Chapter two

“You call this an apartment?!!!” the changeling shrieked confused and horrified. “It’s smaller than my old den at the changeling nests!!!” I glared and just stood there glaring at the changeling until I finally responded. “Look may I remind you that you have no home and I decided to do this out of the kindness I have left which isn’t very much. So what if the living room, the bedroom, the kitchen, and the dining room are in the same area!! Just be lucky there are closets and a bathroom!!” the changeling looked down knowing he was out of line finally speaking. Um the couch is a little small…. Um are you sure there is no room on the bed?” I blushed as he spoke. “There is but um I don’t sleep with anyone because well I’m always lonely. That and well I can’t trust you just yet ok?” the changeling huffed an audible sigh. “Ok couch it is Mr. I’m lonely and I don’t sleep with others cause I’m a scaredy cat. And you call yourself a guard!” I just decided to go to the closet and get some blankets before he had thoughts of ending a certain changeling’s life.

“There you settled in till morning?” I handed him the blankets and shut off the light climbing into bed. Finally drifting off to sleep I dreamed about the time I had left the orphanage for the royal guard. Days I spent training and learning the statuesque pose and emotionless face for the guard and training the ways of combat all to be used against the enemy I was sworn to fight. Then I started dreaming about a changeling…. He was cold and yet warm in my dream like he was actually there. “Wait what?!!!!” I awoke to a changeling snuggling up next to me and I couldn’t place it but it felt good to have him there. I looked at him and how he just had nonchalantly worked his way between my hooves and snuggled against my chest. I wanted to speak but I was secretly enjoying the warmth and the shape of how he just naturally felt right. I finally fell asleep again with nothing to dream this time.

“Finally you’re awake!!” I screamed as the changeling was face to face with me saying these words. “w-what in the buck are you doing?!!!” I choked out missing a long overdue heart attack. “well I figured I would get you some breakfast so I tried to make pancakes!!” I looked over to the kitchen after hearing these words come from his mouth. Globs of batter painted the ceiling while smoke was rising from a pan that had a pancake still in it and a smoke alarm going of which he had somehow figured out how to turn it off. “What in the hell were you doing!! My kitchen is a mess and the landlord…. Oh hell the landlord!!!! He was supposed to be here this morning to inspect the apartment!!” Stronghold just smiled finally speaking. “He isn’t tan with a paper that says bill on his flank for a cutie mark is he?” I looked at him eith horror in my eyes calmly yet nervously asking him. “Where is he?” He smiled and walked to the closet I never use and at that moment he opened it revealing a cocoon with him nice and wrapped.

I sat there staring at the cocoon hoping he wasn’t there I slapped myself and looked again sure enough it was him. Caught between laughter and horror I chose both. “Hahaha-ha-ha oh Celestia I’m dead…. Hahaha oh shit I’m screwed…” the changeling just looked at me innocently and said words I never thought a changeling would say again. “I’m sorry should I quickly manipulate his dream and make him think he inspected the room I can do that… no don’t be sad please don’t be sad… look it won’t hurt him I promise look I will take him to his apartment how about that I will take him out of the cocoon and place him in bed making him think he never left giving us time to clean. Please don’t be mad at me….” What surprised me the most was that he actually started crying. I had never seen a changeling cry. “It’s ok look we will just do the second suggestion ok?” I said wiping away his tears at the same time cursing myself for wanting to do it.

Finally after fixing the situation and using a scraper to get the somewhat plastered batter off the wall and ceiling I was still hungry and then the landlord knocked I told stronghold to hide hoping he could do something. Then he did the unthinkable he shifted into me. He turned himself into me again while I looked at him like he was insane. “Hello lancer and…. Who is this and why does he look exactly like you?” the landlord said while he walked through the door. “I thought you were an orphan?” I sputtered and coughed while Stronghold stated clear as day “ we are long lost twins ma could only keep one of us and so she had no choice but to put him up for adoption and well after years ma finally past and I decided to find my brother she always told me about. Not to mention he was very difficult to find! But not quite difficult cause we met yesterday at my favorite café here in Canterlot!! It was amazing you should have been there he and me were catching up late last night and so he asked me to bunk with him for the night. Isn’t he just so nice?” the landlord just blinked and walked out the door saying “I have done this inspection before….. maybe I need to stay away from the Spiked apple cider for a while.”

I could do nothing but laugh as he walked away. “You messed with his mind didn’t you?!” Stronghold just smiled and giggled. “A changelings got to eat too you know!” I busted out laughing hoping I didn’t make a mistake letting him stay here. I was hungry and looking at the burnt pancakes I looked and smiled at the changeling. “Do you eat anything besides love?”

Author's Note

sorry it took so long i know yall are hoping for a life story that i promise is in chapter three while they eat breakfast and not burnt pancakes like i made this morning trust me the fda would fine me for the monstrosity i created.