Pharynx growled as he pulled back and punched a hole in the hives wall. He hated this! He hated the flowers! He hated the moss! He hated the vines! But most of all, he hated the new hive!
The wimps running around ruining everything the hive stood for!
He still stuck to the old days, even if he was the only one left. He still kept himself dedicated to keeping the changelings defended and safe, even if they were so weak they would let anyone walk right over them.
Especially his brother. Pharynx looked over his shoulder to see Thorax staring at him with a disapproving glare, before turning to Cornicle and continuing a conversation. One about him. He caught the words, only barely, and they made his heart sink.
“You need to get rid of him Thorax! He is a violent bully!” Cornicle said.
“Look… I know he is Cornicle, but he is my brother. I can’t just get rid of him. Even if he is a jerk.” Thorax said before turning and starting to walk away. “Anyway, we have to focus on more important things. I think we should make the potluck lunch twice a week instead, what do you say?”
Pharynx felt his heart sink at those words. The changeling felt himself deflate at those words, before he growled and narrowed his eyes. “Forget this.” He said through gritted teeth. Pharynx spread his wings and took to the air, flying out of the hives open roof and landed out in the fields surrounding the hive.
Pharynx found himself sitting down in the dirt near a tree and lowering his head ignoring the heat. He needed to be alone, away from the other changelings. He needed some time to himself.
Pharynx sighed and transformed into a rock. He didn’t want interruptions while he brooded.
The young, small form of Pharynx stalked through the ever changing hallways and caverns of the Changeling Hive. He was good at that. He was the hives best stalker…
Not that kind of stalker.
Pharynx couldn’t help but imagine himself sneaking through the halls of a pony castle, dodging patrols and hiding away from his prey. Waiting for any moment to pounce on the ponies around him, and then drag them to the hive!
Pharynx grinned when he saw a rather large pony sized rock infront of him. He growled as he sank down, before he pounced at it.
“Rah!” he growled, before he hit the boulder face first.
The small form of Pharynx landed on his rump and rubbed his cracked face. “Owie…” he said to himself slightly, but he pushed past it. It didn’t hurt at all!
Pharynx stood up and smiled to himself. He was so tough!
“Ha! How do you like that you grub!” Pharynx suddenly heard, which made his ears shoot up, and his head twist in the direction he heard it. It was soon followed up by the sound of carapace striking carapace, than a loud yelp.
He knew that yelp.
“Thorax!” Pharynx shouted with widened eyes, before he rushed in that direction as fast as his hole filled legs could carry him.
What he ended up seeing caused his blood to boil.
Before him stood the much larger form of Cornicle, and at Cornicle’s hooves was his little brother, Thorax.
Cornicle brought a hoof back with a smile and kicked Thorax in the chest as hard as he could, causing the small nymph to yelp once again, and cough loudly.
“Ahh, gonna cry?” Cornicle laughed, before Pharynx caught his attention. Cornicle grinned at the form of Pharynx and laughed. “Awww, If it isn’t big brother Pharynx. You see that Thorax? Looks like you have to hide under your big brother’s skirt again!”
Pharynx’s eye twitched. “How dare you hurt my brother!” Pharynx snarled as he marched forwards.
“And what are you gonna do if I do?” Cornicle laughed, before stomping on his brother and holding him down.
Pharynx felt something snap at that as he suddenly lifted into the air and transformed into the largest, scariest thing he could think of.
Cornicle was suddenly greeted with a six legged, five eyed, bug like monster which towered over him. He was about to scream and run away, before the creature brought one of it’s claws back and hit Cornicle with all it’s might, flinging him away like a ragdoll.
Pharynx was going to follow him, and beat the larger changeling into a messy pulp, before he heard the sound of sobbing. Dropping his transformation, he turned to the source with concern written all across his face.
Thorax was curled into a ball on the ground, sobbing and crying. He was hurt, Pharynx knew that. The small changeling closed in on his little brother tenderly, before wrapping his arms around him and holding him close.
He felt some of his stockpile of built up food drained out of him and into his brother from the hug but he didn’t care. Right now, all that mattered was his brother.
Pharynx would definitely need to toughen Thorax out in the future, but not yet. All he needed to do was be there for him now. Even if both of them were being total wimps right now.
“Shhh… Shh… You're ok Thorax… I’m here for you.” Pharynx said gently as he slowly rocked back and forth. The sobbing and whimpering of his brother soon faded away, as Thorax slowly but surely calmed down.
“See? You're ok.” Pharynx said with a warm smile. He suddenly felt the smaller form of Thorax nuzzle up against his chest, while breathing deeply and quietly. He had fallen asleep.
Pharynx felt love from Thorax back then… twice as powerful as much as he had given him with his hug. He didn’t think much of it at the time, but in the modern day it was screaming at him. He had shared love back then, and honestly, it felt nice.
Pharynx ignored the fact that his eyes felt wet, even if they were disguised as a part of the rock. Maybe the others were right… maybe sharing love wasn’t such a bad thing?
He lost his train of thought when he heard a set of hooves approaching the hive.
“So on a scale of one to ten, how excited do you think Thorax is going to be during our surprise visit?”
