//------------------------------// // Controlled by Chrysalis // Story: Grown With A Kiss // by reedman //------------------------------// “I am Queen Chrysalis of the Changeling Kingdom.” she said as she walked towards the human. “I’m Pete.” Pete said as he bowed his head. “Something about you is familiar. Have we met before?” “No, but I guarantee you’ve heard of me.” she said. As the human looks confused, the queen’s guards slowly encircled her and the human. He was making this far too easy for her. When the human saw the space between them getting smaller by the second, something must have clicked in his mind. His eyes went wide with fear. There it was. The moment he realized why he should be scared. He pathetically tried to look for a way out. Her drones had already surrounded them. She simply continued to walk towards him as the circle of changelings tightened. “Your growth magic.” she said. “You will use it to help me take over Equestria.” “N-No!” Pete stammered. “I won’t do it!” He never had a choice. With a glow of her horn, green magical energy surrounded the human’s head. When she used the same spell on Shining Armor, it lasted a day and required constant reapplication. This weak creature? It would most likely be permanent. No inherent magic to passively resist her. Not strong-willed enough in the first place. “A foal could put up more resistance than you.” Chrysalis taunted. After a moment, the spell was done. His feeble mind was now under her command. A vibrant green haze covered his eyes. He bowed. “How may I serve you my queen?” Pete asked. “Explain how your growth magic works.” Chrysalis said with a sly grin. “Yes my queen.” he said as he stood back up. “Any pony I kiss on the lips will grow in size until I cease kissing them.” The queen and her drones go totally silent. One of the drones blushed. Kissing this two-legged alien to grow in size? The notion of kissing this thing filled her with disgust. She glanced at the changeling behind Pete that blushed. She once caught him reading a book that romanticized the idea of a pony kissing a human. She never told a soul she read the book after the changeling put it down. She pointed to him. “You.” she said. “Yes your highness?” the drone asked. “Kiss the human.” she ordered. “Right away your highness!” the drone said, almost excitedly. The drone trotted up to the human that turned around to face him. He got up on his hind legs, and wrapped his forelegs around the human’s neck. He brought his mouth to the human’s lips. The drone began to slowly grow before their eyes. After a moment, he was back on all fours while kissing the human. The other drones had to back up as the growing one finally pulled away to catch his breath. Chrysalis was in shock. One of her underlings doubled her in size. Doubled! “That will be enough.” she said as the larger drone backed away. “Now it’s my turn.” *** Her student’s idea of teleporting around was certainly a good idea to wear off all the size she gained. Teleporting to Manehattan did the trick. Now she was almost back to normal size. Though a part of Princess Luna did miss being a giant. Like Pete said, there would be plenty of opportunities in the future. For now, she happily finishing up a bagel she bought before preparing to teleport back. Teleporting back to the throne room should hopefully wear out the last of her growth. She closed her eyes and focused. “I have returned, my student!” the princess said before opening her eyes. “What on Equus?” Changelings? Queen Chrysalis? They were giants! They all filled the throne room with ease. The princess of the night was absolutely puny in comparison. Numerous eyes were on her. “Welcome back princess.” Queen Chrysalis said. “What did you do with my student?” she demanded an answer. “Oh you mean this thing?” the queen asked as she levitated Luna’s student in the air. “He’s serving his queen.” “Do not worry Pete.” Luna said. “I shall save thee!” Her horn would glow bright as she blasted Chrysalis with all the magic she could muster. As the blast impacted the side of the queen’s face, she didn’t even flinch. Not even the slightest of reactions. Only an evil chuckle. “If I didn’t see it, I would’ve mistaken your pathetic attempt of an attack as a light breeze.” she said. A blast of green magic barreled towards Princess Luna. She tried her best with a shield, but the power of the giant queen was too much. Her shield was obliterated on impact. She was knocked away, and was barely able to land on her hooves. The giant changeling queen was far too powerful now. A retreat to her sister was in order. “I swear on the moon I shall save thee, my student.” the princess said as she disappeared with a flash. *** “Make sure both entrances have enough guards.” Shining said to the giant guard. “We have a lot of ponies approaching that want to get their hooves on the human.” “Yes sir.” the guard said before leaving to check the entrances. The captain was hoping there was an end to this crazy day in sight. His sister and three of her friends were there, eager to find Pete. They were sitting with Big Mac outside the mess hall. Then her highness comes out of the castle as a giant. Then the crowd of Canterlot and Ponyville citizens started to approach. Now he has to divert guards to keep the crowds at bay. “This would’ve been a hundred times easier if Pete made the guards into giants.” he grumbled. “The guards of normal size seem to be doing a fine job.” Princess Celestia said. “I guess you’re right.” he said. “I know you’re still annoyed that you had to forfeit Pete.” she said. “However, learning mastery of his magic is more important for-.” The princess was cut off by an earth-shattering crash coming from the castle. Shining instinctively stepped between her and the noise, despite her highness being many times his size. It looked like it was coming from the throne room. “Tia!” a voice shouted. The captain looked up to see a normal size Princess Luna flying up to her sister’s face. “Pete has been taken!” *** Twilight wasn’t sure what the crash was. It probably would’ve been her or Rarity being the cause had Princess Celestia not come out to talk some sense into them earlier. Whatever the source was, it had to be something big. Not many things out there that can overpower an alicorn like Princess Luna. She looked like she had been through a rough battle. A few more rumbles followed. The culprits flew out of the castle. Changelings! Ten of them! Even from their position in the sky, it was clear they could fill up the empty space of the castle courtyard by themselves. If they were giants, it meant they had Pete. She couldn’t see any of them holding the human. Was he lost in the rubble? A loud, evil cackle was heard as another emerged from the castle. “Hello my very little ponies.” Queen Chrysalis boomed. The changeling queen had to be as tall as the castle. Twilight was a bit shaken at the sight. It was hard to see, but she had something floating next to her. It was Pete! She ran over to Princess Celestia. “Terrorize their city until they surrender!” the queen boomed. The crowds at the castle entrances screamed and ran as the giant changelings descended upon them. Before Twilight could open her mouth, she felt the rope of her cage necklace snapping. it floated away from her, and up to Chrysalis. “Thank you for bringing me his cage Twilight.” Rarity, Applejack, Big Mac, and Rainbow Dash ran up to Twilight. “Time to give this queen a beatdown.” Rainbow Dash said. “No one takes Pete.” “We can’t attack her.” Celestia said. “If we do, Pete could get crushed in the fight.” “There has ta be somethin’ we can do.” Big Mac said as Princess Luna flew down to him. “I promise thou will have the human they court returned safely.” she said. Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash all have their jaws drop in response. The princess of the moon looked at them quizzically before going wide-eyed. “I was unaware thou had yet to announce their courtship of the human.” Luna said. “He was gonna tell ‘em eventually.” Applejack said. “You knew?” Rainbow Dash asked. “Of course ah knew.” she answered. “Why didn’t you tell me-I mean us?” Rarity asked. “You woulda blabbed it to Manehattan and back.” Applejack said. “Who Mac dates is his business.” Twilight placed a hoof on Big Mac’s back. He looked to her with a soft smile. “I promise you we’ll get Pete back.” Twilight said. “Right Princess?” The ponies looked over to Princess Celestia for confirmation. She was nowhere to be seen. How did a princess as big as a house disappear? Queen Chrysalis laughed. “It seems your princess knew she was going to lose and abandoned you.” the queen sneered. “I think I’ll make myself big enough to step on the castle to celebrate.” Chrysalis was silent in her shock when she noticed the cage was empty. *** Princess Celestia was thankful for her argument with Lulu earlier. The extra power her magic received from the growth was enough to teleport to the base of the mountain below Canterlot, and take Pete with her. It wouldn’t be long before their absence was noticed. First, she had to dispel this mind control Queen Chrysalis had on him. Then it would be time to end this changeling invasion the only way she knew how.