1 Hour later...
"Sparky, are you sure you are not tired? You have been flying for hours without rest." Thorax asked, showing concern to Sparky.
"Now that you mentioned, I am actually a little tired for flying so long." Sparky replied.
"So do you need a rest?" Thorax asked.
"I am not resting till we reach Ponyville. Moreover, resting will only increase the chances that we are caught by the Equestrian guards or the Changeling guards. I don't want that to happen." Sparky explained.
"But won't flying there means getting spotted by the Equestrian guards?" Thorax asked, trying to persuade Sparky to rest.
"You do have a point. But......" Sparky replied but was interrupted by Thorax.
"So that is why you need to rest, Sparky." Thorax said with determination in his eyes.
"Fine. I will rest, but only when we reached the Everfree forest." Sparky said while looking at the ground below. They were high in the clouds, using it as cover to reduce detection. Below her was train tracks which stretch to somewhere. Hopefully they are heading in the right direction.
Thorax was a little disappointed that his attempts to convince Sparky to take a break has failed, but did not say anything afterwards, respecting Sparky's decision.
Noticing the sudden silence, Sparky asked, "Thorax, are you okay? You seem a little less chatty than usual."
"Not really, I am just thinking about the future and the fact I just can't see it." Thorax said, trying not to look too pessimistic about the whole event.
"Why do you think of the future, Thorax? The future is just empty pages waiting for us to fill and I don't believe in an future that we don't exist." Sparky said, trying to comfort her troubled friend.
"I don't know, I just can't seem to get it out of my head since the Canterlot invasion." Thorax said.
"Stop thinking about it. That is something that will happen and we should not try to stop it from happening." Sparky said, only to receive an unconvinced look from Thorax.
"We could died when we escaped the hive, but we didn't. That alone has boosted my confidence that things will be better, it's just a matter of whether fight for it. So don't sound so pessimistic Thorax, things will get better." Sparky said. Upon hearing what Sparky had said, Thorax smiled.
The rest of the flight was calm, with nothing major happening throughout their journey. About an hour later, they finally saw the Everfree forests in their sights.
"Thorax, We're here." Sparky said as she saw the a large amount of trees below. However, there was no response from Thorax.
"Thorax?" Sparky asked, hoping to get a response from Thorax. Sparky then turn to look at her passenger, who was sleeping on her back.
Seeing Thorax asleep made Sparky felt a bit sleepy. 'Maybe a rest is what I need.' Sparky thought to herself.
Sparky started to look for places to land, but none of the places she searched is optimal for resting. There was just too much risks in the Everfree forest, like the thick vegetation provided good camouflage for predators or the fact that there are poisonous plants in the Everfree forest.
Sparky eventually gave looking for an optimal resting position in the Everfree and instead head for Ponyville. 'But there is ponies in Ponyville, what if we are discovered?' Sparky thought but simply shrug them away. Thankfully, the sky was turning dark which signal the beginning of night. However, it would still be sometime before complete darkness, and even then there is still streetlamps which could gave their position away.
'Come on Sparky, think! You are a undisguised changeling with another undisguised changeling and there is at least 40 ponies here.' Sparky thought and instead landed on the rooftop of buildings till there is complete darkness. She camouflage herself to blend in with the rooftop, while placing thorax behind her and making sure that no pony would find out that Thorax was behind her. But this means that she had to be intimately close to Thorax to give little room for ponies to find out that they are there. 'The things I do for you guys' Sparky thought to herself, as ahe placed herself intimately close to Thorax.
This surprisingly did not wake Thorax up, which for now was a good thing. Due to her close proximity to Thorax, she started to stare directly at Thorax, causing her to blush. 'What are you doing? You shouldn't be so close to him, but here you are staring directly into his face.' Sparky thought, while trying not to fall off the rooftop. She was using her hooves to support Thorax's weight so that he does not fall off, however, Thorax wasn't as light as she expected. Sure, it was easy to carry him on her back, but supporting his weight with her hooves was a different story.
'Great idea, Sparky, support Thorax on your hooves, as if he is the Lightest changeling around!' Sparky mentally scolded herself for this, her hooves was in much pain, combined with her tiredness from the flying just now, she felt that she might as well die right now. 'No! Sparky, what are you thinking?! You survived torture, humiliation and spent months talking to yourself, don't tell me you can't survive holding a changeling heavier than you!' Sparky mentally encouraged herself.
As the time slowly pass, she being to look at her surroundings, trying to get her mind off the weight she is carrying, and yet only seeing ponies happily living their lives while the changelings live their lives in fear. 'Look at those ponies, they are so much better than changelings, why couldn't we have that back at the hive?' Sparky questioned, unknowingly shedding tears.
Sparky only found herself thinking about what it meant to be a changeling and it sparked a sort of hatred towards the ponies. But thankfully before she could dive further into those thoughts, the moon finally was raised and that there was a good cover of darkness to get out of her hiding place.
In the midst of thinking what to do next, her hooves gave in to Thorax's weight and released its grip on Thorax. Thorax was now sliding on the rooftop to what lay below. Seeing this, Sparky rushed her wings to place herself on the edge of the rooftop. Thankfully, she made it in time to catch Thorax on her back and she landed on the ground. She quickly undisguised herself and started to look for a suitable hiding spot. However, as she was doing that, a Pegasus with a grey coat, a blonde mane and tail and has a cutiemark of seven bubbles and has two eyes that were pointing in opposite directions curiously asked, "What are you two doing here late at night?"