This is a story about a sheep. A little sheep, locked deep in prison, put there by ponies. He doesn't want to be there, but then he's had to do a lot of things he doesn't want to. It's a shame he deserves to be in there.
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Prey Is sooo hot
When you get your hit, but you only end up wanting more... that's when you know you're an addict.
God this story is great
Had a bit of a holdup yesterday, but I'm halfway through editing it so it'll be done by this evening.
Edit: done about an hour after this message.
Bruh, that drone is screwed. The second Lemon Pink realizes that he's been replaced (which should take about two seconds), he's gonna have a nice torture session under a desperate mind leech.
Such a great intro to the next arc, keep up the good work^^
I guess it's time for the age old game of: "is he a changeling!"
But, for real. Great chapter, really liked how gloom and crimson were characterized in the final scene. The same is true for Lilly and Saffron in their scene.
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Bruh
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Wtf.
That is probably Prey because as long as he can touch somebody they will become his “partner in crime” and help him escape. Or maybe instead of a drone being Prey it is Chrysalis and she plans on mind controlling everyone in the ISND and take all of Preys mind runes for herself.
Aw, he's back, and bring more questions than awnsers, as usual.
Good chapter, it's a good setup for what's to come as usual.
I want those damn anwsers, and I'll get them with Chrysalis I presume.
Now it's everyone's question, is this a changeling ?
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Lol what
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Yep, every chapter is there, unread and fresh for a moment. Then *snnnnnniiiiiiifffffff* gone. All that’s left is a want for more.
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Changeling mind magic is more influencing than controlling, which as we have seen does not work on Prey either from that one part when a changeling tried to infiltrate the ISND, so no runes for the changelings.
... any time Luna gets a chance to do anything right, bitch does the worst possible thing. I can just imagine how previous conversations had gone...
They may have used different words, but I'm pretty sure that's all true.
And oh my god, that changeling is doing such a bad job that I'm pretty sure it has to be deliberate.
I wonder if Lemon is her own person now, considering the harmony blast. It would be interesting to see her grow without prey for a bit.
The question is, is that prey or a changeling
That poor changeling is going to have a REALLY hard time pretending to be prey, especially with crimson
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Yeah, you'd have thought a missing persons case and especially one for what appears to them as a child, would be a greater priority than a few bad nights' sleep. But, ponykind taking priority in ponykind's minds and all that...
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Can't wait to see it
Actually, I can't tell if that's a changeling or not. It could very well be Prey. After all, we still have yet to see the Second Purge that was mentioned a little while back, and it is completely possible that casting mind break on a hivemind could completely decimate the invasion army and force Chrysalis to pursue an alternative strategy to take Canterlot. Plus, a changeling would be caught almost instantly, whether by Luna, the ISND who know him too well, or Lemon Pink who will turn him inside-out.
Also, c'mon Luna. What the heck was that? "Oh yeah, your friend/one of my most accomplished troops might be dead since he's literally the only person unaccounted for, but I'm not gonna take the time to look for him instead of helping others who are fine anyway."
Personally i dislike double cliffhangers like this, but it will be interesting to see what happens _if_ he ever walks into his own room.
Error Report
been mutually beneficial to the toot of not thousands, (tune)
I am mildly cross you have yet to tell us what happened but if the next chapter doesn't start with some variation of "Who are you and where's Prey?" I will be mildly miffed. Though I do wonder, if Prey could shatter Lemon and basically turn her into another him, mostly, what could he do with a mostly hollow changeling? Could he turn it into a true double and that's what we're seeing?
What of the people Prey killed when he was trying to run, are they still dead?
Just finished reading and I have to agree that if this is a changeling he is about to have a bad time. If this is Prey he about to have a very big headache. and maybe some busted eardrums when Luna find out.
Never going to work for this changling. They should have just kept Prey as missing. They've already made two serious errors in not including the ribbon or tracer bands. First person that tries to touch him and he doesn't go into a panic is going to immediately know this isn't Prey for sure.
Guess the first question is whether anyone other than Gloom, Crimson, Lily, and Scenic will take the claims this isn't Prey seriously. We know those four won't buy it for a second. Changeling will probably mess up with Saffron too. Second question is whether Lily and Scenic will be reinstated in time to help Gloom and Crimson track down the real Prey. I'm assuming after the Discord incident Scenic will be questioning whether retiring was the right course of action.
I fully expect that if this is some sort of infiltrator that they will kick off every rune in preys house, if not then say hello to whatever was locked in Prey's head or Gossamer.
Also I would not be surprised if every other nation forms a coalition to protest the amount of handwaving the royal sisters/ pony kind are doing to Discord's brief stint of freedom, that or sends assassins when they learn of his reformation.
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I would not be too sure they made a mistake.
We know they have been following Prey for a long time, so they defenetly know that he usually wears a ribbon and two bracelets. They must have knowingly chose to not include them. They probably already know his usuall behaviour as well.
At the end of last chapter Prey did not have the bracelets on him, as well as the ribbon. And, seeing as they probably didn't see discord take them, they dont actually know where they are, they don't necessarily know when and how the got lost, if at all, it's safest play to not include them.
I also highly doubt they don't know the bracelets are tracers, so faking them is also impossible anyways.
However, they are not aware of how much, and why the ribbon is important, but than again, neither does anyone else really, maybe except crimson.
While I too, believe they will slip up soonish, they only have to fake it until the invasion that's right around the corner, seems to me doable, especially considering they have more reason to suspect mind altering or him hiding some other secret rather than imposter.
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End of previous chapter implies some changeling took his form, so it must be them.
Curious focus on house Fell; by real world logic, they are most likely to be the ones who organized Resistance war, and therefore Prey's arch enemy.
https://freeimage.host/i/RPvukP I just hope Prey will be fine, somehow.
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That's a very good drawing, did you make it?
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A pony foal goes missing: the entirety of the Royal Guard and Night Guard on alert
A sheep lamb goes missing: listen, I got this important paperwork that needs filing...
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Yes, suddenly remembered about a sketch made when relevant chapter was out.
I was panicking thinking that the chapter would end without knowing if Prey survived, glad to be wrong.
I may be in the minority, but I don’t believe that he was impersonated by a Changeling. (If he is, it would combust the instant it gets inside Prey's room) What I think the guards are noticing differently is the missing ribbon, cause (if I remember correctly) it had some kind of passive "don’t notice me" rune in it. So without it, Prey stands out more than normal.
What puzzles me (if I'm correct) is how he escaped and why he returned to the castle.... He may had made a deal with the changelings, but Prey is highly unlikely to do such a thing. So, I think that he destroyed that hive or mind wiped the commanders (this would be the 2nd incursion) and then he came back because he fears Luna’s dream-walking ability.
Glad to read how Randy is doing! Why would he remember Prey’s songs? Would it mean that Harmony fixed/removed some of his manipulations? That would be worrisome if, for example, Gloom starts remembering Prey murdering the unicorns. Or maybe it’s a mental trigger that Lemon/Prey left in him for some reason. Or maybe it just shows that it is difficult to erase everything from a mind.🤔
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Same, with Prey's runes, and his accomplice Lemon Pink, able to identify Prey nearly immediately, it'd be nearly impossible to mimic him.
Not to mention how difficult it'd be to mimic Prey in the first place, the changelings simply don't have enough information about Prey to impersonate him convincingly.
Even something as simple as physical contact would give them away.
And then they'd either immediately restrain and arrest Prey, or tell Luna/Nighthawk about the massive discrepancies, and then arrest Prey.
The changelings wouldn't try and mimic someone they know well enough only to know they couldn't mimic him.
I mean, if the changelings had prey in captivity, four days is enough to do... Something. That very well could be Prey, under changeling influence. Crysalis is a complete unknown, and considering the retcon on discord, Crysalis could be very different. Considering that she's likely immortal, or very long-lived, she's probably learned her fair share of dark magics.
The only reason Crysalis lost in FIM, was because of a dues ex Machina, a brief moment of sheer incompetence that likely would likely never have happened were it not a children's show. Here though? Well, they don't exist. At least, not for non-ponies.
With all that in mind, Crysalis using her hive mind could likely have learned most dark magics in existence, or at least those before even Prey was born. And besides, with a hive mind, who knows, with the will of hundreds or thousands pouring their will on Prey they could bypass Prey's mind magic. Even if all but a few of the changelings have their own free will.
So to me, it's very possible Prey is no longer who we know, but now merely a puppet, one of the ponies he looked to in disgust.
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I feel like if it was his only option, its a deal he would make.
If he did not make a deal, why would he return to the palace? to Luna. Even consithering his bond with crimson, his hate for the princesses run deeper I think.
I always actually wondered how his friends and acquaintances, as even if not always the easiest to understand or like. At least everyone around him can see his competence and usefulness, and i think this chapter captured that neatly, and the idea to have him get kidnapped right after discord wrecks everything , along with seeing how everyone is? Magnificent
Now the question i am considering is how will the tale be told? Will we hear everything told through prey, and we hear from gloom and crimsons point of view? Will it shift between the two or will we see mainly through crimson and gloom trying to figure out where prey went?
either way now that a new chapter is out i will like everyone else have to keep waiting on a new one, i always make time to read a chapter no matter what i do
For those pointing out the lack of tracer bands and ribbon, remember Discord ate the bands and Prey's ribbon was blown away somewhere after Prey's interaction with Discord.
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You forget about Harmony. Misterious power (pony collective unconcious?), that manifests exactly by making reality obey child story laws; sort of like happy rainbow WAAAGH.
if future—> his future
Is it a Changeling or is it the real Prey? If it's him, how did he survive? If it's a Changeling will it survive? And what is house Fell doing in the shadows, now of all times, the bastards?
Aww, man. If I were someone famous, I would end up in some kind of a fanfic rehab ages ago. 'cause I need that shiz to live.
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Forever drawn back. I think I remember you from back in early Austraeoh days, so doubly so for us lol
Luna: "So hey, I know I spontaneously pulled you all into shared dreams for meetings on several occasions, and I know I was able to force Prey to fall asleep from a distance and instantly locate his dream, but it suddenly takes me hours to find his dream now for no reason, and even though you all know for a fact that it's a lie, you all believe it, not to mention that it makes zero sense for me to be telling this lie in the first place. Personally I blame Discord."
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Her reasonong that dream realm is in total mess and cannot be navigated sounds valid and maybe its a bit more serious then ponies having bad dreams. Despite what Prey wants to think, alicorn powers look quite limited both in this story and in canon.
I just had a thought, despite how stupid it would be to impersonate Prey, what if that's the point?
What if in order to expose the changelings convincingly Prey mind controlled a changeling to attempt to mimic him knowing it would only get them exposed?
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My opinion is that the answer to your question is written in the chapter itself. Why are the ponies so well off after this massive blow and why is Luna, a mind mage, suddenly so busy that she cannot take care of her own wards?
To me the answer might be simple.
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Well, he mind killed those crazy ponies, not physically actually killed. He thought at the time they were permanently dead, but it seems like the Elements of Harmony undid all the harm that occurred during Discord's reign. Regardless of who did it. 💀👻
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Luna's actions certainly haven't been engendering any additional loyalty from Crimson and Gloom. However to answer a few questions, (without giving any spoilers), as Luna said, she couldn't easily locate Prey. 🍎
Before, when Luna put him to sleep, it was through the tracer bands. When she tracked him down to within a meter in Ponyville, that was also through the tracer bands. And being so easily able to find him in the dream realm, while that is certainly possible without the tracer bands, it is also much easier for her to find Prey's dreams when he still had them on. 🐑