It was really dark, I could barely see where I was going, I could only rely on sound.
When I got closer to Chrysalis, Axery and my brother, I shapeshifted into a grey parasprite to blend in to the background and avoid any suspicions. We flew into an open space full of dull colours. Chrysalis stopped and turned to the two as I watched.
"Now. You two mind telling me what the heck was going on out there?" She asked.
Axery and Pharynx exchanged looks, doing head movements and eye rolls to each other. It seems neither of them wanted to speak first. "Well? I don't suppose you have anything to say, Pharynx? Thorax is your brother after all. " Chrysalis asked, eyeing at him.
Pharynx looked from Axery to Chrysalis. "We weren't really brothers from the start. I was only encouraging him to be more tough and assertive. It was only when he-" He eyed back at Axery again. "And his two other pals decided to mindlessly bother Thorax for no reason. We bacame more closer to each other and benefited each other in a way or two."
Chrysalis raised her eyebrows. "I can only see how you benefited Thorax, how does a weak changeling like him benefit you who is stronger?"
Pharynx remained silent. "He taught me that you don't have to be a bully to prove you're better."
Axery started taking. "I don't see any sense in that."
"Of course you don't. You're a bully. You can ever understand it." Now, I myself don't see any sense in my brother's statement. However, I do know that he's talking about how he got into the position of leader in changeling patrol.
"But you realized that yourself-" Chrysalis interrupted.
"With Thorax's help. If it wasn't for him," He looked Chrysalis in eye to eye. "I doubt you would even put me as leader of changeling patrol." I knew it. He is talking about his position.
Chrysalis grinned. "Smart. Even if you didn't protect Thorax and realized whatever you realized, I might have put Axery in that position..." All three of us except Chrysalis were shocked.
"We STEAL love, we don't SHARE it. What you're saying is that you and Thorax were sharing your brotherly bond with each other!." She hissed at Pharynx.
"I know that. I wasn't sharing my love with him. He was sharing his love with me and I stole it." Pharynx smiled. "I'm afraid you just misunderstood what I said, queen Chrysalis."
Chrysalis was amused. "I think I've taken back what I said earlier..."
I was still in the form of a parasprite. I don't know what to feel. Defeated?Shocked? Betrayed? By my own brother? I knew it... He wasn't my brother. He was my mentor.
He was successful in being my mentor. I failed at being his student. I failed at being a changeling. It's not my place to be here.
Perhaps I was better off as a pony. I should leave the hive, never come back.