A New Day

  "Should we wake her?"

"It's been three hours and I think the dragon pup is going to be home soon."

"Mom, what's gonna happen now?"

  I was too busy staring at the purple mare. Pinkie Pie interrupted, what I call, a interrogation because she care for us. She didn't blurt out, she asked my permission first.

"Pinkie how did you know we was here?"

  Pinkie was nowhere to be found. We looked all around the room and kitchen, but no sign of her. Then a black blur jumped on me.

"Emmy look! I'm a changeling!"

  She was prancing around the room in a jet-black suit with green goggles. Her mane was tied back like a fin, she had plastic green wings on her back and a crooked carrot painted black on her head.

  Nymph, Flutterwing, and Scootaloo fell and rolled on the floor in laughter. Sunny ran to the nearest window and stuck his head out laughing. Many ponies stared at him like we was as crazy as Leaf.

  Then she stood up. I was the only one who saw her and she saw me. I looked over a the little ones, Nymph and Flutterwing had no disguises any more. Must of laughed it off.

  I placed myself between Twilight and them. She reared head, her horn glowing. I began charging my horn as well. Then out of nowhere two blurs stood behind her waiting for my signal.

  I shook my head, Locust and Tulip would only make things worse. Sunny was now away from the window and stood in front of Twilight.

"Sunbeam, move out of the way."

  He held his head up.

"No."

"Sunbeam, I'm not kidding. Those two foals there are changelings. I understand Pinkie's little joke there," she pointed her hoof over at the pink mare who was trying to get past the two lings behind, her, Twilight.

"But these two have to be taken care of."

"You mean blasted away into piles of dust?"

"What! No, I mean tied down so I can talk to them."

"Miss Twilight, you should know better than to threaten foals. Look at them, they are not doing any harm at all. And Miss Pie was not joking, she just wanted to keep Emm---Emerald from frowning."

"If Pinkie's isn't joking then that's all the more reason for you to move. Scootaloo you should move away too."

"No, Twilight. I'm not leaving my mom."

  She froze.

"Wha? Scootaloo, Emerald is a changeling. That means she can't be your mother, it's illogical. It's insane."

"Twilight, please listen. Do you even hear her voice? She's afraid, just like me. Twilight, I promise that you will get all the information you want for your book, if you don't harm Emerald or her family."

"Hmm."

  Twilight sat down, her horn's lessened as she brought back her notebook and quill. Sunny sat as well and motioned for us to follow. Locust and Tulip disappeared, I think they used the vanishing trick and took Pinkie with them.

"I trust you, Sunbeam. Now first thing is," she flipped through her notebook, "Can you change into your true form, I would like to see you as you are."

  I looked at Sunny who gave a small nod. I stood up and was engulfed in green flames. a strand of my mane fell over my eye, only going as far as my eye.

  Twilight scooted back from the flames and stared at me.

"You're not a regular changeling."

  I blushed, my cheeks becoming a lime color.

"No, I'm not. I am Queen Emerald of green. But you can still call me Emerald."

  She scribbled more down and turned to Sunny, who was in flames himself. He must of caught flame from being so close to me.

"Sunbeam?"

  He became his regular self. Twilight looked as if she didn't know what to believe.

"Okay, so let me think. Sunbeam, father of Scootaloo, is actually a changeling. You, the Princess's adviser, are a changeling queen. And those two are your kids?"

"Well, yes. Except I just met Sunny yesterday."

"Okay, so how do I know can still trust you?"

"Twilight Sparkle, would I have revealed my form if I didn't trust you?"

"Actually, you did it because I asked and Sunbeam was a pony a second ago."

"Details."

"Hmm. All right, but I will need to write Princess Celestia a letter about this."

"Please Twilight don't tell her we're changelings."

"Why shouldn't I? She needs to know!"

"Twilight, please. My family and I are like the others hives on this one. We still are afraid of the Sun Queen."

  She scribbled in her notes again.

"All right, but you have to tell Princess Celestia about," she gestured to us, "this."

  I did a Pinkie Promise copying the movements that Pinkie showed me.

"Twilight, you may ask now."

  She pulled her note book close to her this time.

"How many Queens are there besides you?"

"Eight, if you count Queen Chrysalis."

"Are any of them friendly?"

"To their hives, yes, to each other and ponies, no. Some queens are more vicious to their hives than others."

"Oh my. Uh, how do you feed off love?"

"That is simple. We don't feed off just love, we feed off all emotions. Love is just our primary food,, but we try to avoid hate as much as we can. It can change a ling from the best soldier to a pile of black goo."

"What is really happening with the changeling threat you told Celestia about?"

"You see, Twilight. Oh dear. I think I should start the beginning on this one. Ready with that quill?"

  Twilight gave a nod.

"As you know I gave the Princess a letter and the note on silk, and she probably sent it to you. Well," I summoned my magic and made the small silk letter appear and gave it to Twilight,

"This is the true note, written by Sunny when he was transporting the Princess to Canterlot. My family and I of course panicked since she was left outside without a disguise..."

I told Twilight all that happened to this point, and all through it she scribbled notes down in her book. When I was finally one talking the door busted open again by the pink pony.

"Twilight! Please don't hurt Emmy!"

  Twilight looked up from her book to the crazy mare.

"Don't worry Pinkie, it's settled. I won't hurt Emerald unless she does something to harm somepony."

  Then all around us their was a explosion. When the dust settled we saw that the room was decorated like Sugar Cube Corner. Pinkie had a cannon with her.

"Then it's time foooor..."

  She twirled around the room pulling a rope with four mares attached. The door shut and she stopped releasing the mares and pulled another rope.

".....The Thank-You-For-Not-Sending-My-Friends-To-A-Big-Scary-Dungeon-In-Canterlot-Party!"

  I leaned over to Twilight.

"Are you positive that she's sane?"

"It's just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie. Just don't think about it or you'll get a headache."

  It took longer than we thought to convince the other Elements to not send for an army. The most resisting came from Loyalty who tried to fly out, but was caught in Twilight's magic.

  My little group stayed as far as they could away from the mare, but Scootaloo ran right up to her with a smile. I heard her talking in her sleep the night before about the mare and how much she wanted her to be her sister.

  We stayed at Twilight's for some time until it was well past midnight. We bid the mares farewell and made our way home, Twilight accompanied us to make sure we wouldn't sneak away.

"So you're living in Ponyville?"

"Only temporarily, we don't want Silverwing's hive to reach Equestria's Capital and the Everfree is the closest to that hive. But Queen Ruby's hive is within the forest, so I don't know how long it will take them to pass her hive."

"Why would she have her hive inside Equestria is changeling's are afraid of Celestia and Luna?"

"Because she's a mad mare."

  We stopped outside our home where my broodlings stood in the small garden. Locust stepped forward and bowed, they rest following his lead. Sunny bowed with them.

  I nodded and they ushered inside. Twilight was confused, I could taste it.

"They will not leave their queen alone with a pony for so long."

"Oh okay. Hey, tomorrow can I see your hive?"

"I would be wrong to deny you that privilege. You know, since you have to study changelings. And I hope you will trust us soon, I wish not having only the pink one as a protector."

  We went our separate ways and slept in our homes. Not knowing want the next day has in store.