It was nearing 5:40 in the morning when I woke up and looked at Twilight, who was still fast asleep, so I just laid there, thinking of how I could make her day special for our upcoming date when I heard a knock at the door of the library. Groaning, I reluctantly slipped out of bed and went down to the main floor and open the door, revealing a rather distraught cyan, rainbow maned pegasus, though I didn’t notice right away.

“Dash, it’s five thirty-six in the morning. What’s got you…” it was then that I noticed by the look in her eyes. “Come inside and have a seat, I’ll get Twilight up so we can talk about it.” I said as I led Dash to the couch and shut the door behind us and went upstairs to rouse Twilight from her slumber.

Moments later, Twilight and I made our way back downstairs and to the couch, but something didn’t seem right, Rainbow Dash was standing at the bottom of the staircase with an intense glare, fixed mainly on me. “Twilight, get out of here, I don’t want you getting hurt, and get Melodic, then retrieve Spike and send the princess a letter of changeling activity in Ponyville. Also, inform her that I am the targeted victim of the attack and that I sent you out before any harm could come to you, be wary of others, trust no one. Check your friends to make sure they are real before you speak with them.”

“Understood.” The mare replied and then teleported out, just as the fake Rainbow Dash went up in green flames, revealing a changeling just as it lunged at me, too quick for me to enable my dogtags’ shielding ability, with a blade that I never noticed until it grazed my shoulder as I dodged it’s attack, stinging with pain as I tried to keep my balance even as an unsuspected poison coursed through my veins, causing me to collapse almost immediately.

Moments later the changeling fled, after having thought I was dead for sure, although I was kept alive by my own dogtags as it prevented the poison from getting to any of the major areas, my breathing had slowed to almost a complete stop. Soon, Melodic and the rest of the elements, along with Twilight and a few incarcerated changelings burst through the door.

“Mist!” Twilight panicked as she rushed to my side, putting her ear to my barrel, finding that I was still alive. “Oh Celestia, He’s been poisoned.” Twilight said with a waver in her voice as she was nearly in tears as she found the poison in me after checking me over. “Rainbow, get him to the hospital, now!”

“Got it.” Dash replied as she picked me up and took off as fast as she possibly could towards the hospital.

“Spike, Get a letter to Celestia, we need her here right now.” Twilight ordered.

“I’m on it.” Spike replied as he hastily wrote the letter and sent it off to the Princess, waiting until Twilight wasn’t around to send a letter to the other princesses..

“The rest of you get to the hospital, I will deal with these changelings personally.” Twilight said with a menacing growl towards the creatures, though the one that had attacked Me had not been captured.

The rest of the elements that were there, along with Melodic, made for the hospital where they were to wait for visiting hours after the poison had been extracted if possible, though nopony but the princesses and I knew what was keeping me alive.

Just as Twilight was about to begin interrogating the changelings before her, Celestia had appeared, her normally serene smile was nowhere to be found, all that could be seen was… fear… fear for the life of one of the many ponies that had become a hero to Equestria, but with that fear came anger. Celestia herself looked at the changelings. “Go Twilight, I will have these… ‘Things’... transported to Canterlot prison for interrogation and then make my way to the hospital to see my newest subject through healing from his latest attack.” Celestia commanded.

“But…” Twilight wanted to argue, but knew better than to argue with her oldest mentor and personal teacher. “Yes, princess.” the young alicorn stated as she then teleported to the hospital and met her friends in the waiting room, all of which had tears of worry dripping from their eyes.

Melodic was the first to approach. “He’s currently resting, still unconscious and will most likely be left in a coma-induced sleep for several days, even if one of the princesses does the healing themselves.” he started. “He’ll be weaker than normal for some time after he wakes up so he’ll need help getting around for a while until he can get up and about on his own. The doctors told us that something was keeping him alive though, but none of the scans could figure it out. They haven’t even let us see him yet, keeping on telling us we should wait until he wakes up.”

“No… I’ll not have my friends and I be kept from seeing my crush.” Twilight said to herself, not expecting one of the others to hear her faint words.

“Umm… Twi, Did I just hear you say you had a crush on Mist?” Melodic, being as he was the closest, asked curiously, which seemed to startle the alicorn slightly.

Twilight was about to reply when, three flashes of colored light occurred and in place of those lights, was Celestia, Luna and Cadence, whom had brought Shining Armor with her.

Twilight was shocked by the appearance of her brother along with Luna and Cadence. “I… But… What?” She asked, confused by their presence.

“I wasn’t the only one to recieve a letter from Spike, Twilight.” Replied Celestia.

“I sent a letter to all of them, Cadence more-so because you worry about him as if you love him and I just want to confirm my suspicions and Luna, because I felt it would be necessary.”

“And I see that it is necessary, as there is something more that worries you. Am I right?” Luna asked having greatly improved over the years on her modern dialect..

Twilight’s head drooped. “Yes… it’s about Mist… He… had a nightmare last night… before the attack… I used the soul diving spell you had me study and I removed the dream, but something about it still worries him. I am the only one that remembers it now though.”

“Let me see what you saw.” Luna said as she gently touched her horn to Twilight’s head and quickly found what she was looking for. “Oh Twilight, this wasn’t just a nightmare he had had. This was a warning.”

“A warning?”

“Yes, I am not sure what about, but it was wise to remove it from his memory, for it would have hindered him even worse than his confusion upon arrival in Equestria.” Luna said sadly. “We need him focused on the safety of Equestria.”

Cadence and Shining Armor rushed over and quickly embraced the young alicorn before Shining pulled away and checked his little sister over for injuries. “They didn’t hurt you did they?” he asked in an almost panicked manner.

“No, Mist made me leave before that could happen.” Twilight replied. “But the doctors haven’t let anypony in to see him and will not allow it until he awakens.”

‘So, he sacrificed himself again for my sister and her friends, he deserves more than his current status declares, but the princesses have given him all the power they could without making him royalty.’ Shining thought to himself. “I will do what I can to get them to let us see him.” he said as he began walking away, but stopped and said. “One more thing, Cadence would like to talk with you.” before heading out.

Twilight was suddenly blushing like a young school filly, she knew that Cadence would find out about her crush on Mist. “O-okay.” she replied, letting out a nervous chuckle before turning and facing Cadence.

Cadence only giggled as she noticed Twilight’s flustered state, before gesturing for her to follow her outside. “So… You’ve got a crush on one of Equestria’s newest national heroes.” Cadence hinted, sensing Twilight’s affection for me. “But neither of you have yet confessed, as I know he has began harboring feelings for you.”

“Y-you mean… he’s crushing on me too?!” Twilight exclaimed. “B-but… what about his grief for Amanda?”

“It would have happened sooner or later, but dreadfully, it was sooner, as I can feel that he still hasn’t let go, and he was in need of a source of love, not as a changeling would need it, he just doesn’t want to live alone without somepony to love, and now that he has feelings for you, he will try so much harder to prevent himself from losing you as he did Amanda.” Said Cadence. “He loses the connection to those he loves when he is permanently separated from them and when that soul bond was broken it formed with the next possible being compatible, and his soul chose to bond with yours, as yours has finally found his and joined with it.”

“I… I had no idea… that’s why he took losing his family back where he came from so hard… the very same reason he broke down so badly when he found out about Amanda.” Twilight said in a saddened tone.

“Exactly right, Twilight.” Cadence replied as she laid a wing over the younger alicorn. “Now he confides in you for the love he desires. Do not leave him, for it would shatter his already broken heart into nothingness. Promise me, you will not ever leave him.”

“I… I promise."

Author's Note

Here it is guys, I'll be cooking up new ideas for this fic as soon as I possibly can.