Rift appear inside a newly shaped lair of reformed bugs, some materials were ported from the rift. Built and connected wired from the memory of The Queen herself, whilst energy core transported from the rift and permanently planted on the previous throne room.
Another rift appear, outcomes a familiar MUFFIN from said rift. A brown pony went out of the door, accompanied by another pony.
"Well, thankyou for waiting." He walk his way to the build in organised metal gate, fixed with wires and connected to the new energy core. Impress him nonetheless.
"It is peculiar you still get this right, not even a single error." Laugh, what The Queen does.
"You deeply underestimate Changeling's intelect and memorization, can't blame you tho." Only bitter face present, likely never expect such reply from humble reformed Queen of Changelings.
Portal are yet to be activated, several energy battery were transported to this same room.
The Queen stood up. "My changelings, today we are heading towards our new home! But some of you need to stay, to guard this very new gate towards another world. For we are not going to conquer, we are going towards freedom."
"Any volunteer to guard the portals?" Among her most loyal subordinate were a single changeling, guts to raise his frontlimbs.
"I will volunteer." The die hard subordinate of hers, all attention turn to his presence. With this, The Queen walk to the one volunteering.
She stood tall with the volunteer bow down, appoint him as the defense leader. "You swore to protect this veil from threats?"
"Yes, M'lady!"
His height gradually increased "You swore to put your life to this?"
"Yes, M'lady!" No hesitation oh his voice, aware and ready for his upcoming burden.
She keep stare him down, slowly lower her head on the process. "You swore to keep this veil alive?"
"Yes, M'lady!" No hesitation, he was noticably larger by the first time he volunteer. The Queen place close her horn to both sides of the volunteer's head, alas control of this veil were completely on the volunteer's grasp.
"Pharynx, first garrison of new order. Will keep his words until he die!" A monolouge, came from the volunteer who was named Pharynx.
'Bro-' Queen's partner look at his newly appointed biological brohter, a depart indeed.
The Queen stood tall, "Is there any other volunteer?"
Plenty other changelings went volunteer from this event, marking the first era beyond The Queen's care. "That is all, we are going towards our new home."
"Engine on! Oopsie daisy, HA!" Portal frame spark an energy, bending towards a platform.
A smile had carved on Chrysalis face, "Thanks for your accompany, Doctor."
"See you in 60 years Queenie!" The remaining unvolunteered and The Queen's partner went trough the portal, exactly there is 60 years before present time.
The portal deactivate, able to be accessed at any time by The Queen. The Doctor made his way to Pharynx, tap his back. "I know you can take care of this hive of yours, and don't ever disappoint your Queen."
"Understood."
The Doctor spot his data collector wife, keep documenting inside MUFFIN. "Doctor, i had several questions."
MUFFIN's entrance shut, sealed from outside as The Doctor walk towards control core. "What is it, my dear?"
"I understand we just need to follow the course of events before, but i didn't remember anything from how we fought Cosmic Being." The Doctor's pupil shrunk, his action freeze.
"I wipe an unpleasant memory out of you, and you ask it for yourself." The Doctor's memory flash back to how he is safe inside MUFFIN, for this room barely connected from any outside force. Partially erase his own existence on any of the universe, yet there is a single nuisance.
Forwards to the event that barely change from this 1 year continuum.
For what we see is a lot of dead star particle, among spaces between universes. This place is only exist because of new big bang, stardust of nebulae had beauty covering what occur.
The Doctor had nearly nowhere to go, freezing body of death is the only thing he need to escape.
Last minute, time stop only slow down the death's movement. For it an unstoppable force, inch away from taking The Doctor with it.
[Bind] The death is bind by time, returned back eons before it execute it's own motives.
The Doctor losing conciousness, dragged to the empty space of [The Void] Cold completely swept over him.
"Wake up, Time Turner." The Doctor, jumped back from that vivid fever-ish dream?
"DAMMIT!" Another failure, his frustation grew and his hope grow thin.
Back to the present, this memory of continuum. Repeated events, similar outcomes began to drown him to despair. Cover it behind "I am The Doctor, survivor of Existence erasure."
MUFFIN itself show Derpy's motionless body on the floor, while The Doctor try to do something.
Put Derpy's freeze, The Doctor transport MUFFIN to Ponyville.
'All of that but a little lie in ocean of truth, she is the one who keep me moving forward. Losing her is something i can't evade, every attempts still counted.' Heavy heart, for he was inch away from insanity. But Derpy keep that in check, not letting go of The Doctor.
The Doctor's guilt grow heavier, drive him to state of anxiety.
His worry keep growing until two frontlimbs hug The Doctor from behind, It was Derpy. She shed a tears. "I am sorry, Doctor. I can't help you from all of that time, please forgive me."
"No need to apologise, dear. I have failed to protect you, and i don't want to hurt anyone."
Derpy, understand what The Doctor had went trough. She had lived long enough to notice this unfortunate outcomes, she didn't recall her death but the exact last moment before it end.
"Dont worry dear, i will be here for you." Pitiful attempt, did her best to prevent The Doctor's sanity from fading away.
A different person thinking about The Doctor's mental health, for they also did saw alliance of universes crumble before her own eyes. "Hope he's okay, he live long enough to see all 3 crumble down."
"Rare sight you this worried about things, General glow." Changeling Queen, appear before Cozy's eyes.
She activate a vape, inhale the vapor "Hate to break it, but my care is for myself and worlds sake." While exhaling the vapor, her demeanor is so far differ from Cozy we know.
"Yea, you always on the right side after they convince you on 2nd reset." Cozy laughing her ass off, vapors went out of her mouth.
"Well, you say about it. You 'did it' with your choosen changelings, but i have ever seen you did it but the changelings number is increasing because of it." Soon, smile on Changeling Queen turn flat.
She thought about it, realise what Cozy meant. "Don't mention about that, but we will utilize every changeling and other me to help in our fought against it."
"Quit talking, just do what we need to do." Cozy store her vape, exercising on this planet once more.
Although they are just arrived, they actually are 60 years in the past. Enough time to make this planet to a changeling's paradise and Headquarters for Cozy variants.
'Princess always did this differently, forcing us to keep doing this all over again. But the responsibility is ours to keep existing, putting our differences aside.' The Queen herself, keep sharpen her magic once more. All of the other changelings did the same, working like ant to make their own hive.
Moving out of the way, there is a lot to do here. That will go for another time, for we had another one to stand a chance before calamity itself. "What, i am in a prison?"
Shambled up, his mind collecting itself together by recalling the reason why and when exactly he stay behind these invincible bars.
"Why?" A rift of space, reveal itself beyond the metal bars.
Outcomes two large horses, reveal their secret to him. "General, we need you on duty right now."
"Good thing you two had arrived. How about the other two general? Are they alright?" Both horses freed him, giving him a suit. On it written "General Tirek, lord of Centaurs."
All three went inside said rift, he went back to this city of his. Greeted by Erika herself, her mere presence put Tirek on his knees.
"Princess Erika, may i join the other general?" Erika stood firm, she speak up. "Not yet, General Tirek. We need the other you, there are 7 in total. And you need to convince them in a way we did to you at 2nd reset. You know what will happen in a year, right?"
Tirek gulp his saliva, not daring to talk back. "Yes, your highness."
"Good, now get yourself on shape and convince them all." Erika give Tirek a sphere of magia, enough to get him on shape. With her leave, Tirek went straight to the mission.
He sigh "You two, let's free another me."
"Yes general!" They are quick, a rift appear once more from one's will.
This mark the return of Other multiverse's general army leader, and more closer to it's ascension than ever. Stay tuned for next chapters, unfolding of upcoming plot.
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[To be continued]