Fang finished his lessons for The Princess's hatchlings. After a few weeks they had started talking. Now it had been a few months and they where almost full size. Fang and Hiss had been teaching them about the Hive, about how to behave, and about the world around them. The Princess watched quietly and sometimes slept. She was now taller than Fang and he had worried that she would not be able to fit through the rather small entrance to her hideout. When he'd brought his concern up to Hiss however she had laughed at him and told him The Princess could just shape-shift into something smaller. While a Drone may not be able to change its size a Queen could change anything about herself.

Midnight, and to Fang's surprise, Venom where teaching the changeling hatchlings how to fight. They had all picked it up very easily, the entire thing was interesting to watch because every time the princess moved Venom jumped, clearly terrified. It didn't take much for Fang to admit that seeing his long time tormentor so frightened amused him.The Princess taught them magic and obedience

Metallic who was very much aware of his disabilities worked the hardest, he was completely unable to shape shift.

Siren was the best at magic by far, and also Metallic's best friend.

Haze was the strongest and also the laziest.

Bird's Song was the fastest and most easily excited.

Poison Wind was almost always airborne and not always because he was flying.

Trouble was the most improved and had quickly gone from completely disobedient to obeying orders but remaining strong willed.

Chomp was the most skilled fighter and the most eager to rush into a fight.

Starlight was like a shadow, always silent, and Venom avoided her.

Pipsqueak seemed to always be with Metallic and always follow his lead.

After Fang finished teaching the broodlings he returned to work. Hiss was still working, the time a Drone worked constantly changed, and so they never seemed to work the same time one week as the last.

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Fang was working, fixing an egg sack, when a messenger Drone came up to him "The Queen would like to see you" she said quietly. Fang's ears went flat against his head. He went, feeling terrified, to see what Queen Night wanted from him. when he got to the chamber he spent a moment cleaning himself before going in.

When he went in the lavender Queen stood up and smiled at him, Fang kept himself low to the ground clearly frightened. "My Queen" he said quietly wondering if she'd found out about the princess.

"Fang," she said with a cruel smile "Do you remember the incident with the dragon egg. He nodded miserably, Though he was relieved that this wasn't about the princess. "Well" she continued calmly "I'v decided I am going to kill you, you can have the rest of the day to say goodbye to your friends." she walked back to where she had been sitting when he had walked in "Your dismissed" Fang backed out of the room. She had sentenced him to death as if it didn't matter and, honestly the Hive's rules demanded that the life of a Drone did not matter. The only life that mattered was that of the Queen. The Queen's only purpose was to serve the Hive.

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From the perspective of the Princess (or as much from her perspective as a little Drone like me can get in third person)
--Sighed Shadow the Book Keeper

The horrified Fang stood in front of Naiad with Hiss on one side of him and Midnight on the other. She regarded him rather sadly as she went over her options. The easiest solution would be to let Fang die, but that wasn't the kind of Queen she wanted to be. They could all run, but she might never make it back to the Hive. She could hide Fang in her little den but Night would no doubt look for him and might find her in the processes. Or she could take the Hive now.

Naiad glanced at her Drones they weren't ready to fight for her yet. They where all fighting with Venom and he still pinned them down every few minutes but, she might be able to teach them very quickly, if Midnight would agree to help. "Midnight?" she asked.

"Yes princess" she said quietly.

"I'm going to ask a favor of you, I can take all the fighting knowledge from your mind and put it in my warriors. However you'll no longer have it. I'm giving you the choice. Will you do it?"

"Of course princess"

Naiad looked at her for a moment. Midnight had her head down ans her shoulders slumped, She was clearly upset but Naiad wasn't going to ask again and risk her saying no, it was easier to have a Drone agree to help her than to force them. She turned around and barked at her hatchlings "Everyone come over here and get in line" they all scrambled to obey.

Once the little Drones where lined up Naiad touched horns with Midnight. The warrior twitched as Midnight cast her magic and pulled all the fighting knowledge out of her, duplicated it and sent it into her warriors. Then she did the same to the clearly terrified Venom.

That accomplished Naiad considered what she needed to do next. "Venom go stand against the wall, Everyone else go wait outside." Naiad stood still as she was obeyed. Once everyone was out she lined her warriors up facing Venom who cowered against the wall. "Kill him." her voice lacked any emotion.

She had decided a while ago that whichever one killed someone first on her command would be her lead warrior. Now she stood waiting to see which one that was.

Author's Note

Officially the smallest chapter, sorry.
The story went a little faster than I expected, Oh-well I intend to wright another one anyway.