I say job hunting, but I’m just flying around, perhaps if there’s a help wanted sign then maybe, but other than that not really.
Sky flew outside of Ponyville towards the Everfree outskirts. There was no way he was heading into the heart of that place, and besides the place he needed to go wasn’t deep in anyways. Landing near a tree 500 or so paces away from Fluttershy’s cottage.
Sky took a quick look towards the cottage, the sounds of the animals able to be heard from this distance, but thankfully nothing was here that would catch their attentions and bring the Element of Kindness following, but still, it doesn’t hurt to check.
He knocked on the wood no more than three times and pushed on the bark, it gave way and the interior of the tree was shown, which was a hole to the underground. Grooves in the ground for Sky to use as a ladder-type device were meticulously made shortly after the Sprinters moved to Ponyville.
At the bottom of the hole was a sizable underground room, the walls were covered in a glowing green substance, and what was this substance? Love energy, made to be solid and glow, one of the main parts of the changeling magic, along with the whole transformation, emotion-related things, and other various perks of being an insectoid pony.
Changeling magic lesson aside, the other details of the room included pictures of Sky’s siblings and parents on black desks, which was another use of emotion energy, a slightly-cracked mirror, and dozens of jars of a green jelly-like substance, the substance being emotional energy. The jars were an emergency supply should he need to duck out of Ponyville, one had to be prepared after all, no matter how heart-breaking it might be.
Sky trotted to in front of the mirror, and breathed out a sigh, and then a green flame enveloped him. His changeling body revealed once again, this time somewhere much more secure then in his room, you never knew when a Pegasus might accidently crash in your room while you were taking a breather from disguising. Embarrassing and very bad if it were to happen.
He didn’t know why he took these trips to his duck-out location just to get a look at his body. Perhaps it was to reconcile the fact of what he really was, or maybe it’s a small protest to his self imposed rules, who knew? He just knew that he felt better about himself when he did it, and perhaps it was just a relief to get a look at your natural self? Hiding in that false skin, it was demoralizing at times, especially since it was a lie, a lie to his siblings, his friends, to everypony. On the flip side, he felt safe in that false skin as well, it was a strange existence to live.
Sky’s body was largely matte black chitin plates, with tough leathery yet supple skin at his major joints only able to be seen as different from the chitin with a close look. The transition between the skin and chitin plates was seamless. If one were to look through the holes in his hooves, they would see that nothing filled those spaces; these holes were also sensitive to various sensations, basically like erogenous zones, meaning using them to parry weapon strikes would be very embarrassing for the attacker and, especially, the defender. At least that’s what his mother told him when he asked about the use of those holes in defense. An embarrassing conversation about the birds and the bees (or was it the Griffons and the Pegasi?) ensued for the then decade old changeling and his mother, of course since when has anypony had that conversation gracefully?
Sky sighed and went towards the ladder and went up, he wanted to feel the sun on his chitin just once but just as he was about to open up the tree door he hesitated and then put his disguise back up, “Not today, not today.” He said to himself, and so he opened up the door and after taking a quick peek he exited the hide-out.
Sky flew up into the air and headed towards the town market, he felt a craving for apples at that moment, and so decided to see if he could alleviate it. Thankfully Big Mac was there and so Sky approached the stand and after a brief conversation with the large red stallion he bought a sack of apples and took a bite of one and then enjoyed the savory goodness of an Apple Family apple. Apple Family apples were the best apples, as far as Sky was concerned.
After finishing off that first apple, Sky flew up into the air and took a quick detour back to the house, opening the front door and placing the sack of apples on a kitchen shelf before leaving again, not arousing the attention of his sleeping siblings.
Sky then flew back up into the air when a thought hit him, I could go visit the Doctor! Maybe he’ll agree on letting me touch something in the Tardis! He then flew quickly to the Ponyville clock tower, knocking on the big blue box just outside, “Doctor! Are you there, Doctor?” He said to the Tardis doors.
“Watch out below!” a familiar feminine voice called out from above and behind. Sky ducked down just as the blue doors opened up, a shriek was heard before a crash happened.
Sky rose from his position to see Derpy on top of the Doctor, “Get a room, guys, or at least close those doors,” He laughed upon seeing their position.
“Oh ha ha, very funny Sky,” The Doctor said sarcastically as the two got out of that position, red and warm faces and all.
“Yeah, it kinda was, anyways, I have one question though,” Sky stated.
“If it’s to touch the controls to the Tardis then my answer is a resounding no,” The Doctor said before Sky could continue.
“Oh come on, I want to figure out how it works! I helped out when you and Derpy were running low on supplies and bits after you came back from the Windigo Event, that should definitely earn me one examination!” Sky begged.
“And I thank you for that, but still Sky,” The Doctor ended with a sigh.
“Oh come on, you’ve been teasing him about the Tardis since he first arrived and you’ve only let him have quick look at it, when did you become so defensive about her?” Derpy then said to the Doctor.
“I guess that is true, and it’s less than I’m being defensive about her, but I want to be a bit more mysterious about the Tardis than I have before, I guess it has been long enough, and Sky has been a great friend during all this time,” The Doctor replied.
“Ooh, then does that mean?” Sky asked holding himself together to not get visibly excited.
“Yes, Sky, you may touch, but be careful,” The Doctor said before he moved out of the way as Sky rushed into the Tardis. As he closed the doors, the Doctor said to himself, “Please don’t let myself regret this.” The doors to the blue police box closed, cutting them off in a way from Equestria until they are opened again. Surely nothing would change outside those doors, right? Nopony would dare do something with a wedding going on?