A Changeling Effect

"Don't worry, I'll get that!" Said Princess Mi Amore Cadenza to her resting husband as she went to answer the knock on their chamber door.

Shining Armor gave a small nod, shifting into a more comfortable position under the covers on the bed. A second set of three knocks were heard as Cadance approached the door.

"Hello?" answered the princess of love as she opened the door to reveal a tan coated unicorn mare with her black and grey mane in a bun, her blue eyes shining in the day light that spilled in from the nearby window. At her side was a grey earth pony colt with a short white mane and green eyes. To her he seemed very nervous from being here. "...May I help you?" Asked Cadance, wondering where the escorting guards were, peeking both ways down the long corridors.

The mare smiled.

"May we come in?" Said the mare in a soft tone, unheard, yet gave Cadance a bad familiar vibe from another mare.

Cadance turned her head to Shining who once again gave a small nod of his head and thus Princess Cadance took a step to the side and the mare and colt entered the room.

"Wh-what do you want?" Asked the pink alicorn a bit shakily from slight confusion.

With her back turned to the princess, the mare gave an evil smirk. "Oh, nothing much. Just thought your husband would like to meet somepony special."

With a tilt of his head, Shining sat up in his bed, now sharing the same slight confusion as his wife.

"Who would that be?" He asked kindly as he climbed out of his royal resting place.

The mare turned to face the couple, the colt shaking more than ever. Her smirk grew as green flames came up out of the carpeting and spiraled around herself and the colt. the flames flickered for a moment before fading.

"Chrysalis!!" Shouted the married couple.

Smirk, did the changeling queen with a slight chuckle. "Long time no see, huh? Been a few years."

"What do YOU want!?" Cadence demanded, taking on a defensive pose, lighting her horn, readying a spell to cast onto an un touchable foe, as her magic of love would only do as much as feed her.

Chrysalis let out a short cackle, widening her mischievous grin. "Oh, save it. You know what happened last time you tried that. I'm not here to attack you either."

Shining Armor frowned. "What is it you want?" He asked through gritted teeth.

Upon being asked, Chrysalis's sly smirk changed into more of a soft smile. "Night Winger here," Chrysalis motioned to the changeling colt, turning him to face Shining, "asked to see his father."

"WHAT!?" Gasped the captain of the Royal Guard. "How is he my son!?"

"Oh, Shining," Chrysalis giggled. "Let's just say I had fun seeing such pleasure on your face from a night of...rough housing, let's say, only for you to be oblivious to the fact it wasn't your dear wife you played with." Chrysalis smirked yet again towards her former victim.

Shining felt a bubble form in his throat, preventing him from speaking any further. It had been something he did not like to think about. His stomach churned over the thought of something such as doing...that with Chrysalis.

"Shining!" Gasped the Princess of love, her pupils the size of pin pricks.

"Oh. Hush." Chrysalis snapped. "He WAS under my control anyway. My headache relieving spells did wonders!"

"Mommy, I wanna go home," begged the changeling colt. "You never told me my daddy was a pony..."

To this Chrysalis smiled. "Oh sweetie, you should have never asked then. Now, to get to the point." Chrysalis said firmly, turning her gaze back to Princess Cadance and Shining Armor. "After our last battle, it has been hard for me to find enough love for my subjects, and Night Winger here has been craving some love since he's not getting a sufficient amount for a growing boy like himself." Chrysalis gently stroked the head of the colt, smiling softly at him.

"And?" Cadance asked.

"And, I'd like him to stay with you two. What with you being the perfect choice. You know, Shining IS is father now, and his wife just so happens to be the princess of love!" Said Chrysalis cheerily, giving a small buzz of her wings.

Groaning and rubbing her temples, Cadence lets out a low groan. "Let me get this straight. You expect us to look after a changeling?"

"Because that's not what I just asked, I guess." Chrysalis rolled her eyes with a rather un amused expression.

"It was a rhetorical question!" Cadance whined.

Chrysalis giggled a little more. "You are such a laugh, dear Cadence. But, I shall be going now. I have a hive of changelings to tend to! And I will be back to check up on my darling little boy. I truly do love him! And you had better not let sun butt, moon butt or those six little annoying brats hurt him!" Chrysalis finished. "Bye bye now!"

"No, wait, Mom!!" Night Winger pleaded, clinging to his mother, at least until she vanished with a green spark of light from her horn.

The frightened changeling, now alone in a castle of ponies, scurries into the far corner of the room.

Shining Armor gives a heavy sigh. "Great. She just comes and goes and dumps off a kid."

Cadance gently nuzzles Armor's cheek. "It's alright, I'm sure we can figure this out."

"I hope so. And I hope Flurry Heart won't mind having a brother." Shining Armor said softly, staring at the changeling who is currently curled up and crying to himself.