Two days later would spark an event I know all too well now. As it made me what I am today. Though, before those events could occur, I wanted to know more about changeling mating habits. Initially for science of course, but it would morph into something later. That is for later, however. During the two day wait, there was one point where me and my friends did our best to get the Crystal Empire selected as the place for the Equestria Games.

"Wait really? Changelings males aren't as restrictive in what species they can reproduce with as females are?" I asked, taken aback what Amicitia told me.

Amicitia had told me that changeling females can only produce eggs if they are mated with another changeling; preferably with a drone that is from either the queen's brood, or a changeling drone of different family then theirs. But males don't have that limitation. Of course, the hive's ruler needs to approve of the species they want to mate with before hand. It mostly results in changeling hybrids, but with ponies, the chances of the offspring having access to changeling magic is much more likely than with any other species. Amicitia guesses that ponies have much stronger magic then any other race. Even dragons do not compare. Of course, if the changeling mates with a unicorn, the chances for the offspring to have access to changeling magic and everything that comes with it skyrocket.

"But it's not restricted to just unicorns. If Pharynx was to mate with Rainbow Dash, sure the resulting pony-changeling hybrid would still have access to some changeling magic, but the hybrids resulting from unicorns have access to far more." Amicitia said.

"What about Alicorns?" I asked.

"...I wouldn't know. From what Pharynx tells me from the hive mind, no changeling has ever mated with an alicorn before. And I doubt that's from a lack of trying. Alicorns are just so rare to begin with. Besides, good luck with one of us changeling males getting with Princess Celestia or even Princess Luna. And your sister Cadence is already taken. We changelings may need love to survive, but we have a law: Do NOT target ponies who are married or engaged. Yeah, safe to say my mother has a lot more crimes then just with your nation, Twilight." Amicitia said. "But...I want to confine her to my custody." He added.

"So you can keep an eye on her, and even make sure she can't do anything else." I said.

"Yeah." Amicitia said. "Even if I'm a royal changeling male, I doubt either of your nation's rulers would fit me." He said.

"Are you...suggesting you want to try dating me?" I asked, a little taken aback.

"Yeah. I hope that's okay." Amicitia said. "It's just that the more time I spend with you, the more time I want to do more of that." He added.

"Wow. I've never really been pursued romantically before." I said with a blush.

"You were willing to take a chance on me to begin with. So, I think we can be more than just friends if we want to. Besides, I think it'd be interesting. I want to spread friendship, and I think if I stick by your side as much as possible, I can do that. Just a feeling I have." Amicitia said.

At the time, all I could do was blush and stammer. Amicitia really wanted to see if our relationship could become more then it already has been. Of course though, later that night, Princess Celestia had sent me a unfinished spell. One made by Starswirl the bearded. I had initially cast the spell without a second thought, and the next day, the destinies of all my friends were swapped around.

"See Twilight? I told you that you shouldn't have cast that spell on a whim like that." Amicitia said.

"But it was made by Starswirl the Bearded. He's my idol. I've always wished I could be a great sage like he was before he mysteriously vanished." Twilight said.

"Look, I get that you idolized Starswirl the Bearded, but keep in mind, that was an unfinished spell. As in it was incomplete. Meaning it would cause a lot of things to happen." Amicitia said.

"Hate to tell you this, but your changeling friend is right." It was the voice of Discord. He was tiny on my shoulder.

"Discord, what are you doing here?" Twilight asked.

"Actually, for the past two days, I've been hanging out with Fluttershy. She was very interested in learning more about me and my kind." Discord said.

"...Now that I would've never had guessed would be a thing." Amicitia said.

"And it seems, that her sudden change in attitude is because you cast an incomplete spell." Discord said.

"See Spike? It's things like this that make it so I have to fix my friends." Twilight said.

"Okay okay I get it." Spike said.

I managed to successfully help my friends rediscover their true destinies before that feeling of friendship made me realize how to fix Starswirl's spell. That ended up with me having mastered the magic of friendship, and becoming an alicorn because of it. I knew from my sister-in-law Cadence that ponies can accend to become alicorns, but I honestly never thought I'd end up as one.

"So wait, hold up, you MEANT for Twilight to accend into an Alicorn?" Amicitia asked.

"Yes. This is exactly what I wanted. Because I knew Twilight had the potential for it. Her magical potential is beyond even that of Luna and myself." Celestia said.

"Wait, Twilight is more powerful then BOTH of you?!" Amicitia asked.

"Even if Luna and I were to combine our powers together, we still wouldn't hold a candle to Twilight's overall magic output. That is how powerful her magic is. As it is raw, pure magic." Celestia said.

"Wait, you mean if she wanted to, she could move the sun or the moon just on her own?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Essnetially? Yes." Celestia said. "In fact, she could do both." She added.

"...Applejack, do you have any hard cider I could drink?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Okay, what is with every pony wanting to drink acohol when they get their mind blown?" Amicitia asked.

"Don't you get it? It means Twilight can just take control of the very thing that put Celestia and Luna in power to begin with." Rainbow Dash said.

"...GIVE ME SOME CIDER ALSO!" Amicitia said.

"No! Don't! Changelings cannot do Cider well." Pharynx said, chasing after his prince.

I don't know what was funnier that night: Seeing a drunken Rainbow Dash hit on Pharynx while the changeling soldier was very much sober, or to see Amicitia have just one glass of hard cider before throwing up and pass out in his own vamit.

...

I just noticed that I have basically done JACK shit with Spike. I even did the same with the original version.

I'm fixing that starting with the next story arc. And don't worry, I have a plan. A really good plan. And you might be able to guess what I'm going to do to add EVEN MORE romance into this fic.