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Duties

by Hiver

Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

Luna was…

…Not happy.

“What were you thinking!?”

“That… it was necessary.”

She paced back and forth across our sitting room before she turned back to me, “Page! She could have eaten you!”

“…not really,” I said and shifted my wings, “She is smart enough to know what would happen if she tried. And if she was so far gone she didn’t realize it, I could easily escape or defeat her.”

I wisely decided not to say exactly how close that had been.

Luna didn’t seem to care though, her wings flared, and I could have sworn she controlled the sun from the fact that her glare seemed able to set things on fire, “That was stupid! You barely got out of there! Sunset Shimmer found you laying in a corridor for ponies sake!”

Struggling onto my hooves, I got off the couch and moved up to her, “Luna, I’m fine,” I told her as I rounded the table, “I know how to handle Changelings, My Sky.”

Fern shot to his wooden paws and quickly followed close, settling down next to the couch as I climbed onto it. He had been growing like a weed lately and is almost my height now!

Luna let out a frustrated sound and shook her head, “You don’t know Chry…”

“…I don’t know Chrysalis like you?” I asked, cutting her off, “That’s what you were going say?”

She looked down at me, “…She’s dangerous, My Page. I know you like Skitter, but Chry…”

I shook my head, “I understand Chrysalis better than most,” I told her and looked up at her before I tapped the side of my head, “In here? I’m likely a bit closer to her than I am to any pony. She is a predator, a communal predator that’s used to outthinking her prey. So are humans. I may look like a pony, talk like a pony and mostly eat like a pony, but I’m fairly sure that’s never going away.”

Luna pulled back slightly, her ears folding to the side and she shook her head before she nuzzled with a sigh and idly scratched between Ferns branchy ears, “Page… even if that’s true, it was too dangerous. You should have gone to somepony instead.”

I nuzzled back and folded my wings again as I sat down, looking up at her, “And done what? Nobody else could have walked into that Hive. Nobody else could have done what I did. Trying to force the issue with the guard or any of the princesses would have been a disaster.”

“Then maybe you should have left her there!”

“And dropped the entire responsibility of the hive on Skitter?” I asked, flicking my ears back, “She don’t deserve that. She refuses to talk to Chrysalis unless it’s absolutely necessary, there is likely things she need to know that she don’t yet.”

Luna shook her head, seeming frustrated before she sank down, “Page… you can’t just…you should have told somepony first.”

I moved to lay down next to her, thankful to get to lay down as my legs had started to feel weak and shaky again, “I didn’t know how much time there was, My Sky,” I said softly and nuzzled at her neck, raising my wing to rest across her back, just barely reaching, “…but you’re right. I should have sent a runner with a message to somepony. I’m sorry.”

She nuzzled at my ear.

Ow!

Flicking my ear, I looked at her. Okay, I did kind of deserve that.

I leaned against her side and she rested her head against the top of mine,

“How are you really feeling?” she asked softly.

“…Bit weak, legs a bit shaky,” I admitted, “But not that bad. It’s not any worse than the time I accidentally overfed Skitter.”

Luna nodded but I could tell she still didn’t seem very happy.

Rolling onto my back, I looked up at her, “Luna, seriously. I’ll be fine, I just feel a bit shaky. My emotions will be back to normal by tomorrow and day after I will be close enough to a hundred percent that nobody would be able to notice anything.”

She peered down at me, “Your emotions?”

“Mmm. Everything feel kind of muted,” I admitted, “I think this might be what being depressed feel like. But it’ll be fine by tomorrow, not like this is the first time this happens.”

Fern moved to lay down next to us, curling up.

Puppy therapy helped a lot too.

Luna shifted a bit to rest her head against my chest and I put my forelegs around her, “…That can’t be good for you.”

“Fairly sure it’s not,” I said and stroked her mane, “But it’s hardly every time a changeling feed this much. Mostly it’s just a nibble or just background emotions, you don’t even notice that.”

Luna frowned a bit but didn’t say anything, instead she just relaxed and closed her eyes and I held her softly.

“Luna?” I asked after a long moment, “Are we going to stay on the floor?”

“Mhmm.”

“Just checking,” I whispered and nuzzled at her hear before closing my eyes and relaxing, slowly stroking her flowing star mane.

It didn’t take long until I slipped off to sleep.

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