Meanwhile, Twilight & her friends managed to get back to Ponyville safely, despite Chrysalis & the Changelings trying to find her & make the former unicorn defect & hurting her friends. But thankfully, Twilight Sparkle was a good unicorn at heart, plus with all of the tutoring from Celestia, she built up a good resiliency against any manipulation magic.

As they stepped off the train, Twilight was in her Unicorn form, thanks to a Changeling's ability to shape shift into any creature at will. Then, Rainbow Dash stepped out next, as she looked at Twilight & said, "Man, I can't believe that Changeling Queen tried to hypnotize you, and you made her back off!" "Yes, but that proves that this pony is still Twilight, darling." Rarity replied, as she stepped off the train as well, where Spike wasn't too far behind.

"Ya know, Rarity. It's like my ma always said 'Ya can't judge a book by it's cover'." Applejack answered, as she came out with a sleeping Pinkie Pie, which is a surprise since the pink mare is usually like a monkey on lots of caffeine.

After Fluttershy got off the train, the seven of them went into two groups; Twilight, Spike, Rarity, & Fluttershy went back to Twilight's home to figure out how to change Twilight back to normal, while Rainbow Dash, Applejack, & an unconscious Pinkie Pie went Sweet Apple Acres to help Macintosh with the apple-bucking season.

After a long walk from the Ponyville Train Station, Twilight walked inside her home with Spike riding on her back, as Fluttershy & Rarity weren't too far behind.

When all four of them entered Twilight's house, they each began to cover the few windows of Twilight's Tree Home, just to make sure they don't cause panic if anyone found out that Twilight had become a Changeling. After all, there were uneasy tensions between Equestrian & the Changelings after Chrysalis's attempt on taking over the kingdom that ultimately failed.

After all of the windows were covered, Twilight changed back into her Changeling form, as Spike said, "There. That should give us some privacy." Twilight looked at Spike with a smirk on her face & replied, "Thank you, Spike. I...just wanted to say thank you for not treating me like I was an enemy, girls."

"Twilight, even though you're turned into a Changeling, you're still the same Twilight Sparkle we all cared about, darling." Rarity said, as the white unicorn mare of a fashionista walked up close to Twilight the Changeling, putting her right front hoof on Twilight's left shoulder as reassurance to Twilight's situation as a Changeling. Thankfully, the glowing effect that happened between Twilight & Celestia earlier wasn't happening again.

"So, um....What s-should we do now, Twilight?" Fluttershy asked, as she sheepishly looked at her transformed best friend, hoping not to make her upset or anything like that. Then, Twilight looked at Fluttershy & answered, "Well, since I'm now somewhat a Changeling, we should look up any & all information the Changelings here in my personal library."

"Okay, but which books do we need to look for exactly, Twilight? You do have a big library, after all." Spike asked, and Spike was right about one thing; Twilight was a 'Triple-A Egghead' when it came to books, literature, and knowledge.

So, in hopes of clearing things up, Twilight replied, "Actually Spike, here are 4 books that I can recall that have information on Changelings. There is 'The Changeling Anatomy', 'A Changeling Ability Guide, 'The Guide To Equestria's Monsters', and 'The Guide To Changelings For Derps'."

With that information, Twilight & he others began looking through Twilight's library. They looked through book after book for hours, even after the sun went down. However, after searching through these books, some of them fell asleep out of exhaustion to help Twilight. Heck, even Twilight herself fell asleep from looking through these monster-sized books.

It was only 2 hours before midnight, and Twilight, Spike, Rarity, & Fluttershy were sleeping from reading all of the books about Changelings in hopes of getting Twilight to change back into her old form permanently.

But suddenly, they heard these loud shrieking noises outside, causing all four of them to literally jump from the shrieks, as Spike said, "What's going on out there?"

However, Twilight definitely recognized the shrieking noises outside, as she replied, "It's the Changelings, they're here in Ponyville!" "But that's impossible, darling. How could they find out where we're at anyway?" Rarity replied, as they then heard these loud buzzing noises outside, which were the sound of the insect wings of a Changeling, around a hundred of them.

With no other choice, Twilight & her friends went outside to stop the Changelings, but just as they were about to attack the Changelings, Chrysalis launched an ambush on Twilight & her friends, knocking them unconscious, while the Changelings continued their attack on Ponyville.

A short time later, Twilight groggily woke up to feel that she was dragged by two Changelings, one on each side. The former unicorn looked ahead & saw her friends Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and even poor Spike held hostage by Chrysalis and her bodyguards.

The sadistic Changeling Queen turned her head to see her kin dragging Twilight before her, as Chrysalis gave out an evil smile & said, "Ah, Twilight Sparkle, how nice of you to finally join us."

The two Changelings then tossed the half-conscious Twilight onto the ground, as if she was a rag doll. However, her friends were becoming more worried than ever about their physically transformed friend, especially Rainbow Dash, who wanted to literally spring into action and kick Chrysalis's flank so hard that the Changeling Queen would run back to her mother, as the rainbow-mane Pegasus yelled, "Leave Twilight alone, you oversized bully!"

Rainbow Dash was about to bull rush Chrysalis, but like their Queen, the Changeling bodyguards could use magic, as two of them zapped Rainbow Dash with electricity, stunning the cyan pegasus, as Rainbow Dash fell to the ground from her muscles buckling from the electric attack.

"Rainbow Dash!!" Yelled the rest of the Mane Six, as Twilight painfully got up on her hollow hooves, looked at Chrysalis and asked, "What do want, Chrysalis?!" Chrysalis let out an evil chuckle & answered, "Simple, Twilight; I want revenge."

Twilight knew what Chrysalis meant by revenge, as Twilight the Changeling said, "What this about me foiling your plans to take over Equestrian?" Then, Chrysalis shot a blast of energy at Twilight, as the rest of the Mane Six yelled, "Twilight!!"

But before Twilight's friends could help, Chrysalis's bodyguards aimed their mystical horns at them, warning them that they would suffer the same pain as Rainbow Dash had inflicted. Then, Chrysalis's tone changed into rage, as she answered, "You ruined my plans to take over Equestrian! You & your friends defeated me!"

But after those words, Chrysalis's voice tone returned to an evil form of calmness, as she said, "And now, I've changed you into the same being that your friends feared. However, since your friends still know you as the same good-goody two-hooves pony you were..."

But then, Chrysalis got her face at touching distance to Twilight's, as the Changeling looked Twilight right in the eyes & said, "I will make them suffer. I want to see your 'friendship' destroyed, forcing you into total darkness." Then, Chrysalis then commanded her bodyguards to begin the execution of Twilight's friends.

But then, something in Twilight's brain triggered, causing her to do something drastic as she yelled, "You want to take it out on the Elements of Harmony? Take it out on me then, Chrysalis! I'm the Element of Magic, and I was the one that found out about your plan. Take it out on me, you...living. Piece. Of. Crap!" Both Twilight's friends & Chrysalis heard what Twilight called the Changeling Queen, as it definitely got Chrysalis's attention. From Chrysalis threatening to kill her friends, Twilight really snapped, but as the saying goes, 'desperate times call for desperate measures'.

However, little did the Ponies or Changelings know, but the mysterious being from earlier was watching the whole scene play out from a nearby rooftop. The mysterious being could see Twilight's friends were held hostage, as it's looked to where Chrysalis was kicking Twilight the Changeling repeatedly in the face.

But then, the mysterious creature began to stand up on it's two legs as it tilted it's head up to the sky and screamed, "AARRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It's howl got everyone's attention, including Twilight and her friends, Chrysalis & her bodyguards. They looked up & saw the being that made the bone-chilling howl.

It's body was tall, muscular, and slender-like. It's eyes glowed a bright reddish-orange, as the creatures eyes gave off an angry look to them. Though the creature's mouth also glowed a reddish-orange , showing off it's sharp teeth, capable of biting through any pony or Changeling. It's arms were both strong & long, as the creature's clawed hand gripped tightly onto the post on the rooftop.

Twilight could see that this creature had 3 clawed fingers & a clawed thumb on each hand, indicating it's some sentient type of creature with feral abilities, as the creature's pointed ears showed, confirming it was a wolf-like creature, as it's large lupine tail slowly moved from side to side. But what creeped out Fluttershy, Spike, & maybe Pinkie Pie was that bits of the wolf creature's Arms & legs had these glowing red-orange marks on it.

As it stood up on the rooftop, the moon was full at the time, as it shone behind the wolf creature's body, giving it a very intimidating look & feel to him, all while showing it's fur color to be a menacing dark grey, as Twilight noticed these metal chains wrapped around his arms, like a dark accessory.

Chrysalis looked at the wolf creature & said, "Are you friend or foe, beast?"

"Twilight!!" Twilight's friends yelled, as the scary wolf creature landed right where Chrysalis & Twilight where located at. However, both Twilight's friends and Chrysalis's bodyguards weren't sure which Changeling the wolf creature grabbed.

But then, the wolf creature stood up on his hind legs and large wolf paw-like feet, as he towered an intimidating 7 feet tall over the ponies & changeling bodyguards, while he held a Changeling with long blue hair by her throat in the wolf creature's left hand. "Twilight?" Spike asked, worried about Twilight if she was alright.

Fortunately, they saw the other Changeling get back up, indicating that Twilight was alright, and the Changeling that the wolf creature held was actually Chrysalis herself, meaning the wolf creature was one of the good guys, even if he looked like he could rip a pony's flesh apart.

However, when the Changeling bodyguards then ignored the Mane Six & began to focus their attention on the one being that held their Queen in it's grasp; the wolf creature known as 'Fenrir, The Unbound Wolf'. Fenrir snarled at Chrysalis, as he held the Changeling Queen in his left clawed hand.

"You..will regret your decision, beast." Chrysalis growled, as the skin on Fenrir's upper snout crinkled, snarling even louder at the captured Changeling Queen. But then, out of a feral impulse, Fenrir violently bit down on Chrysalis's left front leg, causing the Changeling Queen to scream from the pain Fenrir was inflicting on her, as Fenrir felt bits of Chrysalis's green blood on his canine teeth from biting on her leg.

From hearing their queen's screams of pain, the Changeling bodyguards confirmed that Fenrir was very hostile, as they charged at Fenrir. But then, Fenrir's senses picked up the hollow clopping of the Changeling bodyguards' hooves, so he gave Chrysalis a nasty claw mark scar across her left eye, as Fenrir threw the Changeling Queen at a few of her bodyguards, knocking those few off their hooves.

Then, Fenrir leapt forward at the bodyguards, as his claws tore through the Changeling armor like it was paper. But when one of the bodyguards fired a blast of dark magical energy at Fenrir, but thanks to his inhuman reflexes, Fenrir noticed the bodyguard firing the energy blast, as the large wolf quickly dodged the attack, rushed at the Changeling bodyguard, and grabbed the Changeling with it's teeth.

However, even the Mane Six couldn't believe what just happened when they saw him dodged the bodyguard attack. But then, Fenrir bit down hard on the Changeling bodyguard's body, as it's spine cracked & broke from Fenrir biting down hard, breaking the Changeling bodyguard's spine like a twig. However, Fenrir only broke the Changeling's lower back, meaning the changeling bodyguard was still alive but can no longer use his hind legs anymore due to the nerves in his lower body are severed from the rest of his body, surely a fate worse than death for a Changeling, as Fenrir tossed the unconscious Changeling bodyguard aside like a ragdoll.

However, only a few of the Changeling bodyguards survived, as they called for help from their brethren to distract Fenrir while they got Chrysalis to safety. Fenrir noticed Twilight reuniting with her friends, as the Changeling that was once a unicorn hugged her friends out of worry for them. Fenrir lightened up a bit, as the Unbound Wolf could see that this Changeling known as 'Twilight' wasn't evil like Chrysalis, but something else entirely.