//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Thorax and Pharynx (Edited 3/17/2020) // Story: Blue Fang // by MlpHero //------------------------------// A Few Years Later The messhall. A small cafeteria shared by the nymphs, grubs and soldiers. Food was bad, but it was better then nothing. The only thing they could eat was berries, edible moss, meats, and apples and other fruits and vegetables they’d stole from farms, notably, a small farm named Sweet Apple Acres. Blue Fang, now 13, was walking towards the mess with his three friends, Mantis, Stinger, and Dagger. They were finally ready to get some rest. “Buck! I think I failed that test!” Dagger said. The others looked at him. “You should’ve studied Dag,” Mantis said. “Yeah, I got done studying in like thirty minutes,” Stinger added. “Easy for y’all to say!” Dagger snapped, “you’re both the nerds!” “Hey!” Stinger said, “I’m tryna to be a medic. You know, so I can save your sorry carapace!” “Heh,” Blue Fang said. “Buck off!” Dagger said. He looked at Mantis, “what about you Mant?” “Engineer and maybe a pilot.” “Ha! Nerd!” “Buck you! What are you doin’?” “Me and Blue are gonna be Devil Horns!” “Wouldn’t they be Devil Horns too?” Blue Fang asked. “I guess so,” Dagger said. “Well,” Blue Fang said, “all I can say is... Last one to the mess is on cleaning duty!” Blue Fang took off like a lightning bolt. “Blue! You motherbucker!” Dagger yelled. “What are we waiting for? Let’s move!” Mantis said. The Changelings ran after Blue Fang. They watched as Blue Fang literally left them in the dust. And by that, Blue Fang kicked up a cloud of dust. “Dang it I can’t see!” Dagger yelled. “No crap dude!” Stinger yelled back. “Flap your wings!” Mantis said. The Changelings started flapping their wings. The dust started moving out of their way. The path finally lit up. “Dang it Blue!” Dagger said. “Sorry! I can’t hear you!” Blue Fang yelled back. He continued to run to the messhall. Blue Fang stood in line, waiting for his food. I wonder where they are. “BLUE FANG! ” “There it is,” Blue Fang said. Dagger came storming over to Blue Fang, “hey man! What’s going on?” “You know what’s going on!” Dagger said. “Yeah Blue!” Mantis said, “you literally left us in the dirt!” Stinger had to catch up. “Dang it Blue!” “Sorry I had to leave you guys,” Blue Fang said sarcastically. “Sorry my flank!” Dagger said. Dagger threw a punch, which Blue Fang caught. “Dang it!” “Come on dude, you know Broken teaches me this stuff.” Blue Fang laughed as he moved up in line. “Hey Grubber.” “Hey Blue,” Grubber said. “What’s on the menu?” Stinger asked. Dagger stepped up. “I swear if it’s moss again I’m gonna hurl.” Grubbed smiled, “don’t worry, it’s fish.” “Fish?” Blue Fang asked. “Better than moss,” Stinger said. “That’s fair. Fish away!” Blue Fang said. The three friends sat at the table. Fish was better than moss. Blue Fang took a bite out of the fish. “Least it’s cooked,” Blue Fang said. “Yep.” They continued eating the fish when. Crash! They looked over to sound of the loud noise. “The heck was that?” Dagger said. “Watch it short stack!” someone yelled. That Changeling was Hivehunter. A Changeling with a chipped horn and red eyes, and the he’s the Queens lapdog. The other Changeling was Thorax. A very shy and quiet Changeling. This situation was kind of funny. The big hotshot versus the quiet and shy guy. “It was an accident Hivehunter! Honest! I- I just— “You just what? Feel like messing with me?” “I swear! It was an accident!” “What they’ll have to clean up will be an accident.” Thorax cowered back into a corner. Hivehunter raised his horn up. “Hey!” They looked over their shoulders. There stood Pharynx. One of the most feared Changeling in the entire Hive. “Leave him alone Hive!” Pharynx yelled. “What you gonna do about it?” “This!” Pharynx threw a punch, which Hivehunter caught. Hivehunter threw a punch at Pharynx. The he threw Pharynx over a table. “Ohh!” Everyone yelled. “Dang!” Dagger said. Pharynx looked over to his brother. “You alright?” “Yeah,” Thorax said. “Alright, that’s good.” Hivehunter laughed. “That was too easy!” Blue Fang got out of his seat. “Blue! What are you- Blue!” Mantis called. The other three got up and chased after him. Dagger grabbed him, “Blue! What the heck are you doing?!” “I’m gonna help them.” “Why?!” Stinger asked. “Cause it’s the right thing to do.” Blue Fang walked over to Hivehunter. “Hey! Hive!” Hivehunter turned to Blue Fang, “Blue Fang! What are doing here man?” He tried wrapping his hoof around Blue Fang. “Um, Hive?” “Yeah?” “Can you stop... this?” “Stop what?” Blue Fang pointed towards Thorax and Pharynx. Hivehunters smile dropped, “what?” “Can you leave them alone?” Hivehunter laughed, “what? You want some?” “Sure. If you leave them alone.” “You’re gonna regret it.” “Bet.” Blue Fang threw a quick punch, which caught Hivehunter off guard. Hivehunter launched back. “Oh it’s on!” Hivehunter charged Blue Fang with a powerful tackle. Blue Fang flew back into a table. Blue Fang got up and dusted himself up. He looked at Hivehunter, who charged him. He slid over the table and grabbed a tray. With the metal tray he smashed it across Hivehunter across the face, knocking him to the ground. “Ohh!” Blue Fang walked over to his opponent. He raised his tray above his head, ready to finish his foe. “What’s going on here?” Everyone turned around to the speaker. There stood Queen Chrysalis in all her glory. “Well?” “Well, your majesty, Hive here thought he was a hotshot, so I decided to see how much of a hotshot he was.” Chrysalis rolled her eyes, “well if you two want to fight, I’ll set something up in the arena.” “Yes ma’am” “Of course.” “Okay. Now I’ll be in my chambers. AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE DISTURBED!” That silenced everyone in the room. “Glad we could come to an understanding.” With that, Chrysalis turned and left. Hivehunter looked at Blue Fang, “be ready Blue Tooth. When I’m done with you, you’re going to be begging for death.” Hivehunter turned to exit and also left. Blue Fang shook his head. Crazy mothebucker. He looked at Thorax and Pharynx. “You two alright?” “Yeah,” Pharynx said, “thanks for the assist. I mean I could’ve handle it. “You were doing a great job with that.” Blue Fang turned to Thorax. “How about you, Thorax?” “I’m good, thanks,” Thorax said, “but I have a question.” “Yeah?” “Why’d you do that?” “Do what?” “Help us? You didn’t have to do anything. Now he wants to fight you.” Blue Fang chuckled, “well, wish me luck.” Blue Fang looked at a nearby clock. Just a few more hours.