Destinies Intertwined

"Come into the kitchen, and we'll explain everything."

“Or poison us.” Rainbow muttered.

"It's YOUR kitchen," Lyra pointed out.

“But how do we know you’re not carrying anything on you that I don’t have around? And where’s Tank?”

“Who?”

“The turtle.”

“Oh, he had to ‘take care of some business’ so to speak. He’ll be back.”

Rainbow gave Lyra a glare. "He'd better be."

"Ladies, we have more pressing matters to attend to," Caramel

As if on cue, Tank flew back in. “See, he’s fine,” Lyra said, “but you’re right Caramel, let’s cut to the chase. We believe that one of you is a spy for Chrysalis.”

“Um… we kinda already knew that,” Fluttershy said.

“We kinda figured that after Mrs. Cake gave away your position.”

"I knew the donuts were overkill for our cover," Rainbow muttered.

"Regardless, we need you to spy on the four other girls tonight, let us know if you see anything unusual." Caramel told them.

“Well if that’s all you want, we’re already planning on it. We were actually going to cut them at some point,” Rainbow said.

Caramel and Lyra stare at the two. “Cut them,” they asked in unison.

“Yeah, changelings bleed green blood. If the blood’s not red, then they’re not real.

“You really don’t need to go that far,” Lyra said, “Just watch them and report any strange activity to us.”

“Alright…”

“Another indicator, by the way, is uri-”

“Ew! No! You want us to dive into a toilet for that?!”

"Well, would you rather mutilate them?" Lyra pointed out.

“Good point, but still…”

"You're both smart girls, you'll figure something out."

“Right…”

"Well, do you have any other questions?"

“I do, how the heck are you standing here?”

“I think they’re changelings” Fluttershy whispered.

“See? You are smart,” Caramel grinned.

“What?!” Rainbow put up her fists, “You think you can pull one over on us?!”

“We aren’t like Chrysalis’ Changelings, we were sent here by our king to round them all up and  bring them to Changeling justice,” Caramel sighed, “Look, you need to keep this to yourself, no one can know about this. NO ONE. You can’t tell your friends, the police, even the Princesses, if you do, our entire operation is compromised.”

Fluttershy asked, “But Bon Bon knows already, right?”

“Yes, but it was a more complicated situation,” Lyra said.

“How?” Rainbow folded her arms.

“She saw me in my original form,” Lyra admitted.

“...Oh...Do you look like the other Changeings? I mean, if you don’t mind my asking.” Fluttershy asked.

“We will reveal our forms to you when the mission is complete, and...we hope to- nevermind. Just complete the mission.”

“Fine, but no funny business,” Rainbow glared.

“Deal,” Caramel shook Rainbow’s hand, “We’ll be at the meteor shower monitoring your progress,” Caramel gave the girls a couple of ear pieces. “These will relay everything you hear.”

Both girls put the ear pieces in their ears. “These better not blow up.” Rainbow glared.

“No, they won’t. Unless you fail,” Lyra gave them a wink.

Rainbow glared at the unicorn, “It doesn’t matter, we won’t fail.”

“Um...what do we do when we find the Changeling?” Fluttershy asked.

“Use a code, something like ‘I wonder what’s for supper,’ and we’ll be there ASAP.” Caramel explained.

“Um...Okay…” Fluttershy gulped.

“Just relax and you’ll be fine.”

“Cool,”

“...And one more thing, I’m...afraid you’ll both need to take urine tests…”

“And here we go,” Rainbow Dash said, “That would have been good BEFORE telling us all this!”

“It’s just to confirm our guts. And my gut’s never wrong.” Caramel grinned, “I’ll be in the other room.”

*****

“They’re definitely pegasi,” Lyra said, sitting on the couch.

“Told ya!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“Well, that’s good to know. But, like I said, my gut.” Caramel sneered.

“Whatever,” Rainbow mumbled.

“So, will you do it?” Lyra asked.

“Well, I’ve already peed in a cup, so I better.” Rainbow explained.

“Okay then, oh and I apologize if it looked a little intrusive,” Caramel said.

“A little?”

“Well, in any matter, we will leave you to get ready. We need to ourselves.”

“O- Okay. Be safe.”

Caramel smiled before he took Fluttershy’s hand and gave it a small kiss. “You too.”

Fluttershy’s cheeks began to turn a bright shade of red, as she pulled her hands together and brought them over her mouth. “Thank you,” She squeaked.

Caramel smiled and looked to Rainbow, “I assume you don’t want the-”

“Nope! I’ll see ya tonight after we nabbed the changeling.”

Caramel nodded, and both he and Lyra left, waving good-bye.

“I’d save the affection for after the mission.”

“I thought it’d give her a confidence boost,” Caramel grinned.

“But it might distract her,” Lyra shot back.

“Didn’t Khai give you a confidence boost for this mission?” Caramel responded.

“He...may have,” Then, Lyra whispered, “But if he had, it wasn’t exactly ‘safe for work’.”

“Ah… Think you’re gonna…”

“Probably…”

"Khai's a lucky man." Caramel chuckled.

“That he is.” Lyra giggled, "But I'm also a very lucky girl."

“That you are.” Caramel grinned.

******

“So what are you wearing to the shower? A cute dress? Skirt and T-shirt? Or-” A sudden chuckle from Lyra interrupted Bon Bon, “What?”

“Nothing…” Lyra stifled a laugh back, “Just you being you.”

Bon Bon placed her hands on her hips, “What does that mean?

Lyra smiled, “You’re just being...you...and I love that.”

Bon Bon groaned, “And that is…?”

“Your energetic nature.”

“Oh… I see...Well, I like how calm you stay in these things.” Bon Bon confessed.

“Well, thank you,”

“So...you’re going with Caramel tonight?” Bon Bon asked.

“No, he’s going with another girl...though he hasn’t decided. I wish I could’ve gone with you, but everyone would... you know…”

“Yeah… Carrot Top’s such a gossiper.” Bon Bon slumped on the couch, “Anywho, I hope you’ll capture that Changeling tonight, especially if she’s disguised as one of the six, that CAN’T be good,” Bon Bon eyes widened, “What if she’s been a changeling this whole time?!”

“I doubt that, the Siyah Changelings only noticed the Elements AFTER the wedding,” Lyra joked, “Unfortunately, she knows now.”

“But I thought you arrested her when she was beaten by the Prince and Princess?”

“Still, that doesn’t mean she couldn’t have an agent still here- and doing her bidding.”

"I guess that's true, but still..."

“Well, hopefully our operation tonight with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy will work and we’ll catch her, maybe even interrogate her.”

Bon Bon gave Lyra an odd look, “Um...how do you know they’re not the Changeling spy?”

“They took a urine test, Rainbow Dash was NOT happy.”

“...Changelings-”

“Yes, we do have a slightly different color of urine...but can we change the subject, please?” Lyra begged.

“Oh, sure. So...can I meet Caramel sometime?”

“Maybe, but he'd appreciate it if you don't mention his chest."

Bon Bon made a silly frown, “But...it’s so...broad...and…”

“Bon Bon, please! I’m a married woman!” Lyra huffed.

“Oh, heh, sorry,” Bon Bon leaned forward, “So could you tell me about your husband? You’ve mentioned you’re married but I haven’t heard anything about him. Is he cute?”

Lyra raised an eyebrow, “...Why?”

“Just curious."

"Well, he is very...attractive, particularly when he wears his ceremonial armor...it shows off his chest quite-" Lyra paused, 'He's right, we DO focus our attention on their-"

"...shows his chest quite- what?"

“Quite well…”

“Why did you stop?”

“Well… I think Caramel’s right, I think we DO focus a lot on their chests.”

"Well, we can't help it if they're so hot, they're practically advertising!"

“Not helping.”

“Sorry.”

“But yeah, he is very protective yet very sweet. Just don’t get on his bad side.”

“I’ll try not too,” Bon Bon giggled.

“Oh! And don’t call him ‘king’, he hates being called that.”

“Why?”

“He thinks ‘King Khai’ sounds stupid, and he doesn’t think he needs have two titles for one that was crowned.”

“Wait...two titles?”

“Yeah. Oh, did I forget to mention Khai’s a king?” Lyra smiled nervously.

“WHAT?! You’re married to a king?!”

“Yep, his name actually means ‘crowned’.”

“Does that make you a…”

“Queen? Pretty much, but he still trusts me with tasks such as these.”

“I’m talking with a Queen?! A Queen’s been living with me for the past year?!”

“Well, not only that, but you’re a friend with a queen.” Lyra smiled.

“Why didn’t you tell me that earlier?”

“Hey, it’s one secret after another; I need to let you breath. Besides, you initially didn’t take the changeling secret too well…”

“Hm… Good point…”

“Yeah, and...I didn’t want to ruin our friendship, I’m really just a normal girl, like you! Except...I’m a Queen…”

“Well, it’ll take a bit of time getting used to my roommate being a changeling Queen, especially after that thing in Canter-”

“To be fair, Chrysalis wasn’t a real queen; she just gave herself that title while trying to take over.”

“Oh, that I didn’t know about. Any other fun facts?”

Lyra chuckled, “Well...Changelings, ones that AREN’T in the Siyah, aren’t black or full of holes, and their wings are actually very pretty. In fact the female changelings have wings that look like butterflies.”

“Oh wow. But why didn’t I see yours?”

“Well, I did change back pretty quickly, if I do say so myself. I’ll show them to you when we’re done.”

“Okay. Speaking of which, shouldn’t you be getting ready?”

“I guess, are you going?”

“No thanks, I’m gonna pass. I don’t wanna see a big fight.”

“There won’t be a fight, not tonight.”

“How do you know?”

“Have you seen Caramel’s muscles?”

Both girls laughed at Lyra’s joke, and went into her room, to figure out the unicorn’s wardrobe for that evening...