What Is Tea?
Tea is, at it's basis, leaf juice. Leaves from various plants pulped together and then often cooked into the form of hot drink that one can enjoy for their own pleasure. Tea is however, a drink for when one wants to relax, and has often been used in my time as the primary drink of negotiations and philosophical discussion between the older folks... I put great store on the pure spiritual power of Tea as well. Tea calms the soul, heals the mind, and mellows the body to a more agreeable state. This would of been of a lot of help when a certain Changeling Queen decided to kidnap the most powerful unicorn of this age and bring her to our meeting. Sadly, however, I can't drink. Consume it yes, but when you're an entire forest... you'd need a lot of tea.
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At first he was confused, who was this purple mare that was now bound and gagged inside the changelings sanctuary? The Caretaker didn't know. But one thing he did know, was that Chrysalis was rather interested in the purple mare and that she was taking precautions, applying some sort of green goop around the purple mares horn and legs that was somewhat transparent, where the other ponies she had kidnapped had instead received a full body version of the green goop and were attached to a few of his trees for some reason.
He began to form in the clearing, leaving his pine body at the place he had decided that they would have their conversation. As he formed however the Changeling Queen took notice, "Ah, Caretaker. Would you mind adding a seat for our conversation later? We're going to have another guest, and I wish to save the introductions for then."
The Caretaker merely stared at the purple Unicorn, making note of her cutiemark, the large star surrounded by smaller ones that adorned her flanks, "And who is she to join us?"
"Why, the same pony who indirectly ended up killing a majority of my hive with her uncontrolled outbursts and stubborn interference during my invasion of Canterlot."
That explained her interest in the mare, though she hardly seemed threatening at the present when she was wearing green... for the lack of other words, goop... As well as drooling apparently while knocked out. Also being in her interesting yet undignified sleeping position did little to ascertain that this was a credible threat. However it wouldn't be the first time something seemingly cute and harmless had caused major harm to a creature within this forest.
Damn white hopping floppy eared pest. He could never figure out how such a shy mare stood his tyranny over the other animals within her home.
"There is certainly more than enough tea to add one more." The caretaker replied, calmly pulling another chair out for the newcomer, and allowing chrysalis to bodily set the lavender colored mare into her seat, however, he did make sure a wooden pole was added, similar to that of a foals crib, he thought, so that the unconcious mare wouldn't just slump over and out of her chair after a few seconds.
"Now can this meeting begin? Or do you want to wait until our new guest awakes?" The Caretaker asked, sending a slightly puzzled glance to her, wondering what other topics may take hold besides what he had planned to discuss with little cocoon.
Chrysalis was not one to disappoint, as she herself sat in the chair left to her prisoner, leaving caretaker to take the one to the right, "Lets... What's the first order on our agenda?"
The Caretaker calmly sat down across from her, his eyes gazing deep into Chrysalis's own, as he had a pair of tea cups travel onto the table, carried aloft by a set of branches, "Before we start, I would like to ask a favor of you and your changelings in the future.." he said, as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
She looked puzzled, as if she wasn't expecting that, and in any other circumstances he could see why, after all, the caretaker had taken care of almost everything they needed at a whim, what could the tree spirit need, "A favor?"
"I have a long standing war with the ruler of equestria herself. The Moonslayer, or Celestia as you call her. But my forest has limitations, and as a result I cannot go directly to her."
She deadpanned, "You want us to assassinate Celestia?"
He shook his head, "Nay. What I desire for you is to, when both your people, and my seeds are ready, spread a new species of tree seed around the four corners of equestria, down every major road, into every forest, and through every town and district. Something that I'd estimate would take about six months with twenty of your changelings, and use of the local transportation."
Chrysalis asked, "I do not see why not, though what good would that do? Wouldn't a tree, no matter how new, still be restrained to a slow growth?"
The Caretaker smiled, "Ah, but this is no ordinary seed, should my exeriments bear fruit, it will only take but a spark to send a chain reaction through them all, growing them all full growth within a period of minutes. And my boundaries, expanded beyond your wildest dreams."
"And what will happen then?"
"And then, little cocoon, perhaps, we both shall have our vengeance against the sun raiser, and your problems solved."
Chrysalis considered this, and asked, "What is the catch?"
The Caretaker nodded sagely, "I wish to pick which ones go out on this mission personally."
"Agreed on Two condition."
"Go ahead and ask."
Chrysalis put both her front hooves on the table, "The first is: when you go after Celestia, I demand you bring me and my changelings with you."
The Caretaker nodded, not even needing to pause, it was logical, and he had been half expecting that end result to begin with, "Agreed, and the other?"
"I want to know what the princess of the sun has done to you in order for you to carry a grudge for war against her nation for so long."
This gave him pause, not even as Summer chirped from her nest in a curious manner, it was a question he had not answered to anyone or anything other than his trees. He needed her, though, just as she needed him, and the sound of unease spread throughout his tallest branches, "Fine." He uttered, but a welcomed distraction came from the third member of their tea party. The bound purple unicorn, muttering something about book forts as her consciousness began to return, "But later, as it seems our guest is now awake."
He shut his eyes, but his vision didn't leave as he became immobile, and statuesque, vines falling over his face as he wanted to see this unicorns opinion on Chrysalis from the entire rooms perspective, after all there was only so much one could learn from subjects who adored her, and so much more could be learned by her enemies.
Chrysalis took the sign and rolled her eyes, but she played along with it, no doubt she had also used this trick herself within her own hive mind. But ultimately it was Twilight who initiated the conversation, "Ergh.... where am... I?" She blearily looked up, eyes unfocused and scanning throughout the room.
Before she tried to move her forelimb, and noticed it was bound. Her eyes simutaniously noticed Chrysalis, and focused on her, her struggles going from pitiful to worryingly as she tried to force her limbs free, "Chrysalis!" She shouted.
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Interesting story! I hope the Caretaker isn't evil though
Nice to see a new chapter.
More, soon, right?
I would staunchly debate that.
I think we understood the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Chairman Mao, General Pinochet, and quite a few other historical 'monsters' very well indeed.
In my eyes, a monster makes itself by its actions.
4844107 Celestia is evil!!!
Uhm... Luna's alive. And back. Seriously, she was even IN THE FOREST during Luna Eclipsed. For that matter, Discord was around during "Return of Harmony"... How does this thing not know any of this?
Oh no... I'm getting one of those dreadful "The Happening" flashbacks again.
But really, Treebeard the Ent would punch this Caretaker in the face. He'd call him a Black Huorn, rotted to the core with wickedness and malice and thirsting for revenge upon all who go on two legs... or four in this case.
4844973 HE lives in the heart of the forest, those episodes occured on the very edges of the forests.
4845048 Uhm, HE saw the Changelings being tossed from Canterlot. If he just plot-conveniently saw something that happened far away on the mountainside, it's very hard for me to believe he noticed NOTHING from any other episodes.
Particularly NMM's return, which took place INSIDE THE EVERFREE FOREST when she fought the Mane 6, and Discord's release... during which time day and night were swapping haphazardly every few minutes and large chunks of land were floating about.
Seriously, my willing suspension of disbelief can only ignore so many continuity gut-checks.
4845237 Dude, just shut up and enjoy story, its like those movies you watch, they have horrible plot holes but no one cares.
If you cancel this, I will rip your throat out with a McDonalds plastic claw-grabber-thing.
wish this would update more often
4844973 The issue of the moonslayer buisness will be elaborated upon in future chapters.
4845237 Also on the issues of the castle of two sisters, ever noticed how the castle itself has a giant treeless moat around it? There is also the question to why the forest never spread down to the tree of harmony when it was literally right there. Once more, this will be elaborated upon in future chapters.(hint, it involves a lot of salt)
Also giant pink bubble that surrounds an entire capital city that hangs on near the top of a mountain, lot easier to see than say a mare of blue and black wandering behind some castle walls. Especially when said mare has the power of teleportation...
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Nice to see that this has updated, but I will admit that the Caretaker has seemed a but off for the last two chapters.
4845331 What movies would those be?
4848762 Discord altered the entire world. I reiterate, the Sun and Moon were rising and falling EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES. Unless you're in a coma or reside in your basement 24/7, that's rather difficult not to notice.
4850961 Every movie.
4852236 Every movie does not have horrible plot holes. Only bad ones have plot holes so gaping one cannot help but fall into them.
4853345 Every movie has four plot holes that are glaring you in the face.
4854851 Wow... what an incredibly limited perspective.
So, plot holes in "Schindler's List"?
PWND.
4855023 Those are all real plot holes in movies, and every knows them they just choose to ignore them.
4855023 Also, you have a really limited mind if you can't ignore some of these things in the story. And this is coming from an honor grad who has ocd.
4855368 Some plot holes people in general ignore because the rest of the story and characters provide immersion.
This is far easier to accomplish in a visual medium where the mind can be distracted by flashy things, humor, and car chases; on the other hand, plot holes generally only pass by in literature when it's a subject people are obsessed with... and only hard core fans at that (Like the Twilight Saga).
That being said, plot holes ALWAYS bother me, even if I happen to like the movie.
For instance, I like "Independence Day", but there are many things (like the miracle computer virus conjured up in, like, and hour to lock down an alien computer system the code for which they could not understand) always make me cringe.
It's the Happening !