“Hey Pip, now you’ve got me curious," Luna said, walking beside Pip on their way to Manehatten.

“Curious about what, Luna?”

“Well….what made you want to become a hero? What’s your grand goal?”

Pip thought to himself, rubbing the back of his head.

“Equestria has been in such turmoil for so long….I suppose my reason for becoming a hero was so I could finally bring peace.”
Luna smiled softly as they walked.

“That’s funny, Pip, my goal as the queen is to bring peace to my hive as well; to care for them and provide them love to feed on. In fact, love is why my children raid your towns.”

Pip felt confused at the queens’ revelation. If the changelings were simply trying to meet their needs, then would that make him a bad pony for trying to stop them?

“Just think about that for a while, Pippy. We can continue on this tangent later, as it would seem we are at Manehatten already,” Luna said as the town gate came into sight; yet the guards were nowhere to be found outside.

Pip felt something was definitely amiss, and in the distance, he heard the sound of swords clashing against one another.

“Something is going on in town, lets check it out, Luna!”

“One of these days, your curiosity will-!" Pip grabbed Luna's hoof and pulled her into the city with him, feeling excited after yesterday’s victory against the local bandits.

Turning the corner to Manehatten Square, Pip and Luna saw two ponies battling it out: a town guard, wearing his heavy plate armor and holding a spear, and a strange mulberry-colored mare clad in grand, steel armor with a great two-hoofed sword.

Luna leaned down and whispered to Pip.

“That’s Grand-Berry-A, one of the four Hivenly knights. You might not want to fight her, Pippy.”

“Hivenly Knights? Does that mean she-“

He looked over to where Luna was standing, and noticed she had disappeared like she had when he had fought the changeling before.

The guard pony thrust his spear towards Grandberrya, only to have her cut it in two by her sword, after which she gave him a firm kick, knocking him over

“Pathetic ponies," she said, iccuping, "Is this the best you can challenge me with?”

She laughed, causing little cartoonish bubbles to float over her head, which when combined with her speech, made it very obvious to Pip that she was insanely drunk.

Grandberrya glanced across the town square, noticing the little colt watching her.

“You there! Hic! I see this little colt fancies himself a swordsman? I challenge you to a duel of honor!” she said, pointing her sword at Pip.

Pip stepped back nervously, shaking his head.

“O-oh, surely you don’t mean me? I’m just a townspony."

Grandberrya swung her sword to the side, cutting a pole in half and letting the it to the ground.

“Draw your sword, whelp!” she exclaimed.

Pip drew his sword and stepped forward cautiously, knowing this pony must be very dangerous if she had managed to defeat the town guard.

She swung her sword at Pip. He blocked it the best he could, but was knocked back by the sheer impact of the swing. Pip knew if he hadn’t been using both hooves, that would have seriously hurt him.

“Why are you attacking these innocent ponies?!” Pip yelled out, swinging back at her only to have his swing blocked.

“Is it not obvious? I needed someone to spar with. I do get quite the laugh out of seeing your kind struggle to best me!” the mare replied, swinging overhead; Pip barely being able to roll out of the way before the sword crashed into the ground, creating a small crater.

Sweet Celestia, this mare is amazing! How could a pony of such meager size be so powerful? Pip thought to himself, already feeling his stamina being drained simply by blocking and evading her.

“Heh, already growing weak, little colt? And you call yourself a swordspony?” Grandberrya smirked, as she struck Pip on top of the head with her swords hilt, knocking him to the ground; stars suddenly dancing around his vision. “Easy as wine; and I’m a gal who knows her wine”

The Mulberry mare placed a hoof on Pip to pin him on the ground as she took out a bottle of whiskey, taking a victory gulp of her favorite drink, then grinning deviously down at him.

“Young as you may be, rules are rules; and as the victor of this duel, I’m allowed to claim you as my prize.”

Pip looked up worriedly at Grandberrya as a puff of green fire surrounded her, revealing she had been a high ranking changeling all along. As she reached back in an attempt to remove her armor, Luna stepped forward and glared at her

“Grandberrya, I order you to stand down. I did not authorize an attack on this town!”

The changeling quickly looked up at Luna, and tilted her head, sniffing the air.

“M-my queen! I did not expect to see you here!”

Stopping what she was doing, Grandberrya stepped off of Pip and loyally kneeled before her Queen.

“No need to kneel, however I do appreciate the sentiment. My loyal knight, while I hate to be a spoil sport, I must inform you that I have first claim on that particular colt. You may take these ‘guards’, as they are called, as your spoils, but the colt is mine. Got it?”

“Awwwh, but my queen, can’t I just play with him a little bit? I promise not to pluck this ripened fruit.”

Luna shook her head and glared, reminding her knight of her place. Grandberrya sighed and sheathed her massive sword, spreading her insect wings and flying back to the hive with a huff, leaving Pip laying on his back.

“Luna…you…saved me?” he said, getting up.

The changeling queen chuckled and grinned.

“You may look at it that way if you wish, but I was simply claiming my territory, Pip. I find you adorable, so this time I stepped in to help; but you only get this one. Next time if you screw up, my hooves are tied.”

Pip got back onto his hooves and brushed himself off as the sounds of windows being opened and doors being unlocked filled the air; the scared townsponies coming out to greet their saviors.

“Did you see that, guys? That colt and his sidekick saved the town!” cried out a cream colored pony with a bakers's cap on.
Suddenly the ponies flooded into the streets, screaming praises for Pip and Luna.

“Oh our hero, please tell us your name!” said the same pony, lifting Pip onto his shoulders.

“M-my name is…Pipsqueak?” he said, confused as he struggled to believe he was finally being praised for once. “And…this is Luna, my sidekick."

“Three cheers for Pipsqueak and Luna! Hip-hip horray!”

Confetti was tossed out the windows, and the mayor came out of her office, full of pomp and ceremony.

“Greetings hero Pipsqueak and sidekick Luna. My name is Mrs. Sloth Bureaucracy, and on behalf of my fair town, I feel we should prepare a feast for you two!”

Luna, who had been giving Pip the 'I’m going to brutally rape you' face for calling her a side kick, gasped in surprise and her eyes lit up at the idea of a feast.

“Sounds wonderful!” she exclaimed, forgiving Pip as her stomach growled.

While the feast was being prepared, an orange mare came to the duo and offered them a free night in her hotel as her way of thanking them. Pip and Luna graciously accepted and trotted over to Manehatten's 5-star hotel: the Trottingham Inn.

“Welcome to Trottingham Inn…Oh, its you’s two!” exclaimed a little filly who was dressed as a maid.

“Ah, Babs! I see you kept your word about putting an end to your banditry?” Pip smiled and petted her head, due to how adorable the little filly looked.

“Hey, cut that out, wills ya’s?”

She brushed her mane back, and went back to work, dusting a chandelier.

Pip and Luna went into their complimentary suite, and Luna finally lowered her disguise.

“Ahhh, its feels so good to relax and feel the smooth bedsheets on my carapace!” she said, laying back on the bed and snuggling with the silk bedsheets. Pip nodded and lay back on the bed, resting his head on a soft pillow.

“Hey…Chrysalis?” he said, glancing over to her.

“Yes, Pip?”

“What did you mean when you said I was your territory? I’m not complaining, because you saved me, but..."

Chrysalis smirked and breathed in a small amount of love she sensed from Pip, swallowing it and licking her lips.

“I meant exactly what I said. As a queen, I am allowed to claim territory for myself; be it land or creatures, she said, moving a hoof over and gently rubbing Pip's chest, wondering how he would react

“H-hey…what are you doing?” Pip said, squirming gently.

“Oh, just, wanting to help you relax. You’ve had a rough day, my little colt.”

Her hoof moved down and slowly rubbed his belly.

“Chrysalis, I said no raping…and I’m not too sure about this. Part of being a hero is vowing to never sleep with changelings."

“Oh? No changelings, huh?” she said, turning back in to Luna and sitting on top of him, slowly rubbing her hoof against his lap, making Pip squirm.

“You're…still a changeling, though, Chrysalis.” the young colt said in protest, but Luna only smirked, as she had already slid his pants down and was vigorously stroking his eager stallionhood.

Suddenly, the door opened.

“Pip? Luna? It’s time for the feast!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed, barging in without warning.

When the young mare getting an eyeful of the situation, she gasped, and held her hooves over her eyes.

“Oh my, it would appear we have a visitor, Pip” said Luna, slightly slowing down her hoof’s movement, in surprise.

“Crys- I mean, Luna, stop, she's just a filly!” Pip yelled, his face as red as could be from embarrassment as he slapped her hoof away and quickly pulled his pants back up.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t know you two were…lovers” Sweetie Belle said shyly, moving her hooves from her eyes. “But I was instructed to let you two know that the feast is ready, and the town is patiently awaiting your arrival."

Luna rolled off of Pip and stood up, her victim following suit, trying to think of everything revolting to calm himself down after what Chrysalis had done to him. The two then followed Sweetie Belle outside and to the meeting hall for the celebratory feast.

Author's Note

Ok, so perhaps Granberia isn't a drunk in MGQ, but shes my favorite Heavenly Knight, and Berry Punch is a pony I like. So I merged the two xD