//------------------------------// // Chapter 15 // Story: Subject to evolution // by Dramize the Salamander //------------------------------// Day 76 I Decided to pay ponyville and the rest of my hive a visit after slipping away from Elytra and leaving her a message with my acid spit I went invisible and was about to go but I saw Twilight and Cadence walking down a hall and I decided to follow them clinging to the ceiling as I heard them talk. "So he still hasn't woken up and I just don't know if I can keep going like this." Cadence said opening a door with her magic "I know Cadence I'm worried to but you can keep him alive I will find away to expel that magical poison from Shining's body before Drasa leaves to fine his own land." Twilight said clenching her knuckles as she opened another door. "Twilight I just as worried but you devoting all your time to this it just can't be healthy I mean you haven't slept in a week." Cadence horn glowed dispelling an illusion Twilight had up reveling her puffy red eye that had bags so dark that you could have sworn she was wearing a lot of heavy black eye shadow while her mane was a birds nest. "Funny I could say the same about you don't call the kettle black, pot." Twilight said doing the same to Cadence showing the princess in the same state. "True, so you think it's time we swallow our pride and ask Discord for help." "Maybe but I still don't trust him plus he has be missing since he stopped the second invasion and the note I gotten from Trixie and the other two back in ponyville hasn't helped me at all hell I can't even reverse what happened to them and their becoming worse the only way I can keep them calm enough to study is by using Fluttershy." Twilight gave and exhausted sigh before opening a door to a white room with a bunch of machines that were hooked up that annoying stallion from the invasion that was shielding everypony. They were mentoring his heart rate magic levels and brain activity. I was impress at his vitality keeping back my magic for so long but then again I never cared for it but his life wasn't my problem but having the princesses in my debt would be good. I crawled out of the room and took off for ponyville in dragon form wounding what my next move would be when suddenly I saw a giant creature that looked like a fusion of a snake and a centipede with deer horns that was slithering towards Cantorlot followed by our hive which forced me to land to see what was happening. I stood on my hind legs and roar at the serpent like creature only for it to rise up to my height and stare at me. "Lord Drasa we heard the news and were on our way to meet you." "Cadaia it has been a while how have you been, have the ponies been treating you well." "I've been fine the ponies here are nice but cautious as they should be." "Good good and I see you've brought the whole hive with you." I looked over the lings that followed her they were carrying eggs and nymphs with them as they stood under my gaze until I felt three thing hit my body trying to bit through my joints I looked down to see Trixie, Sky, and Light in ling forms looking like feral beasts I laughed before coating them in sludge and sticking them to my back as they for lack of a better word updated to me. "Cadaia follow me back to Cantorlot we I have a job for you." "Yes lord Drasa." By the time we got back to Cantorlot the princesses were looking for me and when I arrived with Cadaia the ponies started to panic until Cadaia's serpent eyes started to glow and anyone looking at her calmed down entering a trance as Cadaia shrunk down into her normal from, she had a lamias body and snake eyes but other than that she hadn't changed much. Which disappointed me slightly but it wasn't that bad so I didn't comment as only one thought came to mind. "Cadaia rest up because tomorrow I need to go check something out for me." I said ruffling her web mane. "Yes lord Drasa." She said before slithering to the other ling to have a party while I put the three ponies on my back down so I could join in. Day 77 I had woken up early to see Cadaia off but when I made it back to the cavern and was about to fall asleep again with Elytra by my side I heard a cracking sound we both bolted up and ran to check on the eggs to see them moving slightly their shell cracking. I was pacing with excitement while Elytra was humming her focus completely on our eggs we watch as nymph's slowly broke free one by one their soft chitin yet to harden or even show color as they had their first meals their own egg shells. Elytra looked at me and I nodded leaving the cavern to hunt knowing they would need more. I my instincts guide me as I flew as fast as I could not caring about anything in my way until I made it to a lake wasting no time I jumped in and grabbed the biggest fish I could find and headed back only to see our nymphs each of them a was a different combination of the colors me and Elytra had but other than that they looked like normal changelings. We watched as they tore the fish apart as we curled around them covering them with our wings so they could sleep while we talked about curing or corrupting the pony I saw yesterday.