Applejack?

Prologue

          Just inside the Everfree Forest, near the border of Sweet Apple Acres, there could be seen through the murk, a lone changeling trotting through the forest. The creature's double ringed cat eyes glowed, flitting left and right in the darkness of the forest, wings fluttering nervously. The creature was carrying a small silk bundle gently in its mouth that swung back and forth with each step. The changeling stopped in a clearing, setting down the bundle.

          "It should be here somewhere! O by the hive, it has to be here..." came a hushed buzzing voice from the changeling.

          The creature turned its head, ears perked; it could hear music coming from nearby. Leaving the bundle where it sat on the ground, the changeling approached the sound and poked its head through the underbrush. It smiled at what it saw.

          The Apple family was dancing and singing and eating, celebrating one of their famous family reunions.

          The changeling immediately noticed a long line of boiling cauldrons directly in front of it. There were a few Apples near, smiling while making their world renowned apple fritters, none of them noticing the pair of amber, double ringed, slit eyes watching them from the bushes.

          The changeling drew its head back into the cover of the forest once again, trotting back to its bundle. The changeling picked the bundle back up in its mouth and began to return to the outskirts of the reunion, tears streaming down its smooth, black face.

          Upon reaching the underbrush the changeling once again poked out its head. When it was sure nopony was looking it went forth from its hiding place, trotting towards a small stand piled high with freshly made fritters near the cauldrons.

          The changeling then gently set its precious bundle under the stand, letting a small orange foal tumble out. The creature stared at it with tear-filled eyes before reminding itself what had to be done.

 The changeling embraced the orange foal one last time and wept.

          "I’ll always love you, Applejack."

          Placing an apple-sized amber sphere with the little filly, it turned and bolted into the Everfree.