My Little Pony: Friendship Is Frightening!
Chapter 9: Arc 8
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Shutterbug was a light-green unicorn; her mane and tail were reddish orange.
“Erm—excuse me? Did you say ‘bug’?”
“Yes, I did! I photograph bugs—that’s my special talent! What’s yours?”
“My special talent is taking care of animals—all kinds of animals!”
She snapped a photo of me, and then, she galloped off.
“Hi, everypony! I made a new friend today!”
“What’s her name?”
“Shutterbug! She likes bugs.”
“Good heavens! There’s a bug lover in Ponyville?!”
“What’s wrong with her?”
“EEP! She’s e-e-e-e-evil!”
“Ms. Mayor, I’d like to make one thousand copies of this photo.”
“Right away, ma’am!”
The mayor took the photo from Shutterbug and printed one thousand copies of it.
“Yes! This is fantastic! My plan is under way!”
“There you go. Would you like a bag for them? They’re liable to get lost in the wind!”
As if to answer the mayor’s question, Shutterbug just gripped the copies in the magic of her horn.
“Philomena! Long time no see! How are you today?”
The phoenix released flames from her wings.
“EEP! What’s gotten into you, Philomena?!”
Then, she revealed herself to be a changeling!
“Oh, no! Somepony—anypony—help!”
The changeling foalnapped me and flew off.
“What in tarnation?!”
“Somepony committed a crime against fabulosity!”
“There are posters of Fluttershy all over Ponyville!”
“Ooh, ooh, ooh—is today her birthday?!”
“No, Pinkie—she’s missing!”
“We gotta find her pronto!”
“Oh, my darling Fluttershy—she must be in total terror now!”
“I’m her first pony friend; I say we go check her cottage first!”
“I knew that without needing to use my Pinkie Sense!”
“Come on, everypony—let’s hurry!”
A huge changeling appeared before me and terrorized me!
“Fool! I am not Shutterbug; I am Chrysalis—Queen Of The Changelings!”
I could not speak at all; I was far too afraid to find my voice.
“Speak now, pegasus!”
“Erm—wh-wh-what m-m-may I do for you, Y-Y-Your H-H-Highness?”
“Ah—nice and submissive! Me likey!”
“I love all kinds of animals; I’ll take extra good care of your drones!”
“My drones will need all the love you can give!”
“Fluttershy, darling, it’s us—your friends!”
“We saw pictures of you all over Ponyville!”
“Come out—come out—wherever you are, Fluttershy!”
“I wanna thank you for your help on the farm!”
“I’m your first and awesomest friend ever!”
“Poor Fluttershy—she’s not at home!”
“You’re right, Rarity; she could be anywhere.”
“Ooh—ooh—is she playing hide-and-seek?”
“Pinkie Pie, you gotta focus!”
“I’ll search for her in the sky; you four cover the ground!”
Changelings feed on love, and Queen Chrysalis commanded me to give my love to her drones. I did the best I could to share my love with them.
I fed them. I guarded their eggs. I kept their eggs warm. I even sang to their eggs!
Chrysalis praised me for my efforts, but I still had more work to do.
I nursed the sick and injured changelings back to health. I even gave the changelings hugs and nuzzles! All the while, I got weaker and weaker.
“Hang on, everypony! I think I know where Fluttershy is.”
“Where, Applejack?! Where?!”
“Sweet Apple Acres!”
“That makes sense, because there are farm animals there.”
“Farm animals? How disgusting!”
“It’s gonna get more disgusting if we don’t go rescue Fluttershy! We gotta hustle, Rarity!”
“Awww—the poor pony has fallen asleep!”
Indeed, I had.
“I’ll just leave her alone so that she can get her rest.”
Queen Chrysalis left me behind, and her drones followed her.
“Huh?!”
I woke up to find myself all alone in a dark room.
“Oh, no! I’m scared! HELP!”
Alas, nopony could hear me.
My friends were outside at Sweet Apple Acres fighting off the changelings by pelting them with apples.
“Yee-haw! Keep it up, everypony!”
Pinkie Pie fired some applesauce from her trusty party cannon.
“Take that! Now that’s a lot of applesauce!”
“That was a most ingenious plan, Applejack, darling!”
“Much obliged, Rarity.”
“Hey—where did Queen Chrysalis go?”
“Never mind Chrysalis; we have to rescue Fluttershy!”
“You made it! Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!”
“You must have been all tuckered out, Fluttershy.”
“I was. Queen Chrysalis forced me to take care of her drones!”
“Fluttershy, did you know that changelings feed on love?”
“I know now. But—erm—I’m still afraid of Chrysalis!”
“Oh, darling, don’t worry! We brought you lots of nutritious delicacies!”
My friends were taking a horrible beating at the hooves of the changelings.
“Oh, dear! Are you OK? Oh, my goodness! You need help!”
Next, the changelings went after me!
“Ouch! Stop! You’re hurting me! You meanies!”
My friends helped me to my hooves.
Then, I flew up to meet Queen Chrysalis at eye level.
“How dare you! First, you force me to love your changeling drones, and now, you sic them on me? Really?!”
Chrysalis just scoffed at me.
“Treachery is no way to repay kindness. I’m sorry, but you forced me to do this. Prepare for the Stare!”
My gaze paralyzed the changeling queen, and then, my friends destroyed her!
“I hereby award Fluttershy with the Golden Feather Of Courage!”
“Oh! Erm…”
“Say something, Fluttershy! Everypony loves you!”
“Yes! Do speak up, darling!”
“All right. Erm—may we celebrate by getting back to building the Ponyville Pet Center?”
“What a noble idea, Fluttershy!”
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