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// Pinkie, Enough Fourth Wall Breaking Already 
// Story: Resistance Is Futile 
// by bdoubleowo 
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Twilight stood up, confused. “But why would a changeling fillynap Rainbow Dash? At least since Cadance’s wedding, we haven’t had any trouble from them. We’ve been on generally good terms…” She thought back. “Actually, scratch that. Wait, no, I was right before.” Twilight sighed. “I can’t remember much right now… long day and all that… So, does anypony know why the changelings are suddenly causing trouble?” 
“Because remember? YOU JINXED US, PURPLE SMART!” Pinkie shouted. “Now the Borg know about the changelings and- mmph!” Twilight stuck her hoof over Pinkie’s mouth. 
“Pinkie, I swear on Tartarus that if you call me that one more time…” Twilight raised her eyebrow. “Get the point?” 
“Yup.” Pinkie said through Twilight’s hoof, then giggled nervously. “You’re scary.” 
Twilight rolled her eyes. “And we don’t have any proof that the Borg know about the changelings. The changelings could just be causing trouble- OW!” As she said that, Spike suddenly burped and a scroll came out of his mouth, hitting Twilight. 
“Sorry, Twilight.” Spike said, rubbing his mouth with his claw. “I didn’t know I was going to burp out a scroll. Honest!” 
“Me neither, Spike. I thought you weren’t going to get any scrolls except for after we rescued Celestia.” Twilight levitated the dropped scroll over to her. “Does this mean that she’s okay?” Then Twilight read the scroll. 
“I, Princess Celestia of Equestria, hereby place QUEEN CHRYSALIS ON THE THRONE?!” Twilight couldn’t believe her eyes. 
Pinkie laughed. “On the throne!”  
Twilight groaned. 
“So, any idea why she’s puttin’ that Queen Chrysalis in charge? Ain’t Queen Chrysalis tha queen o’ the changelings?” Applejack asked, confused. 
“Yes!” Twilight said, throwing the scroll out the window. A passing Earth Pony looked at it, then shrugged and walked away. 
Pinkie sighed. “Well, if we didn’t have proof before, we now do.” 
“Proof of what?” Rainbow asked. 
“The Borg’s alliance with the changelings, and Twilight jinxing us back in Chapter two.” Pinkie replied. 
“Who are the Borg?” Rainbow asked. 
Everypony stared at her. 
“What? I was locked in a trunk, remember?” Rainbow said. 
“We know, darling. Here, I’ll tell you about them. Despicable creatures…” Rarity made an “ugh!” face as she led Rainbow Dash away. 

*One long explanation-on-who-the-Borg-are later, as well as some The Best of Both Worlds episode facts from Pinkie…* 

“Oh…” Rainbow Dash said. “Those are the Borg.” 
“Yes, darling.” Rarity said. “And… well…” She tried to explain it lightly, but Pinkie ruined the moment. 
“Aaand… they want to take over Equestria!” Pinkie said, bouncing towards Rainbow Dash. “Aaand, make us all like them! Butttt…” 
This time Rainbow beat Pinkie to the punch. “We don’t have a starship.” 
“Exactly!” Pinkie said. She stopped and stared at Rainbow Dash, squinting her eyes in an interrogation-type way. “Wait. How’d you know about the starship?” 
“Um… you told me, remember? With those random facts.” Rainbow said, then stopped and mimicked Pinkie’s expression. “Wait. How’d you know those facts in the first place?” 
Rarity facehoofed. “Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, let’s just return to the others, shall we?” 
The three ponies went back to the library’s reading room, where Twilight was unveiling a new-and-improved version of Pinkie Pie’s plan from earlier, which was to get Princess Celestia back, and nothing else because it had been made at short notice. Twilight had made a diagram of the Borg ship, which nopony knew how she got because at that moment the said ship was in space, and Twilight couldn’t see into space. When Twilight explained that she saw it through her telescope, though, everypony accepted her explanation. Except Pinkie. 
“But wait. Wouldn’t a telescope make something smaller than it actually is?” Pinkie asked. 
“Just accept it, Pinkie. Let Twilight talk.” Applejack said, and looked at Twilight. “You can begin.” 
“Thank you, Applejack.” Twilight said, then cleared her throat. “As you probably know, the Borg ship is very simple in design- a cube. But the inside is anything but.” She was interrupted by Pinkie waving her hoof in the air.  
Twilight sighed and pointed a hoof at Pinkie, calling on her like in her fillyhood classroom days. “Yes, Pinkie?” 
“How’d you see the inside of the ship with a telescope?” Pinkie asked. 
Twilight sighed. “Okay, maybe I teleported myself on board. I know, it was dangerous, but it was to save Princess Celestia.”  
Applejack shook her head. “You teleported yourself onto the ship?” 
Twilight nodded. “Yes, I did.” 
Applejack raised an eyebrow. “When?” 
Twilight rolled her eyes. “When Rarity and Pinkie were telling Rainbow Dash about the Borg. I mean, we were just sitting around, so I teleported on the ship to find information.” 
Applejack sighed. “That was not smart. I mean-” She tried to finish her sentence, but Rainbow Dash beat her to it. 
“You could’ve gotten killed!” Rainbow said. “Or worse, assimilated!” 
Twilight facehoofed. “I KNOW!” She breathed heavily, looking at the others, who were staring at her in shock. 
“Twilight, are you alright?” Applejack asked her. 
Twilight straightened her body. “I’m fine. Now, any other questions?” 
“Did you see Princess Celestia?” Fluttershy asked. “I mean, when you were on the ship?” 
“Yes, I did, and let me tell you, she… well, she…” Twilight trailed off, trying to think of a way to say what she wanted to without alarming the others. “May have tried to capture me.” 
“WHAT?!” The other ponies stared at Twilight in shock. 
“Yes, but thankfully I managed to get out.” Twilight said. “But enough about me on the Borg ship. Now about the plan…”  
“Excellent.” On board the Borg ship, Queen Chrysalis nodded. “Queenie, this was an awesome idea.” 
“Don’t call me ‘Queenie.’” The Borg Queen sighed. “But yes, it did work out rather well, didn’t it?” They were watching a small screen that followed the movements of Princess Twilight. 
Or so the other Mane 6 (and Spike) thought. 
Twilight had told the truth. She had teleported herself onto the ship. But she hadn’t escaped. The Twilight that was standing in front of the Borg ship diagram was a changeling imposter. 
And Twilight Sparkle, the newly crowned Princess that lived in Ponyville, was standing right behind the Borg Queen. Ready to assimilate.