Chapter 70

The changeling buzzed angrily behind their queen but she raised a slender black hoof to silence them “You are going to Canterlot?”

“Yeah so if you don’t mind pointing the way then I will be on my way,” Dave growled as the noise began to annoy him “Because no offence… actually DO take offence, you all disgust me”

“And me!” Odio added in, causing the changelings to scurry around as the voice came from the fog

Dave nodded “Yes and Odio” he looked back at the humming queen “So please tell your busy bees to get out of the way”

Queen Chrysalis paced around Dave inspecting his fog-covered body “What do you plan to do when you reach Canterlot?” The queen’s sleek body moved easily on the soft ground

“Well I am not exactly welcome so I will be kicking in some doors and possibly blasting some guards if they stand between me and Celestia”

Chrysalis froze at the mention of the princess’ name “Did you say Princess Celestia? What business do you have with her?” He green eyes narrowed as she sniffed the human “Ahh… the smell of love, you reek of it”

Dave rubbed his eyes “I’m sorry but do you plan on making sense or can I leave?” The fog around him receded slightly until it only appeared to leak from the openings of his clothes

“We shall make a deal with you, Dave and Odio” The queen motioned for Dave to follow and he reluctantly did so

They walked through narrow tunnels and occasionally had to leap across gaps until they reached a large door, the swarm kept up as they stared at Dave. He kicked one away as it attempted to nibble at his trench coat

“Leave us,” The queen hissed and the smaller bugs scattered, the royal shot Dave a strange look before resting her horn against a cracked wall, the surface moved and absorbed the queen, leaving Dave to cringe at the thought of walking through something organic

Odio’s eyes floated either side of Dave’s head “Well I suppose if the changelings haven’t attacked yet they must be in trouble” the spirit of hatred looked around “Even if this is a trap we could easily kill everything”

Dave rolled his eye as he approached the wall, he rested a hand on the sticky surface and it slowly dragged him in “Now I know what being shat out feels like” Dave groaned before his head was pulled through, as he entered the other side he instantly noticed the large yellow sack that was attached to the ceiling

Queen Chrysalis had a different smile, it was vaguely sad with a hint of happiness. She was not looking at Dave, she was looking at the sickly changeling that was attached to the sack “Hello sister” Chrysalis sighed as she nuzzled the changeling

“What the fuck is wrong with her?” Dave cringed again as he realized the yellow mass was actually a large egg sack. His mind returned to the form that was slightly smaller than Chrysalis

The queen held the old changelings head “This is my sister, she is weak and I am afraid might not last much longer” her face held a lot of sadness as she looked at Dave “That is why I am proposing a deal”

“Deal?” Dave raised an eyebrow “I have everything I need”

“Celestia did this to my sister and I want to see her suffer” Chrysalis snarled, “My sister was born with the gift to lay changeling eggs, she is responsible for the survival of our race. We attacked Canterlot to get love for my people to feed on, I attacked Canterlot so I could feed my sister”

Dave shook his head “How did Celestia do this? And what is this deal?” His anger grew as the weak changeling coughed, spraying yellow saliva over the floor

“Celestia prevented me getting enough love to feed my people and my sister, she had to delay me so Cadence and Shining Armour could repel us” She sighed sadly “My sister refused the food so her children could feed”

Odio’s eyes burned dimly as he gazed at the weak changeling “So you need love to feed your sister” His eyes glanced at Dave as the human shrugged

“Yes, here is the deal” Chrysalis moved close to Dave “You allow me to take enough love from you to save my sister and I will assist you in destroying Canterlot”

Dave chuckled “I am only going to show that Celestia was wrong and missed out on how much love I had to give her” Dave shook his head “I am not hurting anypony else”

Queen Chrysalis recoiled in shock “You love Celestia… that explains it” She rubbed her chin before looking at Dave again “fine… we wont attack Canterlot but I still need love to save my sister”

Dave looked at Chrysalis with a glare “Alright you can take some of it but I don’t want it used to help you attack anypony… got that?”

“Deal” Chrysalis nodded before her horn glowed a bright green and her body slowly shifted into the shape of Celestia

Dave cringed slightly “Urgh I may have to close my eyes for this… no offence I love Celestia but I know you are really a bug”

The illusion snorted “Fine but I will have to make this quick, your mind can only be fooled for a short time” The changeling queen moved close to Dave, his magical resistance made her disguise shake and weaken

Odio chuckled as Dave shut his eyes and allowed his mouth to hang open. The changeling queen’s own tongue extended out of her body, its length and size made Odio stop giggling and instead look on with disgust “Ok that is just nasty”

Dave foolishly opened one eye to see the mixed image of Celestia and Chrysalis, ram three feet of black tongue down his throat and into his chest. His coughed as his windpipe was blocked but also his body tingled as he felt his chest feel lighter. The queen removed her forked tongue as her image fully restored, her tongue returned to her body as Dave held his throat

She hurried to her sister “Sister! I have a gift for you” She held one of her hooves near the weak changeling, a small drop of green goo dripped from one of the holes “There is more than enough here for you to be restored

The weak changeling extended her own tongue and placed it into the holes, the sound of gulping made Dave gag as he looked away. Odio stared out of pure fascination as the wrinkled changeling became as young as her larger sister

The queen pulled her hoof away as she was released from the grip of the weak changeling’s tongue. She beamed happily as her sister smiled happily “Larva? Are you alright?”

The previously weak changeling smiled at her slightly larger sister “Chry? How are my children? Are they alright?” Larva cuddled her sister from her position atop the egg sack her eyes opened and wandered over to Dave and the floating red eyes “What are they?”

Chrysalis released her sister “The hairless monkey is Dave and the fog is Odio” The changeling queen suddenly remembered that she wasn’t alone with her sister “I thank you Dave for allowing me to help my sister”

“It was his love that rejuvenated me?” Larva shook her body to shed her dry outer layer. As she stretched herself in her light grey body and her new orange hair flowed, it was cleaner than her larger sister’s was but it was brand new

“Chrysalis and Larva?” Dave chuckled and Odio soon joined in “Is everything a reference even here?” the fog swirled slowly as Dave folded his arms

The royal changelings gave Dave a glare before smiling again at each other “I wont have you torn apart because you helped my sister” Chrysalis hissed “But don’t think that your jokes will be tolerated”

Odio’s burning eyes floated over to the two changelings “Yeah we are going to have the usual explanation of your roles before we never see you again” The burning eyes were joined by a fiery smile for a moment before Larva released Chrysalis

“My sister was born with greater powers than mine so obviously she became queen of the hive” Larva produced a smile “But our mother gave birth to me and I have the rare talent of providing my sister with her minions”

Chrysalis nodded “We share a rather unique agreement, she provides the changelings while I provide results” She held her head high as Dave nodded “She will also give rise to more queens for our future, but not before our end is near”

Dave rolled his eyes and Odio chuckled again “Yeah well can I get directions out please?”

“Sure we can have a group show you out and point you towards the ponies and their city” Larva tilted her head at Dave “May I have a taste of love straight from the source?”

“Umm no thanks where I am from it is normally the females that do the gagging” Dave held back a chuckle while Odio burst out laughing