CATACLYSM

A changeling ran around the forest. His wings were ripped off and his horn was ripped off and jammed into one of his back hooves. He leaned up against a tree and panted and looked.

"Good. That military nut job isn't here." The changeling smiled as he turned around. His ears suddenly dropped and eyes widened with fear.

"Who's not here?" Sergeant Everfree said as he pulled a vine near by. Before the changeling could react, two giant logs came swinging from opposite sides of the front and back. Sergeant ducked as they met. He pulled them back and looked at the mess.

What was left of the body sat in a sea of blood. Chunks of flesh sat like tiny islands in a deep, red sea.  The organs spilled out like fresh spaghetti. He smiled as he put his hoof in the blood and sipped.

"Ah. If there is anything better than warm blood, its probably royal blood." He said as he grabbed the large intestine and started to walk back to his hut.

Back in Queen Chrysalis castle, the queen and Blank were on the bed. They were talking to each other about their lives and telling jokes.

"And so the Yeast says to the Bread, 'Together, we'll Ryes!'" The cheerful filly giggled at her own joke.

“I must say Blank, you are more delightful than anypony I’ve come across” The queen said. She said that because the love that radiated off the filly was so intense it filled every one the of the queen’s senses.

“Thank chu!” Blank squeed with a smile.

“I may just keep you as my own” Chrysalis said, “would make up for what they took from me”.

"They?" She squeed uneasy. "Whose they and who did they take?" Blank asked as her smile went down and looked worried. Chrysalis smiled as sweetly as she could, “Ponies. They killed my son. He was only about your age”. The mention of Swiss made the queen fight back tears.

"Oh nu!' Blank sadly squeed and then quickly smiled again. "We should tell Princess Celestia and Luna! They haven't been busy since the Tirek attack. Did you know they want to make peace with the Changelings?" She squeed as she quickly nomed on cheesecake.

“Then why did they kill my precious little colt?” The queen asked, “an innocent child” tears fell down Chrissy’s cheek as she recalled the sweet changeling colt.

"Well, I doubt it was the princesses. They have warned us not to go into the forest as it is dangerous for unknown reasons." Blank said as she wiped the tears.

"The reason is Sergeant Everfree." A familiar voice called out from the shadows. They stepped forward and were it was revealed to be Princess Twilight.

“Princess Twilight?” the queen said confused, “how did you find my hive?”.

“She told me” she said as she uses her magic to hold a changeling in the air, “I found her roaming the castle in Canterlot” Twilight informed, “she wasn’t in pony form”.

“How am to believe it wasn’t you precious princesses?” the queen spat.

“We would never order the death of anypony, let alone a child of any type of creature” Twilight stated.

“Fine, then who is this Sergeant Everfree?” the queen ordered. Twilight pulled out a book "This is Princess Celestia's explanation. I got her permission to borrow it." She squeed as she began to read."Remember the war 30 years ago? Well he was basically never told it was over. He has killed several ponies, including our own foals. He doesn't care if you're changeling or not. Until he sees the white flag raised by changelings and he has been given one final salute for his commitment in the war as a hero, he will kill all who enter the forest. He knows it like I know that blank likes cheesecake or that Twilight is a bookworm." Twilight slightly blushed at the last part and continued. "Any who, he is considered dangerous. The reason Zebras are short is him, but he just thinks he's killing changelings." She said as she closed the book.

Chrysalis was silent for a while. “So why hasn’t this senile old pony been locked up?” she asked.

"Well duh. He kills all who enter. In fact," twilight got quiet as she puts her hoof on blank. "We almost lost blank because of it." She said as blank squeed.

"Its true. I was given a note saying the war was over and was told to give it to him. He said I forged the princess's signature and he almost stabbed me. Twilight had to teleport me home but not before...well..." Blank said as she took off a sock to show a hoof with bear trap marks on it. She sighed and finished "....he made me fall into a bear trap.", she squeed a little unhappy then slipped back on the sock.