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// Family 
// Story: The Filly & The Changeling 
// by Finnie Nara 
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  It's been 4 months since Twilight and Alicia's first encounter. Since that day the two have been growing closer while keeping to the same regime every day: Wake up, find food, eat, bond and sleep. The two never ran out of things to discuss or share. Everyday, the pain in Alecia's back would lessen until it was gone completely after the second month and a half although she could only carry light loads until it recovered fully. Eventually they both agreed to build a permanent shelter to protect themselves from the dangerous and unpredictable environment of the forest.
They estimated that they were at least over a few thousand miles from canterlot by the position of the mountains. When building the shelter, Twilight would collect the materials while Alecia would put them together. Eventually, with their combined effort, they built the shelter in no time at all. 
"Twily we need somemore wood oh also could you be a dear and pass the twine to me please? my hooves are quite full right now" asked Alicia politely perfectly mimicking Rarity's "High-class accent" after hearing Twilight use it even though Twilight could not remember where she heard it before.
"Sure thing Liloo!" exclaimed Twilight excitedly after she gave Alecia the twine as she ran off into the forest
"sigh that filly could run around for days so long as everything went according to plan" Alecia mumbled as she recalled a month ago where Twilight found that she especially liked to keep things organised.
Alecia hummed a tune while she worked on making the bed. Twilight wanted to sleep next to Alecia incase she got "monsters in her dreams" as Alecia recalled Twilight saying it. As Alecia worked on the bed, she reminisced about the time Twilight officially became her family it happened just 3 months ago.
"Lily do you have any family or people that you care about?" Twilight asked
"Hmm why do you ask?" Alecia responded
"Well you never really talk about the ponies you used to live with or your family..." Twilight replied
"Uh... well i wasn't really that close to anyone in the hive even though they are technically my brothers and sisters but i considered them more like acquaintances instead of actual family members. And when i was undercover, even though i got close to some of the ponies i met to store their love for the hive i never actually considered any of them my friends at least until i met you." said Alecia
"Oh," said Twilight "so what am i to you?"
This question although simple was extremely tough for Alecia. Ever since Twilight came into Alecia's life, it was always lively and happy but that could be said for anypony who was a filly or colt, any foal would have made life livelier but not necessarily happier. Twilight made Alecia happy not because she could start a pleasant conversation but because she didn't care what Alecia was, she didn't care that Alecia was a creature which consumed love for food and tricked ponies into giving it to her. 
Even her old family simply shrugged her off as "just another sibling" not the way true siblings would treat one another and even if they did they always followed orders no questions asked, they never cared to ask themselves whether what they were doing was right or wrong they just followed orders like a dog chasing its tail.
Twilight saw past the appearances which would make any other pony puke or at least walk away from the sight of her. Twilight saw Alecia for who she was and that meant the world her.
Alecia realised that her feelings for Twilight was more than just caring for her the way a foalsitter would. No she realised that Twilight was different from the rest and Alecia loved her for that. Alecia realised that being friends would never cover the feelings she had for Twilight and so she said
"Twi... i see you as family," said Alecia heartwarmingly
"I.... i consider you family too...sis" said Twilight a little teary-eyed
And on that day Twilight became the younger sister Alecia never had.