My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

A Changeling’s Lament

Chapter 3

Conflicted

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtlalymx848

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

“I see.” Chrysalis snickered to herself for a moment. Her two subordinates, bowing before her, looked at each other with concern and confusion. “Mirror’s Edge has made a life for himself?”

“yes, indeed, my queen.” the Male Changeling said. “He seems to have been taken in by a yellow female Pegasus.”

Chrysalis wasn’t sure she heard him correctly. “a yellow Pegasus?” she repeated. The subordinate nodded in approval. “did she have any outstanding features?”

“yes. She appears to have a Cutie Mark shaped like 3 Butterflies and is quite timid. She also seems to have a good heart if she took care of one of us.”

“yes.” Chrysalis muttered, already coming to a full conclusion. “Fluttershy. The Element of Kindness. And the only way for Mirror’s Edge to have fully healed is if she willingly gave him love.”

“She would do that for one of us?” the female Changeling asked.

“it’s in her name. she’s the Element of Kindness. She wouldn’t bat a eye to anyone in distress; apparently we’re no exception.” Chrysalis muttered to herself for a moment. “then maybe…” she looked to her subordinates. “and he’s living with the ponies?”

“Not as himself. He seems to have adopted the persona of a crimson Unicorn who specializes in making mirrors, or at least did before he suffered ‘amnesia’.”

Chrysalis smiled wide. “I think I know of a way we can use this to our advantage.”

End Song.

Edge found himself in a lonely flower field by himself. The smell of citrus and roses filled the air. He took a big whiff and sighed contently.

A sultry voice called out to him, pulling him near. “Edge…”

Edge turned around and smiled again. Standing there was a Ultra-Super cute Fluttershy, her hair blowing in the wind, flowers in her hair and in a glamorous see-though dress. Being the unfortunate victim, he was struck by the Siren’s call and hovered on over, his wings doing no work.

The 2 got close to each other, closed their eyes, and leaned in to kiss. Their lips were just 2 inches apart; both ready for what was about to happen.

Which wasn’t that.

BBBBBBBRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!!!

Edge yelled and fell out off the couch, landing hard on his back. “ow…” he groaned. He looked to the window and at a annoying alarm clock. He snarled, walked over, grabbed the clock, threw it to the floor, and jumped on it until it broke.

“Damn clock.” he snarled before opening the door and kicking the remains out. “and in the middle of a good dream.” he fell back down to the couch and went back to sleep, hoping to get the dream back.

The 2 Changelings flew to the outer edge of Ponyville and put on their disguises.

The night earlier, they hovered though town, taking surveys on the town’s population so they don’t get caught by the original they’re copying. Fortunately, they didn’t have to worry about it as the forms they choose.

The male choose a golden Pegasus body with a green mane and the female choose a teal Unicorn body with a maroon mane. Satisfied with their new looks, they went into town to find their long-lost comrade.

Luna yawned as she woke up to Celestia’s new day. She rubbed her eyes and looked to her left. Trixie still soundly slept; chest rising up and down, up and down, up and down. Luna smiled. 1000 years ago, she never knew what love was; or even if she’d even experience it. Now she knows and she loves it. Guess there was one benefit for having Nightmare Moon possessing her and being banished for a 1000 years.

She kissed her Fiancée on the forehead before getting out of bed. She walked over to her desk, grabbed a piece of paper, a pen, and went to work writing the invitations. Trixie’s been doing most of the work. Time for her to let Luna take over.

“(hmm… maybe now would be a good time to bring Twilight and her friends. After all, they did such a good job with Cadence’s wedding. Maybe I should invite her human friends as well; see what they do for weddings.)”

As hard as he tried, Edge was not able to get his dream back, he just slept a dreamless night. He woke up and yawned. He noticed that Bahamut was long gone and he heard some commotion upstairs. Hoping Fluttershy isn’t hurt, he went upstairs to investigate.

Fluttershy grunted and groaned as she struggled to get a sweater on, only to fail in comedic ways. Edge came up and saw her get her head stuck.

“Fluttershy? What are you doing?”

“Trying to get a sweater on.” Fluttershy said in a muffle. “it’s not going well.”

“Why are you even putting on a sweater? You haven’t before.”

“that’s because today is abnormally cold.”

Edge sputtered. “doubt that.” he walked over to the window, opened it up, and peeked outside. He immediately pulled his frozen head back. “n-n-n-n-n-n-never m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mind.” he shivered.

“Told you.”

Edge grabbed a hammer and shattered the ice off his head in one hit. “guess getting to work is going to be tough.”

“you finally got one?”

“Yeah.” Edge pulled down on the sweater, trying to help get it on. “Waiter at Cavern on the Green. Sparkler put in a commendation for me after I helped her with her winter homework. Starting to think she was trying to get out of studying.”

“that’s Sparkler. And Cavern on the Green. That’s a fancy place.”

“I know.” Edge pulled down as hard as he could. He was able to get Fluttershy’s head though. As soon as he saw it, he immediately blushed. “Edge, why are you blushing?”

“Huh?” he looked to the mirror and saw that. “ah. Think that’s the cold talking.” he said. He looked away and silently cursed himself for making up such a bogus lie.

“oh. Well, the cold can do that.”

Fluttershy hopped a few feet before she tripped on a brush and started to fall. Edge reacted and tried to catch her, only to have them both fall to the floor. “ow…” they both went.

Fluttershy had falling on top of Edge and both were in a precarious position. “That hurt.” Edge moaned.

“Tell me about it.” Fluttershy moaned back. Edge tried to get up but Fluttershy was on top of him. He blushed a deep shade of red when he realized that. “Edge. You’re blushing again.”

Edge didn’t hear her; he was too mesmerized by her beauty. “w-what?” both just stared at each other for what seemed like forever when the bite of a apple broke their trance.

“Dear Penthouse Forum…” Bahamut joked, reading the magazine. Fluttershy got off of Edge and blushed in embarrassment as Edge got up as well. “so… you two are kinky.”

“I-I-I was just helping Fluttershy put her sweater on when she fell on me.” Edge explained.

“un-huh.” Bahamut didn’t buy it. He took a bite of his apple and snickered. “sure.”

Edge got very embarrassed and just stammered. “um… I un… I gotta go. I-I‘m gonna be late.” he headed out of the room as fast as he could.

“that was odd.” Fluttershy muttered.

“It’s Edge. He’s always weird.” Bahamut said. “come on. I’ll help. Claws help with things like this.”

“thanks.” Bahamut turned Fluttershy’s sweater and pulled it down; making it fit. “Edge’s been acting weird lately.”

“you just noticed?” Bahamut joked. “Maybe the cold’s getting to him. He is a insect, after all.”

“he’s bug-like in appearance. It’s not like he is a bug.”

Bahamut thought about it. “True but he‘s still acting weird. He even destroyed my alarm clock last night. He said he was having a good dream, too.”

“Weirder and Weirder.” Fluttershy sighed.

Edge kicked himself as he drudged though the snow. “Stupid, stupid, stupid.” he sighed and leaned on a tree. “What was i doing? I was acting like a total idiot.” he smacked himself and sighed. “why is this happening now?” Fluttershy’s face entered his face. He reacted and shook his head. “no way. I can’t be in love with Fluttershy. It’s physically impossible for us Changelings. There’s just no way.” he told himself.

He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the necklace Fluttershy gave him for Hearth’s Warming Eve. He smiled and put it on. He was never gonna part with this; no matter what.

“before, they just left a burning sensation in my belly. Now they’re leaving a horrible aftertaste.” Spike groaned as he rubbed his neck.

Just 2 minutes earlier, he and Twilight were busy re-shelving the library when a letter from the princess’ arrived via insta-Spike.

“you didn’t complain the last time.” Twi said as she read it.

“Because I didn’t notice it.” he popped in a cough-drop and sucked on it.

Twi finished reading the letter and chuckled. “well, isn’t that kind of her?” she muttered. “where is everyone, Spike?”

“off doing their own work. Why?”

“cause this letter entails to them as well.”

Edge played with his necklace, holding it up to the light. The light reflected off the pendent part and shone in his eyes. “Fluttershy…”

A pair of hooves hit the counter. “Edge!” Sparkler exclaimed. Edge yelped, nearly lost the necklace, and fell off a stool he was sitting on, landing head first in a garbage can. “If you’re thought messing around, you got a couple of customers at table 7, waiting for you to take their order.”

Edge pulled the can off his head and tossed it aside. “don’t surprise me like that.”

“sorry but I was calling your name 15 times before going forceful.” something reflected in her eyes. She looked down, saw the necklace, and picked it up. “What’s this?”

Edge yelled and snatched it out of her hands. “it’s something… very important to me.”

That sounds like something juicy but she decided not to pursue it. “okay. Remember, table 7.”

“yeah, yeah.”

Sparkler walked off to a different part of the fancy-shmancy restaurant. Edge got up, brushed any garbage off, put his necklace on, grabbed a order pad, and walked to the table where a golden Pegasus and a Teal unicorn sat. “good afternoon. Welcome to Cavern on the Green. My name is Mirror’s Edge and I will be your waiter for the day.”

“why hello there, Edge.” a slithery female voice said.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtlalymx848

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

Edge recognized it instantly and went wide-eyed in horror. “oh, no.” she looked to the female and gulped. “F-Friction?” the female snickered. Edge turned to the male. His eyes shimmered, giving Edge a big clue. “L-Leon?”

“nice to see you too, Edge.” Friction snickered. “it seems you’ve gotten quite comfy.”

“What are you two doing here?” Leon forced Edge to sit down. “Did something happen to the hive?”

“no no. the hive is fine.” Leon said. “We’ve all reunited, except for you and the original Ditto. You two are hard to find.”

Edge wasn’t buying it. These are 2 of Chrysalis’ best subordinates. She never sends them unless something big was happening. “what are you two really doing here? And speak truthfully.”

“Truthfully. That’s new.” Friction snickered. “back then, you would have tortured us for the truth.” Edge angrily looked away. “you’ve changed, Edge.”

“what are you two doing here?” Edge insisted.

“oh, Chrysalis sent us to… get some information.”

“Why. Is she planning another invasion?”

“we’re not at liberty to say.” Leon said.

“so she is.”

“you could say that.” Friction snickered.

Edge already knew where this was going. “Sorry, but I’m not going to spy for you. These ponies are nice people and I’m not going to betray them.” he got up to leave, his necklace slipping out. Leon noticed this and stopped him.

“my my.” he tapped the necklace and pulled it out. “what’s this? Oh, my. It seems that one of the ponies has gotten friendly with our Edge. Maybe we should give some… incentive for our friend to work.”

Edge snarled and slapped him away. “You stay away from Fluttershy!”

“I think you hit a nerve, Leon.” Friction said.

“you touch one hair on her mane and I’ll… I’ll…”

“do what? We’re the two most powerful Changelings other then our beloved queen.” Edge knew that was true and didn’t go anywhere with his threat. “tell you what; we won’t touch your little Pegasus friend if you promise to tell us any and all information about Canterlot these coming couple of weeks.”

Edge didn’t want to say anything but he doesn’t want Fluttershy to get hurt. He was between a rock and hard place. “look, all I know is that there’s a big wedding that’s gonna happen next week. That’s it.”

“a wedding.” Leon said in a mix of surprise and deviousness. “interesting. Chrysalis’ plans fall into fruition at the same event that lead to her greatest defeat.”

Edge chuckled. “doubt she’s gonna win. This is the wedding of Luna; Princess of the Moon. She’s tougher and more powerful then Cadence. And, there’s a few new, eh… toys that will stop her.”

“if you mean the humans, we are well aware of them.” Friction said. “that’s why our queen has a secret weapon of her own.”

Edge got suspicious and worried. “what secret weapon?”

“we’re not at liberty to say.” they both said with sinister tones.

“…edge.” Halo trotted in. “Edge, you here?” he walked further in and saw him sitting with the two disguised Changelings. “who…”

Leon and Friction looked at each other and went to work with their already prepared cover story. “anyway, we hope to hear from you soon.” Friction said in a calm and peaceful voice as she and Leon got up. They put down a couple of bits then headed for the exit. Friction stopped and looked back. “and we hope you consider our offer, Mr. Edge. It would be foolish for you to turn it down.”

The two walked out, leaving behind a air of wickedness for Edge and confusion for Halo. “Who were those two?” he asked.

Edge wanted to tell him the truth; honest he did. But he knew that if those two found out, there would be hell to pay. Alone, each had enough power to take down 5 Manticores. Together, they had enough power to rival the Princess’ and Chrysalis. “they were… a couple of business ponies from Canterlot, offering me a job.”

“hope you said no. Fluttershy would cry if you left without talking it over with her.”

Edge glanced down at the necklace. “I’m… still uncertain. Just need some time to think about it.”

“oh. Well, when you get a chance. Come by the library. Twilight got a letter from Luna and it’s addressed to all of us.” Halo turned around and left.

Edge continued to sit there, angry and stunned by what had happened. He grabbed the necklace and held it tight.

End Song.

Edge was the last to arrive at the library and he did so with a heavy heart. He took a deep breath and went inside.

“good. Edge is here.” Twi said.

“so what’s so important that you call to call us all, Twi?” Applejack asked.

“including us?” all the newcomers asked.

“If you’ll give me a moment, I’ll tell you.” Twi said. She took the letter she had received earlier and read it.

‘Dearest Twilight Sparkle,

If you don’t mind the pleasantries, I’ll get straight to the topic. You know that my and Trixie’s wedding is coming up in a few days and I’m sure, like us, you’re looking forward to it. But that is not the point for this letter.

I write this letter to you in hopes that you and your friends can help with the preparations for the wedding. Like with Cadence’s wedding, I wish for you to help out where you did last time; Pinkie with the Reception, Rarity with my gown and Trixie’s tux(she decided to go as the groom at her insistence), Applejack with the food, Fluttershy with the songs and music, Rainbow Dash with the Sonic Rainboom, and Twilight with making sure everything goes well.

And I am wondering what your otherworldly friends do for their weddings so invite them along; I wish to see their customs and how they work. If they are free, that is. Thankfully, I don’t think we have to worry about another invasion attempt. Changelings are bugs. They probably die out whenever Winter rolls around. Well, whatever the case…

Please come to Canterlot as soon as you can. We await your arrival.

Sincerely,

The Future Princess Luz de la Luna Lulamoon.’

“we get to help out with another wedding? That’s so awesome!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“And it’s the same jobs as last time. It’s gonna be easy this time around.” Applejack said.

“and she want to see our wedding customs?” the Newcomers said in unison.

“She’s gonna be… er… for lack of a better word, weirded out.” Hiccup said.

“Agreed.” Spyro and Zelgadis said.

“well, she did say she was interested in your customs.” Twi said, holding up the letter. “and to be quite honest, I am too.”

“well, I see no problem in going.” Riku said.

“Me neither.” Lloyd and Emil said.

Req snickered over to her friends. “well, I think we’re all agreed.”

“okay then. To Canterlot?” Twi asked.

“To Canterlot!!!” everyone excitedly exclaimed.

Edge wasn’t among those who cheered. He was still thinking about Friction and Leon said. If he didn’t help, they’ll kill Fluttershy. He looked over to her smiling form. He didn’t want her hurt. So, without anyone looking, he ducked out. Halo, however, did take notice of it.

“can I just ask what a Changeling is?” Fox asked, not really sure what they are. Both sets of off world groups asked as well.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtlalymx848

Full of Unrest - Tales of Vesperia OST

Edge slowly walked though a alleyway, hoping not to get seen. Unfortunately, he was by Friction and Leon. They jumped down from above and landed in front of in, disguises completely gone.

“well? What did you find out?” Leon asked.

Edge grunted as he looked away. He couldn’t bare to stare at them. “we’re… going to Luna’s wedding to help put it together. As far as I know, there will be no guards outside of the ones watching over the ceremony.”

“You’re sure?” Friction asked. “they aren’t prepared for another invasion?”

“they figure that since we’re bug-like in appearance that we operate like bugs and die out or enter hibernation when Winter rolls around.”

“hmhmhmhm. They are gonna be sorely surprised.” she snickered.

“the wedding takes place in a week, right?” Leon asked to confirm it.

Edge sighed heavily. “Yes.”

“we’ll see you there, then.” Leon and Friction spread their wings and took off.

Edge watched them fly away and painfully held his chest. Something bad was going to happen at the wedding. He just knew it. He fell against the nearest wall and hit his head against it before sliding to the ground. “Dammit.” he sighed.

End Song.