The Doctor has joined the war, but was he the only one?
Davros, now the Emperor of the Changelings, is attempting to lead his people to victory. The Doctor has followed our dalek friend into the Universe of MLP: FIM. Will the Doctor help Davros and his changelings or help the evil ponies, but is there more to this war then meets the eye. Also something even more destructive than the ponies and possibly as bad as the daleks has followed the Doctor. How will this powerful new force affect the ongoing war.
The room then became deadly silent, the upper part of the room being covered in smoke from the TARDIS. The Doctor then quickly ran for the door in order to escape, with Amy and Rory behind him
“WAIT!” yelled Davros in an attempt to get the Doctor’s attention.
The door swung open to reveal a whole army of changelings waiting for their leader to finish interrogating the prisoner. The army turned to face the three time-travelers. The surrounding land was scorched and razed, with the grass dead and no sign of any other life. Before the changelings could react any further the Doctor slammed the door shut. Taking out his sonic screwdriver and pointed it at Davros.
“Stay back…or I’ll use this very dangerous weapon.” the Doctor said, in hopes that the Dalek would not recognize the sonic device in the dark room.
The Doctor had not thought he would find himself here. After his recent run-in with the Daleks, he and his companions had to chase down a dalek that escaped the Asylums destruction. However, he did not expect to find the escaped dalek so easily and now found himself knee-deep in trouble.
Needless to say, he was very upset with whatever divine power put him in this situation. What caught him off guard was that he started to hear the dalek chuckle until it was laughing uncontrollably.
"REALLY DOCTOR, DO YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE THAT YOU, THE DOCTOR, WOULD HAVE A WEAPON ON YOU…WELL WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, WELCOME DOCTOR."
The bow-tie wearing Time Lord continued to stare at the dalek in front of him. This was the second time the dalek race had a chance to kill him, but the first time the daleks wanted him to save them and now this time the dalek laughed at his attempt to sound intimidating and welcomed him.
“What?” was all he could say at the moment.
“I SAID WELCOME DOCTOR, I NEVER EXPECTED TO EVER MEET YOU IN PERSON DOCTOR, IT IS A PLEASURE!”
“Ah Doctor, what is going on? Why hasn’t the Dalek attacked us?" Rory asked.
The doctor turned to face Rory, “A better question is the daleks behavior; daleks aren’t known to be nice and polite?”
The dalek chuckled. "YOU WOULD BE CORRECT DOCTOR, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE AND HEAR I AM NOT AN ORDINARY DALEK. I EVEN HAVE A NAME, YOU MAY CALL ME DAVROS."
“Davros?" The Doctor muttered. "You named yourself Davros?”’
“YES DOCTOR, I NAMED MYSELF AFTER THE CREATOR OF THE DALEK RACE!”
"Well, that was unexpected," the Doctor turned to see the tied up alicorn on the floor, “I see you still haven’t changed your ways, planning on executing and enslaving races are we?”
"NO DOCTOR…I HAVE NOT ENSLAVED ANY BEING AND THIS WAS AN INTERROGATION, NOT AN EXECUTION.” Davros corrected.
"Then let me ask why are you interrogating this colorful equine then?” the Doctor asked.
“THE ALICORN AND AN ARMY OF PONY CIVILIANS ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK A CHANGELING OUTPOST!!”
The Doctor scoffed at this. "I have no reason to believe you Davros." He turned and began to walk towards Davros. "You and your kind have always been a symbol for destruction and nothing you could say could convince me that your prisoner is the aggressor."
"THIS SITUATION IS GREATER THEN YOU THINK DOCTOR."
The Doctor stared down at Davros, “Oh, well could you then enlighten me.”
Davros moved his eye stalk so that he was metaphorically face to face with the Doctor, “I DID NOT WILLINGLY COME HERE; I WAS BROUGHT HERE AGAINST MY WILL DOCTOR."
The Doctor mind stopped dead in his tracks. "Please continue."
Davros then turned and slowly moved around the room as he continued on with his story, “WHEN I ARRIVED ON THIS WORLD QUEEN CHRYSALIS, THE LEADER OF THE CHANGELINGS, HAD ME REPAIRED AND WANTED ME TO HELP HER AND THE CHANGELING PEOPLE. YOU SEE DOCTOR; THE CHANGELINGS ARE IN A WAR WITH THE EQUESTRIANS, A PONY-LIKE RACE OF GREAT POWER AND SIZE,” Davros looked into the face of Amy Pond, then to Rory, and back to the Doctor, “BUT WHEN I ARRIVED IT WAS LESS OF A WAR AND MORE LIKE A MASSACRE AND I SAVED THEM.”
“I don’t believe it…” The Doctor whispered.
“OH YES DOCTOR, ME A SINGLE, SIMPLE DALEK, A RACE KNOWN FOR EXTERMINATING ALL OTHER CIVILIZATIONS, IN FACT SAVED A WHOLE RACE FROM EXTINCTION…AND I’M CONTINUING TO DO SO!!”
“And what have you done to do that…mmm…fought in a war, no Davros, there are other ways do this without bloodshed.” The Doctor retorted.
“AS YOU SAID DOCTOR, I AM A DALEK, BEING ONE MAKES IT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFICULT TO THINK OF PEACEFUL WAYS TO FIGHT A WAR.”
Amy steps forward, “What started this war in the first place?”
Davros turned to point at Soulweeper, “SOULWEEPER, YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF THIS WAR THAN I DO. EXPLAIN OUR SITUATION TO THE DOCTOR AND HIS COMPANIONS.”
“Of course sir…it all started when our population started to grow out of control, we needed new land since most of it was being used to produce food and other resources for the citizens, we tried to make negotiations with Equestria to buy off some land from them, but our ambassadors would come back barely alive, stating that the Great Nightmare herself and her guards ambushed. Afterwards our Queen decided to attack the capital in order to take control of the country, but that ended in failure. In stubborn pride we attempted a full blown invasion; very little casualties were made during our invasion, most of them caused by the ponies themselves.”
“What do you mean?” Rory asked.
“Most casualties were caused by ponies attacking ponies that were suspected of being changeling spies or were killed during the chaos of the invasion, being trampled, falling from buildings, running into dangerous equipment, friendly fire from pony guards, etc.”
Soulweeper pointed his hoof at the alicorn princess with a look of mixed pity and anger, “But ponies like her take the events of the invasion and twist it to justify their own actions, saying that we mercilessly killed pony citizens, accusing us of being monsters.”
At the mention of these events Twilight Sparkle’s head shot up, in order to hear the whole story, grinding her teeth together in anger.
“Our forces quickly took over entire cities within Equestria, but victory didn’t last long. As soon as the Equestrian forces regrouped they quickly overran us. Our queen ordered a full retreat of forces, but the ponies would not accept that, they started attacking retreating forces. Eventually we returned back to our lands, hoping that the ponies would stop chasing us. For a couple a days they did, staying stationed at our borders so we decided sent an ambassador to discuss the terms of our surrender and the possibilities of making a peace treaty. The ambassador never even got ten feet away from the border before he was killed by the Equestrians as they began an assault on our border. The ponies…had decided that the changeling race had to be wiped away from existence; they quickly swept over our land. We begged for help from our allies, but they turned against us. We were almost led to extinction if it were not for Davros’s help. With this leadership we will take back our homes, and then this war can finally end.”
“NO!!” Twilight shouted out at the group, attempting to break out of her bindings, “Those are all lies, for one Nightmare Moon no longer exists, she was destroyed by the elements. Two, if there was such an attempt negotiate for land; it would have been said in the media. Three, your invasion was a bloodbath; the guards reported seeing changeling soldiers killing innocent ponies. Also we gave you repeated warnings not to attempt to cross your borders.
Soulweeper walked over to the lavender princess, “You are WRONG Twilight Sparkle, the Great Nightmare still lives; reports have shown multiple sightings of the Great Nightmare. She is either working with the Equestrian government, were they planned this war from the start, or the Great Nightmare is working alone and that we are being played as pawns for something much more devious than a war.” Both the Doctor and Davros moved in closer around the changeling and alicorn during the conversation, especially during the parts when Nightmare Moon was mentioned.
The Doctor noticed that Davros was just as interested in this as he was, “Well, that’s an interesting fact, but by the way your acting Davros I would have to say you didn’t know this either.
“YOU WOULD CORRECT DOCTOR, I’VE HEARD NO WORD OF THIS,” Davros was going irritating finding out that he was just as much in the dark as the Doctor, “WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED OF THIS, EXPLAIN?”
“It didn’t seem to be important at the time you arrived, Queen Chrysalis did not believe in the reports, thinking that it was just their imaginations.”
“A better question is who is this Great Nightmare and I want to hear it from…as you could say straight from the horse’s mouth, or pony in this case?” The Doctor asked, everyone in the room turned to give the Doctor the blandest faces they could make, minus Davros.
Amy rolled her eyes, “Really Doctor, a horse joke?”
The Doctor looked around the room, “What? It was a great opportunity for a joke; the tension was getting too…thick.”
“ALL…JOKES ASIDE WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE QUESTION?”
“Right,” the Doctor walked over and sat down next to the alicorn, “So…who is this Great Nightmare you’re talking about?”
Twilight glared at the Doctor, “I’m not saying anything else to any of you.”
“Oh you can tell me; right now I’m just a third party. Amy, Rory, and I are on neither side at the moment, I promise that if you answer any of our questions that nothing else will happen to you.” The Doctor whispered into her ear.
Twilight pondered this for a moment, “I highly doubt that you could make such a promise.”
The Doctor looked over at the changeling and dalek that were behind him, “Davros?”
“YES!”
“If I could get her to talk, would you promise me that nothing bad happens to her and that you treat her as though she were an honored guest?”
“I WOULD, BUT UNDER ONE CONDITION…SHE DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE OR TRY TO SABOTAGE ANY OF OUR PLANS.” Davros replied.
Twilight looked at the dalek with satisfaction in her eyes, “I don’t mean any disrespect, but wouldn't Queen Chrysalis have to make that decision?”
The Doctor stood up and walked over to the door, “Davros I wish to meet this queen of yours, where is she at the moment?”
Davros looked away from everyone in the room and stared at the ground, "SHE IS...SHE IS DEAD...I AM THE NEW LEADER OF THE CHANGELINGS"
Silence rained supreme over the group concisting of; the Doctor, Amy Rory, and Twilight Sparkle. The first one to break the few moments of silence caused by the revelation, was the Doctor. After shaking his head to clear himself of the sudden shocking revelation revealed to them by Davros, or king Davros, he asked the question that was on the mind of the whole group, including Twilight sparkle.
"What?! how?!" he asked in a shocked tone.
Davros moved his eyestalk in the Doctors direction in a sad way before saying " A-AFTER T-THE BATTLE OF FORT STORM, I WAS GIVEN THE POSITION OF LORD, ONLY SECOND IN COMMAND TO Q-QEEN C-C-CHRYSALIS, WHEN SHE WAS ASSINATED BY THA-THA-THAT UNICORN! " Davros said in a voice that started in a shaky-sad tone, that ended in one of rage when said the fate of the previous Queen Chrysalis
while the Doctor, Amy , and Rory shocked by not only what happened, but also how much emotion they felt from Davros, twilight had a look that was mixed with sadness and triumph. "HA! Good riddance, now that WENCH is dead, Rarity has been rev-ACK!!!!" she said before they were cut of by Davros who, when he heard her say that, speeded forward an put in a chokehold in one of his appendages. The Doctor finally snapped out of his shock when he saw Davros chocking Twilight. "DAVROS! Please, she is not worth killing!" He said in a pleading tone. Davros stopped, then dropped Twilight, leaving her on the spot, coughing. He then turned to Soulweeper and told him "GET THREE GARD IN HERE AND TAKE HER TO THE TRAIN, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE CAPITAL! COME ALONG, DOCTOR, AMY, AND RORY! AS IT SEEMS, YOU THREE MAY BE HERE A WHILE. DON'T WORRY DOCTOR! YOUR TARDIS SHALL BE MOVED TO THE CAPITAL, WHERE IT WILL BE SAFE!" Davros then started making his way to the door, as he was about to leave, he turned and looked at the Doctor. "I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING DOCTOR." he said. "Show me what?" the Doctor asked confused. "THE REDEMPTION OF THE DALEKS."
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It took them about 3 hours to arrive to the capital, mainly due to the time it took to move the TARDIS on to the train. But also, due to Darvos having to order the Gard outside to swarm and tackle The Doctor and his companions. The Gard were paranoid to anyone close Davros after what happened to Chrysalis. After about one hour, they were ready to leave for the two hour train ride. since it would be awhile before they arrive to the capital, all but Davros took a nap. Davros just watched as the empire he now rules pass by. he still had half an hour before they are to arrive to the capital.
(TIME SKIP)
"We have arrived to the capital!" the train conductor called out. when everybody finally were awake and off board, including the TARDIS, they started to make their way to the castle. as they passed civilians who were going about there everyday life, stopped at what their doing to watch them pass by. while everybody was wandering who the tall ape-like beings were, their glances quickly turned into glares and harsh whispers when they see Twilight. Chills start running down her back when she starts to notice the murderous glares she's receiving from the changeling around her. The three Gard on both sides and behind her move closer so that no changeling gets any ideas.
In no time at all, they arrived to the castle. Davros turned to the Gard, who were keeping an eye on Twilight Sparkle. "TAKE HER TO HER CELL AND GARD THE ENTRANCE! MAKE SURE NONE GO IN OR OUT WITHOUT MY PERMISION!" he ordered. all three saluted to Davros and started dragging Twilight, much to her protest, to her cell. "FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR, SHE WILL BE A PRISONER!' Davros said with matter-of-fact tone. Doctor asked in a worried tone "She'll be treated fairly, won't she?" Davros stopped in front of the doors leading to the throne room. he's already knows who's inside, due his sensors detecting and identifying them. Davros swiveled his dome to face the doctor. "OF COURSE DOCTOR, OF COURSE! I'M NOT CRUEL LIKE THEM, OR THE DALEK EMPEROR!" he said in a smooth tone. Davros turned his dome to face his door and spoke once more to the Doctor "ANYWAYS DOCTOR, PASS THIS DOOR, THERE ARE THOSE I WANT YOU TO MEET, DOCTOR! THE BEGINING OF THE NEW GENERATION OF DALEKS!" just as he finished saying that, Davros pushed open the doors and move into the throne room, and what the Doctor saw, both shocked and terrified him at the same time. He saw 23 Daleks in total. They were twice the size of Davros, and all around intimidating. twenty of them, their skirt was a deep, metallic vermillion, with black sensor globes and grilles. two of them are colored in the Dalek drone scheme, while only one of them is in the Dalek supreme scheme. The Doctor, Amy, And Rory were left speechless and terrified at what they see. the supreme Dalek then finally spoke "EMPEROR! IT IS GOOD TO FINALLY MEET YOU FACE TO FACE!'
"INDEED! IT IS VERY EXCITING TO MEET THE FIRST GENERATION OF THE NEW DALEK!", Davros replied with as much happiness he could muster. Doctor, while still in plain shock, turned to Davros and said, "they are much bigger than I remember them being", with a questioning tone directed towards Davros. "OF COURSE THEY ARE BIGGER THAN NORMAL.", Davros answered with a happy, yet surprised tone. "THEY ARE TO BE NOT ONLY THE ELITE SOLDIERS OF THE DALEK FORCES, BUT THEY ARE ALSO TO BE THE PORTECTORS OF THE EMPIRE WHEN THE WAR ENDS!", Davros said as he turned to look at the new Daleks. He also added, "ALTHOUGH I'M SURPISED BY HOW QUICKLY THEY WERE MADE, THEY WILL BE EXCILENT INCLUSIONS TO THE FORCES TO TAKE EBONY BACK!". The doctor figured that must be the reason for the surprised tone in Davros's voice.
Davros then asked the Dalek in front, " WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SOLDIER?!", he asked in a questioning tone. "MY NAME IS DALEK TOXIN! THESE ARE MY TWO SECOND IN COMMAND, DALEK VENOM, AND DALEK CARNAGE!", the one now known as Dalek Toxin, said with an even tone. even though he's lived for less than a day, he already knew that the future will now and forever remember the name of his emperor, this is his promise! Toxin decided to inform his emperor with more good news. "INADDITION TO THE TWENTY PREDATOR DALEKS YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, TWENTY MORE PREDATORS, OF THEY HEAVY WEAPONRY CLASS, SHALL BE READY WITHIN A FEW HOURS!", he said with the same even tone as before.
"GOOD, GOOD! EXCELLENT NEWS!', Davros replied with a happy tone. Davros finally collected himself, and gave his orders." 21 DALEKS SHALL REMAINE BEHIND, TEN PREDATOR DALEKS AND TEN HEAVY WEAPONRY! THE HEAVY WEAPONRY SHALL BE ON TOP OF THE WALLS, TWO PATROLLING ONE-FITH OF THE WALL, EACH! TWO PREDATOR SHALL PATROLL ONE-FITH OF THE CAPITAL, EACH! YOU WILL REPORT TO DALEK VENOM EVERY 400 RELLS! THE OTHER TEN HEAVY WEAPONRY SHALL ENTER EBONY FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE PREDATOR DALEKS, AND FINALLY, THE FOUR MILLENIUM! DALEK CARNAGE SHALL BE INCHARGE OF THEM! THEY SHALL REPORT TO DALEK TOXIN EVERY 40 RELLS! DALEK TOXIN SHALL REMAIN AT MY SIDE AT ALL TIMES! HE SHALL KEEP ME UPDATED ON THE SITUATION OF THE BATTLE! WHEN THE HEAVY WEAPONRY ARRIVE, INFORM THEM OF THE PLAN! I WILL GATHER SOULSWEEPER AND SOME COMMANDERS TO GO OVER THE MORE MINUT DETAILS OF THE BATTLE PLAN! GARD, SHOW THE DOCTOR AND HIS COMPANIONS TO THEIR ROOM, AND MAKE SHURE THAT THEY ARE TREATED FAIRLY!',
Davros commanded to those around him in a firm voice. the gard saluted Davros and showed the still nervous Amy and Rory, and the inquisitive Doctor, to their room. While every dallek in the room responded, at the exact same, with, "WE OBAY,EMPEROR!".
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Ebony, or also known as Vineheart due its wine yards, is a large port city with important resources. the first, is the metal the city is named after. it is the main metal Equestria uses for their weapons and armor. when it's reinforced, it looks similar to gold, which is the reason why the royal day gard are often thought of wearing armor made of gold. the second reason, is its port. the port is a good stopping place for merchant ships heading for the independent countries more down south. the port, as well as the rest of the city, has had its fortifications upgraded over the centuries of its existence. the third and final reason, its location. it was vital to alternative to the plan of marching onwards to the capital should it fail. the plan is to take cities around the capital, encircling the capital, and chocking it into submission.
contrary to most of both sides know, including Celestia, those capture in the cities, both soldier and civilian alike, are not immediately killed on sight. instead, they are rounded up and locked in the prisons, where they would remain until they die of old age. this way, they don't lose momentum, and gives the war to the other counties a less negative light. the plan is to also have Equestrian civilians slowly come in and take up residence, while slowly purging the changeling populations from the cities. for the moment, the only Equestrians in the city are soldiers, servants, and the new equestrian lord put into power there.
since they are one of the cities farthest away from Equestria, they are generally one the last ones informed of events of the war, barring the forts and such farther down south, in what others call, "the mess countries". As the lord currently in power is going to find out, the news he's about to receive is not good at all.
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In the center of the city, in the castle, in the dining hall, the lord is currently eating. "SERVANT, MORE FOOD!", the lord yelled loudly and hatefully, at the cowering, female Earth pony in front of him. Or, to put it bluntly, he's gorging himself in all the food he's provided. this fat, sloppy, vain, greedy, and cruel male unicorn's name is Pompus Cornealius the 16th. he's a golden-colored fur, and silver-colored mane and tail. his cutie mark is that of a silver tongue, He's most infamus among civilians and soldiers for the nasty glint in his mud-colored eyes. before he was selected to become lord of ebony, he was/is a powerful noble from one of the larger duchies of Equestria.
As the servant brought him more food, he grumbles under his breath about recent events in ebony. 'stupid prisoners,' Pompus grumbled eerily. ' as if I don't just have to deal with those muddy changelings, but also those damn magical snake-men!', Pompus growled angrily. 'it's not my fault that they decided to be on the losing side!', he exclaimed under his breath. the snake-men may seem slow due to their physical appearance, but not only can they do a lot of damage if they can close, with their magic, they can attack from afar or up close, and no one would ever know. 'if I kill the previous lord, then they might finally calm the hell down, and let me have my peace.', Pampus wondered with hope.
When the servant came back with his 10th serving of his favorite desert, Pampus looked at it hungrily, as if he hadn't ate in months. "finally, at last! now come to pa....", as Pampus was about to dig into his food, a female Pegasus came barging in a gallop, with the insignia for royal messengers strapped around her neck. with great anger at being interrupted from eating his favorite desert he began yelling, "WHAT NEWS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU MUS......", but was interrupted when the messenger gave him the terrible news. "THE MAIN ATTACK HAS FAILED! NEARLY THE ENTIRE FORCES SENT TO ATTACK HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT!", she exclaimed with terror and fear etched on her face.
Pampus suddenly paled with fear. "W-W-W-WHAT?!", Pampus exclaimed with great terror written on his, along with a sudden realization. "b-b-b-but t-t-t-t-that would mean all the unicorns that I sent over with them, are dead,", he began to shake violently with fear. "that means that I don't have enough unicorns to keep contained the snake-men in the prisons. especially their leader, who may figure out that we don't have enough unicorns to suppress them anymore." Pampus said, more to himself, than the messenger. He decided to have a messenger to relay a request to the crown. "TELL THE PRINCESSES THAT I NEED A UNIT'S WORTH OF UNICORNS, PRONTO!", Pampus said with a haste in his voice. The mare only saluted, and dashed out with a new message to deliver. As Pompus paced back and forth, he said," I hope I'm not too late
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in the deepest cell of the prison, a creature with a body that, if it ever stood straight, is larger than a full grown man in height and mass, with it being in an eternal hunched-like crouch state. it has arms long enough to easily walk on all fours. its legs have two joints to help move the leg. First, is the knee that pushes forward, while other one goes in the opposite direction. it has two digits on its feet, while having three digits on its hands. it has a long, thick strong neck with the head of a snake, with red eyes and black, slighted pupals.it has long, thick, muscular, and powerful tail does not impede its movement and speed. They have a dorsal-spine, ending at the base of the tail. they refer to their species, as a whole, serpent people. although, it is often used by Equestria and its allies, they consider it a derogatory slur. because, they do not to be grouped up with the snake men of saddle Arabia, who are known for their cruelty and disregard to the snake gods the serpent people worship. The way to tell warriors and priests apart is the head gear they wear. While warriors head gear is more of a helmet with very little cloth, while the priests are all cloth. This one in particular, however, is different.
his scales, for example, is albino white, while others are stormy grey. He has five digits on his hands, and three digits on each foot. he is slightly bigger than the average serpent people, with more muscle on the body, especially on the arms. his dorsal-spine, instead of being a muddy-yellow, is completely black in color. he wears the head gear of the priests, but instead of red, his is black and is made of very strong material that makes most attacks with weapons against it useless. it signifies that, not only is he the high priest, but he has lived over the age of 500 years old. which he gains the name serph. his full name is Serph the 10th.
" I believe the time has finally come.", Serph said with a voice that sounds like it drawls on the letter S of his sentences. " The god of flesh and metal's triumph is upon us!" Serph said with a tone of excitement that would send a shiver down the spines of many. He suddenly stopped , raised his head, and took four quick, deep sniffs. With what he just discovered, caused him to give a dark chuckle that make the bones of many shake with terror." It seems that ones with the cursed horns, are all but gone. this is the moment we've been waiting for. brothers and sister, it's time to enact our plan. We must be ready for the arrival of the god of flesh and metal!. He will bless us with his presence, and lead us to victory,REJOICE.". Throughout the prison, the echoes of the word," REJOICE!", echo with chorus of many, many, many, many more voices joining in.
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the group normally call the," mess countries", encompass many, many groups that control the land south of the changeling empire, with many, many species living in it. Even though Equestria and its allies, especially Equestria and Saddle Arabia, have forgotten that, once upon a time, they were once part of the changeling empire. The main reason that they united to form the changeling empire, was to fight their common enemy. the Ape Horde, with their leader, Caesar Khan. the apes wished to enslave them, to fuel their industries of war and commerce. It took nearly a century, but the crushed the Ape Horde, and scattered them to the wind. after executing Caesar Khan for his deeds, to make sure that the Apes would never unite like that again, they gather key leader's and their bloodline's, including Caesar's, and banished them to the deepest, darkest part of Tartarus. Where unimaginable abominations dwell and feast until madness.
after many years of peace, each of the species split off from the Changeling empire for one reason or another. every split was, for the most part, peaceful. most changelings secluded themselves to the changeling empire, although a changeling named thorax found not only a potion to give him immortality, but also a spell to change him and the hive, which is the equivalent to the population of a large city, into a different forms. He tried get the other changelings to join him, saying that he would be a more democratic ruler, but they only saw him as a traitor, and chased him out. he and his hive were last seen fleeing into what is called the," Badlands", in Equestria. everything was peaceful, until Equestria and its allies began to invest interests in certain groups. in order to gain more interest and control, the first tried to whisper and conivce to take certain land from groups that they could not get interest from, saying that they will benefit from it in the long run. When the groups refused to do it, Equestria and its allies then forced the events simply called the," Mess disaster", which is the main reason for the state of things in the area now. Due to this many groups grew resentment to Equestria and its allies, but never truly acted on it, bar from a few isolated incidents. But When they heard of their war against the Changeling empire, the incidents turned into full on riots, which were suppressed by gryphon and minotaur forces with reserves from Saddle Arabia. when non heard from the serpent people clans of Moldovia, things have become very tense in the south. The south has become a powder keg, all it needs now is a spark.
“Are you sure that we won’t have trouble?”, an averaged sized guard mare asked her superior. Her superior is one of the few unicorns that are still stationed here in the city. “Yes, these snakemen still have their restrictive chains on, inhibiting their magic. If they even tried to revolt, with just a flick of a spell, they’re all immobilized anyway.”, he said to her in an arrogant voice. Instead of responding to his obvious arrogance, she just sighed and began her usual patrolling.
In truth, she hates the entire war itself. She doesn’t really care for the empire herself, but she could never truly condone genocide on an entire species. The only reasons that she stays in the guard, is it not only has a high payment, but it ironically fits her cutie mark, which is a helmet. The most important reason though, is her husband. Her husband is a Changeling that’s been living in early retirement from the army from the changeling empire. Unknown to most outsiders, many changeling soldiers go to live outside of the empire as a way of permanent vacation. She remembers the stories that he told her about Queen Chrysalis. Tales of how she was a fair and just ruler, who would willingly sacrifice everything for her subjects.
When the war started, he was called back into service in defending the empire when the war started turning against the changelings. The last she heard of him, he was defending the city of ebony. The city that she is garrisoned in at the moment. Due to being a suspected sympathizer to the changeling cause, she was forbidden to go near the wing of the prison that holds all the surviving changelings. Just to make sure that she doesn’t sneak off, they gave her the responsibility of caring for the leader of the serpent people. He’s a kind old man, even if he is sometimes a bit cryptic with his choice of words. He always seems to have a story to tell me, as the countries south of here are full of lore best by those who personally lived through them. He also always talked of how his people are mistreated by Equestria and it’s allies. Of how many die every time they tried to resist the outrageous demands. Of how tired they are of being oppressed by those with more numbers than them. Of how their children’s children are doomed to suffer the same fate as them. All that, and much much more. If she wasn’t being constantly monitored, and didn’t have to worry about how to get her husband out of the prison, she would’ve already joined the changeling side a long time ago without a second thought. She’s also part of a growing group, comprised from the remaining guard stationed here, that are sympathetic to the changeling cause, and are disgruntled by the actions of Equestria.
A familiar, yet soft, hiss broke her out of her thought process. Taking out her short sword, and preparing for the worst, she hastily crossed the the turn the sound was coming from. What she saw, shocked her to the core of her mind. In front of her, a large group made up of snake people, changeling soldiers, and sympathetic guard were taking the loyalists of the guard as prisoners. The one leading the the group, though, caused her to run towards with a swell of emotions that cannot be described.
As she collided with her husband with a constrictor-like hug, her husband returned it with renewed gusto. Their actions spoke more words than they could ever say out loud. “ another time and place, children. For now, we must prepare for the arrival of the god of flesh and metal. We must capture the cursed horned of gluttony that eats the share not his, to give the god of flesh and metal the boon of judgment upon the one who has filled his belly with darkness.”, serph, also called father by followers of the faith, spoke softly before continuing forward towards the castle in a slow, methodical way filled with purpose and motivation. Silently, most of the snake people warriors followed father, silently chanting, “rejoice”, under their breath in a language that few would understand and recognize. One the serpent people warriors had the flag of the changeling empire, which was a crown with wings on a background of royal green, connected to its back on a small pole.
As she quickly, yet quiet, trot, she caught up to Serph. As they silently traveled through the streets, neutralizing any loyalist patrols along the way. As they were nearing the castle, she looked up at Serph. What she saw was a predatory grin that would haunt the nightmares of any who saw it.
