"So, um, yeah. I know I look bad for trying to trap Cadence and marry her husband, but it was for a good reason!"

This is just the start for Chrysalis trying to show that the Changelings aren't that bad.

Queen Chrysalis will try to convince the other ponies that Changelings aren't evil, they're just trying to survive. Chrysalis might make some friends, and show them that Changelings aren't bad.

But they probably won't listen.

This story is a sequel to Adaptation - A Changeling's Story

*Cover art is made from two separate pieces, neither of which did I create. I linked to one, the other is an old piece I had requested from Ficisism on Deviantart, but the account is deactivated.

(( NOTE 4/20/2019 -- Integration is on an indefinite hiatus. My apologies. ))

It's been almost three years since Echo officially came out of hiding, adopted her daughter, and began the arduous task of becoming part of what was, to her, an alien culture. She's managed to secure financial stability, but now she struggles with things that are altogether foreign to her.

What does it mean to have friends? She knows it's a good thing, she knows it keeps her alive, but it seems like there's a measure of responsibility to it. More importantly, how can she be a good mother to her daughter if she doesn't understand something so fundamental to ponies as friendship?

Moving back to Ponyville presents its own challenges though, as she finds an unexpected surprise waiting for her.

Seeking respite, she turns to help in Canterlot, only to find that there is an even greater menace there, waiting to ruin her peaceful existence.

She really can't seem to get a break.

(2/27/17: Due to alternate changeling continuity, AU tag has been added)
(4/12/17: I have received more than a few messages requesting the dark tag. It has now been added.)

Change... It always happened, no matter what anyone or anything tried to do about it, for good or bad change was a given. Still... Chrysalis had almost managed to change the fate of her hive to her whims, she had stood at the cusp of greatness and failed to grasp it.
Instead the Queen of Changelings had suffered a catastrophic blow.
She and her brood were blasted far away into the desolate badlands.
She had failed to change just as her mother before her...

But change did not play favorites. And Chrysalis still had a part to play.

As she lay broken and beaten within an inch of her life fighting for what little of it she had left, something in the sky shook in agony and shock, as an entity not meant for this world crashed into it. Something very old and alien. Something kind and wise. Something terrible and awe inspiring.
Something blue and something changed...

And the universe would never be the same...

I was a simple drone; I did my work, had my meal, and returned to my own little carved-out den day in and day out. At least, until the invasion of the Golden City. Now I'm alone, cold, scared, and I'm pretty sure something is wrong...

I suppose being found is the least of my concerns...

Doppel Ganger is an outlaw changeling who has been living in the Everfree Forest for more than a year. Far from all the ruckus his Queen caused with the invasion, he spends a quiet life stealing love from Ponyvillians with his two friends, Camouflage and Mimic. But an encounter with a manticore will give him the worst thing he could catch, a cold.

This seemingly mild illness has terrible effects on changeling's physiology. At each sneeze, the changeling will either lose his disguise, or get a new one without any control over it. Now, it's harder to feed on ponies’ love unnoticed.

Doppel will have to feed on love in Ponyville during the duration of his sickness.

A young changeling gets thrown out of his hive for not following orders. Where will this new independent lifestyle bring him? Well apparently Ponyville.

I finally got some cover art for this and I made it myself! Yeah, I know it sucks, but it's better than nothing.

Hello there. My... name is Fluttershy, and I am a yellow pegasus and the Element of Kindness. Though, the Elements are on the tree and we're using some sort of rainbow friendship power... Nevermind. I have been helping a severely injured... pony. I... I'll say pony for now, but she was once a terrible enemy, but... she wasn't, at the same time.

But I fear I cannot help her forever. I think my new friend will die.

This story is a sequel to Together And Equal…?

A compilation of files on many of the various Equestrian Changelings. We'll rejoin Intel and see his struggles raising Rainy Skies as a changeling father.
Watch a changeling follow his dreams, despite the adversity.
Listen to an escapee's story.
And listen to firsthand accounts of the invasion, from both sides.

I was given permission to use Xyotic's art as cover art for this fic.

Aeris was different. He didn't want war. He didn't want conflict. Yet, still, he was dragged into a civil war caused by the death of the changeling he held closest to his heart: Casilia, his elder sister.

Abandoned.
Abandoned by his own species.
Shatter knew this would happen. He felt it from the day he first opened his eyes. How could anyone appreciate a changeling that was useless? No changeling would care for another who was like that. But one unicorn, suprisingly her of all ponies, might just care enough...