Changeling's Story

Twilight walked down the squishy hall, she watched as her children stopped to smile at her, to feed her. Twilight’s pleasure washed over her hive, glad that they’d satisfied their queen, the changelings went back to their duties in the hive.

Twilight awoke, smiling; soon, soon her dream will be real. Twilight rolled out of bed and landed on her hooves. She looked down, not too long ago those dark purple, holed, armed legs would have terrified her, but not anymore.

Twilight began walking towards the portal leading to the hive. She felt the slight flow of love fuelling her, 6 distinct flows, her friends and Chrysalis. She stepped out of the room she’d been staying in; she walked out to meet Chrysalis, “how’s my little changeling?” (That’s right, Narrators say what they want).

Chrysalis’ smile warmed Twilight up, love helping her temperature, “I’m fine, thank you mother. What are today’s plans?” Twilight asked, returning the smile and food her mother gave her.

“Well, I thought we could see how your friends are going; and see if we can get your hive started up.” Said Chrysalis, smiling.

“Great! I can’t wait to see my friends again!” Said Twilight, as she started to walk towards the prison cells, then she stopped, “wait; how do I tell my friends about,” she jested to herself, undisguised, “this?”

“Well,” said Chrysalis, smiling, “that my dear, is up to you.”

Twilight began thinking, hard. “Maybe they’d see the light in this dark shell; maybe they’ll embrace the change, and see it’s for the better.” Said Princess Twilight (she’s a changeling Princess, not a queen yet), looking her mother in the eye, “I’ll be strait with them, and if they don’t love their queen, my first five drones will!” Said the changeling princess, a predatory look in her eyes.

Chrysalis smiled at her daughter, she knew that she’d made the right choice in choosing a successor. “Come my daughter; let’s go meet your friends.”

It was Rainbow Dash and Applejack’s guarding hours. Sense they had all found themselves in a changeling prison, they’d decided that they should have guard times, while some are sleeping the others were on the lookout.

“So Dash, what do ya think them critters done with Twilight?” Asked Applejack, attempting to break the silence that had descended over the cell.

“No idea. But if that voice we heard a couple hours ago has anything to do with Twilight, something really creepy.” Said Rainbow, while lying down.

Applejack nudged Rainbow, “heads up, somepony’s comin’.”

Rainbow stood up and started walking to where her friends were sleeping, “better wake up the others. Hay, guys! Wake up! Somepony’s coming!” Cried Rainbow Dash.

“Not so loud dear,” said Rarity, “we are right next to you.”

The rest were standing up, wondering who could be so important that they had to be woken up. Applejack walked over to her friends. “So, umm, who is it?” Asked Fluttershy in a quiet voice.

“Me.” The group of friends heard a familiar voice; they turned around to see Chrysalis with a smaller changeling.

The other changeling was about 3 feet tall, like Twilight; it had a dark purple shell, not unlike Twilight’s coat; it’s mane and tail was strait and dark purple with a pink highlight, exactly like Twilight’s. “Who- Who are you?” Asked Applejack, terrified of the answer.

“AJ, don’t you recognise me?” Asked the smaller changeling, an evil smile spreading across her face.

“Ah think ah do, and that’s what worries meh.” Chrysalis hid a grin behind her hoof, noticing that ponies keep making dangerous comedic remarks in her hive.

“Don’t worry AJ, I’m sure we can change that.” Said the purple changeling, chuckling.

But that cocky remark made Rainbow snap, she charged Chrysalis, but the other changeling dropped a shield over herself and the queen. Rainbow Dash smacked her head painfully against the shield; she bunched back and shook her head, then stared daggers at Chrysalis.

“Alright, enough of your games! Where’s Twilight and what have you done with her?!” Demanded Rainbow, never taking her hateful gaze off the changeling queen.

Chrysalis smiled and looked down at the changeling princess, “well Rainbow Dash; she’s next to me, and I've shown her a new way of life, a better way.”

The friends gasped, all but Rainbow Dash and Applejack, who were now sharing the same hateful look at Chrysalis. “Well ah don’t buy that for a second, yur just tryin’ to trick us to make us lose hope or somethin’!” Said Applejack, slamming her hoof into the soft ground.

“What’s wrong Applejack?” Asked Twilight.

“How dare you use Twilight’s face you DEMON?!” Screamed Pinkie, anger pulsing from her being, “HOW DARE YOU TWO TRY AND TRICK US?! Sometimes I may be giggly, but I'm NOT STUPID! Now you two better buzz off before we show you the power we get from our love for our friends!” Everyone was blown back by the party pony’s outburst, all but Princess Twilight (Changeling princess, this is before Ep13).

Twilight easily picked up all her friends with magic, and started juggling them. “Well you see Pinkie,” Twilight began, realising that though the first half of this visit hadn't been great, she could still salvage it, “now that I, Twilight, am a changeling I can use love as power,” said Twilight, leaping into the pile of floating ponies adding herself to the madness, “and as you can see, I have a lot of it. ‘But where does it come from?’ you asked. Well that’s easy, you.” She said, focusing on Pinkie, “thanks to you all loving me, it’s given me the power to do, this!”

Twilight leaped out of the caracal of ponies, as her coat was being burned off by purple flames, she landed in her changeling form and turned to see her friends.

They were struggling hard against the changeling magic; they were floating to the top of the room. Once there a purple cocoon began to form around them.

“What the hay?!” She heard Applejack call as the cocoon began filling with light purple liquid.

“Sorry I had to go to these measures girls, but soon you’ll see it’s for the better.” And with that, Twilight began walking out of the room behind Chrysalis; just as she was exiting the room she heard one last cry from Rarity.

“No! Please! NOT THE FACE!”

Rainbow realised very quickly that she couldn't break out of this jelly pod. Her new concern was the water she was drowning in, only, she wasn't.

It was purple, a lightish purple, and… warm, pleasant, though Rainbow wasn't drowning, she was sure she’d start soon.

Mouth closed, her face started to become as purple as what she was in. Though it wouldn't help, she opened her mouth; bubbles came out, her air now gone.

The odd liquid filling her mouth, she relaxed, but she didn't know why. She wasn't drowning, yet again, she didn't know why. It tasted, weird, really weird; but not, bad. She had no idea what was going on, not a single idea of why all these things were happening floated through her head.

She suddenly felt tired, eyes slowly closing, a voice started talking to her in the back of her mind, ‘love the queen, and the queen loves back; obey the queen, and be rewarded; agree with queen, and be fulfilled; love the queen, and the queen loves back;’ completely panicking, Rainbow Dash fell hard into sleep.

Twilight watched as her friends slept peacefully, undergoing their beautiful transformations. She watched in awe as their coats slowly fell out, reviling the shining black shells underneath.

She gazed at the unicorn, wings sporting from her back, growing just slow enough to be unnoticeable. Her horn becoming black, and curved.

Twilight turned to head to see the two Pegasus, going through similar but different changes. Their feathers falling off and dissolving into the changeling hormones they were floating in. Miniature horns had begun sprouting from their heads, black and pointed.

She changed her focus to the Earth ponies. For whatever reason all of their coats had fallen out before anypony else’s, leaving them with no cutie mark and hair only on their heads. Baby horns were clearly visible on their heads. Wings just sprouting from their backs.

Twilight couldn’t believe how beautiful it all was, almost hypnotic. She began feeling and odd tingling sensation in her antennae, words forming in her mind through the tingling. “Ah love my queen, and mah queen loves meh; ah obey my queen, and I’ll be rewarded;” Applejack’s voice repeated in Twilight’s head.

Already her children were taking shape; soon she heard all five ponies’ voices chiming in the back of her mind. Yet in their sleep she saw them still struggling, her antennae silently buzzing as she sent a message to her drones, “no struggle needed, my friends, all you must do is love and listen, no struggle, just love.” She smiled again, watching as her friends stopped struggling, and just waited.

Applejack’s eyes shot open, pure purple. Twilight hadn't noticed that the horn on her head had fully grown, and that her wings were at full size.

Shortly after Pinkie Pie’s eyes flew open, then Rarity’s, then the Pegasus’. All of their eyes were purple, all of their coats had been replaced by hard shells, the only indication that any of them had been ponies where their rounded muzzles, and their hair.

In unison, they lowered their heads to the bottom of the pods, stuck their horns out of the pods, and then cut up. They all fell out and landed on their feet.

They turned to Twilight, and then bowed; their queen smiled as their love fuelled her.

First her friends, next was Ponyville.