by Europa
Queen Chrysalis raised a brow. Were all pony nymphs like these three? If so, then she sincerely worried for the future of Equestria and - by parasitism - her people. They'd come to study with her workerfriend, but Twilight had needed to step out of the castle for one of her royal duties - Chrysalis could relate - leaving her alone with the three nymphs. Err, foals. They just hadn't shut up about the stupid rump tattoos that ponies were oh-so attached to. Like it meant something. 'Oh, you've discovered who you truly are, celebrate it with magic fur paint'. Hmph.
"So we even tried bungee jumping, but we didn't get our bungee jumping cutie mark," the one known as Apple Bloom said. "What about you, what's your cutie mark?"
Like an idiot, she said, "I don't have one."
All three gasped. "You mean you don't have a cutie mark either?!" the unicorn foal squeaked. "That's horrible! But you're all grown up, what if we never get our cutie marks, what if - "
"SILENCE!" she shouted, stopping the meltdown before it could begin. With the resonance in her voice, it carried, making the three ponies shut up and folded their ears. "I have no cutie mark because changelings don't get cutie marks. Neither do griffons, dragons, minotaurs, diamond dogs, deer, the list goes on. When we discover our 'special talent', nothing happens besides us knowing it. I can shapeshift a cutie mark, but it can be whatever I want regardless of what my actual talent is."
They sighed in relief. "Oh, good," the pegasus said. "I was worried for a moment." She gave her feathered wings a quick buzz, which prompted Chrysalis to raise her other brow. If she didn't know better, she'd have guessed the pegasus was part changeling. "So when do you think we'll get ours?"
"As if I know. I don't care so much about your flank marks." She didn't see why it was a big deal, either. Noling had ever had a cutie mark, and they got by just fine. Stupid ponies, so soft.
... was Twi not back yet?!
The pony foals gasped and, as one cried, "Don't care about cutie marks?!"
Uh oh. Twilight, get your flank back here!