//------------------------------// // Deadly Changes // Story: My Little Demi: Friendship Is Magic (A My Little Pony AU) // by DiTwiAndMrFluffs //------------------------------// The "pony" and DemiTwi stare back at each other. DemiTwi is breathing heavily not knowing what to do. The other ponies and two dragons are in shock. "G-get... away from me.." DemiTwi manages to say as "DemiShy'' slowly walks up to her. The pony charges at DemiTwi and pushes her to the ground. DemiJack bucks the pony in the head causing a little bit of blood to drip on the floor. "What in tarnation?!" DemiJack says The pony gets back up and attacks DemiJack. DemiJack grunts and yells for the pony to let them go. DemiRarity and DemiDash try to grab the pony and get them off DemiJack. The pony bites DemiDash's hoof causing DemiDash to scream in pain. Blood drips down the pony's mouth. "FUCK!! AHHH!!!" DemiDash screams and yells. DemiShy grabs a pair of scissors and stabs it through the pony's neck. The pony yells and screams in agony as they lay on the floor bleeding. They slowly go quiet, and their disguise fades off. They were a changeling. Every pony stares in shock. Jasper stood in front of DemiSpike making sure he would not be harmed. The room was dead silent. Blood all over where the changeling lays. No pony knew what to say. No pony knew what to do. DemiSpike then receives a letter from the Princess... Or... who they thought was sending the letter. "Let me see that!" DemiTwi says. DemiSpike hands her the letter. The letter read, DemiTwi! It is me! Brensle! Me and the princess need your help. Something is wrong! We do not have much time! Come to Canterlot! Fast! We need you!! Be careful of who you trust! "Is it the princess?" DemiPie says. What sent a chill down DemiTwi's spine was how non-energetic she was. For once... DemiTwi felt... scared. Suddenly, the outside was filled with screams of terror. DemiSpike curls up into a ball. He seems he want to start crying in fear. All the screams were enough to make even a grown stallion scared. Jasper tugs him and looks around. He seems determined to not let anything happen to him. DemiShy looks around scared. DemiDash and DemiJack look at each other not knowing what to do. DemiRarity and DemiPie look at DemiTwi. "What do we do?" DemiRarity asks. DemiTwi looks at all of them. She closes her eyes and gains a boost of bravery. She puts on her bag and looks back at them. "We have to go to the castle. Now! Everypony! Follow me! We have to get to the train station!" DemiTwi says determined. She is not about to let down all of them. DemiTwi leads them to the front door. Every pony and dragon follows. DemiTwi opens the front door to see... what will forever traumatize them. Ponies were running around in fear. Some carry their harmed loved ones. Some just... what they hope to be unconscious on the floor. Luckily the unicorns are smart enough to use magic to kill the changelings. Some Pegasi are brave enough to not go down without a fight including the earth ponies. "We have to go!! Now!!" DemiJack yells. The group starts making their way to the train station. Suddenly... A group of changelings appear in front of them. The group looks at each other in fear. "Oh no... there's a whole group of them!" DemiShy says frightened. "DemiTwi?" DemiPie says slowly turning to DemiTwi. "Darling, what do we do?" DemiRarity asks. DemiTwi thinks for a bit. When all hope seems lost, she suddenly gets an idea. "Split up!" As soon as she says that the changelings start running towards them. The group split up into four groups. One group has DemiPie and DemiRarity run through between two houses attempting to make it to the station to possibly meet up with the others. Some of the changelings give a great chase. "Darling! I have an idea! You got your super party cannon ready!?" DemiRarity says. "Oh, ho ho! I love where you're going with this!" DemiPie stops running and turns around to the changelings. "Who's the birthday boy?! Oh! If you are the birthday boy reader, I wish you a happy birthday!" She pulls out her party cannon out of nowhere and blasts it! The changelings seem to be stunned by DemiPie's attack. DemiRarity runs beside DemiPie and charges her horn. She suddenly uses a huge blast of magic to burn the changelings alive leaving them to burn to death. DemiRarity looks away not wanting to watch the scene. DemiPie does the same as she turns to DemiRarity with a small smile. "We did it!" DemiPie says looking at DemiRarity. "Yes... and we did it together! Now let's hurry! We do not wanna attract a crowd of them! Hurry!" DemiRarity says The two continue to run. Hoping their friends are okay and waiting for them. DemiShy and DemiJack have continued to walk straight dodging the crowd of the changelings from where they have originally split off. Changelings pounce DemiShy. "AHHH!! DemiJack help me!! Please!" DemiShy screams out for DemiJack. DemiJack holds out a lasso and grabs the changeling. She starts to choke the changeling to death. "DemiShy! Call out ya bear!! Remember! You can call the animals! We need their help! We won't be able to hold this whole invasion of 'em!" DemiJack reminds DemiShy. "Wait... you're right!" She looks at the crowd of changelings surrounding them bloodthirsty. "For my friends... for Ponyville! For every pony!" She slowly starts whistling. A huge bear emerges from being the changelings. The bear starts killing off the changelings one by one. DemiJack helps out by bucking the changelings towards the bear. "We did it!" DemiJack says proudly. "We... we did! You can go home now Frank... Let's go!" She runs towards the train with DemiJack. DemiTwi and DemiDash ran in the other direction opposite of where DemiRarity and DemiPie ran off to. DemiTwi and DemiDash seem to not be chased by any changelings. They run into Jasper and DemiSpike who are strangely in front of them standing there. "DemiSpike! Jasper! You two are okay! Oh, I'm so glad!! I was worried sick!" DemiTwi says relieved. The two just stand there. Staring at the two with a smile. It kind of scares DemiTwi a bit. DemiDash looks at them suspiciously. "DemiSpike?" DemiTwi takes a step forward. The changelings reveal themselves! They attack DemiTwi. DemiDash kicks one of them off DemiTwi but they had a good hold of her. DemiDash gets an idea. "DemiTwi! I will be right back! Keep fighting!" DemiDash flies away. She quickly gets out of DemiTwi's sight before DemiTwi can even say anything about it. "You are just going to leave me here!? DemiDash! Oh no no..." She teleports out of the changelings hold but they catch up. DemiTwi is cornered by the two changelings. She looks around for some pony to call out to for help, but no pony is there. The two changelings walk closer and closer to her as the atmosphere is still filled up with ponies screaming in fear. As soon as she is going to give up DemiDash comes back with a stormy cloud. "Shoot magic right when it's about to strike!" DemiDash yells out. DemiTwi nods and as soon as the cloud strikes DemiTwi blasts a magic beam in contact. The lighting turns a yellow color. It strikes the changelings, and the changelings immediately explode. Blood covers DemiTwi's face as she is amazed and disturbed by the teamwork, she and DemiDash just did. "You came back for me..." DemiTwi says. "Of course! I would never leave a friend hanging!" DemiDash says. DemiTwi smiles a bit. Her cutie mark starts to glow and a little star forms on it. Neither of the two noticed this and made pace. DemiSpike and Jasper are already at the train station with DemiShy and DemiJack as they were hiding behind a trash can before. Jasper had been reassuring DemiSpike that everything would be okay. Jasper leads DemiSpike to the train station not hiding behind the bin anymore. "Come on. It is okay. Trust me." Jasper reassures DemiSpike. "Okay. I trust you." He slowly makes his way to Jasper. A changeling attacks and knocks over DemiSpike! "AHHHH!! Get off me!!" DemiSpike screams in fear and tries to kick the changeling off. The changeling bites DemiSpike's leg leaving a huge cut. "AHHH!!" DemiSpike starts to almost cry from how badly it hurts. Jasper grabs a nearby branch and stabs it through the changeling's head. "Are you okay!? What happened?! Oh gosh..." "The changeling bit me..." He tries to stand up but falls over due to how badly his leg is hurt. "No no! It's okay! Here." Jasper carries DemiSpike," "You just rest a bit. I am sure DemiShy has something to help you." "OH! Haha... Thanks!" The little dragon blushes a bit before focusing on the path ahead. The pain stings his leg, but his heart is stung with something else. Everypony meets at the train station they quickly close the doors before any other changelings come in. DemiTwi then speaks up. “Is everypony okay? Is everypony here?” “Yeah. Ah, think so. Let’s get to the Princess before any other ponies get hurt! We got to fix this!” DemiJack reminds “Oh yes… I don’t know if I can take this any longer..” DemiShy says while she patches up DemiSpike’s wound. “Where is the Train conductor?” DemiDash asks. “Oh no…. Who’s gonna drive the train!? We can’t go anywhere without them! We’re trapped!” DemiRarity says DemiTwi and her friends all panic a bit not knowing what to do. The changelings bang on the windows and doors trying to break in and do who knows what? Screams are still heard outside as ponies run all around DemiVille trying to escape the changelings. “I’ll do it,” DemiTwi says determined to escape the place and get to the princess to set things right. “What? But it’s dangerous!” DemiPie says. “It’s a risk we’re just going to have to take! Hold on to your cutie marks.” She trots to the front of the train ready to conduct. “Okay…. To the princess, we go!” She pushes a lever and the train immediately starts moving. Everypony holds still to not be flung around. “Urghhh…”. DemiSpike groans in pain. The changeling left a mark on DemiSpikes leg for it to still be hurting a lot. “It’s okay. Just rest a bit. It’s going to be a while till we get you a proper doctor.” Jasper says. The train suddenly stops. Another train wants to cross first. This infuriates DemiTwi. “No! We have to go first!” DemiRarity walks up to DemiTwi and puts a hoof on her shoulder. “Let them go first, darling..” “But- the princess-“. “It’s the generous thing to do. Those ponies want to be safe..” “Fine.. but.. will we make it in time?” DemiTwi says DemiJack suddenly walks up to her as well. “We will make it. I promise.” DemiJack says “Are you sure?” DemiTwi asks in doubt. “I’m being honest. Just as generous as DemiRarity is.” DemiJack says with a light smile. DemiTwi continues conducting after the other train passes. Her cutie mark glows and two stars appear. Just like when the first star appeared. None of the ponies noticed this of course. The train continues moving. The ponies all calm down and stay quiet not knowing what to talk about in such a tense environment. Soon enough they get to Canterlot. The changelings seem to have not reached Canterlot yet. Guards are everywhere guarding the place. They must know about the sudden attack on DemiVille. DemiTwi and her friends get off the train. Jasper holding DemiSpike while the rest hold their supplies. A guard stops them from moving. “Stop right there! How do we know you aren’t one of them under disguise!?” A guard says illuminating their horn. “We would have attacked right now!” DemiDash says. “It’s okay.” A familiar voice says. Princess Sunrise walks in front of the guards, “They aren’t one of them. Follow me my loyal subjects.” “Thank Goodness...” DemiTwi says relieved. DemiTwi and her friends follow the princess until they reach their castle. They walk into the castle and the throne room. Princess Sunrise stops and looks at DemiTwi. “You must be concerned about the current events happening...” “Ya darn right we are! What’s goin' on!?” DemiJack says “The queen…. The Queen of the changelings has returned...” Princess Sunrise says. “Who is the queen of the changelings?!” DemiDash says. “It’s- “Princess Sunrise is interrupted when a voice behind her is heard. The queen of the changelings steps into view behind her. “It’s me.” The queen laughs crazily. Princess Sunrise immediately stands in front of DemiTwi and her friends defending them. “Soon… my changelings will take over DemiVille… then Canterlot… and then Demiquestria!!!” The queen yells out. “No! You won’t... you have now revealed yourself to me in such a foolish matter! Now..., I will defend my subjects from you!” Princess Sunrise flies up and starts shooting out a magic beam at the queen. The queen immediately reacts and sends one back in contact with the other. The Queen starts to lose but recovers quickly and starts shooting a more powerful one. Princess DemiCelestia has a panicked look. The beam reaches Princess Sunrise and knocks her back. DemiTwi immediately screams out in fear. “Princess Sunrise!!” DemiTwi runs over to Princess Sunrise. “The elements... you must go... to the elements... find them! They are… in... the old castle... you must... get to them!” Princess Sunrise illuminates her horn. “No! No! I can’t leave you! NO!!” DemiTwi begs and begs but as soon as she can get her last word out Princess Sunrise teleports DemiTwi and her friends somewhere safe.