“Yeah!”
Everypony in the room was cheering. It didn’t take much for Rainbow Dash to sneak out of there.
“Phew! I guess nopony suspected me.” Rainbow said out loud, then facehoofed. “I’m not around anypony! UGH! I need to stop using pony terms!” She groaned, then started laughing. There was a flash of green light, and Rainbow Dash disappeared, replaced with a black creature with holes in its body. It flew away into the sky before anypony saw it, heading back to where it came from.
*Where it came from, aka the Changeling Hive*
“Queen Chrysalis!” A voice cut through the throne room. Queen Chrysalis looked up and saw a changeling scout fly into the room.
“What do you want?” she asked him. “Didn’t I send you to Ponyville to spy on those troublesome ponies that stopped us from taking over Canterlot?”
“Um… yes you did.” The scout was clearly nervous. “I… I have information. Classification V Double I.”
Queen Chrysalis perked up, well, as much as an evil changeling queen could. She rushed over. “Well, why didn’t you say so?” She was smiling. Classification V Double I was for Very Important Information- V, I, I, or V Double I. When changelings classified things, they classified things literally.
“What is it, scout?” she asked. “Is it plans on how to take over Canterlot Castle from the inside during a wedding? How to make certain ponies fall under our control? Kidnap all the princesses and the most important ponies in Equestria so that a pony has to come to our hive, where no magic except ours is able to be used, to stop us?”
“Um…” The scout coughed. “The first idea, we did that. Second, ask the Sirens, maybe we can ally with them. And third, great idea, we should try that in the future. But no, the information I have isn’t any of those.”
Queen Chrysalis pouted, then looked angry. “Then what is it?! Answer me!”
The scout cleared his throat. “There is a new enemy taking over Equestria. They have already kidnapped Princess Celestia, and they have included her in something called the Borg Collective.”
“The Borg Collective?” Queen Chrysalis thought hard. “Never heard of it.”
“Neither have I, your majesty. But the point is, they think almost the exact same way as we do. They kidnap ponies and ‘assimilate’ them into said Collective. And if we make an alliance with them…”
Queen Chrysalis leapt up. “Changelings do not make alliances! We are strong enough as we are! We have no reason to!”
The scout continued. “...we could replace their assimilated ponies with changelings.”
Queen Chrysalis stopped. “Get those invaders on the green cube. And also… what are they called again?”
The scout cleared his throat. “They are called the Borg, your majesty.”
Queen Chrysalis nodded. “Thank you. Get the Borg’s leader on the green cube. And as for you, report to Pharynx. You’ve been promoted to his second-in-command.”
The new second in command of hive security bowed. “Thank you, your majesty!” He flew off to report.
Queen Chrysalis smiled. “This,” she said to herself, “is a very interesting development.”
*On the Borg ship*
The Borg Queen sat down in a chair in her quarters, along with the newest member of the Borg Collective. Some research had shown that the white horse was actually a pony, and an alicorn at that. More research had shown that the alicorn was named Princess Celestia. This intrigued the Queen. Whenever they assimilated a princess, prince, king, or queen, their status was of course removed, because there could only be one person on the ship with royal status. That, of course, was her, the Borg Queen. Still, it much improved their chances of assimilating planets without any resistance. Because, of course, resistance to the Borg was futile.
The computer system suddenly beeped, meaning that someone was hailing her personally. The Queen frowned. Why didn’t the communications officer hail her from the bridge to tell her? Then she remembered that the thing that was being hailed was her personal communicator. She pressed the button to accept the hail, and a face appeared on the screen.
The face was black, with green and blue beady eyes. Her long mane was also green, and she had bug like wings on her back. Her horn was also black, and long like Celestia’s, but for some reason there were holes in it. The face also had an evil smile.
The Queen looked at the face. “Who are you, and what do you want? If you are in league with the traitor Locutus, then get off my comm screen now.”
The pony on the screen raised an eyebrow. “I don’t know who Locutus is. I do know, however, that you must be the Borg’s leader.”
The Queen nodded. “I am the Borg Queen. If you are trying to stop us from assimilating your planet, do not bother. Resistance is-”
“-Futile, I know. My scouts have run into some of your soldiers. They say the same thing.” The pony shrugged. “Anyway, I am Queen Chrysalis of the Changeling Army. We would like to form an alliance with you.”
“An alliance?” The Borg Queen was confused. “Tell me one reason why we should ally with you.”
“Because,” Queen Chrysalis said, “your thing is ‘Resistance is futile,’ right? Well, if you don’t want resistance, then it has to seem like nothing’s wrong. And with Celestia kidnapped by you- you DID kidnap Celestia, right?”
“I like to think of it as ‘assimilation’.” The Borg Queen responded. “Not ‘kidnapping’.”
“Either way,” Chrysalis continued, “if she’s gone, there’s certainly something wrong, and ponies are going to be resistant. But us changelings, well, we can do this.” And with that, she transformed into a carbon copy of Celestia. The Borg Queen leapt back in shock.
Chrysalis smiled, and changed back into herself. “My point is, every pony that you assimilate into your ranks, I can have a changeling pretend to be that pony so that other ponies don’t suspect anything. Thus, less resistance.”
The Borg Queen smiled. “I accept your alliance request. But don’t double cross us, or you will not live to see the next day.”
Queen Chrysalis smiled evilly. “I had no intention to. Let’s begin, shall we?”