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// Unwelcome Visitor 
// Story: Friendly enemy 
// by Cone of Wonders 
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011 opened his eyes, after having to shield them from the bright light of Celestia's magic, and found that Celestia had teleported him inside of a cell block. Before doing anything, he checked his neck to see if he still had his locket with him. He did. The changeling gave a sigh of relief, glad that Celestia had stayed true to her word. It was still dark outside and the sun wouldn't be raised for several more hours. Seeing how he had nothing better to do, 011 hopped into the nearby bed in the corner of the cell and closed his eyes.

Meanwhile, the Princess of the night, Luna, was pacing round the throne room, waiting for her sisters return. She knew that Celestia had gone to see Twilight about her studies, but it didn't take any longer than twenty minutes, and she had been gone for nearly forty five. Without warning, the room lit up brightly. It only lasted for a second and then immediately faded. Celestia had returned but her face showed that she had something on her mind. "Sister, Is thou well? you seem distracted". Asked Luna, concerned with the unusual silence that her sister had brought with her. "Everything is fine dear sister, but I must talk to you of a serious threat that threatens one of the lives of our subjects". 

As Celestia explained the situation about the Uberling and the new changeling prisoner to Luna, Fluttershy was leaving her cottage to live with Twilight until the Uberling threat had been dealt with. Her animals remained at the cottage as they were to be taken to the Canterlot gardens eventually. All she took with her was her Bunny Angel, who had had been let out of the washing machine at last by Twilight who was able to break the magical lock surrounding it, and 011's armour. Her main worry at the moment was 011. She knew that he would come to no harm. After all, Princess Celestia had promised her. But what would happen to him once the uberling incident passed? She couldn't help but wonder as she made her way down the dirt road.

Morning finally rose and the sunlight slipped through the prison bars on the windows and onto 011's face which caused him to wake up. What was supposed to be five hours sleep, it felt like a lot less. Hesitantly, the changeling found the strength to get off of the bed. He then looked past the cell bars only to see two large door ahead of him down a long corridor. However, it wasn't long until he had company as one of the doors opened up and three ponies walked through it and along the corridor. One of the ponies was Twilight, which surprised the changeling. After what happened at Fluttershys cottage, 011 imagined that she would have been the last pony who would come to see him. The other two ponies on either side of her were soldiers of the royal guard. To 011, they hardly seemed a threat. They seemed to be carrying a spear each which was attached to the side of their chest plates. A little over twenty seconds passed until Twilight was standing in front of the changeling with only the bars separating them as they both stared harshly at each other.

"What are you doing here"? Asked 011, confused why this purple unicorn had come to him. "Decide to mock me for my imprisonment"? Twilight became a little more calm and responded. "...Actually I came to ask you some questions about your species. I never got the chance to learn about your kind and now that we captured you, there's no better opportunity". 011 wasn't expecting that answer, although, it may have been some sort of interrogation to discover the hives weaknesses. "That depends on what your questions are". He responded coldly. "Fair enough". Twilight said quickly as she levitated a quill and a scroll, ready to take down everything that the changeling had to say.

"Question 1", She began. "How well can your species do magic"? "Some changelings can perform spells better than others. However it does not mean to say that one powerful changeling is not as strong or as intelligent as one who has little to none magical abilities". As he spoke, Twilight made sure that she had written every single word down that the changeling said. "Question 2, How long do changelings live"? "The average life for a changeling is from 120 years to 140. However, the oldest changeling who has ever lived had survived until she reached 156 years". This went on for a while. Most of the questions were about changeling biology and partly about changeling language. However, the next question seemed to be a little hurtful.

"Question 16, How well organised is your military? Because judging from your tactics at the royal wedding, they seemed to just rush at their targets like mindless creatures, despite the fact that they sort of are. it is still considered one of the worst types of strategies ever known". 011's head clicked. As soon as he heard the word military, he knew she was trying to figure out any weaknesses that changelings possess. But also to call soldiers mindless creatures, especially changeling soldiers, was insulting to not only himself but to every drone under his command. "If you truly believe that I will tell you anything about the changeling army then you are highly mistaken. And you would do well to never call a changeling a mindless creature! your question alone is enough to insult the honor of myself and all the changelings in the hive! Many had fought bravely for the protection of their leaders and their own families and you insult them without giving any second thought"! Twilight wasn't sure what to say at this point. As much as she didn't like changelings, he had a point. She may have gone a bit too far. "I- I'm sorry. I didn't me-". "Don't you dare try to make a fake apology you Ha broshieb'rak"! He nearly yelled without allowing Twilight, who now seemed frightened, to finish her sentence. "If these bars did not separate us, I would-". He was stopped there as a spear made its way through the bars and  was just inches away from impaling the changeling in his throat. Twilight gathered her strength as she tried to ask one last question, perhaps the most important one she had asked so far. "Last question... Why do you hate Chrysalis"? "... Why is that of any importance"? "After you said that you despised her back at Fluttershys cottage, I became curious and wanted to find out for myself, maybe so that I could... help you... which is why I came here". Seeing how this time it was a personal question, 011 decided to eventually answer. "Because she treats changeling soldiers horribly and she banished me from the hive. Her recent events have possibly crippled our forces and she seems to care only for herself". He then glanced downwards to his locket. "And because when I needed help, she refused to help not only myself but somepony very important to me. That! is why"! Not wanting to go on any further, 011 turned away from Twilight and just stared out of the window, trying to ignore her. But before he could have any peace, he heard the slightly cracked voice of the unicorn for the last time. "Okay then... well... Thank you for answering my questions... I'll just go and leave you alone now...". 

Twilight began headed back down the long corridor with both guards, now feeling sorry for the poor unicorn, at either side of her like when she first arrived. It wasn't until 011 heard the doors close, that he turned round. He just sat down and muttered. " Marran est' calmae. May she suffer for her ignorance"!