//------------------------------// // Derpy // Story: Changeling gone good? // by N3rdyGir1Squar3d //------------------------------// All of the sudden a gray coated blonde mare crashes through the door, having chunks of wood flying through the air. She then jumps in between me a Celestia just as the Princess charged up her horn, wanting to get rid of the vermin, which happened to be me. Before it did any harm, Celestia turned her head, not wanting to hurt an innocent pony just to kill me. As she turned her head the magic she was going to use to kill me destroyed a book shelf and all the books it had contained, Twilight went wide eyed and started crying as if someone had just crushed a baby foal right in front of her. She was gently repeating “no.” After about 5 seconds all attention turned to the mysterious gray pegasus that had just delayed my defeat for a while “NO!” She nearly screamed, so much force in her tone. All that did is add questions. Why? Why was this mare that didn’t know me, trying to defend me? She just jumped in front of the princess to save me. THE PRINCESS, the one she was supposed to have full faith in, the one she was supposed to respect to no end, the one that led her to a happy life away from torment. Yet she stood up for me, a CHANGELING that is powerful enough to destroy the elements of harmony! Then it hit me, she didn’t know who I was, she didn’t know I was changeling, she didn’t know me at all, she just thought I was a helpless filly that the princess was going to sacrifice for no good reason, or at least no reason she could understand. The princess looked taken back at the sudden events that had transpired right in front of her eyes, a mare was defending a changeling filly, by the was she looked at the intimidating mare, she probably though I was using some spell. She then glanced at my non-alit horn not ever fully taking her line of sight off of the pegasus, and then it hit her, a commoner, among ponyville was defending me upon her own free will “You will NOT harm this filly!” the pegasus stated will just as much force as before, not letting her look of intensity break. “She’s a---“ Celestia started, not using a threatening tone knowing the pegasus didn’t know what I was “Changeling.” the mare finished herself, “I know.” Everypony was confused now but I’m the one that broke the silence “How?” Everyone gaze turned back to me, Celestia’s gaze tightened as if she was shooting daggers through her eyes, all the while, the mare’s eyes softening then one eye drifted up words into a derped expression “You can tell a lot from eyes!” she exclaimed with a cheerful tone. I then looked at the mare who had saved my life for the time being and I realized she had about 13 muffins in her saddle bags mixed with mail and a few of each trailing out the door, obviously where she had bolted to when she saw the scene that had happened, what seemed like hours ago, but in reality only was only a few minutes ago At that moment I realized something I never realized before, some ponies don’t care about your species, all they care about is who you are. There were some accepting ponies left in Equestria. Celestia snapped out of her confusion and turned towards me and walked forwards, ignoring the mare that I still didn’t know the name to. “I didn’t know you would be a fool,” she said with a burning agonizing hatred in her voice, if I had fed off of love, she would have killed me now based of my small size. Twilight now piped up, I would have forgotten she was here if it hadn’t been for her light sobbing at the revelation that a large portion of her books where destroyed “She is a harmless filly!” she almost screamed at her mentor, her voice cracking and shredding, barely healed from the resent crying “SHE IS A MONSTOSITY! SHE IS A CHANGELING, SHE FEEDS OFF OF LOVE, I DON’T KNOW HOW PUT SHE HAS TAKEN A PONY LIKE FORM WITHOUT CHANGING HER FORM WHICH IS WHY I KNOW WHAT SHE IS!” Celestia shrieked using the royal Canterlot voice, tears forming at the corners of her eyes, obviously hurt that her student couldn’t understand I then felt the need to correct her “Umm. Excuse me?” I said barely audible but was heard because of the growing tension of silence between student and mentor, they both turned to me, Celestia looking like she would strangle me if we were alone. “I-I… I don’t feed off of love, I’m different then most changelings, I was made by my… mother to destroy the elements of harmony” I said, gaining a little confidence by seeing the gray mare in the background, not leaving the room, but happily munching on a muffin, but also hissing out the word ‘mother’ “What…?” Celestia managed to whisper, the intensity of her eyes fading and her stance going from tense to soft and weakened in a matter of seconds. “I can show you my memorized and thoughts to the point that is relevant to this situation, then ill explain the rest.” I said in a rushed tone, glad no pony interrupted, if somepony did, I wouldn’t be able to continue my brave offer, I was giving up what little shred of privacy I had to someone that wanted to kill me mere minutes ago, Celestia gave a weak nod still somewhat lost in her thoughts, she then got back her composer as she stared at me. I then cast a spell on myself as the others sat and watched as my very few memories and thoughts from when I was in my mother’s castle projected into the air. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- My consciousness was emerging from a strange emptiness. In my half lucid state I realized it had been sleep. I couldn't remember ever sleeping before, or waking up for that matter. I slowly opened my eyes, staring groggily at the course material under me. I was lying on a stone floor, I was... I was… "Kryna, that's what I'll call you." Kryna. My name? The voice cuts through the haze and I snap my attention to the Changeling Queen standing in front of me. Chrysalis. I'd never met her before, but I knew more about her than I would ever care to, foreign memories I knew I couldn't possibly have witnessed. But if those recollections weren't enough to condemn her, Chrysalis herself was more than enough. I could feel her contempt, her lust for power, she thought I would serve her. It made me sick, the disgust came from some strange judgment I could feel all way down to my bones. An odd way that I could almost sense her instinctively. As the feeling spurred me on, my disgust turned into another new emotion, anger. Kryna. She had named me before I'd even said my first word! I knew royal changelings named themselves, it was how they defined their selves from the very beginning. She had stolen that opportunity from me. It was like Chrysalis was saying, "you belong to me, I created you, you’re not real royalty. I get to define who you are, I know better," I couldn't stand the thought of my name being defined by this... this... odious parasite! I stood as quickly as I could, scowling at my arrogant creator. "Hello, mother," I spoke up, spitting the last word at her like some kind of blasphemy. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I blinked my eyes, just now realized I was completely unaware of the world that surrounded me as I was reliving my memories. Everyone just stared at me blinking obviously surprised at the disrespect I showed Chrysalis. Celestia awkwardly coughed breaking the ponies in front of me out of their trances and breaking the silence “Well I trust you but you will have to pick a disguise that does NOT match any living being, you also have to deal with your own living arrangements and I will not be responsible for you, at a later date I’ll ask you more questions, but for now, I have just one.” She squinted her eyes as if trying to figure out the answer of the question herself before she even spoke it. “Why did you mother make you with the quality’s of the elements of harmony and just, if not more, powerful than them?” “All I can say is she plans to attack Canterlot, I don’t know any details because not even she knew them yet, she planned to have me to distract the element bearers but sense I’m connected with the elements I came to warn them and to try to get you to be aware of all I know.” The Princess just sighed wistfully and then said, “Thank you” as she flew away into Luna’s night sky I hadn’t realized how late it was and I had no idea what to do about my disguise or living arrangement As if the blonde mare could read my mind, she said, “You can come live with me! I don’t have a coltfriend or a husband yet so you can be any type of pony you want, just make sure you somewhat resemble me, then we can talk about your backstory like, maybe your father was taking care of you when I became deathly ill for a month and I wasn’t able to get you back until now. That way ponies don’t press for more information! They will think it’s a sensitive topic! Oh by the way, I’m Ditzy Doo, or as my friends call me, Derpy hooves!” I then got the perfect idea for a disguise and in a flash, I was a small purple unicorn filly with a two-shaded blonde mane, a blank flank, and eye color that matched my new mothers eyes perfectly. “I’m Dinky Doo!” I said nodding in approval in my new voice “And you’re my little muffin too! Oh and just so you know, I’m meeting up with my sister tomorrow, she is an adventurer! She’s 2 years older than me though… anyway I’m just warning you, DON’T REVEAL YOUR TRUE FORM IN FRONT OF HER” she put an almost threatening tone on the last bit “What’s her name?” I asked curiosity relevant “Daring Doo.”