"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Exactly that Rainbow Dash, I don't know" As AJ was loading another basket full of apples into a near by wagon, her friend Rainbow Dash who was wearing a sport bra and short combo fly in front of her. "A gianourmus cloud suddenly appear in front of your farm, gradually getting bigger and bigger as time goes on for the last three days, and you are telling me that, you don't care?" She ask raising an eyebrow, witch was meet with a shrug from her friend, before she pick an empty basket and place it on a nearby tree full of apples.
"What can I tall you Rainbow Dash? This is all Granny Smith idea, she tald as that the cloud will be good for the farm and she had all the papers sorted out"
"But AJ that is the thing, I ask and I look around, no one in the weather central know about this cloud, they didn't even send pegasus to do the job, whatever your granny is doing, it was without our permission and ponies are starting to noticing it, and they are getting scare"
"Of one big cloud? " AJ snicker before kicking the tree making the apples fall, and one of them missing the target. "Are you sure you are not just exaggerating just a little bit?"
"No I don't" Dash place herself in front of her friend "AJ this is serious, I understand you don't know this because its a pegasus thing but as funny as this sounds, big clouds are a serious matter, if not control properly they can break and make a dense fog that can take hours to dissipated, and make flying or walking around the area very dangerous, it can turn into a storm cloud witch you DON'T want it to start falling right below your farm or even worse, it can turn into a lighting storm that can get out of control"
"Rainbow Dash I told you, Granny Smith is the one that knows all this stuff, if you are so worry about that darn cloud go ask the old lady"
Dash catches AJ slip out the tongue and look at her with suspicious "Old lady?" She keep staring into AJ eyes until, a spark of green shine throw them making Dash gasp and point at her "You are not Applejack!"
Right on quo the body of the real Applejack fall from some bushes and 2 changelings appear soon after to pick it up stop only when they notices Dash looking directly at them. She barely have chance to process what is going on before feeling the fake AJ hugging her while looking at his companions. "Run you fools!"
The changelings comply immediately and take fly with AJ body into the big cloud.
"Oh no you don't" I rage, Dash headbutt the changeling hugging her and extend her wings to give chase to the changelings inside the cloud. Ignoring complete the smile Freya was giving her as she flies away.
Like a moth to the flames She mentally comments.
Once inside the cloud Dash gave chase to the changelings, before they could get lost in the fog as well, when suddenly a force strike her from the side making her loss her balance for a brief moment and then look around for her friends capture once she recover it, only to be meet with nothing but clouds and an eerie laugh from afar.
"Such a loyal friend"
Dash heard from behind her and turn around with all intention to strike her foe when fear made her stop, the moment she saw a human with insect wings looking at her directly. "No…t…that is impossible, my grandma used to tell me stories about you…you…you are a human"
Instead of answering her Kabuto lift the unconscious body of AJ in front of Dash, snapping her back to action and glaring at him. "Is this what you are looking for?" he laugh again before flying up the cloud with Dash not to far away. Only to lost him once more when changelings got in her way and block the view of the human.
When she manage to get pass the changelings, the man was nowhere to be seeing and she was floating in the middle of the cloud. "In here" The man call from her right witch she soon follow.
"Not there, here" he tells from the celling making her go up.
"Almost there" Dash stop when the voice seem to get louder and louder. "Closer…closer" Dash was turning around when suddenly he discover the man right behind her holding her in place.
"Surprise!"
Before Dash could protest, attack or even yell the man already start to exhale with force and soon after, a red mist came out from Dash mouth and into his, making her dizzy and weak until finally falling unconscious in the man embrace. "Oh the flavour of loyalty…bitter yet sweet, just like cider"
He snicker and then address the other changelings in the cloud "Rejoice my brothers and sister! the element of loyalty has fallen today" He exclaim as the place is fill with the buzz of happy changelings.
Meanwhile outside the cloud the two changeling sisters watch with a smirk as they see how the element of loyalty falls prey to their brother. Freya then turn to her sister "We should make our own move now. The remaining elements are but common civilians that have never had a fight in their life, taking them would be a breeze"
"Patience Freya, even though they are not at full power four elements could turn the tides against us, specially when one can summon the embodiment of chaos and the other breaks the laws of logic itself, what we need for now is continue with our hunt for the elements while our soldiers deal with the rest of the town."
Freya smile and her eyes start to shine "And after ponyville falls…" using her magic she turn into princess Luna "…Canterlot will follow"
"Indeed dear sister" Tempress tells turning herself into Celestia, as they both snicker.