//------------------------------// // The 'Clensing' of Queen Oscura // Story: Blood Brandy's Snippet Storage Shed // by Blood Brandy //------------------------------// The 'Cleansing' of Queen Oscura Characters: Spike, Mane 6, Sombra, Chrysalis Tags: GenderBender, Comedy (((((((((()))))))))) WHATDOIDOWHATDOIDO, WHAT-DO-I-DO!?! Those were the repeating thoughts of a small, purple, reptilian missile as he sailed towards the shadowy, evil cloud that was Queen Oscura. It's odd, sometimes, the things that can flash through one's mind when they're about to die. Some think of their loved ones, their friends, their old hopes, their regrets, some even end up thinking of what they had for breakfast three days prior. Spike, being a dragon, young, but well on his way down the path of puberty after his recent 'greedy' episode, suddenly had the thought, one he was sure would soon be his last as he stared down the evil queen. She's kinda hot... (((((((((()))))))))) The Crystal Heart was an ancient and powerful artifact. Before the dark reign of Oscura, Crystal Scholars had theorized that it predated even the Warring Tribes era and the first Hearths Warming, long, long before the rise of either the Crystal Empire or Equestria. It was an object of great power, meant to help spread love and light across the lands... And it had been sealed and, metaphorically, 'starved' for a thousand years plus decades of it's original containment by Oscura. While it had felt the joy of the Faire, that power quickly waned, replaced with fear at Oscura's approach. Now, any published Arcane Scientist or Mystic Scholar could argue the possibilities and impossibilities of the idea of sentience within ancient, enchanted magical objects for days without either side gaining ground. But in that moment, tired, metaphorically again, of losing energy and it's waning source, the Crystal Heart 'reached' for the only positive thought it could sense, using it as a basis, a spark to reignite the love within the citizens of the Crystal Empire. Sure, the thought was mostly lust, but it would be good enough to get things started. (((((((((()))))))))) Chrysalis looked over her kind, or what remained of them, anyway, as what little sustenance they had was rationed out. The great Changeling Army that had attacked Canterlot reduced to only a gross at most. Passing herself over in the rationing, the queen desperately tried to think of how she could save her subjects, where could she find enough... ...Love? Chrysalis, like every changeling in Equestria, felt her head pulled towards the north. Even from this great distance, the love they could feel coursing into them left even the Changeling Queen feeling more than a little drunk and very randy, she could feel a power that made what she had with Shining Armor seem like that of a new-born unicorn foal. In unison, the horn of every changeling present glowed with their Queen's, the lot of them vanishing from that spot in a blind, leap-of-faith mass-teleportation spell. (((((((((()))))))))) Twilight Sparkle looked on in sheer...well, she wasn't sure exactly what to feel at that moment. She'd been freed from Oscura's prison when an oddly tingly wave of energy shattered the dark crystals, allowing her to wink to her friends, only to find them all staring at the same thing. The largest orgy they would probably ever see in their entire lives. It seemed like every Crystal Pony capable of partaking in the act was included, their returned crystal sheen making it a little hard to look at, but the act itself made it hard to look away. And there, in the center of it all, with a spinning, glowing Crystal Heart suspended above them, was her Number One Assistant, his size now rivaling Big Macintosh's and his own scales shimmering like gems as he went to town on a rejuvenated, purified Oscura, her obsidian pelt shimmering both with the crystal sheen of her returned form and from the exertion of her activities. And just when Twilight thought this couldn't get any stranger, a series of bright, green flashes illuminated the streets (Leaving Twilight and co. blinking dots out of their eyes as the light refracted and reflected off of the oblivious Crystal Ponies). When she was finally able to see again, Twilight was horrified to see the Changeling Queen and a small army surrounding the occupied Crystal Ponies. This wasn't good, Shining and Cadence were still exhausted, and she and the girls didn't have the Elements. While the Element of Magic tried to think of a solution, Chrysalis trotted resolutely through the debauchery surrounding her to the dragon and Unicorn at the center. The Girls feared for their dragon friends life, which left them all the more surprised when he and Oscura looked at the changeling for all of three seconds before jumping her, the rest of the Changeling horde seamlessly integrated into the orgy. Finally having enough, there was a stomp of a hoof, strong enough to break the stone beneath it. Surprisingly, it was Cadence's as she glared at her husband with a maddened look in her eye, "If you aren't in our room in five seconds, I'm going down there with Oscura," She growled, winking away in a flash of pink. Wasting no time at all, Shining Armor left for their bed chambers at top speed. With the tension finally snapping, Fluttershy fell back, stiff as a board as she passed out. An uncomfortable, antsy looking Rainbow dash just sputtered out a quick "Havetogotothebathroom," before dashing away, echoed and followed by Applejack and Rarity. Looking over the event for about three second more, Pinkie broke out in what may have been the widest smile Twilight had ever seen on her face as she ran towards the Crystal Consummation with a loud cry of "PAAAAARRRTAYYYYYYYYY." With a bad twitch developing in her left eye, Twilight simply rose and left for her room. She refused to believe what she just saw, she refused to believe that two of the greatest villains Equestria had ever known had been defeated with an orgy, she refused to believe that her little assistant had somehow become a Casanova, and most of all... She refused to be the one to tell Celestia about this... ((((((((()))))))))) Celestia smiled as she walked through the beautiful halls of the Crystal Palace, something she'd thought lost for little more than a thousand years. The bejeweled mosaics, the crystalline sculptures, all of it just as lovely as it was so very long ago. Not only that, but she could feel the happiness and contentment just radiating off of every pony she passed. Walking the almost forgotten hallways to the throne room, Celestia was pleased at the chipper laughter she heard ahead, looking to a chef jovially speaking with...with... "Oscura!" The Sun Goddess gasped, gaining the Empresses attention. "'Tia!" The shimmering, obsidian Unicorn greeted cheerfully. as her body was covered in shadows and moved towards her at incredible speeds. Celestia tightened her guard, she may not have her sister, or the Elements, with her, but she was still Celestia, damn it, and if this witch did anything with her precious student and her friend's, she'd...she'd... She's hugging me, isn't she? Yes, of all the things she expected the despotic ruler of the Crystal Empire to do, a dashing glomp was not even on the list. It was only Celestia's greater size that kept her from being toppled by the tackling hug. "Oh, you have no idea how much I've wanted to see you again," Oscura said with an odd cheerfulness, "I'm glad it was today, though, I only just regained the ability to walk this morning. That dragon you raised really put me through the wringer." Spike? What did he have to do with any of this? Twilight had been oddly vague on the details of Oscura's defeat, especially lacking in details considering she was bucking Twilight Sparkle, but what in the blue-balled Tartarus happened? Celestia was so caught up in her thoughts that it took her a moment to realize she was being pulled along by the uncharacteristically cheerful Oscura. "C'mon, Sunny-butt, everyone's waiting for me in the Throne Room, I'm sure they'll be most happy to see you." Normally, the idea, the audacity of somepony calling her 'Sunny-Butt' would land said being in the dungeon, at the very least (Even more if it was somewhere near Discord's Statue. Knowing him, he would burst out just to laugh at her then turn back to stone), but Celestia was suddenly distracted by another new sight... A Changeling! Changelings in the Crystal Empire, Changelings...Talking shop with a Crystal Guard member? Before the whirlwind of new information could settle, Celestia found herself and Oscura in front of the grand, intricate doors to the Crystal Throne Room. The first thing she saw was Twilight and her friends. four of whom, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy, seemed to be trying to avoid eye-contact with anyone and anything. Pinkie Pie, who hair seemed oddly...flat, today, looked like she was asleep on her hooves, which was confirmed when she let out a loud snore and muttered about cream filling and frosting. Did the mare not even stop thinking of sweets in her sleep? Twilight herself seemed to have developed a severe facial tic, and even when she saw her teacher and smiled, the smile seemed a little manic and desperate, What horrors had been visited upon her dear student? Next to Twilight stood her brother...well, maybe not stood. He was messy, his uniform buttoned incorrectly, his mane a mess, but he looked completely content and happy, almost as if he didn't know everything from his waist back was dragging on the floor as if he was paralyzed in his entire rear half. Next to her husband, there wasn't a hair out of place on Cadence. Standing tall in her regal garb, a serene smile on her face, occasionally leaning over to nuzzle her dopey looking husband. In fact, the only thing that seemed out of place was that her wings defiantly refused to fold back along her body, sticking rigidly fanned out. Finally feeling her fetlock released, Celestia watched the shadows engulf the Obsidian Empress, who appeared back on her throne, seemingly cut from a single piece of obsidian crystal, which drew Celestia's attention to two similar thrones on either side of Oscura's. One a large piece of Amethyst seating the young, but apparently no longer small, dragon Spike, and the other a throne of Emerald, upon which sat the same insect-like creature that had bested her only a short time before. Seating herself on her throne, Oscura smiled a wide and oddly friendly smile, "Celestia, Princess of Equestria, on behalf of myself, my husband, King Spike, and my wife, Queen Chrysalis, I welcome you to the newly reborn Crystal Empire!" Blinking for a moment, Celestia said the only thing that made sense anymore. "Luna, when I wake up, I am so getting back at you for this weird dream!"