Wasn’t All Bad
By MlpHero
Krypto, an unreformed nymph with bright magenta eyes and blue fangs, giggled as his sister chased after him. “Hehehe! Sis, cut it out!” he replied, muffled.
“Not until you give me back Snuggle Fang!” Kymara, an unreformed nymph with dark blue eyes, magenta fangs, and a bit taller than Krypto, yelled.
Krypto looked at the plushie on his carapace. “No! Daddy said it was my turn to play with him!”
Kymara whined. “But you’ve had him forever! Mommy said it was my turn!”
The two continued running around. Canterlot was quite a nice place. They had a nice and open townsquare, lots of room to run around. Not that anypony seemed to mind.
Blue Fang, an unreformed changeling with blue fangs, watched the nymphs from a few meters away. “Don’t go too far guys!” he called out.
They looked over and nodded. “Okay daddy!” Kymara called back.
Blue smiled and looked around. He was waiting for his girlfriend, Kydra. Where she was was anyone’s guess.
Soon, the two nymphs had been playing for about twenty minutes. They were growing tired. They soon walked tiredly back to Blue Fang. Blue smiled and scooped them up. “Heheh, come on you two. Let’s go find mommy, m’kay?”
The two smiled and nodded, buzzing their wings. Blue chuckled and began walking down the streets, looking for the magenta eyed changeling.
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They’d been looking for quite a while, but had no luck. The only place they hadn’t checked was the castle. They approached the gates. Blue looked around.
“Hm… okay, I’ll go look around this way,” Blue said, pointing towards the entrance of the castle. “You two can go check the garden.”
“Okay!” they said galloping off. The two continued running, passing under the gates and running into the gardens. The two began looking around.
“Hm… I don’t see mommy…” Krypto said.
“Me nei’der…”
The two continued looking around, until they heard…
Crying?
It sounded like a mare, but they weren’t sure. They looked in the direction.
“It’s coming from that way!” Kymara said, running towards it.
“K-Ky! Wait!” Krypto followed behind.
The two continued running, until they found the source of the crying. An unreformed changeling with magenta eyes and a silver earring was sitting in front of a statue that held three creatures, one a minotaur looking creature, another a pegasus filly, and finally, an all too familiar looking changeling.
But, the kids weren’t focused on them, instead on their mother.
“Mommy!” they called, running over.
The changeling, Kydra, looked up. She smiled slightly as they ran up and hugged her. “Heheh… hey kids…” she said, smiling. The two nuzzled her. She smiled and nuzzled back.
Krypto looked up and noticed Kydra’s tears. He whimpered. “Why’s mommy sad…?”
She pulled them close. “I-It’s nothing, really…” she said, but the kids knew she was lying.
“You ca’ tell us mommy,” Kymara replied.
Krypto nodded, nuzzling Kydra. “Yeah. You aw’ways tell daddy to ec’press his emu-tions.”
Kydra couldn’t help but laugh a bit. It was true, anyway. She always wanted Blue to tell her about his feelings. “Heheh…” she wiped her eyes. “Okay, okay…” She sighed, looking up at the statue, most importantly, the changeling. “You know who this is, right?”
“C-Chr…” Krypto struggled to form the word.
“C-Chry… Chrys’lis!” Kymara said.
“Mhm.” Kydra nodded. “I’m sure you’ve heard the stories of how she was evil, right?” she asked, to which they nodded. She sighed and looked around to make sure no one else was around. Then, she looked back at them. “Well… most of those stories… they’re lies.”
The nymphs blinked. “Wha’ do you mean?”
Kydra looked up at the statue. She sighed again. “You see… Chrysalis… my mother, and your grandmother…” the two looked surprised.
“Wait… you mea’ Chrys’lis was your mommy?”
“Mhm…” Kydra nodded. “She only wanted what was good for the hive… sure, she hurt some of the nymphs, but…”
“Bu’ wha’?” Kymara asked.
Kydra looked over. “Well, at the end of a war between changelings and ponies long ago, the royal sisters agreed on a peace treaty to settle the war and give us land. But, some... “miscommunication” happened with Luna, and…”
“Wha’ happen’?”
Kydra shook her head. “She burned the hive to the ground…”
“Eep!” Krypto whimpered and snuggled closer to Kydra. She rubbed his head lovingly.
“It’s okay Krypto. That won’t happen again, I promise.” She smiled at him. He nuzzled close in comfort. Kymara, however, growled. “What’s wrong, ‘Mara?”
“I’s no’ fair… they can’t jus’ do that…”
Kydra nodded. “I know, but it’s all in the past…” She looked back up to the statue.”She was just… She feared that if the ponies found out we were back…”
“Oh…”
Kydra nodded, then her eyes began watering again. “I… I just miss her so much…” she said, voice breaking. A few tears fell from her eyes. “W-Why didn’t they give her a chance?!” Kydra buried her face into her hooves, sobbing.
The two nymphs whimpered, watching their mother cry softly. They needed a way to cheer her up. Snuggles, tickles, nuzzles, songs, anything. Wait, song? That was it!
Kymara and Krypto nodded at each other, before snuggling up to Kydra. They hesitated, but soon started.
[Kymara]
In Elysium's Fields, the roses grow
Between the gravestones, row by row
Kydra wiped her eyes and looked up. “H-Huh…?”
[Krypto]
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the bombs below
We have fallen, some time ago
[Kymara]
We lived, felt dawn, watched the sunset glow
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Elysuim’s Fields, in Elysuim’s Fields
Kydra wiped the tears away, smiling.
[Kymara, Krypto]
There’s no more quarrel with the foe
Together we help each other grow
The torch, be ours, to hold up high
Kydra yawned, the song slowly putting her to sleep.
[Kymara, Krypto]
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though roses grow
In Elysuim’s Fields~
The two nymphs took breaths, looking up at Kydra. They smiled upon seeing their mother sleeping peacefully under the statue. They smiled and nestled close to her, soon falling asleep with her. Soon, Blue came around, then smiled. He walked over and packed the three onto his back. He smiled and began walking back to the train station.
~~~
Kydra opened her eyes. She looked around, noticing that she was back in her old room. She blinked, then noticed a tall changeling walking over, Her eyes widened. There standing in front of her was a certain changeling queen staring at her, a kind smile on her face. Kydra immediately stood up and hugged the queen.
“M-Mama…” she said, tears slowly falling.
“Heh, hello Kydra,” she replied, smiling. Kydra nuzzled her. “Heh, love you too.”
Kydra snuggled up to Blu and the nymphs, smiling as her dream brought her newfound happiness.
Author's Note
For those of you curious, the song is a parody/rewrite of the WW1 poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’.