TCHT Chapter 6 Ocellus Pt3

Ocellus walked around the hive. She was happy to be home and seeing her old friends, but many of the changelings were not happy to see her, or Thorax for that matter.

Some hailed her as a hero for being brave enough to do what so many wanted but none had tried. Others hated her for breaking the code that they had all agreed to live by.

Either way, Ocellus was just happy to be home and not in a dungeon somewhere awaiting sentence to Tartarus… or worse. She was on her way back to her own little nook in the hive when she noticed a large group of changeling’s running toward the front gate.

“Where’s everyone going?”

“Pharynx is back!”, a one hollered as he continued on toward the gates.

Oh no, Ocellus followed the crowd out to the front of the hive, where Pharynx stood with a smug grin on his face.

He was there with two ponies. The first, Ocellus didn’t recognize, a teal mare with a harp on her flank, but the other…

“SANDBAR!”, she shouted forcing her way through the crowd to get to her friend.

“Ocellus!”, Sandbar shouted back as he was reunited with his friend. The two embraced in a tight hug. But then Sandbar did something Ocellus did not expect.

He kissed her.

“Oh um, wow”, A red faced Ocellus meekly said as shetook a few steps back.

“It’s great to see you’re ok.”

Sandbar looked around. “Why did you come all the way back to your hive?”

“Starlight said me and Thorax should stay here after we… you know”, Ocellus looked at the ground.

“It’s all right Ocellus”

“No it’s not! Our friends are gone and it’s my fault!”

“What are you two talking about?”, Pharynx demanded.

Sandbar ignored him and continued to comfort Ocellus, which was a bad idea.

Pharynx grabbed Sandbar and opened his mouth wide.

“NO! STOP!”, Ocellus screamed.

“What, you gonna eat him?”

“No he’s my friend!”

“So? I thought you were here cuz you ate your friends?”

Pharynx’s words almost had Ocellus in tears in front of everypony there, but her concern for her friend overpowered any and all of the other emotions she felt.

“Put. Him. Down.”

Pharynx scowled at her and dropped Sandbar onto the ground. “Fine I still have to find someone to eat this other mare anyway.”

“You said you were gonna eat me”, Lyra complained.

“NO, I said you’d be eaten at the hive”

“AWW”

Pharynx then grabbed Lyra, his ‘food’, and walked through the crowd of changelings, taking most of them with him. A few stayed, one of which was Thorax.

“Ocellus we have to lay low, he cant be here”, Thorax informed the couple holding each other.

“But him and Yona are all I have left”, Ocellus wined as Sandbar held her close.

“I’m sorry but either he goes back to Ponyville, or he goes in your stomach.”

“It’s ok Ocellus”, Sandbar pulled himself away.

“No it’s not, I want you to stay!”

“No Ocellus I mean, you can eat me”

Ocellus was shocked at Sandbar. He knew first hand what it was like for Gallus, and yet here he was, offering to put himself through that same hell.

“Here…”, Thorax pulled out a vial of purple fluid, “you might want this. It’s a pain killer. It wont stop all of it, but it should make, well… dying a little easier.”

“I’m not eating him!”

“Why not Ocellus?”, Thorax asked. “I mean he’s offering.”

“Because I… I love him!”

Sandbar already knew Ocellus had a thing for him, but hearing her finally say it out loud brought a smile to his face. “I know, I love you too”, he admitted, hugging the emotional girl tight. “That’s why I want to be a part of you.”

“Look Ocellus he wants this”, Thorax leaned down and wraped a hoof around Ocellus’s shoulder. “When Rainbow asked to be eaten, I was reluctant to, But when I finally did it, it was the most wonderful feeling of my life.

Thorax neglected to inform Ocellus about Rainbow having begged to be let back out by the end of it, or that he regretted laying there while her life faded inside of his body; but even Thorax was uncomfortable acknowledging that part.

“No… I wont do it!”, Ocellus said emphatically.

Sandbar gave her a kiss, before standing up and downing the painkillers. He looked at Thorax sternly. “Make it happen.”

Thorax nodded and motioned to the changelings behind him. They moved up and grabbed Ocellus by her hooves, and spread her on the ground.

“W-What are you doing?!”, Ocellus babbled, before her her mouth was pried open by one of her fellow changelings.

Oh no, please Sandbar.. NO!, Ocellus realized what was happening as Sandbar stood above her.

“It’s ok Ocellus, everything is gonna be ok”, Sandbar leaned down as if to kiss Ocellus, but instead he forced his head into her gaping maw.

“Give him a hoof”, Thorax ordered.

Two changlings grabbed Sandbar’s lower body and hoisted him into the air, and crammed him down Ocellus’s throat like they were driving in a fence post.

No please! I don’t wanna!, Ocellus did her best to force Sandbar from her body, but regardless of how hard she tried, the changlings continued to force feed her… her best friend.

By the time Sandbar’s belly entered her mouth Ocellus’s body had taken over. Against her will her throat began swallowing the mass blocking her airway. Noticing that Ocellus was finally gulping, the two changelings simply held on and watched as Ocellus rhythmically swallowed and slurped the pony down into her distending gut.

As soon as his hooves passed into her mouth the changelings pinning Ocellus to the ground backed away… they were no longer needed.

Once all of Sandbar had settled in her stomach Ocellus began screaming.

“NOOOOOO!”, she cried knowing it was too late. “GET HIM OUT THORAX!”

Thorax shook his head, “You know I can’t”

Ocellus felt Sandbar moving around inside her and her hooves flew to her paunch. She rubbed it clear and looked inside.

There he was, the pony she loved, digesting away inside her… and she could do nothing but sit and watch.

“It’s ok Ocellus, don’t be sad”, Sandbar said, extending a hoof toward the crying girl’s face. “Now well be together forever.”

“No we won’t dummy, you’ll be gone and I’ll be all alone again!”, Ocellus cried. She could already see burns appearing all over Sandbar’s body. “I don’t want this!”

* cough cough *The acidic air made talking to Ocellus from inside her stomach dificult. “It’ll be ok, You’ll find somepony else, and I’ll be there when you do… on your flank.”

The stomach groaned and the acids rose up. Sandbar’s limbs were falling apart as he looked outside one last time. “I love you.”

“I love you to!”, Ocellus layed her head on her belly as Sandbar’s final movements faded and his soul left this world.

Thorax motioned for everyone to leave and let the poor girl be alone. Shestayed there for the next seven hours, her head layed atop her stomach… sobbing.

{The Next Day}

Thorax approached Ocellus, still laying in the dirt outside. “I’m sorry Ocellus, but I…” Thorax stopped when he saw that Ocellus was glowing. He watched her turn brighter, and grow to four times her original size. Her chitin turned dark red and her fangs came back. He then witnessed the transformed girl extended her wings. They spanned almost eight feet and herrazor sharp appendages tapered to points on each side.

Thorax backed away as Ocellus turned and walked toward him. Towering over her former mentor she grabbed him by the neck and hoisted him into the air.

“Ocellus I’m sorry I…” Thorax ceased his useless words as the girls grip around his puny neck tightened.

“No you’re not… not yet”, Ocellus then stuffed Thorax into her mouth and ravenously swallowed the changeling king down in seconds. Thorax splashed into her giant stomach and immediately began screaming in agony. The acids that now populated her stomach were like nothing he had ever felt. They ate through his hardened exo-skeleton in seconds, and began dissolving his limbs. As his insides spilled out Thorax could hear Ocellus speaking above him.

“You, and every creature… are going to pay”, Her voice reverberated throughout the stomach with the same tone and inflection as their former queen. Ocellus spread her giant wings. “I have nothing left now, except hunger”

* FWOOF *

Author's Note

I don't even know what I was thinking when I wrote this one, so don't over think it yourselves.