Converted

by Shaded Changeling

Chapter 43: Promotion

Shade was still blankly staring at the unicorn, his jaw hanging open, he was still trying to figure out what he had just said.

“Equestria to Snake Eye.” Darkblaze said, waving his hoof in front of Shade’s eyes. “Anypony home?” He looked at the Unicorn. “I think you broke him.”

Shade sat down, his brain working full speed to try and process what was going on, until a rather sharp stinging sensation in his face pulled him out of it. “OW!”

“Sorry.” Darkblaze replied. “You were starting to drool.”

Shade quickly closed his mouth. “Excuse me, I think I misheard you.” Shade said to the guard. “Did you just call me ‘Captain’?”

Scepter nodded. “Yes, and Celestia needs you at the Castle, your friends are free to enter the city alongside you.”

Shade’s brain was prepared for the shock this time, so he instantly replied with, “What?”

Scepter rolled his eyes and levitated the parchment so Shade could see it. On top was a portrait of himself, which was easy to tell, because it was just a Changeling with an orange slit eye instead of two solid blue ones.
Notice to all Royal Guards:
The Changeling known as Shade (Depicted above) has been given the temporary post of Captain of the Royal Guard by order of Princess Celestia. If he is seen, he is to be brought to the castle immediately.

Shining Armor, Captain of Celestia’s Royal Guard.

Underneath the notice was a fancy looking rainbow colored seal, which had an image of a Sun surrounding a crown.

“Hey good job Snake Eye.” Darkblaze said, giving him a light punch in his side. “Met her once and now you have one of the highest… Snake Eye?”

Shade tipped over and fell stiff against the ground, like a statue.

“Umm… Snake Eye?” Darkblaze said.

“What a drama Queen.” Rarity said. Getting looks by both Fluttershy and Applejack. “What?”

“I think he’s paralyzed.” Darkblaze said.

Shade shook his head. “I’m good… I’m good…” He said. “My brain is good… Really…I’m good.”

“If so, then please follow me sir. Oh… And re-disguise yourselves.” Scepter added. “We don’t want to cause a panic.”

All of the Changelings disguised themselves as they normally would, except for ‘Mustard’ who turned himself into a small bunny.

“Oh! You’re so cute!” Fluttershy said, picking up the rabbit. “I wish you could stay like that forever!”

“Then you better feed him, A lot.” Darkblaze said. “Otherwise he’ll just burn himself out. Literally.”

“Oh… Well… I wouldn’t want him to hurt himself…” Fluttershy said.

“Don’t worry.” Lyra replied. “It’s very difficult for Changelings to kill themselves that way, it’s painful, it’s slow, and usually you run out of energy before you try and burn through your body’s supply. And it only really works for huge changes, a rabbit shouldn’t take too much energy.”

“But remember, he was never taught how to transform like that. He was raised without a hive. What do you think Snake-?” Sunstreak was busily looking at the ground, trying not to make eye contact with anyone. “Shade?”

“What?” He replied loudly. Startling Tornado Dust. “Sorry… I’m just…”

“Not getting cold hooves are you?” Scepter joked.

“no… well…yes… But…I…”

Scepter laughed. “I’ve never seen such an easily intimidated Captain before. Usually they have some kind of nerve.”

“Back off!” Sunstreak said. “I just found out that I’m on the Royal Guard, let alone a Captain! Give me a few minutes…”

“Well you better start by acting like a Captain.” Scepter replied. “Nopony is going to follow a Captain that acts like you’ve been.”

Sunstreak looked up at him. “What the hell does that mean?”

“I’m just saying.” Scepter replied. “Might want to work out that little blanking out problem.”

“Well I’m sorry if I take suddenly becoming a Royal Guard Captain when little over a week ago I was still considered a prisoner like that.”

“True. True. I guess I can understand your surprise now.” Scepter replied. “After all, aren’t too many Changelings in the guard.” He shot a look at Lockup.

“Yeah…” Lockup replied. “Listen. I have some duties I need to deal with. See you all later.” He turned and headed away from the castle.

“I’ve got to check on my sister.” Lyra said, walking towards the hospital.

“The rest of you should probably go see Twilight, Pinkie, and Rainbow. I’m sure they’ll be glad to see you safe.” Sunstreak said. “I’ll meet up with you guys when I’m done with… Whatever this is…”

“Alright Sunny. Come on Bug boy.” Applejack said to Tornado. “Ah’ve got plenty of questions fer yah.”

“Yay… More questions…” Tornado said as he followed the orange Earth pony.

“So um… What did Celestia want from me?”

---

Sunstreak was led into the Castle with no real incidents, inside the castle was a totally different story.

He was told to drop his disguise upon entering the castle, to which there were three reactions, the Guards either saluted to him, raised their weapons, and on one occasion, the Night Guard did a spit take with his coffee before chocking on it for a few seconds. So that was entertaining.

Shade was led to a large rounded room, where he was met by Shining Armor, some red Unicorn, an orange Pegasus with a fiery mane that had a pair of sunglasses on, and both princesses.

“Greetings Captain.” Luna said. “We hope that thy new post is treating thee well.”

“‘Well’ might be the wrong term,” Shade replied. “I come back into the city from finding my friends, almost get stabbed, then get told I’m not only a member of the guard, but a Captain.”

“And?” Shining Armor replied.

“Well… It’s surprising to say the least.”

“I suppose you should introduce you to our other leaders.” Shining Armor said leading Shade over to the orange Pegasus. “This is Spitfire, leader of the Wonderbolts flight team.”

“I’ve heard a lot about you from Rainbow Dash.” Shade said extending his hoof.

“Don’t think I’m going to make this easy for you Changeling.” Spitfire replied. “But since the Princesses are fine with you, I’ll make an exception.”

“Thanks…I think…”

Shining Armor led him over to the unicorn. “This is Crimson Lance, leader of the Lancers.”

“So you’re the Changeling everypony’s been talking about.” Crimson replied. “You’ve been stirring up the Nobles quite a bit. I haven’t seen them swarm Celestia that much since the Discord incident.”

“Nice to finally meet you.” Shade replied. “You were the one that conducted the raid last night weren’t you?”

“Yup.” She replied. “Me and my Lancers are the best around, no matter what anypony else says to the contrary.”

“Now that introductions have been made,” Celestia said. “We must return to the matter at hoof.”

“Of course Princess.” Shining Armor replied.

“Umm… What matter is this?” Shade asked.

“The Changelings in Ponyville.” Shining Armor replied. “We need to get rid of them.”

“Okay…” Shade replied. “Why am I here?”

“He’s pretty thick for a Changeling isn’t he?” Spitfire retorted.

Shade glared at Spitfire.

“Listen, we have been given information that this Queen we’re after knows about Pony battle strategies.” Shining Armor said. “And… We can’t use any of the prisoners for information, since they could be lying to us. We needed somepony that didn’t rely on any strategies we could come up with.”

“So… You need me to help plan the attack?” Shade replied.

“Short version, yes.” Crimson replied.

Shade smiled. “Well. You’re in luck.” Shade pulled the maps and charts out of the saddlebags. “Because for the past few hours, that’s all I’ve been doing.”

Spitfire looked over the charts. “Where did you get a hold of these?” She asked. “This is a blueprint for the weather factory.”

“Is it?” Shade asked looking over it. “I couldn’t make out about ninety percent of it, I just needed it for the electro-Stasis calculations.”

“The what now?” Crimson Lance asked.

“Well… I don’t know what you call it.” Shade said. “It’s the duration of electronic storage inside of an area made almost fully out of liquid.” Shade looked over the blueprint. “I think it’s that big lightning symbol thingy, but I could be wrong…”

Spitfire looked over her sunglasses. “You mean the cloud storage?”

“Probably.” Shade admitted. “I didn’t get there yet, I was still busy with strategic placement of lighting blasts.”

Shade was only half aware of the blank stares he was getting. “You have any emeralds?” He asked Celestia.

“I believe so.” She replied. “Why?”

Shade reached into the saddlebag and pulled out an old looking book, he started flipping through it. “Ah…There it is…” Shade morphed his hoof into a claw. “Let’s see… Incantation… Ah!” Shade cleared his throat. “If we could get that Emerald, this entire planning stage thing could go much quicker.”

Celestia teleported out of the room.

“Alright… Let’s see if I can still do this…” Shade said before focusing on a point in the middle of the table, he hovered above the center and looked over the incantation again. “You…uh…might want to back up…a bit…”

Shade’s claw glowed green as he dragged it across the table, leaving an etching in the wooden surface, all the while, he was growling an ancient enchantment, causing the etching to glow faintly.

After he finished the etching began to glow stronger, and Shade looked between the book and the etching. “Eh… Good enough.” He said tossing the book behind him.

Celestia teleported back into the room, a large emerald held in her magic. “Was this what you…”

“Perfect!” Shade said grabbing it in his claws. He flew back to the center of the table and carefully lowered the crystal onto the marking, where it seemed to float suspended above it. “Now… let me see that map of Ponyville.”

Shade grabbed the map and carefully and slowly placed it between the gem and the etching. Please don’t blow up.

Once Shade placed the map between the crystal and the table, he backed away quickly. The gem radiated a bright green before the light encompassed the table, and as they watched, the light began to rise up from the table, before dimming to create a scale replica of Ponyville.

“Alright good.” Shade said looking around the room. “No scorch marks, no fires, excellent.” He flew over the table looking over it.

“What…” Shining Armor began.

“Projection rune.” Shade replied. “Allows for a near perfect scale model of the map… provided someone in the room know the layout. Luckily I still do.”

“How…?”

“A mixture of Magic and a process known as Crystalline Focalization essentially it runs the spell through the gems very flow of-” Shade blinked for a moment. “Right…Later.” Shade landed back at the side of the table. “Now then… Battle plans.”

Luna chuckled. “We have not seen such enchantments since Discord’s Rule. We are pleased to see some things remain the same.”

Shade rubbed the back of his neck. “It’s… Very out of date… It’s the lowest grade projection spell… This is the first time I managed to cast it without it… exploding…”

Luna didn’t seem bothered. “As the Ponies of today say, ‘Tis not a problem!’”

Does anybody honestly say that? Shade asked himself, he shook away the thought and pulled out his notebook he had been using to write in. “Anyway… Here is what I have so far.”

---

A few hours later, Shade had managed to translate his plans from draconic so that the others could understand, and they had been planning since then.

“So we know where they are coming from, but not their-” Shining Armor said as there was a knock on the door.

“I got it.” Crimson replied as Shade transformed instinctively.

Crimson looked out the door, and quickly slammed it shut. “Uh… Princess…” She said. “It’s um…It’s for you.”

Celestia got up and teleported out of the room.

“What was that about?” Sunstreak asked.

“Nobles… So many Nobles.” She replied. “I think they found out about you.”

Sunstreak transformed back. “Well… Can I stay here until this clears up?” Shade asked. “I’m willing to bet that Nobles aren’t the easiest bunch to convince.”

Luna nodded. “Tis not a problem, Captain.” Shade was still getting used to being called that, “We will ensure thou art safe while thou are within these walls.”

“Awesome… now to just sleep with one eye open, and a hand on a knife.” Shade replied. “For my own nerves of course.”

“We will post our Guards outside thine room, they shall protect thee.”

“Kay…” Shade replied. Not noticing how tired he was until Luna brought it up, maybe staying awake the whole night while slashing a Changeling, then using an ancient forbidden spell type fueled by his anger then going on an adventure in the forest wasn’t a smart idea.

“That would actually be a good idea… I’m feeling kind of tired after… everything that happened.” Shade replied. “Anyway… How did the Nobles find out?”

“If I had to guess…” Crimson Lance replied. “It was Prince Blueblood.”

“He an ass?” Shade asked.

“Oh big time.” Shining Armor replied. “He thinks his relation with Celestia makes him the center of the world.”

“So… I guess I’ll deal with it later.” Shade replied. “Might as well get back to-”

Celestia opened the door with her magic. “Shade, could you join me out here for a moment.”

---

A few moments earlier

Celestia teleported outside of the room in a bright yellow flash, her wings in a half opened state with a small smile across her face. “You asked to see me?”

A white stallion with luscious blond hair was standing in front of Celestia, the group of Nobles behind him, obviously they were annoyed by something, Celestia spent enough time around them to know from the way they tilted their heads.

“Auntie, some of the Guards have been telling me that a Changeling is being allowed to roam freely around the Castle?”

Celestia hated when her nephew acted this way. Thinking he knew what was best, no matter how many times she had denied him.

“Is this true Auntie?” Blueblood asked.

“Yes.” Celestia admitted. “There is a Changeling inside of the castle.”

“Then why is it not in the dungeon?” Blueblood asked. “Have you forgotten what they did?”

“No and this particular Changeling is helping us plan and hopefully execute an attack on the current location of his hive.”

“How can you possibly trust him Auntie? What if he is just tricking us?”

Celestia smirked. “I think you should ask him yourself.” Her horn glowed, and the door behind her opened. “Shade, could you join me out here for a moment.”

“Of course Princess.” Shade said from the room, mumbling something about needing to get a dagger from somewhere. “Yes Celestia?”

The result of seeing the Changeling was exactly what Celestia expected, the gasp was almost physical, and Shade’s muscles were tensed, ready to run if he needed to.

“I would like to introduce you to my nephew, Prince Blueblood.”

Shade looked the unicorn over, and he mentally was sizing him up, the conclusion? This guy’s a prick. He put on the most genuine smile he could manage, making sure his fangs were showing this time. “Pleasure to meet you Prince.”

Blueblood looked frightened. “Auntie?” How the hell are these two related? “What is it doing?”

“It?” Shade retorted angrily. “I’m a male.” Yup…definitely a prick…

“Captain.” Celestia said calmly.

“Sorry…” Shade replied. “Still getting used to this… My name is Shade.”

Celestia looked back at her nephew. “Shade has been living in Equestria for almost three weeks, and in that time has shown no attempt to harm ponies.”

“Changelings are a totally different story.” Shade added, looking at his right foreleg, it still had a few traces of the blue blood on it. “I am fully willing to kill in the defense of Equestria.”

“Captain?” Blueblood repeated. “That…Thing is a Captain?”

Shade repressed the urge to argue, instead letting Celestia talk Blueblood down.

“Yes Prince.” Celestia replied. “This is the newest Captain in the Royal Guard, by my order, he has proven to me that he has no intention of following any Changeling Queen, he has even done something I would be unwilling to do to his own.”

Shade shied away after the comment. “I did what I had to…” He said looking up at Celestia. “I’m still working off the debts I owe you…”

Celestia smiled. “We’ll discuss it more after the planning.”

“Speaking of which.” Shade interjected. “I should really be getting back, after all, you didn’t make me a Captain to just stand outside the planning room.”

“Of course.” Celestia replied. “That is all Captain.”

Shade saluted before turning back into the war room.

“Now I should not state the importance that he remain Unharmed Blueblood.” Celestia said looking at all of the nobles. “I expect him to remain that way.”

---

Inside the war room, Shade let out a deep breath. “I’m not sleeping tonight….”

“So it went well then?” Crimson asked sarcastically. “My first encounter with the Prince ended with me wanting to impale his head on a pike.”

“I’ve dealt with worse…” Shade admitted. “He’s nowhere near the worst…”

“Remind me never to go to these Burning Fiords then.” Shining Armor joked.

“Noo problem.” Shade replied. “Let’s get back to work before something else happens.”

“Like what?” Spitfire asked.

“I don’t know…” Shade replied. “A cockatrice attack?” He rubbed his right eye. “Ugh…Days without sleep are beginning to pile up…” He blinked a few times before setting his sights back on the holographic display on the table. “Now where were we?”

“Weather placement.” Spitfire replied.

“Oh yeah.” Shade said. “So how quickly could we move a storm to Ponyville?”

“My Wonderbolts could move those clouds in a jiffy.” Spitfire replied.

“Yeah but we need a huge storm, same level as tropical, at least in terms of lightning.”

“How big we talkin’ here?” Spitfire asked.

Shade flew over the map. Tapping his hoof to his chin. “I’m going to put it in terms of uncontrolled destruction.” Shade landed on the table. “It has to be big enough to crack a mountain.”

“Damn.” Spitfire replied.

“That’s an awful lot of lightning.” Crimson said. “It’s going to be uncontrollable in the field, the pegasi will be-”

“Controlling it.” Shade stated. “Listen, back in the Fiords, we had three different yet equally important ‘divisions’. One close range brawlers, meant to overwhelm and destroy, another long range support in the form of arrows, bombs, anything. The final is magical support, mixture of combat mages, healing mages, and defense mages.”

“The main strike team is like the first division, taking on the enemy in a ground and air war. A division of Pegasus and Unicorns will provide long range tactical fire, while a third group of Unicorns helps get as many civilians out as possible, while covering for key strategic weak points.”

Shade pulled a few quills and empty inkpots out and laid them against the table. “The main target we should go for is the Town Hall, the scrolls there should help us contact the Princesses, and we should try to set up a one-way front, stop them from getting around and flanking us. That’s where the pegasi come it.”

“The Pegasus that aren’t part of the main attack force will be controlling the lightning strikes, taking out any changelings that try to flank us, or any Changelings that seem to be causing a problem.”

“What about if the Queen steps in?” Shining Armor asked.

Shade sighed. “Then we will call in the heavy artillery.” He motioned to Luna. “From what I have been told, the Queen could easily obliterate our forces… The Sisters are the only ones that can stand a chance.”

“Then why are we not part of this main force?” Luna asked.

“Again… in case all of this is just a plan to get to you, I need you two to stay back in case we need you.”

“What about the Hive’s location?” Shining Armor asked. “We should…”

Shade shook his head. “I suppose hiding it is a stupid idea… This particular hive is friendly, they have been living alongside ponies working in law enforcement and judiciary locations. From what I’ve been told, they aren’t loyal to Ceymi, but that doesn’t mean that-”

A loud screech stopped all of them as they looked out the windows. “PHOENX RAY!” Shade shouted ducking under the table.

“No… It’s not a Phoenix ray.” Shining Armor replied. “It’s only a cockatrice.”

“Because that’s soooo much better.” Shade replied sarcastically. “So how do we handle this?”

“We don’t do anything.” Shining Armor replied. “I’ve got to handle this. I think we should reconvene tomorrow to finish up the planning. Meanwhile, I believe Lance has something she wants to show you.”

Crimson Lance smiled. “That I do.” She hopped down from the table and pulled Shade out from under the table with her magic. “Come along Captain.”

Shade would have been willing to follow, but Crimson was dragging him across the ground by his tail, winding him through the castle until the came to a secluded spot that seemed to be a rather pointless dead end in the castle’s design.

“Alright, we’re alone.” Crimson said. “Sorry about that, I didn’t want you asking stupid questions.”

Shade picked himself off the ground. “After you dragged me up a flight of stairs?” He massaged his face, which had hit a total of twelve stone steps by his count, he could be wrong though.

“Listen… This is where I tell you who I really am.” Crimson said. “Queen Pupa, of the Warrior hive.”

Shade was looking at the Unicorn in surprise. “Queen…What… Celestia…?” He stuttered. “How?”

Crimson held up her hoof. “She knows and my hive has been holding positions in her military for well over five hundred years now, however that is not why I brought you here.”

“Could have fooled me,” Shade replied. “So why did you tell me this?”

“Well… Acari thinks you should know that you have access to my troops if need be, but also to avoid any questions when I show you our little surprise.”

“Surprise?” Shade repeated. “What surprise?”

Crimson smiled. “Follow me, and you’ll find out.”

Shade walked alongside the red unicorn, and for the first time getting a chance to look around the castle’s halls without either nerves or fear getting in the way. He was impressed, while it followed much of the castles base design, white stone and lots of arches, it was still beautiful. The ceiling was a good thirty feet above them, and looked like a full grown dragon could fit in it. The large windows spread at a perfect interval showed him that the sun had almost set fully, casting the room into a strange pink light.

Crimson led him through the castle and down to an area that seemed like it could have been a dungeon, if not for the rhythmic clang of metal on hot steel.

“ANVIL!” Crimson shouted into the room. “Get your metalworking flank out here!”

There was no response but the clanging of the metal.

Crimson let out an aggravated sigh. “I hate when he gets like this.” She turned to Shade. “This is going to hurt a bit.”

Shade opened his mouth to ask, but found his brain bombarded by a single command from Crimson. “ANVIL GET YOUR CHITIONUS FLANK OUT HERE NOW OR I WILL MAKE YOU EAT THAT SWORD!”

Shade clutched his head as the clanging stopped. He only knew the clanging stopped because his head wasn’t hurting with every metallic slam.

“Crimson,” Came a low growly voice. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

Shade looked up from the ground as his vision cleared to see a strong looking Earth Pony stallion, a blacksmithing Apron across his chest, the light brown contrasting his gray coat. His mark was that of a hammer and anvil, his cold green eyes looked towards Crimson.

“Well this stallion for one.” Crimson said motioning at Shade. “Is my commission ready yet?”

Anvil grunted. “More or less, I’m still working on some of the smaller details, but the main body is complete.”

Crimson smiled. “Wonderful.” She turned to Shade, “Are you ready to see your first present as a Captain?”

“I guess…” Shade replied still working off the Mental link’s pain. “So long as you never do that again…”

Crimson smiled. “No promises.”

How the hell is this a Queen?

Shade was led into the back of the room, where a forge was set up, on a nearby Anvil, a red hot sword was waiting to be hammered into shape. Next to the Anvil was a trough of water, while the furnace was spitting red hot embers, the red flame underneath magically holding the same brightness despite the influx of oxygen.

Anvil led them to a back room, where he lit a lantern and Shade looked up to see a large group of pony mannequins each made of some kind of leathery material, there were pegasi, and Unicorn ones mixed in, probably for more specific armor forging. However the one Shade was led to was interesting.

It looked a lot like the Royal Guard armor, but instead of the golden design, was a slightly lighter black than his own carapace. The armor lacked the part on top that seemed to push the Guard’s manes into a Mohawk kind of design. The helmet seemed to curve around where his horn should have been, but the armor was still clearly being made, it lacked a few of the essential parts to it.

“What do you think sir?” Anvil asked.

“It’s…” What do I call it? “Unexpected… To say the least.” Shade replied. “Why is it black though?”

Crimson looked up at him. “We’re infusing it with some spare Chitin we have laying around,” She explained, “So that it will actually follow your transformations.”

Shade looked back at her. “You can do that?”

“Of course.” She replied. There was a bright red flame, and a Changeling Queen stood where she was at first, her armor having modified itself to fit her now taller and winged body. Her mane was short, mimicking the style of her disguise. “How else would I be able to wear it?”

“Fair enough.” Shade replied.

“It’s still a work in progress.” Anvil said, walking up to the armor. “I’m still working out the visor, getting the plans for General Dragon Dust’s armor was not easy.”

Shade turned. “Drak-ill?” Shade had committed the name to memory for the pure purpose of remembering Drak-ill. “You are going off of his design?”

Anvil nodded. “The Queen requested it, so I must oblige.” He looked up at Shade. “Any requests?”

Shade thought about it for a moment, thinking about any small changes that may need to be made, but there was only one that he needed. “Yes, right on the chest, could you make a small compartment to fit six-pointed star shaped gem?”

Anvil nodded. “I’m going to need the dimensions of it.”

Shade nodded. “I’ll try to get it to you.” Now I have to get my hands on that gem… “I should be able to get it tomorrow.”

Pupa had transformed back into Crimson Lance. “Come on Captain, I think you’ve had enough excitement for the day.”

Shade walked out, following Crimson Lance. “Now that you’re a part of the Guard,” She said “How much do you know about combat?”

“I know plenty about combat,” Shade replied. “Just… Not a lot like this…”

Crimson Lance smiled. “That’s excellent, tomorrow morning I’m going to teach you how to fight.”

Shade paused for a second. “Like…Training?”

Crimson looked back at him. “Yup, be prepared for a tough day.” She replied. “The recruits are going to be your sparring partners, maybe if you do well enough, I’ll let one of my sergeants try out your skill.”

“You are enjoying this far too much aren’t you?” Shade asked.

“A little.” Crimson admitted. “Anyway, do you need to turn off that projection spell?”

Shade’s eyes widened. “Yeah… I should do that now. I don’t know how stable that rune actually is…” Shade absent-mindedly began thinking, but he realized he was being dragged for half of the journey to the smith. “Um… I don’t know where we are in here?”

Crimson chuckled. “I’ll get you a map tonight, follow me.”

---

The Rune turned out to be perfectly stable, which was good because setting that up again would take too long if the crystal shattered, instead of dispelling it, he took the emerald and map off the rune, leaving the three separated with clear instructions to make sure they weren’t messed with.

After that he was led up to where he would be sleeping, and it was a huge room to say the least. As tall as the hallway and looked fit for royalty, large bed, mirrors, looking fancy as anything else he had seen. While he didn’t have anything to put in them, there were closets and drawers for anything he could need, for now though, he just used them to place the saddlebags he needed to give back to Twilight.

The room also had a bathroom attached to it that seemed to just ooze rich and fancy, however Shade didn’t exactly register most of it, as he quickly used the shower it had to get the rest of the blood out off of his chitin. As well as get the very faint scent of Timber wolf essence out of his horn, which he had to admit, does add a bit of spice to emotions.

When he had made sure he was cleaned, he looked back at where he had the saddlebags, he opened them and pulled out the curved horn he kept in one of the sides.

“Mirror…” He said under his breath. “I hope you found him…” Shade placed the horn on top of a dresser. “If Spine hurt either of them… I’ll do more than just kill him.”

Comments

[Dravkwn]

Draconic Changeling Armor, I would love to see what that looks like.

[Shaded Changeling]

6996573 Sadly.... I can't draw to save my life... I would if I could...

[Memz]

As the Ponies of today say, ‘Tis not a problem!’

Is this intended as a Danny Phantom joke reference? That's what I got out of it. That book of modern phrases must have been twenty years old in the show's timeline, add that to the years passed since the airing time and you got, what? 30-35 years? I'm digging way too far into this...

[Razzy]

Hmm, Dragon armor, nice.

[Cursed Quill]

spit take with his coffee before chocking on it

choking

“Tis not a problem

“'Tis

Pleasure to meet you Prince.”

you,

the castles base design,

castle's

CHITIONUS

chitinous

[Draco Dei]

With all the bearers in Canterlot why are they not planning to use The Elements?

[bronyvamp]

6996647 i would help if i could but i don't really know how to draw armour but i can try to if you want just send me a description of it and i can try my best i'm good at drawing to a extent and i won't charge you because it'll be a fun challenge for me

[Nightmare Twilight]

7267941
The elements don't work on everyrhing, it takes a while to charge up and their enemy is expecting that so it would just put the civilians at risk

[Black--Soul]

Pretty sure this will be one for the history books for hundreds of reason...

[Black--Soul]

No matter what... Shade will probably torture Spine to death... I look forward to the chapter