That night was really weird, Rain Drop heard a lot of strange noises, but the strangest sound was outside. It sounded like a scream and something that she couldn't explain. She looked out the window and she saw a mare running and then, then something attacked the mare. She could only tell because the street lights were still on outside, the…thing was dark and deformed. It chased the mare into a green cocoon. The scene was so horrible that Rain Drop had almost thrown up. Almost.
The next morning, Rain Drop and Sky Flower were walking in the hallways of the big castle.
"I promise you Sky, it wasn’t something that I imagined, I was awake and I saw it." Rain Drop sounded like she was about to cry. She had never seen something so scary in her whole life.
"Rains, I'm sure you just had a nightmare, it happens to everypony." Sky Flower said reassuringly. Images of what happened that night raced across her mind. Rain Drop knew what she saw; it was there, she was sure. No pony was going to tell her otherwise, it was real.
They got to the throne room and opened the doors, two ponies stood inside. One was Princess Celestia and the other was a royal guard. Rain Drop and Sky Flower walked in.
"Um, hi your highness, I'm sorry if I interrupted. Must have been pretty important.” Rain Drop said with a bow. "But I have something very important to say as well." Rain Drop walked up to Celestia and her head drooped. "I-I saw something strange last night, I saw a mare, she was being chased. It looked like a pony…only not a pony, I don’t know. The thing forced the mare into a green cocoon." Rain Drop looked back up a Celestia, tears starting to form in her eyes, the events from last night were still fresh.
The guard looked at Rain Drop, his face was considerably paler than its usual white color… If that was even possible.
"D-did you, you say a… green cocoon?" The guard stuttered and looked nervously at Celestia.
"Umm.” Rain Drop paused. “Yes, that’s what I saw." Rain Drop said and looked at the guard, then looked at princess Celestia.
"Princess why are we here?" He asked.
"The changelings have returned, and that's why you are here. I want you to stop them." Celestia said with a serious voice.
"But why don't you let me and Candace stop them like last time?" The guard asked.
"Queen Chrysalis has found a spell to make their army stronger. Your love will do nothing." Celestia sighed, defeated and walked to a window."...And that's why I have begged you three to come, just like Twilight and her friends you need to find a way to stop them.” She turned back to the guard. “Shining Armor I want you to train them with the royal guard training.”
"What?! But princess the training will take months or even years. They will never be ready in time." Shining Armor said looking around with nervous eyes, worry etched into his voice.
"Don't worry. They will do fine." Celestia said and looked at Rain Drop and Sky flower proudly. "I know if you train them right, then they will learn faster and you can start, remember to teach them everything they need to know." Celestia walked with the three to the door. "I know you will succeed." That was the last thing Celestia said before she closed the door behind them.
Shining Armor said they should start now, so he took the two ponies to an obstacle course.
"This is the royal guard obstacle course; all the guards go through it. And even you will run it one day." He said. He let them take a close look at the closest obstacle. The obstacle was big, it had waving hoops going in two different directions, guillotines were lined up one after another, chomping mechanically. "And now to our next destination." He said turning around and walking away. Rain Drop and Sky Flower walked after him. "You need training and we don't have much time. I'm going to tell you all you need to know about the changelings." Shining Armor pushed open the doors to Canterlot Library and the ponies trotted in. “No one can hear a word of this.” He said as the door slammed shut.
Once they got into what Shining Armor called; ‘The Lunar Wing’, they took pillows and sat down on the floor. Rain Drop and Sky Flower listened while Shining Armor talked about the changelings. "The changelings aren't like ponies, they’re evil, they transform into the pony you love and feed off your love for them.” Rain Drop glanced at Sky Flower and shuddered, what would happen if Sky was a changeling? She shook the thought away. “And Equestria has more love then they expected, that’s why they here. To feed off our love and give it to their queen, Crysalis.” Shining shook his head as though to clear a memory. “She’s cold and heartless; she’s the worst of them all. She even turned into my wife so she could feed off my love. Changelings can change their appearance as much as they want, so much that they can look exactly like the pony you love, so don't trust anyone." Rain Drop and Sky Flower exchanged a scared look.
"So, we can't even trust each other? Not even you?" Rain Drop asked. “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard!”
"You can trust me and each other, I was talking about those ponies outside." He gave them a hard, serious glare. Shining Armor finished telling them all he knew about the changeling. A few hours later, at sunset, he said they should get going; "Come on, we should get back to the castle before it's too dark." Shining Armor said and got up from the pillow. “They’re the most active at night.” He spoke darkly, Rain Drop and Sky Flower followed him as they walked out from the library and toward the castle. Rain Drop notice how scary the town started to look when the darkness slowly fell down over the town. She never wanted to be here at night ever again.