A Different Love for a Change...ling

by AngelShy24


Epilouge: Finally... Peace

By the eyes of many… wondrous things have happened in Ponyville recently; a huge climatic battle took place, a tyrannical queen’s heart was forever changed, new friends were being made, and a sole Changeling fell in love with a dragon. But of course it was because of that Changeling that her kind and ponykind would soon be able to live in peace again. A treaty was made for just that, and it needed the leader of Equestria’s approval.
We go down to Canterlot where we see a familiar purple unicorn mare running down the streets and heading toward the palace. Once she got there, she startled the guards as they held up their spears.
“Halt; who goes there!?”
“It’s me, Twilight Sparkle! Sorry if I startled you with my sudden presence, but I have urgent news for the Princess!”
“Ah, Twilight; sorry about that, come on in.”
“Thanks a lot, sirs!”
After entering the front doors, the unicorn ran down the palace halls as fast as she could until she finally reached the throne room. She used her magic to suddenly open the throne room doors and rushed in; stopping in front of the Princess who seemed to be taking care of some business at the moment.
“Ah, Twilight,” Celestia said looking rather curious of her sudden appearance, “To what do I owe this surprise visit?”
The purple mare looked up and smiled seeing the Princess caring for student, “Your highness, please forgive me for deceiving you and your guards. You see… I’m not Twilight.”
A swirl of green magic suddenly engulfed the mare in immense light. Once it settled, the creature revealed herself as a…
“CHANGELING!!!”
Suddenly, a crowd of guards got in front of the Princess and were about to attack the creature; it however just stood there unmoved.
“Don’t worry Princess,” shouted one of the guards, “we won’t let this creature get anywhere near you!”
“It’s quite alright everypony,” the Princess responded, “She means no harm.”
“Oh, um… o-of course your highness.”
The soldiers quickly backed away as their queen walked up to the sole Changeling.
“Princess, my name is Dragon Heart and I’ve come on behalf of the real Twilight, Spike, their friends and the entire Changeling race.”
A little smile appeared on the Alicorn’s face as she said, “Yes, I am very quite aware of everything that has happened the other day.”
Suddenly, Dragon Heart’s mouth gaped wide open and she became slightly irritated, “Wait, so you knew about everything that had happen in Ponyville, and you didn’t do anything to try and stop it?!”
“Well, if I did interfere, wouldn’t that only ruin your plan of creating peace between Changelings and Ponies?”
Dragon Heart thought about it for a moment and realized that she had a point, “Oh… yeah; that is a good reasonable point.”
Knowing of what happened, something from the past came into the princesses’ mind, “Unfortunately, I was there when the whole Changeling ordeal happened; I feel sorry that I didn’t think to stop it, but we had no other choice. The straightforward attack that Chrysalis’ parents led here after Nightmare Moon’s reign was so massive I didn’t have time to think. If I didn’t, I fear that my kingdom would’ve fallen; and I wasn’t going to let that happen.”
She suddenly looked back down at the young changeling and smiled, “But with that aside, you should feel proud about the difference that you have made today.”
Dragon Heart used her magic to dig out a scroll that was inside a saddle bag that she was wearing. She gave a cheerful smile up at Celestia while unrolling the scroll in front of her, “Well… you do have a chance to make it up for yourself, your majesty; after all Twilight did say that we all make mistakes that we come to regret later, so no biggie.”
Celestia grabbed the scroll with her magic and started to read it, “Oh, so I’m guessing that this is the treaty?”
“It sure is your majesty,” the Changeling said with a cheerful tone, “and as you can see, I’ve signed it, Twilight and her friends signed it, and even Queen Chrysalis signed it. Now to make it official, it needs your signature; only you can complete this change.”
Celestia looked at Dragon Heart who was just standing there waiting with anticipation. She then looked back at the treaty, smiled and nodded; a huge change needed to be made.
“Very well then; I Princess Celestia hereby decree the pardon of recent past doings of the Changeling race, and approve the peace treaty between Changelings and Ponies!”
She took her feather pen and signed her name down on the bottom of the scroll.
“Oh thank you your highness,” shouted Dragon Heart, “thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me!”
“Oh, I can take a guess,” Celestia responded, “In any case, I’m glad that I could help; more bonds of friendship being made in my land is a huge dream for me too you know. Friendship is truly a powerful thing.”
She then lightly placed her hoof on top of Dragon Heart’s head giving her blessing.
“Tell your Queen that I send my regards, and that what happened three weeks ago… that there are no hard feelings.”
Dragon Heart bowed down to the Princess and smiled again; she just couldn’t stop smiling because of the new achievement that she made for Ponies and her kind alike.
“Thank you, it was nice to personally speak to you… without trying to seize your city.”
She then turned around and started to walk back towards the doors; then suddenly, Celestia came up behind her and gave a little smirk, “Oh, by the way, my little Changeling… send my regards to Spike as well. I wish the very best for you two young lovers.”
Dragon Heart brightly blushed out of embarrassment, “Yo… y-you know about that?”
“Well, a Princess has her ways,” Celestia stated in a humorous manner, “… and Spike sent me a letter.”
Dragon Heart just chuckled a bit and shook her head, “Well, it’s nice to know that you’re also familiar with humor.”

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As Dragon Heart walked back out the entrance doors, the guards didn't try to attack this time; probably because they already received the message from the Princess. She walked down the steps heading towards two random pony citizens who seemed to be waiting for her. She smirked knowing who they really were.
“Hey guys it’s okay now, you don’t have hide your true appearance anymore, the treaty is in!”
The two ponies smiled and nodded to each other, and then they changed back into Dragon Heart’s two Changeling friends; #186 who decided to rename himself Razor Guardian, and #760 who decided to rename himself Dusk. They both did that on Dragon Heart’s behalf.
“Well done Dragon Heart,” said Razor, “you’ve done well.”
Dusk just came up and hugged her, “We couldn’t be any more proud of you; I’m sure your parents would be to.”
Dragon Heart just blushed while scratching her head, “Oh come on guys, enough with the mushy stuff. Come on, we don’t want to keep Ponyville waiting.”
“Can’t wait to see your Spikey-Wikey again?” said Razor in a teasing manner.
Dusk looked over at Dragon heart kinda awkwardly, “Spikey… Wikey?”
“Don’t ask,” Dragon Heart responded.
All three Changelings took off into the sky and started to head into the direction of Ponyville. As they went Dragon Heart just closed her eyes and remembered back at the Canterlot wedding; where she was scaring and terrorizing many pony citizens to steal their love energies, but only because she had orders and she wasn’t brave enough at that time to speak up. But the sight of one little dragon that she fell for was only the start of her new courage and would soon help her get to where they are today.
“Are you okay, Dragon Heart,” said Razor concernedly, “you seemed to be off in your own world just now.”
She opened her eyes smiling and wiped a tear from her face, “It’s nothing, just reminiscing some of the past.”
Changelings used to be in peace with ponies in the past, and then a huge tragedy changed everything. But Thanks to Dragon Heart, she brought peace back between the two races, and now her kind can express their own love and compassion to others without fear of rejection. She owes it to Razor, Dusk, Twilight and her friends, as well as the Cutitemark Crusaders. But she truly owes it all to the one who truly loves her no matter what she is… her best friend, Spike.