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// Where It Began 
// Story: A Changeling Through Equestria 
// by DeadEcho 
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It all started when the queen decided to invade Canterlot to get food for the hive. I was left behind because I was just a nymph. I always felt like I was different from the others.

While the others abducted ponies just to get love, I freed any I could find. It just felt wrong. Every other changeling thought otherwise and ridiculed me. I might have been because I didn't have any friends. 

Well... I did have one friend. We both didn't have names due to the queen not naming us. The hive was just empty minus a few remaining nymphs. I tried to chat but with no avail. 

I had decided that this wasn't the place for me. Every other changeling in the hive had a heart of black. How was I supposed to fit in. 
As I exited the hive for the first time I had gotten a chill. 

Everything was dead. There was no plant life. No living creatures besides me. I was alone. I continued across the badlands until I reached a small town with griffons. 

I decided to enter. I had to get away from the hive.