“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LOST THEM!?” Chrysalis yelled at the cowering changeling general.

“W-well th-there was a-a rogue changeling that messed up our plans,” replied said cowering changeling general.

“Did it have a number?”

“Changeling 5613463.”

Chrysalis’ eyes went wide. “But...but...but…” Chrysalis started, but was unable to find the words. “Bring 5613463 here,” Chrysalis simply said.

The changeling general saluted and walked off to get a squad. But before he left the room, he turned around to ask something.

“If I may ask, your highness, who exactly is 5613463?”

“5613463 is the one of the only ones in the entire hive that could passively feed off love, due to an extremely rare genetic mutation. He was sent on a mission to gather love by being near ponies, to feed it back to the hive. Out of 23 Changelings that could do that, about 3 are in our hive.” Chrysalis

The changeling general saluted and walked off to get a squad… again.

-

I woke up to the sound of hoofsteps… again. But something about these were… off. I just couldn’t put my finger on it, though. I decided to just wait it out to see if they were lost or something.

“This way.” I heard one of them say in a voice that sounded way too much like a crystal guard to not be a crystal guard.

‘Well, if they have malicious intentions, at least I know I’m not in too much danger. I mean I can freakin’ nuke the place,’ I thought.

Ok, I have two choices: See what they want, and if they’re out to get me: nuke the place. Orrrrrr: Run.

Something about the former makes me tingle.

I hope I’m not turning sadistic.

But before I confront them, I should at least see if I’m their target. ‘Make a noise only a changeling could make.’

Buzzzzzz

I vibrated my wings at the appropriate frequency for a loud enough noise that they could hear me, but not loud enough if they weren’t focusing on me.

“Over there!” I could hear from another. It was completely monotone and filled with… I actually haven’t tried to see if I could read emotions yet. Not that I know how anyway.

“Found you.” Curse deep thought mode. Although i’m not very good at reading emotions, that wasn’t the ‘I hate you’ kind of voice, that was the ‘I really don’t give a shit’ kind of voice.

I turned around when I felt breathe on my neck, only to stare in those all too familiar light purple eyes. Well, maybe not for casual fans, but for me, who is completely obsessed with the show, it isn’t hard for me to remember fine details. Anyway, back to the topic at hand.

“Could you not?” He slowly began moving back.

“Sorry, just needed to get your attention.” Ok, something isn’t right if they're saying ‘sorry’ to a changeling. “Princess Cadence requests your presence in the Crystal Empire.” That was a little too unhostile for something not to be up.

“Whatever.” Hopping off my haunches, I followed the guard, which didn’t even show up with a whole platoon or with the intention to put me down, just one other guard.

Ok, something is definitely up.

“Sup,” the other guard said. Wait… that doesn’t sound like uniformed guard speech patterns.

“Sup,” the first guard said.

-

Ok, I’m in the Crystal Empire, and not a single gives a shit that I’m here, but the citizens are glaring like it’s nobody’s business, wonder why. Oh, and it’s also almost sundown.

It didn’t take long to reach the doors to the castle, which was just one of the corners holding it up. How does that thing not fall under it’s own weight? I will never know, also it’s a lot bigger on the inside, damn you Tardis magic!

Anyway, getting off track, we stepped through, which was probably the most weird part about my entire time here, which does include me getting struck by lightning and teleported across dimensions. Which was, whenever we passed by a guard, they would salute while looking directly at my face. Whatever, I just keep walking past them until we reach the throne room. The two guards at the sides of the door magicked it opened and we walked through.

“Ah, hello there, Techree. I trust my husband’s guards didn’t give you too much trouble?” Princess Cadence, who was on the throne, obviously. ‘Wait wait wait all the fuckin waits. When the hell did I ever mention that name to anyone?' I raised an eyebrow.

“I don’t recall telling you about that. In fact I don’t recall ever seeing you recently enough to tell you about that.” I said with narrowed eyes.

Cadence facehoofed. “I knew when Shining threw you out you would hit your head on something.” Which made me facehoof.

“Memory loss?” I asked.

“Memory loss.”

“Well then, what exactly did you tell me that I may have forgotten?” Cadence got off her throne and walked to the side while motioning me to follow. And of course I did follow.

When we were out of earshot, Cadence started talking.

“Anyway, as I was saying, before Shining bucked you out the window, I basically pulled you from another dimension to learn about it,” she said like we were talking about everyday topics.

I just shrugged my shoulders. “I’m not even going to argue with that.” Which made Cadence stop moving and turn to me.

“Your taking this rather well…”

“I assume you were planning on sending me back, right?”

“Well, yeah, I was in the process of performing the spell when Shining burst through the doors and, without thinking, bucked you out the window.”

“That dumbass,” was the only reply I could think of at the time, along with a face hoof.

“Due to the circumstances I’m going to let that slide, or I’d have to blast you to pieces.”

“Like you even could, I broke out of Celestia’s secret base with only one spell.”

Ok, I can freaking feel the smugness coming right off her right now. “You wanna go?” she said.

I thought about it for a minute, before just deciding what the hell and go along with it. “Sure, but I don’t we should fight in the city, I don’t think there would be a city if we did.”

“We hundreds of miles outside the city for it.”

“Oh what the hell. Did you hear about that big blue light above the Everfree?”

“I could feel it.”

“That was me.” Cadence flinched with an expression of absolute horror.

“THAT WAS YOU!? I thought the dragon blew up or something!"

It was my turn to feel smug. “Oh, it did, just not on it’s own accord,” I said, before continuing to walk, a few seconds later Cadence did the same.

“I feel a sudden urge not to fight you anymore,” she said with a sad expression.

“Bring Celestia, I’m sure she would like some revenge”

Cadence brightened up. “Will do, what time?”

“Tomorrow, just before sunset, it’ll give Celestia a slight advantage if she doesn’t have to divide her attention for long.”

“I suppose that makes sense. Oh, and, if we’re going to fight and all that, I may not be able to perform the spell to get you home for a couple of days.”

“That’s fine, I like it here anyway… although did you have to make me a changeling?”

“I couldn’t control what you came as!”

“Whatever, just make sure to tell Shining about the fight, I don’t want him showing up with a ton of guards just to blow up from what I assume will be out very epic battle.”

Cadence grimaced. “Will do.”

Anyway, we continued walking until Cadence had to go back to throne room to finish court, and she told me to ask a guard if I needed anything, which I wanted to know where I could sleep, and also if they allowed pets, which they do, btw.

I flew out the window and headed to the Everfree to pick up Paradox, which was a long ways off even at almost rainboom speeds. Anyway, it was almost midnight when I came back with him. At first the maid, which was cleaning my room, almost peed herself when she saw a timberwolf, but I assured her it was fine and she calmed down a bit.

Better get my sleep, don’t want to be drowsy for my battle with two freaking alicorns…

… I’m starting to wonder if this is a good idea or not.

Eh, buck it, it's a good idea.

Author's Notes:

Reveal plot yessssss?