//------------------------------// // 10-6-11 // Story: A Series of Letters // by Dashie04 //------------------------------// To, my wife, Crystal “Chrissy” Gem; Sparky’s eagerly awaiting a play-by-play of the fight, is she? Well, the good news is that I finally convinced the generals to not commit Changeling genocide and instead capture a couple. This was before I knew about the reformation properties of Changelings. So, since you’re all so eager, I guess I’ll give you a play by play. So, the army waited outside the Changeling hive until we got the signal from the general. We went inside with stealth as our top priority, but we’d resort to serious measures if stealth wasn’t an option. We couldn’t use our modified invisibility cloaks because most of our Unicorns had all suffered severe burnout and psychic headaches. They couldn’t, and won’t be able to cast a spell that requires serious thought for another couple days. Being a pegasus, I’m only concerned about wing sprains and breaks, but apparently if Unicorns overexert themselves to insane degrees, like with this invisibility cloak spell, it’s like having a migraine for an extended period of time. Not to say our Unicorns were conspicuously absent, we had a couple who weren’t deemed strong enough to cast the spell. They were sent with us. So, we put some units outside equipped with bow and arrows and the three (total) Magical Energy Weapons Equestria has. Me, equipped in our standard golden armor and clasping a spear in my wing, were sent with the units that were sent into the hive. As stated, we tried being stealthy. Golden armor sticks out like a sore wing though, as does my bright pelt. I look like a hi-visibility vest in a cave, Chrissy, honestly. Before we knew it, some main guard Changelings had noticed us, and it became a fight. They had direct orders from Queen Chrysalis to ‘exterminate all intruders’. I swiped with my spear to knock them over, just trying to progress further. More Changelings took me on, and before I knew it, I was surrounded. I tried to poke them, but their shells were too hard. Then, a Unicorn blasted some Changelings away from me. Using the spear to the best of my ability, I knocked out a couple to get me some breathing room. So then, I turned to the Unicorn, and I whispered,”Try to sever their mind links, I want to capture a couple.” She tried to object to that, because our orders were to kill most of them. I stated my cause, and exploited some exact wording to get the Unicorn to capture a couple Changelings for experiments and studying and possibly reformation. Next, I went back to the main entrance, and knocked out some Changelings that my squadron were fighting. I gave them some orders to divide and conquer and try to sever Changeling mind links, my squadron has no Unicorns, but it was worth a shot. There were some ranged fighters who then were given orders to move in, and most of the knocked out Changelings were piles of ash before too long. Me and my squadron then moved further into the hive, following what we knew our line of best fit was. The elite guards were quite a task to deal with. We had the ranged attackers moving in from behind us, but elite guards are, well, elite. I swear, Chrysalis had to have coated their shells in steel. They didn’t even feel our spears, and knocking them upside the head generally resulted in a crushed skull. The generals noticed this, and called us back to regroup. So, that’s essentially what happened. The elite guards are tough, and now the Changelings have a massive target on their backs. We lost some ponies, Celestia bless them, but I think the Changelings’ main populous lost more. We also managed to capture a couple, the generals yelled at me and said they’d discuss my punishment. However, the Unicorn I had ordered to sever their mind links did say she was successful. Introduced herself as Lance, which I thought was a weird name. I mean, it could be a nickname or whatever, but it’s still weird for a female Unicorn to be called Lance. She showed me a Changeling who essentially looked dead. He was still breathing, but his eyes were a lifeless black. I don’t even know if it was a he. I’d assume it was, since the queen seems to be the one all the Changelings come from, so that would mean every other Changeling would have to be male. Anyways, his eyes were black. Lance said she had severed their connections, but they all turned ‘off’ when their link was removed. This is most unusual, Chrissy, are you sure there’s nothing about severing mind links in there? Regardless, sorry if that was a lot to understand and comprehend. It was an intense battle, I quite enjoyed it. I probably didn’t do it justice, but I’m a soldier, not a writer. I was rather tired after the fight. So, I didn’t do much. It’s been an uneventful week otherwise l other than the fact that I’e become more aquatinted with Lance. It is in fact a nickname, but it’s what she prefers to be called by. Therefore, I will call her by that. So, otherwise, not much. Your headache does sound pretty awful. It seems like you might’ve just studied too much. Perhaps Pegasi can get burnout, too? Well, I think if it doesn’t go away in the next couple of weeks, you should probably see a doctor. Regardless, life’s going well for me. I got a couple of bruises and perhaps a minor sprain on a part of my wing. When the general requested we do a fallback, I flew like Tartarus out of there. Otherwise, nothing too serious it’ll go away. I hope your headache will too, Chrissy. Also, I hope Sparky and Jack (but mainly Sparky) found my battle description up to snuff. We’e planning another attack soon, so expect that in the next few letters. With all love and affection; Corny PS: Heading out tonight, I’ll check to see about sit down restaurants. I have money. I will also be flying this time.