ChangeAnon, Chapter 5 - Decision [Alternate Choice]

>You were standing atop of your execution platform, overlooking a small crowd of ponies with a noose around your neck.

>When you first entered this world of crayon color assorted ponies, you never would have thought this was how you were going to die.

>You still hardly believed it. It wasn’t fair, you had barely even been in Equestria and now you were going to be killed for something that was completely out of your control.

>Why would someone just send you here after you died..just too die again?

>Angry. Angry didn’t even meet the requirements to what you were. But most of all, you were sad.

>After spending so much time with Rainbow, plus her friends and other ponies at the party you were at earlier, you felt as if you were accepted in Ponyville, friends even with most of them.

>All of that was for naught though, now you were going to be hanged and Celestia had even been sick enough to invite your friends to watch.

>Rainbow and her friends had tried to persuade her to let you go. “Please, Princess! Anon didn’t do anything wrong, whatever happened, it wasn’t his fault!”

>Celestia thought about this, listening to each of the six ponies try to convince her not to hang you, but she always came back to the same conclusion.

>”No. He is a changeling and was helping his Queen plot against us to overtake the throne. His punishment is just.”

>She was right, you had been helping the changelings..but not on purpose. You hardly knew how or what had even happened when the Queen changeling was ejected out of your mind.

 >Your punishment was not just though. The princesses wouldn’t even let you talk to them after the incident, and there was no trial.

>Looking down now, you saw Rainbow angrily fighting with Celestia, verbally. It was hard to hear, her voice being no more than a whisper to you from atop your high platform.

>”Celestia, please! Anon is one of the best friends I have ever had, even if we only met a little while ago. He helps me out, just like I do with him! You can’t do this, this isn’t right! Nop0ny deserves this!”

>The sun princess raises up a hoof politely, stopping Rainbow from going further. “It is too late, Rainbow Dash. This has to be done, too protect all of my little ponies.”

>There goes your last, little ray of hope.

>Dash slumps onto the ground, looking defeated. At least you were the one dieing, she was going to take this harder than you were.

>Celestia signals to the royal guard next to you and he nods. The guard walks over to the switch next to you, getting ready to pull it with a hoof.

>Well, here it goes. You were going to die for a second time, and, most likely, for the last time.

>Time seemed to freeze as you took one last look at the world around you.

>You looked down at the mane 6, all of them giving you a horrified and shocked expression. The royal guards and Celestia were regarding you with cool, straight faces. Had they done this before?

>Taking one last look into the bright, blue sky above you, you raise your head high in a last stance of defiance. It didn’t matter though.

>The guard standing beside you takes one last look at you with his never-changing straight face and pulls down the lever.

>You hear a quiet click, and then the floor falls out from beneath you.

>Yeah, you were fucked. The only relief you had about this was that your neck might snap on the way down.

>…

>…

>Still alive. You struggle against the tight binding around your neck, trying to uselessly shove a hoof through the rope to get some air.

>You can feel your eyes bulge and blood pumping in your face as the little oxygen you have is slowly leaving you.

>Looking down to see the other ponies expressions, you’re..shocked. The mane six are running toward you right now, knocking guards out of the way to reach you.

>Were the going to save you? Not that it mattered though; you were going to die before they could even get you down.

>Your eyes started to roll in the back of your head, starting to black out even as you faintly saw a green flash around you.

 

 

>You let out a gasp of air, trying to suck in as much oxygen possible as the tight rope around your neck is loosened and dropped to the ground.

>Only minutes later do you stand up, examining the scene around you.

>Everything went to hell pretty fast. Around you were a circle of changelings, fighting off royal Canterlot guards from reaching you.

>You saw the mane six staring at you with a wide-eyed shocked expression, even Celestia was doing the same.

>..No, not at you..

>Spinning around, you spot the tallest changeling of them all. When she speaks, you instantly remember her voice; she was the one from your nightmares, the one that had been in your mind, watching you the entire time.

>Queen of the Changelings, Sillis. She looked down at you with caring eyes and the most loving voice you had ever heard.

>”Here, come here. Come to your mother.”

>That voice was so..calming. A warm feeling rushed through your entire body as you slowly walked toward her.

>The mane six were yelling at you to get away from her, but you could barely register anything as Sillis wrapped you up in her wings, hugging you tightly against her.

>”Oh, how I have missed you, my little changeling. There there, everything will be alright now. Mommy saved you. You’re safe from those scary ponies now.”

>She swayed back and forth with you in her arms, silently crying into her side. It just felt..right.

>Sillis looked down at you, smiling. You couldn’t help but feel that it was a little sinister, but shrugged it off and smiled back at your..mom.

>She lightly wiped away your tears with a hoof. “Are you ready to go back to the hive now? We have very big plans coming up..and you are apart of them.”

>You looked back into Sillis’ eyes, struck by a lot of confusing emotions. Would you stay with the ponies that tried to kill you..but also tried to save you?

>Or would you go back with the changelings? They did save you, and you wouldn’t have to fear about being executed by royalty again.

 

 “..Yes. Let’s get out of here.”

>You swear you can hear Sillis cackling but ignore it, you felt better than you ever had in your life, her comfortable presence washing over you, calming you.

>”Good, my child. You have made the correct choice, and you will be rewarded for it, getting everything you have ever wanted.”

>Yes..the right choice. Smiling back up at her, you hugged her tighter as she began the teleportation, her and all of the changelings warping back to the hive with you.

>Your hooves hit cold ground as the teleportation ended. Taking a good look around you, the place did resemble something of a beehive, but larger and black. Everything in the room had a..slightly charred look to it.

>Queen Sillis walks up a small staircase, quietly taking her place on a large throne. She flashes her fangs at you in a smile, motioning you to take a seat in the smaller one next to you.

>Doing as your Queen says, you take a seat on the throne next to her. It just felt..good. Right.

>”We have so many things to discuss..Prince. I am sure you will enjoy your time here.”

“Yes, I think it will be fun to get some..payback.”

>You took a good look at the changelings in front of you, smiling at each of them and they returned it. Oh yes, it felt good to be in power for once, to have the control.

 

 

>Payback was oh so sweet, so satisfying. The emotions you sucked up from the couple in  front of you was quite..filling.

>You took a quick glance in the mirror as you wiped your hooves off of the blood staining them. What you saw in the mirror made you grimace.

>It was you, but your body was undergoing some sort of sickly transformation into a full changeling. Hissing at it in anger, you punched a hoof through the mirror, the shards embedding into your skin.

>The ponies. This..this was all their fault. They made you like this. They had tried to kill you..and you would return the thought. Soon.

>You stepped out of the room, digging the shards of mirror out of your skin.

“It is done. Clean up the mess I made, would you?”

>The changeling standing beside the door nodded at you, stepping into the room to follow your command.

>Heading over to your throne, you settled into it nicely. It was good to have power.

>The Queen gave you a loving smile as you did so. “I take it you had fun..So, the information has been retrieved out of those ponies?”

“You could say I had fun..and then some. Everything is going according to plan. The ponies will never suspect a thing when we invade them..it will be a quick defeat.”

>Sillis filled the halls layed out in front of you with echoing laughter. “Good. You have made me proud. I will make sure that coward Celestia falls..by your hooves.”

>Proud? You could fill your heart almost burst with joy. You remembered what happened to the last Queen..Chrysalis.

>After she had been defeated, her sister, Sillis, had murdered her in cold blood for it.

>There was no room for failure in the Changeling world, and you would make sure your Queen would get everything she wanted, just like she did for you.

>Sillis gave you everything you ever wanted. Friends. Power. Happiness.

>If that was true, then..why did you feel so hollow?