Star watched as the Queen's body falls to the ground. A maelstrom of positive emotions surrounded her. Happiness, Victory, Pride, and then nothing. She had ended the life of a monster. A murderer. A soul-crusher. She had saved countless lives. But why did she feel so empty? She magically extinguished all her flames, and walked out of the room. She looked upon the half destroyed hive. Burnt Drones scattered the floor, there was a giant hole burned in the ceiling, and the walls were ash gray. She took in the scenery, and left, with so much on her mind.
While the hive was falling to ruin, it seems a peace of Chrysalis lives on here. Not in physical form, but in spirit. She maybe no more, she maybe no longer threatening pony lives but what right was it to make to destroy a being that was trying to survive? Even now, with Chrysalis's charred remains lay dead, her eyes still watch Star in the unseen unknown. Maybe one day, they could come back. That's if fate allowed it. Were Changelings as horrible as ponies were making them out to be? Or, like most who pray on life, were they just misunderstood? We will not know now. We may now never know.
- The next day, early morning. - Star lays restless in her bed, listening to radio. The whole incident with the hive was eating her up on the inside. She decided to seek help from the wisest person she knows. Princess Celestia. After walking to her chambers, Star knocks on the door. "Excuse me, Princess? Sorry to disturb you at such an early hour..."
Celestia was alseep but her eyes open to the voice of Star's voice. She rolls over and looks over to her. Celestia had a half asleep look on her face. "Star? What do you need?" She says softly, her voice sounding strained and groggy from sleep.
"The whole incident with the hive messed me up. I thought I was doing something right when I torched Chrysalis. But I feel so horrible. I think I'm going to take a break from my studies for a while. Unwind a bit. Just to get my mind off things."
"It is best that you do. A mind at unease will lead to faults in one's thoughts. You may relax and take a break for the day. After the service you did for all of Equestria, you deserve it." Celestia says and she closes her eyes, thinking. She knows herself that it was good that Chrysalis's end has come but also it ended a race of living beings. She was a bit conflicted herself on what was right and wrong.
"Thank you Princess. I think I might go visit the beaches down in Neighmandy. (Normandy? Get it?) Visit some of the museums there too. I'll see you whenever." Star bowed her head, and walked out of her chambers. She he took the early train to Neighmandy, watching the countryside pass by, and thinking of where the surviving changelings were now.
Poison was wandering the plains of the world of Equestia. Her hive, her home, destroyed. She didn't know how to feel about a lot. She like that pony that they catured but she doesn't like that the pony blew up her only home. She felt so torn it was like her heart was about to split in two. She then sighs looking onward toward the seeming endless fields of grass and plain. It was nice out here, the wind blew lightly. Maybe she could find a life on her own. She'd have to hide as a pony however, that's the one part she loaths. She wishes that ponies and changelings could get along... though their track record with stealing away with ponies had put them in a bad position. Not too far off she hears a train chug along. She looks around, wondering where the sound came from and she sees a train in the distance to her left. "What in the world? A train out here?"
The train whizzed by in an instant, and Star thought she saw Poison for a moment. "No, It's not real. The lack of sleep and trauma playing tricks on you."
Poison wasn't sure what a train was doing far out here but she shrugs and continues on her way. She hopes that she can find someplace soon. A little rest will do her some good. She hasn't had a good rest in a while and it was stressing her out.
A figure lurking in the shadows eyes glow purple. "Chrysalis is dead. One less hive to worry about, my people." Star steps off the train, and checks into her hotel room. She plops down on the bed and looks at the ceiling, letting her mind drift.
Poison soon finds the a town, the same one Star was at. She trainstaion near by too. She was too focused on finding a place to stay. She had to hide as a pony first. When she spots a suitable and unsuspecting pony to be, she shape shift into the mare. She heads into the inn Star went too, not knowing that Star was here. Poison still had bits left from her previous jobs with her Queen before her untimely death. Poison gets a room herself and she lays on the bed. "Dear Chrysalis... I walked for a long time.
"My liege, the last of the changeling hives in our way is hiding amongst pony kind in Neighmandy. Shall we initiate the removal?" The mysterious figure thought for a second. "No. We will wait." "For what my liege?" "We will wait."
Poison was not sure how long she'll need to keep up this facade as a pony. At least for the time being she could relax however. For now she was on her own. She needed to find her place at a different hive. Someplace that she can call home for the time being.
After Star felt well rested, she explored the town and it's museums. Neighmandy has a rich Equestrian history, being the location of a battle against foreign invaders in Equestria's early days, and having large libraries of knowledge both arcane and mundane.
Poison rested for as long as she could her mind still on what she'll do once she can find a proper home. Her thoughts wondered to what that odd mare, Star, was up to. This thought made her open her eyes and she shakes her head. This is no time to get venerable over a pony. Why was she so curious about this pony in the first place? She was taught from birth to only use ponies on feed a basis, not as something to be attached too like a childhood toy. Something was urking psyche about Star. Her own mind thinking fondly of a pony she should hate, especially after all she did...
Star had her nose in the Great Library for hours, learning all sorts of new knowledge. However, she felts as if someone was watching her. Something was off. The very ground seemed to give off an aura of curiosity.
Poison couldn't shake it but there is a lot going on. Her thoughts on Star, not to mention this place. Neighmandy. Wasn't there well hidden hives here? She would do good to find them before Star does. Though now she feels watchful eyes like something or somepony else is here. She takes the form of a common mare and heads out before too long. She just pray she can find her own kind. She'd need to sense around a bit, but she'll know changeling magic when she senses it. What she knows that most other ponies and changelings alike are not aware of, is they they of signal changeling magic has. The signal imbues the hive the mind but each hive's mind magic can be a bit different. The aura of changeling magic will change in accordance to which hive mind they answer to. She hopes to find the Queen of this hive to report and maybe support them when she failed to with her own Queen... May her highness Chrysalis rest in peace~
"Something's wrong." Star thought to herself. She felt someone nearby, someone familiar. She unburied her face from a book, and looked around. After a good few minutes of searching, nothing turned up, and she simply sat back down and started reading again, but stood alert.
