The Crusaders and Iolite arrived at the party location, which happened to be in the middle of Ponyville, and were greeted by tons of cheers and congratulations. The girls were surprised when they found out that Pinkie planned a full block party just for them, but besides that they began to enjoy their party. Everypony was having fun, ponies who were working that day got to sell their products, and the music made it even more enjoyable. What made it even more amazing was that ponies noticed Iolite there. It made him nervous with all of those eyes on him. "He is so cute!" said a mare.
"I didn't know Spike had a brother." said another.
The emotions in the air had it tempting for Iolite to just jump at the chance and take it all, but with his will power he took a moment to rest. As Iolite sat down to on a bench for a bit, allowing his crystals to do the work for him. Pinkie Pie suddenly came up to him with a tray of gem sprinkled cupcakes. "Hi, Iolite! Nice to meet you! Want a cupcake?" said the pink mare. Iolite grabbed a cupcake and held it in his claws.
"Um Pinkie?" he said.
"Hmm?" replied Pinkie with a mouthful of punch.
"How did you know I;m a.................. well a......" Iolite started.
"A changeling?" Pinkie Pie finished for him.
"Yeah."
"Well its all in the script Iolite. Wait was I suppose to tell you that?" Pinkie Pie said as she pulled out a script from her mane. She read through a couple of pages before returning to Iolite. "Enjoy the cupcake Iolite. Oh and please, if you can try not to freak out Twilight that would be great. Oh and also, I'm sorry." With that Pinkie Pie bounced off towards the crowd of ponies, leaving Iolite in a sea of utter confusion. 'The mare is a box of random wrapped in a mystery' Iolite thought to himself as he took a bite from his cupcake. This was a party this wasn't the time to try and solve the mystery of the weird pink mare. Iolite was going to enjoy the time he had. He even might absorb some of the emotions that hung in the air. After he finished off his cupcake Iolite joined the party once again.
The party dragged on until the once blue sky turned to a shade of reddish orange. Ponies of young and old were tired from their day long parting so each pony began their way back home. Iolite was just about to head to the tree house where he had slept last night when he felt a buzz in the back of his head. The buzz made him start to twitch and soon he began to feel jittery. Overwhelmed with the new sensation Iolite wanted to get back to the club house as fast as he could.
With every step he took Iolite could have sworn that his legs were made of jelly, but he continued onward for soon it wasn't long that he felt an all too familiar pull on his being. Holding in the transformation would be hard, but if he didn't want his cover to be blown that he would have to try his best not that let his new persona take hold.
Meanwhile, Twilight and her friends were gathered around in a circle debating on what to do next. "Okay girls, from your perspectives, did the spell work?" Twilight asked. She received nods from all of her friends. This made a smile appear on her face, her spell had worked after all. Now was they were at the hard part. They would need to find a way to get every changeling in one place and at one time without any of them noticing.
"All right Twi, we know that the spell works now what do we do?" asked Rainbow Dash.
"I've counted them while the party was going on. If I'm correct than there should be at least twenty five changelings here if not more. What we need to do know is find a way to get all of them in one place. Once that happens I can simply cast a sleeping spell on them and we tie them up and wait for the Royal Guard to come and get them." responded Twilight.
"Okay and how do ya suppose we get them in one place?" asked Applejack.
"Easy Pinkie Pie sends them all fake invitations. Where the invitations will lead them is an open discussion." said Twilight.
"How about Applejack's barn. It should be big enough to hold those changelings until the guards come." suggested Rarity.
"That could work. Anypony else have a better idea?" asked Twilight. Nopony came up with a new idea so it was settled that the location would be at Applejack's barn. Twilight did her best to brief her friends on her plans, but even she didn't have a solid proof plan yet. She was doing good so far. She would think of how to fortify their plans throughout the night. After a couple of minutes of more debating the group went their separate ways for the rest of the day.
Twilight was well on her way home when she saw Iolite and due to her spell she quickly grimaced. 'I missed one. Wait a minute this one's not looking to good. Hmmmm......... maybe if I take it to my lab for some interrogation I could get some answers from it. Then I can find out why there are changelings here!' Twilight thought. So she began to carry out her plans, unaware of the trouble she was getting herself into.
Iolite was still having trouble with this new sensation, but was soon feeling a new source of energy build up inside of him. The energy grew slowly at first, but was now to the point where he wanted the run around the town three times then have a nice jog from Ponyville to Canterlot and back again. Lost in his weird sensation Iolite didn't see the lavender mare standing in front of him and soon found himself on the ground. "Oh I'm sorry." he said as he looked at who he had walked into. It was then that his heart sunk to the bottom of his stomach. Standing before him was none other than Twilight Sparkle. The one mare that he didn't want to see at a moment like this.
She wore a smile on her face, but somehow Iolite knew that she was far from happy. "Oh there you are Iolite. I've been looking all over for you." she joyfully said.
"Y.....you have?" responded Iolite. He tried his best to keep from running away, but was slowly losing that battle.
"Yes I have, Spike has been wanting to meet you for a while now. I've been searching for you, but with the party and all I wasn't able to find you. Anyway, do you want to came back home with me?" said Twilight with a smile. The smile made Iolite shiver in his scales. Quickly thinking things through Iolite came up with two possibilities on how he could get out of this. On one hand, he could run for it. With his new found energy there was a slim possibility that he could out run the lavender unicorn. On the other hand, he could go with Twilight and accept his fate with dignity. Though every atom in his form wanted to run away, Iolite chose the latter.
"S.....s...sure, why not." Iolite agreed.
"Excellent! Now just follow me." Twilight said. Iolite gulped as he began to follow Twilight towards to what would soon be the end of his carefree life.
It only took a couple of minutes to reach Twilight's home, but for Iolite it seemed like years had went by. Once they were in the confinements of the tree house Twilight's demeanor changed in the blink of an eye. Her horn began to light up in a purple aura and the door slammed right behind Iolite. He then felt his feet leave the ground. He realized that Twilight had caught him in a field of her magic. "You know.............. I expected you to run away from me when we met." said Twilight, "I must congratulate you on facing this with at least a little dignity, but now we must get down to business little changeling."
If he couldn't feel it back then Iolite could feel it now. The sheer hatred emanating from Twilight was enough to make him want to throw up. It took must of his concentration to just ignore the hatred flowing around the mare, but in that moment his new persona took it's chance and began to surface instantly. "ACK!" chocked Iolite, recoiled as the sudden take over began to take hold. Twilight looked at Iolite with confusion. He wouldn't hold out much longer. A one minute was all he had left and then it was lights out. A small smile spread across his face. "You know what Twilight Sparkle............... do you really want revenge?" he said. Before Twilight could say anything Iolite erupted in a dark orange flame.
She closed her eyes for nearly a second and when she opened them again she was surprised as to what or who was in the place of Iolite. Instead of a baby dragon was now a young female draconequus. In a way she looked almost identical to Discord except she was a cow's leg instead of a goat's leg. She had a leopard's arm instead of a lion's. Her eyes disturbed Twilight the most. She had light blue irises in seas of a deep orange.
The newly changed draconequus gazed at the mare in intense criticism. Now it was Twilight's turn to be afraid. She had studied what an angered draconequus can do. She hoped to Celestia that changeling's can't copy another being's abilities too. The two continued to stare at each other for what seemed like for eternity. "I......... don't like how you look." the draconequus said, braking the silence that filled the room.
"What?" asked a stupefied Twilight.
"I don't like the way you look. It just doesn't seem right to me. Lets see what you look like with some wings." the draconequus said as she snapped her talons. With a 'poof' Twilight had her own pair of matching wings. They actually work too. "Nah, I'm just not feeling it. How about a dog?" With another snap Twilight was transformed into a purple canine. The draconequus used her magic to lift up the newly transformed Twilight up to where they were looking straight into each other's eyes. "Hmmm its close, but not there yet. Next!" Twilight was now twitching slightly. Somehow she knew that this was going to take awhile.
Meanwhile, at Sugar Cube Corner. Inside Pinkie's room was Discord and the pink mare herself. They were sitting on her bed eating popcorn as they watched Twilight take on new transformations for half an hour. "You sure we can't go and help her?" asked Pinkie.
"You've read the script Pinkie. We can't interfere with the plot line. Actually we weren't suppose to be in this little section of dialogue. The author will catch on soon." answered Discord as he stuffed his face with a pawful of popcorn.
"Well can I get a refill of chocolate milk?" Pinkie Pie asked as she held out her unusual large cup. Discord answered he plea with a snap of his claws. The mare's cup was filled to the brim with his homemade original chocolate milk. Pinkie Pie was about to thank Discord when she realized that she had ran out of time and now had an annoyed expression on her face.
Back at Twilight's house, Twilight had just gone through here thirty fourth transformation and to be honest she was beginning to regret having brought that changeling back into her house. No, in fact she was regretting ever meeting this changeling at all! With another 'snap' Twilight transformed again. 'Argh what am I this time.' Twilight thought.
"Oh my! I think I've made a breakthrough! Twilight Sparkle do you want to see the new you!?" asked the draconequus.
"I don't think I have a choice in this decision." murmured Twilight. As a mirror was brought in front of Twilight her blood had run cold. She had become the thing of her worst nightmares. Something that she has always dreaded even as a kid. Twilight was now, and for who knew how long, a snake. She started to breath heavily as she stumbled around in her new serpent body. She was about to scream, until the draconequus placed a claw over her mouth. With a snap a pair of sound canceling headphones appear over the draconequus's ears. She gave the thumbs up and Twilight proceeded to scream to the top of her lungs.
"CHANGE ME BACK! CHANGE ME BACK! CHANGE ME BACK! CHANGE ME BACK! CHANGE ME BACK!!!" repeated the lavender snake.
"But you look so much better now. It would be a shame to change you back. Wait a minute I'm forgetting something." the draconequus said, "Oh yeah. I haven't told you my name yet."
"FORGET YOUR NAME CHANGE ME BACK NOW!" screamed Twilight.
"My name is Sariel Underwing Ganith Arel Reeth Ruin Ursa Salick Hulsor, but you may call me Sugar Rush." said Sugar with a smile, completely ignoring the snake's demand to change her back to normal.