• Published 9th Jul 2014
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Advent of The CuddleBugs - ConnorTempest



Changelings-Strange creatures that feed on emotion...who knew that they lived so close...and were so cute....the more ya know.

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Gods must be angry (Hells hath no wrath like a goddess scorned) *Note* Out of Cronology, Will Fix....Think of this as an Omake...I guess...WILL FIX

*BAM* The door was knocked open as a terrified Runner bounded in.

"S-Sir! The Tenth!" She yelled, "The Tenth are, are, are, are, ar-"

"Calm down my child...biscuit?" Harmonize said to the Runner, offering the treat.

She took it and calmed down, finally saying, "The Tenth, they invaded Canterlot!"

"What? Did you just say Canterlot? Equine capital?"

"Y-Yes Father." The Runner said crying. "Those of us in Canterlot are trying to help the ponies, but the Tenth's Hivemind is interfering with ours, they're all alone!"

"Shhhhh..." Harmonize said, grasping her in his forehooves, "There-there young Tailor. They are never alone, they know that, and thank you, it was very brave; I wondered why I couldn't hear the Canterlot children for the last hour...wait," he stopped, turning to the Runner, "You flew here, from Canterlot...in an hour?"

"Y-Yes, I was just so scared that I-"

Harmonize once again embraced Tailor, "That was amazing my child. You deserve rest." he said as he began cradling her, "Sleep now...." and just like that she fell asleep, purring in his hooves.

"Sister Alter, get young Tailor to a bed...she's worked hard and is scared." He said to one of his Praetorians, and she was off with the youngling.

Harmonize turned to his right, "Tune, what do you make of this?"

"Brother...I don't know...I just...How can she be that diluted? or that desperate." His other guard replied. After a moment he asked, "Are you proud of your Children? Of your Hive?"

"Without an order, the Children of the Forty-Second helped the citizens of Canterlot...I couldn't be more proud of them for sticking with their beliefs...that we aren't monsters...just like the Thirteenth and Twenty-Forth Tribe..."

Tune raised an eye, "The Dreamponies and Breezies? Wow...you really do love us."

Harmonize raised a hoof to his chest, pretending to be hurt, "Agh, did you ever doubt that?"

Tune smiled, "Nah."

The Patriarch smiled back, "I just hope those six mares from town are there, if they can bring back Luna and defeat Discord, then I know they can see this one through...though our reputation is going to be severely hurt, I need to address the Hive. Call the Children."

"Sure thing buddy!" Tune said as he jaunted away.


"Children of the Forty-Second, you have been called here to be informed. You may have felt that you lost connection to the group in Canterlot, and there is a reason!" the crowd of over a thousand gasped, "But not for the reason you may think. I have just learned that Queen Chrysalis of the Tenth has invaded the Equine capital...She attacked a Goddess." More gasps, a few *thud*s as some fainted. "Her Hive is much larger than ours, and her Hivemind is interrupting ours, but from what I have been told your brothers and sisters are assisting the ponies, fighting against the Tenth, pray for them." Cheers rung out, a few mummers of 'let's help them' as well. "Be strong for them!"


Meanwhile in Canterlot...

A white Changeling with a scar ushers out ponies to safety, "Go, go, go, I'll give you as much time as I can!" he yelled.

One mare stood behind, a teal unicorn, "Whoever, and whatever you are...thank you." she said.

He smiled, "Aye lass! and for your information, I'm a Cuddlebug, now get going!"

She gave a nod and ran with the others.

Across the street he saw one of his brothers, a large behemoth of a Changeling at least the size of Celestia herself, having plates in place of a simple carapace. The white Changeling ran to him, shouting, "Oi! Tiny! Hey brother I didn't know you were in Canterlot!"

The Behemoth look toward him, his eyes widening as well as a smile appearing, "Brother Transmute! How nice to see you." He suddenly shifts to a serious expression, "We have got to get the ponies out of here"

Transmute looked up to him, "I know, I already got a few groups, but DANG does Chrissy got a big hive!"


On the other side...

A Cuddlebug stood between a large family and a squad of Changelings.

"Stand down, maggot!" one of the Changeling called in a raspy voice.

"Hey, I'm a Cuddlebug, not a maggot!" yelled the lone Cuddlebug. "And even if I wanted to, I can't; you wouldn't understand."

"Pray tell." Another of the Tenth Hive asked.

"If you insist; a Blood pact with this family, I protect it and in return I get fed; more to the point, I will not let you hurt the Family Orange."

"The Queen was right, your Hive has diluted itself. It's sad, really it is." The first Changeling said.

A smirk came across the Cuddlebugs face before he launched several blasts into the air and nearby buildings.

"...What was that supposed to do?" one of the Changelings asked.

An evil smile made its way onto the Cuddlebug as he spoke, he voice now much deeper, "Ahem...Reinforcements have arrived!"

"What?" The leader asked as buildings around them began to shake.

"Skulls on!"

"Huh?" asked the Changeling in the back of the group, "I don't get i-" it started before being silenced by a rocky hand picking it up.

"Shut Down!"

"What the ***** the ponies have *****-ing Golems!" the leader yelled in fear before being promptly slapped by the Cuddlebug.

"Hey, no swearing, there are foals here!" he shouted into the leaders face.

An older stallion from behind the Cuddlebug raised a hoof asking, "Ummm....Grandpa Surrogate, shouldn't we be getting out?"

Surrogate thought for a second before answering, "Yeah, probably," he turned toward the golem, "Charleston, get Crag and help the ponies to safety."

Charleston raised a hand to his head saying, "I shall gather no moss."

Surrogate grabbed the family and began running through the streets of the city, trying to find a safe place for the time being.


In the Canterlot Guards Barracks...

A Cuddlebug clad in the gold Canterlot Royal Guard armor zoomed around the ceiling, instructing the remaining conscious ponies to safety, and if need be, retaliation.

"Commander YellowJacket?" asked one of the guards.

"Aye, what is it?"

"One of the invaders is attempting to enter, it request to be designated as a 'she' and says its name is Akrid."

"Bloody hell....OPEN IT UP!" YellowJacket shouted, slightly annoyed.

As they did a wingless Cuddlebug ran in yelling, "Elder YellowJacket, it's the Tenth!"

YellowJacket lowered his eyes to the ground, "Harmonize is not gonna be happy to hear this." he mumbled. "How many?"

"From the looks of it, the entire Hive, hatchlings included." Akrid responded.

"The entire...by the damned....Chrysalis what are you thinking?" YellowJacket thought out loud. Then something caught his train of thought, "Akrid...you were supposed to be stationed in the castle with another...where is he?"

"He stayed in the castle." She replied sheepishly.

"...WHAT?! DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU JUST LEFT IN THE CASTLE? ALONE?!" The Commander screamed. "I can't believe you left him there alone..." he said with a shake of his head.

"Um...sir? Who? An important Pony?" asked a guard.

"No...she was with...."


In the Castle...

A lone Cuddlebug stayed in hiding in the main overlook, right where Chrysalis was. Where was he...well...he was on the ceiling...how? No one knows, he was just there. His name? 'Psycho' Mantis.

Looking down he saw that Chrysalis had captured not only the Six Elements, but also the Sun goddess. "Echo One to Echo Actual, come in Echo Actual." he whispered to himself.

Suddenly his voice changed, "Echo One this is Echo Actual, how copy?"

His voice changed again, "Echo One, Echo Actual, this is Bravo Company, status report?"

His voiced shifted to it original, "Echo Actual, Bravo Company, copy, Chrysalis is staging a take over; taken out the elements and the Sun Goddess."

He switched again, "What about the Mistress of the Night?"

Again he swapped, "She's over the hill."

"Great, and it's Charlie foxtrot out there."

"What we need to do is free the Elements; sooner we do that the sooner we can say Alpha Mike Foxtrot."

"A-firmative! We're Oscar Mike."

Finally he settled back to his original voice, "Oh wait, I'm already here....Cool...time to free the Elements...wait is she...no, don't tell me...she is....she's....singing."

With a sigh he ran above the Six captives, "Psst! HEY!" he somewhat shout-whispered. To no effect at that. Taking a seat he began thinking...and thinking...and thinking. Suddenly a fire ignited above his head...which promptly caused him to flail around trying to put it out, breaking his cover and somehow making him susceptible to gravity. "GAH! Putitoutputitoutputitoutputitoutputitoutputitoutputitoutputitout!" He screamed while rolling on the ground until the fire was gone. When he looked back up he was greeted by the face of the Queen of the Tenth. So he did what came natural. "Our cover has been compromised! PLAN B!" He shouted, quickly putting a Gas-mask over his face...which he got from...his non-existent pockets. Rearing up on his hind legs, he began to float up, forehooves at his sides. "So you like The Elder Scrolls do you? Still not convinced? Step away from your computer and/or mobile device and/or any other medium of entertainment and I shall vibrate your Device/Medium...WITH MY MIND!" Chrysalis was so preoccupied trying to...stay sane, that she never noticed the Bride and Groom come together and release the spell.

Comments ( 30 )

It made sense until the last half chapter

Then things became a little choppy.

Not bad though, and if you could create/write a story for the intervening 5 years, it would be greatly appreciated.

7/10
~~Flutter-Shy~~

Interesting, shall follow it.
However, the story is highly discontinuous, I felt like I was reading random moments from the scenario than a sound fic. While it may be appropriate for events like changeling invasion for it gives story an "action-packed" look, seeing it this early into story with almost no character introduction discourages from giving story a chance. It can also induce a thought of author wanting to skip right into action in the reader, furthermore dampening interest in the story.

Add random tag because its practically random jump from one event to another sometimes completly without any continuation. Over all idea is not bad but first its dramatically short second its way to random third practically no descriptions

4665997 ...Did you really just reference the Cherry Bomb from Plants vs. Zombies? I am not sure whether proud, or sad.

I'd like to say thanks for all the constructive criticism, and I will work on changing this for the better, as well as make a chapter for the missing time.

That... was spooky. I know about Psycho Mantis, so...

Heh heh. You'll get a kick out of this. As I read this, I have a Skyrim Let's Play open in the other tab. So I read to the bottom, and I was like :rainbowderp:

4669227 WHAT!? REALLY? ...excuse me, I have to go to the nearest corner and laugh myself into a coma now...thank you...so, so much.

4669716 'Twas my pleasure, sir.

Good start so far. I'd suggest slowing things down to get to know the characters a bit before going all save the world mode.

I'd say right now my favorite Cuddlebug is Harmonize, since he came up with such a cool term for his hive:raritywink:

4669917 Thanks, but there not saving the world, It's listed at slice-a-life, so most of the story is just their lives, but...i forgot what i was gonna type...anyway, have a nice day!

4669942

I meant when they were trying to help the ponies from the other hive attacking; the whole wearing capes and spandex suits was metaphorical :rainbowlaugh:

4670474 oh...I derped, but the whole protection thing was a thing (moral) about sticking to your beliefs...though now I'm imagining changelings in the form of superheroes...I'm batman!

4670492

Super Cuddle Bugs will get the MOST hugs!:rainbowkiss:

Damn, Mantis has to be the most awesome Cuddlebug Yet!

Also!



I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!! OMG ALL THEM POOR CUDDLE BUGS?! WILL THEY BE HARMED?! WILL THEY BE AWESOME?! WHATS HAPPPPPPPENNNINGGGGG!!!! :pinkiecrazy:

This story is so damn random and so damn weird that it has earned my like and favorite.

Also, I think my favorite cuddlebug is transmute, him or Tailor.

So,so far we have tiny from dota, psycho mantis from metal gear and the announcer from halo reaches firefight... The only thing missing here is either glados or a certain tactical genius tha-

CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!

4702040 all in good time, all in good time...have to kill continuity errors first
With fire.
Also I promised cheese...I owe you all that.

4702786 Sir or Madam, please do some research before you make half-assed assumptions and jokes. I did NOT choose this name on a whim; look at my user page and some earlier blog posts. Thank you for your time.

umm... an insane insaner?...?? version of pinkey.... sure.... PREPARE THE MEGASPELLS AND THE BUNKER WE MUST ESCAPE NOW

4741177 the megaspells are ready captain, firing when ready:pinkiecrazy::pinkiecrazy::pinkiecrazy::pinkiecrazy:

Hi, interesting cover image you have there. :trixieshiftright:

Seriously, it's as if I've seen it somewhere before...

5455574 ok, sorry for the long response time, computer problems; anyway, sorry I forgot to credit you, I sourced it, but didn't write it in. I kinda write at the worst of times.....like in the early AM, Can ya find it in your heart to forgive this poor soul?

5949289 Do you have any idea... ANY idea who I am?

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