To anypony that reads this, including myself,

My name is Terminal. I don't know what happened, or where I am, but I now have proof of the beings that have been hidden among us for several years already. All that I do remember, is that finding out about these creatures was, and still is my mission. They call themselves the changelings. They are creatures of Equestrian myth with powers that the average unicorn does not have. This is my story of my encounter, and recovery--as they're telling me--with the changelings.

Terminal was a former royal guard, now retired. He was a white stallion with a yellow and orange striped mane, with a lock and key for his cutie mark since he handeled the locks during his service. He normally sat home waiting for things to happen. Sometimes he would go out for a stroll through Ponyville and maybe Canterlot. Other times, he would sit by the window and watch the various ponies walk by. He normally gets visits from the new friends he made. An average life for him, until, it happened.

"THERE'S A WEDDING?!" he exclaimed.

"Well, duh. Everypony's been talking about it for weeks." said his friend Lyda.

She was a pegasus with an orange coat, a flat purple mane, and a hammer and saw for her cutie mark. Nopony expects a pegasus, let alone a mare, have a cutie mark like this, but it happened. She expected something else, but the facts made it obvious. She liked all the construction toys that her parents got her, she taught herself how to use a saw, hammer, and nails on wood, and she even built little figures of her family as a filly.

She and Terminal met when he first arrived from Canterlot. They had a small chat at Sugarcube Corner and they became the best of friends. The one strange thing about her was that she kept a secret that only she and her parents knew. She never mentioned it to anypony because she promised her parents not to when they passed. Ever since then, she looked at the Everfree Forest, the world, and herself in a different way. She felt out of place from everypony else.

"WHY HAS THIS NEVER BEEN MENTIONED TO ME?!"

"I don't know. The news has been talking about it for a long time. Haven't you noticed in the 'Extra' section?"

"Oh. that explains a lot. I never look at that section." There was a long pause. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Something's been wrong with you for as long as the wedding has been mentioned."

"I don't know. Something's not right about this whole situation. It's tomorrow and this feeling has gotten worse every day as it draws closer."

"Well why haven't you told me, or any of our friends?" He asked. He felt like he was putting too much pressure on her. But he couldn't help it. He'd worked as a Royal Guard for three years and he always did that to anypony who seemed suspicios to him and Celestia.

"I'm sorry but I can't." she responded. She felt just about ready to leave in tears from talking about the subject.

"Why not? Something's bothering you so-"

"I SAID I CAN'T!" she interrupted loudly. "IT'S TOO PERSONAL AND I JUST," she stopped mid-sentence. "I'm sorry. I just can't talk about it right now. It's of my own matters. Nopony would understand what I mean."

"So, you just won't tell anypony?" he asked calmly.

She nodded. She was on the brink of breaking her promise to her parents, and she tried her best at keeping it hidden until now. There was no possible way for her to keep it hidden for much longer. Unless if he left it alone, she was always expecting an "Is there a secret you never told anypony," or "If there's a secret that I need to know, go ahead and tell me."

"Well, you clearly need some alone time. Go ahead. Get some fresh air." he said, knowing she was at the verge of tears. Never had he seen any of his friends so upset, especially Lyda. He felt sorry for her since he had pushed her too far.

After she left, he went back to his own business, and sat on his comfy chair, and fell asleep.

Lyda exited the home, and went for a fly around Ponyville to calm herself. After about an hour or so, she stopped at Cloudsdale, the home of the pegasi. This was were she pulled a small cloud off, big enough to not cause too much damage to the city but still support her, and fell asleep.

"Huh?" her voice echoed. She was in a black world where she was the only thing colored. "Where am I? What's going on?" The lights turned on. She was floating in front of Canterlot. But the city wasn't as it normally was.

It was awfully quiet, and there was no sign of the Royal Guard anywhere. Instead of them, she saw black, sleek figures walking and flying around. Before she could identify them, the world faded into black as it had started.

She had woken up, and felt nervous about the dream she had. She looked up at the sky to see it was still daytime. She had recognized the figures and was suprised to see them as the only ones around in Canterlot.

"Nononononono it can't be them. It just CAN'T!" she exclaimed to herself. "This has to be some sort of coinsidence. There's no possible way they act like that. Unless," she continued to herself, "am I the one that acts differently?" She had known herself as a nice pony who never got in anyone's way. She knew this was the right path. But after seen those behaving oddly, she started questioning herself.

She flew over to her home, and isolated herself in her room. Just a moment later, she saw a figure in the far side of her room.

"Hello Lyda," she said. "It's been years since I've spoken to one of your family tree."

"WHAT DO YOU WANT?!" Lyda asked harshly. "WHO ARE YOU?! WHY ARE YOU HERE?!"

"Calm down now. I'm just a very, VERY distant relative." said the figure. "Have your parents ever told you stories about a figure with holes in her legs, a curved, incomplete horn, insect wings, and fangs?" she asked.

"YOU?! You can't be! You just can't!"

"Oh but I am Lyda. I am as real as Nightmare Moon was."

"BUT YOU'RE-"

"Yes," she interrupted. "I am the Queen. I am Queen Chrysalis."

Author's Note

This is my first attempt at writing a story that is open to many people. I never thought it would be for bronies but I guess it will do. Crtisism is fine by me, and enjoy this and the chapters to come.