Fractured Past Healing Present

‘You know… it would help if we actually knew the plot… because…. you are pulling most of this out your ass, you fucking idiot!’ - Eris

‘Mom! This is an explicit story! … With foals! You can't curse!’ - Screwy

‘Oh… well its to late, the story is about to begin… Also fuck, nyah!’ - Eris

Dusk watched from the glass window of the hallway, as doctors of many kinds worked around the forms of the four villianesses. Each had their own special team working on them. The problem was… each female was treated differently though not without its own challenges.

To begin with, Nightmare Moon was much like Luna and Celestia. She was an alicorn, however unlike them, she was a manifestation of Luna’s emotional spectrum that became a sentient entity. She didn’t have physical features until after the incidents with Dusk. Going from purely magical, to physical, to being magically drained, then have magic given back, caused all sorts of predicaments.

To their credit, Luna and Celestia had said that if she was a natural alicorn, her healing factor should kick in and replace her magic, though it could take some time. Each alicorn was different. Some syphoned energy from their sources, though it would be difficult to see where Nightmare would get hers.

Eris was… a literal problem. Her mixed biology made it difficult to understand, especially for the doctors. They were not sure what was equine, what was draconic, what was real or fake and so on.

Silhouette was almost the same as Nightmare, though she lacked the wings. She was powerful, but she had been killed off then brought back. A sort of weird ritual with dark magic or necromancy. But again, with Dusk removing then gaining back, her body was now physical with a unique biological approach.

Chrysalis was biology unseen since the changelings. Outside their shapeshifting, they remained an enigma. Bug like in nature, but pony shapes and mannerisms. A few believed they adapted to look and behave like ponies to infiltrate and blend in over years of constant observation. Some of their biology was like ponies but the rest remained alien.

All of this; everyone one of them could be dealt with and handled properly with care.

Or… with aggression.

“Your feelings betray you, Prince Dusk Shine.” Luna spoke with a cold tone. She moved to his side, looking through the window. “We should end this now while they are weakened.”

Dusk would and should have been appalled by her behavior. But he knew that she meant it in a way where others interpret it as horrid. In truth, she meant that they should be locked up, turned to stone or sent to Tartarus.

But that would do nothing but make their situation worse or fatal. Anger rose at the mere mention of her idea.

“I would be dooming them, have their mothers lost and leaving four foals orphaned.”

Luna scoffed. “They are perhaps just as evil as their mothers.”

“You don’t know that.” Countered Dusk. His brow furrowed. “You above all know that an influence can be planted but it's up to others to change it.”

The bite stung, but Luna knew it was just his emotions preventing him from seeing the bigger picture.

“Then what would we have done with them?”

Dusk looked down the hallway, past Luna, where the four foals were being handled by Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. Pinkie seemed super forward with dealing with the foals, ignoring their origins. Fluttershy also seemed to have an easier time dealing with them, acting very kindly towards them. Both had begun to offer some of their own treatments, such as food, toys and such.

They were… innocent, despite their times spent with their mothers. According to the four, time worked differently where they were at, moving faster there than here. How different, was a mystery but the doctors did small tests on them and found them to be 11 to 12 years old.

It's been six months since the incident for Dusk, so roughly a decade of time for them. Who knows what they have dealt for the length of time.

“Do you know anything about them?” Asked Luna.

Dusk didn’t. They were his foals and he knew nothing on them. He just knew they were his and that was it.

“No… but I will. They are under my care.”

Luna slowly cocked her head to the females inside.

“And them?”

Dusk knew she wanted to do something bad to them but he couldn’t allow it, not when they were incapacitated.

“I already placed them in my care, they will remain there until they recover.”

Luna sniffed, looking towards her evil counterpart. “Perhaps you may have suffered a form of shock upon their arrival Dusk, but they are evil. They were cruel malicious beings with no heart.” He felt rage begin to rise within him, hearing her words. “I know you don’t want to hear it again, but they did…”

“I know what they did!” He yelled loudly, the halls echoing.

He noticed that the foals, along with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie from down the hallway looked at him, mixed emotions spread across their faces.

Luna meanwhile remained stoic, silently absorbing the shock from Dusk’s voice. Dusk gave her a glare, sighing heavily before looking back at the glass.

“I know what they did,” he repeated much softer. “And… while I don’t like to be ‘reminded’, I still can’t let them suffer. Not when they have foals, not when we can save them. What happens afterwards, we will deal with it but for now, we need to find a way to help them.”

Luna stayed stoic though her voice still remained cold. “They are demigoddesses Dusk. Simply magic and rest would not heal them.”

Dusk gave a small glance before focusing back on the glass. “I know.”

Luna’s eye tried to meet him, but he remained locked onto them. She squinted in annoyance. “You are already planning on healing them. You want to fix them.”

Dusk didn’t reply, making Luna click her tongue then move past him. “Watch your back, for there is a chance they may attack you again… Prince Dusk Shine.” Without another word, she lit her horn and teleported with a blue flash.

Dusk was upset but he didn’t need to show it. His emotions were conflicted, muddled with all that has happened in the last few hours. Luna voicing her anger towards the females was just another problem to the mix.

Celestia had returned to Canterlot to deal with the issues stirring there. Luna opted to stay behind since she was the most well versed in fighting. Shining was downstairs with the guard, waiting at a moments notice if and when to strike.

The other girls were waiting alongside them, not wanting anything to do much with the foals. The miracle of Pinkie and Fluttershy of them being who they were is all that he had for himself in relief.

Casting his gaze once more down the hall, the foals were in awe and wonderment of all the things that Pinkie was showing them. From new foods such as sweets and cakes, to acts of questionable but noble spontaneous acts of entertainment. Meanwhile Fluttershy was checking them over, wondering what they needed to be cared for.

When Pinkie caught their attention fully, Fluttershy made her way towards Dusk, though her face portrayed confusement and sadness.

Dusk knew it but he still needed to hear it. “What’s wrong with them?”

Fluttershy stayed quiet for a moment, mumbling in her words before speaking softly to them. “Nothing, absolutely nothing.”

Dusk blinked at that, not sure what she meant. Fluttershy clarified. “They are well in what normal foals should be cared for but… they never really have had proper food or anything a normal pony would need. I don’t know much about magic as much as you do Dusk, but I think that… with them being somewhere else for so long, they have relied on magic to live.”

Her gaze then turned to the window where their mothers were at before turning back to them. “They were raised on magic and nothing else. Perhaps that is why they…” She motioned at the mothers, “-Are without magic. They gave it up so that the foals could live.”

She let out a soft sigh. “Because they have never been to Equestria, without sun, without food, all they have with them is magic. I don’t know much else beyond that.”

Dusk was sure that it was his fault for all this, but… it hurt to know that they were born into a scenario where the mother had to literally give part of her life to keep her foal from dying. It was made worse that now that they were back, he had no idea what to do with that knowledge.

Swallowing a lump in his throat, he asked. “Can they eat what Pinkie is offering them?”

Fluttershy gave a nod. “It’s new to them but they can digest it, though I am not sure about the changeling.”

Dusk cursed himself for also not asking for names. It's bad enough that their own mothers were hospitalized, their past a mystery and their own father sees them as aliens.

Luna was right however, in that he had to watch his back in case they were influenced by their mothers in any way. He just hoped that they were not going to be as vile.

“Thanks Fluttershy, anything else?”

The yellow mare gave a small nod. “Yes, be with them. They know nothing of this world. No friends, no protection. All they know is their mothers… and you.”

Him. A father. That’s what they know. But did they know how they came to be? What went into giving them life? Were they even aware of what he went through or was it some lie that was forced into their minds when they were born?

The responsibility was overwhelming and the burden was massive. Yet nopony else would do it because there was nopony else.

Taking a deep breath, he exhaled and walked to them. Pinkie had done a wonderful job keeping them entertained. They ‘awed’ at the display of Pinkie’s feets of tricks and joy, while they moaned in delight at her sweet treats that filled their bellies for the first time.

Dusk finally took the time to really study the foals as he approached. The first being the black alicorn. He was short, as any foal his age would be. His fur was pure black, no other coloring on it. Short wings and a short horn. His tail and mane were a light violet with a thin line of deep blue that ran in the middle. His eyes were… draconic but had a nice shade of deep blue.

Next to him was the draconequus. She looked much like her mother, with the mismatched body parts, but she was a shade of violet that blended with some parts and not with others. The thing is, when she switched her forms, which she did often, she turned into a light violet filly with swirling eyes. She had a blend of purple and white mane and long tail, though resting on her head was a propeller hat that spun when she got excited. She also… somehow gave herself a cutie mark with a baseball and a screw. Odd. Just like her mother.

The changeling was the real oddity. While it… he? She? had the same black chitin as Chrysalis, it was not as rugged or matted. Rather the chitin came off as a sheen. No holes covered the body at all. Perfectly in the shape of a pony and more. The colors were vastly different though. Sky blue eyes with no pupils came from the head. Aqua was the dominant color for the horns, the wings, the tail, the shell on the back and the thorax as well. Beautiful and curious is what came to his mind.

Lastly was the unicorn colt. Oddly, his coat was a shade grey that would normally be seen on a normal unicorn. The only difference between him and normal ponies was his green eyes that shimmered with small trails of magic that come from them every now and then. His horn had the smallest hints of red at the tip.

All of them were reminiscent of their mothers… but they shared his blood and perhaps his magic. Maybe more.

Approaching the foals, they noticed their father approached and focused on him. Pinkie saw his face of skewed emotions, feeling empathy for the colt.

Fluttershy was by him upon approach. Dusk was not sure how to start this, let alone speak to them. Pinkie pulled close, giving him a hug and a small smile.

“It’s okay Dusky, you got this. Just… let them hear you first then… then talk to them.” She then moved to Fluttershy. “Come on, Flutters. Let’s give them some family bonding time.”

Fluttershy gave a hesitant nod but followed, giving Dusk an encouraging smile before walking away from them all.

Once they left a good distance away, Dusk had himself and the foals. He felt a huge weight had come back on him and he let his plot hit the floor with a thud. He felt his heart beating rapidly, not sure how to approach the situation.

Each pair of eyes looked up at him, waiting, seeing, digging in their father’s features. Each one had their own way of studying him. Whether the black alicorn read him like an open book, the draconequus studied him like a reversed inside out map, the changeling reading his conflicted emotions or the unicorn feeling the tension around.

The moment was tense, quiet and uncomforting, but finally Dusk spoke, though with strained vocals.

“I-I don’t know what to do here,” He answered honestly. “I-I am not even sure what to say, or ask or do…” He swallowed the lump in his throat. “I can’t say that I know you… and that actually hurts me because of that. I can accept that you are my blood, that you all share my magic and perhaps that you are just as innocent in all this mess… but I am not sure how to approach you as my….”

He couldn’t finish. He was struggling with what he needed to say but not what he wanted to say.

Seeing their struggling father, the four silently looked between themselves before they made a silent connection to help. The alicorn foal, Nightmare’s son, approached him and sat in front of him. His eyes met up at his father’s.

While Dusk was instantly reminded of Nightmare’s draconic slit eyes from him, he didn’t see the anger, the hate, the rage and all that from him. Instead, curiosity and a mind that Dusk could relate to on a personal level looked back at him. Lifting his small black hoof towards his father, he reached out. “Hello Dusk”, the colt spoke, politely and sounded much like himself when he was young. “My name is Nocturnal Night, but my mom and my siblings call me Nox for short.”

A small, tiny smile tugged at his mouth, as he made first contact with his son. Their hooves touched and they shook. The tension finally broke and the foals moved closer.

The next was the changeling. It… she/he… made their hoof touch their father and the changeling smiled. “Hello… Dusk.” The voice was odd, a mixture of male and female that really threw him off more than ever. “My name is Mirage.” The emotions that radiated from him, caused Mirage to give a small bow of the head, understanding his confusion. “I… don’t have a gender which I am comfortable with, so I switch between male and female. I hope that is okay.”

Dusk gave Mirage a smile of acceptance. “That is fine, I just hope you are ready for others to ask the same thing or bring it up.”

The changeling nodded, though Mirage read her father’s emotions at the touch, noting that while he had no negative emotion towards her and her siblings, the love he had for them was almost non-existent.

Next was the filly switching draconequus, who greeted her father happily, eagerly shaking her father’s hoof with her lion paw a bit too rapidly. “Hi! As you know from the last chapter, my mother called me ‘Screwball’ but my sibs call me ‘Screwy’ for short!” She switched to her pony form, which hovered in the air, unnerving upon seeing it but trying his best to give a smile towards the chaotic filly. “I know we just got here and things seem to be a bit off, but hopefully within the next chapter or so, we can hopefully start calling you daddy or dad… or something close it!”

Her youthful enthusiasm reminded him of Pinkie, albeit her odd quips about ‘chapters’ and such made him realize how much he may have to deal with it later on.

Lastly was the unicorn colt of Silhouette, who seemed used to his sister’s antics but gently pushed her aside and met his father with a lot lighter joy but more sencersity that came out polite like his brother.

“Hello… I am Umbra, mother wanted me to be called ‘Sombra’ but… she changed it when ‘mother’ Eris thought the name would get me laughed at because it sounds close to ‘Sombrero’.”

Screwball actually laughed when he brought it up, while Mirage tittered behind her hoof and Nox just rolled his eyes at the small joke.

Dusk didn’t laugh but gave a small short laugh with a knowing smile. “Trust me I know what it's like to have a name that can be made fun with. I was called ‘Musky Dusky’ by my older brother when I would spend days reading and forget to shower.”

This got a laugh from them all, which really eased the tension between them now. Dusk felt more comfortable now, feeling like something had started with them. Once their laughter stopped, Nox looked down towards the hallways where each of their mother’s were being held.

“Fa… Dusk?” He quickly corrected, not allowing the ‘f’ word slip out. The adult alicorn looked towards the colt. Nox swallowed.

“Are you going to fix our mothers?” He looked between each of his siblings before looking up at him in sadness. “I… we know that they did bad things in the past, but you are going to try and still save them…. right?”

The mood dropped instantly and Dusk felt a bite to his heart. It was so sharp that Mirage winced and almost yelped at the sudden change in emotions. Dusk’s ears fell back and he felt the eyes of four foals stare at him for answers.

He really was not sure how to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to them. What made it worse is that in some way, they may know how they were conceived, or that their mothers were evil villainesses that were bent on conquering Equestria.

He tried his best to hold back any painful memories and anger that surfaced, especially to a foals who had the ability to read his emotions, his negative energy, his dark memories or feel the turmoil radiating from him.

The first prince of Equestria took in a deep breath, holding it for a few seconds before gently releasing it. He did that two more times, getting his bindings together and readied himself for the problems that may occur.

Once he exhaled, he looked towards them all and relaxed his body. “Okay.” He began softly, keeping it low so that only they heard and no one else. “Before we begin, I want you to know that you four are innocent in all this. That whatever happens now, in the future and what may or may not be a weird family, that none of you are at fault. That…” He swallowed some saliva before continuing. “That your mothers… and I have a difficult relationship.” He saw that each of them took his response and waited for him to continue. “I will tell you what happened, but… I just want to know what you know. I want to make sure…” A small flare of anger rose but it quickly dispelled. “-that what they told you about themselves and I are true.”

The foals had their own looks of what was being asked of them, though it was Umbra who spoke plainly and with little hesitation. “Mothers… they told us that they were bad in the past, that they did a lot of bad things to many ponies.” He paused, making sure that the others agreed with him before continuing. “They regret all of it, now but they also said that out of everyone they hurt worse, was you.”

Dusk tried to keep his feelings in check, trying his damn best to not show anything, even against his changeling foal. She actually spoke up next.

“Mother told us how each of them tried to take over Equestria at one point. But each time they failed, it was because of you.”

Screwy added in her own input. “They also hated when they lost to you but that is why they wanted to hurt you more.” She suddenly flopped onto the ground, as if the magic left her. She sniffled a little. “They wanted you to hurt more.”

Dusk bit his tongue, each word especially from the young, punctured. Perhaps that was the true payback on the villainesses to have his foals guilt him with words. His heart began to beat faster with small hiccups coming from him. Nox was the last to speak, though he seemed more pained by what he was about to say. “Mother said that… we were only born until after they hurt you. That we are only here because they took something from you and that we are created from that.” Then as if to twist the knife in his hurt, Nox looked up at his father with sadness. “Are we… a mistake? Do you hate us?”

Dusk finally cracked, broke and then just gave up holding it all in. He began to softly sob, not caring he was doing so in front of his own foals. It would seem pathetic, it would seem scary or weird for anyone else, but they were foals of some of the most powerful beings in Equestria.

They had intelligence, they were smart enough to know what had happened, not in detail but he was silently thankful… that their mothers didn’t lie to them. But a harsher reality came crashing down on him and that was the fact that he had to explain to foals that he didn’t hate them, but their mothers were a different story.

His head had lowered, not being able to face them, not out of hate but of fear. He didn’t know what to feel right now, other than pain and sadness.

It was Mirage that actually felt his true emotions and she silently motioned to her siblings. The three looked at her and she shook her head. She just looked gloomy and let tears of her own.

That was enough of an answer for them.

Nox pulled close, hesitating getting close to his weeping father, hoping that he could do something before his father freaked out. He rose a single hoof, gently placing it on his arm then pressing his head on his shoulder, hugging him.

Dusk stiffened, not sure what he was feeling but, he felt the comfort of the hug. Soon, another one wrapped his other arm, that being Umbra, then pulling towards the middle was Mirage. Lastly was Screwy, who shifted into her draconic form and wrapped her larger body around them all.

Dusk felt them all holding onto him, hugging him in comfort and with support. Again, he was astounded by their intelligence, by their hearts and their understanding of what had befallen their father. Was it the whole truth? No, he knew they no nothing of the whole truth, especially what had happened after their ‘misdeeds.’ That pain will come later…

He reflexed and wrapped them all around in his arms, his wings also wrapping around them. He didn’t know what the future held with the four of them, but he knew that for now, he was happy to at least know that they were a part of his life.

After moments of hugging, Dusk seperated with happy tears running down his eyes. “And to answer your question,” he spoke with shaky breaths. “No, you are not a mistake nor do I hate you all.”

His emotions were not clear yet to Mirage, or the others but there was no negativity coming at them. He sighed, clearing away his tears with his feathers before looking back down the hallway. “I know that we are not on the best terms yet but… I will try to help them, however I can.” He paused, turning to them, giving a smile of hope towards them. “With your help, we can do this right and hopefully, we can even make them strong again.”

Hope filled their little hearts, though Screwy quickly popped overhead in her filly form. “Wait, if we do give mommas their powers back, are you and them gonna try and make… ‘ameans.” She paused, figuring out the word. She then pulled a dictionary behind her back before flipping the pages.

Nox rolled his eyes at his sister. “You mean ‘amends?”

Screwy looked over her book and nodded. “Yeah, that.”

She tossed the book behind her which landed and caused an explosion of violet lilies that flew away like butterflies.

Dusk thought about that, not sure how to answer that yet. He pressed his lips for a moment before answering. “For now, I am going to work on them getting better. Once we figure out how to heal them, then we can work on that.”

The door at the other end of the hallway opened up and Shining Armor along with a few guards came by. The other girls came alongside them. Instantly, the foals hid behind Dusk. Judging by the stern look his brother held, they were a little scared at their ‘uncle’ and it showed. Dusk stood up, using his wings

“Dusk, we need to talk.” It was clear that they indeed needed to, though it was not one he looked forward to.

Dusk regarded his older brother with focused eyes, not trying to be intimidated by him. Instead, he continued to block him from the foals, still keeping his wings up, instinctually flaring to a potential threat.

Potential.

“Okay, lets talk.”

The white unicorn’s eyes squinted, unsure if something was amiss. Without warning a small light appeared on his horn and consumed Dusk’s head before disappearing.

The other girls were quite shocked that Shining did something like that without warning. Dusk however merely grunted at the spell, not caring for it. “That’s a Tartarus of a way to treat your brother.”

The elder sighed. “Sorry but I had to be sure you weren’t being controlled by them.”

“I am an alicorn now,” Dusk stated. “It’s going to take a lot more than mind control to get me.”

Shining shook his head. “That didn’t stop them from last time.” He then looked past him towards the foals. “speaking of… are they…”

“Yes.” Dusk answered without hesitation, a bit of pride forming in him. “And… they will stay with me until their mothers recover.”

This upset the older brother. “Not if we can stop this now. I already spoke to Princess Celestia and Luna on how we can handle them without them ever recovering.”

Whimpers came from behind Dusk, which made him glare at his brother. “They will be recovering from this and ‘I am handling’ this already.”

“Dusk, you have to understand that they are dangerous… even them.” His head pointed to the foals.

This really made Dusk mad, as his nostrils flared. “You don’t know that! You know nothing of them!”

“And you do?” Countered Shining. “They are foals from the mares that hurt you! They were probably raised to attack you or attack everypony when we are not looking!”

“And I can change that!” Dusk fired back, his voice almost boomed in the hallways. The guards surrounding Shining were anxious around the two. They were not too sure on how to deal with the situation. One was their Captain of the Guard, while the other was a newly appointed Prince of Equestria… and both were brothers.

Dusk forgot the others in the room. For now, it was just him and his brother. “I can change them, I can make them better! They can be beneficial for everypony.”

Shining had argued with his brother many times in the past, but it never got heated like this, let alone in front of others. But it hurt to see that his brother was treating him as a threat more than as family. His wings were fully flared, as were his nostrils from anger, and his eyes had become rigid with determination on protecting those behind him.

He was know not sure how to proceed. He relaxed himself, letting himself look calm in the eyes of his brother, not to provoke him any further.

“Dusk, look you have been through a lot and I can’t blame you for that but… there is no way the princesses, let alone Equestria is going to accept them into society.”

Dusk remained strong, not backing down from his stance, really nailing it into his brother. “I don’t need their acceptance, nor Equestria’s.” He then eased himself as well, letting his wings fall to the sides and he looked at his brother on even ground.

His eyes became sad for a moment, with a sparkle within. “I… I just need help with them. If you can’t accept them as being a part of Equestria, then help me with it.” He then looked past his brother towards where the girls were at. Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack had been watching from the sides with intense looks.

“I need all of you to help me… because I am tired of being left alone.”

The room was left silent, only for a doctor to pull up, clearing his throat. “Um… while I have no problem with visiting relatives and spouses, I am going to ask those not related to leave the area.” He paused and pointed a hoof at the guards, Shining and the girls. “That’s all of you.”

No one was allowed to say anything back to the doctor for they held the rules in place for a reason. Not arguing, the group left, though Shining remained last in place, looking towards his brother with a solemn look.

“I’ll be here when you need me, brother.”

Dusk gave a small nod with a broken smile before the white unicorn left. The alicorn fell onto his romp and turned to the doctor.

A yellow coated unicorn with a white vest was before him. “Prince Dusk Shine, I have the results on the four… ‘individuals’.” He said it, as if he himself was unsure.

Dusk just gave a nod. The doctor sighed. “While we have already established that the four of them had been magically drained, we have also seen lack of nutrients, as well as other sources of vitamins and minerals.”

Dusk blinked at that, as if the doctor grew another head. “How… how is that possible?”

The doctor gave a huff, as if that was a stupid question. “Come now, Prince Dusk Shine. Surely one with your intelligence would know that one cannot simply survive on their own with just magic.”

Dusk shook his head. “No, that is not what I meant. I mean, how is it that they have need for all of that. They are… essentially goddesses. They never had the need for any food or basic needs like normal ponies.”

The doctor gave a shrug. “That may have been true before but now it is a different story.”

Dusk paused, giving his foals a look over before looking back at the doctor. “So… they are now… what? Mortal? Normal ?”

The doctor shook his head. “While not in the traditional sense as you… err, bad analogy since you're an alicorn now, but not in the sense of me and other ponies. While they were formally beings relying on magic to survive, something must have altered their bodies to become more… adapt to what us ponies consume.”

He then motioned his head towards the foals.

“They may be the key to answering those questions. I would like to run a few tests on them, though I normally would not allow exceptions to visitors to enter while we work, I am unclear of certain magical influences that I would be blind to. If it would help the mothers, you can help me assess their needs.”

As Dusk and the doctor began to work something out, another doctor with a sky blue fur and light grey mane and tail, came in through the doors, though his focus was on the floor and not towards the foals or alicorn present.

Mirage’s ears twitched and her aquamarine eyes followed the doctor that came though, ignoring them. The doctor was radiating a magic that looked alien, yet familiar to him.

He then stopped at the window that held all their mothers in the same room, staring intently at it. The changeling kept his focus on him for the time being, studying him from afar.

Dusk and the current doctor kept their talking low but to a minimum until the doctor left with a nod while Dusk was left with a sigh. Once he left the room, Dusk turned to the foals.

“Alright, well at least we have something to look forward to. Your mothers will at least recover physically with all the nutrients and vitamins they can get. Magically… well that’s going to be a different problem.”

He had the attention of three of the four foals. His eyes turned to Mirage, who was staring at the doctor ahead of him. Dusk looked at who she was staring at before putting his head slightly into her view.

“Mirage?” he asked, “What’s wrong?”

The changeling blinked before she pointed a hoof at the doctor. “Him.” His voice came out. “His emotions are… weird but they are like mother’s.”

Dusk blinked at that. “Like your mothers?” He nodded. Dusk looked towards the doctor that was glued to the window. “What do you mean your mother’s…” An epiphany went through Dusk’s eyes and they widened with realization.

At first concern filled him, but when he realized that the doctor posed no threat, so far, he decided to interview him.

“Stay here, I’ll go handle this.” His caution remained high, mostly because he wondered why he went straight for the room containing the mothers, and not the foals.

He approached the doctor slowly, keeping his emotions in check. Upon pulling up close, he noticed the doctor had an intense look,a bit of seriousness but also worrying. Odd for somepony that would normally have a disinterest for villains.

Dusk cleared his throat, making his presence known. The doctor jumped as he was startled. He quickly albeit clumsily righted himself.

“O-O-Oh… Prince D-D-Dusk Shine!” His voice cracked, breaking in the first few words, indicating his fear of the prince but trying to play professional as possible. “W-W-What can I help you with?”

Dusk studied him for a moment, already deducing his suspicion and sighed. He then looked inside towards the females, especially Chrysalis. “What is your take on the mares in there?” He asked curiously.

The doctor blinked. “I-I don’t understand what you mean, Prince?”

Dusk pointed a hoof at the window, towards the back where Chrysalis was. She was hooked to a bunch of tubes, very much like the others, but they were embedded where the chitin was softer or flesh could be met.

“I mean, what is your diagnosis?” Dusk then met the unsteady and shaky eyes of the doctor. “What do you believe can be done to save them?”

The doctor, who still hasn’t revealed his name, swallowed a bit before responding. “Well… r-r-right now it’s difficult to say, your highness. Especially since we know very little of their b-biology.”

Dusk kept his face neutral, trying to pick him apart. He then pointed towards Chrysalis. “What about her, she seems to be the stranger of the four of them?”

“I wouldn’t know much about her, either.” He answered quickly. The tension was rising higher and Dusk could see his mask, both physical and mental one breaking. Dusk could see that while he was hiding, he also seemed to pose no threat. At least right away.

A moment of silence passed before Dusk sighed. “How did you know she returned?”

The doctor blinked. “Well I was already here…”

“Look you don’t have to drop the disguise but I know already what you are, so you don’t have to lie.”

The doctor went wide eyed and almost panicked but Dusk quickly raised his hoof in a calm manner. “Hey, it’s okay. I don’t want any trouble, I just want… to help.” He paused, looking at CHrysalis before looking at him. “Both her and your hive.”

Once more, the doctor who remained nameless, studied Dusk, reading him for any false leads and let just the lightest bits of his magic taste his emotions.

Calm, nervous, pain, confusion, and curiosity rolled all together in a bad fruit mix with spoils and freshness. The latest of which contains no lies or malice to his facade.

The changeling in disguise swallowed. “How do you know that I am..?” He let that question hang in the air.

Dusk merely motioned for his head behind him. Looking past, the doctor saw the one that ratted him out so to speak and his eyes went wide. Staring back at him, besides the three other young ones, was a changeling… undisguised but different.

Aqua colored features stood out more than her smooth and healthy chitin. It almost made him recoil by the amount of difference between it and the hive.

“Is… is she…?”

Dusk gave a small nod. “She is Chrysalis’s daughter… though she switches gender between male and female.”

This brought a small smile to the doctor. “Yeah, some of us changelings do that when we want to stay with a certain disguise after awhile or if we don’t feel right with the gender we are hatched with.” It was a few moments that passed before the changeling realized he just now admitted and confirmed Dusk’s suspicion.

A pleasant smile formed on Dusk though not evil or malicious in any way. The alicorn just bobbed his head.

“Again, I just wished to help. The moment she came back, she asked about her hive and if you survived.”

His eyes stayed on the hybrid changeling in the back for a moment before looking around him to see if others were around. Not detecting any pony else in close proximity, the changeling dropped his disguise.

While Dusk was prepared to see a changeling before him, he was not prepared for how different the changeling would be. Not too much of a change, but it was enough to cause a stir for Mirage to quickly get up and approach them.

Standing for Dusk was indeed a changeling but this one was not as menacing or as horrific to look at it. First off, the black chitin that made the outer shell of the changeling was a gleaming black, much like Mirage’s. The holes that filled its body were gone, almost no signs of them ever existing. Next, the eyes glistened with soul while the wings danced with sparkles in almost the same manner. Lastly, the changeling was a bit taller, less frail on the chitin with a stock of a normal stallion.

Dusk looked the changeling over, still seeing that nervousness and fear etched over his features. Mirage was able to pick up on this immediately and approached closer. The changeling in question looked over Mirage, studying the hybrid before him, his own curiosity quenching a part of his fear at the young filly/grub before him.

“While I am not sure of changeling biology myself,” commented Dusk, watching the curious nature between the two, “I assume that you are aware of each other’s relationship?”

Silence passed between the two, as if they were reading off each other. They cocked their heads to one another, their wings buzzed on their bags lightly, their eyes dancing in their heads as they scanned, read, studied and learned from one another.

A minute passed by and Mirage was the first to do anything. She approaches the changeling and reaches out with her hoof. The other does the same. Their hooves touch and gasp leaves the original changeling while a small smile forms on Mirage.

Dusk watches as the two changelings interact with one another. To his surprise, Mirage then pushed herself into the changeling, wrapping her smaller hooves around his neck. The taller changeling was first shocked by both the contact and the love that poured from the hybrid but then, it relaxed and wrapped another hoof around Mirage.

The prince remained passive between the two interactions. Once their hug ended, the changeling separated from Mirage and gave Dusk a smile, fangs bared but a smile nonetheless.

“My name is Thorax. And… while she may have not been the greatest queen, I know that she was trying her best to keep us alive.” The changeling known as Thorax looked down at Mirage who was gleaming. “I will do what I can to help get our mother back and perhaps, make her better than what she was.”

'The F*&k?! This is drama! I wanted more action! More F$%K!NG! ~ Eris
'Mom! Language! Also ewww!' ~ Screwy
Equish! And don't you dare censor your own mother! I can say whatever the #$k I want! .... Screwball! ~ Eris
And supposedly I was going to be the bad/naughty one in the original script. Oh well... On to the next chapter!! ~ Screwy

Author's Note

So, like I promised, once a month, though this one was a lot harder to do because there were so many directions to go before the explicit stuff of the story started.
As for the results, the tally is in and the only R-18 interactions of the story will be between Dusk and the four villianesses like before, but less rapey... more ... hotness and comedic.

BUTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!! I will be creating a seperate series between him and the foals... because I am getting PM's like crazy to create the foal explicit chapters!
So, I wil do that... later. Need to focus on the mommies first... also would the chapters with Dusk screwing each villian be considered MILF stories? I mean, they are not technically married, he is like.... way younger then them... and well.. yeah.

SO, you tell me! Expect a very explicit story for christmas with potiental art(Will commission soon! Throw your name if you want to be commission in two weeks1)
Thank you all for reading and happy holidays!!!

'~~Also, this fuckers has no editing done, so forgive the idiot for not trying! ~~~ Eris