A simple Tunneler drone is catapulted from Equestria during the infamous Wedding to Planet Earth. Confused, injured and alone, the drone must figure out how to survive in an alien environment with all of humanity watching.
(Crossovers with XCOM, Men In Black and Stargate: SG1)
(Changeling on Earth fic / Available to hire artists for a cover art commission! Current Cover art by Ashinda on FimFiction)
(People have apparently been turned off by the whole 'pet' thing in the title; it's only relevant for a few chapters and has nothing kinky or lewd about it. )
Chapters (57)
Bravo. You have captured my intrest. Have a moustache.
Yes, please I need this in my life.
Wonderfully executed.
Very nice start. Hope your main human characters aren't bumpkins and just have the accent.
Ow, unjustly shoveled!
i like the twist and the story and jokes are good keep up the good work
....go on. I want to see what happen next.
Very interesting. Can't wait to are where this goes. Up voted and put on my tracking shelf.
Interesting start. And I like the girl already.
#ChanglingvsShovel
*Shovel uses Side hit!*
*changling uses fake death move*
Ding Dong the Changling is dead.
I can't wait for him to explain how they eat.
That was close.
Now this is going to be weird to explain to them.
I'm a giant sucker for adorable changebugs. Have a like and a track!
I felt the disturbance in the force...it was calling out to me!
CoE... Don't think I've ever read that before? I can't wait! And so I shan't!
When they were talking with Officer Brady, Officer Barbrady from south park popped into my mind.
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Oh yeah. Watched, fav'd, and mega-faved, 'cause this is awesome.
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These not-minotaurs seem like reasonable folk, explaining it in simple terms should do just fine. Question is, once the little girl finds the changeling, will he(?) be subjected to endless pretend tea parties, dolled up in makeup, and having to converse with a motley crew of stuffed animals? And woe to the changeling once the girl finds out it can shapeshift into other animals of the same small size. No doubt forced to mimic all the stuffed animals in exchange for boundless adoration and love.
That alone is worth a fav!
I wonder how their reactions will be to it being an erovore.
For that matter what will they think when it first transforms? suddenly on fire then not? and then something else?
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Agreed; these non-minotaur are spot on. Nice to see a country accent OC who is light on the country stereotypes. And hells yes; I want to see some 7-year-old/changling interactions
To the author, I would ease up on the accent (you've established it is there, so we can imagine most of it from here going forward). Otherwise, just keep going with the awesome writing.
I wonder if there are other changelings elsewhere on Earth... if they got spread to random planes across the multiverse, I feel rather bad for them as a species (moreso than usual).
So... Wait... This changeling doesn't know what dogs are? Ponies have dogs. But those are all toy dogs apparently.
Lol
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He also didn't seem to understand photographs, even though ponies have those too. I'm getting the idea that this changeling stayed back at the hive before the Invasion and never learned much about the outside world?
I know it's only two chapters in so far, but I like it. The human characters are interesting, distinct, and seem to be well developed so far, and the changeling seems like he'll be interesting in his own right once he has some time to go beyond the "efficient drone" mold. I even like the accent; It's present but not obnoxious, and it feels really natural to read.
There might be some things that will crop up later in the story, but so far I really like what you've done here and I'm very interested to see what you're planning.
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Hmm, the classic shovel to the face greeting between humans with aliens.
It was quite rude for the changeling to not fly up and wrap their hooves around Maria's and Ricky's necks in return even though he was injured.
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Well done so far. Can't wait to read more.
When I spotted this in the feature box, I was questionable about the title, thinking it might be some sort of pet fetish thing or something.
I'm quite relieved to find it's not, and I look forward to more.
I love this story keep up the good work.
This is great so far! I'm loving the dynamic between the characters, but the changeling seems waaaaaay too oblivious about animals considering s/he was stationed in Ponyville for a while. Must have seen at least one cat or dog during the time, no?
That bit about not knowing about genders though... that was just too amusing. Awkward made funny.
Either way, great so far. Definitely looking for more
Yes yes yes yes, SOOOO MUCH YES
Last chapter:
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Last chapter he(?) seemed to know what cats were, but this chapter he does not. Make sure to be careful about internal consistency. On a side note, you could rustle some jimmies by finally answering "are animals sentient or not" in your fic, if you wanted to.
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Oops!
Thanks for catching that
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It would not surprise me in the least if this changeling led a literal sheltered life, knowing nothing but the hive and his(?) job. Drafted (ordered) to swarm and invade canterlot with just the flimsiest of directions for the canon fodder "zerglings". Pretty sure it's only the infiltrators that get a pony education.
Ok, that last bit with the changeling perched on the shelf like a cat. It's so... feline! Heh.
One thing that I've noticed between Equestria and here is the pets are much smarter over there, as compared to our terran pets. Smart enough to almost talk. Would this be why Changeling (oh gods, give him/her/it a name please) didn't or wasn't able to sense emotions from the dogs? If the move Up is anything to go by, it would probably be Doug in stereo from those two slobber-monsters down below.
I've seen at least two fics where the changelings buy puppies for tiny but endless love sources... rather than pilfering ponies to put in pods.
Lukewarm isn't a figure of speech. It's an actual word descended from Middle English, and ponies would most likely have it.
I JUST favorited this, and a new chapter came out. AWESOME!
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Well, if the dogs popped up he would be scarred for life
Someone needs to sit Changeling down in front of a computer set to Google. Oh! Even better, an iPhone so it can ask Siri "What is a but?"
I'm confident that if these two can't come up with a name, the little girl that's bound to show up will; Mr.Googily-eyes McBugbuttpants the Third! (We don't know what happened to the first and second)
But being seven years old, I have a feeling any name given will be as mercurial as the changeling's appearance. Isn't that right Buzzy buzzbuzz Lightning? (Feel free to mangle other popular kid-movie characters)
p.s. Changing into a pony around that girl might result in a lethal overdose of *squee* and love.
Oh, well that's easy!
"Butt" is just another word for "Ricky."
How big is the changeling exactly?
This story rocks!!!!!
Awesome!!!!!!!
I want it to be a girl changeling.....or do changelings have genders? Would make both sides happy in that case.
Wait a second. I just thought of something.
If this changeling is in the human world......who's to say chrisilis and the other changelings aren't here too!?
This could get VERY bad.
7624678 As it turns out asking Siri what a butt is results in a brief bio of Archibald Willingham Butt. He was born in Augusta, Georgia on September 26, 1865. He was a journalist, Member of the US Army, a newspaper reporter and served for two years as the Secretary to the ambassador to Mexico. He died on April 15, 1912.
I'm really enjoying this, it's super cute! I love the fact that they're siblings, and the swear jar - both things I don't see much of in fanfiction. (It's all romance and M-rated language these days, boy I tell ya.) Can't wait to see what happens next!
............THAT IS SO COOL, HE TALKS LIKE A CICADA!!!!!
That was hilarious.
Methinks that this changeling never got it off the hive much.
7624561 Ponies obviously use Leiawarm.
This story is really fun and cute. Please keep the chapters coming!
Oh Lord ,that level of cluelessness.
Well, nobody ever said that living in the hive is easy. And, seeing as she's the only one able to prolong their race and that the gouger may kill countless changelings, she does what she has to.
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Lel. So adorable. All she needs to do is transform into a unicorn and walk into a daycare.
Ooooh, nice method of speech.