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// Secrets Revealed 
// Story: Prince Of Darkness 
// by RegalCrescent45 
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POV Alucard

Now that my face is visible, the mares that are tied up along side the princess recognize me for who I am... the one they saw at the castle a few months ago. I walk over to one of the changelings that are still on the floor shaking like leaves. Reaching down, I pick one up by the neck.

"The reason you should fear me, is because i don't take kindly to those who try to hurt my loved ones and/or subjects." By now the sounds outside the castle are gone and the fighting has stopped, and only ten of my hundred or so griffons are destroyed. " Oh, and your army? It's gone, completely wiped out by my griffons." Just as i finish speaking the doors to the room are thrown open once again and this time half of my undead forces march into the room to stand behind me.

Still holding the changeling in my left hand, I reach for its horn. Gripping the horn in my right hand, i give it a sharp wrench to the side. The sharp snapping sound it gave off is music to my ears! I then reach down to my belt and withdraw a wicked six inch black steel dagger with a serrated edge, and without warning I plunge the blade into the chest of my captive all the way to the hilt. After a few seconds, I withdraw my blade from the dead changeling.

"Now, before i make my decision on weather I should kill you or not, I have to ask. What did you hope to accomplish by doing this?" I say as a run my tongue along the blade, strangely enough the blood tasted sour. "also tell me your name, I don't feel like calling you bug all the time."

POV Chrysalis

"My subjects and I were starving... our food source isn't something we can obtain from just foraging or farming. My species is called 'Changeling' by the other races of this foul world. They label us as monsters and shun us where ever we go because of what we eat to survive. We eat raw unaltered emotions, the most powerful being love. We feed on the energy that other creatures give off when they are feeling strong emotions, but others see us as parasites that steal these things from them. When we feed on the emotions that leak out, nothing happens to the other creature, it is only when we actively feed on another that there are negative effects. Simply being in the presence of strong emotions can sustain us, But ponies never listened to us. They just saw a monster ruining their town or city!

Where ever we went we were either hunted like animals or driven from society for trying to survive like everyone else. This land has so much love leaking from it our food shortage could have been solved in less than a month if we were allowed to speak for ourselves without being discriminated against like we were. This isn't what I wanted to do in order to save my children, but these heartless ponies forced me to take more drastic measures. If I had waited any longer to get help my kind would have died to starvation by today. Also, my name is Queen Chrysalis, may I have your name?"

"I have many names, but my true name is Alucard." The creature stated.

POV Alucard

"So you never wanted to do all of this but the ponies of this kingdom forced you to near extinction?" I almost couldn't believe what i was hearing but i knew first hand how stubborn and fearful these ponies could be.

"yes, I regret having to shed innocent blood because of a few bad apples."

I look at one of the changelings still on the floor and approach it, once it sees me coming closer it starts shaking more violently. "It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you, I need you to do something. I want you to remove the gag from the princess so she can talk, okay?"

The changeling looks at me then to Chrysalis, "why should he do what you say?"

"I want to hear Celestia's excuse, I already know she's going to deny it though." I reply giving Celestia a look that could sour milk. "So just do it already, it's getting late and i haven't slept in a a while so lets wrap this up before i start getting cranky."

The changeling gets up on its shaky hooves and moves over to where Celestia is tied up, lighting its horn it pulls the green substance away from her mouth so she can speak freely.

"Alucard you traitor! When I get free I'll send you personally to the SUN for this!" She screams from her spot on the floor.

I walk up to her and kneel down a bit so that I'm on eye level with her. *SMACK* I slap her upside the head to shut her up. "Be quiet Sunbutt, and give us all your side of the story here, I don't have all day."

Shock, that's what I see on her face after I slap her. "Her kind are nothing more than leeches that destroy lives. Why should I try to explain something everypony here already knows?"

"Ya know Cell, that right there. That's why you are no longer the Element of Honesty." I deadpan right in her face.

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm saying that you just told a lie, princess." I say with a smug smile on my face.

"I didn't lie you traitor, I'm disappointed in you. Normally my sister is a good judge of character, I should have believed her long ago when she said you were nothing but trouble!"

"I suppose I should tell you How I knew about this invasion before hand shouldn't I? Well to make a long story short, I didn't. That is until a certain somepony came to me with a warning about it. That somepony also told me a little secret, a very dark secret about you Cell." I say as I stand up and move back towards my griffons.

"What I learned deeply disturbed me, and you of all ponies should know what it takes to disturb me Celestia." I say as a turn back to face the ponies and changeling queen in front of me. "Chrysalis isn't just the Queen of some random insectoid ponies that appeared out of nowhere Celestia, I know the truth."

Celestia's eye widen in fear as her ears become plastered to her skull. "Y-you know? But h-how?"

"One word, Mother." I say with as little emotion on my face as possible. "Mother came to me a few days ago and warned me of this attack, she also told me how the changeling race came into existence. YOU CREATED THEM CELESTIA! Then from what Chrysalis has told me you had the gall the banish them out of prejudice hate! I'm ashamed of you Celestia, I thought the Element of Kindness would be more compassionate towards those less fortunate than herself!" By the end of my rant I was nearly out of breath.

After I catch my breath, I continue. "So, now that your little secret is out Celestia are you going to act your age and solve this peacefully like it SHOULD HAVE BEEN at the start? Or will there be more pointless bloodshed?"

"I-I'm willing to try, that is if Chrysalis can forgive me." she replied looking utterly defeated for the second time since I've met her.

I look to Chrysalis for her answer. "As long as she keeps her word and no more of my subjects are killed, I can forgive her."

"Well there's your answer Celestia, if you had talked this out at the beginning, who knows how many live you could have saved. But you didn't and their deaths are on your shoulders Celestia." And with that said i go over to a pillar and lay down resting my back against it. "Now get your talks done, and if i so much as catch a whiff of hostility I'LL RIP YOU FUCKING THROATS OUT. Goodnight Cell." and with that i close my eye and drift f to sleep.