After snapping Ember and Thorax out of their trances, Spike had been quick to bring the two of them, Starlight, Starlight 2 and Trixie through a door connected to the throne room across from Spike's sleeping chamber.

Inside was a very cozy looking living room. A magical fireplace roared alongside a wall making the room nice a toasty. A couple book cases lined the walls, alongside a couple of busts of Spike's head. A group of picture frames sat on a small wardrobe next to a shelf directly across from the door. The middle of the room was empty, barring a large Diamond Dog rug, which sat in front of the fireplace.

One would think that meant the rug was made by Diamond Dogs. No. A Diamond Dog had very legitimately been made into a rug on the floor. Like one of the bear rugs which were always in cabins for some reason.

Starlight forced her eyes away from it. Perhaps it was fake fur. Or it was a collectors item that was hundreds of years old and made by someone other than Spike. That was something she would much rather believe.

Spike walked up to the shelf along the wall, Thorax and Ember following after him, although the two certainly looked very confused. She couldn't blame them. They were dogs when Spike explained what he wanted to do. "Hey, Starlight. Would you go get Sunburst and Flash for me? I think they'd be into this sort of thing."

Starlight stood firm, she refused to do what Spike told her to. She would never-

"Of course my Emperor." Starlight Two said with a salute. The Governor turned and left the room, leaving Starlight alone with Trixie and the usual ensemble of the Emperor and his slaves.

'Of course he was talking to her.' Starlight thought as she mentally slapped her self in the face. She sighed and dragged her hooves as she walked towards the Emperor. She noticed the alternate Trixie curl up on the rug in front of the fireplace. She didn't imagine the unicorn joining in on the game they were about to play.

Spike was rooting through the shelf. It had dozens of small crystals scattered around it's compartments. Starlight didn't know what they were for, so she decided to look at the pictures on the drawer instead.

One had Spike sitting on Torch's massive old throne. He was about half as tall in the picture as he was now. Probably due to a lack of greed growth yet. One next to it had Spike sweeping Ember off her feet and locking lips with her, behind him were the statued forms of the Elements of Harmony, Discord, and the Princesses.

A third picture had Spike as he was now. He had a hand on the back of Thorax's head as the two of them laid on a bed together. Thorax was resting his head on the Emperor's chest and nuzzling it lovingly. A final picture was of Ember and Thorax. The two were looking at the camera, their arms wrapped around each other.

The pride jewel of this collection was a painting which sat against the wall. Spike was sitting in his throne, his member erect and a crown on his head. Sitting on one of the arms of the throne was Ember, a smile on her face as she looked down at her lords rod. Spike had an arm on her shoulder. Kneeling next to the throne was the feminine form of Thorax, who had the Emperor's hand on his head.

It was a rather lovely painting, even if she didn't like what was in it. Spike certainly seemed to cherish his time with the two, as they seemed to take priority over his conquests. He had only one picture of himself and four of them after all.

She was ripped out of her thoughts when Spike shouted. "Aha!" He cried out as he picked up a crystal. He haphazardly threw the crystal over his shoulder. It landed in the middle of the room, and with a big boom and a flash of light, a table and five chairs appeared in the middle of the room.

"Compacted furniture." Spike said with a smile as he walked up and took a seat. "An invention from my wonderful court wizard Sunburst. Makes setting up for events a breeze. Only downside is that Sunburst has to rely on other unicorns to make it but ehhhh, only liars and annoying asshats are good at everything."

Ember took a seat directly to the right of Spike and brushed up against him with a smile, while Thorax hesitantly pulled into a seat next to him, confused as to why they were being allowed to sit at the same table as their master.

Starlight was terrified as she thought of what kind of torture was about to occur.

Chrysalis lounged in her throne idly, clawing at something between her teeth with a fingernail. She must have not chewed that grub she had earlier well enough.

Sombra was sitting at a table in front of her with three of her changeling generals as the four of them studied a map, trying to think of something they could use to gain an advantage over Spike.

"What about his slave, Ember?" Chrysalis asked as she laid onto her back and kicked up her hooves. "He seems to have a massive amount of love for her. If we killed her or captured her, we could manipulate him could we not?"

Sombra placed a hand on his chin and hummed as he thought it over. "It could work, but Ember is a fighter, and has been all her life. She would be a difficult target. But let's put a pin in that..."

One of the Generals perked up. "Wait! Our infiltrators have told us the he has two, and Pharynx mentioned that Thorax was one of his personal slaves! He must be the second one!"

Chrysalis quickly stood up with a smile. "That's it! We'll use him!"

Sombra cackled. "Yes... he would be easy to break... Chrysalis, ready your men. I will be back with our new prey in a couple days!"

Chrysalis chuckled as she opened her wings and flew over to Sombra. "I am way ahead of you."

The evil king and queen locked lips as Sombra's hooves started to turn into a black mist. Soon the entirety of him had transformed into a black cloud which rocketed out of the room. It was heading northwards.

Starlight had expected a lot of things, but this was not one of them.

"Introducing, Lord Garbunkle, level 35 Wizard King of unrivaled magical power!" Spike said as he presented a small token for his character, which featured a piece of paper sticking out of the top. On the piece of construction paper was a drawing of Spike, who was wearing solid golden armor, lightning shooting out of his eyes. "He shall conquer this world as I have conquered ours! Bow before him mortals!"

The group broke into laughter, even the timid Thorax giggled a little.

Starlight Two was next, "I have Lady... uh.... Sunshimmer…" She said after a pause.

"Sunshimmer?" Flash Sentry asked after a couple chuckles. "Those are literally just synonyms for Starlight."

"I'm not good with names ok!" Starlight shouted back which earned yet another bout of laughter from the table.

"Anyway, uh, she's a spellsword."

Sunburst presented his character token, it was an orange dragon in yellow armor. "Citrine, Dragon Paladin who has graciously offered his services to the true lord of this land, King Garbunkle!" He was trying to sound intimidating, but he wasn't very good at it.

"Much appreciated!" Spike shouted back. He however, was great at being intimidating.

"Flame Warden." Flash Sentry said presenting his character art. Starlight was surprised by it. It looked good enough that it could be a page in a comic book or something. The detail and shading was amazing. "A unicorn fighter in the noble service as a squire to Citrine!"

"You're a little more than my squire, aren't you?" Sunburst whispered to Flash salaciously, causing the Pegasus to blush and giggle slightly.

Ember put down her character piece. The paper that showed her art was very crumpled to say the least and featured a scribble that if you squinted at it, vaguely resembled a dragon.

"This is Cinder... Uh.... She's a person." The dragoness said scratching the side of her head.

Spike shook his head and tsked before he and everyone else in the room turned to Thorax who hadn't presented yet. The changeling was shaking a little before he gulped and showed his character.

"T-t-t-this is Thicket... H-he's a deer rogue." The changeling finally stammered out after a couple seconds of timid quivering.

Spike grinned down at him and patted the Changeling on the back. "I'm proud of you for presenting him." The Emperor said to him lovingly, and the changeling beamed.

"Awww, that's precious." Starlight said, patting her neighbor Sunburst on the back..

"Gnn, y-yeah." Sunburst stammered out. Starlight noticed Flash's head was now under the table, and that he had a raging wing boner. Indicating that he and Sunburst were involved in a game of their own right now. Starlight hated it. "Oh sweet Emperor you're good at that Flashy!"

Starlight averted her eyes.

The caves that lead from the Changeling Hive to Canterlot were dark and confusing, but Twilight had to suppose that made sense. They were supposed to be made in a way that any potential army sent to invade the hive would be hopelessly lost underneath the winding tunnels and maze like halls.

The resistance members knew that if they lost sight of their guide, they would most likely die down here, so a large group of them had taken to tying themselves together in a big line so they wouldn't be separated. Blueblood had been the one to suggest this, and he was safely at the front, directly behind Twilight.

She had to give him this. Even if Blueblood was a massive dick in her universe, his skills as a leader could by no means be overlooked. He knew what he was doing, at least a lot better than Twilight did. She was not even close to a military leader. If anything, right now she was more of a symbol than anything close to in charge.

She supposed it was good like this.

Speaking of supposing, Twilight found herself supposing just what was going through the head of Pharynx as he stood at the front of the resistance caravan. He limped forwards as if he didn't even feel the hole in his leg. He held a torch a loft in front of him it being the only light in the cave, baring the one or two flash lights that were carried by the resistance members behind them.

She was jolted from her thoughts when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Do you think Pharynx can be trusted?" Spitfire whispered into her ear. "He could be leading us into a trap."

"I don't think so. What would he have to gain from it? We are supposed to be allies." Twilight grunted back to her as she pulled her arm away. She found herself rubbing it. Spitfire's grip was more than a little harsh.

"You know what they say about changelings." Spitfire said. "They are untrustworthy. Pharynx will probably sell us out to his queen at the earliest convenience."

Twilight rolled her eyes. "I didn't expect the leader of the wonder bolts to be a speciest." The Pegasus was about to say something in her defense, before she was cut off by Zecora joining the conversation.

"We should not assume the Changeling is our enemy. Spike is a far greater enemy to us than Chrysalis could ever be." Zecora spoke simply. "One can only imagine what cruelties he is enacting at this very second."

"NAT 20!" The entire table roared in response to Thorax's roll, which sent a stream of rocks falling down onto a swarm of skeletons which destroyed them utterly.

Spike grabbed the Changeling, gently of course, and hoisted him onto his shoulders. "Go Thorax!" The Dragonlord shouted.

The small changelings, aside from his massive blush, looked absolutely giddy. Over the passed couple hours, the bug had really come out of his shell, and he was having just as much fun as the rest of them.

After the revelry had died down Spike found himself sniffing the air for a couple seconds. He turned over to see that Ember's chair was empty, and he smelt something coming from his bed room.

The Dragon Lord sighed deeply as he pulled Thorax off of him and set him back in his chair. "Damn it, she's doing it again. Am I going to have to get chastity belts for you two? Because I really don't want."

"W-why would I get one if she's the one misbehaving?" Thorax whimpered before Spike shushed him with a hand on his chin.

"Now now Thorax. Every single inch of you, and every single sensation you feel is mine. When either of you do that kind of thing without my permission, you're stealing from me." Spike said in a disciplinary voice. "Does a good slave steal from their master?"

"N-no sir. Only bad slaves steal." Thorax replied back submissively.

"Are you a bad slave?"

"No s-sir."

"Good. Stay here with Sunburst and the Starlights. I'll be back in 10 or 20 minutes after giving Ember a good drilling." Spike said as he turned to the door and marched out.

Starlight starred at Spike as he left before she turned her attention back to the changeling slave. The second he left, Starlight noticed a massive shift in his behavior.

The changeling very quickly curled up into a ball and started shaking. His eyes darted every which way. He started shaking and hyperventilating as his eyes teared up. Starlight stared at him with concern.

He looked so... scared.

The unicorn looked between him and the door several times before reaching towards him. Inches away from him, she felt her hand get burnt and shocked. A beam of turquoise energy had struck her. She pulled her hand back quickly and cringed. That hurt.

She turned to the direction it had come to see Starlight Two glaring at her. The alternate Starlight shook her head and growled at her.

She got the message quickly.

To those wondering, the painting is legit just the NSFW art I comissioned for this fic XD

Sorry for the long wait, I hope you liked the chapter.