"Wh-what am I? Where did I come From?" Shywing spoke aloud.
He had flown over the Everfree forest, and to a sandy deserted area, wondering what he had done to deserve this. He started crying again.
"I'm sorry mom, but you deserve a better son than me. One like you, a pony. Goodbye!" He cried loudly. He laid down in the sand, and waited.
"Daimond was right, I'm not a pony, I don't belong here. Not in Ponyville, not in Equestria, no alive" Another tear fell from his eye, and was consumed by the sand.
"Will you shut up! I came here to starve in peace, not be killed by your incessant whining." An unknown voice scolded from behind him.
"Look, you shutup, I just found out that everything I know is a lie, my friends, my family, my own mother who doesn't even want me anymo-"
He abruptly stopped when he saw what he was yelling at. It was... him? No not himself, one like him. She was like a normal pony, except she had a black shell instead of fur. Insect-like wings and a hollow form. She also had a jagged horn atop her head and a blue-green mane.
"What are you doing here you lowly drone! I thought I told you I wanted to be alone" The creature's horn and eyes started to glow green, and she raised herself, looking as intimidating as possible.
Shywing started to slowly back away, he had seen what magic could do more than a few times.
"You insignificant drone, what makes you think that you can follow me out here, you will be punished for your insolence!" She shouted as she hovered into the air above him.
"I-I'm sorry to bother you, I-I-I didn't m-m-mean anything b-by it." Shywing stuttered, now genuinely scared, his anger receding, returning to normal. He just wanted to be home, with his mom.
"Shutup you stupid lowly drone, do not lie to your queen, you-" She stopped abruptly, collapsing to the ground, the aura around her horn fading, and her eyes returning to normal.
Shywing stood still for what felt like forever, not sure if he should run, help her, or beg for his life.
She slowly got back to her feet, struggling to breathe. "Wh-what do y-you want, drone?" She huffed.
"I-I don't know, I-I just s-started flying away and- well. Wait a second, why do you keep calling me drone?"
She looked at him with a questioning expression for a few minutes, then smiling slowly.
"You're not from around here. Are you?" She asked him.
"N-no I-I'm not, I j-just w-w-wanna go home." He told her, his tears starting to return.
"And where exactly is home?" She asked bitterly, chuckling a little to herself.
"P-Ponyville, I live in a-a cottage n-n-near th-the edge o-of town."
She froze, like she had just seen a ghost. "Ponyville, no, no, no, this can't be happening, it can't, no changeling has ever lived anywhere outside the hive, and only a few have ever left it. No, no, he, it can't be him, can it?"
"A-are you okay m-miss?"
"Why do you disrespect me with a title like Miss, any drone such as yourself should address me as I am, I am royalty, I am Queen Chrysalis" She barked at him, her eyes and horn glowing once more.
"C-c-chrysalis, I-i've heard about y-you, y-your th-the one wh-who t-tried to ruin m-my friend T-Twilight's b-brother's wedding." Shywing was scared now, not just being his usual shy self, he was honestly terrified for his life, here she was, somepony more powerful than Celestia herself.
Chrysalis collapsed to the ground once again, she was unable to muster the energy to cast even a simple spell. She stood once again slowly, Shywing still not trying to run.
"Twilight, Twilight Sparkle, the understudy of the Princess. You call her your friend." Chrysalis began, starting to laugh.
"Y-y-yes, sh-she is my f-friend"
"Then where is your pathetic friend now? The one who ruined my plan, my plan to feed my children, my plan to give my race hope, my plan to rule Equestria." She could no longer contain herself, here was a changeling who thought that having "friends" would get him somewhere, and even more humorous, one who thought they could count on anypony but himself for help. She collapsed to the ground, this time out of laughter, not exhaustion.
"S-s-stop laughing, y-you s-stop it, st-stop, stop, stop laughing. STOP IT!" He shouted.
Chrysalis immediately stopped, and looked directly at Shywing, giving him her undivided attention. Was this the same changeling that was in front of her moments before.
"You witch, stop laughing at her!" he shouted, still continually raising his voice as he raised his hoof to her throat, pushing her to the ground.
"Stop drone stop, get... off me." She squirmed, trying to free her throat, and enable herself to breathe, but all it did was consume the scarce reserves of energy she had remaining. In her exhaustion, she quickly found herself unable to fight him off.
"You are the pathetic one, not Twilight, and now I'll show you how pathetic you are!" he shouted as he drove his hoof down further into her throat. Chrysalis' eyes started to flicker. And things started to darken around her. "What kind of drone is this? I've never seen anypony this strong." She thought, unable to speak, as her vision continued to fade. "I can't believe this. Queen of the Changelings, murdered by one rogue drone. I guess... this is the end" Her vision continued darkening, and she soon could see nothing, and blacked out.
