Chapter 3: Changes and Changelings
Chapter 3: Changes and Changelings
"So, what exactly are you?" I said, sitting down in the sand. My headache seemed to be clearing up, but my body still felt bruised, and it was much easier to not have to concentrate on hard things like standing or walking. "What species?"
"We're changelings, My Queen," he replied. To his credit, he didn't seem to shocked by my question. That was good, since I had quite a few questions that would probably seem stupid as hell to him.
"Right, of course. Changelings. You wouldn't mind telling me everything you know about changelings, right?" He gave me another startled look. Maybe he wasn't as stoic as he had seemed.
"My Queen, I- I don't know where to start," he said, looking at me in alarm, as if he had no idea how to answer the question. Come to think of it, that's what he just said. Huh.
"What about... food? What do changelings eat?" It had been at the top of my list of questions, ever since I'd realized that I was in the middle of a goddamn desert. All I knew for certain was that Changelings didn't eat sand, but if I wanted to survive I'd have to know what was edible.
"We eat love, my Queen." He said it with such a straight face that I almost believed him.
"No, but seriously," I said, smirking at the changeling. I didn't think he had a prank in him, but I guess I was wrong.
"I am serious, my Queen," he said, starting to look nervous. I knew he was lying, but it somehow looked too convincing. For a moment, I entertained the idea, then immediately pushed it away. There was no way in hell he was telling the truth, but the doubt wouldn't go away as easily.
"Frank, I swear to God if you're fucking with me..." I said, turning on him. His eyes grew wide with fear, and I knew then that he was telling the truth.
"Holy shit, you were fucking serious?" I started laughing again. "Jesus, first Chrysalis, and now this bullshit? How do you even fucking get love?" I asked, my curiosity overcoming the sheer absurdity of the situation for a moment.
"We feed off the ponies, my Queen," he said, and I completely lost it. Frank gave me another one of his mildly concerned expressions, but it just made me laugh even harder. For a moment, I forgot about any of the pain in my body, and even the sand in my mouth.
"Ponies!" I screamed, laughing hysterically. "I can't handle this shit, I just can't." Something in me broke then. Just yesterday I'd been a normal person, trying to get through my classes and trying to deal with normal problems like rent and cooking. Now I was in the middle of a desert, as a changeling, whatever the hell that was, and apparently a queen as well. Oh, and apparently I ate love as well. I started laughing even harder. It hurt, my whole body protesting the action, but I just didn't give a fuck.
"My Queen?" Frank asked after a few minutes, looking more than mildly concerned this time. To be honest, he looked downright worried. "Are you alright?"
"Of course I'm not fucking alright, Frank," I managed, between gasps. I was honestly surprised it had taken him so long. "But I'm as sane as I'll ever be." Unsurprisingly, this didn't seem to help his concern.
Slowly, I managed to regain my composure, what little I have of it. When I'd calmed down enough to handle the thought of bug-horses eating love from ponies, I turned back to Frank. As amusing as--, no that didn't quite do the situation justice. As fucking hilarious as it was, it only raised more questions.
"So, how does the whole getting love thing work? Do you just go up to a herd of ponies and ask politely for their love, or do you have to feed them sugar cubes too?" Okay, so maybe I still couldn't entirely handle it, but I was trying, goddamnit!
"No, my Queen," he said, sounding almost ashamed. I turned to look at him, and if I'd still been human, I would have had one eyebrow raised. This was the first time since I met him that he'd expressed an emotion that wasn't fear. "We watch our target, then wait for one of their loved ones to leave. Then we step in and disguise as the absent pony, gathering love until our mission in finished. At least, that's how it's supposed to go."
His voice sounded angry then, and I realized I'd touched on a delicate topic. If my survival didn't depend on it, I probably would have changed the subject, but it couldn't really be helped. As it was, I was more preoccupied with the other, more disturbing implications of his statement. Like, for instance, that ponies were apparently sentient in this world, which made stealing their love seem less funny and more fucking terrifying. I had another question, though.
"You said you disguise yourselves, right? How does that work? Black bug things don't exactly make me think of ponies."
"Like this, my Queen," he said, and a green glow lit up around his horn. Green flame erupted from the point, quickly covering his whole body.
"Jesus fuck!" I yelled, stumbling back. A second later, a blue pony was standing in front of me, the flames rolling past the ends of his hooves and turning them into blue fur. The pony had a yellow mane and a tattoo of a hammer on its ass.
"How the hell did you do that?" I asked, moving closer to inspect him. The hair looked completely convincing, and when I poked him it felt like real horse hair too. I probably would have made fun of his blueness if the whole transformation wasn't as awesome as a rollerblading ferret.
"It's not very hard, my Queen," he replied, a definite blush coming to his cheeks, the red discoloration showing through his new blue hair. I was tempted to poke fun, but I wanted to learn how to do it more. "I just picture myself as the pony, then use magic to make it true."
"Oh, right. Just use magic, of course," I said. Still, I wasn't going to let a little thing like the laws of physics stand in the way of my awesomeness. It's not like the universe had been giving a shit about the limits of reality anyway. I closed my eyes, trying to picture myself as a multicolored pony. Almost instantly, a picture came into my head.
It's a bit difficult to explain what I did next, partly since I was acting entirely on instinct I didn't know I had. In essence, I pushed the idea of the picture out of my head and into the world. I felt a pressure build in my horn, as if the world itself was resisting the change, but I'd had enough of the world's bullshit. I felt a cool tingling envelop my body, falling down from my horn and enveloping the rest of my body, and when I opened my eyes to look at it, I saw that it was the same green flame that had covered Frank.
"That is so sick," I whispered as the transformation finished. Looking down, I saw that my body was covered with pink hair. I had a long mane that actually came out in front of my head, and I could see that it had a purple, rose, and white color, in different layers. Looking back, I saw a pair of pink wings and a tail with the same colors as my mane.
"Well, not a great start, I suppose," I said, examining myself. Bringing a hoof up to my head, I found that I also had a horn. "Fantastic," I muttered. "I look like a goddamn pony princess." Still, it was cool as shit.
I could still feel a slight pressure in the corner of my mind, trying to get me to stop defying physics, but it was easy enough to ignore. I was sure that somewhere my physics teacher was crying to himself as I did so. I turned to Frank, but his expression looked pained.
"What's the matter?" I asked, cocking my head. He opened his mouth, but he seemed very reluctant to speak. Unfortunately, he was interrupted by the ground shaking like crazy. From a dune thirty feet away, a giant creature erupted from the ground. It had green gray skin, and its face was just a ring of teeth surrounding a black hole. It kept on coming out of the ground until it broke free entirely, leaping up in a small arc before crashing back into the ground, moving through the sand like a fish through the water.
That glimpse had given me a sense of its size, though. At about three feet wide and over fifteen feet long, the creature looked like a fucking massive...
"Wyrm," Frank said, his voice laced with absolute terror.
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Yes. Yeeeees. Yeeeeees! YEEEEEEEEEES!
Been reading Dune lately?
Love it. Make more or feel the wrath of the Changelings.
Oh dear. I hope Frank gets out of this alive.
Oh, and Chrysalis too I suppose.
DUDE. That is the most awesome thing EVER. I can totally see it too.
FUUUUCKKK! To the wyrm and the cliffhanger.
those frakking tatzlwyrms... they'll getcha every time
Wyrms!
Almost as awesome as rollerblading ferrets.
Wyrm¿ Kill it and consume its powers. Eat its soul.
4176406 Do it like Monster Hunter. Kill dangerous wildlife. Wear it as a hat.
Dear Chryssi. I think you mean sapient. As the Earth horses are already sentient.
4176345
I know how ya feel. Frank is awesome.
Averaging at 6/6, this creature probably is gonna be a tough fight. Ooh wait those are wurms XD
4176562 I take it you've got a gathering of many friends?
4176449
Congratulations. Your new hat gives +2 in fatness. This is in some way a good thing.
4176601
Only old friends but it's still a magical thing!
Frank, now's your chance to impress the newcomer and help her get out of here. D:
4176455
Well I have to tell you that making a correction like that in first person would make the person speaking sound smarter, but I think it's perfectly okay at the moment as the character thinks the two words are the same. Basically, not everyone actually knows that.
4176727
Of course. I find that all over the internet. That's why I addressed the Main Character (I call her Chryssi) and not the author.
It's more of a tongue in cheek sort of comment. I don't want to author to correct it on my behalf or something.
I probably should have added an emoticon.
4176742
Ah so that's why you said that, I thought you were talking about DJ.
Can't wait for the next chapter!
Do I dare say the dirty thought that crossed my mind?
Next chapter, please!
Quick! Change into a lady-wyrm and eat its love!
IT'S AN ALASKAN BULLWORM!!
Heheheh, the following events will most precisely meet the quantity of the expectations.
Or in the language of thee peasants:
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4176455 Ah, but isn't that something to think about? Especially if it's a self-insert, if the author makes the mistake of saying sentient instead of sapient wouldn't it technically be more correct as the knowledge of the character would lead them to say sentient and it would be out of character for them to know the correct terms for everything?
Remember, "walk without rhythm, and it won't attract the worm".
Also, Frank's name is now oddly appropriate. If she needs to reward him afterwards for helping her escape the sandworm, she can upgrade his name to Frank Herbert.
4177952
Wait, this is a self-insert? Or are you just speaking hypothetically if it was?
Well it doesn't matter to me. But you are correct. My comment is more along the lines on "yelling at TV." type of thing. Like you just comment on something a character in a show did/said.
As I explained here 4176742
4178253 Yeah, and I am assuming that this is more than likely a self-insert to some degree, I also agree with adding emoticons, emoticons make everything better
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4177138 Needs more hentai tentacle action.
Like what Twi and Cadance got.
Good. You deserved this
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4177100 yes.
Really like the story, but the chapters need to be longer unless updated like ... Daily
4178293 To answer your question, this isn't a self-insert, although I'm certainly drawing on aspects of my personality, especially the part that isn't appropriate for daily life
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4176455 Thank you for pointing this out to me. However, since literature and vocabulary aren't Chrys' forté, I'll be leaving it as it is.
4179546 Not gonna happen, my friend. I'll try to update around twice a week, more if I find time, but between being moderately busy with school and being a huge procrastinator, an every day update schedule is just too much.
And now, the least used emoticon on the site:
4178968 nah. Lets just leave it open to the ponies' imaginations
I can imagine her mounting the wyrm and riding it to the Hive like a fremen from Dune, ooooh those reactions when she shows up
Interesting.
Reading this the entire time imagining Chrys talking with eric cartmans voice. The some of the lines fit him. IDK.
4181177
If this doesn't happen, I'm gonna flip a table.
(no, seriously, I keep a folding card table around just for that purpose.)
Am I the only sick person here who thinks that worm wants some tentacle revenge on her now that she looks like Cadance?
Ahem.KILL IT WITH FUCKING FIIIIIIIIIIIREE!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!q1!!!
4183603 I completely agree, here Frank take this to defend yourself!!!
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4183825 ....Riot shield plus napalm?
Ha hah aha ! Kill the thing and suck out its life force!
Mkay. You have my attention. It seems like you have the potential for a really great story here. I like Anon's personality as juxtaposed with the fandom's Chrysalis, but your chapters are way too short and things are happening too fast for anything to really develop.
I like it. Frank's cool, and I'm pretty sure he suspects his "queen" has amnesia. Can't wait for more.
Could we get the next chapter, before I UNLEASH THE SWORD OF SOLSTICE UPON THAT WORM!
But seriously, chop chop. (Huh, sword then chop chop. Funny
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Damn good job on this, man.
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