I was dreaming again... but this time the dream felt wrong, as if something else was here. I growled to myself as I open my eyes and looked around the dream. It was nothingness, nothing but darkness and me sitting in the middle of it all. That when I heard Sombra speck.

"Well, well what is this. So this is your true form I didn't think you would be this weak" I looked at him annoyed, now the assholes was bugging me in my dreams. The one place I can find any kind of real peace anymore, now I'm pissed.

"Sombra get the fuck out of my head" I growled at him as I stand on my own two feet, awe feet and legs how I miss you. "No Asphyxious this time I will take control of your body, then I will take back my kingdom!" He yelled at me. I was getting sick and tired of his bullshit.

I have just about had it I summoned my staff in to my hands and aimed it at him. "I must warn you, I have gotten better with both my magic and fighting style" I slowly start to cast a spell in one hand as I get ready to attack with my staff in the other. "Fool I know more about the dark arts then you could ever dream of!" Sombra start to cast a spell of his own. This was a show down between us and I was going to make sure I win!.

"You are both weak..." Said a new voice. I stop what I'm doing and take a look around into the darkness seeing nothing. What was that where did that voice come from. "Did you hear that?" I asked as I looked around trying to look deeper into the darkness.

"Don't play your games with me Asphyxious, are you going to stand there or fight me!" Yelled Sombra as I look back at him and saw some kind of light behind him. "And why would I fight you worm..." That made the pony king jump and fire his spell in to the darkness.

"What was that!?" Demanded Sombra. I could not help but roll my eyes at him. "That what I was talking about" I see the light fade into the dark then come back again as if circling like a shark. "Sombra, back to back right now" I said as I slowly back up to him.

"You think I'll follow your orders, I am a king!" He yelled out into the dark void that was around us. "About to be a dead king" Said the voice, I then feel something bump in to the back of my leg I looked back and saw Sombra but he looked scared. Huh didn't think he would be scared of a voice in my dream.

"Who are you" I call out in to the dark. I didn't hear anything at first but then I heard the crackle of a fire. "You know who I am boy, you have been using my name for so long now" I was confused by this. What did the voice mean I know who it is, that when I heard it the sound of a blade swinging down. "Move!" I shout out and jump to one side. A large sword came down and almost cut both me and Sombra in half, then it started to rain and a sky of black clouds and lightning fell. That when I saw... him.

It looked like the real Asphyxious only bigger, he was at least twelve feet tall and held that large sword in hand. He looked down at the both of us and laughed. "Is this all the power you have, tell me this isn't all you can do boy" He then held up his sword and attacked, he lunged for me and tried to cut my head off!. I casted teleport to get away and looked at this thing. Just what was I dealing with?.

"Who the hell are you!?" I yelled out in panic as I felt my feet slip in the mud. He laughed again and slowly looked at me. "Who am I?, you keep asking the same question over and over again but I guess I could give you my name and title. I am Asphyxious The Hellbringer"

T-the hellbringer?.

I thought to myself, I didn't know Asphyxious could get stronger not only that but what about those huge warjacks I saw under my den. I still know so little about the Iron kingdoms and I thought being a Lich Lord was as powerful as I could get. I haven't even gotten to that point yet. I felt fear, there is so much I still haven't done, so much I still didn't know and I needed to get stronger. "Look out you fool!" I heard Sombra yell and dodged another attack.

"Thanks Somebra" I call out as this Hellbringer looked down at us. "Don't thank me, if anyone is going to take over your body it going to be me" Wow, nice to know you're a team player. I think to myself sarcastically. Then the world around us started to change.

"Hump, it looks like you're about to wake up. We will continue this later boy, you and your pet have a long way to go" He said as he walks away from us. "Who are you calling a pet!" Screams Sombra after him but it no use he was gone and I was about to wake up.

***Asphyxious pov. In the badlands.***

I sit up and look at the cave me and my Dogs took shelter in when a sand storm hit I then sighed, Cankerworm was on guard and Seether was sitting next to me. I then pulled my staff from my back and looked at it, then I had a little chat with Sombra.

Did that really just happen?.

Yes...

What was that it felt to real to be just a dream...

I don't know, whatever this Hellbringer is he is strong. Stronger then you...

I guess he's right we do have a long ways to go.

I laugh at myself as I looked out side and saw Gilda in her armour keeping a look out. I looked at my dogs as they were cooking some food over an open fire. Seether had to wait outside seeing as he was too big for the entrants and Cankerworm as waiting by the entrants looking out side with Gilda. Kat was mad at me when I got back to the den took a full three days to fix Seether a new arm. She was even more pissed when I went to see her about getting my body repaired, I lean on the cave wall thinking about that dream what could it mean...

We all walked for an hour before we found sign of where the changelings landed, it wasn't pretty. We found three bodies but that was it. No sign of Queen Chrysalis or her changelings, this could only mean that they are still alive but where could they go.

"Found something!" Shout out of my dogs. We all make our way over and looked at what he found. What we saw was tracks but their were two seats one that I guess were the changelings the other were some kind of two toes hooves. "One smells of ponies and dirt, the other smells of Pork, food and... Blood?"

That was strange what did the dog mean by food and blood. "What are you talking about what do you mean food and blood" The diamond dog looked just as confused as I was. "Smells like pork and meat, but the pork still alive and the tracks are all wrong. The pigs are walking on two paws not fore... and they smell of blood" I looked out at the wasteland and get a bad feeling about this. We need to find them and fast.

I summon my bane wolves and told them to follow the tracks and show us the way. The Ghost like wolves ran off once they have the sent. My dogs walk as I go after the wolves with my warjacks following me, don't know why but Gilda was following right next to me by flying in the air. "I told you to stay with the others" I said to her as we move.

"Like I was going to stick around with them. Besides all they talk about is gems, food and their families back home" I blinked at that as I listen to her, Gilda sounded a little bitter about that. I decided to have a talk with her find out more about her.

"We’re a long way from home why don’t you tell me about yourself" I said as we followed my wolves who just kept running.

"What to tell, my dad was a bum and my mum walked out on him when I was seven years old. Met RD in flight school when I was fore teen, we were good friends for a long time… Then we just went different paths. She wanted to join the wonderbolts and I, well it don’t matter anymore. I got to meet my old friend Rainbow Dash again I just wanted to hang out and talk but a Pink pony would not leave us alone" Gilda growled to herself at that.

"What did you want to talk about" After I asked that I saw a change in her. What I saw was no longer the angry griffon I come to know who was hiding out in my den. What I saw was a young girl who had the look that they lost someone.

"My old man passed away a year ago… I found out that the bum was taking odd jobs to get me through flight school. He got sick… I wanted to talk to RD and I guess get some closure. It made me so mad, to think that old bum cared more about me going to flight school then my mum. She just left me once she found this rich griffon from the empire… I hated that bitch for what she did" Gilda stop flying and lands on the ground and I stand next to her.

"Sounds like to me you needed to vent more than anything else" I said as I reach out to her, only for Gilda to slap my hand away with her wing.

"Will you cut that out, I’m not your friend and I don’t need friends!" She yelled at me. I just looked at her calmly then looked up at the sky. "Everyone needs friends Gilda, we all need someone who understands what it means to lose someone we care about… I understand, if you ever want to talk about this or need a shoulder to cry on and I’ll help. You can’t just keep it all to yourself… You may think I don’t understand but I do, I lost everything"

When I looked back at her she didn’t say anything just looked at me as if trying to figure out what I meant that when I heard my wolves howl. That when we saw the mountain but the most troubling thing got me was all the smoke coming out of it. The Bane Wolves found us a way in I told one of my wolves to go back and get the other dogs. In the mean time me, Gilda and Cankerworm would go inside and see what we can see. Sadly Seether had to wait out side seeing as he was too big to fit in the tunnels hell I was almost too tall to move around down here.

"What is that smell?" Said Gilda as she covers her beak. She even put the face mask on that was apart of her helmet. That when we found our first changeling or should I say dead changelings.

"That Gilda, is the smell of death…" I said as I look over the dead bodies, I saw that they were cut with a blade like weapons. Not only that but had parts of their body and legs cut off.

"We need to move deeper" Once I said that I heard what sounded like a pig squeal. I looked at Gilda and she just looked confused at me. As we moved deeper into the tunnels we heard more sounds like pigs squealing and snorting then Gilda asked me this. "Why are the changelings keeping pigs down here?"

"No it something else" I said as I stick to the wall then I heard the sound of yelling it sounded like some kind of party. I saw an opening and nodded for Cankerworm to have a look. The Bonejack careful sleeves like a snake but I saw it blade like legs pulling it body along, I looked through it eyes and saw what looked like a army of Pig men.

They looked like wild boar with cleavers and poorly made muskets, one large boar had what looked like a cannon on it back. The most worrying thing I saw was what they were cooking over an open fire. They were cooking and eating the changelings, then I saw one boar who was different from the others. That when I hear someone yelling.

"Hurry up the doctor said we find these bug ponies when they were still weak. We need to get as many as we can out of here before the Desert Hydra show up!" Cankerworm saw a boar with what looked like a goggles on it head who was giving out orders. "We need to get the changelings out of here before the main army go on without us!"

I looked at Gilda as I called Cankerworm back. "We need to act fast they are planning to leave with the changelings" I moved through the tunnels hoping to get to the lower levels. I just hope they're all still alive.

***Trade den. Diamond dog guard.***

"And that should be the last of them" I said as I help heft another body on to the cart, who knew these pony looking things were so hard to root out of their den. They may have not had any brains but these things knew how to hide in every nook and cranny.

"Do we have any reports of any more hiding anywhere else?" I asked as I clean my paws. Well at least their easy to find once they're found out. dead body's are kind of a give away.

"Not that we know of, let see this make the body count. Just over thirty" Said a diamond dog who was taking notes. I was a little annoyed it took us almost three months just to find thirty of these things. Sadly we lost a number of dogs to these things even some pups were killed for going into places where they shouldn't.

But I had other jobs to do after this, I’m just lucky I don’t have to help push or pull the cart full of bodies. "That it for me I got other work to do let me know if you need any help with more of those things Kipper" I said to Kipper as he put his notes away and wave me off.

"See you later Rickey" Said Kipper as he and a group of diamond dogs start pushing the cart of dead pony bodies away. I’m not even sure we should even call those things ponies anymore.

I walk down the market and saw some of those things parts were being sold off. The funny thing about these trader dogs is they could make a profit out of anything. I even saw a blacksmith or two look at the metal lim's with interest. Why just the other day I saw one make a metal arm that was hooked up to some kind of small furnace that can be fit on to a diamond dog back. But sadly we diamond dogs can’t use magic, but that didn’t mean the trader clan can’t get a hold of someone who can.

I stop at a large group of diamond dogs standing around outside of a blacksmith work places. I go up to one of the dogs and ask what going on. “Hay what all this about?” The dog just looked at me before pointing his claw at what in side. He moved to one side so I could get a look what I saw was strange.

There were two creatures inside helping the blacksmith fit one of those metal arms to a diamond dog left shoulder. One of the creatures looked like a pig dressed in some kind of white coat. The taller one had a large coat in with all kinds of metal tubes going into glowing glass bottles filled with some kind of glowing stuff in it.

His skin was a pale pink and he hand no fur on him apart from what was the large mane that was around his neck, but I think that just part of his coat. The tall creature smiled once he was done then I heard him say this.

"Okay that should do it, give it a go" The dog with the new arm nods and looks at his metal arm. It looked like the diamond dog was trying to really hard to get it to move. Then the metal paw started to move. "It works… It really works" Said one of the diamond dog in the room.

"There you have it, Now remember our deal, I give you the plans and the means to make this and you give me the materials I needed" He said as he looks at them all with his eyes glowing a soft violet. One of the dogs give him what looked like a large bag and gave it to the pig thing, the pig opens the bag and I could see what looks like steel and those dead pony metal parts.

"Thank you it was nice doing business with you" Said the tall creature as the pig thing closes up the bag and follows the taller one. I watch as they walk out, I don’t know why but I had a bad feeling about that one.

***Asphyxious pov. In the badlands. Changeling hive.***

The deeper we went in to the hive the more and more I could see this place was slowly dieing. I look at Gilda who didn’t look like she care about any of this, by the looks of things there was no battle here it just looked like this hive was slowly dieing.

"Say big guy what were those pig things away?" Asked Gilda as I could tell she was looking at Cankerworm as it was following us.

"They are called Farrows, Pigmen. From what I can remember about them they are well the best way I can describe them is a crazy band of wild beasts that can think and talk. Apart from that they follow their instincts" I stop when I feel the souls of the dead close by, it felt more than all the diamond dogs who were killed off by Jack loader bots.

"Like the diamond dogs?" She asked as she pulled out her sword, that Bronze Fang made her.

"No, Diamond Dogs don’t eat their dead" I say as we make our way into a large chamber, it looked like there was a lot of things moved around in here. That when I start to notice what looked like the remains of eggs...

"What is this place it smells so bad… It smell like old fish" Said Gilda as she put a talon over her beck. I wasn’t really paying her any attention as I look at the little body half out of a cracked egg...

"This was the egg chamber…" I said as I stand and start to cast Cull Soul and start collecting the souls of the dead. Then I hear a soft wine, I looked at Gilda and she give me this look as if saying what was that.

I send Cankerworm on ahead as I slowly search through the dead, one cold egg after the other. A hollow body with nothing but dust and certain that when I saw a small body hiding under a dead changeling. When I picked up the body I saw the small changeling look up at me in fear.

This little changeling was not like anything I have ever seen, I guessed it was female seeing as she looks a little bit like a filly. The most interesting thing about her was her large green eyes. She almost looked like a mini version of Chrysalis only with a shorter mane. "Easy now, it okay we’re not going to hurt you…" I say hoping to calm her down and not scream letting the Forrows know we’re down here.

I put my staff on the floor and even with Sombra complaining inside my head. "Do you have a name?" I ask as I saw Gilda look down one of the tunnels.

"p-Pupa, Puparium" Oh my god she was adorable!. I just wanted to pick her up and hug her. She then started to slowly smile and giggle at me. "You are funny, and smell of kindness" It looked like she was sniffing me before taking a deep breath. "Thank you for feeding me"

Oh my god did she just feed off me, huh I didn’t really feel anything from it. Then she walks up to me and hugs me, well that cute and all but that don’t tell me where Chrysalis is or. "Thank you daddy!" Wait, what?!.

"What did that thing just call you?" Said Gilda looking confused at me. I have no idea what’s going on right now. The little changeling thinks I’m her dad, what the fuck?!.

"She, thinks I’m her dad…" I just stare at Gilda hoping she could help me out. But all she is doing is grinning at me. Help me damn you!.

"Do you know where mummy is?" Oh god no, stop the cuteness it going to kill me. Okay just calm down I’m sure I can explain that I’m not her dad but am trying to help her and the queen. That when I saw her eyes with soulful longing eyes nearly tearing up, oh come on…

"I’m sorry sweetie, but maybe you can help me find mummy okay?" Oh god help me, I’m never going to live this down. She smiles at me and nods her head. "Yes, mummy said once all the piggies were gone I was to go to mummy throne"

Well now we know where to go I then pick up my staff and saw the little changeling holding out her front hooves at me. Oh come on really, I sigh as I carefully pick her up and hold her in my other arm. I then saw Gilda trying to hold in her laughter. "Not one word" I growled out as Pupa points us the way to the throne room.

We had to hide from time to time making sure no one saw us as we make our way deeper into the hive. Pupu guided us to two large doors, I didn’t need to guess what room this was. I had Cankerworm push the doors open as we carefully go into the room. "So… Where is this queen?" Asked Gilda.

"No idea… I was thinking this room would look more, regal" The throne room wasn’t much to look at. The place looked old really old, not only that but this place is giving me the aliens movie feeling. That feeling of something waiting in the shadows ready to strike. "Who are you?"

I jumped and pointed my staff at the sound of the voice what I saw was, Twilight… What?. "Mommy!" The little changeling jumps out of my arm and hugs her, oh now I get it "Nice try Queen Chrysalis" I said calmly as the purple pony looks shocked at me.

"Mummy, daddy feed me and kept me safe all the way here" Said Pupa. Okay she got to stop calling me that. "It just like the story you told me about, where daddy would come and feed me love willingly. then we all would live happily ever after!" Oh crap.

I slowly looked at the queen as she blinks at me only that she gives me this awkward look. Oh please don’t give me that look, please Chrysalis. So that where the Pupa get it. I sigh and looked at Gilda who was laughing at this. I felt her clasp me on the shoulder waving her sword idly towards them saying with a smirk. "You became a daddy"

"You became a daddy to a bug" I then saw the green glow of Chrysalis flames as she glares at Gilda. "Call us a bug again and I’ll turn you into a roast chicken" I got between them to break it up. "Okay cut this out we need to get out of here before the Forrows find us"

"Yay daddy so smart!" Yells Pupa. God damn it will you stop calling me that. She then puffed her cheeks up at Chrysalis. "Now say you’re sorry" She said pointing a tiny hoof at Gilda waving a adorable hoof at her. "You say sorry to miss birdy"

I could not help but laugh at this oh god I’m loving this kid. Then the little changeling hugs me, oh no don’t tell me. I look at both Gilda and Chrysalis, saying this. "You heard her, you have to say you're sorry" Pupa was smiling at me with a big smile.

They both looked at each other and gave off a offhanded apology and little Pupa cheered. "As strange as this was, I think it time for me to leave with my-" "Is daddy coming with us?" Asked Pupa. That one simple question gave Chrysalis pause as she looked at the little changeling.

"Puparium we need to leave now its not safe in the hive any more and daddy can’t come with us" Chrysalis said as she turn to a wall and pulls on something and the wall opens up. "Why? You said we'd live happily ever after when daddy came home" I could not bare to see this little thing cry oh no here come the waterworks.

"Puparium listen to me we need to" "No! I want to stay with daddy" cried Pupa as she sit on the floor crying. I could not stand this as I pick her up and go up to Chrysalis and say this. "This is not the time or place for this…" That was when I heard the sound of something in the tunnels.

"Guy’s I think they know we’re here" Said Gilda as she backed away from the door. "Quickly into the secret passage" Said Chrysalis as we all go in to the small tunnel. I could hear the sounds of squealing and shouts of rage?.

"Find the queen!, find her or I’ll feed you all to Geug!" I could hear something big walking through the tunnels as the wall closes behind us. "Run" Was all I said as I was about to fly down the tunnel, then I heard of one the Forrows speck. "I smell-, ath and a Griffon" Was the muffled sound as I got farther away.

"I don’t see why we’re running there's no way for them to find a way in" Said Chrysalis as she flapped next to me on my right and Gilda on my left side. Cankerworm was following behind us I was worried it couldn’t keep up.

"Ya I mean they don’t sound that smart" That's when I heard a boom. "Take cover!" I yell as I shield Pupa and I saw Chrysalis lay next to me and Cankerworm get on top of me as well. That when I heard the whistle of a cannon ball fly over head and explodes into a wall.

"Their in here find them!" You have got to be kidding me. "Move!" I yell as we all bolt for a way out.

I hate Forrows, I think to myself as we got away. I was glad we met up with the dogs and all but Chrysalis did not like the idea of Puparium thinking I was her dad, let alone living with diamond dogs.

"And what that?" Asked Pupa as she pointing at Seether. "That my warjack, his like a big puppy" I said as we walk, well I was floating and Pupa was sitting on my shoulder.

"I have to admit I am curious how you made these strange machines, do they follow your command or can anyone control them?" Chrysalis asked while eyeing Cankerworm as it hissed at her.

"Don’t get any ideas Chrysalis I worked hard to both make and have them made, the last thing I need for you to do is mess with them" I said as Pupa was tapping my skull. "Yes what is it?"

"Where are we going?" Asked little Pupa in that adorable voice, but I wasn’t sure how to tell her we was going to my den. Oh the other she is just a kid maybe she’ll enjoy it. "We’re going home, tell me have you ever seen a diamond dog before?"

"Yeah right over there" She say with a smile, pointing at my dogs. That so cute. "Well then how would you feel about living with them?" I asked I wish I could smile right now the way Pupa face light up was maybe me feel good about myself right now. Something tell me this was going to be a interesting day where we get back.

"Asphyxious may I speak with you for a moment" Asked Chrysalis as she walks next to me. "Sure" I then pick Pupa up off my shoulder and put her on Cankerworms head. The little changeling was giggling as she yells for the Bonejack to go faster, it was all so cute.

"I can see you are treating Puparium well, what I don’t understand is why" I just look at her strangely. What not to understand, kids need to be treated with both love and care but also they need to know their are rules that they must follow.

"Why not she just a kid I mean it not like she trying to kill me or anything" I watch as Pupa as talking to one of my dogs. The dog in armour was talking to her and being nice even made a funny face that made her laugh.

"Surely you know what we are, what we feed on" I just roll my eyes, eye, at her sometimes I can never tell. "I know what you are that just make it easier to look after the both of you" I said calmly as Pupa hops on to the diamond dog back and looks over his helmet.

"The both of us? wait you mean you intend to feed me as well" Really now she sounded surprised I mean why not, I’m just full of positive feelings. "Why not it shouldn’t be that hard" I said as I then felt Chrysalis nudge me and was giving me this strange look.

"Well then if you’re half as good at looking after my daughter as a father feeding his ling, as you are in bed I may have something to look forward to~" She then walked ahead of me and put Pupa on her back walking ahead of the group. Wait was Chrysalis just asking for sex from me?. Okay… Oh what the hell why not, I mean I got dragged away by the pies, then I got laid by Celestia from another world who was drunk. Why not add Queen of the changelings to the list of crazy things that has happened to me.

***Celestia pov***

I sighed with a ice pack on my head and a mountain of paperwork to get through. What My other self said gave me a lot to think about, let alone finding out about these ‘displaced’ how was I to stop something that could call on the aid of a god or a army at the drop of a hat.

"Princess I have some news from the zebras of Zebrican" I sigh as I wave for the guard to hoof it other to me. Once I take the rolled parchment and began to read I was not liking where this was going. It looked like a new species has finally showed themselves to the zebras, from what they found out they are very aggressive​ even the zebras are having issues with these ‘crocs’ mysticism and carnivorous nature.

This just sounded crazy, how could something like a simple beast as a crocodile be anything more than an overgrown drake that can’t fly or breathe fire. Then I found out more it looked like a group of ponies were with the zebras and drawn a sketch of the beast’s. What I lay my eyes on was to me nothing more than a monster.

I sighed as I put the parchment down on the table and looked hard at it. Too much is happening to quickly what we need is something to buy us some time. I looked out the window at Discords stone form and then I smiled to myself. There is maybe a way and I know just the pony for this task.

Author's Notes:

Just to give you a small idea of what a Gun boar looks like.

I did not draw this, it just something I found on google.

I had some help making this with ElementBrigade help. Thanks again man.