Selene The Crimson RED Changeling Empress
By: " Black--Soul "

Chapter twelve: Time moves on tirelessly, yet factions never rest

Hearts Desire was coming from a meeting with Princess Celestia and her sisters, high Princess Luna and Queen Nightmare Moon, something that had relations between them souring quite a bit.
Princess of the day Celestia had imprisoned Queen Chrysalis of the Crystal Empire as requested by Queen Hearts Desire, due to Chrysalis starting to kill of her Lings.
Equestria, a rather newly founded nation in this world, had established a relatively stable border for itself thanks to Queen Hearts Desire Hive mind communication, something that ensured the external God pawn hives a stable and safe food source besides a stable income in silver, gold and other bit coins in currency.

Since Queen Chrysalis had started to replace Queen Hearts Desire drones without any compensation to the Equestrians, was it very easy to talk Celestia to invade the Crystal Empire under the disguise of a military operation between allied nations.
Queen Hearts Desire had a huge success in using the only day time active Princess to deal with the enemy local born Queen from another nation, unfortunately ruining the relationship between the Crystal Empire and the newly founded Equestria.

It turned out that Queen Chrysalis was the lover of princess Amore, the Alicorn leader of the Crystal Empire, something noone know before hoove, but learned after the fact.
While Princess Amore waive any retaliating actions, due to Chrysalis starting the confrontation and it was partially her fault for not introducing her friend to her none pony mare friend, Celestia had still invaded her sovereignty on more than one level.

Queen Nightmare Moon and high princess Luna had renounced any knowledge of Celestia's plans and would offer their official apology to the Crystal Empire leadership.
Queen Amore forgo anything official, but declare any treaties null and void until her lovebug was returned to her.
Something Celestia was unable to do, since she used the Elements of Harmony to banish Chrysalis and her Hive within the Crystal Empire main city shield defense parameter. Its present was the reason why the Crystal Empire Capitol was placed there, to mine the easy to access to the molten treasures deep under the ice.

To Celestia's luck was it an inactive volcano, not just by nature, but by magical reinforcement.
Further was Chrysalis still be able to be visited by others, while being magically bound to her new home for the foreseeable future.
Unfortunately was alongside the Changeling Queen also every Changeling present at the time in the City limits of the attack, now trapped within the volcano that had grown over time as it was mined up, with most diligence to ensuring it would be made to stay inactive over all other priorities.

Fortune was not totally unkind to the afflicted though, Chrysalis had enough agents outside the effected Crystal Empire to keep her Hive alive, even if the majority had to be forced into hibernation.

So Celestia had forced Chrysalis into a semi isolation, fortunately not as total cut off as intended, otherwise she would have caused a war for certain, when she would have doomed hundred of thousands of civilians to die, alongside their Queen.

For a thousand years would Chrysalis care for her now majority hibernating Hive, while the remaining drones of all classes would work tirelessly to keep them supplied with love and lust.
While the majority within the volcanic prison were forced to sleeping through the magically enforced banishment, did others focusing on construction of a mining city, a cityscape that would turn out to be unique in its design and functionality out of necessity.

Though with the Crystal Empire fully supportive citizenry donating willingly their emotional overflow, that was a still difficult situation to go through for everyone involved directly.

Celestia has ripped apart families of the Crystal Empire, a collection of nations that didn't see the difference in species, but embrace the diversity in culture and romancing one another for Amore and Chrysalis had decided to leave the boundaries of species behind and let love and passion bloom unbounded.

The Crystal Empire was the most progressive nation outside Elysium, where no one discriminate against one another and a Griffon loving a Ocean pony was as normal as it would be in Equestria to see ponies marry other ponies.

This all had profound consequences though.
Equestria had suddenly been cut off vital resources and a strong military alliance, something that the Equestrian Royal family was very furious about.
Celestia was no longer allowed to do any military operations for the next two millennia and her privilege as a co-ruling princess was now restricted, unlike anything in her prior unrestricted reigning capacity during the daylight working hours, unless a dire situation would need her authority once more.

Celestia would abstain in most matters out of repentance, focusing on internal affairs that would be fixed alongside her sisters.
Princess Celestia would for a long time regret her hasty actions.
Meanwhile Queen Hearts Desire and her hive would be beholden towards Equestrians for the military and financial issues, reducing the Changelings financial gains until the Crystal Empire would resume their trade AND military alliance.

Queen Hearts Desire relinquished her aggressive actions outside Equestria to bolster her harvesting ground named Equestria, she would need to focus on military strength in the future to make up for the lost military power she had caused her love providing pony providers.

While no one needed to abdicate anything further, would the ponies of Equestria revoked their unchallenged trusted allies, Changelings would still continue as they always had, but the Alicorns would now have watchful eyes towards them.

Queen Hearts Desire had a lot on her hooves now, further more complicating things when her God patron was none to pleased how the relationship with the fledgling nation had soured!
Her godly Benefactor known as Eros to some and Aphrodite to others, a god/goddess of love and procreation, someone not easy to anger, but quick to disappointment and dissatisfaction and disturbing verbal tirades.

Queen Hearts Desire thought herself clever using the ponies to stop her hive from losing more of its members, further getting rid of a threat to them and their host nation, but it came crashing down on her head in the end.
While it could have been a lot worse, she would be faced with a passive gameplay for a long time.
Eros/Aphrodite was very enraged, her last pawn had to her displeasure cut her ties to a fellow agent of love and tolerance, something she took very personal.
Queen Hearts Desire would be now under closer scrutiny for a long time.
Ling was still allowed to ling around in general, but their not as unchecked than everyling was used to.

In the Crystal Empire hate and feelings of betrayal run rampant, something that would weakened it's environment and defensive shield matrix, giving opportunity to a gods pawn named Sombra to take action against the empire that had wronged the race he had selected and subdued into following him.

Sombra was planning for a military strike towards the Crystal Empire leadership for a long time, fortunately did a unexpected twist of fate allowed his plans to come soon to fruition.
Not just was the defense of the shield reduced greatly, most of its military had been wiped of it's leadership positions and its most potent warriors, the Crystal Empire was about to be hit once more with a unexpected military invasion, though this time they would not be able to recover in any way if he had a saying in it.
Sombras God patron Ares would see this bastion of love and peace torn down and build in his image!

Tirek had just finished off another pawn of a rival God, his patron god Ares would be very pleased with him for sure.
If everything would run as smoothly as it had prior, than the Centaur nation would soon ‘donate its magical might’ to him.
There was death and mayhem to be brought, perhaps in time, he might be allowed to retire.

He was past his prime, he looked as old if not older than most of his species, something his brand of magic had unfortunately as side effect. Fortunately should Tirek earn himself retirement if not a little Kingdom if he managed to destroy the Centaur nation ruling class and would finally have collected enough power to rival the Alicorn sisters.
Ares had a deal with Tirek upon their spawning in this world.
Destroy one royal family and cripple at least another and he would be free to enjoy the rest of his mortal life remains.

The Centaur would soon accomplish his lifes goal for his patron God, than he would be free to do what ever he wanted, finally he would be able to leave the battlefields of the gods and enjoy a retirement he deserved since his last life.
Something well worth two nations royal families bloodlines demise… nothing less would do for a pawn of Ares, God of war.

While the world on the ground was turning upside down, did the underground was boiling other disasters, to be unleashed at another time… the Abyssinian Sorceress, a pawn of an god was in a struggle with a group of rivals out to end her life, kicking another god of the game table that was her life since she had arrived here.
Her official name was obviously not the one her god or the official chat knew her under, but that wasn't important for the moment.
Something very important was that she was about to become the hunter despite her chasing enemies thinking of her as their prey.
But killing an experienced pawn is never easy, a seemingly outnumbered enemy might become more threatening when cornered.

Death was coming for many mortal and semi immortal beings sooner than anyone besides Ares would have counted on happening.
The fall of the Crystal Empire would start a chain reaction that would plunge the world in chaos.
Fortunately for a certain red Changeling Empress, that would keep her surprisingly low on everyone to eliminate lists, despite her arrival having stirred a beehive of activity all over the world.

Empress Selene was very furious about her current situation, she had a deviant and potentially lethal threat to deal with, but no apparent way to deal with it.

Right now she was giving the Zebra that had assaulted her the silent treatment, while secretly farming experience for her inferior mimicking skill, something that at least was running smoothly.

The disturbing relaxed deviant ignored the stares coming towards him, silently enduring his physically suffered wounds.

32 Zebras, one disguised Changeling spy and a Changeling Empress give a certain Zebra vagabond quite the stare down.

Time moved on relentlessly for everyone, time would show who got to take a break from drama and could enjoy the joys of boredom and taste a slice of an apparently peaceful running life.

Author's Note

The last update for this story in 2024, see you in 2025!

Stay snuggly ♡

Last time edited:
06.01.2025