//------------------------------// // (Prologue) World and Accidents // Story: 5w337ie B311e // by Khanathara //------------------------------// World Changelings, the most secretive race of the world, and the most advanced. One of the many things that are unknown to the world is that all the world leaders are changelings, all except one. Celestia. The newest Queen of the royal line tried to change this. For two hundred years she attempted assassinations, political sabotage, setting countries against each other in wars, and using the Changelings own highly advanced technologies to replace her and control the sun. But none of it worked, and so the arrogant royal attempted one last thing... something that goes against the Changelings very nature and everything that they have ever been taught... A direct assault, an invasion... Only to fail again, and this time the world knew of her goals. The Changelings were thrust upon the world stage in the worst way possible. The countries of the world were now on the hunt for any Changelings that might be hidden among them, the leaders of the world found out and killed or imprisoned. The war had begun... Accidents 11 Years Before the Invasion Prince Thorax, the younger of the two children of the queen, was in the Robotic Replacement and Organic Management Facility. He was meant to meet the head of The R.R.O.M.F. in order to get training in leadership and to know how the systems of the hive work. The problem was that Termite was late, or at least that was what he thought until he looked at the clock and saw that he was more than an hour early. Prince Pharynx decided to mess with him it seemed. *sigh*"Come on it's been an hour already." Thorax complained to himself, looking at the computer and robotics systems a thought came to him, he could start looking things over himself. He was rather good at self training after all. Thorax glanced between the computer and the clock and saw that he still had around an hour left before Termite would be here. So he went up to the computer and started to look through it. Thorax cast one last glance at the clock and blindly opened one of the files and began to scroll through it. . . . Choosing a name that stuck out to him most he clicked on Sweetie Belle and opened the file. There was a number of other code overviews but Thorax ignored them and went to the one he knew the least about to try and learn from it, the Soul Meld. He once again opened a file and searched it. All he saw was an endless amount of ever shifting green zeros, ones, and twos. Not knowing what to do with this he began typing in random commands. This continued until the twos shifted from green to red and an alarm went off over head. Thorax began to panic and try to undo what ever it was that caused the alarm. "Oh no no no, uh. Undo, ctrl z, ctrl alt delete, YES!" Thorax cheered as the alarm turned off and he rebooted the system to see what damage was done. "Come on come on..." Thorax whispered . . . How ever before the last file and set of codes could load Termite and a number of other systems managers and guards burst into the over sized work area and Thorax was forced to close the system and face them before he could read it. "Prince Thorax what's going on in here?" Termite asked when he saw him. "O-oh, i-it was nothing. I j-just accidentally pushed a wrong button." Thorax quickly explained, an attempt at a wining smile on his face. "But I-I was able to fix it. N-no problems." Termite gave him a skeptical look but decided that if it was Pharynx he would have something to worry about, but Thorax was the good child so he simply dismissed it. "Alright then." Termite's gruff voice rang out. "Everyone to your stations, we got a prince to train." Accidents When Thorax entered the Replacement Overview System "AHHharg" "Alright Mrs Crumbles, push. And there is the beautiful little girl." The Changeling disguised as a doctor said as he lifted up the foal for the parents to see. "Now just let us get her cleaned up and check her health and we will bring her right back to you." Both the doctor and one of the nurses took the foal out of the room and down the hall. They looked around to make sure that no one was watching them and ducked into an employ only elevator and punched in a code that took them to a secret basement. In the secret basement they passed the actual doctor and nurse stuck in temporary cocoons and met with two undisguised Changelings that were holding a small foal sized android. The 'nurse' and the undisguised changeling not holding the android walked up to each other touched horns and began a well rehearsed, complicated, and permanent spell meant to finish the Soul Meld. They pulled apart from each other and brought their magic connected horns to there respective foal sized objects casting a disguise far more complicated than any normal disguise, Changeling or otherwise, on the android and connecting its computing system and the foals mind. The two pairs then proceeded to switch payloads, the undisguised using a portal spell to go back to the hive and the false doctor and nurse making their way back to their 'patient'. Back in Mrs. Crumbles room they hoofed the 'foal' back to her parents and told them that her health was perfect. As Cookie Crumbles held her newborn in her fore hooves her husband, Hondo Flanks, walked in with their older daughter, Rarity. "She's so pretty." Said young Rarity. "Just like her older sister." Hondo said. As the three of them were looking at the foal the newest family member decided to wake up, and shock every one. The irises of her eyes looked like green segmented triangles with a polygonal pupil. They all sat there staring at each other until the foal began to cry in want of a meal revealing that her voice had an unplaceable (to the ponies in the room) undertone to it that would be best described as mechanical. The two disguised Changelings in the room recognized both the eyes and the undertone as an improper Soul Meld and shared a glance full of worry. The nurse left in order to get help from the hive as the doctor went to the parents to try and control the situation. "Mr. Flanks, Mrs. Crumbles, as you can see and hear there are some things that are... different about your daughter. With the systems we have here they do not read as a problem to her over all health." Said the 'doctor'. "However there are a number of ways to... correct these... anomalies." "What are you saying?" Hondo asked with a narrowed gaze. "Well, what I mean is that we can fix the probl-" The Changeling doctor cut off as Hondo got in his face. "There is nothing wrong with our daughter. It doesn't matter if she is a little different, it makes her unique." "Well th-that is true," Began the now flustered false pony "however there could be uh, unknown side affects to her.. uniquatie. So while we won't do anything without your consent, there is a specialist that I can point you to that often handles similar situations." "Alright then, you make a good point." Hondo said looking at his wife and seeing a little worry. Turning back to the doctor he calmly added. "We will take you up on the offer to see this specialist." Nine and a Half Years Later Sweetie Belle sat in the waiting room with her mother, boredly waiting for the nurse to call her for her bimonthly checkup with Dr. Pins'n'Needles, wishing that she could just skip this and go to school instead with how boring it was here. *sigh*"Maybe next time." She said under her breath, the slight maniacal wir to her voice barely noticeable.