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// The Good, The Bad, and The Changelings 
// Story: Twilight's Love Story: Part Three 
// by Derpyforever 
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Chapter 5: The Good, the Bad, and the Changelings
The rain finally died down into an overcast by the time Applejack arrived back home. Nopony was home at the moment. Applebloom was hanging with Big Mac on his way to Canterlot to deliver a big order of apples, and Granny Smith was out of town visiting relatives, so Applejack had the whole farm to herself. She ran inside the barn and then started to panic. She didn't know what to do or how to find Twilight, so she just sat there in the middle of the barn crying. She immediately stopped when she heard Fluttershy walk in, followed by Rarity, Rainbow, and Pinkie.
"Where's Flash," Applejack asked.
"He... he went back home... we couldn't convince him to talk to Twilight," Rainbow replied, "So what's going on? Fluttershy wouldn't tell us. She just kept saying something awful had happen to Twilight and that she doesn't want to relive the moment."
"Twilight's... She's..." Applejack couldn't come to it and tears started to run down her face again.
"She was captured by the Changelings," somepony declared. 
They all looked to see who has spoken and saw none other than Princess Celestia at the doors of the barn. 
"Princess," they all exclaimed, bowing before her, then Rainbow said, "She was captured by the Changelings?!"
"Yes. Spike told me everything. Have you figured out where they may have gone Applejack?"
Applejack didn't looks up in response, only shook her head as she began to cry.
"It's alright child," Celestia said, lifting Applejack's face. "Twilight will be fine, but we shouldn't waste any time. Everypony, come into my carriage quickly."
"Where to your highness," two guards who were pulling the carriage asked. 
"To the Changelings' hive," she declared.
"Yes mam, " they replied, then flew off towards Changelings' territory.
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The rain died down into an overcast by the time the two Changelings who kidnapped Twilight landed at the mouth of a cave. The one holding Twilight dropped her, then his eyes turned into a glowing green as purple mist came from his eyes. He shot a dark ray at Twilight which knocked her to the ground. When she got up, she tried to attack back, but nothing happened. She looked at her horn, and saw black crystals growing from it, blocking her magic. 
"Dark magic," Twilight exclaimed, "but how."
"When your an outcazzzt, you have zzzometime on your hand," the Changeling who attacked her said, "but where are my mannerzzz, I am Buzzard, and he izzz Yellow Jack, or Jack for short."
"Good day, Princezzz," Jack grinned.
"What are you two up to? What is Chrysalis planning?!"
"Chryzzzalizzz! Did you not listen? We are outcazztzzz. We do not zzzerve her anymore. We zzzerve her," Buzzard smirked, pointing into the cave. 
Twilight turned around but suddenly realized what cave they were in front of, they were at the cave of Neverending, and at the entrance was none other than the weapon.
"Good work boys," she said, "it looks like I don't have to throw you in my maze after all."
"Thank you, bozzz," Jack replied. 
"Bring her to me."
Jack and Buzzard grabbed Twilight, and presented her before the weapon, who was walking in circles around Twilight.
"Too long I have been trapped in this maze. Did you know I can't leave this cave, drink, eat, sleep, or even breath? This curse Celestia's grandparents have put upon me doesn't allow me to. Ohh how I long fresh air, to eat and drink food again, to be able to rest my eyes and dream the greatest of dreams... and your going to make it all possible... hold her down," the filly ordered. Jack and Buzzard pushed Twilight to the ground and held her in place as the weapon approached Twilight.
"What are your going to do with me," Twilight said.
"Ohh darling, I'm not going to hurt you. I need you... in fact," the filly placed her hoof on Twilight's head, and then yelled, "I'm going to take you!" The the filly's eyes turned a glowing white which expanded across her entire body. After a moment, the glowing stopped and the filly disappeared. Jack and Buzzard looked at Twilight as they let her get up. She shook her head and blinked her eyes as the world came into focus. She then took in a deep breath as an evil smile came upon her face.
"I can breath," she said, she still sounded like Twilight, "I can finally breath." It then broke the crystals the were holding back Twilight's magic.
"You did it, bozzz," Buzzard said.
"Don't tell me what I have accomplished you foal," the weapon 
exclaimed. 
"Yes mam," Buzzard gulped.
"Your not getting away with this," exclaimed a voice that sounded like Twilight. Then a transparent Twilight appeared in front of the weapon.
"Wait, how are you here." Jack said.
"Because she is no longer in her body," the weapon said, "so now she has nothing to left to be but a ghost. A ghost who has no power in this world."
Twilight just glared at the weapon, but inside, knew she was right.
"Now come along you three," the weapon said.
"I don't have to follow you," Twilight said.
"I was hoping you would say that," the weapon grinned, it then shot a blue ray at Twilight that surrounded her in a glass ball.
"Now come along Twilight," she said, "we have kingdoms to destroy."
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Meanwhile, a carriage that was holding Princess Celestia, Applejack, Rainbow, Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy arrived at the Changelings' hive. It was a mountain cut out in the shape of a beehive with one big cave as the entrance to the grand hall.
They all got off and were met by Queen Chrysalis, who was informed by her children of their arrival. "You must be desperate to come around here Celestia," she said.
"Don't play coy with me Chrysalis," Celestia replied, "I know you're holding my star student as hostage, and we demand her back!
"You think we have you're Princess Twilight Sparkle?"
"Yes, and we know why. You plan to feed off her coltfriend's love for her, but we are her to stop..."
"Twilight has a coltfriend," Chrysalis exclaimed, then turned to her commanding officers who were standing at her side as personal body guards, "how come I wasn't informed!"
"We didn't know either your majezzzty," one replied.
"Well this changes everything," Chrysalis declared, "we can just take Twilight and feed off her love."
"Wait... so you don't have Twilight," Pinkie asked.
"Like I said before, we don't... but now we can."
"Like I said before," Celestia interjected, "we're going to stop you."
"Actually, we don't have to," Pinkie said, "Twilight  and Flash broke up."
"They what," both Celestia and Chrysalis exclaimed.
"Yeah, not too long ago to. Only about four or five chapters," Pinkie said
"Stop talking like that," Rainbow yelled.
"Like what?"
"Oh my gosh! I can't take it anymore! Just stop! Please!"
Everypony just looked at Rainbow who felt the stares and started to get embarrassed. 
"Back to normalville," Applejack said, "if you don't have Twilight, the who does?"
"That would be me," said a voice.
They all looked at the hive's entrance and saw Twilight.
"Twilight," they all exclaimed.
"Oh no, I'm not Twilight," she smirked, then Jack and Buzzard came out from around the fake Twilight with Twilight inside the glass ball on their backs, "she is."
"Buzzard and Jack," Chrysalis declared, "I should have known you two were behind this."
The two dropped Twilight and the forcefield around her shattered.
"Twilight," Pinkie exclaimed, then jumped in the air, but, to the amazement of the others, when she landed, she passed right through her, "what's going on... are you a ghost!"
"She is," fake Twilight replied.
"What sort of trickery is this," Celestia demanded.
"And a hello to you to... cousin."
"Cousin," everypony gasped in shock.
"Eclipse?! Is that you," Celestia asked.
Fake Twilight laughed evilly, then said, "Yes."
"So the weapon is your little cousin," Twilight exclaimed.
"We are about the same age," Celestia replied, "she is not a filly. She is as big as me in fact, she just transforms into a filly to harness her cuteness power."
"You didn't tell her? You didn't tell her why she became an Alicorn so easily," Eclipse deviously grinned.
Celestia went silent for a moment as she knew everypony in the room was watching her, the finally said, "No."
"What are you talking about," Twilight asked.
Eclipse just laughed, then said, "Twilight Sparkle, you are my daughter."
(To Be Continued...)