Okay, so here's the next chapter, and a little later than I thought it'd be XD
Just a warning for all you close-minded people. This story IS going to contain sexual content. I'm not sure how long it's going to be, but it'll be in there.
In any case, I hope you enjoy the chapter, and if I don't upload anything after this, then spam me with hatemail, it's hilarious XD
Begin!
We Are Mated For Life
(The Love)
Chrissy Pov- Nineteen Minutes Ago.
Fear…
All I could feel was fear, and pain.
"Richie?"
I tried so very hard to direct my thoughts towards my lover…but no matter how hard I tried, something else always managed to block me off.
I couldn't tell if it was magic or simply the sheer amount of terror unconsciously deflecting my call. But whatever it was…I didn't like it, I didn't like it one little bit.
"Fear not my love," I crooned silently, hoping against hope that it reached him. "Whatever is causing your fear will NOT do so much longer…I swear it!"
I am not ashamed to reveal just how frightened I was to practically storm Celestia's palace. For I was afraid, of her, of her sister…of what could happen to Richie if I was discovered and chained.
The royal sisters could do anything to him, nevermind me. They could erase all memory of me from him, all our moments, all our arguments and the way we always made up afterwards. Heck even if they failed to capture me, they could and most likely would hide him away from the world…from me.
To infiltrate a castle is hard enough, but doing it whilst it's on full alert...Impossible.
I blinked and forced myself to focus as the castle came into full view, a couple of Celestial guards standing by the great doors.
To my surprise, the area around us was conveniently empty. But if anything it only made my infiltration that much easier to accomplish.
Their eyes flickered onto me as I neared, their expressions grim yet unyielding in their true emotions.
Unfortunately for them, I could feel everything they could. And right then, all I could feel was a certain amount of uneasiness, and most bizarrely, slight terror.
"Now why are they afraid of little ol' me?" I pondered curiously, only to snap out of it as the one of them cleared his throat.
"Can we help you ma'am?" he asked, his voice expertly hiding his true feelings.
"Yes actually," I answered, subtly batting my eyes at the nervous guard. "I was wondering if you fine gentlecolts wouldn't mind pointing me in the direction of Richard Tyler, I'm sure you know him."
There it was again, that fear.
Why were they afraid?
"W-We do not know where he is at the moment ma'am," he replied, a hint of nervousness surrounding both him and his voice.
"Oh?" I asked innocently, noticing a sudden spike in fear as I did so. "Well then, I'm sure you wouldn't mind finding him for me would you?"
The guard was visibly sweating know, in fact both of them were. It was puzzling to be honest, I mean my disguise was attractive, drop dead actually. So why I installed fear into them without showing my true self was…beyond me.
"We…We cannot leave our stations ma'am," he stuttered. "And we…can't let you in either."
"Really now?" I inquired, a genuine hint of steel in my tone. "And why, pray tell, is that?"
Both guards looked at each other nervously, one swallowing, the other actually trembling a bit.
And then I felt it, a very loose connection…one lost for so long that I genially believed I'd never feel it again. They both knew too, I could see it in their eyes…especially when they both flashed a very milky white, if but for a moment.
I stepped back, shock and distress flooding within me.
"You're…you're…"
I couldn't speak…I literally couldn't find the words. Yet as they both looked at me, trembling greatly as they did so, both nodded slowly and bowed fearfully…A single word, a powerful word leaving their lips.
"Mother."
"My children," I whispered, tears creeping into the corner of my eyes. "You're my children, both of you?"
They nodded again before righting themselves once more, yet the fear once masked was now plain as day for me to witness. Why they were so frightened was beyond me…yet it didn't matter. Nothing mattered, even Richard was momentarily forgotten, much to my later displeasure.
"Why have you hidden yourselves from the hive mind?" I asked, a trace of hurt escaping me.
They both looked at each other once more as I asked this, a flicker of resigned terror bursting from them before they turned to face me.
The one on…no, no I see her name, HER name. I could feel it as I pressed lightly against her mind, invasive but necessary though it was.
Crackle…her name was Crackle.
"We fled," she whimpered fearfully. "When the princess and her husband wove their magic we could sense your terror…and so we tapped into their spell and used the basic emotion to teleport away."
I…I remembered this, vaguely, as though it were a dream. I remembered a flash, bright yet so far away that in light of my incoming demise I failed to fully take it into account.
The sudden realization that two of my children betrayed me was…horrible, and thus their fear was understandable. Treason always resulted in death, it was simply the changeling way and no matter how much it hurt me to do it…it had to be done.
Yet by committing treason, my children had escaped certain death…I was not alone.
And that thought was enough for me…
My other child continued for Crackle, his name was…Chitin, yes Chitin.
"We did not mean to betray you mother," he wept quietly, care for revealing himself forgotten. "It all happened so fast, and afterwards we thought you dead."
"How did you discover otherwise?" I asked softly, a tinge of surprise and familial love flickering from him as I did so.
"We both felt you many months ago," he confessed near tearfully. "But we had not the courage to face you. So we infiltrated the palace and replaced the guards we now wear."
He looked at me and smiled shakily, his emotions in full view.
"We did this for you mother," he whispered. "We both knew that if you were to find us doing nothing then our punishment would be final. So we spied on the princesses for you, just in case you sought revenge, or another chance to invade."
He finished speaking and the both of them bowed their heads, finality and fear pulsating around them.
To their surprise however, it was not the order for suicide that I bestowed upon them, but instead…a glorious sensation of love, my love for them…my children.
"Child," I murmured affectionately. "I do not blame you, either of you, for abandoning me at the invasion."
They both blinked and glanced at me with confusion adoring their faces, only for it to melt as I moved to a more discreet spot behind the side of the palace, a mental order compelling them to follow.
And follow they did, stopping in front of me with near fearful expressions, my comforting words forgotten for but a second. Yet as I closed in and embraced them, one at a time, their fear slowly turned to relief and love…love for me, their mother and Queen.
I quickly conjured up a undetectable barrier, surrounding and enveloping us with invisibility and soundproofing enchantments. Once it was completely in effect, I dropped my disguise and looked down at my subjects regretfully, smiling somewhat as they nuzzled me affectionately.
"I allowed the power to consume my better judgement," I continued sadly, picking up where I'd left off mournfully. "I allowed it cloud my true reason for our being there. I was to find food for you, not to take over Canterlot."
I pulled back from Crackle, smiling as she whimpered happily and gazed up at me devotedly.
"And for that I am truly sorry," I apologized, bowing my head to them, much to their surprise. "I failed everyone. I am the reason they all died that day…"
A tear, then two, trickled down my face as my form flickered in and out.
"I do not deserve to be Queen," I whispered remorsefully. "I should have died that day, not my children…not my children…."
…
"We forgive you mother."
Those words caused me to look up at the both of them in disbelief…yet only to see two smiles, two devoted smiles brightening my vision.
"You…what?" I stammered confusedly.
"We forgive you," Crackle repeated, smiling up at me as she reverted to her true self, Chitin quickly following suit. "We both felt the love consume your mind, we know it was not truly you who abandoned us in your lust for conquest."
My lower lip trembled fiercely as I took that in, the words, comforting, forgiving were more than I deserved.
"My children," I whispered, closing in and embracing the both of them tightly, smiling as they nuzzled into my neck. "I have been so alone without your presence in the hive mind…"
I felt a sudden wave of shame flood the air at this, but dismissed it quickly with my own waves of comfort, of understanding.
"But now…we are together again," I continued kindly, pulling back so as to look down at the both of them, a smile adoring my muzzle. "Reaffirm your loyalty to me and I promise to lead you, and my future children, into a world where starvation and sickness is a thing of the past."
Chitin looked at Crackle for but a moment, before they both smiled and nodded, looking back at me and bowing low.
I smiled and lit up my horn, before enveloping their own in a bright green glow. I immediately felt our minds connect deeply. All of their memories, their feelings and thoughts became mine. In return, I opened my mind and gave them permission to…well, see whatever they wished.
To my surprise however, they both refused to gaze into it, loyalty and stubborn denial driving this action.
"You…refuse?" I uttered quietly, unaware that I'd actually done so until they smiled and nodded.
"We would never look into your mind my Queen," Chitin explained sheepishly. "We…We are unworthy."
I lidded my eyes and caressed his cheek softly, putting as much warmth into the gesture as I could.
"Ahh, Chitin…Crackle," I murmured affectionately. "I find your loyalty most pleasing, yet it I who is unworthy."
Before they could figure out what I was about to do, I swiftly entered their emotional minds and forcibly, yet gently, made them see everything. My depression upon the deaths of my children, the loneliness that followed, the goal to give life to the changeling race once more. They saw it all…all of it, including what came next.
Who came next…
"Richie…"
A few moments passed us by before it was done. I stepped back my from subjects, my children, and regarded them with a knowing smile.
"Do you understand why I came here?" I asked simply.
"We do," Crackle answered, shaking her head slightly before looking up at me seriously. "We understand, and we may be able to help you find father."
Oh…they didn't have to, yet with the knowledge they now possessed I suppose they thought I'd appreciate it.
Richie and I are linked…there isn't much left bar mating and injecting my venom. So for my subjects, my children to call him their father already…it warmed my heart.
"I know you can," I agreed, smiling soothingly.
And I did, for their memories were now mine, just as mine were now theirs.
"Keep the eastern regiment distracted while I seek him," I ordered quickly. "I can sense him nearing us, so be swift…and safe."
They nodded and changed back into their disguises, looking at me once more with such…longing in their expressions. I nodded once and gestured for them to go, making sure to caress them with comforting emotions before they did so.
I waited a few more minutes before I changed back and set off myself, my link with Richie guiding me toward him.
Only for a sudden shock, a terrible mix of terror and comfort weaved together and hit me like a buffalo. I actually staggered and lost my concentration, my form flickering back to its true self as I fought off the emotional surge.
"What's happening to you love?" I gasped out loud.
I shook my head in an effort to dispel the sudden burst, though it did very little. In fact all I managed to do was confirm just how badly my beloved needed me.
"Don't worry baby, I'm coming."
I tried to adorn my disguise once more…but found myself unable to do so. It wasn't my fault; Richie's emotions were enveloping my own, which in turn affected my transformational abilities.
"I never knew a bond could affect me so deeply," I mused frustratingly, trying yet again to transform only to fail once more.
Sighing, I slipped into the shadows and crept my way from the palace, my bond with Richie pulling me in his direction.
It was only as I reached a mile or so from Canterlot that I sensed it…
Fear…so much fear coating the air, stretching even beyond me because of its sheer intensity.
The cause of said fear became swiftly apparent as I turned a corner and saw…Richie, yet my beloved was far from happy, from safe. No, my Richie was being held atop the back of none other than-
"What, YOU!" Celestia near shrieked, her eyes wide with shock.
The fear, that fear I felt and it was ALL BECAUSE OF HER!
"Get the fuck off of him!" I snarled, my horn releasing an instinctual wave of green energy that quite literally knocked her flying, Richard about to follow, only to be thankfully caught in my grasp and placed gently on the ground.
Caring little for how far I'd knocked the princess away, I rushed over to my beloved and moved him onto his back.
"Richie?" I asked, worry plaguing my every thought, forcing tears to fall from my eyes as he merely stared blankly up at me.
And then he smiled, his glassy eyes focusing on me, causing me to smile in return.
"Hey gorgeous…" he croaked weakly, his hand reaching my cheek and stroking it tenderly
"Hey yourself," I giggled happily, perfectly content to just sit there and nuzzle him.
At least until…
"Wait…I can see her emotions?" came a thought…from him, from my Richie.
Smiling, I nodded slightly and lidded my eyes lovingly.
"And I can hear your thoughts."
"How-" he began, only to be cut off by-
"Changeling!"
Celestia's demanding voice nearly startled me out of our moment, a hiss leaving me instinctively as I glared at her furiously.
"What have you done to him!" I demanded, the urge to tackle and tear open her throat getting progressively more difficult to resist.
"Nothing, not that it is any of your concern," Celestia snapped, looking at my beloved for but a moment before blinking and switching her sight back onto me, the stench of realization heavy around her.
"Chrissy I presume?" she asked firmly, harshly almost, not that I did more than snarl at it.
"What have you done to him?" I asked yet again. I didn't care what her game was, but I refused to play it.
"Nothing," Celestia repeated. "None of it is your concern anyway. You're a wanted terrorist and deserve no quarter for what you did to my niece, as well as her husband."
Her expression, although angry, morphed into one of sympathy, of pity. Even her emotions had become such, much to my surprise.
"However, I understand why you did it," she continued softly.
"You understand nothing!" I growled angrily. "Nothing of me, my race, or our struggles!"
"I know you were desperate," Celestia revealed, much to my dismay. "I know you and your subjects were starving, and I know how starvation can affect the mind."
She looked back at Richie and smiled warmly…which actually accomplished nothing more than frightened him to near death.
"I offer you a chance to discuss this with me like two civilized beings. All I ask is that you return Richard to me first." she offered calmly. "It is obvious how much you care for him, but I promise you that he will not be harmed."
Discuss…our relationship?
Was she offering what I…what I think she is?
"To finally have the changeling race fed, kept warm and alive," I pondered silently. "They could…I could finally accomplish mother's dream, to keep my race, our race from starving…to keep our children from starving and dying…Could it really-"
I was snapped out of my short daze by a very intense amount of fear and denial, all of it stemming from a very terrified Richie.
"I'm not…going anywhere with…you!" Richie protested, gasping frantically as he struggled to speak.
And then…to my shock, to my dismay…I heard something, someone within our link…no not our link, another link.
"Hush little one," Celestia soothed, her eyes focused on Richie, a soft smile upon her muzzle "I sense your fear, but it is misplaced for I will never hurt you."
Her presence rapidly began to overpower his fear, calming him, soothing his hatred…
She was invading his mind, and forcing emotions away with her own.
"You…dare…"
I concentrated and forced a mental flare, forcing the manipulating bitch out of his head as I placed a mental barrier to protect him. Celestia physically recoiled and stepped back a few paces, her eyes wide with surprise and confusion.
"Chrissy?" Richard thought weakly, struggling to move his head as he tried to look at me.
I would have nodded or something…but I was just so…so!
Angry doesn't even begin to describe it.
"You know I was actually going to agree with your terms Celestia," I hissed furiously. "But violating his mind and trying to force calm into my beloved just ruined your chances."
Celestia blinked in shock, but quickly lit up her horn and aimed it in my direction.
"Don't do this Chrissy," she warned seriously. "I'm offering you the chance for both our species to peacefully co-exist, do not throw that away!"
I faltered at her words…because deep down I desperately wanted to believe them…I needed too. But as I snuck a glance at my utterly exhausted lover, all that want, all that desperation became nothing more than dust in the wind.
"I'm sorry Celestia," I sighed, mentally preparing myself for what I was about to do. "Truly I am, for both of us."
I gazed down at Richard and bit my lip, the consequences for us nearly causing me to stop and reconsider. Yet as I looked down at him, as I saw and felt the confusion, to mental pain and fear in his heart…I knew what I had to do.
And so I smiled…just for him, always just for him.
"But I care more about Richard than anything," I concluded, glaring tearfully at the royal pain the ass. "Including the future of my species!"
I could feel Crackle and Chitin within the hive mind, I could feel them…acknowledge this?
And accept it?.
"For you mother," said Chitin, unadulterated love flowing from him to me…as well as from-
"Always for you!" finished Crackle.
"Loyal to a fault my children…" I crooned happily.
Snapping my eyes back onto Celestia's glowing horn, I myself forced entire waves of magic into my own, love…Richie's love powering all of it.
And yet unlike before where it clouded my mind, this time…this time I was focused. I had a task to do…and a bit of payback on the side never hurt.
Yet even with that certainty…I had to say it, I had to…
"I'm sorry mother," I apologized, a sad warble echoing within my mind. "I've failed you."
I had…and yet I still had a hive, I still had a mate to protect.
And that was enough for me to bury the past.
With a scream of pure emotion, I unleashed everything I had built up and aimed it at Celestia. To my shock however, my attack didn't just hit her, but also the very ground and sky around it. The ground was ripped apart, the clouds shuddered and darkened with magical lightening as my anger induced magic tore through them.
And as for Celestia?
The day princess conjured up a very powerful barrier, in fact it was so powerful that it's mere aura was nearly enough to make me collapse. It was power incarnate, it was so incredible that even I respected it, it was-
My blast hit the shield and completely annihilated it.
The great dome shattered and the ground beneath it was torn apart. Celestia barely had time to widen her eyes in disbelief before she was caught in it, before being promptly blasted into the sky, her body limp and obviously unconscious as it sored away.
…
"Wow," Richie croaked feebly. "Just…wow."
"I know right?" I quipped back, smiling down at him warmly.
Richie grinned back in response…before his eyes promptly rolled backwards and he completely collapsed.
"RICHARD!"
Richard Pov
I opened my eyes and sat up instantly, scanning around the…cave? Said cave was actually rather warm, considering how badly it was raining outside. The fact that I only had my boxers on confirmed this, as well as confused me a little.
"How am I not freezing my ass off?" I mused quietly.
"Richie?"
I jumped at my name and turned around, my sight being swiftly graced with a very happy Chrissy, her eyes alight with joy.
"Richie, you're alright!" she cried, dashing over and embracing me tightly.
"Hah, thanks, you're not too bad yourse-ow!"
"What's wrong?!" she asked, checking me over with a very intense yet worried gaze.
"Ah, it's nothing," I dismissed feebly. "My back's just killing me, that's all."
Chrissy's eyes glared right into my soul, the 'you're talking shit look' practically whittling me down to a small child.
A small child…
A child…
Child…
"Mommy?"
"NO!" I screamed, startling Chrissy into flinching away as I stood up and grasped my head, shaking it furiously in an attempt to rid myself of that…that thing within me.
"Richie what was that, what's wrong?"
I glanced blearily at Chrissy, only to scrunch up my eyes as I felt him trying to call out once more…call out for Cel…Cele…Momm…Agh!
"Mommy, where are you!"
"Mommy!"
"MOMMY!"
I collapsed onto my knees and began to smash my head against the hard ground, the pain of it irrelevant as I tried to make him shut up.
"Richard what are you doing, STOP IT!"
No, no, every voice is so painful, make it stop, MAKE IT STOP!
My billionth attempt to rid myself of the voice was halted abruptly as my face landed in…something soft…warm…
"Mommy, is it mommy?"
"Shut up…shut…hut..p…"
"Richard?!"
"Not mommy…where's mommy?"
"Richard?!"
"No, no, no! You're not mommy, go away!"
"BE QUITE CHILD!"
My eyes snapped open to reveal to green pools staring back at me, the sound of panting, a silver mist of…concern in the air around me.
"Chrissy," I mumbled feebly. "I…I don't feel so good."
Her eyes began to water all of sudden…was I…were my words…tired…
A green glow suddenly enveloped my…face, I think. I could barely see, yet as it stayed, my…self-infliction began to heal, as did the dizziness. The light soon faded, leaving nothing but myself and a very distressed looking changeling.
"Richard?" she inquired anxiously. "Say something, anything please!"
I blinked once, twice…before looking past her and at-
"Has your flank gotten bigger?"
...
She just slapped me.
"Okay, that fucking hurt," I complained humorously, only to receive a scowl in return.
"Serves you right, you ass!" she bit crossly, glaring at me with a very adorable pout.
I merely grinned and wiggled my eyebrows suggestively, much to her bemusement.
"Ohh, I didn't mean anything by it sweet cheeks," I chuckled flirtatiously. "I like a girl with a bit of junk in their trunk."
Chrissy raised an eyebrow at my compliment and scowled at me a bit more…before breaking down into rather cute giggles and licking my cheek lovingly.
"Well, as nice as that is my beloved," she giggled, only for her amusement to rapidly drain away as she stared at me with concern. "What in my mother's name was THAT ALL ABOUT!"
My grin faded somewhat as she asked…because in all honesty I didn't really want to explain what I…what I was gradually becoming aware of.
How couldn't I?
It's hard not to realize something when it's happening inside of you.
Heh…inside of you.
"Are you delirious?" Chrissy asked incredulously.
"I…I don't know, am I?" I wondered aloud…only to realize that I had actually said what I was trying to think.
To my surprise, Chrissy didn't laugh at all. In fact she just looked kinda worried…but why would she be-
"Mommy?"
A sudden wave of pain rose up within me at a rapid pace, nearly overwhelming me into smashing my face on the ground again.
"Ahh, fuck!" I yelled, grabbing my forehead and rubbing the center, trying desperately to rid myself of the pain.
"Richard, Richard I need you to calm down!" Chrissy ordered loudly, grabbing my hand with her magic and my face with her forehooves. "I can sense…something within you but I NEED you to stay still and calm!"
"No, no Chrissy you need to listen to me!" I cried defiantly, my senses having returned to me…for how long though I didn't know. "It's Celestia, she thinks she's my Mo…mo…MOTHER!"
Another wave of agonising pain erupted within me. Agh, my shoulder blades were on fire!
"Your mother?" she asked disbelievingly. "She thinks she's your…and that voice in your head, it was crying for…oh no."
With little to no warning, Chrissy forced me onto my back before quickly touching her horn to the center of my forehead.
I…I was…what?
A sea of darkness, waves of black water crashing again the invisible shore…the call, the siren call of my name echoing across the abyss.
"Richard…"
I instantly recognized the voice, how could I not…it was my…my…mo…th…her.
A sudden flash erupted around me, showing…me?
Me, yet I was shrinking, my mouth pushing outwards, my hands becoming stumps, spine cracking, horn growing, Richard Tyler…gone.
I woke up with a gasp and promptly began gulping in air, whilst at the same time searching for her…for Chrissy.
"Chrissy?" I called, coughing somewhat as I cleared my throat.
Hearing nothing, I climb to my feet and gradually make my way deeper into the cave. To my surprise, the darkness that once would have made me wary actually made me feel…right at home.
However none of that was important, what was important was finding…oh.
Chrissy was sitting on her ground a short distance in front of me, the sound of sniffing and hiccups reaching my ears.
"Chrissy?" I called softly, somewhat surprised when she jumped and turned around.
Oh…Chrissy.
Her fur was matted with tears, and her eyes…her eyes were red around the edges.
"Baby, why are you crying?" I asked worriedly, quickly making my way over to her and making to embrace her…only for her to shy away.
"Chrissy?"
The changeling Queen gazed up at me tearfully, her ears splayed back in sadness…only to suddenly rush forward and embrace me tightly, words leaving her muzzle like bullets.
"Won't let it happen, won't let you go, I promise, I promise, I can change you, I can change you, I-"
"CHRISSY!"
The changeling Queen snapped out of her rambling and regarded me with such…terror in her eyes.
"Richard," she whimpered. "I saw…I saw what's going to happen to you."
I closed my eyes and tried…just tried desperately to not think about it, to ignore it, and the soft throbbing on my forehead.
"I…I don't know what to do Chrissy," I admitted fearfully. "I'm scared…no fuck that, I'm terrified and have no idea what to do."
At this, Chrissy's eyes widened a touch…before she shook her head and bit her lip. And unlike before where I could see the emotions around her, hear her voice and thoughts…this time I couldn't do either.
"I could change you," she finally suggested, her sad eyes looking up at me hopefully…yet somewhat anxiously. "I could inject my venom and make you like me, you're already halfway done!"
"Wait, what do you mean by that?" I asked bewilderedly, said confusion only escalating when her eyes shone with slight fear.
"I…You…We're linked now Richie," she stuttered shamefully. "You can feel it right, you can feel…me?"
I blinked at her words…and yet I could feel something, someone...her.
"How…?"
"I went primal," she confessed, looking away with obvious shame. "My instincts took over and I marked you when I was asleep…I linked us forever Richie, you can never…never feel love for another like you do with me."
I…it took me a little bit to completely take in her words, yet as I did so and their meaning became clear to me…
"And this is bad, how?" I asked curiously, a somewhat cheeky grin on my face.
"What?" Chrissy snapped, surprise, oh so much surprise in that one word. "Richard are you listening to me? I MARKED you, which would have followed up with me FUCKING you. Don't you get it, I was this close to raping you in your sleep…whilst in my sleep!"
Okay so maybe laughing in her face didn't help me any, but in all honesty I would have let her mark me anyway. Sure doing it in my sleep would take all the fun out of it…and maybe losing my V-card wouldn't have been all that fun. But…can't she see that I'd never love anyone but her anyway?
I opened my mouth to tell her this…only for said mouth to find a certain tongue within it, smooth lips locked on mine.
"Chrissy, what-"
"You were projecting your thoughts into my head Richie," she interrupted quickly, a wide grin on her muzzle…which to my dismay, morphed into a rather sad one just as fast.
"Richard…I want to, but to change you it would…it would erase a part of you and replace it with changeling genes. It's not exactly something you can…ever undo."
"Erase a part of me?"
"Wait a sec," I interjected abruptly. "When you say it could erase a part of me, do you mean that it could…get rid of him?"
Chrissy hesitated for but a moment, but nodded soon after and bit her lip.
"I could direct it to do so, but I'd need a lot of love to gather the power and do so."
"You don't have enough after all this time?" I asked incredulously, raising an eyebrow as she shook her head.
"I used a lot of it when I sent Celestia flying," she explained, a slight smirk on her muzzle. "And most of the remaining love was used to do a long ranged teleportation, that's not to mention the amount of energy dispersals I had to use so no one could piggyback off of it. So…yeah, I'm pretty much as powerful as an average Queen right now."
I contemplated on her words for a few moments, before grinning and planting a very intense smooch on her muzzle. Chrissy squeaked in surprise, but readily returned it and wrapped her hooves around me.
"T-That's not quite what I n-need," she stammered, her face tinged slightly pink as she grinned at me. "I need…a lot more love for this, and it needs to be…very passionate…and intimate."
"Very…oh"
A sudden movement made me look down at her instinctively, only to smile as she sighed and nuzzled my bare chest, her warm breath making me shudder slightly.
"I don't want to live in a world without you," she mumbled quietly. "But I will never force anything on you."
I...no, there was nothing else to it. I had to do it, I WAS going to do it!
There's no way I would ever leave her all alone after all we've been through.
"It's okay sugar," I soothed gently, my decision made. "I…I love you so much Chrissy, and if this is what it takes to be with you forever then so be it."
"Richie," she whispered longingly. "You don't even know…this could change you forever, I have no idea what you'll look like by the end of it."
I merely smiled.
"Would you not love me if I looked a little different?" I asked softly, yet somewhat anxiously.
Chrissy's eyes widened as her muzzle twisted into a snarl, her grip on me tightening angrily.
"Of course not!" she denied furiously. "I love you for you, not what you look like!"
"Then why would I care what it does?"
She opened her muzzle once, twice…but no words escaped her. Instead, she simply closed her eyes and chuckled endearingly.
"You're impossible," she growled playfully.
"You love me for it," I countered smoothly, smiling as her chuckles grew into a very beautiful laugh.
And so in the end…we merely held each other, even as her laughter died down and became a soft purr, her snout breathing hot air onto my neck in between random kisses.
"Richard, promise me that we'll always be together."
It was said so innocently, so urgently…heh, I didn't even hesitate.
"I promise Chrissy, we'll always be together."
She looked up at me and smiled softly, before moving forward ever so slowly and capturing my lips, kissing me lovingly. I joined her with equal slowness, equal tenderness, my left hand combing through her mane gently…even as she broke it off and gazed right into my eyes.
"I've…done this with many stallions Richard," she admitted quietly, holding a hoof to my mouth as I made to cut her off. "But tonight…tonight for the first time I want to experience it as me, so I ask of you Richard Tyler."
Our eyes locked once more as she paused, before leaning into me and resting her forehead against my own.
"Make love to me, as I make love to you," she finished, her eyes lidded and shining with such a yearning.
For me…
I didn't say anything, choosing instead to close the gap and lock our lips together, smiling as our tongues connected, wrapping around the other as they played gently.
I didn't care that we were in a cave, nor that we were on the run from the most powerful being on this planet.
No, I only cared for Chrissy, for us…for what we were about to do.
"Richard," she whispered, her voice taught with passion, her eyes alight with a similar emotion. "I love you, I just…I love you so much."
"I know," I crooned softly. "I love you too Chrissy. Never in all my life have I thought I could truly love someone as much as I do you."
Her eyes lidded as her muzzle morphed into a content grin, said eyes gazing at me amorously. Her right hoof reached out and began stroking my cheek softly, just before she leaned to the side and gave my neck a drawn out lick.
I shuddered in pleasure.
"No more words tonight my love," she spoke softly. "No more words, just love me as I do you."
Grinning, I nodded and began my slow descent down her long neck, my lips pressing against its soft fur devotedly. Chrissy sighed and leaned her head sideways, allowing me to gently graze her more sensitive areas.
I reluctantly left her neck after a few more minutes, choosing instead to gently spin us around and lay over her, before moving my lips down and lightly starting on her barrel.
It didn't take long for her soft moans to gain in volume, irregular panting soon following.
"Mhmm baby," she breathed, ironically breaking her 'no talking' rule, not that I cared. "Lower baby, lower…"
Complying, I grinned and moved down to her stomach, touching it with both my lips and fingers, rubbing it tenderly and smiling at the breathy reward of my name.
I smelt her arousal before I even noticed it, rich and pungent as it was. And so as I moved down to her left thigh, which I promptly began to kiss, the sight of her slightly inflamed marehood barely surprised me…though I won't deny how it instantly stirred my own excitement.
Looking up, I noticed Chrissy gazing down at me, a serene smile adoring her panting muzzle. Keeping my eyes locked onto her own, I moved down to her heat and ever so gently lapped at it, causing her to gasp and sigh happily.
"Oooh, right there sweetie," she crooned, her smile forming into a grin as I slowly complied.
You know…it was strange really. I'd done this with Chrissy many times before, but unlike all those times, this one felt…more intimate somehow, and with that peculiar knowledge…every touch and lick I gave her became that much more loving, that much more cherished.
And with that sheer amount of dexterous attention I was bestowing upon her, it was little surprise when her legs began to shake and grind desperately against my mouth.
"Ohh Richard…" she moaned, her marehood finally convulsing around my tongue as she climaxed, her pants becoming shallow as she did so. I simply smiled proudly as I pleased my lover, lapping at her dripping excitement until she forced me to stop with a hoof.
"Enough baby…enough," she huffed happily, moving around so as to kiss me gently, not caring that her taste was all over my mouth. Pulling back, she smiled adoringly and gave my lips one last lick, before pushing me onto my back and leaning over me mock aggressively.
"Your turn," she purred, a sultrily smirk adorning her muzzle as she slowly removed my boxers with her hooves. I tried not to pant as said hooves innocently brushed against my very excited length, emphases on tried.
As I tried to move out of instinct, Chrissy's hoof quickly rested on my chest, stopping me from doing so. I looked up, only to smile as she kissed me comfortingly, our tongues and saliva mixing before instinctively being swallowed.
"Wow…she tastes nice."
Chrissy eventually broke it off and laid down on her stomach, just a few inches away from my arousal.
"Relax baby," she soothed affectionately, her eyes lidded with a soft gaze. "Just lay back and let me please you…"
I had little to no warning before she, quite literally, forced me to lay back, a hiss of pleasure involuntary escaping my mouth as her deft tongue worked its magic.
"That's it honey," she crooned…so gently. "Don't even think sweetie, just let me take care of you."
With her honeyed words effortlessly quelling any meagre resistance I would obviously put up, I chose instead to simply submit and relax against the surprisingly comfy ground. I wasn't entirely sure what it was…but I felt so happy right then, and excited, more so than I'd ever felt before.
Chrissy apparently found this quite pleasing, and thus seemed to double her attention, as well as her loving licks and gentle strokes upon my member.
While before I would have found it bizarre, I now understood just why she was so careful, so precise with her ministrations. Because now I knew that just like I had neigh desperately wanted to please her, to love her unlike any other time before, she too wished the same…and I truly loved her for it.
It took little time for a familiar sensation to make itself apparent, and yet as I made to warn Chrissy, my eyes opening as my hand moved…the mare simply smiled and pushed me back down with her magic.
"Just let it all out Richie," she purred lovingly. "I want all of it."
Her words…so simple, yet undeniably warm and caring, barely a drop of lust against the love that radiated within her voice.
"Agh, Chrissy…"
The mare merely hummed her approval as I gave in, my climax swiftly taking hold of me as I finished in her muzzle. My panting lessened as the moments went by, and before I knew it, Chrissy had climbed on top of me and claimed my mouth with her own.
I cared little that I could taste more than just her.
I was actually rather amazed by how my arousal…had stayed fully aroused.
"A Queen's saliva functions as a powerful aphrodisiac remember?" she giggled elatedly. "And I'm pretty sure we've both swallowed enough for four nights."
"Maybe four more than four," I quipped, chuckling as she swatted my head playfully.
It was strange you know, how we suddenly quietened down at the same time, our eyes locking as we brushed our excitement against each other.
"I'm…going to do it now Richie," Chrissy whispered, her eyes searching my own for…something, doubt perhaps.
Sitting up, I leaned my head to the side and kept my eyes on her own, smiling gently.
"I love you," I said softly, kissing her left shoulder as I nodded firmly.
Chrissy…merely smiled and kissed my neck gently, her tongue slithering out and coating a small part in her saliva, numbing it swiftly.
"I love you too," she whispered…before biting down on my neck, a sort of numb ache accompanying it as I felt the liquid enter my bloodstream.
Despite the fact that she'd numbed my neck, I still found myself unable to refrain from groaning as the liquid within me began to simmer and boil softly. Chrissy rubbed a gentle hoof along my spine comfortingly as I did so, which…kinda soothed away the pain a little.
Or maybe it was just my imagination, I don't know.
After what felt like hours, my lover pulled back from my neck and licked it gently, sealing the small holes rapidly.
"Tonight," she crooned quietly, her head moving so as to face me, green eyes gazing right through me. "We are mated for life…"
And with that, my lover…my beloved pressed down on my arousal, enveloping it tightly in her warmth.
There are no words to describe how it felt to lose that last little part of myself, the last innocent part of me…and yet I regretted nothing, not a thing. So as we moved and loved, moaned and breathed the other's name…
My life, for the first time in so long, felt…complete.
"Richie…I'm…I'm…"
"Me too," I breathed, panting against her neck shallowly.
"Within me my love," she crooned, her eyes nearly crossed from so much pleasure. "Finish…within me, inside me!"
Unable to hold back any longer, I gave out a low growl of primal pleasure, before giving in as her climax finished me off inside her. We held the other tightly as we both finished, our bodies shuddering with pleasure even whilst they ached with weariness.
I…I could feel her weariness, her body…as if it were my own.
And by the smile adoring her muzzle, she knew that I felt this, just as I knew she felt me, my body…as if it were her own.
"I love you Richard," she professed tiredly, yet with such…force behind it.
"And I you…Chrysalis."
A hoof pressed against my mouth as the name left it, her vibrant green pools gazing down at me lovingly.
"Not Chrysalis," she dismissed firmly. "Never Chrysalis, never again will I be her."
I smiled blearily and nodded, our lovemaking and the liquid, the venom within calling me to sleep. Chrissy simply tilted her head and smiled as I yawned, licking my cheek affectionately before laying her head down upon my chest.
"Sleep now my love," she crooned blissfully. "I am, and shall always be, with you…"
Darkness surrounded me, warmth enveloped my body…and sleep claimed my soul.
...
"M…O…Y…"
…
"MO…MY…"
…
"Chrissy?"
…
"MOMMY!"
No…no not him, not this, not now!
"MOMMY, WHERE ARE YOU?!"
No…No I can't, I won't!
"Mommy…Mommy I need you!"
No, no, no, not now! Not after we've…he should be…gone, he should be...
"My baby…Relax…let…mommy…find…you…"
No, no I will not go out like this, not after what I just did! I will not leave her!
"I'm here mommy…please…I'm scared…"
Shut up you little shit, I'm not scared, we're not scared, and we DON'T NEED HER!
…
Wait, who's-
"Richard Tyler."
"Mommy…that's not…mommy…"
Damn right it's not, who's-
"We give you this gift, use it ONCE, use it well."
…
"MOMMY!"
"CHRISSY!"
"RICHARD WAKE UP!"
I awoke with a start and screamed.
My body felt like it was on fire, I couldn't breathe, I could barely see anything but for the random syllables, numbers and indescribable text dancing in my mind.
I knew what it meant…and yet-
"Ahh, my fucking everything!" I roared, rolling and twitching terribly as I tried desperately to fight off the burning sensation.
Then out of nowhere, the fire within me burst outwards, a sickly green aura accompanying it.
A sickly green…
No…please no.
That was just…and yet with what I've just been given…could they have known about Chrissy's venom?
The gift…I…I could see it, understand it.
I could understand it, I knew what had to be done…but by all that I love IT WASN'T FAIR!
It wasn't…ohh, why me?
Why did I have be born from her, what did I do to deserve this?
Chrissy and I forever right, so why not?
Why not forever?
…
Chrissy Pov
I didn't understand what had just happened, I couldn't…wouldn't.
"It can't be, nothing has enough raw power to stop the venom!"
Yet…the venom was still within him, I could feel it.
So what was…oh, oh no.
The change was removed but not…not the cleansing, it's still trying to erase part of him!"
"Please," I begged quietly. "Please don't…it can't be!"
Yet as my beloved looked at me sadly, a resigned smile adorning his face…I knew it to be true.
"No, no, I won't let you, I won't let this happen!" I screamed, tears streaming down my muzzle. "We're going to be together for the rest of our lives, you promised…YOU PROMISED!"
For a moment Richie's smile didn't waver from its mournful expression …until it suddenly did, his lips tugging up ever so slightly as he caressed my cheek…
And kissed me.
"I will not leave you Chrissy," I murmured softly. "I will always be within you…until the day comes when you're ready to let me go."
"I'll never let you go," I argued aggressively, grasping at his hand tightly.
He merely smiled and kissed me briefly.
I was about to yell and scream at his calm attitude…only to stop as I felt something enter my lips…from his lips.
My mind and his connected fiercely once more…and I was instantly shown just what he had done, what he was going to do…but it was impossible, how had he even known?
"How?" I whispered.
"Celestia and I are linked," he explained slowly, pain and weariness becoming heavier with each word. "I don't know how I did it exactly…but I think something, someone, allowed me to look into her mind and find exactly what I needed."
"But you can't cast magic…"
"I know," he grinned slyly, tapping his head. "But he can, and right now we're full of raw magic. All I had to do is tap into it and make him memorize the spell."
I was beyond shocked…I really was, for his plan was insanely stupid, risky and…and would take a long time to do.
How he even knew what to do was beyond me…what had happened, what had he seen?
Ohh…why us?
"I don't want this…" I croaked weakly. "Please don't go…"
He smiled sadly as I pleaded…as I begged and wished for an alternative.
"I don't want to go," he whispered, tears creeping out of his eyes and staining his skin.
I reached out-
All of a sudden, his body began to jerk wildly, Richie forcing himself back and away from me as he groaned in pain.
"Richie!"
"Stay back!" he yelled, the pain and gravity of his voice stopping me as I made to run over to him.
It was then that his body began to…glow and pulsate, said glow surrounding his fingers with a bluish tinge. He looked at the glow and raised his hands, flipping them gradually as fear and wonder reflected in his beautiful orbs. After a few moments though, his eyes narrowed as they focused, the blue tinge disappearing shortly after.
Without it in the way, I dashed over and embraced him tightly, pressing my lips against his fervently. He held me so tightly as we kissed, said kiss becoming more needy and desperate as it went on…before he finally let me go and stepped back once again.
"I could raise you," I pleaded desperately. "I could take you and raise you to adulthood."
He merely shuddered as he retrained himself from crying.
"No you couldn't," he sighed tiredly. "Celestia and I are connected deeply, I can feel it getting stronger even now. She'd find you and me with little effort and most likely bring her armies with her."
"But I could-"
"No!" he yelled, startling me into stepping back. "No…you'd be vulnerable in your condition, and besides…"
He knelt down and placed a soothing hand upon my stomach, rubbing it gently.
"You have to protect our children," he finished, smiling at me tenderly.
I smiled back…but my lower lip trembled without warning, tears soon following.
"I want you with me when it happens," I whispered, hiccupping miserably as I stared into those sad eyes. "I don't want to do it alone…"
"You won't be alone," he soothed. "I'll be with you, I promise."
He gently embraced my trembling form and pulled me close, nuzzling my neck with his face affectionately…tears dribbling onto my fur slowly.
Then without warning, he released me and stepped back, his eyes looking out of the caves entrance warily.
"She's coming," he warned lowly, before looking back at me anxiously. "You have to go now Chrissy, Celestia's coming, she can sense me now!"
I…I didn't know what to do, what to say. I wanted to stay with my beloved and defend him, defend us until the bitter end.
But Richie wanted me to run, to save myself and our children…as well as that stupid plan of his!
"R-Richard I…I-"
"GO!" he shouted, fear pungent in the air. "NOW CHRISSY!"
I opened my muzzle to speak, to say…everything, only to suddenly find myself standing in the middle of nowhere.
"What?" I whispered confusedly. "What just…"
A sudden stab of pain smashed into my mind…and I collapsed onto the ground.
"No… I can't…Richard needs me…please…help…"
Darkness surrounded me…and despite my desperation as I tried to stand, it was all for naught as I collapsed, my form shimmering just before…before…
"Richieeeee…"
I knew no more.
Richard Pov
The bluish tinge shot from my very being and hit Chrissy, surrounding her and…and causing her to disappear?
"Chrissy?" I whispered, confused tears trickling down my cheek.
A sudden wave of comfort and love surrounded me briefly, causing me to shiver uncomfortably as I shook it off. However…the sound of multiple hooves touching the stone floor forced me to acknowledge her presence.
"Where is she Richard?"
I turned around and stared into the eyes of my…mother. Her body was covered in bruises and various scratches, her muzzle itself was slightly caked in dry blood.
Yet even with all of this, she was still smiling at me warmly.
"Where is the changeling Richard?" she repeated calmly.
You'd figure that the knowledge of my oncoming demise would be enough to make me beg for reprieve, or even contemplate suicide. Yet with what I had planned…I'd hopefully have little to worry about if all went well.
I wasn't lying when I promised Chrissy that I'd always be within her.
Celestia's gaze faltered slightly at my silence, said alicorn sighing and making her way towards me.
Only to stop when another flood of pain racked my body, her eyes widening in disbelief as they looked at my…hands?
I looked down at them through pained tears and grimaced at the bluish glow surrounding them.
"This is it," I reminisced sadly. "This is where I die…"
"How, how is the change starting already?" Celestia asked worriedly. "You weren't supposed to change for another week or so!"
I merely chuckled at her question and grinned at her mockingly, said grin widening as her nostrils flared in distress.
"What is going on, tell me!" she demanded anxiously, her eyes widening as my laughter grew louder.
The glow was traveling up from hands, burning through my clothing gradually, said material disintegrating upon its touch. It was painful, yet as it grew, the pain lessened.
I was vaguely aware that I was laughing like a madman, but I honestly just didn't care. If I was going to die, I was going to do it without giving this bitch anything, that much I swore.
The glow had reached my neck now, and was progressively blurring my vision. Yet I could still see Celestia and her expression…which was less panicked now, in fact she looked rather…mournful.
"I'm sorry Richard," she said sadly. "I wish this didn't have to happen…truly I do."
She then smiled at me warmly and…and I felt her presence trying to enter my mind once more, attempting to soothe any fear I had.
"Fuck…you!" I spat, grinning widely at the hurt in her eyes, especially as I used everything I had left to force her out.
Yet with nothing left to fight it with, the glow and its purpose rapidly swelled around me, pulsating within me until…I grinned.
Every part of me suddenly exploded outwards, the blue glow flowing steadily from my hands and head.
I could feel the magic working almost immediately as my skin began to itch. My hands turned to hooves, my ears and mouth grew out slightly, and my tailbone burst apart, an uncertain amount of hair growing out of it.
The spine soon followed, bending and snapping until I became extremely uncomfortable standing. Then my itchy skin become incredibly so, until a strikingly familiar colour of alabaster began wrap around it.
The next part was enough to make me scream, as a horn erupted from my forehead, blood trickling down my face as it did so. However the pain was far from over, especially when two skeletal wings tore out of my back, before rapidly solidifying with muscle and fur.
The pain was nearly enough to make me pass out.
"NOW!"
Yet I held on to consciousness and lit up my newly grown horn…before releasing a magical blast in Celestia's direction. From what I could barely see, the mare formed a golden barrier to defend herself, only to be caught unaware as the burst sailed past her and out of the cave.
I grinned as it did so…and then I…I…
I was fading…my body shrinking…my mind...dimming.
I felt myself float away…watching as my body stopped glowing and collapsed…before flying away…after the pretty…glow…
I was Richard Tyler, I loved Chrissy, she was the Queen of the changelings.
I was Richie…I loved changelings.
I was Tyler Rich…I was…was…
…
Celestia POV
I watched through squinted eyes as the blue glow faded, a soft thump soon following. Lowering my hoof, I looked at where Richard had once stood…and felt tears touch the corner of my eyes as they were blessed with such a wonderful sight.
Cosmos…my little baby, he was lying on the floor with his eyes shut, yet his barrel still rising and falling. I dashed over and bent down, touching him gently with my muzzle. To my shock, Cosmos instantly opened his eyes and glared at me with such anger…only to suddenly tear up and begin crying loudly, his eyes wide with distress.
"Shush little one," I cooed, reaching down and lifting him to my barrel, rocking him gently. "It's okay, mommy's here now, it's all going to be okay."
My son sniffled yet stopped his wailing as I continued to rock him, soothing him gently with words and touch.
"Is he…?"
With a slight touch of magic, I reached out to my baby and searched his mind for anything even remotely human…remotely Richard Tyler.
I found nothing.
"I'm sorry Richard," I thought regretfully. "If there was any other way, I would have-"
I was suddenly snapped out of my thoughts by a very cute yawn, said yawn causing me to gaze down and smile at the sleeping foal. Cosmos yawned once more as I nuzzled him, before burying his muzzle in my barrel, breathing lightly.
What would I have done if there was another way?
I…It shames me to admit that I do not know.
Shaking the thought from my head, I slowly stood up and made my way out of the cave, preparing to teleport as quietly as I could.
"I must find out where this Chrissy is," I decided silently. "I know not what she and Richard planned, yet that magic he sent during his transformation felt…wrong. I have to find her and discover what it is."
With the decision made, I closed my eyes and tightened my hold of Cosmos ever so slightly…before teleporting and taking the two of us back to Canterlot, a single, final thought surrounding me as we did so.
"I am so sorry Richard…"
End OF Act Two
So that's the end of that!
And yes the transformation was inspired by regeneration, yet is obviously not the same thing…although I suppose it could be in a way XD
Act three will come in a little while, I've got some other stuff to sort out first, real life and all that.
So without further ado, goodnight!