(From the changeling's perspective)
'Man, this is so scary and embarassing!' I thought as the one of the tall bipedal creatures carried me over his shoulder like I was some wounded animal, which I was technically. The queen had told us that we were to come back victorious or dead, and I don't think that either of our sword thrusts were kills. Also, when we had shot that one creature with our magic blasts, he simply shook it off and charged after me! What are these things, and how come one of them decided to spare me???
Canterlot Dungeon Interrogation Room
After about an hour in the dungeon, the changeling was taken by some royal guards and thrown into a special room with two chairs, a table, and a one-way window (yes, they do have those in Equestria). The room had a special magical field around it so that no magic could be used inside of it. It was cold and there were only two lights shining inside of it. The changeling grew tense in the room as the silence was starting to drive him mad. The dart that was shot at him was also still stuck inside his leg, and it hurt like crazy. Whenever he tried to pull it out, it only made the pain worse. Within a few minutes, a loud noise at the door sounded, and Sgt. Ramirez walked in with a glass of water.
"Hi", the human said in an almost friendly manner, much to the changeling's confusion.
"hi", the changeling responded, as the human took his seat.
"Please, have a drink", Ramirez said as he gave the changeling the glass of water. The changeling happily chugged the whole glass and then looked at the human.
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why are you being so nice to me?"
"I believe that everybody deserves a second chance, and from what I've heard about King Thorax, changelings are no exception."
"B-But I slashed my sword at a princess and cut open her captain of the guard, and I shot one of your kind!"
"Yeah, you just scratched open the captain, and he'll be fine in a couple of weeks. The princess, on the other hand, was pretty hurt. We think you broke her leg, but fortunately alicorns heal fast, and all she needed was a bandage after an hour. Hell, she may not even need that in a few minutes!"
"They must really hate me."
"Well, Smith does for sure, also Luna and the Elements of Harmony were pretty upset at being attacked. I, however, managed to convince them all to hold their rage back, and I convinced Princess Celestia to work something out so that we may help you if you help us." Ramirez then slid forward a sheet of paper to the changeling, who read it carefully.
"It says that if I help you, you will send me to Thorax's Kingdom where I can be safe and no longer have to feed off love?"
"We will also get that dart out of your leg and help you to recover." The changeling thought this was a good deal. 'Wait, no!', he suddenly thought. 'I can't betray the Queen! She's our mother, and she'll kill me if she finds out I've been working with these things and the ponies!' Suddenly he spoke up.
"What if I refuse to help?" Ramirez looked down dissappointedly at first, but then regained his friendly grin and responded.
"Well, it's entirely your choice as to whether you want to help us or not, but we're offering you a really good deal here. I'd take it if I were you." Silence stood for a few seconds after that statement.
"On the other hand, however, we thought that if you didn't want to help, we could just leave you with Smith for a little while." This really sent chills down the changeling's spine. Smith was the name of that creature that had yanked him by the horn, punched him in the belly, dropped him on the ground and was about to crush him with his foot before the creature who was their leader stopped him. Smith was really mad for being shot by changeling magic, he would probably torture the poor changeling in a million ways with his weapons and those dexterous hands of his. For the changeling, the thought of being left with that guy was even scarier than that of facing Queen Chrysalis' wrath.
"Ok! Ok! I accept! What do you need from me?" The changeling shouted in desperation. The human smiled.
"Excellent. What we need from you is the location to Queen Chrysalis' hideout."
The Mane Six along with Princess Luna and the rest of the humans were standing outside of the room.
"How long is he going to take?" Rainbow Dash asked impatiently, as Ramirez wanted the conversation to be private.
"I don't know, but he should be done anytime now", McLaughn replied.
"I hope that changeling refuses the offer, I'd love to teach him a lesson or two!" Smith evilly grinned, hoping to inflict more pain on the changeling than before. Suddenly there was a loud scream from the room. It sounded like the changeling's.
"Oh my goodness! Should we go help him?!" Rarity shockingly inquired.
"Nah, he's got this. That was the changeling screaming. Looks like he beat you to the torture Smith." Parker replied and joked. Smith was unamused at first, but then started laughing. At that moment, Ramirez and the changeling walked out of the room, with Ramirez holding the green-blood covered nerf dart in his left hand while petting the limping changeling with his right hand.
"We got a new friend!"
Royal Guard Headquarters, Canterlot Castle
"......and here!", the changeling, whose name he gave as Mandible, stated. He had pointed out a bunch of locations on the map of Equestria where Queen Chrysalis had formed a network of loyalist hives and hideouts.
"You guys were really close to the Everfree hideout when you killed most of our patrol. There are still alot of changelings in that hideout though, there were about a hundred before you came." Other locations on the map included the San Palomino Desert, the Haysead Swamps, the Unicorn Range, and the Whitetail Woods. Noticing that the White Tail Woods and Sand Palomino Desert bordered Los Pegasus and the Western Ocean, this raised alarm among the ponies and humans.
"They're so close to Los Pegasus and Las Pegasus!" Luna exclaimed. The humans looked on in confusion.
"Los Pegasus is on the ground and is where most of Equestria's culture comes from, and Las Pegasus is in the clouds above it and is where ponies go to enjoy thrill rides, games, and shows." Twilight clarified. The humans understood.
"Did Chrysalis choose to create these two bases around the cities on purpose?" Ramirez asked.
"Yes, she actually has a plan to attack them in a couple of weeks with a force at least three times the size of the Royal Wedding assault", Mandible replied. Everyone and everypony looked on in shock.
"We gotta assemble as many troops as possible there and get ourselves over there soon!" McLaughn stated in alarm. "Alot of ponies may die if we don't!"
"Yeah we will get there soon. We just need our weapons back in Ponyville and--" Ramirez paused as he realized that his team didn't have enough ammunition to deal with at least three hundred changelings. He turned to Princess Luna.
"Princess? I need you to do something."
"What is it Sergeant?" Ramirez handed her a single nerf elite accustrike dart and a 12-round nerf magazine.
"I need you to give these to your scientists, chemists, and engineers, and have them replicate them and make as many as possible." Princess Luna picked up the items with her magic.
"Very well Sergeant, I will do this as soon as possible." Ramirez turned to the Mane Six and to his men.
"We need to get back to Ponyville and get our weapons ASAP."
"Don't forget about visiting Lyra! You guys will have at least a week to get ready for battle!" Twilight mentioned.
"Oh ok, I guess we can stay for one day", Ramirez figured, and the rest of his men agreed.
"Off to Ponyville then!" Twilight shouted in a very cheery way with her wings flapped open. The Mane Six and Lunar Nightwatch headed for the train station.