A black colored ship rock gently against the waves close to the shoreline, as its crew work on its deck. The crew of this seemingly dark ship wore either thin clothing or light armor that seems to be made of some kind of organic martial giving them a insect like appearance. This same martial also seems to cover the majority of the ships hull, giving it a glossy look.
However, as the insect looking crew work across the decks a faint grunt and groan could be heard coming from the staircase leading to the ship's innards.
In what could be easily called a washroom was a stallion, who was hissing and cursing words that would cause his mother to wash his mouth with a bar of soap if she heard him.
"God damn little shits! Why do they have to be so fucking small?!" Raged the stallion.
"My, my, my. I didn't think 'Celestia' little ponies had it in them to say those kind of words. I guess it true after all. If you live enough you get to see all kinds of things, even the impossible," said a figure from behind the stallion. Causing him to jump and pull out a small crystal shard from his face.
"Dammit!!!*Slow heavy breathing* What do you want Chrysalis? Are you here to gloat that you were right?" Said the stallion through the pain.
"Oh, Armor," the figure now named Chrysalis slowly moved into the soft green light coming from a lantern hanging on the wall, as she made her way towards the stallion named Armor as more of her became revealed, "Even I'm not that cruel."
Chrysalis is a tall female creature(roughly around 6"2' no horn, 6"9' with horn) with black like fur covering her body with a pair of incest wings coming out of her back. She has a long jagged horn coming out of her head near her hairline. Her hair is a dark teal color and looks like it was made of silk. Her eyes were made of two colors, a light jade color for the sclera and a dark jade color for her iris and her pupils slitted like a cat. Chrysalis was wearing a dark green dress with light green/blue accents on it. The dress itself went down just past her knees and had a slit on one side that showed off her legs.
The only thing that marred her dark beauty, were the grey patches of fur on her arms and legs. These patches of grey fur were sunken into her arms and legs like craters.
"Heh, yeah right, and I'm a princess ," Armor said sarcastically as he kept picking at his face.
"How could you, Armor? After everything I did for you ponies, you still treat me like a threat? How cruel," Chrysalis said in a hurtful tone... before smirking and saying, "But than again, you 'ponies' tend to hold on to your grudges more than I do."
"You kinda crash our weddings an-"
"Wrong, I crash 'your' wedding," Chrysalis said with a grin.
Turning around to show his right crystal blue eye to her. Armor said, "Fine. My wedding and cause mass terror among the people of Canterlot. Even though you saved us and cured us of our..... illness. Still won't just make it like what you did didn't happen."
*Huff* "Be that as it may, that still doesn't change the fact that you been avoiding me ever since you came back from town. So I will ask nicely. Turn around and face me, Shining Armor," Chrysalis said in a slight commanding tone.
"You know I don't have to follow your commands, right?"
"Armor. Now."
Sighing in defeat, Armor turn to face the slightly mad mare. Shining Armor was handsome stallion to say the least. The stallion stood around 5"9'(without horn). He wore nothing but a pair of black pants and a pair of old brown boots. His body is covered by white fur and his hair color was a dark blue with a light blue highlight running through it, like his tail. The only thing that could be said wrong about him was the fact that the left side of his face and his upper body has numerous amount of cuts with little crystals embedded in them, especially around the eye.
Chrysalis let out a whistle as she went over Shining Armor injuries. "I honestly didn't think that 'pinky' of yours had it in her to attack someone, especially like this," said Chrysalis while pulling out one of the crystals from Armors face causing him to flinch.
"But than again, she is a alicorn after all... A weak alicorn, but an alicorn none the less."
Still in pain from having a crystal pulled free from his face, Shining Armor said, "Well, she been trying to learn offence base magic for years no-*Another crystal pulled free* Ugh, years now. After moving to the Em-ugh-pire she made some headway with Crys-ugh-stal base magic. Even if it wasn't a lot. She could do still do some da-ugh-mage with what she learned. And- What are you doing!?" Shining Armor shouted at Chrysalis.
Chrysalis stared at Armor with her long fork tongue inches from his face with strange green liquid dipping from it. "Cleaning and sealing your wounds? Changeling honey can do many things, now shut up and let me work."
Shining Armor begrudgingly let Chrysalis lick his face, neck and chest, sealing the cuts that had a crystal removed from them. After a few moments, she stop to check her work. Nodding she says, "That should do it. However, the ones I didn't do should be check out by a doctor. Especially your eye," Chrysalis said with a slight wince. "There is a good chance your going to lose your left eye, Armor"
"I... I figure that," he said with a sigh. "But that doesn't matter now. I still have to get Flurry away from her and those damn Zebras." Armor said with a growl.
"Is that it?" Ask Chrysalis. "Save your daughter then run back to a ruin Equestria. Which, I might add, is technically still ruled by your Princesses and they belong to their to new owners. So Equestria, at this moment, belongs to the Grevy(Imperial) Zebra tribe. Not only that but nearly, if not all, your pony mares have been taken. If someone don't do something, than you ponies could will go extinct within a few short generations," said Chrysalis. "Or turned into a slave race."
Glaring at the Changeling Queen, Shining Armor shouted at her, "And what do you want me to do!? I spent nearly three years stuck in a bed and another year in physical rehab. I and most of the other stallions, ain't in any shape to go to war against them. Anger and hate can only carry you so far. And with the mares being happy about being sex slaves, there nothing we can do to help them!"
"Most of them."
"Wha..?"
"Most of the mares brought into the Zebras lies and happily pretend like nothing is wrong. Ponies like the Elements of Generosity and Honesty though, Rarity lost everything she own, while Applejack fears for her child being raised in a society that looks down on male ponies. Plus the fact she isn't allowed to work or do any farm work is another factor. Plus the Pagsai having their wings clip adds even more factors for us to work with," explain Chrysalis.
"I-I 'could' use that," said Shining Armor hesitantly. "But even with that information, how am I going to find the mares of who want to-"
*Crunch*
Shining Armor stops talking as he flatten his ears to keep out horrible crunching noise that attack his ears. Turning towards the sound, Shining Armor saw Chrysalis slowly crushing the crystals that had been removed from him with a chitin covered hand with dents and holes, where the patches of grey fur were. When she was finish crushing the crystals, a bright green flame cover her armed returning it to its fur covered state as she stared at him with a raised eyebrow.
Staring at Chrysalis, a thought soon cross his mind and Armor said, "Chrysalis, do you think your Changelings can help us?"
Smiling, Chrysalis said, "Of course, Armor," hearing this Shining Armor let out a sigh in relief. "However it will come with a price. And no, our pity in helping your kind can only go so far."
Taking a deep breath and he stared directly at the Changeling Queen with his single sky blue eye and Armor said, "What are your conditions, Chrysalis?"
Chrysalis smirk and told him her wants. "Those.... aren't as bad as I thought they would be," he said begrudgingly. "However some of them are-"
"Concerning? Of course they are. But they're for the future of Equestria as a whole. Without them, the future of both of our nations will be concerning. Seeing how Celestia made it so my people are seen as monsters with Equestria allies and now made you ponies legal slaves. We have no choice but to cut off a rotting limb to save the rest of the body, Armor. So what is it going to be? Cut off the past or rot with it?" Ask Chrysalis.
"I... I *Sigh* I accept your terms, Queen Chrysalis," Shining Armor said with acceptance.
"Good. Now let's work out the details of our.... union, shall we?" Chrysalis said with a grin.
"Equestria, a country formed on the ideas of peace, unity and friendship. It was land a of joy, tolerance and understanding to those that may hate them for what they have. Truly, it was a land that many wanted to live in... as well destroy. However, it was these very qualities that led to the downfall of this once great nation."
Turning to face a room full of Dragons, Minotaur, Yaks, Ponies, Changelings and something that seems to be a cross between the last two the unicorn stallion wearing a pair of glasses and an odd cape said, "Now class, can you tell me what exactly led to Equestria downfall Twenty odd years ago?"
Silence. That was all that answered the teacher question. Looking across his class with a frown, the dark orange unicorn fixes his full moon shape glasses before saying, "Really? No one? No one at all?"
Hesitantly, one of the Changelings students slowly raised her hand and said, "They were uhh... too trusting?"
Nodding toward the young Changeling mare, the teacher wrote "too trusting" on the blackboard.
"Alright. We have 'too trusting' anyone else?"
One of the few female ponies in the classroom raised her hand and said, "They were too naive."
Nodding his head towards her, he said, "Good, now anyone else?"
Several more students raised their hands and said their thoughts on what led to old Equestria downfall. Nodding his head in approval, the teacher quickly wrote what his students said on the blackboard.
"Alright, now we have, too trusting, too naive, stupid, ignorant, inexperienced, dimwitted and so forth," turning to face his students the teacher said, "Now, I won't say that everything all of you said was wrong or even harsh. In fact, most if not all of it is pretty much true. However, I was hoping for a bit more... context, from your answers. So I'm going to ask that one of you try to think of the 'why' all the things you all said led to the fall of Old Equestria. Now Mothball, how about you?"
A changeling that was nodding off jerk up with a start and yelled out, "I said call me MOLLY ALREADY!"
"Thank you for coming back the land of the living... Molly," the teacher snark. "Now can you tell me why all of the things on the broad led to the fall of Old Equestria?"
Grumbling the Changeling mare named Mothball(MOLLY!!) stared at the blackboard, looking over what had been written so far before saying, "Princess Celestia and her stupid 'Friendship is Magic' stick."
"Hmm... I see. Would you please enlighten us on 'Why?' Princess Celestia ideas of 'Friendship' resulted in Old Equestria downfall, Molly?"
"I don't have a choice, do I?" asked Molly, as the teacher just smiled at her, while her classmates laugh quietly at her.
*Sigh* "Fine. What I mean by 'Princess Celestia and her ideas of friendship' is that it allowed those Zebra to hoodwink all of Equestria, take it riches and its people, turning them into-
*Knock-knock-knock*
*Thud* "Ever. Single. Time," Molly growled. "I'm going to sleep. Night."
"Molly."
"...."
"Molly."
"...."
"Molly!"
"...."
Sighing, the teacher adjusted his glasses but stop when he heard a voice coming from his right.
"I see you still get the smart but difficult students, eh, Sunburst."
Turning towards the voice, Sunburst smiled when he saw who it was.
*Chuckle* "Well, Princess, if I could teach a Alicorn who loves to blow things up since her foalhood, then I should be able to handle a few 'difficult students'," Sunburst said, while several of his students protested in the background. "But it is good to see you again, Flurry."
The now named Flurry smiled while leaning against the door frame, "It's good to see you too, Sunburst. But unfortunately I'm here on business, not pleasure. Do you know where my sister is? I been looking for her across the campus, but I haven't had any luck finding her."
"Well, she was here earlier, but choose to leave early to finish some project of hers," Sunburst said with a bit of annoyance in his voice.
*Sigh* "Well at least I have an idea where she is now. Gods she can be a handful."
Nodding to what the Flurry had said, Sunburst responded, "True, that girl needs to learn that you can't just leave class just because you finish your work early and have some other thing to do."
"Ooh? What happen to being able to handle 'difficult students', Sunburst?" Flurry asked with a smirk planted firmly on her face.
Sunburst glared at the young mare while several students snickers behind him. "You and I both know she doesn't count."
Holding back her laughter, Flurry Heart let out a cough to get herself under control, "Shade can be a bit of handful when she wants to. Has she.... been keeping it on, Sunburst?"
Looking at the mare in confusion, Sunburst was about ask what she meant when he remembesr, "Yes, yes she has. All the teachers and stuff knows to make sure that 'Flutterponys' wear their 'collars' at all time. No need to worry, Flurry Heart."
"Good, good," Flurry muttered. "Well, I got to go. Short on time and all that, see you around, Sunburst," said the pale pink Alicorn as she left the room. Her heeled boots clicking against the marble floors as she walks.
Watching the Alicorn go, Sunburst soon turn his attention back to his class and adjusted his glasses with a smile on his face, "Now, Molly, where were we."
The Changeling mare just groan into the table.
---Canterlot Castle ---
Princess Flurry Heart walk down the halls of Canterlot Castle like mare on a mission. Black heeled boots making clicking noise that echo across the halls as she walks down them.
The torn blue jeans she wore showed off her fit and shapely legs, and through the tears in the jeans you could see her part of her cutie mark, a pale blue crystal heart on a purple background of some kind. Her purple shirt was faded from repeated washes and use, causing it to be almost skin-tight and showed off her C-cup size breast.
The many male guards that litter the hallways, both Changeling and Pony alike, have grown used to the Princess choice of dress... and having a constant erection when she around. They say that she doesn't wear a bra but that just a rumor... a rumor her father hopes is just a rumor anyway.
Flurry Heart kept walking through the castle until she reached a platform called the air docks, where a number of airships were dock. The oldest ships there had multiple large balloons tied to it, while the ship itself made of wood with iron bands holding it together. The newer ships that are there, seems to be made out of more metal than the older ones, for the hull and most of the outer layers were a metal of some kind while the deck of the ships were wood.
But the biggest difference between wooden ships and the metal ones was the fact the metal ships had no balloons attach to them. Instead, they had these square metal tubes that were glowing faintly and seemingly kept the ships afloat. And extending from the air docks were clamps that held on to these balloonless ships while these metal tubes weren't active.
She walked pass several ships before ending up at the end of the docks where her quarry resided.
The ship she was looking at was about four houses long, two houses wide and was four story tall. It was a dark steel grey color with teal highlights on the hull. It had six metal tubes on it, three on each side. Four of them are near the stern, and the others are near the bow. And in the teal highlights was a name, "Changing Shade."
Looking around for the ramp that connect the ship to the air dock. Flurry Heart discovered that once more that her sister didn't tie her ship to the dock... Again.
Sighing at her sister carelessness, Flurry Heart spread her abnormal size wings, even for a Alicorn. And flew to the Changing Shade.
As she approach the grey ship, she notices a change had been made to the ship hull. Several sphere like objects with three holes in them, litter the hull of the ship.
"What did you make now Shade?" mumble Flurry, as she landed on the ship's deck and made her way inside.
Walking through the halls of the ship as fast as she could. Flurry Heart eventually stood before a door and without even knocking, open it and walk through.
Flurry Heart stood in a large white room. Crystals, machinery, blueprints for some unknown devices litter the room in places that had no rhyme or reason to it. And in the center of all this madness was a mare.
This mare was just over 6 feet tall not counting her curve spiral horn. She was wearing a pair of grey sweatpants, that had crystal dust, oil, and what seems to be burn marks on them. Her white T-shirt wasn't in any better shape with the holes that revealed part of her breast and a odd pair of pegasus wings going through the holes in the back of the shirt.
Sighing in relief at finding her sister after searching for so long. Flurry Heart called to her.
"Shade."
"...."
"Sha~de."
"...."
"Shade!"
"...."
"TWILIGHT SHADE!!!"
Flicking her ear, the mare named Shade turned around, "What is it, Flurry? Is the Arcane Heart acting up again? I told you, you have to change the core every six to twelve months or it could start acting up... Or you want an upgrade to your sex dol-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence, Shade, " warned the Alicorn Princess.
Staring at the Alicorn, Shade cock her head slightly before a small smile began to form on her face as her dark grey fur slowly became lighter.
"Oh, so it was the doll," Shade said as her small smile became full-on grin. "Okay, what do you want then? A turbo mode? Dual wielding? Tri-wielding? A tentacle attack? Or maybe a big fat thick as tartarus dragon di-"
"STOP!! Stop. Just stop o-okay, Shade, please?" Beg the red-faced Alicorn as she looked around to make sure no one heard what was just said.
The now white furred Flutterpony pick up a small round object and began to tinker with it, while she chuckles at the begging Alicorn.
"Really, Flurry. Your so easy to tease. Sometimes I wonder if your even fit to be a Princess," Shade said playfully.
Glaring at her younger sister, the older Princess said with a huff, "Your lucky I don't have you quartered and flayed for your insolent, Shade."
"Ohh, I'm quivering in my steel-toed boots," Shade said in fearful tone wiggling one of her feet. "Don't know why you're embarrassed. With the way you dress, I wouldn't be surprise if I heard you were turning up tricks down the block."
"Shade," Flurry Heart growled.
"Fine, fine, I stop...for now. So why you are here, sis? I mean, it's not like I'm not happy to see you or anything, but shouldn't you be busy with a ball or something in Manehattan?" Shade
"Well, little sister, I am.... Bu~t something came up and now I need a little help," Flurry Heart said sheepishly.
"Oka~y," Shade said slowly, eyeing the alicorn in front of her suspiciously. "Go to mom and dad then. Weren't they supposed to go Manehatan with you for the event?"
"That... may be part of the problem," Flurry said sheepishly. "They're going to be late. So it falls upon me get everything finish on time."
"An~d?"
"And to make matters harder for me the train that was carrying food for the event broke down and there is nowhere we can get a replacement engine in time, that counts for the food as well. So I was wondering-"
"No," Shade said instantly.
"But I haven't-"
"No, Flurry."
"But, Shade-"
"I'm not your personal delivery service, Flurry," Shade said plainly as she turns the page of a Biology book that illustrate how eyes generally work, "And besides, I don't have enough room to supply an event that size."
Giving her younger sister a blank look, Flurry walk over to a pair of double doors and open them.
Inside was a large almost empty space that could easily fit the ship they were on three times over.
Flurry stared at her sister and pointed at the room.
"The stuff in there already is quite fragile, Flurry, and I don't want run the risk of breaking it," said Shade.
Nodding her head, the whitish-pink Alicorn moved to next set of doors and open them. Revealing a large, empty, space like before. However, before she could say anything Shade commented on the room.
"That's the room for the MTTs I been working on," Shade said while gesturing toward a several metal frames similar to a pony's skeleton. "S~o, no."
Growling, Flurry Heart moved to another set of doors, then another, then another after that. But this only the same response from Shade that it was in use for some other piece of hardware of hers.
Having become fed up over her sister's consent reason and excuses, Flurry Heart stomp her way towards another set of doors, kick them open and yelled, "How about this one!! Is it in use?!"
Shade made a move to say something but stop for moment to think, then said, "Actually... no, I haven't made anything to put in there.... yet."
"So I can use this room, then? Good. Let's go."
"Flurry, wait minute-"
Flurry began walk out the room with a smile on her face.
"Flurry! I didn't say I would-"
As one Alicorn Princess quickly left the ship's lab the other Alicorn-like Princess chase after her yelling.
"FLURRY! I DID NOT SAY-"
When Flurry Heart walk back onto the deck she immediately flew into the air saying, "I gather up some guards and the rest of the stuff that didn't get on the first train." And flew back into the castle.
"GODDAMN CRYSTAL SLUT," yelled Shade as she fell to her knees. Her once snow-white fur turned to a stormy grey-black as her wings spread out behind showing that they were a cross between a pegasus and a changeling. "And people wonder why I live alone on an airship instead of the castle," Shade grumbled.
Several miles off the coarse of Manehattan 5:36pm
Several large ships moved slowly towards Manehattan harbor. On the lead ship standing near its bow was figure wearing a cloak, with a single horn pointing out of it that was a lit with a violet light.
As the wind blow back the figure hood, the now revealed lavender mare let out it sigh and said quietly to herself.
"We're almost home."
