Author's Note

Hey, soo.. I forgot that it was Monday. And I upload every Monday and every Thursday so.. I've giving you two chapters as compensation.

Chapter 3 - Undercover.

Chapter 3 – Undercover.

Twilight awoke in her bed, the blankets of moss falling to the ground when she rose. She trotted over to the mirror to adjust her frills before exiting her chambers. She trotted down the hallway, heading in the direction of the throne room. As she passed, drones and guards alike bowed to her. Her abdomen felt heavy with the eggs she carried. It had been five months since she first began carrying them but she carried them with pride, knowing that she had pleased her Queen whilst also suppling for the future of the Hive. At least that’s what Chrysalis told her. Twilight entered the throne room, bowing to the Queen before speaking. “Good Morning, my Queen. You summoned me?” Twilight spoke, maintaining eye contact with Queen Chrysalis.

“Yes. I have a task for you. A lengthy one at that. You shall go to Ponyville under the disguise of your old pathetic pony form. You will remain undercover until the eggs inside of you hatch or you are discovered to be a changeling, is that clear?”

“Yes, my Queen. I shall return with more love for the hive.” Twilight spoke with a bow. The Queen dismissed her with a wave off her hoof. Twilight nodded, walking out of the throne room. She kept walking through the Hive until she arrive to one of the main openings. A guard nodded, opening it for her. Twilight stretched her translucent wings, quickly taking her disguise. She took the appearance of a lavender colour mare. The mare had bangs of dark purples and pinks. Twilight began to fly upwards, heading in the direction she had been told Ponyville was. She flew through the Badlands until she reached a forest. She kept going until she arrived at a quaint little town. She landed on the ground, trotting alone the dirt road until she entered the town. She entered into town, seeing a large crowd gather outside the old town hall. She kept walking until she bumped into an orange coloured earth pony with a blond ponytail. The earth pony turned around and looked at Twilight as if she had seen a ghost.

“Twilight? That you? Where you been?” The earth pony asked, eyes wide with surprise and shock.

“Uh Hey, AJ.” Twilight said, rubbing her neck with her fore hoof.

“The girls and Spike have been worried sick! Cmon, let’s go see them. They’re in yer house.” Applejack said, grabbing Twilight by the hoof before guiding her. Twilight could taste the happiness that oozed out of the earth pony as they walked toward a large tree. There was a sign hanging outside stating that it was The Golden Oak Library. Her old home. Applejack entered first, motioning for Twilight to follow. “Girls! Lookie who I found!”

“Twilight!” They all shouted, tackling her into a hug.

“Where have you been?” Fluttershy asked, the others were sitting in a circle, surrounding Twilight.

“Royal duties. I went off to the yaks for a few months to learn their culture more. I wanted to experience it myself. I’m sorry I didn’t tell anypony. Something happened alone the way as well. I got pregnant.” Twilight lied, trancing a hoof across her bulging abdomen.

“Oh. My. Celestia!” Rarity shouted, fainting onto a nearby couch.

“Who’s the stallion?” Rainbow Dash asked, hovering above Twilight.

“No pony. It was one time.” Twilight snapped. Rainbow flinched back, slightly startled by Twilight’s tone. She sighed, “Sorry. I didn’t mean it like that. I’m just tired. I-I want to go to bed soon. Could you guys leave?” Twilight asked. The girls agreed almost instantly, filling out of the library with wishes of good sleep and that they would come back tomorrow. “Spike, can you send a scroll to Princess Celestia explaining my absence?” Saying that name created some kind of feeling, similar to love.

“Sure thing Twilight. Are you going to bed?” Spike replied, already writing the scroll. Twilight nodded.
“Goodnight Spike.” She spoke, climbing the wooden steps to the bed. It wasn’t her bed anymore. The library wasn’t her home anymore, the Hive was.

“Night Twilight.” Spike’s voice echoed from below in reply. Twilight used her magic to turn off the lights. Twilight laid her body across the bed, feeling the eggs inside of her moving. Twilight turned the light back on, pulling a book on pregnancy for all creatures. She flicked through the pages, landing on the one labelled ‘Changelings’. She read the information silently.

“That’s enough reading for now.” Twilight spoke after reading for about ten minutes, shutting the book once she was done. She put it back on the small shelf before turning the lights off once again and sheading her disguise.

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A few months later, Twilight woke up to the sound of a plate shattering. She darted up, instantly resuming her disguise. She turned her head and looked downstairs. Spike was standing in the centre of the library, a look of horror and disbelief on his little face, a smashed plate with a sandwich on it fallen on the ground. Twilight’s eye shrunk, realising Spike had discovered her. She quickly picked him up with her magic, rushing down the steps and opening the door to the basement, locking it behind her. “It’s not what you’re thinking, Spike!” She rapidly rambled, waving her hooves around in a panic.

“Y-You’re a-a..” Spike stuttered, still in disbelief.

“Changeling, I know.” She sighed, raising a hoof to her head before dropping her disguise. “It’s still me though! Just a little different…” She pointed to her flank where her cutie mark remained as she spoke, trailing off.

“I don’t understand.” Spike spoke softly, looking down at his feet with his claws on his head. “When did this happen?” He looked back up at Twilight with sad eyes. Twilight started to grab Spike into a hug yet the baby dragon refused it, the look of betrayal on his face.

“I don’t know how to explain it, Spike. My memory was foggy. I think I went to the Hive willingly. It just doesn’t feel right though. That was six month ago. I’m so sorry I didn’t come here sooner. I couldn’t if I wanted too. And I’m sorry I lied to you, Spike. I should have told you the instant I came back.” She tried to grabbed Spike into a hug once more, the baby dragon finally accepting it. They sat there in silence, hugging for a while until they could hear a knock on the door through the closed basement door. “I’ll get it.” Twilight spoke, resuming her disguise and opening the basement door. She trotted forward, opening the main door to the library. Applejack and Rainbow Dash stood outside together. “Hey girls.” Twilight greeted, faking a smile.

“Mornin’, Twi. Rainbow and I, we were wonderin’ if you wanted to go fer a walk with us.” Applejack asked. Spike appeared behind Twilight, gripping onto her leg before tugging.

“Hmm. Uh. No sorry. I’ve gotta do something today. But could you and the girls come over later? Maybe for a sleepover?” Twilight offered, looking down at Spike with slight worry.

“Yeah. Sure! Cya later!” Rainbow Dash spoke before speeding off. Applejack nodded before trotting off as well, heading in the direction of her farm. Twilight closed the door before turning to Spike. She sighed, pressing herself against the door before sliding backwards against it. With a swirl of magic she lost her disguise.

“What am I going to do Spike?” She sobbed, clutching her muzzle in her hooves. Spike moved forward before sitting down beside her. “I can’t go back to the Hive yet. I would have failed and in the four months I was there, I saw what happened to changelings that failed. Yet I can’t tell Celestia. I know Chrysalis did something to me. I don’t remember what but I will find out. I just need time.” She glanced down at her abdomen, the bulge larger than before. She looked back at Spike. “But I don’t have time. Spike, she put eggs in me…”

“Wait what? I thought you said you got pregnant.” Spike began to yell but Twilight covered his mouth with a hoof. She removed it a moment later. “Sorry. Didn’t mean to yell.”

“I lied. I’ve done a lot of lying recently. I know I need to tell the girls the truth.“ She stated, stamping a hoof onto the ground.

“Twilight, do you remember the night you left? Like the night you vanished?” Spike asked, snuggling into a hug.
“No. I don’t Spike. I don’t remember going to the Hive, yet I remember becoming a changeling.” She replied, placing a hoof across Spike’s shoulder.

“Did it hurt? You know, becoming a changeling?” He spoke, leaning against Twilight’s hard chest.

“No. Not really. Only it a little. It was actually kind of enjoyable for curtain reasons. Chrysalis turned me into a Proto-queen. She wants me to become the next Queen of the Changelings. Maybe she sent me here to test my loyalty, to see if I’ll come back once I give birth to these horrid eggs. I didn’t accept to them willingly, changelings have to do what their Queen says. It’s law. And I hate it.” She shuttered involuntarily as she spoke against Chrysalis. She heard something in her mind, an order to return to the Hive. She rose up from the ground with a sigh. “I need to go back to the Hive. I’ll be back soon, okay? J-Just don’t tell anyone yet.”

“Oh okay.” Spike agreed quietly, Twilight stretched her hooves before giving her translucent wings a flap. She resumed her disguise before exiting the library and flying in the direction of the Hive. She flew through the Badlands until reaching the Hive. She nodded at the guard in front before entering. She warily trotted through the Hive, dropping her disguise as she went. She entered the throne room, bowing as she entered. Queen Chrysalis was sitting in her throne, talking with the changeling in charge of food stores. Chrysalis dismissed the changeling before speaking to Twilight.

“You summoned me from my mission, my Queen?” Twilight spoke bitterly, avoid eye contact with Chrysalis.

“How is your mission going? You haven’t been discovered have you?” Chrysalis asked, glaring down at her. Twilight shuffled her hooves.

“It’s going fine. I’ve gathered enough love to sustain the Hive for at least a week and I have yet to be discovered.” She lied, although she hadn’t lied about the love part. Chrysalis stepped down from her throne, slowly walking towards Twilight.

“Give me it.” She demanded, opening her mouth. Twilight nodded opening her own mouth before using her tongue to pull out a wad of sticky pink stuff which she began curling it into a ball. When the ball formed it looked like a glowing gumball. She dropped it into the Queen’s open mouth with a sicking squelch. Chrysalis licked her lips before speaking. “Good. Return until those eggs hatch. Until then, don’t return unless I order you too.” She declared.

Twilight nodded before bowing and leaving the room. She ran towards the exit, resuming her disguise. The guard had left the Hive door open for her. She flew back to Ponyville, the sun setting in the sky. The moon had risen by the time she landed outside her home, completely out of breath. She opened the door with her magic, slamming it shut behind her. She let loose her disguise as soon as she shut the door. She froze when she saw her friends standing in front of her, looks of shock, surprise and anger across all of their faces, except for Spike of course. Fluttershy had instantly hidden behind Rarity who had lit her horn with sapphire coloured magic. Pinkie Pie held a cupcake in her hoof, whilst Rainbow Dash and Applejack moved forward, prepared to chase the changeling away, unaware it was Twilight.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don’t!” Spike shouted, running forward in front of Twilight with outstretched claws, blocking the girls from her.

“Move Spike! That’s a freaking changeling!” Rainbow Dash shouted, pointing at Twilight. Twilight didn’t speak, she was too frightened to even move.

“No! It’s Twilight! At least let her explain!” Spike snapped, a small puff of fire puffing out of his mouth.

“Spike right. We should at least let her explain.” Fluttershy whispered, emerging from behind Rarity.

“Well then, explain it, darling.” Rarity spoke, her horn dimming. Twilight took a deep breath before speaking.

“I’m still me. I’m not some drone. I mean, I may be the same size as one but I’m as stupid as one. Guards are pretty smart. I mean they talk normally and have a better understanding of the world more than drones. But Drones do love to talk even if their Equestrian is a bit broken. Drones just dig or gather love.” She began rambling but quickly noticed, steering the conversation back to normal. “Woops. Well, I was transformed into a changeling by Chrysalis about nine month ago. I remember going to the Hive and begging her to change me, although it’s foggy and I’m not quite sure that memory is right but she did it to me anyway. S-She turned me into a Proto-queen. I-I’m so sorry. I was going to tell you tonight. I’m sorry.” Twilight sobbed, beginning to cry as she sat on the ground. She didn’t know why she was crying, changelings never felt emotions. It confused her just as much as the girls. The girls didn’t respond, some of them sat there in slight disbelief whilst the other came forward and hugged Twilight. “A-And now I’m stuck with her damn eggs.” She hiccupped, tears streaming down her face.

“It’s okay, Twilight. She’s just a big meany.” Pinkie spoke, holding Twilight close.

“S-She did it to me P-Pinkie. She made me have sex with her… more than once..” Twilight whimpered, her muzzle stained with tears as fresh ones continued to fall.

“She what? Oh Twilight! That’s terrible!” Fluttershy shrieked, holding onto Twilight with Pinkie Pie. After a while, everyone joined the hug, holding Twilight as she cried and told them everything.

“S-She keeps putting me in this trance, I don’t know how. I think it’s got something to do with the f-fact that I’m a changeling now. At first, I couldn’t remember what happened when I was in one until a while l-later when I could. I wanted her to do it, at least part of me d-did.” Twilight hissed through hiccups and crying. “I d-don’t know what to do anymore.”

“You need to tell Princess Celestia at least.” Rarity replied, magically pulling a scroll forward. Twilight grabbed it with her own magic, now tinted with green.

“But how?” She asked, looking at her friends.

“Tell her the truth, Twi. Be honest.” Applejack said, placing a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder. She nodded, wiping her face with her hoof before picking up a quill with her magic, writing out the letter. She passed it to Spike ten minutes later, who sent it off to Celestia in a puff of smoke. She rubbed the tears off of her face again as new one had formed, holding the hug. Twilight felt her body absorbing the love coming from her friend and tore herself away from their grasp when she realized.

“No. I can’t.. D-Dammit!” Twilight hissed, pulling her frills a bit like it was still hair. The girls just looked at her slightly confused as Twilight began talking to herself. “Can’t. No. But I want to. I need to. Can’t.” She kept speaking, repeating it over and over again.

“Twilight! Calm down!” Rainbow Dash shouted, grabbing onto Twilight. Twilight flinched away.

“I’ve been feeding off of your love.” Twilight’s voice was tiny and hushed, those words causing Dash to pull away.

“It’s okay.” Fluttershy spoke, placing a hoof on her shoulder in a reassuring way. There was a flash and Spike burped up a letter, a reply. Twilight rushed forward crazily, grabbing the letter with her magic before reading it aloud.

“Dear Twilight Sparkle, I’m coming over, blah blah, not going to send you to the moon, blah blah. Signed Princess Celestia.” She let loose a revealed sigh, collapsing on the floor with a small laugh before breaking out into a sob. She heard Chrysalis in her head, telling her something. “Get out of my head you snake!” Twilight whimpered, pulling at her frills again. She felt someone pulling her hooves away from her head. She looked up with tear stained eyes into Fluttershy’s own. Her other friends looking beyond.

“Twilight? What are you talking about?” Fluttershy spoke softly, looking at her in worry.

“She’s coming. They’re both coming.” She sobbed out in panic.