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// [FIXED] Episode 48: Gorram That's Not Shiny! 
// Story: The Life of a Wanted Changeling (Comment Driven Story) 
// by Down with Chrysalis 
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as your staring at applejack in fear you reilise the absolute danger your in 1 being a changeling, 2 a changeling NOT with a hive, 3 being a changeling NOT in your former queens hive (you prayed that they wouldn't try to find and kill you considering hives kill lose ends that could give vital information) 3 being equestria most wanted, 4 owing a timeloard hundreds of bits, and 5 offending the bucking royal princess and the elements of harmony..... yeah your basically relieving Pony's Row 2 only your not capable of mass murder




As you're staring at Applejack in pure terror, you start to think of how much danger you're in,

Let's see: I'm a changeling, I'm a rogue changeling without a hive, my ex-hive is wanted for attempted overthrow of the local superpower (not to mention my ex-hive tends to "tie up" loose ends *shiver*), I'm Equestria's most wanted (well my persona is, at least), I'm in debt with a TIMELORD (not just that but of all the Timelords out there (which is what? two?) I'm in debt with the stinking Doctor) Oh, and let's not forget that I practically spat in the faces of the SUN-AND-MOON-CONTROLLING Princesses and I almost ended five innocent (although admittedly very rude) mares!

You can't help but put on a deadpanned face and think in a deadpanned tone,

Yeah, I'm basically relieving "Pony's Row 2", only I don't have the option of going on a massive killing spree with a huge arsenal of weapons.

Applejack gives you a suspicious look and asks,

"What's with the face pardner?"

You realize that you made the deadpanned face in front of Applejack! You're about to freak out again, when...



She may have called you varmint, tried to kill you on several occasion, but all your live you have believed in the saying your grand pappy told you "forgive and forget, but always sleep with a knife and with one eye open!" he would say with a twinkle in his eye, as he crawled back under his rock whispering "never to careful." at the end of each of your visits. You always love to visit pappy. But from his talks with you, you know what the right thing to do, so you look Applejake right in the eye and say "well Howdy it's mighty nice meeting ya!" giving he a firm hoof shake. But you also look to the corner of your vision to see a bottle just near by, just in case you need something sharp. "Never to careful." Your grand pappy's word echo through your head, you shiver. 

  


You clear your throat and pound your chest.
"Ahem, dang cough! Er...sorry partner. What Ah MEANT to say was...Howdy! Nice to meet ya, Applejack, a pony Ah have definitely never heard of in mah life, um...hey there. Uh...Ah see ya have a Stetson. Ah like Stetsons...Stetsons are cool" you say in a well done southern accent



You suddenly get another flashback of your grandbuggy. It's during one of your secret visits (your grandbuggy had to escape the hive after an incident involving tinfoil hats, a public outburst, and 5 tons of gummy ursas). You were telling him about how that big jerk of a bug named Brad would make fun of you due to the fact that you can't fly and grandbuggy would always tell you the same thing,

"Forgive and forget, but always sleep with a knife in hoof and one eye open!" He would say with a twinkle in his eye, as he crawled back under his exile rock whispering,

"Never too careful..." at the end of each of your visits.

Your grandbuggy was always rather... "eccentric", but you still loved to visit him and from his talks you knew the (more-or-less) right thing to do. Applejack may have tried to kill you on several occasions and keeps calling you a varmint, but all your life you have always (again, more-or-less) believed in that saying (plus you DID kinda tried to help take over her country's capital, accidentally assaulted her friends, almost blasted her with a ball of rage-and-despair-fueled death, etc.). So you look at her with an apologetic smile and you pretend to clear your throat and pound your chest before saying,

"Ahem, dang*cough*! Er... sorry partner. What ah meant to say was... Howdy! Nice to meet ya, Applejack, a pony Ah have definitely never heard of in mah life, um... hey there. Uh... Ah see ya have a Stetson. Ah like Stetsons...Stetsons are cool" you say in a well-done (but nervous) southern accent.

The corner of your vision occasionally skirts to a nearby broom just in case you need to bonk some ponies on the head.

"Never too careful..."

Your grandbuggy's words echo through your head causing you to shiver.

Braeburn seems to notice your shiver and asks,

"Bugze, pardner, you okay? That was one mighty strong shiver." You're about to tell Braeburn that you're fine, when...



You remember that your changeling disguise spell always deactivates at the worst possible moment so you can't rely on that for long.



You suddenly remember that your disguise spell always deactivates at the worst possible moment! Even worse, you can feel the spell is about to wear off!

I need to think of something, fast! If these ponies discover that I'm a changeling, not only would I lose a place that I can now call home, but I would also get captured by the Royal Guard for sure! My gut tells me that Twilight is a big blabber mouth who can't keep a secret for long before she blurts it out to someling! You think to yourself in a panicked tone.

Come on Bug brain think, think, THINK... *ding*I got it! You think to yourself in a happy tone. You look over to Braeburn and say,

"You know what, it's kinda... chilly out here! Yeah, I'm gonna go back to the house and get my coat. Why don't you take Applejack and her friends on a tour of Appleloosa, I'll catch up with ya later."

Braeburn gives you a big smile and says,

"That's a great idea pardner! Let's a go ponies!"

And with that, Braeburn literally shoves them away before they could protest. You smile at Braeburn's enthusiasm and it's a good thing he shoved them along when he did, cause your disguise just dropped. You sigh in relief and start to run towards an alleyway. You wave and say high to all the ponies you run by, and they return with their own "hi" or wave. You finally get to the alley and you duck into it. You then think about your awesome coat and you pull it out of The Inventory. You put it on and say to yourself,

"It's time for stealth mode, it's time for... The return of The Hooded Offender!"

You are about to go and teleport away from Appleloosa for awhile (or at least until the mares have left) when...



As soon as you can, you put your awesome hooded coat back on, but a few moments later you remember that "The Hooded Offender" is still EQUESTRIA'S MOST WANTED (You are not the brightest changeling). Fortunately, you trip and fall into a mud puddle which turns your coat brown (and you suddenly feel the need to say "Gorram" instead of "Stinking" or "Goddamn" and say "Shiny" instead of "Cool") before anyone notices.



You just remember that the Hooded Offender is still EQUESTRIA'S MOST WANTED!

I am really not the brightest changeling out there, am I?You think to yourself in an annoyed/hopeless tone. While you were thinking you don't notice where you're going and you fall into a huge mud pit. It covers your awesome coat from head to hoof in brown. You grumble in anger and say,

"Of course! The ONE time I put this on in Appleloosa, I get it covered in gorram mud!"

You briefly reflect on the word you just used and realize that you now have the need to say "Gorram" instead of "Stinking" and to say "Shiny" instead of "Cool". You just shrug your shoulders and sigh,

"Well maybe now with this browncoat, I can meet up with Braeburn and not get caught. Shiny." You say to yourself in a hopeful voice. But there's still the chance of Applejack or the other mares finding out it's you. So...

What do you do?