Twilight was sleeping soundly, Spike yawned as he stretched. He looked over at Twilight and smiled.

A loud shattering was hear, he jumped onto her bed and began to shake her awake. She quickly got up, rubbing her eyes of sleep.

"Spike! What's wrong?" She asked.

"I think somepony just broke in!" He whispered. "I heard something shatter."

Her ears rose on their own accord, honing in on any noise.

'No horn being charged or discharged, no hooves, and no wing beats.' She listened. "Wait here, I'll go down and check it out."

He tried to make a reason for him to go but another sound made it's presence known. A ragged breathing, and it was coming up the stairs.

"Spike, get under the bed now." Twilight whispered as she lowered her head, horn glowing brightly. "Now."

He jumped off and watched from underneath as the door opened.

"Twilight!" Big Mac breathed. "Oh thank Celestia yall are aright'!" He breathed.

"Big Macintosh!" She yelled, horn light dissipating. "What are you doing here!?"

He had a hoof to his chest, only know did she see he was sweating profusely.

"Mob... Outside... Angry! Saw... Came to help..." He said between breaths. "There's a few ponies outside, a bunch'a angry ponies."

"What? What do they want?" Twilight asked. "They didn't hurt you, did they?"

"Couldn't if they tried." He grinned. "Found this by the window though. Didn't read it."

He placed a rock with a small yellow note on it in front of her. She picked it up and groaned.

"Well, who's it from?" Big Mac asked.

"Take a guess..." She said, turning the note around.

"Why that no good snake!" Big Mac said. "He went and told everypony."

"Spike, I need you to send a letter." Twilight said.

"What? I don't think-"

Twilight gave a stern glare, he nodded before getting out his parchment and quill.

"Dear Princess Celestia,
In the short time I have returned to Ponyville, my friends have already learned to keep my secret, but, it has been found out. When me and..." She stopped and blushed towards Macintosh. "M-My coltfriend, went to dinner, a waiter had spilled soup on me and saw through my ruse. Now, he has a small band of ponies with him and want to, if I were to guess, harm me physically. They have already broken a window by throwing a rock inside. You faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

Spike rolled the parchment up and sent it away.

"Now, were going to need some others." Twilight said. "Spike, are you ready to send some more letters?"

"Do you even have to ask?" He smirked.

"Yes, now begin when I say so."

Two hours later.

Twilight stood outside of the Whispering Oaks Library, the small crowd now have attracted more ponies, but they weren't angry. They were curious to see why all three of the princesses were there alongside the Elements, Shining Armor, Big Macintosh, Twilight's parents, and a small battalion of guards, both Solar and Lunar.

"Citizens of Ponyville," Celestia said, causing the crowds talking to stop. "Me, my sister, my niece and others have gathered here with an important message. But, we are not the ones to say what it is. That, is left to Twilight Sparkle."

"Yeah! She's a bloody changeling!" The former waiter yelled, receiving a glare from Shining Armor.

"Everypony, listen." Twilight said. "How many of you here today have heard of the changeling rumor?"

Nearly every hoof went up.

"Well, I'm here to put those rumors to rest." She said firmly.

Her entire form was surrounded by a column of lavender flames, the audience gasped. Eyes widening further as the flames disappeared.

Twilight stood there, the sun reflecting beautifully off the red in her mane. She looked over the crowd, seeing nothing but shock and hurt from them.

"Yes, what you see is me. But, I'm not a spy or even a changeling trying to replace Twilight. because I am Twilight; there was a-"

"She's a changeling! I told you all! And now, now she's brainwashed the princesses and the guards! She's a monster in society!" The colt yelled again. "I say we get rid of her or make her tell us where the real Twilight is!"

The sudden quiet was now replaced by a noise of voices, the guards tensed up as they moved forward. When the crowd began to take it's first few steps, they were nearly blown back by Big Macintosh.

"Would yall shut up!?" His voice boomed.

The crowd, and ponies there, minus Luna who was nodding encouragingly, stopped dead in they're tracks and stared.

His voice was now amplified to the Royal Canterlot Voice, thanks to Luna. His voice was more threatening, being deeper and more menacing than any mares. His voice shook a few stones loose from the cobblestone, cracked any nearby windows and made everyponies ears ring.

"Now sit! And let her tell yall what happened!" He saw the crowd still standing and cleared his throat. "Ah said sit!"

"T-Thank you Big Macintosh..." Twilight said rather meekly. "What happened, is... There was an accident in Canterlot. It happened five days ago." She said. "It was when a changeling spy had been captured; Princess Celestia had offered to let me study the anatomy of the prisoner... And I accepted." Her ears folded back. "I made a horrible mistake, asking the guards to leave us a-alone..." Her voice cracked as her eyes started to water. "It... It did something horrible to me, and now, I'm a changeling. And it's all because of-"

A rock flew forward and hit her on the jaw, she stumbled and looked forward. The small band of angry ponies were in shock as they looked at the angry former waiter.

"Boo! Bloody! Hoo!" He mocked. "Save the sob stories for somepony who'll believe them!" He spat. "Your a changeling! Your supposed to be good at lying, so why should we believe some bug?" He said as he bounced a rock in his hoof.

Twilight's horn glowed a bright white as her eyes started to arch energy. The rock the colt was bouncing, suddenly turned to ash and fell apart in his hoof. He looked at it wide eyed before glancing nervously at Twilight.

She began trotting forward, the crowd moving out of the way to either avoid her, or the arcane energy pooling around her body.

The colt began to back away, but with a flick of her horn, a stone slab shot up behind him, stopping him in his tracks. He sat there, shaking as she stopped in front of him.

"You don't know my pain..." She hissed. "You have no idea what happened to me!"

She leaned down, her face almost obscured by the light her horn was generating.

"Do you?" She asked.

"N-No..." He whispered.

"And yet you call me the monster." She hissed, a stray bolt of energy hitting a piece of rock next to his head. "I am no monster, the true one resides in front of me. Shaking in fear in front of the victim, from the innocent! I have not injured anypony in my entire life; I helped save Equestria multiple times! Without me, Nightmare Moon would have the land shrouded in darkness, killing you off from hunger and starvation, without me, Discord would be corrupting your minds and using you as chess pieces! Without me! King Sombra would have you all in shackles, torturing you no less. And without me, the princesses and all of Equestria would be nothing but a hive for the changelings."

"Those are the true monsters."She said, letting the energy in her horn die. "If you feel the need to assault a monster, then go fight the changeling queen. The one who gave the order to turn me into this." She turned around, an air of menacing authority around her.

"She's right." Big Macintosh said. "Yall make me sick, yelling and threatening the pony who helped save your flanks more times than ya remember. And you," he turned towards the colt. He walked up to him and lifted him up the slab by his throat. "If ya even threaten her again," he leaned forward. "Chrysalis will be the least of yall's problems." He let the colt fall to the ground before lashing out with a hoof at the stone. It shattered right above the colt making him yelp and run away.

He only made it ten steps before falling to the ground.

"Now then," Celestia said. "She is indeed the real Twilight Sparkle, and there was an accident. So, I expect you all to treat her as you would do every other day. With kindness and respect. Any threats or if I hear of a assault, I will punish you personally. And harshly." She said, nothing but ice lacing her words.

"Well Princess," Twilight said. "I think this concludes today's meeting."

"Agreed." The alabaster alicorn replied.

She, Luna and Cadence spread their wings and took off towards Canterlot. Leaving the Elements, Big Macintosh, Shining armor to run after his wife as she flew quickly overhead, Twilight's parents and Spike.

"So, does anypony want tea?" Twilight asked.

Author's Notes:

Sorry for not updating in a LONG time! Stupid schoolwork... But, it must be done. So, to prevent it from happening again. I have a schedule.
I will put Jack Frost on hiatus, work when I'm not working on this on My Little Dead Space. But, a certain topic has been bugging me. (No pun intended.)