A Winter's Rose
Chapter 55: Chapter 55. Upheaval (Part 2)
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThe morning in the hospital was nice and quiet. Luna came and told me what I needed to know, and breakfast was delicious. The next person that was going to visit was Hard Code, my geneticist for the Arch Angel project and she was bringing a few successes of the project for my approval. If what Luna told me before she left to tell the populous that I was awake and recovering was true, then the Griffin that volunteered for the genetic enhancements that were used on the Diamond Dogs was going to be a surprise.
I had to wonder as I laid on the bed what could have happened to the sole Griffin that went through with the enhancement. I knew what was supposed to happen: More dexterous hands, refined legs, and feet, stronger upright appearance, and heightened cognitive abilities.
The Diamond Dogs, Khajiit, Dragons, and Faunus should have gone full anthropomorphic and humanoid in their body structure. I could only imagine what would have happened to a Griffin. For the Dogs, they would have just gained smaller, slender paws with an intelligence boost. The Khajiit would have gained an increased lifespan and a more toned figure. The Dragons should have lost their "Greed Growth, and Size," making them no taller that an Ursa Minor, but they still kept their immortality. And as for the Faunus from the great divide: They should have gained both the attributes of the Dogs and Cat peoples enhancements.
'Well, I guess I will have to wait and see,' I thought as the need to use the bathroom filled my loins.
Happy and flushed out, of both my stress and fluid. I saw someone enter my room wearing a lab coat. The black and blue stallion gave me a quizzical look as I walked to my bed, pretending that he wasn't there. Once I was back on my temporary throne again, I motioned him to speak as he fumbled with the mountain of papers on his back with his magic.
"H-Hello, my love. How are..." I lifted my hoof to stop him from speaking.
"No one, and I mean no one, is allowed to say that to me other than my mare-friend or my mother. Say it again, and I will cut your dick off," I growled at him.
"S-Sorry, your Highness," he bowed like he was about to pee himself.
"Good, now then. What are you here for Hard Code?" I asked, already knowing why he was here. I just wanted to make sure that what he was about to show me was what Luna has said he would show me.
"W-Well, come in Razor and Crow," he said with a bit more volume. I raised a brow for a second and turned to the door as I took a sip of coffee and watched two Diamond Dogs walk in.
Razor, I could instantly tell was a tough-looking German Shepard with a nasty scar across his muzzle. He wore a simple gray t-shirt and brown, cargo pants. He wore a simple, leather socks that protected the Metatarsus, but left the paws opened to the floor. Razor was seven-feet tall and stood with a military grade posture in front of me.
Raven was beside him, standing at a staggering, five-foot-two. Her head barely met Razor's expertly chiseled chest and abs. She wore the same outfit as Razor, but there was something different about her that I have never seen on a Diamond Dog before, and that was her breasts.
'Okay, Raven has boobs, that wasn't supposed to happen, not that I am complaining. I know my breast sizes and she is easily a thirty-six double-D,' I thought with my nose bleeding as I stared at the blushing Husky as she stood with her amazing butt, swayed to the side. 'Man, why couldn't I have been born a Diamond Dog? I want boobs! Why can't I have boobs?' I thought as I shook myself from my perverted tendencies and focused on what else the doctor had to say.
"As you can see, project Archangel was a complete success, however. All our female participants have, change. The mammary glands moved up in such an extreme way that their biology was drastically changed beyond repair. Their Gluteus Maximus have gained a bit of extra fat, and their hips are also a bit wider," he explained.
"As for all of our male participants: They gained more refined muscle mass, their spines have straightened out, their paws—Like the females, have become more slender and dextrous, but the biggest change was the size of their package. Which now is on par with some Griffin males." Razor smiled at that while Raven blushed again through her light gray fur.
"That's all well and good, but what are the major downsides to the changes?" I asked as I took a sip of my coffee.
"Right," he replied as he fumbled with his papers for a moment and spoke again. "The downsides are the incompatibility to reproduce with their now more primitive brethren. Females have lost the ability to produce litters of more than four and their heat cycles have been reduced in intensity. Males are less aggressive and don't rely on scent to find a mate anymore, but for our single, Griffin volunteer. She... I do not know what she has become, as she no longer looks like a Griffin anymore."
'Alright, that's a bit concerning. If there was a Griffin that no longer looks like one. Then any further advancement on the Archangel project beyond the original three isn't going to happen. Welp, let's see that damage then,' I thought as Hard Code placed all his papers back on his back.
"Well, the project was a complete success, but before you show me what happened to the Griffin. Raven, Razor, do you have any questions about your new look?" I asked the pair.
"Yes, Alpha of Twilight," Raven spoke up. I nodded for her to continue. "I am a little concerned about finding a mate with my teat's on my chest and about my flank. Do you think I would ever have pups in my life?"
"I can see your concern about that, but may I ask you a question before I give you, my answer," I said knowing the internal confrontation that she, and many others must be having. "You can see that I am a Homunculus, correct?" I asked, all three of the nodded in unison. "So, do you know where I am actually from?"
"N-No, Alpha of Twilight," Raven said with meek curiosity while Hard Code pulled out a notebook to write what I was about to say.
"Well, where I'm from, all females had the same body as you do now." All of them just looked at me with confusion. I continued after a sip of coffee. "However, how my kind ends up here is unique and our body changes to match the local population. So, to answer your question. I don't think you would have a problem finding a mate. If you were to be back where I was from, every male would fight wars to claim you as their wife. Isn't that right, Razor?" I said with a soft smile, causing the husky to look over to the petrified Shepard, who looked like he was a deer in headlights.
"Y-Yes, Alpha of Twilight," he choked out. I chuckled quietly as Raven's face went red as a cherry with her tail wagging happily. Hard Code, however, was jotting down notes like it was going out of style to the pairs response to the question.
"Anything else?" I asked, breaking the steamy silence.
"N-No, Alpha of Twilight," the Diamond Dogs stuttered out in unison.
"I have one question, your Highness," Code said as he looked up from his notes."
"Is it about my kind?" I asked back.
"Y-Yes," he replied.
"You can wait until the conference like everyone else."
"O-Of course," he sighed and put aside the notebook back into his breast pocket, and turned to the door. "Empress Rose, do you want to see the Griffin now, or later?"
"Now would be lovely," I shrugged, as I took another sip of coffee.
"Razor, Raven, leave us and send in Gwynevere," Code ordered. They both gave a curt nod and left the room. I turned to the nervous looking stallion who was going over his notes for a second before a person walked in with a black cloak that covered her entire body. All I could do was frown, as to why she was covered completely from head to toe. She was even wearing a mask to hide her face.
I knew that she went through a serious change, but I didn't think it would be that bad. Sure she is bipedal now, and judging by the two bulges on her back says she still has her wings. What could have possibly happened to the Griffin that was on death row for treason against Luna that she had to wear a cloak?
"Okay, Hard Code, care to explain what happened?" I asked as I tried to figure out how ugly she was.
"Well, when we used the strain of mutagen for the Khajiit cat people on the Griffin since we thought that it was closest to her DNA structure, her bird-half reacted violently," he began, already making it look like Gwynevere went through the shredder.
"Her beak disintegrated along with her claws," he said with disgust. "She lost all her fur and feathers aside from the small tuft on her head and her wings. Her legs inverted in on themselves, and she lost her tail. Her paws look flat and are now tiny. She doesn't have claws anymore and what replaced them is out of a nightmare."
'Okay, she looks fucking terrifying,' I thought as I saw the thing fidgeted in her cloak.
"What caused these things to happen was most likely her bird DNA. The mutagen completely erased it and as a result, we had to add something to prevent her from dying, so we added unicorn DNA, and the result increased her wing size and strengthened her bones. This addition caused cat-like ears to grow on top of her head, and she regrew her tail, but this also gave her the ability to use unicorn magic," he finished.
"Okay," I sighed as I took a sip of my coffee as my brain tried to create a picture of the monstrosity that was hiding under the cloak. "Anything else?" I asked.
"No, that is it, your Highness," he said shaking his head.
"Then show me the damage."
"Of course. Gwynevere, take off your cloak and mask, and brace yourself for the monster that we created."
I watched with slight fear as she lifted her hand and took off her mask, but I wasn't able to see her face as her hood was in the way. She shuffled underneath her cloak like she had to take it off from the inside, making me think that I would need a barf bag for the second she takes off her only clothes. Then, with the sound of a buckle being snapped open, the cloak dropped along with my jaw.
"What. The. Fuck?" I said as Gwynevere shied away in shame for how she looks.
"As you can see, she is rather hideous," Code said, causing the girl to shed a tear of regret that she should have taken the firing squad instead.
"Are you fucking insane, Hard Code? She is absolutely gorgeous!" I said in amazement, causing both of them to look at me in confusion.
Of course, they would be confused about my reaction at first, but it was the truth. Here I thought I was going to look at Medusa's ugly sister, but instead, I get to see an angel Neko Cat in the flesh! Her body was in the perfect hourglass shape. Not too big and not too small. Just looking at her thighs made my pussy dripping wet. They were perfectly toned like the rest of her body, but that's not all. Her breasts were as big as Raven's, her skin was perfectly pale with a slight tan. She had a face that could make a million men jizz just at the sight of it.
And her eyes, OH GOD her eyes! I thought Summers could tame the devil, but Gwynevere's could absolutely dominate him! And her wings! They...There was no describing the thoughts of wanting to take them for, myself. Hell, even Luna would be jealous of them! They were so pure and white. I bet just being held within them would be like sleeping on the fluffiest cloud in the sky!
"Empress Rose? You're drooling," Code said, causing me to stop staring at the blushing Griffin turned Angel.
"Sorry," I said, with a slight blush of embarrassment. "I just can't help but stare in awe for how beautiful she is."
"How can you find me attractive?" she asked in pure bewilderment. "Look at what the fucking doctor did to me! I am hideous!"
"I agree," Code chimed in. I shot him a glare causing him to flinch and back off before I turned back to the Angel, who was now putting her cloak back on.
"I disagree, Gwynevere," I said, causing her to stop and listen for a moment. "Where I am from, there is this creature called an Angel," I smiled as her ears perked up. "An Angel is the most beautiful creature where I'm from. So absolutely beautiful, in fact, that they killed anyone unworthy to see their grace. They were the guardians of Heaven, the protectors of the earth. They were to most feared and loved creature on the planet. Hell, if you were to walk out of the door and onto the street, ever single human would bow down to you like a Goddess that not even Celestia could be, however," I paused to let the blushing girl process everything that I was saying, while Code just looked at me like I discovered the lost city of Atlantis.
"The dragons fear humans, which is why Celestia revealed us to the world. She wants the dragons to lay waste to Arcadia since it has the highest human population, but humans fear the Angels. Do you get what I am saying?" I asked.
"Yeah, if I were to stand with you. Not even the dragons would dare to fight Arcadia. They would all run to the Dragon Lands and prey to Chronepsis that you wouldn't send me after them," she replied with wide eyes.
I cracked a knowing smile that she was able to piece together the potential opportunity her appearance gave me against Celestia. It was a happy accident that frankly should have killed her. With the amount of magic and medicine that is needed for each patient to change in the way that they did, I was expecting her to turn into a freak of nature, but now this changes everything.
In one week, the Griffin King, General Zethora of the Zebras, and Queen Ember of the dragons are meeting with Celestia to talk about the human problem she created. At the same time, I am going to give out all the facts to save my people and prevent any and all infighting. I knew that Celestia was going to use this opportunity to convince the dragoness to send her entire race to kill me and anyone that supports me by using their fear against them.
This was a good plan like her Teresa plan, but now I have a devastating trump card to counter it. With Gwynevere's help, I can threaten the entire existence of dragon kind. After all, once every dragon on the planet knows that I have a human slayer on my side. They wouldn't dare come anywhere near me or Arcadia. This, in turn, will force the neutral Griffins to back off as well.
Celestia will only have the help of her Zebra allies if she was lucky after I acquired her precious Elements of Harmony, and bring them to my side. Which shouldn't be too hard? Fluttershy would do everything in her power to protect her twin babies. Rarity would support her no matter what. I could see Pinkie Pie being difficult, but once she learns of my Soul Bonding experience with Summer, she will keep Fluttershy and Rarity happy for me.
Rainbow Dash would be the hardest to convince, but I have a card up my sleeve that will force her to abandon Equestria, forever. AppleJack will aid Twilight Sparkle no matter what just to give her a fighting chance, even though she could tell if I was lying or not. I bet her family would be really happy to hear that she helped a blind bigot because they were friends, and as for Twilight? Once I have AppleJack on the Winter train, telling her what Celestia was doing with Sunset Shimmer should cause enough internal conflict to make her join her friends in the long run. It's only a matter of time until Celestia loses this little game we are playing, and I can't wait to see her behind bars with the look of pure defeat on her face.
"Exactly, so, with that in mind. I would like to offer you a job as my personal escort," I said with a devilish smile, causing Hard Code to shoot me a horrified glance.
"Y-You want me, to be your personal guard? Even after I tried to kill Princess Luna?" Gwynevere asked with slight concern.
"Yes," I replied with a sip of coffee. "You will be equipped with the best armor and weapons in the world. You will be a symbol of hope and fear and revered as either: Elijah the Angel of Innocence, or Zuriel, the Angel of Harmony. You will, undoubtedly, be a Princess the second you step out on the stage when I reveal you to the world. So will you take it, or will be disposed of?"
"Do I really have a choice?" she asked indifferently to hide her nervousness. I just stared at her in wait for her answer. "F-Fine, I'll take your offer. It beats living in a lab for the rest of my life."
"Excellent!" I cheered as I quickly wrote down a note for Luna so that she won't murder Gwynevere on sight and handed it to her. "Take this to Luna, she will get you everything thing that you will need, but I recommend you don't show your face until she has read the letter. Do you understand?"
"I understand," she nodded as she took the letter before she put her mask back on. After she took the note, she and Hard Code left me alone for the rest of the day.
'Now it's just me and the Elements of Harmony for my next meeting.'
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