Inky

The room was black. Then there was light.

I was glad that I wasn’t hit in the head or anything. We just sat in a room, with a candle in front of me and Thorax. I’d have to admit that the candle looked nice.

“So... I have a 3 questions to ask you, Ingy..” he said.

“I-It’s INKY..”

“Oh..um..ok then, Inky..” he put his hooves to together. He took a breath and looked at me again. I was intimidated by his overall height.

“1.) Are you trying to spy on the hive, at all?” He asked. I shook my head. He nodded. This seemed easy, and I could answer all of these! I mean...I thought.

“2.) How old are you?..” He asked.

“13?..”

“...Ok..” His eyes narrowed. Like he didn’t fully believe me. I looked about. Then he asked the last question. This one...kinda...made me feel a bit weird.

“3.) When was the last time you saw Queen Chrysalis..” He asked. My eyes widened a bit. I felt them dimming. My eyes went black. I didn’t wanna answer this. I haven’t seen her in 11 years, and I don’t wanna remember, but I remember almost everything.

“...I-I saw her b-before I left...” I started shaking. He noticed this, and his eyes widened a bit. I tensed up.
“I..I almost d i e d before I-I left...I don’t wanna..r-remember..a-anymore..” I wrapped my hooves around myself. I started crying. He put his hoof on my shoulder, and looked sympathetic. My eyes were turning back to normal, but I was still crying.

“Hey, hey, hey...it’s ok..” Thorax comforted. I calmed down a bit. I wiped the tears off of my eyes and sighed. I looked up at Thorax, and he rubbed my head a bit. I smiled and sighed again. We began to talk, before leaving the room.

“So..I-is he safe to be around?..” One of the Changelings asked. Thorax nodded. I smiled a bit, then frowned when I looked down at my own hoof. It was broken, and fulls on holes. Thorax looked to me and put his hoof on my back. I got startled and looked up at him, and he was smiling.

“Hehe...t-thank you..King Thorax..” I said. He giggled a bit. I was confused, and asked him why he was laughing.

“Hehehe..you can just call me Thorax!..” he smiled. I smiled too, as we kept walking around.