You blinked your eyes wearily, trying to look around and get an understanding as to what was going on. Everything around you seemed so... familiar, but not. The disgusting bug puke formed walls of the hive seemed to be present, but under the open sky. Furthermore, they seemed to span out in all directions. However, the overall shape, some of the structures, they looked far different. Looking up, you recognized one of the buildings as... the royal palace in Canterlot?... oooooh, you saw what this was.

"Luna, get your moon butt out here. Getting damn tired of these weird dreams. Hell, I haven't even had a moment to enjoy... whatever creepy, post-Changeling apocalyptic future I'm dreaming of, apparently," you demanded, choosing to walk into the hive-infested palace, figuring the focus of the dream was supposed to be at the throne... although, it was odd you had started the dream off outside the palace and not on a throne as you usually did.

Thinking about it further as you walked through the somewhat familiar halls of the palace, now dark with the exception of dark green flames lighting your way, you thought it was odd that you were already aware that this was a dream. Usually you didn't know you were asleep until Luna intervened, often at inopportune moments. The only time she'd done otherwise was when you'd yet to actually start dreaming. It was also weird that all you saw, already frozen in place as all other creatures seemed to be when Luna intruded on your dreams, were Changelings. No ponies of any sort.

"Explain this to me! What the fuck sort of trickery is this!?" you heard echo through the halls, telling you that you were close, but not to Luna. The voice didn't match hers. It sounded familiar, but still out of your ability to remember just what it was. What was important was that if the dream was already frozen, yet somebody else was present, then either Luna had brought someone with her, or... you were in somebody else's dream?

Your internal questions were put on pause as you heard a crash, with Luna's familiar voice crying out "GAH!" Realizing that shit wasn't how it was supposed to be, you took off running as quickly as possible, to get to the source, happy that you couldn't get tired inside a dream. It didn't take long for you to get there, going full sprint without the constraints of your physical body, but the repeated grunts of pain and heavy impact had you worried, so much so that you were absolutely shocked when you had finally arrived.

Inside the throne room, which now looked like a combination of the regular one and the one from the hive... except for the collapsed pillars and sections of roof falling to form piles of rubble. Rising out of one of the piles was Luna, her own blue aura surrounding her body to keep her safe as a stream of green magic struck, pushing her back. The source of the stream appeared to be coming from... Chrysalis!? Fuck! Did you somehow end up in her dream!? Oh you were royally fucked if she knew the truth.

Your worry only shot through the collapsing roof as Luna's magic shield dropped for an instance, sending her skidding across the ground, until she was barely able to stand mere feet in front of you. "Luna, what the fuck is going on? Did you suck me into Chrysalis' dream or something?" you asked, stepping up to try and get her attention.

Looking back at you, her eyes panicked at the situation she found herself in, Luna answered "Anon, flee us! We made a mistake! Your dream somehow bound itself to another, and now she is relentless! We have seen Chrysalis before, yet never have we seen her fight with such fervor or maliciousness!" Luna warned you, turning her attention back just in time to create another shield of magic, smaller than before, but apparently strong as she deflected a bolt of magic.

"Do we really have to worry that much? This is just a dream, right?" you asked, even as you felt your heart sinking as Chrysalis approached, firing more bolts of magic at Luna, her hooves digging in to try and avoid falling further back, but failing.

"Nay! Have thou not ever waken from a dream in utter fright before you were to die? It's a safety mechanism! Death in the dream is death of the mind!" Luna warned, groaning as her horn burned brighter to try and stop the unending assault.

Gasping, you held a hand up to your mouth. "Freddy Krueger be damned, if you die in the dream, you die in real life," you whispered to yourself... you also had to keep from giggling a bit, because Luna said 'Nay'. Horse puns.

Luna gave you a confused look, but that was cut short as the shield broke, sending her out the set of doors you'd just come in through, leaving you alone in the room with Chrysalis, her lips pulled back in a snarl as she glared at Luna's propelled form.

"You will answer me! I am a queen, above your pathetic station as a princess! Why have my subjects gone still? Why have you, a defeated adversary, come back!? Answer me, Princess Luna, or face my fucking wrath!" Chrysalis roared, her horn glowing again.

Despite the warning Luna had given you, you knew that Chrysalis cared for you, and did the valiant effort of stepping in the way, arms spread out like that would somehow stop her. "Easy there Chrysalis! This isn't what you think it is!" you advised her, hoping she'd maybe calm down enough to not viciously murder Luna.

Sure enough, Chrysalis stopped, her eyes widening in surprise at your appearance. Soon after, her snarl transformed into a gleeful smile as she bolted forward, wrapping her forelegs around you in a tight hug as she buried her face into your chest. "Daddy! I'm so happy to see you!" she cried out, nuzzling affectionately like she hadn't seen you in years.

Blinking, you gently lowered your arms, bringing one hand to her head to lightly pat it. "Um, yes, it's me. Not really the time for the 'daddy' talk right now, although if you want to later, I suppose you can call me daddy while you ride my Ego," you stated, scratching behind one of her ears.

Hearing what you had said, Chrysalis had turned her head so she was looking at you, a disgusted look on your face. "Ugh, that's disgusting dad. Nothing against what you and mommy do, but seriously, don't say that to your own daughter, it's fucking weird," she stated, pushing away from you and continuing to give you a disturbed look.

"What? I've never even... wait... daughter?" you asked, taking a step back yourself as you looked her over. She looked like Chrysalis for sure, but... as you listened to her, you recognized that her voice, while similar, wasn't quite Chrysalis'. Furthermore, her appearance was... off. Sure, you'd seen Chrysalis change several times since meeting her, from the ragged, hole filled version of herself from the get go, to the majestically beautiful, yet clearly lethal form she now bore. This though was... off.

While looking like Chrysalis in her most recent iteration, you noticed that her mane had a greener hue to it than Chrysalis' did, as well as being styled so that the hair on the right side of her head simply cascaded down freely as it pleased, getting in the way of her face if she moved it the wrong way, the hair on the left side seemed to be carefully combed back, tucked behind her ear and left to run down her neck. Her wings, which had a dark green tint to them, seemed to be a little longer, but thinner, giving them an almost delicate look. Furthermore, her horn, which seemed to be blade-like as Chrysalis' was, seemed to have four nasty looking serrated points along the back of it that looked like it'd make any puncture wound ragged if she impaled anybody on it.

"Wait... you... you're... Pupa?" you asked, something finally clicking in your mind as you looked at her, astonished.

In response, she gave you a look that indicated you might have been stupid. "Um, yeah, of course I am. Are you alright dad?" she asked, reaching out to place a hoof to your forehead. She recognized something was off when she didn't notice any heat whatsoever. "This is... what is going on here? My subjects are all frozen, then that intruder... THE INTRUDER!" Pupa shouted, quickly pushing you behind her with her magic, snarling in Luna's direction. "Stay behind me dad, I'll protect you!" Pupa growled, powering up her magic as she glared at Luna, who had taken the time to recover and rise back to her hooves.

"Dad? Anon, this is one of your children?" Luna asked incredulously, shocked that you could apparently produce somebody so utterly savage in battle.

"Yeah, I guess this is what she imagines she'll look like when she's grown up," you stated, stepping forward to get between the two, earning a concerned look from Pupa.

"I am a fucking grown up, dad! I grew into the queen you and mom always told me I'd be! Now's not the time to be belittling me!" she hissed out, sounding more like a moody teenager than a real adult.

"No, you're a larva, probably sleeping on my chest at this very moment, in your mom's bed," you corrected, crossing your arm as you felt the tension of the situation ease out of you, no longer afraid for your life or what would happen as you knew it was only your child.

Raising her brow in surprised, Pupa shook her head, then shot a menacing growl at Luna. "It's her fault, she's tricking you! Let her out of the way and I'll show her how I made use of Vladivelle the Impaler!" Pupa warned, brandishing her horn.

Lifting your brow, you asked "You named your horn Vladivelle the Impaler? Not a bad choice."

Smirking, Pupa replied "Actually, Vladivelle the Impaler is the name of my ovipositor. I'll pump her princess pussy full of eggs."

At this, you had to lunge forward, surprising Pupa and Luna as you took your dream daughter in your arms and began hugging her tight. "Dear god, you really are perfect. Everything I could have ever dreamed of and more... literally," you almost sobbed, surprised your daughter would inherit so much from you, yet damn happy it was only the best.

"She... certainly has many of your more vulgar traits about her, doesn't she?... yet she's only a larva you say?" Luna asked, relaxing a bit, even as she looked at Pupa with apprehension.

Looking at Luna from over your shoulder, Pupa said "Jealous, bitch? Stay the fuck away from my dad or I'll make good on my pro-"

"Ah, ah, ah! Enough of that now!" you quickly interjected, pulling away to give Pupa a stern look. "Now sweetie, I love you, but I want you to recognize that this is just a dream. At the moment, you're only a larva. Try not to get into fights with ponies that will literally be able to stomp you to death in real life, even if Luna is too kind to do so. Furthermore, show Luna some respect, she's one of my friends," you scolded, waving a finger down at Pupa so that it would occasionally tap her nose.

"What? Your friend? That's... that's bullshit! You and mom took over Canterlot... or... I guess will take it over. Damn, this is messing me up," Pupa protested, sitting back as she tried to acknowledge the fact she was but a child, even if mentally she seemed more mature than many you'd met.

Sighing, you chose to sit down beside her, letting her carry the height advantage for the moment, if only to comfort her. "Pupa, I never wanted to take over Equestria... maybe Ponyville, but that's because Twilight Sparkle was being a bi-"

"Anon," Luna interrupted, trotting over carefully as not to agitate Pupa, but not willing to let you shit talk her fellow princess.

Grunting, you continued "I was a hostage, taken from Canterlot against my will. Sunbutt and Moonpie were taking care of me, then your mom ripped me from what little comfort I had so she could manipulate things against the ponies for the sake of the hive."

"I know, mom is great like that," Pupa stated, pure admiration for the terrifying queen in her voice, earning you an uncomfortable look from Luna.

"Right, well, I didn't want any of that. I was trying to return to Canterlot-"

"But you came back! I've heard mom say it over and over, how they tried to steal you away and you came back because you loved her! That's how she knew you were truly meant to with us!" Pupa quickly declared, not liking the idea that her dad was saying he wanted to leave her.

"I... I came back because I loved Ap," you stated, finding it hard to admit it wasn't for her or Chrysalis.

Feeling Luna's hoof upon your shoulder, which almost got smacked away by Pupa as she glared at the lunar princess, she said "Are you sure you wish to tell her about this? If she knows about Apocrita, she might endanger her when you awaken, larva or not."

"She's my daughter, she has a right to know," you said without a second's hesitation. There was some part of you that felt bad, like you were betraying Ap, but you knew she'd forgive you... you hoped.

"Apocrita... the elite guard that was looking after you before? She's... wait, she's the one in the cocoon in your prison room, isn't she? The big, shiny ball," Pupa considered, starting to put the pieces together. "So you... you came back because you had another queen that you actually loved in the hive. You've been protecting her all this time, but that means..."

"It doesn't mean anything," you stated, almost standing up as you saw the path that was going. You'd felt that way before with your parents and the people they ended up loving. The only difference here was that you weren't going to let her think she meant nothing, because she damn well meant a lot. "I didn't know about you or the rest of the brood until after I had returned. Chrysalis didn't tell me about it until after she felt I loved her. When I learned about you all, I felt... scared, confused, worried... but so fucking happy. The moment you all hatched was the single greatest in my life... well, except maybe blowing the load in your mom that helped make you."

Despite the unnecessary level of detail for your statement, it seemed to make Pupa smile, her hoof colliding with your shoulder as she giggled a little. "Considering I've seen what you've done to mom, I'm sure it was the greatest moment of her life as well," she joked.

"You have relations in front of your children?" Luna asked, looking increasingly disturbed by the revelation.

"Not all the time!" you defended, placing a hand over your heart like you were being attacked. "And how the hell was I supposed to know my daughter has the mind of a steel trap? Christ, I didn't think the kid was going to remember anything until after she grew some real legs. From what I'm seeing, I'd be worried if she's not already planning to dethrone Chrysalis and take Canterlot herself! God knows she's already beaten a larva way bigger than her."

"The only larva that should be in your mouth is me, not that bloated grub," Pupa grumbled, grinding a hoof into the floor. Snorting, she looked back up at you and said "So... what does this mean? I've tasted your love, I know that you care about us. Hell, I know you love mom, I've seen what you've done for her, and I can actually sense the love she feels for you too. Does this Ap really mean that much to you? Are you willing to break us all up for her? Or are you going to abandon her for us?"

Luna looked cautiously between the two of you, clearly uncomfortable with the direction this was going. Was she going to see your turn against Ap and potentially threaten the safety of Canterlot and Equestria as a whole? Or would she bare witness to the heartbreaking scene of a father telling his daughter that he didn't love mommy anymore? Well, the answer was pretty easy.

"Neither. We're all going to be one big, happy fucking family," you announced, puffing your chest out to exert your authority.

Raising her brow, interested piqued, Pupa replied "You can't do that. There's no way that mother will ever allow such a thing. She will murder Apocrita, and potentially even you, or die trying."

"Well too bad!" you shouted, making Pupa wince away from you. "I'm a greedy motherfucker, your mother to be precise! I want Chrysalis and Ap! I want us all to be one family and love each other! And if anyone wants to argue against it, I will fuck them up! In your mother's case, I will fuck her into submission for the right to have my happy ending. I can damn well do it too!" you boldly proclaimed, fist curling up tight as you slowly rose to your feet, the feeling that inspirational music should be playing in the background pounding in your head. Then, your face took on a serious look, more concerned than before, and added "Seriously, your mom has me on a diet that makes my dick erect nearly 24/7. Hell, before we went to sleep, I fucked her so hard, she-"

"Please, do not regale us with this story," Luna whined, hiding her face in her hooves.

"Please, as if you haven't fucked my father yet," Pupa sniffed, looking at Luna with irritation at her apparent bashfulness.

"No, but she and Ap gave me this amazing dream blowjob before. It was awesome," you said with a smile and a thumbs up.

"... This... this all... in front of your child, you really want that?" Luna stated with a displeased frown.

"You've heard her mouth, she's already far more mature than I probably am mentally," you conceded in favor of Pupa.

"Yet nowhere near as audaciously greedy and unrelenting apparently," Pupa stated, forelegs crossed as best she could as she looked at you with a judgmental gaze. "You seriously expect me to believe that you will essentially take all the power in the hive, just so you can control not one, but two queens into accepting each other?"

Shrugging your shoulders, you said "Less about control, but pretty much, yeah."

"... fuck, you're amazing," Pupa sighed out, getting up as well so she could hug you once more, surprising Luna, but only earning a hug in return from you.

"You... you're not upset by this?" Luna asked, feeling like she might have misheard things.

Turning her head to face Luna, Pupa shot her a smile that seemed less menacing than any other she'd given the princess so far. "I knew I got my ruthless, unyielding desire from my parents, but to demand the impossible like that as if it's simply another day's work? How could I do anything but absolutely adore the man I know as my father, whose ambitions are one of a kind?" she asked, showing how much she respected you for basically being a man-child that wanted everything and wouldn't take no for an answer.

"So... if your father wishes to coexist peacefully with ponies, you won't be against that either?" Luna tested the waters, hoping she might be able to bridge a gap here.

"Seriously? You're going to ask me that shit now?" Pupa asked, releasing you from the hold as she narrowed her eyes at Luna. Despite the hard edge to her words, a small smile indicated she wasn't upset. "Kinda ambitious yourself, aren't you?... I like it," she added, her fangs glinting as she smirked. Sitting back down, she added in "If that's what dad wants, I'll accept it. Not sure if I'll be willing to uphold it after he dies, but so long as he is, I'll play by his rules."

Grinning like a mad man, you pointed at Pupa and said "See that? That right there is the best fucking daughter ever. Daddy's little princess right here."

Taking what she could here, Luna sat across from Pupa and said "Then we're averting another crisis. Seems we have to do that often with you, Anon."

Hearing her words, you snapped your fingers and said "Oh, right, that reminds me... you're fucked."

Author's Notes:

I'mma just leave the actually telling of the plan to Luna as an off the scenes situation. I can basically tell you that there's nothing she'll be able to think of at this time, considering how terrible things are going to be for her when it comes to fighting off the oncoming Changeling Invasion.

More importantly, I wanted everyone to see even more of the beauty of Pupa, also known as Best Daughter. Didn't mean to go so deep into this character, but I'll be damned if I don't love her. Is it conceited to love my own OC so much? If so, fuck it, I still love her.

Lastly, I just want to thank everyone once more. I don't feel like I do it enough, but I appreciate everyone's support. From the simple statements of pleasure in those that enjoy the story, to the very real, but very helpful words of criticism to try and help make the story better. I've come this far with only a few individuals who feel it necessary to try and make me feel bad about... what? Making a story I simply enjoy writing? A story others enjoy reading? But if we're looking at the numbers, I've got more people enjoying things than not, and even then, I do this because I like it, and I'm glad you all do too.