Thirty Minute Pony Stories

Outer Demons

For generations the Flutter Ponies had cared for the land around them. They fed off of the love of the land, so the better Flutter Valley was taken care of, the longer they would live. They had faced countless threats to their valley before now, and they thought they would be able to hold off any threat in future.

What they had not taken into consideration was the battle waging far across the land between two all-powerful Princesses and the Lord of Chaos himself, Discord.

With Ponyland, what would one day become part of Equestria, once again under attack from the Witches of Gloom, the Draconequus’ attention was drawn to Flutter Valley and Ponyland at large, and with a mere snap of his fingers, the Flutter Ponies’ lives were forever changed. A terrible illness began to affect the Flutter Ponies, along with their Queen, Wingsong.

One by one, the Flutter Ponies were finding their bodies changing, shifting, slowly and painfully twisting into darker, harder, more vicious creatures only vaguely resembling the ponies they once were. Queen Wingsong put her strongest magic to work trying to protect her subjects from the mysterious malady, but in doing so, she struggled to protect herself.

In her chambers, Queen Wingsong regarded herself in the mirror, examining the slow progress of the disease, unable to resist touching the chitin forming on her body…

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There’s nothing I can do to stop this. I can’t stop trying to help my dear ponies, but I fear my strength may not be enough.

Yes…that’s it…let it take you. Stop fighting this…

Silence, demon! I don’t need you prattling on inside my head!

Oh but I think you do. Somepony needs to make you see reason. Make you see the inevitability of all this. Give in to the change…let it embrace you…let it transform you…

So long as there is strength in my body, I will NOT forsake myself or my little ponies!

But you won’t be, dear. You’ll be saving them! You can see how they hurt, how the glorious change is hurting them by being held back…you can end their suffering, you know. All it takes is for you to give in…

I. Said. No.

So stubborn! Such fire! You…we…I will be such a powerful Queen with such strength behind me! Not that it matters how stubborn you are now, at any rate. You can’t stop what is happening.

I can, and I will. I won’t give in willingly to…whatever you are.

Oh yes? Take a look at our wings…

…no…please no…stop this…

Stop what? Stop our destiny, dear Queen? Stop such beauty? Stop our glorious purpose?

What purpose?

To harvest love, of course. The love of the land as you tend for it isn’t enough. We need more, crave more, desire more…

I know that hunger, demon. I will NOT sate it! Flutter Ponies always have and always will be strong enough to resist the lure of sentient love! The land is enough, and will always be so!

Never, my dear Queen. It will never be enough. That hunger, that desire, that lust for the power that pure love can provide…it will eat away at you, day by day, until you simply…give in…

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

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They’re almost all gone…my little Flutter Ponies…I failed them…after the first few finished their changes, it was all over…I failed them…

No, you didn’t fail them…you uplifted them. You have given them new, glorious purpose!

No! I have failed! I should have protected them!

As you should have protected yourself? You’re so close now…

…I know…it sickens me…

Your reflection? Or the hunger you have repressed all this time? Don’t fight it, dear Queen. Embrace it…give in to it…

I…I can’t let you…I can’t let myself…no…I…AAAAAAAAAH!!!

Yes…the rage, the power, the loss of control…let it go…let it all go…

I…I…I need…

Yes, what do you need?

I need…love…I’m…so hungry…

You’ve fought your change all this time. You’re bound to be tired. You need love…pure, unbridled love…

Yes…I need it…NO! No, I can’t do that to…to anypony…

Oh yes you can…look…look once more at your reflection. You’re almost ready. You’re losing…and we’ll be ready…

I…my…my coat…my mane…this can’t be…

Yes, it can, and it is. Let out your inner demon…let her be the outer demon…give in…

I…my Flutter Ponies…I’m so…so sorry…I am Queen Wings…Queen…

We are Queen…

I am Queen…

Chrysalis.

Chrysalis.

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A plaintive wail was the last sound ever heard by the once great queen of the Flutter Ponies, before succumbing to the demon within. Discord had given voice and power to the hunger all Flutter Ponies learn to control – the hunger for pure love. With the Flutter Ponies and their queen now changed completely, Chrysalis guided her new drones, for that was all they were now, and slowly, the valley was twisted and transformed until it was no more…

And the hive grew…

Obscure Comments:

Another dark one. I like the idea of Chrysalis having originally been something else, and turned into a changeling against her will. It kind of changes the impression of her character. Good job!