Author's Note

Was going to try and use book titles for each chapter name...but for the life of me I dont read enough books, so I'm using movies now xD

Mimic

Deep within his sleep, Princess Celestia appeared to Pip in a dream-like vision.

“Oh brave hero, Pip, these are troubling times in the kingdom.”

“Princess? Is that really you?” Pip asked, confused as to why she would appear before him.

“Indeed, it is so. I have come to warn you that you are in great danger, and must tread carefully. Not all is as it may seem.”

“But why do you call me a hero, princess? You of all ponies should know it’s not true.”

Celestia smiled gently and reassuringly, brushing Pips mane.

“Because I have chosen you, Pip. You are destined to accomplish a great feat, and your princess will be guiding you the entire time.”

“Great task? What could a little colt like myself ever achieve?” Pip looked up at his princess, bowing respectfully

“Pip, I foresee that you are destined to slay the Changeling queen, and bring peace to this land.”

With that, Pip's dreamlike audience with Celestia began to fade. He held out his hoof, trying to and make the dream last longer

“All I ask is that you stay on the path of righteousness. Serve your princess well, and she will reward you!”

Finally, Pips dream came to an end, and he slowly opened his eyes as he entered the waking world once more. He rubbed his eyes softly with his hoof, and found that Lunas mane was draped over his face.

“Sheesh Luna, your mane is so oily….and…strangely cyan now.”

He brushed her mane off from his face, and his hoof rubbed up against Luna’s slick, black carapace; feeling occasional holes….wait…ponies don’t have carapaces.

Pip looked over at the princess he has fallen asleep next to, and saw that she no longer looked like Luna at all, but the largest changeling he had ever seen. His heart began to pound from fear…until he realized this changeling was still fast asleep with a firm grip around his waist.

He squirmed gently to try and escape her grasp, but just couldn’t break free without risking waking her. Much to Pip’s chagrin, she slowly opened her eyes and let out a big yawn.

“Yaaaaaawn, good morning Pippy," she said, licking her lips and a strange green aura being drawn from him to her mouth “Yummy, needed my morning dose of love.”

Pip lay silently in fear beside her, making the changeling chuckle.

“Whats wrong? Oh, this? Sorry my little colt, I couldn’t keep up my disguise while sleeping. Buuuut, I guess the cats out of the bag now.”

“S….So Princess Luna isn’t real?” Pip asked, trying to hide his worry

“Of course not. You honestly think Celestia would share a throne? That’s just my disguise so I don’t scare you ponies.”

Pip looked over himself to see if this love-eating creature had done anything…bad to him last night, but could not find anything amiss

“Wait, if you’re a changeling, why didn’t you rape me….you had the chance.”

He looked up at her confused.

“Because you’re so adorable, that I find it more fun to tease you!” she said, smiling and messing up his mane.

“Though I suppose it’s only fair if you know my true identity now. The name's Chrysalis.”

Just as soon as Pip had regained his courage, his heart sank again

“Q…Queen Chrysalis?!” he gasped and squirmed, trying to escape her grasp once again. She let him go just to try and be peaceful

“The one and only!” she said, sitting up on the edge of the bed and stretching “Though I’ve been getting out more, the hive practically runs itself nowadays. So now I'm a traveling gourmand in addition to queen.”

Pip reached for his sword, grasped it in his hoof, but let it go

“But Chrysalis, you realize that traveling with somepony who wants to be a hero may be dangerous, right? I mean, the goal of every hero is to kinda kill you.”

She snickered and shook her head

“I’m not worried. As you are currently, you couldn’t kill me if you wanted to. But I do enjoy your company, Pippy. If you'd be wlling to let me come with you on your journey, I promise to be a good-ish girl!” she said, making a little halo appear over her head to be cute

“Well….” Pip thought long and hard about what he should say. If he turned her down, there would be no telling what she might do. “Fine, you may join me, but on two conditions.

“Oh-ho, little Pip is a negotiator now?” she said with a wink

“You have to disguise yourself around other ponies….and no raping, especially not me!”

“Yes sir, can do” Chrysalis replied with a fake salute “No rape. But consensual is still fair game, right?”

“…..Deal.”

She smirked, and nodded, shaking hooves with Pip and disguising herself as Luna again as they left the cave, ready for a new day of adventuring