//------------------------------// // Chapter Thirteen: 'Enter: Control' // Story: Twilight's First Foals -- Episode I - The Hybrid Changelings // by One Universe One story //------------------------------// Chrysi came walking to the top of the south spire of Twi’s castle and entered the room her family had been staying in while Twi’s offer of help was still valid. She threw her saddle bags on the main bed and lay herself beside them. “This is harder than I thought,” she mumbled aloud. “I take it you didn’t find a job, Mamma?” Nix asked as calmly as Flutters. “NO! AND THEY SHOULD AT LEAST BE GRATEFUL ENOUGH TO GIVE ME ONE!” Chrysi yelled not knowing Twi was right outside the door. “Chrysalis, you can’t expect them to just give you a job. It’s a long process they have to go through to make sure the job is right for you,” Twi said as she entered her guest’s room. “WHY!” Chrysi yelled as she held her forehooves up in the air in aggravation. “If the job isn't right for you, you may end up causing more trouble than you mean to,” Twi said. “Besides, I may have a job for you. I just have to clear it with the rest of the girls.” “Really? What is it?” Chrysi said as she jumped off the bed and in front of Twi in a Pie sister fashion. “I can’t tell you, at least not right now,” Twi said as she turned around to walk away being stopped by the sudden appearance of Chrysi in front of her. She looked behind her to see that Chrysi did indeed move as fast as a Pie sister. “Look, I can’t tell you because it’s currently a secret job,” Twi said as she proceeded to walk past Chrysi and back down the south spire’s stairwell. “Oh, Twilight, you never did tell me and my foals about your little adventure to the village shaped like an equals sign at the edge of Equestria,” Chrysi called down the stairwell. “Actually, Mamma, she told me and Myx the story earlier today while you were gone,” Nix said, again as calmly as Flutters. “I can tell you if you like.” “No thanks, Nixi. I’d rather get the story straight from the ponies mouths.” *** *** *** “So, overall: Do you think she deserves this job?” Twi asked her friends as they were sitting around the ‘Cutie Map’ table in the library. “Well, I for one, think she deserves it! After not being able to get any other job, and because she did already save Ponyville of disaster once,” Rare said as she slammed her hoof down on the table. “I don’t trust her,” Dashie said as she crossed her fore hooves and turned her head to the left with her eyes shut. “Well, I think we should at least let her try,” Flutters said while petting angle. “She is, after all, unemployed and does need some training in being humble, patient, and other traits necessary to make good friends and get a real job.” “Honestly, I don’t think she should have it,” A.J. said as she sat up straighter in her seat. “I mean, she ain’t exactly the one I would pick for th’ job.” There was a long silence after A.J. finished her sentences. “Uh, Pinkie? You do know it’s your turn to answer, right?” Twi asked her pink friend who, at the time, had her eyes closed. “I know, but I don’t know how I want to,” Pinkie replied. “i mean I think she deserves a job but i don’t think it would be this one. She’d be a good pony for the job but only if she was just like us when we were doing the job to teach Dashie a lesson in humility.” “That might can be arranged,” Twi said as she stood up to exit the room. “Whatever do you mean, Twilight?” Rare asked as she turned her head to follow Twi toward the door. “I mean she may be able to copy our personalities with her natural abilities and make herself suitable for the job,” Twi said before exiting the room completely. “I don’t think she’s gonna get what she wants,” A.J. mumbled inaudible to the others. *** *** *** “Chrysalis, do you think you can copy the personalities of all the Elements Of Harmony at the same time?” Twi asked the Changeling Queen who was currently hooked up to a machine by a set of sensory nodes. “Yes, and what are these wires for again?” Chrysi asked as she lifted a hoof and looked at the nodes on it. “This particular machine is designed to monitor and track the expenditure of energy throughout your body. Thermal, electrical, and magical,” Twi said as she flipped a few switches, turned a few dials, and mashed some buttons. “I need all of you present if you want me to do that right now,” Chrysi said as she set her hoof back on the ground. “Girls, come on in!” Twi yelled before the rest of the Elements Of Harmony entered the room. “Twilight, I honestly don't think yur gonna get what ya’ want,” A.J. said after she stopped a few hooves away from Chrysi. “I agree with A.J. I don't believe what I will deliver is what you expect,” Chrysi said as she turned her head to face Twi. “This is only a preliminary for the most part,” Twi started. “I don’t have high expectations at the moment.” “Fine, tell me when,” Chrysi said. Twi finished preparing the machine and then ran over to join her friends in front of Chrysi. “Now!” She said when she arrived. Chrysi focused on what she knew of the Elements Of Harmony and a Vivid Lime Green flame engulfed her. When the flame died down, her appearance had changed. She had the mane and tail of Pinkie, the coat of Twi, the wings of Dashie, the horn of Rare, the eyes of A.J., but no apparent signs of anything of Flutters. “Buck, you didn’t copy anything of Fluttershy's,” Twi said angrily. “Oh, um, sorry,” Chrysi said in Flutters voice. “Never mind, apparently you did,” Twi said as she held a hoof to her chin. Twi the walked over to the machine monitoring Chrysi’s transformation and began to analyze it. “Yay!” Chrysi said still as quiet as Flutters. “Can I, uh, turn back to normal?” “Sure, Flutter- I mean Chrysalis,” Twi said being confused by her voice. Chrysi began to return to normal. When she did, the machine began to malfunction and spark. Electricity backwashed through the sensory node wires. It then began to shock Chrysi, and she began to scream and flail around in pain. Twi tried to turn the machine off, but it would not respond. As a last resort, Twi shot the machine with a high power magic energy blast, rendering the machine totalled. When the machine quit shocking Chrysi, she fell to the ground unconscious. *** *** *** “Mamma… Mamma… Please wake up, Mamma…” Chrysi heard as she looked around in the darkness around her. “Who’s there?” Chrysi asked as she saw a shadowy figure in the distance. “It’s me, Mamma, your first child, Control,” the figure said before walking out of the shadows revealing a ‘pure’ Changeling in Blue armour. “What do you want?” Chrysi asked her. “The Changelings, Mamma. The, Changelings,” Control said. “Why?” Chrysi asked as she took a step back. “Why? To finish what you started, Mamma. Complete domination of ponykind,” Control said. “And to kill Daddy, that son of a pony broodmare.” “You can’t, I'm the Changeling Queen!” Chrysi yelled and charged at Control. When she collided into her, Control turned into a cloud of dark smoke and then took her base form again, this time facing the opposite direction prior. Chrysi stopped and turned around to see Contact facing her. “They won’t listen to you!” she yelled. “They will when I find you and challenge you for the crown,” Control said before she disappeared. “Come back, Connie!” Chrysi said before falling to the ground with her eyes closed and crying. “Connie… I never should have left you at home. You wouldn't be like this if I had brought you to Twilight as an egg when I brought her your live birth siblings.” *** *** *** “Mamma… Mamma… Please wake up, Mamma…” Nix voice resounded in Chrysi's head. “Oh, my head,” she said as she opened her eyes to find herself in Ponyville General Hospital surrounded by doctors, nurses, and Royal Guard Medics. “Doctor Horse, she is awake!” a nurse cried out. “Quick, sedate her!” Doctor Horse yelled. “Don’t touch her!” A guard yelled. All the nurses and other guards froze in place. The guards at the door parted and another guard came walking in. “I’m here to relieve you all of your jobs,” he said before casting a sleep spell on everypony there with the exception of Chrysi. “Finally... I found you… Mamma.” “No, Connie, don’t do this!” Chrysi said as she tried to get up but was stopped by a hold spell. “Don't ever call me that again!” Control yelled before she dropped her ruse, made Chrysi levitate and threw her through a wall. She landed outside the hospital in a bed of rare flowers found only near the Ponyville Hospital. “Stop this. Princess Celestia has declared our races equal, there is no need for this violence!” Chrysi yelled before coughing up a bit of blood. “I don’t want our races to be equal,” Control started as she lifted Chrysi into the air again. “I want our race to be superior!” she said before throwing Chrysi high into the air. She landed painfully on Control’s horn and was again thrown aside by her. “N-no… C-Connie…” were the last words Chrysi said before both passing out and slowing her breathing to a point one could not detect, tricking Control into believing she was dead. “Time to deal with the rest of the family,” Control said before pausing to look more carefully at Chrysi. “How did your shell change colour?” she wondered aloud. “No matter, you’re dead anyway.” she said before flying away. *** *** *** “Director, important message for the Ponyville Hospital Com. Terminal,” Meta said through the speakers on Twi's armour. “M.I.L.I.S., pause simulation,” Twi said as the training sim. stopped. “Go ahead, Meta,” she said as she landed in the middle of the arena. “This is Guard Captain Avalanche Roar, tag number two-four one-one-” “Captain, get to the point,” Twi said as she looked at the voice analyzer on her helmet’s h.u.d. trying to determine if it was really the Guard Captain Avalanche Roar. “Chrysalis was attacked by what is believed to be a Guard Captain impostor,” Avalanche said. “What did he look like?” Twi asked after the audio scanner proved Avalanche was who he said he was. “It was believed to be a Changeling mare, your Majesty,” he said as he hung his head in dismay. “Is Chrysalis alive?” Twi asked in concern as she established a video link to the Hospital Terminal. “We don’t have a sure answer,” Avalanche started as he raised his head to see the Terminal show Twi remove her helmet. He froze a second before resuming his sentences. “S-sorry, your Majesty. Um, the doctors and nurses are not sure whether to classify her as deceased or not. They pick up a heart beat occasionally, but nothing regular.” “Do what you can, I'm sending additional help,” Twi said before she ended the call. “M.I.L.I.S. call Zecora. She may find this amusing.” “Zecora here, is there something that you fear?” Ze’s voice said through the communicator on Twi's armour. “Yes, Chrysalis’ Changelings seem to be revolting,” Twi said through her Cross-Com. “Her name is Control, and she is no Changeling foal,” Ze responded. “How do you know this?” Twi asked. “A Changeling named Control came to me. She had scars all over her body. Mad at her mother, she wanted to journey further. Help her, I did, and it told her: 'You’re anger, you should rid. If anger, one obtains, it may cause others unbearable pain.’ My warning, she did not take. I'm afraid her life may be at steak,” Ze rambled. “One more time, in simple Equestrian…” Twi replied. “Control came to me. She was hurt. She was mad at Chrysalis. I helped her back to normal. I gave her a warning about her anger. She did not listen. I'm afraid for her life,” Ze said. “Okay so she is mad at her Queen, and is starting a ‘Changeling Revolution’. Got it,” Twi said as she was about to end the call. “Twilight, she’s not mad at the Queen, she’s mad at her mother,” Ze said. “Chrysalis has a third child?” Twi wondered aloud. “Yes, Control is Chrysalis' eldest child. She was not live birth, however, she was a hatchling. This technically makes her the youngest, by our standards at least. However, her Father was Somber Sombra,” “You know this,... how?” Twi asked heavily confused by Ze's knowledge. “I have my ways of learning what I want,” Ze said. At this time, Twi began looking at the audio scanner to see if it truly was Ze she was talking to. “Well, anyway, the Ponyville General Hospital needs your help with some patients,” Twi said being both honest and deceitful. “Do I need to leave now?” Ze asked. Twi analyzed the voice pattern and determined that it was indeed Ze. “Chrysalis,” Twi replied. “Oh no! I'm on my way!” Ze said in worry. “Stay there, I’ll teleport you with M.I.L.I.S.,” Twi said as she pressed a few holo-buttons on her armour. “Ready?” “Yes,” Ze replied before Twi pressed the 'activate’ button teleporting Ze from her but to the Hospital where Twi arrived when she did.