The day after the rodeo, I figured I was done with these fucking ponies. I’m not gonna accept any apologies from literally anyone at all. Not from Luna, not from Rainbow Dash, not from Rarity. I’m just so done. Time, after time, after time, something goes poorly for me. Somebody wrongs me. Somebody doesn’t consider my feelings because I’m nothing more than a common housepet. I hate it. I am so fucking sick of this shit. Celestia offered to adopt me, since she knows about my age, but that would be a really cheap way to earn respect. Like it would work anyways; ponies are so racist they’d probably try and kill me if they found out Celestia wanted to adopt me.

They’d probably lynch me if they were more violent. That’s how racist ponies are.

Okay, maybe I can forgive Luna in time; she is actually making an effort to patch things up with me, and I can appreciate the effort. Rainbow Dash and Rarity? No. Notta. Not a fucking fat chance, because those two are just steaming sacks of shit. Nobody in town likes me, besides like… four people. So I walked out of my home with a stretch the next day, scratched my back a couple of times and looked around. It was fairly early in the morning, and it was Sunday, so nobody, in their right mind, should be out and about. Well, except for me. I’m leaving, and I don’t really feel like having my friends find out.

I’m talking about Twilight and Venice, those two are my only friends in Ponyville. So, I made it into town relatively quickly, taking my sweet ass time with getting a move on. I stopped outside of Sugarcube Corner, sighing; my first ever party where some of the ponies tolerated me. I contemplated staying; Pinkie didn’t actually seem to hate me, and she was pretty nice if a bit assertive. Then I kept on walking. Yeah no, I plan on heading towards Appleloosa; that’s where Chrysalis’s main Hive was apparently located. I wanna go to the Hive and see what happens.

“Hey Bob!” I cringed at that voice… It was Twilight. “I didn’t expect to see you in town so soon! Pinkie wanted to get us all together in Sugarcube Corner; she wanted to make us all apologize to you. every one of our friends; from Rainbow Dash to Apple Jack. She… Even I noticed how poor your treatment is, and yesterday was just a tipping point. How could Rainbow try to market an event based on you getting hurt?” Twilight sighed. “You’ll forgive us for mistreating you, right? And me for… not stepping in when I should.” Her ears twitched a couple times, so of course, I reached out and ruffled her mane.

“I’m not mad at you. I can’t fault you for not wanting to choose between friends. I know how much you stressed over that shit with the Gala after you told me about it. I also can’t be mad at you; you’ve housed me, and continue to treat me with genuine respect.” I sighed. “I’ll join you inside. But… Don’t expect me to be swayed; I’ve been hurt twice by your friends. And the second time around, said friends didn’t seem to fucking care. In fact, after this bullshit in Sugarcube, I’m just gonna leave for the changeling hive. Those buggies love me, so I know they’ll treat me with respect. I told Echo and Gengar already; they’re taking a super secret tunnel and will meet me in Appleloosa.” Twilight’s ears shot up.

“But… What about me? What about Venice? Or Cherilee? You-“

“You guys will be fine without me; none of you guys are social rejects, are you? Y’all have other friends. I don’t matter enough to warrant staying here for you guys.” Twilight sighed, as we walked into Sugarcube. There, there were all of Twilight’s friends. They’re all fucking here, sitting in a booth. Twilight happily pranced over and greeted them all, while I sat at a table away from them. I rested my cheek in my palm and tried to look not done with these mares. “So, how are you guys going to emotionally destroy me this time? Gonna ‘say sorry’ and then call me a rapist in the middle of town? Kick me in the dick? That last one would probably be the least painful, emotionally at least, you should do that.”

“Well… We could do that,” Pinkie started. “But that’s no fun! I can tell how little fun you’re having because of how everypony’s treating you, so I actually gathered as many ponies as I could fit into Sugarcube corner so we can all apologize to you!” I looked around… Everyone was staring at me. “I bet you’ll want to stay after we all promise to start treating you better!”

“Promises are meant to be broken,” I pointed out. “In fact, Rainbow said she’d try and treat me with respect and fucked up at that. Rarity said she’d always be nice and generous to me. Then she said I was creeping on Venice; that mare is literally my best friend. I tend to put my hands on ponies that are my friends, and if those ponies are okay with it,” I glared at Rarity. “You shoulda fucking figured that shit out after I put Venice down after expressing she didn’t want to get cradled in public. Fuck, you should notice how my eyes don’t wander. I’ll happily admire how Venice’s coat gleams, or how well groomed she is, but I won’t be looking at her ass any time soon. I can’t find you horses attractive though.” Everyone flinched. “Oh boohoo, I used a slur. Yeah, you fuckers have literally charged me more money for shit! Bought an orange that was seven bits. For one orange. Then a stallion got a whole dozen for that much!” I slammed my hands into the table.

“Chrysalis, the same fucker who you all seem to wanna demonize, has treated me better than any of you asshats ever could! She built me a fucking house, a means to make my own food without being overcharged for shit. Fucking love, harmony, and acceptance. Friendship is fucking magic if you’re a pony!” I got out of my chair. “Fuck you guys. AJ, Pinkie, consider our partnerships void. I know you two don’t know how to use the carbonation machine that I have. Twilight,” I nodded to her. “Feel free to visit me, tell Venice and Golden Arrow that I love’em with every fiber of my being.” Seriously, those two are like family to me. “I wish you all the best in the future, but please stay the fuck out of my future. Thank you.” I walked out the door, only to find a hoof holding my ankle.

“C’mon Bobby! Let me host a goodbye party-” I took my ankle back. “Bobby? Please?” Pinkie’s mane deflated a little. “C’mon! What about your friends?”

“The same one that accused me of being a pervert? Or the one that tried to profit off of me getting hurt? Oh! Or the one that only tolerated me because I was the only source of a product they made a fuckload of money off of?” I hummed. “You know what, Pinkie?” The look on Pinkie’s face, how it brightened up so much at my faux excitement. “I’m going to go visit Chrysalis, stay permanently, and get drunk with her. That sounds like a fun party; you’re not invited by the way!” Pinkie’s mane immediately deflated, and I was already out the door.

Nobody thought to stop me, thankfully, so getting on the train wasn’t too troublesome. I paid for my ticket, and sat my ass down. “Greetings,” I looked up to see a random mare wave at me. “I hear that you wish to visit the changeling Hive.”

“Chrysalis, drop the act; you still got your eyes.” Chrysalis’s ears shot up. “Yeah, that’s right, Chryssy, you can’t trick me!” Chrysalis reverted to her natural form, before taking place in my lap. “Sorry about abandoning my home and greenhouse so shortly after you built them, by the way. I’m grateful for them, I really am, but I can’t stay with ponies anymore. Not after being wronged by them so fucking often.” Chrysalis sighed as she laid her head in my hand so I could rub that jaw of hers. “Chrysalis?”

“I was expecting you to want to leave Ponyville anyways. You already moved to your home that I had built for you, then you ended up hearing what Loyalty said about you… I have asked my drones about the idea of you moving in. All of them are very receptive to the idea; some are saying I should adopt you given how young you are. But if you were a Prince, you’d have to deal with ponies more at political meetings,” Chrysalis hummed. “You don’t seem mad about that.”

“Hey, I wouldn’t mind having a mother who gives a shit about me. My actual mother used to cut me a lot. Hell, those political meetings just mean I can meet with Celestia more; she’s pretty cool.” I reclined back in my chair. “It just feels good; I still have money flowing in from all my inventions and products. Well, except Sparkles; I took those out of production and had Gengar and Echo take the means to make it to the Hive. I’m sure your ‘lings would enjoy something sugary.”

“We don’t need to eat, but we do need to drink. Having something other than water would be nice; I have imported a case of that drink a while back. It was quite tasty,” Chrysalis nuzzled me. “I shall have the forms in place should you wish to legally be my son. Though it would be weird given…” She nudged my hand with her nose. “I never said you could not stop petting me. I am a Queen, you know, as your Queen, I wish to be pampered!” Chrysalis scoffed when I let my hand go limp. “What. Did. I. Say?”

“I wanted to rub your ears, not your jaw,” I did exactly that. “See? This is more fun, ain’t it?”

Chrysalis started purring, and that was her only response.

Not even an hour later, I had a Queen napping in my lap, and everyone decided to social distance from me like I had the plague. Meh, whatever, I had a sleeping, purring changeling queen in my lap, and I don’t care. It still surprises me as to… just how soft Chrysalis is, and changelings in general for that matter. I took the time to study her biology; it turns out that Chryssy’s wings were insectoid in shape, but they were much harder. Chrysalis’s tail and mane were made of a similar mesh, but felt softer, and more mane-like. The holes in her legs seemed to serve little purpose, but judging from how they were, I assumed that it was just a sign of starvation. They were actually smaller than the last time I saw them.

“Are you done molesting me with your eyes?” Chrysalis asked, cracking an eye open. “I can feel your eyes wandering.”

“Look, almost everything I have seen so far has a human-world variant that I have seen before. We got ponies, or horses, zebras, hell, even oak trees,” I patted Chrysalis’s back. “As a guy who likes science, biology included, I kinda wanna study you. I won’t look at anything you don’t want me to.” Chrysalis simply smirked. “You were just fucking with me, cool.”

“Now, if we were doing that, I would be laying eggs in a few weeks… Though if you do wish to study me, for some reason, you may. I do request you stay away from my backside; you must respect my privacy after all.”

“Oi, I ain’t gonna touch that unless you give me permission. I pet you because you let me, I doubt you’d let me touch that!” Chrysalis chuckled. “Go back to napping; your snoring is adorable.”

“Are you bucking insane?” One of our more… equine co-passengers asked. “How can you find that monster adorable?” Chrysalis closed her eyes and let out an adorable little sigh when I rested my hand on her belly. “And you’re petting it!”

“So? That belly is rubbable, Chrysalis likes belly rubs, and she’s friends with a man who likes rubbing bellies,” I patted the Queen and laid my head on her neck. She was just so big that she had to rest her head on the window, and her neck was so long that I could rest my head on it if need be. Chrysalis, because she is needlessly cute, nuzzled me and licked my cheek with a very snake-like tongue. “She’s also very sweet when you get the chance to know her.”

“I love my human,” Chrysalis sighed in contemptment. “If any of you harm him, or attempt to harm him for his association with me, I will have you tried for attempted genocide. Then my children will have the opportunity of sucking your love out of you for the rest of your lives.” A unicorn, a random mare, tried her luck, only for the spell to be caught midair. “Did I stutter?” Chrysalis’s horn was glowing. Chrysalis snatched the mare up in her magic.

“I am allied with your perfect, incredibly sexy Princess Celestia. We are also in the process of putting our hooves into dating each other again; you nearly breached a term in our treaty…” Chrysalis hummed, before nodding to herself. “Perhaps I shall decapitate you?” My eyes widened. “Or not, my friend seems to be a bit squeamish about having somepony die in front of him, so you may live today.” Chrysalis threw the mare back into her chair, where she landed with a thud.

She got up right afterwards and ran into another train car. Every other pony followed suit.

“That was a bit much.”

“She nearly hit you with a spell that would’ve cracked your head open,” Chrysalis gave me a toothy grin. “And I will actually defend you unlike some of your friends…”

“Oi, Venice actively dragged me out of lunch with my ‘friends’ after they accused me of some shit. She nearly kicked another motherfucker after they tried to call me a monkey. Well… Venice would’ve if I didn’t stop her with a few ear scratches. Venice is super cool.”

“I know; I assume that’s the only pony, aside from Celestia, that you enjoy having as a friend?”

“And Golden Arrow, Venice’s kid. Super sweet, super lovable. Fucking adorable as hell. He tried getting me and Venice to date each other, or have Venice adopt me after he learnt about how old I actually am. That colt just wanted me to be a part of his family…” I sighed. “I will miss that kid a lot, but this is for the best. I need some time away from ponies, possibly permanent time away. Or else I am going to end up inventing a shotgun just to kill myself with it.” Chrysalis’s eyes narrowed.

“You will not commit suicide on my watch, Bob. If you do, I will find out if there is an afterlife, and beat your ass for making me, and several of your actual friends cry,” Chrysalis pulled me closer with her legs. “Now, get some rest; I’m certain you will love to explore Alpha Hive once you get there.” I closed my eyes and fell asleep… Chrysalis makes for a good pillow, keep that in mind. Well, Celestia’s a better pillow, but also, she is a wee bit plush from eating mostly cake. The next time we woke up, we stopped just outside of some shitty, generic, little western town called Appleloosa. Where the ponies were even more racist towards me and Chrysalis, but it didn’t particularly matter; we were going to keep heading west anyways. Once we got to the edge of town, Chrysalis knelt down.

“What are you doing, Chrysalis?” I asked. Seriously, I don’t know why she’s kneeling.

“You said that your feet are terrible for long distance travel, yes?” I nodded. “And you humans are apparently even worse at long distance traveling while under the sun, like we are right now. So this is my solution: Get on my back, ride me like how you described humans riding horses.” I shrugged before hopping up on Chrysalis’s back… Holy shit, Chrysalis is actually a lot taller than she appears. Yeah, I can still look the Queen in the eye, but she still had a good head or two over me. Celestia was roughly the same height… goddamn, I underestimated how big these guys are by a long shot. Chrysalis got up and pranced slightly. “Ooo, I always wondered what it would be like to have a bipedal race-”

“Chrysalis, as cute as you are while prancing around, you’re breaking my balls by doing that.” Chrysalis giggled while her body cringed. She then started walking normally across the desert… Ow. Okay, Chrysalis was actually being super gentle, and even lifted me up to transform a saddle onto her back, and that made things easier for me. The only problem was… Well, it felt a bit weird, honestly. Riding a horse sounds awesome, riding a horse that is also part bug, that is also highly intelligent? It felt weird. Of course, this gave me the prime position to rub that neck, which Chrysalis was bugging me for, for the longest time during the ride. “You sure this isn’t… Demeaning in any way, shape, or form, Chryssy? I get that you’re a queen and-”

“I wondered what it would be like to have somebody mount me, and now I know. It’s… Oddly comforting. If you allow me to, I would like to do this more often with you.” Wat. “I know, as Queen, I should have more pride. But around you, I do not feel the need to uphold my image; you are oddly good at making anyone relax. If Celestia and Luna were comfortable, in public, to wrestle each other like a pair of fillies, then you’re a great comfort object.” Way to make me feel adequate. “Take it as a compliment; I don’t relax around anyone very easily.” Chrysalis hummed before we stopped next to a cave, one that went straight down. “How good are you at holding on?”

“Uh… I might accidentally strangle you? Why do you ask?” Chrysalis giggled. “Chrysalis?” Chrysalis walked right up to the mouth of the cave, staring down, like she was testing how deep it went.

“This is Alpha Hive’s entrance,” Chrysalis hummed. “Hold tight, dear!” Wait, no, no, no-

The Queen jumped, I latched onto Chrysalis and let out a very manly scream on the way down. Little did I know what I was going to see…was going to be one of the most magnificent sights I will ever see. I went from screaming to cheering on the way down, actually enjoying the flight as Chrysalis expertly smoothed out the drop somehow, before we dropped down into the Hive. “Welcome to my kingdom, Bob. I hope we can be much, much more accommodating than ponyville!” My jaw dropped at the sight. Holy fucking shit. This place is simply glorious.

Author's Note

Figured this would be a nice change of pace. The lings are going to experience an industrial revolution.