//------------------------------// // Truely // Story: Our words to you... // by TripleSNazi //------------------------------// Shining Armor and the rest of the guards returned to their previous positions while Thorax was left in front of the commander and his guards alone. Spike tried to protest but was quickly shushed and held back by Twilight. "Compose yourself corporal"- The commando said while directing his attention to Thorax. Thorax stood up and composed himself but did not salute the high command as he would normally do because in his culture the honorless can not honor anyone even if it is just a salute. If he did however he would get himself a beating, that was probably what the commando partially wanted. "Thorax my soldier, my brother, my betrayer...yet I can't blame you."- The commando said while his words made Thorax jerk his head up in surprise. "I have been here long enough and I have to say that you are truly an exceptional exception. For just a moment there you made me wish that your believes were actually true...even so slightly"-The commando said then stopped for a minute like he was thinking what to say next. "To face in reality something that your mind is not supposed to comprehend is not something that happens every day, such cases are mostly kept secret even from our queen for the better of the hive. For the first time I could not conclude my own thoughts nor could I judge you. The measures we will take today are a decision of the Queen and her only, you can look at it as punishment, reward, blessing or curse and yet it will remain a matter of perspective."-The Commando said while the two of the guards behind him were slowly approaching Thorax casting a spell during the way to him. Thorax was expecting the worst and yet he could not do anything about it. On the other side of the room the ponies felt uneasy and spike tried to do something this time for real but Shining reassured him that they were not going to 'harm' him in any way. "I speak in the name of the queen when I say that you are exiled from all of the changeling hives for the rest of your 'being', from now on you will be permanently marked with the Red seal making you a...valuable kill on sight target" The commando finished his sentence the same moment the guards close up to Thorax and ironed him in the chest with magical spear, the pain causing him to fall on his knees. The two guards returned to their previous positions while Thorax tried to compose himself up again...barely succeeding. "Why?"-was all Thorax weakly asked trying to be brave. "I did what I was ordered to do, I also was ordered to ask if you want the answer to that question."-The commander said boldly. "I do want to know"- Thorax said his voice almost cracking. The commando removed his helmet and spoke: "You are blessed my brother...mother nature blessed you with what we call the Holy Heart, this very heart makes you different from us. It is a heart like no other, no other being but you and the Queen share this kind of heart. For our Queen such a heart is necessary, if the queen was like any of her subjects then the Queen would have not cared to sustain a hive. It is necessary for our mother to show compassion for her subjects. Each and every single one of us hold her traits but the trait of the heart is only inherited once in every 1 billion changelings. You are such a changeling brother, you do not need to feed on others love. This heart can sustain itself and is not like their heart. * Pointing at the ponies in the other side of the throne room. "In a difference to your belief you do not share love with them, the holy heart sustains itself only by giving compassion. The more compassion you give the more love the heart makes. I can not comprehend such a heart...something is coming out of nothing, you are giving and in the same time gaining without taking. We do not understand it cause it can not be observed or analyzed. We don't know what this heart is but we know what it is not. Not many have experienced your fate but those we know of were heroes or legendary fighters. In a difference to my enemies emotion made them stronger and provided the motivation to perform beyond limits...just like our queen.Simply because they shared the same compassion for our race as the queen herself"-The commando said, got closer to Thorax and grabbed him by the throat lifting him up. "But you did not show compassion for us...but for them, our enemies"- The commando's voice reached another tone while saying those words,to say the least...and he would have continued if he wasn't interrupted. Thorax gasping for breath as the commando's grip was getting stronger every moment. Spike did not question himself this time but Shining Armor managed to stop him without making a scene on their side and telling him that the commando's guards will stop this and that this is what the commando wants. "Commando drop him!"-the first changeling shouted to the commando. "Now!"-the second commando continued the shout "We were ordered not to kill him."-The third guard sounded like he was reminding the commando. The 4th changeling that was caring the spear with the white flag remained silent. The commando dropped Thorax that was desperate for breath... "You want to know why? You were not exiled because you were different, you would have been praised for what you are if we would have known sooner. You were the chosen one, you were supposed to fight them and not join them. You were exiled because your very heart...your very being is now treasonous towards us."-The commando finished and took a moment to calm him self down. Thorax looked up at the commando and asked with his hand on his throat: "Then why am I still alive?Why were you ordered not to kill me?"-In those words Thorax sounded more like a changeling and much more serious then Spike had ever seen him. "In our Queen's eyes you are seen as a new hope...and apparently at our enemies eyes as well. We have to be realistic...we are fighting a war and as such there is always a possibility that we are not going to be the victor. As unlikely as it sounds it is true that it remains a possibility. By our defeat I mean our extinction. Your kind will be the only ones that will make it out of this war. You might be a different kind of changeling but you still remain a changeling. This is all I am allowed to tell you, it might be all we know...or not."-The commando said calmly. Thorax finally stood up composing himself. "Seek the Queen for more answers...if you dare."- The commando saluted, but it was not clear towards who because his attention was not focused up to anyone at that point...It could have been Thorax or Shining Armor which was normal but it could have also meant both. The commando might have done this vage salute intentionally, we will never know. Enemies or not everyone deserves some amount of respect. The commando turned around and signaled his soldiers that they were done here and that they are leaving. A portal was shortly opened and the changelings went through the portal and the commando was left alone. The commando turned around and headed for the portal as well but was stopped by Thorax's question. "Are you one of my kind commando?"-Thorax said with that changeling voice. There was a short silence that felt like forever... "I will never make it."- was all the commando said before going through the portal that closed behind him. Thorax just stood there until he was surrounded by his new friends... Commando's answer did not really answer Thorax's question, it could have been a no and that is why he would not make it out of the war...or it could have been a yes but he won't make it anyway cause his compassion is for the changelings and them only. There are many unknowns...