My New Life
Chapter 24 - Once Bitten, Thrice Shot
The next evening, we all met back in the study and once we all got settled, Luna stood up and began to speak.
"As you already know, this is Cloudlight." She gestured to the pegasus and he waved excitedly. "What you may not know is that we have been friends for over a thousand years."
"Really now?" I said in a sarcastic tone.
"Yes really. I can't believe you couldn't catch on to that." Cloudlight said.
I facehoofed. "Is sarcasm really such a new concept?"
"Pure Heart. There is no need for sarcasm right now." Celestia said.
"Alright. So what do we do-OW!" I said as I swatted at something on my neck.
"What is wrong, dear?" Luna asked.
I rubbed my neck. "N-nothing. Must have been a mosquito or something." I grinned.
"Okay. As I was saying. Cloudlight is also not from Equestria."
"Oh, so he is from some foreign country. Fantastic! Let's just have everypony come into the country without proper papers!" I said.
"Pure Heart! That is quite enough out of you. One more outburst and you will be removed from this meeting." Death said.
I grumbled slightly.
Luna turned back. "He is not from Equestria because he is actually not a pegasus. He is an angel."
"Great! Just what we need. Somepony to judge us because of a 'holier than thou' complex."
"That is it. I tried to be patient with you, but you have left me with no choice." Celestia said with a solemn tone.
"Wait! I didn't m-mean it. I just... Just... Wow! When did the room get painted such a pretty color of orange."
My vision began to become very blurry.
"Pure Heart. Are you okay?" I heard somepony ask. Then I saw a pink hoof come into my field of vision.
"Pinky Pie? When did you get here? How is Vinnie?"
I felt the hoof press against my brow. "He is as cold as ice!" I heard the same voice say.
"Pinkie? What are you talking about? I am fine." I swatted the hoof away.
"Pure Heart, it's me, Luna."
"Excuse me Fluffy, I think I will go n-now." I stood up and began to walk towards the door.
"Pure Heart! Let me help you." Said another voice.
"Crikey mate! Ain't she a beaut!" I shouted. "Look out! She's angry!" I started poking at the large cobra on the ground. "What is a cobra doing in Manehatten anyways?"
"Pure Heart. That is a rope." Said somepony.
"Shh. Be very quiet. She can sense fear." Suddenly it struck at me. I wasn't fast enough and got bit. "Oops. Going down." I fell to the floor. The last thing I heard was somepony shouting something about a pure heart and then I blacked out.
The pony ran deep into the forest and into the cave. His form changed as he entered the threshold of the changeling hive.
"King Kron and Queen Chrysallis!"
"What is it?"
"The pony has been bitten."
"Excellent!" King Kron bellowed.
"Quickly, send a summons to Red Rum." Queen Chrysallis ordered.
"Yes my queen."
After the changeling left, King Kron turned and kissed his queen and said, "It is finally time."
One Week Later
"Bullet Blaster! You need to stop getting so distracted all the time." Red Rum said.
"I can't help it." He paused and looked around. "So much life." He pointed to a family of birds. "So much beauty." He knelt and picked a flower, sniffing it. "So much to destroy." He grinned, dropping the flower and crushed it as he let out a barrage of magic bullets on the birds.
"Truly, you are a nutcase."
Bullet Blaster blew the smoke away from the barrel of his gun hooves. "You know it!"
Red Rum shook his head. His ears then perked up. "We have company."
"Alright!" Bullet Blaster reloaded with some rocks and pieces of the birds he shot. "Die!" He started to fire randomly into the bushes.
"Wait!" Red Rum shouted. But it was already too late. There was a yelp of pain. He walked through the brush after Bullet Blaster had ceased fire. "Damn it Bullet Blaster. It was a changeling."
"Oh well. It's just a flesh wound." Blaster shrugged.
"Just a flesh wound?! You shot him in the spinal cord!" He pointed to the motionless changeling.
"I have a message for Red Rum from Queen Chrysallis." The drone said, coughing up blood. "She wants you to come to the hive immediately. She said the plan is in motion." The drone then fell into unconsciousness.
"Finally." He turned to Blaster. "Let's go."
"What do we do with him?" Blaster asked, gesturing to the messenger.
Red Rum turned and looked at the form on the ground. "Kill him."
Bullet Blaster got the craziest smile. "Sweet!" He reloaded and pointed his hoof between the changeling's eyes. "Thanks for the message. We no longer require your services." He fired three shots into the changeling's head, completely obliterating his skull.
"That wasn't necessary, but whatever. Come on, don't want to keep them waiting."
"Alright, alright."
Four Days Later
"Okay, we are here. Now tell me what happened." Red Rum said.
"Good to see you too." Kron said, rolling his eyes.
"Well, as you know, our plan is to wipe out the royal family. Recently, we completed phase one which is infecting one of them with our special serum."
"What does it do?"
"In stage one, it causes delirium and anger in the target. Stage two, the target will experience immense pain as the serum begins to kill all sanity he has left."
"And stage three?" Red Rum asked.
Chrysallis smirked. "He will be ours."
"Who did you infect?" Bullet Blaster asked, spinning his gun chamber.
"Pure Heart."
"Really? You infected that idiot? You might as well have infected a rock." Red Rum scoffed.
"Now, now. You must remember that it was he who defeated the great Ark in battle." Kron said.
"Whatever? What is next in your 'master plan'?" Bullet Blaster asked.
"Next is your part. In order for the last stage to be completed, we will need you to obtain the flesh of someone close to him."
"Too easy."
Bullet Blaster and Red Rum began to walk away but stopped when Chrysallis began to speak.
"There is one other detail. It can't just be anyone, it must be a human-pony."