> Jabberwock: Changeling of Mythicality
>  by TheRadioactiveChangeling
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> Prologue - Story of the shifted
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As the chains on my hooves clacked and clanked, I continued working away. The wall is what I've been attacking for years. Nothing seemed to be effective. No Axe to break the stone, no sword to pierce the soft, nothing seemed to break it. No matter what I use.

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Yeah, and then you appeared. A heavenly blue light engulfed my cell as your angelic yet dark wings provided their own darkness, contrasting that of the moon light you brought in as well. My eyes could barely be kept open as they were attacked by pure brightness. I've been in the dark for so long. I barely saw any light. Then you bring me the light of the dark, and I smile.

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Then I hear you shall free me. I was esactic, but then I went deep into thought. Why would I be happy about someone freeing me? I didn't even know who you were.

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Should I even tell you anything about me? For all I know, you could be just as sadistic as those...captors. I'm being nice to them by not searching and striking them down. Why should I not? I've been abused and used by them for years. They deserve the wrath of me 6483 times over. Once for every day they've held me capture. Not to mention that witch that my species call a 'queen.' She gave me to them. ME! Her OWN, ACTUAL, SON! WHY SHOULD I NOT JUST FLY AND...Yes...Yes your right. I need to calm down.

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I apologize. I still need to manage my emotions. It's hard to, you know. I've never been taught how actually think, or feel correctly. It's strange, is it not? How it feels to not know how your own body works.

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Oh you do know? Yes...you were taken by the soul...I forgot that had happened. I wasn't told much, you know. Only things that could potentially disrupt...their...plans. I was aware of your nightmarish possessed return. My captors told me that I will protect them from your dark magic and I...accepted. I remember that day. It was that of terrible damage to myself. God I wish that I just slashed them there, but I was scared. I was manipulated.

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Yes, I also recall the day of the lady of chaos' return. That day was one of the best I've ever had, actually. I saw the world, even if it was through the lens of mayhem. It was...the day I escaped. Even If it was only for a day, it was a day I cherished. I wish I had more time, but they found me almost as soon as the chaos ended. I also remember the day...my kind decided to invade.

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Thankfully, she didn't find me, however another changeling found me. Thankfully, this changeling was nice, which I can't believe either, and kept me a secret.

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You might think that would be a good idea, but they told me after the chaos realm invaded that if I escaped again, I'd be...severely punished. 

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You don't want to know. Anyway, anything else before I get thrown into the new world?

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You really want to know the specifics, huh? I...I don't want to go into details, but if I really am free from the terror that was...them...I guess I can try to recall it.

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I...the first thing I ever remember was being awoken by an immense pain in my leg. I was a child at this time, you must understand. These...people...I can barely even call them that...can harm a child with no second thought. No matter what species I was, I think they wouldn't care. We weren't even seen as bad entities around that time, I don't think. I would ask you, but I know you weren't here.

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Oh yeah, I guess you were here almost a millennia ago. Any insight on changelings from that time?

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Really? Your telling me changelings, while they were peaceful, they could...no...that's too much to think about. We're getting off topic.

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Yes, where was I. After that painful injection, my memories become fuzzy. Most of the time it was basically the same routine as when you found me. I was forced to run for 3 hours, fly for 2, and train and get yelled at for 5. for the other 14 it was...whatever they wanted. 

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That's about all I can recall about the...creatures that imprisoned me. I don't know what they wanted with me, but I'm not sure if I want to know.

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Indeed.

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What? My name? Well...I'm not really sure. I remember 3 titles that I've been called since I was inside that cell.

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Uh...the one I remember the higher up calling me was J4-883-R. The others called me Jabber.

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I...I don't like the third thing they called me.

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What? Oh. The crystal on my chest? I'm...I'm not entirely sure how it works, but from what I gathered from my captors, it operates like a shift. Whenever I'm in a certain situation, apparently, It changes how I operate. I don't know how it changes me, whether it be my, personality, how my body works, how my powers work, or anything like that.

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I hope it doesn't work like that. I don't want to be just talking to someone and then suddenly I turn into my blue form.

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My blue form is...something alright. I basically become more...fun. I become more dexterous and I can make anyone laugh...or...that's what I was told when I shifted to it.

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Huh? It's similar to who?

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Well, I'm not sure who Pinkie Pie is, but I'm not sure if I want to run into them after how you described them.

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I'm sure she is, but with everything going on, I might have a heart attack whenever I meet her.

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Sure. Now, how about you tell me about you? I'm sure you've got an interesting tale to tell, and I need to trust you more. Plus, it's only fair.

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What do you mean no?

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WHAT? There's more of you coming!? Why didn't you tell me?

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NO! YOU DIDN'T!

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NO I...Y...you...your right. I...I really need to calm down. Just please make it so they don't hurt me.

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I'm sure they wouldn't either, but I know precautions must be taken...So who are they?

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Twi-Light Sparkle, Shining Armor, and Princess Cadence? Why...Why so many? That's seems a bit much, r-right?

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Again, I'm sure that they won't, but why so many? Please at least be close by.

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Okay...that makes me feel a bit better. Alright...I guess I'm ready.

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Why did you change?

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Oh! Okay, that makes...some sense. Well...send them down.
> 1: Interview with the Shifted
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Twilight was definitely Confused. Not as much as she has been in other episodes, but enough to be concerned.

When she had received of a changeling, she was worried. When she heard it was a strange changeling, she was even more so. When she heard that it was discovered by Princess Luna, she sighed. Then when she read that it was someone Luna had rescued, she was confused. Then, not just her, but also Her sister and her bride, Princess Cadence.

Why would one changeling need 3 ponies to interrogate him. It's not like she was even that good at it. While she had been a princess for a while, Tirek had shaken her confidence, a lot. Sure, she could definitely handle such a threat as one changeling, but the prospect of not just her, but also her sister, captain of the royal guard, and Princess Cadence, which I don't even need to elaborate further on her, was something to get her confused of.

Walking to the holding cell, she passed by a guards pony. He was gruff, and looked tired.

"Are you okay?" Twilight asked, out of curiosity. Sure, being a guards pony was difficult, but he shouldn't look so beat up.

"Oh yes I'm," He stopped and coughed. "I'm doing fine princess." Twilight doubted this, but continued onward. Was the changeling the result of him looking torn up? Plausible, but unlikely. He should be able to subdue them easily.

Gleaming got his keys out, gotten from Luna, and inserted one into the lock of the changeling's supposed door. Then another. Then another. She nervously chuckled, blushing as she kept putting in keys.

"Uhm, Gleam?" Cadence said to her husband. "Do you need some-"

"Nope! Don't worry Cadence! I'm fine! I got it! Come on and open! You Stupid door!" Gleaming said, getting angrier.

"Uh ma'm? The key fell off your ring," The guards pony said, pointing down to Gleaming's feet. low and behold, the jade colored key was lying down. 

"Ah hem! I knew that," Gleaming said, fake coughing, eliciting a laugh from her sister and her wife. The laughing stopped when the door opened and a sight they were not expecting entered their eyes.

"Whoa...why is this better than the guard dorms?" Gleaming Shield said, raising an eyebrow. The room was covered and doused in gold and gemstones. It looked like the Canterlot vault was turned into a penthouse suite. A Jade colored water fountain, 1800 thread count sheet mattress, Silk curtains and blankets, a small bath house area, a bookshelf, even a gold-plated fridge. Who needs that?

"I'm not honestly sure," A voice said to their left. Looking in that direction, they saw what they had thought they would find, but also not what they thought they would. It was a changeling alright, just no normal one.

He was wearing a standard black T-shirt, and regular sweatpants. No shoes or socks. His horn was curved, similarly to a changeling, but also different. It seemed to jot out at certain points of the horn with crystals. In fact, most of his body had this same feature of crystals, including one main one on his chest, with a transparent yet glowing hue. Some of his body resembled that of a changeling, yet others resembled that of a normal pony. His legs weren't holed in, yet he still had fangs. He grew a pony mane and ears, yet still had the stripes on his belly and, a somewhat similar tail to the changelings. His wings...well...his wings, even when retracted, they could tell it wasn't either side of the coin. A Base line starting from beneath his shoulders seemed to extend and had small flat blocks where the rest of the wings would be. Most shockingly though was a slit on the top wrists. A Straight slit. Nothing seemed going out or going in.

The changeling made a sheepish grin and waved to the 3 entering. He frowned almost immediately after.

"Go ahead and say it," The changeling told them, before looking out the window.

"Say what?" Twilight asked. The changeling turned back to them.

"'What are You?' I know I look barely anything like my species, much less anything like your species. Despite my obvious differences, I am still a changeling," The changeling said, looking at his hands before sitting down. "Now, let's get this interview started, shall we?" He said, civilly.

The three looked at each other before cadence spoke up, "I agree Mr..."

"I don't really have a name as of now, but you can just call me jabber. It's the name I was told was mine, even if I had no say in it. Also, no Mr. I hate formalities towards me," 'Jabber,' told them. They looked at each other again and then sat down at the gemstone encrusted table. "Like, seriously, I don't know why my room is the peak of luxury, I haven't really done anything worthy of this."

"I'm sure either Celestia or Luna would have a reason for such a...rich...cell," Twilight said, admiring and taking in all of the minerals and priceless gems.

"You must never want to leave this room. I wouldn't want to," Cadence said, also taking in the room.

"I'd agree, but a cell of gold, no matter how luxurious and beautiful it may be, is still just a cell," Jabber said, looking at the outside world. "Now, this cell is admittedly about 162% better than my previous one, but it is still just a cell."

"Wise words. Now, let's start this, shall we?" Gleaming said, snapping his party back to the main reason they were here.

"I agree Madam. Let us begin," Jabber said. "The faster we get this done, the faster I either get to remain alone of be out in the world."

"Right. Okay Mist- er, Jabber," Twilight started, with jabber nodding. "What hive, if any, have you come from?"

"And we're starting off strong," Jabber Mumbled. "Well, I was, Born, in the hive of Queen...chrysalis." Jabber finished. Expectedly, Gleaming's eye twitched, but surprising to the 3, so did jabber's.

"Ehm, okay, uh, do you have any plans for if you do get out?" Twilight continued.

"Admittedly, none as of now. Really the only plan, long term, is to find my...'Queen' and show her a wretched time," Jabber smirked at the concept, and he could swear that, while she still looked a bit concerned, Gleaming also lifted a smile for a second.

"Jeez. What for?" Cadence asked, not knowing what she unleashed.

"BECAUSE SHE'S AN ENTITLED AND SELFISH WITCH. She calls herself the queen of all changelings, but she might as well be the queen of a bunch of corpses. She keeps all the resources and love storage to herself. She's a total Fuck up and I don't care if she knows it, the title still stands. Not just that, BUT SHE'S THE REASON I'M LIKE THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE! I DON'T WANT TO BE DIFFERENT, AND BY HER MEDDLING IN MY LIFE, OH LOOK! I'M A FUCKING CRYSTAL MONSTER!" Jabber screamed in rage, sitting up from the table as twilight and cadence stepped back, while Gleaming stepped in front of them and created an aptly named shield. Twilight saw his chest crystal glow red.

"Stand down Jabber!" Gleaming ordered as Jabber snarled, but sat down.

"Only if you don't mention...her or my past again," Jabber dead eyed them. 

"Now, while I agree with your statement, yelling at us isn't gonna get you or us anywhere," Gleaming told him, as they sat back down, twilight a bit paler.

"I...Sorry, I just get upset whenever my mother is mentioned. She...well, you know she's a terrible creature, correct?" Jabber asked. The three nodded as Gleaming dissipated her shield, still on edge. "Heh...did you know she was my mother?"

"Aren't all changelings the children of the queen?" Gleaming asked. Jabber scoffed.

"Please, not only is that not true, but the children of the queen are the only ones treated with any form of decency. Everyone else is the equivalent of early equestria Peasant Saxons," Jabber explained, looking out the window again. "You'd think with that kind of privilege I would've been the second coming of the changelings, or one of the best warriors, or even a researcher, or something that would be respected in some form. Nope, first chance she got, I was gone."

"Why though? I'd feel like, even if you weren't what she was expecting, or if you weren't a great changeling in general, she still would've kept you as, I don't know, just a regular drone," Twilight pondered.

"You'd think so. I don't remember much about my early days. Only what I've heard from my...captors," Jabber stared off-wards as twilight looked down at her notepad.

"Okay...uh...If this is fine with you...Can you provide any information about your captors, so we could potentially find them?" Twilight asked as Jabber chuckled.

"I wish, but you'll never find them. The only way Luna found them is because they were near canterlot during the monthly changeling detection. I was close enough for them to find me, but they move almost twice a month. They can escape easily. Heh...I remember them trying to get me to get them out of the area of canterlot. Boy did I laugh whenever they panicked at the sight of the Princess of the night. The faces I saw were incredible. Terror and shock. I honestly thought I would die from laughter, the fact that someone had found their hideout," Jabber laughed for a few seconds afterwards. "But seriously, the only definitive information I can give you is that they were all ponies, it was about a ratio of 5:2 girls to boys, and one of their first names was Neal. Oh, and of course, they were all sadistic, except for one, but she did NOTHING!" Jabber shouted again, but sitting down quickly. "Sorry again. I...I really need to control those."

"Don't feel bad. I would be angry too. Twily, wanna continue?" Gleaming asked her sister.

"Oh, yes, right. Okay, Do you know of any specialties you have?" Twilight asked, reading off the notepad she was given.

"Oh boy, I was waiting for this. This is gonna be a long one, so get comfortable," Jabber said, looking at his hand. The 3 shifted a little, and their suspicion grew.

"So, you see how my hand has claw, similarly to some changelings, right?" Jabber said, showing his hand to the interviewers. Sure enough, small points were seen at the end of his fingers. They nodded. "Now, while these are useful, they would be a bitch to someone with not training with them. I remember how much I failed to measly pick up a balloon with these. Can't imagine how hard it must be for the others, heh," Jabber smirked. "Anyway, look at my claws for a second," Jabber said, holding his hand out, palm to them. Suddenly, a spiked crystal extension appeared over his whole hand, almost like an assassin's knife, coming from the slit in his skin. Cadence backed up, being the closest to it.

"What the-?" She got out before coming back to her senses.

"Yeah, I had the same reaction when I first used these. I can forcefully set these little crystal daggers out whenever I please, albeit they have somewhat of a cool-down. I can only use it on one hand at a time, but I feel like one crystal knife is enough for almost anyone, wouldn't you agree?" Jabber smiled a bit, looking at them. Gleaming and twilight nodded, while cadence nodded fast.

"I take it you've had an experience with crystal weapons before?" Jabber asked, and cadence side nodded.

"Somewhat. Sharp crystals in general is what I've dealt with," Cadence confirmed.

"Ah, fair enough. Anyways, that's really the only offensive...upgrade, I believe is the word, I was given by the freaks. There are a few others, but they aren't exactly total offense. I suppose wings could be, but it's different," Jabber thought, looking off.

"Speaking of those wings, would you like to explain why they look, pardon me sounding like rainbow dash, epic?" Twilight asked as Gleaming and cadence chuckled, and twilight slightly blushed. Jabber smirked.

"I agree they definitely look cooler, but they certainly don't feel cooler. See, changelings are built to be stealthy, that's how we work after all. That's the point of the holes in our legs, it gives us less sound whenever we move. Pro-tip there for you guys. Having trouble figuring out who's a changeling, who is making the least amount of sound, or you could use the wing method, as every single changeling's wing makes a buzz sound as it's going so fast. You won't notice it right away, it's subtle, but it's able to be heard," Jabber explained, Gleaming making mental notes for her guards later.

"So, I assume from what your wings look like you got them from your captors?" Gleaming asked. Jabber sighed.

"Indeed. While, I agree they look absolutely awesome, they aren't as functional for a changeling. Remember, we're made for stealth, so we're not supposed to be strong, and even it is only one part of the wing I have to lift, It's still heavy as a rock. Took me about 3 years to even figure out how fly with these things. Other than the fact that I can't be hurt by striking the wings, there really isn't any benefit to these. It's just a heavier and more durable wing," Jabber explained.

"Still, even if they don't have much use, I bet rainbow dash will freak out," Twilight smirked, before the group laughed again. "Anyways, what about all the other crystal parts of you, especially the glowing one on your chest. I noticed you have a hole in your shirt. Was that on purpose, or is it just that sharp?" Jabber looked down at his chest and the crystal poking through his shirt. He sighed again.

"It was on purpose. This thing is practically another lung. It needs to breathe too, for some reason. However, it is definitely worth it. This crystal thing in my chest, while I never wanted it, is useful," Jabber started.

"Can you explain why?" Cadence asked, Jabber pulling of his shirt. They could tell, while he wasn't anywhere near starvation, he was thin.

"This thing in my chest, while it is a lung, it is also my...power source? Basically, while I've only encountered one so far, sometimes I'll shift into an alternate version of myself. From what I remember, there were supposed to be around 20 or so, however I've only encountered 1, and while it wasn't anything groundbreaking, it was an interesting experience," Jabber started.

"Wait, so you can feel when you...like, switch to this alternate version of yourself?" Twilight started, and before Jabber could respond...

"And what does that even mean?" Gleaming asked.

"Well, yes, and it's goes like this. Think of yourself, and then dip in a coat of paint. This coat of paint just so happens to change how you act and feel. Maybe it even changes how your body works, or your body in general. Maybe it changes your intelligence, or your strength. Maybe it even changes your powers, but either way, that base of changing how you act and feel are guaranteed," Jabber explained, with twilight writing it down and Gleaming nodding the whole way through.

"So, basically, you can shift your personality, and sometimes, your power set? Like some kinda, super changeling? What one have you encountered?" Cadence asked.

"Pretty much. The only one I've encountered was my blue form. I become incredibly dexterous and try to make people have fun. You can tell when I'm in a, as I call the, majin forms, based on my skin and the center crystal, as the other crystals disappear when in a majin form. In my blue form, my skin is a dark blue and the crystal is a cyan, hence why I call it my blue form. I haven't come up with an actual name for it yet, but I'm sure I'll have time," Jabber explained, pointing at his crystal. "Is that all?"

"Yes indeed Sir Jabberwock. That is all doth needed to mention," A voice appeared behind them all, and a smiling jabber breathed a sigh of relief.

"What? Princess Luna? Were you listening the entire time?" Twilight asked, before bowing.

"Please Twilight, no need to bow. We are of the same status, no? And besides, I feel like you should've known I would've been listening. You looked directly at me, did you not?" Luna smirked, and she noticed that jabber has as well.

"Wait...You were the guard pony?" Gleaming asked as Luna chuckled.

"I do enjoy putting on a performance," Luna said, showing herself in her guards pony form.

"It impressed me as well, as well as confused me, but I got it," Jabber pointed out, as Luna blushed.

"Really? I doth impress the race that can shift itself to anyone instantly?" Luna asked.

"Well, considering you can actually change in the first place? Absolutely. I'm just as impressed as the three ponies in front of you," Jabber explained, confusing the rest of them.

"Wait, you can't change your appearance?" Cadence asked as Jabber held up a hand.

"Only when in a majin form, but it still looks like me. The only difference is the deluxe color sheet I'm dipped into, but other than that, I'm always me," Jabber explained as Gleaming breathed a sigh. "What? Did you think I would just be trolling you by pretending to be your wife or something?"

"W-w-what? N-No! Not that at all!" Gleaming Shield exclaimed, blushing and feeling accused. The three princesses laughed as Jabber smirked.

"Anyways, I believe that Luna referred to you as Jabberwock? Is that your name?" Twilight asked.

"I was wondering that too as well Luna. I did tell you my name was Jabber, didn't I?" Jabber asked.

"Your memory serves you right Sir Jabberwock," Another voice came down the stairs, as a signature triple colored mane came into view from the stairwell.

"Princess Celestia!" The 3 Royals as well as Jabber bowed down as Celestia gave a motherly smile.

"You may stand, My little ponies. There is no need to bow, even if in such a luxurious room," Celestia beckoned for them to stand.

"With all due respect Princess, may I ask why this room is as wonderful as it is?" Gleaming asked Celestia, as he stood up.

"I was also wondering that as well, and what is with the Sir Jabberwock, if you don't mind answering?" Jabber asked, as Celestia looked at him decisively.

"As for the first question Shining, this is our cell for those un-convicted and harmed. I like to think of it as a waiting room more than a cell, but as Sir Jabberwock said, 'A Cell of gold, no matter how beautiful, is still a cell,' and speaking of Sir Jabberwock, let us begin the recognition you deserve, shall we?" Celestia said, sitting down with her sister.

"Yes we shall. I don't believe I deserve such a rank as sir, and where did the last part of my name come from?" Jabber asked. Celestia, once again smiled.

"You said it yourself, didn't you Sir Jabberwock? You are the son of a queen. Whether it may be a rival queen or a allied, and whether or not you or anyone else might like it, you are a prince. The title of sir is an understatement," Celestia explained, causing jabber to scoff.

"I wish I never was one, but I guess you are right," Jabber said, eye twitching. "And as for my name now adding a 'wock?'"

"A Mythical creature named the Jabberwock, or also Jabberwocky. There isn't much known about it, only it's physical description. We've decided that, not only do you have same first part of the name of the creature, but you also seem to be a legend yourself, with all the mystery surrounding you. It's a weak connection, but I do believe it's a better name rather than just, "'Jabber,'" Luna explained, Jabber raising an eyebrow.

"Okay, sure, but I'd still prefer Jabber, unless you're referring to me as a...prince," Jabber struggled to finish his sentence.

"You really hate your mom. I can somewhat feel why," Gleaming said. Jabber smirked a little.

"Hmm, is it that obvious? Anyways, what happens now, princesses?" Jabber asked, staring down the Solar and Lunar Monarch.

"Well, I have a plan for you Jabber. I'm not sure if you'll like it, but I believe that it will end well for you," Celestia explained. Jabber felt a sharp pain in his stomach, telling him it won't end well.
> 2: Home of the Shifted
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"I was right I don't like this," Jabber said, as he entered the train and saw 5 other mares. He knew who these were based on what twilight told him, but he sure wasn't happy about it. Before he could say anything, he saw a dash of blue and rainbow and then a face in front of his.

"What are you doing here, huh? Trying to escape, eh?" The cyan pony smirked, punching her fist. Jabber swear a bead of sweat came down the back of his neck.

"If I was, why would I go to a train? That's just glue-huffer logic," Jabber reasoned, as cyan squinted at him. An orange pony walked near the two.

"Easy Dash, remember what Twilight sent us?" The orange pony asked, as 'dash' raised an eyebrow towards her. Orange sighed and said, "Quotin her, 'Ah'm sendin you this to tell you girls about that a changeling might be sent to ya'll. This changelin' is a good one, so be somewhat nice to em'' and this isn't exactly bein' nice Rainbow." 

"Thank you Twilight, and yes, I am that changeling. And believe it or not, I'm not here to take over canterlot. I'm bucking terrified of literally everyone in there, except for Luna," Jabber explained his presence, and a marshmellow coated pony walked towards them.

"If so darling, why are you here then?" Marshmellow asked.

"Well, first off I don't think we know each other well enough for either of us to call each other darling, Ms. Marshmellow," Jabber stayed with one emotion through the whole thing, with Rainbow started laughing herself off, and Rarity started sputtering as she blushed, "And secondly, I was told to give you girls this. Apparently it's Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's plan for me." Cyan snatched the scroll, still laughing and with tears in her eyes.

"Well, I nev-" Marshmellow started, before Cyan cut her off.

"Calm down marshmellow, we got important stuff to read," Cyan began laughing again, throwing the scroll into the air, which was then caught by Orange as cyan kept rolling on the floor, laughing.

"Wowie! I've never seen dashie that happy since when gilda got pranked in Ponyville!" Pinks said, hopping over the, 'Dashie.'

"Oh, she was very scary. She got angry easily," Yellow Pink said, still in the corner. Orange opened the Scroll.

"Rarity, could you read this? I don't understan' all these fancy words," Orange asked Marshmellow, coming back to her senses.

"Oh, um, yes of course darling," 'Rarity' said, taking the scroll and opening it with her magic. She cleared her throat before starting.

"Dear Elements of Harmony,

While I'm sure one or more of you might object to this, I Believe that many of you and the citizens of ponyville could gain something from this idea of mine.

Meet Sir Jabberwock, a changeling that was locked and experimented on for almost 18 years. He's the son of Queen chrysalis, however he loathes her, and rightfully so, as she was the reason he was locked in the first place. I wish for you all to treat him with respect and empathize with him, as he has no knowledge on how to socialize or on friendship. As so, I wish for him to join you all, as I believe he could be an incredible asset in the form of a changeling being accepted into Ponyville and Equestria Society. Below is everything that might be helpful in teaching and showing him.

Sincerely, Princess Luna."

"Wait...so this guy is a PRINCE!?" Pinks beamed as she zipped over the Jabber, who crouched, leaving her to smack into the train wall.

"uh...woops?" Jabber shrugged.

"Don't be, she'll be fine," Rainbow said, lifting Pinks to a chair. "So, your a prince, eh?"

"Unfortunately, yes. Don't mention it though, I hate the title," Jabber said, dismissing the title.

"Oh Dear, you don't need to be humble. A Title is a Title, no matter what the creature say-" Rarity started.

"No, I mean I literally hate the title. It reminds me of who I actually am. I don't care about being humble, I just genuinely hate my title," Jabber completed.

"Ehm, may I ask pardner? I mean, I'm no royalty, but if I was, I'd absolutely tell everyone I can about it," Orange asked, confused.

"Because I hate where the title comes from. Remember what the scroll said, I'm a Prince, but a Prince of changelings. And not just that, but also the son of Queen Chrysalis, aka, the most hated changeling to ever exist. You think I'd want to be related to her? No way in the seven circles of Hades and Tartarus. Heck, no way in the ring below them both. I'd rather Apollyon take my soul than be the son of the most hated royalty, yet, here we are," Jabber complained, finally sitting down on the train to Ponyville, as the train started.

"Dang dude. That just bites," Rainbow sympathized, as Jabber nodded.

"You think that's bad? I can't even do anything that regular changelings do. I can't change how I look, I can do anything stealth-fully, and my wings are heavy and durable," Jabber said, extending his wings, at which Rainbow Beamed.

"YOOO! Those wings look bucking sick!" Rainbow Dash gleamed, looking at the disconnected wing structure.

"I assume your rainbow dash? Twilight said you'd like the look of them," Jabber smirked, extending his wings a bit more, allowing a larger view of them. Rainbow beamed at the sight, with rarity taking interest as well, prodding certain parts of the  stone like wings.

"This isn't uncomfortable, right dear?" Rarity asked, a bit worried.

"Nope. I can't actually feel my wings, so, yeah. You could literally mine it with a pickaxe, and I bet I wouldn't even notice," Jabber smiled, attracting the attention of the other 3.

"Really pardner? I got an ax at the farm if you wanna try," Orange raised an eyebrow as jabber felt a bead of sweat on his forehead.

"N-No, I'm good. I was just saying, since they're basically rock, I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't, but I still need my wings. Just because you couldn't feel your leg, doesn't mean you don't want it," Jabber said nervously, as Orange chuckled.

"I'm just messin' with ya. Besides, I'd think that Pinkie would be a better choice for breakin' any kinda' rock, or rares," AJ smiled, pointing to the other 2 mentioned.

"Oh, please, like I could break that rock. That's harder than Diamond!" Pinkie exclaimed, grabbing the attention of everyone.

"What? Whatcha mean?" AJ asked.

"Hello! That's Hexagonal boron-nitride! According to science, that stuff is, like, 18% harder than diamond. Plus, by the looks of it, it's been enchanted to where it can't even have any weak areas, so You'd need, like, an actual drill made of the stuff to cut that thing," Pinkie examined the wings, shocking everyone in the room.

"Dang, she knows rocks," Jabber said as Pinkie nodded.

"More minerals really, but I do indeed know rocks! Raised on a rock farm!" Pinkie exclaimed as rarity sputtered.

"WHAT? But I thought that Diamond was the hardest thing on equis!" Rarity exclaimed, surprised at the revelation.

"It is!" Pinkie said, confusing everyone.

"But, you just said that the Hexagonal Boron-nitroid or whatever was harder?" Rainbow asked.

"It is!" Pinkie said, going deeper down the rabbit hole.

"Than why did you say that diamond was the hardest thing, when whatever the other thing was it harder!?" Rainbow shouted, getting fed up.

"I didn't say that, I said Diamond was the hardest thing on Equis, and Hexagonal Boron-Nitride is harder!" Pinkie kept on confusing everyone.

"NO YOU DIDN'T!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Wait...She said hardest thing on equis, yet this is apparently harder. Are you saying this Hexagonal Boron-Nitride is not from Equis?" Rarity asked.

"I did say that, didn't I?" Pinkie asked, a bit confused herself now, as Rainbow groaned. "Yeah, it was discovered in a meteorite! It's extremely rare, and very valuable."

"If so, then why does Jabber over 'ere have it as his wings!" AJ questioned, looking a Jabber suspiciously.

"Hey, beats me. I wasn't even conscious when I got these," Jabber exclaimed his innocence.

"huh? What do you mean why that darling?" Rarity asked as Jabber sighed.

"Sit down. This is gonna be a story you won't forget," Jabber said, as everyone sits down, and he explained his past. Elsewhere, a fly watches intently.





"Princess, with all due respect, are you sure this is the best method for Jab- er, Sir Jabberwock?" Gleaming Shield asked the glowing rainbow Princess.

"I understand your fears Gleaming, but you must understand, he is a tortured soul. He doesn't wish for anyone to feel his pain. I highly doubt he would turn on us, even if we masqueraded as changelings," Celestia shared her opinions.

"So you say, but is ponyville the best option for his...living area?" Gleaming asked again.

"Gleam, it worked for me, so I bet that it would work for Sir Jabberwock. I was so antisocial, and yet about, like, a day in ponyville changed my entire worldview," Twilight recalled.

"Sure, but you had a worldview. Sir Jabberwock hasn't even experienced anything outside his cell and his luxury room. Sure, he's seen it, but I...I'm just nervous," Gleaming admitted.

"Does doth doubt our judgement? We thought heavily on this, so I believe that it was the right decision," Princess Luna said, appearing from the opposite doors.

"No! Not at all Princess Luna, It's...It's just my expierence with changelings leaves me kinda...just scared of them in general," Gleaming admitted, yet again.

"Gleam, we'll be fine. Jabber is a nice changeling, and besides, I think he's scared of you anyway," Cadence smiled, as Gleaming Shield looked out the window.

"I just...I'm just not sure."





"LAST STOP TO PONYVILLE! NEXT STOP APPLELOOSA!" The confuctor shouted through the PDA.

"Dang dude. That is one story that you cannot make up," Rainbow Dash recoiled at Jabber's story.

"Indeed. I'm glad Luna found you when she did. Who knows what else those ruffians would've done to you," Rarity continued, as they walked off the train.

"Ruffians are a massive understatement, but I'm glad as well," Jabber said, as the rest walked off the train. Jabber looked around, seeing all the prying eyes, either of terror, anger, or indifference. He breathed a bit harder, but continued on.

"HEY!" Jabber flinched as he heard Rainbow shout behind him. "Leave the changeling alone! He's allowed to be here, based off of Princess Luna and Celestia!" This shut down a few of the eyes, most of which let out a sigh of relief. Jabber knew there would be many more of these incidents however.

"Rainbow, calm down. They're allowed to look," Applejack said, calming rainbow down a bit.

"Not when they look at him like he's a living diamond that caused a robbery at canterlot!" Rainbow complained.

"It's fine. I doubt a lot of them even know I'm a changeling, based on how different I look compared to what, if any, have seen a changeling," Jabber said, walking towards the center of town with his escorts.

"So...what am I going to be doing here anyway?" Jabber asked his little crew.

"Well, according to the little list Princess Luna left, each one of us, as well as a small amount of ponies in Ponyville, are supposed to do something with Jabber. Would anyone like to go first?" Rarity asked her friends. Pinkie immediately raised her hand and kept shouting "Me! Me! ME!" Rarity smirked, and pointed at Pinkie.

"YES! YES YES YES!" Pinkie shouted, zipping around the small group, hugging rarity and stopping front of jabber, who stepped back.

"Jeez. This is normal, I presume?" Jabber asked.

"Oh please. On a scale of 1-10, this is, like, a 4," Rainbow explained, as jabber felt a bead of sweat come back. "Anyway, what's she supposed to do rares?" Rainbow asked, as rarity showed her the scroll. "Why did I not guess that."

"PLEASE BE A PARTY! PLEASE BE A PARTY!" Pinkie hopped around, awaiting the reveal. The two who knew looked at each other.

"Yes Pinkie...it is a party," Rainbow dash admitted, as Pinkie skyrocketed, almost flying. "Ok, now it's a 5."

"WAIT! What am I doing! I need to get things ready! I can finally throw a changeling party, and no one can accuse me of being a spy! Or, at least not a changeling one. I wonder what the differences between a changeling spy and a pony spy are. I bet there aren't that many, but they are different species! There's gotta be something there!" Pinkie started before gasping. "What am I still doing here! I'll see you in about 30 minutes Jabber, but I gotta get your party ready!" Pinkie said before speeding off somewhere else.

"I...I...and...what?" Jabber stuttered as Rainbow laughed.

"Yep, that's pinkie for you. You'll get used to it overtime, but the first expierences with her are definitely something you'll remember," Rainbow told Jabber, slinging her arm over him. "In the meantime, how about we see how those wings hold up outside of a dinky little cell, eh?"

"I...I think I would like that," Jabber thought before answering, as Rainbow smirked.

"Then lets go! You heard pinkie, she's got about half an hour before everythings set, so let see those wings in the sky!" Rainbow thought out loud, dragging Jabber along with her.

"Woah, ok, just, DON'T PULL SO HARD!" Jabber said, holding onto himself, hoping his wings didn't just fly off by themselves.

"Well, shall we go help Pinkie with the party, if those two are busy?" Rarity asked her other friends, who agreed to the following.





"Is there a reason you brought me all the way up here?" Jabber asked, looking down at the rushing river below.

"Well, if you do fall, you won't hit any solid ground. You could just swim out...you do know how to swim right?" Rainbow asked, a bit of worry in her voice.

"Thankfully yes, but shouldn't we have found a wider river, or just area of water?" Jabber responded, Rainbow sighed in relief.

"The closest body of water that's wider than this is about 7 kilometers south, and the train already left. Unless you wanna walk that far, this is all we got," Rainbow explained, jabber moaning in response.

"Seriously? Just...Whatever. Let's just get going," Jabber said, unfolding his wings. Rainbow looked in awe again, before getting her head back in the game.

"Alright, so you said you could fly with those, right?" Rainbow asked.

"I can fly a few feet off the ground. I've never been more than 15ft up with these things," Jabber explained.

"Well, let's get started then. Show me what you got," Rainbow said, chilling on a cloud she brought down as Jabber's eye twitched. His wings started to make a cracking sound as they moved slowly. In a few seconds they were going the average speed for pegaus wings, and he was lifted about 2 feet off the ground. He moved a little bit out of surprise before stablilizing herself. The wings continued to get faster until he was, as he estimated, 15 feet off the ground.

"That's about all I know. I can stablize and balance easy, but that's all I really know what to do with these," Jabber admitted, as rainbow hopped of her cloud.

"Alright, so, you got the basics to float, and if you are to be believed, you can stablize. That's a really good thing to know. Now, let's get into going higher. I'll be slow cause, obvious rock wings are obvious," Rainbow smiled, as Jabber smirked and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah Yeah. Let's get going," Jabber said, as Rainbow nodded.





Pinkie was all turned over. While her friends helped a lot with Jabber's party, there were a lot of questions needed answered...usually from pinkie.

"...What's his favorite cake, what's his favorite ice cream, what's his favorite game, what's his favorite cheese? Pinkie, I don't think some of these are needed," Applejack said to her friend.

"Whatcha mean?" Pinkie asked, holding onto a wheelbarrow full of one singular list.

"I mean that. I'm pretty sure Jabber don't even know what som' of this stuff even is," Applejack answered. "Considering what he told us, I doubt he was given cake, ice cream, cheese, or really any food he would recognize. I think he'd just be happy with anything."

"I'd think so," They heard a voice behind them, and looked to see the signature Purple Pony Princess.

"TWILIGHT!" Pinkie shoved AJ out of the way to hug her royal friend.

"Oh! eh, hi pinkie!" Twilight said in response.

"Did'ja really have to push me Pinkie?" AJ asked, looking towards the two.

"Sorry AJ, but I was just so happy to see Twilight! She probably knows more about jabber!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"I um, I don't think I know more than you girls, but I can try," Twilight said.

"I sure hope so. This party has got Pinkie Riled up more than...well normal pinkie I guess," AJ tried.

"Well come on! I get to throw my first ever changeling party! How is that not incredible? And it's not just a changeling party, It's a Super Changeling party! That's worth writing on a t-shirt. I can see it now!" Pinkie imagined, shoving her hand into the sky.

"Twilight, Darling, do you think Jabber would like silk? Based on your desciption of his cell, it was luxurious no?" Rarity asked twilight, looking behind her.

"Oh, uh, yes. It definitely had an abundance of silk, but I believe he'd be happy with anything," Twilight answered, rarity nodding before returning to her boutique.

"See! I told you she knew more about jabber than us!" Pinkie smirked at AJ, who rolled her eyes.

"I'm sure he told you girls the same things as me. I just saw his little room. That's really the only difference," Twilight smiled, looking at the pink pony. "Speaking of little, do you guys know where spike is?"

"I think he said, 'I'll be waiting in battle armor at the library for when the changeling comes and tries to attack ponyville,'" Pinkie quoted.

"Ugh, spike. I'll go get him, but where's Jabber?" Twilight asked, and right as Pinkie was about to respond, they heard the voice from above.

"HE'S RIGHT HERE!" They heard the familar voice of Rainbow Dash as she crashed into a hay cart, the contents spilling everywhere.

"By Celestia Rainbow, seriously?" Twilight sneered as Rainbow brushed off the hay on herself as she emerged.

"HEY! It's not my fault! I just got smacked like a pinball!" Rainbow complained as Jabber appeared at the scene, wings cracking and flapping in the wind.

"Hey, you tried to tackle me, and I turned around. I'm just surprised, and very glad, you're fine," Jabber explained as Rainbow scoffed.

"Wait, what happened?" Twilight asked as Jabber turned to her.

"So, Rainbow was teaching me how to fly with these, and I got the hang of it thankfully quickly, and she tried to tackle me for...I don't know, laughs I guess? I turned to confront and stop her, but my wings got in the way of her charge and she got smacked from there to here. Thankfully, the hay cart stopped her fall," Jabber explained as Twilight raised an eyebrow at Rainbow.

"Why did you charge in the first place?" Twilight asked as rainbow blushed.

"Well...I...uh...okay, I saw his front crystal with a hint of cyan and I thought that something was wrong, so I charged at him to bring him down," Rainbow answered as Jabber's eyes went wide.

"Oh...well then, I guess that's fair. I won't hold that against you. I doubt that my blue form can fly as well as I can now, but it's kinda weird. I didn't think that my blue form would just appear like that. That's not how it normally happens," Jabber thought out loud as the others raised an eyebrow in response.

"Whatcha mean Jabby?" Pinkie asked, head tilting.

"Well, remember when I told you guys about my blue form?" Jabber asked as everyone nodded in response. "Well, I left out how I actually turned into that blue form. Basically, whenever I'm in a high stress scenario, like a battle, or falling, or with many creatures, I turn into that blue form. So, because I was probably getting stressed from flying high for the first time, my blue form decided to try and peek out."

"So, if you were, let's say, riding someone into battle," Rainbow proposed.

"Then, unless I have another majin that's specifically for that, and I'm really stressed out, blue's coming out," Jabber said, eyeing his crystal.

"Well then, if we're done here, I gotta start asking some questions to Jabber," Pinkie said unrolling the mile long list, as Jabber watched in horror and rainbow laughed.

"Heh, get ready Sir Jabberwock. You've got some useless questions to answer. I'm gonna check on rarity," Rainbow said, rushing over to the boutique.

"Don't worry Jabber, I'm here," Twilight said, putting her hand on his shoulder and smiling.

"uh...thanks," Jabber said, still looking at the list.





And are you sure of what you heard? The drone heard the Queen's voice in her head.

"Yes my queen. I'd swear on my loyalty to you," The Drone said into her mind.

Hmm...there must still be an enemy hive if he isn't one of us. Are you sure his scent was different?

"Absolutely. It was dank and his emotion was strange tasting, almost of terror, but not quite, unlike us with a vibrant spectrum."

I'll send drones to scope out surrounding territory, as well as send some to you. Once they get there, try to intervene, but for now, keep watching him. He must be hiding something.

"Yes my Queen," She said, flying back to ponyville as a wasp.

Good luck Trachea She heard the Connection cut in her head as she continued.

"What could you be..." She said to herself, looking at the Changeling in question, who seems to be humoring the ponies around him. The drone smirked.

"Looks like you got some nice friends there. Unfortunately, I'm gonna need them."
> 3: Shifting Blue
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Ok, is that enough questions done Pinkie?" Twilight asked for the 6th time.

"Maybe. I still need to know his favorite music, his favorite time, his favorite one of us, his favorite book, his favorite protein, his favorite-" Pinkie started.

"Pinkie, I think he's literally done," Twilight said, motioning to Jabber, who was lying on the floor, salivating at the thought of being done with this.

"Just...do...whatever...you...want...Pinkie..." Jabber ventilated through massive breaths. "Except for...the music..."

"OH! What music do you want? I got country, Dupstep, Choir, Hip-hop, Pop, Rap, Classic Rock, Modern Ro-hmm, I wonder why it's called Classic and Modern. Sure, modern is more recent, but just because it's old doesn't mean it's a classic. Why is it called rock to begin with? Rocks are stone and other minerals, not just air vibrating in a certain way-" Pinkie started again, before getting cut off.

"Just put on...some...Cosmic...Shellduck," Jabber said, standing up finally.

"Okie Dokie Loki!" Pinkie said, dashing off to somewhere else.

"How do you know about Cosmic Shellduck? He's not that popular of an artist," Twilight asked, confused as to how Jabber knew.

"Well one of my...Captors listened to him nonstop. He's not that bad of an artist, so...I never really complained," Jabber explained, finally gathering his breath.

"Fair enough I guess, but wouldn't that music remind you of how bad that place was?" Twilight asked as Jabber shook his head.

"Not if the music is literally about being safe. They only listened to one album, so as long as it's not that one album, We're golden," Jabber explained as Pinkie came back with 5 albums.

"Which one would you like Jabby? I got Pelicans we, Galaponigos, Wake up Calls, the much much how how and I- these are some silly names. Why would Mr. Shellduck name his albums and songs these? They don't make a whole lot-" Pinkie started, yet again, before being cut off.

"Anything but the Pelicans we. Everything else is fine," Jabber pointed at the Pelican covered album, excluding it from the list.

"Much 2 times How 2 times and I it is!" Pinkie said, taking the silver record out of the album, and going to the resident DJ, Vinyl.

"Well, I'm gonna go get spike," Twilight said, confusing Jabber.

"What? We don't need a spike for this. I'm not impaling anyone, and there aren't any drinks here," Jabber said, confused at the name of spike. Twilight laughed.

"No, Spike is the name of my brother. He's a dragon," Twilight answered, confusing Jabber even more.

"Wait...No that...Ugh, never-mind. I'll just stay here," Jabber shook his head as Twilight chuckled again, and headed off to a shining crystal castle. 'Sweet castle,' Jabber thought, as he swiftly moved to the right. Almost as a sixth sense decided to make itself known, a blast of magic appears over his shoulder, in the direction of another building. "What the-"

"STAND DOWN CHANGELING!" He heard a voice behind him, as he swung around, extending his wings in defense to see his assailant. A blue maned gilded armored mare approached. White fur.

"Woah, calm down my guy-er...gal," Jabber said, holding his hands out in defense. "I'm a good changeling...god that sounds so bland..."

"Likely story. Come with me," She said, motioning towards a house. Jabber did so, sending a mental message to Twilight about the assailant. They both walked in, Jabber closing his wings, and he noticed a strange scent in the air, similar to...himself.

"Alright changeling...what are you doing here?" The mare asked, looking aggressive.

"Could ask the same thing to you as well," Jabber answered, the mare looking confused.

"What do you mean? I've lived here for at least 2 months," The mare answered.

"Sure you have, other changeling. The scent in the air indicated changelings," Jabber deduced, his crystal faintly glowing a black and red swirl. The mare smiled.

"Hmm, you're smarter than I thought," The mare said, a green flame engulfing her. In her place stood a thin black skinned and purple eyed changeling. Purple wings, and red mane. "Well, happy?"

"Never said I'd be. Now, tell me who you are," Jabber stated, but the changeling held her hand up.

"Not so fast. I'm the interrogator here," She said, before Jabber sighed.

"Sure you are. Now answer," Jabber returned. She smirked more.

"You sure are decisive. Fine, question for question, we shall do. Seem fair?" She offered as Jabber rolled his eyes. He didn't want to give any info to her, but it was the only way to get info back from this stubborn changeling.

"Agreed, but before we start," Jabber said, clearing his throat, but not before a slight light appeared on his horn. "Now, let us begin."

"Indeed. Shall I start?" She asked, Jabber nodding. "Of course. Well, I'm Phar-"

"Lie. Try again," Jabber interrupted her, nearly as soon as she started.

"What? I didn't Li-" She started again before getting cut off.

"Lie. Keep going. I'll be here," Jabber answered, getting smug as she smirked again, noticing the light on his horn.

"Oh...oh you're good," she said, through her minor rage.

"You learn a thing or 2 when alone. Now, truth or not, we'll be here to the end of the day," Jabber said.

"Alright. I'm Trachea. I'm from the hive of the only remaining changeling queen that is known, and I was sent to Ponyville to investigate and find out about Princess Twilight. Happy?" Trachea answered.

"More than I was before, but it'll disappear almost as soon as It came because now it's my turn, and I hold my end of the bargain," Jabber said, smirking before frowning, as Trachea smiled.

"Well, come on then. Don't even try to lie, I've got my own truth seeking spell active after your little stunt," Trachea answered.

"Whatever. Well, My name is Jabberwock, however I prefer the Moniker of Jabber. I'm no normal changeling, and I haven't been anywhere in almost 18 years, locked and imprisoned elsewhere," Jabber explained a bit, Trachea's smirk turning into intrigue.

"Well...I guess it's my turn again. I'm the hive's greatest drone and guard, I would protect my sister with my life, and I would like to know more about you," Trachea answered, grinning at the last one. Jabber however wasn't mad, but also intrigued.

"Wait...you would protect your sister with your life?" Jabber asked, making sure he wasn't just hearing something.

"Of course. She's...she's the most innocent changeling I know. Now, pay your debt I just gave you," Trachea said, getting sentimental before returning to her smug look.

'So she has a sister she loves dearly. Maybe...no...the truth spell would've gone off. She truly loves her sister. My intrest has peaked. A changeling who loves a relative enough to protect them at the cost of their life...could such a thing truly exist?' Jabber thought. "Well, I suppose I shall continue. I cannot shapeshift, I cannot stealth step, much like yourself, and I have alternate forms of myself."

"Say that again? You cannot shift, you cannot stealth step, yet you have alternate versions of yourself? What does that even mean?" Trachea asked, confusing herself even more as Jabber stood back.

"Hey, we did say one question per, right? If I answer this, I get one question for you, do I not?" Jabber took advantage as Trachea scoffed.

"Sure, why not," She said through baited breath.

"Good. Well, when I said I cannot stealth step, I meant it. Look at my legs," Jabber said, extending a leg, as trachea looked on. "No holes. I'm just a basic pony in that regard. However, that's fine in my opinion, because I cannot shift. I can't shape my appearance in the slightest," Jabber concluded, looking proud.

"Okay, but what about the whole alternate versions-" Trachea started.

"I don't feel comfortable telling you that. Now, my turn to ask you some questions," Jabber interrupted, as trachea knew he wasn't lying. "Who's your sister?" Jabber asked, as Trachea flared up.

"She is none of your concern. She wouldn't want to be. She doesn't want ANYTHING to even be close to her, except for me. She has no position anywhere in the military, and all that she is is just another drone and my sister. She is of no importance to you, nor would you need to know anything about her!" Trachea concluded, angrily finishing.

'She really cares for her. Well, that's something,' Jabber thought. "I mean...I just wanted a name. That's really it. I had no plans of really doing anything with changelings, I just wanted to know who she was if I just, you know, came across her somehow."

"...Her name...Her name is Mesosoma. Are you joyous now?" Trachea asked bitterly.

"Again, more so than before. Now though, is your question," Jabber said, trachea smiling. Finally, she'd get to know what queen he serves.

"What queen are you serving?" Trachea asked, salivating at the thought of appeasing her queen.

"I...Serve...none. None in the world of tartarus, None in the 9 circles of hell, None tortured in the region beneath hell, none eternally roaming in purgatory, and none, if any, made it joyously to the land above. I'm a son of a queen, but that never means I serve one. I'm from a hive, but I will never return. That's all you need to know. Now, go back to your precious queen, and tell her Jabber has no need to come anywhere," Jabber said, stoically. He didn't say it then, but he felt super awesome saying that. Trachea was furious, but no matter.

"Sure, but you're coming either way," She said, snapping her fingers. Suddenly, 6 more changeling drones appeared behind the counters. Another appeared behind him, sinking his teeth into his shoulder. Jabber groaned in pain, falling to the floor, as Trachea giggled. "Not so tough now, huh?"

"Who said he needed to be?" They heard a voice through the window, as the window burst open to reveal Gleaming Shield herself, blasting the changeling biting Jabber out of the house. Jabber smirked, but then felt a familiar feeling.

"WHAT!?" Trachea burst out angrily, showing her teeth viciously. Of course it had to be PRinCeSs GleAmIng ShiElD to come and save Mr. Strange Changeling.

Looking at Jabber, the two noticed he was keeling a bit weirdly. 

"Gleaming, remember when I mentioned that blue form of mine?" Jabber asked his savior.

"Of Course. It's been on my mind for a while now," Gleaming admitted, looking at Jabber who smiled. Realization hit her quickly, and she smiled back, as the other changelings looked on in confusion. "I'm about to get some first hand experience with them, right?"

"Indeed," Jabber said, as suddenly, his skin started to slowly glow and change. A blue hue invaded through his black skin, as his crystal extremities retracted into his body. His face started to change into that of an extended smile with slightly squinted eyes and longer eyelashes. His hair became more spiked than before, yet still was retracted downwards. His hands grew minor in size, covered by a purple hue. The most change though, was in his legs. They seemed to contort into loops, and at impossible angles for a creature with bones.

"おはようございます!" Jabber suddenly spoke, looking at everyone in the room. Gleaming looked on in surprise, yet also in intrigue. He never said he spoke Japonese in this form. Suddenly, Jabber jumped onto the ceiling, climbing to the other side of the room, not just with ease, but with speed too. He seemed to stick to the ceiling as he grabbed a frying pan and smacked 2 changelings upside the head with it, knocking them out. He then threw said pan at Trachea, who ducked, leading to a 2 hit combo with another two changelings. Meanwhile, Gleaming wasn't just sitting around. She quickly detained the unconscious Changelings, as well as knocked out another 2, until the only one left was Trachea. 

Furious, and confused, she shouted, "WHAT THE BUCK WAS THAT!?" Towards Jabber, who tilted his head confused, before jumping onto her, and twisting her neck unproportionally. She, understandably creeped out, rolled off him, and ran to another side of the room. However, gleaming was there, and quickly detained her as she was distracted by jabber, once again on the ceiling. "We're gonna find and end this charade, you do know that, right?" She asked the blue Jabber, who smiled more.

"あなたは無限を終わらせることはできません!" Jabber responded, Trachea even more confused.

"Damn Straight Jabber," Gleaming responded, recalling her time learning the language. "...I think," She said, chuckling at the thought of being wrong. Suddenly, Jabber signature crystals started to return from his skin, and a black hue returned to his body. Jabber was back, albeit, on the ceiling.

"GAH!" Jabber screamed, landing on his chin. "Ow..." Jabber groaned, his body back to normal. Gleaming smirked, and Trachea, while angry, also snuck a bit of laughter in. Jabber sat up, rubbing his chin. "What did blue me do?"

"Knocked out almost everyone and spoke about 2 lines of japonese. You didn't tell me he'd do that though," Gleaming answered.

"To be fair, I don't know what Japonese is, but actually my blue form is a female," He said, scratching his neck.

"Good to know. Anyway, shall we get these guys away somewhere else?" Gleaming asked Jabber, looking at the remnant of the battle.

"Trachea, before we send you off, can I ask one more question?" Jabber asked.

"You can ask it, but I probably won't answer it," Trachea responded as Jabber nodded.

"...um...why are all of the changelings here female?" Jabber asked, looking at the, now identified as female, changelings unconscious.

"You really don't get how hives, drones, and spies work, do you?" Trachea asked as Jabber shook his head. Trachea groaned, "All spies and almost all drones are female. It's more efficient for love gathering, and the males are better at managing love." 

'So I probably won't encounter many other male changelings. Just Perfect,' Jabber thought, as Gleaming took him outside.

"So, where should we take em?" Jabber asked Gleaming, who snorted.

"Well, normally I'd just throw 'em in the clink, but none of the guards there would be good. All of them would be easily seduced by them all. Good job at getting that info though," Gleaming winked at Jabber who smiled back.

"Thanks, but are all of your guards that lustful?" Jabber asked as Gleaming nodded slowly.

"Yep. You should see their faces when I became their captain. Boy were they just ecstatic they'd get to see me...all day..." Gleaming retorted as Jabber seized up.

"egh, well what else can we do?" Jabber asked.

"Well, I figured, you're a changeling, right?" Gleaming asked, as Jabber raised an eyebrow. "Thought that was gonna happen. Anyway, what do you think would be a good prison for them?"

Jabber really thought about this. Changelings normally have heightened senses, which is why the changeling outside the door was able to hear Trachea snap, yet that could be used for torture too. Just put them in a...

"Is there a really echo-y room nearby?"





"I'M SO SORRY JABBER!" Twilight begged as she teared up. Jabber pat her on the head and blushed.

"Ehm, twilight it was fine. Your sister showed up and we're good. Good job contacting her though. Didn't expect her at all," Jabber said, as twilight got off him and looked more serious.

"Wait, what? I didn't contact her," Twilight said, as Jabber raised an eyebrow.

"Well, you must've. How else could she have found me and saved me, even if I probably didn't need the help overall," Jabber shared his anecdote as Gleaming scratched her neck.

"I, uh, might've been over-protectively watching over ponyville when you came in," Gleaming answered, blushing. Twilight sighed, while Jabber seemed fine. "Are...are you mad?"

"Huh? Oh no, not at all," Jabber answered.

"Wait, seriously?" both sisters said at the same time.

"Yeah. I'm fine with you not trusting me. You're completely warranted in that. It must've looked pretty weird when trachea pulled me in, revealed herself, yet also pulled out an armada to attack me. How weird was that?" Jabber asked.

"It...It was pretty awkward, definitely. I thought you really were spying for a second, before I decided to actually listen and hear what you were saying," Gleaming answered, still blushing at the thought.

"Where did Trachea and the others even go?" Twilight asked, Gleaming and Jabber looking at each other, knowingly.

"Well, my FEMALE guards escorted them to a large room with reverberation effects enchanted to it," Gleaming answered.

"That's it?" Twilight asked.

"Of course, I posted guards outside the room, but Jabber, would you like to explain why they were escorted there?" Gleaming asked the Friendly changeling.

"Gladly. Changelings have heightened senses, you know, smell, touch, taste, sight, that's why we're able to eat love in the first place. However, with our hearing senses, we don't actually need the heightened form. However, because we have it anyway, it becomes a double edge sword. Our senses allow us to survive, yet that one sense of hearing being more than normal means that if any loud sound comes through..." Jabber explained.

"It'll ring in your ears for longer!" Twilight finished. Jabber proudly smirked.

"Exactly. Now, I believe I'm owed a party?" Jabber asked.





"This is...exactly what I was expecting," Jabber said, looking at the party with barely anypony there.

"Sorry I couldn't get anypony else. It's a bit hard to sell ponies on the idea of a friendly pony. Could you even believe that!" Pinkie said as Jabber rolled his eyes.

"I can't imagine," Jabber said looking at the party members, looking at Pinkie's list.

My Friends! (Obviously)
Twilight's Captain Sister
Princess Mi amore Cadenza
Princess Luna
Princess Celestia
Lyra
Bon-Bon
Anyone else

"Well, honestly it was more than I was expecting," Jabber said to pinkie, approaching the more denser crowd.

"Sorry my sister couldn't make it. However, her royal duties restrict her schedule," Luna explained Celestia's absence.

"It's fine. She makes sense for not being here, albeit I am confused as to how Gleaming, Cadence, and even you got here. Wouldn't you all also have some royal duties?" Jabber asked, a bit confused.

"Even after the months since our...dark return, many ponies, including some nobles, still aren't trusting of us. We do not blame them, but we hope that they realize we aren't the Nightmare anymore," Luna explained. Jabber side-eyed the entirety of canterlot.

"And we decided since we were already here, what the heck? Our duties have been lessened ever since the crystal heart has returned," Cadence revealed, as Gleaming also spoke up.

"Plus, we have a back-up. Sir Samael runs the Empire in our absence, and boy does he do a bang up job," Gleaming complimented the mysterious Pony.

"You still haven't told me anything about Samael since you first mentioned him. Who even is he, or she?" Twilight asked, as cadence smirked.

"Well, I'll tell you one thing. That guy isn't evil. I've known him since 985, and honestly, He is basically Fluttershy with an air of mystery. He's like, if Fluttershy was a runaway royal. Everyone knows he exists, but no one knows anything about him. Like the once-ler from that...what was it..." Cadence tried to recall the story.

"The Lorax?" Gleaming asked her wife, smiling.

"Yes! He has this mysterious aura, but when you know him, he's a good guy," Cadence answered as Gleaming grimaced.

"Did...did you read the story? I don't think that's the greatest comparison," Gleaming said, motioning cadence away from the crowd.

"Anyway, enough with the pony of mystery, let's get this party started!" Pinkie shouted rolling in a barrel of Cider.

"Ehm...Pinkie?" Jabber tried to get attention, but was pushed out of the way as almost everyone jumped to the barrel. He was on the floor, and he looked to the left to see applejack smirking.

"You saw the caution note too Pardner?" AJ asked, side eyeing everyone getting a cup and getting a drink.

"Saw it clear as crystal. Did you get the barrel specifically?" Jabber asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nah, but Pinkie just grabs the first barrel to not waste time. Yet, she didn't notice the alcoholic note. Thankfully they're all over 18, but still, I'd say we just stay away," AJ said, looking at everyone, two of which were already tipsy.

"I'm not even 18 yet, so I was gonna stay away regardless of what they said," Jabber revealed, as AJ slightly gasped.

"You ain't even an 'dult yet?" AJ asked, as Jabber finally stood up. "How do you know?"

"Every time my Birthday supposedly came around, a big, like, pile of meat infused with love and topped with a single candle came into my cell. I don't know who puts it there, but it's always a surprise and I always chomped it up," Jabber explained.



"Sorry, Meat!?" AJ asked, flinching at the thought.

"Yeah. Sorry, I'm not sure what meat it was, but honestly, back then I didn't care. Anyway, I'm about 3 months away from my 18th birthday, if scribbling in my cell was to be believed anyway," Jabber answered.

"Well, I won' blame ya, but it's just, ya know, unsettling to think about," AJ responded, jabber nodding.

"Don't worry, I get it. I mean, I'd think more people here would be, ya know, offended- and everyone's wasted," Jabber said, Aj looking and laughing. Jabber also chuckled at the sight of everyone, including 3 princesses, just pass out drunk.

"Well, I'mma join em. Might as well. I guess you could go elsewhere. These parties usually end like this," AJ said, patting Jabber's back. "See ya!" Jabber watched as she downed 4 jugs of the cider before passing out almost instantly.

"This is really convenient for me to just explore Ponyville with nobody around," Jabber talked to himself.

"Except for us," Jabber heard a voice behind him, seeing both Bon-bon and a small purple and green dragon.

"Oh hey, I don't know you," Jabber answered the interruption.

"I'm spike, twilight's dragon brother," Spike answered.

"And I'm B-" Bon-Bon started, but was cut off.

"Sweetie drops!" Jabber interrupted. Bon-Bon started sweating immensely.

"Ehm, no bro, that's Bon-Bon," Spike told him.

"Oh. I just guess based on the cutie mark," Jabber answered as Bon-Bon sighed in relief. Spike and Bon-Bon noticed his central crystal was now a slightly transparent red and black swirl.

"What's up with your third lung?" Spike asked, as Jabber looked down.

"Hmm...That's new. I'm not in another majin form...maybe it's about to happen?" Jabber trailed off. "Maybe it's just peaking through, like I just did that little detective thing, and it's just not fully happening?"

"Ehm, Jabber?" Spike said, snapping Jabber back into reality.

"Oh sorry. I'm just kinda confused by that. Usually when my crystal changes I also change in general. Anyways, whacha guys want?" Jabber asked.

"I don't want anything, I just wanted to meet you. You sound like a character from a comic book," Spike answered.

"I'm just making sure this kid doesn't do anything stupid," Bon-Bon answered. "You can go wherever, I don't care."

"Alright. Well, see ya," Jabber said, walking out the door, seeing a bunch of ponies mobbed together. "Huh, I wondered when that would happen."

"Oh yea, forgot about the angry mob," Bon-Bon said, as Jabber walked back inside.

"Get out changeling!" The 3 heard the mob chant.

"That is so unimaginative. Like, they don't even say my full name. It would be so much more epic," Jabber said, spike tilting his head.

"Wait, you have a full name?" Spike asked.

"Celestia and Luna decided that my Name shall be Jabberwock, named after the mythical creature. Not sure why, but there it is," Jabber said, hearing the door of the barn getting crowded onto.

"While I'd love to adore that name, We should probably do something about the mob," Bon-Bon said, motioning to the Door.

"True...wait, I know what to do. You guys stay here, make sure no one gets onto the roof, I'm gonna go full on politician," Jabber said, walking to the stairs.

"Wait...what?" Bon-Bon asked, smirking at the thought.





"GET HIM OUT! GET HIM OUT!" The mob chanted, attacking the barn door.

"Hey, I'm up here. Not sure why you keep trying to get in there," Jabber said to the mob, standing on top of the barn. "Who even coordinated this?"

"Spoiled Rich and Zelo Ring!" The Mob chanted, the 2 ponies in question standing out from the crowd.

"Of Course I started this! No changeling should be allowed in Ponyville after what they've done to us!" Spoiled shouted.

'Ok, so bitchy Karen. Got it' Jabber thought, looking at the other.

"I did nothing! I made a joke about how changelings could anyone, and all of a sudden, I'm all up in this!" Zelo said, protecting himself.

"Okay...and have I done anything?" Jabber asked the mob. Most ponies said I don't know. About only 2 said Yes, one of which was Spoiled. Jabber couldn't make out the other, but he did know that no one said no.

"Okay...do you know my name?" Jabber asked the mob again. Everyone said no.

"Okay...did you know I'm a prince and I'm here by order of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna?" Jabber asked the mob again. A lot of shocked gasps and no's came from the crowd. About half the mob left after that one little comment.

"Alright...how about the fact that only one pony decided to actually 'stand up' against the changeling, and that pony is literally like, one of the most well known liars. That's right, I heard about the things you did while I was rotting in a cell Spoiled! No one likes you!" Jabber shouted to the coordinator. Pretty much everyone left, except for spoiled, Zelo, and a pink filly.

"Wha-What!? Get back here! He doesn't deserve to be here!" Spoiled shouted to the crowd.

"Shut up. Not only does no one believe that I'm a bad guy, but barely anyone believes you ever," Jabber said, jumping off the building and gliding down to the culprits. "The only reason your little rally worked is because people are scared of changelings. Have fun knowing that no one believes you ever."

"Come on mom. Let's get you out before you get even more roasted," The filly said, motioning Spoiled away. Spoiled kept complaining and shouted, but walked away anyway. Zelo was a bit scared.

"Calm down dude. I ain't gonna do anything. Just be careful what you say. Ponies in this town take everything way too seriously," Jabber said as Zelo nodded and ran off. "Jeez. They're also scared of everything apparently."

"You have no idea," Jabber heard the voice of spike behind him.

"I'm sure I don't. Anyway, what do I do now?" Jabber asked the reptilian.

"Celestia if I know. I'm sure not that many ponies are gonna be as scared or critical of you now, but I really got no idea," Spike answered, as Jabber sighed.

"Screw it, I'm just gonna freaking sleep in the barn. Might as well," Jabber said, heading to the barn and closing the door to a confused reptilian. As he lied down in a pile of hay, he asked himself, "Where'd that Bon-Bon mare go?"
> 4: Actual Shifting
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jabber awoke with a sudden yip as he looked around to see the yellow and pink Pegasus cowering in the corner. He noticed a few fingerprints on his wings.

"Ehm...hi?" Jabber said cautiously. He realized he never really knew who she was, only talking to her once.

"...hi" She said quietly, or at least to us. Jabber raised an eyebrow. 

'Is she still scared of me? I mean, I would be too, but she knows I'm not dangerous...I think,' Jabber thought. "So...um...you know who I am right?" She nodded a few times, unfurling her wings that were covering her face.

"Are you still scared of me?" Jabber asked, recieving a slow nod. He sighed, and sat up. The pegasus Instantly went back to cowering again. "Where are the others?"

"..They..went to...somewhere. Something to do...with Celestia. I volunteered...to make sure you...would be fine," She said, through many yips. Jabber understood her caution, but also didn't. He'd been in town long enough.

"Well, if you watch me, you probably shouldn't be so scared," Jabber said, his crystal now glowing a light green. Fluttershy suddenly felt more calm than before, but still wasn't completely showing her face. "Calm down...you'll be fine. You know I won't hurt you."

"O-Ok," She said, shaking like a leaf.

"What is your name..." Jabber asked, the pegasus opening a slit through her cover to answer.

"Fl-Flu-Fluttershy," Fluttershy said, through her constant shaking.

"Fitting yet nice name. Do you know mine?" Jabber asked, with Flutters now tilting her head.

"Pri-Prince Jabb-Jabberwock?" Fluttershy asked, through many pauses.

"While I don't like the Prince, you are correct. Now, let's go find the others, okay? You seem like you like them more," Jabber said, opening the barn door.

"Wa-Wait! I, I didn't mean it Like that!" Fluttershy said to him, his ears twitching.

"No, I know what you meant. You obviously knew them longer, so you trust them longer. I have no problem with that, so let's find them, and get you more acquainted," Jabber explained, as she nodded in realization. He unfolded his wings, cracking noises continuing, and Fluttershy followed behind him.

"So, do you know exactly where they went?" Jabber asked, and Fluttershy nodded, pointing to Canterlot. Jabber sighed. "Of course that's where they would be." Jabber stretched his wings again before starting to take flight, Fluttershy still behind him.

"Are...Are you sure you'll be fine?" Fluttershy asked Jabber, who looked back, eyebrow raised.

"Aren't you coming?" Jabber asked, a slight smirk coming to his mouth. "Your friends will protect you more if I can't. I mean,  I'm sure I can, but either way." Fluttershy nodded slightly before following him as he flew to the Castle of Canterlot.





"Well that was fun," Jabber said, looking at the various cowering ponies. All of which attempted to attack him, but were put down by fluttershy and her STARE.

"So Rude! Why would they even think to attack you!" Fluttershy said, sneering at the stallions and mares, including a duke.

"Probably because they're absolutely terrified of me and my species. I don't blame them, but they could at least be a bit more open," Jabber admitted, looking around to see a familiar multicolored Mane and dark blue mane coming down the hall.

"Are you sure that they can handle it? I feel as doth might be overestimating them ever so slightly sister," Luna said, not noticing Jabber and Flutters.

"I'm sure, especially now that the rest of the group has shown themselves," Celestia said, motioning to the two.

"Hello Princesses!" Jabber said as he bowed, with Flutters following suit.

"Please stand jabber. You know you do not have to bow to us," Celestia smiled at his respect.

"I know, but I'd rather not have the title, so It's better if I act like I don't have it," Jabber explained his motion. "So, what's this about, if I may ask?"

"Sister, I believe it might be best if you answer," Luna eyed her sister, who had the slightest hint of a blush.

"Very Well Luna. You see, Twilight and her friends have gone to an alternate world, through a mirror in Star-swirl's collection. Do not worry, they will be safe," Celestia quickly said, as Jabber raised an eyebrow.

"Why did they go to an alternate world? And also what is this alternate world?" Jabber asked the both of them.

"For your second question, this world is a world where, for lack of a better term, all Roles are reversed. Queen Umbra is now, not only benevolent, but also a male who goes by King Sombra, Me and my sister are villains, and many others are their opposites to us," Celestia Explained as she sighed. "And the reason for Twilight and her friends going to this alternate world is because that world is beginning to encroach on ours. Almost every being in that world is connected to ours in some way, be it physically, or even mentally. Sometimes, the alternates hurt in that world will hurt the corresponding creature here."

"So it's a tethered situation...great," Jabber said to really no one. "Wonder If I exist in that world."

"Most likely, but what is this tethered situation doth speak of, Sir Jabberwock," Luna asked, Jabber cringing.

"There's a book called together, and in it, there's a family that gets invaded by doppelgangers, but neither can hurt each other because if they do, they hurt themselves. In it, they just have to get used to living together, but I don't think that ending is gonna work out here," Jabber explained.

"Very similar premise, but now is not the time for life to imitate art. Now, you two must go and help your friends," Celestia answered, as Jabber raised an eyebrow.

"Might I ask, why aren't you two going?" Jabber asked the Princess of the sun.

"Well, if we went and encountered our counterparts, it will not end well, as we couldn't attack with being attacked. We know everything about ourselves, so they'll know all our strengths and weaknesses, yet we'll know theirs as well. It will be a stalemate," Luna explained, as Jabber raised an eyebrow yet again.

"Okay, sure, that makes sense, but if so, wouldn't twilight and the rest have their counterparts as well?" Jabber asked, and Celestia smiled.

"Absolutely, but if the Sombra of that world is to be believed, they are currently locked underground, with no escape possible," Celestia answered as Jabber and Fluttershy sighed in relief.

"Okay, thank god. But...what about my counterpart. Surely if you guys have a counterpart, Twilight and the gang do, and pretty much everyone else does, surely I would have one as well, right?" Jabber said, before jerking away. 'God how many times did I just say surely?'

"Your counterpart most likely exists as well as we've said, however, me and my sister have a theory about your counterpart," Luna started the explanation.

"As Your mother is actually good in that world, and your captors most likely would be as well, while you would exist, you wouldn't exist in the state you are currently in. You would be like any other changeling," Celestia explained and...Jabber thought that made sense.

"Yeah...I guess that does track. Well, flutters, what are we waiting for?" Jabber asked his escort, who yipped again.

"Sorry, but you're right. Let...Let's go," Fluttershy pointed her hand in the air, and Jabber followed suit.

"So where's this mirror?" Jabber asked the Monarchs.

"Follow us," Celestia answered, Luna and the others following behind.





"Well...this stinks," Rainbow Dash said, rotting away in the cell.

"It's not completely awful," Pinkie Pie said, already fantasizing about eating the mold.

"What am I gonna Do! The Princesses will be so disappointed in me!" Twilight said, crying at the bars.

"Are we sure that Sombra ain't evil? Seems like he told his guards to just straight up imprison us," AJ said as Rainbow slightly nodded.

"I agree, but now's not the time. We gotta find a way out and then clobber the punk!" Rainbow Dash said, punching her fist.

"I wish Fluttershy was here. She could get us out, just by asking," Rarity said to no one in particular.

"What if she was here," Another voice said, through the darkness.

"Well we would've been ou- Wait, who said that?" Rarity asked into the darkness, all the others also taking a peak.

"Just your friendly neighborhood changeling," The voice said again as he revealed himself and another yellow pegasus. It was Jabber and Fluttershy.

"Jabber! What are you doing here?" Twilight asked, as another voice peirced it's way through the hallway.

"He's here to help," The voice said, as iron clinks came down the stairs. Jabber and Flutters looked up the stairs with a smile, albeit with Fluttershy cowering a bit behind Jabber. A Iron gauntlet-ed armor wearing stallion walked down the stairs, with a steel crown encrusted with a blue jewel. Streaking black hair made itself very apparent, even in the darkness of the dungeon cells.

"Hello my little ponies," The voice said again, however the girls could tell who it was.

"I am King Sombra," He said, Jabber smirking.

'That entrance was so epic,' Jabber and Rainbow simultaneously thought.

"King Sombra! You look...more benevolent than usual ours," Twilight said, looking up and down at the new version of her queen, or shall I say king.

"Yes, I understand the female counterpart from your world was less...pleasant, and I'm unsure why our genders are swapped, but now's not the time. Me and your other friends are here to help, as you are also here to help us," Sombra answered the statement, as he unlocked their Dungeon door.

"Wait, then why did your guards throw us in the clink in the first place? Seems' kinda fishy to me overall," AJ said, glareing at sombra, who looked confused.

"What? Why would they? I told them that you were coming. I gave them pamplets with your faces on them. I literally sent a mental message to them all that, 'hey these ponies and dragon are innocent. Bring them to me.' I can show you if you don't believe me," Sombra answered, with Jabber opening the door to let them out.

"To think we could've gotten out all this time, and you guys just did nothing?" Pinkie asked her group, as the all looked at her in disbelief.

"What? How?" Twilight asked, as Pinkie stopped her from talking. Then she pointed at her horn. "Oh...right...my bad?"

"That doesn't matter now. Let's go find what the heck is creating a little fork in realities, shall we?" Jabber said, motioning for everyone to follow sombra.

"That's a weird way to put it, but I guess it works," Twilight said, following the crew. "So, how long has Celestia been coming here Sombra?" 

"Well, the last time she came through, as well as the first time you came through was the first time in what feels like forever, but if you are searching for a specific date, Nearly 2 millennia. It's been forever," Sombra explained, getting a jaw drop from most ponies, the only excluding is Twilight, who grinned in happiness of new knowledge, and Jabber, cause he already knew Celestia was really old. They continued walking until they reached the balcony.

"So, do you have an idea of what's making the chop in reality?" Jabber asked, as Sombra cringed.

"Well, I've only come to the conclusion of 2 ponies in particular," Sombra answered as they looked weary.

"Dare I ask who they are?" Jabber asked, already knowing who it was.

"Why don't you take a look for yourselves?" Sombra answered, motioning towards the Alicorns approaching.

"Knew it," Jabber said, as the group nodded.

"Hello Again Dear king Sombra!" Celestia said to the king, as she and her sister stepped onto the balcony. "Might I say, you've recruited a little entourage. Our offer is still on the table!"

"You know I'll never accept that. No matter what you do to me," Sombra stated, as Twilight stepped forward.

"DOH! Luna! Look at his version of Twilight! She's adorable!" Celestia stated, patting twilight's head. Luna started touching her horn, seeing if it was fake. Twilight frowned as she zapped Luna.

"Vile! Must you Attack so soon?" Luna stated, healing her zapped hand.

"Most likely," Jabber said, making his appearance known.

"Oh! Who's this little monstrosity?" Celestia asked, very interested.

"Names Pr...Prin...Prince Jabberwock, God I can't even say it, but that's all you need to know," Jabber said, avoiding the noogie about to be given by celestia.

"A little Prince, eh?" Celestia looked around him, as he countered by constantly turning in her direction. "Hm, not very cooperative. Luna! Help me with this Royal, Like the others we had to deal with,"

"Absolu-" Luna was about to say, before getting held back by six strong arms.

"Sorry Pardner, but that guy went through tartarus at least 3 times in his life, and he ain't needin another trip," AJ said, holding back Luna.

"Are you sure you're a Monarch Changeling?" Celestia pondered, still innately interested in Jabber.

"Unfortunately, yes. Son of a Queen, technically makes me a prince. Don't want it, never wanted it, yet here we are. Now, if you'll excuse me-" Jabber started, before extending his wings around him, smacking celly's crown off. "-I don't think that belongs to you anymore." Celestia was Furious at the braisen attempt, but laughed afterwards.

"Oh, that's right! You can't hurt me without hurting your dear Princess!" Celestia guffawed as Luna joined in.

"Wait, what!?" Most of the Mane 6 shouted in response. Sombra sighed, lessening his grip on Luna.

"Yes. Unfortunately, there are rules to this fight. Because our worlds are so close together, anything done to affect one pony  majorly affects the counterpart as well," Sombra sadly stated, the two sisters still laughing.

"Dang. It's a good thing I only care about Luna," Jabber stated before slapping Celestia with his wings. Celestia was, once again, angry, but Not even Luna could resist laughing at Jabber's statement and action.

"Well! I guess we got ourselves a funny stallion. Let's teach him a lesson, shall we Luna?" Celestia sneered, before noticing not only was Luna restrained, but she was still laughing, along with her captors. "LUNA! Stop goofing around and get over here!"

"Oh please, don't try to make the game unfair. We don't need a Solar Eclipse. The sun is fine enough. Heck, we already are having a Lunar Eclipse over there. She's showing her true self by laughing this much, and I love it," Jabber smirked at Celestia, both looking at her sister.

"My apologies, dear sister. However, you must remember, we were thinking that you would merely attack the changeling, and yet, you got smacked by a wing!" Luna said through constrained laughs, before dialing it back to her stoic stance. "Now though, let us start," Luna said again, before teleporting out of the constraint.

"What did I just say!?" Jabber said, running behind the crystal door as a blast came from both horns of the Alicorns, bouncing off to...somewhere in the forest I guess. Jabber started charging up an attack before twilight beat him too it, successfully knocking down Celestia, as Rainbow Dash flew Luna up higher into the air, thrashing about like a child having a temper tantrum.

"Rude, but me Likey," Celestia said, standing up, towering over Twilight.

"No way in beneath hell," Jabber said, attacking via anima sola. Suddenly, red hot chains appeared around Celestia, Constraining her to the spot she was in, including her horn. Before anyone could do anything, A crystalized magical barrier appeared between the opposing forces.

"STOP! ALL OF YOU! Don't you remember what me and Celestia said?" Sombra stated, alerting the Mane 6, including the airborne rainbow Dash, dropping luna and zipping down. Sombra pulled out a note that spike gave him directly from Luna confirming everything. "Anything you do to them will affect your Celestia and Luna. I care about them probably as much as you all do, and I can't stand watching you just harm them, whichever one it is." Twilight scanned the note over and over.

"He's right. Celestia has been harmed as a result of Celestia here being harmed..." Twilight said, appalled.

"Well shoot. Not sure what to do now than," Applejack said, scratching her temple.

"Well, this was fun, but it's getting boring, so we must go," Celestia said, revealing the chains were now cold as Ice, and that both she and her sister were airborne. "You cannot keep saying no forever. You'll slip up, and when you do," Celestia stated, demonstrating the world's colliding.

"But before we go, shall we get rid of this joker card sister?" Luna asked, motioning towards Jabber, who looked appalled.

"I couldn't agree more, Dear sister," Celestia stated, as she and Luna started to teleport Jabber elsewhere.

"Wha-Hey! I prefer Ace-!" Jabber said, before suddenly disappearing.

"What did you do to him!?" Twilight and Fluttershy shouted.

"Don't worry, he's alive. Just somewhere else. However, we must now take our leave. Good luck, although even if you had it, you won't find him, nor stop us," Luna stated, as the sisters flew off.

"Well...Buck," Rainbow Dash accurately Stated the situation.





"-of Spades!" Jabber said, before he looked around, seeing he was in a completely different location. Seemed like a forest, yet had an uneasy vibe. So yeah it was probably a forest.

'Well shoot. I should be able to find where they are if they shoot off an orbital friendship cannon, but that's probably gonna be a while. Should probably go and see if anything can actually stop the twisted two,' Jabber thought as he started flying through the forest, cutting down some trees unintentionally with his wings. 'Yeesh. I knew they were durable, but not sharp,' Jabber said, looking back at the timber left.

"Hurry up girls! I swear I heard something over here!" Jabber heard a familiar voice, yet it was in a different tone.

"Why would we believe you? You lie like a rug," Jabber heard another voice, again similar to one he heard before, yet he just couldn't place it. So, he decided to be a sneaky Bastard and hide in some bushes. As he watched vigilantly, he saw what looked like his friends...but different.

"See! Somethin' was definit'ly here! Look at all that timber!" A pony with a black hat that looked similar to Applejack shouted at the group.

"So what. Some trees fell down. Is that the reason you dragged us all the way out here?" The pony similar to Fluttershy harshly said.

'These have to be the counterparts. There's no way they aren't. Fluttershy is too scared to make a statement that aggressive,'  Jabber thought, still observing the counterparts, when suddenly, the Rarity counterpart started to look in his direction, seemingly trying to distinguish if something really was there.

"Hey! Who's there!?" Rares shouted towards Jabber, as he ducked, creating a small noise that attracted their attention.

'Such a cliche thing to do. Why'd I move so quickly!?' Jabber thought to himself, running from the area, with the Alternate Mane 6 close behind.

"Get Back here Varmi't!" Counter AJ shouted to Jabber, as he continued to run.

"Just give up and let us see you," Counter Twilight said, creating a spell to create a barrier.

'Shit! My wings aren't working!' Jabber said, trying to extend his wings, failing as the magic of Celestia and Luna weakened his false muscles. 'Come on Cartoon Logic!' Jabber said, before hiding in some bushes yet again. He watched as the counters arrived and looked around.

"Fan out. It couldn't have gotten far," Counter Twi said, creating a light spell above everyone's heads. Everyone did so, looking in bushes, trees, even going over the barrier to see if any movement was to be seen. Jabber knew it wouldn't be long before they found him, so he decided to go out swinging. He grabbed a stick, before realizing he couldn't do that anyway. He actually cared about his friends, and he couldn't live with the fact that he hurt them, even if it was indirectly. 

Before he could decide on anything, a light appeared in front of his eyes, as his wings and crystals retracted into his body, seemingly in fear, creating a bloodcurdling sound of flesh and blood being moved around. Jabber felt no pain however.

"Found it!" Counter Rainbow said, dragging Jabber by his feet towards an open area where the others were.

'Bucking hell,' Jabber thought to himself, surrounded by evil versions of his friends.

"Seriously? A simple changeling? Are you sure you didn't find anything else Dash?" Rarity said with a smirk, attempting to act superior.

"You think I want to hide something? Go into the forest again if you want to, but this dude is all I found," Rainbow answered, rarity deflating.

"She's rig-" Jabber started, before getting instantly shut up by a spell.

"Shush. You have no decision in this," Counter Twilight said, glowing horn dissipating as all except for one light spell disappeared.

"So, what do we do with 'im?" AJ asked the group.

"Burning him seems like the most fun, but it could attract attention. Let's just bring him to Celestia. See if she has any better options of torment," Twilight said, as Jabber raised an eyebrow, before getting picked up by a blue aura.

"I'll hold onto him~" Rarity said seductively, Jabber cringing at the thought.

"God...whatever Rares. Just keep your lust under control," Twilight scoffed at Rarity's Lustful behavior, as she licked her lips looking at Jabber.

'I wanna bucking stab her,' Jabber thought, frowning and not caring about what would happen to the actual rarity. Nothing much happened until they got to the Sister's Hideout, so let's go take a look.





"Celestia! Luna! I got something for you!" Twilight happily said, hoping to please her royal.

"Ah Twilight! It's good to see you and your friends out of Prison," Celestia stated, happy to see her apprentice.

"Yeah. It was weird, our cell was resistant to magic, and then all of a sudden the wall was just blasted open. Must've been a rogue blast, I assume," Twilight explained their escape as the rest came in.

"Anyways, what is it that you brought me?" Celestia asked, as Luna stood up to see more.

"Got a changeling. Not sure what to do with it, so we decided to bring him to you. He was spying on us," Applejack said, as rarity revealed the cover, and Celestia and Luna eyes widened in joy.

"OOH! Prince Jabberwock! It's good to see you again, and so soon!" Celestia said, walking up to Jabber along with Luna.

"Wait, you know him? He's a Prince?" Counter Pinkie asked.

"Indeed. Why don't you explain, Sir Jabberwock?" Celestia asked Jabber, as he raised an eyebrow and pointed to his mouth, encinuating that he was currently mute.

"Oh, right," Twilight said, unmuting Jabber as he moved his jaw.

"Now, can I just say, I would really like to stab rarity?" Jabber mentioned quickly, as Rarity's face paled even more...somehow. Almost everyone in the room laughed. "And secondly, why am I so interesting to you? I'm not even a different changeling."

"Yeah, that's a lie. I could tell, simply by the facial expression," Applejack instantly said, as Celestia smirked at him, raising an eyebrow in response.

"Are you sure about that now, Sir Jabberwock?" Celestia smiled, looking at her sister, who nodded.

"Take him to the cell. We'll get information out of him, by torture if necessary," Luna stated, as Jabber's eyes glowed red. He felt the aura around him, telling it was purple, so it was twilight, but he fought against it.

"NO! NO! I'M NOT GETTING TORTURED AGAIN! NOT AGAIN! I'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH PURGATORY AND HELL, AND I DON'T WANNA GO AGAIN!" Jabber shouted, as his crystals and wings reappeared, but his misc crystals retracted quickly.

"What the Buck!?" Rainbow shouted, as she rammed her head into the shouting changeling, recieving a smack by the wing. Everyone looked in awe as the center crystal dimmed to a dark black, and black fire engulfed the changeling. Twilight's magic was nullified almost as soon as the fire appeared, and the fire dissipated, leaving behind a sight.

In place of Jabber was now a Taller black figure, with the shape of Jabber, yet different. The skin was the darkest of black, not reflecting any light. The arms were elongated, to where the hands, now claws, were on the floor. It was at least 11 ft tall. The center crystal was now dripping a strange black liquid onto the floor. No wings were visible. The only facial feature anyone could make out was the eyes, as they were now glowing white crescent moons, facing upwards towards the sky, as suddenly a mouth appeared, with glowing white teeth, yet no light emanated onto it's body. Everyone was shocked as it said something...something confusing.





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> 5: Actual Shifting 2: Switch up
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No one could react quick enough as the being disappeared almost as soon as it came.

"WHAT THE BUCK WAS THAT!?" Fluttershy shouted, looking around, a bead of sweat appearing on her forehead.

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?" Applejack yelled, pulling out a whip.

"This...this is gonna be an interesting situation," Luna said, a bit nervous now. However Celestia was grinning.

"Elements of Disharmony, except for Twilight, Patrol the grounds outside. If you find that...thing, don't fight it unless it attacks you. Just bring it here as soon as possible," Celestia stated, as the ones mentioned saluted and ran outside. "Twilight, I'm going to give you a Magic barrier and Light. Go and investigate the top of the castle. Luna, go with her," Celestia stated, both doing as said.

"Wait, what are you going to do?" Luna asked, looking back to her sister.

"I'm going to try to locate it by flying higher. Now go! We need to find it quickly!" Celestia yelled, as Luna nodded, and followed Twilight. Celestia followed the others outside, flying high to the sky, not realizing the being was near her the entire time.





As Twilight and Luna raced up the stairs, it was clear to them, that this thing was fast. There were already steaks on the wall from where it was supposed running. They stopped when they arrived in the hallway, which included Luna's room.

"If it has done anything to our room, may Sombra pray for it," Luna furiously said, seeing her door open a smidgen. Both ran into the room to investigate, Twilight gripping the magic shield more.

As they stepped in the room, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The bed was slightly messy, the drawers were a dark blue, and the closet was open to armor stands.

"It knows not to mess with you Luna. Good for its soul," Twilight commented, Luna chuckling in response. Before they could leave though, both of their ears perked up when a bottle fell off the drawer.

"Twilight, did thou move the bottle?" Luna asked, suspicious of the Purple Alicorn.

"No. I'm not sure how it could've even moved. It was on the back of the drawer. How did it fall to the front?" Twilight said, as they stepped closer. Before they could react though, the door to the outside slammed shut, and the singular window now produced no light.

"SHOW YOURSELF BEING!" Luna shouted, as the window seemed to move and contort. Suddenly, the drawer also seemed to contort, along with a light fixture and even a Stuffed mount on the wall. All Contorting in one direction, towards the center of the room.

"What the Buck?" Twilight said, confused, watching the objects mix into an anomalous mass in the middle of the room. Suddenly, the mass started to take shape, into the same being they were searching for. 

"STAND AND ACCEPT YOUR DEATH!" Luna shouted, blasting the being with a concentrated spell. However, when they looked again, the blast of the spell was now on the other side of the room, singing into the wall. Looking at the being, a hole was where the direction of the blast was located, and the hole was filled in with more of the mass. It looked down on them both, and it's mouth opened.

"Ÿ̵̛̪̯̪̹͓̝̠́̐͌͌͊͆͂͠Ǫ̷̃̀̌̅̓͝Ų̵̟̖̖̳̐̔͗̈́̓̎̃̏̐̑̓̈͊͋͠ ̷̡̧̧̧͇̱͈̠͈͖̫̣͜͝S̴̯̦̲͙̘͇̦̮͚͉̄̔Ã̸͉̳̮̖̽͒D̷̡̩̻̒̈́̈́̾̋̓̉̂͝ͅ ̵̢̹̦̓Ç̴͖͙͙̺̫̯̖͍̭̻͔͓̩̇̂͒͘Ŗ̶̢̡̞͕̦̣̣̓̀̒̅̊̌̔̕̕͝E̴͖͇̖̳̤̗͔̳͒͌̈́̏́͐̒̌̈́̍͆͗͂̀͜͠Ạ̸̢̧̝̱̰̫̦̺͕̗̌͂̎̓T̷̨̛̫̙̖͆͐̎͌́̉̐͝Û̶̪̘͗̃̋̒̇̋͝͠͝Ŗ̴̫̑̈́̀̌̋̈́́́͊́̈́̒́̚E̴͍̟̅̓́̆," It said, but it's voice seemed like it was everywhere. Like it had no mouth, yet it was screaming at every point in the room. It disappeared, yet the uneasy feeling never left. It was still somewhere close to them. The door swung open, leaving a minor dent into the wall beside it.

"Come on Twilight. We must capture this...this thing," Luna sneered at the damage to her room, motioning for Twilight to follow her outside.

"Right. We have to fin- why is there another door there?" Twilight said, walking out of Luna's room to see that the hallway, usually with 4 doors, now had a 5th, right in the center of the hallway, facing the alternate wall.

"That is odd, but now is not the time Twilight. We MUST find that being," Luna said again, before the New room's door, swung open, and the entire hallway seemed to extend. Only Twilight seemed to notice the extension, but didn't take it into account, sweating a bit from the encounter.

"Come on Luna. Let's get this thing as fast as we can," Twilight twitched at the extension, as Luna nodded. As they walked in, it was obvious this is where the being was. None of the architecture in the room matched anywhere in the castle. In fact, there wasn't any way this room could've existed at all. It would've had to be built literally into the side of the castle. Impossible for such a room.

The actual room wasn't anything they would've thought. It looked like a regular pony's house. A lamp by a desk drawer near the side of the wall, a couch with a table in front of it was on the left of the room. Stairs leading to a second floor were evident, and they felt the urge to walk up them, but it was avoided long enough for them to continue walking around.

"This...this is impossible," Twilight said to no one in particular, as she walked into the kitchen. Stainless steel pans and utensils, a regular stove and cooking station, cupboards and drawers along the station. The sink also looked normal, apart from the liquid dripping from the head. The kitchen also featured a sliding glass door. Twilight, looking out of it, saw it wasn't the starry night sky and forest which should've been what was seen. Instead, it was a cell. Almost like a dungeon cell. Chains, shovels, and only one window, plenty of meters in the air.

"I agree with you, dear twilight. Not only is this not like anything in the castle, but it also couldn't exist based on the way it's built," Luna commented on her statement, looking around the living area. She noticed another door, but she didn't do anything right away as she looked at the table. There were two magazines, a glass fixture atop the table, and a large lamp in the corner of the room. The magazines in question were interesting too.

TIREK RETURN! VOWS VENGEANCE ON ALL PONYKIND!

What? That's not what happened. Tirek returned, yes, but there was no vengeance on his behalf. More so for the princesses. He was a bumbling idiot that destroyed plenty of property, but theirs and of many others. Sure, he might be a bit mad after he was condemmed to Tartarus, but there wasn't anything he did when he returned that was directly against ponykind. This magazine was around a week or so old, so it was definitely reporting on his actual return, and not just making a fake headline. Then she glanced at the other Magazine and she had to do a double take.

CHANGELING PRINCE DISCOVERED! TAKEN IN BY PRINCESS LUNA! SUSPICIOUS?

"What the.." She managed to get out at her glance at the mag. What changeling Prince? She hadn't taken anyone, much less anything in. Concealing the Mag, she transported it to where she could read it herself. This was something she needed to take a look at. Then, she decided to look at the door.

The door itself was similar enough to where it fit the rest of the building, yet it felt like she had seen it before. As she opened it, a wave of nostagic feeling washed over her, yet she couldn't figure out why. The actual contents of the inside of the door was nothing to get excited over, yet she felt it had some purpose. It seemed so important, yet nothing seemed to fit together for why it would be. In her anger, she slammed the door shut.

"Twilight! Have you found anything?" Luna asked, looking at the second floor balcony.

"Come look at this luna. This makes no sense at all," Twilight said, motioning for Luna to come and look. She also saw the dungeon cell, seemingly extending the length of the room by an amount that should leave that entire room falling to the ground. No support, no foundation, it shouldn't exist.

"It's like this entire room was just pasted onto yours and Celestia's castle," Twilight commented, continuing to look inside. Suddenly, a figure appeared in the cell. A Black silhouette of a changeling, cradled and sitting in a corner of a cell.

"What the...Who is that?" Luna said, confused by the sudden appearance. Luna tried to open the sliding door, but it was locked from the outside. She tried blasting the lock, but it did nothing. No marks, no burns, nothing. Twilight then tried cutting into the window of the door, to no avail. However, every time that they interacted, they noticed something.

"Wait luna. Look, it's looking in our direction," Twilight said, pointing to where the silhouette could now be seen with it's head looking in their direction. Suddenly, a voice came from outside both rooms, and the silhoutte's head turned.

"Hurry up ------. You know what happens if you're late," The voice said, the third word being replaced by an earsplitting static noise. Both ponies clutched their ears in surprise. The silhouette stood up, with it's head down, and walked out of view.

"What the Buck was that!?" Twilight yelled afterwards, as the voice appeared again.

"Who's there? You know I can hear you," The voice said, seemingly directed at them.

"I am PRINCESS LUNA, and you shall respect me as such! WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!" Luna asked, using her shouting voice occasionally. They then heard a scoff.

"Yeah, sure. You are a Princess. You watch as people harm themselves, you actively participate in harming others, and you rule over nothing. Also, you have no royal parents. Sure, you're a princess," The voice said sarcastically at the end, as Luna's eye twitched and her mouth was left agape. No one had ever been so braisen with her before.

"Hey! You can't just say that to Princess Luna!" Twilight yelled in response, receiving a slight chuckle.

"Ah, so you have the younger Princess with you. We're really in trouble now! For real? Neither of you are princesses. You just tampered with the fabric of nature to make you more powerful. That is what's known as a cheater. 'Princess' Luna is merely a substitute for her Sister's evilness who could've been a good person in her Dreamer Crescent phase. If not for 'Princess' Twilight Sparkle, her friends, and Luna's sister, maybe you could've been a true princess. Instead, all of you take people for granted, actively harm innocents, and cleanse the world of anything that could be remotely considered good. That's not a Princess, that's what I like to call, a Faker," The voice said, with such disgrace and power, it almost felt like it was coming from another royal or noble.

"You actively fake being a monarch or royal, and do nothing that the titles would do. You have no land to rule over, excluding your little castle. You have no subjects, other than the slaves you keep, but then again even most monarchs recognize that slaves aren't something that a true royal would keep, at least in this period of time. No one will ever respect you for the fake title you put in front of your name. Now, go drown in misery and disgust at what I said, I don't care. At least what I do, no matter how you twist it, be good or bad, has an end goal. You cause chaos and evil for no set goal. Go to bed with a fractured mind or a shattered vision of yourself, I don't mind. Have fun," The voice said, before the entire cell view disappeared, and they were left with nothing but the sky. They stood there for a good minute, processing everything this voice said to them. Who was it? It was clearly...wait, no it wasn't. It sounded like a male at first, but the voice had a feminine undertone. They couldn't tell if it was a female or male.

"Luna?" Twilight asked finally.

"Yes Twilight?" Luna asked after a few seconds.

"I think we better keep moving," Twilight responded, Luna nodding slowly.

"Yes...we should," Luna said, going back to the main room. They looked at the stairs with interest. Ever since they walked in, the stairs felt like where this being would be hiding, yet nothing seemed to click. Why was this what attracted them? Surely it was just a set of stairs, however the contents of this room heavily implied otherwise.

"Come along Twilight. There must be something up here," Luna said, walking up the stairs, creaking and cracking noises beneath them. Twilight followed suit, walking up the creaking stairs.

As they reached the second floor, it was obvious this is where the being was hiding. Writing on the wall, black substances across the hallway, even a portrait of a silhouette. Surely, the journey ended here, yet the uneasy feeling, as it should at this point, never left. 

As they looked across the hallway, they saw only 2 doors were available to open. There was a third, but that door seemed to be condemned, boards across it, and the black substance just completely covering the door, removing any semblance of it even being operable.

"It must be here, right?" Twilight asked herself, looking at the incapacitated door. Luna approached the left door, motioning for Twilight to stay behind her.

As they opened the door, there was already an urge to leave. The room itself was completely blank, a black wallpaper and a minor skylight with only black liquid seeping through. The only thing they could make out was another silhouette of a changeling. Not Jabber, but the defining features of the race were evident.

"Who is that?" Twilight asked herself. Luna silenced her quickly, but it was too late. The Silhouette started to turn around, but not like any normal creature. Almost like a statue. Its entire body shifted and tilted to look at them.

Once it did an entire 180, they got a good look at its face. Definitely a Changeling, with the eyes giving most of it away.

"I have great news!" It said, quietly enough for them to still hear them. The two looked in disbelief at the changeling, noticing it didn't move its mouth when it spoke.

"I am the bearer of good, and I've come to save you from this fate," It spoke, again quietly, yet they heard it still. The two then shifted to confusion. What fate? The fate of being here? What did it mean?

"May I ask what you mean?" Twilight asked. The being had no facial expression change from before. Still a face of neutrality.

"You might have sinned, however, I can tell you how cleanse yourself. I know how to make you truly who you are," It spoke, without really speaking. 

"What is this sin? What do you mean?" Luna asked, looking confused still.

"Sin? Sin is an immoral act, that defies a divine law. You both have done many, and your group has done many as well, mainly of your sister," It stated, and the two were now very disinterested. "Fret not though! I know all that makes you Pony, so let us begin. Down the hallway, is what you dread the most. If you confront this dread, you are on your way to becoming divine and powerful," It stated again, and the two were now very interested.

"Powerful? How so?" Twilight asked, grinning at the thought of becoming more powerful, Luna as well.

"That is for you to decide. I cannot give more information, but I can wish you luck. However, you may also leave this area, and continue sinning. I am merely a messanger, but I will tell you one thing," It said, before it finally moved, taking two steps forward.

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"What did it say? Did it even say anything?" Twilight asked Luna, who shook her head.

"I don't think it really said anything, but I think we both agree that we want that power, correct?" Luna asked, watching as Twilight grinned a bit before responding with a yes. Luna nodded, and took Twilight to the other door. The door looked similar to the other, albeit there was a small chip where the doorknob is.

Taking in a quick breath, the two opened the door to see a black void.

"It's...nothing. There's nothing here," Twilight's eye twitched in anger. They were then pushed by a similar unknown force into the void, as they slowly fell, yelling as they went down. However, after about 7 seconds, they stopped, and they looked at each other, realizing that it wasn't just a void.

"Wait...are...are we on the moon?" Twilight asked no one, and Luna started panting, creating a cold sweat. "Woah! Luna, calm down!"

"No...no...not...not again...not here...not here again...NOT AGAIN!" Luna shouted, flying towards nothing, hoping that she could break out of what she thought was just a fake room.

"Luna! What's wrong?" Twilight asked the Lunar faker, who looked at her, crazed look.

"I don't Wanna be here...NOT AGAIN! I've already been trapped here for 1000 years, I DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE AGAIN!" Luna shouted again, landing back onto the space rock, cowering on the stone.

"Calm down! I doubt this is the real moon. We would've died by now," Twilight looked around, as Luna looked at her again, raising an eyebrow.

"Are you not kidding? We've lived here for A MILLENNIA! I WAS ALIVE FOR A MILLENNIA ALONE!" Luna shouted at her, as she backed up, before Twilight's ear perked up.

"No! I...I'll live! I'll be fine!" Twilight heard a familiar voice, about 40 meters away. She looked in the direction, and she saw a similar hue of a blue mane, and white coat. Her eyes widened as she saw...her sister?

"Gleaming!?" Twilight shouted to the Mare, who looked in her direction in confusion.

"Twilight? Help! I'm running out of breath!" Gleaming shouted, starting to run towards her, as she did to her.

"Sorry luna, I'll come back, but I gotta help my sister!" Twilight shouted behind her, before she ran into an invisible force that repelled her back. "What the!?"

"Twilight! Pleas-Please! I nee-need help!" Gleaming said, slowing down and panting. 

"I'm, I'm coming!" Twilight said, standing up and continuing to move towards her sister, albeit a bit slower. In the same area, a repelling force pushed her back. She got back up to see a sight that horrified her.

It was her sister, a hole stabbed through his head by her own hand by a spear. She looked on in horror as the corpse floated upwards, and teared up, as she tried to use her magic to bring her down, with her magic fizzling each time. She looked down at the ground, looking at the tear pool she made, but then saw something strange.

There was a puddle in the first place. How? Her brother floated away as a corpse, which definitely should've been heavier than just some tears, yet there it was. She looked up from her tear pile and saw...the being.

Holding a noose, the being swung it back and forth, seemingly happy with the suicide of Gleaming, with joyful eyes and it's mouth opening, seemingly to laugh at her. Enraged, she began running towards it, shoot it with a beam.

"Uh-Oh! Bad decision Twily!" Twilight heard echoing through her head. Her sister's voice was the one she heard, and her anger spiked once more. She charged another, but was caught off guard when the beam was shot back at her. She threw herself backwards, scraping across the surface. She stepped up quickly.

"S̶̖̰̑̍ͅo̴̮̹̽̈́̐̕͝r̷̨͓͙̬͙̹̜̓͒̓̆r̴͔̯̯̙̒̆̾͌ẏ̸͓̬̫̙̅̅͜ ̶̪̼̙̋̽̿̎͘D̷̫͙̝̭͍̟͌͂̆̄̓́͜͜͝e̸̺̰̙͗̆͋̓͐ą̵͖̥̼̔̀̍̑̓̐̚͠r̴͔̘̗̭͉̔̒͒i̸̺̫͋͊̋̽é̸̛͔̜̱̙͇̹͛͗͑.̴͇͍̼͉̏͆́̓͊̕̚͝" It spoke, with a cutting in and out voice. It sounded like it had a glitch as a voice. It then disappeared, but reappeared behind Luna, which Twilight looked around to see.

"Luna! Behind you!" Twilight shouted to Luna, who looked up from her tears to see the being, who grabbed her by the neck.

"Ḑ̸̳͚̠̌̎̏̄͜i̵̬̞̰̊̇̕͠f̸̢͖̞̗͔͖̽͌̀͠f̶̨͉̙͓͔̀́̊ë̷̻̗̫̝̬́̈́͗̃͜ř̶̘̖͌̈́̓̃e̶̡̨̝̰̟̺͊̏̎́ṇ̸̢̡̤̲̳̇ț̵͇̯̉̏̚ ̶͈̪̯̠͑ẅ̶̮̙́͒͝o̵̟̹̗̅͆̊̊͊͝r̵̪̼̈́ļ̵̞̘̥̽̊̿̾ḑ̴̩̫̬̦̂̐ͅ,̶̤̘͐ ̸̲̯̅͝D̶͓̝̬͎̠̯̄́̈́͝í̷̗̝̈̂f̵͍̣͈̃͑̀̎͝f̷̡̛̬̮͕͉̟̋̾͝e̴͉͇̘̱͇͂͗͝r̴̤̞̗͔̀͐̆͒́͘ę̸͈͇͍̯͛̋͌n̷̡̠̦̘̘̿t̴̫͐͐ ̷̻͚̼̳͈̹͠ŗ̸̻̔̒ȕ̴̹̾̃̃̄l̷̩̔e̵̢̱̫͈͎̕s̴̠̠̐́͂̃," It spoke, before it threw Luna towards Twilight, and the two appeared back in Luna's room, both on the bed, with everyone else looking at them.

"What in the world are to two doin'? AJ asked, as Rainbow dash started laughing at the sight. The two in question got off the bed, slightly blushing at the thought.

"What have you 2 been doing?" Celestia asked, with an aggressive undertone.

"We...I...It...I'll explain it later. Did you guys catch anything?" Twilight stuttered, finally getting her message out.

"Nope. We think the thing just disappeared, probably taking that prince guy somewhere else," Fluttershy said, as Twilight and Luna started shaking their heads.

"It did not leave," Luna said, as the rest tilted their heads. "Twilight, shall we explain?"





"Still, I don't think that I could be that great of a monarch. I've been a princess for a while, yet I haven't really done anything important," Twilight lamented to Sombra, who smiled.

"Sure you haven't. You've protected citizens of plenty of cities or towns from monsters and beasts, you've saved countless lives, and let us not forget, you're an entire element of harmony. Anyone can be a monarch, but it takes a true hearted person to be a good monarch," Sombra stated, as Twilight smiled back.

"Unfortunately, most monarchs aren't the greatest, much like Celestia and Luna's counterpart, or even yours," Twilight mentioned, as Sombra sighed. "I just...I just don't know if I can be up to the level that Celestia and Luna could do. I'm not even thirty!"

"Hey, it's fine. Whatever kind of pony you are, be a good one," Sombra said, smiling while changing his armor, getting ready for Celestia and Luna, before a clank noise came from outside the window. "Who goes there!" Sombra stated, holding a blade towards the window.

"Dear me, I figured that a monarch would be much nicer to another," Came a voice from the outside. The sentence stated was similar to what Celestia or Luna would say, yet the voice was definitely not them. Suddenly, a silver crown made its appearance in the bottom of the windowsill. Sombra raised his blade higher.

"Who are you!" Twilight shouted, as suddenly a familiar cracking noise came from the window.

"Oh please Dear Twilight, you know who your Changeling friend is, don't you?" The voice said, as it revealed itself.

Twilight and Sombra gasped as Jabber floated into the windowsill with a silver crown and magenta robe. His center crystal was now a half and half of purple and gold. He had no crystals for extremities, but now had a Golden blade strapped to his back. His smirk was evident. "Hello again! It's nice to see you both again, by royal friends!" He stated, walking inside of the room.

"Jabber! What happened to you?" Twilight asked, as Sombra lowered his blade, now a slight smile appearing on both of their faces.

"Well, simply put, I'm merely another one of Jabber's, ehm, how you say, majins," Jabber spoke, with a slight undertone of superiority.

"Majin? Wait, like the blue form? You're another one?" Twilight asked, moving closer to Jabber, who moved back a little bit.

"Ehm, yes. While I would appreciate you not being so close," Jabber said, as Twilight moved back a bit, giggling as Sombra and Jabber smirked. "But, yes. I am another form of his little, uh, well expierimentation. More specifically, I'm his royal Majin," 'Royal' Jabber explained, as Twilight tilted her head.

"Wait, might I ask, what does that entail?" Sombra asked, as Royal smiled at him.

"To put it simply, Jabber might not like his title, but I will take it graciously from him. I'll just kind of, appear, whenever his royal nature might be needed, or who knows, I might just appear for no reason! We still don't know how this ability of his works, but I'm sure with your help, Ms. Twilight, we can definitely figure it out. And, of course you too Sombra, although I don't think that we will be together for long," Royal explained, as both nodded in confirmation.

"I at least hope that we won't, and not because I wouldn't want to spend time with you or Jabber, but more so because if I don't see you, it would mean that war isn't on not just my horizon," Sombra said, finishing cleaning his armor, as Royal nodded.

"Of course. Now, we need to figure something out, for how we could defeat Anti-Celestia and Anti-Luna, not to mention the fact that now you and your friends counterparts are also running around causing trouble," Royal remorsed, as Sombra and Twilight looked in surprise and terror.

"Wait, the elements of Disharmony are rampid again? Their cell should've been unbreakable. Not Even Celestia could've broken that stone!" Sombra spoke in shock.

"Well, if Ms. Anti-Twilight is to be believed, a strange mix of magic exploded the wall from the outside. The mix was an Orange and Blue mix, ironic as they are opposites, but I have no other knowledge about that, other than The disharmony is definitely with The two Faker Monarchs," Royal explained, as Twilight giggled a bit more. "May I ask what's so funny Dear?"

"The Anti Prefix is just funny to me. It's like they are a counter to my entire life, when really they're just another form of me," Twilight chuckled at the figure of speech, and Royal smirked.

"Well, I'm not a humor majin, although I guess I'm not entirely sure what I am in general, but I'm happy that my form of speech is funny to you," Royal smiled, as Twilight stopped for a little bit to say something else.

"Well, I agree. We do need a stategy. We can't attack any of them, because then it will hurt us. And we can't attack Celestia and Luna, because that will hurt ours," Twilight explained, as Royal thought for a second, before snapping his fingers.

"Ahah! Jackpot! Twilight, gather all of your friends to the round table room, and do it quickly!" Royal ordered Twilight, as she nodded and ran off. "Sombra, do you have any magic inhibitors?"

"Sure, but why do you need them?" Sombra asked confused, as Royal smirked with an obvious undertone of knowing something that he didn't, but he caught on quickly.

"I believe it's time that we can catch the rat, before it crawls through the mirror."
> 6: Actual Shifting 3: Battle of Mythicality
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"So, what's this whole plan?" Rainbow asked, after the explanation of who this Royal Majin was.

"Well, obviously, we cannot just simply attack any of our opponents. That will just result in either one of you getting hurt, or the princesses will just feel pain out of nowhere," Royal responded, as Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"Well yes pard'ner, but we already know that,"  Applejack said, as she sneered at the open window.

"So how do we beat this level then?" Spike asked, referencing Games, as Royal smirked.

"Well, remember, we don't have to actually attack them. We just have to shut the connection," Royal stated as everyone except for Sombra and Twilight gasped.

"Right! I, and it seems like the rest of us, forgot about that part," Rainbow responded, as Twilight nodded.

"So, if we can shut the Major connection between ours and this world, then we can-"

"GO AND MAKE AN ORBITAL FRIENDSHIP CANNON!?" Pinkie shouted, intercepting Twilight, hopping onto Applejack in the process to emphasize her point. Applejack stabilized quickly to hold onto the hyperactive girl.

"Woah, nelly. I know you like when we go all, well, Rainbow power, but you know we need them elements of harmony. They are still in our world Pinkie," Applejack explained, as Pinkie deflated a bit, hopping off of Applejack.

"While applejack is right about the...Orbital Friendship Cannon...Ms. Pie is on the right track. After the connection is closed between the two worlds, we can attack without fear of repercussions," Royal stated, as Twilight and Sombra nodded in response. "Now, while we're not sure how to actually close this Connection, I'm sure Ms. Sparkle here and Sombra can find a way to close it. While they can try to close the connection," Royal continued, before his ear twitched and he looked behind him.

"What's wrong?" Twilight asked, as Royal turned back.

"Hmm...must've been a bird. Just heard a noise. Anyway, while they can try to close the connection, we have to stall as much as we can. All of us, including some of Sombra's guards, correct?" Royal turned to Sombra, who nodded.

"So let me get this straight. We have to win a tactical battle without even attacking? How do we even do that?" Spike asked, as Royal smiled.

"Well, I believe, I might have a term that will make sense to you. We kite them," Royal spoke to Him like a child, but spike gleamed at the prospect of a royal using a gaming term.

"Might I ask what that means?" Rarity asked, as Royal turned to spike, motioning him to come and explain.

"Kiting is a term for continuously running from an enemy to get them to chase you into a certain area, while simultaneously attacking them. It's basically the cowards way of attacking, but I get the sense we're gonna be more like a lure than a kite, correct?" Spike asked, as Royal slightly nodded.

"Correction, you will be more like a lure than a kite. I myself can be in the fray as long as I'm in the defensive, not the offensive," Royal stated, as many eyes in the room widened.

"What!? You're gonna go up against, not just Celestia and Luna, but a counterpart to them, who's most likely to be more powerful? Do you have a deathwish?" Rainbow Dash yelled in his face, as he shriveled in disgust.

"While I feel like that was a bit uncalled for, remember, even if I get hurt, no one else does. It's merely the better option. Besides, while Jabber might not know many spells or be very intuned with fighting defensively-" Royal said, before stomping onto an arrow, which launched itself upwards towards an angle, bouncing off the wall into an piece of steel, bouncing off that into rainbow dash's hair, going straight through the technicolor mane towards an armor stand, bouncing off the armor stand into a mounted armory, hitting the bottom of a sheathed sword, leaving the sword to jump into his hand. "-I definitely know a thing or two." 

The room was silent as everyone processed what happened, mainly Rainbow, as she was pale and chilled to the touch, noticing the slit in her mane was still there. Royal smirked, as he looked out the window again, winking at seemingly nothing.

"So, I believe that this deathwish you proclaim I have, I believe that has been mitigated. My wish is not of death, but of victory, and I can do what I can to gain that," Royal stated, as sombra stepped forward.

"I agree. Shall we plan more elsewhere?" Sombra asked, as royal nodded. 

"Yes, let us. Tactics are our specialty, isn't it?" Royal asked, as Sombra nodded, before walking into another room.

"I...I...I-em...I take it we should also go prepare?" Spike asked his friends, who nodded slowly, still loading on what they witnessed.

Elsewhere, a crow watched intently, before flying off elsewhere.





The march of the guards was evident almost miles away. An expedition of the Sombra army was happening, but no one could tell why. Or, I guess I should say no one involved could tell what was happening. No one knew what was at stake, and that, the stake itself was starting to burn.

"Are you certain that this plan will work?" Twilight asked, as royal nodded.

"Certainly. As long as I'm here, and everyone follows the plan, nothing could stop this," Royal stated, as the march stopped, and they looked to see the destination.

The castle of the chaos sisters.



"This is gonna be one of the most confusing fights we've ever done girls," Twilight looked behind her, looking at her friends. "And spike, obviously," She added, as a result of Spike pointing at himself.

"Now! Stallions! Mares! This will be our toughest fight yet! We! Cannot! Attack! Our! Opponents! I must make this clear! Be only on the defensive as much as you can! Offense is not our priority. Do I make myself clear?" Sombra shouted to his soldiers, who stomped their spears and yelled in response. "Royal, you do have army leading experiences, or at least I assume, right?"

"As much as you have been taught, I'm sure," Royal responded, as Sombra nodded.

"If I am to disappear from my leader position, I am leaving Prince Jabberwock in highest command. If he isn't available, listen to your respective leading officers! Am I clear?" Sombra shouted to his soldiers, who replied in response in the same way. He nodded, turning to our protagonists.

"I don't know how we'll deal with the connection yet, but I am sure that we can figure it out. Twilight, I want you to try and find the library, or study room, or whatever room could be helpful in closing the connection. Are you ready for that?" Sombra asked, as Twilight nodded. "Applejack, you go with her. You'll be better as a support with your magic resistance," Sombra stated, as Applejack tilted her hat in response. "You four will be the leading officers of certain groups of my soldiers. Rainbow, take the pegasi troop."

Rainbow saluted as she flew over to the pegasi soldier group. "Fluttershy, you're in charge of the support and medic group," Sombra said, as fluttershy nodded timidly and flew over to the group of healers. "Rarity, you take the unicorns. While I know you're not incredibly advanced in magic, Twilight will be elsewhere, and I'm sure you're the best choice," Rarity shook her head for a second before nodding over and immediately trying to 'fix' some guard uniforms. "Pinkie, you'll take miscellaneous group. They're basically the chaotic group, but they're the best chaotic group I could ask for," Sombra said, smiling as she hopped over to the group of pegasi, unicorns, earth ponies, and other species, including dragons, changelings, and even kirin.

"Royal. Promise me you'll do a good job," Sombra looked at him, with a serious tone in the air. Royal smiled.

"Of course I will. As long as I stay as royal, I will," Royal stated, as Sombra looked more serious.

"And if you don't stay as royal? What will be of my Soldiers Royal?" Sombra asked, an eyebrow raised, and royal felt a minor sweat. 

"Do not worry Sombra. If I do change to someone else, not only will the, ehm, girls be good leaders as well, but I'm sure any other majin, or even jabber himself, will be a well enough leader," Royal stated, a bit more confident. Sombra stepped back.

"Well then, let us start this party, shall we?" Sombra stated, before the whole magic troop created a bridge to the castle's top, taking about 4 minutes for it to be completed. 

"Here it is. No turning back. Are we all ready?" Sombra asked everyone, who shouted positively. "Well then...here we go."

"Good job keeping the secret plan locked up. I think he'll have some fun with a room of adversaries, all of which are female," Royal whispered to Sombra, who smirked.

""I'm sure he will."





"Sister. They're coming," Luna stated, getting the word from their slave lookout. Celestia smirked.

"Do not worry dear sister. Thanks to you, we know everything they're planning," Celestia said, and Luna smiled in response, sitting back down on her throne. "Elements of Disharmony, are thou ready?"

"Absolutely Mam'," AJ said, gripping onto her leather black whip.

"Of course Princess," Twilight said, smiling with a surrounding of books, constantly looking at new spells. Celestia smirked. They didn't know what was coming.

Suddenly, the roof burst open as soldiers of Sombra's army flew inside, including the elements of harmony, Sombra himself dropping in, and a certain changeling.

"Ahh! There you all are. A bit rude to burst through the ceiling, do you not think?" Celestia stated, looking at the bursted roof.

"I admit, it wasn't practical, but the windows aren't exactly large," Sombra said, as Celestia and Luna sat up.

"You were expecting us, I presume?" Royal asked, his hand hovering over his sheathed sword, not moving timidly, but still presumably scared. Luna smirked at the sight.

"Well, of course. The connection between our worlds is nearly complete. Why wouldn't we be expecting invaders from said world?" Luna asked, as Royal stepped forward.

"Of course, but what I see is that you weren't expecting me, that changeling you knew," Royal stated, an eyebrow raising from both princesses.

"What do you mean by that?" Celestia asked, but that is what made Royal raise an eyebrow in response. Those words were all that Royal needed. Celestia made a mistake, and she didn't even know it, and royal wasn't going to let her know.

"Well, based on how I disappeared the last time you saw me, you most likely didn't think I'd be in this little army. But enough talking. Twilight, AJ, head off to where you all need to go. We'll stall them," Royal said, as Twilight and AJ nodded, running off. Luna blasted the doorway to where they were heading, but Royal quickly threw his sword in the direction of the falling rubble. It stopped it long enough for the two to get through the doorframe.

"What!? A sword shouldn't have been able to stop debris falling that fast!?" Anti-Twilight shouted in response, her science brain tinkering.

"It does if you throw it right, and I always throw it right," Royal stated, tugging at his pristine pearl gloves.

"Woah. Look at the egomaniac," Anti-Rainbow said, and Royal smiled.

"You can call me an egomaniac, I never mind picking up new titles. It just expands my collection," Royal responded, and Anti-Rainbow twitched in response.

"Now, now, Rainbow. Let us be civil, for now anyway," Celestia said, dowering Rainbow.

"I Agree. Soldiers, stand down for now, but be on guard. Protect your officers," Sombra stated, sheathing his spear, getting a yes from the army. Unbeknownst to them all, Anti-Twilight had teleported both her and Anti-AJ elsewhere. Royal however, saw the magic remnant, knowing what it meant. He quickly looked back at the princesses.

"So, might I ask what is to gain from merging the worlds?" Royal asked, stepping forward to them both.

"Aww. Is the little prince trying to be brave? How cute," Celestia said, as Luna stayed silent. She would've also taunted, if not for the fact that she saw what he could do.

"Bravery has nothing to do with it. It's merely of just importance," Royal said, sitting on the grey brick floor. "Let us talk."

"Royal! What are you doing!?" Rainbow yelled, from her crowd of soldiers.

"I'm negotiating. Now, where were we?" Royal said, as Celestia and Luna sat in their respective thrones, intrigued.

"Alright. What's your deal?" Luna asked, almost immediately.

"Straight to the point, I see. But what made you think I was proposing a deal?" Royal asked, confusing the sisters, and everyone else. "No, no, no. I'm asking for the counter-spell to the connection spell," Royal stated, receiving a laugh, not just from the enemies, but even some from the crowds behind him. "Go on and laugh, but trust me, I can negotiate anything."

"Ok, ok. Sure. We'll just give you the spell? Yeah, ok," Anti-Rarity smiled at the thought.

"Yes, actually. It's a rather simple concept. Something your alternate over there has felt it plenty of times. In fact, that's how she has her element of Harmony. Generosity, am I correct my Dear Rarity?" Royal asked towards the marshmallow colored pony, who blushed as she nodded.

"You expect us to be generous, and just give you the counter-spell?" Anti-Rarity asked, as Royal smirked.

"Of course. It's not like it's in your nature to be Selfish, Rarity. That's simply just what you were taught, or nurtured, I suppose," Royal stated, as Anti-Rarity raised an eyebrow, and Luna could feel a drop of sweat down the back of her neck, travelling through her fur.

"Now however, that isn't what is important. What is important, is that I will need that counter-spell," Royal asked again, this time his eyes turned purple, with a more serious tone in his voice. Another guffaw erupted from the adversary side.

"We're not just going to give it to you because we'll feel bad, or because we'll decide too for no reason! That would be the dumbest thing ever! There'd be no upside!" Anti-Rainbow yelled, through laughing.

"Well, I suppose we can deal. I guess a negotiation isn't a negotiation unless both sides offer something. So, let me propose my deal," Royal stated, before instantly throwing magic reducers at both princesses and Rarity, nailing Fluttershy and Rainbow to the wall by striking feathers with knives that wouldn't effect the rest of the body. He didn't do anything to Pinkie Pie however, as she wouldn't bother to do anything anyway.

"What the-" Anti-Rainbow started, before another knife was thrown near her mouth, which shut her up.

"How rude. You don't interrupt a deal like that," Royal said, tightening his cuffs. Celestia grabbed her horn, before getting zapped immediately by the magical reducer. She shook her hand off the zap. Luna watched with wide eyes. This wasn't at all the plan that was discussed and heard by her.

"You also don't interrupt a deal by getting rid of magic. It's not exactly someone of a quality status would do," Luna said, trying to guilt trip Royal. But when she opened her eyes from trying to guilt him, he looked completely different, and based on everyone's expression, it happened nearly instantly.

His skin was now a slightly tanner black, with his crystal now a wavy brown. His crown was now a bandanna and Captain hat, and his robe was flowing into a brown leather jacket, with colored beads around it. His eyes were now brown and black. His gilded and Golden Glowing sword was now a rapier, Cutlass, and scabbard.

"You're right. Now, let's start this, shall we?" This new Jabber stated, showing his teeth, yellow, and only one was golden. "Now we all know how to make a deal, don't we? Only me and Sombra can take them Rings off of you, love, so let's get down to brass tacks," Jabber said, slowly pondering over to a nearby table. Two soldiers of Sombra's army stepped forward to watch the pegasi, as the restraint put on them was light at best. "Thanks mates. Royal might be accurate, but he sure ain't strong. Anyway, let's talk, Big misses."

"What? Who are you!? Where's the Prince!?" Celestia yelled, standing up from her throne and stepping forward. New Jabber smirked, giggling a bit.

"Royal? He backed off for a bit. Said somethin' about a plan to form or somethin'. Anyway, you can call me Captain, cause that's what I am. Anyway, talk to me love," Captain said, sitting down on a large concrete brick. Celestia sputtered at the response, and what she was called. She thought for a second, then smiled. She then laughed.

"Oh, so you think you're funny? Mr. Captain, you do realize who you're talking to, don't you?" Celesita asked, as the confidence of the opposing side rised.

"Nope. Never met you before. Heard of you, but I've never been in control yet. You sound like a bastard, but not a bitch just yet. Nearly there, but yeah. Could be a lot worse, but honestly, who knows," Captain laughed off the intimidation, with laughs from the Ally side now erupting. Celestia blushed in anger, at what she was called by the Captain, and stepped forward to get physical, luna laughing at the braiseness towards her sister, along with Rainbow following as well. However, once he reopened his eyes, Captain saw Celestia and Luna towering over him. He slightly smiled.

"Now, now ladies. There's plenty of the captain to go around, but I need both of you intact. So, let's back off," Captain winked at the princesses, keeping his hand on his rapier sheath, watching them both get closer. The two backed off quickly in response to the statement, both with a minor blush. "Now, first off, I need some rum, but that's probably in a different room altogether. It's just never nearby, but that's not important. Secondly, I'm gonna need that spell. It ain't for me, it's all for the fact of how you lil' lot are idiots."

"What!? How dare-" Luna started to yell, before the significant sound of the unsheathing of a blade was heard, and she shut up.

"Thank you. Now, I'm not the smartest here, but let me explain why this is just a stupid idea in general," Captain said, tipsilly moving towards the two monarchs. Everyone watched with confusion at the once royal changeling with manners and a superiority complex turned into a drunken idiot. Both Raritys looked away at the sight. "So, your plan is to merge both of our worlds together, right?"

"That is correct, Captain," Luna grinned through the title.

"Yeah. So, you do realize that you have your own counterparts, right? Everyone here has their own counterparts. Take Zelo Ring over there. In my world, he's just a normal civillian, bit jumpy, kinda scared. Here though, he's a fearless warrior of Sombra's army. Big difference. How about Scarlet Flare there! In my world, she's a ruthless and cuthrought Pirate, meanwhile here, she's a caring and kind medical mare. You get this whole counterpart thing, don't you? If you merge your worlds, you'll just have to face off against your own counterparts, and while I haven't met them personally, from what I've seen in the recesses of Jabber's mind, they REALLY care about their little ponies. I use Little lightly, some of them are fucking huge," Captain said, looking to the side. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow dash couldn't help but laugh at the statement, including Anti-Rainbow and Anti-Rarity. "So to relay your plan, you're trying to merge 2 completely similar worlds together, then take over said alternate world because you think you can simply defeat your counterparts who have the exact same power set as you lot? Did you think this out? You know that hurting either will hurt the other. Unless you got a spell to contradict that, and even then, we already have a literal goddess of Chaos on our side, and from what I heard, the Eris of this world is also good, so I'd like to think that we still win here." 

"I...Em...I think he's right Princess," Anti-rares stated her opinion, as Celestia snarled at the blatent and simple reasoning. But then she quickly calmed down, nearly instantly. She smiled back, and Captain widened his eyes.

"Ah. So you have an alternate plan, do ya? I didn't think that one through I'll be honest! Or maybe I was right and you do have a spell to protect yourself after worlds are merged. Maybe you even have something to dispatch our Eris, or something. Either way, I got something to say to that," Captain said quickly, obviously unprepared. Celestia watched the sudden nervousness, smiling at how she cracked his armor.

"Oh yes! I love hearing that. What might you have to say against me?" Celestia asked, leaning down to his level, right in his face. Suddenly, the nervousness dissapated, and he smiled.

"I'll just do it the Pirate way. If you got nothing left...RUN!" Captain said, before shoving his hand in her face, throwing the Magic reducer off, and running down a hallway. 

Celestia growled as she quickly unfurled her wings and began to chase him down the hallways. Despite her going at a fast pace through the air, Captain managed to keep a good speed and distance from Celly. Suddenly, Celestia quickly flew back, zapping all the magic reducers and many soldiers. Sombra's eyes widened at the look.

"Sorry about that, but I have a captain to chase. Bye Bye!" Celestia smiled, flying back to the chase.

"Fluttershy! Quickly, get your squad and get everyone injured outside!" Sombra shouted amongst the chaos, as Fluttershy nodded, and started to get the medics to pull out stretchers, and she quickly started to tend to many soldiers.

"Pegasi! Corner Our Fluttershy and Rainbow dash! We can't let them get advantage!" Sombra shouted, as Rainbow Dash saluted, getting the pegasi to all fly towards the technicolor and Yellow Pegasi.

"Rar-" Sombra started, before getting knocked in the back of the head.

"Too little, too late. Sorry dearies, but your king has something to tend to," Luna smiled, as she dragged Sombra away. She also dealt with any soldiers attempting to retrieve the king.

"Well, this ain't good," Rainbow Dash said, trying to pin down her counterpart to the ceiling. 





"Huh. Either I lost her, or she's just trailin' behind me," Captain said, as he stopped and looked behind him, not seeing the Large queen mare.

"Might be because she's right in front of you," A voice said, as Captain's eyes widened. He slowly turned around at the sound.

"Oh! There you are! I was worried I had gotten lost from my guide to this lovely castle!" Captain grinned. Celestia also smiled, leaning down again.

"Well, let me show you around," Celestia smirked, her horn lighting up. But she stopped at the confused look on Captain.

"Show me around what?" Captain asked, as Celestia was taken a-back. He just said around the castle.

"Show you around, the castle?" Celestia responded.

"OH! Yeah, no thanks. I can find my own way around. Hey! What's that?" Captain asked, running over to another room, to find the library. Celestia quickly ran after him, more confused than before. "Hey, what's with the big sphere?"

"Don't touch that! You'll ruin the plan!" Celestia shouted from the other side of the room, as Captain hopped along to a beat towards the sphere.

"What plan? I must ask. Hey wait, isn't this where little mister Royal wanted Twilight and her cowgirl friend to go?" Captain asked both Celly and Himself, as he look at the ground. 

"Jabber? Is that you!?" A voice was echoed in the empty and large room.

"Ah! 'ello! This is Captain here! Celly is also here! Don't point out where you are! That'd be a very dumb idea!" Captain shouted into the room.

"We're here!" Another voice, similar but different to the first one shouted through the area. Captain dead panned as Celly smirked.

"I believe it's not just your purple unicorn in this room," Celestia said, smiling at Captain. Captain looked back at her, eyebrow raised.

"Don't say it like that. It makes it seem like I'm her owner. Heck, I haven't even met her yet. Sure, I might've seen her, but I definitely haven't met her, shook her hand, slapped her, talked to her, drink-ed wine with her, I haven't done anything with her," Captain stated, confused by Celestia's statement. Celestia in turn, also became confused.

"I...I meant that Both Twilights are in the library," Celestia stated, as Captain looked more confused before...

"Oooooooh. Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Anyway, I'm gonna go find that counter-spell," Captain said, running to another section of the library. Celestia looked again, bewildered at the complete abandonment of the Captain.

"What about your Twilight?" Celestia shouted in the direction of the captain, seeing him climbing on the shelves.

"Yeah, I'll get her too. Spell's more important right now though," Captain yelled back, scaling on the shelves, nearly to the top of the room already. Celestia shook her head, knowing where the spell was, she ran off to find the Twilights. Captain watched, thinking it was weird that she didn't bother with getting him down. She didn't hesitate at all.

"Hmm...bit suspicious. S'not like she should be reacting. I guess the lavender unicorn takes priority...but I ain't gonna be happy about it," Captain grumbled, hopping off the shelf onto the fourth floor of the library, rushing towards the direction of the Villainess.

"Never thought I'd be fighting myself, but I guess magic does some weird stuff!" Applejack shouted, through the ropes and beams being thrown around the room.

"Can confirm there pardner! But nows about time you go down!" Anti-Aj shouted back, smirking as Celestia showed up. "And it seems like that should be rather soon."

"Quite so AJ, so let's get these phonies locked up," Anti-Twilight said, continuing to try and use a locking spell on her counterpart.

"Twilight, you are being too rash. Here allow me to freeze them," Celestia stated, prideful as ever, as Twilight quietly mocked her.

"Wait! WAI-" Twilight shouted, before she and Applejack suddenly froze in place.

"There. Now, go and help my sister with that pesky army. I have to deal wit-" Celestia started, before getting a direct kick to the face and being knocked down the ground.

"WHAT THE-" Anti-Twi shouted, as a rapier appeared near her neck, and she backed up.

"Now hold on right ther-" Anti-AJ started, before a scabbard appeared near her neck.

"Oh please, you think I wasn't ready for a double team? Your precious princess gave that part away literally a few seconds ago. Think I wasn't prepared?" Captain stated, sporting an egotistical smirk. "That's the thing though, isn't it? You both are great at only one thing. You are incredible with magic, and you are good at playing cowboy. Those two don't really go together, and thankfully, I know more than one way to attack."

"Yeah, Yeah, get on with it. You don't have the guts to actually attack us. You know that it'll hurt your friends over there," Anti-Twi said, motioning towards the frozen girls.

"What friends?" Captain asked, raising an eyebrow. Both counterparts looked at eachother from a distance, and suddenly got worried. If they weren't friends, could he actually just slice them up without hesitation?

"Ehm, the friends who are currently frozen right now?" Anti-AJ stated, pointing towards the frozen girls.

"Huh? Oh yes! I forgot that Jabber was their friends. Either way, you are right though. I couldn't attack you guys, er sorry, I couldn't kill you guys. That doesn't mean though, that I can't knock you out!" Captain stated, flipping his swords over, and throwing the swords hilt first at their foreheads, knocking an unprepared Anti-AJ out, but not a teleporting Anti-Twilight. "Uncool."

"All's fair in love and war, and I have no feelings for anyone here," Anti-Twilight smirked, thinking that she got him in a checkmate.

"Well, that's good. Neither do I!" Captain said, running over to Twilight, and pinching a nerve that knocked her out. Suddenly, Anti-twilight, realizing what he was doing, attempted to teleport again, but was too late, as she was knocked out.

"It sure does help to know how a body works," Captain smirked at his handiwork, not noticing the menacing figure behind him.

"Oh is it now?" Celestia stated, as Captain's eyes widened, before he was blasted into a bookshelf on the opposite end of the room.

"Forgot you existed. Hate that magic of yours," Captain said, wiping the blood from his mouth with a menacing look.

"Well, what can I say! It's not my fault you don't know how to use it!" Celestia leaned down, smirking.

"Do you ever have a fair fight? 1 v 1, only one way to attack? It's pretty exhilarating when you aren't cheating," Captain sat up, sheathing his swords in fear of accidentally hitting himself.

"Are you challenging me to a sword fight? I would be frightened if it wasn't laughable," Celestia giggled at the sight of this Pirate asking for a battle.

"You said it, not me. Well, would you like a duel?" Captain asked, holding his hand out to hers, as Celestia stepped forwards.

"You do realize that I am one of the greatest sword-ponies on Equis, don't you?" Celesita asked, as Captain shrugged, also stepping forwards.

"Sometimes the best ideas you can do are bad ideas, so, rules?" Captain asked, as Celestia pondered for a second.

"Heres a few. You cannot switch your little personalities. You also can't use more than one weapon. Is that good enough?" Celestia asked, leaning down again.

"Only if you're fine with not using magic. Deal?" Captain asked, extending his hand. Celestia hesitated for a second, thinking of the terms, before shaking Captain's hand.

"Deal. Now, I'd like your scabbard as a weapon, if you'll please," Celestia asked, as Captain rolled his eyes, and unsheathed his Scabbard and handed it to her, quick on his feet thinking she'd just stab him right then and there. She didn't.

"Huh. Really thought that you'd just pincer me there. Well, head to your spot, and I'll do the same," Captain said, as Celestia nodded, and both headed to opposite parts of the Library.

"Are you ready, dear Captain?" Celestia asked, the question echoing through the empty library.

"Never have been, why should I start now?" Captain asked back, as Celestia smiled. He was funny. It was a shame he would meet his end.

"Well then, let us begin!" Celestia stated, slowly walking towards the Weaponed Changeling. Thinking he'd do the same, she was stunned when he started to run towards her, rapier behind him, slicing through the air. Was he an idiot?

The Weapons clashed as the two enemies leaned in closer to each other, staring into each other's eyes, one with malicious intent, and the other with...uh...less malicious intent. More so Dubious intent. I can't really tell.

Captain slashed downwards the break the Blockage, and Celestia reacted by attempting to slice his head. Captain barely dodged, his hat now on a different side of the room. The two then started attempting to slash into each other, blocking every single time. Once reaching a wall, the two used their wings to continue their fight, both in the air, and on the banisters up near the ceiling. 

"Not terrible, Captain! Not bad at all!" Celestia said, genuinely impressed by how long the Captain has lasted.

"Thanks lass. Not so bad yourself. Guess you weren't lying about the whole swords pony thing, eh?" Captain said, smirking as the reached a cut of banister.

"Unfortunately, it seems the end of the road is here for you," Celestia stated, using her wings to completely cover his.

"Even if I die, you'll still lose. They'll fix this whole merging worlds situation!" Captain shouted, as their swords got completely blocked by each other.

"Oh Please! You and They can't do anything without the spell!" Celestia shouted, smiling as she continued to press into him.

"I already have the spell!" Captain shouted back, as Celestia froze in place. What? Since when did he get the spell? She quickly reached into her armor pocket, and pulled out a small piece of parchment.

"Hah! No you don't!" Celestia yelled at him, victorious.

"...Oh that spell," Captain said, before slashing her left leg and grabbing the parchment. Celestia couldn't react quick enough, as her leg wound cut deep enough to where her leg could barely move. "Sorry about that my Celestia, but this is a good win for me!" Captain said as he hopped off the banister, Celestia falling off onto the ground with a massive thump. "Sheesh. Oh well. She can't disturb me," Captain said, smiling at the parchment.

"You...YOU CHEATED!" Celestia shouted towards him, sending a blast of magic towards him, as he looked at it in shock. Suddenly, another magic blast destroyed the blast heading towards him, as he looked to his right. Ms. Purple and Cowgirl were standing valiently, as Captain smirked.

"Show me the rule book! You and I both wrote it!" Captain said, as he and the girls ran outside the library, but not far. Celestia could only watch, as they performed the counter-spell. All her work, gone in a few blinks of an eye. No worlds could be merged, no fight with herself. It felt so wrong, like it wasn't supposed to happen.

Wonder why she felt like that.





"Prince Jabberwock, I sincerely thank you," Sombra stated, removing a medal from a case, and placing it over his neck. Except it wasn't Jabber. Royal came back for the ceremony. Captain said he wasn't feeling up to it, and besides, Royal cherished this kind of thing a lot more.

"I also thank you Sombra. Your army did plenty, and you did a lot as well," Royal stated, shaking Sombra's hand, as he could swear he heard rainbow dash say he really didn't.

"Well...This certainly was a journey. Shouldn't we be heading back? I don't want some anti-zecora to show up and poison us or something," Rainbow Dash said, as Twilight giggled.

"I guess we should be heading back. Royal, can you turn back into Jabber, so he can experience this?" Twilight asked Royal, who started sweating immediately.

"Oh...em...well...I don't think that's the greatest call," Royal said, scratching the back of his neck, as plenty of heads turned in confusion.

"Huh? What for? Is that not how you work? You can't just switch on a whim or somethin'?" AJ asked, as Royal shook his head.

"No, it's not that. Em...Jabber doesn't like you all right now," Royal said, as the silence in the room did the opposite of silence, and grew in size.



"WHAT!?"
> 7: Break down the Walls
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"What do you mean he doesn't like us!?" Rainbow dash shouted, rushing towards Royal.

"I thought we discussed this. Please don't get so close to my face," Royal said, pushing on Rainbow's snout to move her, as she backed up, slightly blushing.

"Right. Sorry," Rainbow said, scratching her neck in embarrassment.

"Royal, could you please explain?" Twilight asked, concern evident in her voice.

"Well, for lack of a better explanation, Jabber has been a bit coerced by your counterparts, enough to where he doesn't know if he can trust the real versions of you. I've tried to talk to him, but he has sheltered himself off inside of his own mind. As of now, Captain is trying to persuade him, but has had very little success. What? He says, and I quote, 'This here Jabber fellow don't trust you gals a lick,' so I hope that helps in some form. I wish he wasn't as blunt, but I cannot do much for his personality," Royal explained, as briefly as he could, and many of the girls felt bad, for some reason.

"For saying you have a lack of a better explanation, I wonder what would've been a better one," Sombra stated, as Royal slightly chuckled.

"I suppose you are correct. Now though, I'd say we should return to our world, no? We can discuss it more there, cause I can almost guarantee that our adversaries will rear their ugly heads, err, lovely heads, once again if we simply stand here," Royal stated, contradicting the condescending message he imputed.

"I think Royal has the right idea. Let's get you all home," Sombra states, as the group nodded. "By the way, tell your Celestia that she is lovely."





"Oh...anyone else have that feeling of being in your own world again?" Rainbow Dash asked the group, feeling a refreshing breeze of sorts.

"It does feel nice knowing we're safer in this world, or at least as safe as we can be," Twilight responded to the comment, with Applejack nodding in agreement.

"I'm sure it does feel nicer," A voice says from the other side of the room, from a certain white fur-ed monarch.

"Princess Celestia!" Most of the group said, bowing, as Twilight and Jabber continued to stand.

"No need girls. I'm sure you're happy to see me, not as a tyrant," Princess Celestia stated, smirking a slight.

"I most certainly am," Royal and Twilight stated at the same time, with the two looking at each other in that classic cliche way.

"Might I ask why Jabber seems more like a canterlot noble now? If I remember correctly, he always wished to bow so he could forget his title," Luna asked, inspecting the silver crown on Royal's head.

"Ahh, I apologize Princess Luna. I am Jabber's Royal Majin. Think of me as if Jabber decided to act like a prince," Royal explained himself, slightly walking away from the two towering figures.

"Well, pleasure to meet you either way...Royal? Is this what we should call you?" Celestia asked, as Royal smiled, nodding in response. "However, is there anyway we could talk with the real Jabber?"

"Unfortunately Princesses, it seems like Jabber has sort of closed himself off," Rarity answered for the regal changeling, who sadly lowered his head in response.

"Speaking of which, could we get more details on that?" Rainbow Dash asked, flying over Royal.

"Third time I believe that I've told you to not be so close, Ms. Dash?" Royal stated, a bit of passive aggression, as Rainbow blushed and moved away.

"Right, sorry. Although, please don't call me Ms. Dash. Makes me feel sad and old," Rainbow Dash said, sagging her face with her hands.

"Anyways, I believe, now that we're in a safer location, I can explain a bit better of the events that happened," Royal stated, motioning over to the dining hall, currently empty, with plenty of seating.





"So...why is Jabber being such a recluse in his own body?" Twilight asked, as Royal sat down, along with the whole party.

"Well, as far back as I can remember, after the Celestia and Luna of the mirror world teleported us away, he found himself in a forest, with the alternate versions of you all in hot pursuit of him. He might've gotten away, if not for the fact that, it seems in any world you all are together, you all seem to work together in the finest ways," Royal started, as the mane 6 smiled a bit, prideful of their own relations to each other.

"I guess it be nice to know we're all friends in almost every world," AJ said, playfully hitting rainbow.

"After he was caught, he was brought to castle of the two sisters, and in that room he was supposed to go and be...well, he was supposed to be used for information by the evil group, but then his stress level got too high, and-" Royal continued.

"His blue majin appeared?" Twilight guessed where the story was going.

"You'd think so, but it seems that another majin stepped in. Remember, not all of us know how we work, and while I can't say who stepped in, I can say, they were irregular," Royal explained, as twilight wrote something down. "Then, begins my story..."





"Just...Keep...Running..." Jabber panted to himself, running through the tree line, hoping he wouldn't run into yet another adversary. It happened before, and it can certainly happen again.

Continuing his run, he eventually started to hear more voices. Thinking they might've caught closer, he stopped breathing and stopped moving as fast to listen in.

"Not...same voi...voices," Jabber told himself quietly, leaning against a tree to listen closer, and hear the direction.

"Keep going my Dearies! We'll be finishing this soon enough!" A voice said from the direction. A voice that Jabber didn't want to hear again, but he knew he didn't need to panic about.

Queen Chrysalis...

"Are you sure this is the right area Duchess?" another changeling asked the aforementioned Monarch.

'Great...I can't be needlessly mad at this chrysalis. She hasn't done anything to me. But that voice...it just makes my bones sting!' Jabber complained in his thoughts, as Chrysalis continued kindly ordering her workers. 'I should be able to sneak past if I just walk through. This operation is way too large for me to just fly over or go around in a suitable fashion. I'll be spotted for sure, even if most of these changelings are genuinely good. I just have to act natural, and it should all be fine.'

Jabber swallowed his wrath and slyly walked into the Changeling construction area. He didn't pay anyone any attention, he didn't know if anyone was looking at him, he was only focused at getting to the other side of the site as inconspicuously as possible.

Unfortunately for him, there is a god, and he doesn't want to help.

"Hey dearie! Over here!"

He just likes to watch interesting things happen.

"She's talking to you dude," Another Changeling near him told him, as he carried something away, confirming his worst fears.

'Shit. What do I do? I don't look like any other changeling, and even if this one is nice, I'm sure she wouldn't be the greatest to an intruder. Maybe I just make a run for it? It's unlikely I'll get away from a hivemind, but I-wait...What's that glow?' Jabber thought, looking at the ground thinking, seeing a golden glow from the center of his chest. Looking down his shirt, he sees his center crystal glowing Gold and Violet. Jabber smiled.

'Well, I guess I won't have to deal with it. Looks like god's on my side now,' Jabber thought, as he retreated into his mind, and a slight narcissist takes control of the wheel. He shakes his head, and looks at his body. It's more changeling like than it was before, and he smiles, knowing this will be a lot easier.

"Dearie! Might I ask you to come here!" Duchess Chrysalis shouts towards the changeling in question, and he turns around with an invisible smirk.

"Yes Duchess?" Royal asked, walking closer to the Duchess.

"Oh goody! You are able to hear! I was worried for a moment, thinking that maybe one of my workers was deaf. Don't want someone like that around dangerous construction," Chrysalis looks away for a second in worry. 

"Of course. May I ask what you need?" Royal asked, prompting the Duchess to continue.

"Oh yes! May I trouble you to bring the water tank to Group 6? They're not too far away, but the garden always needs water, and so do all living things!" Chrysalis told Royal his task.

"Of Course Duchess," Royal bowed, as he placed the water tank to a cubic wheelbarrow, and started his trek towards group 6.

'Such a nice changeling. Gives me hope for my other ones.'





"Okay, so what happened after that?" Twilight asked, after royal stopped talking for a moment.

"Well, nothing much happened. I brought the tank to group six, they thanked me, I went back to the Duchess and informed her, she thanked me, and I slipped out of the site, heading towards the castle of sombra, and well, we all know what happened afterwards," Royal explained his stop. 

"Well, can I ask what this has to do with Jabber becoming a literal in-cell?" Rainbow asked, as Twilight and Pinkie chuckled.

"While I'm not entirely sure, I believe it has to do with him trusting all of you for a small amount of time, and then all of a sudden, beings who look and act slightly identical to you all treating him so poorly. Don't think it was your fault, as you all know it wasn't," Royal stated, adding the ending quickly to help subdue the incoming emotions. It didn't work, and soon a few waterworks began to chur. "However, it seems that's not the most important thing that happens now, cause I believe all your marks are multiplying," Royal stated, as the mane 6 looked down and saw their marks glowing.

"That's...good? I think? What's going on?" Rainbow Dash asked, trying to observe her friends marks also glowing.

"I'm not sure," Twilight and Celestia stated, who both looked at each other, and chuckled slightly.

"It might have something to do with that big map I saw in Twilight's castle," Spike said, as he felt a barrage of heads turn towards him, like a zombie apocalypse whenever someone mentions that they got bitten.

"Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?" Pinkie Pie asked, extending her neck to the length of a giraffe in Spike's direction.

"Uh...I...I don't think that's biologically possible..." Royal stated, his eye twitching at the obvious display of denying the laws of physics.

"Believe me, Pinkie Pie herself shouldn't be scientifically possible. She's able to predict things by comboing her limb movements, Realize when anyone comes into Ponyville, and just deny the laws of the universe," Twilight complains about her friends strange behavior and powers.

"Yeah. She's just basically able to give a biiiiiiiiig middle finger to science," Rainbow Dash stated, smirking at Twilight starting to steam.

"...Anyway, Spike continue?"





"How did you find this room? It's so deep in this place, and we've only been here once!" Twilight asked her purple dragon brethren.

"You leave for an hour, I get to know a place. You once abandoned me in a library, and I swear, I could've found Jabber's face in the books if I kept looking," Spike recalled a memory, as Twilight blushed, Rainbow laughed, and Royal tilted his head.

"It could've also been that he probably never went into this room, but he said it in order to advance the plot of the story," Pinkie Pie proposed an idea, as almost everyone in the room looked confused.

"Pinkie, are you calling me a liar?" Spike asked spitefully, as Pinkie backed up.

"Oh No! Not at all! If I was, AJ would've backed you up!" Pinkie said, as Spike walked closer to her threateningly.

"Uh, gals? And guys, You might wanna take a look at this," AJ told them all, as she moved her head in the direction of the Circular map in the center of the room, surrounded by thrones, 6 large, 1 smaller.

"Woah...Sweet! I got my own throne!" Rainbow Dash shouted, lunging towards the large chair that bared her mark. She settled in, setting her legs and head on the arm rests, and taking a rest with her arms and hands behind her head. Twilight rolled her eyes and Rarity gasped, while Pinkie Pie, AJ, Spike, and Fluttershy all sat down in their own respective thrones.

"Rainbow, you could at least be a bit respectful. These chairs were made by the Tree of Harmony, For us," Twilight spoke in an authoritative tone, which made Rainbow realize she should listen. Royal smirked, noticing the monarch in twilight coming out, as he proudly nodded.

"Anyway, I assume that the marks on the map mean we're going on another adventure, and so soon after the last one," Twilight complained slightly towards no one in particular, "Royal, if you'd like to rest here, maybe get jabber to calm down and back into his own body, that'd probably be the best course of action. Being slow usually does things right. Spike, stay here with him."

"Sure. By the way he talked about the experience, it doesn't seem like Jabber has anything against me," Spike says, looking optimistically at Royal, who nodded, smiling slightly.

"I agree. I'm sure the both of us can get Jabber back into his spirits," Royal smiled, as Rarity also smiled, seemingly impressed.

"Interesting. Not to seem rude, but Royal, you seem a lot more tolerable and nice than many other royals I've met," Rarity stated, as Twilight rolled her eyes.

"Well, remember, I am what would happen if Jabber did want to act like his title. So, in essence, I'm just a reflection of jabber, and you all know, he is a pushover and a sweetheart...I think. That's what you all have experienced, right?" Royal asked, as many of them did nod.

"Wait, if you are just basically Jabber if he wanted to actually be a prince, why aren't you also terrified of us?" Rainbow Dash asked, as Twilight looked in awe.

"Rainbow is asking an actually interesting question? Never thought I'd see the day," Twilight teased Rainbow, who fumed and blushed. Everyone chuckled at the response of the spectrum colored pegasus.

"Anyway, as Twilight said, good question Rainbow. Unfortunately, I don't have a great answer. I assume that me and Jabber simply have different experiences and memories whenever I came into existence, so while he dealt with the Alternate Mane 6, I never met them until the castle battle, and so I'm not as influenced. It's just what I've guessed from everything," Royal answered, as Twilight mentally wrote down everything.

"Well, either way, let's get a move on girls. We've got a village in the mid'le of nowhere to deal with...Ah guess," AJ said, as the rest of the mane 6 nodded in response, as Twilight teleported them all away, leaving a disoriented Royal, and purple dragon behind.

"So...ever had a donut before?"





"I told you they were delicious!" Spike exclaimed, as Royal devoured his 11th Donut. This one was a chocolate filling covered in white chocolate.

"I had a feeling you would enjoy them, but not that you would just consume the stock of them!" Spike complained, looking at both Royal's and his empty plate, along with the 3 empty trays at the center of the table.

"I apologize...for my unorthodox consumption, but you must understand, Jabber's body hasn't had anything to eat since the barn party. A lot of energy was spent between then and now. I wish I could've had something a bit more healthy, but I won't complain about these," Royal explained his devouring nature.

"I getcha, but you should've said something before. I barely have enough for 5 donuts at once!" Spike complained about his lack of bits. Royal slyly smirked, as his horn glowed a bit.

"Are you sure? Maybe look again," Royal said, as spike looked confusingly at him, before opening his bag and seeing there were nearly Four times as many bits.

"Wait...WHAT!? You can duplicate money JUST LIKE THAT?" Spike climbed on the table and shouted as royal giggled.

"I guess I should explain one of my powers. As the Royal Majin, I'm able to both create and erase any form of currency, as well as do the same for certain things like jewelry and just expensive objects," Royal explained, as a golden hue enveloped around his horn, and Spike felt his bag become heavy and lighter back to back.

"Jeez, and I thought twilight was one to hide secrets. This might've been better knowledge to know before I brought my own money," Spike complained again, as Royal started to clutch his stomach. "Too many Donuts?"

"Maybe, but it's also a possible bypro- *Hiccup* of using too many powers in a combination. You should know, after all it seems you've been around a unicorn for a long time, that using too many spells at once can lead to problems in the Magic user's body," Royal explained, as he continued to hiccup, as spike started to think.

"Oh yeah! It's like some magic indigestion or something, right?" Spike snapped his fingers as he named his theory.

"Similar. Maybe we should leave, probably go to the spa...what's it called?" Royal asked, thinking about the pleasant place they passed on the way.

"Ponyville Day Spa? Even You should know I don't have eno- right. I guess I can splurge as long as you promise to have the total returned," Spike thought about the spa as his bag became more heavy. After looking away though, he saw Royal seeming...stressed. "Royal? Are you ok?"

"Oh, yes I'm fine. It just...while I would love to relax in such a nice area, I unfortunately have good morals, and I'm trying to see if jabber would like to take my place," Royal explained his strange behavior, as spike raised his eyebrows.

"Oh! I'm pretty sure that the spa has a theirapist option, where while one of the spa ponies actual does the spa stuff, one can help and talk to you about any problems in your life. It's a bit more expensive, but we both know the answer to that, don't we?" Spike answered the question that wasn't asked, as Royal's interest increased.

"Seems like this spa has everything. Well, everything except an interesting name."





"Ahh, Welcome to the Ponyville Day Spa! Room for 2?" Aloe asked the two who entered, which included a rather popular purple and green dragon, and a basic dressed strange looking changeling.

"Um, no. 2 Rooms, one with a therapist for my friend here," Spike said, motioning to the strange Changeling.

"Alright, that'll be 475 Bits please!" Aloe asked for the payment, which Spike obliged. Aloe motioned for Spike to follow her, as the changeling was left to his lonesome.

"Don't worry Jabber. After mine, which should be quick, you'll get yours. You'll just have to wait a little bit," Spike calmed the Changeling's worries a little. Jabber trusted Spike most of all. He was the only one who hadn't betrayed him, even if it was all in his head.

Sitting down, Jabber looked outside. The trees were obviously starting to fall, which was the season of the time. leaves weren't everywhere, but they sure were plentiful. After all, there were plenty of trees and plenty of leaves...

Plenty of trees and plenty of leaves...

Just like his species.

It made Jabber think. Chrysalis wasn't the only hive...right? There's no way they're the only ones out there...

Right?

I mean, Trachea did say, 'which hive do you come from,' which must mean that there is or at least there were more hives out there.

That is what she said...right?

Maybe...Maybe there aren't any other hives. Maybe the trees aren't like hives. Maybe the leaves aren't like the other changelings out there.

There are other changelings out there like him. He knew there was. Obviously not the exact same, but more so changelings that were abandoned by their hive. Wonder who else was out there. It's not like-

"Jabber!" A voice snapped Jabber out of his daze, as he looked back and saw a green and purple dragon, now with a towel around his waist, along with a pink fur and blue mane pony, and another pony with vice versa-d fur and mane, behind them.

"Oh, hey spike. Sorry, must've gotten lost in thought," Jabber said, thinking he might've worried his friend.

"No big deal, I do that sometimes too. Better go back into that thought though, cause you'll have a therapist," Spike mentioned the reason they were both there.

"Indeed. Might we get you into your comfortable spa zone?" Lotus asked the changeling, who slowly stood up, towering over both ponies and Dragon.

"...Yes please. Thanks to all of you," Jabber said, as all 3 both ponies and dragons smiled in response. Jabber then followed the two into another room.





"So, Monsieur Jabber, might I ask how you'd like your spa?" Lotus asked the nervous changeling. It wouldn't be as bad if not for the fact they were both nearly nude. He was barely used to being around ponies in general, what was this about? Spike must've already been used to it or...ugh. 

"E-ehm, we-well. I'm...may I just ask if you 2 can put clothes back o-on? I'm not too comfortable around...well you know," Jabber asked the two, blushing like a black rose.

"Oh! I apologize Monsieur Jabber. Most clients are used to this, so we assumed you would be the same. It also works better for actually working, as we don't wish for our clothes to be damp the whole day," Lotus answered his worries, and motioned for her sister to recover their clothes quickly. Jabber sighed in relief, and then delve back into his mindscape.

'I wonder what Twilight and her friends are dealing with now. I know they weren't the ones who tortured me, but their figures are the same, and I can't stand it! They're the ones that want to help me, yet they can't help me if I can't even face them. It's not like I don't want to face them, I just don't want to hurt them. Well, I guess that would mean I don't want to face them. How did Royal and Spike convince me to do this?'

"Monsieur Jabber?" Aloe asked the changeling, snapping him out of his daze once again.

"OH! oh...Sorry Lotus, I meant it when I said I go like that often," Jabber told her. It was true, especially recently due to the concerns that have happened. Usually he only goes into it for a minute, but recently he's been going in and out for almost half an hour.

"Not a problem. Now, Follow me," Aloe motioned for the sitting Jabber to follow her deeper into the building. Standing up, once again towering over the pony, he started to walk in the direction asked of her. 

He followed her to a massive room with an even more massive tub, complete with bubbles and steam. Jabber had never had a spa before, so he wasn't sure of what he would be in for.

"Now, based on your reaction earlier, I assume you haven't been in a spa before. Is that correct?" Lotus asked, as Jabber stared in confusion, as she basically seemed to read his mind. She smiled as she shook her head. "We've been around people like you before, and we can, for lack of a better term, read faces well. It's fine Monsieur Jabber. We've also had this reaction too. Just sit in the spa tub and relax. We'll start your session soon after."





"So, Monsieur Jabber, let us begin. Might I ask what is troubling you?" Aloe asked the changeling, who was mostly submerged in the bubbly bath. The spa part actually helps because it relaxes the body more, allowing the brain to also relax and open up.

"Okay...Do you know Twilight Sparkle?" Jabber asked the pink furred pony, who nodded, allowing him to continue. "Well, I recently met her and her friends, and we got along great, but then-"

"She broke your heart?" Lotus but in, as both Aloe and Jabber looked at her confusingly. "I guess not."

"Anyway, please continue Jabber," Aloe glared at her sister before gaining a motherly look at Jabber.

"Yes. We all got along great, but then on one of our adventures, well, I guess my only adventure so far, some...thing took the form of them all and they...they didn't treat me well, I should say," Jabber continued, having a tear appear under his eye, which Lotus washed away. "I know it wasn't them that did it, or I guess I should say my brain knows that they didn't do it, but every other part of me wants to believe that they were the ones that...tortured me."

"Oh wow," Lotus spoke quietly, now engaged in Jabber's story.

"I...I guess I shouldn't tell you that part. You probably wouldn't believe me," Jabber backtracked, smiling at himself.

"Please do tell. That's what we're here for. Besides, we've heard and seen plenty of things. I'm sure that we'll believe what you wanted to say," Aloe gave another smile, as Lotus nodded.

"Believe her. We've heard so many stories, and we only think 7 or so aren't real. This world has a lot in it," Lotus continued the plea, as Jabber sighed.

"Well, I'm not entirely sure how to explain it, but let's just say, I'm not the only one in my own body. I have what I call majins, that are basically different personalities of myself. In fact, both spike and one of the majins are the only reason I'm here," Jabber explained, as Lotus and aloe listened intently.

"Wait, I think we heard someone else that had that, right aloe?" Lotus asked her sister, as she snapped her fingers in realization.

"Oh yeah! In one of our ancestors journals, she mentioned she met someone named Judas who pleaded that he didn't betray the royal sisters, but someone in his body did. Is it something like that Jabber?" Aloe asked the changeling after explaining the realization.

"Maybe? I'd need to see it in action, but my way is more so my body kinda changes to suit this persona, and usually it depends on my emotions," Jabber explained, looking at his center crystal through the water.

"Hmm...Well, enough about that. Continue, and let loose your problems," Aloe assured him everything would be fine, as Lotus started massaging his shoulders.





"So, do they do a good job or what?" Spike asked his changeling friend as he walked out of the door. Spike could see a difference. He looked more tired, yet slightly happier than he was before, and most definitely, he was a lot less paranoid and nervous.

"While I wish you could tell me how they did it, I agree. They know what they're doing," Jabber said, smiling at his dragon friend. "I think I could probably face them without having anyone hurt now."

"Huh? Why would they be hurt?" Spike asked, as Jabber cringed, realizing what he had just said.

"Well, remember, I was really stressed and upset, so I didn't want another majin to appear and possibly think they're an enemy," Jabber explained as Spike nodded in relief. It was a reasonable explanation. "I'm sure now though, nothing is gonna go wron- Spike what's wrong?" Jabber stopped, looking at the dragon who now had a strong sense of Oh no around him.

"Um...I think Twilight and her friends might be in trouble," Spike said, as Jabber had a confused look. "She told me she would send a letter after 5 hours if everything was fine. It's been 8 hours since they left. Something must be wrong," Spike said, before starting to run towards twilight's castle, as Jabber tripped and also began to run.

"Wa-SPIKE! WAIT UP!" Jabber shouted, following the dragon to the crystal castle near the edge of town. "She might've just forgotten about it!"

"Twilight NEVER forgets to message me about if she's fine. Not only is she extremely punctual, but we had an incident before where she forgot to tell me or leave a note of where she was going, and I nearly burned the entire library!" Spike said to jabber as they both stopped at the door of the castle. Now Jabber believed him. Although he had no idea where a library was, he knew that incident was too possible to be made up.

"Okay, Okay, but at least slow down so I can help. If you wanna get to where they are, you'll need some speed," Jabber said, opening his wings to show them off.

"Didn't you just learn how to fly?" Spike asked the changeling, as he closed his wings and rolled his eyes.

"I just learned how to fly from one point to another, not how to fly in general. I've known how to do that with these things for at least 4 years," Jabber explained, as spike's face said it all.

"Alright then. I got the map, you got the speed and power, so let's go see what's wrong with the group, right?" Spike asked, holding his hand out, and Jabber responded by Smacking it with a handshake.

"Heck yeah," Jabber smirked, as Spike hopped on his back, holding onto not only him, but a map of Equestria with the target circled. Jabber took off, unknowing of what would happen.



Glad neither of them have a cutie mark.





Soaring through the air, Jabber and spike kept looking around for any semblance of something on the map. Spike constantly stating things that should be, and Jabber pointing them out. The two were doing well. So well, that actually found their location! Imagine that.

Landing on top of a cliff-face above the town, Spike and Jabber looked down, for anything that would resemble the girls they knew. Little did they know, someone else was up there with them.

"Is that Twilight?" Jabber asked, pointing towards a pink furred purple maned unicorn. Spike looked closer.

"Nope. There are some blue streaks in the mane, and the cutie mark isn't the same," Spike answered, as Jabber looked at spike in surprise.

"How did you see that far? You don't have any telescope here," Jabber asked, teasing the purple dragon.

"No! Like I'd bring a telescope this far out. I've just been around her long enough to realize where she is," Spike answered, as Jabber rolled his eyes with a smirk.

"Is that...Rainbow? I can only see the blue," Jabber asked, pointing towards a Blue Pegasus.

"Not at all. No rainbow mane of tail, and...wait, the same cutie mark?" Spike questioned. Sure enough, both the Pegasus and the unicorn had the same cutie mark of an equal sign.

"Is that not normal?" Jabber asked Spike, who shook his head rapidly.

"Nearly impossible! Wait a minute," Spike said, before looking all over the town. "Everyone has the same cutie mark. That IS impossible!"

"Okay, that's weird. Maybe it's jus-" Jabber started before getting cut off.

"Hello!" A new voice appeared that made Spike and Jabber Jump. Looking at the direction of the voice they saw a pure white furred and white maned stallion with a wide smile.

"JEEZUS CELESTIA!" Jabber shouted, tripping over a part of the cliff face and falling down to the town below, comically parts of his body as he fell down. Spike and the stallion looked down at the falling changeling with empathy and worry as the changeling continued to curse as he fell faster and harder onto the ground, eventually stopping at the bedrock of the town, dazed and confused, head first on the ground.

"Oh dear!" The stallion said as he looked down on the changeling. Jabber was passed out in a very uncomfortable position, and spike, quickly started to walk, climb, and crawl down the cliff.

"Jabber! Are you okay?" Spike shouted, getting the attention of the town, and many started to walk towards the changeling. "Step away! I have to make sure he's okay!" Spike shouted, as he continued down the cliff, still high up.

"Would you like a ride down?" The blue pegasus from earlier asked, as spike stopped.

"I would appreciate it!" Spike answered, as the pegasus nodded and flew up towards the dragon, picking him up, and bringing him down, still wearing the cheshire smile. "Thanks. Anyway, I gotta see if Jabber's fine." Spike ran over to his friend and flipped him into a more suitable position. The Purple and blue unicorn from earlier approached.

"Is he okay? What are you two doing all the way out here in our little town?" She asked, still wearing an, albeit weaker, cheshire grin.

"I think he should be fine, but I'm honestly not sure how his body works. We were looking for my sister, Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends. She told me that she would send a message if they were fine, and I haven't gotten one yet," Spike ran through the story as the unicorn's eyes widened, and a small bead of sweat appeared. "Do you know any healing spells?"

"...hu-oh yes!" The unicorn answered, quickly performing a spell and fixed a few exterior gashes on Jabber's body. "There we go."

"Okay, thanks. He should be okay. After all, he has gone through worse than that," Spike said, looking at the wall of rocks that Jabber fell down. "So hey, did you see where the Princess went?"

"Oh, of course! First off though, I'm Starlight Glimmer, and this is our town. Now, Let me show you where the Princess is," Starlight stated, as Spike held onto Jabber's hand and followed Starlight to a lone house in the back of the valley.