64 - Epilogue
“And that was, as they say, that,” the Changeling Queen finished recounting the tale, looking down on the small form tucked comfortably into bed.
“Did all that really happen?” the royal nymph asked. “How long ago was it?”
“Only around thirty years,” the Queen stated.
“Thirty years?!” the nymph exclaimed in shock. “That’s, like, forever ago!”
“Oh Avia,” the Queen chuckled, nuzzling her daughter’s head. “You can be too cute sometimes.”
Avia pouted at her mother’s teasing, but decided to change the subject. There was one thing that weighed down onto her mind as her mother had told the story, and she was eagerly curious, she could do a whole research project on it!
She was certainly her mother’s daughter.
“Mama?” the nymph called out questioningly.
“Yes, Avia?” the Queen called gently back, noticing the studious glint in her daughter’s eye. “You have a question?”
Avia nodded eagerly.
“In the story, all the changelings had black coloured chitin. But…” Avia gestured to her mother’s hoof, which was covered in light lavender coloured chitin. “But now changelings have just a much variation as ponies do. One of the few I know that still has black chitin is Uncle Carduus, why is that? How did all that happen?”
The Queen was taken back by her daughter’s question, that event which occurred many years prior. An event set in motion by the rampage of Crudelis, and one that would bring great change to both the changelings and all of Equestria. The day changelings stepped out of the shadows and back into the light of Celestia’s sun.
“It’s… a long story,” she stated. “It is true changelings once held a mostly universal colour scheme, with a few exceptions here and there, but that changed. Now changelings have as much variation as ponies do thanks to that magic; the original black colour is now just a part of those many variations, which is actually why Carduus stayed the same.”
Avia had levitated a small notepad and quill from a nearby desk and was taking notes, causing her mother to raise an eyebrow in amusement.
“But that is a story for another day,” the Queen gently took the notepad in her own magic, pulling it away from her daughter. “Luna’s moon is high in the sky, and it is time for young nymphs to rest.”
“I’m not young, I’m ten years old!” Avia protested. “I was even old enough to hear the first story!”
“And still young enough to need your sleep. You will come to regret all-nighters, believe me…”
“Please…?” Avia gave her best puppy dog eyes. “Pleeeeeeease?”
The Queen rolled her eyes and was about to say no, until she looked down at the notepad and skimmed what had been written. Avia was truly interested in the subject, and not just to delay bedtime. The notes she had written were detailed with her own theories jotted down the margins.
The Queen couldn’t supress a smile as she levitated the pad back to the young Princess.
“Alright, you win…”
“Yay!” The nymph jumped from the bed and glomped her mother, giving her thanks over and over again.
“Alright, alright. Settle back down and I will tell. One last story and then it’s definitely off to sleep, deal?”
“Deal!” she responded enthusiastically, quickly snuggling back under the covers while making sure to have her pad and quill ready.
“Are you ready?”
Avia nodded eagerly, waiting for the story to start.
“Alright then,” the Queen nodded back. “It all started many years ago, far past the Crystal Empire, but not that far from the hive of Queen Draco…”
Many years before Avia’s birth, about eight years after the death of Queen Crudelis
Far up north, past the frozen wasteland surrounding the Crystal Empire, sat a land of dirt, rocks and the odd volcano. It was a land hosting various dragons that made the volcanic caves their home, stashing away their hordes and sleeping atop of them for years at a time.
This was a land devoid of any pony, griffon, minotaur, or most other species. Aside from the aforementioned dragons, there was only one other group that called the land home.
A changeling hive sat right in the middle. Most of it stretched far underground but, with its location being so far removed from other civilisations, there were some buildings built on the surface. The hive had been built under what little fertile soil was in the area, and it was here that various farms had been set up with changelings tending their fields. They grew food and kept animals all for the usage of the hive below.
This was the hive of Queen Draco, a close friend of the late Queen Chrysalis and her daughter, Queen Twilight Sparkle. It was this hive that had traded with the Crystal Empire so long ago before Sombra came along, and it was here that these relations were beginning to flourish once more. Though the ponies never set hoof in the hive’s borders, changeling couriers moving towards and back from the Crystal Empire were common, trading various items for a supply of the heart’s love. Sadly, only Draco and Twilight had this arrangement, the other Changeling Queens still preferring a reclusive existence.
But despite the prosperity of the hive, there was something nearby that lay hidden, unknown to them; something the late Queen Crudelis had been desperate to get her hooves on.
Not far from the hive, a sealed doorway was cut into the mountain, largely hidden away by the rocky outcropping around it. Many wards surrounded the door, though four thousand years of neglect was causing them to slowly come undone, and soon the locations would likely cease to be a secret, and the locks broken.
For behind this doorway was a long hallway that stretched deep into the mountain, this hallway leading off to a vast chamber at the very end and nowhere else. This structure had been designed for a single purpose, to keep something hidden and safe.
The cavern was large, a single staircase leading on to a raised platform in the centre of the rounded chamber. If one was to walk up the stairs they would find a podium wherein the contents somepony had been so desperate to keep hidden was stored. Like the doorway, the object had many wards around it to keep the item inert and non-functional. However, like the doorway, the wards were coming undone. For four thousand years the object had sat inert, kept away from its master. That Queen would have freed it, but her death delayed things, but it mattered little. Others would soon discover it, it was inevitable.
For within this closed off chamber, a set of forgotten regalia began to glow.
Thank you all so much for your support, it meant so damn much to me! Especially considering this was intended to be around 12 chapters long, but the attention it got spurred me on to create something far greater.
And a special thanks to Copey for editing the story and even co-writing some chapters. 
Next up, I have two sequels planned, the first being on Saturdays (Harmony Among The Stars will be moved back to thursdays) and the second on Sundays...
1) The first is a sequel to 'Mare of The Moon'.
2) The second is a little something titled: 'Change: Queen of The Hive'.
I will post them in a couple of weeks/when I'm ready to do so, I'll be taking a break in the meantime. You may want to keep an eye out. 
See you then!
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IT'S OVER? NO.
Oh well. Definetly enjoyed this journey.
7629056 Sequel...
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Oh yes I know that. Yet whenever a first story ends I just start bawling like a mad woman for some reason.
You have pulled off an amazing story, and I'm glad I followed it to the very end... You have my utmost respect and I salute you sir!
no it cant be over,
good story i like it alot
how did the changelings colors change exactly?
A wonderful ending to a tale of epic proportions. (Sorry, I'm feeling kinda poetic today)
this story is amazing, oh, and you have to be a Movie writer, cause your just damm awesome!
So, when do we get the daughter of Sombra Story?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's over too soon!!!!!!!!! Will be waiting to read sequel, if any arrives. Jolly good show. The best Changeling twilight sparkle story I have ever read. Good job
Good story tom117z
looking for to the squeal
FOR THE EMPEROR!
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7629158 Different species, different pregnancy length.
Can't wait for the sequel^^
7629161 no, what I meant was how did it happen? What were the events? I've already seen the finale, so how exactly did the changelings change (
no puns intendedpuns intended)?7629190 You will find out in the sequel.
Well, go and leave a big old spoiler hook there why don't ya.
ah shit!!
In that case, I will wait until after I see the season 6 finale to read this.
nononowhy?!
7629277 It was stated he was a pegasus many times over, Longshot was the earth pony.
Well, I have a lot of chapters to work on now, thanks tom!
Well when one door closes another one opens. Can't wait for the sequel. Great story.
7629347 Very good story, can't wait for the sequel so please keep me posted.
7629166
It is not unheard of for a human mother-to-be to not realize they are pregnant right away. Usually a missed period is a good indicator, but if the woman's period is irregular, or if they had mild periods to begin with, it could easily push into the three month range before the lady realizes that something is different. And that is with the monthly cycle of humans, never mind how the ponies handle things. Either way, it is easy enough for a 9 month gestation period to work as written here.
7629680 Think what you like. But, at the end of the day, they're not human and the same rules don't necessarily apply.
And it was established she got pregnant on their honeymoon, right before Act 2 started.
Wait... wait Tom, complete... but I haz around 20,000 words like to read still. Damn it, should never take time off and not read fanfics because they just finish when you take time off for life and struggles... and I know there is going to be more but it doesn't feel the same with the latest chapter being called the epilogue and it being green with the words I never see on the best fanfics, "complete". I mean how does it feel to have created the best story on fimfiction that's "complete", because the rest say incomplete or canceled or the worst one, the one that shan't be named, the one where no one knows if it will be continued. Well, I guess it's just... to be continued like the best episodes of mlp (no one dare mention the monstrosity the crystalling was!) Huh, strange I saw the season six final yesterday, or Friday. Not going to spoil it but, huh, interesting.
I loved that story from beginning to end! I cant wait to read more stories by you!
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fair enough. Editing out first sentence from previous post, as I wrote the whole thing while in pain, and didn't think the tone out well enough.
A-ma-zing! Loved this story from beginning to end! A shame it's now over, but it was fun while it lasted
7630360 Panacea was the first changeling she met after waking up in the hive.
She met Iuvenes in the same chapter after leaving Chrysalis and trying to leave the hive all together, she wasn't named at the time but she is the nymph who ultimately caused Twilight to change her mind.
THIS SAYS A SEQUEL ALL OVER IT!!!
7630550 Literally, in the Author's Note...
7630566 That litterly was a form sarcasm... and swag.
7630438 i have no idea if it was a dick joke, i just guessed since broadsword + dirty joke. that guy shoulda said his joke instead of just saying he totally knows a good dirty joke
7629218 Yup, I deserve the boo's i just hope that it wasn't to prickly was it?
Well worth reading. :)
I was ready to read the epologue, then I was scared off by the spoiler warning. Ugh, now I have to wait to read this!
Edit: I READ IT ANTWAY! I couldn't wait a whole two weeks.
It was great, i will see your another storys for more beadss like this
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful story I can't wait for the sequels.
Glen Gorewood
i'm excited for this sequel makes me wonder what will happen next for changelings
7635523 You know how they say, 'It gets darker before the dawn'?
This was absolutely amazing! I loved it! Time to wait for the sequel!
Oh buck the gates of hell have been given the green light for open.
why do I feel like twilight going to get the forgotten regalia at some point......
Okay, where was the spoiler for the Season 6 Finale? Also, are we going to get more stories introducing the Twilights in the Mare of the Moon's epilogue? I also think it's nice that Twilight named her daughter after her grandmother.
7662483 “In the story, all the changelings had black coloured chitin. But…” Avia gestured to her mother’s hoof, which was covered in light lavender coloured chitin. “But now changelings have just a much variation as ponies do. One of the few I know that still has black chitin is Uncle Carduus, why is that? How did all that happen?”
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7662527 Will there be any other stories expanding on that epilogue though?
7664469 I've state multiple times a sequel is in the works. That was the whole point of the epilogue, teasing it.
7664485 You stated you were making a sequel for 'Change' and 'Mare of the Moon'. Unless the sequel to 'Mare of the Moon' deals with the multiple Twilights?