Chapter 17

Somewhere in the universe there was a tiny atom that was very special and powerful. That atom ate away at other objects turning them into more atoms and altered them to its will. After a few hours the lone atom became millions and a form started to take shape. That form was a Pegasus that had a black coat and a rainbow mane often known as Kindo.

Just yesterday Kindo had gone to kill his own daughter, Rainbow Dash and unfortunately he still needed to finish the job. He knew that her connection to time was causing time itself to decay but he unfortunately didn’t have the time to train her. Even though when trained she could help to stop the destruction of time and by extension all of creation. It was with a heavy heart that he returned to Equestria to finish his task.

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Today had been boring for Princess Celestia but since Luna was now awake they were in the dining hall. The two had just finished eating and were preparing to lower the sun and raise the moon before Celestia went to bed while Luna watched over the night. As soon as the two turned around they heard the sound of whooshing air and seen the light of teleportation.

  “Your majesties, I’m here to request your presence in an unusual matter,” a voice said from behind.

Turning around the two Princesses saw a changeling bowing to them while levitating a scroll just above his head. Taking the initiative Luna took the scroll in her magic and promptly read it. It took a few seconds for Luna to become extremely confused but almost a minute before the scroll went over to Celestia. Celestia merely scans the scroll before she looks to her younger sister.

  “Your Queen wishes to make amends with Equestria?” Celestia asked with a little venom in her voice.

  “Especially after what she had done to us?” Luna continued.

  “This is a misunderstanding it’s not the queen that wishes to speak to you,” the changeling replied.

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Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor had a peaceful day and were heading towards their chambers for the night. Tonight however would turn the peace into confusion and anger from a source both of them were VERY familiar with. Shortly after they entered their chambers and got prepared for bed they noticed the signs of teleportation just outside their door. With a quick snort of annoyance from Shining, Cadence opened the door to find a changeling bowing extremely low to the ground.

  “Your majesties, I am here to request your presence in an unusual matter,” it said quickly out of fear while levitating a scroll to them. Cadence read the scroll three times to make sure she was reading it correctly before passing it to her husband who reacted much the same way.

  “Tell your queen that she was lucky to survive and if she tries anything like that again then she will not have that luxury again,” Shining said in a very dark tone.

  “Normally I would say he’s overreacting but I also agree so be gone and be thankful for your life,” Cadence said dryly with a stone cold look on her face.

  “I’m afraid that you misunderstand the letter. It is not from the Queen,” it said hoping for survival. Cadence and Shining Armor both got a look of confusion on their faces.

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Things had been mostly normal the last week but the one major difference was the lack of the resident speed demon, Rainbow Dash. She had been at the hospital all week watching over Soarin while he recovered from his encounter with his Commander, Kindo.

The rest of her friends however noticed something was wrong or at the very last different in an offsetting kind of way. Twilight had noticed unfamiliar magic residue from certain places. Applejack sometimes felt like something was watching her. Rarity had taken notice of some barely visible scuff marks in a few places. Fluttershy definitely noticed an increase in animals at her little sanctuary.

Pinkie Pie had noticed none of that but her Pinkie Sense kept telling her about things in the shadows, and hiding in various places. All week however her mane felt weird and it was a slightly different color but just a moment ago she got one she was used to. Something important was going to happen and everypony needed to gather at Soarin’s hospital room.

After a few minutes the Elements of Harmony had indeed been gathered in the Wonderbolts’ room. Soarin was actually awake but his wings were unfortunately scheduled to be removed and he was going to be stuck as an earth pony. The Elements were catching up with one another when there was a simple knock on the door. Opening it revealed a changeling that had a different feel about it than the others.

  “You seven have been given the honor to meet with the ruler of the changelings,” it said as it walked past Dash straight at Soarin.

  “Why would Chrysalis want to see us now?” Dash pressed stepping in front of the changeling. However the changeling was just an illusion so it drifted through her and, although a little shaken, she was unharmed.

  “All I can say is that it’s not Queen Chrysalis that wishes to see you seven,” it answered stopping at Soarin’s bedside.

  “What do I have to do with all of this?” Soarin asked as the changeling lifted a hoof to Soarin’s head.

  “All will be explained when you arrive,” was the answer and although the changeling said it the voice was definitely different. The changeling started glowing very brightly as his hoof reached Soarin’s head and when it dissipated the changeling was gone. On the bed close to his head was a scroll but nopony else cared about the scroll when they noticed something else.

  “Soarin your wings!” Rainbow practically yelled causing him to finally notice that his wings were in perfect condition. Twilight was the first to recover, mainly due to her curiosity when she noticed the scroll, and levitated said scroll so she could read it. Recovering from what was on the scroll was a little harder than she had thought.

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In between the badlands and Equestria is a small country that has a high population of changelings. In the past two months however the population of ponies living here has expanded. One thing that didn’t change was that their rules were created by the changeling on top.

The capitol city itself could only be compared by combining the beauty of Canterlot with the cityscape of Manehattan. Above the capitol was a small cloud city that was in the process of being built. In the main building there are thirteen different ponies that are new to the city yet get to meet its’ ruler. Those alongside the Princesses, Elements of Harmony, the lucky Wonderbolt, and the cautious Prince are Kindo and Vectra.

  “You requested to see us,” Kindo said as he and the rest entered everypony ready for battle.

  “Hello again everypony,” the changeling King greeted as he turned around.

  “MIDNIGHT?!?!?!” everypony exclaimed.