//------------------------------// // A Stand In: 1 // Story: Draconian Love // by Ponyess //------------------------------// . I had trotted into the building, in the guise of a white Unicorm mare. She was known by the name of Rarity, and a Fashionista who was respected and sought for. I had expected this to be a simple move. There is the one unforeseen issue, a Dragon known by the name Spike who was with the Alicorn known as Twilight Sparkle; who had ascended to the throne as Alicorn, not too far back. Why, oh why would she have him running lose on this particular day? Yet, it is too late to withdraw, and I can’t show my face at this time. “Rarity!” he exclaimed, as he saw my face. “Spikey, Waikey!” I responded, in fear of recognition. . I had been banished once, I can afford no second time now. What I was looking for; is something I could not let any Pony, or Changeling know of; not at this time. If I had been caught, red hooves now, I would certainly have blown more than my cover. The secret would have been out amongst the once who knew how to use the fact, and I fear they would destroy everything I had left. What little I still do have left; that is. This is much larger than me, or even the shattered Hive I have at my disposal. I am still the same Changeling I had been hatched as, true and through; no changing the colours now. To save; what I had in mind, and what I had before me; to do the only thing I can; even when I already did know just how wrong it was, even before I heard his voice. . “I love you, Rarity!” he declared; right out of the blue, and it hit me as lightning from a clear sky. “I love you, Spikey, Wikey!” I had responded. Did I pass the test? I feel a shiver through my body, from the tip of the muzzle and all the way to the end of my tail. Yet, the response is a shock; nonetheless. It is what could not be, and I feel all the stronger because of it. A Dragon could actually love? I had been taught that Dragons harboured only Greed, and nothing but. Apparently, I had been wrong. I took it upon me, and reached out, hugging him tightly; for all it had been worth. There is a new shiver, and a dizzy feeling emanating from my guts. Something is horridly wrong; but something else is justifying the act I could not withhold, or withdraw. Not now, and not ever. As I finally did let go of him; he abruptly jumped up, and sat comfortably on my back. Just the same way I had known he had been riding Twilight Sparkle around, all over Equestria. If I threw him of now, I would have blown my cover. The problem is that I had realized, just how much I enjoy having him, just where he is. His weight is negligible to me, but what is there, is the driving force behind his emotions. I am clearly intoxicated; in ways I had no preparations for, or experience of. I am clearly compromised; but as of yet, I had not blown my cover. . I have a decision, and it is clearly urgent; do I share the love from him, or do I hold it in, all for myself; knowing how it is affecting me right now. The love is intoxicating, like that of no Pony I had ever had the fortune to be close enough to feed on. How would it affect my minions; if they were to share, what I have before me, right now? Could I compromise my position on other locals, by sharing? I dare not take that chance. Maybe I could salvage myself, from what is to come; yet, if I were to compromising others, I would have lost all, most certainly. . What little we do know about Dragons; are old facts, very old facts. Mainly from before the time we had been split off from the Ponies we now feed upon, in order to save our lives. We can no longer live without this Love, or we would basically suffocate. To us; the Dragons are known to be large, and greedy beasts; but clever, and resourceful. Not something you trifle with; for no good reason, and most likely not even then. Their greed is running too deep and is too strong for us to attempt to infiltrate at any time. Not even knowing if we even could. Knowing the risks, it had never been deemed worth the risk. We have no need for what they have; at least, not as far as we knew before. Now, maybe that is different? All of a sudden, something struck me; the greed is what is intoxicating me. I am taking in the full spread of his emotions, not just the Love. Only now, I can not shield myself; not that I could have before, and it is too late to step back nonetheless. . Of course, taking him up on my back is compromising me, and the goal I had before me; yet, there is no stepping back. Maybe, I could ride this storm; in the hopes that what I will get out of it is still worth what I had to sacrifice. Or, had I merely turned myself into his minion? Am I a mere minion of a Dragon of all the Equestrian creatures? From what I know of him, he is not even in his teens yet; but he is still fully capable of dishing out more Love than I had been prepared for. Why do I have this throwback; to when I had attempted to take over the Canterlot Wedding, and abduct Shining Armour, the Captain of their Royal Guard? I had been leaching of, of the Love he had reserved for his beloved, dear Princes Cadance. . In the end, I had found myself forced to give up on my original mission. On the note; that I am both intoxicated, and compromised. Yet, to this point; I don’t think I had my cover blown. What if I had my cover blown at this point? What I did not know; is what is the result of the breeding between a Mare, and a male Dragon like Spike; but I have even less and idea, as to what it would have been, if I as a Changeling Queen would have been the one to hatch the offspring. Or, was I forced to give birth? On second thought; that is the Pony way. The problem is how the Hybrid would act, and what is to come out of it. --- --- ---