The Liberator
CH 5: The Rise of the Changeling Confederation... (part 1)
Previous ChapterNext Chapter1 week after the Pact, Mike POV.
The last week was a good one. Since we make this alliance with them, the changelings have improved in a lot of things. They are better warriors, have better weapons, and technology. I didn't give them our technology because I can't train them for the moment and I need all my troops, this technology is really hard to learn. Maybe later, I will help them to improve their technology but it will not be the star wars tech. They don't have the resources and we don't have a great stock. But I can help them with another tech. There is a lot of iron in the mountain and we don't use it yet since we use minerals who are like Beskar ore, so maybe we can use this iron to make weapons like rifles, I will think about this later.
I also train myself a lot on the two sides of the Force, it was very long but I'm not surprised, the Dark Side and the Light Side are vast but I succeed, now I'm more powerful than before and I learned new techniques, for example, I can kill someone by crushing his lungs or start a storm and make lightning bolts fallen to the ground. My army as well had improved, some humans of the hive have decided to join us so each squad has 30 soldiers, yeah, there is a lot of humans in the hive. Shaun decided to start a squad who will be like my personal guard, all of them have the same white armor and black Mandalorian symbol, and their weapons as well have the white color and black symbol. They were 10 and they all have learned the techniques I taught to Shaun, so they are an elite squad if you can say that. Shaun has a black cape and decided to call the squad the White Watchers because of the white color they have.
Chrysalis gave me something like an orb who can let me communicate with her but today I was in the castle of the hive, all my guard was with me and we all walk toward the war room, Chrysalis wanted to talk with me about something very important. The guards in front of the door let us pass and I saw the queen talk with another changeling. When she heard the door close she looks at me and smiles a little.
"Hello, Mandalore. How are you today?"
"I'm fine my friend," During the last week, Chrysalis and I become very good friends. I asked her to call me Mandalore where someone is with us but when we are alone she can call me Mike. "What is this information you wanted to talk about?"
"Well, I have reports who talk about five of the eight Minotaurs convoys who were attacked and all the slaves liberated but it's not your group or my troops who did that." A convoy who was attacked by unknown forces, how can we know who did this? Hmmm... I know!
"I know how we can find who is behind this."
"And pray to tell what is your plan?"
"You tells me that five Minotaurs convoys were destroyed so if what I think is correct, these unknown forces must be in the Minotaurs territories or to be very close. So I think I will go to all the different locations and try to find who is behind all of this." I needed to have action and maybe test my power in a true fight and not against something who can't move like stones.
"Well, that can be a good plan. But please don't die or don't try to win a fight you can't, this is a spy mission so don't try to fight."
"Don't worry about it."
"Mandalore, my squad and I have made an oath to protect with our lives and go everywhere you go and nobody will break this oath." Yeah, when Shaun created his squad he makes sure everyone in it sworn to protect me with their lives and I appreciate that but it sounds a little too fanatic at my eyes but it's not strange. The Mandalorians are loyal and follow all the orders a Mandalore says like if they are fanatics because this is their culture, so it doesn't bother me.
"I know Shaun, I know. And I know I can't stop you and your group to follow me so you will come with me."
"Yes, Mandalore." He and his squad left the room to prepare themselves and tell the rest of the Mandalorians we will be out for some days.
"Well, I'll see you soon Chryssi."
"Okay, be careful." I left the room and walk where my guards wait for me. Shaun told me he tells everything to Astrid. I say to him to tell the other squads to go out and attack all the convoys they can find. After that, we leave the hive and make our way toward the Minotaurs tribes. Chrysalis gave me a map of all the territories of Equus and thanks to it it's easier to know where the Minotaurs are.
"Mandalore, what do you think is behind all the attacks on the Minotaurs?" I turn my head and look at Shaun.
"I don't know. These forces are good at hiding but if they don't know we are here, we will see what these creatures are." I turn my head and look forward. And an only thought was in my head. It will be a long 'trip'.
3 days later.
The last day we pass the border and take a position in a mountain range where you can see the road who is taken by one of the convoys. We made a camp and take a little nap, the walk was very tiring but this is not that who can stop us. Some of the men use their thermals binoculars to see if anything happened. I talk with Shaun at the same time.
"I still think of what have attacked their convoys."
"We will see in due time. Are the troops ready?"
"Yes, if something goes wrong, we are ready for it."
"Good." I take a look at all the soldiers since they are my guard, they have the best weapons we have and the best training. Some of them have a rocket launcher or a rotating blaster with the same color as their armor and the black symbol like the rest of the weapons. I heard someone approaching so I turned my head to see a Mandalorians walking toward us.
"What is it, soldier?"
"We have spotted a convoy who approach from our position."
"I see. Tell the troops to stay hide and to try to see anything who can be what attacked the last convoys."
"Yes, Mandalore." He walks toward the other and tells them my orders. I turn to face Shaun and tell him to follow me, we hide in the bushes who were the closest to the convoy. And we wait.
5 minutes later.
The last five minutes were... boring and nothing famous happened, only a fight between some of the Minotaurs. I was going to tell everyone to go somewhere else but something finally happened. And it was not a fight between Minotaurs but it was an attack against the convoy.
"Don't do anything we need to know what attack the convoy," I say through the commlink, "And maybe see if we can know if it's just some dispute between slavers who want just have more slaves."
It was not easy to see what attack the Minotaurs but it was a hell of a fight: some corpses have no head and blood was everywhere on this road. In the corner of my right eye, I saw a body who was not a Minotaur one because it was too small but it was too away from me to see it but hopefully I saw two Mandalorians who tried to take it and succeed.
"Good job you two, you just have read my mind. Now, everyone, we go back to the camp and see what the species of this body is." After that, I and Shaun go back to the camp and when we enter it we saw everybody has returned.
"Where is the body?"
"Here Mandalore." I walk toward where the voice came from and see the two Mandalorians who have to take the body earlier. I take a look at the dead creature but the problem is the body is so battered that I can't recognize it.
"We need to return to the hive. Maybe Chrysalis can find what is it." So we walk toward the hive and I have this thought again. Ah shit, here we go again.
3 days later.
We return to the hive and I ask one guard if she can tell to Chrysalis to meet me in the war room.
Throne room, Chrysalis POV.
I was busy answering my subjects' requests. After that, I began to think about Mike and his mission. It's been 6 days since he left, I hope he is alright, Mike is a good friend and allies so lost him will be very difficult for us. At the same time, I heard the door open, I look toward it to see a guard walking toward me. When she was before the throne she bowed.
"My queen, the human, and his soldiers have returned. He asks me to tell you to meet him in the war room."
"Thank you for this message guard. You are dismissed." So he has returned. Finally! It's so boring without him around plus maybe he has good news with his mission.
War room, Mike POV.
I talked with Shaun about the body we found and said all the theory we can have but I'm pretty sure they're all wrong. I heard a door open and see Chrysalis coming toward us. I can tell she is happy to see us.
"So, how was your mission?"
"Not difficult. With the Minotaurs who fight themselves to know who is the strongest, there was not any problem plus with the attack, their attention was on the fight so it was easy."
"I see and I'm happy to hear that. Do you have seen what attack the convoy?"
"We have taken the body of one of the creatures but the problem is, it's too damaged for us to recognize what species it is but I think you and the changelings can find what species it is. Thanks to your magic." I don't have learned a power where I can use the Force to see what the species it is but I don't think this power exists. I will see that later. Chrysalis told to some guards to take the body to a laboratory or something like that.
"I need to ask you something." I look at Chrysalis and wait for her question.
"Do you think you can give us a part of your technology? Thanks to that maybe we ca-"
"No" She looks at me in a shock expression not believing what she has heard.
"And why not?! We have an alliance remember? So tell me why not?" I can see anger on her face. I can understand that but she needs to know something.
"Why not? Well, to answer you it's simple. If I give you my technology it will take time for your species to understand it, plus if in a battle some of your soldiers die and the ponies take the weapons they can find on the battlefields and take them to the Princesses, what do you think will happen? They will start to try to make a lot of them and when the ponies will know that they have the weapons to defeat us, they will chase us till the end. This is why I don't want to let you have this technology. One of my soldiers could have died when we attack the town. Why? Because of magic, the armors we have are not invincible, but hopefully, they can resist some magic blast before this magic I talk about, kill the soldier." It's true plus what if the Princesses give this technology to the other races? It will impossible to liberate humanity if this thing happens. I can see Chrysalis think about what I say. And she knows I'm right but I have a solution.
"But I can give you a technology primitive for me but futuristic for you." Her face lightens up when I see that.
"And what is it?"
"It's a technology my people used back on my world. And even if the ponies take these weapons, we will always have an advantage thanks to my technology so it will be a benefit for us." Remember when I talked about all the iron we don't use? I think I know how to use it to help to improve their weapons. "I call it: WW2 technology my friend." Yeah, that what I talk about. I know you will ask: "Okay, you help them but what the differences if you give them this technology? Like you said you will always have an advantage but you're not enough to destroy all the armies they will send against you." I know but the thing is the changelings will be more train in this and will maybe have tanks, plus this technology is nothing compared to mine so we will crush them if they try to take some of ours weapons, and we will not make a big attack after the changelings have learned this new technology. We will take our time even if it's hurt me to know we will let humans suffer. But it's for the better.
"And what the differences between these weapons and the spear or sword we use?"
"They are like the weapons my group has but they are more primitive like more than a hundred years older to the weapons I have but a thousand years more advanced to yours." Since sword and spear exist before the first empire of human history on Earth, I think it's thousand years more advanced.
"Interesting indeed." I can see a little smile on her face. It tells me she agrees with that, so time to learn them some human improvement.
Some days later.
Well, the training with the rifles is going well, I made a prototype to let the changelings look how you made it and what it looks like. After that, I let them see what bullets are and made a test to see if it works. Since the test was a success, I demanded to John and Jack to make 20 of them, since we have a lot of iron and wood. When they arrived, I immediately start training some changelings and the results were not great at the beginning but with time they have improved. I decided to use the German armaments for the Changelings because I think it suits them very well: not to say they are not a good species but because I think the style suits them well.
I show them what a German uniform looks like and Chrysalis demanded some Changelings to do a lot of them. The rifles are Karabiner 98k and I will lie if I say the Changelings are not cool.
I walk toward the war room, Chrysalis tells me that they have discovered what species has attack the convoy. I enter the room to see the Queen with a map and Changelings with German officer uniforms. These officers are good leaders and strategists and one of them was Thorax. When Chrysalis saw me, she made a move with her hands to tell me to come toward the table.
"So, what is this species we have talked about a lot since these last days?"
"Well... they are... changelings of another hive." This revelation shocked me. But in another thought, it's not shocking because the changelings are the only species who try to liberate humans from the other.
"So this is another hive but it's not the only one because yesterday one of my soldiers gave me a report and it was said that some creatures have attacked some griffon's convoys." When I say that, Chrysalis nods in affirmation.
"I see, and your supposition is true. There are 5 changeling hives, one of them is my hive. And the hive of this changeling is the Miasma Hive of Queen Miasma."
"I thought all changeling hives were in Equestria or at the borders." Before ending up here, I've read a lot of things on all the changeling hives and all of them were in Equestria or not too far away.
"Well, remember that the Princesses and all the other species try to get rid of us." Now she says that it's easier to understand. With Equestria who try to destroy them, it's sure that the hives go somewhere else.
"So this is Queen Miasma hive, they are the changelings with purple eyes right?" She nods, " Maybe she can be a precious ally."
"You need to know that the different hives are not liking each other."
"Maybe the hives don't like each other but what about millenniums ago? When humans and changelings had their kingdoms and empires, don't tell me the different hives were not together to create a powerful empire."
"Times change Mandalore, it's not the same situation as before."
"You say times change, so why not change them again, and if we want the changelings and humans to not be feared or chased, we need to stay together, not be divided." I can see the hesitation on her face but if the changelings are together like millenniums ago, they will have a chance to exist.
"Chrysalis, you know I'm right." She looks at me with what looks like fear in her eyes. I know what she scared and I can understand it.
"You are scared that this Queen tries to take your hive or the ponies find the hives easier?"
"Yes, I don't know what will happen, I don't want to lose my hive." I hug, she was shocked by this action but she hugs back.
"Don't worry. I promise you that I will make sure no queens try to take the hives of the other."
"Thank you." We have been like that or some seconds before pulled back. "And don't worry, with the new weapons the other hives will have no luck against your hive."
"So what are we waiting for? We need to find Miasma but there will be some fights."
"We can go now if you want." After I say that, she asks Thorax to prevent most of the army to meet us outside.
"Shaun, can you tell Aaron, Emma, and Astrid to try to find more of the changeling hives?"
"Yes, Mandalore." At the same time, I see Chrysalis coming outside the hive with a lot of changelings. All of them have new uniforms and weapons I create for them, Thorax was with Chrysalis. (WW2 weapons if you don't remember.)
"Are you ready?"
"Yes. Since you have already gone to the place, I think you will guide us." I nod in agreement. I take a look at all the troops in her little army: 40 changelings ready to fight and well trained. Chrysalis has a white German officer uniform and I will lie if I say she is not beautiful in it but enough of that, I need to be focused.
"Okay, let's go." How many times I will take this way?!
3 days later.
We finally arrived at the place where we found the convoy last time. All my guards and changelings have taken a position and prepare themselves if anything goes wrong. What surprised me is that the minotaurs take the same road with the convoy but after all, it's the minotaurs, they think they will crush the enemy with only force.
Like last time we wait in bushes for the attack if there is one. And after sometimes, something hurt a minotaur and I knew the attack start and like last time there is a lot of deads but the Miasma hive have won the fight. After that, they liberate the slaves and start going somewhere.
"We need to follow them, and thanks to that we can find the hive."
"I agree. Tell your changelings to return to the camp. I will go along with Shaun."
"Are you sure?" I nod.
"Then I want Thorax to go with you." I was not sure about that but I see the look on her face and she will not take a 'no' for an answer.
"Alright then." She tells Thorax to go with me and I say to Shaun to tell the other to go back to the camp and him to follow me.
"Are you two ready?" The two of them nod in affirmation.
"Okay, let's go." We start to walk where the other changelings go and follow the path they have taken. From what I see, I can tell this hive is smart because the path they take to return to their home is very dangerous: a lot of creatures who want to eat you, nature who wants to kill you... well this is not stupid. If they become our allies we can maybe begin to recreate a great changeling empire and for the old ally of humanity to come back.
Some minutes later.
"Do you think we are close to their hive now?"
"I don't know Thorax but I think we will know soon." We heard something walking toward us so we hide behind a rock nearby. When I look, I saw three changelings who certainly patrol around the hive.
"Are you sure you heard something?"
"I'm sure in the name of the Queen." I saw Shaun and Thorax prepared their weapons and I do the same thing because one of them walks toward us.
"I think you hear voices. Do you have mental problems."
"To answer your stupid question. No!" Well, I can tell someone is angry over here. I take a stone and make sure Thorax and Shaun saw it, and when they saw the stone they understand what I wanted to do. So I launch it a little away from where we come.
"What was that?"
"I don't know but we need to see what is it." After that, they go where the stone was and my companions and I sneak behind them and when we judged that we were quite distant we resume our walk. We follow the path and finally arrived at the end of it. We hide in bushes and see what we were looking for: the Miasma hive. From what I see, I can say there is a good number of changelings in this hive but they're outmatched compared to Chrysalis's channeling. I take my binoculars and start to count all the changelings I can see.
"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,..."
"Shaun?"
"Yes, Thorax?"
"I wanted to know, how it feels a good soldier?"
"Well, you can be proud or something else but you need to know nobody is inferior. It's just some warriors who have capacities since their birth and others developed them. Why?"
"I always ask if I was a good soldier or just we need me to do the work."
"Listen to me Thorax, you are maybe not the best warrior but you have something a lot of them don't have: a heart. And that why I consider you as a friend."
"A... a friend?"
"Yes." I heard their conversation and I can say Thorax was happy. In these dark times, if you have a friend it's like your not in the same dark times I talk about.
"49, and 50. Okay, We have 50 changelings who are out but maybe there is more inside of the hive."
"We should tell that to my Queen."
"I agree with him."
"Okay, let's go." We retake the path from where we came and walk toward the camp.
Some minutes later.
When we arrived at the camp, the 3 White Watchers saluted and let us pass. I look around to see some changelings who trained a little and look if the rifles work. I saw Chrysalis talk with an officer and Isaw she was making a plan if there is a battle.
"I can see you prepared everything." She looks up and sees with a serious look and a little smile.
"My hive has a reputation with aggressivity and good plans so we try to keep the reputation."
"I would lie if I say it's false."
"Well, thank you." She returns to a serious conversation, "So, have you find something?"
"We have found the hive but they are a lot."
"Yeah, this hive is the second-largest hive of the five. If there is a fight they will outnumber us." I see, if they are our allies then the changeling army can be powerful. Plus with the rifles, they will be fear.
"We have to make the Queen our ally but how?"
"I think about it and the plan is to wait for another convoy and attack it. It will maybe force them to come to us."
"This plan is... awesome! Chrysalis, you are a genius." I can see a little blush on her face. I can say I flatter her.
"W-Well thank you, Mandalore." After that, we make sure everyone is ready and go to find a convoy.
At the road.
I know, the same thing again and again but if we need to do this to have Miasma's attention then I will do it. The plan was pretty simple: the changelings were hiding with my guard and Shaun and I were in the middle of the road, waiting for the minotaurs.
We waited for a long time but they finally arrived. When they saw us they stop and one of them who was the leader of this group walk toward us.
"What are you?"
"You can call me a Mandalorian."
"Mandalorian? Never heard that. Mandalorians are strong?"
"Strong and can kill you if they want." It was the plan like with the diamond dogs but this time I will kill him immediately. We need to be fast.
"I want to see. I bet I'm the strongest."
"You will see." He takes a fight stance and charges at me but since we need to do that quickly I just use the Force and crushed his lungs. He dies immediately. The others who have seen that were terrified, I take my Darksaber and kill two of them. After that, some of them charge me but they welcomed with the changelings who had come out of their hiding places with the Mandalorians. This was a massacre, the minotaurs have no escape and one by one fall to the ground dead. They were not easy to kill since they are really big, you need a lot of beams or bullets to kill them. Chrysalis uses her magic to kill 3 minotaurs. I think that will attract the other hive with all the sounds , I thought. After the last minotaur was killed, we liberate the slaves and hide again.
They have taken their times but they are finally here. Plus there is Queen Miasma with them. I think all those sounds have picked her attention.
"My queen, what if the things who killed all of them are always here? You need to stay at the hive."
"I know but if we know what has done that, we can try to capture it." I began to move but Chrysalis stop me.
"What are you doing?"
"I will show myself and try to convince her. If she tries anything I will defend myself and you can come out and help me." She hesitated but nod at the end of it. I move again and go out of the bush. All the Miasma (hive) changelings and the queen look at me.
"Stop moving creature." I look at the queen, "Do you know what has done this? Answer the question!"
"First of all, I don't answer your orders. I'm not one of your subjects and to answer I'm the one who did this with my friends." I can see the shock on her face. Because I'm the one who attacks the convoy and because she didn't think I will respond to her like that. She starts to have an angry face.
"How dare you talk to me like that?! Guards capture that thing!" After that, the changelings try to attack me but I use the Force to push them against different trees to knock them off. I look at the queen and see her anger replace with fear so she escapes and when I try to use the Force to stop her, 3 changelings jump on me and make me fall to the ground. I heard some bushes make noises and when I looked up I saw 6 Chrysalis's changelings knock them out. After that Chrysalis come toward me.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, just the shock with the floor who hurt a little."
"Mandalore, why don't you kill them?" I look at my left to see who ask the question, it was one of my guards.
"Well, we need them alive if we want a powerful ally. If we kill them, we will be weaker. Plus, I promise to Chrysalis to help her unite her species under one banner."
"I understand Mandalore. Forgive me for this question."
"Don't worry. If you think about it, it was not stupid. I can see that you can think differently and not always follow or understand everything someone says to you. For me, it's a big plus." She gave me a nod and go to see one of her comrades.
"What do we do now?" I asked. Chrysalis turns to face me.
"We follow her and make her a proposition, but I think she will attack us."
"Then, we will use force if we need to use it to unite your people." She nods and we start to move with our troops toward the hive. Miasma's changelings who were unconscious were taken by some of my Mandalorians. Tha way was not kept like last time, I think Miasma recall all her changelings to defend her hive. We arrived where I, Shaun, and Thorax spied on them. I decided to go and talk to the queen and tell Chrysalis to prepare herself when I will call her to try to convince Miasma.
"Miasma, I know you're in the hive, show yourself, I don't want to fight but if you attack me you will regret this!" All the changelings of the hive look at me and the queen show herself.
"What do you want? Destroy us like the other species? Make our long lost friends your slaves like the other races do?!"
"Did you forget I liberate the humans in the convoy earlier?"
"You liar! You have done this only for you to have more slaves! I already saw this in the past! Soldiers kill him!" After she says that, all the changelings charge at me. I take a Beskad because I didn't want to kill them only hurt them so we can maybe heal them. I take one of my blasters and shoot in the air to give the signals to Chrysalis. After that, Chrysalis and her changelings start to come out of their hiding places and shoot at Miasma's changelings, most precisely in their legs to not kill them. The ones who can use magic start to take the wounded and stop the blood from coming out and heal them, and make them prisoners s they don't try to attack us again.
Some times later, Miasma tells to her subject to retreat into the hive. All the time, we only hurt the changelings, and thanks to that, Chrysalis's changeling who can use magic heal them even when we enter into the hive. We enter in some places where changelings and humans live. When they saw us, they were scared and I saw the queen and her guards in the middle of the place.
"So you're happy now?! You killed my changelings and now you want the humans?! You're just a monster!" After she says that, Chrysalis comes to my left and I saw the shock on Miasma's face.
"Chrysalis§ How could you do this?! Even if we are enemies, I thought you liberate humans not to try to help slavers!" I saw the hurt look on Chrysalis's face, so I decided to intervene.
"Do you think I'm a fucking slaver?" I take off my helmets to let her see my face. I can say by the look on her face she just sees a ghost.
"N-No impossible. You can't be human. No humans have power!"
"He is human but he is not from Equus."
"What did you just say Chrysalis?!"
"He is human but he comes from a different world. When he died, Discord makes him ended up in Equus." Miasma was speechless. She just has seen a human with powers and humans and changelings who work together with weapons she never sees before.
"But my changelings they are-"
"Some of my changelings take care of them. We didn't kill them, only hurt them don't worry."
"But why are you doing this? Normally we are rivals, like all the other queens."
"Time change Queen Miasma, millenniums ago the changelings were united under one banner and were friends with my kind. Today our two species are chased or enslaved. If we are all united, we will have a chance. This is why we come here, to make you a proposition: unite your hive with Chrysalis one and don't worry, you will be always the queen of your hive, all we want it's for the changelings to be united again like before." I can see my little speech pick her interest and all the humans and changelings who were around us as well. After some time she makes her decision.
"I see your points and I think you're... right it will be difficult but maybe we can put our differences aside and unite our people." She looks at Chrysalis with a happy look and Chrysalis does the same thing.
"I'm happy to hear that Miasma and I agree with you. We need to put our differences aside if we want to survive in this world." At the same time, all the soldiers of my and Chrysalis cheer and were followed by the humans and changelings of Miasma's hive.
"So what do we do now?"
"We go back to my hive. It's the surest place where you can construct a new hive." Miasma smiles a little and we make sure every human and changeling leave the hive and we go back to the Saphire hive ( Chrysalis's hive).
Some days later.
The last days were good, even if some changelings of the two hives have little "fight" sometimes, they were not a big problem. Chrysalis and Miasma have put their differences aside and began to become good friends. Thorax was in charge of the training of all the changelings who wanted to join the new army. It takes time for the Miasma hive to understand WW2 technology but in the end, they have understood. I return to the base yesterday to see all the new things. Now, we have scientists and engineers and a factory. Yes, a factory who makes our weapons, the blacksmiths do all the armors now and they are 60 now. John and Jack are the leaders of all the blacksmiths if you can say that. Each squad has now 70 members. With the humans of the hives and all the slaves my Mandalorians have free when I was with Chrysalis, we were now maybe 500 humans. The base is larger than last time: we have stockpiles, a hangar if one day we made fighters or bombers and vehicles, everyone has personnel quarter... yeah, we are strong now. I decided we need a flag so I take the neo-crusaders flag, it was a very cool flag. The changeling queens have decided the same thing and their flag is cool as well. Since the two hives are together, the queens decided to call their new empire The Changeling Confederation.
I help them to create other weapons the Germans had during WW2 like the MG42 and the MP40. It can help them a lot if they want to kill fast and it makes their army more powerful. Since I have my factory, I help them to make one and it works perfectly.
I was in the base and I saw Emma walk toward me.
"What is it, Emma?"
"I have reports who talk about another changeling hive."
"Hmm, interesting. Do you know the color of their eyes maybe?"
"Yellow, Mandalore."
"Thank you for this information Emma, I will talk with Chrysalis and Miasma about it." After that, she saluted me and go somewhere else. I use the orb Chrysalis gave me and open a channel with the queens. After sometimes, the orb has a great circle above it and it revealed the queens. The two of them have German officer's uniforms. Chrysalis has a white one and Miasma a purple one. (First, imagine Chrysalis to be anthro and why purple for Miasma? Because I wanted her to have the color of her hive.)
"Hello Mandalore, in what pleasure do you call us?"
"My soldiers have spotted another changeling hive."
"Well, that good. We can make sure to make them join us."
"If we can not use force, it can be good."
"I agree with you two but do you know a hive with yellow for its color?"
"Yes, it's the Honeycomb hive, the queen of the hive is Ambrosia. They are the most peaceful of all the hive but the ponies don't make exceptions and attack them as well." I was a little angry. These changelings just want to have peace but they are chase as well. Damn ponies and their rulers. At the same time, a soldier comes to me.
"Mandalore, a squad who was on a scout mission has taken an injured changeling who has the description of the new hive we have spotted."
"The yellow one?"
"Yes, Mandalore."
"Where is he or she?"
"She is in the medical bay."
"Can you go see her and make her come here?"
"Of course my lord." (I don't want to repeat 'Mandalore' so I take my lord, I think it's the same thing.)
"Thank you." He goes search the changeling who was found and I turn around to look at the queens.
"I don't think this is good that my soldiers found an injured changeling here."
"Indeed. And I don't like it."
"Me neither. I think our people fight at the same time we speak." The door behind open and I see the changeling who was found.
"I can see you look better, please come here." She hesitantly comes in the front of the orb and looks at the two queens. She was shocked but at the same time happy.
"What is your name fellow changeling?"
"My name is... Wasp your highnesses."
"Don't worry Wasp, we will not hurt you, after all, my soldiers may not have healed you. But I and my friends need to know: what happened?"
"Well, it was sometimes before your soldiers found me."
Sometimes earlier, Wasp POV
I was on a mission to see if we have not been followed by the ponies. It has been weeks since we try to escape them. I was with two friends. We were going back to the hive but we have been followed by a group of ponies. We try to escape but they caught up with us. We have to fight if we wanted to be alive. I was separated from my two friends. The two ponies charged at me but I used my magic and kill the two of them. When I found my friends they were on the grounds, dead. I try to return to the hive but my injuries did not let me do this. I thought I was gonna die because one pony has heard me. I closed my eyes and wait for my fate but the blow never touches me. When I open my eyes I saw two creatures who have killed the pony. I heard something behind them and when I looked I saw more of them, after that, darkness claimed my eyes.
Present time, Mike POV.
"After that, I woke up here and find myself in this room." I was sad for her, she just lost her two friends cause of the ponies. I'll make sure every last one of them pays for that. They talk about friendship but they just kill the friends of a living creature and they call them monsters but they do the things they complain about them. Disgusting.
"So your hive is in danger. Do you think you can guide where the hive is?"
"Yes, I can do that. Why?"
"Because we will help you and your hive to defeat the ponies who attack you." After I say that, she gives me a hug of happiness and I hug back. I look at the queens.
"Do you think you can make your army ready?"
"Of course. We will not let these ponies attack our people once again."
"We will see each other in 10 minutes at the entrance of my part of the tunnel." They nod and I cut the communication. I warn all my soldiers to let them know what will happen. I take with me 20 Mandalorians in each squad and Aaron, Emma, and Astrid. Shaun and all the White Watchers were coming to. The White Watchers were 30 in the entire group. And, why do I take a lot of my Mandalorians? Well 3 towns are close to each other and this is these towns who track the Honeycomb hive and they have a lot of soldiers. Most of their little army is civilians and peasants who want to destroy the hive.
10 minutes later.
I wait for the changelings to arrive, Wasp, Shaun, Aaron, Emma, and Astrid were with me. After some moments, I start to hear the sounds of an army who march on a road but instead in a tunnel. When they finally come to our vision I saw Chrysalis and Miasma with behind them their army of 100 changelings as they say to me. It was a little part of their army since they have the two largest hives of the fives so they are 5000 changelings (civilians include). The army has 2000 changelings but not all of them have the new weapons. We just talk a little bit and began to move in the direction of Wasp's hive.
4 hours later.
Luckily, this hive was more close than the precedent. We arrive in a forest and pass through it, after that we end up before a large cave. I saw a changeling coming toward us.
"Wasp! You're here!" The guard saw the two queens, "Queen Chrysalis and Queen Miasma?!"
"Don't worry, they are here to help us. They saved my life." He turns to us and we nod in agreement. He looks at me with a look who want to say: What are you.
"What are you?" Told you! I take my helmet off and all my soldiers do the same. When he saw what we are, he was shocked.
"This answer your question?" He nods. "Good, now can you take us to your queen?" He nods again and guides us where the queen was. I order to Aaron, Emma, and Astrid to make sure everyone have their position. Chrysalis and Miasma did the same thing with Thorax and another changeling officer and her name is Rose. The guard stops before an entrance and tells us to wait. He came back some seconds later.
"You can enter." We enter the room and saw a few changelings talk, I immediately recognize Ambrosia their queen. She looks at us with shock but also Hoppe. She made a move with her hand for us to come.
"When the guard tells me the queens of the two largest hives were here with a human and his army, I thought I was dreaming."
"Well, we prove you wrong."
"Indeed but may I ask who are you?"
"I'm Mandalore, leader of all Mandalorians who are humans like me."
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you. Even if I wanted it to be in a more peaceful time."
"Indeed, but don't worry. We will help you to defend your hive." I can see tears who have formed in her eyes, and she hugs me and I hug back. I can say these times have been difficult for her. We heard someone runs toward us, it was a Saphire changeling.
"Your highness, we have spotted a large group of ponies, maybe 2000 of them."
"2000 ponies?"
"Yes, it's natural now. Usually, the civilians join the guards when they chase us, plus I have heard they have asked help to destroy us faster so I think there is a lot of guards."
"They are maybe more than us but they don't have our technology and morals. Plus, they didn't have a war for 1000 years, they only attack you because you're weak in these times." All the queens' nod in agreement. We make a plan to protect the hive. Since we are in a cave and so a mountain, there are a lot of places to hide and a lot of covers, so we can wait for them and shoot at them like in Normandy since we have the advantage of the ground. After that, we will attack immediately the towns and liberate all the Honeycomb changelings and humans we can find in the towns.
I go out of the cave and take a position with Shaun, all my Mandalorians were ready to use their jetpacks to use the wrist rocket launchers, the ones with the rotative blaster will be with the channeling. Thanks to all the MG42 the changelings can shoot faster and kill faster. So we waited for the ponies to show up.
5 minutes later.
We were in these positions for a long time but finally, we heard what sounds like an army who walk toward us. Sometimes you can hear shouts of ponies, I think civilians who want to kill the channeling. I saw the bushes who started to move and after that, the ponies start to show themselves, a lot of them were civilians and a good number of guards. To make sure they attack, we place three Honeycomb changelings between the ponies and the cave, and to make sure they will not be hurt by the ponies or our weapons, I will use the Force to make them come toward us. One pony advance toward them.
"Look at you, before you said you will destroy us but now it's us who chase you. The world will finally be in peace without you." After that, I immediately use the Force to place the changelings with us. The ponies were shocked and when they saw I was the one who made that, they were scared.
"I-it's you! The monster who attacks the town and all the convoys!" When he finished I use the force and break his neck. I didn't want to hear more of this shit talk. The ponies stare at me in fear. I know it was the perfect moment.
"Open fire!" After I say that, every changeling and Mandalorian stand up and shoot at the ponies. It was a massacre, the MG42 were destroying their lines. Since they were a lot, they charge at us and the unicorn uses their magic and starts shooting at us. The ones who charge were easily killed by the soldiers.
"Snipers, kill me those fucking unicorns!" After I say the order, I saw the unicorns be killed one by one. I decided to use my jetpack and start shooting with my two blasters, at the same time all the Mandalorians who were hiding use their jetpacks and use all the weapons they have: blasters, beskad, rocket launcher, everything. A lot of ponies start to flee since we have the advantage of the ground and they saw a lot of their comrades die, the only casualties we have are some wounded because of the unicorns. When we saw our enemy retreat, we immediately follow them and they guide us to the different towns. Like earlier, it was a massacre. We liberate every changeling and human and destroy the towns. After that, we guide Ambrosia's hive to Vesalipolis: the new capital of The Changeling Confederation. We were in the war room of Chrysalis castle.
"So if I understand, you want to unite all the changelings under one banner like thousands of years ago?"
"Yes, this our goal."
"If we are all united, we will be stronger. And the battle was proof." I saw the look on Ambrosia's face. It was not a look who tell she hesitates but more a look who agree with what we try to do.
"You can count my hive in. You right, if we were not united in this battle, my hive could have been destroyed." We all have a smile on our faces. There are now three hives in the Confederation. Now, we need to find the other hives and make them join.
Now, the changelings are a force that you don't have to underestimate. The rise of our two species will be there soon.
Author's Note
Finally! This chapter was longer than I expected. Sorry for the wait. Now, I will begin the second part who will be shorter ( 3000 words I think). I hope you enjoy this chapter.
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