Author's Note

I'm back! For now, I hope.

Again sorry for taking another break but I've just been In a rut for awhile that I didn't feel like getting out of so sorry.

Again I know you've heard this before but I do enjoy writing but it's just hard when everyone and again I dint feel like doing anything of importance to me.

So again sorry for my absence, though on the bright side now that I have made three chapters on my changeling story I will be returning to my dragon story next time.

Also thank you for the people who have found an interest in my changeling story, It means alot to me

Other than that you know the usual If you found this chapter interesting then comment on what you liked.

(Even though this Is a short chapter sorry about that by the well.)

Or If if I need improvement on something then dont be afraid to let me know as I will do my best to improve on it.

Anyways see ya!

Getting Used To It

After Cara left us by ourselves Thorax and Ocellus made their way over to us while Pharnyx proceeded to start exploring our limited room.

"Where, go?" Thorax strained out as he looked somewhat anxious about being left alone as I shook my head.

"Dont, know," I barely answered which was starting to somewhat annoy me.

'I get that I was just born or whatever but If I can talk then It shouldn't be this difficult, right?' I pondered as Ocellus turned towards Pharnyx slightly tilting her head.

"Why, there?" She asked pointing at Pharnyx as he said nothing and just glared while crossing his arms.

"Don't, mind," I said already aware of how Pharnyx's attitude was In the show, and It seemed like nothing changed even In an entirely different universe.

Apparently he didn't like that as he hissed at me which I just responded by giving him an unimpressed look.

It seemed like he didn't like that anyway as he started making his way over stomping with as much power as his baby legs could muster with what I assumed was a glare that was supposed to burn with a thousand suns but was kinda ruined as it belonged to a baby changeling and not someone who could seriously harm me.

Unfortunately for Pharnyx before he could attempt to do anything Cara had just returned as the hole reopened for him and was carrying two green eggs somewhat similar to the eggs that changelings seem to come from, but instead these egg-like containers were pulsing pink energy that some reason seemed so captivating for me.

"Alright, here we are, two containers full of as much love as you four would need right now," Cara said placing them down for us as we all slowly approached It entranced with Its presence.
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"Wha-what happened?" I asked as I felt myself coming out of some sort of daze while I could hear Cara giggling.

"Ahh~ a lings first Love Haze, It truly Is a special moment to witness, mostly because of how adorable you four look when you're In total bliss consuming love for the first time, but it is still special In Its own way," Cara said smirking

"Love? What do you mean?" Thorax said now speaking more fluently somehow as his voice sounded less strained now.

"Well I'm glad you asked Thorax," Cara said sitting down before gesturing for us to come closer which we did except for me and Pharnyx as we stayed a bit further away from him.

"Love Is the main food source that we, as Changelings, need to consume to survive," He said before his face adorned a sad smile, "Though Its been somewhat tough lately since our Collectors haven't been able to gather as much love as we need forcing us to ration as much as we can," He explained before shaking his head and looking at us more seriously.

"That's why It Is very serious that we all make sure not to take any Love we can get for granted, there already isn't as much of It to go around, so sometimes we might have to go days without getting any Love at all," He explained as he looked over all of us.

"Why?" Pharynx said as we all focused on him.

"Why what Pharynx?" Cara asked patiently

"Why do we have to go days without any love? Why don't we have enough of It If we need It to live?" Pharnyx asked sounding confused and upset.

"Because getting Love Is a very risky task that sometimes our Collectors have trouble getting, sometimes they'll come back without getting any Love at all," Cara explained.

"Why?" Ocellus asked nervously as all the attention was on her.

"What do you mean why?" Cara asked as Ocellus paused In thought on how to say what she wanted to say.

"I mean, why do they come back with no Love If we need It to survive, w-wouldn't It be better to stay and try to get at least some instead of none at all?" She asked as Cara adopted a thoughtful frown.

"Well, I guess In a way you're right but," He began to say before smiling at her, "Our Queen would rather keep as many of her subjects as she can alive rather than try to risk losing one over Love." He said

"Oh, I'm happy she cares about us then," She said smiling to herself.

"Of course she does, Our Queen cares about all of us equally, that's why we need to do our part to help out In any way we can to help out the Queen and more importantly the Hive as a whole," He said seriously which surprised me.

"Wait, I thought the Queen was the most important thing In the Hive?" I said confused knowing how Chrysalis was on the show.

"Well of course all of us know she Is but Our Queen always goes out of her to express how she isn't and that instead the Hive that acts as our only home and place of safety, her words not mine, are more important than her," He explained which only continued to shock me.

"But If that's what the Queen desires of us then It's our duty as her subjects to not question her decisions, so If she wants us to not worship her all the time then we will do our utmost to support her decision for us," Cara said leaving me even more confused while the others looked slightly amazed at how Chrysalis sounded.

'Chrysalis, not wanting to be the center of attention or even considered important?' I thought In a mix of shock and disbelief.

'Ok either she's hiding something or, she's really not a sociopathic Queen in this world,' I thought to myself conflicted on what to believe.

"Now even though I'm sure you four would love to hear more about our Queen and I would be willing to tell you all about her I think It'd be better If you learned from someling who Is capable of teaching other important stuff than our Queen," Cara said getting up as he stretched.

"Now come on you four have something important that you'll be attending for a while," Cara said approaching the hole that opened back up while we followed.

'So much information to absorb and I barely have any time to myself to adjust to It, not even counting the fact that Chrysalis Is what? Nice here? But If that's the case then why Is she still resorting to extracting Love In secret?' I asked myself

'Surely If she just introduced herself then Celestia and Luna would be willing to help her, right?' I pondered to myself as I took a glance around to look at the changelings I would be spending time with In the foreseeable future.

'Either way I don't have much of a choice but to just roll with the punches for now, that's pretty much all I can do for now,' I concluded to myself as I continued walking alongside them.

'One day at a time,' I thought to myself mentally preparing as best I could for what lay ahead In this unknown future for me.