Brave New World

Nayomi jumped out of her bed early in the morning, it was a new day and she had plans to go meet some more Changelings. She then noticed a pestering itch on her back she couldn't quite reach with her hooves.

She went to the mirror and looked at her back in horror; two long thin boils had popped up either side of her back. The boils had grown over night some how and looked painful but instead they just itched and burned. She started trying to find something to scratch her back as the itching became worse and a rash spread from around the formations on her back painfully slow.

When she found a toilet brush she could use to scratch her back she jumped at the chance grabbing it and started to rub it against her back franticly. After the initial sensation of relief wore off she noticed something strange about the boils, they weren't fleshy they were solid and full of a grey liquid. What exactly was happening to her? Did this have something to do with the Changelings? So many questions she didn't have answers to, and that bothered her.

She decided it was best not to ignore this and immediately started getting ready to go out again. She found a grey trench coat in the room wardrobe and put it on over a belt of throwing knives and her pistols just in case. This was also to hide her growing symptoms.

She excited the hotel and started making her way back to the store where she got her fake ID, she needed to see that doctor again and needed to now.

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As soon as she entered the store she was stopped by a white Earthpony. She seemed concerned as she asked "Are you alright miss?"

"I'm fine, why?" She asked as if she was annoyed but in actual fact she was worried about what she was talking about.

"Your mane is falling out..." She said picking up a few strands of grey and white hair.

Nayomi's eyes were focussed on the hair as she reached into her mane and tried to tug at it. To here shock a large section of it came out without much effort this caused her to fall back in shock "W-what...?" She got up shakily and quickly made her way to the front desk. "I need to talk to the manager now..."

"I'm sorry but we can't do that for just anyone" The clerk said bluntly.

"I'm going to explain this so you understand. You are a Changeling, your boss is a Changeling. I need to see a Changeling doctor about what's happening to me and only a Changeling can get me there. Now let me see the manager" She said in a low, annoyed tone.

"We are under strict orders not to let you go anywhere before the DNA test comes back next week. Now I'm going to ask nicely. Please leave" She said leaning over the counter giving her and angry stare.

Orders? Why would their 'mother' or whatever have any interest in her for? She didn't want to piss off the leader of the Changelings so she begrudgingly complied and left the store without any more conflict.

What was happening to her and why were the changeling so interested?