Hail to the... other queen... 2... or is it too?🤔

Dusk Shine against Four Mothers

“Alright time to write the chapter after clop and…” Eris stopped and looked down at the script, seeing blank pages. “Hey, that ain’t right! Where the fuck is-”

Eris was ripped from her position and sent back…

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Hail to the Queen 2!

The Bitch in Green Strikes Back!

Dusk walked a bit awkwardly up and back into the main lobby of the hospital along with a clingy and somewhat sensual Silhouette.

Since their latest session, she has hung on him without care and has yet to clean the mess she had between her legs. In fact, she has been snail trailing since they came back from the basement shamelessly. It was almost like his mark on her pussy was a proud trophy to show off. When they passed nurses and doctors, they each glanced at her and him first but upon seeing her dripping nethers, they gasped or were shocked with absolute disgust at her taboo walk. Her tail was lifted and her grin was fanged with purpose.

Dusk was red faced, knowing full well what was happening. “Silhouette please! Just let me clean you up or something!” He begged. He tried to use his magic but he had to visualize it to clean it, though what little dark magic she had regained, blocked it.

“I kind of like it, my sweet prince!” She purred as she pressed against him. “It makes me feel wonderful knowing I have such a wonderful consort so willing to please his queen.”

He tried to rebuke her claim but would be denied any peace of mind with a kiss or a magical grip of his orbs. Instead he opted to go against his usual means and brought up a secret weapon.

“And what do you think our son will say or do if he sees his mother dripping like a floozy?”

The dark queen paused in her steps, hearing him say two words specifically. ‘Our son’ which made this both serious and… wonderful. She sniffed and sighed. “You are correct. I wouldn’t want our son to see his mother like this.”

Dusk sighed with relief and with a small blink of his magic, cleaned up the mess behind her, leaving her dry.

“Thank you.” Though as he did, he received a kiss to his cheek and a fanged grin.

“Our son will be happy to have his mother back,” She kept emphasizing ‘our son’, as if it was just the single foal. Though she quickly reiterated and corrected herself. “I am sure all of our foals will be happy when we are fully healed and back together.”

He nodded. “Yes, though now I have to figure out how to re-awaken Chrysalis. I know the obvious answer is ‘love’, lots of ‘love’ but we would need an abundance of it and to give to her. No, I am not asking the foals, especially Mirage to give up their love for her.”

She merely agreed. “I would say use the Crystal Heart from my- err… the Crystal Empire,” He gave her a look when she was about to say, ‘Her Empire’, “-but the time and distance wouldn’t help matters. Not to mention I am sure that any hostilities between her and the Empire haven’t been… extinguished.”

He shook his head. “No, but neither would it be advisable for me to take her out of the med-bay. We just need to find another source of potent love to give to her.”

Silhouette bobbed her head. “Why not ask Mi Amore Cadenza to help?”

Dusk snorted. “Ask my sister-in-law, Chrysalis’s and your formal rival, to aid with reawakening someone who ruined her wedding and nearly ruined all of Equestria, to help?” He asked exasperatedly.

A small half grin formed on the dark empress. “You do realize that if it meant keeping foals happy by saving their mother, then she would do it. Her heart sways and flutters at the thought of foals denied happiness. If you truly ask or beg, she will adhere to wishes. Maybe if you show her your foals as well, it will work to your favor.”

Dusk’s nose twinged as if disturbed by her sudden manipulative words. “That’s… dangerous thinking. Especially since she hates you all.”

“Can a princess of Love truly ‘hate’ anything? Wouldn’t that be counterproductive to her title?”

Dusk rolled his eyes. “Maybe hate is a little too strong then.”

“Then our foals being used as a conduit to aid us is the best solution.”

“And you trust Cadance for it?”

Silhouette shrugged. “The antithesis for her to help creatures that produce love would be I… in my former life.” She frowned as they arrived in front of the door leading to others. “She is without a doubt a soul that has no darkness. Yes, she can hate to an extent, be angry and throw tantrums and such, but the evil she would carry is the most minimal of a normal pony.” She looked at him. “Celestia and Luna are a wild card, as is your brother. They all have a sense of resented anger that cannot be quelled or tamed in ways like she could. Shining Armor would plunge a blade to the back of our heads the moments we could even conceive a bad thought or notion, especially towards Chrysalis or I. Luna and Celestia would use all their magic, all their power to try and eradicate us if meant turning to dark magic and being consumed. Luna would return as Nightmare Moon in some form and Celestia’s Daybreaker form is no laughing matter.”

Dusk wanted to ask how she knew all this but a knowing glance told him that she had been studying this for a while or… had planned something with this information. Storing that question for later, he promptly asked, “Then, can you be trusted to be good-willed to my family, the princesses and those around us?”

Silhouette gave a raised head and a smirk. “Why Dusk, are you asking if the Queen of Darkness can be trusted?”

He frowned and made a stomp, which she sighed with an eye roll and leaned in. “As long as our little colt Umbra will be safe and they leave us to raise him and the other foals, my will to remain… amicable will be acceptable. I have no want nor need to lose that which I love,” A small brush of her nose on him. “And of course as long as you remain by our side, I am undyingly loyal to you.”

That sent a shiver down his spine, feeling that cold nip, but unlike before, this was like a cool dip in the pool on a hot summer day. He simply nodded and pushed open the door.

As they did, he saw Eris had opened a portal and had her palm in. She then said ‘Thank you’ through the portal and pulled through a large pouch and bounced it lightly with glee. “Ooh. I wonder what goodies he gave me!” She opened the bag and began searching within. Nightmare having watched the brief act of dimensional breaching, she huffed and gave her a growl. “And yet you couldn't do that in the time we were trapped, I still find that hard to believe.”

Eris stuck her tongue as she dug inside the seemingly bottomless bag. “Yeah well believe what you want, but the other ‘me’ had had no way of contact, we only made this bet like literally the day before we got trapped.” She paused and then quickly opened up a smaller one, whispered into that hole something quickly and it closed shut. "I also sorta get some mojo from all the crazy shit around us."

Nightmare snorted and turned to see Silhouette and Dusk Shine walking in. A small bob of her head to the dark mare. “Glad to see you with us once more,”

“As am I,” she answered coolly with a smile. “And I dare say our beloved Dusk here is a true wonder in bringing the best of himself in bed. He can be such a wonderful stallion.” she purred sweetly to him, earning a groan and reddened cheeks from him.

Nightmare said nothing but focused on their final member who remained comatose. “And as for her?”

Dusk sighed and approached Chrysalis’s form. “I am not sure. I would normally say a lot of ' love’ is given, and I am sure that simply ‘bedding her' is enough!” He emphasized loudly to Eris.

Said draconequus gave a shrug and pulled out a rare bit of spicy cotton candy balls that were literally on fire and red hot. With ease, she tossed it back into her mouth and moaned as her ears steamed. Opening her mouth, she let loose a small fiery breath with a content sigh. “Ahh, tasty ghost pepper cotton candy ballssssss.” Reaching in, she was about to put another in her mouth before she paused mid bite and looked at the reader. “Hey you! Get your mind outta the gutter! Not time for clop yet!”She turned back at Dusk. “Anyways, just get Cadenza ‘Future-Flurry-Someting’ to help out!”

“That is what I told him!” Silhouette pointed out in taunt. “Even if we are not on the best terms with her, she would still help out through the foals!”

“That is pretty ‘chaotic good’ thinking right there, Doom and Gloom Queen!’ Though last I checked, we ain’t on any good sides of the Princesses, so we would need some pretty convenient plot development to happen if we need that magic to work out for us.”

Dusk gave a small lifted brow. “And… you are going to write that in or you are going to help?” He decided to briefly peer into that fourth wall logic of hers. Which had the other two mares look at him briefly as if he had gone crazy.

Eris thought on it, tapping her chin before reaching in the bag to get from her other ‘self’ and bringing out a ball of gold that had the large words, ‘Mcguffin’ on the side of it.

She then tossed in the air and the golden ball shimmer before popping like a balloon and its remains disappearing. Nothing happened.

“We’ll… wait until that kicks in,” She commented lightly. “But for now, let’s check in on the kids. My ‘chaos tingle’ is telling me that it has calmed down or now.”

Dusk gave a nod with them gathering around him. With a charge of his horn, the three female demi-goddesses and one alicorn teleported.

They arrived in the basement of the Tree House, getting weird looks from the former villianesses. He gave a small wave. “I rather my mother and father try not to kill you all the more I try to help.” He paused and gave a small bob of his head. “Wait until they leave since I am sure they’re almost don.” With that, he headed up the steps and came out from the basement.

As he did, his parents had seemed to finish their weird montage of years and holidays, and had his four foals surrounded by gifts and clothing. Screwball was ecstatic with everything that she had just endured and witnessed, playing with the toys and gifts she had. Nocturnal Night was content with the books, intellectual aspects of the gifts as well as the clothing. Mirage seemed to have shifted… or changed their chitin color and was now a more vibrant aqua blue with their base color, once mat black, now a shiny black that reminded him of polished onyx. Umbra remained… miserable and completely surrounded by frilly and cute things. He looked like he was just done with the whole thing. Thorax remained strangely absent.

Deciding he needed much cheering up, he walked over to him, lightly tapped him on the shoulder. The colt looked up, saw his father who leaned down and whispered to him. As soon as he heard the words, excitement grew on him and he quickly threw everything off himself and ran towards the basement door.

Once gone, he turned to his parents who were wrapping up. “You two get everything you need for your…” A sigh left him. “...photo album?”

Both parents looked at him with much glee. “Oh Dusky, we wished you here for most of the pictures but we will edit them out later,” His mother said happily as she began to develop what photos she could from the cameras.

His father was organizing everything in detail, “Indeed, Son. And while the whole family wasn't here, we did try to invite your brother and Cadence along. Thorax left to go check on Kevin!”

A bit of worry came to him on hearing both Thorax leaving and who they invited. He asked with caution. “And… what did they say?”

He felt a hoof on his shoulder by his mother, who looked at him with a sad smile. “He… still needs time, Dusk. I know that you have good intentions and believe that they…” she paused, as if not to bring up ‘their’ names, “-are worth trying to save or have around you.”

Dusk nodded, in understanding but gave his mom a look. “And… what do you believe in mom?”

That sad smile turned into a genuine one. “Motherhood changes you Dusk, as does being a dad. While I can’t say what they went through was punishment enough, it must have been absolute Tartarus without help, without magic and without the resources to properly give birth.” Dusk absorbed that in, while wondering how she acquired that information. She gave a small bob of her head. “A mother can tell when another mother or mothers have suffered enough. And from the few things I've gathered and Screwy has told me, I genuinely believe that… your foals will help change them for the better, if they know it or not.”

Dusk suspected that this was the ‘mcguffin’ Eris had used, but this was more on the fact his mother was known to have some deep inside wisdom and knowledge. This was some ‘mother inside wisdom’.

“So while I know this will change them, I did seek help as well.” ‘Ah, there was the mcguffin,’ Dusk mentally warmed. “Your sister-in-law should be here soon. We are heading out soon enough.”

Dusk nodded, not really asking why but he guessed the reason. “Yeah, I am sure, though I’m not sure how she will handle it.”

“Don't go organizing your library books yet, son.” His father playfully chastises him. “She is the princess of love after all, I doubt that she will have any reason not to love your foals. She is expecting a foal herself!”

A small wince passed over him, but he gave it a brush. “Well, then I hope that… you are right.”

“Of course we are, son.” His mother confirmed with a hug. “You just have to trust her yourself, I mean after all… she was the one who saved you.”

Something passed over him but he wasn’t sure if it was thankfulness because of her or fear of what he almost took away. It wasn't just that she had saved him, it was something far more personal and something that dared to blacken his heart. His love and care for Cadence was…

Brushing that aside, he hugged his mother and father back, helping them back up while his foals continued to enjoy their gifts. Turning to them, he gave them a small smile. “Hey uh… kiddos?” He wasn’t sure if that was the right term, giving a glance towards his dad, who gave an encouraging nod. “Why don’t you come and give uh… ‘grandma and grandpa’ a big ‘thank you’ for the gifts and memories. I am sure there's more to come.”

His parents warmed and beamed at hearing those words, but more so when the trio immediately ran into them and hugged their ‘grandparents’ with ‘thank yous’ and ‘You’re the best!’ and other heartwarming words. His parents beamed happily and hugged their grandfoals with much love and care. “Where’s Umbra?” His father asked.

Dusk gave a small furrowed brow before he quickly trotted to his attic door and called him. “Umbra! Come and say ‘goodbye’ to your ‘grandparents’ and ‘thanks’ for the gifts!”

The sigh he received was loud, even from down there, but the colt reluctantly agreed and the soft clops up the stairs had him come slowly. The dejected look from him was not of the annoyance of his ‘grandparents’ so to speak, but rather what he went through. He looked to his father, who gave a small encouraging nod with a smile, which had him pick up the pace and come to his parents.

A little too forcefully, his sister Screwball pulled him in with a stretchy arm and extendo digits into the group hug. The dark colt was then promptly hugged tightly by his siblings and grandparents, giving another sigh but hugging back at them. A flash went off with a camera going off, his father having levitated one of them all.

Dusk smiled warmly at seeing this, feeling like this is one of many heartwarming family gatherings that may play out in the future.

Once his parents had finished and let, possibly to go more sight seeing before returning home, he sighed and allowed the villianesses back up to the main entrance of the library.

Upon seeing the unfolded chaos that they had, Eris gave a small snap of her fingers and conjured up the photos taken. “Let’s see, what are we burning and what can be used later for ammunition?” Nightmare and Silhouette leaned into the photos where almost instantly, the mothers cooed and gushed over seeing their foals in adorable photos.

“Oh, my sweet little Umbra, I never knew you could be so adorable!” The dark queen gushed, causing him to instantly sour and sink, while his siblings laughed at his mood.

“Aww… little Mirage looks adorable in pajamas!” Nightmare somehow manages to sound sweet upon saying that.

“I am?” They asked, still glowing.

“Yeah, the glow really makes your pajamas highlight your puffy flowers on them.”

“How did they know what size Mirage was?” Eris asked.

Dusk moved in close and piped in. “Mom is ridiculously good with a needle and fixing clothing at a fast pace.” He gave a once over on Mirage. “Though I am sure changing your size and sides as well is also a possibility?”

A nod was given. “Though she did ask if I can change into anything asked. I just need a photo so I can replicate it.”

“Neat,” He then saw them in Heartswarming clothes. “I can’t believe they managed to pull that off ten times with different colors for the trees and presents.”

“I helped!” Screwball admitted happily. “I didn’t know what I was doing but they just asked if I could change the colors!”

“And I floated the pictures and made it feel like Night time when possible,” Added Nox.

Umbra muttered something but wasn’t loud enough to actually be clear on what he did to help.

They spent the next half hour talking about the experiences, as well as what would be hopefully their next holiday in which they could all participate. It was so weird to hear it from Nightmare, or Eris, or Silhouette how they would do something different about it next holiday, knowing that they would be here. Dusk actually couldn’t picture it properly but it did make him feel nice and fuzzy knowing he was going to have a big Holiday with… his family.

His foals, his… former enemies and now with a future niece or nephew on the way, along with his friends.

Was this part of the ‘mcguffin’ or was this part of his story?

A knock at his door had everyone pause and look up towards the door. He gave a turn of his head and looked at the mothers who were waiting. A soft bob of his head towards the basement. “At least… for now.” He managed to say as he walked towards the door. The mothers retreated without complaint though their foals disagreed.

Once the basement door closed and the foals remained, he sighed and opened the door.

The sight of seeing her once more did warm his heart, though the guards that surrounded her spoke a different tone.

“Hi Cadence.” He said warmly. The pink alicorn gave a heartwarming smile in turn and rushed to hug him quickly. He wasn’t completely thrown off but he was still caught off at the hug. Dusk could feel the happiness that radiated off her and although he had felt that she would never be here, his heart beat faster with her presence. His whole being felt… wonderful with her and despite it, he hated that the amazing feeling made him want more from her.

She pulled away and waved off the guards. “I’ll be fine here, you may return to your stations.”

One guard however rebutted this. “Uh, no offense to your highness but Captain Armor said to stay with you all the time.”

Cadence rolled her eyes. “And might I remind you that I am a Princess of an Empire. He is a prince but first and foremost, he is my husband. And he will listen to me and thereby, you listen to me first as well, is that understood?”

The guard snapped a salute, shouting. “Yes Ma’am!”

With a nod, she waved them off. “Good, you’re dismissed.”

No further hesitation, the guards took off to return to their routes or stations, leaving Dusk feeling a bit impressed. “Woah! And here I thought no one could make a guard disobey an order from Shinny.’

Cadence winked at him. “Nobody but the wife and a Princess of Equestria.”

He nodded as if agreeing. “They were not even Crystal Guards either.”

Cadence gave a small bob of her head side to side. “Shining still hasn’t fully trained them up to modern standards, especially with all the rules and regulations that have been updated in the last thousand years. But ignore that, let's focus on you.”

He nodded and allowed her in before shutting the door. The pink alicorn met a pair of four eyes of different colors and different ethnic changes. Her eyes widened as she saw Nocturnal Night, Umbra, Mirage and Screwball, who in turn looked back at her.

“Oh Dusk, they are so…”

He tried to help with the vocabulary. “Unique?”

“-CUTIES!” she gushed out with obvious joy at seeing the foals. “I do see traces of you in them but ‘Oh. My. Goodness! They are so adorable!”

A powerful burp left Mirage unwillingly, making them more red to the face and form to continue is glowing. “Excuse me,”

“Oh, they are even well taught!” She walked up closer to them, where they also stared up at the pink alicorn. Screwball’s curiosity was greater than the others as she floated towards her.

“You're the Heart Princess!” She happily exclaimed. “You’re also with a baby!”

“Screwball!” Dusk hastily chastised. “You don’t go and say things like that!”

“Dusk it’s fine,” Cadence assured. She smiled towards Screwball. “Yes, I am the Princess of Love and I do indeed have a baby.”

“You wanna know what’s going to be?” Screwball asked as she neared her belly.

“Can you tell if it will be a filly or a colt?” Cadence asked almost too excitedly.

The filly gave a glance towards her father. “Would this be considered spoilers, dad?”

Cadence squealed as she heard that come from her. “Ehehe!” She was lightly bouncing on her hooves. “She called you dad!”

Dusk nodded, with a sigh as he shrugged off the ringing of his ears.

“And you must not spoil it for me! I like to be surprised!”

“Uncle Shiny said you liked surprises about four chapters ago, so okay.” A pause and the hybrid meekly asked, “Can I call him that or you Aunty Cadence?”

A wonderful boom of emotions left Cadence as she grabbed the filly from the air into a tight hug. “OF course you can, all of you can!”

The added family member had the foals join in, feeling the approval from the alicorn Princess. Mirage was now positively charged to the brim which prompted her to…

“Um… I think Mirage is about to explode.” Screwball felt her chaos tingle next to her.

Upon hearing that, nearly everyone was instantly pushed gently back as Mirage suddenly glowed very brightly as they practically exploded with a huge light.

“What’s happening!?” Dusk yelled in fear for his foal as they continued to glow with an intense amount of magic.

Screwball managed to yell out. “Mirage is digivolving into their ultimate form!” She conjured up shades to her eyes and watched on. “Or about to explode in the most epic way possible!”

Hearing the commotion, each mother that had been hiding in the basement had quickly run up, almost blinded when the bright light hit them as well.

After a few intense moments later, the light died, Mirage finally settled and in front of them, was no longer a black chitin changeling with aqua colors. If anything their colors had changed to different palettes. They remained the same size but were an albino turn to their original black. Their wings and tail that were once aqua were now a light violet with their aqua colors on their shells. Their eyes were now a bright violet, with antennae that are a lime green color with the same hue also found on their ear fluffs. As they stood before the family, Mirage looked their form over.

“Whoa,” Was the first that left their mouth, or rather, ‘her’ mouth, as it came out feminine. It was up in the air what their final choice was.

The foals, Cadence, the mothers and Dusk all had their jaws drop on the floor. As they stood witness to the changeling literally transformer her form into something so… odd and yet appealing.

Eris was the first to speak, still reeling from the transformation. “Dun dun dun, de-de-de-de-de-dun,” she softly chanted “Um… congratulations? Your Mirage evolved into a… ‘prettier bug pony?”

“Sorry mom, beat you to it. It was a digivolve.”

“Oh… but shouldn’t they or uh… she had shouted it out that she was digivolving?.”

Screwball shrugged. “At least she didn’t go super InSane! Plus she can change back and forth, watch."

“So anyone here wishes to explain what has happened to our darling Mirage.” Silhouette asked, with her eyes towards the Pink Princess in the room. “I suppose this was haphazardly you're doing?”

Finally acknowledging the elephant or in this case, elephants in the room, Cadence seemed unconcerned that she was in the same room as the villainess nearly got Equestria destroyed. Quite the opposite in fact.

“I didn’t know what had happened but it was happening before I arrived.” Cadence answered smoothly. “It seems that with just enough love, Mirage has become something far above and more than just a normal changeling.” She then focused on Mirage. “How do you feel now, Mirage?”

They first looked confused for a moment, as if not sure themselves how they felt but then… they managed to briefly sigh and a smile graced their mouth. “I feel… content and happy. As if I don’t need to eat anymore or need love. I am also content as a female.”

A pause as they felt their voice come through more feminine. “I think I like being like this more. It feels… more natural now.”

“Well you might need to explain that to your momma when you go wake her up,” Eris offered. “Who knows how she's gonna react when she sees that you are changed…”

Eris paused and thought. “So… wait, are you still a changeling or are you now a changedling? Season 6 Final is a bit of a mess to figure out still with the whole thing and Season 7 skimmed it.”

“I am sure I am a changedling,” she answered truthfully for the first part and ignoring the rest. She then flashed in a white flame and returned to her original form color and all. When she looked over at herself she hummed. “It’s strange. I can feel my other form now, even while in this one but I have no need for love.” She flashed back and looked towards Cadence. “I-I think you may have ensured the changeling race has a better future, Aunty Cadence.”

The alicorn was just vibrating with excitement and joy. With that same energy, it was Mirage that chanted, “Then we can use it to go save Mommy, right?”

Oh, that joy left both Cadence and Dusk, but for different reasons. Cadence did in fact not want to be in the same room as Chrysalis. With Silhouette, her interaction was brief and despite the history with her and the Crystal Empire, Cadence didn’t feel as afflicted with her. The Queen of the changelings was a whole other story.

Dusk on the other hoof was… adamant about recovering Chrysalis but that was because he was afraid that he would have to lay with her in order to wake her up. If Cadence and Mirage would be going, he would not like the idea of them being there knowing what he had to do. Plus, he loved Cadence enough not to put her in any danger.

"How?" Dusk managed to ask. "I don't want you to give her the love you just gained."

"I'm not going to give it to her, I am going to share it with her!" Mirage said happily and then she gave a warm smile to Cadence. "And if you add some of your own magic, it will help!"

The almost puppy or… buggy eyes that she was putting on was a bit too much for Cadence since she was a sucker for foals. Her heart felt for her niece and she gushed at how she looked at her, earning a favorable smile. "Of course, Mirage." The newly transformed changedling jumped and hugged the pink princess' lower legs.

While this warmed the pink princess, it only concerned them about what may need to be done. Yet Dusk’s pursuit to aid Chrysalis would only bring goodness in some form if Mirage could project it.

A moment after hugging Cadence’s leg, Mirage pulled away, a look of concern covering her face. Cadence noticed and asked, “What’s wrong?”

The changedling cocked her head with her eyes showing sympathy. “My-my mother told me she hurt our father, because of how she felt when he exposed her at your wedding.” She slumped a bit. “She never told me how she hurt you by going after your husband. I-I can feel your resentment towards her.”

Cadence was off put that a simple hug exposed that, but Dusk sighed. “Mirage, we can talk about this later. Let’s go help your mother.”

A nod was given and with that, he lit his horn up and teleported back to the hospital. Most of the staff were already used to the entrances of Dusk, so none paid any mind at the sudden arrival.

Mirage, Dusk and Cadence appeared in the same room as Chrysalis, with Mirage approaching the bed. She placed her hooves on the bed, still short enough to not fully climb. Cadence and Dusk approached.

"So how do we do this, Mirage?" Dusk asked. "I was hoping that you didn't give any of your mother your love so you didn't lose it or become weak from it."

"I just have to show momma how much I love her while Cadence just pours the magical aspect of it, not the emotional part and it should work."

"How do you figure that?" Dusk asked.

"Well I-" A pause as Screwball popped out of nowhere, whispered into Mirage's ear and then popped out of existence. Both Cadence and Dusk stared at her, wondering what the other filly just told her but she shook her head.

"Just fire some pink magical lasers." It came out like a sigh and she seemed almost annoyed. "Screwball just told me to skip the dialogue so I can wake up momma faster."

Both alicorns looked at one another before Cadence stepped forward and charged her horn. Mirage did the same and a moment later, they both fired their beams as Chrysalis, who was struck instantly.

At first, nothing seemed to happen but then she…

"OW! WHAT THE FU-" Her mouth was immediately closed by Mirage's magic.

She turned quickly in anger to the creature that dared touch her but when she saw all present like Cadence, Dusk and something else that resembled her-

A terrible cry or growl left her as she saw Mirage's new form.

“What did you do to my baby!?” Chrysalis half demanded towards Cadence. “She looks awful!”

“Momma, I am fine and happy!”

“She clearly is dilutional!

“I don’t feel hungry or angry for anything.”

“Her mind is going mad!”

“Uh… I do have a craving for daisy sandwiches though.”

“Grr! She is corrupted by ponies and their will.”

“Momma… I think you are overplaying the fact that your evilness has no outlet and are therefore trying to blame others for your failed ambitions and possible lack of self control. Also, I felt Aunty Cadence’s resentment towards you when you seduced Shining Armor on their wedding day. You did not mention it to us before.”

Chrysalis stared at her daughter for a moment, somewhat in fear. “Mirage I…” A pause then her anger re-flared. “Wait, Aunty Cadence?!”

Mirage nodded a bit more happily. “Yeah, she said it was okay. Also, she may have just helped us permanently save the changelings from starving out and become more independent.”

She stared at her for a moment longer before turning sharply to Cadence. “You bitch!” she growled at her.

Cadence just gave a grin but said nothing else. Whether it was because she was being called a bitch or for the fact that she may have lost control over her changedlings was a matter up in the air.

Dusk rolled his eyes. “Chrysalis, please. Mirage is fine, the foals are fine and there is no need to get hostile anymore. And besides, aren’t you at least happy that Mirage will never grow hungry again? What about the other changelings? What if they turn like this?”

Dread consumed her of the thought of losing control over her changelings and her hive. Not to mention the fact that despite her will to wanna change, an inner part always wished to remain… the Queen. No, she refused to let that go, for she needed to gain back control of her hive and rule… alongside Dusk and her… daughter. Her planning was gratuitous but not with true evil. This was just a selfless plan that involved-

“Mother, your inner evil monologuing is showing.” Mirage called out with a deadpan stare.

Chrysalis paused in her thoughts, as she was receiving odd stares from the trio around her. A sigh left her as she realized that she could hide nothing from her daughter and now, nothing from them. “Fine, I refuse to let things be but… I will act accordingly for now. Just… let me settle for now.”

Dusk gave a lifted brow but shrugged. “Fair enough. right now, the others are awake and we can rest in my home tonight.” He turned to Cadence. “You wish to continue with us?”

“Of course. I still need to know that you are doing well.”

He smiled at her good will to check on him, knowing well how much she cared for him.

This was noticed by Chrysalis. A small brief taste of his emotions, where an underline of something else was there…

He charged his horn and they all teleported back to the home. Upon arrival, Eris threw up a banner instantly.

“Welcome home, 4th mommy and final member of the Former Evil Goddesses club!”

It stated, though Dusk was not impressed and neither was Chrysalis. Cadence however did like it since it was written in crayon and marker. “Ah, they missed their fourth friend! And it was made by the foals!”

Eris deflated, literally. “No… no that was me, but my magic fizzled halfway out.”

“Oh.” Cadence then gave a small smile. “Well, it’s the uh… thought that counts, you know.”

“Save it Cotton Candy. I tried and none of us are fully back to power, I'm at like 68.9%... almost nice there but not there.”

“I am almost at full power,” Chrysalis stated mockingly with a grin. “So it should be no surprise that my power is still greater than any of you, thanks to Mirage’s love given.”

While the other three glared at her, it was Mirage that looked at her mother with an annoyed expression. “Mother, if you do not behave, I’ll bring other changelings here to be converted in front of you.”

“You wouldn’t dare!”

“Thorax is here and so is Kevin!”

Her mother gasped. “Kevin! Kevin! The first one I had banished from the hive!? I thought he was already dead!”

“Quite the opposite,” Dusk said evenly. “My parents actually saved him and nurtured him back to health.”

Chrysalis reeled at that and snarled. “And as for your brother…” She paused, then thought about it longer. “He would be more of a threat then Kevin! He could oppose mine and your future rule!”

“I don’t want to rule if it means hurting Thorax!”

“And I want to keep this hive intact!”

As they bickered back and forth, Eris sighed and crawled towards Dusk who looked like he was getting a headache and worried about what might happen.

“Ugh, this shit is getting boring. Hey, you want me to skip this part and go straight to the clop scene?”

“Yes… wait what?”

“Too late!” (And readers, ignore the magic glitch!)

A snap of her fingers and Dusk suddenly found himself in bed with Chrysalis on top of him. The green queen had a manic grin on her face while her sharp tongue was out and hovering around him.

“If you want me to be a good queen around the ponies and to stay complicit, then you better have the stamina and energy to keep me stated without fail!”

Dusk had no idea what just happened but finding out he was suddenly forced to bed with Chrysalis, with him only managing to make a “Wha!” before she shoved her long tongue down his throat.

At the intrusion, he pushed her away but she held on, as she began to grind her lower hindquarters to his sheath. The interaction was rough at first, due to her slightly hard chitin, but then her wet slit seemed to make things easier as she rubbed her lube all over him.

The situation was reminding him of what she did before and a powerful wave of fear and anger came from him causing her to stop and slow her roll as she pulled back. At retreat, he angrily almost yelled out but she simply placed a hoof on his mouth to cease his scream.

“Eris gave us the house for the time and while I prefer not to anger you, know that we did agree to this.” She then leaned in close. “I only want you to understand that my temper and my control will be held, if you keep me happy, Dusk. What I did to you before was unforgivable, but this time, I want you to enjoy it because of the benefits I could provide.”

Still glaring at her, he gently moved her hoof away. “And that would be?”

With a grin, she shifted her form in a flash and turned into one of his friends, Rarity. “Why, anything you like darling! Any desire, any pony you wish!”

Dusk was cut off guard as Chrysalis, who assumed the form of his best friend, continued to grind her lower hips against his slowly emerging stallionhood. Her body was no longer hard chitin, but the soft, fur and nearly flawless texture that matched Rarity’s physique. He was super uncomfortable about this, knowing that she thought of details, including how her lower lips were just enough to hug his cock.

“Mmmm darling, you’ve been holding out on me. This is as big as I imagined!” she continued to taunt him in her voice.

Dusk managed to hold onto her arms and gave a grunt. “Not her, not any of the girls!” He demanded, just as she pressed his organ on her lips.

“No?” She asked, still using Rarity’s voice. “Then perhaps someone else on your list, someone who you view as… godly!”

In an instant, she transformed into Princess Celestia and immediately, he turned a hard red, as he witnessed the person he idolized and cherished with his heart, took his hard shaft and buried it into her larger hole. A moan left her, reminding him how perfect she could replicate her voice.

“Oh Dusk,” She purred in Celestia's voice. “How well you do to please your princesses.” She began to bounce on his cock, triggering a very surreal scenario he has had in dreams of bedding his princess. Her mimicry of her actions, voice and even gentle touches made it so surreal that his own mind had a hard time trying to distinguish it, if not for the slight green in her eyes. “Tell me, my dearest student, have I always plagued those… fantasies of yours every night? Hmm? Those all so many times when you fell asleep by the side when I read you those late night stories?”

How could she possibly know that?’ Was an immediate thought though it became overshadowed as he groaned and arched his hips into warm depths, as Chrysalis massaged his shaft with her walls. An in-equine feature that the bug queen could do willingly and with no difficulty to her anatomy. Her own secretions were actually thicker than the others have been, an almost honey like texture, thick and gooey that when it exited her hole and surrounded his shaft, the stickiness was present.

“N-Not her either… p-please.” He managed to moan out, trying not to see any future pretenses of his encounter with the future Celestia to become more awkward.

“No?” She asked a faux pout as she slowly rid him then pausing. “Then perhaps my dear sister of mine?”

She transformed into Luna, who was a bit smaller but still just as wonderful. This was even more difficult because Luna and Nightmare were one in the same and he already had a hard time not to have those moments when he knew Luna visited him in his dreams about bedding Nightmare.

“N-No, not any of them!”

“Ah then,” she hummed in Luna’s voice. “Then, if neither of your two princesses, then perhaps… the exclusive one that lies in your heart.”

And with that, she transformed into the one he dreaded most but the one he couldn’t help deny that did afflict his heart.

She retook the copy of Cadence, the Alicorn of Love. His savior, his stable line to reality and insanity in that dark moment and the desperate feeling he had when she brought him back into the light. The very nature of her magic was love and her love was enough for many. He was raised by his foal sitter and even taught him so much in a decade and a half that she was in his life.

Her eyes met his own and he froze in disbelief as he was fully buried inside of her. She sighed dreamily in Cadence’s voice. “Hmm Dusk, I knew that you wanted me but I didn’t know this much.”

He tried to deny it, he really tried to deny it but she pressed her lips to his own and his eyes went wide. He throbbed hard inside of her pussy, as he felt those lips on her. Despite knowing who was wearing her face, for a moment, for that brief moment, he felt happy that it was her.

A dark and inner withheld fantasy of being like this with her had always plagued his heart. To touch, to kiss, to… to be like this with her…

She then pulled away with her eyes still looking at him almost lovingly. Almost.

“It’s okay Dusk,” The voice is smooth as silk but not as sweet as the original. “This can be between me and you, in the bedroom alone.” She whispered this gently to his ear. Her hips rose and fell, begining a rythm as she fucked him gently. “Fantasies can be wonderful, but so can the love for one another. She will always be your sister-in-law, your savior and more, but here and now with me… I am all yours…” With that, she laid her mouth next to his neck and began to give him many kisses across his face while her body continued to bounce on his cock. She wrapped her front hooves around him, like a lover, like a soul mate, with a grace he could only ever imagine.

All this happened and Dusk wasn't strong enough; not because of what she was doing but who she was pretending to be. Each moan, each touch, each kiss; the movements were gentle and caring and it showed heavily at how well she portrayed Cadence.

The rise and fall of her hips on his shaft, slowly being coated in her love secretions, unfiltered by this form. How he had secretly dreamed of his in the last six months; not actually dreaming, for he knew that Luna would have noticed, but had been vivid enough to the point where it blended between fantasy and his waking world. His savior on top of him, just like now, treating him more special then he dared ever to admit.

Her kisses on his face, reminded him of how she kissed him on his cheek or forehead to soothe him. The soft whispers of sweet nothings on his ear, were like the sweet and kind words that he would listen to when he was in pain or depressed.

Each thrust was like how he pictured in his mind, as he finally met her hips with his own, how he projected how she would feel so heavenly around his own. Countless months where he had stroked himself in the shower and released his seed of pent up frustration on the floor of the tiles or when Spike wasn’t home so he could take something she recently used, inhale her scent and magically stroke himself with her aroma.

It was a horrid feeling for him, for she was married to his brother, making him feel like he was stabbing his brother in the back with her in his mind. When her pregnancy became more visual, he stopped having fantasies and focused on his friends, his health and the friendship problems he had. They were just enough to make him forget the moments of having Cadence in his head.

Yet Chrysalis was here taking her form, bouncing on him as she enjoyed what little she could from him. Even as they were both enjoying themselves, he was reminded of those nights where he whispered her name…

…And he refused to go back to it. Despite the euphoric state he was in, he still managed to say…

“Chrysalis,” Causing her to pause mid rise and look at him. He managed to look up into those hidden green lit eyes, once more, “Chrysalis… I want… Chrysalis.”

Not because he didn’t want Cadence, but because he loved her too much to disrespect her image. Even if there were moments he wished it could be so much more, he would not go for a love that would not be, but rather… new ones. Those thoughts, those feelings, and despite what he went through with them, he would try to forge something with them.

Chrysalis felt this through the emotional wave and felt that it was odd that he would forgo this form, preferring for her true form. While he still resented them, he was willing to push past all that for the chance that he would change them for the better, not just for their sake, but for his own and their foals.

With a small sigh, she transformed back into her changeling form and continued to thrust on him. Dusk made an effort for himself and held her hips as he continued to meet her.

The room echoed with their soft slaps, mixed in with the wet mixture of their fluids. His balls swung heavily as he tried to eagerly match her prowess. The queen was not easy to please but the fact that he was now emotionally trying to coax her into a loving time, it worked. His love was a bit forced but the underlining was that he would put his heart for her, and the others, because of their foals.

It seemed deranged and twisted, but that suited her just fine. Like her own mind, she resumed her lustful thrusts on Dusk, trying to bring it out of him.

Though there was a turn in strength as he slammed himself in her faster and forcefully. Like something had changed…

She was suddenly teleported and her reality shifted hard with her on her front with Dusk on top. Her eyes spun as her world shifted hard in this sudden shift. She suddenly felt his weight on her and his mass… grew.

His shaft stretched her walls to a painful point, his thrusts were rigid and breaching her womb and the forelegs around her… black furred with muscles clenching her hard. A grunt of pain left her and she managed to look up… her mind uprooting in horror.

Nightfall was now pounding into her, aggressive and dominant. “Your little illusions will only please me for so long, bug.” He growled. “Pray they can appease a true ruler like me!”

Fear gripped her at the sound of his voice overhead and the power that he held. For one moment, she felt the strength of it burying itself deep inside of her, pain almost overwhelming her but then the next moment, it was a soft but still above average thrust inside of her pussy.

She briefly looked up and saw that Dusk returned but was now fucking her like a gentle colt. The pleasure returned and even the emotional state as well.

Had… had it been her mind or was it real? Could she remember the pain?

The colt continued his rutting, seemingly unaware of what had just happened, with pain returning to pleasure, though he seemed to be using his magic to aid her. An unwilling moan left the queen as he used it not only to massage her own clit, but to rub and massage her flanks. She sighed as his cock hit her where it counted and his magic everywhere else.

More juices flowed from her cunny as she tried to ignore the sudden return of him, instead focused on Dusk was treating her right. How he made sure that he was focused on her pleasure and not just his own.

In that weird shift in moment, her pleasure came rapidly and with a somewhat satisfying climax. Dusk was not long after her and he gave a few heavy and deep thrusts into her body before gasping as he finally released and spilled hot spunk into the changeling queen's womb, painting it eternally and excessively. Unlike before, there was no spite, or anger, or any kind of negative emotion to him as he came inside of her.

It was pure pleasure with no regrets but also no love. A bit of a bittersweetness that she felt was oddly more satisfying than before. Dusk settled on top of her, still buried in her and enjoying the aftermath for the time, despite who he had just laid with.

The mood was absent of any more hostilities but there was still some building needed before they could come close to becoming something manageable for the foals.

Later after getting cleaned up and organizing themselves, did they rejoin the others. Currently they were outside of Ponyville in an open plain just trying to enjoy the fresh air for the first time in a long time. Something they all deeply and truly missed.

“So… Now that you put us all in good graces with the princesses, our babies in a safe home and possible reformation, what’s next?” Eris asked.

Dusk shrugged. “Not sure, I guess, we can only wait and see.” He chuckled. “Though I am kinda just glad everything worked out the way it did, especially since you used that ‘mcguffin’ thing to work all the way through.

Eris frowned as did Screwball, though she suddenly became a bit worried. “Mama, I think only part of it was used.”

“It was,” she stated. “The other part has yet to come which is really weird, even for us.”

Now Dusk frowned and the other three villianesses looked at them. “What do you mean, only part of it? Wasn’t Cadence and Mirage changing the whole thing? Or my family leaving inconveniently? What about waking up Chrysalis quickly?”

A sudden chilled wind came down before all of them and despite the nice day outside, the day seemed to get darker for some reason.

Eris rubbed her arms. “No, it was a part of it, but the other is not something I can change or control. There is something going on and I can’t help but feel this part of the plot ain’t my doing.”

“Not mine either,” Added Screwball with worry. “And the author’s going straight to voicemail.”

“What are you two babbling about?” demanded Chrysalis. “What shenanigans are you playing at now?” Though she noticed Mirage holding her leg. Umbra was sniffing the air along with Silhouette.

“This… this isn’t them, “Nightmare stated ominously. Nox pulled close to her foreleg. The wind grew stronger, colder and the sun seemed… bleak as if even Celestia was feeling it. “Something else is stirring here.”

“There is a certain darkness approaching…” Silhouette stated, though it was one she was familiar with. Umbra then tapped her hoof, causing her to look down at him. He pointed to a spot not far from them.

“It’s going to happen there.”

Silhouette blinked and followed. “He’s right, something is coming right in front of us.”

Dusk became concerned, more so that now… each mother was taking a defensive stance and what magic they were able to wield, was glowing. Nightmare, Chrysalis and Silhouette had their horns glowing while Eris, who was never one to take things seriously, had her palms glowing. The foals, whatever they were sensing, also were concerning them, hugging the legs of their mothers with concern.

Dusk felt the shift now and then… magic…

Pure, raw, unrestrained, unpredictable and powerful magic. It was coming from beyond his understanding, perhaps since of their divinity, they understood it better than him, but it was strong.

A rift opened in the sky not far from the ground and in front of them. The air blew and tugged harshly all around them, clouds of dark forming and swirling like a vortex. Those Ponyvillians that were witnessing it, managed to run away and scream in panic as the spiral continued. Magical runes appeared around it followed by a sense of reality shifting unto itself.

Then a figure fell from it. Not gracefully, not like Eris and Screwball did when they arrived, but it almost looked like they crashed. They bounced hard on the ground, but seemingly had enough to recover to land back on their hooves. From it, a unicorn mare of a lilac coat and teal mane and tail with a mint green stripe in the middle, came through. A cutie mark of a purple and white star with two blue glimmering streams adorned her flanks. Lastly, part of her horn and her side was badly burned as if she was burned.

Dusk worried, tried to approach, but Nightmare quickly put a hoof on him. “Whatever has just happened, it has marked her. It’s dark magic, far more potent than any of us.”

“That's temporal chronic magic specifically,” Eris added, her alarm bells flaring in her chaos tingle. “Far stronger than what most of us can pull off. Whatever she used to make it happen, that required a lot of power and strength.” She all but kept her palms up. “We got ourselves another ‘Marey Sue’ here, this time with bad baggage.”

The mare finally steadied herself and when her eyes laid on him, he saw… pain. He saw agony, that the world itself went to tear itself at her but she was not directing that on him, but projecting it from her eyes. Then she spoke.

“D-Dusk S-Shine?” She managed to ask, though her voice was weary and tired, almost broken.

He blinked at this and only asked. “Do I know you?”

She sighed and shook her head softly. “No… not yet, but my n-name is Starlight Glimmer. I’m… from the future… A future… where you have killed everything…”

M̴̨̦̈̿͛̉̄͘y̴̳̺̤̻̬̞͚̅̾͊̑ ̸̨̨̰͓̻͇̝̝̤̣̻̱͑͐̒̅̀́̆̉̿͝͝R̵̰̣̈́͐̉͋̇͆̓͗̈̀̀͝͠e̴̩̠̼͖̯̖̰͈͙̫͛̈́́̈́̈́̑͆̆͛̋a̴̡̮̖͚̫̝͈͍̹̎̌͒̿̓͋͂̈̍͜͝c̵̨̪̟̣̰̠͙͔̮̭̼̟̈́̾͝h̴̢̢̩͈͓̾̌̕͜͝ ̸̨̡̧̡̩̳̩͙̠̝̼̳͊͑͑̐̅́̓́̈͝d̶̫̜͎̔̒͠r̷̛̤̺̙̟͓̰̳͎̹̱̓̈́̓͛̑̄̏̅̾̊̆̑́͠a̷̧͆̉̑̃͐̀͘w̶͖̫̖̔̃̒̀̋̈́̂͗̏̄̋͠͠͠s̵̟̠̘͍̔̊̈́̈̄͑̆͑͆͆̐̾̌͠ ̷̟̘̖̤͕͉̠̠̫͂͗̀͗̇͗̓͌͛̈́̋̿ç̷̊́̃l̶̠̹͋́͆o̵̟̱̖̜͖͈̎͆͂̓͊s̷̨̡̳͖͚̗̹͕̞͙͈̠͍͙̋̐̐͆͒͂͛͊̽̌͗͑͝e̸̥͙̖̼̹̪͖̋̊̚͝,̶̨̤͈̖̲̯̱̲̤̠̱̤͕̪̌̏ ̷͕̣͖͙͍͇͌̂͆̓͂̽̊̚͜M̷̡͚̜̲̮̓͛͑̓ỹ̷̡̡̛͙̯͉̙̻̼͈͛̋̅̒͛͌̔̓͑̆̉͘ ̷̡̛̦̳̱̥̪̣̲͈̗̙̟̻̎̎̐̍͌̋̂͘ͅṁ̵̢̡͉̙͎͎̱̦̰̩̟̪̔̈́͆͛̒͋͌͂̏͆a̸͍̲̼̘̥̞͉̺̝̞̭͖̓̈̾͂͐̓͐̐͛̀͘͘ͅͅģ̷̦̻̘̮̟̥̰̫͕̹̓̂̈ͅͅͅḭ̷̢̢̯̦̝̱̩̥̳̖͙̫͖̄̋͗̒̀̈́͌̑̑́̂͜͠͝͠͝c̷̡͙̣̘̜̼͙̣̙͎̭̟̭̋̐̊͗͒̇̈́͐͜͝ͅ ̷̨̦̫̤̘̥̲̮͇͑͊̏̒b̵̢̺͓̥̳̤̠̰͔̍̈́̇͆̿͛̄͂̿̐͋͝r̷̜̬͎̹͔̗̳̘̥͊͝è̷͙̍̿a̶̢̢̖̞̱̟̱̘̫̳̥̞̗͑̌́̇̆̿̆̓̋͌͒̌͜ͅk̷̡̛̼̫͍͖̠͋̋̿͂̏͋̈́̈̔͆̕͘͠s̶͇̺͓͐̈̌̈́̀ͅ ̵̨̼̦͙̤̠̪͔͈̰͗͋̇͌̈́́̾ť̷̛̖̐͗̉̇h̷̻̿̾͌́̊̈́͆̃̄ȓ̵̝̲͚̃̆̆̎́ͅö̸̧͎̞̩͔̥̭͎̫̖́̒̐́͜ų̸̣̮͔̜̲̼̟̲͈̪͔̏̍̎͜͝ǵ̵̡̩̗͖͎̱̝͕́̔̃̔̈̂̎̂̉̒́͝h̸̢̤͍͔̪̠̻̼̹̫̬͎̓͆̒̈̓͊̀̽ ̸͔̟̥͕͎̻͐͑̽͐̊͝y̵̥̙̒͜ͅò̵̢̦̳͔̥̝͙̽́͂ͅu̶̢̨̠̜̜̦̦̼͈̓́̓̍͆̓̎̉͛̊͝͠ŗ̵̡̟͇͇̐̉̃̔̉ͅ ̵̝̈̋̈̈́̄̌͋̂͐͠ͅb̸̡̤̀̈â̴͈̦͙̟̰͑̾̈́̐͒͗̾̂̈̇̔̈̔̕r̷̨̡̾͒̅̌͘̚͠ŗ̵̡̢̧̖͎̰̙͙̭͇͉͇̐̇͑̃͒͑ͅͅị̴͎̘̲̐͌̓͝ȩ̸̧͍͇͈̘̰͖͓͚̤͊̊̏̽̂͠r̴͓͒̀̌̂͂̅̋͌̕͝͝s̴̛̞͈̫͚̿̅̔̈́̉̾̓͐̒́̐͝͝,̷̡̢̧̻͚͙͍̭̭̗̰͈̰̰͈̑̇͑̄͒̊͘ ̴͔̻̬̀̾̒͒̍̆̚͝M̴̨̢̨̙̮̞̖͗̈́̽̊͂͊y̴̡͍̤̲̩̳̲͎͔̅͗͑͂͋́̿̅͝͝ ̸̢̝̯͚̹̮̯̮̻͍̣̲͚͑̐̽p̴̤̤̮̳̻͍͆͌͐͐̆͗̿̓̔̍͠ỏ̴̧̨̳̮͉̮̝̬͖̗̜̟̖͘w̵̞̳̠̮͇̖͚̽̾̄͋͊̆̑͒̕̚͠e̵̡̜̲̞̲̜̖͕̣͔͔̒̔̿̀̌̓͒̓̕r̴̡̛̘̖̮̠̱̥͈̦͉͎͙̊͊͆͋͐̽̕͠ ̸̢̬̪͙͎̭̉̈́̉̓͛̑̍̈̐̐̃i̸̲̬̹̿̆͐̋̀̂͌͂͠s̵̺͈̤̼͖̈̂̐̒̄̉̏͠ ̷̰̙̦̄̀͊r̴̨̩͔͉̹͈̟̘̱̟̻̟̾̀̊i̴̢͕̹͉͉̻͎̭̼̳̟̔ͅs̶̻̱̟̗̲̓̔i̷̧͔̮͖͂̄̔͒͊̄̊̀̚͘͠n̴̩̙̰̲̹͕̻͙̔g̵̙͈̥̯͐̑͑̀̔̃͌͜͠.̸̧̼̹̜͎̼̜̼̘̟̪͔̭͖̋.̸̨̹̩̹̲̜̦͈̈́͋̋͆̃́̅̈́̇̌͘͠.̸̧̡͌̈̊́̄͌̏̍͊̿̽͂͜͝

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̵̣͎̣̠̜̪̓́̆̔͆̅̓̃̔̂͘F̵̭͙͈̻̟̂̓̏̇͂̾͛̾̉̀ͅȁ̴͍̫̥̬͔̤͇̰͍̮̦̼̪̇̑̉̏̀ų̶̗͉͙̟̝̰̘͉̟͍̳̆̏̀͜s̴̛͓̺͕̎͛͌̔̌̽̂͋̒̏̚̚ͅt̴̨̢͖͇̬̗̰͙͈͈̹̼̿͛͌̈́̓̄̍̈̆.̴̢͖̦̮͍̥̜̈́̂̿͛́͋̀.̸̡̨̨̡͈̥̝̘̻͚̠͙̮̬̣͆̅̉̎̊́̏͂̓̉̅.̴̩͓̻̟̪̬̝̰̦̋͐̂͒̃̑͗̀̈́͋̌̾̎̓̂ ̸̨̧̧̜̼͇̙̪̣̂́̐͋̈́͗̊́̒̒̆̕͘͝͝H̶̛̞̺͍͓̤̞̦̱͓̺͊̏̕e̸̡̢̗͉̞̼̤͖̣͛͛̿å̵̡̨̨̧̬̖̙̖̼̹̺̰͇̹̥͆͛̐͌͑̈̏̓͂̄̽̐͝͝ŗ̴͍̬̲̲͚̲̙̻̺̠́̑̆̈́͊͌͒ ̴̢̝̯̹̜̠̹͍̰̫̯͖́͋̋̇m̸̛̯̺̰̲̫̹̪̺̝͕̤̗̥̼͑̀̀͗̅̔̃̓̉̋̒̆̈̕y̸͉̜̩̬͓͎̞̘̲̰̥͖̑̿̊̀̈́̊̇́͒̿̅̒͛̚ ̴̨̦͈̣͎̲͖̠͇̗̟̯̞̤̣̾͛̍́̑̅͛͛͠͝͠Ċ̶̡̣̯̜̖͊̍́̓̓̈́̈̈́̔̉̐̌̚̕a̸̮̯̤̤̜͔͆̋̆̈́̏͘͘l̵̡̧̨̗͓̘̖͍͈̟̘̜̻̄̌̈́̌̊̈́̾͋̄̅̈́̏͐͝l̷̢͕̥̤̫̹̙̦̲̤̳̓̈́̂.̷̲̭̲̩͖̄̀͆́͒̈͒̚.̷̢͕̺͇̅̆̃͂͆̃͝͠͠ͅ.̵̡̧̛͚͙̪̙͔̤̻̽̂̄̒͋̎̾ ̵̧̡̨̳̮͕̝̰̣̪̱͈̃̐́̓̕Ỷ̵̛͕͇̠̫͍̭̣̣͔̬̣̞̟̝̇̽̾͌͝ͅö̵̡̬̮̺̹̥̮͍̮̗̟̲̓̊͘̚͝ũ̴̧̙̜͇͔̟̱̦͐ ̷͚̙͕̝̺̱̮͔̓͜ͅą̸̝̟͙̹̱̺̤̩̦̹͕̘̤̀̀̑͝ṙ̶̨̮̻͉͉̯̰̪͔̝̪ė̵̖͉͕͓̮̬̤̞̫̱͊ͅ ̷̢̢̻͈̝̳͒̈́̊͐̀̈́̚͜N̷͇̦̯̼̘̺͉̖͕̰̖̒̄͐̽̂̄̔̿͂̋̚ë̴̛̗̭͍̩́̎̂̌͐̃̈́͂͝͝͝a̵̗͓̘̗̠̭̝̖̳͑͂̍̃̑̅͊͛̌̑̔̎̀͠͠ŗ̴̢͔̜̯̱̟̲̃͋̽̃̓͗̀̀̋̾̀̀.̸̢̡̙̰̭͙̦͇̮̼̑̍́̉̄̂͆̓͝.̵̤́͝.̸̡̣̼̼̰͚̼͖͇͈̄̀͊̐͋̾̍̾͘

Author's Note

Apologies for delay but do to a family incident recently, everything was delayed. The next chapter is where you'll get most of the notes.
This was raw and unedited due to timing.