Runaway Changeling
Three fillies were dragging themselves dejectedly down a dirt path; a wagon with all sorts of knickknacks in tow. The afternoon sun beat down upon the travelling ponies; whose respective mouths were each agape with thirst. After a few moments of uneasy silence, the white unicorn filly was the first to speak out "I'm sorry about your scooter, Scootaloo...I should have been more careful."
The orange pegasus cracked a grin "Ah, it's OK, Sweetie Belle! It was my idea after all. And besides...that scooter was gonna break someday." Sweetie Belle beamed at her friend's reply; then proceeded to nod furiously. The earth pony of the group suddenly stopped.
"Uh, girls; what the hay is that?" the yellow earth pony asked her companions; pointing a hoof at a speeding black blur.
Scootaloo squinted her eyes at the dark mass zipping throughout Ponyville; evasively dodging obstacles. "I'm...uh not sure...it's kinda like Rainbow Dash though...but...not so rainbow."
Sweetie Belle turned to stare at her pegasus friend "...What?" The orange filly responded with a shrug.
"Don't mind what it looks like girls! Mind where it'sa headin'!" Applebloom cried.
The rest of the Cutie Mark Crusaders abruptly turned their heads...
...just in time to see that the blur had steered it's way into their general direction.
"G'ah!"
"Wha--!"
"Eek!"
"Dafuq?!"
Four varying sounds squeaked out from the jumbled mess known as the CMC and the "not-so-rainbow Rainbow Dash" As soon as the initial shock of being toppled over was over; the three fillies scrambled their hooves to a proper standing position. What lay before them was a creature that resembled a pony/insect hybrid. It was colored black all over, save for its eyes, which held a bluish hue. As the three dumbstruck ponies continued to gawk at the strange fellow, they noticed that the hybrid held the same calculating gaze as them. Nothing much happened until-...
"AAAAAH A CHANGELING!" Sweetie Belle shrieked.
Scootaloo turned to look at her friend "A what-now?"
"Ah heard about them strange critters from ma'h sis!" Applebloom interjected. "She says they were at the wedding one time!"
The orange pegasus turned to look at her companions. The two crusaders beside her started quivering as the Changeling stood up to look at them. The fillies could only watch as the creature's head turned to look at them. The Changeling suddenly frowned.
"Not you three!" it groaned.
"We're really sorry for getting in your way Mr. Changeling sir...m'am..." Sweetie Belle stammered.
"Uh, yeah!" Applebloom interjected "We, uh, we were just gonna go back to town...and we'll forget we ever saw 'yah."
The Changeling gave out a grunt. As the black creature turned; a scooter suddenly sailed the air, landing perfectly on the Changeling's head!
"Goddamit!" the Changeling hissed. Turning back to the Crusaders, the creature spotted the orange pegasus with a determined look on her face.
Scootaloo inhaled; then shouted out "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS: CHANGELING CATCHERS!!"
"Yay..." the two fillies next to her shouted, but without much enthusiasm.
Rubbing it's head; the Changeling proceeded to take out the scooter thrown at it. "Seriously?" it mocked "A scooter? Is that all you--"
CRASH!!
A huge pile of assorted debris found itself on top of a taken-aback Changeling. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo beamed at their earth-pony friend, who had apparently been the one to fling the wagon at the creature.
"That was awesome Applebloom!" cried Scotaloo; while jumping up and down excitedly.
"Yeah! Who knew you had it in you to throw that heavy thing on your own!" Sweetie Belle chimed in.
Applebloom blushed "Aw shucks, ah am an earth pony after all..."
A groan from underneath the pile of items captured the three fillies' attention.
"So, uh, what are we gonna do with it?" Scootaloo asked.
A burst of colors suddenly streaked across the sky. "I'll take it from here!" a cyan pegasus declared; while speeding down to the ground.
"Rainbow Dash!!" Scootaloo shouted just as the aforementioned pegasus' hooves touched the ground. "Thank Celestia you're here!"
The cyan pegasus grinned "Not to worry, I'm here to take out the not-so-adorable trash!"
"Confound these ponies; they drive me to get pissed off!" the Changeling snarled, causing the three fillies to jump.The black creature wiggled it's glimmering body in an awkward attempt to free itself from the pile. No such luck. "Um..." the Changeling started "...a little help? Hehehe..."
Rainbow Dash quirked an eyebrow "...and why the hay should I do that?" The athlete asked, while looking down at the captured Changeling. The question hung around the Changeling's mind like a nasty odor. After a few seconds of nothing happening; the Changeling twitched violently.
"Fuck this..." The Changeling mumbled. It's horn flashed green for a moment, too quick for even Rainbow Dash to spot. After a brief moment of wiggling through the debris, everything just--exploded. Unidentifiable scraps of wood and metal threw themselves around like a firework; showering four ponies in a rain of things.
Rainbow Dash's eyes widened for a second before she hurriedly scooped up the three gaping fillies in her hooves. "We gotta get out of this--!" the mare cried; swiftly avoiding a chunk of scooter that would have crashed onto her. Rainbow Dash took off to the skies to take a look at the surroundings. As she did; she noticed a black blur speeding towards the opposite direction. 'Darn.' the pegasus thought 'It's getting away...'
Mentally scolding herself, Rainbow Dash sped to the outskirts of Ponyville. As the mare was within range; she immediately set the three friends squirming against her grip to the ground. Well, two of them at least. "Let go of me squirt! I have to take that guy down!" Rainbow Dash glared at the orange filly grasping her front hoof.
"Nu Uh, I'm going with you!" Scotaloo cried defiantly.
Sighing, Rainbow Dash flared her wings, and for a brief moment, Scootaloo's eyes held a spark of hope. "No can do Scoots, it's too dangerous for a little filly." As the orange pegasus' mouth opened to give a response; Rainbow Dash quickly hovered two foot off the ground then began to perform twists and turns in the air.
A few seconds later, an orange bundle of fur fell onto two similar bundles of fur. "Kayhavetogobye!" The cyan pegasus said as she flew off after the runaway Changeling.
"I'm gonna get you, you creep."