Destinies Intertwined

“Applejack can we please please please please please please go?” Twilight begged from her position on the couch.

“I’m Sorry Twilight,” Applejack said for the umpteenth time, “but I have to wait until you stop bleeding.”

“I’m not bleeding anymore, and besides, I have...something I need to do at the meteor shower…”

“And what’d that be?”

“I was going to meet...someone…” Twilight looked away, her cheeks turning red.

“...And who’d that be?”

“Someone I met at the library after the… incident.”

“Oh? What was their name?”

“Comet Tail.”

“Ah… he was that cute, huh?”

Twilight’s eyes widened and she stared at Applejack, “Uh, I never even said he was a boy,”

“Ya didn’t have to,” Applejack smirked, “I could see it on your face.”

“Am I really being that noticeable?”

“Oh yeah.”

“Terrific…”

“Does he feel the same way about you?”

“Um… Spike said he seemed to be doing the same thing I was doing, just standing there, looking at him- Well, I mean, he wasn’t looking at himself, he was looking at me, which was kinda embarrassing since I was only wearing my pajamas, but if what Spike said was true, maybe he does.”

“Uh...whatever you say.”

Twilight exhaled hard, and asked, “Have you ever been in a situation like this?”

“Ya mean hittin my head? A few times, I suppose.”

“No, I mean, have you ever had any experience in...romance?”

Applejack sighed, “Once, back in High School.”

“Oh. How did that work out?”

“It went well, until I caught him in a car with another mare, and it wasn’t just small talk either.”

“I’m sorry that happened, Applejack.”

“Meh, don’t be; that happened a long time ago.”

“Still, no one should have to go through that.”

“Well, I hope you don’t have to, Twilight, hopefully this Comet Tail is the right guy for you.”

“I hope so too…”

*****

“R-Rarity, w-why is your blood...green?” Spike stammered.

“Whatever are you talking about,” Rarity asked.

“Your arm.”

“Oh...that’s nothing, Spike, now why don’t you-”

“You’re not Rarity!”

Rarity seemed taken by surprise, “What do you mean? Of course I’m Rarity.”

“No, this was in one of Twilight’s books, no one has green blood except for…”

Suddenly, Rarity jumped on top of Spike, pinning him to the ground. “Stop it! If you tell ANYONE about me, I will personally make sure that yours, and Twilight Sparkle’s lives are miserable. And the only way to get out of it would be to love me.”

“Where’s the real Rarity?”

“I am the real Rarity, whatever made you think I wasn’t a changeling this whole time?”

“Oh I don’t know, maybe the fact that you looked NOTHING LIKE A CHANGELING!”

“Spike,” Rarity said softly, while rubbing his shoulders, “You do remember changelings can change forms, don’t you?”

“But your form remained the same the whole time. If you want to prove it, ask Twilight for the Element of Generosity and see if it’ll work.”

Rarity rubbed her forehead, “Spike, I’ve tried being as nice and as gentle as I can about doing this, but you’re leaving me little choice.” She pressed her hands hard against Spike’s chest with nearly enough force to snap some ribs.

Spike winced at the increased pain. “What are you doing?”

“If you’re not going to do it willingly, I’ll have to do it by force.”

Before she could do anything else, there was a knock at the door.

“We’re closed!”

“Then why does the sign say ‘we’re open’?” A feminine voice asked.’

“I just forgot to change-”

“PLEASE HELP ME THIS CHANGELING IS GOING TO RAPE ME!!!!!” Spike blurted out.

Rarity glared at Spike, and pushed down harder, making a loud cracking noise followed by a loud scream of pain.

The door flew open, and in rushed Lyra, “Well, I think I found me a Siyah spy,” She sneered.

Rarity stood up, and in a bright flash of green fire, she was a changeling, wearing worn jeans and a ripped black hoodie.

“Whoa,” Spike exclaimed, “Guess you really are ugly on the inside.”

The spy merely glared at him.

“So, are you ready for a flank whooping,” Lyra asked.

“I was going to ask you the same thing.”

Suddenly, a burst of similar flame, revealing Lyra’s true form. She was pure white with Egyptian attire. Not one hole was present on her body, and her wings looked like a monarch butterfly’s.

Spike could only stare in awe of her appearance; she was beautiful. “Lyra… You’re…”

“Yes, I’m a changeling too. The Siyah changelings that you are familiar with are rebels. I’ll explain later.”

“We are not a rebellion,” “Rarity” frowned, “We are enlightened, we know our place as servants of Queen Chrysalis, who will take the throne of Equestria and-”

She was interrupted by Spike moving his body is such a way to trip the spy. Obviously, it wasn’t working as she picked up Spike by the collar of his shirt. “Spike, stop it this instant!” She felt an impact to her chest followed by a fall to the floor.

“No, you stop,” Lyra glared at her, “Stop hurting him and especially stop using him, Kanika.”

“Oh really Urbi?”

“Urbi,” Spike asked on the verge of laughing.

“It means ‘princess,’ where I’m from,” Lyra clarified.

“Oh…”

“Yeah…” Lyra- Erm… We mean Urbi… pressed her gold sandal into Rar-er, Kanika’s back.

Lancewing: Man that was awkward…

NotRamjet97: Yeah...Changelings, man, they do that.

Lancewing: Any other name cha-

Pinkie: SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!

NotRamjet97: ….Anyway, let’s get back to the-

Kanika rolled toward her right, and Urbi lost her balance, and fell on her back. Kanika swiftly got back to her feet, and pointed a gun at Urbi's face. Urbi froze. “Shoot me, and you will be charged with killing royalty.”

“Wait, royalty,” Spike asked.

“Yes, I’m a princess where I come from. Kinda explains my name.”

"Will you all shut up?! I will rise to great rank in the Siyah for killing you, Urbi."

"Then what's stopping you?"

“Hm… Good point.” She pulled the trigger. Nothing. “What the heck?” She clicked it again. Nothing still. She looked at the safety trigger. It was switched on. "Grrr!"

By the time Kanika could switch the safety off, Urbi had already gotten to her feet and grabbed a mannequin.

“WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING,” a voice yelled. Everyone looked to see…

“Rarity, is that you,” Spike asked.

Rarity huffed, "I know this isn't my normal, ravishing state, but it is me."

“Well, as long as you’re the real deal, any sight’s good with me. By the way, what happened to you?”

"That Changeling imposter gave me to the Diamond Dogs!”

“She did wha-” Spike was interrupted by the pain in his chest.

"Spike! What happened?!"

"My ribs, I think she broke them."

"You'll be the lucky one," Kanika sneered.

"Really," Suddenly, Urbi kicked Kanika's leg, knocking them out from under her. The gun went off and Kanika hit the floor hard. Urbi's horn glowed as it suddenly shot out a large net, covering Kanika. "As far as I'm concerned, you'll be lucky if you don't get the death sentence. You and your kind have already tainted the reputation of the changelings. Don't make it any worse."

“Hmph, and you’re so well liked?"

“What do you mean?”

Suddenly, red and blue lights began to flash and a siren sounded. “What in the name of-” Urbi was interrupted by a voice over the loudspeaker.

“Changeling scumbags, we know you’re in there, come out with your hands up.”

“Yeah, THAT’S a way to get us out,” Urbi groaned.

"You may want to comply, no telling how long Spike will last," Kanika smirked.

“Fine… I’ll play it your way, for now.” Urbi quickly reverted back to Lyra and ran out.

Rarity just stood there confused. “What just happened?”

Just then, Rainbow Dash burst in. “Where’s the spy,” she immediately yelled.

"The what," Rarity asked.

"Caramel and Lyra told us that there was a Changeling spy pretending to be one of us, and Flutters and I just figured that it was Rari-" Rainbow suddenly glared at the white unicorn.

“Rarity isn’t the spy," Spike said, “or at least not the one over there. I saw the whole fight.”

Rainbow looked skeptical.

“Rarity walked in when Ly- um I mean… Urbi I think it was… I don’t know, but she attacked the Rarity that tried to rape me.”

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, raped?"

“Yeah. I fought her back and that’s how I found out that she’s a changeling.”

Rainbow’s eyes widened,"H-how exactly did you find out?"

“I kinda scratched her when I was trying to escape.”

"Oh...whew!"

“But she bled green blood. That’s how I knew.”

“Okay, that’s...better than it coulda been.”

“I guess...but I still feel...weird,” Spike sighed.

Fluttershy’s motherly instincts came in, “Oh, goodness, let’s lay you down.”

“No!” His ribs began to feel sore again.

Fluttershy jumped back at Spike’s sudden exclamation.

“I-I’m sorry, but after what happened with Rari- the spy...I just- need to be alone, AWAY from girls!”

Spike huffed, stuffed his hands in his pockets, and quietly left…

The girls stood there, speechless, never having seen this side of their friend before…

*****

Urbi (in her Lyra form), rushed to the head police officer, “Sir, there’s a Changeling spy in there, but she won’t be any trouble.”

“I see….” The police officer rubbed his chin, “Fortunately, neither will you.”

Before she could react, a pair of cuffs were slapped on Urbi’s wrists, “Wha-what are you doing?”

“Arresting another changeling, the one in the boutique’ll be number three.”

“Oh...no…” Urbi was (rudely) pushed into a police car, with: “Caramel? Really?”

“Yeah...and guess who it was…” Caramel moaned.

“I give up, who?”

Caramel took a deep breath, “Carrot Top….”

“WHAT?!?!”

“Yes...my ex-girlfriend.”

“YOU NEVER TOLD ME IT WAS CARROT TOP!!”

“What’s wrong with her, other than...this?”

“SHE THOUGHT ME AND BON BON WERE GAY!!!”

“I know, I know. Speaking of which, have you seen her?”

“Not really, I’ve tried to AVOID that gossip.”

“I was talking about Bon Bon.”

“Oh, she’s at home, though she’ll probably kill me for making her wait there…”

“Ya think? She’ll probably take me with you.”

Urbi chuckled, and gave Caramel a light punch. “What did you do to earn her wrath?”

“Better not say.”

“Fair enough.”

“So...how are we gonna get outta this?”

“Well, I expect that they did their homework, and I don’t expect them to let up on us. Hm…”

“But I’ll bet ya the research they did, was on the Siyah…”

“True. Maybe, just maybe, our original forms should do the trick.”

“Oh? And how would that work?”

“If they could see just how vastly different we look compared to her, maybe they could see that we are not the enemies.”

“Maybe… Maybe not…”

“Well, I did have another plan…”

“And what’d that be?”

“I can’t tell you, Khai told me not to tell ANYONE.”

“Not even your carive?”

“Nope,” Urbi grinned.

Caramel sighed, “Fine, but if you need my help, I’ll be here, my sevci.”

Urbi grinned, “Thank you, my beloved carive.”