Author's Notes:

This chapter was suggested by my Patron QueenieChryssie, and is a prompt that contains diapers and diaper usage. Reader Discretion is strongly advised.

There was definitely a lot that could’ve been said about what was happening outside of Twilight Sparkle’s castle that particular morning, even though the sun had only arisen a couple hours prior. But for the Princess herself, as well as Sunburst and Starlight Glimmer, their priorities were set on getting some last-minute recordings made for their continued research in the Surveillance Room. Since Spike was preoccupied with his morning chores throughout the castle, he was thankfully too busy to really take notice of the three’s disappearance following breakfast. Meanwhile, the trio of curious ponies were quick to return to the hidden room discreetly, eager to get to work after enjoying a good night’s rest.

“I know that I have no way to say this accurately,” said Sunburst while he was standing by the floating orb of magic with an optimistic smile, “but I’m honestly feeling really confident about finding something good today!”

“You know what?” Twilight grew an intrigued smirk of her own as she looked back at Sunburst from her spot on the couch. “After some of the crazier scenes we’ve had to watch since yesterday, I think the three of us are due for something decent for a change.”

Sunburst nodded with a hopeful shrug of his own, and then lit up his horn so he could reactivate the orb for their research. Twilight kept a studious eye on the stallion as he focused on the bulb of concentrated magic, but she refrained from stepping in to assist unless needed. Meanwhile, Starlight rested against one of the couch’s armrests while looking between Twilight and Sunburst, with her expression seeming a bit more wary than either of theirs. “Hmmmm… I’d hate to say it,” she admitted with an uneasy shrug of her shoulders, “but I’d honestly be surprised if we didn’t see something gross or inappropriate today.”

While Sunburst focused on trying to get the calibrations correct for the Alternate Universe settings, Twilight huffed to her student’s statement before turning her attention towards her. “Well, it wouldn’t hurt to keep a more positive mindset when we’re looking into alternate universes. Considering some of the successes we’ve been able to record since we started, I’d like to think that there are opportunities for more chances to see some candid moments of friendship.”

“Hey, I’m not trying to say we wouldn’t or anything!” Starlight was quick to throw her hooves up innocently as she looked back at her Mentor, and then tried to add, “I mean, I know that we’ve recorded some decent stuff here and there, but we’ve also recorded a lot of really bad stuff that we can’t exactly use for our research.”

Twilight let out a sharp sigh before looking away from her protègè, mostly since she knew she couldn’t really say much to dispute Starlight’s claim. Considering some of the appalling content the group had to watch (including the scenes that Discord subjected them to for his own sick entertainment), the Princess couldn’t necessarily blame Starlight for feeling so hesitant. Fortunately, Sunburst was able to divert some of the tension between them after he finished his activation of the orb, and beamed pridefully at seeing it spring to life. “Alright! Hehehehe~” As he trotted back towards the couch with a spring in his step, his energetic smile contrasted quite a bit with the two mares as he sat down between them.

“You two may have some differing opinions about the results of our research,” he said with a shrug while looking between the two, “but I’m mostly just happy to be a part of something this big! I mean, we’re able to look into alternate worlds, and catch glimpses into universes and timelines we’ve never been able to see! I mean, shouldn’t that be significant enough to warrant research, regardless of how bad things might get?”

As the swirling colors within that magic orb moved about erratically to conjure up a random moment somewhere in the cosmos, Twilight and Starlight glanced back at each other for a moment in awkward silence. Even if the two had contrasting feelings about what might come up, neither of them could deny the validity in the stallion’s opinion on the matter. Aside from the mirror portal Twilight had for the human world, there really wasn’t anypony else in Equestria who had managed to discover alternate universes on the same realm as the ponies in that room. And even Starlight, who still seemed rather reluctant while thinking back to the previous night’s scenes, couldn’t argue with Sunburst as she tilted her head to the side. “Wellllll… okay yeah,” she noted reluctantly before shrugging in indifference. “I mean, I’m not afraid to say ‘I told you so’ if we see something bad again, but… Yeah, scientific progress definitely deserves some perseverance.”

“That’s the spirit!” chirped Twilight with a cheerful smile pointed towards her student. “Also, I’m really glad you’ve been using that ‘word of the day’ calendar I got you for Hearth’s Warming!”

Starlight couldn’t help scoffing with an embarrassed blush to that remark, mostly since Sunburst could be heard stifling a giggle from the last part Twilight said. But alas, the mare didn’t say anything about her Mentor’s little statement, and turned her attention towards the floating orb while trying to think more positively. Twilight and Sunburst took notice of the screen that was showing up within the floating orb, and got themselves comfortable on the couch while sitting side-by-side with hopeful smiles.

“AAAAAHHHHHHH, HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAA!!!”

Queen Chrysalis was standing on her hind-legs while cackling victoriously, and her imposing figure stood out prominently behind the backdrop of an eerily overcast sky. The chitinesque fiend was standing upon the outdoor podium which was used for Canterlot’s Summer Sun Celebration, but it was clear that the stage wouldn’t likely be used for that purpose anymore. Behind the silhouette of the cackling Queen, the remains of Canterlot Castle could be seen standing in ruins following what had to be a monumental fight. And as Chrysalis stood atop of the stage, and dozens of her unreformed drones flew about the skies like swarms of locusts, the former citizens of Canterlot laid completely helpless as they found themselves bound by thick globs of Changeling goo that glued them to the ground below her hooves.

“AT LAST!!” boomed Chrysalis while she grinned down at her captured ponies with a wide and mercilessly evil grin. “After the years I spent in isolation, I’ve finally conquered your pitiful capital! And best of all, there’s nothing that ANY of you can do to stop me!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!”

Even though Chrysalis’ boisterous statement could’ve been debated in Twilight’s universe, there was no argument that the alternate world she and the others were watching wasn’t the same. High above the villain’s head, the tapestries of Princesses Luna and Celestia were hanging from pieces of fallen beams to serve as proof of her victory; more specifically, the heavily-coated stains of blood that covered most of the fabric on both pieces. It was unclear who may have been killed, or how many ponies were injured leading up to Chrysalis’ victory, but the sight was still shocking enough to leave all three of the surveilling ponies wide-eyed in shock. All of them had their hooves over their mouths as they bear witness to the universe’s defeat at the hooves of Chrysalis, but none of them seemed too keen on asking how the Queen managed to achieve that kind of conquest in that world.

Unfortunately, given how pathetically the bound ponies were groveling and struggling against their restraints, the Queen’s lecherous grin only grew wider as she looked down at them. With a lick of her lips, Chrysalis buzzed her wings loudly before ascending off the ground, and hovered over the stage like a giant vulture admiring its dying prey. Since it was obvious that no assistance was coming for the fallen ponies in that world, Chrysalis lit up her jagged horn so she could better gloat before Canterlot’s soon-to-be slaves. “And just in case any of you even think of opposing my rule,” she proclaimed with a sinister tone that bordered right between sadistic bragging and pure intimidation, “I feel that it’s only appropriate to show all of you what I’m capable of doing to whomever is foolish enough to stand in my way!!~”

With that threatening decree spoken with such conviction, there wasn’t a single pony among the dozens being held down who didn’t take Chrysalis’ words seriously. Of course, it wasn’t until the Queen motioned back towards the stage that ponies started to look especially worried for their safety. With the aid of Chrysalis’ ominous green magic, two massively large metal chains could be seen lifting up from behind the podium, as well as a gigantic lock connecting the two pieces together. However, the moment her aura wrapped around the lock to undo the restraints, there was a deafening thud as the two chains were thrown back to the ground, which was then followed by a low and eerie-sounding growl that made everypony’s blood run cold.

A large shadow soon began to surface from behind the stage, which was big enough to cover the bottom halves of both the ruined tapestries hanging limply behind Canterlot’s new Queen. Many of the bound ponies started to whimper and tremble in unrelenting fear, their eyes widening in dread at whatever it was their captor had planned as her demonstration. Meanwhile, Chrysalis couldn’t resist peering behind her while she was hovering in the air, and grinned confidently upon seeing the creation she had made for this event. As the rumbling growls became louder, and more of the figure’s shadow began to surface from behind the once-regal pedestal meant for literal Goddesses, Chrysalis fluttered back several feet in anticipation as she presented her “gift” before Canterlot’s citizens. “BEHOLD!! Straight from the Changeling Kingdom that I reclaimed for myself, here’s the former ‘King’ to serve as a warning to all of you!!~”

All three of the ponies on the other side of the magic feed gasped with stunned expressions on their faces. Even if this wasn’t the Thorax from their own world, none of them wanted for their friend and Equestrian Ally to be subjected to any of Chrysalis’ unfathomable horrors. But alas, since there was nothing they could do but watch from their end of the surveillance spell, they could only hope that whatever she had planned wasn’t too horrifying.

A massive, pitch-black hoof of hollow chitin emerged from behind the stage, and a row of razor-sharp claws protruded from the appendage to make everypony scream out in terror. The claw slammed down on the top of the podium, with its massive size taking up almost a quarter of the large circular stage. As the panicked screaming continued over the sounds of Chrysalis’ cackling laughter, another intimidating claw came out to slam down beside the first. With that, the monstrous being that used to be King Thorax pulled itself up into view with a low and rumbling growl. Its black and chitinous body rose up against the backdrop of Canterlot’s destroyed state, before several thick spines protruded from its back like a warning mechanism. If it wasn’t for Chrysalis’ introduction, the three ponies watching from across dimensions likely would’ve assumed that the beast was some sort of monster that the Queen pulled from the depths of Tartarus to help confirm her victory. Unfortunately, even with its deeply deformed and fanged appearance, there was no denial that the snarling face that appeared before the screaming crowd was that of the former King of the Changeling Kingdom.

“GNAHHHH!!” Thorax, who had somehow been reverted back to his previously chitinous form before his transformation, wasn’t able to act like the Changeling he once was anymore. Instead, the new being in his place could only gnaw and snap its elongated muzzle with every roat it made, which made its giant fangs snap repeatedly to further scare Chrysalis’ captors. As the ponies bound to the floor tried all their might to pull away from the monstrous being, “Thorax” continued to thrash against the thick metal chain that was attached to a collar around its neck. The beast tried to lunge off the stage to attack the ponies, but the chain’s strength ensured that it could only struggle against its restraints for the time being. Chrysalis was laughing maniacally as she watched her creation struggling to remain on stage, and narrowed her eyes as the massive creature brought its taloned hind-legs up to the podium as well.

When the creature was revealed at its full size, the mutated Changeling stood at a length of at least twenty feet if the reptilian scaled tail was included. At the end of Thorax’s new tail, a bundle of spikes that matched the spines along its back were protruding out from the tip, much like something expected from a dinosaur. The ponies laying before the stage couldn’t stop shrieking in terror upon seeing what Thorax had become, as he was reduced to nothing more than a drooling and animalistic beast who couldn’t be tamed or controlled. Unfortunately, that last fact was a detail that should’ve been obvious for anypony to see, even if the monster wasn’t struggling against its chains to attack…

None of Canterlot’s prisoners may have been able to pay much attention to what else Thorax was wearing across its new form, but Chrysalis was grinning from ear to ear while marveling at what she had fitted across her creation:

A giant, poofy white diaper that was just barely able to fit across the beast’s backside, and was standing out rather prominently against its black chitin.

“UGH!!!” Through the other end of the magic feed, all three of the ponies watching groaned in annoyance at the same time. Even though the sight of Thorax’s mutated form in the alternate universe was still disturbing, that overseen addition was enough to instantly leave the group feeling more irritated than scared. While Thilight threw her head back with a frustrated grimace, and Sunburst took off his glasses to rub the bridge of his snout, Starlight huffed to herself with the faintest look of satisfaction on her otherwise peeved-looking expression.

“I told you,” she said under her breath, which was just barely audible enough to give her a sharp glare from Twilight Sparkle. Fortunately for Starlight, the group’s miffed responses weren’t enough to stop their research itself, and none of the ponies tried to leave the room just yet. Instead, Twilight took a calming breath as she and Sunburst went back to watching the feed. Meanwhile, Starlight could only shake her head as she kept herself silent, despite hating how often that particular garment has been popping up in their magic feeds.

“RAAAHHHH!!” The padded creature formerly known as Thorax continued to test the strength of the chain binding it to the stage, and tried multiple times to lunge off to begin its carnal assault. Fortunately for the trembling ponies trapped within range of the beast, its restraints proved to be strong enough to keep it as a display piece for Chrysalis to gloat about. Of course, even the Queen herself was smart enough to hover out of reach of the fanged and snarking beast, even as she continued her boastful speech before the Canterlot citizens barely listening to her.

“THIS is what I did to your pathetic excuse of a ‘Changeling King,’” she proclaimed while pointing down to the monster, who was roaring out primally like an enraged lion in a cramped cage. As the beast tried to thrash and move about on the platform, many of the scared ponies grew weirded-out looks upon seeing the giant diaper it was wearing underneath its swishing tail. Meanwhile, Chrysalis continued to speak boisterously as she added, “This THING was a traitor to my Hive, and tried to throw a coup to take the power I rightfully possess as Queen! And NOW look at him! The creature who used to be ‘King’ is now nothing more than my personal pet! And as you all can see, he’s not even potty-trained anymore~”

As the Changeling Queen cackled maniacally to the horrors she was able to create in her world, the three ponies watching from their own universe weren’t nearly as enthused or impressed. While it certainly was horrifying to see their friend being turned to such a horrid-looking beast, it was hard for any of the three to feel too disturbed while the diaper was included. Heck, if it wasn’t for the bloody tapestries hanging above the monster’s head, it could’ve been debated whether or not this was another setup by Discord to further irritate them in their research. However, since the draconequus wasn’t one to venture into ideas that dark for a sick laugh, Twilight and her assistants kept any opinions to themselves as they watched in awkward silence.

“RRRRAAAAHHHH!! GNNNGHHH!! GNAHH!! GNNAAAAHHHH!!!” The Changeling monster tried its hardest to pull its chains off, but all that ended up doing was make the creature’s roars become more strained. Its insectoid eyes clenched shut while it struggled atop the podium, and its gritted fangs seemed to catch Chrysalis’ attention greatly. As the Queen marveled down at “Thorax” with a wide and lecherous grin, her horn illuminated brightly to further showcase her powers. Much to many of the terrified ponies’ feelings of shock, it seemed that Chrysalis had enough strength in her magic to not only grab hold of her thrashing beast, but also to lift it up from the stage without any issue. Even Twilight looked shocked by such a display, as did everypony else who was unfortunate enough to watch as Chrysalis turned the beast around with her green aura.

“And just in case any of you are foolish enough to try and oppose my rule,” declared the Queen as she pointed the squirming creature’s diapered rear towards the crowds, “I should warn you that anypony who refuses to submit, will be placed at the receiving end of THIS!!!”

With that, Chrysalis used her magic to wrap around the bottom of the monster’s midsection, and squeezed its chitinous torso to elicit a pained shriek from it. The beast tried to struggle even harder within its Queen’s magic, but all that did was cause its face to contort more strongly with an obvious look of strain. As its ravenous growls and groans turned more forced, a good number of the bound ponies started to look even more distraught by what was likely to occur next. And as Chrysalis’ grin turned more obscene in anticipation, Twilight and her two friends quickly averted their eyes and cringed upon hearing the end result of her display.

PPPRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTT!!!

Without much warning, the back of “Thorax’s” diaper pushed outward almost instantly, and a violently loud expulsion of gas protruded through its thick padding without any muffling. Of course, that booming blast was immediately followed by a heavy volley of the monster’s thick, lumpy mess that quickly started to fill the back of its diaper without any mercy. As the beast continued to groan and writhe in Chrysalis’ magic, the Queen kept pressing her creature’s gut so that more of its disgusting waste could flood the inside of its garment. And as the ponies forced to watch such a nasty display groaned and screamed from their captor’s sadistic demonstration, it didn’t take long before the swollen backside of that diaper went from a sterilized white, to a deep and rancidly sloppy brown.

“Uggghhhhh…” Even though none of the ponies through the magic feed were looking at the alternate of Thorax messing himself, the scene was still more than audible enough to leave nothing to the imagination. While Twilight and Starlight kept their muzzles tightly shut while cringing to the action being displayed before them, Sunburst tried to speak up optimistically with a weak-sounding, “Well… at least none of us are able to smell it.”

“Not helping,” said both mares at the same time with equally unamused tones.

Back on the other side of the magic feed, Thorax’s disgusting diaper filling lasted for a good minute or so while the ponies below continued to shout and squirm in terrified disgust. By the time the creature was finally finished, a low and rumbling groan came out of its fanged muzzle that could have been interpreted as some feeling of satisfaction. Although, given how low the back of its diaper was hanging from its waist, and a massively thick bulge of the lumpy mass was heavy enough to be dangling past its knees, it wasn’t too hard to make such an assumption. Even Chrysalis seemed impressed when she got a good view of her pet’s obscenely overfilled padding, and huffed with a sly smirk across her muzzle.

“Well then~” she said rather pertly in satisfaction, before she looked back towards her petrified captives and grinned evilly. “At least now you all know if any of you try to escape, you’ll see exactly where all your faces will be pinned underneath~ Understood?!”

The group’s panicked screams and whimpers all turned deathly silent in an instant, before all of them shuddered horribly in disgust at what the Queen meant by that. Unfortunately, since she was still holding the monster up with his full diaper in full view, none of them were foolish enough to ask for clarifications. Instead, all that the scared and petrified ponies could do was look up at their Queen with devastated expressions, and silently nod their heads in understanding.

“RAAAHHHH!! GNAAAAHHHH!!” Since the ponies’ reactions were pleasing enough for the Queen to smirk at, she was quick to carefully lower the monster back down atop the podium. With every thrashing movement the former Thorax made within Chrysalis’ aura, its sagged and overstuffed diaper dangled between its legs like a terrifying pendulum that could fall off at any moment. Thankfully though, the creature was able to stand back on its chitinous claws before anything disastrous could occur, and it was back to struggling against its chains without any magical interference. Meanwhile, Chrysalis continued to flutter high above her monster’s head, mostly to ensure she was at a safe distance from the former King of her reclaimed Empire.

“Now with that demonstration out of the way,” said Chrysalis as she eyed her cowering subjects below her hanging hooves, “I’ll leave you all to be pulled from your restraints by General Pharynx, so you shall be assigned to your new jobs under my rule!”

After that introduction, the Queen motioned over towards the General himself, who made himself noticed as he flew in from the skies above with his wings buzzing loudly. Pharynx wasn’t in his reformed state in that universe, so the red scales that went along his head and tail were the only features to make himself recognizable in his chitinous form. The Changeling kept a stern expression on his face as he flew towards Chrysalis, clearly taking his duties as her right-hoof ally very seriously. However, as the General came in closer to the podium where his former brother was chained down, his muzzle skewed the slightest bit in awkwardness as he looked down at it with pity.

“Man,” he said under his breath with a brief shake of his head. “And I thought Starlight Glimmer had it bad.”

Back on the other side of the magic feed, Twilight and Sunburst quickly glanced over to the mare who was just mentioned by the alternate Pharynx. The mare’s face paled immensely as she stared at the screen with a mortified expression, her pupils shrunken down a lot in comparison to her widened eyes. Twilight wrapped one of her wings around Starlight’s back to pull her in close, hoping to console her about what may have happened to her alternate in that disturbing universe. Sunburst could only huff with a distraught look of his own, and kept himself silent so he wouldn’t say anything inappropriate again.

Meanwhile back in the alternate universe, Pharynx was looking between Chrysalis’ cocky grin, and the direly morbid state that she had left his brother. Even though it was unlikely the General was completely against what his Queen implemented to secure her standing, he still grew an uneasy expression on his face as he turned his attention towards her. “Ummm… Should I get some drones to send Thorax back to the caverns, my Queen?”

Chrysalis pondered that thought as she looked down to where the monster was still standing in its restraints. Surprisingly enough, the creature was able to stop struggling against the chains, and was now looking up at the two Changelings with its eyes blinking repeatedly. Pharynx’s eyes widened upon seeing the look on his former brother’s face, and the way that beast seemed to be staring up at him especially. The Queen seemed to take notice of that exchange as well, and raised a brow while smirking curiously. “Hmmmmmm… Perhaps it’s not the drones who should be near that thing~”

“W-What?” asked Pharynx as he glanced back at her with a worrisome look. “Wait, what do you mean by that?”

“What do you mean, what do I mean?” After rolling her eyes with an unamused scoff, the Queen nudged her General while the two were still hovering tens of feet in the air. “Move down a little closer towards it! This is the first time I’ve seen that thing not trying to attack someone!”

Pharynx’s eyes widened in shock, and he looked back downward to see that the diapered beast was still looking up at him intently. It’s scaled tail was starting to wag a little like a dog seeing its owner after a long day, which caused its saggy padding to crinkle and squish from every motion it made. Several of the ponies closest to the stage had to cough and groan to keep from gagging, mostly since that tail-wagging was basically fanning whatever stench the monster was carrying towards their direction. Pharynx’s muzzle wrinkled in discomfort as well, but he wasn’t able to stay put like the others as Chrysalis nudged him harder. “I said MOVE, General! That’s an order!”

The Changeling had to try his hardest not to cringe too notably for his Queen to see, and softly sighed before complying to her command. Pharynx slowly started to descend with great reluctance, and winced upon seeing “Thorax’s” tail wagging more prominently than before. The monster’s eyes widened as its former brother tried to hove in closer, and it wasn’t long before its fanged muzzle opened up to start panting like an excited puppy. It’s reptilian tongue lolled out of his open maw, and its demeanor became much more pet-like that what was previously shown.

The three ponies watching through the feed all grew more intrigued as they watched in silent fascination. Even though the news of Starlight Glimmer’s demise in that dimension was still disturbing to hear being mentioned, the mare tilted her head curiously while narrowing her eyes on the two siblings on screen. Sunburst and Twilight both floated out notebooks and quills to scrawl down any interesting details that might arise from the interaction. And even with the monster’s diaper swinging disgustingly low between its legs, none of the surveilling ponies seemed to pay attention to that while focusing on Pharynx.

“Uhhhhhh…” Pharynx bit his bottom lip as he fluttered down closer, while also being watched by Chrysalis and all of the bound subjects below them. Due to how dangerously the monster had been acting just a few minutes prior, the mood was just as tense as it was deathly silent. Fortunately for the General, nobody even tried to give him any distractions as he moved down at a carefully slow pace, and watched the beast growing more antsy in its restraints. Much to everyone’s shock, both in that world and the one viewing it, Pharynx wasn’t mauled or sat on by the diapered creature by the time he got within its range. In fact, when Pharynx finally landed at the edge of the golden podium and stood on his hooves, the Queen’s creation still didn’t raise its claws off from the stage.

Instead, the monster leaned in close to Pharynx’s face, and began to sniff him studiously like it was trying to recognize his scent. The Changeling had to cover his snout with a hoof to keep from smelling the diapered beast in return, but he still tried to give a friendly smile through his undoubtedly nervous-looking expression. “Uhhhh, heh heh heh… Th… That’s a nice creature…”

As the beast loomed in closer, Pharynx had to hold his free hoof out to try and maintain some distance. The monster leaned in to sniff its former brother’s hoof, and was close enough to make many of the ponies watching wince and gasp silently. Pharynx had to struggle not to reel back from the creature sniffing him so curiously, much to Chrysalis’ grinning approval from up above. When the beast formerly known as Thorax finally pulled its head back, Pharynx closed his eyes with a relieved sigh after being left unharmed. “Whooooooo… Alright then,” he muttered to himself with a confirming nod. “I guess there might be a little bit of Thorax left in hi--OOMPH!!”

The monster then lunged atop its former brother without warning, much to the shock of everyone who witnessed such a sudden change. However, even as the General was brutally pinned to the ground by “Thorax’s” claws, it soon became clear that the beast’s assault wasn’t meant to be malicious or gory. That is, unless the bodily fluids that would consist of “gore” included copious amounts of saliva. Because as soon as Pharynx was thrown to the ground by force, the creature immediately began to lick his face while perched over him like oversized and incontinent puppy.

“GAAAHHH!” Pharynx tried to groan out in disgust while being slobbered on by a horrid mutant with a full diaper on. But alas, the affections his former brother were giving him soon turned those unapproving groans into involuntary giggles. “H-HEY! Sto--Hehehehehehe… Heh heh heh, okay, STOP IT!! OFF!! OFF, THORAX!! NOW!!!”

Unfortunately for the compromised Changeling, all that his frustrated shouts did was make the monster lick his face even more with excitement. Even though all of the bound ponies forced to watch were still terrified of their fates, many of them couldn’t help snickering to the oddly wholesome interaction between two brothers. Meanwhile up above the two chitinous siblings, Chrysalis sighed with a roll of her eyes before shaking her head with a forgiving smile. “Oh, alright then,” she said while crossing her forelegs over her chest. “You know what? Since it’s clear you can handle that thing better than any of the other drones, I’ll assign you to tend to it from now on.”

“Wait, WHAT?!” shouted Pharynx with a gawked stare up to his Queen, even as his brother-turned-creature continued to nuzzle and lick him playfully. “My Queen, you--Mnnnghh!! Hehehehe… Y-You can’t be serious!”

“Oh, but I am~” purred Chrysalis with a wider grin than before. As she hovered down within closer range of the two, she motioned towards their hostages and added, “But don’t worry, I’ll assign someone else to take care of our slaves. You just try to get that beast back down to the caverns for further use.”

Pharynx groaned while his head was firmly against the ground, and his slobber-covered face carried a very upset grimace. As the Queen lit up her horn, and used her immense magic to instantly float up all of the bound ponies and have them hovering in her aura, she paused for a split-second to glance back at hr General and say, “Oh! And before I forget, I left a chest nearby its cage down below. That would have all the supplies needed to change its diaper, so you better make proper use of them before being relieved of your duties.”

With that, the Changeling Queen flew off with her massive aura floating behind her, and all of the Canterlot prisoners shrieking in terror as they were pulled behind her magic so helplessly. Meanwhile, Pharynx just seethed through his gritted fangs before glaring up at the happily panting monster. “Oh, for crying out loud,” he said with a pissed-off growl up towards the beast pinning him down, “Even when you’re not a King, you still know how to embarrass me!”

Since the creature wasn’t able to understand its brother/owner too well, all that Pharynx’s comment did was make his face open for more licking. And as the screen began to dissipate through the magic feed, the last thing that the three ponies were able to hear were Pharynx’s reluctant giggling as the beast’s gross assault continued on.

By the time the screen fully vanished, and the orb reverted back to its docile state, Twilight and her assistants could only sit in silence while carrying very unnerved expressions on their faces. While it was obvious that the scene itself was more horrifying than anything else -- in more ways than just one -- that ending resolution carried a strangely uplifting note that none of them could adequately deny. Even Starlight, who should’ve been the least enthused by that scene due to how she was mentioned within it, had her muzzle skewed in uncertainty as she glanced back at Twilight and Sunburst. “Well, ummm… that happened, I guess,” she said with an awkward shrug of her shoulders.

The other two ponies nodded their heads silently, with Twilight needing to scratch the back of her neck to try and counteract how uncomfortable that scene left her feeling. Sunburst looked equally as perturbed, and had to blink a couple times before he decided to say something to break the tension. “Well… at least that diaper wasn’t the worst thing that scene contained.”

Sunburst tried to chuckle to himself after saying that truthful comment, but his smile instantly dropped when he saw the peeved glares both mares were shooting him. Starlight looked especially unamused by her friend’s attempt to lighten the mood, and replied with a stern, “You know, there’s nothing wrong with keeping opinions like that to yourself.”