♫-Chapter 6-♫
♫-Coda-♫
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Sonorous brakes the silence, "So... Out of curiosity, what made you change your mind to live in Canterlot?" she asked. Melody looks over to Sonorous, "Well... To tell the truth... I don't remember how I have even got here... Last thing I can remember is waking up in an alley to hearing ponies yelling for the guards... Then shortly after the guards chased me. I was lucky and was able to get away..." Melody replied looking at Sonorous, "Well, if you don't mind me asking, what did you do to eat? I remember the other ponies saying something about that changelings fed off of love or something like that." Sonorous asked.
Melody lowers her ears, "Well, by now i'm sure you know, everything I told you about when I was a filly was all a lie. After some time trying to figure out a good way to feed off of emotions, I found out that ponies here really enjoy music and singing. I didn't have any bits to buy and practice any instruments. I found out that I am naturally good at mimicking sounds." she said, taking a breath, "I was able to get a few part-time jobs to work near a few ponies that sang, then doing my best to mimic them singing and altering it slightly. I was able to sing a lot like most of the other ponies. The emotions that the ponies would feel when I sang was enough that I could feed off of. Even tho its not as fulfilling as the emotion of love, with enough ponies at once I could go a few days without having to eat."
"That's really neat! So you learned how to sing just by listening to other ponies?" Sonorous asked. Melody lightly chuckles, "Well... I wouldn't really call it singing..." she said, clearing her throat a little before replying in a completely different voice, "I'm just mimicking singers voices I've heard and just change it to match mine." she said smiling. Sonorous amazed, "Wow... If I didn't know any better, I would have thought you where Wind Chime. That's amazing!" she said to Melody with a smile.
Melody changes her voice back to normal, "Hehe, yeah, I just have to listen to somepony talk for awhile and I am pretty good at sounding like them." she said looking at Sonorous, "Hey, Sonorous..." Melody continued watching her tilt her head a little, "Yes Melody?" Sonorous replied. Taking a moment before saying, "You know... I am really happy you decided to stop by that night... I am sorry I am not like most ponies tho..." she said lowering her ears as she looks away from the blue mare.
Sonorous said happily, "I am happy too." before shaking her head some, "But no need to worry about it. You are unique just the way you are Melody!" she continued with a bright smile. Melody looking back at the blue mare, seeing the smile from ear to ear, Melody can't help but to smile back. Before one of the mares say anything else, they both hear a stallion in the hallway, "Sir, can I see your ID." he said before hearing a gasp and somepony galloping down the hall. Melody quickly get up and dashes to the door, transforming back to her normal form before swinging the door open, and taking a step out of the room.
The security guard standing just a yard or two from the door. Melody looks at him, down the hall, then back to him, "Who was that?! Why didn't you restrain him?! How long was he out here?!" she asked loudly. The guard looks at Melody, "Sorry ma'am I just got here and I didn't have any time to stop him." he said, "I can check the cameras to see if I can identify..." before he could finish, Melody shout angrily, "No! Go find him!" she said looking at him. The guard sighs, "I will see if I can find him ma'am." he said before walking down the hall. Melody watches him as he makes his way in the same direction the other stallion ran off.
"Melody... Is everything okay..." Sonorous ask, looking toward Melody's voice. Stepping back into the room before closing and locking the door. She turns to face Sonorous, "Somepony was outside the door..." her eyes start to blur with tears, "I don't know how long they were out there... They may have heard everything..." she continued. "Sonorous... I am scared... What will happ..." interrupted, Sonorous hushes her, "Melody, calm down, you will be okay, if anything does happen, we will figure it out, together." she said in a calm voice, "Now lay down and get some sleep... We can talk to the security ponies in the morning and see if they can find the pony." she continued trying to settle Melody.
Legs shaking, mind racing, her breathing quick and short, but before Melody starts to panic to much, Sonorous' voice calms her. Melody stares at Sonorous though her teary eyes. Even with blurred vision, she can see Sonorous' blank stare, and simple smile. Doing her best to slow her breathing, drawing a deeper breath each time, Melody was able to calm herself down pretty quickly. After a few deep breaths, Melody was able to calm down. She slowly walks back to the couch she was just laying on before the interruption.
Resting her head down on the arm as she lays along length of the couch before looking at Sonorous, "Thank you Sonorous... I am sorry, I worry a lot about it... I just don't know what to do if the other ponies found out..." she said letting her wings rest behind her, "Or what may happen." she continued. Sonorous shakes her head, "Melody... Calm down... And get some sleep..." she said before resting her head on the arm of the couch and closing her eyes.
Melody watches Sonorous slowly drift off to sleep. She can't help but over think and be nervous about what may happen. Staring at the blue mare as she is fast asleep, Melody convinces herself that she can trust her, she has no reason not to. Sonorous did not tell anypony after the few weeks they hung out, even tho she only suspected what she was, and still treated her like a normal pony.
Laying in the dark as she watches her friend sleeps, Melody does her best to remain calm, 'It has been some time from when the other changelings attacked the castle, and I have not harmed anypony... Maybe they will accept me...' she thinks to herself, resting her head on the arm of the couch, 'Maybe I will be able to live with all the other ponies for who I am and not what I am...' she continues thinking, 'But what if some ponies haven't gotten over the attack... And want revenge... Or want me kicked out of the kingdom for what happen...'
For some time, Melody continues to think to herself. She thinks of what would happen if word got out about what she is. Would the ponies accept her for who she is? Will the ponies let her continue to live among them? Can they see she is not like the others from the attack? Will she be able to make more friends? Is Sonorous going to be hated for letting a changeling hide in the kingdom? Does Melody have to hide in plain sight for the rest of her life? Before fading into the realm of dreams, Melody has a feeling that no matter what will happen, Sonorous will know what to do.