Chapter 52: Cold hearts, Burning spirits pt.4
*Nicholas POV*
We followed behind our orange guard/guide as he led us through the city, though I couldn't help but notice all the stares we were getting. Fair, we were four colorful bipedal creatures being escorted by a guard, so it had to be an odd sight.
"So." I stated as we walked, addresing Sentry. "Who's this musician your taking us to, and how do you know about me?"
Sentry smiled at me as we turned a corner. "The musician is an old friend of mine who used to play at special events in the castle. She was the one who told me about you, though she quit the music industry due to a friend of hers passing recently." He sighed, looking genuinely hurt that his friend wasn't doing so well. "She's been so down lately that I can't help but worry about her."
Axel snorted. "Sounds like somepony has a crush."
Sentry's face went from carrot to ketchup quickly as he almost walked into a lightpost. He stopped and turned to Axel with a frown.
"I do not!" He exclaimed, sounding like a child that's whining at his parents. (I should know, I'm a five-time whining champ.) We laughed a bit at his expense before Roxas spoke up.
"Not to be weird or anything, but what's a crush?" He asked as all four of us turned and stared at him for a minute.
"Wait...so your telling me you have no idea what a crush even is?" Tak asked as Roxas nodded, causing Axel to face-palmed. I rolled my eyes as Sentey tilted his head.
"How do you not know what a crush is?" He asked as we continued walking.
"3R here is as innocent as a rabbit." I stated as we crossed the street after waiting for a surprisingly pony drawn carriage to go by. "He hasn't had his first crush yet."
Tak smiled wistfully. "Just wait until you do, It's amazing!"
Sentry smirked. "Sounds like you have a girl waiting for you, huh?"
Axel laughed. "Oh yeah! He's got that chicken pony waiting for him back in ponyville!"
Tak glared at Axel, obviously taking offense at the jab. "She is not a chicken. Just because she's the size and has the wingspan of one does not mean that she lays eggs."
"Bet you'd want to help her lay some eggs, though." Axel quipped back, causing the prince to trip in suprise as his face went red. Roxas looked especially confused, but before he could ask his question Sentry stopped.
"We're here." He stated as we stood in front of some sort of warehouse. The place looked well kept, yet still had rust along the outside of it. He walked up to the door and knocked on the door.
A slit about eye level to a pony opened. "What's the rule?" A gruff voice asked.
Flash smiled and winked. "Rock Rulez, baby." He said as the door opened and he walked in. Tak looked to me, a look of concern on his face.
"You sure about this?" He asked me. I sighed and nodded.
"We got no choice. I sent the girls home, and the castle is off limits." With that, we entered into the warehouse.
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Diamond Tiara POV
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When the flash of light disappeared, instead of finding ourselves outside the castle, we found ourselves in the garish clubhouse the crusaders used for their meetings. I felt slightly queasy, but shook it off as I noticed it was only me, Applebloom, and Sweetiebelle here.
I frowned as I looked around frantically, but didn't see Nicholas anywhere. "Why are we here?"
Applebloom, who had recovered from the teleport, answered. "Ah'm not sure, but something musta went wrong with the spell." We turned to Sweetiebelle, who was now looking at the wooden floor with a strong amount of interest.
"Sweetiebelle...what did you do?" I asked, feeling a slow rise of anger in my voice. She looked up at me quickly, shaking her head.
"Me?! I didn't do anything! Nicholas helped me activate the spell, and somehow made it send us here!" So HE was the reason we were sent back to Ponyville.
Applebloom frowned. "But why'd he go and do that? He knows he needs us!"
I sighed and sat in a chair, putting a leg on the table and resting my head on it. "He did it to protect us. I guess the whole Azul incident made him realize Just how dangerous the whole thing was."
Applebloom stomped a hoof. "Ah don't care! Nicholas and the others are our friends! Ah ain't about to let that snotty princess get her hooves on Nicholas!"
Sweetiebelle sighed. "Well, were stuck here until he gets back. I don't have the magic strength to teleport that far, and if I did who knows where Nicholas is right now."
I huffed and walked out the treehouse, almost missing the ramp and falling, and started walking my way back to town. The clattering of hooves alerted me to the other two following me.
"And where do ya think yer going?" Applebloom said as she walked beside me on my right. I narrowed my eyes at her.
"I am going back into town. Since Nicholas decided that he didn't need our help, I am going to find Silverspoon."
Sweetiebelle, who was on my left, tilted her head. "I wonder what she has been doing while we were gone. We know one of those changelings went after her, so maybe she's with it?"
"But where would they be at?" Applebloom asked as I grinned.
"I think I know." I said as I picked up my pace slightly, eager to see my friend again, while the girls followed.
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Nicholas POV
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As we walked into the warehouse, I noticed just how full the place was.
There were hundreds of items scattered around the place. Some looked like it was fairly new, while others looked like it was from centuries ago. We ended up walking past several ponies who were carting around some of the items into crates. Sentry turned to us and pointed at some beanbags.
"Sit in those for now. I'll go get her." He said as he walked off. We sat in the beanbag chairs, which were pretty comfy.
"WHOA!" Roxas exclaimed as he pretty much got devoured by his. "This things soooo comfy!"
Axel, who had somehow gotten the smallest one, had his legs hanging off his. "Their aight. How about you, prince?"
Tak, who had one that was just right, smiled peacefully. "Feels good. Though does anyone know who Sentry was talking about?"
I shrugged as I looked around. There was one open beanbag left unsat in and what seemed to be a fancier chair next to it, both were in a used condition. Sentry had talked about this place well, so I figured that he must come here frequently. (frequently enough to know some weird password, anyway.)
Hearing hooves clattering behind us, I turned my head to see Sentry walking up with a pony that was in a hood. I stood and met them halfway.
"Sentry, who's this?" I asked, kinda not to hot on the idea of showing more ponies who we were just yet.
He smiled big. "This is the musician I spoke of, though we had a slight delay due to the sun being out." He said as I frowned. Sun being out? Why would that matter?
But before I could say anything else, the hooded figure removed their hood, revealing...
"Octavia?!" I exclaimed, causing Tak to stand as well and the other two guys to look to me, slightly confused.
"Who?" Axel asked as him and Roxas stood up while Tak walked over.
"Octavia was the pony that bunked with that DJ, right?" He asked as I nodded, a frown appearing on my face from the memory of Vinyl resurfacing.
Octavia, noticing my expression, put a hoof on my shoulder and sighed. "It's alright to feel that way, Nicholas. She was a great friend of mine, and it's obvious that she had an impact on you." She shook her head. "But you aren't here just to talk memories, so what brings you here?"
I smiled to her as Roxas and Axel walked over and stood beside me and Tak. "We need a float in order to perform across the city, do you have anything like that?"
Octavia smiled and nodded before turning. "Come, Nicholas and friends. I have something you might like."
We followed her to the end of the warehouse, noticing that there were several ponies here with many types of instruments.
"Whoa...look how much stuff they have!" Roxas pointed out as a pony walked by with about twenty trumpets on a large dolly.
"What is all this, Octavia?" I asked as we stopped in front of a big tarp that was covering...something. Octavia turned to me and grinned, showing off some fangs that seemed to barely poke out.
"Wait...your a vampony?" I exclaimed as Tak and Axel turned to Octavia quickly.
"Your a what?!" Axel yelled as he took a step back. Tak looked at me, a serious expression on his face while Roxas hid behind Axel.
"Your friends with Vamponies?" He said, venom in his voice. I frowned and raised an eyebrow, wondering what the problem was.
"Yeah...and?" I asked, feeling a mite ticked. Octavia sighed, though it was more of a tired sigh than angry.
"Your friends are changelings, are they not?" She asked as I nodded. "Thanks to their queen, vamponies are public enemy number two to their hive." She said as Axel rolled his eyes, mumbling something about 'waste of oxygen' while Roxas slowly came out from behind him.
I blinked in suprise before turning to Tak. "And why's that?"
He growled, crossing his arms. "Vamponies have a loooong history of being extremists. It's said that whenever one is seen it is a bad omen." He said as Octavia scoffed.
"Bad omen? Bah! Your queen is simply upset that we managed to get one of our own on the Saddle Arabian throne before she could." She spat before turning back to me. "Now, you asked about the tarp or the warehouse?"
I sighed, allowing the change in subject, and scratched the back of my head. "Both? Why does it look like your hoarding instruments here, and what's under the tarp?"
Octavias expression went dark as she frowned. "As you know, Vamponies can live for centuries. Like Vinyl, my time is almost here." She motioned to all the music instruments. "I am sending all these to the Translymania so they can be put to good use, rather than forgotten here."
Sentry, who had remained quiet up until this point, spoke. "Octavia has about eighty more years, though she won't age at all during those years." He blushed slightly. "Physically, that is."
Roxas looked between the two before smiling. "Ooooh! So THIS is the mare Sentry is crushing on!"
Well, remind me to never tell Roxas any secrets.
Sentry went beet red as Octavia smirked at him while Axel snorted loudly before smacking Roxas on the back of the head.
"That was supposed to be a secret, doofus." Roxas just gave him a sheepish grin and an quiet "oops".
Tak raised an eyebrow. "So, you've known Octavia for a while then, huh?"
Since Sentry couldn't answer due to embarrassment, Octavia did. "Indeed he has, though how he managed to keep such information from me is suprising." She leaned close to Sentry from the side. "It seems a punishment is in order for hiding such a thing from me, though we can settle that later in...private." This caused Sentry to fall over, conked out from excitement/fear/embarrassment.
Before things could get raunchy, I coughed. "Octavia...what about the tarp?"
Octavia grinned sheepishly, a blush present on her face. "Right. Let me show you." She clapped her hooves together twice. Two unicorns came out and pulled the tarp of with their magic, allowing us to see what was beneath.
Tak, Roxas, and Axels jaws dropped. I fell to my knees, completely enraptured by the beauty in front of me.
Hanging about six feet off the ground was a stinking Airship...AN AIRSHIP! It had slick wooden boards that were a swampy grey color with neon lights illuminating the deck. The sails had music notes on it and were supported by strong masts. The back of the ship held what looked like a room with the steering area above. The whole thing was amazing!
Tak spoke up first. "You mean your just gonna give us this airship...why?"
Axel turned to Octavia and growled. "Yeah, if your expecting us to pay for this, don't. We dont have any bits."
Octavia shook her head. "This beauty isn't for sale, and I'm not just gonna give it to you. Flash and I are going to help you operate it." As if being summoned, Sentry chose to wake up as he shot straight up
"Huh?" He said as he looked around. "I'm doing what now?"
"GUYS! There's an odd thingy up here!" We heard Roxas call out to us. We turned to find Roxas at the steering wheel of the ship...somehow.
"How'd he get up there?" I asked as Axel shrugged.
"Dude needs constant supervision, or else he tends to break the laws of reality when no ones watching." Both Tak and I raised eyebrows at that.
"And this hasn't been reported...why?" Tak asked Axel as he shrugged while Octavia called for Roxas to lower the plank.
"Meh, never came up. Someone was always watching him." He leaned in close to us. "Don't tell him, but while the queen was laying our eggs with that love transfusion stuff, she might have accidentally fired off some chaos magic into his." So Roxas was the changeling equivalent of being dropped as a child...that explained a lot.
A loud slapping sound confirmed the plank hitting the ground. Octavia turned to us and motioned for us to follow her in to the ship. As we got on, I couldn't help but feel an odd sense of dread, as if something bad was coming...soon.
Hopefully the whole blueblood incident blows over after all of this. I thought as Roxas was being yelled at by Axel for attempting to climb the mast. What I wouldn't give to go back to being just another kid in ponyville who's only worries are history tests. I shook those thoughts from my mind as Tak inspected the ship. No...I need to stay focused. If I lose motivation now, Ronin's doomed.
Though, as I walked up the plank, I couldn't help but feel a...coldness inside me. It was like someone had teleported a ice cream into my very soul.
Weird...
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Sweetiebelle POV
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We followed Diamond Tiara all the way to a decently sized house on the richer side of ponyville. It was one of the smallest on the block, yet still seemed humongous in size. It had grey walls with a white brick roof that seemed to shine in the sunlight.
Diamond walked up to the fancy doors and knocked...loudly. For a minute, no one answered before Silverspoon opened the door.
"Yes? May I-" She stopped as she realized it was us at the door. She narrowed her eyes at us and sniffed rather rudely.
"And what do you three want?" She asked as we were shocked by her attitude. What happened while we were gone?
Diamond wasn't having any of it, though. She frowned and glared back. "What's got your spoons in a twist?"
"Can we please not do this right now?" Applebloom stated, but was ignored by the two ex-bullies.
"Lets see...Perhaps it has to do with the fact that you been hiding that Nicholas is 12K all along!" Silverspoon snapped, causing Diamond to flinch.
"Oh...You found out about that, huh?" She said as Silverspoon went to close the door but Applebloom stopped it with a hoof.
"Now, listen here. We came all the way across town to check on ya, and we ain't about to just walk away when ya obviously got some things to say. Now can we come in and talk about this please?" She said, suprisingly mature. I smiled at our irratated friend.
"C'mon, Silverspoon. Let us in?" I asked her as all three of us pulled the puppy dog eyes on her. She sighed and opened the door all the way.
"All right. Come in." She said, putting relieved smiles on our faces as we followed her into her house and to a room near the back of the place.
As we walked in, I couldn't help but notice the insane amount of spoons hanging off the wall by her bed. There were gold, silver, bronze, and even one diamond spoon that was in the center of them all.
"What is he doing here?" Diamond Tiara asked, pointing to a changeling with white eyes that was stretched out on her bed.
Silverspoon crawled onto the bed and laid across the changeling. "Zexion has been my buddy while you and the others went to Canterlot WITHOUT me." She said with ice in her tone that made us flinch. Diamond Tiara sighed before looking at the spoons.
"Look, Silv. I'm sorry about leaving you here, but it was a rushed decision. Nicholas tried to leave us behind as well, so we had to sneak onto the train at last minute." She hung her head. "But that's no excuse for leaving you behind...I'm sorry."
The glare on Silverspoons face softened as she smiled. "Zexion told me about Nicholas and Taks plan, which is why he's here in the first place." She hopped off Zexion and walked over to Diamond Tiara, giving her a hug. "I forgive you, Diamond. Just try to remember me next time."
Diamond pulled from the hug and wiped her eyes before looking to Zexion. "Wait...weren't you supposed to go back to Tak after stopping Silverspoon?"
He shrugged, an indifferent look on his face. "Well, I was ordered to keep Silverspoon occupied until they got back, so technically I'm still under those orders." He said as he yawned. "Whether that be a hostage situation or being cuddle buddies with this silver filly is irrelevant."
Applebloom tilted her head. "We were gone fer like four hours...how much went on while we were in Canterlot?" She asked as Silverspoon blushed.
"W-w-what? Nothing! He just hugged me for a bit when I wasn't feeling so happy, that's all." Diamond snickered as Applebloom and I rolled my eyes. Zexion looked at Silverspoon for a second before shaking his head with a smile on his face.
"You kids are silly. Though I'm technically a child too, so I have no room to talk." He yawned again. "Welp, nice to meet y'all, but I'm going to sleep." With that, he leaned back and closed his eyes.
"There's no way he's going to sleep THAT fast." I stated as a light snoring could be heard from Zexion, causing me frown. "How does he do that?"
Applebloom giggled. "Ah remember Big Mac talking about a changeling that slept through his shift while Ronin was helping with the farm, this must be him." She said as my eyes went wide, remembering somepony important.
"Omigosh, we forgot about Scootaloo!" I exclaimed as all four of us went wide eyed.
"Where would she even be?" Diamond asked as Zexion stirred slightly.
"Check the underground hive, you heathens." He muttered as Silverspoon glsred at him before turning to us.
"Hive?" She asked as Applebloom nodded.
"Yeah! That's what Ronin and Chrysalis were doing at that scary building that they live in, right? Creating a new hive!"
Diamond Tiara shuttered. "Don't tell me we are going in that place. It's sooo creepy!"
"It's the best place to look for Scootaloo, so c'mon!" I said as we walked out of the room, some more relunctantly than others.
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Azul POV
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I had just returned from informing my father about the attemp to break the human out of jail...and I wasnt sure how to feel about it.
When I had told him about the girls and their plans, he just laughed and said he had predicted this to happen. Though he did congratulate my quick thinking and ability to capture a changeling.
He had also told me to go to my room and put on my good dress, one that I wore only when we had royals from other kingdoms visiting...but who?
The council meeting had been canceled by great auntie Celestia due to some ice problem that was affecting some of the other kingdoms, so nopony should be coming...right?
I shook the thoughts from my head as a maid slipped me into my pure yellow dress with white frills. No! Daddy knows what he's doing. It's probably just another trade agreement. To be fair, Daddy recieved a lot of important visitors, whether they be lawmakers or traders. Though he looked extra worried when he had told me to leave.
Perhaps it's just an important trade?
But before I could think anything else, the door to my room swung open and daddy walked in.
"Leave us." He sniffed at the maid, who nodded and silenty left the room, closing the doors. He turned to me smiled, his eyes dancing with glee.
"What is it, daddy?" I asked, wondering why he was in such a good mood.
"I wanted to let you know that my guest will be arriving shortly, and to be on your best behavior while he is here." He told me sternly.
I nodded a single time, before tilting my head. "Who is your guest?"
The smile vanished. "That is none of your concern. All I need you to do is to not cause any trouble OR come to my room for any reason. Understood?" He stated with a nasty amount of sterness in his tone. I gulped and nodded again, this time a tad less...graceful.
He turned and walked out of the room, allowing me to let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
Daddy could be scary at times, but he's never hit me before...at least, not like he does the maids when they don't listen. I thought as I walked over and laid out on my bed. To think he believes I could cause trouble...hmph!
It's not like he's being visited by royalty or anything.
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Diamond Tiara POV
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Why did I agree to go with the others?
These were the thoughts I was thinking as I looked apon the black building that had those really sharp looking spikes coming out of the sides. I could feel a shiver going through my body as Sweetiebelle knocked on the door.
"Helloooo!" She called out. But no one came.
I rolled my eyes and scoffed. "Everypony who lives here is in Canterlot. Why would they answer?" Sweetiebelle glared at me while Silverspoon sighed.
"I would rather not break into any private properties today, so I guess we will have to look somewhere else." She said as they sighed and began to walk away, much to my inner delight.
Thank goodness we don't have to go on that house! Just another reason I'm dating Nick and not Tak...though where does Nick live at? He never did tell me...
"I could get you four in."
We all whirled around to see Zexion standing by the now open door, yawning quite loudly.
"Ah thought you were sleepin'?" Applebloom asked as he shrugged and walked over, standing close to Silverspoon.
"What? A gentlechangeling can't help his lady?" He asked as he ruffled Silverspoons hair, causing her to glare at him. Though I saw a small blush on her face as she did so.
"Why are you guys still outside? Lets go!" I heard Sweetiebelle call to us from inside the house. I sighed as everypony else went inside, forcing me to follow.
As we walked in, I noticed that the couch and the chairs that were in the living room were in mint condition, a suprise considering that a bug queen and Nicks rowdy brother lived here
As we looked at the inside decor, Applebloom looked to Zexion.
"So, where's the hive?" She asked as Zexion smiled and walked over to a wall, touching his horn to it.
A white light engulfed the wall, and when it cleared a cave was where it once stood.
Our jaws dropped as Sweetiebelle grinned big. "Oooo! A illusion spell! I haven't seen one of those in person before!"
Silverspoon tilted her head slightly as I groaned, knowing a mini lecture was coming. "Illusion spell?"
Sweetiebelle smiled and stood a bit taller. "An illusion spell is used to hide an entrance, object, or living creature in plain sight. It's a class three spell, but can be more difficult depending on what your trying to hide."
I frowned. "Three out of what, exactly?"
Sweetiebelle turned to me, eager to continue her lesson. "Three out of ten, with one being a basic levitation spell and ten being arcane spells and forbidden techniques." We all looked at her blankly, causing her to blush slightly. "What? I borrowed some books from Twilights library a while ago, and read up on the history of spellcasting."
Zexion grinned as he nodded his head. "Leave it to the unicorn to know her spells. But you were only half right about the spell type. This is a fusion spell between an illusion and teleport spells, the latter being a class three as well."
Applebloom gasped. "Y'all can combine spells? How?"
Zexion shrugged. "Don't know. Queen Chrysalis is the only one who knows how to do this. It's a specialty of hers." He turned to the cave and started walking in. "C'mon then, let's go find your friend."
I turned to Silverspoon as the others followed him, a very grossed out look on my face. "Do we HAVE to go in there?"
She rolled her eyes and grabbed my left hoof, pulling me into the cave along with the other girls.
As we followed Zexion into the cave we ended up walking past several other changelings, most of which saluted Zexion on sight.
"Evening, Sir!" One stated as we walked by, getting a eye roll from the white-eyed tour guide.
"At ease, Poa." He said as Applebloom looked to him.
"Why'd he salute ya like that?"
He looked at Applebloom while we walked, carefully avoiding a group of smaller changelings that ran by. "Since my comrades and I were the first ones hatched, we hold leadership roles over the others. Though I'd rather go without all the flashy salutes." He sighed. "Larxene really enjoys it though."
Sweetiebelle giggled. "I could tell. When we were with her, she always said things like 'My king' and other fancy jargon."
Zexion smirked as we entered an open space the size of the school playground. There were hundreds of Changelings buzzing around, either conversing with each other or transporting what looked lile cacoons through several holes in the walls.
"Whoa...." Applebloom said in awe, perfectly showing how we all felt seeing this.
"There's so many of your kind down here...how do you all fit?" Silverspoon asked as I looked at all of them carefully, noticing almost all of them had blue eyes and the same holey skin type...though Zexion and the other changelings I had seen before were unique when it came to eye color.
But why? What made those four so special? Tak was the Queens son, but the others were drones as well, right?
"We have been making tunnels underneath Ponyville for about almost a month. I think one or two tunnels connect all the way to the forest nearby this town." Zexion answered Silverspoon while Sweetiebelle gulped.
"The Everfree forest? Why would you need a tunnel to go there?" She asked as Zexion yanwed before frowning at her.
"As an escape route. The last thing we needed was for a pony lynch mob to find us and we have nowhere to transport the unhatched or the weak." He said solemnly as I raised a hoof.
"Not to butt in or anything, but this all looks pretty well organized considering there hasn't been any leadership here. Who's been running the hive in the absence of lutienents or royalty?"
Zexion shrugged. "No idea. But whoever's been doing it has been doing a good job." He said as Applebloom pointed past us.
"Guys, look! It's Scootaloo!" She exclaimed. We turned to where she was pointing to see Scootaloo walking into the area from one of the side tunnels conversing with three changelings. Applebloom and Sweetiebelle ran over and tacled her in a hug as Silverspoon, Zexion and I walked over casually.
"Applebloom! Sweetiebelle! Your back!" She exclaimed as her friends let her up before she turned to us. "Diamond Tiara? Silverspoon? What are you two doing here?"
I scoffed. "We were looking for you after getting a return trip from Nick."
Scootaloo groaned. "So I owe Tak ten bits then." She said as Silverspoon raised an eyebrow.
"Wait...You bet on whether or not Nicholas would send the girls home?"
Scootaloo smiled as the changelings went to butt in, but were stopped by a raised hoof. "Nuh-uh. Wait until I'm finished here."
Sweetiebelle blinked. "Whoa...how'd you do that?" She asked as I noticed the buzzing around the room was quieter than before.
"Well, when Tak was about to leave on the train to Canterlot, he asked me to watch the hive while he was gone. And since he figured that Nick would send you girls back somehow, he wanted me to be here to help you girls out."
I frowned. "That doesn't explain why the changelings listen to you."
A drone to Scootaloos left spoke up as several other drones buzzed over carrying a big cacoon. "All drones must listen to the upcoming mate of the prince."
Our faces went red as Zexion, who had looked like he had nodded off while standing earlier, spoke up. "Ha! That's why the hive looks kept after!" He looked to Scootaloo. "Tell me, have you been mentally connected to Tak yet?"
Scootaloos eyes went wide. "H-how'd you know about that?" She exclaimed, earning a chortle from Zexion.
"Well, considering they are listening to an outsider, and the fact that you did all this in about four hours is why." He said as Applebloom smiled.
"So yer in charge of all these changelings? That's so cool!" She said as Scootaloo sighed.
"More like taxing. It's not easy handling a bunch of oddballs born only yesterday." She said as the same drone poked Scootaoo in the her leg.
"Princess...We have been alerted to the completion of the transfering of eggs. You must come with us to the mass teleportation room." He stated as Scootaloo gave us an apologetic grin.
"Sorry, girls. I have to look at this for a bit. Feel free to hang around until I come back." She said as the drones led her away, leaving us confused and tired from the long day.
"Mass teleportation room?" I asked as Zexion frowned.
"It's something Queen Pie asked for before they left. For some reason, she believed we need the ability to teleport the whole hive across the country. Though why is beyond me." He said as Applebloom and Sweetiebelle sat on some odd shaped rocks.
"Might as well rest for a bit while we wait. Ah'm tired as hay from all this running around." She said as Silverspoon frowned.
"Applebloom...Scootaloo. Those aren't rocks." She stated as I looked closer at the "rocks" and gasped as Zexion snorted.
"Nope. those would be Roxas and Axels cacoons they burst from...Quite a nasty event, to be honest." He said, causing Sweetiebelle to jump up in shock.
"EWWWWWWW!" She screamed as Applebloom shrugged.
"Ah"ve sat in worse." She said as I rolled my eyes and sat on the ground. Anythings better than those...filthy cacoons. Zexion laid on the ground as Silverspoon sat on his back, settling in for what would probably be a looong wait.
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Meanwhile, in the north
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Pain. Betrayal. Loss.
All these words rung true for the Wendigo Queen as she looked into the sky. Even that damned title was something forced upon her by a certain moon princess. Nevertheless, she had a problem to take care of.
She had felt the presence of that earth pony that had freed her go out, which meant that he had perished in some way. A pity, but one that meant she was going to need a new eye into Canterlot, but who.
The Queen sighed as she rested on her throne, overlooking the frozen garden area. It was saddening to see such an old place overcome by the harshness of winter. Even watching the Wendigo bring in mountain climbers and torture them wasn't any fun anymore.
She sighed. She could always try and reconnect with him. It was a long shot, considering she had been disconnected before, but times were desperate, and she was impatient.
The Queen closed her eyes and reached out with her mind. Usually, a mind link like this was hard to do if you had a lot of associates or friends to sift through. Thankfully, all of hers had died centuries ago.
AHA! She thought as she felt a spark of innocence...and power?
I felt it before, but not this strong...Whatever lies dormant in this boy is- She was cut off as the connection reopened her to his mind, flooding hers with new mental images and thoughts.
"So the boy sent his lovers home away from the danger, huh. How chivalrous." She said aloud with a sigh. That type of behavior reminded her of her brother...wherever that backstabbing man was.
She gasped suddenly as she came across a certain memory. "A mass teleport ran on love energy?! Now THIS I can use!" She stood and whistled, summoning every wendigo in the area.
She smiled as over five-hundred winter fiends answered her call. "My poor children...I have called you to tell you to ready yourselves! I have came across the way to leave this cursed mountain once and for all! All we must do as wait for our ride to manifest!"
The crowd of Wendigos roared and jeered with their approval at the idea of finally laying waste to the Equine vermin that had bested them eons ago. The queen smiled before whispering under her breath.
"I hope you are ready, you moon raising bitch! Because I'm coming straight for you first!"
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Ok, but what do the sides mean?
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one side represents one on a path of light, the other an path of dark. Up till now, any who was born of dark stayed on dark, even if they were good ponies. Same for the light. The fact that now things are being skewed means that the balance of light and dark is being screwed over by ponies inner thoughts and beliefs changing.
In simple terms: Luna may have been born dark, but she is slowly shifting to the light. Something that may affect her magic output and even her abilities if it keeps up. Similar aspects to the others, except personality changes may be more likely.
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So it’s meant to represent their souls or something?
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sort of. Its a combination of their souls and any actions they take during their lives. (kind of a judging system that takes your magic type into account)
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But this will be built on in later chapters as well.
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And you said that it can affect their magic and abilities?
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Not really. Its more of a scale od yheir magic type. Whatever side they are on can affect their magic, but that comes from their own actions. (ex: if sombra was to be without dark magic and only be exposed to love magic for the rest of his existance...it might have negative affects on his power.
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And you said that the scale affects their personality or the other way around?
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other way around. its like a mirror of their choices.
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So their personalities affect the scale? Because, you said their personalities wound be taken into account so I assumed the scale affects their personalities.
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The scale is a reflection of their core personalities and the actions they take.
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Ohh.
I wonder what will happen to blueblood once ronin gets teleported to safety
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Depends on who gets their hooves/claws on him first
If she was connecting to Ronin it would make sense, but considering she was talking about him sending "his lovers home away from the danger" it must be Nick. Would Nick know about this? Why would he know about this? If not, or for no good reason, then how did she learn about this? That sort of thing an ace in the hole for a ruler, I doubt Tak would just say, "Hey, by they way, we have this unique, powerful mass-transit spell we invented to help us move around." Even as candid Tak is with Nick, that sort of thing would be kinda hard to come up in casual off-screen discussion.
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The teleport is the plan to free Ronin, not the whole thing involving the one at the hive. Sorry if that wasnt clear.
She, for some reason, is mentally linked to Nicholas. This link allows her to see everuthing he has done or thought before, as they are his memories.
and yeah, that would be a hard topic to casually start, considering Nicholas doesn't really need to know that. (Tak does keep SOME things to his chest.)
"Bet you'd want to help her lay some eggs, though." Axel quipped back, causing the prince to trip in surprise as his face went red. Roxas looked especially confused, but before he could ask his question Sentry stopped.
It was a bold move. Say such words to the prince! But I found it funny.
You should often resort to writing POV Diamond Tiara, it is always interesting to change the perception by reading a different point of view. This, you expand the description of your world.
Since Sentry couldn't answer due to embarrassment, Octavia did. "Indeed he has, though how he managed to keep such information from me is surprising." She leaned close to Sentry from the side. "It seems a punishment is in order for hiding such a thing from me, though we can settle that later in...private." This caused Sentry to fall over, conked out from excitement/fear/embarrassment.
Who is recruited into the guard? Can you at least once in history describe a guardsman more worthily than just an idiot?
Simply if you do not do this, you will not notice how smoothly you will destroy the perceptions of the world that you describe.
An interesting idea with the Airship! Let's give Count Zeppelin credit for his invention.
Azul POV Begins to clarify a lot and become predictable. But I won't post spoilers!
"We have been making tunnels underneath Ponyville for about almost a month. I think one or two tunnels connect all the way to the forest nearby this town." Zexion answered Silver Spoon while Sweetie Belle gulped.
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When did she manage to swallow something?
A drone to Scootaloo left spoke up as several other drones buzzed over carrying a big cacoon. "All drones must listen to the upcoming mate of the prince."
What good fellows they are, these changelings! Everything is simple for them! If the filly is friends with the prince, then this is a hundred percent future couple. I like this kind of thinking.
Something straight, I feel the imminent fun in the style of Discord!
By the way, this character is clearly missing in your story.
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Thanks for the comment!
Discord isn't in the story because 1-He hasnt been reformed yet by canon episodes (we're at like season 3 episode 3 right now if your keeping track.) and 2- He's not coming into this story (Im saving him for the next one.)
When a character 'gulps' its usually a way of showing a kid that is either worried or scared slightly.