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Week 3: Day 1 (continued)

Not a word was said, looking at the Changeling Queen, and now after seeing Queen Chrysalis; I could tell the different from the two really easily. Where Chrysalis, like Saki, their 'body armour' meaning on their back of which I would joke to Saki about at times, were a blue like green and their eyes being all blue. Her, she was different as I said. Where Chrysalis was green, her eyes were a deep blood red, cat silt much like Nightmare Moon. Her mane, was longer then I remembered, but still gave that feeling of a fire, it did no flow like that of the princesses; but in the soft blowing wind that came through, the hole covered tail and main flowed a bit to the side. The end of her mane seemed to curl inward toward her body. She was slender, not as much as the Changeling Queen of the East, but you could easily see that she held muscles; even for a bug.

"Cocoon..." I hissed her name softly, my eyes narrowing at her as she softly smiled, her teethed flashed from the blackness of her body as she gave a small chuckle.

"So you remember my name then young Bright Star?" she brought a hoof to her chest as she gave, what I'm guessing; a mock bow. "I'm fluttered," my horn started to glow as I went for my sword to remove it. "Nah, nah, nah," she spoke waving her hoof at me. "None of that now," my eyes slowly traced around my surroundings, I could see them, her little Changelings.

They had a body much like the normal Changelings, they reminded me of Saki in some ways, but they were bulkier in a way, and where Saki was black and blue/green; they were black and red. The buzzing of their wings easily heard at once as they hovered in place from where they were hiding. I was not affected by the Changeling skills, I knew this; but, ether way, it would be hard to fight them all off, plus their queen. Releasing my magic hold, I let the blade slip back into place as Cocoon smiled.

"You have a lot of nerve coming here you whore," her followers hissed at my choice of words, but I paid them no heed.

"Such a tongue on you," she chuckled softly as she took a step forward, making me step back. "And to your queen as well?"

"You're no queen of mine!" I spat at her as she cocked her head to the side.

"Oh but you are so wrong young Bright..."

"It's Lighting Knight," she gave me a puzzle look. "Bright Star died the day you came here and ripped his family from him." She gave me a amused look, something that to me, looked like a smug look.

"But I am your queen...Lighting Knight. Your father is part of my Hive, you are his offspring, making me; your Queen!"

"My father left the Hive after you killed both the last Queen and his first mate!" she seemed to be surprised that I knew this as I smiled. "Yes I know that now, Chrysalis filled me in on my origins a few days back."

"Bah, that failing excuse of a Changeling!" she shook her head looking away. "Couldn't even do her plan right without falling for that damn pony!" I blinked at this; she was in love with Shining Armor? That would be...weird for him then. I had to fight a smile after learning of this, but after that, I was back to glaring at Cocoon. "And if that blasted pony didn't come in to save her flank, I would've had a second Hive under my control!" I watched as she slowly relaxed after a while as she gave me a firm stare. "No matter, my plans here are almost ready, just a few more. But I must ask Knight," she then leaned closer as she smiled. "I knew you would return one day, but why may I ask? Your dear mother is dead, your father missing; what is your mission here?" I gave her a sly grin of my own; it seemed to hit something as she jerked her head back as I pointed to her with my left hoof.

"To help stop this civil war...and to find and kill the bitch that killed my mother!"

She reared her head back and howled with laughter, even her subjects seemed to laugh at this.

"Oh dear little Halfling, you...are a riot!" she seemed to dry her eyes as she grinned so wide, I thought her face would crack into two. "What makes you think you can kill me? You are nothing but a freak of nature, something that should not be!"

"How am I a freak if I may ask?" I tilted my head as I brought my hoof down, I started to count the paces in the room, maybe a good running jump and I could get her throat with the Hoof-blade. "Because I was born...from the Changeling you wanted?" she flinched back as I grinned and walked closer. "Oh yes I know, you wanted my father didn't you? I bet you still want him, you couldn't stand how he refused you, for a 'lowly' unicorn." I watched as her eye twitched for a second as I smiled, bingo, I had hit a nerve! "And I bet you truly hate it to, because every time you gaze onto me, you see that, you are reminded on how much he didn't want you."

"You speak of something you know nothing of youngling!" she screeched out as I only smiled softly. "But no matter, for not only did I made him suffer, I also made you suffer," that smile went away as I was reminded of my mothers death, how it was her that caused her to be ripped from me; my hold foal-hood...gone.

"So not only did you kill my mother," I answered her as I looked to her. "But now you're here to kill me?"

"Kill you, why no," she smiled softly as I watched as her Changelings began to move closer to me. "I know your father, Shade, is still here; he couldn't leave. No, so I shall simply draw him out." I started to back away slowly as she and the rest of them slowly moved closer to me, glancing around once more, including her, there was...eight of them, hrm, I think I could take them out. "Capture him my subjects!" at once the seven Changelings rushed at me, I jumped back and brought my sword out with my magic, letting the magic go, I gripped it with my wrist and swung; nearly missing the closest one to me as I landed on the ground. My horn glowing softly as I got another spell ready to use.

Slaking me like I was some sort of pray, which in a way I was to them, they came closer and closer to me as I backed myself up to a wall. Eyes darting around, I held the sword at the ready. Three jumped me at once as I glared, rolling out of the way, I shot my magic out, hitting on straight in the chest as it squealed in pain and flew backwards, slamming into a wall. Quickly I twisted my blade and slashed forward, but the two saw this coming and flew above my sword's reach, both tackling me to the ground. Their horns glowed a red color, I knew I couldn't be put under their spells, but no doubt they had magic that could hurt. I wiggled as much as I could, before my hind legs slammed into their heads; blood splattered onto my face as I spat any that came into my mouth. Rolling to my feet I ran toward Cocoon, jumping over a few f the last Changelings as I brought my left leg out, blade slipping our as I went for the neck.

I almost had her, until I was thrown by her own magic to a pillar of oak. I cried out as I tasted my own blood in my mouth. I heard her make tsk tsk sound with her tongue as she brought her hoof to my cheek.

"You really think that you can best me that easily?" she asked me giving my cheek a soft tap as she smiled. "Just like Shade, you never think things through." She then turned, her magic still holding me as I struggled to be released. "Btu do not worry, he will tell you all about that once I have him in my clutches!" she turned to look at me, her muzzle up in my own as she smiled. "And he will be mine, together, we will take care of the weakerQueens, my Hive will grow, as will my power, and there is nothing you can..." I watched as her eyes grew wide until she roared in utter pain. The magic that held me dropped as I shook my head, looking at her in confusion until I saw it. Saki was clinging around her neck in her Changeling form, her fangs deep in her neck as she tightened, blood shot out.

"S...Saki?!" I screamed as she released Cocoon and flipped before landing beside me, I watched as her tongue came out and slowly licked the blood that formed around her lips as she turned back to me.

"Miss me dearly?" she asked me with a coy smile as I blinked and got to my hooves.

"Saki what are you doing here?" I demanded as I picked my sword back up as she rolled her eyes and stood beside me as the Changelings surrounded their queen, as she gave us a death filled look.

"Saving your flank so it seems," she answered me with a smile. "I knew I had a bad feeling about this, so I ditched the Doctor and came running as fast as I could. Took a while for me to find this place too!"

"Saki..." I sighed as Cocoon got back up, her neck bleeding as she glared at Saki with hatred.

"How dare you!" she screamed as I moved closer, at the ready. "You dare attack me whelp?!"

"Yeah, pretty much," she answered with a smile. "Anyone who harms my Lighty has to deal with me!" I gave a small smile at this as Cocoon growled deep in her throat as she lashed out, red magic coming toward as we turned and nodded once and spilt up; she ran left, while I right. The other Changelings came rushing in to, this time I caught them all by surprised, using my magic, I threw myself in the air, and putting my magic around my blade, I span, making a wave of magic slam three of them in the chest. I heard them let out a short cry of pain as they fell toward the ground. I turned over, ready to help Saki, but I found that she was standing on top of her own three Changelings victims, how she did it, I do not know. I turned and watched as the Changeling Queen Cocoon ran toward Saki; I gave a yell as she rolled out of the way and bounded over to my side.

I watched as her rage grew her red eyes smaller in utter rage as her breathing came out in short heavy huffs. I then watched as her horn started to glow, a deep red once more as it then started to cover over her body, Saki ran toward her, her Hoof-blade at the ready as she jumped to attack her with it, but Cocoon was faster, her right hoof came and cracked like thunder on Saki's side.

"S...Saki!" I screamed as she rolled to the side, blood trickling out of her mouth as I watched as Cocoon broke something sharp from the house, I couldn't tell what it was, all I knew that it was strap. Picking my blade up with my magic I ran over as face as I could, she raised the item over her head and brought it down, I pushed Saki out of the way as she rolled once more, I slashed my blade across Cocoons chest as she hollowed in pain...no, it wasn't her screams that came, it was my own.

I fell with a thud on the floor, I couldn't see, I knew it was because of the pain I was feeling right now; the smell of blood rich and strong in my nose as I huffed and cried out in pain. When the shock died down, I lifted my right hoof to my left eye, removing my hoof; I found blood, blood from my eye. Looking up slowly, I saw that Cocoon was bleeding as well, her chest covered in her blood as she hissed at me. She was about to attack once more, but there was a sound, I could not place it, and before I knew it; I started to black out. The side of my face in my own blood as the world around me drew dark.

I felt groggy, my head pounding, and also...I felt drained. I lifted my hoof to where my eye still burned with pain, to find a cloth around it. Looking over at a small mirror on the side of the bed I was placed, I found much of my face covered in cloth, to try and stop the bleeding from my eye. There was a space in the cloth that I could see a thin line of light, so I was not blind in that eye; a miracle I guess. Turning over, I felt something shift, and when I turned over, it was Saki; but as a Changeling. Fear came over to me as I saw that she was wrapped up around her front left leg, meaning she couldn't change that part of her leg at all...and if she didn't change the rest of her body, she must have seen been knocked out. So whoever brought us here...they knew that she was...

"I see you're awake."

I turned at once and flinched back, standing by the door, his left eye covered by cloth from a old wound, was Sir. As I spoke of, nopony knew his true name, so we all called him Sir, for he was the leader of this band of freedom fighters. His good eye turned to look at Saki, as I tried to stand as I slowly made my way over to her, keeping my body in front of her to protect her.

"Do not fear," he told me as he raised his hoof, his goat was grey, but I thought that it was a different coat. He bore no mane, but a long white tail, his cutie mark covered by his light leather armour. His single brown eyes looking into my own single green eye. "She will not be harmed, seeing how she is with you when you awoken." I gave him a uneasy stare, he was...unlike how I remembered him, every time I did something stupid, or what he thought was stupid, he would chew me and spit me out...why was he so calm now. Had Sir really changed after coming so close to dying? I watched as he looked to me and then walked over coming closer to us, I was still watching him, ready for anything as he pulled up a chair and sat on it. "You love her don't you?"

"With every fibre of my being," I answered him as he nodded his head slightly.

"Well I know this is true," he answered shaking his head. "Seeing how you are not affected by Changelings,"

"Yeah," he knew this long ago, after some Changelings captured a little filly to try and replace her with one of their own to that they could gain any love we had for our family and such. "How did you get her here without anypony knowing what she was?"

"I went in the place of Doctor Love," he answered looking at me. "He was going to come, but I came in his steed. I found you both knocked out, and fought the Changeling Queen off. I took this one," she pointed to Saki. "First, covered her body in a blanket and carried her. Doctor Love came after and carried you,"

"Does..."

"No, he does not."

"Thanks... didn't think I would ever say that to you," he gave a small chuckle as I looked away and then to Saki. Closing my eyes, I opened them once more and turned to Sir. "Now...who are you,"

Sir gave me an uneasy look as he blinked.

"What do you...?"

"I know that you are not the real Sir," I answered slightly calm. "So just tell me, I won't say anything to the others, seeing how you kept my lover safe from harm." We stared at each other for a short while, until he smiled softly.

"You were always quick to catch on...Bright Star," I flinched back, his voice...it changed. So I was right, he was a Changeling, and I knew who it really was.

"...Father?" I asked softly as he looked to me, he started to remove the cloth around his left eye, when it was fully removed, I could see a full red eye looking back at me, a single scar covering much of his eye, and around it; black like that of a Changeling. A flash of red fire engulfed his body as the coat was burned away; soon, he gained that of a Changeling body, bulky like that of the Changelings here, too red eyes looking back at me, his wings folded to his side as he gave me a small gentle smile.

"Hello...son," he spoke in a voice I had only heard in my dream. "Seems the Changeling Queen of Equestria kept her word."