A Soldier's Story

Queen Chrysalis was lying on her bed when she awoke, she was surrounded by her guards, and the cloaked pony was nowhere to be seen. It didn't take long for her to realize her pain had subsided and she felt strange. Looking around she quickly noticed that no one was looking at her, but at the bed beside her.

Chrysalis turned over to find not one, but two little changelings lying beside her. She leaned in to inspect them closely, this was impossible, a changeling queen could only harbor a single offspring and only a filly, but she had just had two and one was a colt. A single glance was all it took and queen chrysalis fell in love with her foals, how could she send them away. The cloaked ponies words drifted into her mind and she had no intention of finding out just how much he knew, or could find out.

"Take them both, t-to the testing grounds" she said with a sigh, her eyes drifting to the floor. One of her guards picked up the foals and went to object, but one quick look from Chrysalis kept him from saying anything, and as he walked out the door with the foals the queens heart began to break at the thought of her foals in this situation.

Chrysalis ordered her guards to leave so she could rest, but as soon as they had left the cloaked ponies voice cut through the air in the room. "Poor Chrysalis, the heir she wanted to lead the changelings from darkness is now going to be tested."

"Why, Why are you doing this!" Chrysalis shouted angrily.

The voice chuckled "You understand nothing, I simply want to do what you cannot, I want to save the changelings. "Don't fret Chrysalis as long as you follow my instructions to the letter, your heir and her brother will be fine, but if you don't you put them and everyone else in terrible danger."

Chrysalis's anger quickly turned into curiosity "How do you know any of this, and a better question, who are you?" She said with surprising calmness. The room exploded in a flash of light,and the cloaked pony appeared in the center of the room.

"I know a great many things, but they are secrets too powerful for you, and as for who I am, I'm your only hope to save your race and possibly more, but you can simply call me. . ." He paused for a moment almost unsure of his own name, seeing Chrysalis shoot him a confused look he broke from his confusion "Jingles, you can call me Jingles."

"That's an odd name for a pony, how do i know your on my side?" Chrysalis said more curious than ever about this pony.

The pony smiled under his hood "Is that a small bit of trust I hear?" he chuckled "Understand this, we aren't friends we will never be, but i will help you with your foals, and i can promise you no harm will come to them if you simply listen to me?"