Chapter 14
Finding Skitter was easy, she and the changelings were holed up in the hold of the airship. Biggest obstacle was outside the door, one of the changelings and a member of the Nightguard were standing outside by the door.
“Sorry, Lord Page,” the Nightguard said, “Princess Skitter requested that nopony enter.”
Nodding, I looked towards the drone. He buzzed his wings for a second, “You may enter, sir.”
“Thank you,“ I said and moved to pull the door open with my magic, sliding it open and slipping inside, closing it behind me to a sight I had not seen before.
I couldn’t help but smile as I moved closer to bow, spreading my wings, “Your Highness. I hope I’m not disturbing?”
Skitter looked up at me from her spot surrounded and almost piled over by every new changeling. They were piled over her back and all of them as close to her as they could get, “Good morning, sir.”
Suddenly I had close to two hundred pairs of eyes looking at me.
“You know, I’m starting to think Cuddlebugs would fit better than Changelings,” I said with a smile as I sat down on the floor, looking at the pile.
Skitter smiled a bit, “They'll need to stay close for a day or two for the Joining to work. It'd go faster if I were a Queen, but I'm not one yet.”
I nodded, “Going well?”
“Yes, sir. Feeling better, sir?”
“I am,” I agreed, “Sleeping for sixteen hours straight helped a lot. I want to talk to you about Amber.”
Skitter nodded, “She’s being reassigned, sir. Love collection.”
“I would rather you didn’t,” I told her, “Not her fault and I like her. I want to keep her on.”
Skitter looked down at the deck for a second, “Not sure I can do that, sir.”
“Skitter.”
She shook her head, “It’s not just that, sir. It’s for the Hive. Ponies are trusting us to guard one of their Royals, and no matter what you think, sir, you are one. Failing looks… bad. Bad for Changelings.”
I nodded, “...Yeah, I can see that. But it wasn’t her fault.”
“Not sure that matters.”
“Maybe,” I agreed and then shook my head, “But from another point of view, not putting her back would look even worse for those that even know she is one of my bodyguards. Like she couldn’t be trusted.”
Skitter shifted beneath the pile of ‘lings, “I don’t know, sir.”
“Please.”
Skitter rubbed her hoof against the deck and frowned before she finally nodded, “...She’ll be assigned back to you.”
Smiling, I bowed to her, spreading my wings, “Thank you, Princess.”
“Are you really alright, sir?” she asked with a frown, “I know what overfeeding can do to a pony.”
“I’m fine, I’m used to feeding you cuddlebugs,” I said, “I’m more worried about the others. It took a heavy toll on Blue Dawn and she was taken with me. The others were already there. Is there anything that can be done to help them?”
Skitter shook her head, “You know what helps you when you've given too much to a changeling. Rest, water, food…”
“And time,” I agreed, “Spending time with ponies you love.”
“Yes. Getting them home would be better than anything else, sir,” Skitter said quietly, “...I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful, sir.”
´”None of that,” I told her and made my way carefully over to her, stepping over changelings on the way to give her a hug, “You’re plenty helpful, like always.”
Skitter hugged back for a second before she frowned at me as she let go, “Sir? What did you do to this swarm?”
“What I needed too. Because we both know what the alternative was and I didn’t want that,” I said as I looked up at her as I dropped my hooves back onto the floor, “...I just… nudged them a bit to see things my way.”
Skitter nodded and gave me a small nuzzle, “I know.”
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I'm imagining a pile of cuddling changelings with Skitter at the top.
And it's adorable.
#Cuddlebugs!
Let's see if Skitter gets a bit skittish arround Page
Oh. My. God that name is so perfect for them, it needs to be made official.
On a side note. this chapter is 666 words long...
huh.
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the way i read that was her sticking out of the side of a hill of Cuddlebugs.
I’m not sure we’ve ever seen Page get truly angry, but I guess it doesn’t really fit the tone of these stories. Anything that would drive him to that kind of place would be a major turn in the story’s tone. I was just thinking about it because, given his human background and ability to manipulate dreams, I think he could be a truly terrifying enemy.
I imagine forcing even roughest of Equestrians to watch a WW1 documentary would be quite a shock, and that’s not even needing to touch on the various genocides humans have committed. Now imagine being forced to watch that every night when you sleep... forever. If Page can prevent a pony from sleeping, I figure he could also keep them asleep; an eternity of mustard gas scars and holocaust footage, ie nightmare fuel.
Someone needs to make art of skitter amid her pile of cuddlebugs.
yours in one of the few stories that I can read read on this site I wish my writing was worth reading even once.
Methinks an extra O slipped past Skittles' Grammer Guard
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And then there's The Bomb. I have in the works Twilight being referred to Sunset on that topic by a not-technically-human in Equestria, with the additional instruction that "if by the end of it you aren't glad you don't wear pants, tell her that you're a big mare and can handle the real answer. And if that doesn't work, tell her the other half of that sentence."
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Just a quick walkthrough of Dresden in dreamworld would be enough really. We made the apocalypse on earth before we had nukes, they just made it much more efficient to level something and burn it to the ground
Skitter atop a pile of changelings, or Skitter under a pile of snuggling changelings? With just her head poking out?
Both are adorable.
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The only answer to your statement is yes. Too much hnngh.
pretty sure Page now has 200+ guards..
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Time to add more potential candidates for Page's harem~! Come on Hiver! Princess Cadance wants more shipping!
EDIT: Once again, someone used the thumbs down button to show they have no sense of fun...pity this petty person.
Skitter is best cuddlebug. Don't change my mind.
Ok so one changeling was not enough. Not reason to reassign Amber, just have three more and make it a full guard complimet. Also didn't Page form a harem guard at one point as well, what happened to that?
Was that a thing in this story?
Sorry, i get my many human x luna fics confused sometimes.
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The ultimate guards. They can disguise as anyone and anything. Imagine trying to assassinate someone only to discover that the potential murder weapon you pilfered to use was, in fact, a guard.
Changeling hugpile
I love the idea 
Given the wordcount, I just expected this chapter to be so much darker.
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On Deep Space Nine, their changelings could actually do that!
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No need to hurry! He is imortal and so is Cadance
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He killed Tirek remember?
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Historical footage? You underestimate him. No, they would be living those wars. It would be like they were actually there being shot, burned, blown up, gassed, everything.
Having the control over dreams that he has would be a terrifying thing to go against if he had the right motivation.
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There are worse fates than death after all
Being able to manipulate dreams is terrifying, forget letting them watch and live wars every nigh. He could make their worst fears realistic, kill their family, torture them with seeing things they fear. Betrayals, feeding doubt and hatred.
A victim could very well fear sleep, causing ever increasing consequences. Page and Luna have the ability to cause massive damage and chaos from within.
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Not only that, but combine that with his domain of inspiration, he can practically talk directly to their subconscious and :nudge' or 'inspire' whatever he wants. You don't just have a spymadter on your hands, you have someone far worse.
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You'd have a pure, unadulterated psychological breaker. Nothing can last without sleep, and once you do... There's no escape. Never was, never is.
Holy shit, I just realized, Page is basically Human x10. Absolute persistence hunter. Nothing can last without sleep.
It's still too close to brainwashing for it not to be fucked up
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It's that or being exterminated.
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He could just killed them by destroying their minds and make them vegan if that better. I wonder why he has never asked if that is possible.
Still one of my favorit Chapters
230 Lings under Skitter.
Good start for a Proto-Queen ♡
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Holly 🦆, didn’t realize the persistent hunter part, but now that your point it out, it’s so obvious.
It's official now
♡
Celestia burns you to a crisp.
Luna will haunt your dreams.
Page will make dreams haunt you.
Cadance... Will kill you with snu-snu?
Twilight... Friendship you to death?
Midnight... Probably will help the others...
Alicorns can be indeed scary, but so.is everycreatures else backed into a conor.
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