A changeling is on the loose in Ponyville, and Sweetie Belle won't rest until he's caught.

Thanks to Noble Thought for prereading.

Vector art by RankWinner.

Nothing suspicious going on here.
Just a group of bugs coming together to create a show for everyone to watch.
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Twilight doesn't believe it for a second.

At the age of 11, Bandit, Twilight, Cadance, Spike, and Chad decided to spend the day at the park. What was supposed to be a lovely day wound up turning sour when Bandit gets a very mean-spirited message that sends him out for blood. And the sender, Solar Comet, learns the hard way that when Bandit is mad, mercy rarely becomes an option.

Don't let the teen Rating fool you, this Canon to the FaM universe.

Be warned, there will be blood. Not a lot of it, but definitely not a little. Also, the bully in question says something very, VERY screwed up.

Tyler is your typical desk jockey; works at a desk all day, then plays games at a desk all night.

But when he accepts the duty of leading a small changeling hive in a dream, he finds himself woefully unprepared for the responsibilities thrust upon him.

Yeah, he did volunteer for it, but how was he supposed to know that some dreams are real?

A single changeling is blamed for making Chrysalis' plan to take over Equestria fail. He's banished and thrown out of the hive, ending up somewhere far away.

Luckily, he ends up not too far from a certain well-known village, where he can feed to his heart's content.

Needless to say, not everything goes according to plan.

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While looking for answers about the past, the mane five discover the old changeling hive, and with it they find the only changeling left, who proceeds to tell them his story.

Realizing the position they're in, the changelings decide on a different plan than the one their queen's giving.

Author's idearz: Some credit goes to this person. They did a thing and I decided to do another thing they did by basing it on the thing with this thing while they did their thing...

When the Changeling Commander wakes up, he finds himself on a quest for his lost swarm.

But what happens when you get caught yourself? Well the answer to that is that you are pretty much doomed at that point.

Follow this heroic (foolish) changeling as he embarks (stays in a cell all day) on a magnificent (dull) quest to find (plays tricks upon) his lost battalion!

(Image by ~Iaomai)

Torn from his laid-back life as an intel operative, Vertex had resigned himself to stand before his queen, to learn of the hive's latest invasion, and the role he would play in it. Instead, he returns to witness the collapse of Chrysalis's empire, along with what it meant to be a changeling. Misplaced and frustrated, Vertex must turn to the hive's new leader for answers, but he may receive more than a mere recollection for his troubles.

A direct continuation off the events of the season 6 finale.

* Featured 4/9/19!
* A commission for Vertex, my very first one ever!
* Cover art & story art by the amazing 28GoodDays!
* Vertex the Changeling is (C) to Vertex & Golden Beam is (C) to Hywther!

Habeas Brittle, a carefree changeling who left his hive, is attacked by a grim figure as he wanders through the Canterlot countryside. Wounded greatly in the scuffle, he is found and cared for by a filly belonging to a widowed mare with a dark past.
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