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// Someone Watches You Sleep 
// Story: For Evermore 
// by PhoenixFeather-101 
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She has no wings! Where are her wings?! a voice screamed in Evermore's head. A flash of green light and a dark, goulish face accompanied these words. She heard the cries of a baby, and a strange, rustling sound, much like one a large group of insects would make.

There was a pair of piercing green eyes, and about a dozen blue ones. There were fangs, long, twisted horns, and wings. Insect wings. Holes adorned their legs. 

They were insects. Huge, pony-like insects. And she was staring into the face of one. And it was covered with blood. 

Evermore screamed and woke up... right into the face of a stallion. She gasped and looked up. The stallion's face was redder than his coat, probably because his face was in such close proximity with Evermore's.

"Thank Celestia you didn't hit me..." he said, rubbing the saliva off his face. Evermore blushed and sank into the covers.

"Why were you watching me sleep?" she asked in a small voice. The stallion looked sheepish.

"I was assigned by General Flare to watch you... even when you sleep." he replied, obviously embarrassed. He moved his face away from Evermore's.

"I'm Arrow Shot, by the way." he said. Evermore looked at him, wondering if she had seen him before.

"You look familiar..." she stated, squinting at him. He squinted back, slightly poking his tongue out. Evermore giggled a little.

"Probably because I'm Flare's brother." Arrow replied, his face returning to it's serious expression. Evermore smirked.

"Hmm, that must be wonderful, being her brother." she joked, still smirking. Arrow looked annoyed.

"I'll leave you to get ready, but later, you're going on a tour with Princess Celestia." he continued, completely avoiding her question. He left the room, leaving Evermore alone.

A bit bewildered, she slid out of the bed, her hooves making a soft 'clop' noise as they touched the floor. She looked around her room, remembering she hadn't taken a good look at it.

The room was a shade of lavender, with a blue rug on the floor. On top of the rug was the bed, which was a four-poster. It was a luxury bed, covered in pillows. The covers were a very rich purple.

Having had enough staring at the room, Evermore opened the door of her room. Not all that surprised to see Arrow and another guard outside her room, she walked past without even glancing at them.

Immediately, Arrow blocked her path. Evermore looked up at him.

"You know what I'm going to say." he said. And indeed she did. 

"You're not allowed to go off by yourself, here take a guard." she replied, putting on a stupid face and imitating Arrow. He laughed.

"Actually, that does sound like me." he chuckled, looking down at her. General Flare walked down the hallway and stopped suddenly, in front of Evermore's room.

As soon as she saw Evermore, she looked furious. (And I mean furious) She stormed up to Arrow, shoving Evermore out of the way.

"She was supposed to stay in her ROOM! Does this look like her ROOM to YOU?" she yelled. Arrow looked at Evermore, who had been shoved into the wall.

"I don't think it causes that much trouble, sis." he replied. Flare just scowled.

"Let's just go..." she groaned, turning to Evermore. "Come on then." 

Evermore slowly peeled herself off the wall, frowning. Flare just kept her serious expression.

"You didn't have to shove me into the wall..." Evermore complained. Flare just rolled her eyes.

"Get over it, drama queen." she replied. Evermore mumbled and grumbled, but followed Flare as she walked down the corridor, closely followed by Arrow.

"Why are you being so negative?" Evermore asked Flare. She grunted.

"It's my job to be negative." Flare said simply. Evermore wrinkled her brow. Arrow was looking at Evermore's strange expression.

"You okay?" he asked her. She flinched, as if she was just brought back to reality. She looked up at him.

"Oh, yeah." Evermore said. "Just thinking..." Arrow grinned in response. They both turned around and kept walking to Celestia's throne room.

It didn't take them long to reach their desired location. Celestia was sitting in her throne, in her usual position. She smiled as they walked in.

"Ah, Evermore. Have you enjoyed your visit so far?" she asked. Evermore smiled at the alicorn.

"Very much, thank you, Your Majesty." she replied, bowing politely to the princess. Celestia's expression turned serious.

"We have something very important to talk about..." she said. Evermore looked up at her.

"What do you know... about the Changelings?"