Chapter 12
A noble who wishes to stay nobility knows when it is safe to speak, and when it is safest to whisper. In spite of this—or perhaps because of this—a princess knows when and where to listen to get the information she needs, regardless of the manner it’s shared.
Unfortunately, this time she didn’t even need to listen closely to hear the rumors. Nobility everywhere didn’t even bother to lower their voices as they expressed their disgust with the changelings. There was talk of an expulsion order, headed by Prince Blueblood himself, that would require any changeling who entered Canterlot to be thrown in a dungeon (his words exactly). He had, of course, neglected to consider the logistics of this order. Still, the idea seemed to be gaining some traction.
This is why Twilight Sparkle had issued a hive-wide summons, looking for volunteers for a trip to Ponyville.
“Ponyville?” Bruch asked, confused.
“Yes,” Twilight said. “It’s a more welcoming town than Canterlot. If somepony like me can find friends there, surely changelings will be accepted. We’re going to start by placing changelings with my friends, and then go on from there.” She paused. “I hope,” she added quietly.
“Placing?” Bruch asked, his voice now wary.
Twilight cracked a smile. “If they can put up with me, putting up with changelings who are actually trying to fit in shouldn't be hard at all. It will show that changelings can coexist with ponies.”
Bruch paused, mentally running through that scenario. “That sounds…”
“Utopian?” Twilight supplied.
Bruch cocked his head, unfamiliar with that term.
“Too good to be true?” Twilight tried.
Bruch hesitated, then nodded.
Twilight exhaled, her breath carrying the weight this new queenship had forced upon her. “It might be,” she admitted, “but we have to try.”
Bruch found he had no rebuttal to this.
“Now I just need…” Her voice trailed off as two changelings suddenly appeared in front of her.
“We heard you were looking for volunteers?” Nimri asked with what must have been for changelings a winning smile. Apparently, changelings showed off their fangs when trying to garner attention.
Twilight regretfully shook her head. “I'm afraid I'll need you to sit this one out.”
“Not us?” Ithir wondered, hurt crossing his face.
“Have we displeased you in some way?” Nimri asked, his voice worried and nearly a whisper.
“Of course not,” Twilight said firmly. “But my vision is that every changeling can join pony society, not just the exceptionally skilled infiltrators such as yourselves.”
Ithir blinked, and then shrugged nonchalantly, but it was clear that he felt highly complimented.
“So that’s why I’m looking for many different changelings, each with their own perspectives, and by doing so, I’ll hopefully be proving that no matter how odd they may be, all changelings can work together with ponies.”
One passing changeling poked her head up hopefully and looked back, but when she saw who had been speaking she quickly ducked her head again and continued walking.
Twilight frowned. For some reason, her curiosity was piqued. “Who is that?” she asked.
Bruch grimaced. “That’s... Ponneka, Princess.”
Twilight called. “Ponneka!”
The changeling froze. Her wings and short tail clenched tightly against her body, and her ears pinned against her head. Twilight found it interesting how changelings and ponies reacted similarly.
She slowly turned around, eyes fixed firmly on the ground. “Yes, Princess?” she asked in a whisper.
“Did you want to come to Ponyville, too?”
“They wouldn't want me,” she said quietly.
Twilight glanced over at Bruch. “Why not?”
“She’s... she’s a poniphile, Princess.” Bruch was noticeably embarrassed about this.
“What does that mean?” Twilight asked, looking at the changeling in question.
She didn’t meet Twilight’s gaze. “I... I like having sex with ponies, Princess,” Ponneka explained, in a nearly inaudible voice. It was obviously a sign of shame, or at the very least strongly taboo in changeling culture.
“Well, you do have ‘pony’ in your name.”
Ponneka glanced up long enough to protest, “It’s Pon-NEH-ka, not Pon-NEE-ka,” before quickly remembering where she was, and dropping her head once more. It almost looked like she expected to be struck.
“It... still sounds the same to me,” Twilight admitted. She turned back to Bruch. “But I thought changelings did that anyway?”
Bruch rolled his eyes. “Changelings will do it, but that doesn’t mean we like it. I imagine a lion doesn’t particularly care for chasing down his prey, but he does anyway. I imagine eagles don’t enjoy squinting into the sun to find fish, but they do it anyway. We are hunters. We do what we must to survive.”
“Interesting,” Twilight murmured. “You’re quite the philosophical race, aren’t you?”
“More like our minds wander when hunger pangs keep us awake at night,” Bruch corrected quietly.
Twilight bit her lower lip. As queen of the changelings, she felt responsible for that, and made a quiet promise to herself that no changeling would go hungry again. She shook her head to clear it, turned to face Ponneka, and continued. “All right, then. You’re in.”
Ponneka’s ears pricked up and her eyes widened. A slow smile spread across her face.
“But, Princess,” Bruch protested.
“All perspectives,” Twilight repeated.
Bruch scowled and exhaled slowly, but did not argue further. “Fine, but she’s not sitting next to me on the train.”
Twilight flinched. “Oh, that reminds me… I should probably let my friends know we're coming.”
“They don't know?” Bruch asked.
“I kindof forgot to tell them,” Twilight admitted sheepishly. “But I’m sure they’ll agree, no problem.”
* * *
“I'm not sure I can agree with that,” Applejack said slowly.
Twilight grimaced. This wasn't quite how she'd expected it to go. Then again, she had somewhat compensated for this possibility by asking her friends to come one at a time, just to space things out. Applejack and Rainbow Dash would be the most stubborn, and so they were here first.
Applejack adjusted her hat and continued. “Look, Twilight. I trust you, and your judgement. But what I don't trust is them,” she said, jabbing a hoof at the changelings.
The door opened, and Rarity entered, head held high. She slowed to a stop as she saw the changelings behind Twilight. “What's going on?” Rarity asked, her voice raising a few pitches.
“Twilight's trying to stick changelings with us,” Rainbow said quickly.
That made Rarity pause. “Is that so?" she asked, her voice now nearly an octave higher than usual.
“I think it’d be a good example,” Twilight said weakly. “It'd... show how they can... live with us?”
“They’re creepy,” Rainbow emphasized, pointing again. “I mean, look at those eyes!”
Hrit stuck his tongue out at Rainbow when she looked away, and quickly pulled it back inside his mouth when she looked at him. She narrowed her eyes, not buying his innocent whistling act for a second. He'd done something, but she wasn't sure what.
“They're not…” Twilight sighed. “Ok, they kindof are,” she admitted. “But I think they could be a great asset.”
“Or just be pains in ours,” Rainbow countered.
Twilight frowned. “Rainbow…” she said.
Rainbow exhaled. “Fine,” she grumbled. “I’ll go along with this. But I won't be happy about it.”
“Happy about what?”
Twilight looked up and saw Fluttershy, standing in the doorway.
“She's gonna try and stick changelings with us.”
Fluttershy blinked, and then followed Rainbow's hoof to where the changelings stood. Her eyes widened—having them in the same hospital room was one thing; but being in her cottage?—and then her eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted.
Rarity sniffed. “She took that rather well.”
Twilight began massaging her temples. Perfect. Really.
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I'm betting Fluttershy gets along best with them, though. I mean, she managed to befriend Discord, and he rewrote her mind to make her a titanic bitch and had 0% interest in actually getting along with her. Pinkie Pie second, I'd guess--there are no stops on the Befriending Train. Either that, or one of the CMC will end up repeating what Apple Bloom did with Zecora.
And of course, Rarity could always use a perfect model (and I think she'd get along fairly well with the romantically-inclined Ponneka. Romantics tend to get along alright with other romantics), Applejack would appreciate pretty much anything willing to do hard work to earn their keep, and if Twilight put in an Awesome changeling (s)he'd probably manage to earn Rainbow's approval. A warrior, perhaps? With the dangerous location of the hive, there's got to be changelings devoted to keeping predators away from the hive, or changelings who've gone on adventures searching for resources that the hive would need (they wouldn't exactly be close at hoof when the hive isolated like it was). All this would require her to pick carefully when choosing, of course. And I'd bet that Spike could fully understand somebuggy liking another species who probably wouldn't like them back. I'd love to see their reaction when they learn that their mistrust and fear is actually causing physical harm and illness to their guests, though--even Rainbow Dash doesn't actually like seeing others in pain.
That's only restricting myself to main characters... either way, the more personal nature of town life means ponies will actually interact with them more, compared to the impersonal distance of living in a city. And they wouldn't be living separately, in a hive, where they can be split off from the general population by guard-made barriers. Furthermore, Ponyville wasn't actually attacked--other than a smaller number who were at Canterlot, they have no personal experience with changelings, so wouldn't have as much fear-based prejudice as the Canterlotian ponies.
Don't worry, Ponneka!
Much like humans in fantasty societies, I'm certain that MLP ponies have a long history of having sex with every other race they can find.
I see that Twilight hasn't told anypony else about her transformation... or at least, not the other Elements.
I'm still waiting to see how she'll react when other stuff starts growing in... Heh.
Oh and having Changelings with the other five derps will be interesting.
Twilight you really should have thought this out better.
Is this your changeling continuum?
They're parasites, really. Predators kill, by design. Changelings don't. They're more like vampire bats, essentially speaking. Minor discomfort may be involved, but ultimately, nothing of real consequence to the host is taken. I suppose you could call that hunting, but in a fairly loose sense.
It'd be funny if it was some kind of faux pas in chengerleng society to actually admit that to yourself, though.
Also, "poniphile," pfffhahahaha.
well that's interesting, the organized Twilight forgot to do a key element of her plan. Most interesting.
I am now far more intrigued with this story as there is evidence of psychological changes as well as physical. most interesting.
6965291 Well, it's "Mi Amore Cadenza" but heck I dunno, you're right. I think it's so kids can be silly and be all like "Cady" or "Cadybug" ... ugh I just almost made myself sick with that sweetness.
How's Celestia doing? She hasn't been seen in more than a chapter.
I completely side with twi on this one why is poniphile a thing i mean they are supposed to extract love and lust and both lead to the same place eventualy what would be wrong for one of them to enjoy the act.
Heh, I am sure Rarity will soon learn that a changeling can make the best of assistants. After all, what other pony can be the perfect model for her, to match a dress perfectly to a customer, no matter how busy and unable to try things on they are.
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I guess it really depends - are changelings compatible with ponies, or are they unable to breed? I'd think if it was the latter, it would be frowned upon because they're not adding to the population of the hive.
I like the ponefile thing it is basicly haveing fun fucking their food.
6967524 Romantic love OFTEN leads to sex. Not always. Platonic love can lead to sex, if the individuals are down with the whole friends with benefits concept. Parental love should not lead to sex. All of these are loves a changeling can feed on. They don't need to be in a legitimate relationship, just replace one party in a loving relationship temporarily and be convincing.
Lust is considered subpar and actually not very palatable if the last chapter is anything to go by. It's just easier to get.
Add in the fact that they are in fact different species, and the idea that most changelings don't actually find ponies desirable seems very plausible, and if nothing else, deviating from the normative can easily be considered taboo.
I sense a ship coming...
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No, it cannot. "Not physical or erotic" is literally part of the definition of platonic.
Poor Twilight, it's going to take more than mere logic to win ponies over!
Keep going! ;)
Betting Ponneka gets set up a the Apple farm. If you know what I mean.
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Still waiting for Rarity to have a conniption when she finds out Twilight's kind of turning into a changeling queen; fur loss being the most obvious as she sheds all over the place. It could be funny for a scene, watching a paniced Rarity and/or Twilight herself trying to scoop up lost fur in hooves and press it back on as if it might stick, leading to dual fainting couches. (Grimdark fic would have the transformation progress like something from The Fly)
If Twilight's is a clever pony (for now), she might be already be piecing the clues together and realize what's happening to herself, not that she can do anything about it. At least at the end, she'll be able to change back into her old self? (A Twilight themed Queen could still be kinda hawt tho, heh(
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It's probably just an attitude issue. Something along the lines of "they're our food, therefore a changeling wanting to have sex with a pony is like a pony wanting to **** a tasty dandelion sandwich."
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Bruch describes lust as "slightly bitter, but palatable" back in chapter 6 and mentions some changelings liking the taste a little too much. I think we've now met one of those.
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Well, you do hear some things about Pinkie Pie and cheese sandwiches every so often...
6968236 Thank you.
Poneka. Big Mac. Next chapter.
6968321 Oh, someone already suggested PonnMac.
Tscherbobog. I thought we eradicated this religion the elebenth century...
[youtube=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FXXwssdBRYY] Lol . Sorry I had to do it.
. Next chapter please.
Next Chapter?
I stumbled across this and started reading. I liked it, then I finished far to quickly. I humbly request *DEMAND* more chapters. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
6995652 Maybe you can edit the chapter and change Celestia's response to be something around the lines of setting up plans for the ceremony? Or I guess you might just not bother, since it is a fairly minor point in your overall story.
6969606 Him or Cloudkicker. Depends what sort of awkward the author is after.
Crap I ran out of chapters nooooooooooo
Hmm… Twilight is a 'poniphile' too, right?
8089758 In all its technical glory...yes, yes she is. However, I think the author is trying to get across how its wierd and not socially accepted. I just losely associate it with pedophile.
Wow...
are ALL being assholes. Like boo hoo, they're a different race than you! It somehow makes them
different. Some elements of harmony you are! (Great story btw)
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Pinkie is not she likes them.