria is going to judge you for your decisions in this."

"Thanks, mom. But I’m sure there will still be ponies out there who will not like the idea of me marrying Thorax."

"Don't worry Twilight. You’re a princess of Equestria and future co-ruler of the changelings. Nopony would dare interfere with your wedding."

"Why do I get the feeling that you have something in mind for anypony that tries something funny during my wedding."

"Why Twilight. I am just a single Unicorn mare. What could I do?" Velvet said with a smile.

No pony in the room believed that this mare was as innocent as she looked.