//------------------------------// // Sisters with Changelings // Story: Outsider: A Time for Change // by Sillyponyme //------------------------------// It was noon before Sweetie felt good enough to leave the hut. It had been a long morning but a peaceful one. If only the rest of the day could have gone on the same way but when did anything ever last? Sweetie did as she promised or at least that was her intention. She headed straight to Rarity’s home that still had a lot of work to do. The roof still had a hole in it, the side of the building had a hole as well but at least the inside looked decent enough. The windows that were able to be fixed were fixed not that it made a difference. Sweetie walked in through the hole in the wall. “Oh look, she cared enough to fix up the downstairs.” Sweetie said sarcastically, let out a sigh and made her way over to the new couch. “Rarity, where are you!” Sweetie yelled and immediately heard hoof steps above her. Rarity soon appeared from upstairs. “Sweetie Belle, you changed your mind. You decided to come be with me after all. I’m sure you’ll be comfortable-” Sweetie cut in. “I didn’t come to be with you Rarity, I’m simply here to listen.” Rarity let out a sigh and turned away sadly. Sweetie was about to stand up and leave frustrated but the sound of Twilights voice kept her from moving. “Twilight, what are you doing here?” Sweetie asked and in response, Twilight moved to the side. “What is he doing here?” She glared at Crush who was standing behind Twilight. “I understand your frustration with him Sweetie but you should take a look at these.” Twilight used her magic and pulled out one piece of paper and two halves of a piece of paper. “You need to see both of these.” She levitated the papers over to Sweetie Belle. Sweetie looked at the papers in confusion. The pages were notes written to her both from Crush. It hadn’t made any sense; she couldn’t see why Crush had written two notes. With a little closer look, she noticed the hoof writing was different. “I don’t understand.” “The ripped note is the one that Crush wrote, the other was Chrysalis doing. She wasn’t necessarily the one who wrote it but she did have somepony write it.” Twilight pushed Crush toward Sweetie. Sweetie looked at the notes and then looked at Crush. “You intended to come back; you never wanted me to come after you did you? The other note didn’t tell me to come looking but it did make me worry so that I would go looking for you.” The stallion shook his head. “Look me in the eyes and tell me that you really had nothing to do with me being captured.” Crush did as he was told and Sweetie couldn’t find anything in his eyes that would tell her he was lying. All she found was hurt and some hope. “I would never have thought that a changeling could really love somepony.” As soon as that was said, Rarity eyes widened and she freaked out. “A changeling, no, no, no. You will not date a changeling. He doesn’t really love you, he is fooling you Sweetie Belle, he doesn’t love you.” At that moment, Rarity knew she had made a mistake. Sweetie turned away from Crush and glared at Rarity. “How dare you tell me that! He loves me far more than you do. He at least had the decency to write me a note to tell me he wouldn’t be gone long. He didn’t ditch me when I needed him. I came to hear an explanation from you but you can forget it now. I will hate you for the rest of my life, you can go rot.” She screamed and received a hard glare from Twilight as Rarity left the room crying. “I am very disappointed in you Sweetie Belle. I get that you’re angry and you have the right to be but how can you say something so mean to her. She doesn’t know the situation even though she should and she is worried about you.” Twilight let out a sigh and spoke again. “Go to the library Sweetie Belle, I don’t care to see you right now.” Crush and Sweetie started to leave but Twilight stopped them. “Crush stays here.” Sweetie groaned angrily and ran off to the library. Once Sweetie was out of sight, Twilight let out a frustrated sigh. “I’ll be right back, I’m going to go get Rarity.” She went upstairs and found something unexpected in Rarity’s work room. Covering the walls were pictures painted on. Sweetie and her friends cover the right wall. The back wall is of Sweetie on a stage in front of hundreds of ponies surrounding the window. The left wall was the most touching, it’s Sweetie Belle and Rarity everywhere. Pictures of them doing things like the Sister Hooves Social and camping but the biggest thing was the center picture. It was what Sweetie made so long ago, gems surrounding the two sisters. “Twilight, what do you want?” Rarity said through her crying. “Rarity, the room is absolutely beautiful.” Twilight was in awe at the work that had been put into the room. “I was hoping that Sweetie would come back, I’ve spent a lot of bits to get these pictures perfect. All I want is my sister back, the pictures aren’t worth anything if Sweetie isn’t here.” Rarity put her head in her hooves. “I turned my work room into her bedroom and visa versa.” Twilight was on the verge of crying now but she had to focus on the task at hoof. “Then come downstairs and listen, I know that Crush being a changeling is scary for you but trust your sister that she can handle herself.” “What does it matter, she hates me even more now anyway and I don’t blame her one bit.” Rarity turned away and looked out the window. “I’ll go get Sweetie Belle and you go downstairs and just listen. Then you can explain and Sweetie will listen, can you do that?” Rarity nodded. “Then I’ll be right back.” Rarity made her downstairs slowly and saw Crush just standing there. He looked unsure of what to do. Neither said a word to each other and they didn’t have time, Twilight teleported into the room with Sweetie Belle beside her. “I’m ready to listen, I won’t say a word.” Sweetie thought about it for a moment and then nodded. “Fine, you had better not.” Before she could start talking about anything, a stallion came into the room. The stallions’ mane and tail were yellow and black, his coat red. “Who are-” “Headhunter!? Is that really you?” Rarity and Twilight blurted out. “Yes Rarity and there is a lot to talk about.” Headhunter said. “I thought you were dead, you were the best spy Twilight had. How did you escape?” Rarity asked and then she got a little ticked. “Why didn’t you come for me!?” Rarity yelled. “Hold on, who is he?” Sweetie cut in before the stallion could speak. “I think it’s time that you told them Rarity.” Headhunter walked over and stood next to Rarity. “Headhunter was a spy for Twilight but the last time we saw him, he said that something big was going on with the Changelings. He was also my fiancé, we dated in secret.” Rarity chuckled. “No surprise there, more secrets from the Element of Generosity.” Sweetie glared angrily. “I must agree to a point, why in secret Rarity, I never said anything about anypony not dating?” Twilight asked. “You said that you didn’t want any of the elements of harmony or your guards to become distracted. We were afraid that if you found out that we were dating that, you would break us up. When we found that we really could do this without problems we had intended to tell you and everypony. We had also gotten engaged at this point but then we found out that I had gotten…uh…pregnant. I wanted to tell Headhunter but, he had left. I got the note from him and freaked out. I was too scared to say anything.” Rarity looked away sadly. “Rarity, I think it’s time that I told you the truth. I was going to tell you but I was sure that I was going to die and so it didn’t matter.” Headhunter began to glow and soon a Changeling took his place. “I was really sent to spy on Twilight, Princess Twilight, sorry. I was going to but then I met you. I secretly went back and forth pretending to spy on the princess but I was really spying on the Changelings. It didn’t last forever though, Chrysalis found out and captured me. She had intended to kill me but I cheated death. I was able to escape and Chrysalis didn’t know it. At that point I was sure that I wouldn’t be going back to you Rarity.” “It sounds like you really love her don’t you?” Twilight asked staring at Rarity who turned her head away. “I knew that if I returned, Chrysalis would find out and come after me. You would all be hurt because of me and I couldn’t let that happen. If I knew about the war, I would have warned you. I didn’t know though but I knew that she would send in Crush to get revenge on Rarity. Chrysalis blames Rarity for making me fall in love with her. I couldn’t return but I had to keep an eye on Rarity to make sure that she wasn’t hurt. I kept to the shadows, hidden away. As I watched I soon saw Rarity grow, that’s when I found that she was pregnant. I spent all these years making sure that Rarity stayed safe without revealing myself.” Headhunter explained. “Once I heard that our son was foal napped, I couldn’t stay hidden anymore. Chrysalis wasn’t going to hurt Rarity or our son. I may not know him but I love him all the same.” Rarity ‘s anger grew and then realization hit her and she calmed down. “You mean that time when I was being mugged and a pony in a black jumpsuit from nowhere came and saved me. That time that I ran out of bits and there on the doorstep was a bag full of bits. All those times that I was in trouble; that was you helping me?” “Yes, I couldn’t reveal myself but yes, that was me. I couldn’t let anypony hurt you.” Headhunter just stared at Rarity. “I still don’t understand a few things.” Twilight said and Headhunter spoke again before a question could be asked. “I knew that there would be a problem with sending in Crush though. He and I are too much alike and I knew that when he saw Sweetie Belle, he would be in my position, I just couldn’t tell anypony. Enough about the past though, I’m going after our son Rarity, I know where he is.” Headhunter took out a necklace and hoofed it over to Rarity and then cast a spell on it. “I won’t let you question whether I’m alive or not, if this necklace stops glowing, you won’t be seeing me alive again. I will say this though, it will shatter once I’m dead, if it comes to that.” He put the necklace around Rarity’s neck and it began glowing and throbbing. “It throbs too, didn’t know that.” “I’m going as well Headhunter.” Crush said ready to go. “No, you can’t afford to go Crush. You’re the heir to the throne. If we can get rid of Chrysalis, then you can take the throne which also means that Sweetie there assuming you two marry, will become queen. I know that with you two on the throne, our kind can get back to the way we were before Chrysalis. We have forgotten a lot because of her as have normal ponies. Chrysalis must die and you must take the throne Crush.” Headhunter said. “I’m going to send in some guards as backup then, if you need help, then just shoot a beam into the air and my stallions will rush in.” Headhunter thought about it and then nodded. Twilight and Headhunter left. “So Rarity, I’m sorry about earlier, I didn’t-” Sweetie was cut off again. “No Sweetie Belle, I’m sorry in more ways than one. Go ahead and date Crush if you wish. After everything that we just heard, I can only say that I was wrong.” The two joined each other for a hug. “I’ve been a terrible sister to you, forgive me?” “Of course, let’s just hope that, wait…queen?” Realization hit Sweetie, her eyes went wide with shock.