Queen of the Hive

Entry 6 in the record of Queen Naiad, 67th ruler of the Bee-keep Hive. (Continued)

As Fang gave his report the crimson Drone seemed to shrink. Luna on the other hand stood tall and watched Naiad with what could only be described as a political attention. Twilight watched with what must have been wonder, Rainbow dash looked like she just wanted things to happen, clearly she was tired of ponies talking, Fluttershy was trying to hide behind Applejack who was doing her part to be impossible to read, Rarity was trying and failing not to get any Hive Goo on her hooves, Pinkie pie was bouncing up and down in a way that was starting to get on Naiads nerves. Fang on the other hoof stood at a proper scouts attention, Naiad's two main attendants Violet and Shock, stood of to one side with passive attention, Metallic stood at Naiad's right eyeing the newcomers with a guards suspicion.

When Fang finished Naiad took a deep breath and considered her options. She turned to the ponies after a moment "If you will excuses us for a second a problem has come up I must attend to" Luna nodded in understanding and Poison and Trouble escorted the ponies out of Naiads chamber. Once they were gone Naiad turned to Fang "Your dismissed" he dipped his head and left the chamber as-well.

Naiad stood up and walked down from the platform her throne sat on. She circled the enemy Drone once quietly and then spoke, "What are you called?"
"F-Fire"
"What was your rank in the Anthill hive?"
"S-scout 3rd rank"
Naiad considered that for a moment it was the lowest rank a scout could be.
"How is it Hex came to know anything about my Hive, She shouldn't even know a new Queen has risen in this here."
"I-I don't know"
"Then what do you know, that you come here seeking asylum, why shouldn't I have you chased of my land."
"Q-Queen Hex plans to attack in two days time I-I know where I-I can show you."

-Record lost-

For some unknown reason all the reports of the interrogation of the scout Drone named Fire have been lost. I suspect My Queen had something to do with it... though I do not presume to know my Queen's mind.

I'll put a brief summary here for anydrone wanting to know what happened.

Queen Naiad questioned the scout about Hex's planed attack and then agreed to allow him to stay in our Hive. She asked him to be her mate. As any drone would he gladly accepted, it is a privilege to be part of future generations. Anyway she turned him from red to silver and had him tucked away somewhere out of harms way, since it can be tricky for a Queen to get a mate he was put somewhere safe. After all My Queen could never take any of us as a mate, we are all technically her sisters, brothers, aunts, and uncles. Depending an whether we are the children of Queen Night or the children of Queen Lilly before her. Hopefully soon Queen Naiad will have children of her own.

--- Shadow the book keeper

Entry 7 in the record of Queen Naiad, 67th ruler of the Bee-keep Hive.

Naiad, having finished with the drone, left her chamber with Metallic and three other guards trailing her. "Come," she said shortly to Luna "I will show you why you are here."

"We have not agreed to help you yet." Luna responded thought she followed all the same with Twilight and her friends following her.

"No, but I have little doubt when I am done you will. Your people are kindhearted some would say much to so for your own good."

Naiad said little else until they were out of the Hive, she then directed her course to the nearest pony village and spoke while she walked. "My people are not a kind race and I will not pretend for your benefit that we are. However that does not mean we are incapable of compassion." she gestured to Metallic "He cannot Shape-shift, if I lacked compassion he would not still be alive. As a race we have become what we needed to survive, the ponies that live under our rule are not happy. It is that lack of joy that drove Queen Chrysalis The Light-less Queen to declare war on Equestria. The ponies we have available to feed on are too afraid to feel love, they believe it will make them a target. I will not feign innocence it this matter many Hives enslave the ponies that have been drained dry, many others my'n included eat them instead." Somepony gasped, Naiad ignored them.

"I do not see how this would make us wish to aid you" Luna responded after a moment of silence.

"Simple I am giving you a chance to remedy the situation." Naiad stopped on a hill over looking a pony village and spread her wings out to gesture to it "This village and five others in my territory are my Hive's only source of love. If you can bring love and hope back to the ponies living in it, I will give the ponies in my territory, and should I become queen of the Hive's in all the Hive land, the right to freedom, They may come and go as they please, no Hive will be allowed to enslave anypony, or eat anypony. We will still feed but when we are done we will leave the ponies in their town with their family so they may recover. This I promise you on my honor as a Queen. Changelings will remain the dominant race in these lands but the ponies will no longer have cause to live in fear."

Suddenly there was a rainbow maned Pegasus hovering in Naiads face "And why do you care if these ponies are happy!" Metallic tensed.

"My people are dyeing out. Did you think Chrysalis attacked Equestria for fun? It was an act of desperation. If my Hive is to have any chance in the war to come we will need to be well fed, as it is many in my Hive have died from lack of love in the last few weeks, I have let them in an effort to keep others alive. Never in our history have we been so malnourished as we are now and I am left to choose who, in my already shrinking hive, will be fed and who will be left to die. All because these ponies have lost hope in a better future"

Rainbow dash landed with her ears back. Luna looked at Naiad for a moment "You have six villages in your territory?"

"Yes"

"With this we will help you" Luna spoke slowly looking at the village in front of her "If Twilight, Rainbow dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and AppleJack each go to one of these villages they can bring the joy back to the ponies there, in the mean time I will stay here in order to work out the treaty you promised in your letter."

Naiad nodded in silent agreement and led the way into the village.