A few minutes before the Canterlot Invasion
Pvt. Blue Fang
Blue Fang looked at the briefing, which read Operation Shield Breaker. He didn’t know what it meant by Operation Shield Breaker, but it didn’t matter, until he turned the page. Is that, Canterlot? he asked himself in thought.
“It is.” Mitchell said as if reading his mind, “and as for the operation name, it seems as if the Ponies have developed a shield around it.”
“Hmm,” Blue Fang said, “who’s the spy that’s in Canterlot?”
“Queen Chrysalis.” Mitchell replied.
“Really?” Mitchell nodded.
Just as Blue Fang finished the briefing, Brokenwing walked in. “We leave in five minutes,” he said. Mitchell and Blue Fang nodded at their CO.
It’s time, today we’re gonna take Canterlot, the place has so much love, it will last us a life time
During the flight to Canterlot, Blue Fang wondered why Mitchell’s name, was Mitchell. He turned to Brokenwing, who had changed into a small spider so he could ride Blue Fang without problem, and asked: “What’s with Mitchell’s name?”
“Well, his real name was Nightbite, but for some reason he changed it to Mitchell, and has gone by it ever since,” Brokenwing replied, “even the Queen calls him Mitchell.”
Blue Fang understood changing your name because you don’t want others to know your true identity, but to him, it was the choice of the name. For example, he also had a fake identity, which he named Arrowshot. He thought of it because it seemed like a name a Pony would have if they got the respective mark. But as for Mitchell, the name didn’t make much sense, but he didn’t question it.
A few minutes later, the army arrived at Canterlot and started breaking the shield that surrounded it. Eventually, after what felt like hours, the shield broke, allowing the Changelings to dive bomb into Canterlot. After gaining enough strength to get up, Blue Fang looked around to see what was going on. He saw Guards tied down, Changelings moving back and fourth, and a lot more stuff. He got up and ran to where he saw a bunch of Changelings in a circle. “What’s going on?” He asked.
“We’re going to attack these Ponies,” The Changeling to his right said.
Blue Fang looked up and saw that purple Unicorn, Twilight, that orange Earth Pony, Applejack, and four more Ponies. The group changed into the six Ponies and jumped them. Due to all the fighting and everyone looking the same, Blue Fang couldn’t tell if he was hitting his team or not. Eventually, Twilight and some pink Pony pulled a quick rapid fire move that hit Blue Fang in his hind leg, causing him to change back to his normal form.
“Well, look what the cat dragged in,” Twilight said. All Blue Fang could do was smile sarcastically.
“You know, I got better things to do than listen to you ramble all day,” Blue Fang said before shooting at Twilight and running away. He wasn’t moving very fast due to the leg injury, but he was still making ground. He found Thorax flying in the air with his eyes where the battle took place.
“You saw, didn’t you?” Blue Fang asked.
“Yeah,” Thorax said, “I’ve never seen friendship like that.”
“Me neither,” Blue Fang replied watching the six Ponies run somewhere.
After a few more minutes of the invasion, someone yelled: “Everyone Down!”
Blue Fang looked confused, until he saw the big magic explosion coming from the castle. He tried to get behind cover, but the explosion got to him, sending him flying. He blacked out.
Blue Fang woke up a few hours later near a forest. It wasn’t one he recognized, but still seemed really familiar. Then it clicked, that forest, was the Everfree forest. He couldn’t see any friendlies nearby, however he did have his Changeling Instinct, or CI for short, which turned his vision grey and made certain things glow a different color.
Pink was Pony Love, which is what Changelings considered the best tasting love.
Purple was Love from other creatures.
Yellow is a point of interest.
Brown is dragon scent.
White is a threat or a possible threat.
Green is a Changeling.
Red is a capture target.
And there are many more colors.
He used it, trying to find anyone. After looking around him, he saw a big flash of Pony Love. He assumed it was a settlement or a small town, not that he wanted to find out. After looking a little more something else caught his eye, another Changeling. He ran as best he could towards the Changeling.
“Hey, Hey!” Blue Fang yelled. The Changeling looked at him. He turned off his Instinct to see the Changeling. The Changeling charged an attack and was ready to fire.
“Green, green, check your fire!” Blue Fang yelled. The magic died down.
“Blue Fang,” the Changeling said.
“Thorax,” he replied, “what happened?”
“Some form of magic explosion happened in Canterlot, our soldiers are all over the place.”
Blue Fang nodded. He looked at his hind leg which still had the burn Twilight gave him.
“Let me take a look,” Thorax said. Blue Fang showed him the leg injury he got. “Hmm, I’ll be right back.”
Blue Fang watched Thorax run into the forest, than coming back to with some leaves, cobwebs, and And vine. Thorax put the webs on the injured part of the leg, then wrapped the leaves around the leg, and finally tied it up with the vine.
“There better?” Thorax asked.
Blue Fang moved it around, then started walking, running, and jumping. “Yeah, it’s good.”
“It should hold until you get back.”
Blue Fang looked confused. “You mean we, right?”
Thorax looked sad. “Remember when I said, I had never seen friendship like that, back in Canterlot?” Blue Fang nodded. “Well I’ve decided to run away from the hive.”
Blue Fangs eyes widened. “Why?” He asked.
“It’s just, I want to see what that life is like, you know having friends, not having to do what someone says,” Thorax replied.
“But where will you go?” Blue Fang asked, “the Ponies won’t let you just waltz right in.”
“I know, but I have to try.”
Blue Fang looked down, “So this is goodbye?” Blue Fang asked.
“I guess so.”
Blue Fang walked over to Thorax. “Good bye brother—,” Blue Fang paused, “no, friend.”
“Goodbye,” Thorax said before leaving.
Blue Fang walked around using CI to try and find anyone else. He eventually gave up and flew home.
When he got back, Mitchell was doing a roll call of all the Changeling who were in the invasion. Any who weren’t present were given one week to return, and if they didn’t, they would be assumed M.I.A, lost, or injured, and Mitchell would send a Changeling out to find them.
Blue Fang knew Thorax wouldn’t return, and he also knew Pharynx would probably rat him out if he found him, knowing Thorax wasn’t good at lying. So Blue Fang decided to “find” Thorax and “if he didn’t” he would assume Thorax was gone.
Blues Log
Mission Status: Failed
Current Rank: Private
Cpt. Brokenwing: Alive
Sgt. Mitchell a.k.a Nightbite: Alive
Pfc. Pharynx: Alive
Pvt. Thorax: M.I.A
Spc. Kydra: M.I.A
Pvt. Dagger: Alive
Well, our hopes of taking Canterlot failed, we got blown sky high. Heck I was lucky enough to have made it home. I also had to lie about Thorax, um, “biting the dust.” But I did it for him as he would’ve done the same for me
—Pvt. Blue Fang