I Swear, I'm Not!
“Twilight, stop pacing. You’re in a rut. Again.”
Spike’s voice shook the lavender unicorn out of her stupor. She looked down. Sure enough, she had worn a deep groove into the wooden floor. She flushed, climbing out of it.
“I’m sorry, Spike. I guess I’m just nervous, that’s all.” Twilight massaged her temples. “I mean, it IS such a big secret to tell and all, and I, well, I can’t help but be nervous! What if they don’t like it? What if they abandon me entirely?”
She inhaled sharply. “Oh no. If they abandon me, then it means I’m a bad friend, and if I’m a bad friend then that means my friendship studies are all wrong, and that means Princess Celestia will expel me as her student, and that means I-mmmph!”
She suddenly found her muzzle pressed shut, with a dragon glaring at her. “Twilight! Calm down. They are your friends. They’re not going to judge you. I promise.”
“Mmphmie mhrmimm?”
Spike rolled his eyes. “Cross my heart.” He released her muzzle.
Twilight found herself relaxing. “I guess you’re right, Spike. I’m just panicking over nothing.” As if on cue, a knock sounded on the door. “Oh no! They’re here!”
Spike facepalmed. “I’ll go get it.” He waddled over to the door and opened it. “Hello, come on in, don’t mind our resident nervous breakdown, I’ll fix her in a minute.”
A shout was heard. “There is nothing to fix!”
Spike rolled his eyes. “As I said. Come on in. I’ll go get the tea.” He waddled over to the kitchen, letting the various ponies file through the front door.
-----
“Twilight?”
“Er, yes, Rarity?”
“If you don’t mind me asking, Darling, why did you call all of us here?” The alabaster unicorn adjusted her teacup slightly. “Not that I mind, Darling, but you made it sound so... urgent.”
Twilight gulped. Her eyes flitted from Fluttershy, looking on curiously, to Applejack, who had raised an eyebrow. She offered a nervous smile. “Ah, well, yes. Th-there is something I have decided to tell you.” She looked at her friends. “Er, well, do you remember when we all first met?”
Rarity waved her hoof. “Why of course, Darling! You might have been the most unskilled inflitrator I’ve seen - even Rainbow Dash makes for a better spy - but I confess you were the most adorable mess I’ve ever laid my eyes upon.”
Fluttershy nodded enthusiastically. “Oh, I agree. Your insistence that you were a pony was just about the cutest thing I’ve seen!” She pressed her forehooves together with hearts in her eyes. “Sooo cuuu~te!”
Pinkie giggled. “Why, I bet our little Twilight is just about the cutest little drone ever under that adorable lavender coat!”
That’s when Applejack decided to chime in. “Aw, shucks, Sugarcube. Ya’ll can show us. We won’t be judging you, honestly.” She poked the shivering unicorn. “Ah promise.”
Twilight locked eyes with the one pony who hadn’t spoken up. “A-and you, Rainbow? What about you?”
The prismatic pegasus rubbed the back of her neck. “Okay, I’ll tell ya, but this will not leave this room, okay?” She let out an involuntary giggle. “I have an image to upkeep with my fans, you know?” The mare took a deep breath. “From the moment I saw ya, I knew you needed protecting. No matter from who.” She looked indecisive for a moment, before hugging the lavender unicorn quickly, and drawing back just as fast. “Nopony saw me do this.”
The ponies let out a chuckle at this. “Don’t worry, Darling,” said Rarity. “Your secret soft spot is safe with us.”
A sniffle bought them to a halt. They turned to see Twilight hurriedly wiping her eyes. “I’m sorry,” she sniffed. “You are such good friends... but...” She bit her lip.
“The truth is... I’m not actually a Changeling.”
Rarity was the first to react, walking up to the lavender mare and placing a hoof on her shoulder. “Darling, you don’t have to be ashamed. We all support you. You don’t have to keep it in.”
Twilight shrugged the hoof off, looking at her friends with shining, teary eyes. “But don’t you see? I really am not! I’m a pony! I have always been a pony!” She looked down. “I shouldn’t need constant reassurance of that, but it’s the truth. I’ve always told the truth when I’ve denied being one. I’m sorry it came out differently.” The mare sat down on the floor. “I’m sorry.”
The mares exchanged glances, as if having a silent conference between each other. Fluttershy was the one to step forward. “Um, Twilight?”
The mare sniffled. “Fluttershy?”
The pegasus scuffed her hoof on the floor. “Um. If you don’t mind me asking, why do you feel the need to assure yourself? I-if you’re a pony, that is.” She chewed on a strand of her mane. “Unless it’s, um, private.” The butter yellow mare scooted closer. “But we’re still here for you, Twilight. We’re friends.”
Twilight smiled. “Thank you, Fluttershy. This means a lot to me.” She bit her lip. “But you don’t want to hear it. It’s stupid.”
Rarity was the first to huff. “Oh, don’t be ridiculus, Darling. No matter how stupid it may be, it’s better to tell it than to keep it in.”
“In her defense, it really is stupid,” commented Spike from atop the bookshelf, making all six mares jump. He idly turned the page of his comic book.
“What in tarnation?”
It seemed Applejack was particularly affected by Spike’s sudden decision to speak up. The dragon in question rolled his eyes. “I’m making sure you lot won’t be hurting Twilight.” As the ponies started to look particularly outraged, he added, “So far my fears have been unfounded.”
Pinkie chose that particular moment to speak up. “So tell us, Twilight! What was that silly event that spurred all this misunderstanding?”
The lavender unicorn hid a smile. “Well, I suppose it was kind of silly.” She thought for a moment. “There was this filly I knew back in Celestia’s School. Moondancer. If it weren’t for a differing coloration, we could look like twins. I wonder what she’s doing now...”
Twilight fell into a thought, but quickly shook herself out of it. “Anyway. There was this Any-Color coat-dye Shining bought for something or other and, well, I got a little curious.” Her friends, having had first-hoof experience with Twilight’s curiousity, chuckled knowingly.
Twilight bit her lip. “So in little time, I looked the exact copy of Moondancer. And then discovered I couldn’t change back.” She looked downcast. “And then went to Moondancer to see if she knew anything about changing back, and...” Twilight paused. Her friends exchanged glances.
She sighed. “...and then her sister called me a changeling and got the Royal Guard involved. It kind of stuck with me.”
Silence. Even more glances were exchanged.
From atop the shelf, Spike yawned. “See, I told you it was stupid.”
Rainbow Dash frowned. “Uh, I dunno. I kinda see where she’s coming from.”
Fluttershy nodded. “Oh, that must have been terrifying!”
“I must say I agree with Fluttershy, Darling,” exclaimed Rarity. “No wonder it left a mark this big on you, it must have been quite the harrowing experience!”
Applejack and Pinkie simply exchanged a meaningful glance and hugged their friend. Twilight smiled. “Thanks, girls. You are true friends.”
-----
“You know, girls, I’ve been wondering,” stated Twilight over a cup of nice, soothing tea. “What made you guys think I was a Changeling anyway? I mean,” she added over the perplexed stares, “I was an antisocial book nerd before coming here. I spent weeks in a library. Where could I have possibly gotten enough love energy to survive?”
The mare shrugged. “You know, it’s funny. I’m the least likely of all of us to be a Changeling. Any one of you are vastly more suited to that role!”
Her friends started exchanging glances. Twilight didn’t notice.
“I mean, Applejack is loved by her family, Rainbow is loved by her fans, Rarity is loved by her customers, Fluttershy is loved by her animals, and Pinkie is loved by the whole of Ponyville!” She giggled. “How do I know you all aren’t Changelings instead?”
Her giggle died upon seeing the slightly guilty looks on the faces of her friends. Her expression quickly turned incredulous.
“You’re kidding.”
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It's a recolornundrum.
Hehe. Nice punchline.
Nice twist.
...aha! I get it!
Actually pretty good.
To be honest, you'd think changelings would be able to at least tell ponies and disguised changelings apart by their presumable inability to feed on the latter. But hey, at least you didn't do the atrocious "My secret is actually that while I'm totally not a changeling, I'm actually gay" thing.
6712346
That is actually a thing?
6712399 It is not just a thing, it's a cliched thing. I try to watch out for signs of that, but occasionally still run into it when cleverly hidden. This fandom, seriously. (There's also "My secret is actually that I am a vampony" and all that kind of stuff, but while those are usually also stupid they're not quite as annoying.)
6712410
I've never run into that, to be honest.
6712426 Well, I do read an awful lot of stories... maybe I just have bad luck.
Okay. The flow from disbelief to acceptance it kinda strange. You'd have thought that there was something like "Okay, if you wanna be a pony you're a Pony, we don't judge." or some kind of proof.
Very nice! I loved the idea you toyed with throughout the whole story, although to be honest, I knew the twist ending was coming a long way off.
Spoilered thoughts - HEAVY SPOILERS AHEAD:
Everytime Rarity speaks, she kinda makes it obvious she's a changeling, but maybe that's just me.
Also, Twilight is loved by basically all of Equestria. When she went to the Trade stalls, for example, she was mobbed by about everypony there. Your argument in the story still works - and is still really powerful, so don't go changing it, I'm just commenting.
Very strong story! Good luck in the competition!
6714282
Oh, that was intentional, I assure you. She did assume Twilight was one, too, and saw no need to conceal.
Twilight became loved by all of Equestria, or at least well-known enough, only after Alicorn Ascension.
This story is set before Magical Mystery Cure.
6714313 Ah. The first I suspected, the second I derped on. Excellent explanations! Thank you.
Please continue xD somehow just continue it, its great
But I would really love to find out how did they manage to confuse Twi for a 'ling.
Nice comma.
All im saying. :P
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. I liked this. Also don't be sorry.
Now we only need a story where X is(or isn't) half-ling
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Tiny typo
event
Well that was a fun little read.
6715367 Don't you mean typo
sequal?
6712346
It's funny, isn't it? But even so, they didn't notice Fluttershy wasn't one of them during the battle in Canterlot.
Ha ha! Not bad.
6716501 Maybe they just didn't have time to focus during the hectic battle.
Nice. The only thing my critical ass can complain about is some OOC moments, particularly this one:
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6714313
I don't see how Rarity's revealing herself. Even reading it afterwards, I can't spot anything particularly revealing, expect specifically calling Twilight out as an infiltrator. And possibly an overuse of Darlings.
6712346
Maybe they all thought she was a changeling, so they just didn't bother trying to feed on her?
now all is right in the world.
The ironic subversion of a trend is one of the more annoying themes in modern works. You get a point for not going grimdark, pervert everything, philosophical doubletalk bull. That's about it.
6719073
...."Ironic" subversion?
I could have sworn I went for the real subversion.
6719087 ...I retract the point I gave you, then. That's worse.
6719319
Okaaaaaaaay?
Fun little read. Short, sweet, and to the point. Poor Twilight, though.
Anywho, caught a small error:
She suddenly found her muzzle pressed shut and a dragon glaring at him.
Liked/fav'd
Lolol
Short, sweet, and gave me a good laugh. Couldn't ask for more with this kind of shitty prompt. Good luck in the contest.
HiddenMaster out.
suddenly her friends willingness to believe chrysalis over twilight before the wedding makes so much more sense!!!!!
LOLS that ending.
>Written by Flowey
NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE!!!!!!!!
JK, I'll read it some time, just marking it for now. ;P
6719319 Aw, shut up. Who put the "I saw this twice in stories I willingly read and so it's overdone" stick up your whatever, anyway? The stories are good anyway.
Cute, though I think a story about the incident that led up to this would've been even funnier. Still, an enjoyable read.
Gotta be honest I read a previous story where Twilight found out every pony except her, Celestia, Luna, Trixie and Blueblood where changelings. It turned out Equestria was made up of different changelings swarms each under the impression their swarm was seamlessly blended into pony society. I expected this to be Twilight reveling to her friends that she now knew they where all changelings but she was a real pony.
6734286 Ooo thats sound interesting, do you remember the title? I would like to read that.
6737031
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/122849/changeling
I enjoyed this. Stories that turn a common cliché on their head like this always tickle my funny bone somehow.
Oh that's hilarious! They're all Changelings!
6748419
That's slightly misleading. After all, Twilight is not.
AS YOU SHOULD BE
JK
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6734286 I heard the reading for that. I kept on expecting Luna to pop in at the end and say " Did she buy it?"
Snrk, that punchline.
Cya
Raziel-chan