Chapter 59

“Nope, no, uh uh,” Dave shook his head as he tried to pull at his restraints. “Not happening, go to hell, not in a million years”

“I would have thought that you would have been pleased to see your queen again,” Chrysalis smiled as she placed one of her hooves on Dave’s chest

“DAD!” Dave yelled as he continued to squirm, his worried frown moved over to the changeling queen. “Can you please step back?”

Chrysalis smiled as she looked at Dave’s restraints, “Oh you seem to be stuck, how… unfortunate”

Dave’s eyes widened as Chrysalis placed her hooves around his neck, “Yeah I am kinda busy and you really shouldn’t be here”

“I should not be here?” Chrysalis laughed quietly as she rubbed her nose against Dave’s. “You are the one that dug into my hive”

“Wait, we crashed into your hive?” Dave frowned, his concentration was broken as a loud thud hit the side of the train. “What was that?” Dave muttered before remembering that he was in a vulnerable position and the changeling queen seemed to be making the most of it

Chrysalis licked Dave’s cheek as she used her hooves to keep Dave’s head still as she aimed for Dave’s mouth. “It is probably nothing, we wouldn’t want to be distracted now would we?”

“Alright, you’ve had your fun,” Strong Shield groaned as he pulled Chrysalis away from Dave and began pushing her to the door

Odio swirled into the Daedalus with a frown. “The changelings tried to jump us but your dad seemed to handle himself quite well”

Chrysalis hopped away from Strong Shield and lowered her horn. “I will punish you for standing in my way!” she snarled as her horn glowed, a beam of green light shot towards Strong Shield but it only travelled a few inches before it simply faded away

“Yeah, even with your power the Daedalus can still have an effect,” Strong Shield narrowed his eye. “So that means I have the advantage due to my physical prowess”

Chrysalis snarled, “but will you have the strength to defeat my entire swarm?” her eyes glanced between the unicorn, the fog and the human as her wings began to vibrate and produce a loud buzzing

From the outside of the Daedalus the rest of the changelings began to buzz in response to their queen. Their eyes appearing at the door as they glared at the passengers in the prison train

“Wait,” Dave called from his restraints. “Can we make a deal?”

Chrysalis narrowed her eyes at Dave, “what do you propose?”

“Dinner,” Dave shook his head as Chrysalis’ eyes lit up. “Not what you think, just let us have dinner, we can talk and I will let you know how I choked the Gryphon general”

The changeling queen smiled as she fluttered eye eyes at Dave, “Well that would make an excellent conversation starter”

Dave nodded before looking at the cautious Strong Shield, “Can you let me down? I’m not really into bondage”

“Yeah I was debating when I should have told Strong Shield that Chrysalis was going to rape you,” Odio huffed as he began looking at the buttons at the front of the train, eventually pressing one and the restraints retracted back into the wall and allowed Dave to fall to his feet

Strong Shield frowned at the changeling queen, “if I suspect a single bit of treachery then I will take action,” he growled before stepping off the train, Odio close behind him

“If we could go to a dining room then that would be great,” Dave rubbed his healing wrists before stepping of the train, the humid and damp smell of the hive instantly reached his nostrils. “No changelings other than yourself though”

“My sister will be joining us,” Chrysalis stepped beside Dave, standing close to him before he took a small step away. “But I have no dining room, the best I can offer is a small modification to the throne room

Dave reluctantly nodded and followed the queen down one of the tunnels that delved deeper into the hive. He looked back at the Daedalus had crashed through the ceiling and had rammed through a few pillars before stopping at one of the walls

Strong Shield walked alongside Dave whilst Odio floated behind them, his flaming eyes looked at the changelings that scurried along the walls and the ceiling. Dave followed Chrysalis, ignoring the obvious hip swaying that she was displaying in his direction

“Hey, if I didn’t know any better,” Odio hummed as he whispered in Dave’s ear. “I would say that she is hitting on you”

“I noticed,” Dave groaned as he didn’t notice Chrysalis had stopped and walked into her flank

“Oh Dave,” Chrysalis smiled. “If you really wanted we could go somewhere more private,” she winked

Dave groaned as he stepped back, “you are really desperate you know that?”

Odio had to refrain from giggling as Chrysalis flicked Dave with her tail and began leading the way again. Strong Shield continued to glance between the changelings before noticing a large door, the surface was made of various carapaces but it still had the vague shape

Chrysalis’ horn glowed and the door opened, allowing the group to enter before closing it behind them, the changeling swarm buzzed before scattering to attend whatever duties they required

A throne sat in the middle of the round room, a few black beams connected the top of the throne to the surrounding walls. A few gaps in the walls seemed to lean into small rooms, a few pieces of random junk poked out from some of the gaps

“Kleptomaniac,” Odio chuckled as he flew up and peeked in some of the gaps. “You use this room more like a storeroom than a throne room”

“This is my personal area,” Chrysalis snarled. “I recommend that you keep your prying eyes to yourself”

Dave indicated for Odio to float down before the door opened again and Princess Larva walked in, her face suddenly beamed as she saw Dave. Chrysalis’ horn glowed as a flash of light brought a large block into the centre of the room and a few hallow shells the size of bowls appeared

“Why is it that creatures that shouldn’t get into relationships all seem to want to get into a relationship with me?” Dave groaned as Larva skipped over, her joy obvious as she sat next to her sister

“Probably because you seem to break every rule,” Odio chuckled. “You physically resist this world, spiritually resist magic, and emotionally attach to every royal being from here to the end of the world”

Dave sighed as he sat down at the improvised table, Strong Shield sat beside him whilst Odio had compacted his fog into a simplified humanoid shape, his hands replaced with a few wisps that constantly morphed shape

Chrysalis and Larva sat down opposite the three adventurers as they smiled, “so would you like some of our food?”

Strong Shield snorted, “I am summoning some rations, and you can keep your goo”

Odio chuckled, “I don’t have a stomach so… yeah”

Dave shook his hands as all eyes turned to him, “I’m fine with my dad’s space food”

Chrysalis sighed, “If you are our guest you must really try a little bit of our cuisine”

“Fine,” Dave groaned. “Just a small bit”

Larva leaned over the table and her long tongue fell into Dave’s bowl. Her tongue shook slightly as the bowl began to fill with a light green substance

“I made that especially,” Larva smiled as she sat back in her spot, leaving Dave with a disgusted expression

“That… was… revolting,” Dave stared at the jelly in his bowl. “I am not eating your spit”

Odio laughed as he looked into Dave’s bowl, “you don’t have a problem eating honey.” He smirked as Dave glared at him, “just think of how much it looks like mountain dew”

Dave took a deep breath as he lifted the bowl to his lips, the stench of the goo reminded him of lemons and rotting wood. A combination that didn’t reassure him as he tilted his head back and allowed the thick and viscous sludge to slowly fall pour into his mouth

The taste was completely indescribable as Dave heaved but managed to keep all the gunk in his mouth. The goo was sticky as it made it hard for Dave to move his tongue around his mouth, his teeth not able to grind anything as Dave slowly began to swallow the goo piece by piece

Chrysalis and Larva both smiled sweetly as Dave forced the liquid love into his stomach. As he felt the goo slowly run down into his stomach, his eyes widened and his body felt warm, like the way he did when he proposed to Celestia

“Whoa,” Dave held his head as he rested his elbows on the table. “That stuff sure packs a punch”

“It is the love we feed on,” Chrysalis’ bowl was now full of the green sludge and her tongue lapped at the goo. “It provides the feeling of love and the sample my sister gave you was of the highest quality”

Larva tipped her head to Dave, “Did you enjoy it?”

“Y-yeah I suppose,” Dave coughed as he felt the leftovers continue to slowly run down into his stomach. He smiled as Strong Shield dropped some strawberries, “thanks,” Dave said quickly as he scoffed the strawberries to get the taste out of his mouth

Strong Shield had some slices of melon and sat quietly as he ate. “We should sleep once we have done this, we can lock the Daedalus from the interior”

Dave nodded, “yeah we should get some rest while the Daedalus is still upright”

Chrysalis and Larva both glanced at each other before Chrysalis quickly leant forwards. “If you prefer, you can sleep here”

“We will sleep in the train,” Strong Shield glared. “I don’t trust you for obvious reasons”

Chrysalis snarled at the unicorn. “I could easily have my swarm bash against your pathetic train and make sure you don’t get the chance to sleep”

“We could easily drive a bit further ahead to get our sleep,” Odio glared. “Well… for them to sleep, I just pull an all-nighter to play games”

Larva placed her hooves on the table top, her amber mane draped onto the table, “Well I think that sleeping in here would be much more comfortable”

“I prefer the train,” Strong Shield spat. “No matter what you threaten, I am not going to be forced”

Odio nodded, “yeah, I prefer the indestructible train to keep a nice barricade between me and you”

All eyes turned to Dave again as he looked between his traveling companions and the two royals opposite. “W-well I um…”

“If Dave sleeps here then I will make sure you all get a good night’s rest,” Chrysalis looked at Strong Shield as he hummed

Strong Shield nodded, “deal, see you in the morning Dave”

Dave gawped as Odio and Strong Shield both left him alone with the royal changelings. “Well… I think I had better hit the hay, I have a long day tomorrow”

Dave slowly stood up and backed away from the changelings as they smiled, their tongues poked out of their mouths as they began to creep around and over the table their hungry gazes on Dave

“We wouldn’t want to be bad hosts now would we sister?” Chrysalis smiled as Dave was backed into a corner

Larva licked her lips as Dave gulped, “I still want to taste his love from the source”

“You are both really freaking me out,” Dave held his hands up as the changelings got closer. “Did I tell you I was engaged to Celestia and Luna is now my other marefriend?”

Dave’s attempts to stop the changelings in their tracks failed as Chrysalis almost seemed spurred on at the mention of Celestia’s name

“We don’t mind sharing,” Chrysalis smiled as she approached Dave. “And now we know you are more willing to have multiple lovers then we are more than willing to join”

“I NEVER INVITED YOU!” Dave groaned loudly as Chrysalis stood on her hind legs and placed her forelegs on either side of Dave’s head. Larva nuzzled herself against Dave’s chest as she listened to his heartbeat

“Does Dave have a lot of love?” Larva whispered to her sister as she fluttered her eyes at Dave

“Oh yes,” Chrysalis sighed as she sniffed Dave. “He is absolutely full of love that he is willing to share”

Dave quickly ducked under Chrysalis’ legs as he hopped away from the pair of sisters. Chrysalis smiled as she looked back at Dave, swishing her tail to draw his eyes to her body

“Is he playing hard to get?” Larva smiled deviously. “Because I love a challenge”

“This is going to be a long night,” Dave sighed