Trade Mistakes, Forgiveness for Love.

Trade Mistakes, Forgiveness for Love. Chapter two, Decisions

By Alonelypegasus

"Can a Changeling ask for forgiveness? and expect to receive it? but forgiveness is not the Changeling way, neither giving nor receiving it"

Queen Chrysalis asked herself this, for what she said was true, forgiveness wasn't something a Changeling would give to anypony, or receive it. there history being one of the causes of it. a creature that is known for stealing love. an emotion that is one of the most powerful, greatly treasured and one that is not always so easily given.

Chrysalis pondered this to a great extent, never had she thought about so clearly on the ways of the Changeling's race and how they've managed to stay they way they have for generations. always a race that hides in the shadows, one that takes on the form of another just to live. stealing emotions just to live. for now the hive that she tried to save had probably all died off now from the lack of love to feed of. she had failed those.

But through all this, she came up with something, something that her race hadn't done in many a year

"Maybe" she looked around the room, making sure nothing but herself was present

"Maybe...maybe it's time for a change, a new lifestyle, a new beginning for our race. my race, to wipe our history clean of our wrongs that we have committed"

And that's what she planned to do, she called outside of her room and in stepped one of her swarm, it chirped in acknowledgement, there development of their anatomy only aloud them the ability of proper speech for when they were impersonating an emotion host, but there own little language of chirps, click's, buzzes and hisses was good enough for them.

"My child, I have and important task for you, but you may not wish to take it if dare not, for I cannot guarantee that you will come in good health"

The Changeling, from what the Queen saw was a member of the remaining Changeling army, they were a slightly different breed from there worker brother and sister counterparts, yet all were considered equal in her hive.

The soldier that entered simply nodded his head, for his reason being that the Queen hadn't given up yet on them, so why would he give up on her, she looked after him, so he would repay his debt.

"Are you sure you are up to my task?" He nodded "then I have an important message to send, to somepony who may not be so willing to even receive it"

/-\ three days later, Canterlot castle /-\

Dwayne sat in the library of the castle, recently he had had some sort idea, a thought, a question. about Chrysalis, something about her bugged him to no end and it was getting on his nerves and had been for the past month.

In front of him were several books relating to anything that the library had on the Changeling race, from what he had learned they were a race that kept to the shadows. only infiltrated small villages and towns and never impersonated anypony for extended periods of time.

And that's what bugged him.

"Ugh this just isn't making any sense, they've been the same since Equestrian recorded history, and yet now they finally come out the dark and plan an all out invasion!....something just doesn't seem to be adding up? is it revenge for the hatred they've lived with argh I don't know!"

He slammed his hands onto the table and stood from his chair and walked over and burst through the double doors onto the balcony, he walked up to the railing and leant against it, the thoughts of the whole situation and the wedding clouded his confused mind.

He took a seat on the stone bench and gradually began to calm his nerves so he could think clearly. he took a deep breath and looked up towards the evening sky, the twilight picture above his head could be considered a work of art, courtesy of the princesses.

With his thoughts now clear, he went back into his memories of the wedding and some events prior.

"So Queen Chrysalis was Cadence for the few months before the wedding that we all know now. and from what i've read they don't just go out all invasion on anypony. but what they would normally do is if they have one scout already impersonating somepony, whenever nopony was looking or for example at night, they would sneak out and return to the hive with whatever love they had collected then they would return and the process repeats for about a week or two then they will move on"

He scratched his chin and started pacing around the balcony

"So if I'm right this is what the Queen did, except for a longer period than normal, so she sneaked out at night supposedly and fed her hive for the upcoming invasion. but why would she invade anyway, we could see that when she was Cadence that there 'supposed' love was massive, especially from Shining's end, that could have been enough to feed the ones we saw....unless....maybe...maybe there was more than that, maybe the few hundred Changeling's we saw were the only ones that were fit enough to go through with the plan. so this could mean that there could have been some sort of....love famine...that has to be it"

He was so into his stupor that if he kept pacing in circles he would cut though the stone floor.

"This could be why she invaded, her hive may have been bigger than we anticipated. she infiltrated, gave love to the ones that could partake in the invasion, then bring the rest back to the hive. its wasn't just a simple invasion but a aid mission albeit a crude one. but the search parties that Celestia sent out haven't spotted any sign of her since she was blasted away. so she's either dead or alive, which can also mean the remainder of her hive could have perished too....I need to talk to Celestia, Cadence and Shining...now"

He turned to the door but took one last look at the horizon, and remembered one last thing before leaving.

"I remembered she looked at me at one point, and I swore I could she the desperation in her eyes"

And with that he made a brisk walk towards the throne room.