Chapter 39: Interrogations
Shade was proud of himself, not only did he manage to sprint his way to the castle and make it right on time, but he also managed to keep pace with Rainbow Dash the whole time. What was less pleasant was when Shining Armor told him that this was not exactly a private meeting.
“The Press is going to be there.” He said as Shade was led down the halls with his wings strapped to his back. “So try not to do or say anything they could use against you.”
“Oh… This is going to go wonderfully…” Shade said sarcastically, “They are going to tear me apart the instant they see me…”
“Can’t argue with you there.” Shade looked towards the familiar voice. “Just try not to screw it up…” Silver said.
“Oh… Yeah…welp… I‘m screwed…” Shade said to himself.
“Just don’t do anything stupid…”
“Have you met me, Armor?” Shade replied. “I attacked your wife because I thought she was Chrysalis, forethought isn’t my forte.”
“Yeah… You’re right about that.” Shining Armor replied as the group came up to two large doors that Shade recognized from one of his first dreams… and the thought of that fear filled journey was not one he wanted to confront again. He was happy to see the doors open and show a crowd not made of shadows designed to scare him and rip him apart, instead, it was a bunch of ponies with cameras, notebooks pens, and way too many fedoras.
The Guards stopped and let him walk down the long hall himself.
“Break a leg.” Shining Armor said to which Shade smiled nervously and walked down the hall, only mildly aware of the stares by the newsponies. But he was more focused on the Alicorns at the far end. Celestia, Luna, and Cadence. Two he had met before, the third he didn’t really pay much attention to at first, and continued not to in favor of eyeing the comforting eyes of Cadence… And hope that she would be a voice of reason to stop him from being executed…
When he walked up to the three Princesses, he decided to salute to them as he would have before, because he didn’t want to take his eyes off of them. “You requested my presence, Princess?”
“Yes I did.” Celestia replied, her voice calm, but authoritive, she sounded innocent, but if Shade’s past dreams were anything to go on, he was not going to judge her for that. “You are Shade correct?”
Shade nodded. “That’s my name Princess. Ever since I was hatched over four hundred years ago.”
“Four hundred years?” Celestia repeated curiously. “That seems like an extraordinarily long life span for a Changeling.”
“I mean no disrespect when I say that I can understand the confusion.” Shade replied. “As I understand it, I am indeed a Changeling, but I was created through a process in which I was transformed into a Changeling against my will.”
None of the Princesses gave even a hint of their emotions, their faces remained blank.
“Do you know why we summoned you here today?” Celestia asked.
Shade shook his head. “I am unsure of the purpose Princess… However… You did mention my freedom.”
Celestia nodded. “I called this meeting to judge the legitimacy of your stories and determine the best course of action. Whether it be through Banishment or Freedom.”
“I understand Your Highness.” Shade replied with a bow. “You of course have my full cooperation. I will answer any and all questions that I am able to, however, my knowledge of Changelings is limited to what I have been taught.”
“Very well.” Celestia replied. “Firstly, this process by which you were transformed into a Changeling, when did you awake?”
“While time was difficult to tell, I suppose I awoke almost sixteen hours before the Invasion began. I was to be part of the main attack force against the city. However I was unsure.”
“You were present during the Invasion, could you tell us what transpired in that time?”
“Of course Princess.” Shade replied. “I was merely a standard Soldier… probably… Anyway, my mission was to attack the citizens, as the others began attacking the shield, I took the time to look around the city, I noticed the battle between you and Chrysalis, and when I saw her again, my blood boiled.”
“Is she not your Monarch?” Luna asked, almost like she was from the past, speaking with an accent that made Shade think about old plays.
“She was never my Monarch, she is the reason I am like this now. While my memories of the event that caused this are limited, I was defending my village, and failed, Chrysalis placed me in one of her cocoons and waited. I have no intention of following her. Though it seems I am forced to it.”
“What doth thou mean Changeling?” Luna asked.
“Once the shield shattered, I was pulled in by a command from Chrysalis, and during that time, I tried to locate and assist Twilight Sparkle and the others, in a way to stop the same fate as me from happening to another. However, a guard attacked me, so I defended myself. I am not proud of what I did that day. As I nearly killed the guard after draining him of any emotions he had.”
There was a collective gasp from the press at this.
“However I did not leave him.” Shade continued. “I used one of the spells my mother had taught me to attempt and heal his wounds, when the spell was complete, I left to try and find the Bearers, however I slowly lost hope for them as I watched the others.”
“In her reports, Twilight Sparkle mentions a filly accompanying you. What became of her?” Celestia asked.
Shade sighed. “Princess, the filly’s name is Meadow Song, I met her during the Invasion, where I helped save her from a changeling known as Spine, my Commanding officer. I managed to get us away, but not before I crashed through a building and injured my leg, I then walked out of the building with Meadow and came across Guards, then I was hit by the repulsion spell, sending both of us hurtling towards the Everfree Forest.”
Cadence looked at him. “Were either of you injured?”
“Yes Princess.” Shade replied. “I was badly injured, my leg appeared to have a crack in the Chitin, however, Meadow appeared fine. We spent the night in Everfree before entering the town of Ponyville, where I donned the Identity of Sunstreak.”
“Could you show us?” Celestia asked.
“Of course Princess.” Shade replied, in a flash of green fire, Sunstreak stood where Shade once had. “I created this form only a few hours before the invasion began, and it has served me well since then.” Shade looked up at the princesses. “The Filly known as Meadow became a friend of mine, I swore to get her back to her Mother, Candlelight, back in Canterlot. I spent the week in Ponyville, before bringing her here.”
“Why did thou wait such a long stretch of time?” Luna asked.
“I did not wish to compromise my own identity, I was fearful of what would have happened, I had to wait for the main bolster of defense to stop before attempting to return Meadow while keeping myself from any possible consequences of the Swarm. I am not like them Princess. I may be a Changeling, but I am no Monster.”
“Would you care to tell us why you have not left?” Celestia said. “After all, the Filly has gone missing…”
Sunstreak’s ears dropped. “I… Regret to say I was not on guard when I should have been. As I took Meadow to her home, I felt a small shiver, a warning sign I had developed to warn me of any unseen threats, I neglected it, and she was taken by Spine. However Spine insured that I could not follow, He broke my leg, my wing, and stabbed me through my other leg, then he left me for the Guards.” Sunstreak’s hatred was rising slowly, not only for his own stupidity, but for frustration.
“After… I woke up in a cell, was transferred to a hospital, and met my old friends, however, I was always looking for a sign of Spine, and I began looking at the problem from any angle I could…” Sunstreak looked up. “Even the possibility of… An assassination attempt on you Princess.”
The gasp was largely expected, what was not was the blue glow that lifted him into the air. “You planned an attack on Our Sister?”
“What? I…No!” Sunstreak said, looking at the Lunar Alicorn. “I…None of them worked… I was-”
“SILENCE WENCH!” Luna shouted at him and that word was the only thing Sunstreak could explain it as. Due to the force of the shout, Sunstreak turned back into Shade. “YOU HAVE JUST ADMITED TO PLANNING AN ATTEMPT ON OUR SISTER!”
Shade looked at the pure white eyes of the Alicorn. “Princess…I…I was merely looking at every possible angle… Including the thought that it was a ploy to get to Celestia.”
“Luna.” Celestia said to her sister. “Hear him out, we are not bound to the old ways.”
Shade felt the field holding him dissipate, which would have been good, if he was able to use his wings, instead of flying he slammed into the ground.
“You are right Tia, We still have trouble with these new ideas.” Luna replied.
“Shade. Please continue.” Celestia replied.
Shade picked himself off the ground, looking back up at the Princesses. “What do you want to know Princess?”
“Have you met any other Changelings since the invasion?”
Oh shit… Shade thought. “Um… I…” Shade began. He took a deep breath. “Before I answer, what will happen to them?”
Cadence let her stony exterior drop for a second to show concern. Celestia and Luna however remained as they were. “It depends on if they are a threat.”
Shade sighed. “Yes… I have met other Changelings from my hive.” Crowd gasp, “However… Since the Invasion, I have come to think of him as a close friend, he has done nothing to suggest he has any affiliation with the Swarm.”
“Who is this Agent?” Luna asked.
“I prefer to leave him out of this, he has no reason to attack Equestria. He prefers it here than to the Hive.”
Celestia nodded. “My final Question for you Shade, do you have any intention of returning to the Hive?”
Shade looked directly up at the Princess. “I would rather have myself impaled than return to the Hive, it is not my home, and it never will be. I would rather live my life in the dungeons of this very castle than go back to it.”
Celestia looked down at him. “Then I believe this will work out wonderfully. If you would please follow me. I would like to discuss this in private.”
Shade was shocked by the offer for a moment before nodding his head and following the Princess out of the hall and into a room with an image of a Sun on the door. Once the two of them were inside the room, Celestia closed the doors.
“I am sorry to have to subject you to that Shade.” Celestia said. “But the Nobles needed to know what you were truly like before I suggested this alternative.”
“Princess… What do you mean? What alternative?”
“Working for the Guard.” Celestia replied.
Shade’s eyes widened. “Princess… I … I can’t…”
“Not as a full time guard.” Celestia replied. “I merely require some assistance from a Changeling I can trust.” Celestia sat down behind her desk. “We conducted a raid last night on a Changeling outpost, we have fifty prisoners, and I would like for you to assist in Interrogations.”
Shade looked at the Princess surprised. “Princess… I haven’t conducted Interrogations in years and I…”
The Princess held up her hoof. “I do not wish for you to conduct them, I merely wish for you to be present. I wish for you to tell me if you recognize any of the Changelings, or in case they are fearful about revealing information of their hive.”
“Princess… I…” Shade thought about it. “I will do it… Under two conditions.”
Celestia nodded. “Very well, what would you like?”
“I want to make it so that my friends, are not held responsible for the Swarm. For the pure purpose of three of them are not affiliated with Chrysalis.”
“I will allow it, so long as they come and speak to me, so that I can confirm their intentions.”
“Second. I want to be able to walk freely around the city, none of this walking with somebody thing, I want to be able to take one of these friends of mine who wishes to see her daughter, who I have in my care, and I wish for it to be allowed for me to show her the city at night.”
Celestia eyed him. “This wouldn’t happen to be the Changeling that Cytes has in her care would it?”
“It is Celestia… And I believe she could help us.”
Celestia thought it over. “Very well… I will speak with Cytes about it. In the meantime, please follow me to the Interrogation room.”
Celestia pulled the restraints off of Shade’s wings, allowing him to walk around without drawing too much attention. Celestia led him to a small dark room, where there was a pane of glass between them and another room consisting of a few chairs, a steel table, and currently, a Changeling.
The Changeling looked nervous, not simply because it was inside of a blank sterile room, but it was fidgeting around a lot, mostly with a small portion on it’s forehoof like it had something to hide.
The door opened and Shining Armor walked in, along with the Captain of the Lunar Guard.
“So this is the bug that’s going to be helping us?” The Lunar Captain asked looking over Sunstreak. “Looks kind of small to knock Sunglider around.”
“You know I get that a lot.” Sunstreak said turning back into Shade. “Although when you have as much experience in the field as me, you learn to fight with more than brawn.”
“Really?” The Lunar Guard replied. “Prove it.”
Shade looked over the captain. “You have a bad wing, a few good hits to it could ground you, then it’s just a matter of hitting your kneecaps to leave you crippled.” Shade gave him a second look. “Then again… A swift uppercut to your jaw may just leave you crippled… Judging from that chipped fang, it hasn’t healed fully.”
The Lunar captain looked surprised. “What did you say his job used to be?”
“Berserker class warrior.” Shade replied with a smile. “Slight skill at magic, adept at long range attacks, and well read on dark magical arts, even if they are blocked off to me.” Shade looked back at the Guard. “I’d be happy to demonstrate my skills for you sometime.”
Shade looked back at the Changeling. “He’s nervous. He knows something… Maybe has a family… I can’t be too sure… But it has something to do with his front right leg, he’s been glancing at it frequently.”
“You got all that just from watching him?” Shining Armor asked impressed. “Where did you learn to do that?”
“Probing the subconscious mind is a skill most Berserkers have, after all, fear is the best weapon of an assassin.”
“Alright… Let’s go Darkstar.” Shining Armor said to the Lunar Guard, they both exited the room and turned up in the other room, looking at the Changeling. Shade watched with interest.
“Captain.” The Changeling said.
“Enough of the pleasantries, we want information on your hive.” Shining Armor said. “Come clean now, and maybe we can look to lessen your sentence.”
“I’m not going to talk to any Royal Guard filth like you.” He turned away from Shining Armor, rubbing at a small engraving on it's fore hoof. Hm… Interesting…
“Listen…We are trying to be nice here, show you some equality.”
“I don’t need your help!” The Changeling replied. “We would rather die than reveal anything to the Guard.”
“If you just tell us where you’re swarm is we can-”
“We will never reveal the location of…” A tapping sound stopped him from continuing. It came from behind the glass, as Shade hit it with his hoof.
“Excuse me.” Shining Armor said walking out the door, he re-entered into the backroom. “What?”
“He’s acting differently now… the only problem is… Something personal is stopping him. Let me talk to him.”
Shining Armor tapped Morse code on the glass and Darkstar exited. “You’re up Changeling.”
Shade walked into the small room. “Wow... This place is crappy.” Shade said as he walked into the room. “I expected better from the Royal Guard.”
The Changeling looked at Shade with surprise. “You…You’re a Changeling.”
“Ah… So you are intelligent. That’s good. I was afraid I would just be talking to a brick wall.”
“Why are you working with them?” The Changeling asked.
“Ah yes… this … Well they gave me a reason to live really.” Shade explained. “You see… Not all of us cleared that wall of theirs, I was launched right into it, left to die, no way out, and I was found by a Guard. I thought I was dead. But, I didn’t expect them to heal me. But they did, and it was surprising.”
“They…Helped…You…”
“Yes actually. They really do care, even if at first they are essentially Caretakers if you know what I mean. Nag. Nag. Nag. Even if I had almost no memory from my head slamming into a wall, they still tried.”
“But the Queen… She said they wanted us dead.” The Changeling glanced behind Shade.
“Well… Maybe… but our Queen isn’t the sharpest stick on the tree. Also… I doubt she cares for your family.”
The Changing looked at Shade. “How did you-?”
“Body language.” Shade replied. “You keep glancing at that carving on your foreleg and rubbing it, a wedding crest if I’m not mistaken. They can help.” Shade looked at the Changeling. “Please… They’ll help them, just tell us what you know about Ceymi and her Hive.”
“I… I don’t know anything…” The Changeling replied. “I was… I was warned she would kill them if we didn’t follow her. We had no choice…I’m just a Worker Class, I’m not meant to fight…”
Shade looked at the Changeling. “Tell me… Were any of the Changelings from Spine’s regiment?”
The Changeling looked up at him. “You mean the General… Yeah… Sergeant Shifter. He’s down there, he was there trying to capture a small filly they were eyeing for a while.”
“Thanks buddy.” Shade replied. “I’ll put in a good word for you.” He pushed off the table and walked towards the door. “What’s your name?”
“Rubble.”
“Thank you for your help Rubble. I’ll make sure they are taken care of. All I need from you is to lead these kind colts to Sergeant Shifter.” The two Royal Guards walked in.
“Wait…” Rubble said. “What’s your name?”
Shade turned around. “Just call me Nymph.” Shade said walking out of the room to the back room. “Say one word and I punch you.”
“Nymph?” Shining Armor repeated.
“It was what Spine always called me. I figured I might as well use it as a cover here. But it is not my name, so don’t use it unless we need to remain in cover.” Shade looked in the room. “Where’d Celestia go?”
“Important business. Who is Spine?” Darkstar asked.
“Old CO, jack ass, One who foalnapped Meadow, and a general, apparently.” Shade replied. “He was only a commander last I saw him…”
“Maybe he proved something to this Queen you despise so much to warrant a promotion.”
“Well… I am being accused of killing Chrysa-”
“YOU DID WHAT?” Shining Armor said surprised.
Shade flinched at the shout. “Okay… So… This is going to be complicated… But apparently Queen Chrysalis died at the hands of you and your wife’s repulsion spell, or something… And her daughter, Ceymi, used that to try and kill me for…some reason… Maybe I beat her in a past life or something. She now leads the Swarm.”
Darkstar whistled. “Nice going, Armor, maybe you aren’t worthless against Changelings after all.”
Shining Armor glared at him. “So, Chrysalis is dead?”
“Yup.” Shade replied.
“Anything else you would like to tell us?” Shining Armor asked.
Shade tapped his chin. “Love tastes like cotton candy.” Shade suppressed a laugh at the confused expression of the Captain.
A few minutes later, a second Changeling was brought up from the cells, he looked both more confident and in much better nourishment than the last Changeling.
“You’re up, Captain.” Shade said. “I’ll tap if I see anything important.”
The two captains walked into the room, where the Changeling was currently sitting, the suppression ring on his horn glowing green. “Ah… The Captains of Equestria.” He said lifting his hind legs onto the table. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”
Darkstar spoke first. “This is what you Changelings call a Sergeant?” He looked over the Changeling. “Looks more like a private to me.”
“Oo. Real clever.” Shifter replied. “What’s next? Calling me Bug, Insect, Changeling, well Bat brain?”
Darkstar was obviously insulted. “Bat brain! You little-!”
“Darkstar!” Shining Armor said. “A little professionalism please?” He looked back at the Changeling. “I don’t suppose you would be willing to tell us where your Queen is?”
“You’re right about that soldier boy.” Shifter replied. “I’m not telling you anything.” Shifter looked into the back room. “Him however…”
Shade was surprised. Then he remembered that spell Darkblaze told him about. He cursed under his breath before focusing back on the talk.
“Who are you talking about?” Shining Armor asked.
“That Changeling you’ve got behind the one way mirror. I can see him ya know.” The Changeling replied. “At least the higher ups can. None of these workers I was given as soldiers can.”
Shining Armor and Darkstar looked at each other. “How do we know you won’t try to use this Hive mind you have?”
Shifter modified his position. “Oh… I’m sure he’ll tell you either way. I’m not talking otherwise. What do you have to lose?”
“Cocky little shit…” Shade said before tapping on the glass. Shining Armor and Darkstar got up and walked out. They reentered the backroom and Darkstar was visibly angry.
“Bat brain my ass…”
“How do you want to handle this Shade?” Shining Armor asked.
“I’ll talk to him.” Shade replied. “Hopefully I can get some information out of him…” Shade watched the Changeling gain a smug smile. “If he really was with Spine, then he is my best chance to find Meadow… Then I can finally be sure she’s safe…”
“Then go ahead.” Shining Armor said.
Shade entered the interrogation room calmly.
“If my eyes don’t deceive me,” Shifter said. “Hello Nymph. Long time no see.”
Shade sat down. “My name is not Nymph, it’s Shade.”
“You can call yourself Queen Morphi for all I care.” Shifter replied. “I’m still gonna call you Nymph.”
“Who are you? And How do you know me?” Shade asked bluntly, not in the mood for tiptoeing around the situation.
“Oh yeah… Spine said you might lose your memory again. So how much do you remember from your most recent encounter with the General?”
“Everything.” Shade replied.
“Oh…Well… Maybe you can’t remember our Pheromones. But I was the one that grabbed that little filly.”
Shade’s eye twitched. “What did you do to her?”
Shifter smiled. “Oh… You really want to know?”
Shade slammed his hoof on the ground. “Tell me!”
“If you insist.” Shifter replied. He leaned in. “Well… After Spine dealt with you, he ordered the foal to be instantly fed on. Not enough to cause harm, just enough to stop her from crying.” Shifter leaned back, placing his hind legs on the table.
“You should have heard her, she just kept on wailing, crying for you to get up, she just kept screaming. So we drained her to knock her out so that we could pull her out. After that we dragged her back to the outpost in that cave. Then we started to have a bit a fun…”
Shade’s horn began to glow dimly as his eye twitched more frequently.
“We started a little small, just making her watch as she was drained, standard stuff. Then, Spine had a good idea, he saw your little disguise that the filly grew to know you by, so he decided to use it. He fed on the filly, and she screamed.”
Shade closed his eyes, turning his head away.
“She screamed and begged for you to stop. It was hilarious, she screamed, and screamed. Then she cried. She kept crying for hours. It was amazing, how quickly he shattered the friendship you made with her. He took that innocent little filly, and turned her into a cold, emotionless…”
Shade turned his horn towards Shifter, intending to fire a magical blast at him, but instead of a green glow, it was covered with a purple glow, and Shade got electrocuted. He slammed his hooves on the table and walked out. Slamming the door closed with his hind legs. “Vash’shalla Vak lirtala” Shade mumbled.
Shining Armor opened the door and came up to him. “Hey Shade! Where are you going?”
“I’m going to speak with Celestia!” Shade replied. “And then I’m going to light fire to something.”
“Hold on!” Shining Armor said. Shade stopped walking and turned to glare at him, even though Shining Armor was larger than him, the death glare still made him stop for a second.
“Hold up? HOLD UP! Do you understand what the Urpalok just said? They hurt her! They Drained her! For all I know, they killed her! I have the right to be angry right now! And I want nothing more than to slam that Fucker’s face into the wall!” Shade dragged his horn across the ground, causing a large wall of green fire to spout up. It quickly shrank though leaving Shade breathing heavily on the other side.
“Feel better?” Shining Armor asked.
“Yes…” Shade replied. “But I still want to talk to Celestia. I don’t think I can handle any more of these… Not today anyway…”
“I understand Shade. I do. Just… Do what you have to, you’ve been through so much already, and this can’t have been easy.” He looked at Shade. “Do you even know where Celestia’s Chamber is?”
Shade thought about it for a moment. “Honestly… I was just going to the throne room to hang out on the ceiling until she came back…”
Shining Armor rolled his eyes. “Come on, I’ll show you the way.” He looked at Shade’s wing. “You may want to get your wing under control first.”
Shade looked towards the appendage in question, to see it buzzing rapidly, and glowing slightly. Shade let out an annoyed sigh and transformed into Comet Trail. “Problem solved.”
“And who is this?” Shining Armor asked.
“Comet Trail.” Comet replied. “He… He should actually be here in the city, at least that’s what Tornado Dust told me…” Comet moved the blue mane from his eye. “I forgot about the hair… Anyway, Celestia?”
Shining Armor led Comet through the castle to where Celestia’s chamber was, Comet didn’t get a chance to look at it before, on the door was the symbol that resembled Celestia’s Mark, a sun with strangely wavy rays coming off it, Comet had to admire it for a minute before the door opened and he was motioned in by Shining Armor.
Comet let his disguise drop once he was inside.
“Ah Shade, have you learned anything?” Celestia asked, then saw the expression on his face. “Is something wrong?”
“You could say that…” Shade sighed. “I tried to kill him…”
Celestia looked at him concerned. “What did you learn?”
“I learned that Meadow is practically being tortured by them…” Shade replied. “They…They’ve been feeding on her… Using…Using this FUCKING FORM!” He turned into Sunstreak, a tear working its way down his coat. “They used it! They drained her using it!” Sunstreak looked at a mirror nearby and punched his hoof straight through it, right where his head should be. “I can’t even look at this form without feeling ashamed!” He changed to his natural form.
“I… I can’t… She…” Shade tried to say, but the words got mixed in his mouth. He was a mess, he was angry at Spine, Sad about Meadow, Disappointed in himself, and ashamed at what had been done using HIS identity. “Maybe I am just a monster…” He said falling to the floor. “She won’t even want to look at me for this… She must think I’m just another one of them…”
Shade looked over to the shattered mirror, seeing his own reflection, a crack straight through where his right eye should be, reflecting his blue eye over both sides. “How can I look her in the face after this?” Shade levitated one of the shards of glass and threw it at the reflection, smashing the remaining glass.
He looked down to the floor. “I can’t even… She… How did you do it?” He looked up at Celestia. “To see Luna turn into Nightmare Moon? To banish her like that? How did you ever manage to look at her again? How did she forgive you after what you did?”
Celestia got up and placed her wing over Shade. “When I banished my Sister, it hurt me deeply. I thought there wasn’t any way to get my sister back. For those many long years, I felt there was no way for her to forgive me. Much as you feel now, I wanted to give up more times than I am willing to admit.”
Shade looked up at the Princess. Surprised to hear her saying something like this, whenever he heard about Celestia, she seemed infallible, nothing seemed to get her into any fully emotional states, so hearing this from her caught him off guard.
“However, I never gave up on her. I knew she would return, whether she forgave me was up to fate. I was frightened of that day, I was even more frightened when the Elements were nowhere to be found, in case I had to repeat that day.” She looked down at Shade. “I know you will make the correct decision, do what you need to. While the Changelings that follow this new Queen may have used your form, do not forget who the original is. They may have used it, but they can never take your personality. I am sure Meadow will understand.”
Shade was still unsure, but one thing that would help, was a way to contact Shining Armor. “Do you have any of that Enchanted parchment I keep seeing Twilight use to contact Shining Armor?”
“Yes I believe I do. What is this for?” She asked levitating a scroll to him.
Shade grabbed it in his magic and placed it in one of the holes in his leg. “Just in case… I can’t be sure that Spine is truly gone, especially if he tried anything, I would rather have a direct line of contact with him, it’s as simple as lighting it on fire right?”
Celestia nodded. “And something else I’m sure will interest you, Cytes has allowed you to escort Miss Mirror around the city for the day, provided you have the filly with you.”
Shade wanted to ask questions, such as how she knew about Echo, but then remembered that she also knew about Cytes, Acari, probably Pupa, and Meadow before him ever telling her, so he didn’t ask. “Thank you Princess.”
“You are going to need to return to your disguise however.” Celestia replied. “That is Shining Armor’s order for you, so I won’t interfere with it. Besides, I think you did a rather good job for your first attempt.”
Shade was once again happy that Chitin didn’t blush.
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Wow, Shifter is a bastard.
More speech tag punctuation issues. Not marking, on phone.
welp is the "oh well" form.
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Ya mention that he says what's up to Celestia a Hella long time ago, but either of them don't seem to acknowledge that encounter in the past.
7373966 Well, for one, it was a small meeting, something like 200 years prior. Also, Celestia may not have recognized him as he is now a Changeling. That was also not the point of their meeting, so there was no real point to bring it up.
7374399 Is Shade not curious as to what happened to the Burning Fjords? I mean considering that he was fighting in that city he'd like to know what happened..
Wow... That was just sick... Meadow till need years of therapy for that...
ow. the feels hurt.