When the changeling awoke it was bound to cart. It’s horn was covered in something that was cutting it off from the rest of the hive mind.
“Hey you! your finally awake. You were caught crossing the border right?”
The changeling looked around in confusion and noticed two very large ponys were driving the cart.
“What?” It asked
“Walked right into that Imperial ambush, same as us, and that thief over there.” The blond creature said
“Is this some kind of joke?” The changeling asked as the cart nears what looked to be a small town
“Damn you Stormcloaks. Skyrim was fine until you came along. Empire was nice and lazy. If they hadn't been looking for you, I could've stolen that horse and be halfway to Hammerfell. You there.”
The creature looked at the changeling
“You and me - we shouldn't be here. It's these Stormcloaks the Empire wants.” The thief said
“We're all brothers and sisters in binds now, thief.” The blond said
“Quiet back there!” The driver yelled
“Watch your tongue. You're speaking to Ulfric Stormcloak, the true High King.” Another captive said
“Ulfric? The Jarl of Windhelm? You're the leader of the rebellion. But if they've captured you... Oh gods, where are they taking us?”
“WHAT THE BUCK IS HAPPENING?!” The changeling finally yelled
“I don't know where we're going, but Sovngarde awaits.” The blond said.
The cart stopped and the prisoner’s were extracted.
“Wait. Who are you?”
“I-I’m thrak” The changeling nervously answered
“He’s not on the list” the creature said filling the changeling with hope
“Execute him anyway” the chief said
“What?!”
“I’m sorry”
The thief ran as the chief was distracted and was promptly shot with arrows in a brutal display at her command. The changeling shat itself as it realized exactly what it was dealing with as a guard moved it to the execution
The creature with a bandana was promptly executed in front of the changeling. It tried to escape its bonds as it was being was moved to the block and was forced into a resting position. The executioner raised his ax and as it was brought down on the neck of the panicked changeling suddenly it was punched in the face.
The changeling was on a chair under a chandelier and Dagmire was in front of him
“Enjoy your trip thrak?” Dagmire said
“Wh-What?”
“Thanks for the help langthan.” Dagmire spoke to a hooded man being guarded by a skeleton
“No problem.”
“Where am I?” The changeling asked
“Hell” Dagmire replied
“What’s-“
“Who are you working for?” Dagmire demanded
Suddenly it clicked in the changelings mind and it remembered it was being interrogated before that strange dream
“Ha! I’ll never talk!” It said receiving a fist to the jaw
“We have ways of making you talk” The hooded necromancer said
“You’ll have to kill me first.” The changeling said
Dagmire and langthan gave menacing grins
“We can arrange that.” The necromancer said as he stabbed the changeling in the neck.
The changeling bled out
“...ok that’s long enough. Bring it back” Dagmire said
The necromancer cast a spell and suddenly the changeling awoke
“W-what?”
“Ready to talk now?” Dagmire said
“WHAT THE BUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!”
“Oh should we do it Again?”
“NO! Just don’t kill me again. Never again. Nononono.” The changeling muttered
“...well someone went to hell and back” langthan summarized
“My queen is a changeling that goes by the name of chrysalis. She wanted information on you”
“Thank you thrak. I was worried I would have to send you to skyrim again. Alright your dismissed”
“Wha-“ the changeling suddenly disappeared
“Thanks again for the help.” Dagmire said
“No problem. Now I gotta get back to the war.” Langthan said as a portal opened
“ALRIGHT MEN. IF A SINGLE ONE OF YOU DIES WITH A CLEAN SWORD IM GOING TO RAPE YOUR CORPSE RESURRECT YOU THAN RAPE YOU AGAIN!” Langthan said as the portal closed behind him
“...what a guy” Dagmire surmised
Dagmire turned off the lights of the building and shoved many pieces of paper with notes on thrak’s interrogation into his bag. Dagmire opened the door and entered a side room grabbing an item in a canister. He dumped the contents all over the floor and he took out a separate vial and poured it over the few brutalized and maimed changeling’s that survived
“I would apologize for you lost souls but considering you all keep trying this shit I’m going to have to be sneaky about how I get rid of you guys. Seriously your just lucky I got to you before langthan did. Ugh usually he makes good on his promises. Yuck. Anyway. This healing potion should give you back a few limbs he took. Anyway I would try to avoid doing this again.”
“Y-yes. Come on. Lets get out of here” the changeling spoke as twenty others followed it. One of the ones had collapsed and perished on the spot.
Dagmire continued to pour the original substance until the floor, walls and bodies of unfortunate changelings were slick with it. Dagmire left the building and tossed a lit match from a tinderbox into the building and walked away whistling a marry tune when it and the mountains of bodies were completely engulfed in flames.
“Note to self. Never use langthan for interrogation ever again” Dagmire said to himself trying to ignore the large loss of life
Thrak landed in the badlands without the object blocking the hive mind. As the voices flooded in the changeling’s royal guards circled thrak as as he got up
“You have been found guilty of treason for your actions.” The guard said
“What?”
Suddenly the changeling was bound in a cart headed towards a town
Thrak looked up and saw a crudely painted sign hanging seemingly in the sky with a little drawing of a smiley face. Thrak read the sign out loud as the guards ignored it
“Elder scrolls v: Skyrim...
god damm it Dagmire” The changeling said as it was moved away in the cart
Dagmire returned to Ponyville with a spring in his step as he entered the bar.
“Dagmire?” Clearance said
“Yep. Sorry about that.”
“What did you do it’s been two days!?”
“Me and all those changelings had a bit of a heart to heart”
“Well...come on. Rainbow is doing some sort of competition in cloudsdale or whatever they called the place” Clearance said with concern for his friend
“Alright should be fun.”
A distant explosion was heard and Dagmire sheepishly looked down as Clearance looked at him unamused