There were three important happenings; Celestia was hanged on the ceiling with a cocoon, while Shining Armor was released. Before he could do anything though, Chrysalis knocked him out. And Dawn left, saying he had something along the lines of 'military bullshit' to do. He said those exact words. And fuck you for reading my journal. If you're AJ though, I mean it literally.

"He would've probably attacked us as soon as he regained his bearings." Chrysalis said. I shrugged and looked down at Cadence's hooves again.

"Be lucky I don't have a foot fetish." I muttered up at her.

"You're weird." She muttered back. I gave her a shit-eating grin and resumed my task, while Duffy just cleaned his weapons. At one last wipe, I had freed Cadence. Just in time for the six mares that left about thirty minutes ago come back in, escorted by about fifty Changelings.

"Overkill much?" I muttered.

"I had every available Changeling invade the city." Chrysalis explained. I rolled my eyes and watch as five of them glared at Chrysalis, while AJ looked over at the body of my doppelganger in horror.

Chrysalis looked down at my chest in confusion for a split second. "Why is your shirt bulging ever so slightly?" She asked.

"Recorder that's solar charged. I keep a journal, and I have a shitty memory." I replied, before turning and actually looked at the six's expressions.

'They've probably never seen a popped head before.' I grimly thought, wiping some green shit from my hands.

"Hey! Before you all get bitchy," I yelled, getting flinches when they looked at me, "she's not going to do anymore bloody harm. We had a nice little 'chat' and she's passive until someone goes full retard and fucks this treaty up." I said, the second half with a glance up at the wrapped up Celestia.

"How can we be shure she didn' brainwash ya?" Applejack hesitantly asked, looking up at me with a little fear. None of them noticed Duffy, though.

'Shit, that ghillie suit's good if it's green and they can't see him.' I thought, before tapping next to one of my eyes.

"Irises aren't lime green. Shiny's were." I said. "Same color as Chrysalis' eyes, anyway." I added, jabbing a thumb in the Changeling Queen's direction. At a wave of her left cheese leg, the Changelings surrounding the mares backed off and waited for further orders.

"Would you care to take them to the entrance to the crystal caves?" Chrysalis asked of me.

"Only if I could get a companion or two. Fuck, I was knocked out by one of your bloody spies. I admit, I haven't gotten into hand-to-hand combat for a while, so I was a little bit out of touch." I then looked at Duffy.

"I guess I'll come..." He sighed, getting to his feet.

"Good enough. Keep your M4 out, just in care we need it." I said, while noting that the Changeling had dropped my Kar98k somewhere nearby. I quickly picked it up, chambered a round, and nodded.

"Ya'll better be careful, ya hear?" AJ said to me quietly. I nodded and looked at the only Changeling in the room still, besides Chrysalis. The bug had a green saddle looking thing on it's back instead of blue, like Chrysalis did.

"Get the others to follow me. We're going on a little trip." I ordered. It simply nodded and buzzed outside while Duffy and I walked out calmly. And my jaw dropped as soon as I saw the Changelings.

"Fuck..." Duffy muttered as we looked at the thousands of Changelings floating above the castle. I shook my head and pointed at the hole that Cadence, Twilight, and I came out of.

"Put them in there until Chrysalis comes to get you." I said. The Changeling that I sent ahead nodded, and ordered the fuckton of Changelings down there before following.

"Well... What now?" Duffy finally said, looking over at me.

"Go back inside and chill?" I suggested, getting a shrug. "And you won't need the ghillie suit. Can't imagine that it's comfortable in it." I got another shrug.

'Introvert much? Hasn't said much since he arrived.' I thought, but shrugged back and walked inside. AJ was the first to come over to me, giving me a rather tight hug.

"I told you I would take care of him." I muttered.

"Did'ja have to kill him?" She asked, looking at me.

"Trust me; if I had my way he would still be alive, except he would be wishing that I killed him." I said, deathly serious. Applejack gulped and weakly nodded, letting go of me.

'Shit. Wrong thing to say.' I thought, mentally facepalming.

"I'm sorry for scaring you AJ, but I'm not lying." I apologized.

"Ah know, sugarcube. That's what worries me..." She muttered the second half, but I heard it anyway. I internally winced, but decided to say nothing, instead standing back up and clearing my throat.

"You're staying at the castle tonight, and will still be attending the wedding, which is being done in two days." Dawn said, but didn't appear.

"Well, I guess I could show you all to some guest rooms..." Twilight said after a moment, rubbing her chin with a hoof. I found it hilarious that none of them noticed Celestia, who was awake by now.

"Wait for me in the hall." I said, waving them off. They did so cautiously, and I turned to Chrysalis.

"Yes?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Two things. Don't fuck with them, and you're able to leave now. Just don't try some shit like this again." I said, before going to the massive doors.

'If I was a complete dick, I'd leave Celestia up there...' I thought, wanting to do just that.

"You should take Sunbutt down, too. Can't imagine that it's comfortable up there." I said, before slipping out and joining the others. We ambled around for a little while, pretty much getting lost several times.

'How in the fuck is the castle this big? I swear, we passed that kitchen TEN TIMES ALREADY!' I thought, before Twilight led us down a new hallway.

"Everypony can just take an unoccupied room." She said, looking back at us.

"Pick a random one, AJ." I said as the others chose theirs.

"How about this one?" She asked, opening a door. And quickly shut it, a deep blush across her face. "Never mind..." I face palmed and nudged open a different door, thankfully getting an eyefull of empty room.

"Might as well copy down today's journal. Glad that I still have my backpack. Had a notebook and quill in it." I muttered, unslinging my rifle and backpack while kicking the door shut. AJ flopped down onto the bed while I got undressed and eased my recorder off of my chest, wincing as I lost a few hairs. After listening to the recording, I put my notebook back into my backpack and threw it in a random direction before joining Applejack in bed.

Sorry 'bout the wait. I had a serious case of the flu and today was the first day I was able to get onto the Internet.