(Along the Griffica/Equestrian border, townshep of Applecrest, Fields Wind Tavern, nine hundred ninety third Celestial year, twenty ninth day of spring)

*clack**slch**Glug**glurgl* Bright blue eyes shined from the black creatures as they ate the red fruit, its sweet juices dribbling down the corners of their jaws. The left one looked up at the lavender pony standing near it, it finished its last piece of the fruit with a ravenous bite. The lavender filly held the creatures gaze with her own a hopeful smile upon her face as the chitinous creature gulped down the last of its fruit. “Glimmering Wisp have more?” The creature asked plaintively as its companion finished its pieces as well.

Twilight’s ears laid back. “I’m sorry, those were the only apples I had, also we should probably observe the effects, before you eat any more,” the lavender filly answered with a serious tone that brooked no argument.

“What wrong? Pony said safe. Glimmering Wisp lie?” The dark creature asked, perplexed by the pony’s answer.

Twilight held up a hoof to forestall the anticipated response. “No, I did not lie, however Velt, I would rather we wait incase there are any undesirable side effects.”

Velt turned to the other black creature next to her as it stared at Twilight questioningly, “what side ef- eFLUEaghhhh--- Hghrgggg.” Collapsing on the floor both creatures stared uncomfortably at the wall which suffered a sad fate, being blasted with a greenish stomach paste that slowly slid down towards the floorboards. Twilight nodded with a small grimace at the scene, having been prepared for an unpleasant reaction. Gathering magic to the tip of her horn Twilight grasped the greenish fluid on the wall and pulled the majority of it off, siphoning it slowly into a nearby bucket repurposed from the bathing chamber.

“I guess it didn’t work...” Twilight’s face pulled even further downwards into a pouting frown, before sighing and relaxing her features. She faced the two dark creatures nearly passed out on the ground. “I’m sorry that you and Rhode had to go through that. Would you like me to help clean you up?” The lavender filly asked calmly as the last of the spewed liquid was wiped from the wall by a wet towel within her magical grasp.

Velt nodded slightly. “Experiment not work! Hurt... You feed us?” The creature asked eagerly.

Twilight sighed. “When you’re clean, Velt. I don’t mind that you and Rhode are changelings, but I would not enjoy tasting regurgitated food on your lips. Maybe some water to clear out the residue?” Twilight answered lifting forward two filled beakers of the clear fluid.

Sighing in response Velt accepted the container of water lifting it from Twilight’s with his own signature green as she regained balance on his hooves, next to Rhode who was doing the same. Taking a deep draw from the flask, she carefully maneuvered it through and around his vocal pipes, clearing what remained of the greenish excrement. Nodding to Twilight, she released her grasp on the flask letting her catch it and gather it towards herself. Clearing them of their contents down the drain, Twilight placed the flask alongside others like it within her pack.

“Alright I’m ready, are you?” Twilight stood to her current full height of three feet, four and a half inches. She was about eight inches shorter than the nearby changelings. Velt strode forward calmly, his chitinous hide glistening in the medium light of the room, as she approaches the lavender unicorn.

As Twilight was opening her mouth to speak, Velt darted forward, and stole the filly’s breath with a kiss. Twilight relaxes into the kiss, allowing Velt to take the lead as Rhode trots over to them.

Rhode glanced over his options while Twilight was distracted by Velt. Glancing at her starburst cutie mark she gets an idea. She places a hole riddled hoof on the young pony’s shoulder, then gently, she nibbled on the lavender coat working his viscous tongue over her lavender coat, drinking mouthfuls of love directly, the delicious substance over filling her with its intensity as she worked her way down. Letting a hoof glide softly down her withers as she pecked and prodded her way down to the distracted filly’s pert flank. Working his tongue over the muscles, Rhode caused them to relax under his deft ministrations.

Twilight moaned into Velt’s mouth, her joyful vibrations further feeding the changeling as her tongue wrestled with Twilight’s. Velt traced circles in Twilight’s mane with a hoof, while holding her close with the other. Velt glanced at Rhode and gave a subtle nod, making sure to keep the lavender filly’s attention with his oral play.

Rhode smiles in response, pulling her head back, and lighting her horn with dancing green flames of power, A small orb of magic the same color appeared and danced before her. Pulling it towards herself, she shapes it by pressing it through the largest hole in his right hoof, shaping a bright green phallic object. Dipping forward, Rhode flicked out his long sinuous tongue, lapping at the lavender treasure before her, causing Twilight to squeal in pleasure.

‘Mom? What are you doing?’ Asked a curious voice inside Twilight’s head, the lavender filly’s eyes burst open in surprise. Looking over towards the nearby bed, she saw a draconic head peeking from within a cloak she had placed there a few hours before.

Closing her eyes again and forcing calm, Twilight responded mentally through their connection. ‘Nothing to worry about Fang. This is adult stuff. You might want to sleep for the rest of the night. Tomorrow promises to be a long day.’ The lavender filly responded.

Velt pulled back, letting a trail of saliva trail between herself and Twilight. The drake immediately dived back under the sheets, ‘Ok! Good Night!’ Fang squeaked, as the changeling turned to look over in the same direction Twilight had. Finding nothing, she shrugs, then turned back to the lavender mare and kissed her on the forehead, just underneath the horn, causing her to squeal.

Rhode felt his personal rod begin to lengthen as she continued licking Twilight’s glistening honey pot, Gently, the changeling positioned the phallic object formed by her magic next to the lavender filly’s luscious cavern. Twilight pulled her head back, and watched as the bright green phallus prodded against Twilight’s nether lips.

Twilight gasps in surprise, pressing her winking fillyhood against the round object, pulling softly away from Velt. Letting their tongues caress each other one last time while she pants in heat, Twilight feels a bright smile spatter across her face.

Twilight pressed a hoof against the chitin of Velt’s chest, pushing her over, onto her back. She watched as a dull black rod bounced before her. Twilight sniffed at the object curiously , the scent reminding her of a plant she came across a few weeks ago, except smelling more of honey. Flicking her tongue forward, she took an experimental taste of the intriguing meat rod. Twilights breath caught as Rhode took the next step and began pressing the green dildo past her vulva, slowly sliding it in as she caught and drank her filly juices with his dexterous tongue.

Twilight's breath caught in her throat as she felt Rhode’s magic press forward, filling her up and spreading her insides. It felt strange, having something slide inside her and it hurt slightly, but it also felt...good. Squeezing her hips back, Twilight pushed several inches of Rhode’s dildo in past her labial lips. Before her, Velt grabbed the back of her head and pulled her forward, angling his shaft so that it lined up with her mouth. Sweet smelling juices seeped from the tip and Twilight instinctively opened her mouth to receive the treat.

Quickly, she closed her mouth around the tip of Velt’s rod, and began licking up the tasty liquid welling at the tip. She swirled her tongue around the rubbery shaft while sucking on the tip when she could. Drips of his fluid coated her tongue and each one only increasing her desire to get even more. After a few moments of his, Twilight felt Velt’s hoof begin to pull her down and slowly, more of his shaft began to fill her mouth. Twilight soon felt her reach past the base of her tongue and nearly touch against the back of her throat. Velt felt this and stopped pulling her down. Instead she shifted so that she was holding the sides of her head in his hooves. Once she was ready, she slowly lifted Twilight off her rod, shivering as she felt her shaft leave the warm confines of the lavender pony’s mouth.

When only the tip of her phallus remained in her mouth, Velt changed direction and sank her shaft into Twilight’s eager cavity again. “Wisp bob, feel good,” she moaned out, hoping that Twilight would pick up on what Velt wanted on her to do. As it turns out, Twilight was an excellent listener. With increasing speed, she began sliding down his shaft on her own, taking her almost to the base before rising up and sucking hard on the up stroke. Each bob rewarded her with more of the delicious honey flavored liquid that she was leaking.

Behind Twilight, Rhode was lapping freely at her plump nethers. Her magical dildo had bottomed out in her, and she was now slowly pumping it, taking care not to hurt the mare before her. Twilight’s body had reacted exactly how she had hoped to the new intruder, and she was now freely dripping juices. Her prehensile tongue easily snaked around the dildo and lapped up every drip of her growing arousal. Twilight’s increasing desire was filling her up, feeding her lust for love. She could see Twilight’s bobbing on Velt’s phallus and she felt slightly envious of the treat her fellow was getting. She knew that it would be worth it in the end though.

Giving her dildo another few gentle thrusts, Rhode was pleased to hear the soft squelching noise with each thrust forward. Twilight was ready for the main event. Pulling back slightly from Twilight, Rhode dispelled his dildo. it flickered for a moment before vanishing, treating her to a perfect shot of Twilight’s plot as it quickly contracted around the empty space she had just left it with. Inviting pink flesh, dripping with arousal winked at her and she wasn’t going to hold out for long. Filled with love energy, her shaft rapidly engorged and sprang to attention. Giving her cutie marks one last rub with his hooves, Rhode mounted her back, pressing his flanks up hard against hers. His hardening shaft bobbed up and touched Twilight’s clitoris. She bucked once under her as a thrum of pleasure ran through her body.

Pressing forward, Rhode pushed the tip of his shaft past her labial lips. Twilight stiffened as she felt his hard rod penetrate her. She clamped her jaw down slightly, earning a disapproving look from Velt for a second, but a moment later her lips parted and Rhode sank deeply into her. His smooth length slid within her body easily, filling her up as the dildo had done a moment before.

Twilight was feeling bliss. She sucked on Velt’s hard shaft; eagerly awaiting the next wave of his sweet sap. Behind her, Rhode had filled her vaginal canal to his hilt. She could feel her prodding her deeper than any object she had experimented with before. Every time she thrust into Twilight, a spark of pure pleasure ran through her body, lighting up her brain and leaving her wanting more; she had never felt this aroused before and she couldn’t think of anything beyond the next thrust of Rhode’s hips.

She didn’t know it, but Rhode and Velt were releasing a special blend of pheromones from a gland under their wings. The pheromone was a special blend designed to induce insatiable desire in any pony who came into contact with it. Twilight had reacted exactly they way that they had hoped she would; her mind would be fogging over soon. until the pheromones wore off, she would be nothing more than an eager vessel for their affections, one that would return them with interest. Her body would be wracked with constant desire and a need for release. She would quite literally buck until she passed out.

The pair of changelings soon reached a smooth pace; Rhode thrusting into Twilight’s sex, and the resulting push causing Twilight to swallow more of Velt’s shaft. With each thrust, Twilight squealed lightly around Velt’s length, but she didn’t slow down. Leaning his head back and humming in pleasure, Velt brought his forelegs up and grabbed the sides of Twilight’s head again, pulling her down with more force than she had been managing on her own. She could feel his climax beginning to rise deep within her; ‘For beginner, pony have good mouth.’ she thought.

With one savage buck of his hips, Velt shoved his shaft as far into Twilight’s mouth as she could. feeling her throat open up as she pressed against it, the flat of her tongue running along the underside of her shaft. With a hard twitch, she released the first spurt of her essence into the lavender mouth. Concentrated liquid love flooded Twilight’s throat and her eyes bulged out as she felt the taste wash over her tongue. It was like honey, but mixed with something she couldn’t quite identify, but it tasted like heaven. She greedily swallowed every drop she could find of the rich creamy liquid, sucking hard on every stroke to tease out those last few stubborn drops.

When it was clear that she had gotten all that she was going to get for the moment, Twilight released Velt from her mouth, letting his shriveling length slip from her. She looked up at her with a hungry expression on her face.

“More,” she said, her head shaking with every thrust Rhode made into her. Not bothering to wait for his reply, Twilight engulfed his shaft again and returned to trying to bring her back to a state of full arousal. Bending her head to swallow his shaft, Twilight lowered her horn so that it was wiggling right in front of Velt’s face.

An idea flitted through his mind, and Velt quickly brought one of his hooves up to Twilight’s horn. Rubbing it along the sensitive spiral ridges of her horn, she soon reached the tip and lined up the flat of her leg with the rounded tip of Twilight’s horn. With a sharp push, his leg slipped around Twilight’s horn, with the horn fitting snugly through one of the holes that dotted his leg. Twilight moaned sharply when his hole covered her horn; the vibration of her throat tickling his glands and causing her to engorge again.

As Velt began his unusual hornjob, Rhode was smoothly pistoning his way into Twilight’s plot. His belly was nearly overflowing with concentrated love; it had been some time since she was this full, but it just spurred her on. If Twilight’s research failed, it was his and Velt’s duty to return as much love to the colony as they could.

Twilight’s plot was tight, tighter than many mares she had done before. While she didn’t appear to have had a hymen, she was clearly a virgin. The idea that she was taking her first time drove her on; it made the love all the sweeter. Still, there was one hole on her body that was still unspoilt, and he intended to experience the pleasure of taking Twilight’s rosebud.

Bringing a hoof down to her dripping sex, Rhode covered his hooves with her juices. Once his hooves were smeared with lubricant, she brought them up to her wiggling flanks and began to coat her tightly clenched anus.

“Errmph!” Twilight squealed around Velt’s hardening rod as she felt Rhode’s hooves touch her plot. His hooves began prodding at her rear end, pressing forward and gently trying to stretch her plot hole apart. Despite trying to stretch her out, it quickly became clear that his hooves were ill suited for the task. Rhode was going to have to employ a more directed method.

Pulling out of Twilight, she leaned down and leveled her mouth so that she was nearly touching her plot. extending his tongue out, she slurped her now empty vaginal slit, lapping up the excess of her sweet arousal. Calling on his magic, Rhode focused it into to Twilight’s body. A quick burst of magic sanitised her anal passage, leaving only clean flesh behind. Rhode may have been a parasite, but she wasn’t going to shove she tongue into a soiled behind; she still had some standards.

With her passage now clean as the day she was birthed, Rhode snaked his tongue up along Twilight’s backside and swirled it around her tightly clenched sphincter. The second she touched it, the muscles clenched hard, reacting to the strange feeling in the only way they knew how. Undaunted, Rhode continued his rimming, gently pushing his tongue up against her flesh and occasionally dropping down to get another lick of her sweet juice.

It took some probing and plenty of saliva, but slowly, Twilight’s button began to unclench and relax as it became used to the feeling of Rhode’s tongue. Sensing victory, Rhode called up his magical dildo construct again, this time focusing it so that it was pencil thin. Taking a moment to press the dildo inside Twilight’s sopping wet vaginal passage, Rhode made sure that it was fully lubed up and ready for action.

Working carefully, Rhode inserted the thin tip of his dildo into Twilight’s plot, slowly inching it forward so as not to cause her pain. She listened to her body as she did so, stopping every time that she clenched down or gasped around Velt’s shaft; this wasn’t his first time doing this and she didn’t want to hurt Twilight as she was trying to help them afterall.

Eventually, Rhode had all of his dildo buried within Twilight’s butt. Now came the fun part. Deftly, she pulsed the dildo’s size, alternately thickening and shrinking it so that with each pulse it stretched Twilight’s virginal passage out a little more. It would take a little while, but she knew that it would be worth it when she finally got to plumb those unexplored depths of pleasure.

After several moments, Rhode felt that she was ready and she let the dildo vanish, leaving only her plot hole gaping for a moment before it sprang back together. Burying her shaft in her juicy slit once more for lube, Rhode mounted Twilight’s back and guided her length towards Twilights inviting backdoor. With a quick thrust, the tip of her shaft pressed against her sphincter and pushed it open. The first few inches of his shaft entered Twilight proper. Rhode hissed through clenched teeth as she felt the tightness of her passage on his length. She had expected her to be tight, but this was something else. It was like a vice gripping her shaft and she had to push hard to make any headway. it took her nearly a full minute, but Rhode eventually was able to sink her entire length into Twilight. The heat and pressure was incredible; it was like a pressure cooker inside her.

He was just about to start thrusting into her when, without warning, both she and Velt were caught in a purple magical glow. Rhode looked up to see Twilight’s horn glowing and a gleaming look in her eyes. Rhode felt herself be lifted from his hooves and flipped over onto his back. his shaft came free from Twilight and slapped against his carapace with a dull smack.

Her mind reeled at the scene; ‘Something not right, influenced pony no cast magic.’

Her protests were cut off as Twilight quickly jumped astride her, bringing her face up to meet hers before she planted a kiss right on his lips. Twilight’s tongue pushed his mouth open and quickly she felt the urgency in her motions. She broke apart a moment later, waggling one of her hooves in front of his face.

“Greedy, greedy little changeling. Taking my plot all for yourself. Didn’t you ever learn to share?” Twilight said to Rhode before leaning forward and swishing her tail at Velt who was still sitting dumbstruck on the ground behind them. “It’s all yours, Velt. Have a good time.”

“How... how break?” Rhode asked.

“Your pheromone control?” Twilight grinned. “Simple. I’ve studied your physiology before, so I planned ahead for it. It’s easy to beat something if you know it’s coming.” She lifted her hips up and grabbed Rhode’s shaft with her magic, lining it up with her slit once again. “Now, be quiet and enter me,” she commanded the pair, showing a hidden dominant streak. With that, she dropped her hips and forced Rhode to fill her to the hilt again.

Velt blinked a few times, but she quickly recovered and ambled over to where Twilight and Rhode were already coupling again. She stopped and climbing up onto Twilight’s back, hooking her hooves over the lavender fillies shoulders to get a better grip. She tried to enter her anal passage, but she was moving too fast and she couldn’t line her shaft up properly; each thrust ended up sliding down and whacking against Rhode’s shaft.

“Wisp hold still,” she pleaded, lust overcoming his senses. She wanted her and the love that she could feel flowing off of her. Twilight paused for a moment, holding her flanks still to allow Velt the chance to line up her rod with her plot hole. Using her magic to hold herself straight, Velt thrust forward and plunged into Twilight’s free hole, forcing her muscle ring apart and sinking she entire length inside her.

“OOhhhh, Yes,” Twilight screamed as she felt Velt enter her. She had never felt this full before and she with every twitch of her hips she could make out both Velt and Rhode’s shafts pressing up inside her. they throbbed and pulsed hard, and she knew that they must be able to feel each other through the thin layer of tissue that separated them. She relaxed and allowed both Changelings to fill her to her limit. Once they were both as deep within her as they could, she clamped down hard with her muscles, trapping both shafts inside her. Both drones groaned in pleasure as she rippled her muscles around them.

“Alright boys, don’t hold back.”

Rhode and Velt exchanged a quick look and nodded at each other. In a synced movement, they both pulled their hips back until only their tips were left inside Twilight. “Wisp hold,” Velt said, “Make scream.”

With that, both drones flexed their hips and drove their shafts hard into Twilight’s body. Twilight’s eyes bugged out as she felt them shift her insides around. As the two changelings started thrusting hard into her, she closed her eyes and concentrated on the pleasure wracking her body. It was such an intense feeling; as Rhode filled her up, Velt would withdraw and vice versa. She was constantly being filled up with their lengths and it felt incredible. It hurt, but there was an undercurrent of pleasure that was building up in her loins.

“Oh, Yes, yes, yes,” she groaned every time that Rhode slammed into her vagina. She felt pleasure beyond belief and her small teats were pressed hard into his back chitin plating. Every thrust of his hips rubbed her teats against his body, sending sparks of pleasure through her body.

Rhode and Velt quickly reached a smooth rhythm with their strokes and they both knew that it wouldn’t be long before both of them ejaculated their seed within Twilight. The only question was which one of them would hold out the longest.

The pair pounded Twilight with everything that they had and she yelped and moaned with every stroke. A sheen of sweat soon covered Twilight’s fur and she began panting in pleasure. Rhode noticed that her eyes had half closed and she was staring ahead with an unfocused look. She grinned and added an extra kick to his thrusts.

Twilight couldn’t think straight. She hadn’t expected sex to be this intense. By now the pain had vanished, leaving only pure pleasure in its wake. The feeling of Velt filling her anal passage was so exotic and Rhode inside her vaginal tunnel was so right. She could feel another pressure increasing within her. It almost felt like she had to pee, but she knew that it couldn’t be that. Every thrust Rhode and Velt made increased the pressure and Twilight soon realised that it was going to burst soon.

“Ummm-mmHmm!” she moans out, grabbing Rhode’s head and holding it up to her chest. The building pressure had burst inside her and it had released blinding pleasure through her brain. Twilight could feel her vaginal and anal muscles rippling hard, milking the two shafts within her hard. A burst of pure magic squirted from her horn, sending fizzling drops of magic into the air.

Rhode felt her partner unload her seed into Twilight and she smirked to herself; looks like she was the winner between them. She could feel her own load building up and she knew that it would only be a few more moments before she came. With a small grunt she released deep into Twilights depths, just as Velt had done. ‘Hmph’ He thought. ‘grateful I’m steril with not changelings.’

Spent, Velt and Rhode fell onto their backs, panting and heaving. They were both filled to bursting with Twilight’s love and they didn’t have the energy to do anything else. Twilight collapsed between them, eyes glazed over as she looked up at the ceiling. A thin trickle of Velt’s seed seeped out from her anus, forming a pool on the floor, and she was covered with the remains of Rhode’s load.

Slowly, she felt lethargy overcome her. Now that they were finished, she realised that she was tired beyond belief. Stifling a yawn she turned to face her two lovers. “That was delightful,” she said, “I hope you felt as good as ‘Uahh,’ I did.” A second yawn interrupted her speech.

Rhode and Velt put their heads on her chest. “Enjoy, Wisp good,” Rhode said before she noticed that Twilight had collapsed. Her chest rose and fell smoothly.

“Wisp good,” Velt confirmed before she fell back to the floor, content and full. Twilight turned her head towards one of the changelings and kissed them.

Slowly the feeling in her extremities returned as she broke the kiss from the changeling before her, then slowly, as if without difficulty lifted herself from the floor to a standing position. Her lips pulled back in a radiant smile that shined love and kindness around her, Upon the two changelings at her hooves.

Velt was the first to react, his eyes shooting open, then glaring in disbelief at the pony standing above her. She lay there, physically drained, while his body processed the massive amounts of love energy she had absorbed. Panting heavily she gasped out, ”How, Wisp... not tired?” his high pitched multi-toned voice complained.

Rhode shared equal parts disbelief, annoyance ,and understanding as she gazed at the pony standing between them, while she turned to his companion to answer, “First, I’m surprised you changelings don’t recover faster. Second is that I’ve had some practice in the Everfree forest, lets just say some creatures are best avoided if one wishes to remain physically pure, and mentally sane.” The lavender unicorn then turned and walked over to her pack, pulling out several roots, a leaf, a blood red flower, and a beaker.

Ingredients gathered, Twilight trots back over to Velt and Rhode with the reagents in hoof. Laying down gently between the two black chitin armored drones, Twilight begins working on the potion. Crushing and mixing the ingredients, then holding it over a simple mage fire she summoned up, all the while waiting on the two changelings to be ready to stand again. Finally, after a few minutes of waiting, Rhode and Velt both began to stand up shakily, definitely an improvement over the utter exhaustion and lethargy they felt minutes ago.

By the time they finally steadied their knees enough to walk, Twilight disperses the magefire underneath the small glass bottle, the contents shimmering a sparkling blue. Twilight passes the potion to Velt first “Here, take a sip, it should help invigorate you until you can stand on your own Twilight spoke smoothly as Velt took the beaker and downs a sip of the contents without question.

Velt’s eyes widened as the potion takes immediate effect, her eyes dulling somewhat as Velt toppled over slightly from the system shock. Twilight turns to Rhode next and offers the sparkling brew. Before he could place a hoof against the beaker in denial, Velt bounced off the floor like a rocket, slamming against the roof hard wings buzzing like a rushing river, and whipping up a storm of dust and air.

Landing back onto the floor with a bang, Velt, in a blur of motion, flips back onto his hooves again before turning to Rhode and giving a bouncing nod that would make even a spring green with envy. Turning back to the brew, Rhode grasped it within her telekinesis field while Twilight watched Velt’s bouncing antics, Taking a smaller sip, Rhode was able to contain his excitement and remain calm and collected physically, his wings still flittering a bit from the excitement, as Twilight finally manages to catch the errant changeling that was flying without wings.

Rooting Velt firmly into place next to Rhode, Twilight lets out a sigh of consternation, “I... didn’t expect that to happen, Sorry. I really didn’t know the potion would be this responsive to changeling physiology.” The lavender mare shrugged, while Rhode face hooves in annoyance, when Velt starts scraping the chitin along his back against the floor, albeit with less enthusiasm than he had a minute before.

“Not Wisp fault, accident.” Rhode stated simply, while helping his fellow changeling back up off the floor. His multi toned voice ringing clearly. “Pony speak?” she paused to look at her companion then back to the lavender filly.”We ready.”

Twilight shook her head in agreement, “Not that it’s too important, but I was wondering if I could trade with your hive, some love in exchange for having a changeling guide when I get to this City.” She states pulling a map from her saddlebacks and placing it flat and face up before her, placing a hoof on a round Circle in the meeting place between Equestria, the dragon hegemony, and the griffon city states. At the confused looks the changelings gave her, she responded “It’s called Pax Nexus, If it’s as big as suggested, then I’ll need one, I’d also wish to request some time with a changeling or two so I can further study and test my experiment. It has the potential to save many changeling lives, if I can get it to actually work.”

Rhode spoke first, “Mother, speak with Wisp.” She stated before her eyes dull, mouth gaping open slightly.

“Umm Rhode? Are you ok?” Twilight asks as the changeling stands silently at attention.

Velt lightly taps Twilights outstretched hoof with her own while shaking her head. “No, interrupt Transfer! Is... Delicate.” Answering the unasked question, raising a few more.

“Transfer?” Twilight repeats tilting her head to the side.

Velt smacks a hoof to her face opening her mouth to respond, only to close it as Rhode closes her mouth, her eyes changing from pure turquoise to more pony like, with slitted grey ovals in the middle. Velt turns to Rhode then lowers the front half of her body in a deep bow.

“Rhode was transferring temporary control over the hive mind, to the Queen.” Rhode ignores Velt, turning to face Twilight giving her a slight smile. “Hello Glimmering Wisp, my two drones tell my you’ve been quite the... cooperative pony. So tell me. What is this deal you wish to make.”

“I was hoping for a changeling guide in Pax Nexus when I get there so I don’t get lost. I’m offering to feed the changeling in exchange for some time to continue my food experiments with her, and for guiding me around the city, if thats ok with you?” Twilight sheepishly answers.

The Queen scoffs slightly lifting Rhodes hoof to her(1) chest. “Now I’m going to excuse your lack of manners to me on grounds that you are probably ignorant of procedure, but next time I hope you will be more learned of such things.” Rolling her eyes slightly with a sigh, “Anyway, back to the matter at hoof, you wish to experiment on one of my children, after they guide you through the city, safely, with only the promise that you will feed her, am I not correct?”

“Yes Queen...” Twilight pauses searching for a name but coming up blank.

“Ferrus my dear. Unlike the metal, I am not as rigid.” The changeling responded with a smile.

Twilight dips her head in thanks and continues continues. “Yes Queen Ferrus, that is exactly what I ask, the experiment with solid food could be a perfect solution for starvation amongst changelings, incase you run into areas with low amounts of love energy. If I can get the process working correctly, then you will have an almost perfect love substitute for changelings.” The lavender filly jumps a little in glee, imagining a few of the possibilities, should the experiment turn out as a success.

Queen Ferrus smiles slightly at the young pony’s antics, Velt standing next to her as still as a rock. ‘Now if only my children would be so carefree.’ She bemoans mentally with a gentle sigh. ‘Maybe if her experiment works...’ Ferrus shifts her posture, her countenance brightening at the thought. “Hmm, I would accept, but you must be in the city for a week at the least for this to be a fair trade. Seven days within the city working with my changelings, what do you think of these terms?” Queen Ferrus countered.

“Hmm... I had only planned on staying within the City for a few days... or at least until my supply of herbs and potion regents run out. However if you have somepony resupply me using a list of necessary ingredients I give them, I think I’ll be able to stay for the entire time. I like being able to help both your kind and the other ponies. is that ok?” Twilight answers hopefully her eyes lifting towards the Queens.

“I think your guide should be able to search for the ingredients while you’re working your potions, but the changeling will have to be using bits from your coffers-” Twilight gives the Queen a blank look. “Purse.” The changeling corrected. At Twilights comprehending look, Ferrus continues. “Your guide changeling will have to be using your bits to purchase supplies to restock your ingredients, just make a list and my child should be able to read it and understand where to get them. Are we in agreement?” The Queen concluded.

“Considering I don’t really use bits for much anyway, I don’t really have any disagreements to that.” Twilight answers, lifting a lavender hoof towards the queen. Queen Ferrus responds in kind and they both shake binding the deal.

“Good, I’ll be leaving this body so I can prepare the drone that will be awaiting you at Pax Nexus when you arrive. It was interesting to meet you.”

“it was nice meeting you too, maybe we can speak some other time. Maybe even in person someday. Good night!” Twilight joyfully answers before Rhode feels control return to her body.

Shaking her head a little as cognizance jumps back to the changeling. “Always give headache.” the changeling mutters lowly through clenched jaws. Velt walks over to help her, holding his shoulder steady with a hoof.

Velt’s hoof disappears from Rhode’s shoulder after a few seconds, long enough for her to steady herself the rest of the way when the changeling looks over, she finds Velt covered in lavender as Twilight pulls her in a bear hug, giggling in everfecent joy. Velt couldn’t breath, completely surprised by the strength the filly was putting behind the simple gesture of love. After a few seconds, Twilight dropped the changeling, Velt fell gasping on the floor as she caught her breath.

Seeing her first victim get back up Twilight excitedly charges her next one, completely blindsiding Rhode with a tackle hug, forcing her down to the ground. Completely stunned as she lay there on the floor Rhode just stared dazedly at the lavender filly squeezing her spine with a bone crushing hug.

Letting go of Rhode’s neck Twilight jumps off the larger changeling, Trotting surely over to the bed, Twilight stops at the foot, before turning on the two changelings in the room. The lavender filly pulls from her reserves, lighting her horn. Two bottles of a viscous silvery substance lift out of Twilight’s saddlebags, covered in a similar magenta glow as her magical appendage. She lifted the bottles over to the two changelings, set them on the floor. “Here, take these potions of haste, then leave the room, and head to your own. It’ll be a good enough cover up. to make it look like we made a business transaction, at least.”

Rhode and Velt walk over to the rooms main entry way that they had entered through what seemed like ages ago. Twilight jumps over to the entrance and winks at them before trying to open the door. However the portal holds firm against her magic. Turning to the changelings she finds both their horns aglow, annoyance spreading across their features. “WAIT! We speak, terms. Then agree on, action.” Velt nearly yells in agitation.

Twilight stops pressing her magic against the door, then turns her full attention upon the two changelings. “Sorry, I thought you would agree to a swift plan, We can’t really stay in the same room together for the night, can we? Also, I’m leaving early in the morning, so I really don’t want to disturb you if my morning is too early for you.” The lavender filly admits sheepishly. “So here’s the plan. I’m going to open the door and talk about the great ‘deal’ we made and how we’ll be making more bits from our partnered venture.”

Both changelings nod in agreement, “Wisp explain, we understand,” Rhode and Velt walk over to the room door, and, turning back to Twilight, they announce. “We agree.”

The lavender filly sighs in relief, “Alright put on the business pony disguises you had on before, so that I can let the barrier down.” Both Velt and Rhode burst into green flames, Twilight noting with a good deal of interest that the flames were a lot brighter than the pitiful embers she saw when they arrived. As the flames around the two changelings died down, Twilight reached out and grasped the threads of magic holding the powerful barrier weaved around the room. Cutting them caused a flash from her horn as the power being fed to the spells fled back into her core through her natural focal point. Twilight responded with only a slight nod to the two changelings, as the last hints of their fires flickered and died away completely, before a smile took command of her lips and she burst into bright, cheerful conversation. “Thank you for your time good sirs. I do hope your boss will be alright. Would you like a regenerative draught to help, along with the natural healing process?”

Velt took the hint and answered swiftly. “No, no miss Wisp, that is quite alright. keep the potion, someone else might need it more. Besides my packs are full as it is. Not that I don’t appreciate the offer, but he’s receiving the best care we have, and that should be enough, wouldn’t you say?” Velt answered, putting a hoof against the flask of reddish-yellow fluid held within Twilight’s magenta magical field, and pushing it back towards the lavender filly.

Twilight gave an extended sigh before pulling the potion back towards herself. “I guess you’re right. What do you plan for the potion of swiftness though?” The lavender filly asked, honestly curious what the changelings would do with it.

“Me and my partner here will be using them to get back to our headquarters near Manehattan in record time, and keeping one for further research to figure out why it works the way it does.”

Twilight nodded sagely before speaking up again. “Thank you again for your time. I hope we can make similar barters and trades in the future, until then stay safe young friends.”

Velt and Rhode both nod, giving their thanks before turning away from the door as Twilight closes it. Alone finally, Twilight begins searching the room once more as she senses a mana-born feeler enter her chamber through the lowered barriers. ‘At least I don’t have to worry about being found with changelings.’ Twilight sighs in relief, grasping metaphysically onto the mana feed of the spell, she follows along its path.

Twilight finds it’s hidden near the bed. Grasping the link with her magic, she cuts off the flow, destroying the connection powering the spell’s matrix, and causing it to fade away.

Finally feeling ready for some actual rest, Twilight closes the room’s front door. Taking the key the Barkeep had given her, she locks the door into place, ensuring that there would be a lack of intruders should any try. Closing her eyes meditatively, Twilight lays against the bed sheets, next to the indistinguishable form of Fang buried underneath Twilight’s cloak, and simultaneously killing the fires of all the lights within the room, making the whole room pitch black.

Finally resting her head on the pillow, Twilight let go of her power and the day along with all of its worries. The realm of dreams finally takes the lead, after months of being pushed away while Twilight sleeps.

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“HmmHmHm, yeah, you sure you haven't had practice peeping on fillies?” Asked a snickering brown stallion with a cutie mark resembling three separate white circles, overlapping each other in an upwards spire, and a russet mane.

“Shut up Chaliard, I’m only doing this because of how suspicious her behavior’s been since she found that changeling. Besides, we’re supposed to be keeping an eye on special targets. Can you imagine how useful her potions could be in the field? If she joins our order, we’ll be able to fight for longer with less difficulty, and the dark creatures we’re hunting will be less bothersome to boot.” Replies a cyan unicorn with cutie mark representing a sword crossed over a shield emblazoned with the sun, and a bleached white mane.

“Still thinking about the nosferatu I see, eh Sunny?”

“Damn it Hightower, If you weren’t my partner, I’d probably have bucked you in the face by now. So stop pushing it, we still have a mission to do, and examining that filly is top priority right now. Besides I think her barrier is going down now. I hope we can get some inkling of what she’s up to with those business ponies,” Sunny Ward replies, her horn still shining brightly as she probed at the high level barrier dissipating from around the room her target was in. Reaching inside, she activates the auditory function of the spell in order to listen to the ponies speak, then forming a grimace as she realizes the group is at the end of their meeting.“Ugh, I can’t believe this! Their meeting is already over. And, apparently, it’s time for them to go to sleep. I’ll keep an eye on her. Tower you watch the other two. Make sure that there’s nothing bad that they plan to do, meet me at the bar in one ho- GAAammph!!!” Sunny screeches, before catching herself and biting a hoof in pain, while massaging her forehead and horn with the other.

Hightower rushes forward Lowering a forehoof under his collapsing companion, not asking what happened, as he knew the signs of magical feedback when he saw them. “Heh, I guess she actually knows more about magic than you think, eh? Though I can’t believe she actually found you that fast, I thought you were more skilled than that?” He asks jovially, as he picks up his smaller companion. Sunny misses punching him in the face by an inch, “I guess fillies don’t like being spied on by you. I mean, remember that one time Celestia asked you to keep an eye on Trixie?” This time, she doesn’t miss.

Landing safely on the bed off Hightower’s back, Sunny returns angrily “I may serve Celestia fanatically, but I will never again spy on that self-obsessed, two-bit show pony. I honestly don’t understand what our princess sees in her.” She grumbled as she rubbed her forehead. “Yea, never mind the business ponies. You keep an eye on Glimmering Wisp tonight while I rest. I think I can already feel that headache coming on. Good night!” She answers, laying her head on the pillow.

Hightower steps out of the room, a small trickle of crimson fluid leaking from the corner of his mouth where Sunny’s hoof made contact. “Heh, mares, always the emotional ones, I’m glad White Blaze made her my companion.” Lighting his horn with golden energy, he projects his senses outward and focuses them into a point heading towards the lavender filly’s sleeping quarters. Using his external probe, he placed a ward over the sheets on Twilight’s bed. “ Heh, this'll let me know when she wakes.” He murmurs before cutting off the feed to his probe spell. “Yea, not creepy at all.” he mutters even more softly, walking into the main bar proper he finds a corner table and sits down, laying his head on the table, his eyelids drooping dangerously low before closing completely for the night.

Author's Notes:

Oh, special note: Aeondragon (one of the best editors I’ve worked with) has wrote himself a nice little story, Twilight of Equestria, though he can tell you more about it, what I really want you guys to do is give it some love and read it. It’s a nice little piece of fiction showing how fragile Equestria is and that despite the fact that Celestia rules benevolently the pony races still don’t like each other too much.

Big thanks goes to my prereaders:

janushayed who is the guy who approves all of my chapters.

Skeeter The Lurker Guy who reads and lends a hand when asked.

Clop scene courtesy of Fimbulvinter

Editor people that yell at me for writing inferior chapters that they fix:

Moon Shade eh... skyping fast response, finds initial problems.

Aeondragon Good jokes and definitely knows how to fix a bad chapter. He also fixed the prologue, so you should go take a look.