A/N: This chapter takes place during the exact same time as chapter 5, but is from Luna's point of view, and what she's doing. It's just a simple meeting with the Changeling advisors of Queen Chrysalis, but I finally show up in this chapter (Ya-hoo! I'm also pulling some of my friends for this story). If you've read my profile, you'll know just how I'll affect the story in this chapter. It may just end up being some long mental conversation between me and Luna, depending on how the ideas come to me (I write these Author's Notes before I write the story, so don't be confused if the story is different than what the A/N says).

Seeing as how there aren't any reviews for the last chapter, I'll just say thanks to Golden Sky the Alicorn for following the story.

NOTE: I do not own MLP or most of the characters used herein (Adam & Eve are mine, though some would argue that bug off religious nuts, but I digress. And all of the Advisors, plus myself, are mine. ) All other characters are the property of Lauren Faust and Hasbro (Until such time that their copyright expires. Then it shall be mine).

As the Hour passes, the day continues. So shall this story.

The Council

Luna teleported from Twilight's room to the outskirts of the Everfree ruins, where her Changeling advisors waited for 'Twilight's' answer.

"The Arcane Princess says we are allowed the Ruins to build our capital." Luna's statement was met with quiet congratulations and hoof shakes.

One Changeling, who went by Black Jack, was especially excited, visibly shaking from head to hoof. Luna couldn't help but notice his name was a good match for his Cutie Mark, an Inverted Spade (where the spade looks like it was cut out of a circular piece of paper, and the paper that was left stuck on his flank), like you might see in a deck of cards. Other than that, he didn't really look like a Black Jack; his coat was white, and his mane was red and black (the left half was black, the right half red), though Luna could see brown near the roots of his mane, indicating that he had either dyed it or had simply been too lazy to use his magic to fix it. His tail didn't match his mane in the pattern of the colors though, which was odd for anypony, even a Changeling: it was mostly black, with a single red stripe, right down the middle.

Luna turned to him, "Why dost thou get so excited, Black Jack?"

Black Jack turned to Luna, confusion on his face, "Now we can uphold the deal we made with the Diamond Dogs."

"What deal? I was never informed of any deal with the Diamond Dogs."

One of the other advisors, who looked like a pure white Pegasus with a Olive Branch Cutie Mark (Dove, she called herself, though Luna didn't know that yet), leaned over and whispered into Black Jack's ear.

Black Jack's eyes filled with understanding from whatever was whispered to him, "My apologies, dear Queen. I forgot you were not here when we made the deal. Well, did you notice how much our tunnels had expanded in the short time you were gone?"

Luna shook her head, indicating that she had not noticed it, "No sir. I assume that the Diamond Dogs had something to do with it?"

"Yes ma'am. Shortly after you left, the current leader of the Diamond Dogs proposed an 'alliance' of sorts. We were running out of space, and they were running out of gems. Through an agreement, we allowed them to keep half of the gems they found as they expanded our tunnels."

Luna was surprised that the Diamond Dogs could work with anyone, much less help them, but something was nagging at her thoughts, "Something tells me this isn't the entire deal."

"Very astute, ma'am," Black Jack noted, wondering why Chrysalis was being so observant. This wasn't like her, usually she was very single-minded, never noticing anything beyond what she wanted at that moment, "Before your return, we had been sending scouts into the old ruins, to map it out. One of these scouts found an ancient crypt, with a plaque that read 'Here lies the Crystal Hound, father to all Diamond Dogs, precursor of their race'. The Diamond Dogs wish for the body, if there is one, to be brought to their capital, near Appleloosa."

"That's impossible. I've been over every inch of those ruins, and I've never seen any crypt. Where did you find it?"

"It was behind a false wall, ma'am. We think it only collapsed recently, if the way the plants are growing tell anything about when it collapsed," Black Jack responded, wondering when Chrysalis had explored the ruins. She hadn't been seen by any of the scouts during their forays into the ruins, and he had been at her side every moment before she left for Canterlot 2 years ago. So when did she explore the ruins?

Then he remembered: she was imitating Princess Luna. She must be remembering Luna's memories. Satisfied with that answer, he dismissed all of the strange thoughts he had been having about her.

But there was one advisor who wasn't so easily convinced that it was Chrysalis who was walking with them, and so he hung back from the main group, watching this imposter in his mother's skin (when Luna was with the Changelings, she took the form of Queen Chrysalis). And to be honest, it wasn't all that hard for him to disappear from their attention; the black coat and blue hair of his assumed form allowed him to blend into the shadows at the edge of the light given off by a nearby torch. Scanning with his magic, he assessed the magical wavelength of the imposter.

"Impossible," he whispered to himself, "How can this imposter have the exact same wavelength as my mother, while still having another I have never felt before? What black magic is at work here?"

Luna was not oblivious to the magic being used on her, despite the fact that she showed no reaction. Meanwhile, she used her own magic to 'piggyback' the foreign magic back to it's source.

There! In the shadows, barely visible to even her nocturnal eyes, was a solid black pegasus, with a multi-tone blue mane, and a splash of blue on his face and hooves. How had she not noticed him, when she had been watching every shadow for movement, and how had he cast magic, seeing as how he was a pegasus?

Then the results from her counter-scan returned to her: this pegasus had almost the exact same magical wavelength as her. And she wasn't just talking about Chrysalis' wavelength, but hers as well. How was this possible, when hers and Chrysalis' didn't match at all? Who was this mysterious pegasus that could use magic?

At that moment, Luna felt a mental connection attempt from the strange pegasus, prying at her to open up a mental link with him.

As soon as she did, Luna was assaulted by a barrage of questions, one standing out more than the rest, "WHO ARE YOU?"

How had this mysterious pegasus seen through her disguise? Had she slipped up in a way that anyone who was paying attention could see she was an imposter? No, she was sure that she hadn't. So how had he seen that she wasn't Chrysalis?

"What do you mean? I am your queen, Chrysalis. Is that not obvious?" Luna responded to the only question she had understood.

Almost immediately, his answer was booming in her head, "YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER! WHO ARE YOU?"

So that's how he had seen through her disguise. He was the child of Chrysalis, meaning he knew all of her mannerisms and habits. But that still didn't explain the matching Magical Wavelength. And it was odd, but, try as she might, Luna could not remember anything about this 'Changeling Prince', if he truly was Chrysalis' son. Twilight had given Luna all of Chrysalis' memories, so why wasn't this young stallion among them? What had he done to cause his mother to completely forget him?

Luna completely forgot that she was in the middle of a mental conversation, so all of her thoughts were broadcasted to the 'Changeling Prince'.

"Ah, so that's who you are."

The message, much calmer than the others she had received from this pony, shocked Luna out of her thoughts, "What?"

"My apologies, Princess Luna. I did not mean to startle you," the (now) much calmer pegasus replied, "I was simply stating that I know who you are now. It would seem that I should introduce myself now. My name is untranslatable to English, but you can call me High Roller. Everyone else does."

"Well, 'High Roller', just how is it that you figured out who I really am?"

"You really should pay more attention to what you think when you have a mental link open," he responded nonchalantly, "Otherwise anypony can just listen in your thoughts and learn things they shouldn't."

Luna felt embarrassment color her face, glad that her almost black coat hid the darkening of her cheeks, "Well, seeing as how you haven't told any of the others who I really am yet, I assume you want something?"

High Roller's response completely threw Luna's train of thought off the rail, "Now why would I do that? Not only would it be bad for you, but it would also ruin everything we've achieved already, from the peace accord with the Diamond Dogs, which rides on us recovering the body of the Crystal Hound from these ruins for them, to becoming part of everyday life in Equestria, with these ruins as our first settlement on the surface. Not to mention, you would lose the spies you want for your war.

"So I really don't see the point in revealing who you are to everypony else. Unless you want me to," he added with a grin.

Luna didn't know what it was, but something about this Changeling struck her as familiar, like she had heard him, or someone like him, before (Indeed she had, but Honesty isn't always recognized immediately).

Right then, Luna picked up on a very strong wavelength of magic, emanating from Canterlot, and she recognized the wavelength immediately. It was Twilight sending a message, that much was Luna was sure of, but to who? Who could Twilight be calling to this late at night? Luna pondered that before she simply decided to ask Twilight the next time she saw her, which would be in about a week.

End Note: Wow, that was a long chapter. I bet you thought Twilight was going to be yelling for Luna's help, huh? WRONG! You'll see who she was calling for in the next chapter.

And to answer the only review for chapter 5 (Since it was posted after I started this story and the Author's Note was already written):

The Midniyt Stalker: I'm gonna assume (and hopefully not make an ass out of u and me) that you said "I'll admit, it's not the most original concept, but I do wanna see where you take it" Is that Right? If so, I know it's not very original, but it's the first thing my mind came up with. And I do strive to be better. It's all part of my '20% cooler in 10 seconds flat' exercise regime. And look! Longest chapter yet, at 1500 words!

Anyways, how did ya'll like chapter five? I know this chapter had an even longer break in between than chapters 1 and 2, but I've been busy lately (Still a High School student, and I've been job hunting. I'll warn you ahead of time if I do get a job, because it will probably affect how fast I type and post chapters. Not to mention I'm easily distracted by video games, mostly WoW and Minecraft, but Command & Conquer may be coming in soon…). I already have chapter 7 fully planned out, so hopefully it shouldn't take me too long to type and post (But, just like S&M, it's a damn Pinkiedash chapter! Or at least, only like the first 2 or 3 sentences will be Pinkiedash. Why must I keep writing Pinkiedash? I'M AN APPLEDASH!)

And I have to remember to download Chrome (I'm tired of IE crashing on me when I try to upload these chapters). And yes, I wrote this as I was trying to upload this chapter. I fucking hate IE now.