Cars, Planes, and Changelings

Ceremony

Chrys, Ruby, Gaile, and some of the firefighters were now by the lake as the ceremony started. A few changelings accompanied Ruby and Gaile as they walked up to Chrys. 

Once there, Ruby handed Damian to Chrys first. "A son! Damian the spirit of Earth! The blessing of protective strength!" 

The large queen took some clay and drew a symbol on the whelp's mask plate, making the little one sneeze when she was done. "Welcome to the world!" 

Ruby took Damian back and handed Rouge over next. "A daughter! Rouge the spirit of Wind! The blessing of swiftness!" 

Chrys used light blue body paint to draw a different symbol on Rouge's face, and she giggled. "Welcome to the world!" 

Ruby then took Rouge and Gaile handed Scarlette to Chrys. "Another daughter! Scarlette the spirit of Fire! The blessing of wisdom!" 

This time Chrys poked herself drawing red blood from her exoskeleton and drawing a symbol on Scarlette's mask. "Welcome to the world!" 

Everyone cheered as Chrys handed her niece back to Gaile and bowed her head low. "And welcome to the hive!" 

The changelings bowed too. "Welcome to the hive!" 

With the ceremony done, the other changelings left, Ruby and Gaile staying for a little bit. Dipper fawned over the whelps; she was entranced with how cute they were. 

Blade and Chrys were on the cliff again as they looked out at the forest. The wind was softly blowing against them as they breathed the fresh air. It was calm, it was nice. 

"Nothing like a birth ceremony. Wish I could've been there for Ruby's though." Chrys shook out her wings a bit. "But least you get to be part of your nieces' and nephew's lives." 

"Yep, anyway, how do you think Dusty's doing?" 

Blade chuckled and shook what would be his head. "Doing well. Mayday radioed about him, he's great." 

"Gonna miss the rookie, aren't you?" Chrys smirked as she looked at Blade, she flicked her tail to curl around her body. 

"I don't know what you're talking about." Blade rolled his eyes. 

The queen shook her head and snorted as she kept her laughter in. "We both know you miss him, admit it." 

"Maybe." 

Chrys laughed at that and soon the sun set on the horizon, her life being the best at this moment. And she was gonna live for a long time, taking the good and bad with everything she had. 

THE END!