Taken Heart

I'm hating this mission already. I really hope my cry is convincing enough. I'm sobbing, bawling, wailing.

“Oh dear my little snowflake, did you incinerate your diaper again?” Cadance asked,

Wait what? Incinerate? What in Discord’s name is this baby capable of?

I looked up at Cadance, eyes still wet with fake tears and made baby noises, you know, gurgling and such.

What sort of baby should I be? Cadance looks pretty worn out so I guess I should go easy on her…

Hell no! This bitch is the reason I'm on this mission in the first place! Maybe I can have some fun on this mission after all.

Mother, did you receive the child? I have successfully replaced the child and am currently in a very degrading diaper change I tried to contact my mother in the hive-mind as Cadenza slipped a new diaper onto me. I could tell mother was chuckling,

Yes, I’ve got the child. I hate that name Flurry Heart, not worthy of her strength. Remember, they are the enemy. No doubt having your diaper changed by Cadenza is proof enough. Good luck, Sa’tha, we believe you can do us proud. Give Cadenza hell for me

Yes mother I replied as Cadenza put me back into my cot. I felt the love radiate off of her and I swallowed at it, filling me up and making me feel drowsy. Curse this baby body, I'm tired as hell after that love influx,

“Sleep tight, my little snowflake,” Cadance nuzzled me and blew a raspberry. I faked a baby giggle and she left me to my cot and my dreams. She didn't notice a thing about me being different. Perfect.

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QUEEN CHRYSALIS POV

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Sa’tha succeeded! Flurry Heart is mine… all mine. I need to think of a better name for her. I shall consult G’drik and Ma’shal about it. My two eldest children. The child is an Alicorn, just another bonus. I was expecting a unicorn.

I shall raise the child personally as my daughter as Cadenza shall be ‘raising’ Sa’tha. Except I shall be training the child in the Changeling magics and ways, teaching her to despise ponies and to ultimately be what Sa’tha should be if she were not replacing her.

I'm putting the child to bed right now as a matter of fact, she’s surprisingly loud for a baby. I'm not going to shapeshift into Cadenza just to put this thing to bed, it will learn its place.

“Sleep you wretched creature,” I commanded, putting more authority into my voice. The child ignored me and started to fly around the room. I locked the door shut with my magic to prevent her getting out and spoke again, "Flurry Heart, if you value your life, go to bed this instant!”

The child continued to fly. Suddenly, I had a brilliant idea. Changelings can drain love from things and we can give that love out to something at the price of some of our energy, but I’m willing to try anything to get this baby to shut up and go to sleep. I started filling the baby up with excess love for me, love that I had drained from a cocooned pony only an hour or so earlier. Sure, it was wasting a meal but it’ll hopefully get this baby to stop its rioting and obey me, for a short while at least. The foal stopped and looked at me in loving obedience as a child would do a parent. It climbed into its cot and settled down for bed.

“Thank you,” I said, a name springing to mind, “sweet dreams, Venom, sweet dreams. Mother loves you.”

That child is Flurry Heart no longer, she is now Venom, adopted daughter to a Queen Chrysalis. Myself. Up yours Cadenza.

I left the room for the child to sleep and crossed paths with G’drik,

“Good evening, mother,” G’drik said,

“Hello my child, what do you want?” I asked him,

“Mother, did Sa’tha succeed? Do we have the baby?” He asked,

“Yes,” I confirmed, “the child is ours, her name is Venom, by the way. Gather the Vanguard and your brother, there is to be a meeting immediately,”

“I’ll go inform Ma’shal and the Vanguard, mother,” he said and hurried out of the door. I'm hard on him sometimes but he needs to learn that one day he will be in charge of the hive and has to be prepared for it.

I made my way to the Gathering Hall and waited for my sons and Vanguard to arrive. They filed into the dank, murky hall and all took a place at the table. I sat down at the head and started the meeting off,

“We have successfully captured and replaced the daughter of Cadenza and Shining Armour, she shall now be known as my daughter, Venom. If any Changeling is caught with her without permission from me and me alone, he or she will be sentenced to digging labour for however long I see fit,” I said.

Fang, my head Vanguard, spoke up, “My Queen, what if Cadenza notices that the baby is acting different?”

“Don't worry, Fang,” I assured him, “Sa’tha can make up the baby’s personality. It's the beauty of replacing a foal, makes the job a lot easier,”

“But with Sa’tha gone…” G’drik trailed off. “She was one of our best hunters,” he commented.

“I have full faith that we will be able to sustain and protect ourselves without Sa’tha,” I replied

confidently. That blast from Canterlot Mountain left us crippled, we’re only just starting to regain strength now but with Celestia issuing a hunt for changelings, we have to be even more careful. Sa’tha helped to protect us from the creatures seeking to kill us out here in the Badlands, working alongside the Vanguard.

“My Queen, love supplies are still dangerously low, the cocooned stock are not producing enough to keep us sustained. We need to capture more ponies,” Fang brought up another problem.

“Yes, I’m… Working on something,” I replied.