The Changeling In My Heart

Prologue II

Attack Of Ponyville

All of the small town located next to the great Everfree Forest known as Ponyville was filled with the talk of the attack of Canterlot happening at this moment. Changelings had infiltrated the castle guard and barrier and now all hell was breaking loose. Word was spreading about Zuro The Guardian had left only moment before word reached the ears of Ponyville of the attack. Blazing Feathers, a local half breed pegasus, was running through the streets to learn everything he could about the chaos now going on. As if the Spirit of Disharmony was not bad enough, now some creatures he dreaded to see again were attacking the capital.

He skidded to a halt in front of a couple of earth ponies. "Do any of you know were Zuro is?" he asked as he panted.

"Last I saw he was flying off to Cloudsdale." The yellow mare answered. Blazing huffed.

"Thank you." He said before turning to the clouds and bolted off the ground, leaving a dust cloud where he stood. He flew straight for the clouds toward the great cloud city, Cloudsdale before he collided with a gray pegasus mare with yellow mane.

"Oops!" She said as she struggled to regain herself. "My bad!" Blazing quickly regained himself and helped her back in up so her hooves were not facing the sky above.

"It's okay, Ditzy." He said. She shook her head and smiled at him as one eye focused on him while the other looked off in the distance. "Where're you going?" He asked.

"I was going to get the pegasi for Spark." She answered. Blazing blinked.

"He's back?" He asked. She nods with that same smile she always has on with her tongue hanging out. Than she put her game face on.

"He has started plan 355 and wants all the pegasi to meet him at the Everfree." She stated. Blazing blinked. The only time that plan would be initiated would mean big trouble was coming, and fast! He wanted to find Zuro, but he knew this was something that needed his help now. He inclined his head and bolted for the clouds near the floating city.

He arrived at his destination outside of the great city where the thunder heads were dispatched and grabbed a large chunk and pushed it back towards the edge of Ponyville where the Everfree meets open land. He pushed hard and fast. His speed was reduced do to the extra clouds he was pushing in front of him. Clouds don't weigh much, but they do offer some wind resistance, making it just a little harder to move. That and the added water flowing inside the deep grey cloud along with the danger of the static electricity striking as soon as something collides with it, like a hoof bucking at it, weighed on his mind. He was trying to help his old friends, not get himself singed like popcorn.

He soon arrived over the Everfree Forest where several other pegasi had already gathered more thunderclouds and got them together over the forest. He smiled and marveled at Ditzy's speed. Many would say she'd never be able to pull anything off without screwing something up and breaking something expensive, but when it came to Spark Storm worked at her one hundred percent best and almost never failed. He knew all to well the reasons why, but he preferred not to think about them, especially at times of need such as this.

He set his cloud with the others and let his head hang to catch his breath. He had been running and flying non stop since Zuro disappeared hours ago and all the chaos started. The last time he worked this hard was five years ago when he nearly lost everything close to him. He had never worked harder than that before that day. He went through a stage of depression after that and had it not been for his friends he would never have made it through.

It was not long after he caught his breath before activity started above the clouds. He looked up to see all the pegasi stomping and bucking the thunderheads, the thunder rumbling beneath them as they hit the clouds. He flew around to the edge of the cloud then dove under to see the lighting heading for a single source then stringing down at various parts of the forest floor. He looked down to see a number of bug like ponies scattering from their attacker. He knew right away that his old friend Spark Storm was channeling the lightning to strike at those creatures. After some time the lightning stopped and all was quiet. The pegasi began to clear the sky and all the remained was a single dark blue pegasus stallion standing in an opening of the forest. Blazing flew down toward the pegasus and landed in front of him.

"Spark!" blazing called with a smile. The pegasus smiled at him.

"Blaze!" He replied. The two embraced each other in a brotherly hug with added laughter. "How you been, you old blazer?"

"I've been doing good." Blazing answered.

"That's great!"

"Hey, have you heard anything on Zuro?" Sparked looked confused at this.

"Zuro?" He asked. "Oh! You mean the Ponyville Guardian?" He asked. Blazing nodded. "I've never seen him, only some storied I've heard here and there." Blazing grew anxious.

"Anything new?" He asked. "Like were he was going or anything?" Spark shook his head.

"Sorry, bro." He replied. "Nothing." Blazing frowned. "Hey, your best bet is to go see if he got caught up in the battle over Canterlot." Spark suggested. Blazing nodded.

"Thanks, Spark." He said.

"You're welcome." Spark replied. With that, Blazing took off and flew out of the forest and to the Equestian capital.