Pinkie has been hiding a secret that may change the course of Equestrian history forever
Pinkeie was not born on a Rock Farm as many ponies think but was hatched far from Equestria in a hive of changelings. She has been working on a hive under Canterlot with the help of the half-changeling Princess after her return from the moon, little does she know her mother's own plans may impact her life more than she thought possible.
The Profanity, Non-consnsual and Sex tags were added for Chapter 11 although there may be more swearing later. Also there is no clop, just the mentions of it happening.
Pinkie stood behind her friends, ready for what was coming. A voice in her head said “I’m proud of you.”
Pinkie sent a message back into the Hive Mind “Thank you, mother.” The elements glowed as they unleashed their power on Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon swiftly avoided the attack. She then sent a blast that knocked them away. Rainbow darted at her before being slammed into the wall. Nightmare Moon then knocked out Applejack and sent Pinkie skidding across the floor. Rarity and Twilight fired combined their blasts of magic. Nightmare Moon simply knocked them both out with a stronger blast.
Looking over her injured friends, Fluttershy said turning her attention at Nightmare Moon with a serious look on her face “You will surrender and tell us where the Princess is.”
Nightmare Moon repeated “We will... Never.” Nightmare Moon grabbed Fluttershy and roared “You tried to force us to do something against our will! I will remove your ability to do that ever again!”
Fluttershy begged “Please, don’t.” Nightmare Noon ignored her pleas. Pinkie looked up to see Flutters being lifted up in the air. Nightmare Moon gouged out Fluttershy’s left eye. The butterscotch mare screamed as Nightmare let out a menacing laugh. Pinkie jumped after the scream and saw what was going on. Just as Nightmare Moon went for Fluttershy’s right eye. Pinkie shouted “Leave her alone, I will fight you.”
Her mother shouted “Don’t do this.”
Pinkie told her mother “I have too.”
Nightmare Moon laughed throwing Fluttershy away as if she were garbage “You will do what?” The Pink Party Pony’s body shone with a pink light revealing a Pink Changeling Queen. Nightmare Moon eyes widened “A changeling shouldn’t look like that.” Pinkie’s changeling form was very similar to her pony form, the shape of her mane was also the same. She had no holes in her legs, the wings were bug-like and transparent sporting the same pink colour as the rest of her body, 3 balloons adorned her flank on both sides. Her horn was very changeling-like although it was pink. The biggest thing that scared Nightmare Moon was she was easily 3 times her size.
Pinkie slammed into Nightmare Moon pinning her to the castle wall. Nightmare roared “Let us go, foul creature!”
Pinkie roared as she smashed in one of Nightmare Moon’s ribs “You have no right, monster of the night.”
Nightmare Moon screamed. Pinkie slammed Nightmare Moon into the ground before continuing to strike the the monstrous Princess. Pinkie held her injured opponent in one hoof only to hear her friends waking up. Pinkie whispered “You’re lucky they woke up or else I would kill you right now.” Pinkie casts a small memory suppressant spell before leaving Nightmare Moon lying there. She returns to her pony form and pretends to be unconscious with the others.
The sound of screaming woke up Pinkie’s 4 other friends. Pinkie joined her friends who were standing around Fluttershy, who was trying desperately not to scream.
Twilight asked “Who did this to you?” Fluttershy pointed at the injured Nightmare Moon. Twilight looks at her 5 friends, they all nod and stand up. The elements once again unleash their power, blasting Nightmare Moon. Pinkie watched as Fluttershy’s eye socket was being treated, the scream were loud but not enough to distract Pinkie from the mare that lay were Nightmare Moon stood. Pinkie's eyes widened as she realised that she had bug wings and a carapace but also had blue fur and an alicorn horn.
Pinkie snuck over to her. The mare opened her eyes. She was about to shout when Pinkie put a hoof over her mouth. Pinkie whispered “You are a changeling Queen or at least half-one.”
The mare whispered looking at her back “Horseapples.”
Pinkie whispered back “I will disguise it for you with a simple illusion just let me see your memories.”
The mare nodded before Pinkie changed so she now had a pink horn and read her memories. The mare whispered confused “How did thou do that?”
Pinkie ignored the question before casting a small illusion spell, hiding the mare’s from a Half-Alicorn form so she appeared to be a normal Alicorn. Pinkie whispered to her “I will tell you later, Luna.” Pinkie made her pink horn disappear as quickly as it came.
Pinkie appeared to teleport next to her friends. They all jumped. Pinkie smiled. A voice said “That was very dangerous.”
Pinkie replied to the voice “I had to do it mother, you know that, they are my friends.”
A voice called out “Twilight, are you alright?” Twilight smiled as she ran towards the voice.
Celestia nuzzled her “I’m fine, Twilight, but I have to do something.” Celestia pointed towards Luna. She walked over to Luna and gave her a hug.
Luna said “We art thou sorry, sister.”
Every member of the Elements of Harmony except Pinkie shouted “What.. your sister!?”
Pinkie thought (Hmm, that is why she was so worried her sister didn’t know about that.) Celesta said “Yes, I banished my sister Luna to the Moon after she was possessed by the Nightmare and I have regretted it ever since.”
Luna said “Thou should not be sorry, this is our fault.”
Celestia cried “I didn’t listen when I should have. Will you come back?” Luna nodded and smiled, crying.
They returned to Ponyville with Luna and Celestia. The town was full of cheer at their return. Pinkie bolted towards Pound Cake and Pumpkin Cake. She smiled, feeling the love they emitted. She said “I told you I would come back.”
Pinkie watched as her friends greeted their loved ones. Pinkie than ran over to Luna. She asked bouncing “I would like to know if you would like my help to help you get used to this time period?”
Luna smiled slightly confused at the pink earth pony’s insistence “Of course I would. twice a week, would be preferable.”
Pinkie replied “Okie Dokie Lokie.”
The next day, Pinkie smiled as she entered Luna’s room. Pinkie smiled before materialising a unicorn horn in shimmering light. She cast a soundproofing spell. Pinkie said “What am I really here for is to teach a few things about what you really are.”
Luna asked “What I really am?”
Pinkie said “Yes” as she removed Luna’s disguise.
Luna screamed as she saw her true form “Turn me back.”
Pinkie said “How long have you been lied to, that is the real you. I am here to teach you how to disguise yourself as you are a changeling or at least half of one.”
Luna stared before frowning “Changeling half?”
Pinkie said “Changelings are creatures that live and feed off love. You have the blood of an Alicorn and a Changeling Queen.”
Luna roared “How do you know so much?”
Pinkie smiled as she glowed revealing the huge changeling queen, easily over 3 times larger than Luna. Luna was shocked at her presence.
Pinkie said “I am one as well except I’m a full changeling queen.”
Luna asked intimidated “Are we monsters?”
Pinkie said “No we aren’t and even more I’m a special breed of Changeling that can generate her own love, don’t worry I won’t hurt you.”
Luna asked feeling a little better “So, how do I change?”
Pinkie said “Focus on your form and imagine what you want yourself to look like.”
Luna focused and shifted back to her old form. Pinkie smiled as she asked “I may need you to help me with something?”
Pinkie looked around the Canterlot Caverns before sighing, in the 6 months since Luna’s return she has been spending a large portion of time with Luna in Canterlot. Luna asked “Pinkie, what’s wrong?”
Pinkie replied “I don’t know, I just have so much to do. Hiding this from my friends has been tough.” Luna ran a hoof through her flat mane as she said “Come on Pinkie cheer up. Let’s go and get donuts and then head down to Ponyville and throw a party.”
Pinkie said “IHAVESOMANYIDEASBUTFIRSTIMUSTGETMYPARTYCANNONI’LLBERIGHT BACK!!!” Luna shook her head as she went back to make sure the hive organisation was done before heading down.
She sighed as she thought (I shouldn’t have mentioned parties. I really wanted some donuts.) She then got a brilliant idea she said in the hive mind “Could some of you disguise yourself and quickly get me some donuts before the meeting?”
Luna got a quick reply “Yes princess.” 2 minutes later a huge packet of donuts arrived in the hooves of a couple of changelings.
She quickly devoured the donuts then smiled as she said “I’m going to start the meeting.” She looked at all the changelings. She roared “We have been working hard to keep this hive well maintained and yet hidden from those above! I want you all to be ready for combat, an unknown threat has threatened the castle above and we must prepare to defend Canterlot should worst come to worst. Pinkie will probably will find out when she meets with her friends. "
In Ponyville Pinkie was sitting with her friends. She said “I’m glad to be back, I have spent so much time in Canterlot.”
Rainbow Dash said “I’m not surprised you spend more time with Luna then with each of us, are you going out or something?” She blushed at the thought luckily her pink coat concealed it.
Rarity scolded “Rainbow Dash, that is inappropriate. Luna is a princess it’s unlikely that would be the case.” Pinkie giggled at the statement she had missed this, the hive had taken up most of her time.
Pinkie then looked over to Fluttershy her left eyesocket was covered in a bandage. She said “Fluttershy, I’m sorry about your eye.”
Fluttershy said “It’s not your fault, I shouldn’t have tried to use the stare against her." Pinkie knew she could have done something and felt a small part of herself screeching at her telling her it was her fault.
She felt a small feeling of movement in her belly, she thought (I’m glad I laid today already, one thousand eggs is a lot.)
She heard Twilight gasp. Twilight shouted “I’ve been invited to my brother’s wedding!”
Pinkie said “I will go ahead and meet you there most of my stuff is in Canterlot anyway.” She jumps into a random bush and her friends found no sign of her.
Rainbow Dash said “It’s just Pinkie being Pinkie.”
Back in Canterlot Pinkie jumps out of a bush in the royal garden. She stared at Discord’s statue and thought (I’m glad he didn’t figure out I’m a Changeling, he totally would have blown my cover.) She trotted back into the castle and headed for the Canterlot Caverns.
Pinkie saw Celestia walking down the hallway with some nobles, she quickly hid and disguised herself as a statue. She watched as they moved past and sighed as she quickly entered the caverns. She thought (I must admit when Luna told me about this place I wasn’t entirely convinced, I mean setting up a hive right under her sister’s muzzle could get us both banished to the moon. Still I am glad it has worked out so far, still she better explain why I wasn’t informed about the wedding.)
Pinkie found her way to Luna’s position. Luna was laying there undisguised, Pinkie knocked on the side of the wall, her pony disguise falling away. Luna said “I had just finished the defensive preparations.”
Pinkie asked angrily “Why didn’t you inform me of the wedding? You know I have so much to do now" she said while she pulled out her party cannon." I have to plan an entire after party and got so much to do, on top of that changelings are naturally drawn to weddings. There could be 100 in there at any one time and we would have no idea if any were invaders or just passively collecting love.”
Luna looked down sadly as she said “Oh.”
Pinkie replied coldly “I’m angry because you forgot to inform me of some important details, still you need to help me prepare the after party.”
Luna and Pinkie pushed through 2 hours of preparation. Pinkie sighed “I have a terrible feeling about today, like something is going to go wrong.”
Luna asked “Why do you feel that way, is it your Pinkie sense?”
Pinkie responded “No, it’s a feeling that something is off, I smell changeling in the air and it is putting me off.”
Luna asked “Is it me?”
Pinkie said “No it is the smell of my mother’s hive. It is really strong which either means that most of the hive is here or she is here, both are really bad. I just hope she is smarter than that.”
Luna asked “You think it’s an invasion.”
Pinkie responded “I can’t tell for sure but I want our hive in full military mobilisation mode we can’t take any chances.” Pinkie disguised herself and went to meet up with her friends.
Pinkie exited the castle and awaited her friends. She sighed the smell of changelings had grown stronger. She looked up to see the princess, she quickly realised that the smell was coming from her. She thought (I will have keep an eye out for any suspicious behaviour in case it leads us to the real princess).She quickly galloped back into the castle.
Pinkie galloped back to the Hive, Luna asked “Back so soon?”
Pinkie said “The bride has been kidnapped, there is a changeling taking her place. I think it’s my mother.”
Luna said darkly “First she killed my mother, now my niece Cadence has been kidnapped!? I will deal with her later.”
Pinkie shook her head as she sent a message through the hive mind “Keep an eye out for suspicious behaviour we have no idea where Princess Cadence is.”
Her changelings responded “Yes mother, we won’t fail.”
Pinkie smiled as she replied “I know you won’t.” Pinkie returned upstairs and saw her friends in the hallway. She galloped after them.
Twilight asked “Where did you go?”
Pinkie replied “I had some business with Princess Luna.” Pinkie saw the frozen glare she received from Cadence, that just confirmed her suspicions, the only creature capable of filling a glare with such malice was her mother. She smirked back letting her mother know she was not scared.
The fake Cadence hid her outrage as she thought (How dare my daughter oppose me, it’s bad enough she cut herself off from the hive mind.) Pinkie glared at the fake Cadence as she set up the balloons and a copy of the Pony Pokey. Twilight noticed something was off about Pinkie. It was a sense of unease at first but it became clear something didn’t add up as Cadence and Pinkie often exchanged glares.
Pinkie kept a close eye on the imposter and notices that she chucked some of Applejack’s apple fitters in the bin. She also noticed that the imposter’s green magic which was clearly changeling in origin. After she had finished her preparations, she met with her friends. Twilight said “I can’t believe how ungrateful Cadence is being, she was never like this when she was foalsitting me.”
Pinkie thought (I can’t believe my mother is being so reckless. She must be blinded by power, she used to be always careful to perfect her disguises.)
Rarity said “It’s probably just stress, getting married is stressful.” Pinkie nodded in unison, she didn’t want to push too far. Her mother was a complication but she would deal with it should it arise to be a problem.
Pinkie returns to the underground caverns and arrives to meet with Luna. Pinkie asked “I’m curious how did you know your mother ?”
Luna replied “I didn’t, all I knew was what my father told me which was she was killed by Chrysalis.”
Pinkie said “I hope she has mellowed a bit since then, still I’m a little worried Twilight may do something reckless.”
Luna asked “Why?”
Pinkie said angrily “My mother is being cocky, her behaviour is so unlike Cadence enough that Twilight has picked up on it, she has even failed to disguise her magic which is stupid, it take 10% extra energy but in her position she is full of love so she could easily afford the extra expenditure.”
Pinkie slept in her hive that night, hoping things would go well tomorrow morning. As soon as she woke she felt a sense of unease fill her, she knew there would be a lot of drama today. Pinkie new today was the rehearsal, she galloped to find Rarity panicking about her dress. Rarity sees her and quickly puts her dress on much to her confusion, then Rarity and her go to the fake Cadence’s side.
They were just about to start when Twilight barged in and started shouting at Cadence, Pinkie frowned deeply as Cadence ran away in tears. Pinkie thought (What a bunch of hooey, she is just pretending to be upset).
Everypony started to leave, Rarity shouted “Are you coming?”
Pinkie said “I will talk to Twilight she has to understand the repercussions of what she has done.” She noticed Twilight was in the middle of a mental breakdown. She put a hoof on her wither and said “Twilight ,there is something wrong with Cadence but it’s above your capability to deal with. You played a losing hand in a very deadly game. I am waiting until I have a winning hand before playing.”
Twilight asked “What do you mean, what’s wrong with Cadence?”
Pinkie said “Don’t tell anypony I told you this but she is not Cadence, don’t ask how I know. Trust me Twilight there will be a time when you will get the answers you seek but know is not that time.”
Pinkie left the room as she sent a message to the messengers portion of the Hive You need to send a message to the changeling Hive Mind Mail Centre on express, we tell them that we may need to publicly reveal our hive because Canterlot may be invaded by Changelings.
Pinkie headed back to the wedding and made sure the preparations were ready. She got in the dress Rarity made as she headed to the wedding. She stood there and looked around, she knew Twilight was not there and it made her uneasy. She was worried by what Chrysalis may have done. She stayed calm and watched the imposter closely.
The vows were about be exchanged when Twilight barged through the door with the real Cadence. Pinkie smiled as her mother was in trouble now. She watched in shock as her mother broke her disguise and said “I am Queen Chrysalis, my hive has been love starved, so I am taking all of your love to feed my children.”
Pinkie thought (That can’t be right, she'd have plenty of stores I was producing enough love to feed the hive for the next one thousand years.)
Celestia roared “You have made a fatal mistake angering me.” She watched as Celestia fired her magic at her mother, only for her mother prove to be victorious. She watched as thousands of changelings bared their exit.
Chrysalis snarled “Put everypony in cocoons except the pink one.” Pinkie watched as her friends as well as Cadence and Celestia were taken into a different room. She was alone in a room full of changelings. She transformed back into her changeling form, which towered over her mother. Chrysalis said “Impressive, you have grown.”
Pinkie snarled “You shouldn’t have attacked, this is destined to fail.”
Chrysalis replied “I needed love and Canterlot will provide it for me. Join me our family will rule Canterlot.”
Pinkie smirked “I guess it’s time for me to inform you that you are breaking the Changeling code by invading?” Chrysalis blinked before a loud amount of noise rushed down the hallway. The door was forced open by several thousand pink changelings bearing Pinkie Pie’s Cutie Mark on their flanks. The largest were easily twice Chrysalis’s size while the smallest were equal in height.
Chrysalis gasped “You started your own hive, oh I’ve really screwed up haven’t I.”
A voice said “Yes you have.”
Chrysalis looked over to see Princess Luna walk in. Chrysalis asked “What does she have to do this, Pinkie?” Pinkie nods at Luna and she reveals her true form, her wings glow a light blue colour, and her body covered largely by fur but with holes in legs, and a crooked changeling horn on her forehead.
Chrysalis asked “A half-breed, when, how?”
Luna said calmly “A Queen, you killed my mother if I remember correctly.” Chrysalis realised what she meant and stared at her hooves.
Pinkie said “Mother, my changelings will return underground then you will free all you captured and leave.”
Chrysalis said “Very well my daughter, I don’t think this will mean much to you but you’ve made me proud.” Pinkie nods as her mother, gives out the orders, while Pinkie’s changelings return underground. Pinkie and Luna reassume their disguises as they wait for everypony to be released.
Pinkie was watching as many of Chrysalis’s changelings were pulling ponies out of pods. Chrysalis had just pulled Celestia out from her pod. Celestia snarled “Why are you letting us out?”
Chrysalis replied “I broke the changeling code by invading here, I am doing my best to minimise the damage.” Celestia blinked confused at Chrysalis words, 2 hours passed and Chrysalis’s changelings had finished the job. Chrysalis said to Pinkie “We have completed the task.”
Pinkie responded coldly “Then leave before I change my mind about sparing you.” Chrysalis nodded and all her changelings flew out of the castle.
Celestia galloped over to Pinkie and asked angrily “Pinkie you know more than you are letting on. What are you hiding?”
Pinkie said calmly “I will tell you after the wedding. Cadence will not be very receptive to what I me and Luna have to say.”
Celestia glared at Luna as if she had committed treason, Luna said “Trust me, dear sister, we will explain when the time is right.”
Pinkie smiled as the wedding preparations were restarted for the real wedding. Pinkie set up her copy of the Pony Pokey after the other one disappeared during all the commotion. Pinkie knew her mother is going to be in trouble, the Changeling Queen’s Council will not show mercy for something like this. Pinkie sighed as she started setting up the party food she had left over, she loved her mother despite all she had done and was worried what would happen.
Luna came over and put a wing over her. She said “All will be fine Pinkie, Celestia will accept us.”
Pinkie said “I’m worried about my mother.”
Luna said “I understand, from what you’ve told me you two were very close.”
Pinkie said “Yeah, I’m worried she will get herself done in by the council. She has gotten away with a lot due to her high status with the council but they can’t excuse this, she broke the 2 two highest codes. Our code of secrecy and our code that forbids us attack each other’s territory.”
Luna asked “Why can’t you attack another’s territory?’
Pinkie said sadly “Your mother’s death triggered it, her heir put the rule forth it to the council and they all agreed aside from my mother.”
Luna said “I see, I’m sorry for the problems this has caused.”
Pinkie said “Don’t worry about it, my mother made her choice and we both have to live with the consequences.” Pinkie smiled as Luna returned to her duties. Pinkie finished setting up the party supplies and went to get her dress which Rarity was busy repairing.
I entered the room to see Rarity smiling. She said “Perfect timing Pinkie, I finally finished repairing the dress, you really did a number on it.”
Pinkie said “Thanks Rarity, although I have a feeling I won’t need that dress after the wedding.”
Rarity asked confused “Why not?”
Pinkie replied “I’ll tell you later, it will make more sense although you will need to make me plenty of dresses anyway so I hope that will be good compensation.”
Rarity squealed “I can’t wait, I should start now it will only take me a few minutes to get your measurements.”
Pinkie replied quickly “Rarity any measurements you take now will mean little. When I’m ready you can take my measurements.” Pinkie left as Rarity stared after the pink mare, she was confused by Pinkie’s serious demeanour, it had bothered her for some time but with all that’s happened maybe it’s just stress.
Pinkie got into her dress and headed to the Wedding Hall for the real wedding. Pinkie smiled as she watched the wedding go past, her mind was racing with the thought of her hive being ousted from her home. She was partially glad this was about to be over but another part was really nervous. She watched as the happy bride and groom left, she sighed knowing the moment of truth was coming.
She walked up nervously to Celestia said “Celestia, it’s time to learn the truth.”
Celestia said “Good.”
Pinkie said to her friends “I would like to tell you all as well.”
Twilight said “Alright Pinkie this sounds quite serious, we better come with.”
Applejack agreed “Yeah but Ah hope this isn’t some silly prank.”
Rarity said “You have been acting weird lately, I would like an explanation.”
Rainbow Dash added “Yeah, you’ve been acting too serious.”
Pinkie responded “All will be revealed in due time.”
Pinkie and her friends followed Celestia into the room, Pinkie right next to Luna and said “First, we should soundproof the room.”
Luna said “That would be wise.” Luna cast a soundproofing spell over the entire room.”
Pinkie said “You will need to see this before we continue.” Pinkie nodded at Luna and they both changed into their true forms much to the shock of everypony in the room.
Celestia snarled “You are a changeling and you have done something to my sister.”
Luna roared “Sister, Pinkie had shown me who I really am. My real mother, Queen Alura struck a deal with our father to secure peace between our 2 races. Chrysalis killed my mother and I have been kept in the dark about most of it. I knew my mother’s name and that I could change into a monstrous form but that’s it, this is the real me.”
Celestia shouted “That can’t be true, that is a lie. You are lying to me.”
Pinkie said “Celestia, I am being honest with you. I have been raised a pony, my mother has had very little input other than teaching me how to disguise myself. Also if I wanted Canterlot I could have taken it, my Hive numbers at 1 million changelings as of this moment, I want peace.
Applejack said “They are telling the truth, I can feel it.”
Celestia stared at Applejack before turning to Pinkie and asked calmly “What is it that you want?”
Pinkie said “I want to inform everypony about our existence, keeping us secret will make others suspicious after this incident.”
Twilight said “Pinkie you have been keeping quite a big secret you know.”
Rainbow Dash flew up to her face and asked angrily “Yeah, why didn’t you tell us?!”
Rarity scolded “That is no way to treat royalty, she is a queen.”
Rainbow Dash said “But she is a bug.”
Fluttershy said sternly “Rainbow Danger Dash, come here now.” Rainbow flew in front of her. Fluttershy said angrily “I remember a Pink creature saved me from Nightmare Moon” she then turned to Pinkie Pie “that was you wasn’t it, you were the one who saved me that night.”
Pinkie said as tears flowed down her face “Yes it was, my mother didn’t want me to do it but I had to, you are my friends. I wouldn't let any of you die. If I acted sooner I could have saved your eye, I’m so sorry.”
Fluttershy walked over and said “You saved my life, you risked so much just to save me. I am glad to call you friend.”
Pinkie smiled slightly as she said “Thanks I needed that.”
Celestia said “I have to organise everything, I don’t like this but I have to put my personal feelings aside for peace. Is there anything else I need to know?”
Pinkie was about respond when a message arrived in her mind “The council has been informed of your decision and have accepted it due to the circumstances. The other things is due to these events we will be holding another Queen’s Council Meeting, it will be at your hive in a month’s time.”
Pinkie said “Yes actually I just got a message that my Hive will be hosting a Changeling Queens Council meeting, this means we need to inform the populace as well.”
Celestia asked concerned “Why?”
Pinkie replied “Every changeling hive has to bring half their hive with them. This means we will be seeing one Changeling Carrier and 2 Changeling Destroyers, they differ per hive in many ways but generally hold thirty to forty thousand changelings and are covered in heavy mounted cannons.”
Celestia sighed as she said “Great, this couldn't get any worse.”
Pinkie said “First, don’t tempt fate and secondly if Cadence was here, we would have much bigger issues.”
Celestia said “I’ll get the meeting organised, Pinkie and my dearest sister you two have a lot of work ahead of you.”
Pinkie sighed “Great, this is just fantastic, we have to convince the Canterlot Nobility about our good intent.”
Twilight said “We'll be right beside you two, right girls.”
Rarity said “Of course darling what kind of friend would I be if I didn’t.”
Rainbow Dash boasted “Pinkie, I bet I can beat you in a race.”
Applejack said “Sugarcube, don't worry Ah’m with ya.”
Fluttershy said “How could I not help a friend who saved my life with something like this.”
Pinkie sighed as she watched the sun rise, the announcement was going to cause a ruckus. Luna said “Relax, we will get through this.”
Pinkie replied “I hope so, this is a pain in my flank. I sometimes wish mother never came, this makes it so much more complicated. If only Celestia knew and we were kept a secret as a shadow force for Equestria it would be so much easier.”
Luna said “Well we have to try, we will get through this, Pinkie.”
Pinkie said “Well let’s go then, Celestia won’t wait much longer.” Luna nodded as the as the pair walked to the balcony of Canterlot Castle.
Celestia said “Are you two ready?” We nodded and walked out to see countless noble ponies.
Pinkie said “I understand much has happened as of late with the Canterlot Wedding and the invasion by changelings. However Changelings have been living in Equestria for 6 months.”
A noble with a white coat with blue mane that contained a single streak of silver stepped forward, his cutie mark was a magic line hanging moneybags on it. He shouted “I, Silver Streak suggest we burn them and eradicate them from existence.”
Pinkie let her disguise fall away and roared, deafening much of the crowd “Queen Chrysalis broke a sacred law of the Changelings and left before she could cause my hive any more problems!”
Silver Streak shouted “How did you set up a hive anyway?! The princesses would have stopped you!”
Pinkie boomed “I was given permission by Princess Luna herself!”
Luna stepped forward and let her own disguise fall down. She said in her Royal Canterlot Voice “I have been like this my entire life and Pinkie has told me the truth of what I am!”
Silver Streak said “That is a lie, changelings are deceitful, why else would they hide their presence from us.”
A voice familiar to Pinkie Pie said “I think that’s uncalled for, Silver Streak, that is Pinkie Pie the Element of Harmony, can’t you recognise her by her Cutie Mark.”
Silver Streak said in shock “Fancy Pants, what are you doing here? You were supposed to be in Manehatten.”
Fancy Pants replied “I was returning for the wedding but it seems I just missed it. Still I’m glad to be back for this momentous occasion.”
Silver Streak asked “What do you mean Fancy Pants? You can’t mean them.”
Fancy Pants said “I met Pinkie when she was having a party with Rarity in Canterlot. She was fun to be around, she emits a fun loving aura.”
Silver Streak asked “You can’t be serious?”
Fancy Pants shouted “Come on, we are all nobles and we should appreciate a good party. She has a reputation even in Manehatten as being Equestria’s premier party pony. So let’s welcome the bugpony race into Equestria.” 80% percent of the nobles were celebrating, while 20 % who were friends of Silver Streak stood behind him.
Silver Streak shouted “Don’t you remember what they did at the wedding?” Fancy Pants and the nobles around him glared. Silver Streak said “I will find a way to get them, I assure you Fancy Pants and then you will beg for my mercy.” Pinkie and Luna sighed as they watched Silver Streak and his posy ran off.
Pinkie and Luna said “Just so your all aware there will be several other hives arriving in a month.” A look of concern flooded the crowd’s faces. Pinkie shouted “If the any of the hives cause any trouble, I will make them regret it, the council meetings are sacred, to cause any problems for the host hive is punishable by death! We will stand strong as Equestria’s hive, there will be retribution if they harm anypony in Equestria, that is a promise!”
Celestia smiled from behind them “Relax, you handled that quite well. I was worried about all of this and you, but today you have proven yourselves.”
Rainbow Dash gave Pinkie a big hug “You sure showed those stuffy nobles.”
Applejack said “That was very brave, sugarcube.”
Fluttershy smiled and asked “Umm, could I see your nymphs?”
Pinkie said “Of course you can.”
Pinkie and Luna turned around to see Rarity trying to measure them. Pinkie smiled as she asked “Trying to get measurement for the dresses, you're going to have to make for us, knowing that we will be going around like this for formal events.”
Rarity blushed slightly as Luna and Pinkie laughed.
Luna asked “So you going to throw a party?
Pinkie jumped up and down as she ran off shouting as everypony except Twilight smiled “IHAVETOTHROWAPARTYFORMYHIVEBEINGACCEPTEDINEQUESTRIA.”
Twilight’s eyes widened as her brain began processing what she just happened and collapsed on a couch that Rarity had pulled out of nowhere. Applejack asked confused “Rarity where did you get your fainting couch from?”
Rarity replied with a smile “Pinkie has her secrets darling and I have mine.”
Applejack said “Okay that doesn't explain why she fainted.”
Fluttershy said quietly “Umm, it’s because Twilight realised there was an entire hive of Pinkie Pie like changelings.”
Rainbow facehooved “Oh great, Equestria is doomed, it will explode from the force of that much chaos.”
Rarity said smiling relax “That won’t happen, Pinkie has a huge responsibility now to take care of Equestria and her interests.”
Rainbow said “I hope so, she caused so much chaos in Ponyville.” They all started laughing about Pinkie Pie’s antics.
Twilight woke up and asked “Why is everypony laughing?” She saw all of her friends laughing on the floor even Rarity. She heard them talking about Pinkie Pie and joined in the laughter.
Pinkie was standing at the entry to the Hive, she said “I’m think it’s time I show you the full extent of the hive.” As her five friends and Celestia entered, they blinked several times at the hive entry’s bright pink walls.
Twilight asked “Isn’t this a bit much, I mean why is it all pink?”
Pinkie laughed “Everyling decided that the hive should be pink, it would be more welcoming that way, there’s more to see, come on.” They followed her until they ended up in the main section of the hive, they saw just how large it was, a huge pink building was at the back.
Twilight asked “What is that building?”
Pinkie said excitedly “That’s the nursery and the larger building next to is the hatchery.”
Fluttershy smiled “Can I go and see it?”
Pinkie smiled and nodded as she sent a message across the hive mind. 2 Changelings arrived they were half her height. Pinkie said maintaining her smile “Blitz and Cross, they run the nursery and hatchery, they will take you there now.” Fluttershy smiled as she followed the 2 large lings.
Celestia asked “I’m curious what types of changelings you hive has.”
Pinkie’s smile faded as she said “Blitz and Cross are what are known as Rocketlings, they are very fast, they often are incredibly competitive, their wings are have a small blue tint at the end of them. Blitz and Cross often argue over who is better at tending to the youngsters, I hope Fluttershy will be okay.”
Celestia asked “Is that it?”
Pinkie sighed “It will be easier to show than explain, follow me.”
Meanwhile
Fluttershy slowly followed Blitz and Cross, she was both excited and nervous. She watched as the 2 large lings walked forward. Blitz boasted “I will show you how good I am at looking after the eggs.”
Cross said in a snarky tone “Oh really all you do is look after some eggs, I actually look after them once they hatch.”
Blitz shouted “Caring for the eggs is an important job you know!”
Cross shouted back “So is raising young hatchlings!” Fluttershy shuddered a little at the shouting contest. She saw the large structure and was amazed at it’s size. She sighed as with only one eye she couldn’t truly measure it’s size.
Cross and Blitz boasted “This is the facility, what do you think?”
Fluttershy said “It’s huge, that’s for sure.” She rubbed her hoof over her bandaged eyesocket as they opened the door to the large building. When she entered the inside looked more like a series of caverns then an actual building, she cringed slightly at the pink walls. Blitz and Cross didn’t notice her cringing as they guided her to the hatchery, it’s wall were large and pink, it was so large that she couldn't see the top but it was very thin.
Blitz said proudly “This is where me and my colleagues works.”
Cross boasted “You’ll be more impressed by mine.” Several of the other lings groaned, Fluttershy noticed some were larger while others were about the same size as Blitz and Cross.
Fluttershy asked “How many does Pinkie lay per day?”
Blitz said “Our mum lays between one and hundred thousand eggs depending on how many her body produced that day.”
Fluttershy gasped “One hundred thousand eggs.”
Blitz said “Yep that’s how many.”
Cross said “But that’s not what you wanted to see, come on I’ll show the good part.” Blitz muttered under his breath but Fluttershy couldn’t quite make it out what he said. When they entered the nursery it was similar in colour but it’s shape was different while the Hatchery had been tall and thin, the Nursery was wide and short.
Thousand of hatchlings were running around the room. Cross said “One of the queen’s friends is here.” All 200 thousand of the rooms nymphs galloped over to Fluttershy.
Fluttershy asked smiling “What’s your names?”
A few of the less timid hatchlings stepped forward, Fluttershy’s smile diminished slightly as she was slightly disappointed only 3 stepped forward. The youngest said with a flourish “I’m Thunder Flash, I like flashy things.”
The other 2 said in unison “I am the miraculous Fireball and I like to play with fire/My name is Snowy Wind and I like animals.”
Fireball boasted “Animals, that’s lame, fire is better.”
Fluttershy immediately scolded him “That is very rude, I am animal caretaker myself and I find a very rewarding.” She then turned to Snowy Wind and asked “Would you like to come to my cottage and say hi to the animals I care for?”
Snowy Wind jumped up and down excitedly her pink wings buzzing “I’d love too.”
Fluttershy responded “I’ll ask Pinkie if you can come to my cottage.” The hatchling smiled exictedly.
An older changeling who is equal to Pinkie’s height said “I’m glad your here, these 2 have been scaring the hatchlings way too much.”
Cross said “I’d told you she would enjoy this part more.”
Blitz snarled “She would have like my part more if she really got time to actually explore it.”
Cross snarled back “She is an animal caretaker, how much caring do you do, you just watch eggs all day.”
Blitz said “I polish the eggs and clean them as well as make sure there are no abnormalities, why do you think there is all those computers there, my job requires an actual brain.”
Fluttershy looked down at the hatchlings and saw the terrified looks, Snowy was hiding behind her back, Lightning was trembling and even Fireball was slightly cowed. She looked at many of the others and they were crying. Fluttershy trotted over to Blitz and asked “Excuse me but can we talk in you office?”
Blitz and Cross asked “What for?”
Fluttershy said “I want to inform you of how well the both you are performing.”
Blitz followed her with Cross behind him, Cross said “I don’t think this is a good idea.”
Blitz said with a smirk “You scared of a timid little mare with on eye.” Fluttershy grimaced slightly at insinuation but kept going.
When they entered the room, Fluttershy said coldly “You 2 have done nothing but argue all the way here, I’m incredibly angry and now you 2 will be punished.”
Blitz laughed as he said “You, punish us you must be joking.”
Fluttershy thought (Fleur taught me well and I will make her proud today, standing up for those weaker than I as she did for me once.) She stood on her hind legs and one of her hooves crackled with lightning and the other stared to glow with ice’s power. From outside all that was heard was a several loud bumps and thumps. Fluttershy walked out and said “It will be fine now.”
Many of the hatchlings cheered and gave her a big hug. Snowy Wind said smiling “Thank you.” Blitz and Cross stumbled out their eyes bruised and their wings bent, their carapace had a few cracks in it.
The older changeling from earlier said “I’m glad you taught them a lesson, I’m Solemn Heart, I work in the medical wing usually but Pinkie transferred me here to watch those two.”
Fluttershy said “Don’t worry I will speak to Pinkie about those two later.” She then started playing with the little hatchlings, Solemn Heart smiled knowing that the first steps to peace were being established.
Pinkie, Celestia and 4 of her friends arrived at a school looking building. Pinkie said “This is our records building, this will be the best place to explain.” They arrive in a simple pink room, Pinkie said “First things first, how a basic hive works you have the drones which perform menial tasks, the infiltrators who collect love and the Queen who runs the hive, it is very basic as drones mainly take up military and hunting duties.”
Twilight asked curious “That seems very simple, how do you all reproduce?”
Pinkie said “The Queen lays eggs and then feeds them love until the hatch.”
Rainbow Dash was sleeping while Applejack was looking uncomfortable, Rarity asked “Do you think I should make some decorations for the room?” Pinkie ignored the comment.
Celestia asked “So what about you hive, what type of changelings do you have?
Pinkie replied “My hive have as you have seen the Rocketlings we will start with them, they have large egos and are generally good fliers, they also can be quite lazy sometimes, I’m wondering if I should have named the Rainbowlings instead.” She was staring at Rainbow who we sleeping on a chair.”
Celestia asked “So those are those types of changelings what about the others.”
Pinkie said “Well we have Mechlings, the Ghostlings and the Nightlings.”
Twilight asked excitedly “What do they do, I wonder if I could perform a few experiments?”
Pinkie sighed as she continued “Mechlings are engineers they design and build ships and other machinery, thus they have large bodies and their exoskeleton is very flexible allowing them to squeeze though tight gaps despite their large size, they love tinkering and working with tech, they are very anti-social unless you're talking about machinery or parties, they are my kin after all.” Celestia giggled slightly at the comment before composing herself.
Twilight said as she scribbled notes pulling out an inkwell from her saddlebags “I would like a detailed summary of the other 2 types please.”
Pinkie continued even she was very annoyed by Twilight’s note taking “Ghostlings don’t like company, they have the ability to phase through walls or just stay in a wall for indefinite amount of time, they won’t come out often unless they have a job or there’s a party going on. As for the Nightlings they contain several thestral traits which are evident in their wings mainly they take a bat-like shape and are faster than most lings other than rocketlings, they also have very good eyesight even in the darkest hours, they are the most fun oddly enough, they are always playing pranks and jokes on every other group of lings.”
Twilight was scribbling furiously, Pinkie asked noticing Applejack’s discomfort “Are you okay?”
Applejack said “Sugarcube, Ah’m sorry it’s just that this whole thing freaks me out, we were enemies one day and all friendly the next.”
Pinkie responded “We are not those same lings, still I understand you hesitation, how about I show you the farm area, that might put you at ease.”
Applejack smiled “Ah’d appreciate that sugarcube.” Just as Pinkie was walking along she facehooved for no reason. Applejack asked “Why did you facehoof?”
Pinkie said “Don’t worry about it, it won’t harm this Equestria.”
Applejack asked confused “This Equestria?”
Pinkie said “If I explain it you will be more confused then ever, trust me it won’t be a problem.”
Applejack said “Ah trust you, Ah wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t.”
Pinkie said “Just don’t tell Twilight, you know how she can be sometimes, she will want to study it and there are some things that shouldn’t be meddled with.” Applejack nodded. Pinkie shouted “Well know that the explanation is done we are heading to the farming area.”
Twilight asked exictedly “How you grow food down here? I would really like to know.”
Pinkie said “I will show you then” she then whispered to herself “Twilight is getting too into this, yet again she did try to explain the Pinkie sense so maybe this is normal.”
As they were walking Rarity asked “How much further, my hooves are killing me.”
Applejack said “Come on, Rarity it’s not that much further.”
Pinkie said “Well actually it is still quite far and Rarity has no interest in growing crops.” Two seconds later, two ghostling mares turned up. Pinkie said “You will take Rarity to the spa building, she could use the relaxation.”
Rarity said “Thanks Pinkie, it means a lot.” She followed the two ghostlings away .
Applejack asked “Why did you do that?”
Pinkie said “In all Honesty, I have a lot on my mind the upcoming meeting with the other queens which is still be set up over there” Pinkie pointed to what would be the largest building in the hive when it was completed, Pinkie continued “and I don’t want to hear Rarity’s design choices for the hive right now, I’m too stressed.”
Applejack said “Ah’m sorry sugarcube, Ah didn’t consider your feelings, Ah should have known you were stressed.”
Pinkie sighed as she glared at Twilight “You're not the one causing me grief, don’t worry about it.” Twilight ears perked up at Pinkie’s words. Pinkie said “Well let’s get going everypony we have a long trot ahead of us.”
Twilight looked at her quill and all her scribblings. Celestia looked at her as she sighed and put her notes in her saddlebags. Celestia asked concerned “Are you okay Twilight?”
Twilight asked looking at her notepad sadly “Princess am I being a bad friend? I am not exactly comfortable with all this, I’m taking notes mainly to keep from freaking out, I should be paying attention to Pinkie and helping her through this but it scares me.”
Celestia said smiling “I understand how hard it can be, I am not exactly comfortable with this either, a potential enemy has been living under my castle for months. We will get through this together, I’m here for you.” Twilight smiled slightly as Celestia wrapped one of her wings around her. They left to follow Pinkie.
Pinkie was smiling pointing out features of the hive like their party labs, their bakery and their jumping castle when a rocketling slammed into her side. Pinkie sighed as she turned around “Prism Rush, what are you doing here? I thought you were on toilet duty after the last incident.”
Prism Rush said “I finished the punishment 2 days ago and I am bored now.” Then her eyes widened as she shouted “Rainbow Dash, no way the fastest pegasus in Equestria is here!”
Rainbow Dash boasted “I’m the fastest flier in Equestria, nopony, griffin, dragon or ling is faster than me.” Pinkie had a slight chuckle at the statement.
Prism taunted “Oh yeah then why don’t you prove it on our course.”
Rainbow replied “Your on.”
Pinkie said “Well maybe that will keep them out of trouble.”
Twilight said sadly as they continued onto the underground farm “I’m sorry Pinkie, it’s just this whole thing is stressful.”
Pinkie replied in a equally remorseful tone “That’s alright Twilight, I should have paid more attention, this is very stressful for me but I should have noticed you were stressed too, I’m sorry too.” Pinker gave Twilight a light hug.
Pinkie panicked suddenly as she shouted “Dashie, I shouldn’t have let her leave with Prism.”
2 months after Luna’s return, Fluttershy was going to get lunch after attending a seminar on animal care. She was looking for a place that was not fancy, as she was looking around she bumped into something, she opened her eye to see a tall white unicorn mare. The mare said holding out a hoof “Pardon me, I wasn't watching where I was going, I’m Fleur De Lis.”
Fluttershy said mustering all her courage “Um, no it wasn’t your fault, it was mine.”
Fleur De Lis gasped as she realised “You only have one eye, that makes me feel worse I injured somepony with a handicap. You know what, how about I treat you to lunch ?” Fluttershy was about to say no when her stomach rumbled, she sighed sadly. Fleur laughed heartily “I’ll take you to my favourite place where I drop in for a snack.”
Fluttershy followed her to familiar doughnut shop, she didn't feel like talking, Fleur was a lady of class after all and all the courage she mustered faded. She idly sat there as Pony Joe walked up he asked “Fleur it’s a pleasant surprise to see you, what are you doing here?”
Fleur replied “I accidentally bumped into the poor dear and I thought to repay her by bringing her here.”
Pony Joe said “I see you bumped into Fluttershy.”
Fleur’s mind clicked and she said to Fluttershy “I’m so sorry I remember you from that party in Canterlot, I’m sorry about how you were treated that day.”
She replied “It’s fine you liked me and treated me with respect.”
Pony Joe asked “Would you like the usual?” Fleur nodded and then asked “What about you?”
Fluttershy said nervously “I’ll just what she’s having.” Pony Joe nodded and went off to get our donuts. She asked “Um, I don’t mean to offend but you're a model aren’t you, doesn’t eating food like this affect your figure ?”
Fleur replied “Don’t worry, I burn up ten times the amount of calories I eat here every day.”
Fluttershy blinked as she thought (That is a lot of calories). She watched as Pony Joe brought out a platter the size of the table covered in donuts, then she gasped loudly “There’s no way I can eat all that.”
Fleur said “Don’t worry I’ll share.” Pony Joe smiled as he walked out, she guessed guessing he was grateful he didn’t need to carry out another platter. As they were eating, 3 stallions entered the room, Fleur instantly took notice as she ate, her breathing slowed and her intake decreased. After they finished the meal, she said “Fluttershy I wish you a good day, stay safe.”
Fluttershy blinked at those last words, before noticing the gaze on her back. she could tell it was one of the stallions and left feeling uneasy. That uneasiness didn’t leave as she felt a presence following her, when she was at a decent distance away 2 stallions approached her, one put a hoof on her shoulder and she darted into an alleyway only to see it was a dead end. The 2 stallions approached as she backed up to the wall. The lead stallion said “Our boss will be so pleased with this catch, she will fetch a high price and I’m sure that Fancy Pants will pay plenty of bits, he clearly is interested regardless of how oblivious she is.”
Fluttershy then heard a loud sound of hooves, she saw 2 bloodied stallions one burnt and the other looked like he had been hit by lightning. The stallion in front of her asked “What happened how did you lose to that one mare?”
The burnt stallion said “She is a master of the Mystic Path.” The stallion’s eyes widened, Fluttershy saw Fleur gallop around the corner, yet in spite of all that sweat she was still beautiful. Fluttershy realised just how much muscle was hiding under that figure of hers and saw her hooves were glowing with lighting and fire, she leapt into the air and smashed the large stallions head with fire and lightning, causing him to collapse.
She landed in a pose with both hooves in front of her in a duellist’s stance Fluttershy watched as the other stallions carried him away as fast as they could only to find a regiment of guards standing there. She looked at Fleur and asked “How did you do that?”
Fleur replied “I trained under a master for a very long time, it was tough too but it taught the importance of both grace and poise.”
Fluttershy begged “Please could you teach me, I realised how helpless I am, Rainbow Dash is fast, Twilight is magically gifted, Applejack is strong, Pinkie has her party cannon and even Rarity knows basic levitation.”
Fleur said “Are you ready, to devote yourself, to this it took me years, you must be ready for it.”
Fluttershy replied “I don’t want to be useless any more, I will fight.” Fleur nodded and took me to a secret place, a small but well lit cave.
She said “Watch this and try to copy it, this stance is basis for all we do.” Fluttershy watched as she put one of her rear hooves behind the other while putting her 2 front hooves in front of her body, She tried to copy the manoeuvre only to fall over. After a few more attempts she finally managed to do the stance correctly, after 5 more tries She was able consistently match Fleur’s stance.
Fleur said “You are really impressive it took me a full week to get that bit down.” She smiled slightly at the thought.
4 months later
Fluttershy was standing in front of her friends and 1000 changeling were staring nervously at her as if afraid to make the first move. She was standing in her combat stance, her hooves glowing with ice and lightning, 300 changelings lying unconscious in front of her. The 4 of her friends behind her were shocked at her bravery and skill, she smiled as she thought (Finally, I’m no longer a burden).
Rarity followed the two ghostlings mares, she just hoped the spa would be nice and soothing her aching hooves She asked “Forgive me but I didn’t catch you names.”
The larger of the two said “My name is Snowy Blossom and my broodmate’s name is Fiery Bouquet.” Rarity followed them quietly to the spa building as they didn’t seem to want to talk. She stared in awe at the building it’s pink shades blended perfectly. They asked smiling “Come on in, do you want the usual treatment?”
She replied absent-mindedly “Yes, I would like to have the usual treatment.” She stared at the large interior and watched as all the different pink shades continued to blend well, dress ideas flooded through my mind, she smiled as she pulled out a notepad out of nowhere and started scribbling.
Snowy Blossom coughed drawing me out of my stupor “Um, do you still want the usual treatment?”
Rarity blinked as asked “Of course, wait how do you know about that”
They smiled “We’ll tell you after we get started.” Rarity smiled back as they started to clean her mane and give her a hooficure. They said “Aloe and Lotus told us about you Miss Rarity, you and Fluttershy are their favourite customers.”
She asked confused “How do you know them?”
They said “Their our second cousins from Chrysalis’s Hive.”
Rarity gasped “Does that mean they’re changelings?”
They said smiling as they waved their hooves “Of course.” Rarity started to panic before they carried her over to a massage table and started kneading her back. That helped her calm down.
Rarity said “They were involved in the wedding, I can’t believe I trusted them.”
Fiery Bouquet said calmly “That is not fair on them, they had no involvement with the invasion, they had invitations. In fact they are very angry at Chrysalis, not just the fact she failed to inform them or the fact she was invading in the first place but their disguises and identities were so flawless, they were mistaken for actual ponies.”
Rarity responded in shock “Really, they were that good.” Rarity smiled as they massaged her tense back.
Snowy Blossom smirked “Of course they were always competing for the throne but after Pinkie hatched they were forgotten.”
Rarity gasped as she realised what that meant, they were both royal queens capable of spawning hives. Snowy Blossom said as if she knew what Rarity was thinking “Don't worry, they haven't laid yet, they have cast suppression spells on themselves until the time is right. I have a feeling they will ask Pinkie about it in the future.”
Rarity asked “Would Pinkie allow that?”
Fiery Bouquet said “Only if they promised to be loyal and become a secondary hive, subservient to the primary.”
Rarity then asked “Would they be okay with that?”
They chuckled as they said “Of course, Pinkie often went there for special changeling treatments.” Rarity was about to speak when they started massaging her back and hooves.
She thought (The massage felt amazing, I really have to thank Pinkie for this, it has been a rough couple of days to say the least and I really needed this between all the dresses for the wedding, and Chrysalis, and her invasion.)
Afterwards Rarity sat in a deep blue bath, She smiled until she noticed the two ghostlings were watching her . I asked nervously “Um, why are you watching?”
Fiery and Snowy said “Um, we’re sorry bad habit, bathing is usually a community event for us. We like to do it together we are siblings after all.”
Rarity replied “Um, my apologies continue on.” She quickly shampooed herself as she felt their stares on her back. She then asked “Come on in, it’s quite nice.”
They both responded shocked “But we’re not supposed to.”
Rarity smiled as she spoke “Darlings, listen here it would be more comfortable for me if you were in here with me chatting then sitting there staring.”
They sighed and reluctantly entered the bath. Rarity always eager for a little gossip asked “So what goes on around here, anything big or major?”
Fiery said “Well, umm Prism did challenge several other lings to a race, they all ended up in our medical facility. It was really bad for them.”
Rarity asked concerned “What happened?”
Snowy added “They were smashed into rock formations, Prism is incredibly competitive and has been known to hurt others in order to win.” Rarity instantly got worried about Rainbow, she knew she might race against this ling and get hurt. The image of her bleeding out crossed her mind and a tear dropped from my eye.
Rairty watched as both lings stood up quickly and their faces was an alarmed expression. She asked terrified “What happened?’
Fiery said looking nervously at Snowy “Prism hurt someone again, this time it was a pony.”
Rarity’s asked with a cold fury “Who! Is! It?!”
They both said nervously “Um, a rainbow maned mare with a light blue coat.”
Rarity asked as her eyes glowed red “Where’s the hospital?”
They said “Um, we’ll show you.” Rarity nodded and followed them as they flew out of the building. As they were flying along the white mare realised they were pacing themselves.
Rarity snarled “Hurry up already, we don’t have all day.” They picked up speed and she after them, her only thought being (Dashie, please be okay.)
Rainbow Dash and Prism arrived at the hive’s flying course. Prism said “This is our flying course?”
Rainbow Dash said “This is quite a course, it looks like something I’d see the Wonderbolts training with.”
Prism smirked “Come on then, Rainbow Crash I’ll show you how to really fly.”
Rainbow Dash roared angrily, “Oh, I’ll show you, let’s stop with the words, let’s race already.”
Rainbow Dash landed at the start of the track and Prism did too. Rainbow nodded at her opposition and they both raced off, Rainbow looked at Prism every now and then until she bumped into Rainbow’s side slamming her into the wall. Rainbow quickly recovered and caught up.
Rainbow Dash shouted “A cheater, well that will just make it even more impressive when I win.” She accelerated to nearly my top speeds without the rainboom and had managed to maintain a solid lead until the end.
She watched as Prism had managed to catch up in burst of speed, she in response pushed herself her limits and in the last few metres pushed into a rainboom passing the finish line first. She watched as Prism stormed up to me and shouted “What in Tartarus was that, how did you increase your speed so fast?”
Rainbow Dash said “That was the Sonic Rainboom, a technique that by moving faster than sound allows me to move much faster than normal for a short time.”
Prism huffed “I can’t believe I was beaten.”
She replied cockily “Look, you have only practised for less then 6 months, I have years of practise under my belt.”
Prism snarled “Don’t treat me like a child, we adults are all Pinkie’s first daughters, we all mature fast to keep the hive running.”
Rainbow Dash responded “I’m sorry about that, I didn’t mean to offend you.”
Prism said with a wicked smirk “Well maybe if you go and fly against me on my personal course.” I nodded even though her smirk put me on edge and we flew out of the back of the mountain.
Rainbow Dash asked “Are you sure this is safe?”
Prism insulted me “Come, on are you a coward?”
Rainbow Dash shouted “No, let’s go!” We both flew forward as fast as possible avoiding the stalactites and stalagmites. She then watched as Prism flew forwards and kicked one of them which almost hit me.
Rainbow Dash dodged it quickly and snarled “Are you crazy, are you trying to kill me?”
Prism said with an evil grin “No, just making sure I win this time.” Rainbow Dash flew after the arrogant changeling and managed to catch up again after that little incident, she flew forward quickly until she had to dodge another stalactite. Shortly afterwords a sharp pain filled her wing. She screamed as she fell out of the sky and hit the side of the mountain side, and all went black.
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Rainbow Dash woke up in her bed after the Grand Galloping Gala, it was a terrible day, Rainbow Dash felt restless and decided to get some air time as she couldn't sleep. As she trotted out to the balcony, she saw Rarity sitting there. Rainbow Dash noticed she was just staring up at the stars. Rainbow Dash asked “What’s wrong?”
Rarity said “It’s nothing, darling.” I could tell she was lying, there tears dropping off her face.
She said “Don’t lie to me, let it out. You’re my friend alright, just tell me what’s wrong.”
Rarity wailed into my coat as tears started to flood out “The Gala was horrible, everything I wanted is gone. All my dreams have been shattered, I just wanted to marry a handsome and noble prince only to find he is disrespectful misogynistic pig. Why did this happen to me?”
Rainbow Dash had no words to comfort her but knew that tonight hurt her more than the rest of them, this was one of her big dreams and it had been crushed tonight. Rainbow Dash wrapped both her wings around Rarity as she cried,. Rainbow Dash wasn’t one for being mushy but she knew Rarity needed this. After what seemed to be an hour she stopped crying. She asked “Do you feel better?”
Rarity smiled “A little, thanks for being here Rainbow.”
Rainbow Dash said with a smile as she unwrapped one wing “Your welcome, just don’t tell anypony I have a reputation you know.”
Rarity smiled as she said “I know, I promise to keep it secret.” I smiled back and wrapped around her with a wing.
Rainbow Dash woke up in a strange gooey bed to due to some loud noise in the room. He vision blurry and she thought she saw a white marshmallow beating up a pink winged rock on the floor. As her vision cleared it was revealed that it was Rarity slamming Prism face with her forehooves as she shouted “How dare you hurt my precious Dashie, you stupid pink excuse for a changeling. What if she dies? I will never be able tell her how I feel.”
Rainbow Dash sat up and coughed, Rarity turned around, ran up to her and gave her a big hug. Rainbow grunted in pain as she felt a pain from her back wing. Rarity gasped “I’m sorry Dashie.”
Rainbow Dash said “That’s alright, you didn’t know. I haven’t seen you cry this much since the night of the Gala.” Rainbow turned bright red as Rarity kissed her on the lips and her good wing stuck out in response.
Rainbow Dash asked confused “Wow, um what does that make us?”
Rarity asked nervously “Um, would you like to be...?”
Rainbow Dash replied with a grin “I will go out with you and we will see how it goes?”
Rarity said solemnly as she noticed the damaged wing“That wing of your is badly damaged, you won’t be able to fly again for several weeks.”
Rainbow Dash said “At least I’ll have a lovely mare beside me.” Just as she was about to give her a hug, a knife tore through Rarity’s back.
I screamed “RARITY!”
Prism snarled “That’s what you get for attacking me.”
Rainbow watched as Pinkie walked over to him lividly and snarled “Do you really think I wouldn’t notice you trying to hurt my friends, you really shouldn’t underestimate my Pinkie sense.” He shuddered before her, she proceeded to knock him through the wall.
Pinkie said calmly “I have medical personnel on the way, Prism is going to be in the jail wing for a long time after this. I really hate that he turned out like this, I guess even my kids can go bad.”
Rainbow Dash asked crying “Why are you not upset or crying about this. Rarity’s your friend too, why are you not upset?”
Pinkie said in a authoritative tone “I can’t afford to get upset right now, I am a Queen, Rainbow Dash and that means keeping one emotions under control. You are being moved into the same room as Rarity so you two can be together.”
Pinkie’s eyes twitched as she stared at Rarity. Her wounds had begun to heal but she had not regained consciousnesses, it had been over a week. Pinkie had barely kept her emotion under control over the last few days as Rarity hadn’t recovered and one of her lings was in the Canterlot dungeons. She then looked at the Rainbow Dash who was sleeping on a chair, her damage wing bound to her side.
A changeling stallion barged in. Pinkie asked in an unnervingly calm voice “What is it? I have had enough trouble two of my friends are injured, one of my daughters is in a cell. Do you want to see me explode in anger because I’m just about too?”
The stallion said trying to keep the fear from his voice “This is important, really important. We have an unwanted guest out the front of our hive, her name is Lightning Star.”
Pinkie snarled “Just my bloody Celestia forsaken luck. As if I didn’t have enough to deal with.” Pinkie stormed out to the Hive’s entrance, a mare with a lightning blue mane and a yellow coat stood out the front, her cutie mark was a simple lightning bolt. Pinkie roared “Mother, what in Celestia’s ******* name are you doing here?! I have so much trouble lately. You know what I have no time for your ****, mother.”
Pinkie grabbed Chrysalis and teleported the both of them into the Canterlot throne room. She then cast a spell removing Chrysalis’s disguise and said smiling to Celestia “She’s your problem now, I have to finish the preparations for the arrival of the other hives as well as finish the airships in the dock.”
Chrysalis smiled as she nervously waved a hoof “Um, hi princess.” Celestia just stared at her with a fire in her eyes for several minutes. Chrysalis turned away from Celestia’s fiery glare.
Celestia snarled “Why are you here?”
Chrysalis said looking away “Um, I seeking asylum, everyling wants me dead. I ran away from the hives, I hope you will protect me or at least lock me up.”
Celestia sighed “I’ll have to make a decision with the help of my trusted advisors. We will have a verdict on what to do with you tomorrow.”
Chrysalis asked “What am I to do in the meantime?”
Celestia frowned “I’m going to keep you by my side all day, I still don’t trust you.”
Chrysalis sighed “I wouldn’t have come had I any other options, I was hoping my daughter would protect me.”
Celestia said calmly as they trotted along “After what you’ve done she is not going to forgive you so easily. I mean the council is coming here soon and you are going to be on the agenda. She put you in Equestria’s hooves so she doesn't have to make the choice between you and her hive. That choice would destroy her.”
Chrysalis cried “Why do I destroy everything for everyling I care about?”
Celestia said “Because you don’t learn, you always want more than you have. You need to stop seeking power.”
Chrysalis whimpered “But that’s all I know, that wad how my mother did it and her mother before that.”
Celestia asked “Have you ever heard the phrase the old way isn’t always the best way.”
Chrysalis replied drying her tears “No, I haven’t.”
Celestia smiled warmly “My mother always told me that, she was older than you or I easily 1 million years old.”
Chrysalis asked “I thought you were only 2000 to 3000 years old.”
Celestia sighed “I am, she adopted me and Luna when our birth parents were killed.”
Chrysalis asked “What was her name?”
Celestia said “Pale Shield, head of the Alicorn Royal Guard and the oldest living Alicorn alive.”
Chrysalis asked “What happened to her?”
Celestia said “I do not know, she could be hiding in Canterlot for all I know, another Alicorn would cause more trouble the it’s worth right now.”
Chrysalis said “I’m glad I didn’t meet her, she would have killed all of us.”
Celestia said “I have a feeling she was at my school, I felt a surge of magic around there shielding the building.”
Chrysalis nodded “Keeping my Changelings out.” Celestia frowned and nodded. They had arrived in Celestia’s room. Chrysalis gasped “Wow Starswirl’s book on levitation.”
Celestia asked “You know of him?”
Chrysalis asked “Are you kidding, I read all his books and based several of my spells based on his?”
Celestia blinked “Really, he never told me that during me that during his time teaching me.”
Chrysalis eyes widened in shock “I can’t believe it, I’m speaking with one of Starswirl’s students.”
Celestia said “Yes I was before his disappearance.”
Chrysalis sighed “We all knew of his disappearance, he taught our race magic and gave us his books. He told us it was his dream that all species could use magic with proper teaching.”
Celestia said “Yes he did.” She then smiled “How about we read through some of his notes together, I have a copy of all his books?”
Chrysalis smiled “I’ll love that.”
A voice said “Um Prince Blueblood wants you.”
Celestia said “Tell Prince Blueblood I’m having a day off and he’s in charge. I’m sure he’ll understand after 1000 years of solo rule, 1 day off isn’t much.” Chrysalis and Celestia spent the rest of the day delving into Starswirl’s books.
Chrysalis woke up the next morning totally confused as to where she was. She tried to move only to see a large white leg over her. She blinked in confusion as she saw Celestia sleeping beside and on top of her, she then sighed as remembered what happened the previous day. She realised it was still dark as Celestia hadn’t raised the sun yet.
She then frowned as she saw the sun rising despite Celestia sleeping. She then noticed the pink aura around it and her eyes widened. In the next moment she heard Pinkie scream “Celestia!”
Chrysalis sighed as Celestia jumped in response causing her to fall of the bed. Celestia yawned “Why is Pinkie screaming?”
Chrysalis frowned “Because she had to raise the sun.” Celestia froze for a moment and then slowly turned to the door only for it to fly off it’s hinges.
Pinkie roared “How dare you, I am tired and stressed enough without having to fill in for you? First you had a day off yesterday which I had to fill in for and then I even have to raise the sun.” Pinkie stormed out leaving 1 shocked Princess and another shocked ex-Queen.
After Celestia regained her wits, she said “We better get to the council, we need to make an official decision on your fate.” Chrysalis shuddered that the thought of her punishment. Celestia asked “Why did you invade Canterlot during Cadence’s wedding?”
Chrysalis sighed “Because I thought having another 4 Royal eggs was wise and my hive suffered once Pinkie was no longer providing love for us.”
Celestia said “That explain why the attack was so ill prepared, if you failed to take me down you all would have been in trouble.”
Chrysalis said “Yes, I only has 6 months to work with. The lack of love from Pinkie’s partying really got to us. I was pretty starved before encountering Shining Armour.” The pair arrived in the council room, 3 unicorns were sitting at a large round table beside Luna. Celestia took a seat next to Luna while Chrysalis sat at the other end.
Pinkie said “Anypony have an complaints before we start.
A blue unicorn with a white mane and a beaker for a cutie mark said “This is unnecessary, she is an enemy of the state. She should be executed.”
Pinkie frowned “Equestria doesn’t execute anymore Head Alchemist Zephyr, it’s under paragraph 20, line 31 of the peace accords that have been around since the bloody years when thousand of innocent Ponies, Gryphons, Zebra, Minotaurs, Dragons and even a few Changelings were executed for crimes they didn’t commit.”
Prince Blueblood said “That is correct. I’m glad someone other than me and the Princesses knows the laws of Equestria.”
The other unicorn who had a red coat and black mane said “She does need to be punished but that isn’t the Equestrian way, we should lock her in a cell.”
Celestia said “Lord Flame Force, there is the option to put as a refuge and give her a chance to redeem herself.”
Alchemist Zephyr snarled “That is too light a sentence.”
Prince Blueblood sighed “I am with Auntie on this, after why I did at the Gala I shouldn’t be here.”
Lord Flame Force said “Well you’ve been overruled Blueblood, we say no.”
Luna said “I believe she should have a second chance, she deserves the same second chance I got, a chance to prove herself.”
Prince Blueblood sighed “Celestia you have the deciding vote.”
Lord Flame Force argued “We are the council, we have right to power overrule the Princesses Decisions.”
Pinkie said “No, you have the power to overrule one of the Princesses, not both.” You are there to keep the peace between them so there isn’t a repeat of the Nightmare Moon incident.”
Celestia said “Me and Luna are in agreement, this meeting is adjourned.”
Pinkie said with a smirk “Just one more thing, I believe due to her actions she shouldn’t leave the castle without a royal escort.’
Celestia winked at Chrysalis “I agree.” Chrysalis blinked confused at what just happened.
Fleur De Lis woke up with a smile she couldn't wait for Fluttershy to turn up, having a student to teach felt good to her but she had other things to attend to first such as a secret meeting with the girls. She trotted over to the bathroom and began brushing her mane, she scowled the tangle were getting in the way again. She turned around as she heard a knocking on the door, a mare said “Miss Fleur, breakfast is almost ready.”
Fleur called out “Thanks Heartsong, your a good friend.”
Heartsong said in a calm manner “Thanks, Miss Fleur your too kind.” Fleur smiled as she heard her bouncing down the stairs in glee. She always tried to make my servants happy, they do good work, they are the closest thing she had to family.
She arrived in the dining room and took a seat. She frowned at the blank white walls, she hated the colour to be honest, it was bland and droll, still Canterlot elites seem to like it so she had to keep up appearances. She smiled as my personal chef Hot Sauce brought in a lovely salad, She said with a smile“Thank you Hot Sauce, I’m glad your here, you are a good friend.”
Hot Sauce said “I’m just a humble servant nothing more,”
She laughed as she replied “Nonsense, your always welcome here my friend.”
Fleur grabbed a fork with my right hoof and started to eat. Hot Sauce asked confused “Why are you using your hooves?”
Fleur replied seriously “I prefer it this way, it’s a matter of choice plus magic can be depleted when you use too much of it, I would like to be able to feed myself even if my magic is depleted.” Hot Sauce nodded with a smile.
Fleur blinked as she looked at the time “She grabbed her saddlebags and galloped out the door.”
As she was galloping she bumped into Fancy Pants. She got up and dusted herself off, quickly composing herself. Fancy Pants asked “Are you okay?”
Fleur smiled as she said “Yes I am, thanks for asking.” She then gasped “Oh sorry, I have forgotten my manners, I’m sorry for bumping into you, I really need to going.It was nice seeing you Fancy Pants.” Fleur arrived at a small cave entrance in the Canterlot Mountain, she entered the cave. She arrived in the central part of the cave, Vinyl and Octavia smiled at her.
Vinyl said “It’s good to see, Pale Shield.”
Fleur replied “Same to you Lightning Storm,” she then said “It’s good to see you as well Tremor Spirit.”
Octavia bowed “It’s good to see you too.”
Fleur laughed “You don’t need to be so formal around us, it’s just greeting.”
Vinyl said “Yeah Tavi, we always greet each other by our old names first because changelings can be deceptive but we don’t need to keep going with the whole formal thing.”
Octavia said clearly agitated “Firstly, stop calling me Tavi, Vinyl and secondly we should get this underway.” Fleur nodded and Vinyl nodded as they glowed their horns, a small glow appeared above Octavia’s head as well.
The 3 ponies changed shape, Fleur’s true form a beautiful slender Alicorn slightly taller than Celestia with a flowing pink mane, she stared at Vinyl who was about her height but a little stockier smiling as she unfolds her wings. Octavia meanwhile is slightly taller then them both but she had a much stockier build then her friends. Octavia said “I’m glad to stretch my wings and use magic.”
Vinyl mocked her “That’s what you get for disguising as an Earth Pony, you can’t use magic.”
Fleur sighed as Octavia chased after Vinyl angrily shouting for almost the best part of an hour while Vinyl stuck her tongue out at her. After they finally stopped Vinyl asked with a smirk “Did I make you mad?”
Octavia snarled “There’s nothing wrong with Earth Ponies.”
Vinyl replied with a smile “I didn’t say there was I just stated the fact they can’t use magic and that’s your fault you can’t use magic because you picked a race to disguise yourself as that can’t use magic.”
I said “Vinyl enough, we’re here to discuss matter like the changelings, as well as own personal problems amongst ourselves.”
Vinyl asked “Why do we have to keep hiding?”
I said “Because we would disrupt the delicate balance of power, we only have 3 Alicorns imagine the turmoil of 6, particularly when we are all more powerful then the current ones, I should know I raised Tia and Lulu myself back in the old days.”
Octavia said “You were quite a warrior, you defeated Tirek after he stole
thousands of Alicorn’s magic.”
Vinyl shouted “Yeah you are awesome.”
I sighed as I replied “Not awesome enough to save our race during the war with Draconequi, I told you to get Tia and Lulu out of there so they didn’t get caught in Megiddo.”
Octavia and Vinyl gasped, Octavia “Megiddo, the god spell, I can’t believe you used it.”
Vinyl frowned taking a serious tone as she spoke “That spell was forbidden by the Alicorn council, why did you do it?”
Fleur snarled “The world would have been at the mercy of the Draconequi, all life would be trapped in eternal chaos, I made a choice to save all other races by condemning them as they condemned us.”
Octavia said “That’s all I wanted to know, you did what had to be done.”
Vinyl said “Yeah you would be the Princess of War if you were revealed.”
Fleur sighed with a sad smile “I’m not proud of being a killer you know.”
Octavia smiled warmly as she said “It's okay, you did your best.” Fleur felt a tear drop from her eye and another as she remembered the friends she had lost, soon she was crying on Octavia’s shoulder.
Fleur woke to find herself still in the cave with her friends. Vinyl asked “Are you okay, Fleur?”
Fleur said “Yeah, I’m fine.”
Octavia asked “What are we going to do about the changelings?”
Vinyl said “I’d say we watch and wait before acting.”
Fleur said “Vinyl I agree, that is a smart move, we may not need to do anything.”
Octavia said “Very well, we should get going it’s late.”
Fleur gasped “Oh no I was supposed to meet with Fluttershy today, I have to go.” She teleported home.
Vinyl said “I just hope she remembers to disguise herself.” Octavia nod as they reapply their disguises and Vinyl teleports them home.
Fleur noticing everypony was asleep, she teleported to her bedroom, quickly brushed her teeth and then quickly got under her blankets, and fell asleep not realising her wings were dangling off the bedside.
Fleur wakes up to hear a pony trotting up the stairs. Heartsong called “Fleur, Fluttershy down stairs awaiting you.”
Fleur said “Send her up.” She then gasped as her wings folded against her sides. She cast a spell quickly hiding her Alicorn form. Fluttershy entered and asked sadly “Why weren't you there yesterday?”
Fleur said “I’m sorry, the meeting went a bit long, we’ll have our lesson today.”
Fluttershy said smiling “Thanks.”
Fleur smiled as she said “I haven’t taught anypony my talents in a while.” She thought (Longer than anypony can imagine.)
Fleur and Fluttershy entered the practice hall in her home. The room was filled with training dummies of different colours. Fleur asked “How has you individual practice gone?”
Fluttershy smiled “Good, also I did pretty well against the Changelings.”
Fleur sighed “I was at Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns when they attacked. I had to protect the school.”
Fluttershy asked “So what am I learning?”
Fleur smiled “I’m teaching you how to mix elemental magic together, watch and learn.” Fleur’s hooves glowed as fire and lighting coursed through them.
Fluttershy asked “Are those the only elements you can mix?”
Fleur frowned “All elements can be mixed but fire, and lightning mix best, with ice and lightning the next best.” Fluttershy focused her magic into her hooves causing a similar effect to what Fleur did before. The electricity and ice became unstable and subsequently exploded. Fleur gasped “Fluttershy, are you alright?”
Fluttershy said “I’m fine.” Her coat was black from the explosion.
Fleur smiled “Well then let’s clean you up.” Fluttershy smiled and nodded, they trotted to Fleur’s bath. Fleur got the water ready and then invited Fluttershy in, Fleur began washing the soot out of her coat and feathers. Fluttershy squeaked as Fleur began to preen her feathers.
Fluttershy said “Um, that’s a little personal.”
Fleur laughed “One thing about this style is that the teacher of this art teaching is student means you are committing to them, weather as a father, daughter or lover. You are the only one who I taught this art, my friends were taught this art as well by my father.”
Fluttershy asked trying to hide her blush “Who was your father?”
Fleur said as she stopped preening Fluttershy “He was a proud stallion, a leader of many ponies. In fact he was royalty.”
Fluttershy gasped “You are a princess?”
Fleur sighed “No, bastard daughter but I was mighty good fighter, Captain of the Guard back in my day.”
Fluttershy asked “You day?”
Fleur sighed “It's northing you need to concern yourself with.”
Fluttershy asked ”Are you sure?’
Fleur said “Yes, now let’s get you cleaned up.” Fleur began continued to preen her feathers. Fluttershy’s face glowed bright pink. Fleur finished and the pair relaxed in the tub for the next hour.
Fluttershy sighed “I better get back to Ponyville, Big Mac has been taking care of my animals for a few days and I need to get back.”
Fleur nodded as she smiled at the mare who dried herself off with a towel. Fleur sighed (I would so go for that if I was 900,000 years younger.) Fleur dried herself off and grabbed her bathrobe. She settled on her couch and began reading a Daring Doo book that she left on her couch.
Fluttershy meanwhile sitting on the train thought to herself (How does Fleur see me? Preening is very personal, does she see me as family or as a romantic partner. If she does see me as a romantic partner do I felt the same, way I mean she’s very pretty but…)
A voice called “1 hour until Ponyville.” Fluttershy smiled as she thought about seeing her animals again. When the train arrived in Ponyville, Fluttershy eagerly disembarked. She took off flying back to her home, her training magic control training has made flying easier. She landed in front of her house as the moon rose in the sky. She smiled seeing Big Mac sleeping on her couch.
Fluttershy quietly got into her bed and let sleep claim her. She woke with a start as she heard movement downstairs. She galloped down the stairs hooves and then jumped into room hooves glowing with ice and lightning. She saw a shocked and terrified Big Mac string at her. Fluttershy cancelled her magic and said “I’m sorry Big Mac, I just heard a noise and thought it was an intruder.” She then scowled “ I don’t want another incident with that damn assertiveness minotaur.”
Big Mac nodded “Eeyup as he galloped out of her home.”
She sighed “Great I scared him off, if I liked stallions I would go for him.” A impatient rabbit began tapping his foot impatiently. Fluttershy said “Yes, I was gone for too long. I’ll go feed everyone.” He began jumping up and down, she glared at him “No, I will not feed you first Angel, you must learn to be patient.”
Pinkie entered the docks, it opened up to the outside of the hive at the back, several large scaffolds were either side of large rectangular holes where airship frames were being constructed. Pinkie asked across the Hivemind “I want the chief engineer here, now?!”
She watched as a Mechling galloped towards her. He said “Chief Engineer Cid at you service.”
Pinkie asked “Cid, how is construction?”
Cid smiled as he spoke in his gruff voice “We have 20 large airships under construction,when they are finished they will have full enchanted mythril plating as well as twenty armoured magnetic canons on either side.”
Pinkie smiled back “Good, we need them ready before the the other hives get here, we want them to be able to be intimidated enough by us to keep their distance.”
Cid slanted “Yes, my Queen.”
She could hear him as he shouted through the Hive Mind “Get to work you lousy excuses for engineers!”
Pinkie laughed as she left the docks leaving the engineers to their work. Luna and Twilight galloped over, Twilight asked eagerly “What were the airships like?”
Pinkie smirked “Metal Frames.”
Twilight gasped “What?”
Luna smiled “What she was implying was they aren’t finished yet.”
Twilight said “Well I have several design ideas on how to make better airships.”
Pinkie replied “That sounds interesting but you should speak with Cid, in the meantime I need to visit Rainbow and Rarity.” Twilight squealed with delight as she galloped to the docks her heavy saddlebags swaying beside her.
Luna asked “We have a multiple reports of angry ponies after the incident.”
Pinkie sighed “I know, to think one of my own could turn out like that and with mother in the castle everything’s going wrong.”
Luna smiled “Well at least…”
Pinkie gave her the harshest glare “Don’t you dare say that, never tempt fate, she is a fickle mistress at the best of times and this is not one of them.” Pinkie and Luna finally made their way to the Infirmary.
The Changeling nurse said “Rarity just woke up, I assume you wish to see her.” Pinkie and Luna nodded. The nurse said “Very well, I’ll take you there.”
Luna asked “What’s your name?”
The Nurse smiled “My name is Swiftswim, thanks for asking.”
Luna said “Your welcome.”
The trio arrived at the door. Pinkie said “We should knock first.”
Luna and Nurse Swiftswim asked “Why?”
Pinkie smirked “Don’t want to interrupt anything unless you want in on it.” Luna’s face lit up like a Christmas tree. Pinkie knocked on the door. She asked “Are you two presentable?”
Rainbow gasped from the other side of the door. The sound of a crash and a bang on the other side gave the exact answer. 40 minutes later Rainbow Dash opened the door, smelling like soap. Pinkie smirked “You two did something, didn’t you?”
Rainbow blushed profusely at the notion. Pinkie said “It’s all right, Rainbow you always were the eager one.”
Nurse Swiftswim frowned “No it’s not, she just woke up and that’s the first thing you do.”
Rarity said as she wheeled her way on a chair “It’s fine, she was really gentle and stopped when I said stop, she is quite the gentlemare.”
Nurse Swiftswim sighed as she trotted into the room. She levitated the soiled sheets and left the room in a huff. Pinkie smirked “You really made a mess in here.”
Rainbow sighed “This is all Prism’s fault, he hurt the both of us.”
Pinkie smiled “Don’t worry, I’m glad you two are happy. Rarity you will stay in here for a a few more day for test and then you will be free to return home.”
Rarity said “I will be quite busy, I will have many dress orders to get done.”
Rainbow smiled “I’ll help.” Pinkie smiled as she thought (Wow I knew she loved her but that was unexpected)
********Meanwhile with Twilight********
Twilight galloped into the docks, her eyes widened at the scale of it. She saw the airships being built. A gruff voice said “You must be Twilight, I’m Cid.”
Twilight smiled “I have several ideas for airships.”
Cid said “Normally I prefer my own designs but since you are a friend of Pinkie’s I’ll give you a chance.” Twilight pulled out a plan. Cid frowned “Why does this ship have only 3 small guns at the front?”
Twilight explained “Well, this is a smaller ship they can disrupt larger ships at close range. You could fit a large amount in a larger ship.”
Cid said “I see, not a bad idea but we have all hooves on deck so we can’t build anymore right now but it is definitely worth something.”
Twilight said “ I also have a bomber design, a design for a scouting ship and a design for a mobile flying base.”
Cid smiled “I admire your enthusiasm. I’ll see you in a month so we can work on some of these.”
Twilight bounced up and down “Thank you, thank you.”
He smiled “Run along kiddo, I have work to do.” Twilight excitedly galloped out of the room.
It's been a week she arrived Chrysalis smiled with a toothy grin as she and Celestia were reading another one of Starswirl’s books.
Celestia smiled “I remember the time when he first taught me teleportation, he really struggled to find me. My sister I must admit wasn’t as interested as I was in magic. She spent a lot of her time learning from Flash Magnus about flight.”
Chrysalis asked “Why were you being taught by a unicorn?”
Celestia said “Pale Shield was a guard and before that my parents were too busy with diplomatic meetings. My guess for why Luna was conceived was to protect the lesser ponies from changelings in exchange for a connection to the gods.”
Chrysalis sighed “I screwed it all up, I mean that’s all I have ever done. What’s even worse is I used all my daughters to further my own ends, from wanting more prestige amongst the hives to providing for the hive. I should be dead right now.”
Celestia frowned “Don’t say that, I must admit I have grown to enjoy our company. Let’s just say that nobleponies aren't exactly fun to be around.
Chrysalis sighed ‘I understand what your saying, it’s just I have made so many foolish decisions, I was supposed to be a good leader, my mother always pushed me.”
Celestia said in a serious tone “You’re not the only one, I ignored Discord for too many years, I thought he was just a fun lover but then he turned cruel, maybe had I given him my time he may have been different. Then I made the same mistake again and my sister spent 1000 years on the moon for it, you can fix this trust me.”
Chrysalis smiled “Thanks Celestia, that means a lot.” Chrysalis turned back to the book only to feel a flick of a tail on her flank, she sighed on the inside (It’s been a week since we started doing this and Celestia has been doing this to me for 3 days now.)
Celestia smiled “I have spent too much time in the castle and so have you.”
Chrysalis blinked confused “But don’t I need a royal… oh.” Celestia and I stepped out of the Castle, She smiled at me warmly. I then realised as I tasted her emotions (Oh dear, my daughter will kill me.)
She sighed as she and Celestia trotted out to the front of Canterlot Castle. One of the guards said as he pointed at me “Princess, she’s not allowed out without a Royal Escort.”
Celestia smirked “I am her royal escort.” The guard blinked as she looked at the two of us.
Chrysalis frowned (She is interested in my flank, damn it. I could feel the lust there, urghh it tasted horrible.) As they trotted along Chrysalis could see the glares of the nobleponies, she knew she couldn’t blame them after what she had done. A restaurant came into their view, the Golden Egg.
Celestia smiled as she said “Reservation for two, booked 3 days ago by my secretary.”
The stallion operating the booth said “Come this way.” They both took a seat in the restaurant.
Chrysalis asked “Why did you take me out for dinner?”
Celestia replied “I like you, I enjoy your company.”
Chrysalis frowned “You like my flank you mean.” Celestia blinked confused, she continued “I can feel emotions, if I was still part of my hive I would have noticed immediately, being cut from the Hive Mind has dulled my senses.”
Celestia looked down ashamed “I’m sorry.”
Chrysalis smiled “I am not upset but if you jump me tonight I’ll be very upset. If you want to get there then we will have to actually get to know one another.”
Celestia asked “Well then I want to know why you came here, I mean you are Queen aren’t you?”
Chrysalis said “No, I am not 4 of my daughters kicked me out and created 4 new hives out of mine. I had nowhere else to go, let’s just say I barely managed to escape. I was due to be executed the day after I escaped.”
Celestia gasped “That’s horrible.’
Chrysalis frowned “It's no less than I deserve, I screwed up everything. I risked the life of my hive because I was too arrogant. I don’t deserve this.”
Celestia said “You have changed a lot since the wedding.”
Chrysalis said “I realised how much of a fool I was, I wandered for a while before I came here you know, I reflected on my life to keep the silence at bay. I realised I was the fool destroying all I cared about, I was pretty desperate anything was better than being caught.”
Celestia said sadly “I’m sorry you’ve been through all that, nopony deserves that.”
Chrysalis said “Changelings don’t follow the same rules, Queens are held in high regard only if they prove themselves.”
Celestia asked “Maybe we should talk about something else?”
Chrysalis asked “Who is Discord, where did he come from?”
Celestia sighed “He was one of the few surviving Draconequi from the the Final Immortal War, it spelled the end of both Alicorns and the Draconequi, the son of Disturbance and Disruption, he also had a sister named Eris from what he told me. We were childhood friends but as I grew older, I started ignoring him instead devoting myself to magical studies, he didn’t take it well he had rejected his family to live permanently in Equestria and I had thrown it in his face.”
Chrysalis felt a tear drop off her eye “I understand, we are both outcasts.”
Celestia said “I owe it to him to give him a second chance but not yet, Equestria is turmoil. I couldn’t last time he was released because I had no sway over him. Next time I will be ready.”
Chrysalis said “As you keep him away from me I’ll be fine, you now how I am with him.”
Celestia said “I’ll have Pinkie there, he will keep his distance from you as long as she’s there.”
Chrysalis asked “How?”
Celestia laughed “Pinkie has the ability to do weird things.”
Chrysalis asked “What weird things?”
A waiter asked “Excuse me but here’s your complimentary water, are you ready to order?”
Chrysalis smiled “Um yes, I’ll…” She blinked as she saw a blue eye looking at her from in her water. She would never forget what happened next, she screamed as her daughter jumped out of the glass and hovered above them.
Pinkie scowled “Celestia, I thought I could trust you with my mother, she was supposed to stay in the castle.”
Celestia smiled “Um, I did say she could leave with a Royal Escort.”
Pinkie eyes widened before she screamed “Are you kidding Celestia, in Discord’s chaotic name why, you know the nobility around here. They will find any excuse to make a stir and you have given them one on a silver platter, oh Celestia is being mind controlled, ah the changelings are secretly trying to take over Equestria. There are enough of rumours around without you two being here. I have a council meeting to arrange and this may have just made everything worse!”
The restaurant was quiet, Celestia and Chrysalis made their orders and quietly ate much to relief of the other. One after paying for the male, the pair left quietly. Celestia spoke first “This was a really bad idea, have I become so complacent in my old age.”
Chrysalis smirked “You don’t look a day over 1000.”
Celestia smiled “Thanks Chrysalis but I screwed up today, tomorrow there will be a backlash to this.”
Chrysalis sighed “I know, well let’s go back and get some sleep tomorrow is going to be a big day.” The pair entered the bedroom.
Celestia asked “Do you want some fine wine?”
Chrysalis said “Only 1 glass, I don’t want to get drunk.” Celestia smirked as he poured Chrysalis some wine.
The next morning, Chrysalis woke up with a splitting headache. She looked around only to see a messy bed, she knew what the smell was. Celestia woke up to see Chrysalis glaring at her roared“How dare you, you did exactly what I told you not to do. I was willing to go slow with you since you liked my flank but no you had to get me drunk, wait…” Chrysalis smelt the drink and her eyes widened, she roared even louder “You drugged me, you filthy bitch and to think I thought we could be friends and worse yet lovers.”
Celestia cried “I’m sorry, it’s just it’s been 1000 years since I’ve had a partner and you are so pretty, I let my lust take control, I’m sorry.”
Chrysalis scowled “I may forgive you one day but any hopes for you and me are over!” Chrysalis stormed out leaving Celestia crying in her bed.
Chrysalis stomped past, Luna asked Chrysalis “Where is my sister?”
Chrysalis scowled “I don’t care after she drugged me and raped me while I was sleeping.” Luna frowned as Chrysalis stormed off as she could feel the honesty in her emotions, Chrysalis entered the room she was supposed to sleep in. She scowled even more as she realised the fact she slept in Celestia’s bed for a week, she then burst into tears (I trusted her and she betrayed me.)
She heard a pop and turned around still crying to see the blurred linage of Pinkie through her tears, Pinkie nuzzled her, she said with a warm smile “I’m sorry about Celestia, Luna is giving her a talking to right now.” Chrysalis continued to cry on her daughter’s chitin.
*********Meanwhile********
Luna had her sister’s room. She saw her sister lying on her bed crying, Luna asked coldly “Tell me the truth what did you do, because Chrysalis and she told what you did but I need to know is it true? Celestia nodded through her tears.
Luna scowled “I can’t believe you let her out of the castle but then you hurt her somehow, I thought you were hurting others first Discord than me and now Chrysalis, Did you somehow also scorn Sombra at some point because at this point I wouldn’t be surprised.”
Celestia said as she tried to stop crying “I’m sorry Luna, I ruined everything.”
Luna sighed “Celestia, you need to clean up your act. How did Equestria last 1000 years under your rule.”
Celestia responded “I wore a mask and never got close to anypony until I couldn’t bare anymore, that is when I took my first student.”
Luna asked “Who was she?”
Celestia said “Sunset Shimmer, I told her she would one day become like me an….”
Luna scowled “You told you would make an Alicorn, I can’t believe you.” Luna began to trot out of the room.
Celestia asked “Can you please stay with me?”
Luna said “I’ll join you tonight, I can’t stay. I have to prepare the meeting room for the Changeling Council.”
Pinkie wakes as she, she hears Luna tell her across the Hive Mind “We have to get ready for the meeting.”
Pinkie replied “I’ll have a shower and then I’ll be right there.” Pinkie hopped into her shower, it was powered by the underground bore water that was heated by a turbine that was also powered by the water, it was far from efficient but with the cave limited resources and the lack of resources the hive received, due to heavy blocking by certain bigoted nobles. Pinkie cleaned herself up and galloped out of the room before taking flight.
She sighed, she new her mother was at odds with Celestia after the incident, as well as Luna and Celestia not being on good speaking terms. She also should have checked up on Applejack and Fluttershy as well, she had so much to do and so little time. She arrived at the dock besides Luna who was watching carefully. Several airships landed, each one was a different colour. Pinkie noticed that a group of yellow changelings with griffon like wings trotted out. Their queen shouted “Hurry up you useless feather brains.”
Their Queen smirked as she flew towards Pinkie “I’m Queen Gale Wind, Queen of the Foul Storms, what are you Queen of Cotton Candy?”
Pinkie laughed as gravity inverted itself and the Queen slammed into the ceiling. Pinkie smirked at the snarling Queen “I'm Queen Pinkie Pie, Queen of Chaos and Laughter.”
Another Queen smiled as she approached Pinkie, her Chitin was blue and covered in scars, her tail was fish like, she said “I’m glad someling finally put her in her place, I’m Queen Aquamarine, Queen of the Sealings.”
Pinkie smiled “It’s a pleasure.”
A Red Queen stepped forward, unlike the previous two this one stood equal to her in height and was very well muscled. Pinkie smiled “I assume you from the Dragon lands.”
The Red Queen grinned “Correct, I’m Queen of War, Carnage.” Queen Carnage headbutted Pinkie.
Luna growled until Pinkie laughed as she headbutted Queen Carnage back. Pinkie smiled “I’m no slouch either.”
Queen Carnage smiled “Good, you have some spine unlike most of the sissy Queens that make up this council.”
The next Queen was green, she frowned “I’m Queen Emerald, Queen of the Forests and Stealth. You shouldn’t have revealed yourselves.”
Pinkie grimaced “I was in a rather precarious position, if you have a choice of starving your hive or revealing yourself what would you choose?”
The last one of course was black. Pinkie said “It’s good to see you, sister.”
The Black Queen snarled “I’m Queen Dismay, Queen of Fear, you will fear me.”
Pinkie laughed “Chaos fears nothing except complete order, you are not scary.” Queen Dismay grimaced in response. Pinkie then said “Well now that all the Queens are here, let’s head to the Night Spire.”
Luna and Pinkie guided the Queen to the large dark blue spire which clashed with the pink around it. The guest Queens grimace at the clash of colours as well as all the pink. They entered the spiral and the guest Queen were awestruck, several high pillars where each Queen could sit each glowing in the darkness. All the Queens took their positions, Queen Dismay asked “Where is our mother, she must pay for her crimes?”
Pinkie said “She not allowed to leave the castle without a Royal Escort according to Equestrian law. It is out of our hooves.”
Queen Carnage frowned “She is a criminal and to be arrested.”
Pinkie sighed “She is really in a bad mood, let’s being drugged and used as a sex toy isn’t pleasant.”
Queen Aquamarine snarled “Who’d do that to a queen, do they any clue who they are messing with?”
Pinkie said “Celestia did it.”
The Queens gasped “Celestia did it, what if she decides to do it to the rest of us.”
Luna said firmly “I will stop her if she tries.”
Pinkie asked “So now that that has been covered, what now.”
Queen Emerald snarled “Well, the obvious sin of revealing yourself to another race, you have broke our sacred covenant .”
Pinkie snarled back “It also states that we must put our hives needs first and foremost, I made the necessary choice. The original plan was we were hidden and only Celestia, Luna and I would know about us.”
Queen Emerald scowled “Celestia still would have known about you, that is a no go.”
Pinkie roared “Do you think I could hide from her forever, that would have been impossible, you know that.”
Queen Carnage said “I find it odd the changelings that can generate their own love need Equestria so much.”
Pinkie shook her head “Yes but our young need easily 10 times the normal amount and even worse a queen will need easily 100 times more than an average queen to reach maturity, also I will send some love through the hive mind mailing system to each major hive to keep you from invading Equestria.”
Queen Gale Wind said “Very well, I’ll accept those terms, you have surprised me at your knowledge of these matters.”
Pinkie smiled “I am capable of diplomacy, just never needed it before.” Pinkie then asked “Are the other Queens all okay with this?” The others queens nodded, Pinkie could tell that Emerald and Dismay however weren’t happy about it.
Pinkie asked “So do we have any more affairs to discuss.”
Queen Carnage said “I’m having problems with dragons crossing my borders. I could use some additional forces.” Pinkie sighed as she knew what was coming.
Queen Emerald snarled “You didn’t help me with my parasprite issue.”
Queen Carnage snarled “That’s only because you didn’t agree with my methods.”
Queen Emerald snarled “You were going to napalm the entire forest with fire magic.”
Queen Gale Wind said “You two should stop arguing?”
Queen Carnage snarled “This is coming from the Changeling Queen who pissed off the dragons and now I’m stuck dealing with your mess.”
Queen Gale Wind snarled “We should be the dominant species on this planet, we are the strongest and most adaptable, we can adapt to any environment imaginable.”
Pinkie roared “Enough, first yes we can adapt to any environment but we’ll never be as adapted as the natural species that live there, Queen Carnage has very strong Changelings but none could match up to the raw power of a dragon, Queen Emerald’s hunters are masters of camouflage but can’t match the shifting manticore who can become indistinguishable from the environment even while moving. Even Galewind’s flight orientated Changelings can’t match up to the raw flight power of the local Rocs.”
Queen Dismay snarled “How do you know this?”
Pinkie said “I did my research on your hives before you came here. Now I’ll organise a diplomatic meeting with the dragons and sort that out, in the meantime Queen Carnage you will give reparations to Queen Emerald for essentially threatening to burn the forest. You will give her 1000 love pods as reparations.”
Queen Carnage snarled “I don’t get that much love you know, that’s an entire years worth.”
Pinkie said “Well all the hives will receive 3000 pods worth from my hive by next week so quit your whining.” The other Queens gasped at the amount they would get.
Pinkie said “I have equivalent of 2 million pods worth stored and I get anywhere between 20000 and 50000 pods a week depending on how many parties my changelings throw.” Pinkie then said “Now Queen Gale Wind you will pay 10000 pods to Queen Carnage for the dragon attack.”
The Queen was about argue but Pinkie growled “There is no debate, you will do those, your getting off light considering Queen Carnage has been hard pressed by the dragons her hive has halves in size since then and you know what that means. She has lost easily half of her stockpile, this will allow her to rebuild.”
Queen Aquamarine smiled “Finally, we actually have a successful meeting. Usually we just end up in arguing contest and nothing gets done, you really are good at this.
Pinkie said “Everything is sorted so you can go back to your ships.”
As the Queens left, Queen Carnage laughed “I thought we’d be here all week, yet the new Queen got us out under a day. I hate these meetings it’s boring.”
Luna said “I’m glad that went so well, you did really well.”
Pinkie smiled at Luna “I learned from the best.” She felt the entire castle shake, Pinkie grumbled “What now, I thought we wouldn’t have any more problems.”
Cadence and Shining Armour arrived back in Canterlot, Cadence raised an eyebrow “What are those weird pink bug creatures?”
Shining Armour frowned “They remind me of Changelings, I think we need to speak to Princess Celestia about this.”
Cadence grimaced “Agreed.” They approach the castle with trepidation, their worry growing by the second. Cadence said “We need to speak with Princess Celestia.”
The guard at the castle gates said “The Princess is currently occupied.”
Shining Armour said “Very well then, we will wait inside.” They trotted into the elaborate hallway of the castle. They turned the corner only to see a pair of green eyes staring a them, Shining Armour snarled “Chrysalis!” Cadence’s jaw dropped and Chrysalis was cowering.
Luna trotted up behind him in her disguised form “Prince Armour and Princess Cadence we will discuss this in the throne room.” Before Shining Armour or Cadence could even speak the four of them where teleported into the throne room. Pinkie Pie in her pony form sits on the throne, Pinkie Pie turns to Luna who then teleports away.
Cadence raised an eyebrow “Pinkie Pie why are you sitting on the throne?”
Pinkie Pie sighed “All will be explained in time, for now we will wait.” Pinkie Pie scowled “I have to go, it seems Luna can’t do it.”
Pinkie teleported out of the room and a second later Luna teleported in. Shining Armour shouted “I’m sick of waiting, why can’t you tell us?!”
Luna frowned “Because you are going to misinterpret things if we don’t have my sister here.”
A second later the door open and Celestia was flung through the door, Pinkie roared “I’m sick of taking care of your shit!” They blinked as they saw an Alicorn Pinkie Pie trot in.
Celestia rubbed her head, Chrysalis hissed at her from behind the throne. Celestia looked down ashamed. Pinkie Pie teleported to throne and asked “We’ll need you to collaborate our story or else Equestria is going to be at war over stupid.”
Celestia looked up “I will don’t worry, I want peace for my nation.” Chrysalis mumbled behind the throne.
Pinkie nodded to Luna and they burst into pink and blue flames respectively as they returned to their true forms. Cadence gasped and Shining growled “You are under arrest in the name of Equestria!”
Celestia frowned “No, they are who they say they are.”
Shining Armour gritted his teeth “You believed them.”
Luna said “The hive has been here for months.”
Pinkie flew over to him, she growled “If we wanted to take of all Equestria we could have done it already, I’m seeking peace and you want to repay it with blood.”
Chrysalis put a hoof on my shoulder “Calm down, my daughter they are well within in their rights.”
Cadence and Shining Armour jaws dropped “Daughter!”
Celestia said “Yes, it’s true.”
Chrysalis snarled “Shut up, after you raped me I don’t wish to hear your silver tongue!” She stormed out angrily, Shining and Cadence stood there horrified.
Pinkie snarled “Celestia, you will fix this even if you have to grovel at her hooves you will fix this! I’m sick of having take over for your sorry flank, raising the damn sun is tough and then I have deal with every annoying noblepony who wants to complain about shit! You have been neglecting your duties and if you keep this up I’m going to snap, is that clear?!” Celestia nodded and darted out of the room after her.
Cadence and Shining Armour fainted on the ground, Luna asked “How did you do that?”
Pinkie raised an eyebrow “Do what?”
Luna frowned “Get Celestia to act.”
Pinkie replied “It’s simple be forceful, tell the truth in it’s entirety and don’t let up never let her snap back. You have to back her into a corner and never let up until she relents. You always got close but you left room for a counter-attack, you were a river but I am a wall of iron, I have learned the lesson that some need a fierce hoof when they screw up. Celestia is one such pony.”
Luna sighed “So what now?”
Pinkie replied “We wait and see what happens now.” Luna nodded and the pair left the throne room. A pair of massive changelings entered the room, they grabbed Cadence and Shining Armour then proceeded to take them to their room.
Chrysalis angrily stomped through the castle, she screamed “Does that Tartarus be damned white winged unicorn know what she has done?!”
She growled as Celestia trotted up behind her nervously, Celesta lowered herself to the ground and begged “I’m sorry, please would you forgive me?”
Chrysalis growled “Pinkie wants me to forgive you doesn’t she I’m glad she made you swallow you selfish pride and beg, still raping a changeling is a very taboo thing. Do you know why?” Celestia shook her head as she looked up fearfully, Chrysalis said “It is a grave insult of the highest kind, we changelings are always willing to do it, all you need to do is ask, to do it unwillingly hurts us more than all else.”
Celestia begged “What can I do to appease you?”
Chrysalis created a magical harness “Put this on for a week and you will be forgiven, it gives me complete control over your actions for the next week.” Celestia nodded shamefully as Chrysalis put it on. Chrysalis scowled “First what are you plans for the elements my daughter is part of them and I want to make sure she is safe.”
Celestia replied “Well that’s a long story.”
Chrysalis shouted “I don’t care!”
Celestia said “Fine I’ll tell it in my room.” They landed on the bed, Chrysalis blinked as she noticed the tissues all over the room. She shook her head and Celestia said “It began like this…”
1050 Years ago
Luna and Celestia were standing on the outskirts of the Crystal Empire, Luna frowned “Are you sure this is wise?”
Celestia frowned back “We will not sacrifice any more lives to defeat him, this is our job.” Luna nodded and they roared “Sombra we challenge thee, the Foul Usurper of the Crystal Empire.”
Sombra’s shadowy figure emerged, he said “So the last gods have decided to face me, I will show this world it needs no gods.” Celestia and Luna rushed forward as they drew their swords. Sombra pushed them away with a simple blast of darkness, he grinned “How weak the gods are now to fall to a mere mortal like me.”
Celestia roared as she stood up “I’m not going to lose to you!” Celestia rushed at him angrily, a blast of dark energy smashed into her head and all went black. Celestia awoke next to her sister who was covered in wounds, her sister trembling at her side.
Present Day
Chrysalis shouted “Are you kidding me, you were knocked out and have no idea what happened?!”
Celestia nodded “Luna told me that Sombra banished the empire when he was sealed away, she never told me how he was beaten or how the empire dissapeared.”
Chrysalis frowned “I believe it was you she was scared of.”
Celestia gasped “Why?”
Chrysalis asked “Did her wound heal?” Celestia’s eyes widened as the answer came to her, she knew that Sombra’s dark magic wouldn’t stop Luna’s wounds from healing but another Alicorn’s magic could especially when it is the opposite element of that power. Celestia burst into tears on her bed, Chrysalis calmly caressed the larger Alicorn’s head.
Then out of nowhere a huge wave of magic flared outwards both Chrysalis and Celestia stood up to their full height on the bed. Chrysalis shouted “What in the name of Tartarus was that?”
Celestia grimaced “It’s the Crystal Empire it has re-emerged.”
Chrysalis gasped “That’s the Frozen North, it’s where the first Changelings originated under the great King Cecil and his grand Queen Rosa.”
Celestia blinked “You mean King Cecil, the father of Crystal Magic and he is a changeling.” Chrysalis nodded and Celestia promptly collapsed on her bed.
Meanwhile in the Frozen North a grand white city stood in the frostbitten winds. A tall pony like creature about Celestia’s height stood there on his claws, his pale white coat and long white mane blended in with the snow, a pair of pale dragon wings were folded on his back and his blood red eyes were slitted, he had a long pale dragon tail.
A creature of the same kind as the first walked behind him, he was tall and was wearing pitch black armour all over his body covering his features, his short pitch black mane and black dragon tail were the only visible parts. He frowned “King Cecil, they Crystal Empire has returned.”
Cecil said “Garland, I want you to inform Tidus, Kain and Rosa that we are going out there. I want to stop the King of Shadows before he causes any more harm.”
Garland saluted “Yes my King.” Cecil turned and looked over his snowy Capital, he smiled as he looked down watching Draconequi, Alicorns and his race, the True Changelings living in Harmony.
Pinkie and her friends were in the throne room, she glanced at Rarity and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow had her wing draped over Rarity’s back as Rarity leaned on her, Pinkie thought (I have throw a party for them later).
Celestia and Luna said “The Crystal Empire has returned, Cadence and Shining Armour have already arrived I would like to send you 6 to frozen north to join them. It is perilous…”
Pinkie squealed “The Frozen North, no way I may meet King Cecil, the first Changeling King!”
Twilight frowned “We will do what needs to be done.”
Celestia frowned as well “Me and Twilight need to talk privately.”
Chrysalis entered the room and stood next to Luna, they both said to Pinkie “Be careful and don’t get hurt.”
Pinkie smiled “I’ll stay safe don’t worry.” The group including Twilight after she returned from her meeting with Celestia had gotten onto a train heading north.
The train had to stop due to snow and they had to hoof it, Rarity shivered through her woollen coat “It’s so cold.”
Rainbow took her Woollen coat of and put over her before wrapping a wing around her to keep her close, Rarity gave Rainbow a concerned glance but Rainbow smiled “We Pegasi are much more capable of handling the cold than other ponies as we fly very high up.” That helped ease Rarity’s tension.
Shining Armour approached them in a woolly jacket and wearing goggles. He said “We better get going before he turns up.” They begin to gallop towards the empire only for them to hear a horrifying roar, they turn to see Sombra’s shadowy form as he flew around only for several blasts of light to erupt on the dark king causing him to flee.
Pinkie's eyes widened as King Cecil landed alongside Garland, she shouted “King Cecil” and ran up to him her eyes glittery “Can I have you autograph?” King Cecil was wearing a white suit of armour but with no helmet unlike Garland whose black armour covered his muzzle.
A tall sleek member member of the true changeling race landed, he wore a dragon like suit of blue armour all over his body, his dragon wings sticking out of the back along with his tail, he grinned “Looks like you’ve got an admirer, Cecil.”
Cecil rolls his eyes as he summoned a piece of paper to give to Pinkie “Shut up Kain.”
They then all here a voice laughing, they turn to see a tall true changeling, his white fur poking through his armour in place. “Hahahahahahaha.”
Garland grabs him by his blond spiky mane and slams him into the ground, he then shouted “Biggs, Wedge you were supposed to keep him quiet!”
Biggs and Wedge flew towards them, the two true changelings were wearing armour from head to claw. They apologised “Forgive us General Garland.”
Garland groaned “Never mind, we need to sort this out including getting into the crystal empire.”
Cecil just finished the autograph when Sombra’s roar returned, only for a huge blast of light to slam into him, Cecil frowned “Rosa, I asked you to stay behind.”
The smaller white true changeling brushed her robes “I am not some pretty princess, I am the most powerful mage in our kingdom.”
Then a white dragon appeared and blasted Sombra before a flood struck the shadowy king before freezing him in place for a short time. A green Alicorn with a green mane and tail with a cutie mark of a white dragon landed, then a Draconequus with one dragon claw, one griffon talon, one pony hoof and one reptile leg sticking out of his serpentine body, his pony muzzle covered by a mask his white hair blending in with the snow.
Cecil frowned “Rydia it’s not safe around here.”
Rydia frowned “Dad, I’m not a foal anymore. I’m 1 billion years old.”
All the ponies present gasped at her age having stayed quiet during the altercations between them. Cecil frowned “I’m still 3 billion years your senior.”
Rosa growled “Cecil, stop babying her. I brought her out here to test her skills, she doesn't need us to baby her anymore. She has learned everything we needed to teach her.”
Cecil frowned “Fine!”
Rosa then grinned “If we have any more issues with Rydia you’re going to spend the next billion years on the couch.”
Cecil gasped “You wouldn’t.”
Rosa ignored him as she spoke to Shining Armour “Do you mind if we join you in the Crystal Empire, we would like to discuss some things with you?”
Shining Armour regained himself “If you can keep the discord damned bastard out of here than sure.”
Rosa laughed “I like you already, come on I would like to see how the empires fairing.”
Rosa and Shining headed in the empire’s direction with the rest following, with Twilight and Pinkie barraging Cecil with questions. The Draconequus said “Rydia, um do you want to…”
Rydia frowned “Edge, whatever it is it can wait until we get back.” Edge sighed as he followed the mare who was always oblivious to his feelings.
Cecil was exhausted as he entered the empire, between the Pink Bugpony Changeling Queen and the Purple Bookhorse he was exhausted, they bombarded him with more questions than he could answer. Shining Armour asked Rydia and Rosa “Where did that friend of yours go?”
Rosa smiled “He’s hiding somewhere honestly even Cecil can’t find him, he could be anywhere he is a master ninja after all.”
Rydia frowned as she shot a ball of fire out of her horn at wall, Edge yelped as he ran away “He is not able to hide from me, chaos energy is very easy for Alicorns to track.”
Shining blinked “Right.”
Twilight begged “Please can you answer some of more of my questions.”
Spike frowned “Can’t you see you are stressing him out, the only luck his had is the fact they Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie got into a race.” He pointed to a small area within the empire where Rainbow and Pinkie were chasing each other with Applejack and Rarity closely watching them, Fluttershy meanwhile was silently trotting behind them.
One of the Crystals Pony’s eyes widened as he saw Cecil “It’s one of the Ghosts of the Snow.” Cecil groaned as so two hundred Crystal ponies surrounded him and Twilight. One poked him in awe “He’s real.”
Cecil shouted “Edge, do something!” They watched as the Ninja Draconequus wrapped himself around Twilight, Cecil as well as the other element bearers and Cecil’s family, and the next moment they were all in the Crystal Empire Castle.
Twilight asked “How did you do that?”
Edge rolled his eyes “I am Draconequus, you know what we are capable of.”
Twilight shuddered “I knew Discord.”
Edge growled “That runt of Draconequus, a total useless coward who cared for none but himself.” Edge angrily disappeared in a puff of smoke, Everypony and everyling save Rydia was looking for where he dissapeared to.
Cecil grimaced “Where is he?”
Shining Armour frowned “Maybe we should meet with my wife first.” They trotted into the throne room.
Cadence smiled “Twilight, you and your friends are here.” She then frowned “You brought guests it seems.”
Cecil bowed “Forgive me, I’m King Cecil leader of the original tribe of Changelings.”
Cadence froze “Are you here to capture me?”
Rosa smiled “No, we don’t eat love, that is what the bugpony changelings you know do.” She then frowned “The Old Alicorn Empire was responsible for those.”
Cecil smiled “I’m here to help.”
Rydia frowned “You seem tired.”
Cadence sighed “I’ve been trying to keep that demon out of here but I am running low on strength.”
Rydia smiled “Let me take over, I can handle it?” Cadence blinked at the larger Alicorn as the emerald green light of her horn created a massive barrier around the city. Cadence nodded as she relaxed and let her magic fade, Rydia frowned as she felt Sombra bump against her shield, she scowled and fired a small wave outward from the shield knocking the dark king away.
Cadence smiled tiredly “Thanks I’m just going to take a nape on this floor it looks really soft.”
Shining Armour shouted as he galloped over to his wife “Cadence!”
Cecil walked over and place a claw on her head, he smiled “She’s fine, just sleep deprived. You take care of her, me, Rydia and Twilight will go and find a way to keep that bastard out for good, my wife will go and keep Twilight’s friends company.”
Rosa smiled “I would like to see the Empire.” See then turned to her husband and scowled “Cecil, don’t give me orders ever.” Cecil gulped and nodded, Rosa smiled as she followed Twilight’s friends out the door.
Shining Armour hefted his wife onto his back and trotted out of the room. Rydia, Cecil and Twilight headed to the Crystal Library outside the castle. Twilight frowned “Is your friend following us?”
Rydia frowned “Yes he is in your shadow right now actually.” Twilight panicked, Rydia giggled “Not really, in Draconis’s name that was funny.”
Twilight raised an eyebrow “Who’s Draconis?”
Rydia frowned “The First King of Dragons, he is also Cecil’s father. Alicorns killed him under the guise of peace.”
Twilight gasped “Luna and Celestia would never do such a thing!”
Rydia frowned “It was during the time of the Alicorn Empire which ended where those two were foals, Celestia and Luna’s great grandparents weren’t even a sparkle in their parents eyes when it happened.”
Twilight breathed deeply in relief, “I was worried.”
Rydia smiled “I know, they are lucky to have such a caring mare and smart mare.” Twilight blushed, Rydia said “Since I know you are quite the curious pony, I’ll tell you why the old race of Changelings were often referred to as the Ghosts of the Snow.”
Twilight grinned eagerly “Why?”
Rydia rolled her eyes at the purple unicorn “Many crystal ponies went searching for resources through the icy wastes as the empire wasn’t exactly rich in metals, sometimes the odd pony would be left stranded. Cecil and his best troops returned then to the city grounds in a flash of white thus the nickname. They recognised my father because of his white scales.”
Cecil said “We're at the Library.” The two mares nodded as they followed him into the Library.
Rydia frowned as she entered the Crystal Empire Library along with her father and Twilight, Rydia saw a crystal pony sitting at a desk. Twilight asked “Hello, I wish to ask you something, do you have any books on before King Sombra’s reign?”
The mare shuddered at the mention of Sombra and the said “I can’t remember , I don’t even know if I work here.”
Cecil growled “Great, we’ll just have to search for some way to beat that bastard ourselves.”
Rydia smiled “Come on Twilight, let’s starts searching as there is no official Librarian we have free reign over the Library.”
Twilight’s eyes widened her smile growing just a little too wide “Free reign…” Cecil and Rydia watched as the Unicorn levitated one hundred books off the shelves and started to read them eagerly.
Rydia grinned “Let’s get our own sets of books and get started.”
Cecil grumbled “Why did I agree to go to the Library with the two biggest bookworm in the history of bookworms, I hate reading?”
Rydia turned to him “Did you say something?”
He shook his head “Nothing, my dear daughter.”
Rydia nodded “Good.” He sighed as he grabbed a few books off the shelves. Rydia smiled as she read book on crystal pastries “Do you two know that the Crystal Chocolate Chip Cookies had used actual crystal in their make, dragons loved them apparently?”
Twilight smiled “Really, I’d love to read more maybe you’d this book on crystal magic and it’s uses?”
Cecil groaned as he read through another book “I understand you love books but we have a bad guy to beat remember?”
Rydia frowned “How could I forget?” Her horn glowed green as she once again knocked the shadowy king away “He is dreadfully persistent.”
Rydia smiled “Ah a book on the Crystals Empire and it’s History, this should tell us something.”
Twilight and Cecil asked “Did you find anything?”
Rydia nodded “There is a ceremony for the something called the Crystal Faire, it requires something special for it to work. It is said to restore the spirit of love and unity in the empire, we just need to find the special thing first. She sighed as she felt something “Never mind, Edge will find it, he just left.”
Cecil said “Well then let’s set it up while we await his arrival.” Twilight,Cecil and Rydia left carrying the book with them.
Meanwhile
Edge traversed through the castle, jumping from one shadow to the next hiding from sight. He thought (If I was an evil emperor and I wanted to hide something where would I hide it.) He smirked (Of course the throne room a place where I could keep an eye on it at almost all times) he grinned as he headed towards the throne room through the crystal hallways.
Once in the throne room he sent a small wave of magic, he frowned as she felt his magic entangle with the wall behind the throne. He focused his magic on the wall and it dissolved revealing a staircase. He grinned as he darted down the stairs, hat the bottom of the stairs he sees a door,. He tried to open the door only to feel dark magic emanating from it.
He grimaced “If that’s how you want to play it then I’ll play you game.” His claw glows as he charges his claw with magic and destroys the door. He then scowls as he feels dark magic around, he puts up as shield of chaos magic and the notices there is nothing in the room, he scowls and leaves. He sees another door which he blows open and continues through only to find another set of stairs. He flies up them and sees the Crystal Heart atop the podium, he grabs it only for a bunch of shadowy crystals to appear around him.
Edge growls “Damn it!” He clicks his claws and the shadowy crystal breaks, he then teleports into the castle courtyard with a smile “I got it.”
Rydia smiled “Good work Edge.”
Edge smiled back “Anything for milady.”
He dissapeared as Twilight said “We need to set up the Crystal Faire.”
Twilight lists off things “Right, we need the Crystal Heart in the centre. We also need to set up jousting.”
Cecil smiled “I’ll get right on that, it’s marvellous activity. We hold jousting tournaments back home every year, I’ll set up the pony version.”
Twilight continued “We also need to locate and place the flag up as well as gather crystal berries from the berry fields. We also need to somepony to play a Crystal Flugelhorn whatever that is and also we need to learn the Crystal Empire National Anthem.”
Rydia smiled “I’ll learn the anthem, I love singing.”
They heard a loud sound blasting through the area, they frowned as they saw Pinkie Pie playing a massive crystal instrument, Twilight sighed “Pinkie found the Crystal Flugelhorn, great.”
Applejack smiled as trotted over wearing a messy apron“Ah’ve began baking some crystal berry pies, Ah just hope the crystal ponies like them.” Twilight turned around to see Rarity humming as she was sowing a flag while occasionally glancing at a book. Rosa was carefully setting up the Crystal Heart on a podium.
Rydia smiled “All seems to be well, we even have the Crystal Heart.”
Twilight frowned “All we need is is the Crystal Princess, whoever that is.”
Rydia facehooved “It’s Princess Cadence, the Cutie Mark is the Crystal Heart.” Rydia sighed as Twilight’s mouth dropped “I thought it was obvious, hmm maybe being an one billion year Alicorn has made me too sharp?”
Cecil walked over “I’ll go get the Princess, we might as well get this over with.” Rydia nodded in agreement, Cecil flew off with a smile. He landed on the balcony of Cadence’s room and knocked.
After a few moments Shining Armour opened the door and frowned “Why are you here, Cadence needs rest?!”
Cecil grimaced “Well the Crystal Faire requires the Crystal Princess in order to activate the Crystal Heart and get rid of that bastard permanently .”
Shining Armour blinked “Oh, that makes sense.”
Cecil grinned “I see you have already done it, that explains a lot.”
Cadence trotted over with yawn “Yes, he has done it, I’ll be down in a moment just let me have a quick shower.” Cecil frowned for a moment, he thought Cadence looked a little small for an Alicorn. He shook his head and flew out back to the group.
Cecil said with a smile “She’ll be coming soon, just give her time for a quick shower.”
Twilight smiled “Well then let’s get started.” He horn glowed and she shouted “Everypony, we are ready to begin the Crystal Faire and soon the crystal princess will reactivate the Crystal Heart protecting the empire from darkness!”
They watched in awe as the crystals ponies glowed as light returned to them their memories returning, the pony at the library smiled “I’m Amethyst Maresberry and I am the Crystal Librarian.”
Rydia smiled “I’m Rydia adopted daughter of King Cecil and guardian of the Immortal City, I love reading.” Twilight watched as her friends were happily playing games while Pinkie Pie was loudly playing the Crystal Flugelhorn to the delight of the Crystal Ponies, none of them unnerved by the pink Changeling Queen.
Cadence flew down looking much cleaner and fresher than before, she smiled “My precious ponies, I am Cadenza Mi Amore the Crystal Princess today we will reignite the love lost by this grand empire and show the world the true power of love.” She pressed her horn to the heart and it’s glow flowed over the whole city crystallising all the ponies in the city.
Sombra meanwhile was hit with the edge of the blast his shadowy from vanishing leaving a small red horn lying in the snow. Sombra thought to himself (They think they have seen the last of me, they would be wrong I will…) Sombra panicked as Edge picked up the horn (No,no,no leave me alone) the Draconequus ignored his please as he crushed the horn ending Sombra forever.
Twilight turned to Cecil “What will you do now?”
Cecil frowned “Well, we can’t just dissapear after coming here, we will have to do some diplomacy with your Princesses and on the way we will tell you our history.”
Twilight’s eyes shined as he summoned a long parchment and quill in preparation, Cecil simply laughed.
Twilight sat next to Cecil, Cecil sighed “Well let’s get started then…”
Ten billion years ago, the universe was in it’s infancy a world was born out deep in space, an unusual world it was for there was no star of even another planet or body to accompany it. This planet was the a ball of flaming lava and magic, born out of this mix came a mighty race which came to be known as Dragons, after 6 billion years their Great King Inferno and my father bore forth two sons, me and my older brother Golbez both who became part of one of the dragon clans, known as the Changeling Clan for their ability to shapeshift into inanimate objects and to change colours at will. Twilight interrupted excitedly “Wait so Changelings are dragons, that is an amazing discovery!”
Cecil frowned “The Changelings you know most are something else which I will explain later.” Cecil continued to recite history…
Disaster would strike no less than twenty year s later, for you see two even more ancient races existed in the universe born out of the primordial essence that created the universe, one the Draconequi represented chaos and another the Alicorns represented Order Twilight blinked “So that’s were Celestia and Luna came from.”
Cecil sighed “Look, we don’t have much time so let me finish my story and then you can ask all your questions later , write them in your notepad if you have too.” Twilight nodded as he started again.
The Draconequi approached us first and were genuine. The Alicorns however saw us as an affront to order and under the guise of peace tried to wipe us out, but me and my brother saw through their ruse, still no-one outside of our clan believed us so we evacuated our clan. We separated that day, my brother created the moon and escaped, my father and the rest of our kind save a few really weak clans which managed to escape their notice. I on the other hand escaped to the frozen north which had just recently froze over. We built a mighty city in using our colour changing powers to hid in the frozen north, I then got married to my wife Rosa, it was 2 billion years later that I had my own son Ceodore. Unfortunately for me he was brave and when he grew he took off with a handful of Changelings who ended up in the hooves of the Alicorns despite my son giving his life to stop them, and centuries later the changelings you knew were created from them. Cecil paused for a moment as he noticed Twilight crying, he sighed “Just so you know your Princesses weren’t involved in this.” Twilight nodded as she tried to dry her tears.
It was not long after an Alicorn arrived at the empire, her name was Pale Shield and she was captain of the Alicorn guard, she disagreed with how they were treated but was unable to stop them, she unfortunately knew not where they kept our brethren but she brought my son’s body back for the funeral, she kept an eye out and we managed to recover a few of my race from the Alicorns. I must admit she influenced my actions years later. She was also that the one who guided to my adopted daughter’s location, it was thought to be a changeling experimentation camp but much to our shock there was nothing but a destroyed town, then I felt what seemed like a Draconequi and Alicorn deep in the depths, the Alicorn however was far more powerful than the Draconequi. I told my guards to let me enter alone, I wandered thought appeared to be a strange factory but the odd part was the large amount of research on Alicorns. I arrived to see what had befallen the attackers but much to my shock there was a bloody Alicorn filly sitting in front of them glaring at an adolescent Draconequi who cowered in the corner. The Draconequi was Edge, I couldn’t believe the Alicorn filly could have such power, we grow in power with time but this was way too strong, it then clicked she was the experiment, they were trying to weaponise her and judging from the results they succeeded, I managed to get some friends to take care of Edge but due to her being an Alicorn, me and Rosa had to take care of her. Not long after that incident the world has begun to freeze, my father was what kept the planet warm, and I noticed this and took action, I crafted a massive ball of fire and light to keep the planet warm an sent it into the sky, you call this the sun. Not much happened until one hundred thousand years ago when the Goddess of Disharmony arrived on Equis, we are still unsure of her origins other than she existed before the Universe and the Draconequi, Alicorns and even the new races such as the Goats and Centaurs, the goats were lead by dark lord Grogar while the Centaurs were led by the father of Tirek and Scorpan, King Vorak. Together we sealed her away in a distant galaxy. Probably the next major event was the origin of the bugpony changelings which started as the as the ponies came into being twenty five thousand years ago when the Alicorns angered by what they considered poor imitations of their might unleashed their experiments releasing what you know as Changelings onto Ponykind which of course some of the drones captured by powerful unicorns were used to create the Wendigos. Finally ten thousand years ago came the multiple big events, Grogar the Dark Lord tried to enslave the centaurs only for the Draconequi and Alicorns to stop him by sealing him away in a deep cave. Then Tirek overthrew his parents and started to steal the Alicorn's magic crippling the Alicorn Empire, finally Pale Shield defeating him only for the Draconequi to invade the weakened Empire a only for Pale Shield to bring out the magic spell Ordered World which almost wiped out the Draconequi race, I had gathered refugees from both incidents and they live in the Changeling Kingdom to this day. Pale Shield left with her two friends, the hard-ass Lightning Strom and the fun loving Tremor Spirit, Pale Shield also raised to Alicorn fillies with help of a unicorn sorcerer known as Starswirl before vanishing into parts unknown, the last time we spoke she telling me to watch over the world and I’m sure you know the rest of what happened. Twilight was just about to start asking questions when the train arrived in Canterlot, Rydia frowned “Twilight I’ll answer some of your questions, that story tires him out, a lot of bad memories.”