Ponyville, home of the Elements of Harmony. Six amazing mares that had faced countless trials that no ordinary pony could finish. A group of friends that could do the impossible, no matter the challenge, they always saved the day.
This is the town where they rose above the norm to meet their destiny head on as the heroes of Equestria and vanquished the terror known as Nightmare Moon.
That was how their story started, and this is how a certain duo shall begin their own. Because this is their story.
A lone changeling stood upon a hill, she stared at the town ahead and watched the ponies in the distance. She was named, Minion. Minion looked like your everyday changeling, black carapace and blue eyes. She wore a small circular green shades on her face, and a purple scarf around her neck. But the most notable feature of hers was the scar that started on her right brow and ended down on her right cheek.
This changeling was here for one thing only, and that is for whatever her master had planned.
So without wasting anymore time, she stretched out her wings and took to the skies. She flew over to the town and hovered above the clouds. Minion watched the ponies below going with their daily lives. That is until Minion herself landed right in the middle of the crowd.
Everyone's reaction was not really surprising.
"Changeling!" A random pony screamed.
This caused a chain of events, starting with panic, then running away, and lastly hiding. All in a span of six seconds. The once busy street now vacant of any other souls besides Minion's. She could only stand on the dirt she landed on with a passive face, not letting any emotion to slip out. Minion swiveled her head left to right and noticed a few ponies watching her with obvious fear as they cowered behind their covers, be it barrels, wagons, or the thing that she couldn't really understand, below their own hooves.
If Minion didn't have any control with her body, she would've slapped her own face with her own hoof to show a great amount of disbelief towards them. If Minion had not been told to not hurt anyone, she would have started with the dumb ones for the sake of the future generations.
Her ears twitched as she caught the noise of flapping wings behind her. Minion jumped out of the way in time as the ground she was on erupted into a cloud of dust. She looked over to the source and found an alicorn hovering in the air, Minion bared her teeth after learning about who this pony was, they were none other than Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Friendship.
"Dang it, I missed..." Twilight muttered.
"Twilight Sparkle," Minion scoffed. "I didn't believe what they had all said, but here you are with those pair of wings. Equestria had enough alicorns already."
"Stand down changeling, I may not know what Chrysalis is planning, but my friends and I will put a stop to it!"
"She has nothing to do with why I'm here, pony! I am just letting this town know that I am here in Ponyville!" Minion said as she kept her eyes trained on Twilight.
"And you'll be out of here in ten seconds flat!" Rainbow Dash spoke before tackling Minion down, when Dash stood back up, she was met with her own face looking back at her.
"Hey! Don't steal other pony's faces!" Said Dash.
"Stealing!? You're the one stealing faces here bub, just because I'm the coolest mare in town doesn't mean you gotta steal my looks!" The other Dash said.
"You think you're cool? As if! I'm the only cool and awesome Rainbow Dash here and that's just how nature intended it!" Said the original Dash?
"Well I- gah!" Dash yelped as she was hit by a harmless spell. "Twilight, it's me!"
"Woops, I was trying to break her disguise, sorry!" Twilight apologized.
"Listen, I don't want to fight!" The imposter said, trying to prevent things to go bad. Minion then transformed back to her original form and raised her hooves in the air. "Just calm down..."
Minion's hooves were then caught by a lasso from out of nowhere, she snapped her head towards the other end of the rope to find the rest of the Elements had entered the scene.
"We don't want a fight either, so no funny business or this rope will be going through all those holes in yer leg!" Applejack said as she tugged on the rope in her teeth.
Minion hissed at them, she then lit the lasso on fire with her magic, allowing Minion to snap the rope and set herself free from the bind.
"I mean no harm, just stand down and let me explain!" Minion said to them, eyeing each mare with an angered look while keeping her distance.
"You wanna talk? Let's talk." Twilight spoke before lighting up her horn, an obvious sign of aggression.
"If you don't want to listen, then I'll just leave." Minion said, and the mares became confused when Minion made the decision.
"Leaving, just like that?" Rarity asked. "What exactly are you planning?"
"Yeah, what are you and that bug faced queen planning!?" Dash said as she hovers in the air.
"Are you all ready to listen to me?" Minion asked her own question.
"Fine, we'll hear you out." Twilight finally agreed to listen to what Minion had to say. "So why are you here changeling!?"
"Okay, this may be odd," Minion began speaking, still eyeing the mares for any sudden movements. "but I was sent here to introduce myself to everyone."
"And why did Chrysalis wanted that, huh?" Twilight asked another question.
Minion looked at Twilight with her own confusion. "Chrysalis? I wasn't sent by Chrysalis. Like I said, she has nothing to do with me."
Twilight raised a brow at Minion. "Then who?"
"That would be me!" A new voice spoke from behind the Elements.
All focused on the new creature who had just joined the conversation, it was a creature that they have never seen before. It was an odd looking stallion with a white coat and lime green mane that reminded many of a lion's. He would have looked liked a regular pony if it weren't for the twisted horn on his head and the chestnut brown scales on his back, as well as his ox like tail. His crimson red eyes moved from one member of the Elements to the other, looking at them with a hint of curiosity.
"Discord?" Fluttershy said the one name that came to her mind just by looking at the strange creature. His strange appearance had reminded her of the abomination of chaotic magic.
"Um, no. I'm Vlad, the kirin..." He corrected her.
"Kirin?" Twilight repeated, she had never heard of that race of creatures before. She made a note to look into the subject later.
"And who are you supposed to be?" Dash asked him.
"Oh, I am the new residence of Ponyville. And I am happy to introduce myself to you all. I hope Minion didn't cause any trouble." Vlad motioned a hoof for Minion to come over to his side, and before the mares knew it, Minion was already standing next to him. She glared at the Elements before taking another closer to Vlad and letting out a hiss as she did so.
"Wait, residence? Hold on a minute, you two are moving into Ponyville?" Twilight asked as she easily connected the dots.
"Yeah, I just finished unpacking our belongings at our new home and then I heard of a changeling causing trouble while I was heading towards the market. So I ran over here as quick as I can to see what the problem was." He explained. "But all I could get from this, is that this was all a misunderstanding. You see, I told Minion here to go on ahead and introduce herself, but it looks like she was a bit too...intimidating."
"It isn't my fault that these ponies are a bunch of chickens." Minion muttered to herself, but Vlad had heard her and he quickly shushed the changeling.
"So she wasn't sent by queen Chrysalis?" Twilight asked again to which Vlad shook his head no. "And she was only trying to introduce herself?"
Vlad nodded to her. "Yes, and it's entirely my fault. If I hadn't forgotten how most ponies are a bit uneasy around things that are as scary as a changeling, then maybe we could have introduced ourselves in a much more peaceful situation." Vlad bowed down before Twilight, Minion had reluctantly followed as well. "Please forgive my mistake your highness, I will try and make sure that neither I or Minion shall ever cause trouble in this beautiful town."
"S-sure, you are forgiven..." Twilight was caught off guard by Vlad's sudden gesture of acknowledging her royal status.
"This guy serious?" Dash whispered to Pinkie.
"No clue." Was Pinkie's answer.
"Um...you may rise?" Twilight didn't know what to say right now, there were many things running through her mind, and all of them were about the new additions to Ponyville.
Vlad nodded towards Twilight before standing straight up with Minion. "Thank you your highness, for giving Minion and I a chance."
"Yeah, thanks..." Minion said with obvious disinterest.
Vlad quickly shoved his elbow into Minion's side.
"Thanks, your highness." Minion said forcefully through her teeth.
Twilight shook her head. "No need with that 'your highness' thing, please, call me Twilight."
"As kind as she is friendly, you have my gratitude Twilight Sparkle. Guess this is why you got your own castle, a mare such as yourself truly deserves the best. I would love to chat more, but Minion and I have to go now, so that everyone can calm themselves after the misunderstanding. Please tell them all that she will have to introduce herself next time." Vlad said as he glanced at the ponies who were still hiding, he also noticed that a few curious ones were watching him and Minion.
"Yeah, sure, we'll tell them..." Said Twilight.
"Thanks again, well this is goodbye. Please give us a visit when you're around, our house is near the cemetery on the outskirts of town. Let's go Minion, I want to get started on my plans and I don't want to waste any second more." Vlad took hold of Minion with his magic and began walking away.
"What the fuck did I say about picking me up!?" Minion cursed as she was being taken away, and she struggled in the red aura that enveloped her.
"Minion, language!" Vlad scolded her.
"Oh eat a fucking dick!" Was her response. She cursed and threatened more as she and Vlad were already out of earshot.
"Oh dear..." Was all Fluttershy could say.
"My word, that changeling had such a mouth." Rarity said, and tried not to faint upon the amount of fucks that escaped Minion's mouth.
"We're not just gonna leave them are we?" Rainbow Dash asked Twilight. "I mean, Vlad and Minion. Vlad and Minion! What kind of names are those!?"
"I'm with RD, those two just don't sit well with me. Especially that kirin feller, never seen or heard of his kind before. And Ah rather not find out what he could do, besides regular magic." Said Applejack.
Twilight nodded. "We can't just ignore them, I'll have to check my books for kirins later. For now we will have to keep a close eye on the two new creatures in town."
Pinkie had suddenly bounced over to Twilight with a wide smile on her face.
"Oh, does this mean I can throw them a party!?"
"Yes Pinkie, you can." Twilight smirked as an idea came to her mind. "And I know the perfect place."