Illuminating Aegis: Tales of the Changeling King

"Hehe... L-Luna... Ca-eep! Can't we just... talk about this?!" Namiro let out a somewhat feminine squeak as he narrowly missed a mithril handaxe, that was much too large for a regular pony to use... seriously... any regular pony would consider it a big battle axe, that embedded itself into the wall next to him.

"Nay! Foul charlatan of space! We shall have our revenge for thy destruction of our fleet!" The navy-blue princess seethed as she continued chasing the unarmed changeling through the halls of Canterlot, passing by a couple of changelings that were nervously standing by some of the castle staff. Most of the changelings in the castle had come at Namiro's request so that the populace of Equestria could be eased into meeting changelings.

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"It's like getting into a creek or a pool..." The changeling had noted as he sat across from the two rulers of Equestria, his long tail giving a few idle twitches as he weaved his fingers together. "You have to start with a couple undisguised changelings at a time... two... maybe four... something to let them 'test the water' of having a completely new species living among them. There's already a bunch of changelings just in Equestria that are looking to be fed on the love that they cannot make on their own."

Celestia shifted a little in her seat. "Yes... it's something that I do wish that our subjects would embrace, with the fiasco at the wedding though, most ponies that know about changelings are afraid of what they could do instead of what they will do." She brought a hand to her muzzle and tried to rub the stress away.

"Thou hast become too soft on thy subjects in our absence Sister dearest..." Luna scolded. "We spoke of making Equestria a strong nation in its own right before I finally succumbed to the Dark Side, what happened to thy vision of progressive knowledge and learning?"

The alabaster mare slowly stood and crossed her arms under her breasts, casting a look out over the nearby balcony as her wings gave a sad ruffle. "Much changed Luna... Very much in our world changed when you were imprisoned..."

"We know... the world does not have as many monsters as it did when we left, ponies do not fear to leave their homes for the risk of what could eat them."

"Not just that Luna." Celestia replied. "With the disappearance of threats in the night... all of our forces have become lax. Our own guards weren't able to repel an invasion... WE RELY ON SIX BARELY DRINKING AGE MARES WHO HAVE NO PREVIOUS MILITARY TRAINING IN ORDER TO DEFEND OUR NATION FROM MAJOR THREATS!" The alabaster mare leaned forward just enough to brace herself on the balcony railing. "We have truly fallen so far... on the outside we look to be one of the strongest nations in the world... but on the inside... bureaucracy halts progress, unicorn supremacists that I tried to watch out for have found a way in and are making my life miserable with their incessant desires to push their own agenda instead of the agenda that would benefit the common pony." She let out a sob as she slowly collapsed to her knees. "Nobility used to mean something... it used to mean leaders who sought to better the lives of their subjects... now it just means wealth and privilege to step all over those who depend on you for protection, to make them fear what you would do to them just because you may have been inconvenienced by something they cannot control."

Luna's face broke from the slight frown it had taken to sporting lately and actually began to show concern as she walked over to her sister. "Why did they start acting this way? How could it have gotten like this?"

"It was my own fault... I spent centuries mourning you, by the time I had finally recovered enough to take over once again the damage had already begun. Stories about your evil that I tried to quell were twisted and reintroduced to the public by later authors, Unicorns in Canterlot already made themselves the only noble class ponies in the city, with everypony else struggling just to stand. I tried to help the other ponies of the country... it would last only for a generation or two before falling to greed and corruption... I've had to take to dealing with matters personally so that everypony could get a fair chance to plead their case without a biased judge overruling them. Ninety percent of the currently-employed judicial system is made of Unicorns Luna... I have no idea how many of that percent aren't biased for unicorns in any way."

Namiro eased himself into a sitting position on one side of the distraught mare while Luna took the other side. "We could have the judicial system made up of at least one changeling to each court... Changelings are great for discovering lies, they had to specialize in them for so long it's going to be a side effect that they'll be naturally good at seeing through them. It'll be a way to help keep the courts neutral in every case." He smiled a little as he gave her a firm hug. "Introducing the Changelings into the country will be a great boon to both races... I'll talk to Patina about having some changelings here in the castle, that way we can start slow."

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The changeling king dodged another axe as it sailed overhead. "You know that throwing those could potentially hurt someone, Right!?"

"Only thee shall be on the receiving end of pain you cheating bastard!" Luna shouted as she continued to give chase to the changeling. They both weaved through, over and around pillars, carts and other obstacles as they sprinted through the castle. "We shall see who claims military superiority when thou has an axe sticking out of thy back!"

"It's just a game Luna! Chill the hell out!"

"We fought on battlefields centuries before you did whelp! Thou could not possibly suggest that thy forces were superior in any way!"

"You challenged me to space battles... with nothing more than pilots against my pilots and marines! Of course I was going to win!"

"The pilots had mines to destroy thy interior systems!"

"And the marines had rockets and better man to man firepower than pilots!" Namiro leapt to his right as yet another axe sunk into the pillar he had been running towards. "How the hell are you getting so many axes? where the hell are you carrying them!?"

"That is none of your business!" Luna replied as she threw another intricately carved axe. "Now stop running and take thy punishment like the stallion that you are!"

"I refuse!" Namiro shouted before being covered in green flames only to let the fire disperse and reveal his changeling queen form instead of a changeling king. "I'm not going to stop running till you stop throwing axes at me!" She shouted back to the angry lunar princess.

"That's going to be a while!"

"I know!" Namiro reached out for The Force as she tried to think of a plan to escape the crazy mare, but her options were running out. Luna had been trained as a guardian, same as Namiro had, her ability to match in speed was uncanny... if anything it was through either sheer luck or out of Luna having more fun than she led on that was keeping the lunar princess from catching the changeling. After a few minutes of nothing but silence from the lunar princess though the royal changeling began to slow down, looking around to try and find the raging mare. "Wh-what? Luna?" She tentatively called once she realized that she was now in a part of the castle she had never been in before. With a deep breath the changeling queen let her transformation flames wrap over her form, turning him back into the gender he was most comfortable with as he let out a long sigh. "Just... great..." he muttered as he opened the nearest door, trying to get an idea of where he was.

Namiro's eye twitched as he saw the room. Lavish decorations of the night sky decorated the walls, the four-poster bed had the lunar princess' cutie mark stamped practically everywhere and there was a telescope on the balcony that was aimed towards the stars. "Do you like our room...?" The silky voice of the lunar princess caused him to tense as her soft, strong arms slowly slid up his chest while she pressed her breasts to his back. Her muzzle rubbed against the changeling's armored neck and still caused him to let out a shudder of pleasure as she gently began walking him forward. Her horn lit up as the door closed behind them. "You have led us on for quite long enough... Tonight we shall enjoy each other's company in the most intimate of ways." Her horn began to glow again as she rubbed it along the changeling King's cheek.

Namiro noticed the effect immediately as he started to shift uncomfortably. "That cheeky devil... using magical Viagra on me..." He wanted to growl in frustration but it was more one of pleasure as the night princess simply let one of her hands rub along the plate covering her prize. "You... you planned this... didn't you?"

The mare simply giggled. "We heard from Rarity that thou were to hopefully begin courting miss Sparkle soon... as one of the rulers of Equestria we exercise the option to bed with the groom to be so that we may be sure thou would'st be fit to court our sister's student." She smiled as the changeling's tail wrapped around her left leg. "Besides... we have a great amount of stress pent up that we would love to simply let go of in a passionate night."

The royal changeling let out a muffled groan as Luna gave his neck chitin a small lick. His entire body nearly turned into jelly as she rubbed against him, he could actually taste the lust in her voice as she stopped just in front of the bed. "W-what is it you would like to do first... my princess?" He asks shakily as the edge of his vision starts to tint pink.

A hum was her reply as she gently pushed him onto the bed, "I think we'll start with getting all of that heavy chitin off of you... it must be difficult wearing it all the time..."

Namiro chuckled. "Your speech is slipping." He slowly shifted around on the bed to face her and have his eyes widen as he noticed the very revealing outfit she was wearing.

"I've been practicing with Twilight... it's a hard habit to kick. It looks like you finally took notice of my outfit... how do you like it?" Luna replied with a smile as she eased herself into his lap, straddling his hips as she hung her arms around his neck.

"It suits you well..." He squeaked out. Luna gently reached down to grab his left hand, guiding it along her barely-covered thigh and up her side. "I... I like it..." the changeling stuttered as the lunar princess placed his hand on her chest, he felt his eagerness trying to pry free of his chitin when he felt her erect nipple against the palm of his hand. "You're not wearing anything underneath...?" He breathed as more of a statement.

She shook her head and used her other hand to guide his remaining hand across his chest and peel away the chitin. "Spending a thousand years in isolation tends to make one care less about the consequences of living without clothes underneath the outer layer... Nightmare moon had me prancing around in nothing but her armor. As nice as the cold metal felt against my skin, it wasn't comfortable to wear as long as I had been..." The night princess leaned forward a little to lick his uncovered chest, sending a jolt of pleasure through the changeling's body that made him shiver again. "Too cold?" Luna asked quietly.

Namiro quickly shook his head. "Very pleasing..." he moaned gently as he let his left thumb rub over the thinly-covered nipple she had him attached to. "aren't we... taking this a bit... fast though?"

Luna gently pushed him back, giving her a better position to plant small kisses on his chest. "We're not taking this fast... we're enjoying a night together... no strings attached..." she sat up again to slide away the thin fabric that was covering her torso. "If you were as immortal as my sister and I we could try a relationship that would last longer... but a night of pleasure is better than not loving at all."

He blinked a few times. "Luna... are you saying... You've never had a serious relationship?"

The dark mare shook her head. "Back when we were first displaced from our world... no... I believe it was about a hundred years afterward... I was the first to take on a serious relationship with some of our subjects. Back then their lives were so short... barely more than fifty would they live. I was the first to mate with one of our subjects... the resulting unicorn was far more powerful than their brethren... back then levitating a weapon was considered a feat of incredible power... every few generations our ponies lived longer lives and my sister and I would have to add to the gene pool once again in order to make sure that every pony born would eventually have more potential than the last generation." Luna explained as she idly used Namiro's hands to peel away more chitin. "despite how cushy the ponies of this generation have it... they still are quite a bit stronger than the ponies that founded Equestria before our rule."

Namiro let out a hiss of pleasure as he finally noticed how much of his chitin she had him peel off while he was paying attention to her story. He could feel almost every inch of his body shivering with pleasure as she rubbed her warm core against his stomach. She leaned down to whisper in his ear as her free-hanging breasts pressed against his muzzle. "Would you like to get rid of that last piece...? I can't imagine it's too comfortable at the moment..."

"You're absolutely... right..." Namiro groaned as his hips bucked a little out of frustration. "...I'll let this be a one night stand... for now... but I will get you back for this..."

Luna cocked her head a little out of curiosity. "Oh...? And how will you do that?"

"When I get more free time... I'll be taking you to a theater." He replied without missing a beat. "That way we can have a proper date." Luna blinked a little as she listened to him. "I'm familiar with the fact that Equestrians favor the herd relationship to a monogamous one... Changelings aren't squeamish about a lot of things, so I'll be able to get used to it..."

Luna's eyes began to water a little as a blush crossed her face. "We... I... shall think about it Namiro... and thank you for the offer."

"Of course..." The changeling replied as he peeled away the last piece of chitin that was keeping Luna from getting what she wanted.