Author's Note

Here's to help identify who is speaking just in case you get confused.

Saboru
Lily
Captain of the Changeling Guard
Queen Chrysalis

Meet Your New Daughter

"Hey, David, Wake Up! It's time to get moving you fucking slacker." I heard IT yell from within my head as I groaned from his wake up call, which was a pain jolt sent to the entirety of my body, as I tried to get back to sleep.

"I said...... WAKE UP!!!" IT roared as another, stronger, pain spread through me as I jolted up from the sudden shock.

"ALright, alright I'm up you fucking prick just calm your tits for a sec." I said as I finally had been so rudely awakened. I stretched out my body as my limbs were stiff as hell. "I'm going back to sleeping in trees if this is how I'm going to feel waking up everyday on the ground."

"What, and risk another incident of falling out when you move around in your sleep?" IT reminded me.

"In the sake of comfort.....yeah."

"Suit yourself then bud just don't go around bitching when you fall again. Though I have to say that I'm surprised you're not used to these conditions yet."

"What the fuck are you talking about? I'm already well adapted to weather of the forest considering I've been out for, what, sixteen months now, so yeah it's safe to say that it doesn't bother me in the slightest." Sixteen months, a year and a four months since the incident with the manticores and I have yet to find any place suitable in this god forsaken forest where I could hunker down. I know there's nowhere in the forest that is free of its dangerous inhabitants but I would like a place where I could put up defenses so I won't have to worry about being on constant guard. Whatever I guess it doesn't matter how long it takes I guess; all good things to those who wait after all. Gotta say though, I am kinda considering on giving up my home searching and just living in the forest the way I have been, it's.......liberating not having to worry about society and its rules.

"Well I think I've limbered up enough,"

"You sure? You don't want to pull something like Tallahassee." Saw that coming.

"This ain't ZombieLand asshole. I might have to worry about creatures eating me if they catch me but at least I don't to worry about getting bit or scratched and turning into one of them."

"Though you got to admit that having even a partial transformation into a manticore or timberwolf would be awesome." Can't argue with him there.

"Yeah, but do you what would be even better?" I asked which was answered with groan.

Yeah, yeah, I already fucking know what you're going to say. I swear man you and your obsession with dragons. I'm surprised you weren't hovering over Spike like that purple unicorn was over you when the ponies decided to stop being pricks."

"Hey, don't compare me to her. I was excited more than anything when I saw Spike and yeah I asked him a bunch of questions about him and his species, but there is no way am I going to be as creepy as Twilight when it comes down to researching new creatures. I was about to get a restraining order on that bloody lunatic, but enough about that I think it's time I get moving." I said as I gathered up my junk.

"Don't you mean that 'we' should get moving." I'm going to murder IT. IT just had to bring that up again.

"Why do you constantly insist that it's we. Last I check I'm the only one doing the walking while you just float around in my head and digging into old memories."

"Because I want to feel included." And now ITs trying sound depressed and guilt trip me. I swear ever since I've become more akin to using the release this how things have been.

"I don't why, you are the reason why survival has been that big of an issue for me, and it's not like I haven't shown my gratitude for it." Which is the truth. Since the release back in Ponyville IT has helped to heighten my senses so that I could sense when there's danger around and as my way of saying thanks I've let IT take control sometimes for however long it wants. Actually been surprisingly good about switching back too. I'm starting to think that IT might actually be seeing the way I do now.

"Yeah I know, it's just that everytime we switch it makes me want my own body more and more......but I know that that's not possible." IT said downtrodden. I have to admit I may still be skeptical around certain subjects with it but considering that IT is the company I got it would be great if we could meet face to face without me having to be unconscious and retreating into my mind to do so. Plus at this point I am starting to feel sorry for I- no what no, I'm feeling sorry for him. It's about time I start showing him that despite what has happened between us in the past that I'm willing to-

"David do you hear that?" He asked as I was lost in my thoughts. I kept still and focused on my hearing to see if I could find out what he was talking about. Listening for anything besides the normal sounds of the forest for five minutes and neither one of us heard anything out of the ordinary.

"Hmm, guess whatever you heard must be-" I heard it. It sounded like crying but even more importantly it sounded the cries of an infant. "Hey!"

"Yeah I'm on it." He replied before beginning to set off the release. I slowly began to change as I felt my claws come in and my vision changed to red and I could see the thermal signatures of everything around me. With it still be early in the morning everything was still cool which made it easy for me to find what I hope is the source of the crying as I took off into the forest. As I looked towards to heat signature that belonged to a significantly smaller form I also noticed six other bigger ones closing in on the infant. I recognized their shapes immediately as manticores, timberwolves, and.... and...............

"Saboru, FULL RELEASE, NOW!!!!" I roared as I noticed that there was huge figure descending upon the group of predators and the infant, and if the way the upper part of its body is any indication, they were about to be attacked by a hydra.

"Alright it's done, NOW GET YOUR ASS MOVING!" Saburo knows my position when it comes the lives of children are threatened. He also knows how I get should I fail to save them so I don't blame him for being ill tempered. And just incase you're wondering he is indeed angry.

With a full release now unlocked the strength in my legs have increased dramatically and once again became a blur to those unable to track me. I made there just as one of the timberwolves went to pounce of the infant but didn't get very close as it was checked into a rock and shattered. I stand in between to group of predators and the infant but take a quick look back to see that it was indeed an infant though not a pony but a changeling left alone out here; or that's what I thought when I looked behind it and saw two more full grown changelings with nasty slash marks running across their carapaces. I didn't know much about the changeling other than what the girls have told me and that was that they feed on love, change their forms at will, and are evil though that last one I didn't take to heart seeing as I believe that this Queen Chrysalis that had attacked Canterlot had to have some reason for doing seeing as she was impersonating Princess Cadence, who is Celestia's niece which meant that she would be around the ancient alicorn and risk getting caught should Celestia seen through her ruse.

That doesn't matter at the moment at all though. A child has no right to be punished or ridiculed for the actions of its kind just because people, ponies, or whatever the fuck you are can't look past what you are, and now I've gone and pissed myself off these bastards are getting it now. "Alright assholes it's time to die."

I was about to launch the first strike but then the hydra managed to arrive and tried to get me from behind. Luckily I was able to jump towards the changeling foal and use my claws to open the throat of the head that came at me. Blood poured from the wound as I grabbed the foal and placed it in a decent sized hole in the ground and placed a rock on top to keep it out of harms way. The hydra's two other heads looked towards its fallen comrade as it laid limb; I couldn't help but smirk at how easily I had disposed of it. "I figured that would work."

"How so? If I remember the legends right whenever you cut off a hydra's head it's replaced by two more."

"Yes it is, but since I didn't cut it off we won't have to worry about it but I still didn't think it would have been that easy to just cut through its scales. It felt I was running my claws through butter." I said disappointed that I wasn't going to be getting much of a fight from even this 'fierce' creature in this form.

"Well you are strict about about maintaining them on a tri-weekly basis. I wouldn't doubt if they really sharp enough to cut through dragon scales." Has a point there I am pretty up tight making sure these claws of mine are nice and sharp.

I didn't get to respond back as the two manticores in the group pinned me to the ground. I let out a loud growl before kicking the one on my left off and using my hand as spear to go right through its eye and out the back of its head with brain matter and blood sticking to it. I withdrew my arm before using it grab another timberwolf by its barrel and driving it into the ground destroying it but leaving its head and legs intact but it seemed that the magic that kept these things going wasn't able to heal its wound. With three down and four left, or five if you want to count both of the remaining hydra heads by themselves but depends how you look at it, I had a plan forged to take care of them before I could put it into action though a volley of green energy beams came from the trees surrounding us and right after an entire squadron of changelings starting charging at the predators.

"Well it looks like we got back up." He said in his shit eating tone which probably means he has the smile to match inside my head as well which also means someone is getting a beat down the next time I go to sleep. I'm not much for working with others considering no one usually takes in my suggestions anyway, plus I get shit right the first time around anyway and can handle just about any situation alone, but considering that I'm not only fighting for myself and Saboru I don't mind it the least.

"Claws up creature." A changeling ordered from behind me while jabbing a spear into my back. Did I mention that my pain tolerance is through the roof when I'm in my released state because right now his spear just feels like he's poking me.

"Hey hold up there buggy, we're on the same side." I said as I turned around and grabbed a hold of the spear just under the blade to prevent anymore jabs to the face.

"And how you figure that we haven't even seen anything like you before." He pointed out.

"Well I'm not surprised you haven't seen anything like me before considering I'm from different world and all and the reason I say we're on the same side is because I know why you're here. You're looking for a couple of changelings and their foal, right?" I asked as I gave him a look that should tell him that he could trust me.

"Yes, yes we are. Alright then if you really are here for the same reason then that means that you should know where they are am I correct?" The soldier asked as he lowered his spear.

"I do, but..."

"But what?"

*sigh*"The parents are dead." I stated to his horror.

"What!? But I thought you said that you came here to save them." He yelled as he looked like he was going to break down.

"Well I didn't really come to save them seeing as they were already dead when I got here, but their foal is alright. I put it into that hole over there to keep it out of the fight." I said as I pointed towards the rock that was still covering the hole and saw a pair of glowing blue eyes staring right back at me though they were filled with fear I knew that it was going to be alright for the little one.

The soldier seemed to perk up at that and ran towards the rock I was pointing at. I walked up behind and helped remove the rock only to be tackle by a black blur. I looked down at my chest, after landing on my back, to find the little foal nuzzling into my chest and judging by its laughter it's a filly, or at least I hope it is otherwise I'm going to feel like a jerk. The filly just hung onto me while I laid there until the soldier went to go pick her up because apparently she like that as she turned around and hissed at him. Now I was intrigued with this filly she was, after all, hugging a creature that none of her kind has ever seen before and yet she's willing to go ahead and turn on her them in a heartbeat, or at least prevent them from separating us.

While this was happening I had almost forgotten what was going on behind us but was reminded of that as another changeling soldier went flying over our heads. I turned around to find that none of them had died, thank god for that, but I couldn't say the same for the predators seeing as the only one left was the hydra but it was blatantly obvious that they weren't going to come out of this alive and I wasn't about to let them die in a fight that was my own to begin with. I picked the filly up off of my chest and handed her to the changeling in front of me.

"Keep her safe and order your troops to stand down." I say in a tone that left no room for argument.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he signaled for the others to fall back.

"Ending this." And in a blink it was over. I had slashed the throats of the other two heads and gutted the fucker for extra measure. Once it had stopped twitching I exhaled slowly and calmly as I turned back to my form and soon after felt a familiar feeling on my leg as I saw that the filly had escaped the changelings clutches to snuggle my leg. With my job done and, despite how cute and adorable the filly looked, I had to give her to the changelings so that she could be cared for in her hive. She started squirming again as I started walking away from the squad to return to my journey.

""Nnnnnoooooo!!" I heard her cry out before she was clinging to my legs and holding on with everything her little form could muster. She was crying as she buried herself into my pant legs as I just looked at her with saddened eyes. I know this filly just lost her parents and that she probably wants to me to take care of her after coming to her to rescue but there was no way that was going to happen while I was living out here and I doubt their queen will allow me to stay, even if I did save one of her subjects.

I managed to get her to let go and set her out of me as I knelt so that I could look into her eyes. "Hey, listen to me little one. I get that you want me to stay with you but I can't. I have to leave and find myself a home and it wouldn't be safe for you. I'm sorry but you still have others who can take better care of you than I ever would so this is goodbye." The filly ran up and hugged me like she didn't want to let go and I decided to return it to comfort her but while I was I had failed to notice that another had joined the scene.

"Well isn't this an interesting scene to walk into." I heard a voice, that had an echo to it, say. I looked up from the filly in my arms to see that another changeling had arrived, and if her height, eyes, and what I think is a crown are anything to go by, she was the queen of the group.

"Queen Chrysalis!? What are you doing here?" The guard who I had been speaking to said as he and the others bowed.

"I felt an influx in fear from the child as well as a lost of connection from her parents and came to see what has happened but by the looks of things I would say that I would like an explanation seeing as I'm honestly confused of what has transpired here. So with that said would you kindly fill me in Captain?" The queen asked and I took that as my queue to jump into the conversation.

"Well I wouldn't bother asking him if you're wanting to know what happened, especially considering that he and his troops arrived while I was the middle of a fight to save the filly." I said as I got up, earning the queen's attention, and walked towards them with the filly on my heels.

"And why would you do that, and what are you exactly?" The queen asked as she examined my form.

"I am a human, the first and only one of my kind in this world, and why wouldn't I protect the filly. Her parents were dead and there was a group of manticores and timberwolves all coming after her as well as a hydra, which I had to take out myself. If I hadn't stepped in then she would have met the same fate considering, as I said before, your captain and his troops would have gotten here too late to do anything." She was intrigued when I told her what I was but seemed saddened as the mention of two of her changelings dying and was at least glad that the filly was safe as well as skeptical when I said I was the one to kill the hydra.

"Well I can't say that I've ever met, or even heard, of a human before but I think that killing a hydra wouldn't be possible to accomplice alone." She remarked.

"Whether you believe me or not I don't care. The only thing I care about is that it's dead and the filly is safe and sound to live another day."

"Queen Chrysalis if I may. The human is telling the truth, we watched with our eyes as he brought the creature down like it was nothing to him at all." The captain said sticking up for me.

"Dude you do realize that you're talking to THE Queen Chrysalis right?" Saburo asked as I watched the conversation between the two.

Yeah I realize that you moron but it would be pointless to do anything seeing how I'll be leaving here in a minute and never see her again. Besides she hasn't pulled anything yet so what are you worrying about. He didn't say anything after that since he knew I was right though was brought out of my musings when I felt a tug on my pant legs. I looked down at the filly to see what she wanted "What is it little one?"

"I'm hungry." Damn it, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm traveling through this forest I would so keep the filly. She is so adorable that even on one of my worst days that she would be able to cheer me without any effort on her part. It probably doesn't mean anything right now, and I think I've probably said this before, but anything adorable and cute is considered to be my weakness as I will drop everything to make sure that no harm will befall whatever it may be.

"Oh, well I think I should have some apples and bananas (don't bother asking how I managed to find them) in here you can have." I said as I sat down to pull out a couple apples and hand them over to her. She took them and started munching and I watched as a big smile came onto to her face.

"It would seem that Lily Gem has taken a liking to you." Chrysalis said as she sat beside me.

"Yeah, well I really wished she hadn't. I'm going to be going here in a minute or so and I know that she doesn't want me to leave but I kinda don't have a choice seeing how I'm in search of a new home ever since I was basically exiled from Equestria."

"You used to live in Equestria? Do you-"

"Yeah I know of you and the invasion but I could say that I couldn't care less about that mess, even if I'm sitting next to the one that had planned it. And before you I'm not afraid of you because believe me when I say that I'm possibly one of the most dangerous creatures in this forest if I let myself be." I know it sounded like I was boasting but can anyone blame for wanting to make I'm left alone in the future.

"Well if know about us then you know that we know what your feelings are at the moment. You should know where I'm going with this with just that."

"Yeah, but what do you want me to do about it? It isn't safe out here as it is and more so if she was around me. I'm a naturally violent person and as a result I'm not going to turn my back on a fight, might even cause a few just to entertain myself." I stated as I started feeling uneasy about leaving the filly without anyone to take care of her.

"Well I would think the solution would be obvious." She stated as she looked to me with warm smile. I'm not what she was expecting from me because after a minute or so without saying anything to her her smile disappeared. "I mean that you should adopt her as your own daughter and become a part of my hive." Well I was not expecting that.

"Are you sure that's a good idea Queen Chrysalis. I know you guys feed on love and all as a part of your diet and having me around will probably taint that considering all of the anger I have stored away for many years now." I asked to make sure that this wasn't some cruel trick to get my hopes up.

"Yes, I know that you have an extremely unhealthy amount of rage, anger, and hatred within you, but that is another reason why I would like for you to become a part of my hive. You have dangerously higher levels of negative emotions than any changeling has ever sensed within any creature in the world, in fact it should have consumed you a long time ago, but yet here you are taking care of a filly that you just saved and the potential cost of your own life. I may not know what why the princesse exiled you but I did feel an increase in your anger and sadness when you mentioned it though it was brief and went back to 'normal' right afterwards. I would like to study you to see why your darkness hasn't consumed your being and turned you something else, though I assure you that if you do come along and let me do this, I won't do anything rash without your consent seeing that you've lived with this and seem to understand it better than me at the moment.........So...what do you say?" Okay I know I said that I'm willing to give anyone a shot despite what others may tell me of them but she's acting a little too nice at the moment.

"I wonder if something happened after the invasion that has made her this nice but I would advise you ask and I'll see if there's anything going on in that head of her's though you should probably do it at a later date so you can see if it's consistent or if she's putting on an act." I had to agree with his plan. If she is really up to something then her facade should drop within a day or two depending on whatever it is she has planned for me, but if not then it will be interesting to learn what happened to her and her hive after they expunged from Canterlot. Plus I could stay with Lily and make sure that I'm there for her when she starts to become saddened from the passing of her real parents and though I'm not sure if she's old enough to actually go through depression I still want to be there to give her salice in the fact that she'll have me there to turn to when things get hairy.

*sigh*"Alright Queen Chrysalis, I'll adopt Lily and join your hive. It'll be a nice change of pace to be able to sleep on an actual bed and not be alone out here anymore." I said and that warm smile came back.

"Excellent, I do hope that you'll enjoy staying with us Mister...umm....I'm sorry but I don't think I ever asked what your was name." I had completely forgotten about that.

"Oh don't worry about. I was much more worried about what to do with Lily rather than the fact of whether or not you knew my name but whatever, my name is David R. Herrera, though some of my friends back on my world used to call me Demon."

"Demon huh, what did you do to earn that?" Chrysalis asked.

"Probably tell you another time but right now we should get Lily back to the hive. I don't want to put her in any more danger than she already has been." I said as my paternal instincts were kicking in.

"Well I can already tell that you're going to make a great father for the filly. She'll grow up right as long as you're there to guide her, I just know it." She stated confidently.

I was about to give her a response to that but then the tugging on my pants happened again and I knelt down to look at Lily, who was fidgeting a little. "What is it Lily, is something wrong?"

She shook her head "Nothing is wrong. I wanted to ask if....... Are you really going to be my new daddy?" She asked with hope in her eyes.

I smiled and picked her up before saying anything. "Yes Lily, I'm going to be your dad from now on so you can count on me to be there for you from now on, okay?" I got a teary smile and a hug as answer.

Maybe the universe will leave me this time and let something like this last for once. After all I'm trying to make her life better only a soulless bastard would ruin this for her. It can what it wants with me after she goes off on her own but for now I'm going to enjoy every second I have with my new daughter as much as I can, and nothing, I repeat NOTHING, will get in the way of that.