A Hive Remade

It's been awhile since my failure at Canterlot. Everything was planned so well and I was so close. I even beat Princess Celestia in a dual when things didn't go as planned. Victory was in my grasp. It was made bittersweet when the power of love beat me. The power of love, what a ridiculous sentiment. Sure changelings do feed off of love and gain power from it, but how was it enough to overpower my mind control spell on Shining Armor and allow him to cast his shield spell to repel everyone of my changelings is beyond me.

Now I have lost the element of surprise. The hive is also too weak. The drones that populate it are broken pieces of nature, for they're only half complete. They are nothing more than spawn of a pool proteins, nucleic acids, and some of my own DNA. Their DNA is half of what it should be. Because of this, my changelings have no form of intelligence above simple instincts for their self-preservation. This good for having a loyal swarm who follows my every order without question and I am able to create as much of them as I please. A lengthy price tag is attached though.

Other than the nonexistent IQ, they also don't last for very long. The drones only have a lifecycle of a month at best. Their existence can be extended through to consumption of love, but why bother? I can spawn many of them while I can have the love they collect for myself. I am a little weak at the moment, on account of surviving the fall from Canterlot after all. At least with these drones, I can use them as cannon fodder and not have some sort of revolt on my hands because I can't feed them like the last time I had real changelings so many centuries ago. Another good thing is that they have no true gender and cannot mate. I can control their numbers quite easily. Also, they can change into any gender of pony they need to.

Now that I found Equestria and all the love in it, I can grow a swarm to consume the world. I thought I could take over with these defects of mine, but I failed. Hope is not lost though. If I can forge a much more intelligent army, I can devise a new plan with much more success. To make intelligent changelings, I need to mate with a close relative of changelings. My attention is immediately drawn to the ponies of Equestria. After the heat cools down and some scouting in the Equestrian cities, I think I found some lucky candidates. I couldn't decide on what kind of pony to mate with, so I just got one of each. A unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony. Each have desirable traits. Unicorn magic could help advance normal changeling magic. Pegisi flight capability should make stronger flyers. Earth pony strength will make good soldiers and workers all the same. I'm not sure these will be the outcomes, but there's no harm in experimenting.

Three stallions each from three different cities, as not to draw attention to their disappearances, are now mine. They rest in cocoons, unconscious for the meantime. I stand before them. I know that I can't get much love from them at first, but they will love me in time. Once you've tasted me and my mating habits, nothing else will do for you. I'm in a rush to get the first eggs laid so this first one will be quick. I'm not picky right now and they're all such great specimens, so I'll pick one at random. Let's try the unicorn.