//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Outsider: A Time for Change // by Sillyponyme //------------------------------// Prologue Princess Twilights Coronation Day three years ago “A Princess, she is becoming a Princess?” Chrysalis stomped around angrily. “That little pest, a Princess and an Alicorn no less. I didn't even know that was possible.” Chrysalis knew that Blueblood was a prince and he was a unicorn which she found odd. It was inconceivable to think that Twilight had become a princess and an Alicorn. It wasn't acceptable. She looked around searching for a certain changeling. After only a small moment of searching, she found her target. “You, my dear Crush, come here.” Chrysalis pointed at a certain young changeling. The changeling that the queen pointed at quickly made his way to his Queen. “You’re the perfect one to help me but I suppose that you should grow a bit too fully understand. I can wait three years to trap the Elements of Harmony but until then.” Chrysalis stopped speaking and turned her head to the setting sun. “Prepare Ponyville; I will destroy all that you hold dear. Soon enough, I will rule more then just a hole in the ground.” The queen turned toward Crush and smiled. “Your highness, maybe, just to be sure of your victory, you should find the Outsider. With his power, there will be no denying you?” A Changeling guard bowed before his queen. “No, that legend is but a foolish belief. I don’t need it to take out my enemies anyway, now leave me.” The guard nodded and left. Present Time, six years later Twilight ran into what could be considered a hole in the ground. She had just come back from searching the perimeter. “Rainbow Dash!” She called to her friend as she looked down the multiple tunnels until spotted Rainbow running down one of them and met Rainbow halfway. “Rainbow, I’m going to my resting chambers, if anything should happen, inform me immediately.” Rainbow Dash saluted her friend and went to take watch. Twilight made her way to her room tired from spending all day in the hot sun. Once she arrived, she reached under her bed and pulled out a dusty book. She dusted it off and smiled, she hadn’t looked at her diary in years. She opened it up with a smile and began to write. Dear Diary It’s been three years since the war with the Changelings started. They attacked shortly after my coronation, twelve hours exactly. The Queen is angry with me and has been since my friends and I help to foil her plans at the wedding. She has been attacking ruthlessly and I’m not sure how much more we can take. My brother had been helpful in this war up until two years ago when he and Cadence had their first foal. We have been without him since then. Luna and Celestia have been sending in troops, the efforts have been semi effective. Luna and Celestia are growing tired and so more troops are unlikely. The last bit of reinforcements was a week ago and they are rookies. They try to help but without correct experience, they haven’t done much. The Queen took over Ponyville before we knew what had happened, we had to retreat. The troops, my friends, all of Ponyville’s residents and I all live underground. It isn't much of living though; the conditions are less then acceptable. We do our best to make it comfortable but that is difficult to do when working with rocks, dirt, hard clay and so on. Food is hard to come by and so we've been living on bugs that crawl through the walls. It’s not preferable but Queen Chrysalis has made it impossible to live on anything more. It is rather disgusting. The beds are few but every pony insists that I have one. I honestly feel bad about that. It’s already hard to live underground, not to have a comfortable bed must be hard. I can only use so much magic to help in the war and it’s never permanent. I lead the charge against the Queens army but I need my magic reserve as full as I can get it. I learned that the hard way when Sweetie Belle got hurt because I ran out of reserve. Sweetie had been hiding away in Rarity’s boutique but we didn't know it. The poor filly had been terrified. I fought with Chrysalis for a long period of time, so long that I ran out of energy. That’s when it happened; her troops fell from the sky just like at the wedding. A few hit the buildings which every pony thought to be ok but we were wrong. It was too late when I saw Sweetie in the window. A troop flew through the window and hit Sweetie with such force she was sent flying. I tried to stop the attack but I exhausted myself. When we found her, Sweetie had a hole in her chest; her side had a large gash and a few of her legs were broken. We managed to get her to a hospital in Canterlot but Sweetie was out cold for months. Twilight set down her quill unable to finish writing when Rainbow Dash came running into her room. “Is she back?” “No but I found some pony walking around aimlessly, so I brought him in. I thought you may want to see him.” Rainbow moved to the side revealing the pony that, he was a unicorn. His mane and tail was a light purple and his coat was sky blue. He was a teenage pony about Sweetie Belles age which made the next thing she noticed very odd. He had no Cutie Mark. After a bit of staring, Twilight waved Rainbow away. “So tell me, what are you doing out there?” Twilight stood up off her bed and stood tall above the stallion. “I was hoping to find you princess, I’m lost and the Changelings are after me. I managed to grab some food and get away. I thought that maybe you could use it.” The stallion smiled nervously and pulled out the small amount of food. “I know that it’s not much but it’s all I could grab.” “Any amount helps, thank you. Now I noticed something, how is it that you have yet to find your special talent? I noticed that you don’t have a cutie mark.” Twilight took the food in her magic and set it next to her bed and then began to circle the unicorn like a vulture. She made him even more nervous than he already was. “I uh, I've had a difficult life. I ran away from home, my mother and father weren't the best.” Twilight stopped him before he could go any further. “I see, well you’re welcome here but one last thing, what is your name?” Twilight walked back over to her bed and sat down. “My name is Crush your highness.” Twilight nodded waved him away. Crush turned and ran off in a hurry. “Something seems wrong, if he had been able to take food from Chrysalis, how come he isn't hurt? Is it possible that she poisoned some of the food and expects us to take it? That doesn't seem like something she would do though. No, it’s Crush that bugs me. He comes from out of no where with food he supposedly took from the queen and yet he isn't injured.” After a bit of thought, Twilight went back to writing. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ “Is he in?” Chrysalis asked one of her guards. She was getting impatient but she didn’t show it. “Yes ma’am, they took him in. Your plan is working out the way you’ve expected.” The guard saluted his queen which she ignored. Chrysalis was worried and for good reason. “That’s what worries me; Twilight’s instincts with things have made her a complication. If she senses something wrong, her friends won’t hesitate to believe her this time around. The upside is that Crush is unknown to any of them so hopefully he can convince her. We’ll just have to wait and see.”