Equestria's post-war tragedy - My Little Pony in the post WW2 period Chapter 14: The fall of Thorax's kingdom, a my little pony fanfic

- 11th December 1945 - Morning

Thorax and his brother Pharynx standing next to him are along the north-eastern edges of the Changeling Kingdom. It's mostly a flat plane of grass with the odd few trees and bushes dotted here and there. They have arrived to this area to assess what they're going to be facing and to assess the present strength of the Soviets. The changelings aren't going to roll over and let their home be destroyed. Most changeling are wanting to fight for it to the bitter end.

"But we can't beat them in numbers- We have to go back and order the retreat! Please! I'm telling you! If we don't retreat now, a lot of changelings will die!" Thorax urged his brother. Thorax doesn't want to throw away lives for nothing.

"That's exactly my plan," Pharynx replied with a grin.

"What do you have in mind- Are you crazy!?" Thorax exclaimed. He sees no way of winning this engagement. He knows full well the Red Army woefully outnumbers the changelings. He doesn't see any feasible way to push the Soviets back.

Thorax sees the painting on the wall, and the 'paint' is a lot of red. He would usually override his brother in a decision like this. Even though the changelings have volunteered to defend their kingdom, Thorax wants his changelings to retreat.

"When they engage, we fall back and let them roll in, thinking we're on the retreat. All we need is to get some of their uniform when they aren't paying attention, change into humans and wreak havoc. That'll buy everycreature west some time," Pharynx explained his plan. Thorax sighs, knowing there's no way to convince his brother. Even though Thorax is in charge, his brother, Pharynx, is very stubborn and doesn't back down. What makes this moral dilemma worse is that the changelings have chosen to defend their kingdom.

"The only thing we've got to be wary of is the NKVD. They're very good at catching moles from what I know," Pharynx added.

"What a lush kingdom you've grown, Thorax..." A female voice hissed. The 2 changelings remember that female voice too well.

Thorax looks ahead and sees an unreformed female changeling, who's slimmer, but is tall as him. The jagged horn on their head is much longer too.

"C- Chrysalis? W- what are y- What are you doing here?" Thorax stuttered, stepping backwards while Chrysalis evilly grins and steps forward.

"I've came back to take back what's mine!"

"There's thousands of us and only one of you!" Pharynx yelled, frowning, getting between his brother and the former queen.

"Ah ha ha haha! Pharynx, how closely did you count?" Chrysalis' grin grew wider.

"What do you mean!?" Pharynx raises his voice.

"You'll find out soon when you see some... rain, mwahaha ha ha ha ha hahaaaa..." Chrysalis' laughter gets quieter very quickly as she hastily flies off into the distance.

"Do you think she meant- Chrysalis teamed up with the USSR?" Thorax stuttered and gulped at such prospect.

"Whatever she has in store... we'll be re-"

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Pharynx gets cut off by loud screaming screeches as several bright orange fiery objects flying high up in the air.

"It's an artillery barrage!" Pharynx gasped.

"We have to order the retreat NOW!" Thorax raises his voice, his brother stepping back in shock.

"Ocellus! She's still in the kingdom- Starlight and Trixie too- We gotta get them out of there and order the retreat now!" Thorax exclaimed. He and Pharynx run back into the kingdom.

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Chrysalis is a few kilometres away from the north-eastern edges of the Changeling Kingdom. Where she is currently is a flat plain of grass, with a few dozen Katyusha rocket launchers in the area. The artillery trucks are firing their barrage of lethal rockets. There's a few soldiers at the back, ready to reload the artillery trucks with more rockets once they've all been launched.

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The furious screeches of Soviet artillery is music to Chrysalis' ears. She can't wait to see them used on the ponies. But she isn't complaining about them being used on her former subjects either. As far as Chrysalis is concerned, Thorax and his hive are traitors.

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"Chrysalis!"

The changeling turns around and sees Cozy Glow. The pegasus filly is wearing her ushanka and coat.

"What do you want?" Chrysalis muttered.

"Where's Tirek? It's been almost a week since I last saw him- It's been pretty lonely..." Cozy Glow sighed, murmuring.

"How do you think I feel!? I was driven to insanity after I lost my hive!" Chrysalis snapped, her horn glowing green. Cozy Glow finches and shivers, stepping back.

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"I j- I just wanted to know where he was..." Cozy Glow murmured.

"Ugh, he got injured, according to one of these soldiers. He ain't gonna be here for a while. It ain't a big deal," Chrysalis rolled her eyes as she replied.

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"Speaking of the hive- Where's those that are loyal to you?" Cozy Glow asked.

"I don't want to spoil the surprise away," Chrysalis grinned as she continues explaining.

"It's a surprise for the ponies. I don't want any fleeing changelings to spoil the whole surprise now, do I?"

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The artillery bombardment then ceases as a whole. Chrysalis sees Soviet tanks driving, charging their way towards the Changeling Kingdom. The tank force, that's present to Chrysalis and Cozy Glow, is consisting of 10 IS-3's and 50 IS-2's, a total of 60 heavy tanks. They are split into 10 organized platoons, a single IS-3 as the lead tank and 5 IS-2's. Accompanying them are T-34-85's, they're organized into a platoon of 6, which there's a single T-34-85 platoon for every IS tank. On top riding each T-34-85 are a group of 8 soldiers armed with SVT-40's.

"The Soviet tanks are more organized now, thanks to my implementations," Cozy Glow grinned.

"Put their IS-3's as the breakthrough tank, IS-2's come in to support, closely followed by T-34-85 platoons and infantry! While Zhukov positions the regiments I created- I could go on about it all day!" Cozy Glow grows more gleefully cheery, which is starting to really get on Chrysalis' nerves. She growls and quickly flies away before she gets irritated to the point she snaps.

From above, Cozy Glow hears humming noises. She looks up and sees a few dozen Yak-3's and Il-2 Sturmovik's as well as a small handful of different fighters and bombers in the mix. The planes are flying in the same direction as tanks are driving, going for the same target.

"Oh golly, the changelings are in for a big beating," Cozy Glow thought to herself, grinning, eager to how will her strategies will do for the Soviets.

Thorax and Pharynx are now in what remained of the centre of the Changeling Kingdom. Everywhere there's rubble and burnt plants and vegetation.

But this isn't what struck Thorax and Pharynx cold, it's the dead changelings scattered about, some of the bodies being in half, changeling blood surrounding the corpses, which is a greenish colour. As well, there's injured changelings around, most of which are dying from their injuries from the rain of Soviet artillery shells.

"Changelings! We are retreating! Help any changeling who's injured and get them out of here!" Thorax cried, feeling as though he could've done more. Even Pharynx, one of the hardest changelings, even he sheds a few tears.

"Starlight! Trixie!" The 2 changelings yell out as they see 2 unicorns are seen running toward the 2 changelings. The unicorns came down to help the changelings after the air raid on the 3rd.

"We need to get you both out! The Soviets have begun their assault and we're ordering the retreat!" Pharynx declared.

"Where's Ocellus!?" Thorax cried.

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From above, 6 Yak-3's dives down. Starlight teleports herself, Trixie, Thorax and Pharynx out of the destroyed centre of the Changeling Kingdom.

The 4 are outside of the centre of the kingdom, north west side of it. But it wasn't any better, it's worse. They are on the right side of an IS-3 and 5 IS-2's, a few dozen metres away.

"TANKS!" Trixie screamed, panicking. The tanks began to turn towards them.

Trixie's scream caught the attention of the 6 tanks.

"Sorry- sorr- sorr- Sorry!"

"You three, run! I'll hold them off!" Pharynx barked orders as he changes his form into a massive crocodile. Thorax helps Starlight and Trixie out of the area.

The IS-3 and an IS-2 already have their 122 mm cannons facing Pharynx's crocodile form. Pharynx quickly changes back into his normal form and flies up, to avoid what's going to happen.

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The 2 tanks fire where Pharynx's crocodile head would've been. Had Pharynx been slower, he'd be dead.

The tankers manning the machine guns can't elevate them high enough to shoot at Pharynx. The changeling flies over and lands on the left side of one of the IS-2's. Pharynx changes form again, this time into a Grizzly Bear. He goes for the human manning the machine gun on that specific IS-2. He got to him and yanks the poor tanker out, who's screaming, and pulls him on top of the IS-2's back. In his bear form, Pharynx opens his mouth and puts the tanker's head, securing it in his jaws and runs off. The other tankers manning the machine gun, knowing that poor tanker can't be saved, ducks into the safety of their own tanks and shuts the hatches.

Meanwhile, Pharynx dug his bear paws into the poor tanker's still-screaming body, the top of the tanker's chest, through the clothes and skin, sinking into the flesh. Blood soaks out the puncture gaps. Pharynx has their ever-more blood-soaked front row of bear teeth dig deeper into the tanker's neck. From the top of the chest down to the bottom of the stomach, Pharynx rips open the tanker's body like lasagne sheets. Blood goes everywhere as Pharynx with his bear claws, rips off parts of the clothes, the skin and ribs, off whilst digging out the organs, flesh and muscle of the human.

The tanker is dead, but it doesn't stop Pharynx clamping his jaws tight and rip the dead tanker's head off, clamping his jaw shut and crushing the head before spitting it out, more blood getting everywhere. Blood, organs and guts, blood-stained bits of fabric and snapped bloody ribs are in a mauled mess around the dead tanker's corpse.

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One of the IS-2's fire at Pharynx's blood-soaked bear form. The explosion flings Pharynx several feet into the air whilst falling back down to the ground, back in his normal changeling form. He's covered in his green blood as the shell's shrapnel ripped through him. Pharynx gives a cold stare at the tanks before dropping his head and closing his eyes.

Starlight, Trixie and Thorax are at the north edge of the Changeling Kingdom, hiding in some bushes that surround the centre. But nearby they see 5 IS-3's and 25 IS-2's, 5 tank platoons. The 2 unicorns and single changeling haven't noticed them yet though.

"The Soviets are encircling the whole kingdom!" Trixie gasped, stepping backwards as did Starlight and Thorax.

"We can't get past them! They'll kill us on the spot!" Thorax is panicking as he knows his changeling kingdom is going to fall.

"Well we have to get out of here one way or another!" Starlight growled, then glares at an IS-2. She leans her head back while her horn glows light blue. She jolts her head forward and fires a beam at the side of that tank's turret.

BANG! The magical beam penetrated the turret of that IS-2 which flies off, pushed up by a massive ball of fire.

Almost immediately, the tanks began to turn their attention to the bushes, where that beam of magic came from.

"Okay... not the wisest of my decisions... ah ha... ah... ah- we should probably start moving..." Starlight got down as low as she could and began to crawl as did Trixie. Thorax changes his form into a black cat and follows the unicorns.

"Where's Ocellus!?" Thorax whispered to Starlight and Trixie.

"We don't know, but I believe she got out-"

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"What's that!?" Trixie flinches, and then smells smoke.

"They're creating a fire- Out the bush!" Starlight leaps out of the bush in a panic as did Trixie and Thorax. Luckily they are near some tall and thick trees. The 2 unicorns and single changeling hide behind their own tree. Thorax also changes back into his normal changeling form.

The 3 peak from behind their trees. They see a group of 12 Soviet soldiers, all wearing the same uniforms and green helmets with red star outlines. Out of the 12, 11 are aiming a rifle into the bushes while the 12th soldier has a big bottle attacked to his back, with a black hose connected to the bottom. It's the 12th soldier that's burning the bushes.

"They think we're still in the bushes... We should get out of here while we can," Starlight whispered to Trixie and Thorax.

"We can't just leave any changelings still in the kingdom-"

"We're gonna have to! We'll get killed and- I don't know what else!" Trixie hissed, interrupting Thorax.

"Starlight! Starbright! Where's the pony I want to fight!?" They hear a deep female voice screaming in English from outside the bushes.

"Is that Chrysalis!?" Starlight exclaimed in a whisper, recognizing the voice.

"Yeah it is, it seems like she's teamed up with the Soviets," Thorax whispered.

"Starlight... if you're able to... now's a reeeeally good time to cast that invisibility spell so we can get the buck out of here!" Trixie quietly hissed.

Starlight's horn glows as she turns herself, Trixie and Thorax invisible. They grab a small twig each with their mouths so they know where each other is. What are the chances that creatures with small eyes will notice floating twigs? That's what these 3 think.

"Let's go," Starlight whispered.

"Oh Starlight! Come out come out wherever you are! I noticed you dived into these bushes over here! You can't hide forever!" Chrysalis hovers above the ever-more arsoned bushes by the Soviet soldier using the flamethrower.

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"Why is twig float!?" One of the soldiers spoke in utterly butchered English, pointing with his right hand at 3 floating and moving twigs. The 11 other Soviet soldiers and Chrysalis notices.

"Comrades, leave this to me," Chrysalis growled as her jagged horn glows green and shoots a beam of green magic at the floating twigs. The twigs began moving at a much faster pace.

"She saw the- just drop the twigs- RUN!" Trixie screamed, dropping her twig and making a run for it as did Starlight and Thorax. Humans may have small eyes compared to ponies, but it appears that humans naturally have great eye sight.

Another green beam of magic hits the ground and it disables the invisibility spell. The 2 unicorns and changeling continue running.

"There you are!" Chrysalis growls as she grabs Starlight with her magic. Trixie and Thorax turn around and tries to help save Starlight.

"Don't worry about me- JUST RUN!" Starlight loudly cried, while Chrysalis maniacally laughs. Thorax shuddered and does as Starlight wishes, saving himself, and Thorax very reluctantly ran. But Trixie isn't giving up on her best friend without a fight. Trixie leaps for her best friend and gets ready to use one of her smoke bombs.

POW!

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" In mid air, Trixie is shot by a bullet from one of the soldier's rifle. The bullet goes into the unicorn's chest, creating a large blood-leaking hole. Trixie fell to the ground wailing, screaming and crying in agony.

"TRRRIIIIXXXXIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!" Starlight screamed, but is overshadowed by Chrysalis' laughter.

(Chrysalis' POV)

Ah... I've been waiting for this moment for ages! Years of patience, my time to exact my revenge on Starlight Glimmer has come!

"Give me that!" I snatch the soldier's Mosin Nagant with my magic. The soldier gave me a confused look.

"I don't want you to kill her. I want Starlight to see her friend die slowly and painfully- AH... HA HA HA HA HA HAHA! I've long awaited this moment!" I explain to the soldier in a gleeful and excited mood. Finally! I'm exacting my revenge on Starlight!

I turn Starlight around with my magic so she is looking at Trixie slowly dying. I will make that Starlight watch every drop of Trixie's blood drip out her chest and trickle to the ground!

"TRIXIE- NOOOOOO!" Starlight's cries is far more delicious and fulfilling than draining every bit of somecreature's love! Oh... her close friend is dying, how sad! Seeing her close friend's final moments... oh, this is so satisfying!

I greatly admire and respect Stalin and his Soviet Union. The Red Army is beautifully ruthless and disciplined. These soldiers I also have my upmost respect for, letting me savour my vengeance. I am happy to and will gladly call the Soviets not just my allies, but my close allies.

(Trixie's POV)

"Agh..."

I still feel my heart pumping. I at least know my heart hasn't been shot. But a bullet... it hurts... But I must-

"AGH!"

I try to get one of my smoke bombs ready. But it hurts, badly, even moving just hurts- No! I won't let a bullet hinder the Great and Powerful Trixie!

I go for one of my smoke balls, slowly and carefully, so it don't look suspicious. Luckily my pouch is hidden by the Soviet soldiers watching my seemingly inevitable demise. But I have one last thing up my sleeve, and I am not going to mess this up. I reach for a smoke ball, then disappear in a puff of smoke and reappear above Starlight and Chrysalis.

"WHAT!?" I hear Chrysalis shout angrily.

I instantly get ready with my last remaining smoke ball on me and as soon as I made contact with Starlight I use it.

(Starlight's POV)

Everything is happening in such a short space of time. I used teleportation to lengths I'd usually not be able to do unless my adrenaline is flowing like a waterfall.

I'm no longer held by Chrysalis. I'm in a forest, and my back is leaning against a tree- This is bad- Chrysalis has went and joined the side of the Soviets-

"Thorax, Ocellus- Pharynx aren't here- We- We-"

Calm down Starlight, collect yourself, breath in, breath out, clear. I must focus what the main problem at hoof is.

"Trixie!" I turn left and to see my best friend half-conscious, laying her back against a tree. Blood is spilling out the wound where that soldier shot her. The wound is in her chest area- Did it hit her heart!?

I reach lean over and close my left eye, using my left eye to look down the wound. I see the bullet in there still and- Thank buck! It didn't hit her heart!

"Trixie! Are you still there!?" I cry. My eyes are building up tears. My friend had done nothing and she gets this!

"Yeah- Agh... Yes... the Great and Powerful- Agh... Trixie... is still here- Agh! Agh..." I at least know Trixie is still responsive!

"I need you to take that pouch off. Trust me, okay, I'm gonna help you and- And we'll get to Ponyville- Twilight can figure something out and- Just hang in there okay," I am so bucking stressed right now, but I keep calm and collect, for Trixie. If anything, she's more stressed than I am. She had just been shot, and I'm the only pony in power to do something to help.

"Trixie, can you lean forward, just a little bit?"

"Yeah, sure- Agh!" Trixie leans forward, screeching and grunting as she leans back against the tree. I then help her by gently pulling forward with my right forehoof. She screams and cries as I did pull her forward- I feel like a horrible pony, but what I'm doing is going to help her.

"Trixie- I know it hurts badly- I'm going to let go- This is important okay, it'll be okay, it'll be okay..." I gently whisper to ease both our tensions. I see Trixie's pain in her teart eyes alone, her pupils dilated. I let go of her, but quickly grab hold of her body with my magic.

"I need you to put both forehooves through the straps of your pouch," I instruct her.

"I can't- It hurts..." Trixie whimpers.

"You're the Great and Powerful Trixie! I believe in you, you can do it! I believe in you Trixie!" I try to motivate Trixie and encourage her to do what I need her to do. She slowly does so, and while she's slowly doing it, I see her urge to scream as her eye lids are scrunched and her teeth are showing.

"AGGH!" Trixie did it!

"I knew you could do it!" I smiled to her. Even though Trixie is in terrible pain, she manages to smile back to me. I gently lean her back against the tree again and let go of her body from my magic.

"You're so brave Trixie, I'm proud of you- You can rest now, leave everything to me okay," I calmly say to her. I position the pouch so it covers the wound on her chest. I then tighten the straps so the pouch stops most of the blood from coming out. I really wanted to take the bullet out, but if that bullet had hit an artery, if I were to remove that, she could bleed out. One thing I remember from super duper basic first aid is if something punctures you, you must keep it in you incase it had hit an artery.

"There- You should be okay now- Do you need a minute?" I ask her. She nodded.

A minute passes, and I help Trixie slowly get up. We began to walk, but I notice Trixie struggling. I then get down to the ground.

"Hop on, I'll carry you," I offer her a piggy back ride. She limps her way over until she's above me. I slowly lift myself back up, now with Trixie on my back. I slowly began to walk at a steady pace.

"W- what about Thorax?" Trixie asked me.

"We have to go- We have no choice. You're injured, and what matters to me right now is making sure you're okay," I replied to her. Thorax ran off, doing as I wished him to do. Trixie didn't, and I owe her for ignoring me and not running. Thorax will have to figure his problems on his own. I don't know where he currently is. I have to focus on what's more important, and making sure Trixie is okay, is more important than finding Thorax. With Chrysalis back too, and full well knowing she still has a vendetta against me, I can't take any chances.

"I owe you... Starlight..."

"No, I owe you Trixie, I really do," I reply back to Trixie. Trixie got shot, because she saved me. Had she not risked herself, I would right now being tortured by Chrysalis and a blood-thirsty horde of Soviets. I owe Trixie my life.

I feel Trixie's breathing becoming more stable-sounding. She's sleeping. I carry on walking in the rough direction to Ponyville. I hope Thorax will be okay. For me, getting Trixie help is my priority.

(No longer in Starlight's POV)

Thorax is flying as fast as his insect-like wings can carry him. He just about got away from Chrysalis. But what's going through his mind right now is that Starlight's dead. Chrysalis must've killed Starlight.

"You could've done something..." Thorax muttered one thought to himself.

"Starlight wanted you to get away. There was nothing you could do- The hive needs you now more than ever..." Thorax muttered his other thought to himself.

Now he got a reasonable distance away, he looks around him. He doesn't see Trixie with him, meaning she's likely dead too.

"It's all my fault- I should've forced him to order the retreat!" Thorax screams out loud before sitting down, then crying to himself.

"It's all my fault..."

"THORAX!"

"Ocellus!?" Thorax looks in all directions. He thinks he's hallucinating from stress. But he sees the light cyan turquoise blue female changeling, and it's indeed Ocellus. Thorax runs up to Ocellus and hugs her tightly.

"Ocellus!"

"Chrysalis is back and she has an army of unreformed changelings!" Ocellus whimpered.

"Unreformed changelings!?" Thorax gasped. He thought all the changelings reformed years ago... except for Chrysalis of course.

"Yes! I was captured along with fourty other changelings and only I escaped before they tied us all up! Any changelings refusing to return to following Chrysalis are being executed by the Soviets in blue hats!" Ocellus cried. She is outright petrified. Thorax hugs her tighter, giving her comfort.

"We need to get out of here now- I won't let Chrysalis or the Soviets hurt you- She'd have to get through me, alright. Let's get out of here before we're caught," Thorax slowly untightens his hug around Ocellus.

"B- but what about the other changelings?" Ocellus whimpered.

"I'm afraid it's every changeling for themselves now. I feel I could've done more, but I listened to my brother- I should've ignored him and order the retreat. It's all my fault," Thorax sighed, flapping his insect-like wings and flying west, Ocellus doing the same, following him.

"It's not your fault, please don't say that," Ocellus replied in a sorrow voice.

"We'll one day come back here, however long it will take, we'll one day call this place home again," Thorax said in a more stern voice. Thorax knows Ocellus looks up to him, and tries to remain strong for her.

(Late evening)

The Soviets have taken the Changeling Kingdom without any effort. Despite the amount of changelings that were originally willing to fight, within the first hour of combat, Soviet AA guns were shredding changeling ranks. If they flew too high, they'd die to AA guns. If they flew too low, they'll die to Red Army infantry and tanks. Within mere hours, the changeling's determination broke down and they began fleeing for their lives in panic. But obviously, not all of them were able to escape.

After the kingdom had been secured, the NKVD and unreformed changelings have been rounding up any of Thorax's changelings they could get hold of. Some were unable to escape the following carnage.

In a dark drippy cave, Chrysalis is with 5 unreformed changelings with blue helmets, and 15 elite members of the NKVD. They've rounded up 15 of Thorax's changelings. The NKVD have tied their legs together and their wings to their bodies so they can't fight back.

"You either rejoin me and be forgiven or you'll face the Soviet's judgement! I'm already not in a very good mood!" Chrysalis' voice shook the 15 changelings. They don't want to serve Chrysalis again. The memories of her brutal rule as a queen are still sharp in their minds. With Chrysalis leaning towards communism as well, her returned rule is going to be even worse.

"Why would we ever return to you!?" One of Thorax's changelings shouted at Chrysalis.

The former Queen of the changelings and soon-to-be General Secretary of the changelings glares at the colourful changelings. She looks at them in disgust and looks away, even vomiting.

"Thorax really has corrupted you beyond redemption. You're all just a bunch of vile abominations! You're so corrupted that sucking out all your love and feeding on it is dangerous!" She spat at them. She began walking left to right while glaring at what she saw as vile, corrupted abominations.

"I had to see this for myself. I hoped more were willing to return. But I guess not, but not to worry," Chrysalis grins as she looks at the 15 elite members of the NKVD.

"Избавьтесь от этих мерзких паразитов. Не делайте их смерть мгновенной. Я хочу, чтобы они умерли мучительно," Chrysalis demanded.

Chrysalis speaking Russian sent chills into the 15 changelings that don't want to return to Chrysalis' rule. Chrysalis alsp sounded demanding when she spoke Russian, and to the 15 captured changelings, this can only mean one thing. They brace themselves and close their eyes. They hear 15 different-sounding footsteps and 15 different clicking noises.

POW! POW POW! POW! POW POW POW! POW POW POW POW! POW! POW POW! POW!

The NKVD fired not at the heads, but at the chests of the colourful changelings. The screams fill the air and echoes out the cave until they ran out of air and began to suffocate. The NKVD puts their Nagant Revolvers away, the weapon they used to carry out this execution.

Chrysalis smugly smirked with satisfaction. Seeing this has definitely improved her mood. Chrysalis almost had Starlight Glimmer, but the unicorn escaped by sheer and stupid luck.

"You see..." Chrysalis began to talk to the 5 changelings who upheld their loyalty to her.

"... the Soviets know how to dispose of traitors! This is how we deal with THOSE WHO BETRAY US GOING FOWARD! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, SUBJECTS!?" Chrysalis stamps both her forehooves down to the ground. Her sudden burst of anger shook her 5 subjects. Even the 15 elite members of the NKVD are left feeling slightly on edge.

"Y- yes, Chrysalis," The 5 subjects said in sync with each other.

"Good..." Chrysalis grinned as she spoke in an unsettling low-tone voice.

"The Soviets here our not just our allies, but our close allies. They're eager for revenge, and what's happening right now wouldn't be possible without them. I'll admit this, we owe them by helping them in their campaign. Us, true changelings plus the Soviet Union, we're UNSTOPPABLE! AH HA HA HA HA HAHA HAHAHA!" Chrysalis' evil laughter bellows. The 5 subjects loudly roar in cheers and the 15 elite members of the NKVD began furiously clapping their hands.

"LONG LIVE COMRADE CHRYSALIS! LONG LIVE COMRADE STALIN! LONG LIVE THE COMINTERN!" The 5 subjects enthusiastically roar out loud. Their cheers are music to Chrysalis' ears. The 5 changelings began to sing.

The changelings don't have their own anthem yet, so they'll have to improvise. But the 5 subjects also can't speak Russian properly. Luckily the 15 elite members of the NKVD can also speak English. They, Chrysalis and her 5 present subjects all began to sing in their most enthusiastic tones and highest pitches they can manage.

"An unbreakable union of free republics..."