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To Be Different

by Astrocity

Chapter 1: 1. The Fateful Beginning

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Crash!

I woke up with a start at the sound. I didn’t like it. Tears welled up in my eyes. I started bawling and screaming. There were more loud noises coming from outside the room—screaming, crashing, and muffled yells. I clenched my eyes shut and kept crying, hoping to make the noise stop. I didn’t know how long I cried, but when I stopped crying, my face was damp and my throat was sore.

Usually when I cried, one or two big creatures would come into the room. I always felt better when one of them picked me up as they talked to me in a soft voice. I didn’t understand them, but the way they rocked me back and forth and the way they spoke made me feel better and sleepy. This time though, they didn’t come.

The loud noise had dulled. I poked my muzzle between the bars of the box thing I sat in and looked around the room for the two creatures that took care of me. I saw the fluffy toys I liked to chew on in the corner of the room and the place where the big creatures changed the soft, white thing on my bottom, but I couldn’t find the two big creatures. I was about to cry again until the door creaked open and a black thing’s head popped in.

It was as big as the two that took care of me and kind of looked like them too. It had a pointy horn on its head, light blue eyes, and two sharp teeth sticking out of its mouth. It was a funny-looking thing. The creature turned its head left and right as it looked around the room. I stood on my hind legs and leaned against the bars, my head barely reaching above the side of the box thingy I stood in. I wanted to get a closer look at the strange thing. It was about to leave, so I called it back. My voice came out as a small whine. The thing poked its head back inside the room and looked around again before its eyes landed on me. I gave another whine, this time louder.

The door opened fully, revealing the strange creature. The rest of its body was black except for part of its back and its wings. I noticed there were holes in its wings as well as its legs and tail. Its wings buzzed to life as it fluttered over to where I stood. I smiled and giggled at the creature. It looked so silly.

It raised one of its brows when it looked at me. I wanted to play with it, so I tried to climb out of the box. But I'm still too small. My hooves clung to the edge of the box as I try to pull myself up, but my hind legs hung in the air and pressed against the bars. The creature flew closer to me and shook its head. I gave another push over the edge of the box and reached for one of the holes in its legs. I felt myself tilting forward.

There was a tug at my tail as I was about to fall. It was the creature biting onto my tail as it hovered in the air. It gently lowered me to the ground before sitting down and spitting out my tail. It let out a sigh and wiped its forehead with a hoof. I crawled up to the black thing and began sniffing and poking the holes in its legs and wings. It yanked its legs away and took a step back, giving me a harsh glare. I felt something wet gathering around my eyes again. It softened its glare and gave a sigh before sitting closer to me. I immediately took that chance to play with the thing by pawing at its tail.

It gave a toothy smile before wrapping two hooves around me and lifting me up. I squealed as it carried me back to the box. It set me down, opened the window by the box, and gave me another smile. It started making its way out the window, but I bit on the end of his tail. I didn’t want it to leave yet. It shook its head at me and pulled its tail out of my mouth. It turned to leave again, but I clung onto one of his rear legs. It pulled its leg away and glared at me. It made some hissing noises as it pointed at me and then at the box I was in. I didn’t know what it was saying. It was about to leave through the window again, but I held onto its body.

It opened its mouth to say something again, but a loud sound boomed from outside. A clear, pink wall came out of nowhere and threw the creature out the window with me hanging onto it. It screeched and flailed its legs as we soared in the air with other black creatures that looked like the one I was holding onto. I giggled as I felt the wind rush through my mane and brush against my body.

This was fun.

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Chrysalis shrieked as she soared through the air uncontrollably, all coming to a stop when her muzzle met a mouthful of dirt. She spat out the soil offending her taste buds, gave one look around, and groaned at the sight.

They were back where they started.

The land around was mostly barren except for the few vegetation that managed to survive the horrid conditions. The outside entrance to their hive was a simple cave opening that led to the dark, intricate underground tunnels where it was much cooler than the ground above. It wasn't glamorous. It wasn’t a castle or a city. But it was home.

Chrysalis shakily stood on her hooves. A painful groan escaped from her. "It seems I may have underestimated these ponies. Curse that wretched unicorn! If it weren't for her, everything would have been perfect! Defeated by love, how humiliating!"

She shook herself of the dirt that clung to her and straightened her mane. "All those plans, all those days pretending to be Princess Mi Amore Cadenza wasted." Her face twisted at the memories. "Another day longer would be maddening."

She wanted nothing more than to crush Equestria under her hooves and stomp on it until there was nothing left but dust. Was that too much to ask?

One of her subjects trotted up to her, bowed, and made a few chirps and clicks.

"What? What do you mean we have a ‘small problem’?" she asked. She was in no mood for any more bad news after a failed attempt of an invasion. What more could possibly go wrong?

Giggling and screeching caught her attention, bringing her gaze towards the source of the sound. Not far off in the distance, another changeling was being squeezed in the grip of a small foal. The baby pony giggled happily as she played with the strange creature. The poor changeling tried to scramble away, but the foal clung onto him and was dragged along. The rest of the changelings backed away from the foal, in fear of being the foal’s next plaything. The queen looked at the scene with utter confusion before her face contorted into a grimace.

"Where did this one come from?" she asked the swarm. An air of authority radiated from her voice and glare.

A changeling, much to his reluctance, was shoved forward from the crowd. Under Chrysalis’s demanding gaze, he began explaining in a rapidfire of clicks.

"So she grabbed onto you and came with us during the spell?" she asked. The changeling blinked, then nodded. Chrysalis put a hoof to her head, feeling a headache growing with the situation forced onto her.

"Perfect. Just perfect... Why not add a baby to the mix? Heaven and stars, what am I going to do with you? It’s not like I can go traipsing around Equestria looking for her family."

She felt two hooves wrap around one of her legs and found the foal looking up at her with her blue eyes, filled with awe and wonder. Chrysalis returned her stare with a scowl of her own. The foal smiled, laughed, and moved under her towards her rear where she began swatting and tugging her tail.

“Cease your touching, foal!” shouted Chrysalis, stepping away from the baby. The little pony followed after her unafraid and continued its playing, taking strands of her tail in her mouth.

Chrysalis grimaced at the display. However, love and affection poured out the foal. It was delicious. Here sat a foal, giving out love like candy. A smile crept its way onto Chrysalis’s face, revealing her fangs. An idea hatched in her head. A wonderful idea.

Pulling the foal away from her tail, she nuzzled the little pony. “You poor thing. How would you like to live with me, little one?” she asked in a motherly way. The foal returned her affections, sending another delicious wave of love to her. Now that Chrysalis got another look at the foal, she somewhat resembled her. She was a pony with a dark coat, a teal mane and tail, the same color as hers, as well as two eyes as blue as the sky. It would be easy for Chrysalis to think of her as one of her own—her own daughter. Chrysalis cradled the baby in her hooves, earning a laugh from the foal.

“Mother Chrysalis is here to care for you,” she said. “But what should I call you? Every princess needs a name.” She looked at the foal sucking on her hoof. She was an earth pony, so she couldn't fly or do magic, and of course, since she wasn't a changeling, she wouldn't be able to alter her appearance, the deceitful nature that made a changeling. She couldn’t change who she was. She would remain the same pony she was for the rest of her life. After going through many names in her head, one finally stood among the rest.

“Nymph… How does that name sound?” Chrysalis asked the foal.

She let out a giggle and clapped her hooves.

Chrysalis smiled at the foal. “Does little Nymph want to help Mommy destroy the princesses?” she cooed.

The foal giggled as she was lifted.

“Yes, you do! But that will have to wait until you have matured. For now, it is time for Mommy to get to know her new daughter.” The changeling queen placed the foal on her back. The queen, the foal, and the changelings flew into the cave, the little pony laughing all the while she rode on Chrysalis’s back, unaware of the world she was thrust into, as they traveled into the dark abyss of her new home.

Author's Notes:

Yep... Working on a third story. What about my other stories? I'll still work on them. I just had to get this out before I forget it. Working on three stories might kill me. Why am I doing this? Because I've lost control of my life.

5/26/13 - I'm just going to skip the changeling puns in this story.

7/6/15 - Edited

Special thanks to Eldorado for pre-reading.

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