Forever a Changeling-The lord of shadows

'Well this is awkward' Shade said, blushing,as his face was centimeters away from Dash's.'Did anyling- i mean anypony ever tell you that your mane is really soft?' Rainbow groaned, lifted her hind hooves (which were bound together) and kicked Shade off her. He let out a short cry of pain and looked down, seeing the source of the pain instantley: a reasonable-sized crack in his exoskeleton.

'VAX!' bellowed the shadow-controling changeling 'I need some help here!'. 'Not again' moaned Vax entering thorugh the curtain and examining the damage to Shade's shell. 'It's just a fractured outer exoskeleton, you big hatchling!' 'It burns!' retorted Shade 'heal me!' 'Fine' sighed Vax 'But first I think our little captive needs some sleep'

Rainbow closed her eyes bracing for a knockout blow to her head, but instead felt a hoof stroking her face. However before she could open her eyes she suddenly felt very sleepy.....

Muffled snores and the sound of a rapidly healing crack filled the wagon.

'Are y'all sure that you can smell Rainbow nearby?' Applejack asked Scootaloo as they rushed through the halls of a theatre in downtown fillydelpia, which was closed for the night. 'This seems like an awful strange place to hide a hostage'. 'That's the reason they chose it!' Replied Twilight 'It's reverse psychology! The changelings hid Rainbow in the least likely place we would look!'  'Twilight's right darling.' added Rarity 'Without her tracking spell to lead us here, and Scootaloo's ability to track Rainbow through her changeling pherenome, we would have never looked here!'

'Wait!' Yelled Scootaloo, stopping in front of a door labelled 'Janitor' 'Dash must be in here'. 'The janitor's closet?' said pinkie unimpressed 'How unoriginal can you get?'  'Get out of the way.' declared Twilight using an unlocking spell on the door and flinging it open.

'Oh my' said Fluttershy, seeing Rainbow bound and gagged, staring at them in shock. Fluttershy flew over and ungagged her. Rainbow proceeded to yell the most unoriginal thing possible: 'It's a trap!'

'How right you are my little Dashie' chuckled a familiar voice from the door way. The assembled  mares (sans Rainbow) spun around  to see seven dark figures standing it the corridor the had just came through, while their faces were concealed in shadows, the group could see enough to know that they were all changelings. 'If you mares are hunting for trouble, then you found it!' Yelled one of them, brandishing a large scythe.

'That's it' Yelled Rainbow in anger, as Applejack untied her bonds 'You may have gotten the drop on me last time, but now that my friends are here, you changelings are going down!' 'Harsh words for your own species!' Joked the figure that she recognised as Mirra. 'For the record, I consider myself and Scoots to be more pony than changeling!' retorted Dash. 'Well now that's out of the way, let the fun begin!' declared Mirra. And with that, both sides charged