Chapter 5: The Hive

(POV Malice)

Well it seems as though my life has just gotten a little more interesting. Meeting these creatures the Changelings was an challenging few minutes for I didn’t want it to end up like the ponies. Thankfully it did not but what Chrysalis told how the ponies were trying to extinguish her race that made my blood boil. It does not matter what the look like or what they've done nobody deserves to have their race wiped from the face of the planet.

“Malice?”

“Yes.”

“What do you need two rooms for especially the big one?”

“Well with my abilities I can build technology that this world may have never thought possible but I need that space to set up fabricators to make this technology.”

“Oh.”

“My Queen we are coming up on the dangerous part of our journey.”

“Which part?”

“The one where there are woods on either side of us.”

“Chrysalis what’s wrong?”

“This used to be a well traveled path that the changelings secretly used but unfortunately the royal guard has been stationed around this area with permission to kill any changeling in sight.”

“Well then I shall go first,” I said while mentally telling the nanites to build me some weapons.

“I must warn you it is quite dangerous.”

“I can handle it. Just stay behind me ok.”

“Ok,” replied the changeling queen.

I quickly started to move onto the forest path. As I was walking I felt something forming on my thighs and back.

“Malice there is something on your back,” said one of the drones.

“Don’t worry,” I said pulling the weapon from my back. “It’s just my trusty DMR.”

“Like a musket?”

“Yes like a musket but way better.”

Off to my left side I heard something moving around in the bushes. I decided to ignore it for now but to keep my gun with the safety off. By this time the other two weapons had formed. On my left thigh was a hammer two from Crysis and on my right thigh was a energy sword from Halo.

“I know your there so go ahead and show yourselves,” I shouted.

“What are you doing?”

“Watch.”

Ahead of us there was some movement from the tree line. What came out was not very surprising. Twenty royal guards aiming flintlock muskets at us. Suddenly another figure walked from the tree line once it stopped infant of the guards it took off it’s helmet revealing itself to be a pink unicorn with a pink mane.

“Wow they sent the girls after us.”

“I am not a mare,” Came a surprisingly masculine voice.

“Oh really then what’s with the colors?”

“They are natural.”

“Sure the are. Now what is your name and why have we been stopped.”

“I am sergeant cupcake and you have been stopped for one harming an element of harmony and two because of the changeling queen.”

“Wait so your name is sergeant cupcake.”

“No it is actually Surprise Cupcake.”

“Hahahaha that is the gayest name ever of all time.”

“No it’s not my mother picked it for me.”

“And your father?”

“He was busy at the time.”

“So that explains it.”

“Yeah.”

“Well enough with the jokes. My friends and I need to pass so if your men could kindly move out of the way that would be great.”

“I am sorry but we have been ordered by the princesses’ to bring you in and we will do it with or without cooperation.”


“No I will not go with you and neither will my friends.”

“Too bad you are coming with us,” turning to his guards he shouted. “Aim for their legs the princesses’ want them alive.”

“I’m giving you one more chance before I gun you down.”

“Ha as if you have a chance we are Equestria’s greatest military force and the is little to no chance of you defeating us.”

“Oh yeah well eat this,” I pulled the trigger on my DMR sending a round straight through his skull and splattering his guards in blood and brains. “How’s that for a surprise.”

Immediately after their leaders defeat they all aimed at me and fired.

“BANG!” all of their rifles barked putting a small smokescreen between me and them.

“Ha is that all you’ve got let me show you some real fire power,” I said quickly firing at each of their skulls in quick succession painting a mosaic of blood and brains on the dirt path.

“Please don’t kill me I have a family,” said one of the few remaining guards.

Whipping out my energy sword I said “You should have thought of that before you tried to commit genocide,” after those few words I impaled his body with the twin blades and lifted his corpse into the air.

The rest of the guards quickly scrambled to get away from me trying to hold onto their fragile lives for just a little bit longer.

“Some guards you are,” I stated before drawing my hammer two and picking them off until there was only one left. Then I grabbed my DMR, took aim, and fired blasting off his right hand causing him to grab his arm screaming in pain.

“Ha fools,” turning to Chrysalis I asked her. “Are you alright.”

“You…You killed them.”

“Yes I did and I also stopped them from harming you.”

“Thank you Malice for saving us.”

“Your welcome,” I replied to the drone who unlike the others had red eyes instead of blue.

“Oh thank you so very much for saving us from the guards,” Exclaimed the queen. “I mean thank you for assisting my drones and I with our problem. Now shall we continue upon our way.”

“There is no reason to be so formal all the time and what’s the rush?”

“If we do not get back soon another changeling may try and take my place upon the throne.”

“How? I thought you said you were the only queen.”

“Well if drones gain enough followers they can take over the hive because they would have more followers than me and with their new status they can give themselves a name.”

“Then why aren’t we flying there?”

“Wait you can fly?”

“Yes I can because I have a jet pack.”

“Well then lets fly,” turning to the drones she said. “Come we are flying the rest of the way.”

After those word she and the drones spread their bug like wings and took off and I was right behind them with my jetpack active and ready to go.

(POV surviving guard)

I had been walking for a while now so long that I had almost given up hope. Until I saw it the ferry the boat was still there waiting for the guards to return. I quickly walked my way over to the small home build on the dock next to the ship. Once there I knocked on the door which was slowly opened by an old stallion the ferry’s captain I think.

“Sir can you please help me,” I said cradling my still bleeding right arm.

“Oh by Celestia come in quick.”

“Thank you sir.”

“No time for pleasantries boy we need to get that arm to stop bleeding.”

“Ok thank you sir.”

“Sit down!” The stallion shouted while he quickly gathered supplies from a cabinet.

“Sir my friends my commander.”

“Shut up and let me see that arm,” he said. “Now if it takes your mind off the pain tell me what exactly happened out there.”

“Yes sir,” I then proceeded to recount the tale stressing that I needed to speak with Celestia immediately.

“I’ll get ya to the princesses but I’ve got to fix ya up first.”

“Ok.”

(POV Malice)

The hive was actually much larger than I expected but there were still open rooms that used to be homes. It seemed that either hunger or the damn ponies had wiped out most of their numbers. We abruptly stopped forcing me to trip and fall onto Chrysalis making us both tumble to the ground landing in a very suggestive pose. Realizing what happened we both quickly jumped up stuttering out apologies until a voice interrupted us.”

“WHO DARES ENTER THE THRONE ROOM OF KING CHITIN.”

“Well shit.”

“I repeat who are you?”

“Well I’m Malice and this is Chrysalis.”

“I know of her name for she is my new slave.”

“What?”

“Guards take this being away while I deal with Chrysalis.”

“Ah hell no,” I said while igniting my ripper blade and slashing open the first guards stomach causing his stomach and intestines to fall out along with a copious amount of blood.

“Ahhhh, “ The guard wailed as he quickly bled to death.

Retrieving the fallen guards spear I threw it at the other impaling him and nailing him to the nearest wall. After dealing with those two I turned to Chitin and locked eyes with him as he did the same to me.

(POV Celestia)

I had recently received word from a guard who claimed his entire group was killed off by just one being. He continued his tale with describing the creature. It had pure black armor and wielded a sword made of pure light along with two muskets with power never seen in Equestria. I would have sent him to a mental ward but with the recent attack and burning of Rainbow Dash I was not surprised at all to hear of this black armored creature.

“Malice.”

“What did you say sister?”

“Oh it was nothing Luna just thinking out loud,” I shouted to my sister who was currently reading a large medical spells book.

“Do you believe it was Malice who committed this act.”
“Yes but it was possible he was mind controlled by the changelings accompanying him.”

“Changelings?”

“Yes sister it seems as though they have gained themselves a new ally.”

“A powerful ally. What do you believe they will do?”

“I don’t know.”

(POV Malice)

“You are and asshole you know that right.”

“FOOL I AM THE MOST POWERFUL CHANGELING IN THE ROOM YOU COULD NEVER HOPE TO DEFEAT ME!”

“A bit cocky too.”

Author's Note

I had fun with this chapter I hope you like it cause I do.