Long Live The Queen

I sat on the train to Trottingham, checking over my hoof-icure on my special 'Velvet Victory'. I looked across the train seat to a white unicorn with a blue mane and grey eyes, her emotionless eyes scanning the newspaper she read like a machine. I used my blue magic to use a hoof file on my left hoof, eventually switching to my right hoof.

I looked at my hooves and they shown like a gem, and I looked up to the mare who quickly looked down to her paper. The buzzing in my head that all Changelings held, the White Static of Changelings communicating with their Hives or calling in distress. I heard one of my own new faithful subjects chirping for help.

'I'm stuck in a ravine, if some pony doesn't help me, I'll drown soon!' My precious Drone called. I started to send a message to two other Changeling Drones.

'Help the poor thing, won't you?' I asked, still glancing at the mare.

Two of the hundred Drones accepted and quickly went off to help the poor Drone. I looked up to the white mare and smiled. She pretended not to see my smile, reading her newspaper in a grey magic. I trotted over to her and sat down, smiling gently. I stood about a head and a half taller, and I smiled more, showing my clean teeth.

"May I help you?" She asked, grinding her teeth. I caught a shot of a fang much like a Changelings, but she could very well be a Vampony or Werepony.

"You may. I was wondering what such a lovely mare like yourself was doing all alone. Are you going to Trottingham as well?" I asked, eyeing her newspaper.

"Why yes, I am." She replied icily. "Why do you ask?"

"Just making polite conversation." I replied, as if I had no idea I was bugging her. "I've never been, what's it like? Or have you even been there yourself? My, isn't Princess Luna's Moon so fair tonight?"

The endless questions I bombarded her with eventually drove her into insanity. "Trottingham is lovely, most mares shut the hell up!" She eyed me as I smiled unknowingly. Her eyes dilated and she changed to a whisper. "So you're the newest Changeling Queen. I knew there was something off about you, I knew it!"

I smiled, showing my fangs and replied in a doubled voice. "Are you joining my army, or, will I have to make an accident happen so you keep your trap shut?"

She grinned evilly, grey magic surrounding her, transforming her into yet another Changeling. "I am so in." She went to the window and breathed in the fresh air. "Sorry for yelling at you. What shall I do now, my Queen?"

"Wait until we get to Trottingham, and find as many Drones as you can. Leave the Resisters to me, please, Miss...." I trailed off, waiting for a response.

"Call me Grey Breeze." She sneered, changing back into her unicorn self.

She sat next to me and read her paper, and I went back to my seat. We spoke not a word to each other and completely ignored each other as we set off in different ways through Trottingham.

I walked into a particularly dicey bar after sensing Changeling Aura. I trotted into the bar to find that most of the patrons were Changelings or Hybrids. They all looked at me and grinned, various colors of magic changing them into Changelings. They hissed at me to leave.

"I'm not leaving until I get what I want," I said, planting my hooves.

"What does a wimpy unicorn like you want?" Various Changelings questioned.

"Can't you see it?" I asked, changing into my Queen Form.

Most cowered under my gaze, others stood firm. Hybrids all cowered underneath me, looking up. They slowly walked to my side, then stood tall, busting out their chests to the Changeling 'Wholes'. Some of the weaker Changeling Drones chose to come to my side of the Changeling Bar, bowing to me and buffing their chests out.

"Why don't you come to my Hive? You will belong somewhere." I said, staring down at them.

"Maybe we don't want to belong!" One yelled.

"Then I can't simply let you go," I said, furrowing my brow with nothing but condescension. "I'd have to make sure you stay quiet."

At the sound of my words, a few of them defected to my side. There were only five Resistors left. I saw the sparks in their eyes as they started to use magic. I quickly sent five bolts of my own magic at them, covering their horns in goo. The goo would stay for a few hours, but would render their magic useless.

Three defected to my side, but I left the goo there.

Two remained, resentment in their eyes. I strutted over to them and bent my neck down, smiling. "Now what will you do?"

One prepared to buck me in the chest, and I allowed him. He hit my chitin, barely making me budge from my spot. I swung a hoof back and it met his jaw, breaking the chitin and exposing his tender blue undercarriage. His eyes dilated in fear as my hoof came down, breaking the chitin from his head, exposing his undercarriage and organs. He limped to my side, some of the other Changelings healing his broken bones and chitin.

The last one stood in place, ready to fight. He stood taller than most, and I wanted him on my Hive. He looked like he wasn't going to budge. As I analyzed him, he charged at me, his sharp, goo covered horn directed at my heart. I simply put a hoof up and it went through a hole, and I twisted, forcing him upside down.

I stomped his chitin until it broke, his blue muscles bleeding black blood. He looked up at me and glared. He spit out blood and growled. "I'll never join you. Just kill me now."

I pretended to think about it. "Hmm. Okay."

I gave one final stomp of my hoof, his organs bursting and his muscles ripping. He sputtered blood and died, and I used my magic to wipe the black blood off my hoof with a bar rag. I changed back into Velvet Victory, and trotted out, the patrons taking on their disguises and going back to their seats, three of them cleaning up the dead Changeling mess on the floor.