You are a changeling, and you are different than others. A changeling has no feelings, no remorse. It was born to be a mindless slave. But you are different. Because of "her" you take actions for yourself now. And you can feel love.
(I kinda setup my own rules on changelings logic. So if there are any other changeling stories that have different logic, I won't follow it.) [2nd POV] A changeling is a mindless slave, and was only born to serve Queen Chrysalis. It does not have feelings, so it does not feel remorse. A changeling cannot think or choose for itself, as it is not sentient. It only moves without question, and only constantly feed off of the love of ponies. Since it is not sentient, it cannot be befriended, cannot learn to communicate, and cannot feel love. Its sole-purpose is to feed off love out of every pony alive. But... that doesn't seem to apply to you. The day you met that one unicorn, was the day you began asking, questioning your own existence. Ever since the fall of Queen Chrysalis, she was nowhere to be found. Your siblings can't seem to do anything without her guidance, and slowly, each one of your siblings begin to die out. As an endangered changeling in hiding, you use your newly discovered free-will and wits to try to find out the answer to your question. Trying to solve it before you die. "Who am I now?" (I guess now that i think about it, I just made changelings the equivalent to zombies. And you are a.... Sentient zombie?) On hiatus for the moment. Until I get my shit together, this story is going to just linger there for some moments.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but pain has always evade me.
Today was a special day in Canterlot. Today was the wedding day for Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, and the captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard, Shining Armor. Canterlot was protected by the force-field surrounding it. If the plan went alright, then the changeling army can go right in, overpowering the ponies and get Celestia to hand over the ruler-ship to Queen Chrysalis, the true and fit leader over Equestria.
You await outside of Canterlot, together with your sibling army. The moment the force-field is weakened, you put all the force you can to ram into the shield with your siblings to break it down, allowing you all to charge into Canterlot. You can hear your fellow siblings cackling in glee, as you yourself had a small grin.
Just as the entire force-field around the city collapses, her highness has telepathically give new orders for you and your siblings. “The 6 Element wielders are escaping! Capture them now!” You look around to spot any ponies running around the city. The moment you saw them, you inform your other siblings, and flew towards the group. They continue running as each of your siblings use their magic and flew down at them, emitting large green spirals surrounding their bodies and then ramming at them like missiles. You did so as well, but you missed. But you were so closed though, as you landed just in front of one of their hooves. You snarled at the ponies in front of you, but once you looked at one of their faces, you paused. In fact, it seemed like all of life has paused. You looked at the pony in front of you. If you had a conscious, you would almost swear you felt your heart skipping a beat. The pony in front of you was a unicorn with a beautiful coat of lavender. Her majestic navy mane with streaks of twinkling pink and purple sparkled in the sunlight. Her eyes… OH DEAR CHRYSALIS, HER EYES! She alone could probably cure cancer just with her beautiful eyes alone! You admire her as she slowly stretches her fore-legs above you, giving a clear vision of her soft hooves. You could stare at her for everlasting years. The hooves of her fore-legs seemed closer now. It was almost like she was about to touch you! ‘Wait… I think she is going to-‘ WHUP! ‘…OW!’ The unicorn smashed her hooves over your head, and you were trampled by her and the other ponies. But, hey! In a way, she did touch you! Although being stomped on the ground was kinda painful, and possibly gave you a concussion, being able to feel her hooves was like touching something equivalent of feathers, clouds, pillows, marshmallows, and panda-bears combined. But even though it was such a soft touch, the pain from the stomp still hurts like hell. So you kinda just lay there for a moment… Not moving… OWW!!!! But from that moment forward, although unbeknownst to you, was when you started changing forever. This was how you became so different with your siblings. This was when you started to question your actions, and became aware of yourself. It was because of that pony you met, that you had free-will over your actions now. But you were still just somewhat retarded, so you didn’t really know what was happening yet. Whoop. You still just lay there for a while… You are gonna get up ANY second now… Wait… Oh, you’re unconscious. Never mind. ------------------Later------------------- You slowly open your eyes as you awoke. You slowly arise from the uncomfortable ground, and rubbed your head from the headache. "Ow... this... hurts..." You muttered. Hurt... that was a new feeling. Sure, you had been punched, kicked, scratched, blasted, and even burnt before by other ponies you fought, years ago. But you never acknowledged the pain from it before like now. But now that you are, you realized that the pain was really irritating. "How did I manage like this before?" You groaned. Strange. You're complaining. You never had complain before, let alone speak in sentences. You feel... different somehow. But what was different? Why do you feel different? Was it because of how a pony just stomped on your head? Was it because you fed on something wrong? Why are you asking a lot of questions all of the sudden? The sudden screeching sound pulled you out of your thoughts. As you looked behind you, you see many of your siblings launching towards you, as also a bright light that seems to be pushing them. Before you can even question what's going on, the bright light had collided with you, sending you off your hooves and joining your siblings. Screaming as you are pushed away by the bright light until you are just flying off into the sky. Gravity didn't seem to want to be your friend today, as you then descended from the air, and are now quickly falling closer to the ground. Oddly enough, you start to see your life flash before your eyes. You start to remember the day you were first born. -----------------20 Years ago---------------------- Darkness and warmth... that was the only thing that you could feel right now. You lay in the green cocoon, sleeping. Without a care in the world. You lay there, unbreathing, unmoving, unconcious. A sudden voice in your head spoke in a commanding tone. "Arise my children, wake from your slumber, and listen to my command." You don't know why, but you felt like heeding the voice's command. You open your eyes, and push yourself out of your cocoon. In front of you was a large being, black as ebony. With her dark blue mane, and long horn on her. But you mostly looked at her eyes. Those green eyes stared through your soul, and it was hypnotic to you. You noticed around you, that there were other beings like you, also awakening and coming out of their cocoon. "Welcome, my children," her voice was in a motherly tone, but also showed command. "I am your mother, your leader, Queen Chrysalis. You my offsprings, and you shall listen and follow my every order. Do you understand?" The room was filled with noises of hissing of agreement. But behind it all was a small whisper. A whisper as it said "Yes mother." The whisper that came out of your mouth. And thus, you begin your life. To serve Queen Chrysalis. --------------------------------------
Your first words… heh, not even 5 minutes being alive and already you spoke proper Equestrian. It’s strange how you never spoke more after that though. If you did, or if Queen Chrysalis heard you the first time, she might have been impressed, because you were the first out of all of your siblings to speak that language.
Now that you think about it, your other siblings never spoken once at all. Aside from the snarling and hissing, not once in your life have you heard any of your other siblings speak Equestrian. Why are you realizing this now though? Why didn’t you find this weird before? Is it because changelings can’t speak Equestrian? But if that’s so, then how do you know Equestrian the moment you were born?
I don’t know about you, but I’m still impressed so far as to how you haven’t even face-planted to the ground ye- … N-never mind…
And there comes the return of that irritating pain again. And then everything went dark. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ You slowly trot forwards in this pink meadow. You don’t know why, but you just want to continue trotting forward.
Slowly appearing in your vision was a pony. A beautiful pony. You would recognize her shade of lavender anywhere. She is sitting down, facing away from you, staring at the white sky above.
You continue to trot forwards until her ear twitched, and she turned her head to look at you. You feel a warm sensation inside you as you stare into her sparkling eyes.
She stands up, and trots over to you, smiling all the way. You feel your heart beating as fast as it can. You can’t help but lean in closer to her.
She does so as well, as she slowly closes her eyes. Your face is so close to hers now. You slowly close your eyes, and lean in closer.
Almost there. You feel her warm breathe lingering near your lips. So close. Just millimeters away from contact. And then… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You hit your head onto a cold metal bar.
You blink for a moment, trying to process what happened.
‘…What the… but… the pony… and the… WHAT?!’
You shake your head vigorously, so confused at what happening right now. What was that just a moment ago? You were in a meadow somewhere, with another pony. You were… asleep though… so how could you be in a meadow? And that one pony... Who is she? You remember her from before, when in Canterlot... but why was she with you in the meadow? What were you about to do with her? If you were asleep, then you wouldn't have been somewhere else other than here. Wait... where are you?
"Looks like the changeling is awake." You hear someone say.
"Let's hurry and get it to Canterlot. The princess should know what to do with all these things." Another voice replied.
You look around to see that you were inside a cage. It was on a wheel-cart, being pulled by two ponies. You know these kind of ponies. They were both white, and their wings were tucked on their sides. They both wore the golden armor and helmet, that symbolize that they are in the Canterlot Royal Guards. You listen to the conversation they appear to be having.
"So why do you think Princess Celestia wants us to capture all these changelings and bring them back to Canterlot?"
"She is probably going to get rid of them. If any changeling is left alive, they might come back stronger than ever, ready for another take-over. We need to get rid as much as we can in case they reproduce or something."
'Well that's a stupid thought. Changelings can't reproduce or lay eggs like Mother can, since we were born with simple pony genetics and anatomy.' You thought to yourself. Weird... you're talking to yourself in your head. You never did that before.
"Do you think the changeling can understand us?"
"Of course not. It isn't smart enough to understand us. Remember what they said? Since a changeling isn't sentient, it can't communicate. The only thing it knows what to do is eat, sleep, and follow it's leaders commands."
"Well at least we have something in common." You said.
The two guards stop in their tracks as you finish your sentence. They both turn their heads back and stared at you with mouths agape.
After what felt like minutes of silence, one of them spoke. "It... it spoke!"
"Nooo, I just spoke out random words that somehow coincidentally formed together as a sentence." You said deadpanned.
Where did that come from? You knew that form of speaking... it was sarcasm. You remember a pony using it on someone else a few years ago. How come you know how to do it though? When did you know? Why are you speaking to them anyway?
"We need to bring this to the princess. NOW!" They continue pulling your cage forward. But noticeably faster now.
Well this can't be good. I'm pretty sure 'Dying' is not a very good idea in your book. You frantically look around, trying to find a way of escaping before you end up into burnt ash. You quickly kept ramming into the cage bars, while using your magic to try to break the bar easier. Fortunately for you, you were able to get it to break, thus opening the hole to your escape.
You jump out and quickly flew away, but the guards took notice however as they stopped, and flew after you. Ahead of you was a forest, with plenty of trees and branches around. You flew in as fast as you can, dodging each tree and branch. It was a good thing the guards were stupid enough to forget to detach themselves from the wheel-cart, as they had a hard time flying and dodging to catch up.
Ahead of you was a long branch sticking out, and you had an idea to use it to your advantage. Looking behind, you see the two guards still following you. Oh, you hope this works.
Flying directly to the branch, you grab it with your mouth and started bending it, waiting only for a second to let go when the time was right. As the two guard approached close enough, you let go of the branch, and it swung both of the guards and the wheel-cart. The impact was so strong, it flung them out into the sky. As they were both screaming while getting farther and farther away. You swear you almost saw a twinkle in the part of the sky.
Safe now from the guards, you sat on your haunches and took a lot of heavy breathes. You can't believe that actually worked...
Deciding that maybe more guards might come back, you stand up and walk towards the opposite direction of Canterlot.
You remember back to that one conversation they had, while you were in the cage.
"Do you think the changeling can understand us?"
"Of course not. It isn't smart enough to understand us. Remember what they said? Since a changeling isn't sentient, it can't communicate. The only thing it knows what to do is eat, sleep, and follow it's leaders commands."
"Then why am I so different?" You asked yourself.
As you walk along path, you had no idea what was going to happen to you next. But you hope you will be prepared for it. Oh you hope you are...
------Meanwhile in Canterlot Castle------ Tired... oh so tired...
Even with plenty of sleep, the whole changeling incident yesterday can really take a lot out of a scientist. Especially if the 'said' scientist pretty much had 4 mini heart-attacks in less than 20 minutes.
There sat Dr. Aeroe Conner. A researcher of bugs, that had studied many types of insects over the last 10 years. While living in Canterlot, he had setup a pest control business, as he knows the many facts and weakness for bugs. After the incident of the attacking changelings, Princess Celestia immediately called for his assistance in the study of changelings, in case another attack ensued.
Dr. Conner was a pale yellow pegasus, with a ruffled rich-dark mane. He wore a doctors vest, which concealed his entire body below his neck. But his cutie-mark was an image of a magnifying glass over a beetle.
Dr. Conner adjusted his glasses, as he continues to write down information in his journal.
...magic abilities of illusion, to make them look like anypony from memory. While disguised, they appear like ponies, they also feign their voices of the pony they are disguised as. It also appears that they can't seem to focus on what they are doing. This leads to the fact that they can't do anything without the guidance of their mother. They have been born to listen to commands of only their leader, and also attack ponies as instinct of their nature. More tests and studies are needed however-
A knocking noise interrupted the scientists writing. He drops his quill and quickly walked to his door. As he opens, the pony who was on the other side was none-other than the princess herself.
"Your highness!" Startled, the scientist quickly bows in front of his ruler.
"You may rise doctor. I'm here to remind you of the upcoming conference." the princess said.
"Of course princess, I was able to know more about these changelings, and I have many information to share. Come, let us begin the conference."
A short walk later, the doors to the royal conference room opened. The ponies present and in their seats are Princess Luna, and other royal advisers and ponies, and a changeling in a glass cage. Which appears to be hissing and snarling, while banging on the glass, but no-one could hear as it was soundproof.
Dr. Conner trots over to the front of the room, next to the trapped changeling, and clears his throat. "After researching this specimen, I had found ways and signs of how to be able to tell apart differences between ponies and the disguised. Changelings, while in disguised, you have to pay attention to their speech patterns. They can fake their voices and speak in words, but only the words that they remember hearing from the pony they are disguised as. For example, if I said 'Daffodil Sandwich' and a changeling is disguised as me, then the only thing it will say will be 'Daffodil Sandwich', unless I say anything more for it to hear. Another thing, is that changelings can not have any feelings whatsoever. That means they can't feel hate, regret, or affections. Even though some of you may be pacifist, it is useless to convince a changeling to be friends. Changelings also have a trait that insects have, they are not sentient. Some of you may already know that though, so I need not explain further. I can safely say that we can consider changelings as dangerous creatures, and if we ever see one, we must kill immediately. They were born to feed off ponies energy, and will only continue doing so. Any questions?"
A hoof was raised in the room, and all eyes went to the guard next to the door. "Yes sir?" Dr. Conner calls him.
"Is it possible for a changeling to understand and communicate with ponies?"
Dr. Conner chuckled, "If you would have listened, then you should know the answer is 'No.'"
"But I have 2 guards come in from their duties, claiming that one changeling has actually spoken to them and understood them."
Dr. Conner's smile disappeared. "W-what?! That's impossible! Are you sure about this?!"
"Well I don't know, you have to speak with 2 guards that came in."
"Where are they? I need to get more info on this!" Dr. Conner was face to face with the guard, looking at him with desperate eyes.
The guard, uncomfortable with lack of space, stammered, "T-they're in the infirmary sir."
"Conference is postpone till further notice!" The scientist yelled, before dashing out of the room. 'Communication? With a creature that is confirmed as an insect? I must know for myself!' ---------Changeling-----------
Questions, questions, questions. They were all filling your mind. Hungry curiosity, with no answers to feed. Am I the only one different?
What caused me to be different?
Who was that unicorn?
I'm hungry. But most importantly, "Who am I now?"
These questions won't leave you alone, and they were making your head hurt. The only way to get rid of them is to find the answers to them all. Who or what can answer you though? What caused you to be like this? WHAT?!
And then it hits you. No literally, when you weren't paying attention, you hit a tree.
"OW! Well THAT JUST MAKES ME FEEL EVEN WORSE!" You yelled.
And then it hits you. No, not the tree, an idea this time. The last thing that happened before you became so different, was when you saw that unicorn. The moment you saw her, that was when you started to feel different.
"Then I know where to find my answers. I must go and seek, THE BEAUTIFUL PURPLE UNICORN!" You exclaimed proudly.
And then it hits you. Not another idea, after you yelled, you hit your head in the tree again.
"AGH! MOTHER OF FU-" --------Canterlot-------------- It can't be... but's it seems to be true...
Dr. Conner slowly walks into the conference room. After interrogating the guards that claimed to have actually spoken with a changeling, then it means dreadful news.
"Doctor, what's wrong? Why is a changeling knowing how to speak Equestrian so important?" Princess Luna asked.
"Don't you see your highness? If a changeling can speak normally like a pony, not only does it make it harder to tell the difference between real and fake now, but it also means that they are evolving. They must probably be smarter. To speak, you must know how to think, and to think, you must be aware of yourself. If a changeling can do that, then they will be harder to track down, and easier to be deceived by their lies! If every changeling were to be like that, then they will be more dangerous if they attack again!" Dr. Conner took deep breathes.
Princess Celestia thought for a moment, "But will they still have feelings like a normal pony?"
The scientist paused for a moment. Until an idea struck his brain. "BRILLIANT!"
"...I...I'm sorry?" Princess Celestia was surprised by the sudden shift of his nature.
Dr. Conner took out a marker and wrote formulas onto the white-board. "If I can somehow use magic to be able to detect feelings of someone..." Jotting down some more variables, he flung the marker behind him. "EUREKA! Instant Changeling Detector!"
Both of the princesses blinked in surprise. "Well, how does it work?" Princess Luna asks.
"Seeing as how changelings might be evolving, they still cannot seem to have any feelings whatsoever! So by using magic, you can sense a pony's feelings easily! If they have no feelings, then we know it's a changeling!"
"That's brilliant work Dr. Conner!" Celestia was impressed of how easy he solved the problem already.
"Oh please, call me Aeroe."
And thus, Celestia learned and taught the spell to each and every unicorn. She sends off her guards to each and every city in Equestria. Maybe now, they can feel safe. -----------Changeling-------------- ZZZzzz... huh?
You awoke from your slumber, and look around the dark forest you are sleeping in.
"...Why do I get the feeling that my entire race is going to be screwed?" ---------------------------------------
You continue trotting through the forest path, thinking of the many ways you should greet the unicorn if you ever found her again.
'Hello beautiful unicorn! I am a changeling and I have problems with the inside of my body. Can you help please?'
"No way, that's to much of a direct approach, and she's bound to think I'm asking her to mate."
'Greetings majestic unicorn! Ever since I saw you in Canterlot, I seem to be having trouble within myself, and I must acquire your assistance on it.'
"Not only will talking like that give other ponies a headache, it will give me a headache. I'm pretty damn sure she's going think I'm asking her to mate as well."
'Well, HELLO, you sexy bea-'
"AM I EVEN TRYING TO BE SUBTLE?!"
Seeing as how you are having a hard time to think of the perfect greeting for the perfect unicorn, you decide to think about solving other problems first, like names, and your appearence.
"My name... I don't think I have one. Queen Chrysalis never called me anything other than 'child'. Thats going to be weird for introductions. Let's see... name... name..."
And at that very moment, it was like the gods themselves shot down a lightning down to your head, as you had came up with the BEST name ever that anyone in Equestria has ever heard! It was so simple, yet so full of wonders! It just screamed amazing!
"I got it! I shall now be known as... (Insert your name here.)" You exclaimed proudly. SUCH ORIGINALITY!
Now that you solved that little problem with your amazing idea of a name. You move onto the next problem, your appearence.
"Let's see, after that whole take-over plan failing miserably, I'm pretty sure everypony will be alert for changelings everywhere. So here are the possible outcomes if the unicorn knew I was a changeling: 1. She beats me to a bloody pulp, tell the guards, and they take me to Celestia to die. 2. She beats me to a bloody pulp, run away screaming in terror, which the guards will take me away to Celestia and die. 3. She beats me to a bloody pulp and I die. I just HAD to be evil, didn't I?"
You trot over to nearby lake, taking sips while still thinking about your appearance.
"So that pretty much leaves the option for me to disguise myself as another pony."
You look at yourself in the lake's reflection.
"Hmm... The pony I need to look like should be handsome. But not famous, I'm not trying to bring attention to myself."
As you think to yourself, your body emmits a bright green light around your hooves, and slowly works it's ways up.
"Gotta have a face that also does a good stern look. Can scare away people if I need to. It also has to be lovable, I don't want them to hate me, especially not the unicorn. Also needs maybe some colorful eyes. Yeah, that way the unicorn might like it. Maybe blue? Green? Needs to look excellent. Excellent... Excell... heh, that word sounds weird. Excellent. EX-CEL-LENT. Like exorcism. Wait, why am I talking about exorcism? I'm getting off-tracked again. Why do I get off-tracked easily? What was I talking about?"
You looked at your reflection again. Instead of the changeling skin you had, you now look like another pony.
"Huh... I look pretty good!"
You look like... Actually, I don't even need to describe you. Since this is "Your" story, YOU imagine who you look like now. It can look like your OC, it can look like a car, it can even look like Chuck Motherfucking Norris. Not like its gonna change the story much. So fuck it!
"Now this could probably catch her eye."
Wait, why are you so worried about this? In fact, why are you acting this way towards a pony? A pony that no doubt changed you this way, and also smashed your head in with her soft, plushy hooves... and the way she paralyzed you with her gleaming eyes...
You vigorously shake your head. "All I need to do is ask her everything, and she can probably solve it. Hopefully. No need to get so worked up about this."
Your stomach grumbled, how odd. Your stomach never made any noise before. It meant something though, but what? "Eh, I'll figure it out later." And so, you continue your trot through the forest, having absolutely no idea where it's leading. --------------Meanwhile in the town called Ponyville-------------------- Something strange is about to come. Something very different and strange indeed... Something is up, and Pinkie Pie knows it.
There stood Pinkie in her home, looking at her tongue in the mirror. For some odd reason, her tongue seems dry, and no matter how much water, juice, soda, or cider she drinks, it still seems dry. She just knew that this has to be one of the "Pinkie sense" signs, but she forgot what dry tongue means. But whatever it means, it's telling her that something strange is coming to Ponyville.
Could it be an incoming disaster? Is there going to be an earthquake? A fire? Are we going to be invaded by a bunch of talking hippopotamus, riding unicycles, carrying paint-guns, wearing chicken suits, and demanding us to give them all of our cheese?!?!
"Nah, that's just silly. Everyone knows hippos are lactose intolerant!"
Another Pinkie Pie sense is tingling! Warm hooves, that meant somewhere out there, a bipedal ape-like creature has just groaned and face-palmed.
"Hmm, maybe I'll go around Ponyville. A little fresh air can help me remember!"
And with that, she sets off, bouncing all the way, while singing a cheery tune. ------------------------------------
So... Tired... No... Energy... So... Hungry! Why are you so hungry?! Why didn't anything tell you that you were hungry?!
Your stomach grumbles in response.
"Shut up stomach! I'm hungry! I don't need you to remind me to... eat... and... fill you... Oh. So that's what it means!"
You facehooved. Of course! Idiot! You lay on the ground, as your stomach continues its grumbling and self-eating.
"Oh..." You groan. You need to find something to munch on and fast. Where's an evil queen mother when you need one? What do you usually eat? Lets see... The love energy of ponies, and...
Your mind goes blank after that. Seriously? Is that all you ever ate in your life? Well this is kinda sucking right now, seeing as how you are in a forest with no ponies around to feast their love. You sigh in disappointment.
Well, no matter. You just gotta continue forward. Can't stop and whine about it now. You lift yourself up to your hooves, and continue trotting ahead, ignoring the hunger as hard as you can.
You can't help but notice that the trees around here seem a little... darker than usual. It kinda has a creepy atmosphere to it. All these roots of the tree sticking out of the ground, and the weird flowers around you. Yeah, this place is definitely creepier somehow.
The moment you hear a low growl, you stop dead in your tracks. What was that growl? It's not from your stomach again, so it was definitely not you...
You hear the growl again, this time from behind you. You gulped, and slowly debate whether or not to turn around to look for the source.
Slowly you turn your head around. 'Please don't maul my face! Please don't maul my face! Please don't maul my face!'
You set your eyes behind you, only to find a small timber-pup. AND. IT. WAS. SO. CUTE!!!
"Aaaaww! Phew, I thought you were a scary creature for a moment. But you couldn't hurt a fly, can't you?"
And then a bigger and scarier timber-wolf emerged behind the small pup. It snarled at you.
"Aaaahh... fuck."
The timber-wolf roars in your face, making your mane blow back. You felt all the colors left your body, and quickly ran away from the scary-ass hell-spawn.
As you continue to run, you hear the timber-wolf roar, as he gave chase. Which only encourages you to go even faster.
Now you (the reader) are probably asking, probably, 'Why can't I use my wings?' or 'Why can't I just turn into a bear or something to scare it off?'
Well you need to know that a changeling cannot really disguise itself as something that doesn't have the same anatomy or bone structure of equines. Trying to turn yourself to look like a bear or something else would only waste energy and time, plus you have to concentrate and stand still while changing yourself, and seeing as how that would only lead to you being chomped to shreds, that isn't a good idea right now. To answer why you can't fly right now is because you are semi-retarded, So you forgot. 'Nuff said. BACK TO THE STORY!
You quickly look behind you to see the timber-wolf slowly catching up to you. It's not helping much that you are trying to outrun a carnivorous beast while on an empty stomach. Is this how you are going to die? You always thought maybe you would die in your sleep while in your coccoon, or maybe something came out wrong in your bowels and you die of not being able to shit again. You never even got the chance to see that beautiful unicorn one more time... you might never see her sparkling eyes, or her glowing mane. You never even had the chance to say hello to her yet... You never even knew her name...
Your stomach groans again, sending a painful throb near your belly. If you continue running, you'll die from starvation. If you don't, you get eaten by a timber-wolf. You're too weak to fight back, so what can you do? What do you have to do?!
You tripped on a branch-root on the ground, causing you to fall and tumble yourself forward. You land head-first into a tree, as you lay on your side, dazed.
You see in your blurry vision, the timber-wolf slowly approaching you, as it takes into its pouncing position. Your mind screams at you to run! But your body is too sore and weak to move. You really thought that this was the end for you...
You were trying your best to stay conscious, but it was no use. The last thing you saw before you faded into the dark, was that another blur of colors came in front of you, and they almost look familiar.
Then darkness. Darkness everywhere. -------------------???-------------------- Warmth... you feel warm... for some reason.
'What... happened? Where am I?
You hear strange sounds. Like they were muffled or something. But they slowly became more clearer to hear and understand.
"How is his condition? Is he breathing?" A feminine voice asked.
"Don't worry Nurse Redheart. He's alive, and still breathing. Lucky for him too! If the girls haven't found him, or were a minute too late, he might of died right there in the Everfree forest." A male voice responded back.
'Died? I... was about to die?'
"What was a pony doing in there anyway? The analysis showed that he hasn't eaten for days! He was also trying to run from a timber-wolf! Was he lost or something?"
'Timber-wolf... running... I... think I remember...'
Sudden flashbacks of what happened came to your mind. The starvation, the timber-wolf, the running, the falling, ... the pain. It was so sudden, that it startled you awake. You sat up and started gasping for air. The other 2 ponies you see in front of you jumped from your sudden action.
They both quickly trotted towards you, trying to calm you down. As you did calm down, you look at the 2 ponies. One is a white mare with a pink mane, with it wrapped in a bun, and a white hat on top with a red cross symbolized. The other one was a grey stallion, a unicorn, wearing glasses and a doctors coat.
You look around to see that you were lying on a bed. Your right hoof seemed to be wrapped up in white bandages, while connected to a bunch of tubes and other items.
After taking some deep breathes, you finally spoke out, "Where am I?"
"You're in the Ponyville Hospital. You were carried over here from the Everfree Forest, after you passed out." The doctor replied.
You're in a hospital? You aren't dead? You lifted your left hoof and rubbed your face. You're alive? You're alive! HAHA! You're still fucking alive! Wait... carried to the hospital?
"I was carried to the hospital? Who took me here?"
"A couple of girls found you in the forest. They said that they had to fight off the timber-wolf that was chasing you, and carried your unconscious body all the way here. Had it not been them, you would of been timber-chow."
You had a new feeling after you heard that. You felt... grateful for those ponies. They saved your life! They didn't even know you, but they risked their lives just to fight off a big scary-ass timber-wolf to protect you!
"Who were they? They just saved my life, I need to thank them!"
The doctor chuckled for a bit, "Well, how about you get up and I'll lead you to them?"
You slowly got out of the bed, while the doctor kept warning you to go easy, and telling you not to hurt yourself again. You stood on your hooves, but your right fore-leg was still attached to the other contraptions. The doctor told you to keep them on, and he'll help you carry it.
You slowly made your way out of your room and into the main lobby. Pushing the strange contraption with you, as it was pushing some strange liquid into your body. You open the front doors, and taking a step out. The sun shined brightly in your eyes, as you were blinded for a moment. You rubbed your hoof against your eyes, and looked ahead of you. It seemed quiet enough, plenty of trees and bushes about.
Before you take another step further, your ears were bombarded with the sudden noises of party poppers, party whistlers, and screaming. Fuck tons of screaming.
"SURPRISE!"
While this was all happening, your brain can only react in a way that most ponies would react. ERFDNJSFAKSOF!
You yelped and jumped back from the sudden attack, and start cowering behind your strange machine for about 10 seconds.
It wasn't until the doctor's poke you felt, that you stopped cowering, and slowly opened your eyes to see the nurse in front of you, with a worried look. "Hey, are you alright? It's ok, you aren't going to get hurt."
You stood up, and gave a sheepish smile. "I'm ok! I was just startled. That's all."
It was a good thing haven't eaten anything, because right now you could just feel your bowels trying to crap itself empty.
You see a pink pony jump up, and screamed "What are we waiting for? LET'S PARTY!"
All of the other ponies in the vicinity immediately started dancing to the sudden music that appeared from nowhere. The pink pony that you saw was bouncing towards you, with a huge smile on her face.
"OhmygoshyoushouldofseenhowyoulookedwewerelikesurpriseandyouwentalllikeaahhandIhaven'tmetyoubeforesothatmeansyouwereanewponyandIknewyouwereanewponybecauseIknoweveryponyinponyvilleandifIdidn'tknowyouthenyouwereanweponysoImadeyouthissurprisewelcomingparty!" She took a deep breath after she was finished.
...What? Was that some kind of new language? She spoke so fast, you didn't even hear a damn word she said! In one breath too!
"Uh..." Was all you could say to respond.
"You're gonna have to excuse Pinkie Pie. She's always like this with new ponies." Another pony stepped beside her. This other pony was a pegasus, with a cyan coat. Her mane was... colorful... to say the least. It was like she bathed herself in a rainbow!
The pink pony was very... well... pink. Her coat was light pink, as her mane was a darker shade of pink. Her mane was so spoofy, it looks like cotton candy.
The rainbow one stepped forward, "Nice to see you ok. You looked screwed up when I first saw you in the Everfree forest."
The pink one then spoke, "Yeah! We saw you were being chased by a scary timber-wolf, and then you tripped and crashed into a tree!"
"Are you the ponies that saved me?" You asked.
"Not just us silly!"
The pink mare dashed off in a blur, only to return a second later somehow, with some other ponies.
Before you could even comprehend what the fuck just happened, the pink pony introduced the others one by one.
"This here is Applejack!" The pink pony pointed to an orange coated mare, with a blonde mane, wearing a stetson hat. "Howdy." She tipped her hat to you.
"This is Rarity!" A hoof pointed to a white unicorn with a curly purple mane. "Pleased to meet you."
The rainbow one flared her wings, "I'm the one and only Rainbow Dash! Fastest flier in Equestria!"
The pink one pointed to herself, "I'm Pinkie Pie!"
She then walked behind the white unicorn named 'Rarity' and pushed out another pony from behind her. "And this is Fluttershy!"
This pony was butter-yellow coated, and a light pink mane. She was also a pegasus like 'Rainbow Dash'. She seems to be covering her face behind her mane though, making no eye-contact to you whatsoever.
You could make out a feint whisper though, as she said "Uh... Hi." ... She. Was. Fucking. ADORABLE!
It was your turn to introduce yourself next, " and I want to thank you girls for saving my life today. It was really nice to meet you all."
"Wait, we're missing somepony. Where's Twilight?" Rainbow Dash asked, as she looked around.
"I'm right here!" A voice said behind you.
You turn around to meet this 'Twilight', but what you saw was something you would of never expected.
It was her. The beautiful purple unicorn. And she looked even more beautiful than you last remembered.
"Sorry I was late for the party. Spike accidentally knocked over tons of books off the shelves somehow and I needed to-"
"Y-you!" You interrupted. You quickly trotted over to her, with your heart beating faster by the minute.
She looked at you for a moment, with a confused face. "You're that one unicorn! The one beautiful purple unicorn from Canterlot!"
She blushed for a moment from how you identified her. "Um, have we met before?" She asked nervously.
"No, but I have been searching for you for all this time... You were always in my head, I couldn't stop thinking about you at all."
She nervously rubs her hooves as she continues blushing. How does she respond to this? A stranger that just calls her beautiful, and she never even met him before!
You don't know what possessed you, but you just kissed her, right then and there. You're body just moved by itself, and you can't seem to do anything about it. But you honestly didn't want to now why or stop.
Her lips felt soft and warm against yours, it was like heaven just reached down and wrapped itself onto you!
You had your eyes kept shut the entire time, but if you did looked around, you would of seen the many combinations of ponies with their 'What the fuck?' faces. Twilight looked shocked as well, but hers would won the contest with her 'What the holy fuck is going on?!' look.
You reluctantly stop kissing her, and leaned your head back. You wanted it to last longer, but you couldn't breathe, so chances are, she isn't breathing either.
You open your eyes to look at the beautiful being once more. She just stands there staring at your eyes as well. Your heart was beating so hard, you were pretty sure anypony around you can hear it as well. It was silent around you. Even the music stopped playing, but you weren't paying attention at all except the mare in front of you. You continue to admire her beauty. You loved how amazing her eyes are, even how wide it is. The way she furrows her eyebrows was amazingly adorable. She even looks amazing with her face being angry.
Even the simple touch of her hooves made you feel all warm and tingly inside. Oh, the way she connected her hoof to your face at a 200 miles per hour speed. Even though it was just a brief touch, it was enough to make you feel like you were soaring into the air without even needing wings. Hell, you could even feel the wind in your mane!
Wait... No, you are actually really flying right now... Well that's weird. Why is there a tree coming closer to you at a very fast spee-
CRASH!
... Here comes the return of the annoying pain again. AANND..... Darkness. --------------------------------------------
What is love? Baby don't hurt me... Don't hurt me... No more!
--------------------Ponyville--------------------- Applejack pokes the unconscious yet somehow smiling body of the new stallion. "Twi', Ah think you kinda hitted him a might too hard. Because he's out." She said, continueing to poke the body.
"Well, how else was I suppose to react?! He just kissed me! You don't just kiss a pony you never met for no reason! Oh, but I hope I didn't hurt him too much..." Twilight was still trying to understand what the fuck just happened a few moments ago.
"Hmm... No, he's fine. No extra injuries or wounds, amazingly. Just unconscious." The doctor said, as he shines a light through the stallions eye.
After hearing that, Twilight let out a breath that she held for some reason. "Good. When he wakes up, there will be alot of questions that need to be answers from him."
"Darling, please, don't be so angry about this!" Rarity laid a hoof onto Twilight's shoulder.
"Why not? I don't see how you guys are even so calm about this!"
"Didn't you hear him? He said that he looked all over for you in Canterlot, all the way over to here! I find this to be... romantic honestly. I mean, it's not everyday a stallion will go to the ends of the world just to search for a mare from love at first sight!"
"That doesn't mean he was allowed to just kiss me! I don't even know who he is!"
"Well, it seems this young man won't wake up anytime soon, so back to the hospital for him. Nurse? Help me with him please." The doctor said as he levitates the still smiling unconscious body. Nurse Redheart already came back with a bed, and they set him down on it, and pushed him back into the hospital. All the while as the body was somehow STILL smiling.
With the guest of honor gone, the party ended too soon. As all the other ponies decide to get home, only the Mane 6 remained. Although due to the events that just happened, there was an uncomfortable silence.
"So..." Rarity started.
"What?" Twilight asked.
"Well, how was it?"
"How was what?"
"You know. The ... um... kiss?"
Twilight blushed from the reminder. "W-what about the kiss?"
"Well, you know. Was it... good?"
Twilight's blush grew even more. The other girls were looking at her expectantly, like they also wanted to know the answer themselves. "W-why are you asking that?!"
"Well, you should know that today, you just had your first kiss. So we wanted to know, how was it?"
"What makes you think that this was my first kiss? I kissed other ponies before!"
"Twilight, your parents don't count. Neither does your brother." Rainbow said deadpanned.
"... Ugh, alright fine! This is my first kiss! I really feel uncomfortable talking about this!"
"Well darling?"
"Well what?"
"The kiss! How was it?"
Knowing that they won't stop asking until she answers, she groans and thinks about the kiss. "It was... surprising. I guess. He was gentle about it. He didn't push too hard or made it too soft. It felt warm... felt nice and comfortable. I guess I can probably admit that... maybe... it was good... really good..." Twilight starts rubbing her hooves, having to admit something like that.
They all stood there in silence. Each of the others nodded, satisfied of the answer, and went their separate ways. Wishing each other of a pleasant evening.
Twilight still stood there though, looking down on her hooves as they continue rubbing. Alot of things were in her mind, but she was too tired to even want to work them out. She trots of to her home, finding they best way to solve this first, is a good-night sleep. Still, she can't seem to take her mind off of what just happened. ------------Dr. Conner------------ "Research attempt #452. CAN. YOU. UNDERSTAND. ME?!"
The changeling inside the glass cage continues trying to bite the pony's head off, with the only obstacle being the glass wall.
Dr. Conner groans in frustration. This has been going on for hours now. Ever since the discovery of a possible changeling knowing how to communicate, Dr. Conner has been trying to see how changelings evolved so suddenly. Through many attempts to try to get the test subject to speak, it has been going pretty well... EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THE DAMN THING WON'T SPEAK!
"What do I have to do to get you to talk damn it?!" The doctor yells.
The changeling in there, knowing it can't seem to kill the pony, decides step back, lay down and rest.
"Are you hungry or something? Do you need to eat in order to evolve?!" A random idea hits the doctor as he said that. He exits the room, "Don't go anywhere."
Had the changeling been you, you would of rolled your eyes, thinking 'Oh gee, and I was about to go for a damn jog around the castle too.' Sadly, due to the lack of a sentient brain, it only curled up and tried to sleep.
The doctor came back, while holding a small puppy on his wings. "Here! If you speak, I'll let you have the dog."
The changeling just yawned in response.
Dr. Conner's eye was twitching now. "Fine, have it your way. You eat the dog, and THEN speak." The doctor opened the lid and tossed the puppy in there with the changeling.
The changeling just sat there, staring at the small puppy. The puppy walked over to the changeling, and started to lick its face. The changeling, not knowing what to do, just sat there while being licked upon.
"Ok... I guess you don't like to eat dogs then. Oh, you're taste-testing it first? That's a bit weird, but ok... What... what are you doing no- OH DEAR CELESTIA, YOU'RE MATING WITH IT NOW." -----------Changeling (NO, NOT THE ONE IN THE GLASS.)-------------- Trees... You fucking hate them now. Sweet Chrysalis, there is no words to describe how much you hate trees. Most of your headaches were caused by the fuckers. NEVER. TRUST. A TREE.
You have awoken hours ago, in the middle of the night. You stared at the moon outside of your windows, seeing it surrounded by millions of stars. Why haven't you noticed these beautiful lights in the sky before? Each one of them reminds you about Twilight. Her name... it sounds so beautiful, now that you know her name.
You couldn't go back to sleep. You couldn't stop thinking about her. Now more so than ever. She was constantly on your mind ever since the... first contact with her. You know knew her name, you know that she lives here, and you know that you finally found her. Your mind never stops thinking about her... except the occasional 'MOTHERFUCKING TREES!', it would always linger back to thinking of her.
What is this feeling? This feeling has always showed up when it involves her. It showed up when you first saw her, it showed up whenever you think about her, it showed up and controlled you to kiss her! What is this feeling?! It seems familiar but you just can't put a hoof on it. It feels like something you tasted before... tasted... the only thing you ate before was the love energy of other ponies...
Familiar. Tasted before. Love.
Love... you know what the feeling is now... it's love. You love her...
Honestly? Feeling love, its better than eating it. ------------------------------------------------------------
The screaming plea kept you going. You weren't going to stop for anything, not if it means of her being hurt.
You continue galloping through the cave, as the armor you wore made their rustic noises, and jangling. But even such heavy armor you wore was not enough to slow you down, as you kept galloping through, a blur to everything else.
You see light at the end of the cave! You're almost there!
"Help me please! Help!" The cries come to you louder and louder as you come closer and closer.
"I'm coming!" You yell out, galloping even faster than before.
You made it to the light at the end of the cave. You cover your eyes for a moment, and try to regain your vision from the light.
You see in front of you, the dragon. He lays there, on top of his jewel nest, while in one of his claws was the princess you are trying to save!
"Princess Twilight! I'm here to save you!" You yell out to her.
She took notice of your voice. She smiles widely as she sets her vision upon you. She yells your name, "You're here!"
"Foul beast! Unhand the princess! I will not let you hurt her!" You draw out your sword and point it to the dragon.
The creature only roared in laughter as a response. "And what can you do, mortal? I am a dragon! You are but a mere pony!"
You smirked at his cockiness. He has underestimated your magical powers. "Well this pony here, is about to kick your salamander butt!"
It seems like he didn't like your little taunt, as he raises his large sharp tail and whips it toward you. You jump out of the way at the last moment, due to your amazing reflexes. As the tail lands, you took this moment to jump on top of it, and started to gallop on his scaly back, towards his head. The dragon roared his flames at you, but you took out your magic shield to deflect the flames. As you come nearer and nearer until you reached up to his nose. You quickly use your sword to stab the dragon as many times as you can. He roars in pain, as he tries to shake you off, but to no avail.
You deal the final blow to his brain. In result was he final scream of pain, before his head falls to the ground.
All was silent, as you stood there, sword in the dead dragon's head, with a triumph pose. You pull out the sword, which is now covered of blood, and sheathe it.
You jump off the head and quickly made way to the princess, which was just standing there on the bottom of the jewel nest. You slid down, then trotted over to the princess.
"You saved me. Thank you brave knight." She said in her beautiful voice.
"It was an honor, as well as my pleasure, to protect you Princess Twilight. I couldn't bare the thought of you hurt in the hands of the dragon."
"Well, my brave knight. Don't you think you deserve a reward?" She smiles seductively.
She slowly takes off your helmet, as she stares at you with her half-lidded eyes. She wraps her fore-hoof around your neck and pulls you in for the kiss.
You never want this moment to end. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Hey, wake up. It's time for breakfast."
ZZzz...
"Wake up sir."
ZZzz...
"WAKE UP SIR!"
OMGWTFBBQ?!
You violently jerk your eyes open, to see Nurse 'Redheart' as she said her name was, with a plate of food.
'But... What... Where... FFUUU-'
"Had a good night sleep?" The nurse asked.
"But... I was in a cave! With a dragon! And there was fighting and everything! I... I... uh..." What the heck just happened?! It was like last time when in that cage. But... What the hell?!
"Sounds like an exciting dream you had."
... A what?
"Dream? I had a dream?" You asked.
"Yeah, a dream. You know, whenever you sleep? Happens most of the time. You don't know what dreams are?"
You silently shake your head 'No'. Seems like it wasn't the answer she expected.
"What? You don't? How can you not know what dreams are?"
"This was my second dream, I guess. My first one happened not to long ago."
"Well, dreams are like imaginations in your sleep. You know imagination, right?"
"Imagination? That's... not something I do, I think. What's that?"
The nurse is silent for a moment. Is this 'Dreams' and 'Imagination' something normal?
"Just... Here's your breakfast. You get to leave soon ok?" She places the plate in front of you.
The plate held... this strange white stuff, an apple, and orange juice.
"What is this stuff?" You ask as you poke the white stuff.
"Porridge, it's healthy for you. Enjoy!" The nurse quickly walks out of the door, and shuts it close. You manage to hear her say to herself, "What kind of pony doesn't know what dreams and imagination are?"
Well... ok then. This is going to feel different, since you never really ate anything else before. But since normal ponies don't feed on other ponies love, then you might as well start acting the part.
This 'Porridge' doesn't look so good... Lets try the apple first. You take a bite out of the apple, and slowly chew. It doesn't taste like blood or love, but it does taste pretty sweet and juicy!
Maybe the porridge will taste just as good? You take a sip from the porridge and-
"BLEUGH!!" -------------Later---------------- Porridge is not food. It is a stomach poison made in Tartarus to kill innocent ponies. NEVER AGAIN.
After having to be cleaned up by nurses, you are now just laying in the hospital bed, waiting to be checked out.
Due to reasons that involve alot of complicated words that you didn't really listen to, they needed you to be attached to a heart monitor. It apparently beeps every time your heart beats. Really interesting machine, but it is a bit annoying.
The nurse pops her head in the door a little, "You have a visitor. Would you like to see them?"
A visitor? Who would visit you? "Uh, sure. Let them come in."
The pony who came to visit was HOLY CRAP IT'S HER!
Upon seeing Twilight enter the room, the heart monitor seemed to beep a bit more faster. You also felt your cheeks being warmer.
"Uh, hey. How are you doing?" She asked. She seems to be a bit nervous for some reason.
"Um... uh... I-I'm pretty good. With being in the hospital and all. H-how about you?" Why are you stuttering so much? Why do you feel so nervous all of the sudden?
"I'm doing fine... I just came to say sorry for... knocking you out yesterday. You have every right to be angry at me for that." Her ears are lowered as she looks down on the floor. The scene was enough to break your heart. You don't like sad Twilight, it makes you sad.
"Hey! Don't worry, it's fine! It was mostly the tree that my head impacted on anyway. It wasn't your fault!" You try to convince her.
"But I was the one who hit you so hard, that it caused you to hit the tree!"
"Well, it was my fault for hitting the tree in the first place. Please, it wasn't your fault whatsoever, so don't blame yourself."
Seems like it worked because she just giggled for a bit, and cheered up. Her giggle was SO CUTE! Oh damn, your heart monitor is beeping faster because of that now.
The room was deathly silent for a moment, except for the beeping of the heart monitor.
"Ok, so I have some questions that I wanted to ask you." She started.
Questions? What could she possibly want to know from you?
"First off, why did you kiss me?" How she asked was in curious tone, she didn't seemed angry, surprisingly.
Still, it was enough to make you blush harder than before from remembering yesterday. "I... uh... well... um... I... I..."
"I don't even know you, and you just came up and kiss me! Think about it, how would you feel if a random pony you never met before, came up to you and just kissed you for no reason?"
Hmm... "Uh... Can the random pony be you?" Perfectly reasonable question to ask.
"That... that's not what I meant!" She seemed to blush for a moment.
"Well, I wouldn't say I just... kissed you for no reason."
"What do you mean? Why did you kiss me?"
"Well... 'Why wouldn't I?' Is a better question. You're a beautiful pony, and I just couldn't control myself. You have your entrancing purple eyes, and your beautiful flowing mane. Your shining coat, and your soft hooves. I could go on about how amazing you look for the next 2 hours."
After you said that, she just stood there, blushing like mad. Seeing her like that, you can't help but blush in return. The heart monitor seemed to beep even faster now. Seriously, that shit is getting annoying.
"Uh, ok well, another question I have is, what were you doing in the Everfree forest? It's a dangerous forest, full of dangerous creatures and everything. I mean, you were being chased by a timber-wolf when we first saw you!"
"Well, I was just traveling around. I guess."
"And why were you traveling around?"
"I was... looking for somepony in particular."
"And who were you looking for?"
"Uh... well... Y-you... specifically..."
"Why were you looking for me?"
"To ask a question."
"Uh... and what was the q-question?" She seemed to react to that more nervously than the other answers.
You were about to answer her by asking her the question, but that was when you realized something. If she knew you were a changeling, YOU WILL DIE. The question you are about to ask, will let her know you are a changeling, which means, YOU WILL DIE. So that means, if you ask her the question, YOU WILL FUCKING DIE.
"Uh... Well... Um... I was..." SHITSHITSHIT, what do you say? WHAT DO YOU SAY?! ... I GOT IT!
"Will... you be my special somepony?" Wait... WHAT?! THAT'S EVEN WORSE THAN WHAT YOU WERE ABOUT TO ASK! OH CHRYSALIS, KILL ME NOW.
The heart monitor was beeping like crazy! I mean seriously, it was like at fucking mini-gun speed! 300 beats per minute! How are you still alive?! How is everyone else just ignoring this?!
Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap. She's about to freak out, you know it!
"No! Weirdo, why would you bother asking me, a beautiful pony, to be together with you, a creepy pony that isn't worthy enough for somepony like me? Go hit yourself with a tree.
Twilight just stood there, silently, until she responds, "Well, I still don't know your name yet."
... What?
"Huh?"
"I can't really be with somepony if I don't know their names yet, so what's your name?"
Confusingly, you stuttered out your name to her.
"Well, how about you come over to my house later, and we can talk about this some more? Does tonight sound good?"
"Uuuuhh..."
"I'm going to take that as a yes." She said with a giggle. "My house is a big library in a tree. Just walk around town and look around, you can't miss it."
You just stared at her. With no expressions shown on your face.
"Well, bye then. I'll see you later?" She asks as she slowly make her way to the door.
You just nod dumbly.
"Ok, see you then." She exits, and closed the door.
Did... she just considered being your special somepony? And now you can see her again later, tonight?
The heart monitor was beeping so fast, that it came to an abrupt stop. The poor thing couldn't take it anymore, and just exploded. Literally. IT EXPLODED.
You can't tell if it was the explosion that made you faint, or the sheer shock of possibly having the mare you love, love you back, was the reason.
You'll find out later, because right now, it's time to come back to the darkness... AGAIN. ------------------------------------
(Sorry about the chapter not being so good. Going through alot of stuff.) ---------Canterlot--------- It has been about 5 hours, and the doctor still hasn't came out of his room yet. Princess Celestia has been waiting patiently in front of his door for 5 minutes now, and he hasn't responded whatsoever. What could of caused him to act like this all of the sudden?
"Dr. Conner? Please open the door!" She yelled, knocking on the door once more.
Still no response.
Did something happen to him in there? Is he hurt? It would be rude to just barge in there...
"Dr. Conner, are you ok? Please, just say something!" She knocked with a bit more force this time, which made the door open slightly. Apparently it was unlocked this whole time...
Deciding to maybe take a small peek, she opens the door slightly, and peeked her head in. "Dr. Conner?"
There sat the scientist, just sitting there. His eyes are wide open, staring at nothing. He looked like he hadn't even moved an inch when he sat there.
"Dr. Conner? Are you alright?" Celestia entered into the room and sat in front of him. He doesn't even seem to acknowledge her presence, as he is still continuing his mindless stare.
Celestia waved a hoof in front of his eyes, "Doctor?" He didn't even flinch. Whatever happened must have been serious.
Desperate times, called for desperate measures. Celestia slowly took her hoof to his cheek. She slowly leans in closer to his ear, to whisper "Sorry to do this."
SLAP!
"THE BODY WAS THERE WHEN I ARRIVED!"
Celestia step back from the strange reaction.
The scientist shook his head vigorously, and rubbed his cheek. He looks around, seeing that he was in his room again. "Hm. When did I get here?"
"Dr. Conner?" He looks ahead to see Princess Celestia.
"Oh, hello princess! I'm still researching the changelings just like you asked. No results yet though."
"Doctor, don't you remember what happened the last few hours?"
"The last few hours?" He took a hoof up to his chin, trying to remember what he did. "Well, I was in my laboratory, trying to speak to the test subject. Then... I saw something?"
"What did you see?"
"I can't seem to remember very well... But it was something horrific... yet strangely majestic and beautiful at the same time..."
Celestia sighed in relief to see that he seemed ok. Then she remembered something. "Doctor. What did you mean when you said the body was there when you arrived?"
"I didn't say that." Dr. Conner replied rather quickly.
"But-"
"Nope. I didn't say anything like that. Don't remember it."
"It was just mo-"
"Mundlebit."
"What?"
"What?"
"..."
"..."
A guard walked next to the door. Both ponies looked towards the guard, "Uh, sir? Why is one of the guard dog's puppies in the cage with the changeling?"
"A what?" Celestia looked back at the doctor, to see he was wearing a lamp shade on his head.
The room was very silent. With Celestia and the guard just staring at the scientist. That doesn't seem to deter him to slowly edge his way to the door.
"I can still see you." Celestia said.
"No you can't." he replied, still slowly edging his way to the door.
"... Just because you can't see me doesn't mean I can't see you."
"I'm just going to keep believing it will to save myself from the embarrassment."
It was silent again... and VERY awkward. ---------------Changeling--------------- After waking up again from another pass-out session, and a very long interrogation with you, about "HOW DID YOU BREAK A HEART MONITOR?!" You were able to be checked out and leave.
You made your way through town, searching for Twilight's house. It was very hard to remember how she described it, so you had to ask around for directions. Although the ponies you asked had a hard time giving you an answer, seeing as how most of them just laughed their ass off for about 3 minutes straight. But eventually, you were able to find her house.
And it... was a tree...
A tree...
A MOTHERFUCKING TREE!!!
Of all the places she could of lived, it HAD to be a TREE.
You sighed. Welp, no point in complaining about it. At least you get to see her again, right?
Although the fact that she lives in a DAMN TREE left you annoyed, reminding yourself that you were about to see Twilight again seemed to be enough to get you excited again.
You cautiously approach the tree. By that, I mean that you glared at it while taking extremely slow steps towards it. Anypony else spectating you would think that you thought the tree was about to pounce on you. WHICH IT MIGHT! You never know when it comes to trees!
You finally made your way to the door. Still somewhat cautious, you hesitantly knock the door. Seems good so far... Maybe you can actually go through this day without an agonizing headac-
WHUP!
... OOOWW!!!!
"Woah! Sorry about that dude."
.... Oh you cheeky bastards!
"Ow... Is there some creature out there that is purposely doing this to me?" You groaned.
"You ok dude?" A voice asks.
This voice doesn't sound like Twilight...
When you stopped rubbing your head, you opened your eyes to see... a... small purple lizard... that talks...