"I love you, Twilight Sparkle."
Twilight heard Midnight's voice. It was a whisper, but it meant he could be alive.
She turned around and asked, "Did anypony else hear that?"
Everypony looked at eachother and Celestia said, "I am sorry, but none of us did."
Twilight put her head down by Midnight's muzzle and felt a very small current of air.
"I think he's still alive!" she thought.
Twilight touched her horn to Midnight's and felt her energy flow into him. Before she passed out from exaustion, she saw Midnight return to his unicorn form.
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Midnight awoke back in the castle, an IV drip attached to his foreleg. He looked down at his body and found fur instead of chitin.
"It worked!" he thought.
"Good evening, Sleeping Beauty," a voice beside him said.
Midnight looked and saw Shining Armor sitting on a chair beside the bed.
"Did my plan work? Am I a full pony?"
"Sorry, but no. You turned back to this after Twilight touched her horn to yours. Princess Celestia said that she used some sort of energy transfer spell."
"She did what?" Midnight couldn't believe Twilight figured out the spell, he never even showed it to her, "Is Twilight okay?"
Shining Armor nodded, "She woke up two days ago. She spent most of that time sitting at your bedside. I've had to
force her to go to the kitchens for some food."
"At least she's alright. Wait, you said she woke up two days ago. How long have I been out?"
"About three days."
Midnight counted up the days in his head, "Isn't today your anniversary?"
"Yeah. Before I go and see Cadence I would like to apologize for my behavior."
"What would you like to apologize for?"
"There's nearly strangling you, yelling at you, forcing you to change forms in front of Twilight," Midnight smirked, "and you're having too much fun with this."
"Maybe a little."
"Anyways, let me say that I do not like you, but I will tolerate you as long as you're with Twilight."
"Thank you Shining Armor. And I'm sorry for making you look like a giant muffin to Derpy."
Shining Armor looked a little confused, "That explains why that mare was chewing on my tail. Anyways, before you
get up I want you to know something. If you hurt my sister, you will die."
"Understood," Midnight concentrated for a second, "Also, Derpy will no longer try to eat you."
Midnight used his magic to remove the IV from his leg and got up. Before he could open the door Shining Armor spoke up again.
"Just one more thing, do you feed on love?"
"No," Midnight answered, "And I don't shape shift either, besides this form of course." In truth, Midnight was happy his similarities to the Changelings were minimal. "Is that all?"
Shining Armor nodded and Midnight left the room. Almost immediately, Midnight ran into Twilight.
"Midnight, you're alright!" Twilight said as she hugged him tight, causing Midnight to blush.
"Thank you for saving me," Midnight replied, his ribs creaking, "though it might be for naught is you break my ribs."
"Oh, sorry," Twilight broke the hug.
"See you two in a few," Shining Armor said. Before he teleported in a red flash, Shining gave Midnight a "watch out" look.
"So, I was wondering," Midnight began.
"What?" Twilight asked
"How did you know I was alive?"
"At first I didn't because I couldn't feel your pulse."
"Stupid shell," Midnight thought.
"Then I heard you say that you loved me."
"Wait," Midnight had no idea how to respond, "Whatnow?"
Twilight took a step back, "Did you not say that?"
"No. But I thought it and truly mean it.I just don't know how you could have heard it."
That last part was a lie. Midnight had honed his abilities to the point that they were a reflex, a survival mechanism.
"Did anyone else hear me," Midnight asked.
"No, that's the weird part," Twilight replied with an inquisitive look, "You know something, don't you?"
"Just ideas."
"If she was the only one who heard it," Midnight thought, "then there was a mental link between us."
Midnight could use his powers to alter his voice to many ponies, but making sound appear to only one pony required connecting his mind with the target's. Midnight didn't like to link with ponies because it messed with his thoughts a bit. Just making Shining Armor look like a muffin to only Derpy gave him a craving for the food.
"Maybe we should get going," Twilight said, snapping Midnight out of his thoughts.
"Sure thing."
Midnight and Twiligt began to walk towards the ballroom.