A New Day

Through Emerald's Eyes

  After Luna left, the captain came to see me. It was about Silverwing. He wanted a way to organize my lings to fight against her. He is a complete idiot. The only way to get a hive to fight was if the queen said to fight. But I wish to not harm my own children.

  I can hear the voices of my newest lings clearly now. Some were sleeping, some were counting hours. Most were watching me. They all seemed so content in my presence, ever time I gazed to a cell those lings smiled like they have been blessed.

  I love them, even if I didn't know them yet. I don't know Scootaloo very well, but that won't stop me from loving her. Scootaloo. I miss you darling. I miss your father. I miss my home. I miss my hive. I miss the beauty of the town. I miss the statue I passed so often it made me smile. I miss..........THE STATUE!

  I stood up in my cell, the shackle chains clicked against each other. I turned to the nearest changeling. A white eyed from Pearl.

"Excuse me, but did you happen to notice a statue of Lucky Lass while entering Ponyville?"

"Yes, my queen."

"Did it have a ball underneath her?"

"Yes, my queen."

"Did the ball look familiar in any way?"

  The white eyed, named White Rose, thought for a moment. I could hear her thoughts, but did not want to be like other queens who squashed a ling just for thinking a bad thought.

"It felt like a magical entity was around it. Almost like the it wasn't pony-made. Like a it cou-"

"Hey changeling!"

  White Rose cowered as the captain approached, his face was hard. He stared at us then looked at Rose. Using his magic he opened my cell-cage and trotted inside. Rose cowered in his presence, but did not leave my side. She must have been a royal guard who defended only the queen's interest.

  The captain took my horn clamp in his magic and pulled it off. I felt my regular magic return to me in a rush of energy. I still didn't have my plink magic, but I felt a small hint of sympathy from the captain.

"Changeling, you are to locate the changeling queen, Chrysalis, or my sister's magical signature."

"Captain, you seem in shock. Did a little ling take the magic leader?"

"Magic leader? You are not allowed to speak of my sister as an equal."

"I wasn't. I would never speak of her as a ling, but as my leader."

"Your leader? What are you talking about? Just cast the spell! You are more familiar than anypony about the changeling's signature!"

"You said it yourself. I'm not a pony. I'm a monster."

  The captain stared at me in anger. I could taste his hatred and so could the others. I then allowed my horn to glow and shielded my caged broodlings. He tried to block my spell, but I was using only plink, only love magic.

"What are you doing!"

"Keeping my subjects from harm."

"They are under no harm. They are perfectly safe in their cages."

"You said cages."

"Yes. Because that is were little bug heads are supposed to be. Locked away to not scare little foals and fillies."

"You haven't met the cutie mark crusaders then."

"How would they be in any harm."

"You, captain. Your anger, your hatred of us. You were turning their insides out. Your cages may keep them away from ponies, but that won't stop the emotions from seeping through the ground."

  Shining Armor stood tall, not wanting to look like he was insulted by me. Never show fear. He returned my clamp back on my horn and closed the cell. I dropped my shields to give him a false impression and he left. I heard shouting from above.

Through Shining Armor's Eyes

  That insect is a menace! Won't even find my sister, she must have done something. But who did she do it? Why in Infernus did she call Twily magic leader? A unicorn with a pink coat interrupted my thoughts.

"May I help you miss?"

"Oh can it! I came on Princess Celestia's orders. Here's the letter."

  She shoved a piece of parchment in my face.

"Well I need to know why you are here."

"I'm here to root out my changeling!"

"Your changeling?"

  This was looking interesting.

"Yes. a male insect who took my little filly and shoved me in a cave. The princess wishes to know who it is."

  "Well maybe you can ask the queen downstairs."

"Queen?"

  The mare may be useful to me. I opened the door and had a guard follow her. If I went she may not even speak to the green one.

Through Emerald's Eyes

  A familiar face came to my cell, she looked in fascination at me. Then trotted away to stare at the other lings in their cages. She moved quickly, scanning each face until she landed on a cage with two tan eyed lings, two yellow eyed lings, and one bronze eyed ling.

  She stared at them and they stared back. The bronze wore armor left over from his old queen. The others tried to stay behind him. The mare opened the cage and stepped inside. This was very strange.

"You, in the armor, move out of my way."

"I obey no pony. I obey my queen and only my queen."

  Such a faithful dear, he must be Rose's rank, maybe the captain.

"Listen insect, I must speak to one of those tan ones. Now move!"

  He didn't shift in any way. The only thing he did was buzz in anger.

"I obey only my queen." "Should I gut her, my queen?"

"No, tell her to come to me."

"My queen wishes to speak to you."

  He looked at my cage and the mare trotted to me. She opened it and trotted inside. Her face was a bit clearer to me now. She will be frightened by this.

"You are the queen?"

  I stared at the mare. I must give her some fear, it will make that Armor think twice before sending in a pony so close to Celestia.

"Answer."

  Rose stood up and buzzed. She started a chain reaction for now the others began to respond and took defensive positions. I heard hoofsteps from above and the captain appeared at the stairs.

"What is going on? Why are you-"

  He couldn't finish. Not with five lings on his back and the bronze eyed placing a magic clamp on his horn. Bubble Bell stared at the lings she saw cower and hide now tying the captain's hooves together. Then looked at me.

"Why did you-"

"I did nothing. My children from other queens worked to hard to find me. They do not wish to lose the only queen to end a fight that is now her's."

  I pushed her aside and made for the wall and blasted a hole. If my magic tracker was right, we would end up in my hive.

"You may come along if you wish. I could help you find your filly. My children from other queens might tell you if you are kind to them."

  I gave her what she wanted. And she followed, I opened the other cages and the captain was tossed in mine and as a gift, one of the lings from Peony ripped half his tail off and tied it to my mane. My magic fed on the mane which had love inside it from a wife who brushed his hair till it shined.

  He watched as his tail turned to silk and fused with my mane, adding a streak of blue to my green. I nodded to the captain and smiled.

"They thought this would be a justice to what your guard did to my mane. I'm sorry Army, but I must leave. Tell Celestia that I will stop Silverwing and that I must be left alone, hive included."

  With that I had all my new broodlings go inside the hole, hive workers first. Then closed the hole and had soldiers in the back. I made my way to the front and began to concentrate a beam of green magic at the rock, the others followed and we made our way underground to the edge of the Everfree.

Through Scootaloo's Eyes

I miss mom. Nymph and Flutterwing tried to get me to play chase the firefly, but I wanted to stay with my dad. He kept saying that Emerald would find a way to get back. Why did Twilight's brother do that? Why is it so hard for me to have parents?

What's wrong with changeling parents? They took better care of me than my real ones. My mom was going to sell me to my uncle as a servant. Dad was never at the house, always with his friends. I'm glad they're gone.

"Scootaloo?"

  I looked up to see Cicada. She sat down next to me and dad left the room.

"Scootaloo, I know it's hard being away from mother, but remember she will never stop loving you. I think she is thinking of a way to get back to the hive and give you a great big hug."

"Thanks, princess."

"Scootaloo, we're sisters now."

"Thanks....big sis'."

"I gotta go, grandma wants me. Why don't you try playing changeling for a little bit, here."

  She moved her horn to my wings and did something. After a small pop, my wings were like hers, but green and she gave me a fake horn.

"There and here's your shell."

  She placed the crystal shell mom made on my back. It was lighter than it looked. It felt good.

"Now you look like a ling. Go on and play. There are foallings that you might like."

  She took me to the room that was supposed to be a hatchery where there was at least twenty changelings my size.

"Everyling, this is Princess Scootaloo. Treat her like you would a ling. I must go now, have fun!"

  She left me with them and they stared. Then bowed. Weird.

"Who wants to play chase the firefly?"

  They all cheered and we played for hours, at least I think it was hours. I hope mom gets back soon to see this.