Two Years Later
Nymph count: 500
Rainbow Dash was outside her house, grocery shopping. She picked up everything she needed and left. As soon as she got out, it started raining. Rainbow took her bag of groceries and left for home.
She bumps into a few poles, and then something else that was definitely NOT a pole. It felt kinda soft, and a bit furry. “Whoa! I’m so sorry Soarin- wait, Soarin? As in THE Soarin? The Wonderbolt?”
“Yep, that’s me! And you’re Queen Dash, of the changelings, right?” he replied.
“How do you know me?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“Easy. A, you saved us and that fashion designer pony Misty Fly goes on and on about at the best young flier contest. And won. B, you’re royalty! C, let me help you with those!” Rainbow gave one of the bags to him. The couple went to Rainbow Dash’s hive. *sneaky sasquatch night time music indicating that sasquatch is sleepy plays*
“Thank you, Soarin!” said Rainbow Dash and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
He blushed and replied “No problem. It’s getting pretty late. I better go home.” Soarin yawned.
“Why don’t you stay over for the night? And, don’t worry. Everything’s perfectly safe, non-stinky and real house-like in here.”
Rainbow Dash and Soarin stepped in.
“Mom! You’re back!!” yelled an excited, 8 year old Rainy and hugged her mother.
“Rainbow Dash? I need some explanation here please?” said Soarin, tilting his head like my beagle does when he’s confused.
“Mom, I’m gonna need you to clarify some doubts for me please. said Rainy, tilting her head.
“Soarin, this is Rainy, one of my daughters. Rainy, this is Soarin-” Rainbow was cut off by Rainy. “Yeah, yeah, I know him.” She whispered something in Soarin’s ear. ”Mom talks about you Wonderbolts all the time in her sleep”
Rainbow and Soarin just talked to each other, told each other what was on their minds, and their personal lives. “You both seem so perfect for each other!” said a purple-maned intruder.
“Rarity? What are you doing here?” asked Rainbow Dash, confused. “Terribly sorry, darling, but I just had to let Ruby and Amethyst know of their true origins.” said Rarity.
“Now, Ruby, Amy, go and greet them.”
“H-hello Mother and Father!” said Amethyst and Ruby at the same time. “Hello Amethyst and Ruby, Rarity told me lots about you.” said Rainbow Dash. “Hello young ladies, And, i have one question: Why’d you call me father? I’m not actually your father.” “Oh, sorry Mr. Soarin the wonderbolt. I just thought..” said Ruby. “I really must be off now. Tata!” said Rarity. She teleported herself, Ruby and Amy to Carousel Boutique to sleep.
“Well, that was quick.” said a Ferb-like British kid voice
“Yes, yes it was!” said another kid’s voice. That was totally different from the first voice.
“Well, the two voices were right. It is getting late. I have a LOT of guest bedrooms in here, take your pick!” said Rainbow Dash and took him to a large hallway. “But the one to your immediate left is mine and the one to its right is the nursery, the room next to mine is Rainy, Scootaloo and Frost Flare’s room. Anyway, the room opposite to Scootaloo’s is free. And, one of the nymphs stuck pictures of Wonderbolts everywhere.. with super glue. So you may expect seeing yourself as soon as you get up.. And the roo-” Rainbow was cut off. “I’ll take that room.”
Soarin stepped into the room. “Achoo! wha- achoo! -t is poll- achoo! -en doing here?” asked Soarin. He stepped out and shut the door. “Whoops. Sorry, the glue was mixed with pollen by one of the nymphs again. Maybe you can sleep with me as there are about 500 nymphs in here. This is not a quiet hive, believe me. A friend of mine said that the eggs would pause once they reach a thousand. Then continue again when at least 5 of them are over the age of 13. And if-” said Rainbow Dash, who was then cut off by an annoying siren in the form of nymphs.
“WAAAAA!!!” cried at least 50 of the nymphs. Rainbow Dash ran to the nursery immediately. “Be quiet, will ya? I’m trying to talk to my friend.” said Rainbow Dash, shutting the nursery door immediately. ”WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Oh poop.” said Rainbow Dash noticing that the other 50 have joined in. She opened the door and went in there. “UGH! I SAID BE. QUIET!!!
The nymphs were frightened. They must’ve been thinking ‘Why is mommy yelling at us’ or ‘AAH! I’m scared!’ or ‘I only wanted to have food.’
Soarin got worried about the little ones. Soarin went towards the nymphs. “Are you ok little guys? What do you want?” Some of the slightly bigger ones were able to talk a little bit. “Um.. me want to fwy with mom. Big sissies say they fwy with mom when they smaller.” said half of them in unison. “Um, Rainbow Dash, is it okay to let them fly with me or on my back?” asked Soarin. “It’s perfectly ok, but they need to stay on your back. They learn to fly when they’re 4 months old. And only around the living room.” replied Rainbow.
While they were flying beside each other with nymphs in saddlebags and on their backs, they started talking
“Um, Dashie, I have something to say. I’ve been in Ponyville all day. I checked everywhere but you weren’t there. Your friend Applejack told me that you lived somewhere near the Everfree forest. By the time I left Sweet Apple Acres, it started raining, and then there you were.”
“Ok, why? Is it a wonderbolts acceptance letter?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“Sadly, no. Why don’t we continue this after we drop these little fellows to bed?”
“Sure.”
Rainbow and Soarin put all the nymphs to bed and they themselves also went to bed. They both decided to share the same bedroom and bed as the other rooms were filled with either pollen or was not a bedroom.
“The thing I wanted to say earlier was that.. *poof*”
Rainbow Dash saw another changeling beside her.
“Did you replace my friend?” asked Rainbow Dash, confused.
“No, it IS me. Remember? You saved my pie? You danced with me at the royal wedding? It’s the exact same pony. But just last month, I discovered that I was a changeling. I’m actually adopted.. My real parents died and our old house was on fire. So did the actual pony me. But before I fully died, Queen Capas turned me into a changeling and I’m somehow disguised as my pony form.
I’m actually the king of Capas’s old hive. Just yesterday, Queen Capas died and I took over. With the queen went her hive. Since I’m sorta half pony, I didn’t die with the rest of the hive. The hive mind didn’t work on me. Queen Capas had a king. He died 10 years back.
I then resigned from the ‘Bolts. I asked Princess Celestia about the changeling hive. She told me to consult Queen Ovi for this stuff. She said that the entire hive are actually her kids. I obviously can’t have kids of my own, so Queen Ovi told me to marry another changeling queen. Most of the queens are married, but not you. I came to ask if you would marry me. Crazy, I know.” Rainbow was on an emotional roller coaster.
She thought to herself.
‘Sure, I do have a tiny crush on him, but marry instantly? Are you serious? Maybe I should. These nymphs are driving me insane sometimes. I do need the help. And queen ovi told me that royal changelings were a two- pony thing. So maybe yes!!’
“Yes, actually. I do need help with these nymphs. And I have kinda had a crush on you for a while, but I ignored it as I believed it was just a celebrity crush, but now getting to know you, expanded the crush. So maybe yes, but not right now. I may need a rain check on that wedding. We need to hang out, get to know each other. But definitely it’s a yes.” said Rainbow Dash. “Um, I 99% agree on what you said. The other 1 percent is that.. a queen can live for at least 50 years without a king, but a king, without a queen can only last 1 week. So the wedding must be held soon. But if we get married, the whole ‘die in some time’ thing will vanish.” replied Soarin.
“Ok then. How ‘bout you stay here the whole week and possibly the rest of your life? We need as much time as possible within these 6 days. So whaddaya say? Wanna move in?”
“Yes Dashie. It’s fine if I call you that, right?” “Yep, it’s ok! Tomorrow, we need to get all your important stuff from your house, move it in here. And then, if all the babies are asleep, we have some hang out time at sugarcube corner?”
“Yes. And we’ll have more hang out time as I’ll be able to help you with the little guys. Might as well get used to it.” “Great, Imma sleep now. Good night Soar.” “Night Dashie!”