//------------------------------// // Law, odd order // Story: Chrysalis trial. // by Kingless knight //------------------------------// Spindle was in her pajamas with a candle‘s lights, through a crystal that slowly span projecting a image of a much better time. “Oh chrysy was so cute.” She said with a picture of chrysalis Biting scythe in the head. “In hindsight we should have expected her turning into a tyrant.” Explosion came and there stood, “It is I, Queen of—“ Spindle interrupted. “Bla bla bla! Sister that speech is a waste of time, also that explosion teleportation is too loud.” Myrmecia pouted. “At least I’m not acting like I’m going through a break up and wearing pajamas that has gold fish on them.” Spindle sighed took it off. “Our trial is ready, so get the witnesses.” The court room Exploded. “It’s me, Myrmecia let’s move on, I want ice scream once we’re done and—.” She looked at the reformed Changelings and looked back at their mother. “Seriously?” The empress nodded. Spindle teleported in with Twilight and Starswirl “Where are the witnesses?” As the main six appeared and twilight falling feet down. “Ow! Ohh,” were heard from the pony pile. Discord didn’t even try to use his magic as he helped Fluttershy up. “So what kind of anti magic torture does this place have?” He asked before taking another step. The Empress though for a moment. “non actually, though there is a teleportation ward here and there, oh I also have two million Changelings sleeping in the walls!” They all gulped the idea even horrified them. “We get all our emotions from the resort at the edge of the jungle, a metropolis of guinea pigs in the middle of the jungle and some from my lovely daughters, especially Freia.” Said daughter blushed a bit. Spindle raised her hoof. “Bring the Royalty.” Royals comes to the court room looking the most relaxed in years. Cadence waved at them. “Oh hey girls, how are you? You should go to the spa here it’s soooo.” She fell asleep and so did shining. “They needed it.” Luna said still in a bath robe and holding hot cocoa with her magic. Then a black smoke flew through the room screaming like it in a constant state of death and life. “Oh dear I told you to not use that too much!” She breathed out a smoke of multiple colors and he flew toward her taking as much as possible, before the two Changelings were engulfed in the black smoke, before it cleared and they sighed. The monarchs of the Changelings stood with Maxilla in his most powerful form, a mouthless monster with empty brown eyes that had nothing but the void within them, no matter who looked the void stared back. Flutter shy hid behind discord as he moved his head around getting a good view. Maxilla took control of the guard stationed there in armor made of steel and spears tipped with obsidian. “We should take our grand forms before this trial begins, bring in the prosecutor.” Twilight and Starswirl stepped out of a door. “Girls!” She yelled hugging them and then they were pulled back by Freia. “LISTEN! That pink cupcake has been producing enough joy to feed my entire hive for a hundred moons! My second stomach is close to exploding! Do you really want to go to war with my hive after this cotton candy of joy kills me? Because Unlike my baby sister, my hive—“ She was shut by her mother’s violet magic. “Just less joy please Dopamina is very close to bursting.” She explained as the Freia threw up Rainbows and Butterflies. Maxilla summoned a gigantic diamond from the ceiling. “Oooohhh! It’s so beautiful!” Rarity said at the amazing sight. The guards spoke again. “For the defendant, my son Mandible.” He teleported into the room shocking both of the prosecution Twilight and Starswirl looked worried. “Let’s begin this trial before Freia has a stomachache and our grandchildren starts a war over it.” Maxilla’s eyes glowed, the diamond started moving and pointed toward the statue, as crown of the diamond toward maxilla and he released his power into the diamond as it cut the edges of where chrysalis connect to the other two and she was released. Chrysalis fell hissing. “What the—“ She froze seeing the court and hundreds of Changelings of different hives on the ceiling. She took one breath looked at her siblings. “Well it’s good to see you, worthless.” Blue harvest shot lighting from his horn hitting chrysalis. “If you dare speak to my wife like that again, I will rip your horn off and push it into your unfeeling heart!” He said staring right into her eyes. Maxilla laughed while everyone else was shocked. “Ha! If I knew he was this loyal I would have shacked his hoof personally! Oh, that was good.” He calmed down. Vehemences giggled. “Good to know she inherited my taste huh?” Maxilla nodded. Cocoon blushed while her sisters smirked at her. Mandible sighed. “Enough, this isn’t a family reunion! It’s a trial, so stop with this and you!” He put a muzzle and made her horn disappear. “That should keep you from starting another war.” Chrysalis glared at him. Maxilla sighed through a guard. “Daughter Chrysalis! You broken the simplest of laws how do you protest?” She shacked her head. “Not guilty? Really? The canterlot attack, the kidnapping of the royals and the elements of friendship! Not to mention the mole rebellion that planed to sink all of Manehattan.” Twilight and Rarity screamed. “WHAT?!” But maxilla continued. “And you plead not guilty?” They all laughed. “Throw her and her entire hive into the tiny hole.” He started standing up. “Wait! Shouldn’t she a get a trial?” Mandible asked and Maxilla sighed sat down. “Fine, but if you can’t prove some form of benefit I will have Tiger cubs Lick them to death.” The queens all gasped in horror while, only Rainbow dash looked scared. “The defendant may speak.” A Changeling walked to front of the court “YES, Tell me what did our sister do?” The Changeling queens looked annoyed at him. “She did what changelings have done for centuries, conquer and expand! It’s our nature—“ Fire engulfed him, turning the Changeling into a ladybug. “What’s with these traditionalists, Spoiled brats honestly. Rebuttal.” Twilight stood up. “Well, I think that you shouldn’t judge the reformed changelings based on your laws.” Vehemence raised a brow and twilight shrank the empress of the changelings had a off aura of fear, respect and control around her. “Defendant?” Asked Vehemence. He sighed. “Dad, does the hive spell still work?” Maxilla nodded. “I rest my case.” Starswirl. “I call Pinkie pie to the stand.” Pinkie hopped to the stand and stood smiling. “Now miss pinkamena diane pie, are there large differences between the changelings and the Reformed changelings?” “Yea, they’re less scary, don’t hiss at creatures, none of them tries to put you in pods anymore.” Starswirl nodded and mandible walked to pinky pie. “miss pie, tell me can the so called “reformed” Changelings still change forms?” She nodded. “So they are still Changelings ?” He smirked and pinkie nodded while all the ponies face hoofed. “WAIT!” Vehemence said shocking everyone. “Who the buck are reformed changelings?” The guard being controlled smirked as Myrmecia whispered into her ear and after a second of silence she burst out laughing. “Oh That! And they?!” She looked at her husband who nodded and she laughed even louder. “Is there an issue?” Cocoon asked as she looked at her mother. “Oh sweet children, you’re all too innocent, yea those forms are not new the hives nectures had the same form.” Mandible’s eyes widened. “Oh yea, didn’t they end up starving because they feed off eachothers emotions?” She shrugged and looked at twilight. “Let me explain, for a Changeling to each other’s emotions weeel it’s disgusting honestly it’s not like me and my husband, we give our love all the time. How can I explain this, sweetie do you have any ideas?” He nodded and the gaurd cleared his voice. “Imagine an hour glass going down each time a Changeling feeds on love or any other emotion, it is like adding sand to said hour class. However when we feed off each other, it stops adding sand from an outside source and instead is taking from someone else’s hour Glass.” Twilight’s eyes widened so did Starlight’s. The queen smirked. “Question did they release a large burst of magic before being reformed?” They all gulped. “Exactly! It’s a suicide technique! Last bombing before the hive falls but the more hilarious thing is, they have been taking your love all along.” They all gasped. Vehemence smirked. “Well yes, simply said each changeling hives are designed to win off a different emotion more than others. Like for instance the Changelings of Dopamina who all produce laughing gas from their mouth, they don’t look threatening, no fangs, no forked tongues unlike me, my dear cocoon who looks comforting and innocent. The changeling queen’s offspring are born to feed off one emotion their body are usually supposed to show this!” “What does this have to do with the reformed changelings still feeding off love.” Starlight demanded. “They feeding of your Devotion to something. To your relationship and to your trust in each other.” There and then twilight realized it. “They’re feeding off our friendship.” The queens all spoke in unison as if they all knew from the start. “Yes, they are feeding off your Devotion to friendship .”