//------------------------------// // Truce // Story: The Last Human in Equestria // by XxSkullCandyxX //------------------------------// Chapter 46: Truce Back from the city that a battle was taken place, Queen Chrysalis flew up to the skies to hide from her opponent and try to regain her energy. She breathes heavily and glances down at the city seeing her royal subjects having a difficult time battling the ponies. "Damn those ponies!" she whispered. As she could feel her energy low and her body aching, she sense someone was behind her. She turns around and was surprise to see an incoming beam heading her. Due to her weaken state, she was hit and she fell from the sky and landed hard on the floor. Her body was now in a worst state from the landing and the beam, and she watches as Twilight hoover down to the ground and land softly. The purple alicorn glared at the queen of the changelings. "T-Twilight, y-you gotten a lot strong as an alicorn. I'm shocked to see a pony that once was a unicorn is now standing before me wielding the powers an alicorn only has." "Queen Chrysalis, your invasion with your army is over. You must go back to where you came from and never come back," Twilight stated with her horn aiming at the queen of the changelings. "I-I would love, but you see..." Queen Chrysalis spoke while slowly getting up and grinning to show her sharp teeth. "I was here from the princesses of Equestria. What would they say, let alone think, about their protégé and her friends going rogue and betraying their orders. What would they do to you and your fellow ponies?" Twilight intense her glares and responded, "I don't care of such matter. All I care is to protect a friend. A friend who's been fighting his entire life from us, whom we have no right to take the land his kind was born and raised. My friends and I have realized the errand of our ways, and we plan to help him bring back mankind." Queen Chrysalis shook her head and chuckled, despite the physical damage on her body. "You fool; you and your friends are fool." She then dash forward and spear Twilight through many buildings of the city. The purple alicorn use her magic to push Chrysalis off her and then hit the large changeling on her face with her wings. "We are not fools, for we know now what we did to the humans was a crime!" she yelled. She dash forward and brought Chrysalis and herself back to the ground with a hard thud. Twilight backed away and was ready to use her magic to hold the queen of the changelings up off the ground. "Besides, you are only doing this because you seem to have hatred of Equestria. Why is it?" "I just want to be the ruler!" Queen Chrysalis shouted with anger in her eyes. "A ruler? How much power do you need when you already have power with army of royal subjects, who are willing to listen and follow your every command?" "I-It's different then that!" "How so?! What's different from being ruler of your own kind to being ruler of everything besides gaining more power and land? What's the difference?!" "The difference is I want to get them back for what they did to me and my kind! They mistreated us! They loathe us! They thought that we can't coexist with ponies, so you know what they did with us? They decide to gather all of us and take to a place filled with hardship and cruelty. They made us live in places where it was cold and dark. No food, no roofs, no love. It was the worst thing we changelings had ever experience, so we decided to take matters in our own hands! We were against ponies and any ponies in our way would suffer what we been through." Twilight had no words to say. She couldn't unseen the weak emotional state of Queen Chrysalis upon her eyes. The queen begins to weep with tears leaking and running down her cheeks. Twilight slowly let down the changeling and let her pour out from single sad and depressing tears. The purple unicorn then walks forward and warps her hooves around her opponent. She could start to feel the tears on her shoulder. She hugged her close to comfort Chrysalis. "I'm sorry for what you been through. I know that your experiences must been really hard to hold back, but what I can say is that I'm not like Celestia or Luna. I don't look at one who's very different and segregate them. I want everypony... No, I want everyone and everything to be equal and been treated with respect. That is what I discovered when I met Morgan. We didn't see eye to eye at first due to our enclose mind of the past. As we got to know one another, we learn from our mistake and we call truce. So now Chrysalis, are you going to stop preventing us from making a better future?" Queen Chrysalis looks at Twilight, not knowing what to say. All her life she thought of many ways to harm a pony, both mentally and physically. Now seeing this human trying to gather as many allies to defeat Celestia and Luna, it seems like she see herself from the human being. The need to fight against those who oppressed him and his entire specie. The need to cause the true monster pain and suffering. Now, he has the protégé of the princesses of Equestria and her friends by his side. With that being said she looks back at Twilight and had an answer. Around another part of the city, the rest of the ponies were surrounded by changelings. Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy were getting tired of battling each and every one of the changelings. They were too much to battle against, but they still one trick up their sleeves. Mostly, from Fluttershy as she was the one with the trick her sleeve. She may not been powerful like Twilight and Queen Chrysalis, but she does see what makes a changeling act the way they behavior. "Now, what do you ponies got to say now!" shouted one of the changelings. "Yeah, any last words before you suffer from our hooves!" shouted another changeling. All the ponies look at Fluttershy, who knew what to do next. She walked forward and sees every single changeling around them. She then closes her eyes and opens her arms. The changeling army looks back at each other, confused from the yellow pegasus behavior. Fluttershy then open her eyes and look at one changeling. The changeling suddenly felt something it had never felt for a long time. It started to walk forward, making the other changelings watch. It approached Fluttershy look at her so lost and bewildered before it slowly open its arms. The ponies watch with smiles on their faces, knowing Fluttershy could make every living creature be loved. The changelings look at the yellow pegasus in the eye and saw genuine love and care. It begins to tear up and hug her. Fluttershy hugged back with her own smile. Every single changeling were lost to see a pony giving love to a changeling in a way that didn't resort to violence or by force. No, it was natural caring display and they saw it for the first time in a while. When Fluttershy and the changeling stop their hugging, the rest of the changeling begin to let go of violent intentions they had just a few seconds ago, and they begin to approach the group of ponies. The changeling Fluttershy once hugged was smile and happy with tears of joy. "This... This felt better than any love we capture by force. It felt sweet and satisfying," it spoke. Morgan was still at the lab resting his head to Lily as she still was behaving according to her natural behavior as part changeling. Natalie stood behind him rubbing her human hand and hoof on him to comfort his sense of worries for the first test subject. He was still resting from battling against Queen Chrysalis, so he stay put and try to be there for Lily so she doesn't do anything that would cost them trouble. "How long has she been like this?" asked Morgan. "She been acting like that ever since the changeling came along," Natalie answered with concern. "Does she say or do anything to indicate that?" "She did say that she wanted to be there with them." "Queen..." whispered the possessed Lily. Morgan back away a bit caught off guard of Lily word before approaching her once again. "What is it Lily?" he asked, hoping lily can corporate. "Queen... feel happy... changelings... feel happy..." Morgan and Natalie watches as Lily eyes color went back to brown and she was lending forward to them. They grab hold of her as she was breathing heavily and hold on to them tightly. "They found love, and friendship. It has never happen before," said Lily as she look at them in the eye. Morgan and Natalie step out of the elevator to the fourth floor of Morgan's save haven with a tired Lily beside them. They look out the balcony and were shocked to see the changelings making peace with the ponies. Morgan was smiling, feeling glad to see the battle has ended. "Let's go down and see what's up," said Natalie. Morgan grabbed her and Lily by the waist and begins to hoover down with much pegasus power he still has. They landed on the floor safety on their feet and walk past the many changelings that were surrounded. The changelings look at Morgan with genuine smile and Morgan smile back. The human trio was in awe to see large group of changelings, with some looking directly at Lily in awe as well. Maybe they know what she is. They continue to walk forward to catch up with the ponies, which were shaking hooves and hugging the changelings to make a peaceful truce. "Well, I never thought to see the day that there was no violence to end a battle for once," he commented on what was happening in front of his eyes. "Neither have I," Natalie agreed. "This might be the first step we have to get mankind back to existence." While the ponies and the changelings were peaceful interacting with one another, they look up to see Twilight and Queen Chrysalis flying above and they came down to see the peaceful interaction shown. "Everyone, we must have your attention please," said Twilight. They all pay attention as Queen Chrysalis was next to speak. "We have decided to make a truce with one another, and also make an ally with one another." Every changeling and ponies clap their hooves. "Now then, we must help this group of ponies and the human to make this world a better place." "Yes. We ponies have forgiven you from the harsh treatments of your kind, which is why my friends and I are helping Morgan to get his race back and then we will help you live better lives and not sort to violence," said Twilight. "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna had once told us that changelings were evil, but the way I see it, you all seems alone and in pain. I can't stand it when we battle. I can see in all of you that you do it because of what they did to you. Well, that's going to change. We want to help Morgan to make a better future. Changelings can be part of this better future. We can help feel love and care you have been missing for so long. Now, will you join us in truce to help us help you?" All the changelings cheered and nods in agreement, making Morgan feeling secure and safe with Natalie. He has everything slowly coming back to him; his wife, a child in Lily, friends who are willing to help him, and a better society. The future looks brighter already. "Excuse me, I want to say something to all of you here with me," said the human scientist with the crowd quieting down. "I to say that I apologize from what I have done to you and I want to help you guys with your society as you will do for me bring back my kind as well. Together we are stronger and ready to take down Celestia and Luna with their bullshit view on us!" The crowd cheered and Morgan felt like he was finally part of a family. A huge and mixed family. He felt a tug and turn around to see Lily smiling at him and then look at Chrysalis. The human scientist knew she wanted to meet her natural queen, but what she thinks of Lily if she sees her as a human. He too needs to meet up with her to apologize for his actions. The two decide to approach Chrysalis, which she saw them coming and look a bit tired. "Hello Chrysalis," Morgan spoke first. "Hello Morgan," Queen Chrysalis responds. "Listen, I apologize for causing you and your kind harm. I was just trying to survive, but I know that Celestia and Luna wanted you to finish the job for them. I also want to say that I'm truly grateful that you have decided to join my friends and me for this rebellion against them." Queen Chrysalis sigh and chuckle, hearing how apologetic he was after they been through. Maybe humans have a kind side to them instead of just pure rage. "It fine, though I do feel a bit unease from what you have done. Likewise, I do understand your reason to defend yourself. We changeling have similar experience." She them notice Lily, who stood beside the human scientist. She felt somewhat familiar with this human, even though she has never met her. "Why hello there, what's your name?" she asked with a motherly tone Morgan has never heard from her from their harsh encounter. "My name is L-Lily my queen," the human test subject said with a little blush on her cheeks. "Oh my, you are a kind human with a good impression. How did you know my royalty?" "Um, I have something to do with it," said Morgan as he got in the interaction between the two. "You see, she was one a changeling like your subjects around us. Rainbow Dash and I were attack by said changeling, and next thing I knew she was seeking love and she did it by hurting my feelings. We defended ourselves, and we brought her to my place. She was in a great pain and had no chance to survive. So I decided to try something to save her." The queen of the changeling begins to observe Lily, who was nerve to be observed by her queen. Chrysalis can sense great love from her, and it had helped her live. "How did you do it?" she asked. "There's a serum I have created," Morgan replies. "It was a way to make a living creature into human." "You made it to get your race back? And who was you were going to using at?" "The ponies, as they were my target from this raging revenge I had for all ponies, but now I don't if I can use it. I realize what I have become; monsters like them." Morgan looks down and expected Chrysalis to knock his feet off. Instead, what he got was a simply hug. "If this was the only way to bring your kind back, then I don't blame you," she whispered to his ears. "Though, they are some still around now." Morgan took a breath and sigh while holding his head with his hands. He was glad that she understood, but what can he do with the serum if he was changing and gaining new allies from a few ponies and the whole changeling army. Then he look away to see Natalie greeting the changeling, who they greet back. She looked happy, so happy the last time he saw her after the human were against her and the ponies were against him in the past. In the present, things have change and it was not over yet. Morgan remembers the mutant humans were still out there, and he needs to confront them once again.