Epilogue: The First Contestant
“FOOL! DO YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT!?”
“I-I’m afraid not, my Queen.”
“ARHG!”
The Changeling Queen slammed both her front hooves into the black stone of her throne room, cracking it.
It had been the same story for more than a year now, failed attempt after failed attempt to garner successful amounts of love for the hive. Due to the invasion of Canterlot the ponies had learned many methods to tell when one of her subjects had replaced a pony. They usually escaped, although there had been several reports of changelings failing to report back, likely being captured after being found out.
“Leave me and return to your duties,” Chrysalis commanded.
“Y-Yes, my Queen,” the drone stuttered. He bowed before exiting her chambers, leaving only the Queen and her personal guard.
The Changeling Queen rested on her throne, lost in her thoughts and her anger.
Even more than a whole year later the events of the failed invasion were swimming in her thoughts. To have been so close, to have bested Princess Celestia herself, to have Princess Mi Amore Cadenza at her mercy and Shining Armor under her control. And yet it had all come crashing down. She tried to think back to that day, to understand what went wrong, but all she could think of was the force of the new barrier that sent her and her subjects scattering to the winds. It had taken months to get them back to the hive, and it seemed that some had already been captured by the ponies by then.
She growled involuntarily. “Curse you, Cadence,” she muttered.
She had to distract herself, she was getting too angry for her own good. She instead turned her thoughts to revenge, more specifically what it would be like when it was complete.
An evil smirk crept onto her face as she imagined Celestia kept inside another cocoon, helpless to do anything but watch her kingdom fall around her. Of course she wouldn’t be alone, her sister Luna would be right next to her. Where the “Princess of the Night” had been during the invasion she didn’t know, but she would make sure not to overlook her and give her a chance to foil her plans. And then there was their latest princess, Twilight Sparkle who had exposed her and had put her disguise in jeopardy numerous times beforehoof. She would not escape her wrath either. And finally Cadence and Shining Armor, she would take exceptional pleasure in humiliating those two. Her grin widened further when she realized that having them at her mercy would mean she would’ve had to successfully conquer the mythical Crystal Empire. To have that land under her control would surely make her legendary.
“Heh. In time,” she muttered to herself. “In time.”
As she chuckled to herself she was suddenly blinded by a flash that appeared from nowhere in front of her. As her eyes adjusted she was stunned to find some sort of incomprehensible creature in front of her. The creature smiled before grabbing her horn with its paw.
“Queenwho’sgoingtolearnaboutloveandfriendshipsayswhat?” it said.
“W-What?” Chrysalis stuttered.
“Good answer!”
And with a flash the Changeling Queen and the mysterious creature disappeared. The two royal guards who had watched the whole thing simply stared at each other.
“What just happened?”
Within half an hour the entire Changeling Hive had been thrown into a panic.
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Amazingly done. And I honestly would love to see a sequel to this. XD
3336485 Well you're in luck, because this fic is technically a prequel! Check the author's comments for details!
And I'm glad you stuck with it the whole way. Thank you.
Well, sucks to be the Changelings.
3339273 Unfortunately, I won't be revisiting this story line.
However, this is actually a prequel that was inspired by a series of comics on deviantart by HowXu. There are for comics in particular that relate to this, but I honestly recommend checking out all this stuff because it's awesome!
Anyway, glad you liked and thanks for the read!
3341954 I'm afraid I'm still confused.
3342219 Indeed it is. Although, to be perfectly accurate, this is the prequel.
And here are the originals! Enjoy!
Chrysalis Part 1
Chrysalis Part 2
Sombra Part 1
Sombra Part 2
Also, read the artist comments, they give an extra laugh or two.
This was great fun, and as I said last time, you write a fantastic Discord, both in his dialogue but also in the way he constantly does weird stuff, which is very important to making him feel right.
Kinda sad that it ends here. I know it's supposed to lead up to those comics, but still. Not the least because my experience with fan comics is bad and I have a hard time imagining them living up to this quality, so I think I'd have rather seen you write the whole thing. Oh well, I'll see how good those comics are.
Good job. And all the group hugs were hilarious. Generally, all physical contact between Discord and anyone is hilarious in your fic.
Yeah, as I thought, I like your fic more because the comics, while funny and sweet, are too short and just not the same. I would love to see a full fic of Discord reforming Chrysalis or Sombra.
3363723 Hm... I may consider it, but It'll take quite a bit of planning and motivation. Also, got several more projects under the works like "Myth of the Blues Traveler" that I just put up here and a crossover that I'm really looking forward to.
Anyway, I'm very glad you stuck with this to the end and your positive feedback and constructive criticism are always welcome.
BTW, is there a particular joke or gag you enjoyed? My personal favorite to write in the whole fic was when Celestia woke up.
Yeah, the issue with good, long writing is planning. Many people make a great first chapter and then the quality just sort of vanish as the story goes longer. I guess that's one thing that you avoid with making this a short prequel to some other work. And you, of course, should write what you have the motivation and ideas for.
Think the group hugs were among my favorites because I can just see the "flash, everyone getting hugged by Discord, most of them not happy with it". Generally, when he gets into the ponies' personal space. But keep up the food gags two, the most iconic Discord moment in canon is, in my opinion, the "fill up glass with cocoa from the top, drink glass instead of liquid and throw the liquid over the shoulder to explode."
Then again, don't get predictable either. But you seem to have a good mind for some weird things he can do.
I'll keep an eye one you.
5119114 Sorry, but look at the completed tag in the bottom. If you want a continuation look for the author on deviant art.
Poor Chryssie. Though, maybe that'll give her did for her people.
Let's just hope she can calm her subjects down over distance.