Chrysalis was thinking on what to do next. She had been absent for a majority of the time but she now had a full entire fully functioning hive to manage and improve. Usually she would find ponies to drain love from but she didn't have to do that here. Somehow the dessert was more hostile than the moon. Chrysalis had to let THAT set in. But that means that she could thrive on the moon. They had a food source- that she should probably look into -nearby and no ponies or predators looking to dismantle the hive.
"Hey you." Chrysalis should also start asking what there names are, she just can't keep calling them 'you' so she'll ask that later. "Where did you get that silver liquid from?"
The changeling got up and signed to chrysalis to follow.
Chrysalis looked at the weird lake of the substance. She also needed to ask the name for the liquid.
"Hey, what is the name of this liquid?" Chrysalis asked as she looked down at her reflection.
"Oh!" The changeling exclaimed. "It's called silver love as it feeds us like love and it has a silver color.
Chrysalis approved of the naming convention. But another thing she took note from was that she was now white as well. She didn't know how she missed that earlier but she was now the color of the moon around her.
But she realized something... The lake is in the shape of a fragment of a star... She is sure it's nothing though.
Chrysalis thought on what to do next. She had a hive filled with changeling so she thought about making mines to gather valuable metals and materials. Also she considered researching the technology ideas from her old hive. Now that they don't have to struggle, they could actually progress in other directions.
{999 years ago}
Cosmos was board. She had no playthings to torture and she was stuck in this constalation, being used as a prison.
Her thoughts were disrupted when a stray meteor hit one of the stars causing extreme pain and caused the star to fracture.
One of the pieces hit equestria and settled down and gained an identity, to copy anything thrown into itself with an incantation.
The second hit a castle, the kingdom being eradicated from the fragment, the place becoming a desert, and it's ruler getting amnesia and a full body change. Her coat now sporting smooth carapace and an insect like body.
The third hit the moon, the impact creating a lake of powerful emotion, the liquid being made up of liquefied love and rage
Author's Note
Short chapter. But the flashback explains the liquid, the mirror pool, and the changeling all at once also the I wonder about the long term exposure on the liquid could do to a pony. Hmmm.
Prologue: the failed invasion.
Author's Note
This is a what if chrysalis got trapped on the moon with a Luna subplot and a version of the backstory of the changelings.
Also final bit on the end has been changed.
Prologue: the failed invasion.
Chrysalis cackled as everything fell into place. The elements of harmony were guarded, celestia was beaten, and luna was... somewhere, she didn't know. But her Victory was all but assured, as cadence was trapped with that stallion -wait what are they doing-
Pain was all Chrysalis knew for what felt like an eternity, just endless pain. But eventually the pain subsided, and Chrysalis didn't know were the fuck she was. There were no land marks, just some craters and white rock.
She knew that she would have to get back to her hive before it was too late. So she looked up to the moon too see how long she was knocked out... why was equestria above her? And why is... "OH FUCK, IM ON THE FUCKING MOON!!!!!" Chrysalis screamed In alarm as she was no longer on equestria, and miles away from her hive.
Chrysalis was crying and unbelievable tired. Not only did she panic for five hours straight, but she also tried to return to equestria ten times in a row. And she. Was. ANGRY! No FURIOUS! She was miles from her home- her hive. And she couldn't do a thing about it. She was drained, angry, and sad all at once. Her hive was going to die alone without their queen. And their queen was going to die alone on a rock miles away from her children.
{Day 1}
Chrysalis was going to go insane if she doesn't get company soon. But she was on Luna's moon. How was she going to get company? Well she could make a hive but that would be counter to the hive she already has on equss. Remembering her hive made her wanting to return to equss even more. It was agonizing.
{day 2}
Chrysalis was hungry and bored. She had nothing to do. She usually had the hive to worry about, but now? she had nothing. All around her was just moon rocks with nothing else. She was thankful that changelings didn't need to breath. but there was nothing to do and she felt dread as she felt more hunger. she needed to find food soon.
{day 5}
Chrysalis was starving and her instincts screamed at her to lay an egg to make a hive. She NEEDED to make a new hive. She had no choice. She needed scouts to find a sustainable food source. So she laid on the floor in agony as she tried to fight her instincts as she could not condemn her children to a death of starvation as she knew there was nothing to eat on the moon.
{Day 7}
Chrysalis was mindlessly hungry. She needed food. She needed scouts. So despite everything she already knew, she laid a batch of eggs, all the while she was unthinking. She couldn't even make a coherent thought. So her body laid eggs. It would be a few days before the eggs will hatch. And they hopefully would find food. Because right now, chrysalis had done everything she could have done. She knew deep down that the newborn changelings will probably die. But she was felt her strength fled her as she falls into unconsciousness.
{1 year later}
Chrysalis woke up to a changeling (which was white for some reason) giving her some weird silvery fluid. But chrysalis felt drowsy and a bit out of it so she drank deeply of the liquid... It felt nice and warm... It was actually giving her nutrients.
It was then when Chrysalis realized she was on a throne of some sort. The throne was silvery and warm to the touch.
Chrysalis was going to investigate, but she still felt drowsy and weak so she laid down on the throne and fell asleep.
{A few hours later}
Chrysalis woke up to an odd sight. She was in a large room made out of a white brick. In front of her was a window looking out onto equestria. The blue planet shining beautifully onto the throne room. The throne room wasn't empty however as a white changeling with glasses walked up to chrysalis.
"Oh my queen! you are finally awake!" The changeling quickly trotted over to the throne and gave chrysalis the silver liquid.
{Chrysalis POV}
I was confused on a lot of levels. The first of which was where the fuck she was. All she could remember was the attack... On... Canterlot... Oh she was on the moon, and the glass of silver gives her actual sustenance.
"Well fuck." I say as I realize that I now have a hive to take care and feed all while was trapped on the moon. And my changelings are also now white for some reason as well. "Fuck."
{Meanwhile: in canterlot}
Luna stared up at the night sky. She knew 1 year back that her aunt chrysalis invaded canterlot, but she couldn't blame her aunt. She has lost her kingdom and her memories to that meteor. But she just couldn't believe her sister could have forgotten her aunt.
Sure it has been 5,000 years, but she still just couldn't believe it to be true.
Luna stared at the moon her thoughts were disrupted by an alarm spell going of in her head.
That alarm told her one thing- chrysalis was awake, and the hive now has its queen to command them.
Luna sighed as she remembered that her sister doesn't know about chrysalis's whereabouts. As she had exterminated the badlands hive.
Luna didn't like that her sister killed the hive but she couldn't do anything but keep the location of Chrysalis hidden away from celestia. She tried to stop celestia from exterminating the changelings, but her sister was not listening to reason.
And hopefully, chrysalis can keep on living, and possibly regain her list memories.
But one thing troubled her, cosmos's fractured star has landed on three locations. The mirror pool. The kingdom of her aunt. And the moon. And the worse bit was, Luna knew where that fragment lays. It lays where chrysalis's hive is set up.
Luna was startled when celestia snuck up on her and poured ice water on her coat.
Luna also hated when celestia pranks her.
