This is Shining Armor. You know that royal guard that married Cadance and is now a prince of the Crystal Empire. Yeah, you wouldn’t think somepony like me would have any problems in his life outside of occasional attacks. I got a beautiful wife, a great nation to protect, lovely civilians. Nothing could turn it upside down.
Or so I thought. As it would turn out that I’m the father of a changeling. Yeah I know, completely insane. Well, after trying to deal with this dilemma, my life took many twist and turns until I eventually ended up in the situation I’m in now. What situation you might ask? Well I could tell you now but that would only further confusion. So I’ll start from where it all began, back about two weeks ago.
It was one of those lazier days. Not much activity going on and my wife was doing some boring meeting, so there wasn’t much to do but patrol the Empire every now and then, and even that got tiring. So after a good hour of doing, well honestly nothing, I went back to the palace to kick back and unwind on the balcony. I got to say, living here is a lot different from my childhood home back with Twilight. Never in my life did I think I would be living the life of luxury, staring down at the citizens as the carried on with their everyday lives, enjoying the scenic view of the empires glow. All there was for me to do was kick back with my wine cup and just soak in the warmth and gentleness of the air. And really, how could you argue with that. With sleep trying to overwhelm me, I decided to lay back on the recliner and began to drift into a short nap.
Knock knock.
A very brief one at that. Awoken from my peaceful sleep by a loud rapping on the door of the palaces living quarters, I lazily rubbed my eyes to wipe away the blurry vision. I wondered if it was my wife getting out of the meeting early, or maybe one of our guards wanting to inform me of something. Either way, he or she was being really impatient.
Knock knock!
“In a minute!” I stated trying to make myself slightly presentable for whoever was at the door. Making my way through the bedroom, I brushed my hair with my hoof as to not look messy and then opened the door.
“Well, how are you to…”
The sight of the thing I was looking at silenced me and any anticipation of knowing who this was. The long, tall, and lanky black demon spawn who had more holes in her than Swiss cheese. The changeling queen herself, Chrysalis.
“Hey Shining! Long time no see,” she greeted with a mocking tone. Me personally, I greeted her in a way which I thought she deserved.
Slam!
I barricaded the door with my body to prevent her from coming in in hopes that she would eventually grow tired and try to leave. However, the ever so resilient queen kept banging away at the door.
“Let me in now you barbaric fool!” she screamed with rage at being disrespected.
“No!” I refused. “How did you get through the guards anyways!?”
“By turning into one you idiot! Now let me in; it is of the utmost importance that I see you instantly!”
“Go away now! I’m giving you a chance to leave me and my people alone. You don’t want to be here when my wife arrives!”
“So what if she shows up!” Chrysalis hissed, “That means she gets to see what you helped make!”
Wait, what did she say? “What are you talking about? What did I helped make?” She stopped beating on the door momentarily and smugly answered me.
“Why not open the door and find out.”
This was a risky gamble. This was the creature that mentally broke me and tried to destroy a place I held near and dear to me. I could not allow her to do something similar again. However, that was also when she caught me off guard. If the situation called for it, I could always defend myself.
“Fine I’ll let you in. But no tricks got it!” I demanded.
“ Wouldn't dream of it Shiny.” Chrysalis continued her mocking quips. While annoying, it was nothing too pressing. I took a deep breath and opened the door, watching as the fanged changeling walked into my bedroom as if she owned the place. As she walked past me, I noticed a giant satchel like bag strapped across her back.
“Hmm, nice bed,” she complimented while pressing on the soft sateen sheets. “I wonder though, do you use it often or is it generally left cold?”
It was blatantly obvious what she was implying and I found myself getting very annoyed by her.
“That’s none of your business!” She giggled at my disdain. She knew I was uncomfortable with her presence and she drank that fact in giddily. “And what’s with the giant bag you have strapped on you?”
When I asked this, I noticed a change in her demeanor. She gazed at me with her glowing emerald eyes with a serious expression.
“Well glad you asked. As you know, we have spent some time together while I was masquerading as your wife, and by doing so I did things she would normally do just to keep you around for my, well, plot to feed off of Canterlot’s ponies.”
“Yes I’m aware of that,” I coldly responded still looking at the bag. I could have sworn I saw it kick. “But what does that have to do with you being here?”
“Well…you see…” the queen in question started fiddling with her hair trying to figure out a way to explain it. “I think you will understand better if you see him for yourself.”
Him? Many thoughts were swirling in my mind, some I chose to dismiss on the grounds of them being stupid. Chrysalis slowly set the bag on the ground and unzipped it, using her hoof to tell me to look inside. I walked over and peered inside to find out what was inside the bag. What I found was a baby changeling sleeping. It had all the components.
A jagged tiny horn: check
Holes in his hooves: check
Albino skin color: che…wait. Albino skin color?
The little changeling stretched and let out a tiny squeak as he woke up from his slumber. As his eyes widened I noticed something else disturbing. He shared my same eye color. His irises were not like normal changelings; they shared similarities to ponies.
“Wh…why does he look similar to me?” I asked practically delaying the inevitable. Apparently she found this amusing because she trotted towards me and caressed my face with her hoof, smiling coyly.
“Well, Shining Armor, it’s because he’s our son.”
At that moment I could feel my heart drop. I nudged Chrysalis back and scooted away from her still in shock and disbelief.
“How? We never…I never…”
“Oh yes we did,” she stated matter-of-factly.
“No we didn't.” I was still denying the possibilities as best as I could.
“Yes…we did.” It was obvious she was getting annoyed of my denial. “Remember when you swayed ‘Cadance’ to have some fun with you a few days before the wedding?”
That sadly was all the info I needed to confirm it. The pony I spent that night with wasn't a pony, and worse of all, I got her pregnant. It was practically cheating without the knowledge of you cheating. I sat there with my hooves over my face.
“Why?”
“Oh, it’s not that bad,” Chrysalis assured me while holding the albino changeling who was happily nibbling on her ear. “Little Kilo here is a nice child. He shouldn't be any problem for you, except for the occasional acid he might spit up.”
I honestly was kind of disgusted with that fact. “I have no problem with the kid…well, I do, but what I’m questioning more is why you are bringing him now. That was nearly a year ago!”
“I know it feels like I’m springing him onto you quite suddenly,” she began to explain, “but my Empire hasn't done well with finding enough love to feed on. And because you and your uppity wife practically banished us from ponykind, we have to do some hunting. And that’s why I brought Kilo to you.”
Chrysalis held the baby towards me as his stubby little arms reached for mine. As awkward as the situation was, I couldn't deny the fact that he was kind of cute. I reached for him too and took him from his mother’s arms. Eager to see his…ugh…father, he made a melody of bubbly sounds that sounded almost bug-like. “Well, that’s understandable and all, but why not just have somepo..er…changeling from your Empire do it.”
“You obviously don’t know much about changelings if you had to ask that. “Chrysalis found my ignorance of the changeling species to be quite adorable for some odd reason. “Changelings, especially when they are young, do not accept just any old changeling to care for them. They know who their birth parents are from birth even if they have never seen them. If any other creature or changeling tries to raise them, they will immediately be on the offensive and attack the one who doesn't carry its parents scent.”
That would explain why the kid was so comfortable with me.
“You should have seen little Kilo the other day,” the Queen gushed rubbing the babies cheeks. “When one of my servants tried to touch him without warning he used his cute little fangs to bite down on him. He has a pretty impressive set of chompers; managed to tear into the guy’s skin!”
Chrysalis proudly praised Kilo’s behavior, though I personally thought she was getting too happy about the kid trying to rip a changeling apart. And even with the knowledge she gave me, I still had my doubts.
“I don’t know Chrysalis. I mean, it’s not that I don’t like the kid. It’s just you I can’t stand and I’d prefer to have nothing to do with you.”
“Blunt, but reasonably honest,” she replied. “But just so you know you can’t neglect to take care of our child. The Equestrian law for changelings states that if the parent is not dead and refuses to take care of the child, the other legal guardian is entitled to take their life as well as the life of one of their family members.”
“What! Where in the Holy Buck does anything like that come up in any legal document!” I exclaimed defensively as my horn glowed. I did not appreciate anyone making threats towards my family, especially if they were idle.
“First of all, you will watch your language around Kilo! He’s very impressionable,” Chrysalis haughtily retorted covering Kilo’s ears from my vulgar language. “And second, it’s listed in the legal documents of Equestria, Changeling Law 5 Section C. Maybe you should read more often.”
I rolled my eyes and calmed down. She obviously had no intention of leaving until I agreed.
“So, let’s just say I keep this child,” I hypothetically began, “how long would you be gone on this little hunting expedition?”
Her face contorted to a surprising look of disappointment. “You really want to get rid of me don’t you? If it eases your mind, I won’t be around for the next three days max.”
While not as long as I wanted, any reason for her to leave me alone would suffice. Besides, I couldn't harbor all my hatred of Chrysalis and put it on the young changeling here. Even though it happened under unfortunate circumstances, he was my seed.
“Fine, I’ll take care of him,” I agreed and was rewarded with an unexpected hug.
“Thank you so much! I knew you were the most sensible of the bunch.” She let go of me to get the bag and bring it closer. “Everything you need for him is in this bag. There is a list of instructions on how to care for him, when he needs to sleep, and things to look out for, like the acid spit up I warned you about. It’s also a good way to carry him around if you need to. Anyways, thanks again and see you later Shiny!”
When she concluded her instructions, she leaned into me and playfully pecked me on the lips.
“Hey, you’re getting the wrong idea! I never said I’d treat you as an item!” I exclaimed with reddened cheeks.
“Really? A little kiss should be nothing at this point considering that we…”
“Just get out of here already,” I uttered with my hoof against my face.
“As you wish,” was her final reply until she left. So there I was, sitting in a room with a little changeling. An albeit cute changeling (he does take after his father after all) but a changeling no less. I picked the smiling wide eyed child up and gazed at him.
“Well Kilo, looks like it’s just you and me now.”
In response, Kilo’s cheeks began to bulge up. Almost instantaneously, the changeling spat up green acid that splattered on the floor and melted any part of the floor it landed on. The kid just smiled innocently with the remaining acid leaking down his mouth.
“Great, now I’m going to have to explain why there’s a hole in the floor,” I moaned.
“YOOOOOOOOOWW!”
Bloodcurdling screams of pain came from below as well as the sound of sizzling flesh. I could practically guess what happened.
“Looks I’m going to have to explain that too.”
This story needs some work with grammar and punctuation, but the premise is sound.
My suggestion: Join the Looking For Editors group and find yourself an editor.
I'll give a thumbs up regardless, this story shows promise.
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Thanks for the suggestion and also thanks for the likes.
Hey, I can be your editor if you want! Just message me!
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Sweet! I'll keep that in mind
You need to fix this sentence.
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Done...and done Thanks for the help
Instant fave! B.T.W this isn't the first story to use the art work bakki made, nor is it the first story about a shiningXchrysalis baby
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Yeah but sadly Bakki seems to be the only one who has a picture like this, which means I had to use this one. I'm trying to avoid looking like a clone and put my own spin on this since it has been spinning around in my head for quite some time.
Seems like a really cool story, I'll read it!
I know you probably had someone point this out.....
whole? You're looking for hole. Hole in the ground, legs covered in holes.... ect.
Good first chapter. Color me interested.
I bet when Hobbles: the two legged palace janitor got up this morning, he probably wasn't expecting a face full of acid as he was dusting the castle ceiling fans. Now, Shining Armor has to deal with workmen's compensation and Hobbles has to explain to his family why he's missing his both left eye and ear as well as why the entire left side of his face is burnt.
Nice chapter.
I noticed a fair amount of fics based off that one fan art.
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I know! It's as if this fanart just screams "write me"
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same here, dude. I got one planned as well...
So far there are 4 other fan fics based off that image. All are comedies and three are ship fics.
This story is gooood can anypony tell me the other stories with this fanart please
I'll do anything you want
I've seen that cover art so many times, I even commented on one of the stories that used it saying "I swear I've seen this before..."
This must be a very popular picture.
love the ending more please
This is acceptable. Continue.
I think you got the whole "acid spit" concept from CSIMadmax's ongoing comic series?
I can't get enough of these stories where Shining impregnated Chrysalis. It's so believable that it could be canon.
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You never know! Season 4 might have Shining Armor trying to get a restraining order on Chrysalis for constantly trying to get him to raise her child
Question: will Shining Armor get thrown from a balcony? I feel this is a relevant and important question.
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Only time will tell. However something will happen with a balcony soon
2502248 If Celestia banish someone to the moon,luna banishes someone to the sun(oh horse apples)Twilight probably banish someone to the stars(or library or any place which are full of books)then where will Cadance banish someone?
A.To Paris(In the city of love you know?)
B.To the crystal spikes(not the dragon)
C.Rock Quarry(you know Pies mine rocks for diamonds and crystals right?)
D.- insert any Crystal/Love suggestions(that includes _e_)-
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The kinky dungeon cell for all her BDSM needs this is the only answer.
There is a hole in the whole floor. Shining should watch his step.
I like the idea. Every Shining Armor unplanned parenthood story like this brings something new to the table, and I enjoy reading them.
But I'm left wondering if you have a personal vendetta against commas, as you're missing quite a few of them throughout the whole chapter.
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We meet again clone...
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HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAA
We will always meet again!
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It wasn't on purpose ether... I seem to keep finding you everywhere
HAHAHHAHA
I pop up everywhere!!!!
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I'll always find you... Or is it the other way around?
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Looks like someones having fun
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My shades have been reporting "things" about you
hehehehehahahahhahahahhHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHHahahhaahahheheheeheeee.... I will always be here...
Very nice!
This story looks good so far. I can't wait to see Cadance's reaction.
DAMN IT! YOU BEAT ME TO THE STORY! -.- I WAS GOING TO WRITE ONE INSPIRED BY THAT FANART!!!! But I'll still read it out of curiosity.
Cadence: OKAY honey, you want to explain to me WHY MY NECK AND MANE ARE.....well the way they are?!
And what is.....this foal.....doing here in the bedroom.....looking like a changling?
I love this idea, just needs some editing on stuff. Overall,bayou definitely have my favorite
But I can really imagine Cadence could do something of a balcony-ish sort.
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Good thing Shinning doesn't live in a taller building.
(note: Dramatic representation of a similar circumstance)
2521735 last i checked the crystal palace is the tallest thing there is there and he was on the balcony area... so that kind of thing could happen...
It's an amusing idea but there are a lot of grammatical errors. It hit the point where I lost track, but here's an example: using "An albeit" when "Albeit an" is what the sentence calls for. Or Shining Armor telling Chrysalis he won't treat her like an item. When people use the term Item to mean something other than an object it refers to two people in a relationship that are always together-- so much so they're 'an item' instead of two separate items. It doesn't refer to one person out of the two.
Also, you have some consistency issues: Chrysalis kisses Shining on the lips and then tells him a kiss on the cheek should be no big deal. But the cheek is not where she kissed him.
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Epic Wife Toss here at the Crystal Empire, about to toss some Princesses.
Today, we have may family. <throws Cadance> <throws Twilight>
>>>Besides, I couldn't harbor all my hatred of Chrysalis and put it on the young changeling here. Even though it happened under unfortunate circumstances, he was my seed.>>>
Oh I simply can't resist this little societal trolling.
If a mare gets pregnant and doesn't want the child, abortion is fine and the fetus is just some parasite anyway.
If a mare/changeling tricks a stallion into having a kid... he must provide support and is evil if he doesn't!
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Also, Changelings = Xenomorphs.
KILL THEM ALL!!
...Nerd Rage.
Changelings in mythology were almost always raised by beings other than their parents. In fact, the most common way for a changeling to be placed in a society was to be swapped for the original at or shortly after birth, and on some occasions, forgot they were changelings and lived their lives as normal people.
This is a very interresting story, I guess I'll read the other chapters later. Though I'm not sure this is scientificly possible.
Like I said read the other chapters some other time.
dam he he lol