A throne piece were cleanly sliced, a loud grunt echoes to the entire room. Ringing head and a violent reaction, feels like a brain turn to a smoothie. "Why the hell do this shit not stopping?!"
Nearly bash her own head against her very own throne, and that exact time. She stopped. "I- really coming back!" She took herself together, walking down her throne. Transform it to a better looking one, as her drones were present upon her will.
"Witness what i had discover after that headache, a C H A N G E." Her form gradually change as she shed her skin, leaving the previous one black shell of hers aside and this new her.
Shining moss head, rather lightcoated and generally red eye of hers. Still signifying danger, and her demeanor didn't reflect that. She soften her voice, albeit resemble that of Celestia herself. "Find your inner love, my child. For we no longer rely on other's love to survive."
All of the present guards attempt this, their exoskeleton peeled on its own. Revealing the lime pea color within them, they really had less hungry anymore.
This information spread all across the nest, sparking spontanious shift on the entire colony of changelings. "For that, we had a new way on fulfill our hunger."
She went out from her palace room, into the top of the colony itself. She attempt to perform a creation spell, which she had a hard time doing.
"My Queen!" Several drones had caught their falling Queen, on the top were already planted a large land lotus.
"All of you, grow it with magic. I have none left, i'll coordinate all of you instead." All of them have little to no doubt in her, start pouring their magic to the growing flower. The swarm giving up their magic to this single plant, really unusual for a changelings.
"That's it, you all can wait and back away from the seed."
The little sprout violently grew really long roots that anchor to the base of their lair, putting all of them in shock and The Queen command her entire swarm to bask under the sun once more. Several changelings dozed off from laying down on the massive flower, including The Queen herself. Not all of them are, some are kept aware and alert for the surroundings.
The Queen herself? She was all worn out and sleeping really well, for her position is on the core of this large flower.
Drawn so much energy to herself, starting to make a strange energy conversion in it. All chaos around were convert to pure magic for them to naturally gain, slowly growing healthier over time.
Meanwhile on the palace, where all activities were on the name of moon. A retired Celestia had now had replenish her vitality, a mere watcher of Equestria now ruled by her sister. Just like what Luna feels eons ago, her belief is placed correctly. 'She really suitable to be the sovereign, and get what she wants.'
But heavy surge of dilated magic hit her, she checks out what is. "Diomedea?" She mutter, as her expression turn somewhat curious and suspicious.
"What is that quustaceans had planned, her greatest feat yet." She had to check, but she need one thing.
"Liiiiiiight!" A wing appeared besides her, then another and the rest of it's main body.
"Light reported for duty, what's master need?" Light tilted her head, awaiting for another command.
Celestia stand firm, no longer wore any jewel and shift to her younger version. She hid her wing, and state "We are going to Diomedea, please come with me for safety."
"Affirmative, Master."
Celestia, with more than enough magic. Teleport her and Light near Diomedea territory, she expect there still a possible barier there. But, there are none, none are present but a large flower at the top of the spawn. "What in the name of holiness is this?!"
"All of them are changed, a lot."
The Queen of changelings, now had awoken and in search for something. "Where are you, Thor~"
"Light, have you practice flight with your personal training?" Light immediate response was, carry Celestia with her strong frontlimbs. Fly high enough to get the entire view of this new looks of the lair, and all of them were laying motionless on the flower.
"What had happened?!" Celestia zoom in with her sight enhancer spell, note things on her mental image. Until the Queen had back on the center with one of her subordinate, but suposedly no longer are.
The Queen's gaze lock into Celestia's exact place, startling her and make Light drop her from less friction.
"MASTER!" She screamt, took a nosedive and her master change the direction of her momentum.
Until a green light emit near Celestia, catching her mid momentum. "Hello- Tia, this is your old friend. Chrysalis, remember?"
"You, had changed?" The Queen tear open Celestia's wing supressor, still not understanding what is her reasoning. A charge up can be easily detected from far behind her, a focused energy beam.
"Why did you restrict yourself anyway-" The beam of light struck The Queen, in which it was able to pierce trough her magic barrier.
"Light! Stop!"
The beam instantly stopped upon her command, The Queen barely able to hold against her own from this attack. But awakened Changeling's healing factor isn't to be reckoned with, able to fix her pierced body as it were before the impact.
With this, Light had nearly start second Changeling war. "My Queen! Are you alright?!"
"Oh, sweet Thor. Don't worry about me, i am fine~" She show her whole body to him, no scratch whatsoever.
Light lower her flight, apologising to all of them. "It is okay, what did you expect from a revolution in our way? Definitely hard to believe, but here we are. So, Tia- Why won't you visit my spawn?" Celestia still uneasy with the sudden change on The Queen's behaviour, but that eye of hers isn't the one last time she ecounter The Queen.
"Nope, i need to go back to my duty at Canterlot. Never see yo-" The Queen's eye twitch, nearly all of the changelings surround the two ponies.
All of them point their halberd at Celestia, The Queen don't let them. "I have heard you said it yourself, now you are dethroned and i luckily changed my mind before ambushing your precious country. Now, it is nothing than just plans and passing wind."
"I still don't trust you, a rock head changeling you are never grasp that peace actually are." The Queen laugh with no holding back, which is the exact same laugh Celestia recognise before.
"Well, old me? Of course she will never understand, but i have seen the truth myself." Her eyelid twitch more, the crown she had as Queen now transform to a chain of branch with leaf on it. Further with her color keep twitching violently, her pupil shrink even more she thinks about it. Soon, she became her white self when she get the hang of her mind back.
"Really, whatever your reason is. We gladly accept any creature, but that space now had occupied." A glimpse of past hit Celestia, the same one when both of them are still on the same class, Starswirl's class. "Oh, okay then. I will be back to Canterlot, feel free to contact me on this-"
Celestia give The Queen an orb, glass orb of communication.
The Queen just smiles at it, gratefully accepts th gift. "Farewell, may this isn't going to be our last. Remember to never accept chaos, you will regret it yourself."
The Queen's eyelid twitch once more, but she bid Celestia goodbye with Light.
"Good old times, heading back to Lair we are." They went back to their hive, with Celestia teleporting to Ponyville instead. Still wearing the same looks, but seal her own wing once more to avoid attention. Same goes with Light, but there is more to it than this.
Before Celestia could reach The Doctor's MUFFIN, she was stopped by the staff of mare in white. "Pr- oh, sorry. Celestine, meeting The Doctor is your reasoneth?"
"Alterjack, it's been a while. You know the reports right? Report it to The Doctor, now." Weiss staff went back to her, and she knock the MUFFIN door 3 times. MUFFIN door open, revealing a blonde silver mare. She gaze fixed to the white mare in front of her, took her a while but she recognise her.
"Prin- Celesti- went insside!" She let everypony present went inside, before the door closed.
"Hun, we got a guest!"
A book were thrown, the Doctor ran to the opposite direction of the book's direction. He catch the book with his bare mouth, but notice his wife and sprint towards guest room. "Hello~ Ladies, did thou ecounter a peculiar Changelings?"
Celestia taking a seat "How- did you know?"
"Ohohoho~ Like you don't know who i am, Indeed she was the same one. The same ally on the upcoming war, your highness." The book placed on his side, while his eyes were locked to Weiss staff.
Celestia, driven by her curiosity. With The Doctor squinting his eyes, not amused. But her gaze turn to Weiss staff, there is nothing wrong with the staff crystal.
"What is wrong, doctor?"
"That- that crystal is one of your elements if i am not wrong." Celestia attempt to open the dimension, but nothing happened.
"Forget to inform you, the only thing allowed to enter is pure magic. So, that's why the alternate version of your pupil is still exist out of her illnes."
She keep trying to ignite her horn, but she just can't "You mean, my magic isn't pure?!"
"Precisely, your highness." Celestia cannot feel her own magic, as it neither present anywhere inside MUFFIN whatsoever. But Light's magic is somewhat present on the meantime, Celestia's young form is still present and untouched.
"Now that you mention about it, maybe this world also need to participate on that war."
These words came from The Doctor's mouth trigger a shiver from her spine, her pupil shrink. "Wh- what kind of war?-"
"Multiverse ending war, a threat possibly bring destruction upon us." The Doctor stand up, walk to the kitchen while keeping his voice high
"Never sure we will able to avoid, for it happen 4 times so far." He went back with Hot water, tea, and sugar pot.
"The 5th is incoming, you insist- we could use your help as another boost to the war." He offer the guests tea, as he make his own tea. Celestia gladly accept the tea, adding bunch of sugar to her tea.
This put small head problem to Celestia herself "But, i don't think you can rely something outside of magic."
"Of course i can, but why are you concern?" The Doctor put down his cup of tea, bring all of them inside a spesific room on MUFFIN. Without a single doubt, Celestia went inside with Light too.
The Doctor stop in the middle of this rather large spatial dimension of MUFFIN. "Hun, can you activate the gravitational chanber function?"
The mare, behind 4 inch thick glass. Give a salute to The Doctor, switch the lever on.
"Level 3 gravity, in 3- 2- 1-"
Light and Celestia fall down, unable to move. But Doctor stand firm, none of their fit got wrecked. The vision of both Celestia and Light were distorted, their body cannot stand without the sufficient abount of magic. The Doctor raise his forelimbs, his wife turn the thing off. "Really, i didn't think you could handle this much of gravity let alone fly."
"I guess, you right. Maybe there will be a way we could help, but given to how challenging it were to even step out of this universe." The Doctor just give an acknowledgement, honest one.
He laugh. "I guess, i am not alone this time. Lady Laufen's training is much harder than this, so what could you do?"
"MORE?!"
'No wonder Vey view this world like piece of cake, this is less than it' Her face told everything, as they were leave from the MUFFIN.
"Maybe i'll contact you later, for it i gave you this." A suitcase, given directly to Celestia.
"Thanks for your information, Doctor." Celestia and Light leave MUFFIN, leave The Doctor with grin of amusement before lock his gaze at Weiss, he snatch the staff she brought with her.
She didn't mutter a single word, The Doctor threw Weiss staff out of MUFFIN while shout "BEGONE!"
Weiss figure vanish before him, seal MUFFIN enterance shut.
The Imaginary transmission screen open on it's own, likely accessed from somewhere in this world. Doctor's companion shocked by this, but The Doctor left grinning. "Took you long enough, Queen."
"YES! The Doctor!" A figure in white, taller than The Doctor himself. Doctor approach the imaginary screen before inputting the signal to Svadi, now it became 3 way communication.
The 3rd screen is only noise, until it slowly fades. Revealing a white headed cyan horse, for she had one mechanical eye. "Welcome back, General Chrysalis. We will sent a portal as soon as possible, meeting dismissed."
Before the screen became noise, Erika left a grin on her face. Creep other changelings but Chrysalis and her trusted guard, unnatural sense of familiarity creeps all of them out.
"Chris, how did you do it this time?"
"Assemble the metal we had claim as throphy and utilize them for better, thanks for doing this 4th time in a row." This make The Doctor laugh before he bid farewell to The Queen, ending the call.
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[To be continued]