Where Am I?
A loud boom with a pink flash of light, a speedy trip soaring uncontrollably through the air, and a very hard landing later... and I have no idea where I am. My wings are injured from the fall, my chitin is cracked along my stomach and I'm starving. All in all, I'm doing pretty well.
I was in the middle of a wheat field, further than I could see... but considering that the wheat was taller than I was, It wasn't that impressive of a feat. I couldn't take a step without squashing the plants around me. Not that I even ate plants like ponies would; I didn't need them. I needed love. The sky was an eerie light blue with dark clouds overhead... and for some reason a few of the clouds had become thin lines across the sky, poking through the darker clouds like they didn't exist. Did Pegasai make those kinds of trails? I couldn't imagine how they would. Their magic must have something to do with clouds, yes, but... not in that way.
"Well," my chittery voice sighed, "I might as well find a way back to the hive. If anyling is alive to come back to, that is."
Behind me was a respectably deep crater; the place where I had impacted. Dirt, rocks and disturbed wheat stalks where everywhere and a scorched trail of soil marked my entrance into whichever farmer's... farm I had the unfortunate grace of crashing into. Movement was painful; every step shifting my cracked chitin and forced me to take a moment to catch my breath again. Thankfully I wasn't hurt enough to be bleeding, but it was still ridiculously painful to bear. If I didn't move however, I was going to starve to death very soon. I could try to look like any random pony that would come to mind, but my body wouldn't survive the shift between flesh and carapace. What was a crack in my shell would become a garish line across me.
I winced and ached my way through the pain and the wheat field to its edge, finally breaking free from the golden plants to fall face-first into an irrigation ditch. My wings reflexively buzzed in annoyance along with my pain, but complaining wasn't going to get me anywhere. I needed love, and I needed it now.
I continued away from the kilotrots of wheat and corn, not really remembering where this much farmland would exist in Equestria, but not really caring either. It gave me good cover if anypony were to come along. What had attracted my attention though, was the unending strip of nearly solid smooth stone. It stretched further than anything I had ever seen, and it wasn't even cobblestone! It was darker than my chitin with white dashed lines in the center, and a solid yellow line along the sides of it. I hadn't seen anypony use it, so I couldn't figure out its purpose. I mean, I knew it was a road, obviously, but why place one here if nopony used it?
The sun had already been setting when I woke up, but now the only thing to see by was my natural night vision granted by my glowing blue eyes. They wouldn't help me stay hidden, acting like the lanterns that they were, but I could hopefully spot somepony before they spotted me, hide in a bush, and shut my eyes. They would either figure that they saw something from being tired and carry on, or seek me out.
I had continued on well into the night at this point, not seeing a fur nor mane of anypony. I must have been blasted really far away from Equestria if I haven't found anypony yet. Maybe I was in Minos? That could explain why everything was so... giant. I had seen buildings in the distance, but they were large enough to be castles! They had the appearance of humble homes and barns, a few silos, that sort of thing... but the scale was almost upsetting! There were also some kind of strange metal... things on wheels just sitting there, unused next to the houses themselves.
I was torn from my thoughts when I spotted movement... or more like two large glowing eyes looming over the hill far ahead of me. The problem was with how fast they were headed towards me! I was wounded; I couldn't move fast enough to hide in the wheat nearby before the creature spotted me! I could close my eyes, but then it would just find me later instead of sooner. Should I try to escape? Should I just...
There wouldn't be much point in running, would there? There was nopony around for miles if I was in Minos, and the Minotaur were more likely to squish me than help, even if I were a pony.
Well. I might as well just sit down and stare death in the face, then.
It drew closer with each second, a steady low growl as it approached. Its eyes becoming larger and larger, bright enough to blind me. I had to shield my face from the intensity of the beast's eyes, tensing up as it drew close. A steady growl came from it... and then a click?
Beeping?
"Hey, Ricky! Come get a look at this!" I heard a voice yell. It seemed... nice... soft.
"Maria, get away from that thing!" A gruffer voice shouted back, another click and a slam following after.
"But Ricky, it's so pretty!" the voice pleaded. I pulled my holed hoof from my face and squinted into the light, finding... something? I've never seen a minotaur before, but... something told me that wasn't what I was looking at. It was bipedal, tall, thin... and had no horns. Definitely not a minotaur.
"What's it doing?" the rougher voice called to their companion.
"It's just sittin' there, Ricky! Get your coward self over here and help me with this poor critter! Eh, whatever it is..." the softer, shorter not-minotaur asked of the other.
"What's going on?" I asked, my voice chittering with nervous stress. They both froze, staring at me. They looked at each other but it was difficult to make out the details with the bright lights. "Can you tell the beast to look somewhere else? I can't see!"
"The..." Soft Voice started, "The beast... yeah."
I saw the soft voiced thing move away from me to the side of the beast, and eventually it... closed its eyes? They were still wide open, but... no light came from them. I shook my head and blinked, trying to get the spots of light out of my vision in order to see what I was dealing with better.
"Ricky, no!" Soft shouted, and suddenly I was struck in the side of the face by something flat and metallic. A loud clanging sound rang out as I was flung sideways onto the road.
"Aaaoww!" I complained, rubbing my face. The chitin was unharmed, but it seemed whatever I had been smacked with had my face as a dent in it.
"The heck did'ya do that for!?" Soft Voice yelled.
"That thing's a freakin' alien, Maria! Lookit those fangs!" Rough voice yelled back.
"So you think its a good idea to hit the poor thing with a darn shovel!?"
"It's freaky lookin'!"
"Oh, good excuse. I'll be sure to let the aliens know that you hit one o' their people with a shovel cuz' you were spooked."
My face really hurt. Rubbing it wasn't helping and... now my chest felt different. I think being flung across the road shifted the plates that were cracked.
"H-help?" I pleaded, trying to hold myself together. "I think I'm hurt even worse now..."
"Now you' gone an done it, Ricky!" Soft Voice scolded. I saw their figure rush up to me, and witnessed a creature I had never seen before.
They had a smooth face with an angular chin, or what I'm assuming was their chin. Two small eyes towards the mid upper part of their face with a wide forehead, soft cheeks if it was similar to a pony, and a tiny mouth as well. It had reddish-copper hair tied like a pony's tail coming from the back of its head. Maybe that was their mane? It didn't have a tail, so I had no idea how it was standing upright on its two legs, and it had two arms with... weird looking things on the ends of them. They were like a minotaur's hands but... softer; more agile.
"The heck kinda critter are you?" Soft voice asked... softly. It had probably been studying me in the same way.
"Maria, would you get away from that darned thing!?" Rough voice whisper shouted, tugging at Soft voice's shoulder.
"Get off me, Ricky! You hurt this poor thing, and now we're gonna take care of it!"
"Take care of it? What in the seven he-"
"'EY! Swear jar!" Soft interrupted, pointing towards the sleeping beast on the road.
"But I- you... darnit." Rough voice conceded in defeat, apparently the drone to this... queen of their party. I should probably ask.
"Are you the Queen?"
Their face scrunched up in a strange way, their eyebrows shooting up in disbelief and surprise as well. "The what now?"
I pointed my hoof at her, causing her to move back a bit in fear that I could taste. It was cold, biting and made me shiver. "I-I mean... the other follows your word. That would make you the leader, or queen, yes?"
It looked down at me skeptically before chuckling. "Yeah, sure. I'm the queen all right. Just wait until Mom hears 'bout this."
It then reached its arms towards me, attempting to pick me up and carry me like a newborn nymph. Strangely enough, it succeeded fairly easily.
"Yer a lot lighter'n I thought you'd be, alien thing." she smiled, carefully carrying me towards their beast. Getting a better look at the creature... it didn't seem to be alive. There looked to be chairs inside of it with a strange covering, some dark, smooth and shiny thing that held what seemed to be cups with straws, a brown bag of some kind between the two chairs and a metal stick sitting between the two chairs in the front. She shifted my body, resting my flank on her knee and pulled something underneath the chair, causing it to buckle forward.
"Okay, I'm gonna be careful as I can with you, alright? No laser beams from your eyes, please." Soft said seriously.
"I can't shoot lasers from my eyes. I don't actually know anypony or changeling that can do that..." I explained as I was moved inside of the beast, resting on a soft cushion in the back. My wings were doing well, considering the way this day had been progressing. They folded neatly behind my back and were pressed between myself and the cushions, but otherwise weren't hurting as much as they had been.
Soft Voice was radiating concern, worry and a bit of anger, though that was directed at Rough Voice. The other not-minotaur was radiating fear, intense worry and... more fear. Mostly directed towards me. There was also a hint of annoyance towards Soft Voice.
The two climbed inside of this strange metal beast, which I was beginning to think was actually more like a wagon or a train, soon slamming the doors as they got adjusted and pulled some strange strap across their bodies. Two clicks later, and they both stared past their seats to look at me.
I looked back at them in confusion.
"Maria, if this thing don't kill us before we get home, you're the one explainin' everythin' to Mom." Rough voice mandated.
"I already know that, Ricky. You keep an eye on it, and I'll do the drivin'."
"Drivin'?" I asked, copying Soft's voice to better convey my confusion with the word.
Rough looked to Soft, brows furrowed. "Did you just stutter?"
Soft then looked at Rough, then to me. "Did you say that?"
"Uh... what is Drivin', Soft voice?"
Two large spikes of worry and fear were my response, and Soft voice slammed her leg against something on the floor of the wagon, causing the beast to screech in pain before we lunged forward.
"Ah swear, the second we get home, you're the one gettin' grounded, not me!" Rough yelled over the roar of the beast.
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Bravo. You have captured my intrest. Have a moustache.
Yes, please I need this in my life.
Wonderfully executed.
Very nice start. Hope your main human characters aren't bumpkins and just have the accent.
Ow, unjustly shoveled!
i like the twist and the story and jokes are good keep up the good work
....go on. I want to see what happen next.
Very interesting. Can't wait to are where this goes. Up voted and put on my tracking shelf.
Interesting start. And I like the girl already.
#ChanglingvsShovel
*Shovel uses Side hit!*
*changling uses fake death move*
Ding Dong the Changling is dead.
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Hmm, the classic shovel to the face greeting between humans with aliens.
It was quite rude for the changeling to not fly up and wrap their hooves around Maria's and Ricky's necks in return even though he was injured.
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7621463 This isn't the first story to have that. It's not even the 100th. Those kinda stories are all over the place. Even had a phase with a whole bunch of them thanks to the Five Score, Divided by Four Universe
I like it.
I hoped they wouldn't understand him, which would have made it a bit more interessting, but the idea is still good and I still have to see what happens.
I can't figure out if they understaned him, or only part of what he is saying. What I say makes probably no sense, but it is somehow weird.
However that is really only a small thing and it is much better than other storys with a similar theme I had read till now. I mean at least the first chapter is so far.
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Which universe is that?
one small thing is that in the second paragraph, pegasai is actually pegasi, but I don't think it matters. but otherwise good story
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Don't let that stop you if you had a story in mind!
Nice
+1 to my tracking list 
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Ricky: Without his head, he's powerless!
Ah the old "hit it with a shovel first, ask questions later" approach for dealing with encounters with a being you've never seen before. He's lucky the changeling was exhausted or he might have eaten a green fireball in response or at least he could have taken the shovel from him.
I'm intrigued, I'll continue.
Um, I'm not sure where you're from, but in most places the yellow lines are in the center and the white are along the edge of the road. ;)
It's Kawaii, Imma keep it~! Best reasoning EVER!
7621333 I live in Oklahoma their are people who act like that (not everyone but some of them) I like how they didn't go with the single in an apartment that you see in HIE stories as long as they don't inbreed or anything like that it could be good I do still like over the top redneck stereotypes tho
Very unique and interesting story. I like it!
Oh no! This reminds me of TWD!
Also it sounds like their in Texas, but I'm probably wrong.
Good first chapter.^_^ I'll be reading more gradually.^^
No no NO! You got it backwards!!! White on the sides and yellow in the center, just like eggs! Grr, clearly ya'll aren't from the midwest!
7688334 well that depend on if it's a one way road or not
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well, as somepony from the U-neigh-ted Kingdom, that is how I remember roads being structured...
I LIKE it.
Straight to the point, good sense of humour, fast-pace neatly detailed discussion and action,
I must favourite this at once!
THANK YOU!
7765047 My thoughts as well!
Pegasi
Well, I like the idea.
Weird. My previous comment was deleted while I was editing it. Never had that happen before.
To summarize what I said: this story has potential, but it needs a tad more love. There are a few grammatical hiccups, some spelling errors (most noticeably when the changeling says 'no' instead of 'know' when refering to his knowledge on a subject), and some lackluster descriptions. It's not bad at all -- in fact, it's quite decent -- it just needs some more love.
Additionally, for something written in first person perspective, a bit more of a peek into his mind would have done the story some good. Right now, he's pretty much just observing and responding to things. We don't have a truly intimate grasp of his feelings or what makes him tick. A good example of a story that does this well is Fallout Equestria: The Chrysalis. Granted, your story is better than a lot of other stories on here from a technical standpoint, but I'm in a picky mood lately, so pointing out ways an author can improve in the future is kind of my thing.
I'm honestly quite interested, so I will be reading a bit more to make up my mind further on if I like this or not.
I just saw this in my recommended list. Read the synopsis, thought it was interesting. Read the first chapter, I kind of want to know what happens next. Keep on writing :)
Silly story idea my ass ive bin wateing for something like this. Ever since the canterlot invasion.
Just found this story.
I have to say, you're a prolific writer, and from what I've read here in the first chapter, a very good one.
I look forward to staying up far too late tonight reading the rest of this story. You deserve immense praise, in this author's humble opinion.
I am not worthy.
7621877 Draco uses max revive.
I can't believe I didn't look at this sooner. I guess I just assumed it was another "Brony finds X and cuddles with it" kind of story.
Which isn't bad, but this is so much better.
Pony on.Earth stories? Read and enjoyed many of those, so they're not THAT rare.
Changeling on Earth? Less common, but I HAVE seen the odd one with Chryssi.
Changeling DRONE on Earth though? THAT I haven't seen before now!
*Know
I decided to read this while I wait for the sequel to necromancy for foals, and I have to say, I have not been disappointed
I had heard of this story before but never read it, because of the title.
Its just anytime I see the word pet, and your referring to a sapient creature the automatic assumption is lewd...
But having read Necromancy for Foals I figured I'd give this a read, and glad to know that isn't how you were using the word.
The word pet made me avoid this story until now. You know what a better title would be? Earth-'Ling. Avoids the pet issue entirely and is straight to the point.
it's fun at first... until crossover happens
especially men in black.
MiB is so powerful, has so many allies. only galaxy-level threats can deals some actual damages.
and want to put them together with stargate and xcom in the future.... the super powerful ancients from stargate can't even build a proper warship.