Epilogue
Royal Edict: Pardon For Changelings
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Citing the recent heroism and selflessness displayed during the recent crisis, Princess Celestia has issued a full pardon to the changeling hive.
Three days ago, Her Royal Highness, Princess Celestia reappeared to us to announce that her four day absence was caused by a dark curse placed on her my an evil spirit possessing her protégé, Lady Twilight Sparkle. She went on to explain that the curse was broken by a changeling queen, whom our Princess said was the younger sister of the changeling queen "Chrysalis" who invaded Canterlot late last month.
Today, Princess Celestia appeared to announce that this new queen had led a coup against Chrysalis, removing the evil queen from power and executing her, thus vanquishing the threat she posed to Equestria forever. Our Princess also announced that She and Her sister, Her Royal Highness, Princess Luna, were granting a full pardon to the changeling hive in thanks for its new queen’s actions this past week and allowing it to relocate to Equestria to recover from the damage of the coup and the failed invasion from several weeks ago.
The announcement was met with mixed reactions from the citizens of Canterlot. While many are understandably nervous about allowing a group of creatures who were attacking us less than a month ago to settle in Equestria, an even larger number said they were willing to give the changelings a chance.
"I'm not too keen on the idea of letting changelings roam free in Equestria," says Donut Joe, a baker from Upper Canterlot. "That being said, they did save our princesses, so I think they at least deserve the benefit of the doubt."
Unfortunately, our Princess' announcement was not entirely a happy one. In what was obviously a painful speech for her, she also announced that the juvenile dragon known as Spike was slain during the recent crisis. Many residents of Upper Canterlot will remember him as a good-natured soul could almost always be found at Twilight Sparkle's side. We've been notified that all citizens of Canterlot and Ponyville are invited to attend a public memorial ceremony — to be held this Tuesday — to commemorate our late friend. Spike's obituary, penned by Princess Celestia herself, can be found on Page 3 of today's paper.
In other news, it was announced today that Twilight Sparkle has made a full recovery from her ordeal, but was so traumatized that she has sworn off the use of magic and left for The Farlands to study dragons in their natural habitat.
"It’s... believable,” Twilight said skeptically as she reached the end of the article, “but anypony who knows me really well will probably be a bit suspicious.”
“Than it is lucky for us that most of those ponies already know,” Luna said with a teasing grin. “Is that all you gleaned from the article though? I thought you might be more excited at the prospect of lasting peace.”
“It’s true, I didn't expect any pony to react that positively," Twilight mused. “But why the cover-up?”
“To be honest, the truth is a bit too fantastical to seem true at all,” Luna giggled. “Besides, if it became general knowledge that a body-switching spell is actually possible, we’d have mass panic and every ambitious noble in Canterlot would try to discover it themselves. Now, about why we're here in the first place..."
"It's perfect, Luna. Not too far from either Canterlot or Ponyville, and just secluded enough to stay hidden," Twilight replied, casting her gaze over the wooded hill.
"It's what's under it that's special," Luna snickered excitedly. "We are standing atop a massive deposit of limestone bedrock — the largest known deposit in Equestria. Perfect for carving out a new home. We will even provide guards to ensure you can break ground in secret, and if you get lucky, there may even be caverns large enough to serve as chambers all their own.."
"That's impressive," Twilight chuckled. "Thank you. Thank you so much!"
Luna waved her off and smiled warmly. "What of the caravan? Did it arrive intact?"
"Yes it did. The whole hive gorged themselves; they were so stuffed that I had to give them the day off," Twilight giggled. "We still need to secure a supply of love, but we've got enough stored to last us a while."
"But, Twilight, you already have a source of love!" Luna snickered, pulling Twilight into a tight hug. "Us! Me, Celestia, Cadance, your friends and family! We all love you dearly and will provide as much as we can." Twilight sat silently, enjoying the energizing tingle of Luna's love. Until the alicorn pulled away and smiled.
"Thanks..." Twilight sighed, words incapable of expressing her gratitude.
"You are very welcome," Luna replied. "Now I must get back to Canterlot. And I am sure that you'd be best served by returning to your new family as well." She gave Twilight one last hug and took off, leaving the changeling queen alone on the grassy knoll.
Twilight smiled— to herself, to the world, and extended her wings to fly home.
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Well, this was an unexpected surprise! And it's complete, too. I must read... Later.
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Well done Asylum! It was awesome!
this was great i would love to see more of this
I liked this story. (The gore tag almost scared me away, but it wasn't that bad.) Then there's the ending. . .
Of course that's exactly what I like about it. (Well, maybe except for Spike actually being dead. I had been hoping that was just another of Chrysalis's lies.) But here's the more important thing. . . It seems to me that things could have gone back a bit closer-to-normal than they did.
I never understood why everypony was so determined to keep Queen Twilight's true identity a secret. We were told in two different places that the truth was too fantastical for ponies to believe. Seriously? That's your excuse? Given the things we've already seen in this world, Freaky Friday should be just another day of the week. Moreover, we've got a whole series of changelings and ponies who have learned the secret and did, in fact, accept it.
At the end Celestia argued that if it became widely known that a body-swapping spell is possible, then too many ponies would start trying to discover it. That's almost believable -- but in a society that survives the existence of weather control, teleportation, transmutation, time travel, come-to-life spells and age spells, surely they could deal with one more insult to the laws of nature. More than that, it sounds like a rationalization. It sounds like everypony already decided this is going to be secret, and Celestia's just inventing a justification.
The extreme psychological dependence of the changelings upon Queen Twilight at the end seems a little contrived. If they're so devoted to her, though. . . Then why can't she order the hive to integrate with ponies, rather than living in a nest? They don't seem to care where she leads them, as long as she leads them, and the pony way of life is what she knows, so why not adapt the changelings to it rather than adapt her to them? If you do a sequel -- which would be cool -- this would seem to me like an interesting topic to explore, not brush under the rug.
5270922 Okay, that comment made my day.
I was not expecting this, it was rather wonderful.
A villian you love to hate, grey-morality choices to be made, excellent characterisation.
There, now all the boring critiques out of the way.
Woooooow, amazing story, so much fun, it was really interesting to read and guh.
Brilliant, Faved, liked, the works.
5271345 Eventually, maybe. I've got other projects to finish before I start another.
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I'm laughing my head off right now
Well, that was a bittersweet ending. The fight between Chrysalis and Twilight feels rushed though, and Chrysalis confessing her love to Twilight came out of nowhere, and then kinda just disappeared again. I agree with some other people that keeping it a secret doesn't make too much sense, but over all it was an enjoyable read, even if it fell a little flat at the end.
This would be pretty upbeat if Spike hadn't been brutally murdered.
Ah, so this is what's been distracting you from CFE!
Enjoyable, though Chrysalis suddenly deciding she loved Twilight was a bit odd.
And I do hope this teaches Celestia a lesson. Every time she ignores Twilight, something awful happens.
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I think they explained in the last chapter. The more feed, or in this case, connected a changleing is to a victim, the more obsesive/hypnotized they are of their victim. And switching bodies with Twilight and in her own body may have made her more connected to Twilight then any Changling ever experince even if feeding on a victim for years, making her new obsession. Shinning Armor doesn't know how lucky he is if that is the case.
That was a good story....I would go so far as to say you could write a sequel to this if you so desired....I would read it
5270922 Now I wish it was more like this image. with Twisalis love at the end.
but a good story none the less.
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5272342
If it was a dog, it would've bit ya:
C1
C2
C4
A good read. I'd love to read a sequel if you ever write one.
Keep up the great work. Deus tecum.
Nice reading, intresting storie
5298482 No.
The best thing I find about this, is Twilight killing her own body. Most, if not all other authors would have had something come up, or some other twist where it's a happy ending or out of Twilight's control completely and someone else's choice. But no, Twilight had to make the choice, and she chose. I love that.
I also agree with 5289860 and would love a sequel about the new hive growing. See the drones try to become less dependent and more free will, see the ponies interacting with the changling, maybe some race-hate if you want to be like everyone else, or maybe something more depressing. Mainly, one thing I noticed, is that there are no eggs.... and no males... Twilight could be the changling version of Celestia, immortal unlike the other drones, but there will be no new changelings... and so they will die out on their own... Unless they can be unstarilized and could cross breed with ponies. Or Twilight snatched a male lover (Booo, I vote RD for her lover!) and breeds more threw him. Either way, I would like to see what happens in the future of this story.
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Remember, the vast majority of ponies in the world don't even know of half of the extreme awesomeness we've seen in the show.
As for not living with ponies I took it more as a comment of the ponies not being trustworthy. How they react could easily go awry.
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It wasn't all that sudden, it's just a deranged obsessive sort of love that's hard to understand and easy to overlook because she is insane. You think she's messing with her and then BAM, honest attraction with a complete lack of understanding.
5273729 I hadn't considered that. Hnmm...
5301293 It was mentioned that Chrystalis didn't need to be fertilized, she had been choosing to not make eggs to conserve resources. It's weird but I wouldn't be surprised if nature actually had an animal that worked that way.
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I do think it would be funny, though, if the new "hive" is designed to look like a normal pony village inhabited by pony-disguised changelings. And of course, the changelings don't quite understand how normal ponies behave and interact, despite Twilight's efforts to guide them. Yes, I can imagine visitors wandering into Bugtown and thinking everything looks OK at first, but the closer they look the more... off-kilter... the place seems.
5385467
That does sound amusing.
Any chances on a sequel? Because it would be awesome if Spike would really be alive and escape eqiestria when Chrysalis tried to eat him. Because I dubt she would suceed in shred his skin to even try. And he would return after 50 years and- hohoho, it would be such a jolly continuation!
And make him come into the bug town you were discussing below. I also think that we many options:
-The hive could make a hive in Everfree Forest,
-"Upgrade" the Golden Oaks Library to a much bigger tree with the hive living inside, a bit like the ridiculus castle from the show
-A district in ponyville would also be nice. A small townhall-like building with evrything else underground.
-...anything else actually.
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Hive-based insects do it in a sense. If the hive is low on food, the queen will usually slow down her egg-laying rate, whereas a queen with an abundance will lay more. Thing is, real insects aren't sentient, let alone sapient. They do it out of instinct alone.
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Possible. I like this world, so I might decide to expand on it.
I won't even consider it before I finish my other story though.
So if Twilight cannot go by her own name anymore, and is not going by Chrysalis (not that I can blame her), exactly what is her new changeling name?
5391595 But nothing holds you back abaut planing it...
Also a nice thing would be if Rarity had a dauther with someone. And the Cutie Mark of that dauther would be the rubric heart Spike gave Rarity. That would be crushing and really a nice love intrest. Aside from that Spike uses Enchanted fire so I figure he can be the dragonic equvilant of a magic using race, like the unicorns. He could find an old dragon soccerer who takes him for apprentice. Also 30 years is a better number if we would try to ship him and Rare's daugther. He could learn to create changeling-like fire to temporaly transform himself into a pony. But those spells would had to be time limited as he couldn't control them after transformation. And the final idea: He should firstly head to Golden Oaks which would be run by... Sunset Shimmer or her kid. Or both.
5392525 ...Are we discussing the same story?
5395475 The hippothetical sequel.
oh... No, spike's dead.
I quite enjoyed this story, but I didn't really understand the pressing need to hide the bodyswap spell from everyone. It could cause mayhem in the future, yes... but so can a lot of already-existing magic, and it caused Twilight a lot of trouble to pretend to be Chrysalis while working with ponies outside of the loop. Also, it leaves a hole in the cover-up story. Twilight (or Twilight's body, the purple unicorn everyone associates with Twilight) is dead. The cover-story doesn't mention it, but won't ponies realize that she's not exactly... around anymore?
Having said that, I really did enjoy this story, and it's going into my favorites.
Love it
I honesty thought the tragedy tag guaranteed that the ending would end much more... tragic. I actually consider this to be a happy ending, except for Spike of course. Glad I was mistaken.
Anyways, this was very enjoyable. A few times I had to suspend my disbelief, but I managed. I give it a 3.8 out of 5.
I'll explain my rating system really quick:
0 stars - Literally beyond comprehension, and almost causes you to die from an aneurysm. Grammar and syntax is akin to a caveman, every word is spelled wrong, the plotline is none existent, the characters are 1 dimensional puppets, and/or I personally want to vomit while gazing at the words.
1 star - That shiver you get when you hear nails on a chalkboard. Grammar and syntax is relatable to a five year old's first scribbles, spelling errors every sentence, the plotline is all over the place, the characters barely interact with anything simulating a personality, and/or I can't bring myself to read much more than a few paragraphs before giving up on the story.
2 stars - Not bad, but you feel no true drive to finish reading. Grammar and sytax are readable but not great, a spelling error every paragraph or so, the plotline is comprehensible but not not very engaging, characters personalities are believable yet dry, and/or I can read the story but I am not very entertained
3 stars - A satisfying meal after being hungry for awhile. The Grammar and sytax are pretty good, spelling errors only take place every few paragraphs or so, the plotline is engaging and well explained, the characters interact exactly how you would expect but not above and beyond, and/or I am entertained enough to read the entire story but don't want for more.
4 stars - Your favorite meal after not eating for days, yet still having room for desert. Grammar and sytax are above average, barely any spelling mistakes per chapter, plotline is very entertaining and has the perfect balance of twists and turns, the characters feel real and not written, and/or I can't stop reading because I am having so much fun and when it ends I almost cry wishing I could have more!
5 stars - Impossibly perfect. Grammar and sytax change their rules to fit this story, spelling errors are none-existent, the plotline transends time and space, the story rewrites your mind to believe you are the characters, and I fall into a coma from trying to comprehend the perfection that is the story.
This was just a summary of how I rate things that I made up on the spot, so expect some inconsistencies. So as you can see, your score of 3.8 is actually really high for me.
5788275 Because I can be an idiot at times and honestly didn't think of that...
Are there any sequels? And I ask for permission to make one.
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Possibly and as long as you mark it "Unofficial"
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K
I really enjoyed this story! So much so that I read it in one sitting, which I don't do often! I had a few niggles here and there, but it didn't retract from the experience much so I don't think they're worth mentioning. But yeah, awesome little story!
5877809 dang it i missed you at everfree northwest this year
6123580 that's only possible if you attended exactly zero of the writing events
6124930 i went to the rookies writing panel but i don't know what you looked like
6125467 I was the doorman for that one.
6132299 dang it i wish i had recognized you then i could have asked for your autograph
6132299 would live to see a sequel of this. Especially when she and everyone else has to deal with her laying eggs!!!
This was a really well written story! Do you have any plans for a squeal?
Twere there the chance of a sequel would I be happy overall in the realm of this story.
This was a really amazing story. There aren't many stories with Twilight becoming a changeling, and this one was a unique way too. I enjoyed reading it!
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