Customer 5: Starlight Glimmer
Discord's New Business
Customer 5: Starlight Glimmer
by Jonathan 'KnightMysterio' Spires
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Ponyville...
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“Discord?” Starlight Glimmer asked as she came up to the draconequus.
“Ah! Timebreaker! Good to see you,” he said. “What can I do for you?”
“Please stop calling me that, for one...” Starlight said, wincing.
“Apologies,” Discord said with surprising sincerity. “I mean it as a compliment. You're one of the only mortals I've known capable of causing as much chaos as me.”
“Thank you... I guess... but please, can you stop calling me that?” Starlight said.
Discord nodded. “Very well. Pinkie promise, cross my heart, all that nonsense, I shall stick to Glimglam and other similar nicknames,” he said, absently making the motions of the promise.
Starlight smiled. “Thank you...”
Discord smiled. “Was there anything else? I have to get ready for the party tonight,” he said.
“Actually, if you wouldn't mind giving me my free transformation?” Starlight asked.
Discord nodded. “Certainly. Deciding to make it a costume party, eh?”
Starlight nodded. “Of a sort... I want to be a changeling queen. Like Chrysalis.”
Discord blinked. “REALLY now,” he said.
Starlight nodded. “I feel guilty that I wasn't able to help her after we changed her hive... Maybe if I was a changeling queen like she was, I could understand her better, and know how to help her...”
Discord chuckled. “Honestly. You ponies. So willing to help even your worst enemies.”
Starlight smiled. “You said it yourself. I broke time. I ruined people's lives to justify my own petty beliefs about cutie marks. Instead of jailing me, like I deserved, Twilight chose to make me her student. And you... Celestia and the others took a chance on you. They let you out, gave you a chance to make friends. And together, with Trixie and Thorax, we helped save Equestria and all of changeling-kind.”
Discord frowned, remembering Tirek. “It... didn't quite work out for me at first...”
“But you made up for it,” Starlight insisted. “Trixie herself was given a chance to make amends for the Alicorn Amulet incident.” She stepped forward. “I firmly believe that there's hope for Chrysalis. That she can learn to accept friendship and harmony, and retake her place as queen. A loving, caring queen that can help Thorax lead the changelings into a new, brighter future.”
Discord stared at her for a long moment. And then he snickered. “I swear, it's contagious...”
Starlight blinked. “I'm sorry?”
Discord shook his head. “You and Sparkle and Celestia...” he said. “You all make the same kind of silly, heroic speech. Hammy goody goody goodness, passed down through the generations.”
Starlight blushed, chuckling. “I'm actually about a year older than Twilight...”
“Which makes it even funnier,” Discord said. “Well, all right. Who am I to argue with a protagonist? If nothing else, I'll get a laugh out of it.” He snapped his fingers.
Green flames surrounded Starlight. She grew larger, her fur becoming a dark, greenish-black carapace as her horn grew long and twisted. Tattered green wings sprouted from her back as her tail and mane became tattered as well. Holes appeared in her legs, and her eyes turned green.
But the most dramatic change, at least in Starlight's perspective, was the hunger. It gnawed at her, clawed at her very soul, begging her to feed. She gasped, having had no idea that it would be this intense. She needed to eat, to FEAST, she...
Prey. There was prey in front of her. Her magic reached out instinctively, sensing the prey's thoughts, what they'd love to see. In a flash of green fire, she changed, becoming a yellow pegasus with a pink mane...
“DON'T. YOU. DARE,” Discord said, snapping his fingers and forcing Starlight back to her natural changeling queen form. His eyes were glowing red with fury.
“S-Sorry... I'm just... so hungry...” Starlight said, shivering.
“Nggh...” Discord muttered. “Should have seen this coming.” He reached into his chest, opening it like a door. He pulled out a heart-shaped mass of energy, and tossed it to Starlight. The newly transformed changeling queen hissed, pouncing on the heart latching her teeth into it like a snake. Rapidly, the heart-shaped energy dwindled into nothing.
Starlight panted tiredly, slowly returning to her senses. “Thank you...” she said. “I didn't meant to...”
“It's all right,” Discord said, grumbling. “I'm so used to the candy-coated changelings now I forgot what the old ones were like.”
Starlight nodded. “I think... I think I'm good for now...” she said. She hesitated, and asked, “That energy you gave me...”
“Merely a sampling of my adoration for Fluttershy,” Discord said, smiling.
“Tasted a little like honey butter,” Starlight said.
Discord blinked. “Love has a flavor?” he asked.
Starlight licked her lips. “Apparently...” she said.
“Huh... Well,” Discord said. “First moments as Queen Starlight of the Changelings. What does it feel like?”
“Hungry... I'm... still hungry...” Starlight said, looking over herself. “And... there's pain, too...”
“Interesting...” Discord said.
“I can't feel the same way I used to...” Starlight said, frowning. She concentrated, and shifted back to her unicorn form in a flash of green. “I feel... constantly empty. It's frustrating...”
“So Queen Cheeselegs may have a reason for being so grumpy, constantly?” Discord said, looking thoughtful.
“I suppose,” Starlight said. “Anyway. I'm... going to try and figure this out...”
Discord nodded. “See you at the party?” he said.
“I think so,” Starlight said. “Thanks, Discord!” she said, trotting while still looking like her normal self.
Discord stroked his beard thoughtfully. “Hm...” In a flash of frosted flakes, he vanished and reappeared in the Crystal Empire.
“Discord, what?!” Shining Armor shouted, startled.
From the floor, where she had been playing games with her father, Flurry Heart burbled happily. “Disso!” she cooed.
“Adorable,” the draconequus said, ruffling the filly's mane. “And of course, the baby is too.”
Shining Armor rolled his eyes. “Is there anything you want, Discord? Or are you just here to be annoying?”
“Careful, Shining, I might take that as a challenge,” Discord said, smirking. “That being said, I do have a purpose here for once. Is Sunburst available to attend a party tonight?”
Shining Armor thought for a moment. “Yeah, I took the day off to spend time with my daughter. Why?”
“I've started a business,” Discord said. “For a fee, you can transform into any species or tribe of pony you want for one full day. Safety measures included, as well as all basic knowledge and instincts included.” He smirked, and said, “And yes, before you say anything, I did legally set it up, Suntush and Moontush know, and I do have all the necessary legal documents and forms signed.”
Shining Armor closed his mouth.
“That being said,” Discord continued, “I gave Twilight and her friends freebies. Pinkie Pie chose to become an alicorn with hers, and wants to hold a Pinkiecorn party.”
“What does Sunburst have to do with any of this?” Shining asked.
“Because Starlight decided to become a changeling queen, like Chrysalis, and I thought it'd be hilarious to see how she reacts to him,” Discord said.
“...Surprisingly honest,” Shining said. “But why not Trixie as well?”
Discord rolled his eyes. They came up fish. “Because she'll upstage all the fun tonight,” he said.
Shining Armor looked thoughtful. “...Heck with it,” he said. “Sounds like a blast. I'll go tell him.”
“No need,” Discord said, vanishing in a pop.
Shining Armor sighed, hugging Flurry Heart. “Discord sure is a ridiculous one, isn't he?”
“Riddicuwus!” Flurry Heart said, giggling. Shining Armor chuckled.
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That night...
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Starlight walked into the party, trying to ignore the gnawing hunger in her stomach. She smiled weakly as she saw Pinkie Pie dancing near the DJ stand, Vinyl Scratch's head bobbing back and forth as she provided the beats.
“Okay... You can do this without screwing up...” Starlight said.
Twilight, meanwhile, spotted Starlight and went over to her. “You okay?”
Starlight shifted into Shining Armor's form. “Just fine, LSBFF!” she said, catching herself and changing back. “S-Sorry... It's... difficult to focus...”
Twilight nodded, hugging her. “It'll be okay. I've told the changelings living in town about your plan, so they won't be surprised. And I THINK I've convinced the Flower Trio not to panic if they see your changeling queen form tonight.”
Starlight snorted. “Those three not panicking at the drop of a hat? I'd sooner believe Discord turning himself into a gentleman. Maybe call himself 'Accord' or something like that.”
Twilight snickered. “You'll be fine,” she said.
Starlight nodded. “I hope so...” she said.
Twilight patted her on the back, and went off to talk with her other friends. Meanwhile, Starlight decided to mingle in the party.
“I can do this...” she said softly. “Just gotta maintain control for the party...”
“Starlight?” said a voice.
Starlight turned, her eyes going wide with surprise. “S-Sunburst?”
The red-headed unicorn smiled. “Good to see you, Starlight,” he said. “Heard you turned into a changeling queen for the day?”
Starlight, in a flash of green fire, reverted to her changeling queen form, flaring her wings and hissing.
“Um... Starlight?” Sunburst said, slowly backing away.
“Don't worry!” Starlight said, grinning widely and showing off a mouth full of fangs. “Everything will be fine! I'm perfectly in control!”
“Are you sure about that?” Sunburst asked.
“YES!” Starlight said, cackling. “Once our nest is made, everything will be perfectly fine! Our grubs will be beautiful!”
Nearby, one of the changelings attending the party handed over a small stack of bits to another changeling. “You were right. Things went wrong,” she said.
Starlight glomped Sunburst, giggling crazily. Twilight cautiously walked up to her. “Starlight... Put him down, please...”
Starlight hissed. “NO! He's mine! My king! We'll make a beautiful hive together!” she shouted. She looked, seeing all the other changelings in the room slowly gathering around her, and hissed at them as well.
“Starlight Glimmer,” one of the changelings said. “You're losing control of your instincts... You have to calm down...”
“Rival hive!” Starlight snarled, her horn flaring. “Stay back!”
Twilight shook her head sadly. “Sorry Starlight...” she said, preparing a sleep spell.
“NO!” Sunburst shouted suddenly. “Let me handle this!”
Twilight blinked. “Are you sure?” she said.
Sunburst nodded. “Please...” he said. “I'll explain later, but I have to handle this on my own!”
Twilight didn't have time to respond, as Starlight hissed at everyone and then ran off. One of the changelings at the party came up to Twilight, patting her on the shoulder.
“She won't hurt him,” she said.
“How can you be sure of that, Ladybug?” Twilight asked the changeling.
The red and pink changeling just smiled. “Because even with a queen's instincts overwhelming her, she still has a pony's mind behind it. The hunger... it frustrates and pains to the point where the only thing that makes you feel better besides feeding is trying to spread the pain to others. That's why we used to be so cruel. We didn't know anything else until Starlight, Discord, Thorax, and Trixie saved us.”
Another changeling came up to Twilight. “Starlight, however, knows what kindness and love is. She has an advantage we didn't,” he said. “He won't be hurt. Trust us.”
Twilight took a deep breath. “I believe you,” she said. “But I'm still worried. For the both of them.”
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Twilight's castle...
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Starlight giggled madly, bursting her way through the doors of the castle. “Don't worry, my king,” she said. “Once I make a nest, everything will be all right.”
“Starlight, please...” Sunburst said. “You're hurting me.”
Starlight squeaked, setting Sunburst down. “No, no, can't have that. But can't let you get away, either. Need to feed...”
Sunburst nodded, talking as calmly as possible to the hunger-maddened changeling. “Okay, Starlight. You can feed off of me. Just please, calm down.”
“You'll... you'll let me?” Starlight asked.
Sunburst nodded, smiling warmly. “I trust you, Starlight,” he said.
“I...” Starlight grimaced, feeling her mind start to reassert herself. “I'm sorry... I'm just so hungry...”
Sunburst nodded, sitting down on the floor. “Take what you need,” Sunburst said.
Starlight hugged Sunburst again, and began to feed. A glowing pink light flowed out of Sunburst and into Starlight's mouth. Sunburst staggered, feeling himself being drained by Starlight. “Nggh...”
“I'm sorry...” Starlight said. “I'm so, so sorry...” After a few minutes of feeding, she stopped, fully in control of herself again. “I never knew it would be like this...”
Sunburst staggered, dizzy. “Whoo... What a rush...” he said, chuckling. “I'm fine, I'm fine, just... A little tired...”
Starlight shook her head, ashamed of herself. “This... I didn't want this... I just wanted to try and understand Chrysalis...”
Sunburst shook his head, trying to clear the dizziness. “Why?”
Starlight sighed wearily. “We saved the changelings, but Chrysalis lost everything in the process. She's alone now. I believe that there's hope for her, that she can be reformed...”
Sunburst frowned. “She kept the changelings starving and hostile, hoarding most of their love for herself. She kept them half formed from underfeeding.”
“And I kept an entire town brainwashed and crippled. And I tried to DESTROY TIME,” Starlight said. “If someone like me can be reformed...”
Sunburst smiled warmly. “The fact that you care so much about what happened shows that you're not evil. You were just misguided back then.” His face fell. “But Chrysalis... She's known nothing but hatred, ambition, and evil her entire life. Do you really think she can be reformed?”
“I truly do,” Starlight said, looking thoughtful. “Even more now than I do before. This hunger... I fed well off of you but it's still there. I believe if we show Chrysalis that there is a better way, we can save her like we did the rest of her race.”
Sunburst sighed. “I hope you're right...” he said. “When she came for the royal family in the Crystal Empire, it was all I could do to keep myself out of danger after Shining Armor, Cadance, and Flurry Heart were taken. Plus, from what Shining Armor told me, she's sworn vengeance on you. I don't want you to get hurt, Starlight.”
Starlight shook her head. “I have to try,” she said.
Sunburst chuckled, hugging her again. “You're better than you think you are, Starlight Glimmer,” he said. “Always so stubborn...”
“And this time, for the right reasons,” Starlight said, smiling a little.
“You gonna be okay now?” Sunburst asked.
Starlight nodded. “If you stay with me...” she said. “I don't think I can go back to the party...”
Sunburst nodded. “I have the time,” he said, sitting next to the changeling queen and nuzzling her. “I'll stay with you all night.”
“Thank you,” Starlight said, blushing.
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The next day...
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“..So, I think I'm pregnant,” Starlight said.
“WHAT?!” Twilight shouted, Discord literally falling apart with laughter.
Sunburst grinned weakly, looking sheepish. “Yeah, um... I've always cared for Starlight, and with all the ambient love energy in the air, push came to shove came to flank bumping...”
Starlight grimaced. “Sunburst and I think we can change me into a changeling like Thorax... Discord... I'm gonna have to ask you to let me stay a changeling queen until I give birth...” she said, blushing, not entirely unhappy.
Discord nodded, laughing. “Starting this business is the best thing I ever did!”
TO BE CONTINUED
Next time: Rarity transforms!
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You certainly must have had fun writing this one. A lot of hilarious twist and turns...
Yeah, I definitely prefer the more comedic chapters.
This one just felt kind of depressing to read.
As for Rarity, I voted for Diamond Dog for the irony.
I had to do a double take at this. This was great.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
heh. Nice twist at the end. i'd like to see a bit more in each chapter about what happened in the previous ones. like... a good two or three references per chapter, now that we've had 6 chapters. in this one, we got pinkie reference. but what about fluttershy and applejack and spike? their transformations might've worn off (did spike still go the whole week or not?), but there ought to be a bit of leftover stuff.
honestly not sure about rarity. oh wait, yes I am: you forgot crystal pony! they're a separate thing, too. and its the obvious choice for rarity. special request it is...
I said Pegasus for Rarity, if only so she could throw RD for a loop.
Aaaand Glimglam's preggers. This oughta be fun in about 9 or 11 months (11 for horses, 9 for changelings in some stories I've read).
I miss a chapter... Man, I'm missing anything out this time!
Wait... She is going to lay over a thousand eggs like a Changling!
To many baby's
Woah
I uh have no words for what happened at the end. I wonder if she'll give birth to an egg or a pony?
Irony.
Is it my imagination, or is this one shorter than normal?
I was sincerely wanting to see what HER reaction was to seeing the mutant changelings.
I don't know whether to vote dragon or Alicorn for Rarity.
Will Rarity become an adult dragon, a teenage dragon, or a baby dragon around Spike's age?
And will she naturally hostile to Ember and Mina for wanting to take what's hers (meaning Spike) like any dragon would? Dragons aren't greedy because of tyrannical ruler, they're greedy because it's their NATURE! Wanting 'more' is part of what makes a dragon a dragon!
Given what happened with Spike i say she goes for dragon after Spike's week is up , just to see what it feels like
I voted.
I voted Dragon.
It's a good thing that Flurry Heart's a very minor minor, and thus can't request her own transformation. I'm certain that Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All Ponydom, would ask for something terrifying.
Some thought things wouldn't? Who was dumb enough to take THAT bet?
Good lord GlimGlam.....technically you have to be a permanent Queen now to care for your drones
Come on people, vote for Diamond Dog.
Look even Billy Jewel has a song about it
Upground girl
She's been living in her upground world
She never had a down mine guy
I bet her momma never told her why
Why doesn't that surprise me?
I suppose I can see your point.
That just makes it funnier.
Right. Trying that is a quick way to get on Discord's bad side. And considering he's the most powerful being in Equestria most of the time...
Huh. Neat.
So it seems.
Don't give him ideas. No wait, please do. I adore shenanigans.
That is his thing.
Naturally. I can't help but wonder, who's dumb enough to think things WOULDN'T when a reality warper like Discord is around?
If you say so.
I see. That, makes a lot of sense.
You're very optimistic.
You're a good stallion, Starburst.
It is.
8099037 likewise, mainly cause i want to see spikes reaction to it
at the end of all this someone needs to draw everyone in their changed forms together.
Always thought those two would get together!
Now we get to see how they'll raise a kid that's an entirely different species than them. That's the working of a good sequel; the aftermath of everyone's decisions. (Maybe Apple jack & Iron Will as well!)
...So when the baby is born are they going to turn it into a pony or keep it a changeling?
I wonder when she becomes a dragon Garble would fall in love and Spike would have to stop him but in a turn back Rarity starts to like Garble back.
Or use him to get as many gems as she like...
"Fight for my boys, bring me the biggest hoard you got!"
And Sunburst got his waifu preggers within one day, way to go dude!
voted for Dragon, I want Rarity to turn into a dragon... but not aged up. Still baby-sized, like Spike. See the world from his view.
Now, that second thing might be a discord original idea...
Starburst and Starlight's foal will be part pony part changeling
"Timebreaker" is probably one of the highest honors Discord can bestow. Of course, not everyone's going to see it that way...
Very nice job with this one. Starlight didn't think this through, per usual, but she's sticking with it. It might even work. Of course, now I'm wondering how many offspring queens produce at once. That was a lot of eggs in the nursery chamber...
did you mean
vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/d/d9/Timebreaker_Miraculous_Ladybug.gif/revision/latest?cb=20151229171402
Elsewhere in the crystal palace, a boggart died.
8100092 I have never watched nor read anything involving Miraculous Ladybug. So no.
8011215
That could still cause severe issues in society, free will or not. Imagine sitting in your pleasant, safe town, your children can play outside without supervision, and suddenly those triplets five houses down buy transformations into... I don't know, T-Rexes.
8100113 oh my god i just died laughing! that is legitimate comedy gold.
8099859 don't changeling queens lay entire spawn of changeling like normal bugs?
8100591 doesnt change the fact it takes two to tango so to speak, and since one in this tango was a pony it means the foal could be half and half
8100661 it all really depends on your head cannon. I personally believe that queens must have a pony impregnate them to have birth a spawn.
8100661
8100674
Welcome to equestria, where earth pony+earth pony=a pegasus and a unicorn, alicorn+unicorn=alicorn (but only sometimes, as the thousand+year old alicorns think this is an unusual outcome), timberwolves are creatures made of wood...
Conclusion: biology is maaaaaaagic. Add shapeshifting as a racial trait, and there really isn't a good way to predict the outcome of pony+changeling using in-show evidence.
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8100585
thanks.
I have Voted for Dragon Rarity! For she, will, be, FABULOUS!
8100189 Darn. I guess I saw what I wanted to see. Great work anyways!
8103332 I end up accidentally making references a lot, I've noticed.
Chernglerngs have a hunger inside... they should grab a Snickers bar!
Ooo... that would make a funny comic.
Just stick a fucking Romance tag on already. Between this, unicorn Spike and the inevitable dragon Rarity, half of is fic will be "Species Swap: The Shipfic!"
Like, I don't mind the idea but its not what I signed up for. Still, I suppose I'm in the minority here, considering that it's a reader voted fic...
you all have horrible tastes in shippinggood job the fic is so awesome Plzen wright more
From
A big fan
*checks where polls are*
DIAMOND DOG?! Why do I sincerely and truly get the idea that this is the result of some trolling voters? (Like the those who voted for Mario Is Missing/Hotel Mario on a published poll of 'Best Mario Game of All Time.' )
Not to mention this is going to crush Spike's heart into little pieces.
So... are they going to be Half-lings ?
What did he ask her to change into ?
How long is that ?
And does she need to pay ?
Or can Discord make the pregnancy only last ... a week/moth !?
p.s. What does Sun-flank think of this ?
Holy hell...
...
When I looked at the poll this morning, Dragon was ahead, and I started writing the chapter accordingly.
However, when I checked just now, Diamond Dog had pulled ahead.
There is a BATTLE in the poll for the fate of Rarity's transformation.
Hm...
I will write both chapters. One for Dragon, one for Diamond Dog.
The poll OFFICIALLY CLOSES at 5PM Eastern Standard Time.
I will post the winner's chapter then.
8099167 What does that have to do with Diamond Dog ?
8099360 Let's ask here ! https://www.fimfiction.net/group/295/art-for-fanfiction
8099576 Changeling, for SCIENCE
8104993 https://www.google.ca/search?q=CHAngeling+Snickers&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4ncjP1rjTAhWm8oMKHcISCnkQ_AUIBigB&biw=1271&bih=686#imgrc=1ujmvJ8FZIrK2M:
8112775
Rarity as a Dragon would be so much more beautiful, graceful, and majestic.
I'm tempted to vote twice, but that's cheating.
8083275 Close enough. She cute!