Not Everything Is What It Looks Like

by Twilight Star


2 flashback

When Twilight came out of the hive, she decided to check if she had everything she needed for her mission: Inside of her backpack was a map and a teddy of her mother. She decided before leaving to take the form of a pony. She took the shape of a lavender-colored female unicorn with dark blue mane and tail with pink and purple stripes and purple irises. But she wasn’t a grown mare, she was a foal. This made Twilight a little disappointed. But she was going to find a way for this to work in her favor. One thing she knew was going to be a long journey to Canterlot.

 


 Meanwhile, in the hive, Chrysalis was watching her daughter in a crystal ball in a room where had a door that had to be unlocked, had to solve a puzzle. Chrysalis was lying facedown on the pink couch while staring at the crystal ball. She wondered if her daughter would be all right. It was hard for Chrysalis to do this: Having to get Twilight out of the hive to spy on Celestia. The reason she sent Twilight was because Twilight could pretend to be another pony very well.

 


 It was still day and Twilight was in a forest. She didn’t know which forest she was. But the forest looked pretty scary at night. She used her magic to illuminate. She did not intend to sleep in the middle of this forest. Twilight continued to walk, but she suddenly heard a howl. Twilight glanced back to see a timber wolf slowly approaching as he drooled with hunger. Twilight didn’t know what to do. She decided to attack the wolf with magic, but it was useless. The magic made Timber wolf just go backwards and not kill it. But at least it gave her time to run away. As she ran, she looked back and saw that the wolf started running until Twilight. Twilight didn’t know what to do. Twilight decided to try teleport. Twilight closed her eyes as she ran and used her magic to teleport away from the woods and the timber wolf. And lucky for her, she did it. The timber wolf stopped running and was confused by what just happened.

 


 The teleportation spell worked and Twilight didn’t know where she was. Twilight looked around and saw unicorns walking and some foals playing. Twilight was confused. She didn’t know if she was in Canterlot or Manehattan. She took the map from her backpack, unrolled it, and looked at it. She looked for Canterlot on the map, saw that it had a drawing of a castle, and next to the drawing was written “Canterlot”. Twilight rolled up the map again and looked up and saw that it had a tower of a castle. Twilight smiled. She was in the right place. Twilight stopped looking up and started running to the castle. But she soon hit somepony. Twilight fell backwards.

 “I’m so sorry”

 Twilight looked up and saw a white unicorn mare with white mane with purple stripes. Her Cutie Mark was three purple stars. Beside her was a blue unicorn stallion with dark blue mane and two-moored Cutie Mark, a smaller white crescent and a waning yellow. Twilight pretended not to be angry, “It’s fine. I should have realized that you were coming”

 The couple looked at each other before looking at the foal, “I’m Twilight Velvet and my husband is called Night Light. You’re lost?”

 Twilight got up before looking at the couple, “no. Why?”

 “Where are your parents?” asked Twilight Velvet.

 Twilight could’t reveal that she was the Changeling Queen’s daughter. So she decided to say that she had no parents. She could use the love they feel for her to feed. But one thing Twilight knew, she would have to be strong not to want to spit pony food, “I have no parents”, lied Twilight as she made a sad face.

 The couple looked at each other. Who spoke first was Twilight Velvet, “so, honey? Should we adopt her?”

 “Shining Armor has been feeling lonely. I think he would love to have a sister”, replied Night Light.

 “You’re right. Let’s adopt it”, said Twilight Velvet resolutely as she smiled.

 


Meanwhile, in the hive, Chrysalis was angry and promised that when she and her Changelings invaded Canterlot, she would wipe out the couple who took her daughter.