Chapters Hello. My name is Kayla, I am 13, have blond hair, hazel eyes, and a black velvet dress. I have on a black hiker's backpack, with black shoes. I have great friends, and a nice family. I am very shy, sensitive, and can mentally break down at times. I was bullied for three years, making me vulnerable to people hurting and distorting me. I have one down side. I will do anything to help someone. I would die for you to live a better life. I care about everything. Big or small. I know I will die young. I make the most out of friends. I will be your guide.
I was walking back home when I heard a deafening scream from around the corner in the ally. A woman was being robbed as a man held a knife to her throat. I ran silently up behind the man, and kicked him between the legs. I then yelled, "Run! Get help!" She did as I told.
The man lunged at me, thrusting out his knife. I quickly dodged, grabbed the knife while twisting his wrist, and threw it. I cursed my weak arm. It landed but 15 feet away, easy for him to grab. He ran after it, and grabbed it. I looked around worriedly. I ran to the back of the alleyway. He dashed after me. I thought up a quick plan. He was getting dangerously close. I ran to the wall, him right behind me, and jumped off of it. I threw my entire body weight onto him, successfully knocking him over. He cursed.
I got back up quickly. I looked at the opening. I started to hear sirens. I gasped. I looked down at my stomach. A small metal tip was poking out of it. I started shivering, although not being cold. It slowly slid out of my body. Blood seeped through my cloths. I grabbed my wound. I dropped to the ground. He whispered something to me.
I couldn't hear it. It just sounded like water was rushing in my ear. I looked down at my hands. they were covered in my own blood. I had tears streaming down my face, but I didn't feel it. The world was spinning around me. The world went dark.
My eyes slid open. I was not ready to wake up.
My eyes shot open with realization. I was awake. I couldn't believe it. I was dead. I got stabbed. I shouldn't be awake. I looked around. I saw a rounded room, covered in green. I realized that I was in a hammock like structure, made of the same green material as the rest of the room. I looked down at my stomach. There was no wound, luckily, but there was something else that was wrong. My body was jet black. I no longer had arms, but black hooves spotted with holes. I had golden hair draped over my face. I looked to the door. I herd steps from out the door.
"He-hello? Is someone there?" I called out, hoping not to get an answer. The handle on the door glowed a bright green, and swung open.
"You're awake! Are you ok? Do you remember who I am?" A tall horned (horse?) stood in the doorway, buglike wings sprouting from the sides.
"N-no?" I said, hoping it wouldn't take offense.
"I understand. I am your Queen. Your Queen Chrysalis. Do you remember who you are?" Queen Chrysalis asked.
"No. Not very much, my Queen." I did remember who I was. I was Kayla. But that's who I was, not who I am.
"You are an underqueen. You are #2247. Your mission is to help with the invasion. You will be reconnected with the hive mind in five minutes. Until then, try to stretch your legs out, get used to walking again. I have to go now. Good night." I bowed my head as she left. I tried getting up. My legs were not used to this, but I got up anyway. I was now on all four hooves, but now I had to move. I moved my front right hoof and back left hoof together like the horses back at home do. Then my other two hooves. I was walking! I walked around for the next three and a half minutes. Then a smaller version of the queen came in. I had lost track of time!
"Welcome back to the hive mind, #2247." He touched his horn to my horn.
' Can you hear me? He asked me without moving his lips!
"How did you do that?" I asked without thinking.
'You are connected to the hive mind now. I'm speaking to you through your thoughts. Try it, ' he said telepathically.
'Can you hear me?'
"You did it. Now, whenever you are on a mission, you can contact the hive. Okay, #2247?"
"Okay.." I said reluctantly.
"You should get some sleep now. You have a big day tomorrow. Good night."
"Thank you. Good night." He bowed, then ran off. I wondered why, then climbed into bed. 'I'll feel better in the morning,' I thought before closing my eyes. I had a hard time sleeping. I finally slipped into the dream land.
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Waking up is hard after dieing. I opened my eyes, expecting the green room. Instead, I was greeted by dirt. 'I like dirt... And trains. Yummmmmmmm!' Is all I could think of. I got up to my hooves. I said"Hello?? Is any one their?"
"Come here..." An eerie voice called.
"Who's there?!?"
"It's your friend ....."
I suddenly started moving forward. "H-help! Help!!!?!"
"No one can hear you scream..... Your not getting away..." The voice became deeper and darker as it went on. I sobbed harder than I ever had.
"Why?!? Why are you doing this??!??" I asked, crying. My voice, not like my own, was muffled out by others saying, Run. Save yourself. Get far away. GO. RUN. HIDE. REFUSE. YOUR NOT GOING TO DIE. I continued to struggle. I tried. Nothing could save me. I called out "NO" in a strangely anamtronic sounding voice. I still cried. Everything I had yet to see, taken by a sick man.... He can't be...
"To set you..... free... " The voice sent chills down my back. How was he doing this? How?!? Every thing went black.
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Author's Note
Hi. This is my 2nd story. You might wonder why it is not up, it's because I got over 20 dislikes and only one like. I will not have long chapters, but if you have anything I have to improve, or something you don't like, PLEASE tell me. Thank you!
Past Invasion, Pro Planning
Author's Note
Just so you know, I had little time to write this between having me dog be taken away and school. Also, OMQ means Oh My Queen. Also, Flash Back is correct. *hint hint*
Past Invasion, Pro Planning
I woke up in a hot sweat. My head shot up like a bullet.
“W-what was that...” I said almost completely breathless. That dream, no, nightmare, was horrible. I decided to get up and see if I could get some water.
‘That dream... It felt almost... Familiar. Like before the accident...’ I thought to myself. As I walked up to the door, I began to wonder how I was going to open it. The Queen opened it through her mind or something, so I tried that. The feeling was amazing. I felt a power, like none other surge through my body. ‘Magic’.
The door slowly opened. I carefully walked through it. I closed the door with my hoof. "Right... I can still use my han-hooves..' I thought sheepishly. Well, I better not dwindle. I saw a Changeling, not far from my room. I decided to ask for directions. I walked up to (her?) and asked, "Um, hello, where is the bathroom?"
She looked at me in awe, then bowed quickly.
"Why are you bowing?" I asked, not knowing what to say.
"Why, you're a princess to the entire Hive! It would be shameful if I didn't!" She said matter-of-factually.
"Ok.... But um, where's the bathroom?" I was astonished to learn I was a princess.
"Oh! The third door on your left. You cannot miss it!" She was almost too cheery. I could taste something bitter, but I just shook it off.
"Thank you!" I said, enthusiastically. I did not feel happy, though. I walked to the bathroom and went in. I ran warm water and splashed my face. I turned it to cold. I took a long sip. I felt like it had been the first drink I had had in a thousand years. Maybe it had been a thousand years. What if I never get back? What if I am stuck here?! 'No.' I thought. I can not think like this. I will try to get home...
"OH MY GOSH! "
"What?" I turned around to see a small filly that looked like me, only much smaller.
"Are you the princess the Queen would visit every day?!?!" She asked.
"Yes....?" I said, not knowing the truth.
"OMQ! You are! The entire Hive is buzzing about you!" She almost burst in excitement.
"Why? What did I do?"
"Uh, duh! You are a Princess! What do you think?"
"I kinda meant what I did before I..." I didn't know what happened.
"Went and hit the hay? Well, you helped run the hive! You would do more stuff than the Queen, and you were nicer....." She trailed off. She made it seem like something bad happened.
"Are you ok?" She seemed scared all of the sudden.
"Y-yeah... I have to... go. Bye!" She ran out of the bathroom.
I decided to go out and look around. 'Why did she look so scared? It was like she said something she wasn't suppose to..
I went into a large room that resembled a Gym, a few Changelings- as I now know they're called- were lined up in a 5x5 block.
"Hello?" I said softly.
"Hello!" They all said it together.
"Am I interrupting?"
"No, you're fine." The coach said as he walked up to me. "Are you feeling alright for the invasion today?" This was odd... She seemed to be worried...
"Yes, I am fine. So, when am I going?" I tried to sound casual.
"Maybe in a half-hour or so. The Queen should have us out by then." She said.
Wow.. "OK!" I then thanked her and left.
"Time to leave!" A Changeling call out to everybody.
I got out of the hammock-thing. I went the way everyone was going. While I was in my room, I was informed that I would going soon.
"You will be disguised as the princess. You have one day to see how she acts then we will take care of her." This was a strange one. It worried me how she said 'Care'. Hmm...
"Time to take flight! All Changelings to the Exit!" I followed the direction everybody was going. We got to a hole in the ceiling and they started flying out. 'Hold on. I've never flown! OK, OK... Just flap as fast as you can. Lets see... ' My fe-hooves left the ground. Oh My God!!! I'm flying!!! OK. Faster. Forward.
I felt like I had been flying forever before I saw a mountain. It was still in the distance. Maybe we were going to have a break? I hope. All this flying is hard being in a new body AND being bigger than the average Changeling.
Almost there. 'What is that on the side? Its hanging off! How...?'
"To the ground!" A Changeling shouted.
We all flew down the the ground.
"Ok. Everybody Change!" Everybody was engulfed in green flames. Soon, They all looked like colorful ponies. I tried. It was an odd feeling. It felt like it wasn't me in control. I was soon transformed into a light blue unicorn with a pink and green mane. I had a tattoo of a star inside of a heart. 'What took over me? Well at least I'm a... Unicorn?' Yup. I saw that there were two different types; ones with wings and ones without anything. We started to trot up a road. It was not your normal paved road, on, it was rocky. We hiked for hours. We finally reached... 'A city on the side of a mountain. And I thought I'd seen it all.' I was shocked how big it was.
One of the group, a stallion unicorn, said "Come with me."
I did as told. He turned to a cave. He pointed in.
I walked in.
"Charge up the connection spell but do not cast." He said.
I did as told.
He started to charge up a bright green spell. It was hard to keep the connection spell up, but I did, even though I was scared. Then, he released. The built up energy was shot up to my horn before I could react.
"Sorry, I had to do it." He said it so sad. It was like he didn't even have control of his own actions.
I started to feel.... Light. Like I was floating. Except I was not. No.
"Don't feel sorry for my sister. She doesn't deserve your sympathy. Now, go and infiltrate Canterlot. I can take it from here." I said. But I didn't. Some other force did. The words were not mine. I tried to speech. No words came out. "No use resisting. Your body is in my control until we win. I can't have you risking this to save a few ponies because 'We can get along!' No no. No more nice Changeling. You are a big part of this. You cannot risk it."
It was the Queen.
I stopped watching after a while. I can't stand to see her being so mean. She was so mean to that lavender pony and her friends. I wished I could say something. 'Why do I have to watch? What did I do...' I was so sad. How can she be so... Heartless? She uses spells to keep the pony called 'Shining Armour' under her control. 'Oh no no no no no no! No! Please do not start singing! Man... Well, at least there's background music. But how....?' I wondered for awhile.
"Mares and Gentlecolts, we are gathered here today to witness the union of Princess Mi Arora Cadenza and Shining Armour..." Princess Celestia started.
'-no no no no no. I have to stop this.'
I tried talking her out of taking over well, this.. Country? I don't know. I soon saw two ponies break out of the floor. It was the real princess and that lavender pony.
"Uh! Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother! Uh, why does she have to ruin my special day? *Fake cry*" Queen said.
"Because, it's not your special day, it's mine!" The real princess said.
'Oh no, this is going to be bad for my body... I can still feel everything... ' I shivered inside my own mind... I dont even like to think what she's done to me.
"What?! But how did you escape my bridesmaids?"
*Flash Back between both of them that nobody could see*
"Um. Clever, but you're still too late."
"I-I don't understand. How can there be two of em'?" The one with a tattoo of apples on her flank asked.
"Because, she's a changeling! She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them!" The real princess shouted.
The queen used her magic to make the transformation look more cool. But, she was still in changed form. She made me look more like her to make her feel good.
"Right you are princess...." I kinda phased out there. She even went on to sing another song.
I felt less like I was floating now. For the first time in days, I could move. I looked at the ball of light and started crying. I fell to the ground. 'No...'
"I did not mean to hurt you. I am so very sorry.." It looked like a smaller pony, with a big pink bow in her hair, was the only one to hear my plead. She was so surprised. She almost looked... sad.
The light expanded towards me. I was knocked back into the wall. I screamed out in pain. All of the ponies looked at me. They knew I sounded and looked different.
"Wh-Why are you still here!" Cadence demanded. She was confused why her spell did not repel me fully. If so, I would have bashed through the wall as if it wasn't there.
"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean you any harm." I cried more. I was hurt, not only physically, but mentally too.
"Are ya OK?" It was the pony with the bow. She walked closer to me.
"Applebloom! Get away from her!" The one with the apples told Applebloom.
"I'm sorry." I tried to get up.
"Stay there! Your going back to your hive, Chrysalis!" A lavender pony shouted to me.
"I-I'm not who you think! Trust me I wasn't in control!" I knew my plead would not be headed. A second latter I was being shot through the sky, losing conciseness.
Author's Note
I was going to use this for a chapter that i redid, but you can read anyway-
I started to cry even harder. 'W-why wont anybody listen to me..'
'Because, you're a monster.' A voice said.
"Who's there?" I quietly yelled.
'Oh, you should know who I am.'
"What?" I backed up to the wall.
'I am your darkest fears.'
"Oh. OK! And I thought you were scary." I said. I didn't have any dark fears unless you include...
'You're in denial. *sigh* You can't stop your future.' The voice said.
"W-what?" I asked. I felt scared, but I know I shouldn't.
'You hurt the ponies in there. You can't escape it. He said.
"N-no! It was the queen!" I stammered.
'But it was your body.'
"Th-that doesn't mean anything!"
'To you, no, but to them... It might as well have been you.' The last word dripped with venom.
"N-no! You can't do this to me! They can listen! They will.... They... will..." My body started shutting down.
Sorry, this will be a shorter chapter. Pls tell me if you want me to post short chapters that get out faster or longer.
New pony, old changeling
I started slipping into a dream state.
The room was dark. There was a table, a chair, and a silhouette of a pony, most likely a stallion. The room slowly gained color. I could see I was in a kitchen. There were knives in the table. The stallion was a dark shade of purple. He had a smile on his face. His face was blooded, by another pony, I would assume. I started to back away. I felt very small, almost like a 4 or 5 year old. The knives started to float. They started coming at me.
I was small, so I had speed on my side... But he had magic. A dark force behind him. I dashed to my right as a blade nicked my shoulder.
"Ahh!" I screamed at the top of my lunges. He just laughed. I thought everyone had good in them. Not him. Ever the Queen is better than him.She at least has a heart. I ran as he pulled the knives out of the wall. I picked up one of the knives in my mouth. 'I can't do this... I have to... God I hate purple.' I turned around to face him. He seemed surprised that I was defending myself. He didn't stop, though.
The knives rained down upon me once more. This time, I pounced forward to cut his leg. The attack was successful. I stabbed the knife into his leg so it would be harder for him to walk. I ran for the door. It was locked. I pounded on it. I turned around to see him looking down at his leg in shock. I sneaked up behind him and turned around. I bucked him as hard as I could in the a-
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," he snarled as I realized I was not going to escape. Knives surrounded me and started cutting me. long slashes, deep ones.
I woke up in a hole with sharp rocks cutting into me. Slashes and lacerations covered my body. My face was covered in deep gashes. My flank was almost tore in two. My body, covered in bruises, gashes, lacerations, and my chitin being scraped up and soft, made me shiver in pain as I laid in a pit filled with sharp rocks. My wings were slightly damaged, but were still working. I placed my hooves on some rounder rocks. I flew up to greet my surroundings. The small amount of pain placed into my wings was bearable compared to what walking would fell like. I was in a forest. It was a very dark and Halloweenish looking forest. One you would find in a horror flick in the old days. The trees were covered in spikes. Everything looked like it could kill me. I tried to find my way up to the sky. When I finally broke through the leaves, I could see a clearing up ahead.
After about 15 minutes of flying, I came upon the clearing and a small cottage.. I remembered something the changelings told me, "If you see even a house, become a pony. If you plan on being there a while, create a new pony. You will not gain much suspicion if you are a new pony." I remembered how to change. 'Ok, who do I want to seen as? I want to be Light pink with a light blue main. Ok. I will also only have wings. If I cant use my horn, why keep it? Also, they all seemed to have a marking of some sort.... Ill have a dark blue flower with a pencil drawing it... yes... Ok... Here... I... Go...' I soon changed into my pony self.
I flew down to the cottage in my new pony form. I knocked on the door despite the pain it caused.
"Oh I'm coming! Just a second..." the butterscotch pony that the queen fought answered the door. "Oh My! Are you ok? Oh you need to get to Twilight! She'll know what to do! Oh dear.." She exclaimed. She then told me where the bathroom was. She said to wash out all my cuts so they are nice and clean. She ran off to get Twilight after that. I couldn't help but feel as though I had heard that name somewhere else. Strange... but no matter. I should get cleaned up.
"Twilight, Twilight!" Fluttershy yelled. Twilight looked up from her book.
"What's wrong, Fluttershy?" Twilight had a worried look on her face.
"There's a pony... She is very badly hurt. She came out of the Everfree. Her body is covered in cuts. She needs help." Fluttershy responded.
"Ok, lets go," Twilight then teleported them away.
I finished cleaning out my cuts when I heard a door open. "She is upstairs in the bathroom." I heard the yellow pony say. I then heard hoofsteps coming up the stares. A knock on the door. I said "Come in.." although my voice was weak, I forced this out. I was still flying, out of pain and fear of touching my hooves to the ground.
"Oh my Celestia! Fluttershy was right! You do need help!" Twilight gawked over how badly my body was cut up. In a bright flash of light, I was in a hospital bed, with an I.V. Twilight's horn began to glow once more. I was then knocked out.
I was in a lovely meadow. Flowers and cherry blossoms lined the beautiful landscape. I was at one end, in my human form. My long blond hair blew in the soft breeze. My long pink dress waved softly. My hazel eyes glistened in the bright sunlight. At the other end, my changeling form stood. At her end of the field, the moon gave a soft magical appearance to the trees and flowers. Fireflies danced in the soft breeze and my counterpart sat and looked at me. I walked to her. As I crossed into the moon light, my body changed into my pony form. I sat in front of my counterpart and looked at her. She spook, "They will not accept you. You know this to be true. They did not accept me. I was almost killed. When you died, you took my place in Equestria. I died. I gave up my life so you could live it. We both were cast aside from the leader in our world. we both suffered from many things. Now, you can live and I can finally have peace. You have a burden. You cannot fail. If you do, your nightmares will consume you. If you succeed..."
She trailed off. The world started to fade away. I asked "What? What will happen?" but it was too late. She was gone. "I cannot fail..."
My lids opened slowly, as if I were still tired. I wasn't tired, at least... I didn't think I was. I gained my surrounding. I was in a hospital bed, an I.V in my ar-leg. I looked at the machine I was connected to. I had a pulse of 45. It alarmed me.
'Am I dying?!?!... Wait. I'm a Changeling... pony... thing. That's probably... Normal?' I thought to myself. I looked around the sterile room. It was much like the one I woke up in at first. It was a lot more... white than the green, though. The room had a desk, chair, light, and a table with different types of scalpels on it. My breath quickened. I didn't want to be anywhere near them.
"Uh-um. Is.. someone there??" I stammered. I realised that I was still in pony form. My wings were actually badly bent and bruised. They were strapped to my abdomen. I eeped as I heard the door open.
"So you are awake! It's great to see you well. How do you feel?" She asked in a sweet voice. There was a bead of sweat and a put on a small smile.
"I'm feeling, um, fine. How long have I been here?" I questioned, glancing at the table.
"Oh, only a few hours dear. You only had a few deep cuts, but you were overall ok. You babbled about how you couldn't fail at something, though, in your sleep. Do you feel rested enough?" She seemed concerned. I remembered my dream.
"Oh, no, sorry to startle you. I'm fine. I'm feeling quite well, actually!" I lied. I did no feel fine, I felt like I was dyeing- again! I still held the facade, though, for her sake and mine.
"Do you think you could walk? If so, we could let you out today. How does that sound?"
"That sounds good." I was relieved I could get out of here. I brushed the blanket aside and realised that I no longer had my cutie mark. Oh well, I am only around 13, at least look it. Most people don't know what there doing for the rest of there life until there doing it. I sat upright. I almost showed the pain on my face in the act. I slowly got off the bed. When my hoof touched the ground, it barely hurt. I was fairly surprised. I soon had all four hooves planted firmly on the ground. I started to walk.
"Ah, it seems you're in good shape. That good to see. With the condition you were in last night, I was thinking you weren't going to be able to even sit up!" She smiled. I felt a semi-bitter taste leave my tongue, replaced with a small sweet taste. Like a banana!
"Yeah, I feel better." I looked at my features in a mirror on the door. Covering most of my body was bloodied bandages. My mane was a light blue, in high contrast to my darker pink coat. My mane was long a straight. I guess I didn't spend much thought on it.
"Well, whenever you're ready, just walk out and tell the stallion at the front desk you're leaving. Until then, good bie."
"Uh, bie," she left the room. When I was sure she was far away, I tried out opening and closing the door with my hoof. It was difficult at first, but I eased into it. When I was finally able to open the door without a doubt, I left the room.
The hallway it lead out to was equally as exciting as the room. Serial white walls and floors. I sighed. I started my journey down the hall and out of the building. I made sure to tell the stallion I was leaving, and be gave me a medkit in case my wounds opened back up. He was nice.
Approaching the door, I realised that it was just a push door, nothing more. I was soon outside.
The outside world was so vibrant, so vivid. All the grass; green. The flowers were the prettiest you could imagine. It looked straight out of a child's book. I was amazed how bright everything was. I thought that I might have died and gone to heaven. That thought was crushed when I was bumped into by another pony.
"Ug, sorry ." The pony remarked. She was quite brash, full of herself. I know I shouldn't judge, but she did just walk into someone with a large bandage around her barrel.
I coughed. "S-sorry. I, um..." I glanced at my wound. I knew this would make her look. And low and behold, it was bleeding again. Great. Just great.
"Oh, uh..." She laughed, realising what she had done. "Gotta go!" She was off in a dash.
I got up, yet slightly limped out of pain. She was in a rush, or running, or something ! I shook it off. No need in being mad, over a pony I don't even know. I thought about where I should go next. It seems my facade had kept anyone from figuring out I'm a changeling, good. I actually was not hard to keep up this form. I was surprised that I wasn't getting negatively effected from staying like this.
I walked around for a while, in till I came upon a large Crystal castle. I was in shock at how it even supported its own weight. After I was done gawking at it, 2 ponys, who I recognized, came out.
"Do we need to go back? Really Twi?" Pinkie Pie complained.
"I know you don't want to, but we need to make sure there is no- oh, hello!" She replied to Pinkie, then to me.
"Oh, um... hi." I didn't know what to say. Should I thank them for saving the innocent, or be mad at them for hurting me?
"Ohmygoshyou'renewinponyvilleineedtothrowyouawelcometoponyvilleparty!" Pinkie pie said, almost getting 10 feet away before Twilight grabbed her with her magic.
"Are you feeling alright? I was with Fluttershy when we took you to the hospital." Twilight had a worried look on her face, and I had a semi sweet taste on my tongue.
"I'm... feeling good, thank you." My back legs were slightly shaking. I was extremely uncomfortable talking to people, or ponys, I don't know. I silently commanded my legs to stop.
A wave of relief cam over Twilight's face. "I need to go, but you can go see Fluttershy. I'm sure she'd love to see you're better."
After getting the directions, I wandered aimlessly for a while. I asked myself how I'd deal with seeing another pony and talking to her, and why I had to be so shy. I did have slight social anxiety as a human, but I guess not having any of my friends here magnifies that. I'm kinda glad they aren't here.
Then it hit me.
I'm dead in the human world. My friends all think I'm gone. My parents lost their child. My brothers lost their only sister. My stories that I was writing, never finished. Drawings I was doing, never uploaded. I held back the tears. I walked into the forest I came out of.
And I cried.
Author's Note
Sorry this is so short guys.
Also, I was thinking about what happens to your family and friends when you commit suicide. Yeah, kinda sad. I just wanna finish this before I die. Yeah... this chapter has me thinking about death now.
So, still need an editor. If you find anything while you read, then please tell me.
Teh Cookie, singing out.
