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Hope is what moves us on...; Celestia pls. And maybe Discord after the ritual fails [28th Jan]
Topic Started: Sep 17 2012, 12:07 AM (835 Views)
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Gryilldae flew out after Utopia. "I take it the retransformation didn't work out." Yesterday a madpony had tried to assassinate Luna, and today there was this. "I take it we're going to try to calm her down somehow. Might I suggest a quick stop by the apothecary? Drugs would work where words do not."

He paused. "Assuming, of course, she hasn't figured out how to shift up an immunity. On second thought a tranquilizer dart may not pierce her chitin." Shaking his head, the changeling of sorrow made further considerations. "And it is too similar to a snatch... no, my queen, I cannot condone this plan."
Edited by Masterweaver, Sep 22 2012, 01:24 PM.
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"You are correct. Discord is way powerful for me. And, no, I won't drug her out in any way. If I have to earn her trust, it has to be with facts... Do you think we could find a way to show her a proof that nothing bad happens?" Utopia was without ideas on what to do, and on her mind only talking would solve this. She was worried for Celestia, of course. "Poor Princess... stuck in the form of what she calls 'an enemy', oblivious to how we work and only thinking the worse... If there was a way to turn the tides..."
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Dawn Shine buzzed through the cold night, not really concerned about ponies seeing her since- thanks to Luna's hissy-fit- there was nopony out in the cold. They were all inside trying to keep warm in the extra cold of a dayless winter her sister had cursed them with... again. Everything was just falling apart around her and there was nothing she could do to stop it.

She could hear him, Discord, laughing his draconic tail off at how she suffered now; even if there were some that actually knew who she was, they lacked the power to fix it. They were also changelings, and they were telling her that she was completely wrong; when there had been nothing to even suggest this. They had always just tried to take things from ponies, to harm all that opposed or stood to possibly oppose them in the future. She had suffered at their hooves, her precious student had suffered thanks to her being smart enough to see through Chrysalis's ruse, niece Cadence and Shining Armor had suffered most of all to facilitate their take over and Chrysalis had laughed in delight while the drones outside the palace attacked the ponies in Canterlot.

Now, they were telling her that that wasn't them anymore! It was just so contrary to all she had known and seen regarding them, it made literally no sense; she couldn't reconcile the past with the present, it didn't fit, it just didn't FIT!

Dawn Shine crashed down, spent from the running that she had just done. Feeding on her own fear had done nothing to curb her desperate hunger and the weakness that came from it, so there was very little she could do even with Discord's magic forcing her to continue living. She bounced off the frozen ground, then rolled to a stop and curled up into a ball. This was a nightmare, a nightmare that she couldn't wake up from.
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Gryilldae shook his head. "The Hive is the great mother, and the Swarm her children. The Queen is the link. I am no longer your equal, though you may treat me as such if you wish; I understand the Lifegiver was herself uncomfortable being Princess as it distanced her from her people." He sighed. That is what Chrysalis forgot. That is what Morpho remembered, and gave her life for. There was something more then the usual respect in his mental voice, something akin to... admiration? But of course, Gryilldae would never admit it.

Turning his attention to the search, the changeling spotted Dawn Shine's shivering form on the road below. I have located our... prey is not a good word. Neither is quarry. Perhaps it would be best if you did the talking.
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"I still like to think we are one big family... Makes me happier. That's why rather than giving orders I prefer to just ask for something, that leaves us all to choose freely whether we want or not to do." Utopia and Gry soon located Dawnshine, and Utopia nodded and landed close to her. "Dawn Shine..." still using an alicorn's form, she folded her wings around her "No, Celestia... That's who you are. Even if you feed from him, even if you believe something we are not... My look on you won't change: You are still our sunshine, you are our warmth, and we want you back, we want you happy..."
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The cold bit at her as she lay on the ground, uncaring thanks to how little anything made sense anymore.

Discord was winning; the world was making less and less as time went on, it wouldn't be too much longer before it completely descended into complete madness and chaos. Harmony was dying, even she knew it; ponies didn't want it anymore, they wanted change. It didn't matter what kind of change, so long as it was change. Discord was change incarnate; shifting reality and everything else around at his whims, never letting it stay the same for longer than an instant. She couldn't fathom how such insanity could appeal to her little ponies, but it wasn't something she could ever do. Oh, she could be silly, she had to be to cope with all her eons; but she was still a child of Harmony and couldn't so much as even dapple with chaos any more than Discord could give Harmony a try. It just wasn't possible.

She heard her name, but just curled up more on the cold ground. She didn't want to hear this; it was more insanity in this world: Her only ally was a changeling, the thing she hated so. And she was apparently wrong about them after centuries of evidence to the country. A lesser mind probably would have broken under all this strain, and even hers was struggling to put it all together; she just wanted things to be back to normal, she wanted things to make sense again!
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"...I could very easily order you to learn about Changeling civilization. In your current form you would be biologically compelled to follow that command. However that would be a subversion of your free will." Gryilldae shook his head. "You wish for sense? Then make sense of us. Do not ignore us, or defy us, but understand. And do so on your own time. I say this things with my own voice, so the Hive does not command you. What happens now is your choice."
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Utopia didn't know what to say to Celestia. She hugged this changeling, keeping her warm with her own warmth. She let this time her brother be the one to do the speaking, letting him know through the hivemind alone that she wished for him to. All Utopia wanted was acceptance... She gained that from the one she loved the most, from those at the orphanage, from her biological family and even from Luna... "Celestia, we will go through together...", she wanted to say but had no courage whatsoever. And she still felt tired and weak from the early attempt to bring Celestia back to normal.
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Finally, Celestia looked up from her foaltal position, glaring at Gryilldae.

"I am not one of your hive; or any hive. You can't command me because the hive isn't in here." She angrily pointed at her head. "So there's nothing there for you to enforce it with; and I not allow you to use mental magic on me to get the same affect." Her head swam, the outburst having spent the limited amount of energy she had gotten from Sonic Wings those days ago. She debated passing out, but decided against it. They want to say that Changlings aren't dangerous, let's put that to the test.

She finally let the body do what it had been wanting to ever since the entire mess started. She breathed in and tasted the multiple emotions of both of them on the inhale, each unique and mixing into an insane amount of flavors. It might have been weird, but at least it was sustenance.
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Gryilldae, ever the tactician, calculated the id levels of the suction and ordered all current military changelings to resupply him their emotional energy through the hive so that the flow was evenly spread amongst the whole. "But you are part of a hive. Is not one of your titles Lifegiver? You are the great mother to ponies, if not in as direct a manner as our Queens. Your people demand you serve their interests, and in turn they follow your commands. Your hive is less... present then that of the changeling hive, but no less real; it is the nature of social creatures to seek leadership."
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Utopia didn't force Celestia into anything. And she also let her consume this queen's feelings. They were so sweet... "Celestia, once you are back to normal... Can I visit you in the castle? I'm sure we can be great friends... And together, we can bring about the peace we want so much... We all are part of something way above us... I just wonder what that is.... She caressed Celestia's head and began humming a soothing lullaby to help her relax.
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And they weren't reacting in the least; there seemed to be some sort of truth to what they were saying about siphoning emotions from ponies... at at least from Changelings, who you'd think would need it more.

However, this revelation didn't really improve her mood. Instead, though she wasn't full or even really more than just 'not starving' right now, she stopped feeding. The simple fact was that she had lost her appetite; knowing that this was the case. She lacked a response to the mental magic using changeling; what could she say after finding something so major about her beliefs was so wrong.

And it still didn't explain the sudden change from 'Invasion and Superiority' to 'Peace and Equality'; things still didn't make any sense to her.
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Gryilldae cut the flow off, sending a simple thanks to the soldiers who had supported him through the hive mind. He stood to the side. If he had been any other pony or changeling his stance might have been described as awkward or embarrassed, but really the closest Gryilldae was capable of was At Attention.
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Utopia kept caring of her, and felt thankful for Celestia finally calming down. But still, kept singing the lullaby with her eyes closed. She was also thankful for Gryilldae, and let him know how happy she was with him and why: She believe he was an excelent brother. However cold and calculating, she had all the faith in him and strongly believed in him.
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