“You know, I expected to be freezing my ass off,” Phasma said. “I don’t feel all that cold. Not that I’m warm or anything, I’m just completely naked in the snow on the side of a mountain. Dunno if my disguise is protecting me, or if changelings are fine with the cold.”
Luna watched with a smirk as the changeling struggled to turn around on his skis. It was like watching a newborn foal walk for the first time; he spaced his legs out wide, and was waddling around, lifting a single leg up at a time.
“What are you staring at?” He asked.
“Someone making a fool of himself,” she said.
He huffed, “It’s not fair. I’ve skied before, and you haven’t. You should be the one struggling, not me.”
Luna had taken to skiing like fish to water. While Phasma struggled to have any semblance of control, Luna had left Double Diamond behind as she continuously ran down the training hill, over and over again.
“She’s Princess Luna,” Double Diamond said, guiding Phasma with one of his own skis. “She’s learned quite a few skills, I imagine.”
Luna nodded, “Quite right. Learning new things is one of the best ways to pass the time, so I have learned how to learn, if you understand my meaning.”
Phasma cursed under his breath, “Still, ‘s not fair.”
“You’re doing great, Phas!” Thorax cheered, wobbling slightly as he pulled up next to the three of them.
Thorax was wearing a purple scarf, matching Diamond’s, but only Diamond had more gear on; his hat and mask set him apart from everypony else. Luna had a blue scarf on herself, but Phasma had nothing.
The look of consternation on Phasma’s face vanished, “Thanks, Thorax. But unlike you, I don’t think I’ll be riding on any double diamonds anytime soon…”
“Snrt!” Double Diamond stifled an outburst of laughter.
“Nice one,” Luna said in between silent laughs.
She had understood the double entendre, as she had asked about Double Diamond’s name and Cutie Mark much earlier. Thorax, it seemed, didn’t quite get it.
“What? What’s so funny?” Thorax obliviously asked.
“Nothing, nothing,” Phasma lied, failing to convince anypony.
Luna unclipped a hoof and stretched it out for a hoof bump. Taking the bait, Phasma undid one of his boot clips and reached out. Subtly, Luna pulled her hoof back, making Phasma lean into the gesture more, eventually tipping him off balance. By the time he realized Luna’s trick, he was already falling onto his side in the snow, unable to stop himself.
“Bastard!” He chuckled.
Double Diamond, now thoroughly red-faced, helped pull Phasma back up to his hooves.
“I think you’re all ready to actually try skiing,” Diamond said after composing himself. “Nothing crazy, there’s some beginner slopes up on the mountain. We’ll take a chair lift up, and take things slow.”
“I can barely do turns,” Phasma complained.
“You’re doing better than you’re giving yourself credit for,” Diamond said. “You’ve fallen down only three times, and that last one was Luna’s fault. You’re clearly remembering what skills you’ve already got, dude.”
Phasma smiled, “Oh alright, fine. Let’s hit the slopes.”
“Yeah!” Diamond cheered with sudden enthusiasm.
‘Must be some common colloquial phrase.’
The gang made their way over to the chairlifts. The tall, strange constructions were apparently the usual method of reaching the top of any skiing mountain in a reasonable timeframe. It was annoying to use the loud, rather dangerous-looking things than simply teleporting, but Luna wasn’t about to protest.
‘Only two of us can teleport. One and a half, really.’
Getting on the chairs was tricky; they had to take their skis off first, and carry them when they sat down onto the chairs coming up behind them.
“Oof!” Phasma grunted as the both of them quickly got themselves seated and secured. “This seems a whole lot less safe when you’ve got twice as many legs.”
With one final lurch, Phasma and Luna were off, the ground slowly falling away beneath them. Ahead, Thorax twisted in his seat and waved, which both Phasma and Luna returned, before Thorax returned his attention to his coltfriend who was sitting next to him.
“I swear, Thorax has to be aware of just how cute he acts,” Phasma said.
“One would be mistaken for thinking it to be a conscious effort,” Luna agreed.
“So, uh…. How are you, Luna?”
Luna returned a wave to a pair of ponies who stopped on the slopes to wave up at her.
“I am doing well. Very well, I think. I had wondered about how ponies would receive my return for quite some time now. Last night and today… I expected to be met with some measure of hostility, especially with the Nightmare Moon mythology sticking around. Thankfully, none of my fears have come to pass.”
Phasma nodded, “You know, even though some ponies are kinda intimidated by you, most are extremely happy to see you. I think you made more than a few ponies’ days.”
“Really?”
‘I would think that ponies would be honored to meet a Princess, but to make one’s day?’
“Oh yeah. Quite a few were very happy to meet a Princess in person. The foals loved you.”
Luna sighed contently, “They did indeed. I do not have to be an empath to see the grins on their faces when I tell them stories. Thank you for this opportunity, Phasma. I have had fun.”
“Anytime, Luna. I have had lots of fun too, though my back is still killing me…”
Luna cringed, “I will make it up to you. I did not mean to–”
He reached over and gripped her hoof reassuringly, “I know, Luna. I can’t remember what I had for lunch a week ago, let alone a skill I would have learned a thousand years ago. Besides, you remembered how to properly do it by the end.”
“Still, I should have realized–”
“Quiet!” Phasma whispered, his eyes darting around the mountainside.
“W–what?” Luna whispered back.
Around them, the snow-dusted pines sat silently off to one side, and a wide open run lay beneath and to their other side. Luna did not detect anything out of the ordinary.
“I… thought I heard something. Nevermind,” Phasma muttered. “Anyways, there’s always next time. Let’s just be glad you didn’t break a bone with your earth pony strength. We’re a long way away from a healing pod.”
“That would be a poor way to go about vacationing. So, have you any familiarity with this… contraption? Or do human skiers use some other method of reaching the top? Preferably, something quieter? Or warmer? Maybe even safer?”
“Heh, you’re shit outta luck Luna, chairlifts are here to stay. The only other method is a gondola lift, which is like this but enclosed. Those are rarer. You’ve got wings and the ability to teleport, what’re you afraid of?”
Luna leaned over the railing in front of them, watching their hindhooves dangle in the open air.
“Failing to extricate myself from this chair, should it fall. But yes, I suppose I can simply teleport. I will have to leave you behind, though.”
“Acceptable losses?”
“It will be a nice funeral,” Luna giggled.
“It better be. Alright, get ready. We’re about to get off.”
Getting off the chair was even more of a dilemma than getting on. Thankfully, the chair slowed down to the point where they could both easily get off, skis in tow.
“These things really come to a stop,” Phasma remarked. “I’m used to them still having some speed at the top. Thorax and Diamond are over there, let’s go,” he said, nodding to the pair of stallions who were putting their skis on by a large map.
The snow crunched underneath their boots as they marched over. When they arrived, they each placed their skis on the ground and started putting them on.
“Alright,” Diamond said, “we’re going to hit this hill here, ‘Snow Problem.’ It’s a beginner's run, so it should be nice and smooth.”
“You ponies and your damned puns,” Phasma rolled his eyes. “Though to be fair, I think we’d put punny names for stuff like this, too.”
‘Now that I think about it, does Double Diamond know that Phasma is reincarnated? Feh, not my problem.’
“Lead the way, Double Diamond,” Luna cheered.
“W–wait!” Phasma stuttered, head darting around like a bird’s. “I heard something again!”
“You heard something again?” Thorax repeated.
“I heard it first on the chairlift. Now I just heard it again, I knew I heard something!”
“What is it that you are hearing?” Luna asked.
“I… don’t know. It’s almost like an echo of some sort…. I want to get up to the top of this mountain. I seem to hear it better the further up we go.”
Luna sighed, “Very well then, what is the quickest way up, Double Diamond?”
Phasma answered that question by raising his wings out from underneath his elytra, and taking to the skies, leaving his skis behind.
“A straight line, apparently,” Diamond huffed.
Luna picked up the discarded equipment, “Gather close, I shall teleport us to the top.”
“Is that safe?” Thorax asked. “What if we try to teleport where someone is standing?”
“Unlike Phasma’s teleportation spell, mine checks the location first. I think the only reason why he was able to learn his without training was because it is so bare-bones and archaic. Now step close.”
They got close to Luna, and she gathered the mana to teleport to the mountain’s peak. Given that they were less than halfway up, it was going to be a rather long jump. Not so long as to warrant the long range version of the spell, but long enough for Luna to feel uncomfortable with the amount of mana used.
‘Nothing for it.’
In a blink of an eye, they appeared at the top. The view, previously only of the far horizon, now showed the entire valley, from Shimmervale down below, all the way to the Celestial Sea. The wind howled. The top was a small flat plateau, were some ponies had planted flags, but the closest lift ended a hundred hooves below them on the runs.
“Sure is louder up here!” Diamond pointed out. “How exactly is he planning on hearing anything any better? And where is Phasma, anyways?”
“We have beat him to the top,” Luna said. “As for what he plans on doing… I haven’t the faintest clue. It is unlike him to derail something he was looking forward to. I am getting very concerned for what is going on.”
“He might not have heard anything physically,” Thorax said slowly. “He might have… heard something on his Weave? I mean, did any of you hear anything?” Luna and Diamond shook their heads. “I didn’t hear anything, either. However, I did feel…. something from Phasma’s Weave. I wouldn’t have noticed it had he not pointed it out.”
The changeling king finally arrived, setting down next to them.
“Wait, how did you guys beat me up here?”
“We teleported, Phas,” Thorax deadpanned.
“Oh right, we can do that. I forgot.”
“Do you hear whatever this is any better now? The wind is quite louder up here than it is down where we got onto the mountain,” Luna said.
“I don’t know. We’ll see….. Princess Procho? Is that you?”
“Who’s Princess Procho?” Diamond whispered to Thorax.
“Phas’s dead sister. Died centuries ago, and Phas heard her a few times way back during the war, apparently. I wasn’t here for any of that, but he told me about it.”
“I can confirm this,” Luna whispered. “He has confided in me this fact.”
‘I don’t think it’s Procho,” Phasma said, disheartened. “It’s–”
He abruptly cut himself off, and snapped his head in a direction. Luna followed his gaze.
“I heard that, too,” Thorax muttered.
One of the nearby mountains, a tall, almost perfectly cone shaped mountain, was attached to its neighbors halfway up its base. Had it not been for its almost perfect mountain-shape, Luna would consider it featureless. It had the same pine forest reaching up much of its length, and snowy cliffs the rest of the way. Even with the shape, there was nothing particularly unusual about it.
Phasma pointed at it.
“There. It came from there.”
“What came from there?” Luna asked.
“I felt… an echo in my Weave.”
“What could possibly be over there?” Diamond wondered.
“What could–” Phasma repeated, then he froze. “Thorax. Are you getting any of this?”
“No?”
Phasma let out a shaky breath, “Luna. What’s the quickest you can get an army here, and how big?”
“W–what?! This is rather unexpected!” Luna stammered.
‘What need do we have for an army?!’
“How quickly?” Phasma pressed.
“.... The Canterlot Reaction force, twelve hundred ponies, can be here within two days,” she said. “What on Equus would require such a show of force, here within Equestria’s borders? Need I remind you, the Fourth Hive was in the opposite direction from Canterlot. Phasma? What is in or on that mountain?”
I knew how I knew. That’s what worried me the most.
I had no idea what was in the mountain until I asked Double Diamond’s question aloud in my own head.
‘What could possibly be over there?’
It was The First Hive.
I knew this because a Weave had supplied an answer for me. It didn’t feel like Chrysalis’s Weave, no, this one was… bigger, if that was possible. Given that it was being projected from inside a mountain and across the entire range, I could believe that. It was also colder. Like it was unliving. Not even the lobotomized princes and princesses were this unliving.
“It’s the First Hive,” I told them. “It’s here. Right there, in that mountain. If Thorax couldn’t hear it, then I probably only sensed its Weave because I have one myself. I’m sure that I’m the first royal up here in thousands of years.”
“The First Hive?!” Thorax exclaimed.
‘Even if a drone had come to Shimmervale, they wouldn’t be sensitive enough to feel this Weave’s presence.’
“The last Hive you visited was infested with Nightmares,” Luna realized. “That is why you requested an army! I shall send word at once!”
“Tell Coxa to bring the entire Red Right Hoof, if you can. We’re going to need every soldier we can get if there are Nightmares there.”
Luna teleported in a scroll, quill, and ink from somewhere, and began quickly writing a letter.
‘I have to learn that trick.’
“What’s going on? What’s the First Hive?” Diamond asked. “And does this mean we’re done skiing?”
“The First Hive is the oldest known changeling civilization,” I said. “Little more is known about it.”
“It’s the Hive where two drones led the evacuation, ascending to royals themselves for the effort,” Thorax supplied. “It being all the way up here is… astounding! This could be the biggest discovery we’ve made in history!”
“That award belongs to the feeding solution you found,” I said.
“Hmm, maybe. But still, can you imagine what this could mean for us?!”
“It could mean we found Epitaph and his horde of Nightmares,” I growled. “If the Third Hive had been filled with them and one of Epitaph’s lieutenants, if my guess about their naming convention is right, then it makes sense that our oldest civilization could be his very own stomping ground.”
Luna rolled up her letter, and it burned away in a blue flame.
“There, it is done. It would seem we have to cut our vacation short, Double Diamond. I apologize, but Equestria could be in danger.”
I returned my stare back to the mountain.
As for what I heard, it was like an echo. A distortion within the Weave, like a message too degraded to hear. Radio static. White noise. The hints of a voice speaking a message.
Someone or something was in that mountain, and it was trying to speak.
The changelings had arrived first.
The Clear Sky soared above Shimmervale, engines roaring at full burn. It came to a halt slowly, drifting past Shimmer Mountain, the mountain which the town was named after and where we spotted the First Hive from.
It disgorged its passengers as it drifted to a halt. Dozens of changelings leapt from the deck of the galleon, dropping from the sky and drifting down to our spot. We had returned to our room for the day, and Luna visited the town to find the town hall, its mayor, and declare an emergency state. Today, the town was empty; no pony was to be outside. Only rarely was one dashing through the street; emergencies such as getting food, medical attention, or other important jobs were unavoidable.
‘The world may be ending, but you still have your Four P.M. shift at the grocery store…’
So, ponies watched from windows, balconies, and doorways as the airship arrived and changelings flooded forth from it. When we noticed their arrival, we went back up the mountain to its peak. I ordered Thorax to stay in the room with Diamond.
He protested. I told him that if something were to happen to me, he and Coxa would be taking over, so it was imperative that at least one of us remains safe.
The changelings descended down to us, and hovered above our heads as Coxa, Froghopper, and Captain Katydid landed in front of us.
“Your Majesty,” Froghopper and Katydid said as they bowed.
“We are here as commanded,” Katydid rose.
“And ready for battle,” Froghopper finished, rising too.
“Let’s hope it doesn’t get to that,” I said.
“I’m here, too,” Coxa said. “Lace’s wings are still healing, so she’s staying in the ship for now. But is it true? You found the First Hive?”
“It’s right behind you, in that mountain there,” I pointed it out. The changelings, even the ones in the air, all turned to face it.
“Tomorrow, the Canterlot Reactionary Force will arrive,” Luna announced.
“Let’s get things ready for them,” I said. “Froghopper, gather your lings and prepare an L.Z. down at the base of the mountain.”
“L.Z.?” He asked.
“Landing Zone.”
He saluted, “As you command, My King.”
When he took off, I turned to Katydid, “Prepare the Red Right Hoof to fight Nightmares. I’m hoping there’s nothing alive or undead in the city, but we can’t make assumptions.”
Katydid saluted, “At once, High Marshall– I mean, my King.”
When he took off and took most of the lings watching with him, I turned last to Coxa.
“Thorax is in a resort down in Shimmervale. I need you two to stay safe. Preferably, you should not have come at all, but oh well. Stick together, and no matter what happens, ensure the survival of our species.”
“I’m not leaving your side,” Coxa declared.
“That wasn’t a request, Coxa. Luna will show you where Thorax is. I’m going to oversee the deployment, secure the base camp, and then I’ll come to the resort myself. Froghopper’s scouts will report to us there, and my Weave should extend out to the base of that mountain, so they should be safe from any Nightmare possessions, if my Weave can protect them…”
Coxa sighed, “If you’re coming to the resort, then fine. Just do us all a favor and stay away from the front lines, should fighting break out. I’d hate to order Katydid to stun you and foalnap you.”
"We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty."
The sunday starts with a number of update. This one might be the second best as of yet.
Hm... I wonder who Celestia will get in time.
Celestia reedeem Chrysalis by stealing her heart perhaps
Magnificent development. The only hive unaccounted for is the second than.
Sooo... Two if 5 Hives are in Equestria borders... Do this mean Pony stole the Changeling Land in their heart warming story?
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"This is Rachel with Card Services..."
Phasmatodea weave is the closest they have to a radio. Should'nt they use Changeling's as communication officers and leave them out of the fronts frontline?
Than again it IS a Changeling city...
Perhaps it has defensiv spells still charged after like 10.000 years?
Maybe we can salvage Knowledge or Lore
Perhaps a few pretty bling blings?
I forget. What happened to his hammer? Also nice chap
This Hive is probably nightmare-free, because I don't remember him mentioning something like that about the third hive.
Considering that even Phasma feels that the hive and it's weave is without life.
So it's abandoned for other reasons
Maybe they were chased down by another race, alicorns?
Wait it's bigger?
-Does, that mean they had other methods of increasing the weave without lobotomizing royals?
-Or they lobotomized so many of them there and when they evacuated they didn't kill them and just left them there to float and project the weave?
But because there weren't other changelings around the weave is empty ?
-Or even better, there is/are hibernating not lobotomized changeling royal/s.
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Phasma could troll them by faking an alien invasion XD
You know ,War of the Worlds Broadcast
Oh shit. Oh shit! OH SHIT! OH-! *"Oh shit!"s continue off into the distance*
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If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, a mesothelioma lawyer may be able to get you compensation.
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Screams in Eldritch Horror car protection
What is Cricket doing i wonder...
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Totaly a prank Phasmatodea should bring on FOOLFOALS day or Nightmare Night 👍
So, to be short.
Phasma - Cursed, no rest for the wicked.
fun is not allowed.
Title does not forshadow a thing, no, it does not.
Is it time to evacuate the resort?
Btw, is there a chance to revive one of the older hives, and tebuild the Buggo Nation?
Actually sounds like a good one, if safe enought of course.
should have known they cant get a break xD
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Armory i guess. But right now Unboken Radiance and God Splitter are probably going to be a hooves length away.
I wonder what could fill his Changeling equicment set... Enchanted:
- Earrings
- Neckless
- Tongue Piercing
- Groin protection with integrated ball warmer
- Knee protectors? That would be 4 gor one quadrapet
Let’s hope Phasma remembers and has enough time to teach all of the changeling soldiers present how to cast Panar’s Fury.
Edit: and the scanning spell that can detect corruption. That might be helpful as well.
Seems like we're in for another
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He will be wearing a skirt and 4 socks for lower body protection and increased speed.
A crop top with "bad bug" on it for upper body protection and enhanced strength
A tongue piercing to speak any language
An ear piercing to understand any language
A horn ring for twilight levels of magic.
And now we have a femboy king phas or king fabulous
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Or, if the third hive is anything to go by, blow the whole mountain to pieces.
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Holy shit! Like in Dr who with the millenia long hibernating Lizard race? That would be awesome!
The lore and cultureshock would be amazing ♡
Just imagen what they could learn! Perhaps antic Changeling ones new how to build computers or they have a antic Changeling sutra laying around
But seriously. In London their is a battery working a clock for over 100 years by now.
Maybe Changelings have developed tech that get lost over time?
Like... ... ... Massage sticks powered by looove
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True... But since this is a mounten that might awake the dormant vulcano... So lets blow less things up and more like slaughter Night Stalkers if they are present.
I hope for Mitril idea of us getting a Dr. Who story like with the hibernating Lizard people ♡
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Can't tell if Changelings are the Xenomorph or the Marines
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Purrrfection!
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I get the feeling what Phasma is hearing is the equivalent of an EAS broadcast. An automated message repeatedly sent out to warn any nearby changelings of the danger that befell the ancient hive, telling every ling to evacuate...
Nice the cover image can pull double duty, Phasma found another mountain to burn down.
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> - Groin protection with integrated ball warmer
First I wanted to make a joke about portal panties, but then it hit me. The pair of portals are coloured blue and orange. KKSlider got me/us good.
Breaks are illegal. Get back to burning down mountains, cities on mountains and cities in mountains.
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since phas can hear the weve then its possible they are in suspention or that they have made tec that meshes with the weve like a virtual world or a network booster. something to remember is that the nightmares dont seem to be able to hold on to dead bodies and might change them to suite their needs so its possible that
a. all the changlings where frozen to purge the infection as they might register as dead while frozen
b. evacuation was happening and then freeze was planned to trap the nightmare forever
Also this could mean that the ice and snow are because of an old changling invention that is still somewhat working ( might be falty as in both situations i think the weave would need to be inactive for the nightmares to be beat.
you know what? phas needs more complication with his love life so lets hope there is a frozen changling princess in there that gets quite taken with him
Oh that's big.
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mabey the whole thing with how chrisalis did it was a patch job or quick fix that became the norm? like how alot of us hit electronics and then they go back to working as it works for them most part and when it doesent work we look into it so since phas seems to reconise the weave is bigger then mabey this methord is better and more long lasting in comparisen as this one they likely just found has been left unattended for years but phas brothers and sisters likely need to be topped up with love every now and then
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Like in 'Dead Space 3' or in 'Hostile Waters Antaeus rising' the game. Pretty nice idea!
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Sounds reasonable 👍
gotta say this chapter feels different to the other ones, and i don't mean the fact it's mainly from luna's perspective. it feel semi rushed? i'm not sure how to describe it, but the writing style feels different
like i think one of the things that seems wrong is how characters seem to just exposition with no build up. normally the chapters are more subtle and slower burns but this just keeps rushing the point i think
and the descriptions seems shorter and more amateur in their delivery
sorry if this comes off as an insult or me whining. i don't intend it that why. just expressing how this feels odd to me
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I like the theory that the weave could be upgraded into something like the internet.
But then, Phas has the power to rickroll the entire Changeling population at once.
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Imagine an eldritch horror just trying to sell you car insurance.
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FTFY
A bit strange that no one mention Cricket is missing.
Would you like to know more?
Penglai (Chinese: 蓬萊仙島; lit. 'Penglai Immortal[1] Island') is a legendary land of Chinese mythology. It is known in Japanese mythology as Hōrai.
In a Chinese mythology which originates in the state of Qi during the Pre-Qin period, immortals live in a palace called the Penglai Palace which is located on Mount Penglai.[3]
In Chinese mythology, the mountain is often said to be the base for the Eight Immortals, or at least where they travel to have a ceremonial meal, as well as the illusionist Anqi Sheng. Supposedly, everything on the mountain seems white, while its palaces are made from gold and silver, and jewels grow on trees.
From the medieval periods onwards, Mount Penglai was believed by some Japanese people to be located in Japan where Xu Fu and Yang Guifei arrived and eventually decided to stay there for the rest of their lives.[3]
Well now, all that's missing is the 2nd hive...
Great chapter, almost wished it was Princess Procho since it think it would be pretty interesting if Phasma actually had any living family members that *wasn't* trying to kill him...
Perhaps he's got a greatgreatgreatgreatgreat-great grandmother up there somewhere?
Deffinately curious as to what they'll find, and most certainly it's a Changeling Royal due to the Weave...
Just how loud is Phasma's wings, anyway? I don't imagine anything that big flying with bug wings silently.
Don't sell yourself short, Phasma. Way more than half of you made that trip successfully.
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Unfortunately, Procho burned her immortal soul as fuel to save him. She's officially Deader Than Dead.
I've got a bit of a crazy theory, but what if the nightmares are actually particularly powerful dead changelings that were corrupted by dark magic. If that was the case, which it probably isn't, then it would make the big bad nightmare the first changeling ruler or something.
Realistically they're probably just ancient demons or something.
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I don't think that's it. Even lobotomized and in tanks they should need to eat, and considering how long it was since the hive was supposed to be evacuated, everything inside should have starved long time ago. Unless First hive had a way to generate love internally, I think that whatever "lives" inside does so only because it's sustained by certain headache-inducing parasites.
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Well, he did say this weave "was also colder. Like it was unliving. Not even the lobotomized princes and princesses were this unliving."
Zombie Procho confirmed.
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Is that what happened back when he confronted Chrysalis? I remember it happening but I didn't know she literally burned her soul to do that...
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Stars often represent souls in mythology, and MLP clearly follows suit with that pair of shooting stars in that one Applejack episode to represent her missing/dead parents. I respect Totakeke enough to read into the fact that a star went out in that scene.
From this chapter forward I'm going to try and make a meme for every chapter
The first has fallen, the third consumed, the second shrouded in mystery, great history entombed. That was probably a horrible rhyme
Here we go.
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I don’t think it was the Alicorns. They are not a civilization all on their own, they must ascend from other ponies. With the exception of Flurry Heart, if she is cannon in this story. I also doubt that it was either of the two sisters, considering neither really knew about the Changelings before the invasion. Well, Nightmare Moon knew, but that’s because of dream stuff. If there were other alicorns before Celestia and Luna, then this theory holds water. But that is up to Slider.
A hibernating royal is a cool theory. If this is true, and they manage to wake the hibernating Changeling up (and if they happen to be friendly) our characters might be able to find out the history of the first hive. Who knows, considering the hive is in Equestria, the Changelings of the First Hive might have even lived in Harmony with the ancient ponies, but they were forced to flee to protect them from the Nighrmares.
Why can’t phas have a vacation without anything political happening he’s earned it
I mean I would probably complain if nothing happened but still