Author's Note

Bit rushed, but I am busy at the moment. Please enjoy and please leave any feedback, criticism or complaints.

Meeting of the queens.

"Why are we here?" I asked, cradling Thomas who slept peacefully in my arms. Razor Wing and Chrysalis gave small groans in response.

"Lachlan you are the consort to both myself and my aunt as well as the father of the only changeling prince. Thomas will be made public to the changeling race today. With you back and your new found powers now is a good time to present the council with the future king of my hive!" Chrysalis replied gently stroking the sleeping toddlers check.

"And by others you mean you sisters specifically." Razor Wing chuckled. giving her niece a small grin. A firm swat on the backside wiped the grin off of Razor's face quickly enough.

"Sisters? I thought you were an only child?" I asked having never heard of them. The only meeting I had been to was the one before I had died, when Isaac, Aurora and I had been transported to the Everfree forest. And it had only been a small meeting to check in on the sudden boom in Razor Fangs love gathering and resources. Her hive along with the bad lands had formed ties with Equestria which had done wonders for their economies.

"Lachlan we did so for a good reason. My sisters are messed up, they like all our blood line are incredibly powerful and cunning. Given you weakness for sob stories and villains they would have played on that and captured you. You would then be used as a royal breeder, It is not a nice life. Also given how picky we are when it comes to a mate trust me when I say that the fact that they have all voiced an interest in you. Before I would not have let them in a hundred mile radios of either of you but by law the two of you must be there for the meeting of the queens." Chrysalis finished solemnly a look of unease on her face.

"Lachlan you have to understand every queen in Equis will be here. From zebrica to Japon-y. Many are far more cruel than even my mother in her prime. They will not hesitate to use blackmail and brute strength to get what they want. I have three other sisters all younger but far more greedy, hateful and vain than I ever was. Ambrosia the youngest controls a hive in ca-nneigh-da in a dense forest where the cold kills off most edible plant live. As a result the changelings there have adapted to eating meat to make up for the scarceness of vegetation and love. She is my youngest sister and be warned, she will come across as playful and friendly but do not underestimate her she is lethal with her magic and incredibly intelligent. The hives mane color is yellow which is another thing I wish to address. Changeling hives each have a unique color which when a nymph comes of age a permanent dye is placed on their mane bounding them to the hive. By default our manes are actually green which is why my hive is allowed to use the color as we were the first! Our hive is over thirty six thousand years old and is ancient in comparison to the other's the second oldest being a mere 12 thousand years old belonging to fat flank over here." Chrysalis finished laughing as her aunt sent her a murderous glare.

"Watch your tongue niece I was old before you were born and will not hesitate to take you over my knee." she threatened, a playful smile on her lips. "Myxine and Vespula are the two you have to watch whilst Ambrosia is intelligent and can be cruel she is atleast fair. Those two on the other hand will lie, cheat and bully others into getting there way. Myxine mane is purple whilst Vespula is Blue. The reason we are telling you this is so you know who to be wary of. Out of all the queens those three are easily in the top ten of the cruelest mares in the world. Myxine rules a small hive located in gryphonia so her kind have not only adapted to the harsh environments but the predators that lurk there. This has resulted in them being taller than other changelings and slightly bulkier as fats reserves help to keep them warm. Vespula on the other hand like myself has a hive in the everfree forest as do twelve other queens. Sadly this sometimes ends up in small feuds over territory. her mane is a pink and I warn you now any changeling with yellow, pink or blue is not to be approached or looked at we do not have the time to tell you them all but they are the queens you are most likely to encounter given their relation to us. Also do not let any of the mares near Thomas!" Razor Wing concluded giving me a warm smile.

"Shit." I hissed realizing that the four of us were seemingly late as hundreds of changeling queens lay seated in a mass hall each desk holding their name and hive name. Countless eyes fell on us more specifically me and Thomas many watching curiously as we made our way down. To this point no changelings knew of Thomas existence and for good reason.

"Sister, daughter you two are nearly late, be seated so we may begin." the strict mare stated the two giving nods as they seated themselves near the front. My eyes instantly locked onto the three next to them the three sisters that I had been warned about. They were like Chrysalis, beautiful in appearance but then again no mare here wasn't in some regard.

It was eerie just how similar changing queens were in appearance. Seating myself I uncomfortably became aware of .yellow maned mare, Ambrosia right next to me. the mare learning at me a seductive grin on her lips. Though she flinched as Razor Wing's tail idly glanced along the mares leg.

"I see you have brought, 'Thomas' like asked excellent." the mare smiled though a slight grimace at the foals name made it apparent she disapproved of it. "Queen of Equis four years ago my daughter feel pregnant to the creature you see before you. At first I was annoyed at her choice in a mate and even more so to learn that he had been claimed by my sister as well." the mare paused some of the changeling queens smirking at my smaller form as the Chrysalis and Razor growled quietly. motioning for me to approach the stage I self consciously felt the whole rooms eyes fall on me.

Reaching the podium I acceded the stairs taking care not to trip and put Thomas in harms way. Gently bundling the foal into her arms I saw a brief smile on her lips as she held her grandson.

"May I present to you, My grandson and Future Changeling King of the bad lands hive." she roared the room going silent. All hell broke lose cries of disbelief outrage and shock sounded as many looked on in disbelief. Chrysalis sister watched with a keen interest their eyes inspecting me then Thomas. Chrysalis looked on worriedly as many queens looked ready to storm the stage to inspect the now awake foal a perplexed look on his face as he looked at me with a confused look. "Lachlan Goudie father of this foal and mate to not just two of my family members but the four sisters of equestria has give the changeling race the potential key to increase our male supply. In the future when this foal is fully grown he will take a harem of queens and together he will issue in a new era for the changeling race." the mare finished my eyes shrinking as I gave the mare a small glare. the queens roared in approval cheering as other council board members looked on with shock and fear at the foal.

I would not say anything but I would be fucked if my son became breeding stock. I new straight away that this had been a power ploy the whole time for her, the mare wanted to expand her influence over the hives and what better way to do it than foals that had the same reproductive ability as me. Given that they were half human the foals when they finally had kids had a fifty fifty of having a colt or a filly.

Several of the council members were trying to regain control of the enthusiastic queens many demanding for marriage contracts to be written up for themselves or their offspring. It was horrible and the look of fear on Chrysalis and Razor Wings face prove to me that they had no idea their mother would try this shit.

"Now he will live with his father back in canterlot and today we are here to make sure that as fellow queens you respect our rules that forbid us to seek out the offspring of others and hope that leaving here today none try to do so!" the mare stated bringing me some relief that at the very least she was trying to scare off the mares from kidnapping him.

"What of the foal's father? If he can give a changelings royal males, can he do the same for us? More to the point are the queens that claim him willing to share?" a red headed queen spoke up her horn in the shape of what I thought was a question mark. The mare gave me a small wink as I shuddered not liking the look on her face.

"I agree with Queen sharp tongue. A gift like that should not be squandered by only being used by two changeling queens." A white haired mare spoke up from the back one of her reptilian eyes a milky white with a grizzly scar. more to the point why has he not been milked I can feel love practically radiating off of him. I see now how Queen Razor Fang and Queen Chrysalis gained so much so quickly." she concluded watching me intensely.

Many of the changelings started to argue all wishing either myself or Thomas as I protectively pulled him closer. Many of the council members were demanding order even Chrysalis mother struggling to regain control of the exited changeling queens. Thomas gave a small whimper as the noise got louder his head burying into my chest as I growled.

"ENOUGH!!!" I roared the royal canterlot voice silencing the room as Chrysalis gave me a look of disbelief. Thorax gave a small nod though like her daughter had a look of shock on her face.

"Thank you, Now we are here to discuss the problem with the Gem wasp hive. Tonight will mark the death of the currant wasp queen and the birth of a new royal larvae. As a result the wasps will have their entire hive guarding the strong hold. Once the larvae is matured in a mere 12 hours they will as one attack a changeling hive to use our workers as hosts for their disgusting offspring. You as always are brought here to make sure that no queens are killed during their attack, I fear we will as always lose many." the mare finished dejectedly many of the changeling queens wincing and some even shuddering in fear. I froze anger rising in me at the mere thought of a creature hurting my mates and foal. Creeping over beside Chrysalis I gently handed her the now calmed colt giving her a small smile as my eyes turned a soft blue my mind delving into hers as I extracted the location of the wasps. The mare shuddered at my intrusion but was none the wiser. I was inexperienced but at the end of the day Liches excelled in extracting information.

Existing I gave a cruel smile pausing as I caught sight of myself in a window. My eyes were a silvery blue a gentle silver mist excreting from the corners much like Umbra's eyes did. With a small smile I snapped my fingers vanishing.

"Ugly sons of bitches." I mussed watching as what must have been hundreds of thousands of wasps went about their duties some bringing in animals and patrolling the giant hive. The things were easily fifteen feet long and about nine feet tall including the legs. The beasts were a black with yellow with stripes their abdomen bright red followed with a lethal looking stinger.

Like Thorax had said the hive was located in between two giant mountains giving them protection from both air and ground attacks. "Time to kick the hornets nest." I smirked fire bursting to life in my hand as concentrated. The flames turned an ice blue. Sticking my hand out the small ball illuminated the other wise pitch black sky.

The wasps paused as they looked at the small glowing object hurtling towards them a smile on my lips as it connected.

BOOM

Part of the hive was engulfed in plasma wasps screeching in agony as those not instantly killed were eaten alive by the unbearable heat. The wasps flooded out the cave searching for the attacker as again and jets of fire tore entire groups apart. Wasps plummeted from the sky those avoiding the fire finding that their wings had shriveled up due to the heat. The shields surrounding me most of the time broke the beasts skulls on impact causing them to fall limp as they tried everything to chase me off. Fire, electricity, ice and magic brought death and destruction to all that stood in my way. I never stopped and neither did they again and again they would throw themselves at my shields and magic only to die in vain. Soon I was walking over a floor of corpses the things shaking and twitching as they lay died and dying some crushing their sister and brothers. The revolting smell of burning flesh and wings left me nauseated but oddly satisfied with my handy work.

Cracking my neck I unleashed a wave of fire into the hive, shrieks from inside confirming that I had managed to get though the hives armor. I pumped more and more strength into the flames the whole hive alight as wasps desperately tried to stop me. Many were throwing themselves in front of the fire, trying anything to stop the destruction of their hive and new queen. But as expected the wave of wasps started to thin becoming small trickles as the exhausted and panicked wasps slowly started to die out. The whole hive lay in flames. I advanced having to make sure that the queen and the rest were dead.

It did not take long to find the queen the already weak wasps slowly twitching on the ground her giant form easily dwarfing her subjects buzzing angrily at me I took my time approaching the dying insect. With a sharp yank I pulled the queens head from her body the pincers on the beast snapping at me as its eyes dimmed. Soon both the head and body were still my mission complete I made one last stop the egg and larvae nursery.

I was not surprised that most of the brood were dead or dying the squirming white grubs desperately trying to escape the flames unable to do because of their size. at the center what I knew to be the queen larva lay dead having been impaled by part of the hive ceiling. Most likely having broken off during my initial assault, a sickly green blood trickled around its body.

"Help?" a small voice whimpered, causing me to freeze, under a piece of ceiling lay a small filly. the changeling looked up at me with fear and desperation her eyes red and swollen as I rushed forward throwing the heavy gooey structure apart as I bundled the child up in my arms.

"Are their others?" I asked cursing my stupidity as in my rashness to attack I had forgotten about the possibilities of others.

"N-no." she whispered blood coating her form as I took in the state of her legs. They looked bad the burns and crushed foot looked to be a problem. My wings exploded outwards allowing me to take flight as I blasted a hole in the roof. The fresh air of night brought my lungs relief and I heard the little filly cough violently as she inhaled greedily. Landing I held her close to me gently stroking her face as she gave whimpered cries.

Watching the hive burn I gave a satisfied sigh the two of us watching the smoke rise higher into the sky.

"Lachlan where the buck have you been? Chrysalis hissed pausing a her eyes locked onto the small form in my arms. "Bustling forward the mare herded the filly into her arms. "What happened?" she asked looking at my blood stained clothing.

"You didn't?" she hissed as I gave a viscous smile pulling the head from the back of my cloak the large head scaring the mare as she flinched. "Dear Faust above, you did. You actually killed the queen. What of the filthy grub if you killed it then the wasps will die out eventually." she excitedly stated pausing at my face.

"Chrysalis I killed all of them" I informed the mare. Her face if possible turned a lighter shade of white her eyes wide as she tried to comprehend my claim. I delved into my explanation detailing my attack and how I had butchered the insects. If possible the mares smile only got wider as I told her how I tore the queens head from her weakened body and the dead royal grub. How countless tens of thousands attacked only to fall. I spoke of how I found the foul and how the entire hive now lay in ruins.

Part of me felt a tinge of regret at wiping out an entire species but the countless months I spent hunting down the last of the bloody hooves had hardened me to the feeling. But I could not help but note that in less than a year I had killed off two species as well as killed several other creatures both demonic and natural. If you could call anything here natural.

"I must tell the others of this immediately. Lachlan you are a hero." Chrysalis finished having only heard part of her tirade I gave a tired smile. the mare pressing her lips against mine. Bustling off I was left alone in the hall way as the changeling guards rushed over to shake my hand. I soon found myself being hoisted off my feet, the guards cheering as they lead me away to celebrate.