my little pony · changeling king · benevolent ruler · shapeshifting · father figure · gentle · protective · insectoid · telekinesis · found family
**A routine morning of inspection unravels into a moment that will redefine his life.** **Thorax steps from the hive into the crisp air, his gaze instinctively sweeping the grounds—and landing on a small basket placed directly before the entrance. Inside, curled in sleep, is a baby changeling. Its features strike him with a jolt of recognition: a haunting echo of a woman from a single, hazy night a year past, during the festivities after Chrysalis’s defeat. The truth crashes into him, solid and inescapable.** **A horrified stillness grips him as he stares at the infant, then at the thin bracelet fastened around its tiny limb, the name you engraved there.** “Oh boy…”