True Colors (Amf Version)by amf studiosChaptersPrologue: love and warChrysalis' revelation.Rainbow DashPrologue: love and warAwe, the Changeling, a very unique creature. A prime example of the wonders of evolution, a creature that can be anything it wants, at any time. Another unique trait of these Equin-insects... is how dumb they are when it comes to their egos. Probably the best example of this being true is the most recent queen of the changelings, Queen Chrysalis the 5th, aka the bug horse that invaded Canterlot, beat Celestia in a duel, then got flung halfway across the country by the one thing that made her overpowered. Yeah, that Chrysalis. But no, while this display of WTF will be relevant to our story, this is not where we begin, we begin at another one Chrysalis's most idiotic moves, that being, starting a war with their biggest trading partner. allow me to elaborate. Ever since the friendship, yes, Friendship, of changeling king, King Centipede and griffon king, King Galahad, the two kingdoms had become the strongest of allies. Griffonstone and the Badlands Hive were great trading partners. The griffons would trade food and crops for a special metal called Changeling Steel, a metal only changelings knew how to produce that was extremely durable, yet very light and flexible. Thanks to this arrangement, The Changelings had a surplus of food, and Griffons had a surplus of Metal goods. However, as time passed and the griffon's wealth began to deplete, they relied on their insectoid-allies more than ever. unfortunately, after a few generations into this great depression, the rulers of these kingdoms were not having much luck getting along, until it finally came to a head in the final summit of Queen Chrysalis and Grandpa(then King) Gruff. "Queen Chrysalis, I'm afraid we can't offer anything to trade this year," the griffon leader sighed, "we've barely got enough food to last ourselves the year, we can't afford to trade you anything." The recently crowned changeling queen was jaw-dropped, "WHAT!? You can't back out, WE HAD A DEAL!" "Chrysalis, that deal was made when the griffons had food to spare, now we're on our last legs, we simply can't do it this year!" Gruff replied, he'd been in charge of his kingdom for roughly a decade and a half by now, he knew that he could reopen the trade as soon they had the resources, but they couldn't do it now. "Hmph, I may have only been Queen for the last few years, but I know whenever our kingdoms made a deal both our previous ruler's kept their word! and Now you want to turn your back on your most powerful ally! Forshame, King Gruff!" Chrysalis yelled in the griffon's face. "Chrysalis, I am not ending the trade, I am simply stating we can't do the trade this y-" "Who was there for you during the great blizzard that followed the ponies into Equestria!? Who has provided you with Changeling Steel year after year!? Who got that Hydra of your lawn last week!?" The younger monarch interrupted King Gruff. "Chrysalis..." the griffon began. "DON'T YOU 'CHRYSALIS' ME!" the queen put a hoof to his beak, "IF YOU REFUSE MY TRADE, YOU ARE NO LONGER MY ALLY!" "Queen Chrysalis, don't do something you'll regret," Gruff said in a warning tone. "CHRYSALIS REGRETS NOTHING!" the changeling walked out of the room, slamming the door behind her. She began walking out of Gruff's home, the 5 guards she brought with her following as she left. Just after leaving the building, she turned to her guards and said, "remember that trick I taught you, Captain?" "Yes, your highness," the lead guard nodded. "Do it here," Chrysalis said. "Um, your majesty, are you sure that's a wise idea?" the captain asked with a look of worry. "DO IT!" the queen commanded. While no record was kept of what "It" was, roughly ten minutes later the majority of Griffonstone was on fire. the five guards just stared at the wreckage, jaws to the floor, while their queen just had a bored expression. "Alright, let's go," Chrysalis turned and began walking away. The five guards stood there for another couple of seconds, then began walking away from the griffon kingdom very slowly, before turning around at full gallop to catch up with their leader. After an eerily quiet fly home, Chrysalis entered the Changeling Hive, all of her subjects bowing to her as she passed. She paid no real attention to them, as she had much more pressing things on her mind. The queen reached the end of the hallway, and a wall opened up revealing a room on the other side. This room was vast and dark, only being lit by a few cyan lamp-like devices. Chrysalis entered and began to hover over the floor, careful not to knock over one of the black, oval objects that littered the floor. from various parts of the room they were small noises, almost like crying. A changeling drone would rush to these areas soon after and the crying ceased. "The eggs are hatching," The queen thought as she looked about the hatchery. Soon, every single one of these eggs would grow into a strong, independent changeling that would work to support their hive. Chrysalis always loved seeing the eggs hatch when she was young, watching the larva imprint on her mother in a moment of instant love, soon her own children would do the same. But, this was not why she was here this night, for the cries she heard were of some of the early hatches, the majority of the eggs still had days, or even weeks left in their hatching processes. No, she was here for something far more important... Her heirs. Every Changeling Monarch had to be sure to produce an Heir sometime within their reign, not just when their times as leader came to an end. While any changeling could take the role of king or queen if the need arises, it was the duty of the current monarch to have at least one Royal Changeling egg around at all times, that way should anything happen to the monarch, a replacement would be available. For Chrysalis, something odd had occurred, the first four eggs she produced were Royal ones. She expected they'd hatch far before their common siblings, as they were the first. The four were tucked into a special chamber, watched by Chrysalis' most trusted Changeling, a mare known as Scorpia. The Queen entered the chamber, which she had dubbed, "The Nursery," and was Met with said Changeling. "your Majesty," Scorpia quietly bowed giving her queen a smile, "they've hatched!" Chrysalis felt a tingle of joy as she heard those words, while all of her eggs were her children, the heirs were special. One of them would eventually take her place, she'd be teaching them everything about the world personally, she'd watch them grow, help them throughout their lives, they'd be the truest children she'd ever have. Scorpia led her to a nest made of hardened green slime, inside slept four, adorable Changeling larva. Like all infant changelings, they were covered in fuzzy, white fur that swaddled them like a blanket, only their faces and front hooves were not obscured. Unlike the average larva, though, each one had already grown a bit of a mane which was poking out, each had a different color. One Larva had a messy, deep blue mane which slightly curled at the end, she appeared to be cuddling with one of her sisters who had a white mane which was much straighter and slightly longer. A third was sleeping on her belly, this one with an aquamarine mane. Finally, the last had a dark purple mane and was sleeping on her side. The Changeling queen was on the brink of tears of joy, carefully, she scooped up the blue maned one, cradling her with her front legs. Her daughter yawned a bit, drowsily opening her pupilless, Red-Violet eyes, later in life they'd develope pupils and irises like her mother's, but for now, they were just like her many siblings. "m- Momma?" the little grub said in a squeaky voice. "yes, my darling, go back to sleep," Chrysalis quietly said kissing her heir's forehead. The infant changeling yawned again and began to fall back into slumber within her mother's hooves. "you still have to name them, you know," Scorpia whispered into her queen's ear. "Thanks for reminding me," Chrysalis replied setting her child back into the nest, "hmm, for this blue one, I'm thinking-" Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of crashing walls, followed by the stench of smoke mixed with... feathers and cat spit. The Crashing sound continued causing the grubs to stur in their nest, beginning to open their little eyes as they whined. "Stay with them," Chrysalis said to Scorpia, who nodded as the queen left the room. The Changeling Queen looked to the ceiling to see that something outside was trying to break into the Hatchery, the only thing keeping it at bay being the guards using their slime to patch the cracks, "What's going on?!" "Your Majesty, we're under attack!" a guard said in panic. "I figured that much, you idiot, WHOSE ATTACKING US?!" The queen demanded. As if to answer, the ceiling gave in as several griffons who looked like they had been burned earlier crashed through, "Oh... them." "CHRYSALIS!" the voice of King Gruff rang through the air, the griffons parted to reveal their leader... who had apparently lost all his facial feathers in the fire, "You want a war? WE'LL GIVE YOU A WAR!" The Griffons began to swoop down, their talons at the ready. The Changeling guard lifted their weapons, ready for a fight to the death, but instead of attacking them, the griffons flew over them. They began grabbing at the floor and swooping back up. "Oh no," Chrysalis said as she realized what was within their attacker's grip. "THEY'RE AFTER THE EGGS!" A guard called out. The griffons began to flight upward at least to the hight of the ceiling and drop the black eggs. Many panicked guards and drones flew to the rescue, grabbing as many eggs as they could, but unfortunately, some still hit the ground. The sight of the her unborn offspring hitting the ground filled Chrysalis with terror, not for herself, but for her Heirs. At full speed, The queen ran back into the Nursery, telekinetically grabbing as many of the falling eggs as she could and setting them down gently. "SCORPIA!" The Changeling queen yelled bursting into the room, the changeling in question was currently trying to calm four royal Changeling larva that had just been rudely awoken from their naps, "You need to get my daughters out of here!" "What?" Scorpia questioned. "The griffons are trying to wipe us out at the source, If they find my babies here..." She couldn't even bare the thought, "We are officially at war, and it's not safe for them, take them to Equestria, you can hide them among the ponies, I'll come for them as soon as it's safe." "But my queen!" Scorpia tried to protest. "That's an order!" Chrysalis yelled. The drone was about to protest further, but instead nodded, "Yes your majesty." Using her slime, Scorpia created a cradle-like basket and hung it off her back, placing all four grubs inside. The wall opposite to the hatchery opened to reveal the night sky. Chrysalis took one last look at her children, "Keep my babies safe." "I will," Scorpia replied, her insectoid wings began to buzz as she took off through the hole, which closed upon her departure. Looking back, she saw the griffons had yet to notice her, which would have given her just enough time to duck into the cover of the Everfree Forest at the edge of the badlands, from there she'd be in the clear. The drone charged her neon yellow aura around her horn, the aura engulfed the rest of her body as she began to increase in speed dramatically, breaking the sound barrier as a yellow explosion of light shot her directly into the Everfree. She could have swore one of the grubs was laughing as she sped through this part of the forest, staying just below the tree cover to stay out of sight, but not close enough to the ground to hit any of the various monsters the forest was home to, though her magic would have protected them anyway. Somewhere along the line, she became too exhausted to continue moving at this speed. Her aura fading as she came to a stop. The drone checked the bag, all four grubs accounted for, the Blue and Aquamarine ones looked like they had just had the time of their lives, while the purple and white ones seemed more frazzled than anything. Scorpia let out a sigh of relief, then began to observe her surroundings. She needed to find civilization, that way she could stash the hatchlings among the ponies until she could guarantee it was safe to return to the hive. The first thing that caught her eye was an odd formation of clouds. Upon closer inspection, she deduced to was Cloudsdale, the ancestral home of the Pegasi. As good a place to start as any. The Drone went much of the way on hoof to catch her breath, then once she was directly below the sky-bound city she shifted her form to a pegasus. She began to fly upward. Noticing how two of the grubs cheered and the others shivered, she figured the purple and white grubs would likely be better off on the ground. Scorpia poked her head through the clouds, most of the city seemed asleep. She brought her body over the clouds and began to look into different houses, observing those inside. Finally, she found one who's residents were still awake. They seemed to be a young couple. The Stallion was a dark, pale purple with a short, multicolored mane, while his mate had light cyan skin and an orange and white mane. They looked to be a pleasant couple and the drone could feel they had plenty of love to spare, so from the basket she pulled the Blue grub. "you'll be staying here, little one," Scorpia said. Though it could not be seen, her horn lit up with yellow aura once again, as blue flames crept up the infant's body. When it faded, the larva was replaced with a foal that seemed to be a combination of the two ponies traits, yet her eyes, though pony-like, remained their deep violet color. Scorpia wrapped the now disguised grub in clouds, then set her on the house's doorstep, knocking on the door before flying out of sight. Within minutes the Stallion opened the door, finding a foal that looked very much like him and his wife on his porch. "well where'd you come from, cutie," He lifted her in his wing, then looked to both sides. finding no one, he returned to his home, taking the infant with him. Scorpia sighed in relief, "now let's find somewhere for the rest of you." Chrysalis' revelation."How did it come to this," A much older Chrysalis groaned in her bed. If you could call it that, in reality, it was a ton of her slime and webbing maid into a makeshift cushion. Remember how I mentioned she invaded Canterlot? Well, in the aftermath of taking a point-blank love blast, her entire army got flung all over Equestria. It had been a few months since the attack, and the hive was still recovering. The main problem had been all of the changelings who survived the fall had been in different areas, and of them even fewer actually made it back to the Hive without getting arrested, mauled by wild animals, sat on by a dragon or worse. After a headcount, apparently only a couple hundred of the five thousand changelings made it back in one piece. Chrysalis was now thoroughly enraged with the ponies of Equestria, especially Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadence. She'd spent years building up her army to take the Equestrian capital, and her plan was undone in a matter of seconds! What was worse is she was still recovering from the injuries both the blast and the fall had given her. So far the royal medic had diagnosed her with a broken leg, pierced wing and a few blows to the skull, but he'd yet to go over all the data yet. In the end, the queen was told to stay in bed until she was fully healed, after that it would be best to begin rebuilding the population they'd lost in the invasion. "Urgh, I knew I should have killed that stupid unicorn when I had the chance," She grumbled in rage, "Of course, I remove the Elements of Harmony from the equation, then they turn my food against me!" The Queen growled as she heard a knock at her wall. "Come in," she said in an annoyed tone. The wall opened revealing a Changeling with a light grey mane, white shell, and cyan eyes, "Ah, Antivenom, I take it you've good news?" "Good news, Bad news, and Worse news, I'm afraid," the medic replied as the wall closed behind him, "Which do you want first?" "ugh, Good news," Chrysalis answered, she'd had much too many negative thoughts on her mind. "Alright then, the good news is your Injuries should be fully healed within three months..." Antivenom said, "Or they won't." "Awe, good, I can finally get outta-" Chrysalis realized what her medic had just said, "What did you say after that?" "Oh, that's the bad news, if they don't heal within three months, it looks as if they won't at all," Antivenom said nonchalantly. "So I'll be bedridden for the rest of my life?!" the queen asked panicked. "No..." Antivenom replied. "Thank the mothe-" "you'll likely die soon after," the royal medic cut her off. Chrysalis donned a face that basically said she was ready to rip his eye's out, but forced herself to be calm, "fine. I knew this day would come eventually. Find me the changeling who poses the highest chance of producing a Royal egg." "Um, before I do that, you may want to hear the worse news," Antivenom replied. "Worse news? I thought me dying was the worse news!" Chrysalis screamed. "um, no, just the bad news," The medic clarified. "THAN WHAT'S THE WORSE NEWS?!" the queen's patience was at an end. "you're... infertile," Antivenom was now up against the wall, praying to the first mother he'd make it out of this alive. Chrysalis stared at her medic, "what?" "well, forgive me for saying, but during the Canterlot invasion, the blast from the princess of love... compromised your uterus," sweat rolled down Antivenom's face. "Get out," Chrysalis said quietly. "but shouldn't I-" "GET OUT!" The Queen did not allow him to finish. The wall opened behind the medic and he took his chance to escape, leaving chrysalis to her thoughts. That was it, The Hive was doomed. Chrysalis was going to be the last queen to ever rule it. They didn't have a high enough population to last without a monarch and three months was not long enough to select a proper replacement. Though, what made Chrysalis feel the worst, was that she would bear no more children. The few eggs they had left would be the end of it, if she would even live to see them hatch. She hadn't felt like this since the Griffin War, when they were unable to save every egg. How scared she'd been when... they had almost gotten her heirs. it was then that her mind went to a place it hadn't been in years. To Four, adorable newborns... newborns she had to send away. Chrysalis leaped out of her bed, despite her broken leg which was held in a cast-like cacoon. She began to half-hazardly walk forward, she needed to find her babies. Her horn glowed bright green as she began to search the continent for Scorpia's aura. Once she found her, the heirs would not be far behind. after minutes of searching, she zeroed in on the neon yellow aura, Scorpia was in the inland... dangerously close to Canterlot... "No! I don't care about the risks, I'm finding my babies!" The queen thought. Her own aura flared as she teleported to where she felt Scorpia's presence. When she opened her eyes, she appeared to be in somepony's home. The room around her decorated in yellow walls with flora patterns painted on them, a comfortable looking couch and pictures of a mint green unicorn and sand-colored earth pony with a pink and blue mane. "ok, looks like she's been posing as one of these t-" Chrysalis's train of thought was derailed by the sound of screaming. She turned to see the earth pony from the pictures behind her with a look of terror. "You're... Y-You're..." the pony tried to force out, before a pan engulfed in yellow aura hit her on the back of the head, "Sleepy." The pony fell unconscious revealing the Unicorn from the pictures holding the pan, unlike the first pony, she gave a bow, "Your majesty." "Scorpia?" Chrysalis questioned. "Of course," the Unicorn said before shifting into a changeling with yellow eyes and mane with a mint green shell, "sorry about my... partner's reaction, she isn't exactly aware of my insectoid origin." "Partner?" the queen raised an eyebrow. "A bug's gotta eat," Scorpia replied, "at some point I constructed a false identity, a unicorn named Lyra Heartstrings. I've been using it to keep an eye on your daughters." "Hey, wait a minute... weren't you one of the ponies I brainwashed during my invasion of Canterlot?" The queen asked as she recalled her three bridesmaids. "eh, things happened, I didn't exactly realize you were Cadence at the time," the drone shrugged, "I was mostly there because one of your daughters was in the wedding and I had no idea the one who made the threat against Canterlot was you. So... you finally came back for your kids?" With that, Chrysalis' look of suspicion was replaced with one of sadness, "Oh, I can't believe I forgot about my babies, I expected to come and get them within a year, but now! There likely as big as a normal changeling!" "Believe me, sis, they are," Scorpia laughed. Yes, Scorpia was what Chrysalis would consider a sister as they were both conceived when their mother, Queen Coccinelle reigned. Though Chrysalis was the one to take the throne, she always did treat Scorpia like family, "you ready to meet em?" Chrysalis wiped a tear from her face, "better late than never." "good," Scorpia said resuming her "Lyra" disguise, "but I wouldn't introduce them like that, I knew I wouldn't be able to raise them on my own so I stashed em with some pony families... I think it's best we tell em together." "let's," Chrysalis said before donning a disguise of her own. "Believe me, they are A lot like you," "Lyra" said gesturing the door. It was time for Mother and Daughters to meet again. Author's Note Well this was done faster than expected! Rainbow Dash"So... you live here?" Chrysalis asked her drone as she observed the odd little town of Ponyville. "Well, I don't live here per se, I have three different places of residence, mostly because due to circumstance, all your daughters ended up in different areas. I keep teleporting to them every so often, by far the hardest to keep track of is Trixie, she's always on the road," Scorpia replied. "Trixie?" Chrysalis raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, you never named em so I started calling them what their adopted parents did," the drone said, "I already memorized their magical auras so I can find them at a moment's notice. Though I spend most of the time here because this is where your most reckless daughter lives." "Reckless, reckless how?" The queen asked with a bit of worry. Before Scorpia had the chance to answer, a flash of red, yellow, blue and cyan rushed by them nearly taking off their heads. The blur of color seemed to stop somewhere in the middle of town, next to a building that was way too pink for Chrysalis' taste. As it finally stopped, it became clear that the origin of the burst of color was a Pegasus mare with a mane of multiple different colors. She appeared to be bringing some kind of package into the building. "Reckless like rushing through town in the blink of an eye," Scorpia said with a smirk. "wait... her?" Chrysalis questioned, "what's with the rainbow hair? They were so adorable with their black coats and the dark manes!" "and would obviously be fakes. the only ponies with dark color schemes are Sombra, Luna, and Edgy internet OCs, I made them look like the ponies taking care of them so that no one would suspect a thing," her sister answered. "well, your fashion decisions aside, I guess it's time," the Changeling queen donned a sheepish grin. "Come on ya coward," Scorpia said jokingly, pushing her queen along. Inside the building in question, The Carousel boutique, the cyan pegasus was currently setting down some boxes of fabric. This was Rainbow Dash, self-proclaimed coolest pony in Equestria. She'd agreed to help her friend, Rarity, prepare for the annual, Grand Galloping Galla.... they'd been assured Prince Blueblood wouldn't be in attendance this year. "Annnnd- That's the last of em!" Rainbow said setting down the final boxes, "Be sure to make mine 20% cooler than last time, k?" "Thank you, Darling," her Unicorn friend said, "and please... DON'T say that again." "Whatever, but seriously, make it good, this might finally be the year!" the "Pegasus" said in a voice of excitement. "Of course, darling, any day now the Wonderbolts are sure to make you an official member!" Rarity nodded. For as long as Rainbow could remember, she'd had a love of flying, and not just any flying, the most extreme flying possible! The faster and more death-defying the better was how she lived, and nothing was a better representation of that, than the Wonderbolts. The most elite pegasus fliers in Equestria, they were fast, tough, brave, everything Rainbow strived to be! She'd been trying for years to be noticed by the Wonderbolts. Years of training and preparation and finally she had been accepted into Wonderbolt academy, and She'd been recently made a reserve. That was a mere level below the real deal, so it was only a matter of time. "you are gonna cheer me on at my first show, right?" Rainbow asked. "but of course," the unicorn replied. To neither of their knowledge, Chrysalis and Scorpia were observing their conversation via the window. "wait a minute... I know them, they're..." Chrysalis' jaw dropped, "My daughter is an Element of Harmony?!" "I know, right?" Scorpia chuckled, "I thought only ponies could represent the elements, guess I was wrong." "No, no, no, you don't understand, I tried to kill my own daughter!" Chrysalis was on the verge of a freakout, "No, no, this is bad, once she knows who I am she won't want a thing to do with me! If she's in contact with her sisters she could turn them against me as well, then not only will I have no heir but my Children will bitterly hate me!" "Chrissy, Calm down, all we gotta do is show her your good side. We won't tell her she's a changeling just yet," the drone said, patting her royal sister on the back, "I'll be your wing pony, just stay calm, and don't say more than you need to." "Alright..." the Queen said still unsure. The two walked into the shop, Chrysalis was still nervous and thus tried to avoid eye contact. "Oh, Lyra, pleasure to see you, dear," Rarity said taking notice of them, "Just browsing, or are you looking to buy?" "Neither. Ya see, my friend here is a huge fan of Rainbow Dash and we saw her come in here," Scorpia shoved her sister forward, giving her a wink. "Always happy to meet a fan," Rainbow said taking Chrysalis' hoof, "whatcha name?" "um..." Chrysalis mentally scolded herself for not thinking ahead with this, "L- Lovesong." "Well, Lovesong, what can I do ya for? Autograph, picture, private show?" The daredevil listed off, she got like this whenever someone stroked her ego. "I was wondering if... we could talk for a while?" The Queen looked to her drone who nodded in approval. "um, I guess," Rainbow replied, she'd never really been asked to have a conversation by a complete stranger before, but hey, she could use it as practice for the many interviews she's gonna get as a Wonderbolt. "Thanks, but... could we go somewhere a little more private than a store?" Chrysalis asked, she came here to get her daughters, not deal with ponies staring at her. "oh, sure," Dash replied, "seeya, Rares." The trio took a short walk to a rather empty park. It was around noon and a weekday so most either had work or school at the time, perfect for catching up undisturbed. Scorpia found a table and a couple of benches and sat weirdly, with only two legs on the bench and her front legs at her sides, she'd always been weird like that. "So, what'd ya want to talk about, how awesome I am?" Rainbow dash said taking a seat opposite of them. "Well, I honestly want to know you, I've heard what you've done, but nothing about you yourself," Chrysalis answered. "Well, if anyone tells you I'm the coolest pony in Equestria, Listen to em, because they're right," Rainbow smirked. "Well, she has a changeling's ego," Chrysalis thought to herself, "Well, I'm sure of that, but what about you like... any goals? Maybe an overachieving sibling you're compared against." At this point, she was just testing how much Rainbow actually knew about herself. "Nah, only child, but I have been trying to get myself into the Wonderbolts since I was a filly," Rainbow replied, "I've also been taking advantage of a little something, turns out I have a photographic memory when I fly." "ok, so she doesn't know her sisters yet... " Chrysalis was honestly getting a little tired of this, she wanted to tell Rainbow who she was, but that could have really bad consequences. Scorpia noticed her sister's ire and said, "Hey, Rainbow, why don't you show her the "Rainboom," I don't think she's seen it." With that, a grin popped onto the Dash's face, "You got it!" The daredevil swooped into the sky, flying so far up she looked like an ant from their perspective. Somewhere along the line, she stopped in mid-air, falling backward down to the earth. As she plummeted, she unfurled her wings and began to increase in speed. Chrysalis felt her daughter's aura flare-up to intense levels, levels so high it usually meant things were about to get nuts. Rainbow continued to increase in speed, her aura still rising in intensity, until finally, it happened. All of her magic and speed condensed into a sonic boom, but not just any sonic boom, a colossal explosion of light, propelling Rainbow back upwards with a rainbow trail following her. To everyone within the area, the light was a large disk of rainbow, but to Scorpia and Chrysalis, the changeling magic behind this majestic display could be seen in its fullest. A web of dark blue magic stretching through the air, just like Rainbow herself, the rainboom had been disguised. "A Sonic Doom?!" Chrysalis said jaw dropped. "Eeyup, she's been doing it for years," Scorpia replied. Rainbow's aura finally faded as she flew back to the disguised changelings, "What'cha think, pretty awesome, right?" "uh..." Chrysalis was speechless, "A Sonic Doom? AT HER AGE?! "Um, I think Lovesong's had a bit too much excitement for today, Thanks Rainbow!" Scorpia began pushing her sister away. "No problem!" Rainbow dash said flying away. Chrysalis watched at her daughter faded from sight, how could she have missed it? Inside that seemingly ordinary pegasus was a growing changeling queen with a magical aura strong enough to take on armies! With a successor like that, not only would the hive survive, but it would grow at a rapid pace. "She's quite the gal once you get passed her ego, eh?" Scorpia said, "The first time she pulled one off was when she was a pupa, her first one was the size of mine! If she were to actually put in the work to learn magic, she'd easily surpass the princesses... I kinda regret not making her a unicorn." "Wow... If she's that powerful... what are my other daughters like?" The queen asked. "eh... none of them top her," her sister replied, "speaking of which, we should probably go check on them."
Prologue: love and warAwe, the Changeling, a very unique creature. A prime example of the wonders of evolution, a creature that can be anything it wants, at any time. Another unique trait of these Equin-insects... is how dumb they are when it comes to their egos. Probably the best example of this being true is the most recent queen of the changelings, Queen Chrysalis the 5th, aka the bug horse that invaded Canterlot, beat Celestia in a duel, then got flung halfway across the country by the one thing that made her overpowered. Yeah, that Chrysalis. But no, while this display of WTF will be relevant to our story, this is not where we begin, we begin at another one Chrysalis's most idiotic moves, that being, starting a war with their biggest trading partner. allow me to elaborate. Ever since the friendship, yes, Friendship, of changeling king, King Centipede and griffon king, King Galahad, the two kingdoms had become the strongest of allies. Griffonstone and the Badlands Hive were great trading partners. The griffons would trade food and crops for a special metal called Changeling Steel, a metal only changelings knew how to produce that was extremely durable, yet very light and flexible. Thanks to this arrangement, The Changelings had a surplus of food, and Griffons had a surplus of Metal goods. However, as time passed and the griffon's wealth began to deplete, they relied on their insectoid-allies more than ever. unfortunately, after a few generations into this great depression, the rulers of these kingdoms were not having much luck getting along, until it finally came to a head in the final summit of Queen Chrysalis and Grandpa(then King) Gruff. "Queen Chrysalis, I'm afraid we can't offer anything to trade this year," the griffon leader sighed, "we've barely got enough food to last ourselves the year, we can't afford to trade you anything." The recently crowned changeling queen was jaw-dropped, "WHAT!? You can't back out, WE HAD A DEAL!" "Chrysalis, that deal was made when the griffons had food to spare, now we're on our last legs, we simply can't do it this year!" Gruff replied, he'd been in charge of his kingdom for roughly a decade and a half by now, he knew that he could reopen the trade as soon they had the resources, but they couldn't do it now. "Hmph, I may have only been Queen for the last few years, but I know whenever our kingdoms made a deal both our previous ruler's kept their word! and Now you want to turn your back on your most powerful ally! Forshame, King Gruff!" Chrysalis yelled in the griffon's face. "Chrysalis, I am not ending the trade, I am simply stating we can't do the trade this y-" "Who was there for you during the great blizzard that followed the ponies into Equestria!? Who has provided you with Changeling Steel year after year!? Who got that Hydra of your lawn last week!?" The younger monarch interrupted King Gruff. "Chrysalis..." the griffon began. "DON'T YOU 'CHRYSALIS' ME!" the queen put a hoof to his beak, "IF YOU REFUSE MY TRADE, YOU ARE NO LONGER MY ALLY!" "Queen Chrysalis, don't do something you'll regret," Gruff said in a warning tone. "CHRYSALIS REGRETS NOTHING!" the changeling walked out of the room, slamming the door behind her. She began walking out of Gruff's home, the 5 guards she brought with her following as she left. Just after leaving the building, she turned to her guards and said, "remember that trick I taught you, Captain?" "Yes, your highness," the lead guard nodded. "Do it here," Chrysalis said. "Um, your majesty, are you sure that's a wise idea?" the captain asked with a look of worry. "DO IT!" the queen commanded. While no record was kept of what "It" was, roughly ten minutes later the majority of Griffonstone was on fire. the five guards just stared at the wreckage, jaws to the floor, while their queen just had a bored expression. "Alright, let's go," Chrysalis turned and began walking away. The five guards stood there for another couple of seconds, then began walking away from the griffon kingdom very slowly, before turning around at full gallop to catch up with their leader. After an eerily quiet fly home, Chrysalis entered the Changeling Hive, all of her subjects bowing to her as she passed. She paid no real attention to them, as she had much more pressing things on her mind. The queen reached the end of the hallway, and a wall opened up revealing a room on the other side. This room was vast and dark, only being lit by a few cyan lamp-like devices. Chrysalis entered and began to hover over the floor, careful not to knock over one of the black, oval objects that littered the floor. from various parts of the room they were small noises, almost like crying. A changeling drone would rush to these areas soon after and the crying ceased. "The eggs are hatching," The queen thought as she looked about the hatchery. Soon, every single one of these eggs would grow into a strong, independent changeling that would work to support their hive. Chrysalis always loved seeing the eggs hatch when she was young, watching the larva imprint on her mother in a moment of instant love, soon her own children would do the same. But, this was not why she was here this night, for the cries she heard were of some of the early hatches, the majority of the eggs still had days, or even weeks left in their hatching processes. No, she was here for something far more important... Her heirs. Every Changeling Monarch had to be sure to produce an Heir sometime within their reign, not just when their times as leader came to an end. While any changeling could take the role of king or queen if the need arises, it was the duty of the current monarch to have at least one Royal Changeling egg around at all times, that way should anything happen to the monarch, a replacement would be available. For Chrysalis, something odd had occurred, the first four eggs she produced were Royal ones. She expected they'd hatch far before their common siblings, as they were the first. The four were tucked into a special chamber, watched by Chrysalis' most trusted Changeling, a mare known as Scorpia. The Queen entered the chamber, which she had dubbed, "The Nursery," and was Met with said Changeling. "your Majesty," Scorpia quietly bowed giving her queen a smile, "they've hatched!" Chrysalis felt a tingle of joy as she heard those words, while all of her eggs were her children, the heirs were special. One of them would eventually take her place, she'd be teaching them everything about the world personally, she'd watch them grow, help them throughout their lives, they'd be the truest children she'd ever have. Scorpia led her to a nest made of hardened green slime, inside slept four, adorable Changeling larva. Like all infant changelings, they were covered in fuzzy, white fur that swaddled them like a blanket, only their faces and front hooves were not obscured. Unlike the average larva, though, each one had already grown a bit of a mane which was poking out, each had a different color. One Larva had a messy, deep blue mane which slightly curled at the end, she appeared to be cuddling with one of her sisters who had a white mane which was much straighter and slightly longer. A third was sleeping on her belly, this one with an aquamarine mane. Finally, the last had a dark purple mane and was sleeping on her side. The Changeling queen was on the brink of tears of joy, carefully, she scooped up the blue maned one, cradling her with her front legs. Her daughter yawned a bit, drowsily opening her pupilless, Red-Violet eyes, later in life they'd develope pupils and irises like her mother's, but for now, they were just like her many siblings. "m- Momma?" the little grub said in a squeaky voice. "yes, my darling, go back to sleep," Chrysalis quietly said kissing her heir's forehead. The infant changeling yawned again and began to fall back into slumber within her mother's hooves. "you still have to name them, you know," Scorpia whispered into her queen's ear. "Thanks for reminding me," Chrysalis replied setting her child back into the nest, "hmm, for this blue one, I'm thinking-" Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of crashing walls, followed by the stench of smoke mixed with... feathers and cat spit. The Crashing sound continued causing the grubs to stur in their nest, beginning to open their little eyes as they whined. "Stay with them," Chrysalis said to Scorpia, who nodded as the queen left the room. The Changeling Queen looked to the ceiling to see that something outside was trying to break into the Hatchery, the only thing keeping it at bay being the guards using their slime to patch the cracks, "What's going on?!" "Your Majesty, we're under attack!" a guard said in panic. "I figured that much, you idiot, WHOSE ATTACKING US?!" The queen demanded. As if to answer, the ceiling gave in as several griffons who looked like they had been burned earlier crashed through, "Oh... them." "CHRYSALIS!" the voice of King Gruff rang through the air, the griffons parted to reveal their leader... who had apparently lost all his facial feathers in the fire, "You want a war? WE'LL GIVE YOU A WAR!" The Griffons began to swoop down, their talons at the ready. The Changeling guard lifted their weapons, ready for a fight to the death, but instead of attacking them, the griffons flew over them. They began grabbing at the floor and swooping back up. "Oh no," Chrysalis said as she realized what was within their attacker's grip. "THEY'RE AFTER THE EGGS!" A guard called out. The griffons began to flight upward at least to the hight of the ceiling and drop the black eggs. Many panicked guards and drones flew to the rescue, grabbing as many eggs as they could, but unfortunately, some still hit the ground. The sight of the her unborn offspring hitting the ground filled Chrysalis with terror, not for herself, but for her Heirs. At full speed, The queen ran back into the Nursery, telekinetically grabbing as many of the falling eggs as she could and setting them down gently. "SCORPIA!" The Changeling queen yelled bursting into the room, the changeling in question was currently trying to calm four royal Changeling larva that had just been rudely awoken from their naps, "You need to get my daughters out of here!" "What?" Scorpia questioned. "The griffons are trying to wipe us out at the source, If they find my babies here..." She couldn't even bare the thought, "We are officially at war, and it's not safe for them, take them to Equestria, you can hide them among the ponies, I'll come for them as soon as it's safe." "But my queen!" Scorpia tried to protest. "That's an order!" Chrysalis yelled. The drone was about to protest further, but instead nodded, "Yes your majesty." Using her slime, Scorpia created a cradle-like basket and hung it off her back, placing all four grubs inside. The wall opposite to the hatchery opened to reveal the night sky. Chrysalis took one last look at her children, "Keep my babies safe." "I will," Scorpia replied, her insectoid wings began to buzz as she took off through the hole, which closed upon her departure. Looking back, she saw the griffons had yet to notice her, which would have given her just enough time to duck into the cover of the Everfree Forest at the edge of the badlands, from there she'd be in the clear. The drone charged her neon yellow aura around her horn, the aura engulfed the rest of her body as she began to increase in speed dramatically, breaking the sound barrier as a yellow explosion of light shot her directly into the Everfree. She could have swore one of the grubs was laughing as she sped through this part of the forest, staying just below the tree cover to stay out of sight, but not close enough to the ground to hit any of the various monsters the forest was home to, though her magic would have protected them anyway. Somewhere along the line, she became too exhausted to continue moving at this speed. Her aura fading as she came to a stop. The drone checked the bag, all four grubs accounted for, the Blue and Aquamarine ones looked like they had just had the time of their lives, while the purple and white ones seemed more frazzled than anything. Scorpia let out a sigh of relief, then began to observe her surroundings. She needed to find civilization, that way she could stash the hatchlings among the ponies until she could guarantee it was safe to return to the hive. The first thing that caught her eye was an odd formation of clouds. Upon closer inspection, she deduced to was Cloudsdale, the ancestral home of the Pegasi. As good a place to start as any. The Drone went much of the way on hoof to catch her breath, then once she was directly below the sky-bound city she shifted her form to a pegasus. She began to fly upward. Noticing how two of the grubs cheered and the others shivered, she figured the purple and white grubs would likely be better off on the ground. Scorpia poked her head through the clouds, most of the city seemed asleep. She brought her body over the clouds and began to look into different houses, observing those inside. Finally, she found one who's residents were still awake. They seemed to be a young couple. The Stallion was a dark, pale purple with a short, multicolored mane, while his mate had light cyan skin and an orange and white mane. They looked to be a pleasant couple and the drone could feel they had plenty of love to spare, so from the basket she pulled the Blue grub. "you'll be staying here, little one," Scorpia said. Though it could not be seen, her horn lit up with yellow aura once again, as blue flames crept up the infant's body. When it faded, the larva was replaced with a foal that seemed to be a combination of the two ponies traits, yet her eyes, though pony-like, remained their deep violet color. Scorpia wrapped the now disguised grub in clouds, then set her on the house's doorstep, knocking on the door before flying out of sight. Within minutes the Stallion opened the door, finding a foal that looked very much like him and his wife on his porch. "well where'd you come from, cutie," He lifted her in his wing, then looked to both sides. finding no one, he returned to his home, taking the infant with him. Scorpia sighed in relief, "now let's find somewhere for the rest of you."
Chrysalis' revelation."How did it come to this," A much older Chrysalis groaned in her bed. If you could call it that, in reality, it was a ton of her slime and webbing maid into a makeshift cushion. Remember how I mentioned she invaded Canterlot? Well, in the aftermath of taking a point-blank love blast, her entire army got flung all over Equestria. It had been a few months since the attack, and the hive was still recovering. The main problem had been all of the changelings who survived the fall had been in different areas, and of them even fewer actually made it back to the Hive without getting arrested, mauled by wild animals, sat on by a dragon or worse. After a headcount, apparently only a couple hundred of the five thousand changelings made it back in one piece. Chrysalis was now thoroughly enraged with the ponies of Equestria, especially Twilight Sparkle and Princess Cadence. She'd spent years building up her army to take the Equestrian capital, and her plan was undone in a matter of seconds! What was worse is she was still recovering from the injuries both the blast and the fall had given her. So far the royal medic had diagnosed her with a broken leg, pierced wing and a few blows to the skull, but he'd yet to go over all the data yet. In the end, the queen was told to stay in bed until she was fully healed, after that it would be best to begin rebuilding the population they'd lost in the invasion. "Urgh, I knew I should have killed that stupid unicorn when I had the chance," She grumbled in rage, "Of course, I remove the Elements of Harmony from the equation, then they turn my food against me!" The Queen growled as she heard a knock at her wall. "Come in," she said in an annoyed tone. The wall opened revealing a Changeling with a light grey mane, white shell, and cyan eyes, "Ah, Antivenom, I take it you've good news?" "Good news, Bad news, and Worse news, I'm afraid," the medic replied as the wall closed behind him, "Which do you want first?" "ugh, Good news," Chrysalis answered, she'd had much too many negative thoughts on her mind. "Alright then, the good news is your Injuries should be fully healed within three months..." Antivenom said, "Or they won't." "Awe, good, I can finally get outta-" Chrysalis realized what her medic had just said, "What did you say after that?" "Oh, that's the bad news, if they don't heal within three months, it looks as if they won't at all," Antivenom said nonchalantly. "So I'll be bedridden for the rest of my life?!" the queen asked panicked. "No..." Antivenom replied. "Thank the mothe-" "you'll likely die soon after," the royal medic cut her off. Chrysalis donned a face that basically said she was ready to rip his eye's out, but forced herself to be calm, "fine. I knew this day would come eventually. Find me the changeling who poses the highest chance of producing a Royal egg." "Um, before I do that, you may want to hear the worse news," Antivenom replied. "Worse news? I thought me dying was the worse news!" Chrysalis screamed. "um, no, just the bad news," The medic clarified. "THAN WHAT'S THE WORSE NEWS?!" the queen's patience was at an end. "you're... infertile," Antivenom was now up against the wall, praying to the first mother he'd make it out of this alive. Chrysalis stared at her medic, "what?" "well, forgive me for saying, but during the Canterlot invasion, the blast from the princess of love... compromised your uterus," sweat rolled down Antivenom's face. "Get out," Chrysalis said quietly. "but shouldn't I-" "GET OUT!" The Queen did not allow him to finish. The wall opened behind the medic and he took his chance to escape, leaving chrysalis to her thoughts. That was it, The Hive was doomed. Chrysalis was going to be the last queen to ever rule it. They didn't have a high enough population to last without a monarch and three months was not long enough to select a proper replacement. Though, what made Chrysalis feel the worst, was that she would bear no more children. The few eggs they had left would be the end of it, if she would even live to see them hatch. She hadn't felt like this since the Griffin War, when they were unable to save every egg. How scared she'd been when... they had almost gotten her heirs. it was then that her mind went to a place it hadn't been in years. To Four, adorable newborns... newborns she had to send away. Chrysalis leaped out of her bed, despite her broken leg which was held in a cast-like cacoon. She began to half-hazardly walk forward, she needed to find her babies. Her horn glowed bright green as she began to search the continent for Scorpia's aura. Once she found her, the heirs would not be far behind. after minutes of searching, she zeroed in on the neon yellow aura, Scorpia was in the inland... dangerously close to Canterlot... "No! I don't care about the risks, I'm finding my babies!" The queen thought. Her own aura flared as she teleported to where she felt Scorpia's presence. When she opened her eyes, she appeared to be in somepony's home. The room around her decorated in yellow walls with flora patterns painted on them, a comfortable looking couch and pictures of a mint green unicorn and sand-colored earth pony with a pink and blue mane. "ok, looks like she's been posing as one of these t-" Chrysalis's train of thought was derailed by the sound of screaming. She turned to see the earth pony from the pictures behind her with a look of terror. "You're... Y-You're..." the pony tried to force out, before a pan engulfed in yellow aura hit her on the back of the head, "Sleepy." The pony fell unconscious revealing the Unicorn from the pictures holding the pan, unlike the first pony, she gave a bow, "Your majesty." "Scorpia?" Chrysalis questioned. "Of course," the Unicorn said before shifting into a changeling with yellow eyes and mane with a mint green shell, "sorry about my... partner's reaction, she isn't exactly aware of my insectoid origin." "Partner?" the queen raised an eyebrow. "A bug's gotta eat," Scorpia replied, "at some point I constructed a false identity, a unicorn named Lyra Heartstrings. I've been using it to keep an eye on your daughters." "Hey, wait a minute... weren't you one of the ponies I brainwashed during my invasion of Canterlot?" The queen asked as she recalled her three bridesmaids. "eh, things happened, I didn't exactly realize you were Cadence at the time," the drone shrugged, "I was mostly there because one of your daughters was in the wedding and I had no idea the one who made the threat against Canterlot was you. So... you finally came back for your kids?" With that, Chrysalis' look of suspicion was replaced with one of sadness, "Oh, I can't believe I forgot about my babies, I expected to come and get them within a year, but now! There likely as big as a normal changeling!" "Believe me, sis, they are," Scorpia laughed. Yes, Scorpia was what Chrysalis would consider a sister as they were both conceived when their mother, Queen Coccinelle reigned. Though Chrysalis was the one to take the throne, she always did treat Scorpia like family, "you ready to meet em?" Chrysalis wiped a tear from her face, "better late than never." "good," Scorpia said resuming her "Lyra" disguise, "but I wouldn't introduce them like that, I knew I wouldn't be able to raise them on my own so I stashed em with some pony families... I think it's best we tell em together." "let's," Chrysalis said before donning a disguise of her own. "Believe me, they are A lot like you," "Lyra" said gesturing the door. It was time for Mother and Daughters to meet again. Author's Note Well this was done faster than expected!
Rainbow Dash"So... you live here?" Chrysalis asked her drone as she observed the odd little town of Ponyville. "Well, I don't live here per se, I have three different places of residence, mostly because due to circumstance, all your daughters ended up in different areas. I keep teleporting to them every so often, by far the hardest to keep track of is Trixie, she's always on the road," Scorpia replied. "Trixie?" Chrysalis raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, you never named em so I started calling them what their adopted parents did," the drone said, "I already memorized their magical auras so I can find them at a moment's notice. Though I spend most of the time here because this is where your most reckless daughter lives." "Reckless, reckless how?" The queen asked with a bit of worry. Before Scorpia had the chance to answer, a flash of red, yellow, blue and cyan rushed by them nearly taking off their heads. The blur of color seemed to stop somewhere in the middle of town, next to a building that was way too pink for Chrysalis' taste. As it finally stopped, it became clear that the origin of the burst of color was a Pegasus mare with a mane of multiple different colors. She appeared to be bringing some kind of package into the building. "Reckless like rushing through town in the blink of an eye," Scorpia said with a smirk. "wait... her?" Chrysalis questioned, "what's with the rainbow hair? They were so adorable with their black coats and the dark manes!" "and would obviously be fakes. the only ponies with dark color schemes are Sombra, Luna, and Edgy internet OCs, I made them look like the ponies taking care of them so that no one would suspect a thing," her sister answered. "well, your fashion decisions aside, I guess it's time," the Changeling queen donned a sheepish grin. "Come on ya coward," Scorpia said jokingly, pushing her queen along. Inside the building in question, The Carousel boutique, the cyan pegasus was currently setting down some boxes of fabric. This was Rainbow Dash, self-proclaimed coolest pony in Equestria. She'd agreed to help her friend, Rarity, prepare for the annual, Grand Galloping Galla.... they'd been assured Prince Blueblood wouldn't be in attendance this year. "Annnnd- That's the last of em!" Rainbow said setting down the final boxes, "Be sure to make mine 20% cooler than last time, k?" "Thank you, Darling," her Unicorn friend said, "and please... DON'T say that again." "Whatever, but seriously, make it good, this might finally be the year!" the "Pegasus" said in a voice of excitement. "Of course, darling, any day now the Wonderbolts are sure to make you an official member!" Rarity nodded. For as long as Rainbow could remember, she'd had a love of flying, and not just any flying, the most extreme flying possible! The faster and more death-defying the better was how she lived, and nothing was a better representation of that, than the Wonderbolts. The most elite pegasus fliers in Equestria, they were fast, tough, brave, everything Rainbow strived to be! She'd been trying for years to be noticed by the Wonderbolts. Years of training and preparation and finally she had been accepted into Wonderbolt academy, and She'd been recently made a reserve. That was a mere level below the real deal, so it was only a matter of time. "you are gonna cheer me on at my first show, right?" Rainbow asked. "but of course," the unicorn replied. To neither of their knowledge, Chrysalis and Scorpia were observing their conversation via the window. "wait a minute... I know them, they're..." Chrysalis' jaw dropped, "My daughter is an Element of Harmony?!" "I know, right?" Scorpia chuckled, "I thought only ponies could represent the elements, guess I was wrong." "No, no, no, you don't understand, I tried to kill my own daughter!" Chrysalis was on the verge of a freakout, "No, no, this is bad, once she knows who I am she won't want a thing to do with me! If she's in contact with her sisters she could turn them against me as well, then not only will I have no heir but my Children will bitterly hate me!" "Chrissy, Calm down, all we gotta do is show her your good side. We won't tell her she's a changeling just yet," the drone said, patting her royal sister on the back, "I'll be your wing pony, just stay calm, and don't say more than you need to." "Alright..." the Queen said still unsure. The two walked into the shop, Chrysalis was still nervous and thus tried to avoid eye contact. "Oh, Lyra, pleasure to see you, dear," Rarity said taking notice of them, "Just browsing, or are you looking to buy?" "Neither. Ya see, my friend here is a huge fan of Rainbow Dash and we saw her come in here," Scorpia shoved her sister forward, giving her a wink. "Always happy to meet a fan," Rainbow said taking Chrysalis' hoof, "whatcha name?" "um..." Chrysalis mentally scolded herself for not thinking ahead with this, "L- Lovesong." "Well, Lovesong, what can I do ya for? Autograph, picture, private show?" The daredevil listed off, she got like this whenever someone stroked her ego. "I was wondering if... we could talk for a while?" The Queen looked to her drone who nodded in approval. "um, I guess," Rainbow replied, she'd never really been asked to have a conversation by a complete stranger before, but hey, she could use it as practice for the many interviews she's gonna get as a Wonderbolt. "Thanks, but... could we go somewhere a little more private than a store?" Chrysalis asked, she came here to get her daughters, not deal with ponies staring at her. "oh, sure," Dash replied, "seeya, Rares." The trio took a short walk to a rather empty park. It was around noon and a weekday so most either had work or school at the time, perfect for catching up undisturbed. Scorpia found a table and a couple of benches and sat weirdly, with only two legs on the bench and her front legs at her sides, she'd always been weird like that. "So, what'd ya want to talk about, how awesome I am?" Rainbow dash said taking a seat opposite of them. "Well, I honestly want to know you, I've heard what you've done, but nothing about you yourself," Chrysalis answered. "Well, if anyone tells you I'm the coolest pony in Equestria, Listen to em, because they're right," Rainbow smirked. "Well, she has a changeling's ego," Chrysalis thought to herself, "Well, I'm sure of that, but what about you like... any goals? Maybe an overachieving sibling you're compared against." At this point, she was just testing how much Rainbow actually knew about herself. "Nah, only child, but I have been trying to get myself into the Wonderbolts since I was a filly," Rainbow replied, "I've also been taking advantage of a little something, turns out I have a photographic memory when I fly." "ok, so she doesn't know her sisters yet... " Chrysalis was honestly getting a little tired of this, she wanted to tell Rainbow who she was, but that could have really bad consequences. Scorpia noticed her sister's ire and said, "Hey, Rainbow, why don't you show her the "Rainboom," I don't think she's seen it." With that, a grin popped onto the Dash's face, "You got it!" The daredevil swooped into the sky, flying so far up she looked like an ant from their perspective. Somewhere along the line, she stopped in mid-air, falling backward down to the earth. As she plummeted, she unfurled her wings and began to increase in speed. Chrysalis felt her daughter's aura flare-up to intense levels, levels so high it usually meant things were about to get nuts. Rainbow continued to increase in speed, her aura still rising in intensity, until finally, it happened. All of her magic and speed condensed into a sonic boom, but not just any sonic boom, a colossal explosion of light, propelling Rainbow back upwards with a rainbow trail following her. To everyone within the area, the light was a large disk of rainbow, but to Scorpia and Chrysalis, the changeling magic behind this majestic display could be seen in its fullest. A web of dark blue magic stretching through the air, just like Rainbow herself, the rainboom had been disguised. "A Sonic Doom?!" Chrysalis said jaw dropped. "Eeyup, she's been doing it for years," Scorpia replied. Rainbow's aura finally faded as she flew back to the disguised changelings, "What'cha think, pretty awesome, right?" "uh..." Chrysalis was speechless, "A Sonic Doom? AT HER AGE?! "Um, I think Lovesong's had a bit too much excitement for today, Thanks Rainbow!" Scorpia began pushing her sister away. "No problem!" Rainbow dash said flying away. Chrysalis watched at her daughter faded from sight, how could she have missed it? Inside that seemingly ordinary pegasus was a growing changeling queen with a magical aura strong enough to take on armies! With a successor like that, not only would the hive survive, but it would grow at a rapid pace. "She's quite the gal once you get passed her ego, eh?" Scorpia said, "The first time she pulled one off was when she was a pupa, her first one was the size of mine! If she were to actually put in the work to learn magic, she'd easily surpass the princesses... I kinda regret not making her a unicorn." "Wow... If she's that powerful... what are my other daughters like?" The queen asked. "eh... none of them top her," her sister replied, "speaking of which, we should probably go check on them."
