War with a Changeling Part 1: The Beginning

TIME: 1:30 AM

LOCATION: JUST OUTSIDE PONYVILLE

Core approaches ponyville with worry pumping through him, he knew that there would only be two outcomes from this.

1. He would walk up to the entrance, knock on the large gate, the guards would answer and you would explain that your friendly.

2. They would answer and attack you on sight.

Core didn't want to risk his plan before it takes any effect, so he resorted to an alternative plan which would involve sneaking in by steps:

Step 1: Get over the walls (unseen)

Step 2: Find the local library and get in (unseen)

Step 3: Search for book on Equestria history and get the knowledge to remake Equestria before war does. (unseen)

With his plan ready to take effect he prepared his wings to hover over the wall, he wasn't ready to fully fly yet, he spread his wings and started flapping them up and down very fast, he knew he could just climb over but he never learnt how to actually climb yet, he started to hover of the ground and move over the wall making as little noise as he could, when he got half way over the wall he saw five Earth pony's with spears and crossbows walking towards the gates, on sight of this Core slowed down with his eyes barely open, Core's eyes were bright green, not the normal changeling eye color but again another reason why he's different to the other changelings, he kept his eye's as focused on the plan as possible and when he landed he hid behind a building, the night sky may have kept him hidden but he wasn't invisible.

He began to head through the town area alleyways to avoid being spotted by the patrol guards. As he passed a clipboard he froze dead still, he walked backwards then turned to look at the clipboard, he saw posters of 'we need you' on the board with Applejack on them, he saw a rule board with the basics being: help the wounded, fight the empire, leave no pony behind.

But his gaze was stuck on the poster in the middle of the clipboard.

It was a picture of a changeling on a poster saying 'bring one alive 1'000 bits, bring one dead 500 bits' he began to worry as his attention drew to the real dagger in the head of the changeling, Core began to tremble, in horror with the thought in his head 'what will they do to me if they catch me?' as if on cue...

"You like'n our poster, I've got quite a few things planed for when we get one"

Core stood dead frozen, he was too scared to move, his eye was twitching due to the large amount of stress that was just put on him. Core gulped.

"I'd run if I were you" said the voice.

Core instantly dashed down the road leaving behind the voice that pretty much threatened him.

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Core was more scared of the voice than anything else, from what he heard the voice sounded like a mare, he never even got a chance to look at his pursuer, he just kept running.

"can't.... ...let... ...her... ...get me" said Core barely having time to breath between each word.

He began to hear the pony galloping behind him, he was running too fast to engage flight, his only option was to run around til he found the local library, which ironically enough was just at the end of the street.

"Al...most....there" he said with whatever breath he had left. As he heard the mare get closer and closer he dived for the ironically open door, he slammed the door shut behind him hearing the mare stop in her tracks.

"Stop hidin lika wuss and get out here!" said the voice slamming a hoof against the door.

"No way... ...am I going out there... ...i'm not going to die!" Core yelled back with his back against the door.

"I've never seen a changeling try so hard to get away, or head into the library" the voice said to Core through the door.

"Well... ...well I have a good reason!" replied Core still trying to breath.

Core then got up and put a lock on the door to keep the pony out. He began searching the dark library for a book on equestrian history, when he found the book he grabbed it with a green glow of magic, then suddenly he heard a loud creek come from upstairs, his reaction was dropping the book.

Core decided to investigate the creek that came from upstairs, he was careful not make any noise of his own.

what he didn't see was an orange mare stare at him through the window.