Changeling Fate

by Nightmare Rift


Chapter 7: Party Time

Sweetie Belle’s POV:
Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and I set off to visit Night Crystal who lives just within the edge of the Everfree Forest. We wanted to invite her to one of Pinkie Pie's parties, specifically the one that she was throwing at Twilight’s later today. Since, after all, she had spent most of a day helping Applejack out on the farm. Rarity didn't know much about her, other than her name, and that her favorite color was most likely black. Rainbow Dash said that she took an early morning flight for the three weeks she was staying at Twilight's. Fluttershy knew that she supposedly knew some Changelings. We know nothing more then not to run into her anymore. We arrive at her house only to find a sign that says, “Visiting Twilight right now.” Well, this was pointless. The three of us decide to head back up to Twilight’s, since that is where the party is anyway.

Night Crystal’s POV:
Of course it had to be Discord, the one creature that I preferred not to run into during my time in Ponyville. Mainly because, for some reason, he is really good at guessing when something fishy is going on. In this case, that something fishy would be me actually being a Changeling. As Rarity and Fluttershy zoom past me, I yell, “DISCORD!”

The spider vanishes and out pops Discord saying, “Why did you have to ruin my fun? I am the master of chaos after all. Then again, I’m not the only one who is exceedingly upset right now, except them for a different reason then me,” he says pointing behind me.

I turn around, seeing a cowering Rarity, a fuming Fluttershy, two upset earth ponies, an even angrier pegasus, and four enraged Alicorns. I start laughing at Discord and simply step out of the way for Celestia, and for some reason, Fluttershy. I knew her to be shy, so I didn’t know why she was suddenly so brave to stand up to Discord. Fluttershy began to speak, “Discord, you know better then to go terrorizing my friends. You should be ashamed of yourself, and most importantly because that is your first impression on Night Crystal.”

“In that she is right, a poor first impression Discord, but I guess I had low expectations to begin with. Since it was clearly obvious to me that the giant stuffed spider was your doing. Even Rainbow Dash’s pranks aren’t that bad, and she isn’t a unicorn with magic so yeah,” I say, mocking Discord and his magical capabilities.

“You will regret that comment some day Night Crystal, but I won’t ruin Twilight’s party anymore. Tata for now,” he says, vanishing without a trace.

Everypony heads back inside, but instead of following them, I stayed outside a little bit longer. A couple minutes later, I head inside too, but just before I reached the doors, I hear my name. Turning around, I see Discord smiling. He comments, “I know what you are,” then he’s gone.

I open the doors, and head inside only to find the castle decorated with bright colored streamers, confetti cannons going off, and a turquoise banner with starry violet words that say “Welcome to Ponyville Night Crystal!” I stand there staring at the banner, then tearing my gaze away to see everyone gathered with Twilight, who is holding a small starry purple cake in violet colored magic. Everyone gathers around a large table that has everypony’s favorite dishes. The last dish to be put down on the table was a sweet and sour raspberry tart, my absolute favorite. We sit around, chat, and eat until our hearts are content. I learned that Pinkie apparently whipped this all up this morning, and boy is it delicious! When we are done, we all move to the library to sit around the fire and have everyone give me my welcome to Ponyville gift. Celestia and Luna start, giving me another large sum of bits to help me decorate my house, and maybe even open a shop of some sort if I wished. Rarity gave me a dark turquoise dress, a navy blue scarf, and a black ribbon to put in my hair. Applejack gave me a basket of apples to eat, along with a jar of cider. Pinkie Pie gave me five sweet and sour raspberry tarts. Fluttershy gave me a card that told me to stop by her cottage at my earliest convenience to pick out a pet of my choosing. Rainbow Dash gave me a set of tickets to a Wonderbolt show. Starlight Glimmer, who doesn’t know me very well, gave me a small poison joke plant. Everyone else was a little concerned, but I just laughed. Lastly, Twilight gave me a journal for me to write in if I wished, and a large book regarding King Sombra and all about the War of Crystal. I thank them all for their amazing gifts and say, “I am so happy to have friends like you all. I can’t thank you all enough for this amazing surprise party that you guys threw for me. You guys are truly the most welcoming group of friends ever!” I start to tear up, but suddenly get scooped up into a giant group hug. I relish in the amount of positive energy I am receiving right now, but most of all, I am happy that I have so many new friends that care about me. Even though, in the end, I am going to probably rip that trust and friendship to pieces with my lie.