A day had passed since I put the ad out. I was sitting on the couch, reading the newspaper, and waiting.

They arrived around midday. "Hey Ribbon we got company!"

"Did not expect it to work that fast."

"Scootaloo, you should head upstairs."

"Why?"

"Because chocolate." And with that, she bolted up the stairs. Turning to Ribbon, I noticed her glare. "What? I was only going to give her a piece instead of a bar this time."

Donning my alter ego Night Sight, I opened the door, and was greeted to four ponies, the first of which was a white unicorn with neon blue hair, wearing purple shades over her eyes. The second was also a unicorn, but mint green and was staring at one of her hooves muttering 'hooves, how the buck do they work' before snapping to attention. The third was an earth pony, a deep purplish red, and chugging a bottle of cider. Oddly, I didn't smell any alcohol on her breath. The last one was a white pegasus, who wings were tiny compared to his body, but somehow kept him airborne.

"Greetings, the names Night Sight."

The white unicorn spoke up first. "Names Vinyl Scratch, and this is one awesome pad!"

The green one spoke up next. "Lyra, Lyra Heartstrings, and our drunk friend over there is Berry Punch." She pointed the red mare.

"If we weren't both mares, I would... I would kiss ya!" Wow, easy there casanova.

The last one, and the only stallion in the group, technically, -i'm still male mentally ya know-, announces himself. "The names Snowflake! And don't you forget it!"

After shepherding them in and closing the door, I turned to Ribbon. "Their all yours."

Clearing her throat, she began reading the speech I wrote. "N-now I believe we've all hàd the misfortune of meeting the cheese-legged b-bitch queen know as Chrysalis?" Upon taking in the shocked looks on their faces, she continued. "So you may cut the acts, as I am in the same p-position you are..." shedding her disguise she waited for the shock to wear off. The shock apparently caused the four ponies to drop their disguises.

"No..." Lyra's chitin was the same mint green as her coat was, and her fangs were longer and slimmer, like they were meant to deliver poison.

"Impossible!" Snowflake was a bulky drone somewhere between me and Ribbons pegasus form in size.

"A motherbucking Proto-Queen..." Vinyl kept her neon blue hare and awesome shades, but other then that looked completely mundane.

"Bloody hell!" Berry, she was battle-scarred, and missing an eye, which would explain why she acts drunk, ponies will simply mistake her blindness for inebriation.

Ribbon resumed. "Alone, we may be weak, but if enough of us join forces, we could b-bulldoze Chrysalis into the ground."

At this, Berry brought her hoof down. "And what makes this any different from any other failed attempt?"

Showtime... "That my friends, would be me..."

Berry snorts. "A bucking thes-" returning to my alicorn form, I smiled. Everyone there, minus Ribbon, looked on in horror.

"Mother of Faust..." Vinyl's reaction was the most tame of the groups, her shades dropping down and revealing blood red draconian slits for eyes.

Berry seemed to size me up. "The Mare in the Moon and a Proto-Queen? We might just stand a chance..."

Lyra and Snowflake stand there, slack jawed.

"So, how about you tell us about yourselves?" Now we begin the introductions...

Lyra was the first to speak up. "I am experimental hunter-gatherer drone number three, currently known as Lyra. Now posing as a scientist. Unfortunately, I was deemed a failure because I thought of ponies as more than just food." Damn! She got it rough. Ribbon appears to show sympathy for her as well.

Berry began her tale. "Now, most of you wee lasses probably thought I was a mare, well you're WRONG. Now tell me, have any of you heard of Tavish Degroot?" Well shit, the she was a he! He shared his name, voice, and mannerisms with TF2's Demoman! Sweet!

Vinyl gasps. "You mean YOU'RE the stallion that is wanted after accidentally blowing up the Manehatten distillery and losing an eye?"

He nods. "That's me! Tavish Degroot! Second to none in terms of explosives, and rivaled only by the Apple family in terms of alcohol!" SWEET, BEER AND EXPLOSIVES, BEST COMBO EVER!

Vinyl began her history. "Vinyl Scratch, convert, and DJ of the Wub Shack, as well as a part time detective." Cool...

And finally, Snowflake. "Snowflake, also a convert, and former fighter. Currently the Wub Shack's bouncer."

I clear my throat, and everyone turns to look at me. "My name, is Chitsuki, -which translates to Blood Moon-, and I was the former host of the Nightmare, before it was evicted... permanently." That seems to catch Tavish's attention.

"Oi! I'm guessing you didn't always look like that she-devil?" I nod.

"As a matter of fact, Tavish, I wasn't even a mare before." Or a pony... at that, both Tavish and Snowflake winced.

Vinyl decided to pitch in. "We need a name for our group, do we not?"

Lyra is struck by inspiration. "The Legion Of Exiles."

Niiice... "All in favor?"

Everyone raises their hooves.

Suddenly I hear knocking. Immediately I resume a cover as Night Sight, while everyone else resume their disguises.

Opening the door, I am greeted to... an actual thestral? That was carrying a sword on his back, and had the image of a crescent moon on a shield for his mark.

"Hello, and who might you be?" I ask, hesitantly. He seems to tap his forehooves in some kind of pattern... is he mute? "Uhh, do any of you know sign language?" I let him in, where he stands waiting.

Lyra perks up at this. "Yes, actually. And they said I was learning useless things..."

"Can you translate for him?"

"Certainly." The thestral walk over to her, sits down, and begins tapping again. "He says his name is Silent Courage..." more tapping. "He says he is a wandering swordspony..." tapping intensifies... and Lyra's eyes widen. "And he says he wants to join us changelings in overthrowing Chrysalis..."

Ribbon freaks. "Was he listening to us from outside?!"

He taps with a smile on his face. Lyra face hoofs. "We just told him.." cue cries of 'what...' even more tapping. "He says he wants to see what we REALLY look like."

Vinyl sighed. "Might as well, he already knows we are changelings..." cue disguises going up in flames, Courage takes in their appearances without even flinching. Me and Ribbon, however, chose to remain disguised, me because I was still kinda wary of how he would react to seeing the flapjacking Mare in the Moon, and Ribbon was more than likely having a panic attack.

I turn to Ribbon. "Think I should show him?"

Her face and voice show her panic. "You can. I'm not." Thought so.

Allowing my form to snap back to its default shape, I watched as Courage's eyebrows rose.

He taps some more as Lyra translates. "He says that this is new..." more tapping, Lyra does a double take. "You're right I didn't even see the sword until you pointed it out, and I have to agree, it the perfect place, under her wing, where her mane hides the hilt, but she can still grab and draw it quickly." Cue the others doing a double take as well. Damn, and I was wondering why most ponies didn't notice Akumu... now I'm curious.

"Do any of you changelings have weapons?"

Tavish raised his hoof. "Aye, I still got me old battle axe laying around in me basement." No one else raises their hoof.

"Uhhhhh... please let this be a nightmare and not changelings invading Ponyville..."

Everyones heads whip to the staircase, where Scootaloo stood, wide eyed...

Aww crap, time for plan B. I give her the most deadpan look I can. "Scootaloo, everyone here has the same goal; wipe Queen Bitchalis off the face of the planet." Ribbon chuckles nervously at my new nickname for the hag.

Tavish begins laughing. "That we do lass, that we do... and might I mention that that was single most bloody hilarious name somepony has called that hag in the five years I've been here?"

Vinyl and Snowflake turn to him. "Really? Five years? We only got here a year and a half ago and Lyra maybe only five months! How did you avoid the purge four years ago?"

What? "Purge..?"

Tavish take a large swig of... whatever that drink is... before beginning his tale. "Yes... the Great Equestrian Purge, we call it. It began after guards found a hive in the caverns under Canterlot, and discover several ponies of important political position, cocooned there, including Prince Blueblood." Well that would explain why he acts like an asshat... he's afraid to let anyone near him out of fear of a repeat performance. "After the guards freed the ponies, they confronted the imposters... it did not end well for the changelings. After the Princess discovered what was going on, she had a large amount of hoof picked guards begin looking into to history of nearly every pony in Equestria. I was actually found out by a guard, Shining something or other, but as luck would have it, one of Chrysalis's lackeys didn't want to go down without a fight, and nearly killed the poor fellow. Knowing I had a chance, I took the roach down a well placed horn through the eye..."

"Let me guess, your actions caused him to give you the benefit of the doubt, and let you explain yourself, and after a long talk and a promise of free drinks, he 'conveniently' forgot about you, and simply passed you over as the town drunk?"

Tavish chuckles. "You be surprised how fast ponies become friendly if you offer them free booze... funny story actually. Ponyvilles mailmare, Ditzy, actually becomes less clumsy the more drunk she is... amd between all of us, she actually out drank both me and Big Mac back to back, before, as I later heard, 'she began acting like a proper gentlemare'... unfortunately, nopony would dare to let that happen again, after she invited Pinkie over for cakes and coffee..."

I gigged at that. "Ditzy, Master of the Drunken Derp..." my explanation for her skill is... Shark Week... yeah I dunno why I thought that either.

It was about this time Scootaloos brain got past 'changelings, changelings everywhere.' And realized who they looked like. "Lyra is a changeling? That explains soooo much..."

Yawning, I looked out the window. "Damn... it's getting late, you guys should probably head home..."

After the changeling had disguised and left along with Courage, I curled up on the couch, and and drifted of to sleep...