He stood in what used to be a small town square, staring at the large structure in front of him. Erected in front of him is a large ugly structure of black and green trying to mimic a facade of a castle blocking the dark sky behind it. He stared in disgust, his blue and silver mane shifting slightly at the gentle breeze as he drew his sword from its sheath. The sword was thin, the blade forged in the Dragon Lands, reflected the blue coat of its wielder and the low pulsing red aura on the pendant resting around his neck. The pendant was small, a silver star backing a gold cross with three horizontal bars wrapped in a crimson sun. After a quick look at the sword and returning it to its holder the stallion started to walk towards the structure, his jacket swaying with each step he took. As he approached he heard the sound of buzzing coming closer, and quickly ducked behind a nearby ruined building and cloaked himself with his magic. The buzzing got louder and soon two pony-shaped creatures came into view, their wings causing the buzzing as they flew towards the castle structure. He watched as the two entered through a cave-like entrance at the base before following behind as quietly as possible. Still keeping the cloaking spell up, he walked down the long corridor, his steps muffled on the hard rock-like surface by the spell. He was cautious, keeping one hand on the handle of the sword while his other gripped the weapon on his leg. He knew these hives are able to shift and change like the creatures that inhabit them, keeping a watchful glance at the green goo that lined the sides of each hall he passed.
As he went deeper into the maze of halls and corridors the sounds started to become clearer and louder. Rounding a corner he peaked around and witnessed one of the changeling drones using one of their captive ponies for their own personal use. The poor pony was lying chest first on some form of a table shaped out of the gray stone but covered in the green goo, binding them to the table unable to move while the changeling would force its dick down their throat. He paused and reached for the knife in his belt loop, and normal pony would be horrified at what they were witnessing, and yet he didn’t feel any emotion as he kept on his path toward his destination. He didn’t feel pity for the captives lining the halls and rooms, the years of distrust and hatred he received from them numbing any care he had. In some cases, he actually felt a small bit of smugness as he thought of it as karma for his mistreatment, although he couldn’t shake some small feeling he had deep down. After a few minutes of walking and passing more rooms filled with more captives being used by changelings in various degrees of torture, he eventually came across a crossroad, both halls going in different directions. Looking both ways he removed his cloak and then looked down at the pendant, touching the center, causing it to glow a soft red. First, he turned right down the hall and walked down it a bit, only for the necklace’s glow to go faint, then turned around and walked down the left hall which caused the necklace to glow more.
Passing more chambers filled with ponies he eventually came to a room that caught his attention, the necklace giving a soft pulse as its aura disappeared. Entering the room he took note of his surroundings, a small rock table in the middle and what appeared to be a shelf with what looked like medical equipment on it. Tapping his necklace it started to pulse as he walked around the room, the rate of pulsing changing as he passed objects scattered around the place. As he neared the table though the pulsing started to increase to a rapid pace. While observing the table the faint sound of rushing wind hit his ear, causing him to move rapidly from his spot as a large crop whip hit the table where he was standing. Looking over he saw what appeared to be a female changeling wearing a nurses cap and a large penis glowing a bright green, whose confusion quickly turned into anger at their intruder.
“How did you dodge that?!” The changeling said as they pulled their whip back “You moved like a blur!”. The blue stallion let out a snort of amusement as the nurse bug swung again, only for him to move again in a blur of color. “Stand still damnit!” the changeling said as they kept swinging their weapon, only to get angry as each strike missed their target and tasted the slight bit of amusement he was having. Eventually, after minutes of missed swings, the pony intruder decided that this was enough and on the nurse's next swing made it so the strike landed next to him and grabbed the end of the crop. Surprised, the nurse didn’t have time to react as a blue fist hit her directly in the face, causing her to fall back and let go of her defense. Falling to the floor, the changeling watched as the blue stallion snapped the whip in two over his knee and walk towards them. Thinking quickly they snapped their fingers, causing some of the green goo to grab the stallion's leg, in turn causing him to grab the table to save his fall and having the goo grab his hand holding him in place. Grinning a sharp-toothed smile, the nurse stood up and composed themself before looking smugly at her new captor as the goo slowly moved up his body. “I’ll admit, your a slippery bastard, most of you supposed resistance bastards are. But we catch you all eventually.” the nurse said confidently, only to look confused as her prey started to chuckle.
“I’m nothing like them,” he said as his necklace started to glow a dark red. “They mean nothing to me, all of Equestria means nothing to me,” he said as a faint red glow came from inside the goo holding him in place. The changeling watched in shock as the goo cracked and broke around his arms and legs, unfortunately ripping and shredding the sleeves of his jacket and pants, revealing the vast amounts of tattooed runes on his arms. The nurse grabbed a nearby medical instrument, a metal speculum, only for him to swipe it away embedding itself into the stone. He stood tall, his now free arms and pupils now having a dark red aura “They saw me as an enemy because of my magic, magic that could rival the most skilled unicorn mage, maybe even surpassing that of an Alicorn.” the necklace now forming a ball of red magic.
Now worried, the nurse decided to try to escape and ran down the hall out of the inspection room, only to scream in extreme pain as the ball of magic shot a dark red beam at them making them hit the floor. Twitching and writhing in pain, their back charred and cracked showing faints traces of bright green blood, the now burned and injured changeling tried to crawl away from their assailant, only to hear their steps approach as the pony stood in front of them, his eyes looking with disappointment at the fallen opponent. Kneeling down he grabbed the nurse's horn and moved their head to face him. “Where’s your leader? Where is your Queen?” he asked only to receive a green spat on his face. “You won’t get anything from me. I will never betray Queen Chrysalis.” the nurse said as he wiped the spit from his face, which now showed irritation and anger. Letting go of the horn, the changeling fell back to the floor and tried to steady themselves, only to receive a quick kick to the face rendering them unconscious.
“Bitch” he said as he walked away from the body lying on the floor and walked through a nearby hallway that opened up. After some walking, he noticed that the sounds of ponies being tortured and raped started to quiet down as he neared an open chamber. As he approached he noticed that the chamber was full of both changelings and ponies, appearing to be some form of the exercise area. Realizing his cloak will not work in a larger group he quickly enveloped himself in his magic and transformed himself into a small, sleek wheeled vehicle, smaller than a foals toy and easily noticeable to those not actively looking.
Quietly wheeling into the now much larger open chamber he noticed a clear difference between the occupants. All the captive ponies were fully naked, some with small parts of the green goo acting as bounds and gags while some had more of the goo almost encasing their arms and legs limiting their mobility to walking on their elbows and knees similar to dogs. Some of the less bound ponies seemed to be able to somewhat mingle and communicate with others, while what would be their changeling captors monitored close by acting as their handlers. Moving parallel with a bound pegasus running around a makeshift track, the disguised pony had a small thought cross his mind. While yes he did blame the mass population of Equestria for his mistreatment, causing him to shun society and join those who used their skills for less reasonable means, he wondered if a life of being nothing more than slaves and pets to creatures that feed off their rape and torture was a fitting punishment. Suddenly, he came to a full stop snapping him out of his thoughts and quickly regained himself only to realize he hit the leg of one of the hander drones. ‘Shit!’ he thought to himself as he quickly backed under some gym equipment, the drone he bumped into only catching a small glance of a blur that quickly disappeared. Kneeling down the changeling looked under the equipment to see what they thought they saw, only to find nothing there as the stallion quickly drove to another piece of equipment for cover. Shrugging it off thinking they bumped the equipment, the changeling went back to observing their slaves while the little object quietly wheeled towards an exit.
Looking for some viable cover, the stallion noticed a changeling walking a white unicorn mare with a purple mane, bound to walk like a dog being led out of the chamber towards another open hallway. Thinking quickly, he sped underneath the bound ponies stomach as they went through, the mares larger breasts blocking her view of him. The entryway now closed behind them he used the underside of the mare for cover, rolling with them down the hall towards whatever destination they were going. Staying out of view, he observed more ponies lining the hall as they moved, all of them being molded into the goo of the halls. Some were covered only exposing their genitals or breasts and nostrils to breathe, while some were able to see the beings currently walking past, their eyes watching as the duo followed the captor who held a green leash tight in their hand leading them along. As they rounded a corner, he noticed that the mare he used for cover would occasionally flinch or slightly convulse as they moved, letting out small grunts and moans through her covered mouth. Darting his view around he eventually came upon some strange thing covering the mare's vagina, shifting and wiggling as it kept moving. Curious, he slowed to where he was behind her rear to get a better look at the thing, a small bright green tentacle was currently shifting itself around inside the mare's pussy, while a smaller tentacle would penetrate her anus at the same time. Suddenly, the creature opened its one eye, the green and black pupil darting around the hall until it came upon the small vehicle following it. ‘That…..can’t be good’ the small vehicle thought as the pupil shrank and it pulled its tentacle out of the mare's ass.
The creature moved quickly, snapping its freed tentacle towards the floor at the intruder, only for it to quickly dart out of the swing in a blur. ‘Damnit damnit damnit damnit!’ the stallion thought as he dodged each swing the creature did, each one barely missing him. Sensing something off, the changeling stopped and looked back towards his slave, only to see the tool they used to train mares flailing its tentacle at something on the floor. Stopping the mare they walked behind her to see the creature trying to grab what looked like a small blue and silver toy, which quickly darted under the mare and sped off once it saw it was spotted. “Hey! Get back here you damn thing!” the changeling said as it took off in the direction it went. Cover now blown, the small car sped away as fast as his wheels could go, the bug pony keeping pace with him. Rounding a corner, he quickly transformed from the small car back into his normal pony form, quickly drawing his sword and getting into a low stance. As his pursuer rounded the corner, he quickly thrust his sword piercing the bug's heart, and flipped them onto the floor, before pulling his sword out and quickly slicing the bug's throat, their blood pouring out of the wound as they quickly drowned from their own blood. Panting he returned his sword back into its holster before standing up and walking back towards the mare.
The unicorn mare was shocked, a blue earth pony stallion standing in front of her, clothes were torn but not showing any signs of being controlled by those who captured, raped, and tortured her all this time. She watched as he cracked his knuckles and walked behind her, only to feel her breath hitch and lurch forward a bit as he pulled the object that was torturing her private areas for weeks. Breathing heavily through her nostrils she watched as he dropped the object in front of her, the small bumpy plug-shaped creature darting its eye around waving its tentacle around, only for a large combat knife to pierce its eye killing it. Pulling the blade back up and scraping the now dead creature off the blade, the stallion turned to walk back down the hallway muttering a small “Your Welcome”. The unicorn tried to follow, her mobility hindered by the goo, and her voice muffled from the same goo covering her mouth, only to stop and recoiled back as she came upon the corpse of her former handler. She saw the free pony walk around the changeling's body as he kept on his path, feeling his destination get closer with each step he took.
He kept walking as he checked the weapons that he carried, the sword still sharp after cutting through bone, muscle, and chitin, the knife which was covered in the creature's blood that he wiped off with his torn jacket, which he then discarded. He also took note of the weapon strapped to his leg, a weapon made of wood and metal that some could say looked like a small crossbow from a distance. It was a weapon he was all too familiar with, something he made for his past life, a past life he felt was a necessary evil to the once bright peace that Equestria used to have. He didn’t regret that life, it helped him hone his skills in death and control his magic more, his only regret was that he didn’t try to leave that life sooner. His thoughts waning he started to hear what sounded like a faint crack sound followed by somepony talking. He followed the sound as it echoed through the halls, eventually coming upon what appeared to be a special torture room. Peaking in the earth pony was surprised at what he saw, a pink earth pony mare covered in gold ornaments and a purple mane currently using a long whip on a yellow pegasus mare tied to some form of bondage rack, their back, and wings covered in deep red marks and cuts.
The mare smiled in sadistic glee and she drew her arm back and cracked the whip onto the bound mare's back, earning a muffled scream and sobbing from their gagged-filled mouth. “So you don’t like my treatment of you lower slaves huh?” the mare said as she held the coil of rope in her hands “You hate that I think I’m of a higher standard than you.” The blindfolded pegasus could only turn their head in the direction of her abuser, only to recoil in pain as she felt the sharp pain of the whip striking her rear and lower back. “I did not see myself as some piece of meat to be constantly raped by some lust-obsessed changelings! A mare like me, Spoiled Rich, sees herself of a higher status, somepony who is in control instead of being controlled.” Spoiled said as he grabbed a handful of the pegasus’ pink mane pulling her head back. “I worked hard to get where I am, and I intend on keeping it that way. If that means I give myself to one of those damned things and get to let out my frustrations and the arousal that comes from beating you worthless wretches, then so. Be. It!” She said dragging her sharp nails down the bound ponys back, digging and leaving marks drawing blood.
The stallion watch the sadistic mare monologue to her bound victim as he crept closer into the room, his anger slowly growing for some mysterious reason. Maybe he was feeling sympathy, or possibly empathy for the pegasus being tortured, or even feeling some resentment or cruelty towards this ‘Spoiled Rich’ mare taking pleasure in giving pain to those she saw as lesser than her. Keeping their distance, he watched as Spoiled let go of the mare's hair and took the gag out of her mouth. “Talk cunt. Have you learned your place now? Or will we have to continue your…. obedience training?” Spoiled said with a hint of venomous glee at the end. The pegasus sobbed as she let out a soft yes and begged for it to stop. Spoiled let out of snort of disappointment as she stepped back. “Hmph. You were always so easy to break, kindness being your weakness. But the one thing that gets you to where you are in charge in life is to be cruel, hard, and above all heartless, just like Queen Chrysalis. I’m gonna make sure I enjoy breaking every bit of you till there is nothing but dust left in your soul.”
His blood boiled as he watched the pink mare step back and prepare to swing her whip again, the pegasus sobbing more and begging for mercy. Spoiled drew her arm back and swung, only to stop halfway as the whip tighten and stopped her swing. “What the…” Spoiled said surprised as she turned her head to see what stopped her torture to continue, only to see the blue earth pony holding the end of her whip wrapped around his hand and wrist, his mane covering his eyes as he looked down. Turning to face her new interest Spoiled tried to pull the whip again, only for his arm to not move an inch. The mare's face contorted into that of anger as she glared daggers at her intruder “Who are you?! Why have you interrupted my training?! ANSWER ME DAMNIT!” the mare sneered as she stared down the stallion, only for her anger to turn to worry as he lifted his head revealing his eyes glowing a menacing red. Her grip loosened, she dropped the whip and started to back away, suddenly feeling a dark presence in front of her.
“How dare you….” he said as he stepped closer, the runes on his arms now changing from the black ink it was created from to the red of his eyes “How dare you to see those equal to you as lesser beings.” Spoiled looked around the room, trying to see if there is anything she could use for defense against her enemy. Spotting a metal rod on the center table she reached to grab for it, only to recoil her hand in pain as the end of her whip struck her hand cutting it. Now seeing that her tool for obedience is now being wielded by her assailant, Spoiled backed herself up against the wall of the room, her body trembling as he pulled the whip back, taking a jagged part of the table with it. “You are not high and mighty like you say you are. You're not even that of a normal pony. Your nothing more than a leech, a being living off of others for their own selfish gain.” As the two faced each other, the once predator now turned weak prey, the pegasus mare bound to her restraints tried to turn to hear the commotion happening away from her trying to listen in. “I’ve dealt with many of you in my life,” the blue pony said as he stood menacingly in front of the cowering mare in front of him “Those who thought they could use their money and influence to control others, to control me. But that changed, I didn’t let them keep controlling me, I fought back. I fought back and they were afraid of what they created because they could not fight back, they could not defend themselves from me. One by one they fell, each one more painful than the others, until they gave me the choice to leave. But it seems…..that I missed one.”
His anger taking over, he drew the whip back and swung striking Spoiled across her stomach, causing her to scream in pain and grab the now fresh wound on her body. Before she could react, she felt another sharp pain as he swung the whip again striking her shoulder. Quickly the room was filled with the sounds of sharp whip cracks and shrieks and cries of pain, as he swung and swung the whip, turning the once sadistic mare into a writhing mess of cuts and gashes, each fresh mark dripping blood onto the floor. After what felt like an eternity the mare that once was Spoiled Rich was now a crying mess on the floor, her once pink coat now stained red and covered in gashes and wounds as she twitched and cried in pain. Seeing his work nearly complete, he dropped the whip to the floor and approached the mare drawing his sword. Stabbing the floor with the end of his sword at an angle, he then bent down and grabbed Spoiled by her mane and placed her head next to the sword, her neck resting on the blade. Placing his hoof over her neck, he slowly pushed her head down causing the blade to slice her throat open causing blood to gush out from the now large cut. He watched as the mare slowly died, the blood gurgling from her mouth as her eyes glazed over as she drew her last breath. Anger now subsided and satisfied at his kill, the stallion turned towards the exit of the chamber only to pause as he heard a soft voice call to him.
“Wait, please,” the pegasus said as she tried to turn her head to face her savior. “Please don’t…” her voice trembling as she started to sob “Please don’t leave me. I can’t take it anymore, the constant abuse, torture, and beatings for the smallest mistakes being used for nothing but a source of sustenance for these monsters. Please take me with you! I’ll do anything, anything just to get out of here! Just take me with you! Please! Please…” the pegasus demanded as she broke down crying, her blindfold soaking from her tears. Looking back at the broken mare he turned to leave again, only to hesitate and look back. He couldn’t understand why he was feeling what he was, maybe it was something with the wretched place he was in, but for some reason, he actually felt sympathy for this poor mare. He felt the pain she has been dealing with all this time, the pain of no love from those around them, only self-satisfaction for their own gains. Looking down at the blood-soaked sword, he looked at his own reflection in the blade, the face of a once broken pony staring back as a tear fell from their eye. Feeling a sudden wave of emotion and his breath shaking, the stallion tried to calm himself as he took deep breaths to regain his focus.
Taking a deep breath, he turned around and walked back towards the pegasus, stepping over the now-dead body of Spoiled Rich. Hearing his steps approach her, the mare felt as he fiddled with her restraints, hearing the sounds of metal hitting metal as her restraints were undone, freeing her from her torture. Turning around and ripping the blindfold off her eyes, the pegasus looked at the earth pony that saved her, standing at shoulder height to the stallion. Before he could give a response the mare quickly enveloped him in a hug, crying and sobbing into his chest soaking his shirt. Not knowing how to respond he let the mare cry into his chest before carefully returning her embrace, trying to cause minimal discomfort as his arms touched her wounded back. After a few minutes of letting her cry and calm herself, the pegasus mare left to go and regained the little composure she had. “Thank you,” she said giving a small smile as he gave a small smile and nod in return “I’m Fluttershy. And you are?”
“Silver,” he said back in response as they walked towards the room exit and into the hallway “Are you gonna be okay?”. Fluttershy looked back at her wings and back, the various wounds covering her once yellow coat with colors of red and purple bruising. “It’ll take some time to heal but hopefully there will be minor scarring. They don’t like it if you don’t look good to them,” she said as they kept walking. Silver then motioned for his new ally to stop as he looked at her wounds “I might be able to do something about that.” he said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Carefully opening her wings, Fluttershy watched as he felt around her back, his hands being careful as he touched her wounds until he stopped at her lower back. “Um……will you be alright if I….” Silver said pausing as he didn’t know how she would react to being touched on her rear.
“....Considering what I’ve dealt with here,” Fluttershy said with a hint of blush on her face as she looked at his hands “At least you are kind enough to ask first. Go ahead but please be gentle” Following her instructions, Silver slowly moved his hands down onto her rump, feeling around her wounds while Fluttershy tried to not blush at the feeling she was experiencing, lack of soft-touch being a feeling she was not used to. After a minute of feeling and slightly groping, Silver placed his one hand just under her tail while the other was placed between her wings, his necklace now glowing a soft magenta. “My magic should be able to heal your wounds and get the pain to disappear,” Silver said as his hands were now emitting the same color aura, The two watched as the open cuts started to heal and close, most marks disappearing into the yellow coat of the mare as the bruising faded away. Shocked at what she just witnessed and the pain she felt now subsiding, Fluttershy faced Silver and looked down at his necklace, the soft aura it emitted slowly dissipating. “Is…that the source of your magic?” she said as she reached for the pendant, only for him to softly push her hand away. “Yes. It’s a pendant from an unknown source, no written or unwritten knowledge in Equestrian history knows of its origin. Its magic is archaic in nature, yet with simple hexes and runes it can be contained and properly used.” Silver said as he held the concerned mares' hands.
“Your tattoos. Your arms are covered with these tribal markings and runes.” Fluttershy said as she followed the ink lines on his arms, seeing that they go into the shirt he was wearing “How many did you need to control your magic?” Grabbing the edge of his shirt, Silver pulled off the clothing only to get a soft gasp from Fluttershy. His torso filled with more tribal markings and runes as they continued from his arms and covered his chest and stomach, the phrase ‘Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat, Si vis pacem, para bellum’ marked above his heart. Fluttershy gently placed her hand on his chest, tracing her hand across the ink that covered his blue coat. “Even then I’ll still deal with bouts of uncontrollable magic, usually tied to emotion. That’s why I did what I did to the mare harming you, the anger I have dealt with for years taking control and lashing out at what they believed wronged them.” Silver said as he looked into Fluttershy’s eyes, his showing years of resentment and fatigue, hers showing fear and concern.
As the two stared at each other a shuffling sound came from the hall across from them, drawing the pair's attention. Grabbing his knife, Silver moved Fluttershy behind him as he positioned himself to attack. As the shuffling got louder, the sound of heavy breathing got louder as well. As the culprit of the noise came into view, the duo’s stances softened as it was revealed to be the unicorn mare Silver dealt with earlier, her purple mane and forehead soaked with sweat as she continued to half shuffle, half waddle to them with her bound appendages before collapsing from exhaustion in front of them. Surprised, Fluttershy kneeled down to check on the exhausted mare as Silver squinted down the dark hallway, only for his eyes to snap wide as he hurled his knife into the darkness. The pair waited for a second for a reaction to the attack, only for a lunging changeling to fall to the floor with the knife handle sticking out between its wide-open eyes as the blade pierced its skull. Fluttershy watched as Silver stepped forward and ripped the blade out of the dead creature's skull, green glowing blood trickling out of the now open wound, then walked back to check on their new guest.
“I know I have no right to ask but can’t you be less……brutal with that?” Fluttershy said as she tried to peel the goo off the unicorn's mouth. Silver kneeled down next to her and placed his hand over the goo, a magic aura encasing his hand as the goo hardened and broke off like glass. The mare now gasping for air, Silver repeated the same process on her arms and legs, causing the goo to shatter and break off. “Sadly anything less than that I am not able to do. Besides, don’t you want some form of revenge on these things for what they did to you?” Silver said as they helped the mare to sit up, her chest heaving as he tried to regain normal breathing. Fluttershy remained silent as she tended to the unicorn, her body still weak from exhaustion. “Honestly darling?” the mare said as she looked at the duo in front of her “I’m not so sure morals on death is something we can really discuss right now.” Fluttershy helped her up, her stance wobbling as she regained her composure. “I do thank you for getting me out of the goo. And for dealing with that……little spawn that was tending to my sensitive areas.” The mare reached out for a handshake, getting one from each in return. “I’m Rarity. You two are?”
“Silver. And this is Fluttershy” Silver said as he motioned over to the pegasus. Rarity gave a courteous nod to Fluttershy as she clapped her hands together. “So,” Rarity said as she looked between the two “What are your plans here? Is this a rescue? Where is the rest of your resistance members?” Fluttershy looked down at the floor while Silver gave the white unicorn a grimace, his head shaking as she looked back confused. “We failed,” Fluttershy said as she kept her gaze on the floor “After we got some visitors to where we were hiding, Queen Chrysalis attacked and captured every pony. We were all brought here and turned into rape slaves for her hive. We couldn’t win, she was too powerful.” Fluttershy started to cry at the memories she was witnessing, her friends and allies all being broken by their captors, remembering seeing a changeling transformed as herself using her body for their own pleasure. Each memory brings back an old pain she dealt with the entire time she has been trapped in this monstrous place. As she sobbed she suddenly felt someone wrap her in an embrace, and looking up to see Rarity staring back at her, eyes equally filled with tears. Both looked at each other before turning to Silver, his back turned to the pair as he looked at something in his hand, before returning it to his pants pocket. “Let’s keep going,” Silver said as he grabbed his sword “We’re almost there.”
“Hold on,” Rarity said as Silver turned to face her “Why are we going deeper in? Why not just turn and leave, get more help?” Silver sighed as he put his sword back and looked at the duo. “Honestly you two were not part of my plan,” Silver said earning grimaces from both of them “I originally wanted to retrieve something close to me, something close to my heart. But looking around, seeing what they’ve done, meeting you two, I am not sure if I want to just get what I came for and leave.” the two mares looks softening, and they whispered to each other for a minute before turning back towards the stallion. “While I think Rarity and I don’t exactly agree with what you are doing, we kinda don’t really see a safe option of leaving that doesn’t involve you helping us. So for our safety, we’ll go with you and try to help as much as we can.” Fluttershy said as she walked up to Silver, looking into his blue eyes “But please promise me one thing. Once we get what you came here for, Queen Chrysalis has to be stopped. Promise me that you will deal with her.” Silver looked down at the mare, her eyes locking with his before he gave a nod in response, causing Fluttershy to give him a soft smile and give him a hug, which Silver hugged back in response. Rarity smiled as she walked up and placed a hand on his shoulder, causing him to look at the unicorn and give a confident smile in return before continuing down the hallway.
The trio continued deeper into the hive, both mares keeping a close distance from their protector as he lead them along. As they walked occasionally more changelings would notice and attack them, only for Silver to quickly incapacitate them with either his sword or magic. Soon they came upon what appeared to be some form of ornate doors with two armored Changelings standing guard with spears. Standing around the corner out of eyesight the trio observed as the guards would scan the room, keeping a close eye for any sign of movement and standing alert ready for an attack. “Okay,” Silver whispered to the mares as they listened in “I’ll need a way to sneak by them and get them away from the door.” the group pondered their options before Rarity got an idea. “What about the little toy you had when you took out my captor?” Rarity suggested causing Fluttershy to raise an eyebrow. “That was actually me Rarity. I can transform into objects via my magic.” Silver corrected, causing Rarity to give a soft ‘oh’ in reply “But that could work to sneak up on them. But how to get them away from the door?” As Silver looked back at the guards Fluttershy thought of another idea. “What if Rarity and I run in and distract them? Make it look like we’re trying to escape. Then when they come for us you can get to them.”
Silver pondered the plans for a minute before giving a small smile and nod. With the plan set the group got into position, Silver transforming himself back to his small car form while Fluttershy and Rarity prepared to run. Once ready the two mares took off down the hall and ran into the room, clearly getting the guard's attention and SIlver sped along the wall up behind them. “Hey! Where do you two think you're going?!” one guard said as they stepped forward, spears pointed at the two mares. Backing the two up against the wall, Fluttershy and Rarity watched as Silver transformed back into pony form behind the two distracted guards then grabbed their necks. Surprised and dropping their spears, the two guards flailed in the grip of the earth pony as he bashed their heads together, their armor cracking and breaking before their skulls were crushed together killing the two. Dropping the two with a thud, Silver turned and walked to the door and placed his hand on the door, feeling the smooth cold of the stone that made it. Seeing a big enough gap in between the two doors Silver drew his sword and prepared to jam the blade in to try to pry it open, only for the door to open from inside causing the trio to hide behind them. Waiting cautiously the group watched for a minute waiting for something to happen, only for a smaller petite changeling to walk out and turn to face them, standing straight and regal-like. “Please sheath your weapons. Queen Chrysalis requests your presence at once.” The changeling said as she extended her hand towards the now open doorway “Please. The queen does not like her patience being tested.”
Sharing looks between each other, the group walked past the changeling and entered the chambers, SIlver putting his sword away as they walked in. The door shutting behind them, they watched as the small bug pony buzzed over to the far side of the chamber, standing at attention with a small group of other petite changelings. The trio then turned their attention to the center of the room, seeing a larger changeling donned with a black crown currently thrusting her large green penis into the rear of a white alicorn of similar size, her eyes blindfolded as she grunted with each thrust the changeling made. Walking cautiously towards the center they watched as the changeling believed to be Queen Chrysalis continued to fuck the alicorn's ass, her head rolled back and tongued laying lazily out the side of her mouth as she pounded her slave. With the intruder and freed slaves standing in front of her, Chrysalis turned her gaze towards the group, stopping her relentless fucking of the former ruler of Equestria only for the mare to continue to ride the green cock of her master. “So, this is the intruder that is causing issues in my hive, killing my children, and freeing those that rightfully belong to my brood,” Chrysalis said as she snapped her fingers, which signaled a zebra mare behind her to walk forward and stand behind her, green goo collar around her neck and mouth covered with the same goo. Fluttershy and Rarity stood behind Silver, worry and fear radiating off them as Chrysalis drank in their emotions, yet she could not detect any emotions from the stallion in front of her.
“You could say that,” Silver said as he stepped forward and stood tall in front of the queen, cracking his neck as he stared her down. Chrysalis looked over the stallion in front of her, observing his stance and build as she motioned her hand for a drink which the zebra behind her followed by placing a drinking glass filled with red wine in her hand. “So,” Chrysalis said as she swirled her drink before taking a sip from it “Where is the rest of your group? I thought I captured all of you so-called resistance members when I attacked your main base.” Silver gave out a small snort of amusement as the queen took another sip of her drink. “There isn’t any more coming, and I’m not part of the group that you captured all that time ago,” Silver said as Chrysalis tilted her head in curiosity “I mainly stayed to myself, only killing your kind whenever they got to close.” Chrysalis looked at Silver confused for a second before letting out a hard grunt as she grabbed Celestia’s hips and rapidly thrust into the alicorn's asshole. Silver took a step back as the changeling queen slammed her hips into the mare's ass as she came inside her, her large balls and green cock pulsing as she filled her slave's anus with semen. The trio watched as Chrysalis pulled her cock out of Celestia’s rear, breathing heavily as Celestia moved off to her side, the queen's cum dripping from her ass as she stood in her spot waiting like a patient dog for her master's command. “Such a good slave,” Chrysalis said as she composed herself, grabbing Celestia’s large rear causing her to flinch in surprise “Now where were we? Oh yes, if you preferred to be by yourself then why come attack my hive in the first place?” Chrysalis said as she leaned back in her throne, her green cock still erect and occasionally twitching. Silver reached into his pants pocket and pulled out the item inside, revealing it to be a small photo “This is why I’m here.” Chrysalis gave Celestia s smack on her rear, causing the mare to crawl on her arms and legs toward the direction of Silver, her ears pointing in different directions trying to find his location. Once in front of him Celestia then moved so she was on her knees, lifting her arms and opening her mouth like a dog begging for a treat. The earth pony looked down at the alicorn quizzically before looking back at Chrysalis, who gave a simple nod and motioned to put the picture into her mouth. After carefully placing the photo in Celestia’s mouth, the mare crawled back to her master and gave the picture to the queen, before sitting back in her original position. “So, you came all this way, killed many of my brood, and possibly set back my army for a while….. All for some pegasus mare?” Chrysalis said as she stared at the picture, the photo itself showing Silver standing with a magenta pegasus mare around his same height, both looking into the camera happily with an arm wrapped around each other's waist. “Not just some pegasus mare, that mare is my older sister. We made an agreement that if anything happened to us we’d watch over each other.” Silver said as Chrysalis looked over the photo.
“So why does this involve me exactly?” Chrysalis said as she set the picture on the armrest of her throne. “Because you took her from me, somepony that is special and close to my heart, somepony I promised to protect, only until she came along.” Silver said as he pointed at the zebra behind Chrysalis, earring a surprised look from the captive mare. “Zecora? What has she done that caused you to come here?” Chrysalis said as she turned to face the zebra mare. “She found me when I was out gathering supplies with who I was looking for. She heard of what I was capable of doing and tried to conscript us into her resistance, thinking I could’ve been used for their own benefit. I refused, of course, too used to ponies using my skills for their own gain, yet she didn’t refuse, even trying to convince me to join her. I still refused and we argued with her leaving me to join them, only to be captured by you.” Silver said as he approached Chrysalis, grabbing the armrests of her throne and staring the queen down face to face. “I’ve searched many of your wretched hives looking for you and her. Now that I’m here, in front of you, I want. Her. Back.” Silver and Chrysalis stared each other down for what felt like an eternity, their gazes not backing down from each other. All the mares observing this staredown watched with concern about what would happen, the tension of the situation filling the room. After a few minutes Chrysalis let out an evil grin “Very well. You can have your precious sister back, but if you complete a little……challenge I have for you.” she said as she snapped her fingers, causing the small changeling from earlier to hover over. “Find the mare in this picture and bring her to me,” Chrysalis said as she handed the photo to the changeling, her gaze not leaving Silver. As the changeling flew off Chrysalis stretched herself out on her throne as Silver stood straight in front of her. “So, I will make this simple for you: if you can survive against my strongest warriors, you can take your sister and your friends there and leave. And I can guarantee no harm will come to any of you, I give my word. Fail to defeat them you get to watch as my warriors forcefully rape your friends while I rape your sister before you die. Refuse the offer then you leave with nothing, your friends and sister my hive slaves forever. Try to attack me and I’ll send every one of my changelings will come after you. Do we have a deal?” Chrysalis said as she stood up, nearly eye level with the stallion as she outstretched her hand. Silver looked down at the queen's hand before looking back up, her evil smile and slightly glowing green eyes looking back at him. Making his choice he stuck his hand out and shook Chrysalis’ hand, his firm grip holding her hand as he shook it.
“Very well,” Chrysalis said as she snapped her fingers, causing the changelings in the room to move toward the middle of the room. As Silver watched as they moved into position, the small changeling returned from an open hallway with his sister behind them, green collar and leash around her neck while the green goo covered her mouth and bound her arms. Looking up she was shocked to see that her brother was standing in front of her, voice unintelligible behind her gag as the changeling pulled on the leash and led her towards Chrysalis. “The wager is set then,” Chrysalis said as she took the leash from the changeling “Defeat my fighters and you will leave with your prize. Lose and well…” Chrysalis tugged the leash causing the pegasus mare to fall to her knees “...you know what will happen” she finished as she ran her claw over the mare's cheek. Nodding in response, Silver turned and walked toward the center of the guards while Fluttershy and Rarity moved off to the side next to Celestia and Zecora. As he stood in the center, Silver removed his shirt and tossed it to the side, revealing the rest of the tattoos on his back. Various tribal markings covered the outer portion of his back, encasing a larger tattoo of a pair of wings with a pony skull with its mouth open in the center.
Getting into his stance Silver looked around at the changeling guards all around them, ten of them in a circle, each in their armor and a large spear in their hands. He waited patiently as if daring one of the fighters around him to make a move, his eyes shifting back and forth waiting for a response. Suddenly one of the guards lunged towards him, spear pointed at the ready only for Silver to grab the end behind the blade and swing it away from him, grabbing the changeling with his other hand and throwing him to the floor. Standing back up the blue stallion dodged another attack from one of the guards, this time picking him up and throwing him into two other guards. As each guard tried to attack him, Silver kept on the defense sometimes just barely dodging an attack as the group watched the fight from a distance. Seeing an opportunity one of the changeling guards drew a small dagger and lunged at the stallion, jamming the blade into his shoulder. Letting out a grunt of pain Silver turned and grabbed the guard picking them up then slamming them into the floor, pulling the dagger out of his shoulder and thrusting it into the guard's eye killing them instantly. As he stood back up Silver felt a sharp pain in his leg as one of the changelings sliced him with their spear. Stopping his defense strategy, Silver drew his sword and swung at the guard who tried to block with his spear, only for the blade to cut clean through as Silver then spun and sliced the changeling's throat with the tip of the blade. Silver watched as the bug grabbed his throat and fell trying to stop the bleeding and smiled, only to lurch in pain as he felt something pierce his back. Looking down he saw the tip of one of the spears sticking out of his chest just below his heart. Falling to his knees Silver braced his arms over his face as the remaining guards started to kick and cut at him with their weapons. Crying out at each cut and kick he faced, Silver caught a quick glance over towards the viewing party, Fluttershy and Rarity watching in horror while Chrysalis grinned as she looked over towards his sister, grabbing her by the collar and running her green tongue across his sisters face while looking at him. As Silver watched the changeling queen harass his sister, he felt a sudden spike in his emotions as his necklace started to glow. Feeling his anger take over Silver started to stand up, much to the surprise of his attackers and those watching. Everyone watched as his eyes fully turned red as he grabbed the tip of the spear in his chest, forcefully pulling it through and out of his body and dropping it to the floor covered in blood.
One of the more confident guards tried to swing at the stallion with his knife aiming for his face, only to be stopped as the stallion grabbed them by the throat. As they were choking they watched in shock as the wounds on their prey now subsided, but the tattoos covering their body now turned as red as their eyes. Without hesitation Silver crushed the guard's throat in his hand, causing them to spit out green blood and fall to the floor dead as he let go. Picking up his sword, he blocked a quick strike from a guard with a club before rapidly slicing the front of their body, leaving deep cuts as they fell to the floor before being stabbed through the skull. Now seeing he was down to half his opponents, Silver grabbed the weapon that he brought along and held it by the metal end like a small club. Showing an evil grin, he rushed towards the rest of his enemies, bashing two of them with the weapon before slicing their major arteries causing them to bleed out. He then turned towards one who tried to use one of his fallen comrades as a shield, only for the blade to pierce through both them and the shield before he lifted them both with the sword and pinned a fourth one to the floor with the others on top of them. Now down to the last one, Silver lunged at the changeling as they tried to escape, only to not make it far as they were grabbed and thrown to the floor. As they tried to stand, the earth pony stood over them and held his weapon over them, before swinging down and bashing their forehead. The warrior tried to block each strike but to no avail, as the earth pony proceeded to bash in their skull until their brain matter was scattered around them.
With the battle over and him victorious, Silver walked through the corpses of his victims and went towards the group who was staring in awe, his tattoos and eyes returning to their normal colors. “Well……I am impressed” Chrysalis said as she leaned back into her throne and crossed her legs “No pony has been able to defeat one of my best guards, let alone defeat all of them at once.” Silver looked down at the queen as she looked at him with an amused smile, While Zecora grabbed his sister and moved her over towards Fluttershy and Rarity. “Well, a deal is a deal,” Chrysalis said as Zecora moved back behind her “You get your sister back and you are all free to leave.” Silver walked over towards his sister and used his magic to release her bindings, only to be wrapped in a hug to which he quickly returned. “I thought you’d never come back for me,” she said as she held her brother's cheek, “I thought you were gonna leave me to suffer for abandoning you,” she said as she cried into her brother's shoulder. “You're my sister Passion, I will never leave you behind. I made a promise to keep you safe and failed you, I tried to get you back because I love you. I promise I’ll never leave you again” Silver said as he hugged his sister tightly, both siblings crying as they embraced each other. “Well now that your little reunion is over, I would like to have a word with you,,” Chrysalis said interrupting the touching moment, motioning towards a nearby stone table and chairs. Silver looked over and walked over towards the table with Chrysalis next to him, grabbing his sword out of the changeling skewer and jamming it into the floor next to the table. Sitting down he placed the blood-covered weapon he used to bash the final guard onto the table, the metal end aimed towards Chrysalis as she sat down with Celestia at her side and Zecora standing behind her. “So you have proven to be a capable fighter. I would like to know a bit more about you before I let you leave, as to know what to look out for of course.” Chrysalis said as she grabbed the wine glass from earlier, the glass now refilled as she motioned for a drink for the earth pony, only for him to wave off the other glass much to Chrysalis’ annoyance.
“I was former military, served my time before being given an honorable discharge.” Silver started as Chrysalis rested her head on her hand. “I was able to learn valuable combat skills through my training and time in service, far better than the training royal guards would get. After my service I tried to live a normal life for a while, living amongst the community and trying to go through life. Then one day while out on a hike I came upon these ruins near the Everfree Forest, yet there was no information about them. After some exploring, I came upon this.” Silver tapped the pendant on his chest “And was gonna take it to be observed by professionals, only to be blinded by a bright light and knocked out when I went to grab it. When I woke up the necklace was around my neck and I had these powers, yet I couldn’t figure out how to use them.” Chrysalis took another drink of her wine before setting it down on the table and placing her hand on Celestia’s head. “So how is it that you are able to control your magic now? You seem to be more capable of handling it now,” she asked as she pet the alicorn's head like a dog. “At first I went to Canterlot to try and get help, more hoping maybe some mages or even Celestia knew what this was. Yet when I asked for help they turned me away, claiming I was corrupted by whatever magic it was. I went to the castle and asked Celestia for help thinking if anypony could help me, it could be her.” Celestia’s ears perked up at that last sentence, faintly remembering something like that happening.
“At first she tried to help, digging through any documentation regarding magic and charms and pendants. But after a while with no viable source for what was causing my magic, she came back and told me that there was no way of knowing what or where this came from. After that, I was at my lowest, and that’s when I found a…….side effect of the magic.” Silver said as he leaned back in the chair, glancing over to see Celestia flatten her ears against her head. “And what was that exactly?” Chrysalis said as she leaned forward with curiosity. “The magic was tied to emotions, if the bearer experiences too much of an emotion it causes the magic to take over, hence what you saw earlier. I was angry with the world for this and the magic took advantage of that, and I went on a anger-fueled rampage and tore apart half the city, killing many innocent ponies and injuring many more. Once I was able to calm down and get back in control of my magic, Celestia demanded that I was to be cast out of society as I was deemed too dangerous to be around, spreading the news about what had happened making me a pariah for everything.” Silver continued as Chrysalis sat up in her chair confused. “Why not just kill you? If you were deemed such a threat why let you live?” she questioned as she gestured towards him, to which the earth pony responded with a shrug. “My guess is because she probably didn’t know if she could kill me,” Silver responded as they both looked at Celestia, the kneeling alicorn sensing their looks causing her to shrink in her spot. “Well, my slave,” Chrysalis said as she put her hand under Celestia’s chin, making the blindfolded mare face her “Why did you let him live? You can speak.” Celestia could feel the irritation and anger in her master's voice, thinking that her past actions were what caused her master's anger towards her. “Yes,” Celestia said with a shaky voice “I believed he was not capable of being killed. I thought the safest option was to have him isolated from everyone to not cause more problems.” her eyes started to water as she could feel Chrysalis’ gaze pierce her shattered soul “I thought making him a public enemy of Equestria he would leave and never return. I didn’t think about things fully and never thought of the outcomes. I’m sorry, I should’ve done more to help.” turning her head toward the stallion addressing him at the end.
Chrysalis rolled her eyes before letting go of Celestia and turning back to her guest “So what happened after that? Clearly, you couldn’t have gotten to where you are now just from that?” Silver let out a sigh as he thought back to his former ‘career’ and those who helped him. “Turned out there were a select few who were impressed with what I was capable of, who believed they could use me for their own benefits. Once they found me they offered to have me join their society, an underground society that specialized in beings that were…….skilled, in the art of death. They made me feel welcomed, like I actually belonged, and even had some special mages and shamans make up the markings and runes that cover my skin to help better control my magic. I felt like I finally got a life back, even if it did mean I had to kill those who deserved it, the business of criminals and the art of death going hand in hand. Soon I was known as one of the best ponies to see to get a job done, but after a while I discovered that those who offered me this new life wanted to use me. They thought they could control me and use my abilities to take over Equestria for themselves, using me as a pawn to do so. I felt betrayed, these ponies giving me a second chance at life, albeit a dark life, yet one where I am still appreciated and respected by my peers.”
“So I fought back, deciding to go after those who used me and make sure they couldn’t succeed with their plans. At first, they were humored, thinking that they had all the money and power that they couldn’t be touched. But after they started to fall one by one, they panicked and decided if they couldn’t beat me, they’d let me walk away. So they all gathered together and offered for me to leave and retire from life in exchange for their lives, which I agreed to in exchange that they will not follow through with their plans, which they agreed to out of fear of the consequences. Once I left I set up a home for myself out of the way of both societies and lived in a peaceful limbo for years, up till your invasion of course. When the initial attacks happened I reached out to my sister and brought her to me to protect her, and well the rest you know already.” Silver said before stretching in his chair. Those listening in had various reactions to the stallions backstory, Rarity and Fluttershy feeling sadness for the life he had to experience, Passion feeling regret for not trying to help her brother sooner, Zecora feeling surprised at what he was capable of doing, and Chrysalis intrigued and amused at what he had dealt with to get where he was. “But now,” Silver said as he played with the wood end of the weapon, the metal end slightly shifting towards Chrysalis as he fiddled with it, “I think there is one more thing I have to do.” Chrysalis leaned back in her seat as she gave him a confused look “And what is that exactly?” Silver gave out a small chuckle as he rested his hand on where the wood connected with the metal. “Oh you’ll see soon enough,” he said as pushed on two small switches, each making a soft click “In fact, I think a certain somepony should probably move towards their left.... right. About. Now” he finished as he pulled both the hammers all the way back, a loud click as a trigger popped up on top. Eyes widening at what she was seeing, Zecora quickly dived to her left from behind Chrysalis, grabbing Celestia and pulling her to the floor as Silver pulled the trigger. The changeling queen didn’t have time to react as she was thrown through her chair with a loud bang, the stone breaking as she was launched a good distance before sliding on her back on the floor. Silver let out an amused chuckle, smoke emitting from the barrels of his gun as he stood up and walked towards the fallen queen, grabbing his sword on the way.
Chrysalis lay on the floor of her hive in pain, two decent size holes in her torso as she struggled to breathe, green glowing blood slowly forming around her. Looking over she saw the culprit of her pain, the blue stallion standing over her with a confident smile on his face as he kneeled down. “That shot stings doesn’t it? Can easily punch a hole through a steel door. Now, your not gonna live, you’ll either bleed out or choke on your own blood as you die. But, I will give you a quick death if wanted.” he said as he pointed the blade next to her throat, her face reflecting in the blade as she coughed up blood. “Any last words?” Silver said as he raised his sword, prepared to decapitate the fallen queen. Chrysalis gritted her teeth as she looked up at her executioner, her breath shaking as she opened her mouth to speak. “G-go fuc-” she said before he swung, blade cutting clean through her neck severing her head from her body, killing her once and for all. Everyone watched in shock at what they witnessed. Queen Chrysalis, the changeling queen who conquered Equestria and turned its inhabitants into slaves for her army, now lay dead in front of them, her body damaged and head severed. As Silver kneeled down and grabbed the dead queen's head by her mane, a swarm of changelings barged through the door as they felt their ruler's control disappear.
Turning to the now crowd of changelings Silver walked towards the center of the room and stood at attention. “Changelings! Creatures of torture and rape, a swarm of beings not capable of emotion……Your queen is dead!” he shouted as he held Chrysalis’ head in view for all of them, receiving shocks and gasps from the army of bugs. “Consider this as a warning to all your kind: Equestria is not yours to rule! You will free all the captive ponies you have in all your wretched hives and leave Equestria, never to attack and enslave ever again! Maybe in time, your kind could come up with a peaceful solution to others, but for now, consider yourselves enemies of this land! Refuse these demands or try to attack…..” Silver’s hand holding the head now glowing a menacing red. The army watched in horror as the head of their former queen burst into a ball of flames, her skin slowly melting off until her charred skull fell to the floor. “You will be hunted down and exterminated like the insects you are. Now…..BEGONE!” he shouted as he raised his sword in the air, the hive quickly swarming in different directions as they quickly set to redo all the troubles they have done. Satisfied, Silver turned back to the group as they helped up Zecora and Celestia, the latter removing her blindfold to see her hero. “I have misjudged you,” she said as Silver set to remove the goo from Zecora, earning a small thanks from the zebra. “I believed that your heart was filled with darkness, that you could not be able to feel empathy. Yet you single handily defeated Queen Chrysalis and set forth a path for Equestria to recover.” Silver gave a small nod of approval, only to step back in confusion as Celestia kneeled down in front of him. “On behalf of Equestria….and myself, please accept my apology and request to return to pony society with open arms.” The group of ponies watched the interaction between their ruler and their hero, only for Silver to kneel down and embrace Celestia in a hug, surprising the alicorn. “While time may not be able to remove all wounds,” Silver said as he embraced the princess “It is better to forgive and move on. I am sorry for all the pain I have caused you and Equestria, and I forgive you for your actions, even if they were justifiable.” Silver said as he looked at Celestia, both having tears flow from their eyes as they hugged once more. After a few minutes to two helped each other up and returned to the group, all agreeing that the pain they have felt all this time is now over. The days of Queen Chrysalis’ rule over Equestria are now over, and the country and now focus on rebuilding and recovering….
Broken, beaten, but now healing.
Author's Note
Special thanks to Holocron for feedback and proofreading
