The Alter Accords

Chapter Twenty Nine: Returning Home.

“So that ended up as a failure. Now what?” The small winged pegasus filly asked of her two companions with a bit of a forlorn and slightly annoyed look on her face. “We didn’t get our cutie marks in digging a hole to the other side of the world.”

The unicorn filly of the three winced as she rubbed her other foreleg with her hoof. “Yeah, it also didn’t help we had to stop cause somepony fell in the hole we were digging and hurt themselves.”

“Ya, Ah’ reckon that we didn’t do too well when we tried to explain either.” The apple farming earth pony finished up for them making them all wince at the explanation then subsequent chewing out they had gotten.

Sweetie Belle sighed and looked at her fellow crusaders and simply asked. “Now what? The hole was supposed to take us all day but we barely have done anything.”

“I know right?” Scootaloo said as her wings fidgeted. “If we knew we would have to stop so early we should have planned for other things.”

“But we didn’t know.” Apple Bloom said with a bit of a sad note in her voice. “We could always go back to the clubhouse and try to think of other things to do.”

“Last time we did that digging the hole was all we came up with after the entire day was used.” The orange and magenta filly said as she plopped on the ground. “Why do the grownups have to stop our plans like this? I am sure we could have gotten to the other side of the world if we tried hard enough.”

“Oh I have got it!” Sweetie Belle shouted to her friends. “How about, Cutie Mark Crusaders: Guard Patrol.”

“We did that remember?” The apple filly told her. “We ran into pack of Timberwolves fighting Steven Magnet.”

“Oh yeah.” The curly maned filly said. “I wonder why they were fighting?”

Apple Bloom curled her tail up against herself subconsciously right against her chimera wound. “It don’t matter none. Ah think we were pretty dumb to go out like that.”

Her friends could tell that she just went along with them both for that adventure as the mental scars from her attack still haunted her it seems. “Sorry AB, we didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable like that.”

“Yeah, that was pretty dumb of us for forgetting about your fears like that.” The two fillies went and nuzzled their friend whom returned the affection gently back to them. “You are a great friend to put up with us like that.”

“T-thanks you two.” Giving a bit of a sniffle from how touching their feelings where she wrapped her forelegs around them both hugging them. “Ya’ll are the bestest friends a pony could ever want.”

“What about Twist?” The would-be flyer said and they all looked at her. “I mean she is our friend too right?” Looking suddenly bright she smiled. “We should get her to come have fun with us, the more the merrier right?”

All three smiled at that. “You’re right. I mean she already has her cutie mark but that doesn’t mean she can’t crusade with us right?”

“Ah think she can, we will have to look inta that later.” Bloom said wiping away her tears at last now that no new ones were appearing. “We should go say hi at least and see how she is doin’.”

Slowly they all got up from their seated position and started to move towards town a question came to Sweetie Belle’s mind. “We haven’t seen Twist in a while have we? What has she has been up to I wonder?”

“Well she shouldn’t be that much different even if we haven’t talked to her in a bit.” Scootaloo said with confidence.

“Oh right, I forgot that Twist used to live in the orphanage with you. Was she always like she is even back then?” The unicorn filly asked of her friend.

The pegasus nodded with a smile. “Pretty much though much more shy then now. Then again she is still pretty shy. Then again part of that is probably the fact she didn’t have glasses back then. That was before she had her lisp…now that I think about it I don’t remember when she got the lisp.”

“Well we are almost there we can ask her when we see her.” Bloom told them while pointing at the house.

The house was like every other house in Ponyville for the most part, straw roof, wood exterior with paint that made it look more like a darker wood like cherry. There was also a side building much smaller that the girls don’t remember seeing there the last time they had visited. Being the brave one of the group Scootaloo knocked on the door without a moment’s hesitation.

For a bit the crusaders were not sure if anypony was home or not till slowly Twist opened the door looking rather run down. “Oh hi everypony. Howth it going?”

“Oh wow you look horrible.” Scootaloo spoke her thoughts out loud.

“Scootaloo!” The proper unicorn filly said. “Rarity told me to always tell a mare how beautiful she looks even if she does look and I quote ‘dreadful’. It’s rude to tell Twist she looks awful.” Turning to Twist she gave a sort of sheepish smile. “It is true though, you do look terrible, sorry.”

Apple Bloom moved forward towards the earth pony and asked. “What happened?”

“Ith nothing really.” Twist said with her noticeable lisp. “My parents went out of town tho I am home alone. Ith just I think I caught a cold.” She told them giving an exaggerated sniff.

“Sorry to hear that.” Scootaloo told her feeling genuinely sorry and rubbing one of her forelegs with the other hoof. “We were wondering if you wanted to go crusading with us, but if you’re not feeling well its fine.”

Twist cocked her head gently to one side confused about what she heard “Cruthading? But I have my cutie mark already, tho I thought I couldn’t.”

“Oh fooey, you are our friend so why cain’t ya?” Bloom said before drawing her into a hug. “Friends don’t care about thin’s like that.”

“Exactly!” Scootaloo exclaimed with enthusiasm. “You just need the drive to do the extreme, to seek out things no other pony will to-”

Scootaloo found her muzzle clamped shut by the hooves of Sweetie Belle as she giggled. “What Scootaloo means to say is that you just have to want to be there with your friends and to help.”

Having those hooves removed from the orange filly’s mouth, said filly just rubbed the ground and grumbled. “I was getting to that part.”

“Are you thure? I mean I am thick tho I don’t want to be a bother.” Twist told them as she looked down and gave a sniffle.

The look of surprise on her face was worth it to all of the fillies as Twist suddenly found herself in a group hug. “We only mind if you don’t hurry up.” Bloom gave a wink as she told her that.

Leaving the doorway of her home, she made sure it was closed up before following her friends. As they got to their clubhouse though, it was the same story as before though this time with papers of failed ideas surrounding them.

“What are we going to do?” The pegasus filly asked the rest.

“What about Cutie Mark Crusaders veterinarians?” Apple Bloom asked. “We go to Fluttershy and see if she needs help.”

Shaking her head the white coated filly of the group spoke up. “We can’t not after the Cockatrice event.”

“Oh right.” The yellow coated filly said.

Just then Scootaloo jumped up and started to speak. “What if we build a giant ramp then we can-”

“Tree sap.” Was all Sweetie said to her friend causing her to wince in remembering that event. “What if we were investigators?”

“We tried that remember.” Scootaloo once more spoke up. “It would have been nice but nothing mysterious is going on to investigate. Which considering the monster attacks and all that, you would think there would be.”

“That could work.” All three of the crusaders looked towards their friend as she grew a bit shy.

Moving over to give her another hug which brightened up the filly Bloom asked her. “What do ya mean it could work?”

Smiling widely Twist would move to the window and point. “The houth down the threet from me hath ponies moving thuff into it. We could investigate who ith moving in?”

“AHHHH YEAH!” All three fillies jumped up and gave a high hoof to each other. “Cutie Mark Crusaders Investigators.”

Scootaloo looked over to their right and smiled. “Why aren’t you over here with us Twist? You get to join in as well.”

Bounding over with a big smile on her face she rose up and put her hoof with the others. “Cutie Mark Cruthaders Invethtigatorth!”

As they arrived, looking at the building in question from a distance they saw several ponies carrying boxes and furniture. “They are robbing the place!”

Bloom face hoofed at this statement from Scootaloo. Honestly a year ago she would have made the statement but having your life nearly be over cause you didn’t take one moment to look at what was around you does make a pony develop some habits.

“Scoots look at them.” She told her friend. “Why in tarnation would they be wearin’ uniforms?”

The pegasus looked stumped for a moment before smiling. “They are in their disguises obviously.”

Unfortunately for her she wasn’t the only one now looking at the subjects of their investigations closely. “Then why does it say ‘Sure Footed Moving Company on their uniforms?’ Also why are they putting stuff INTO the building? Wouldn’t robbers be taking things out of the building?”

Backed into a verbal corner all the filly could say was. “Maybe they are reverse robbers…kinda like Robin Hoof? You know steal from the rich give to the poor, maybe that pony was poor and who am I kidding.”

“I wonder who uthed to live there?” The purple glasses wearing earth pony asked. “I haven’t theen anypony living there for a while.”

“Wait just one gosh darned minute.” Bloom said rising up out of the bushes they were hiding in. “That is Mr. Bright Star’s home!”

With the filly rushing off towards the home her friends were close behind her. They all knew of the crush the filly had on the pegasus Velox after he rescued her, and they also knew how hard it was on her when he vanished. It made Sweetie Belle more than a bit jealous because afterwards her friend seemed to have a maturity about her that wasn’t there before. Then again sometimes she felt like she was just imagining it.

Scootaloo wasn’t so much jealous as she was sad, she had liked Velox and Novo, both were very cool ponies, Novo even more so as he had been dating her idol Rainbow Dash. When she found out that Velox had vanished and that Novo was now trapped in the head of Lego, it hurt a lot though none more so then Dash herself whom she had caught several times crying to herself in a tree or in a meadow when the young filly had ‘found’ her several times.

However every pony was happy again when they found out that not only Velox was back but so was Novo after he had vanished for a bit as well. Not only that but Lego no longer seemed to be as sick to which they all felt happy about.

Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Twist all managed to get to their friend just as the earth pony in charge of the movers had just finished saying something, though they had missed it. However judging from the look on Apple Bloom’s face it was something big.

The unicorn filly stopped in front of her friend and shook her out of her stupor. “What is it AB?”

“He is back.” Turning to all her friends she smiled and grabbed them in a big hug. “Lego has moved back to Ponyville!”

All four fillies cheered and did a bit of a dance before Scootaloo gave a nudge to Twist. “Seems like you are no longer sick. Guess you just needed some fresh air huh.”

For a moment Scootaloo thought she saw something on Twist’s face before she just smiled and giggled. “Gueth you are right. Thith wath jutht what I needed.”

“Oh, my, GOSH!” The purple and pink maned filly exclaimed. “We need to go tell Twilight.”

Right away all of the fillies started to run towards the library, the only problem was it seems they weren’t the only ones there as four mares seemed to be looking into one of the windows for the lobby of the library.

“Sister?/Rainbow Dash/Big Sis?/Pinkie Pie?” Sweetie, Scoots, AB, and Twist all called out at once.

All four mares turned hearing those voices though one spoke up among them. “No pony is going to say hi to Fluttershy?”

Each filly looked towards the mares in front of them from Rainbow Dash who had spoke to them to the next before finding the timid pegasus hiding behind the group. “Hello everypony.”

“What is everypony doin’ here?” Bloom asked of the fully grown mares that they had caught peeping.

Applejack looked slightly ashamed and rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. Fluttershy was already hidden behind the others so they couldn’t tell how she reacted. Pinkie Pie was bouncing and giggling to herself. Rarity looked mildly embarrassed. It was Dash’s reaction that was the most different though.

Grabbing Scoots in her hooves she lifted her up to peep as well. “Lego came back early.”

Squirming a bit to get comfortable, though overall enjoying being held like this, Scootaloo looked up at her hero and tilted her head. “We know, we just found the movers bringing its stuff back to his house and was on our way to tell Twilight when we seen all of you hanging around a window to the library.”

It seems the other older sisters had each picked up a filly, with Twist being picked up by Pinkie Pie, and was bringing them to watch as well. “Well you see darlings; Twilight here has been very shy about her new ascended status and hasn’t exactly told her beau about it even in our night time escapades.”

“So she has been lyin’ to him?” Bloom asked with a bit of a frown. “That ain’t right.”

“Well she was goin’ to tell him when he moved back at his welcome back party, but-” Before Applejack could finish Pinkie Pie finished for her.

With a bounce that jostled the earth pony in her grip a bit she smiled. “But he went and surprised us. It was only because I was taking a nap that I found out as I went to visit Puddles in his dream and found him laughing at his brothers ranting about Twilight being an Alicorn. So I left him a gift woke up and got the others.”

“I can’t hear them though.” Twist said as her eyes were swirling around in her head for a bit. “I wonder what they are talking about.”

Lego was rubbing at his temples now as Twilight had finished up her tale. It had been a dozey of one that he had to ask her to repeat certain parts. Though now he had all the information he needed as he looked up at the pony whom held such a large piece of his heart.

“Alright, so let me get this straight.” He started to say to a nervous Twilight. “Celestia sent you a book.” To which Twilight nodded. “After deciphering it you found it belonged to Starswirl The Bearded himself and it was an unfinished spell.” This got an affirmative ‘mhm’ from the mare in question. “So not knowing what it did you cast it and switched our friends marks around changing their destinies.” The Alicorn looked a bit down at that but once more nodded. “But you managed to fix it by finishing the spell and returned everypony to normal and then you vanished and was met by Sunbutt herself who turned you to an Alicorn?”

“Why do you always call her that? Also yes.” Twilight said puffing out her cheeks a bit to the nickname of her teacher. “So what do you think?”

“Because it’s funny and I can.” Standing up and stretching having been sitting there for quite some time Lego just started to laugh. “Yeah that makes perfect sense.”

‘HORSE APPLES!’ Novo exclaimed inside their head. ‘That makes absolutely no sense. We have met plenty of unicorns who have made up spells and techniques and none of them are Alicorns. Tartarus, we made up The Current as a group and we aren’t an Alicorn. TWILIGHT BREAKS ALL THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND MAGIC!!!!!’

The crunching of popcorn could be heard as well as laugher from the pegasus of the trio as he as lounging on a mental chair eating said popcorn. ‘Velox, where did you get the popcorn?’

The pegasus brother responded to his in control earth pony self with a simple explanation. ‘Pinkie Pie.’

They all thought better then to question that. “Well it makes sense for you Twilight. Not to the rest of the world or its laws as Novo keeps telling me, but for you makes perfect sense.”

The pegasus and earth pony both shared a chuckle to the anguished scream of their unicorn sibling. “So you don’t hate me?”

“Hate you? For what?” Lego asked her with a confused look on his face.

Twilight simply spread out her wings. “Well I have wings now, I am a Princess though I don’t know over what, I am taller now, a weigh more, I have more magic, and-”

While the purple Alicorn was having her slight breakdown Lego came up with the simplest solution and kissed her stopping her in her tracks. “Twilight, I could never hate you.”

The blushing face of the former unicorn was beyond adorable, so was her stammering; however there was now howling laugher in Lego’s head. ‘Laid it on a bit too smooth there brother didn’t you?’ Lego was about to question why when the formerly ranting unicorn in his head started to laugh as well.

Looking over the unicorn of his dreams he found his view blocked by two large win- “Twilight umm. Your wings.”

Looking at him then back to her wings she tilted her head a bit. “hmm usually that only happens in the mornings after I visit you. I wonder what causes that.”

The laughing in his head just went beyond laughter at that point as he face hoofed. “T-Twilight you can’t be serious.”

“I wonder if it is a blood flow problem.” Gasping she went and started running in a circle trying to look at her stiff wings better. “Maybe it’s something wrong with them, maybe they were made wrong!”

Sitting down on his rump Lego sighed. “Twilight, there is nothing wrong with you.”

Calming down slightly the Alicorn looked at him with another curious look. “Then what is wrong with my wings?”

“Awww, they look so sweet together.” Sweetie Belle said with a lilt to her voice.

Nodding and dabbing at her eyes a bit Rarity agreed with her sister. “Indeed, it is good to see them getting along especially as she had been dreading this conversation.”

“Oh they are getting along alright.” Dash chuckled a bit and smirked. “Check out her wings.”

“Oh my.” Fluttershy spoke up as she went to cover her eyes. She wasn’t far behind as the young ones of the group found themselves likewise blinded by the ones holding them.

Squirming to see the pegasus filly didn’t much care for being left out of the know. “I don’t get it, what is up with her wings?”

“I will tell you when you are older Squirt.” Her hero told him.

Giggling louder than before, Pinkie had a smirk of her own on her face. “Looks like Twilight it getting that talk now though.”

The ones who could see all looked in to see Lego mimicking rising wings with his hooves out to his side as Twilight’s face got deeper and deeper coloration to it as she was told what it meant before she herself covered her own face.

“I might have to teach her more about being a pegasus then I thought if this is the case before she decides to just start giving ponies feathers.” Mused the athlete.

This only cause the yellow pegasus hiding behind her hooves to peek out and mutter a simple. “Oh my.”

Patting her on the back Lego chuckled just a bit to her groan of embarrassment. “It’s alright Twilight. You are taking it better than I did when I was a single persona and had it happen to me in Velox’s form.”

Looking up at him she peeked from under her hooves. “Really? How did it go for you?”

There was a small flashback to a beige pegasus sauntering ahead of him as he was Velox her tail sweeping back and forth cause of the heat inadvertently giving him flashes of things usually hidden behind said tail came to mind. She had turned around and seen his wings stretched out wide, blushed, and then proceeded to have her hoof meet his muzzle.

Rubbing the spot where she had decked him he chuckled. “Not well.” There was two sympathetic hisses of pain in his head as they all recalled that. “Regardless young or old, every pegasus has a moment like that and well, you are partly pegasus now.”

Her wings were now mostly down, having calmed down thanks to her embarrassment and Lego’s comfort. “T-thanks. I am glad the others weren’t around to see that. They haven’t really ever done that in public as far as I can tell and hopefully I can keep it that way.” A grumble in her stomach made the relief she felt vanish as she groaned and sank down. “This new body is almost too much trouble.”

Being a curious pony as he was Lego couldn’t stop himself from asking “How so?”

Looking up Twilight sighed again and sat up. “Well I am bigger, so not only did I have to change my id to reflect that, which thankfully the Princesses helped smooth over, but I weigh more and need more food.” At the mention of food her belly grumbled again. “Also little known fact is that Alicorns need protein in their diets more so then before. So now I have to eat meat substitutes and they taste so awful. I thought about cooking some of Spike’s meat that he has been getting, but I just can’t do it. What is more every time he decides to cook it, I feel my mouth watering and all I can think of is Fluttershy’s animals looking at me with horror in their eyes.”

“Want me to cook you something?” Lego volunteered which got a confused look on Twilight’s face. “Did you forget I have to eat meat as well because dietary concerns.”

“Oh right, I am soooo sorry. I didn’t even think of how you must deal with it.” The Alicorn apologized as she went to hug him. “How do you take knowing you have to eat meat to survive.”

Patting her on her back, though staying away from her wings he chuckled. “Twilight, let me ask you something. Do you friends know of your needs?” When she nodded he continued. “Great, it means they don’t care. A lot of Fluttershy’s animals are meat eaters as well. I am very sure she is more then used to the idea, not only that but if it’s an Alicorn trait that means Sunbutt and Moonbutt also have that issue, as well as Cadence. Do you think any less of them for having to eat this way? What about Spike, dragons in general, Griffons, Minotaurs, or ponies with special needs like me? Do you think any less of those them or their species for having needs like that?”

Shaking her head she wiped at her eyes and smiled up at him. “Your right. I don’t view them any different at all.”

Bringing up his hoof to boop her nose he smiles. “Then look at the mare in the mirror and feel the same way. Now let me go see what Spike has in the freezer and if any of it can be defrosted quickly for me to cook for you.”

Moving into the kitchen and for a moment Lego thought he heard movement but looked around and didn’t see anything. Reaching up to open the freezer he reached up to grab a few pieces of the preserved flesh only for Twilight to reach up as well.

“I-I want to get over this. I don’t want to think about the wrong things I have been thinking about it anymore. I eat meat now yes, but that doesn’t change who I am.” Twilight told him looking at him in the eyes.

He smiled at the confidence in her eyes. Problem was some ice was dripping onto the floor as both of them held up the packaged meat, this became more of a problem as Twilight took a step forward and had her hoof placed directly on top of it.

“W-WOAH!!!” She yelled out stumbling forward.

Letting go of the package Lego scrambled to wrap his hooves around her. “I got you!” Except for one problem in that she had the momentum and leverage in her fall now. “Never mind!”

The both landed with an oomph with Twilight atop of the white stallion. “Ow, are you all right?”

The stallion chuckled a bit. “Bruised in a few places, but otherwise fine.”

“Sorry about that let me just get off of-EEP!” The squeak sound came from the fact of Twilight’s position of which she just now realized she was in.

She had landed atop of him and had somehow managed to move her legs to either side of him. As she had started to move off him it caused certain things to move in a rather interesting way. The fall had placed her most sensitive parts on top of his and moving only accented that as they lined up more directly as she sat up more. Needless to say this caused her to move to lie back down atop of him.

“Twilight, as nice as it is to have you on top, the meat is under me and is cold as well as pressing into me in uncomfortable ways.” Lego mentioned to the shocked look on her face.

Shaking her head rapidly as her wings had fully flared out again. “I-I can’t move, I am on top of your-”

“I know Twilight, I felt that too.” The stallion said, color rising on his own face. “Problem is, either we can take care of the meat under me, or the meat under you.”

The earth pony felt her move her face to his neck nuzzling it some to hide away from him…or at least he thought. “W-what if I wanted the s-second option.” A barely audible and muffled voice came out of his neck.

“Well then we would-” all voices in his head had stopped, even his own as he realized exactly what Twilight had just said. “S-say again?”

She said nothing, however she didn’t need to as the slight movement of her hips was enough to speak for her. This caused him to gasp loudly feeling the movement and more than a bit more of embarrassment as there was more of him to rub now thanks to that.

It wasn’t to be however as he wasn’t the only one to gasp at this. “What was that?” Twilight asked of him looking around now.

“I don’t know but it sounded like it came from-” He spotted it at the same time as Twilight. Well not so much an ‘it’ as a ‘them’. In the window were five very shocked looking mares covering the eyes of four fillies all while wearing blushes on their faces.

They weren’t the only ones as Twilight covered her face while whispering. “This is not happening.” Over and over again while Lego’s own face was almost now similar to his old coat coloration.

Twilight scrambled off of him quickly giving the girls more than an eyeful as he quickly rolled over to hide himself. “Twilight I think you should bring your friends inside and politely discuss why it’s not polite to peep!”

His shout was enough for the girls to hear through the windows as each of them managed to giggle loudly at the predicament. The fillies at that point were ushered off to much disappointment from many of them though each of them wore a different face when they were looking at the pair now. Sweetie Belle had one of those looks of those seeing a romance before her, Scootaloo had look of somepony who gagged at seeing public affection, Twist looked rather satisfied with herself for some reason, and Apple Bloom was blushing up a storm and wouldn’t look any of them in the eye.

The older mares had a slightly different reaction when it was just the seven of them. Well more along the lines of six as he was in the kitchen cooking to keep away from certain pesky questions and looks. Rarity had a smug look on her face of one who had just read one of those tabloids and read a very juicy story. Pinkie Pie was ecstatic claiming they should have a special somepony party which was rejected giving that many would ask how they made their relationship known. Fluttershy still was red in the face with her back against something to prevent her wings from shooting up with constant ‘oh my’s being tossed around.

However while it was overall positive the last two mares had a more subdued approach. Applejack couldn’t help but muse to the night inside the tent in Appaloosa with Velox. Rainbow Dash was also similarly thinking but not just to one moment but multiple, her training with Novo, the night after the date, and just all the moments they had. While it was nice that they could visit in their dreams for both of the athletic mares it just wasn’t the same.

Celestia, The Solar Alicorn, Bringer of Dawn, Eater of Cakes was walking down into the dungeons with her sister the Lunar Alicorn, Guardian of Dreams, The Moonlit Mare, The Nighttime Prankster, otherwise known as Luna. It was a conversation long coming since the final revelations of both the journal and to see how much the Changelings really knew about their heritage.

“Are you sure this is a good idea?” Luna asked of her sister. “Knowing her she will not give this information for free. What will you be willing to give her sister?”

“I have a few ideas, though one I think she will want no matter what questions we want answers to.” The white Alicorn told her. “However right now we need to see if she is willing to speak with us at all.”

The guards to the more secure levels saluted but stood still. “Passwords your Majesties.”

It had been something they had all agreed to very recently. While there was anti-Changeling Enchantments in place around these parts, it still may not stop them, so as of last week they had started to distribute codes and the like to various individuals.

“Vanilla Cake.” Said the Alicorn of Light and Sunshine.

“Moonlight Waltz.” The Mover of the Moon spoke up with her own code.

The stallion guarding the gates stood there for a moment before he too spoke up. “Lilac Lilly Lollipop.”

“Wrong.” Luna told him as all three smiled. They had made sure that the guards code was always three things though the real answer was a hidden fourth that came after.

“Correct.” A simple statement of correct was the password. The Diarchy felt that anypony told they had it wrong might try to rearrange the order of words, or even make up another afterwards. With the statement of correct being the true password it was so simple they felt it wouldn’t be possible to have it guessed.

As they passed a few cells of individuals though most of them being empty they came to the holding cell they wanted. “Chrysalis we would like to ask you a few questions.”

The bug pony moved to stand and stretch before looking at her visitors. “What do you wish to know this time. I have practically revealed all that I know to you and cannot think of anything else to tell you.”

“What we wish to know this time is more along the lines of history.” Said the midnight blue Alicorn. “We wish to know what you know of the first Changelings.”

The former queen narrowed her eyes suddenly. “What I know of the first Changelings is sacred and not for others to hear. It is only to be passed down to my successor when I am ready to step down.”

Celestia looked suddenly a tad sad and shook her head. “I am afraid then the knowledge will be lost as you have been usurped and have no pony to pass down that knowledge now.”

Chrysalis’ black shell caught the light of the nearby torches as she lowered her head. “Maybe you are right, though I deserve something for this information.” Giving a sigh after the Solar Alicorn nodded and taking a moment to look up towards the diarch she simply sounded defeated. “The first Changeling gave birth to all the others, it was her love for her species that allowed them to live. However it was because she was too willing to give her love that she ended up dying as a result. More and more Changelings were being ostracized by outside forces for looking too different and the fact that we hid ourselves only made it that much worse. Love was hard to come by and our first Queen gave all of her love to her children, which also sapped her life force. It serves as a lesson to all Changelings, do not share, you will only kill yourselves and serve to disable the ones you wish to help by not allowing them to learn to fend for themselves. We also learned that we will never be accepted except by our own mother except now she is no more so we will be accepted by no one. No Griffon, no Minotaur, and No Pony.”

Both the sun and moon representatives were shocked to hear what had befallen the Alicorn as well as the lessons that it had caused the Changelings to adopt as fact, but maybe they were. Celestia herself knows she never tried to make peace with the Changelings feeling they were irredeemable.

Sighing to herself she realized this was partially her fault. “That is a shame, but what is more do you know where the Alicorn that made you is buried?”

It seems the shock of the fate of one of the Chosen had caused Celestia to say more then she meant to, but even more so was the reaction of Chrysalis who looked wide eyed. “I will tell you nothing more.”

All the royal members looked at each other for a moment, they all knew that the other now knew but knew that nothing would bring that info out. “Very well. It is time for the reward. You will need a disguise and you will be wearing a horn nullifier so you cannot use your magic after you change.

Her friends had left now and she was left alone to eat the cooked meat that Lego had cooked. At first she hesitated her old self saying it was wrong, however when the first bite was tasted, she found she couldn’t control herself cause of the flavor. Distantly she could hear the earth pony chuckling at her reaction, but then again she was too caught up in the food to care.

‘The faux substitute is nowhere near this good.’ She mused in her head humming to herself pleased at the taste. ‘Is it because it is the real thing and my body knows the difference? Is it how he cooked it? Or maybe it’s the fact that since most ponies do not eat meat they aren’t sure how the synthetic meat is supposed to taste?’

In the end it didn’t matter as her belly got full and she felt for once satisfied after eating the protein, something that the substitute never left her feeling. “I know right, nothing like getting the right food in you to make you happy with the world.” He chuckled saying that, gathering up the plates both of them had used and carrying them away.

“No joking.” Twilight told him. “For the longest time I had been considering taking up Rarity’s offer.”

“What offer?” Lego called out from the kitchen where he was currently doing the dishes.

Groaning a bit as she didn’t want to move, however she did want to help out, the purple Alicorn carried herself to the kitchen. “Rarity has been seeing a pony about her problems for a while now. She thought that with my problems I should see her as well. I looked up Doctor Frontal Lobe’s history and she comes highly recommended but I was just so embarrassed.”

Twilight didn’t see that for a moment Lego had stopped washing though when he failed to continue that is when she nudged him. “Sorry, just, yeah she is very good.”

His tone wasn’t of somepony agreeing just to agree, it was one of first hoof experience. “Have you been to see her?”

Putting up a plate to dry on the strainer he nodded as he worked on the other. “Yeah. I had to see her when I was going through grief counseling for my impending death at the time. More so after I was freed from Plaga as I was allowed to witness what he had done. It wasn’t much when I was taken over, but Novo and Velox, especially Velox, had seen so much and was unable to stop it. We all have nightmares now of those times.”

The mare’s ears canted back in sadness as she went to nuzzle her coltfriend and hug him gently. “I am so sorry to hear that. I wish there was something I could do to help.”

Wrapping a soapy hoof around her he smiled. “You already do help. Though that wasn’t all that we discussed with Dr. Lobe. We found out that through hypnosis that Velox or Novo could come out; problem is our body wants to automatically change with it and it can’t take the strain. Dr. Lobe theorized that it wouldn’t matter since we are all shards of one original personality each carrying different aspects and memories of the original, but the problem is…even like this we don’t want to be rejoined.”

“Is it because of how Velox and Novo feel about Applejack and Rainbow Dash.” The concerned sounded mage asked gently to which she got a nod. “Oh.”

Giving a chuckle he moved his muzzle to kiss her forehead just below her horn but not touching it. “Its cause of how I also feel for you. Anyways while that is the most Major factor the problem is we feel as if we will lose who we are if we go back to one personality. What makes each of us, well us, will be lost and we feel we may lose what makes us love you girls, or what makes you girls love us. We know it’s a bit selfish, tying you girls to my broken body, only allowing you to experience your loves through dreams, but…for some of us, it’s all they have.” Turning to Twilight she could see unshed tears in his eyes. “I am lucky, and I shouldn’t be, but I am the one who got control after Velox was taken over. We aren’t sure why that is but because of that I am the one who has a body that I can share with the one I love. I feel guilty over that fact but at the same time I am so grateful.”

Twilight couldn’t help herself and leaned forward to gently kiss him to which he responded just as softly. “Thank you for telling me that. I agree with your feelings though. I know I myself couldn’t handle having more than one pony after my body and what is worse they are after it because you share it with others. However I am happy that you are here with me. I thought I had lost you when I came to your home after Plaga took you over. I was distraught and I felt as if my heart was dunked in ice water. You are here now though and that is what matters. That may be selfish of me to ask as well but I know that things will work out in the end. I believe it will.”

Giving her a chuckle and nuzzled her gently though she could hear his words as he whispered them. “I wish we could believe the same.”

Author's Notes:

Hello everyone and everypony. Sorry that this chapter took so long but it is here now. The moment I got done finishing looking over my first edit I had to send it out to you guys. As such it may be a bit rougher then normal but there needed to be more of this story out there as soon as possible.

For those that have stuck with me for so long I thank you so much. Also I am trying to break up the shifts in perspective a bit more with line breaks and I hope that helps some of you whom have had trouble in the past.