Sweet Dreams

“Oh where, oh where could my buggy Queen be? Oh where oh where could she be?” I sang idly as I searched the Dreamscape. So far, I’d had no luck, and only come across several changelings who had horrific nightmares about her. None of them knew her personally, just stories about her. Apparently she has bad rep even among changelings. But I didn’t learn nothing from the nightmares I visited. There were some concrete facts I got from those dreams, mainly the ones they all had in common.

Queen Chrysalis once ruled the Crystal Empire alongside King Sombra. The nightmares were mostly about him, but Chryssie was on the side enjoying the darkness the King spread. Sometimes I found the positions switched, but nothing too common. I paused as I came across another Changeling dream, indicated by the black, fanged hornet wings covered by an obscure cutie mark. This one was crowned though, and the dream was a reddish pink one. Curious, I looked into it.

Through the surface, I found the center of a hive, where a changeling, the dreamer in particular, was happily and gleefully sucking everything out of a pony… But something struck me as a little wrong with this picture. There was almost not emotion in the changeling’s eyes, like it was being suppressed or something… or at least how I imagine something like that would look if it was suppressed. Carefully, I crawled forth into the dream.

The dreamer hardly reacted to my intrusion. Pushing my luck, I floated further in, recoloring myself to match the dark surroundings. It worked thankfully, but I noticed something about the dream itself, and stayed still to avoid causing any alert. The edges of the dream rippled as something else came in. I stared intently, but hid my eyes. It was Queen Chrysalis. A quick check confirmed she was the real one, and not a construct.

“Now you see, Arachnea? This is true power. And we will need it… Especially if we are to stand against the damn ponies that attacked my daughter!” Chrysalis spoke with absolute contempt. Intrigued, I listened in.

“Yes, my Queen… Celestia shall pay for her crimes.” The drone mindlessly replied. The dream wavered in response, as if resisting the attempt to say that. This drone must not like Queen Chrysalis all that much if she has to fight hard enough to shake the dream.

“I’ll show them not to mess with a vengeful mother… Banishing the empire was forgivable. That wasn’t permanent. But my daughter’s scars…” The dream flashed red as Chrysalis’s anger pulsed into it. I fought that anger though, keeping it away from the drone.

“And so you shall. But I still advise against a direct assault.” The drone emotionlessly replied. “You will die if you ever discard subtlety. Those are your own words.” Chrysalis sighed.

“Ever resistant, aren’t you? But you have a point. As weak as the hive is getting, we wouldn’t stand a chance… We need an opportunity.” She admitted. She started leaving, sending her drone back to feeding. I formed up into my full self when I was sure she was gone.

“I guess things are a bit heated here. Let me free you real quick, I need some answers.” I said, stepping over and reaching deep into her mind. I found several green, magical limiters in there, each a complex matrix of spells. Using the Tantabus’s memory of Luna’s magic, I set to work dispelling them. In the blink of an eye, almost literally, I had the limiters destroyed, though it was mostly because of time dilation.

“W-whoa, what the…?!” The changeling stumbled back, scared of me, but then she realized what I’d just done. “Uh… Wow, thank you.” she muttered, still shocked. I gave her an eye-smile.

“No problem! I can’t just let someone suffer like that. No one should have the right to take freedom like that.” I said with a slight growl in Chrysalis’s direction.

“Uh! Wait, go easy on her! She’s just overprotective of us! She’s just doing what she thinks is best for us.” She quickly jumped to her Queen’s defense. I raised an eyebrow.

“How so?” I asked. I wanted to hear what justified this level of protection.

“She believes Ponies are a genocidal menace. Her daughter was just hurt, permanently scarred by their guards.I tried showing her she was wrong, but… It didn’t go as planned, and I just got a pony stuck and doomed to the same fate as any other in this hive.” She sadly answered.

“Well then, I guess I’ve got some sense to talk into her. I’ll see you around Arachnea.” I said with a smirk. I left the dream in short order, allowing it to fade behind me. Ahead of me, the bug-face dream with a crown on it hovered, going about to each of the… Whoa, that’s a lot of red dreams. Which means that’s a lot of angry bugs… I definitely need to talk to her now then. Rushing toward her dream, I dive in before she can reach any buggy else.

“Chrysalis, stop!” I shouted when I tumbled in. She turned around and stepped back in surprise.

“Who are you? And what are you doing in the Hivemind?” she demanded.

“My name’s Eclipse, and I’m stopping you from doing the same thing I did.” I announced once I was back to my hooves. Chrysalis raised her eyebrow, a subtle gesture to keep going. “You’re assuming, and letting your emotions rule you. That combo is infamous for having caused the most deaths.” I explained. Her eyes narrowed at me but I cut her off.

“The only thing you know for certain is that a Royal Guard hurt your daughter. You don’t really know if Celestia gave the order to do so or not. You don’t know whose decision it was.” I pleaded.

“And you do?” Chrysalis shot back, clearly expecting me to say no.

“I can find out easier than anyone you know.” I promised.

“I don’t want to hear it. If you can’t provide answers right here and right now, you're worthless to me.” she hissed. I paused to think for a moment… and chuckled darkly.

“Well, if you won’t listen, I’ll have to resort to extreme measures…” I said with a dark smirk. Chrysalis raised an eyebrow at me. “You see, just as I know specific point of the future, I also know various ways to torture someone. To humiliate, control, and break someone… If you refuse to control yourself, I’ll have to do it for you.” I threatened. Chrysalis scowled, and I felt a small pressure on my body and mind… but other than some minor discomfort, nothing happened.

“You’re surprisingly resilient to getting kicked out. More so than other dream constructs.” she growled. I grinned to her, though all she saw was my eyes shifting into a sort of deadpan glare.

“You need more than force of will to kick me out. Now, it’s my turn.” I grinned in that face melted smile Chara can do, before making a glitch effect coat the entire dreamscape. In that instant, I was hidden, and her dreamscape had been reduced to a black void. I chuckled to myself as she barely did more than acclimatize herself to the new environment.

“You must have experience then. I’m surprised you’re not freaking out yet, but then again… you have been around for a while, haven’t you?” I chuckled with a more pleasant tone. “Well… I say it’s time for a new experience, don’t you agree?” I suggested. I wrapped a shadow around her mouth to keep her from answering that.

“Now let’s see… have you ever been raped before?” I asked, immediately jumping on that one. Sexual torture was a torture I don’t believe many resilient people could stand for very long. Chrysalis’s reaction was priceless. She recoiled so hard, she actually went spinning a bit, and a look of shocked confusion left her face looking so ridiculous I had to laugh.

“Oh god, that face! Okay then, time to show you how fucked up a good rape can get!” I eagerly surged forth, taking the form of a stallion and climbing right onto her back.Chrysalis was quick to react, trying to buck me off, but all that accomplished in this void space was shoving the cock I’d formed right into the proper hole. Chrysalis yelped in shock as I thrust deeper in.

“And now, you’re powerless to stop me…” I taunted as I started thrusting more. She continued struggling, but it was all for nothing. I didn’t bother restraining her. It was fun to watch her struggle. I started speeding up as she slowed down, realizing the futility of it. Though maybe, judging from her moans, it was more likely she was losing herself to the pleasure.

Eventually, I realized I couldn’t just let my body take its course and cum on its own. I had to force it to happen. I sighed and rolled my eyes. The things a dream construct must do to enjoy himself… But this means I can basically have everlasting “stamina” in a way.

So, I shot a hot stream of my own mass into her, basically mimicking cum. Chrysalis slumped as I did so, squeezing my cock tightly, prompting me to keep it going. Her body encouraged more and more from me, and I noticed as I kept going that the more I “came” the more I shrank. I chuckle at an idea and keep it up, waiting until I was small enough to actually crawl into her. When I did though, I froze up as all light instantly cut off, and turned around. Rather than the void I’d left Chrysalis in, I saw a plate covering of chitten.

“Oh……” I muttered. I shrugged though, deciding I should probably finish what I started. I rejoined the rest of my mass in her womb, adding my consciousness to it.

“Heh…. heh…. What’s the matter? Realized you made a mistake?” Chrysalis chuckled tiredly. I just laughed right back.

“Not quite, little bug… I might be new to Dreamwalking, but I’m pretty sure control over everything related to dreams includes sleepwalking.” I shot back. I felt her tense up around me. I paused to think to myself, I just gotta figure out how… I once more dived through the Tantabus’s memories, and though it took some searching, I got what I was looking for. I nearly laughed as I realized I was already in the perfect position. The Ttantabus did it using the mouth, but you only have to be inside the dreamer’s body. With that, I myself settled in for a rest, basically going to sleep in reverse.

When I felt my body define itself more, I opened my eyes and looked around. I smirked, seeing I was in the Hive caves, and there were a few changelings around me, each one looking a little blank.

“Hah! It worked! Guess I can be like the Nightmare that got Luna, to some degree.” I muttered.

“My Queen?” The most free-looking drone asked in confusion. I chuckled.

“Sorry, Chrysalis is no longer in control. But then again, why should I be sorry? That’s a good thing for all of you guys. You’re all free to think for yourselves now.” I issued the Hive-wide command, already adapting to the hive mind. Every changeling before me shook a bit, before looking around in wonder. Mostly at me though.

You… You bitch… What do you think you’re doing!? Chrysalis angrily demanded.

Preventing a fatal mistake. And of course, punishing you for not listening. I smugly shot back. Before long, the mental projection of tentacles I put into the dream had broken through that plate Chrysalis had locked me inside with and was now thoroughly raping her. Before the drones could really act beyond staring at me in wonder, another changeling stepped into the room with a slight limp and a shit ton of burns. Okay, yikes… I can see why you’re so mad.

“I just heard what happened… Why did you do it, I thought you were dead set on attacking?” the changeling sadly asked in utter confusion.

“This body’s under new managment, at least until your mom gets her senses back under control. Can’t have her going off and getting everybuggy killed.” I replied with a smile. The changeling, who I had correctly guessed was Chrysalis’s daughter, took a step back in confusion.

“Wh-what? What do you… You just…” She trailed off.

“Possessed your mom? Yes. Yes I did. Think of it like the Nightmare that Princess Luna became a thousand years ago.” I prompted. As I said that, I sent her the truth about Luna’s Nightmare to her over the Hive link. She gasped as she thought it over.

“Wh-what do you want?” She demanded, though half afraid.

“I just want to make the world a better place. Punish those who do wrong, prevent angry ponies from doing things they’ll regret… Basic Anti-hero stuff.” I casually answered. Some of the nearby drones chuckled.

“Well, you sure got her. I can still hear her moaning, even through the blocks you put on her.” one of them remarked. “She has so had this coming for a long while.” I chuckled with him.

“Hey, think you can do something to keep that whole lack of freedom thing from ever happening again? It’s not very nice being empty.” One of them asked.

“Oh, sure. Let me see, how can I phrase the command so Chryssie can’t get around it…” I thought about basically preventing Chryssie from ever making commands again, but then I thought about how what that would mean for dangerous, homicidal traitors… There would need to be some kind of justice system. I think I have just the model too.

“From now on, no command Chrysalis gives can pass without a majority vote. Whatever she tells the hive to do, the grand majority of the hive needs to agree. Though if it’s just a single command for a single changeling, I’d say it should mostly be a 6 out of 9 votes to pass. Can’t just shoulder the burdens of one changeling's command on so many of you.” I passed the command. It took effect immediately right then, and I felt the hint of that command being rejected… but then it was followed by a unanimous vote to allow it. I smiled with everybuggy present.

“Thanks. You… You’ve just done a lot for us.” Chrysalis’s Daughter, Jade Blossom if I’m picking up Hive chatter right, said with happy tears. I chuckled.

“Hey, a democratic republic works. I just introduced it to this hive. Hopefully this hive will be smarter about it than my old home was…” I muttered that last part with disdain for my old world. The hive mind was flooded with curiosity and confusion at that. I just broadcasted memories about my world, and some of the stupid things people have done.

“Oh sweet Faust…” Jade was speechless. “Okay, storing that in the Archive for future generations. Still… you’re an alien?” She asked in surprise. I nodded.

“Pretty much. Though I’m never going back, my world sucks.” I replied.

“Have I mentioned how weird it is to hear the Queen talk this way?” One of the drones uncomfortably spoke up.

“You aren’t the first. Sorry, but I’m just that casual. Anyway, I should probably get to work. Chryssie won’t get to forgiving until I find out who really gave the order to hurt her daughter. I plan to find out before taking any action.” I said, getting serious.

“You don’t think Celestia gave the order?” Jade asked. I shook my head.

“I don’t, but it’s best to find out for certain. Anyone up for impersonating a guard and getting information to Celestia? Or at least to her captain of the Guard?” I requested. I got a few volunteers in the hive mind, some who apparently were already in Canterlot. I picked the guy that was already a maid spy. No one suspects the maid cleaning your stained glass windows. Especially because no one looks up.

“Alright then, G- Wait, your name’s Genji? Wow, what a reference.” I muttered. Once again, I rolled my eyes as I sated their curiosity with my memories. “Let’s get the mission started… I’ll be watching closely.”

“Yes, my Queen.” Genji replied with pride and a certain accent. With that, I dived into the hive mind with my consciousness, and found his mind, latching onto it. This should be entertaining...