Change of Heart

by Mitsurugie

Awakening

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I woke up on a cold stone table, with only a thin blanket covering my body.
I groan in pain as I open my eyes and tries to move. My body is coverd in wounds.
The chill from the table feels kinda good numbing the pain a little.

I look around the room I'm in, trying to move as little as possible.
The room is pretty barren, there is just a few chairs in the room and nothing else, save the table I'm laying upon.

I must be in some kind of storage room for some reason. I think to myself.
I wonder where my clothes are, and how did I get here. My head hurts to mutch to think anymore.
So I close my eyes and tries to go back to sleep.

Wait what is that sound? I snap open my eyes and sit up ignoring the pain for now.
I start looking around to see where the buzzing is coming from.
I see nothing and the pain is shooting through my body.
I groan and lie back down, getting the shock of my life as I see the small creature.

It looks like a mix of a pony and a beattle. It has the shape of a pony but it's all dark gray, with a patch of dark blue on it's back where thin wings comes out from flapping to keep the creature flying. It's eyes has a light blue color. And the horn in it's forehead is glowing in a green aura. It's legs seems to have been eaten out of with all the holes in them.

I roll of the table in panic, screaming out in pain as I hit the floor.
The creature desend and land on the table. Now I see that it's wings also has holes in them. I roll from my location next to the table up to the wall as far from the creature as I possibly can get. Somehow I managed to roll the cover over my lower body to cover myself up.

The creatures horn stop gloving as it tilts it's head at me not moving from the table.
So you are finaly awake” A female voice says and it sounds as if it's ecoing whitin itself.
I look around before noticing that the wall to my right has opend up making a doorway.

In the doorway yet another of those creatures, but this one is abit different. It's much taller then the first one I was, the tall one's horn is also a lot longer, and it's bent back and forth making it seem as if the horn has holes in it like the legs of the creatures. The tall one has green eyes, that in difference to the small one actually seem more like human eyes with an iris and all instead of just monotoned in light blue. It also has a long blue mane and a small crown that looks like a part of her body.

I can't find the words to answer, I'm just sitting there with my mouth open like an idiot.
So you can't understand me?” The creature ask, seeming abit dissapointed.
I close my mouth taking a breath before I manage to answer. “Y-yes I understand you” I try to crawl backwards away from the creature but my plan fails as I crawl straight in to the chairs in the room.

She looks me over, abit confused. “What are you? I've not seen anything like you before” she ask me.
Damn that voice is creepy. I think to myself.
I'm a human, what about you? I've never seen or heard of anything like you either.” I say trying to keep my voice steady.

I'm the queen of the changelings.” she says not bating an eye lash.
Changeling? What is that?” I ask.
As an answer to my question the smaller one from the tabe jumps down between me and the queen, it looks me over before it's hooves start gloving green. The green light quickly travels over it's body, next thing I know it's gone and infront of me is well me.

My eyes widen at the display of what a changeling is.
The queen chukles to my rection.
So where are you from?” she ask me.
My eyes moves from the other me and move up to the queen.
To be honest I don't know where we are now or how I got here...” I say. “So I can't answer your question properly, what I can tell you is that it's called earth

She looks at me in dissbelif.
So you think more of your kind are here?” She ask me, a grin starting to form on her face.
I d-don't know, it's possible” I say as her fangs are showing in her grin.
I asume you want to find them then don't you?” her eyes narrow as she looks straight in to my eyes.
I sigh heavely in though mixed with abit of pain.
Yes IF they are here I want to find them.

Then how about we make a deal?” she says her grin growing bigger then ever.
What kind of deal?” I ask, knowing fullwell it's a deal that probably will benefit her more then me.
I point you in the direction where you are most likely to find your friends. “ She starts, and I quickly interupt her at this point.
And what would you want from me in return?

I will give you the power to travel to Equestria, and save your friends. But for me to give you power I will have to make your body to that of a changeling, this will also heal your wounds” she say's
What do you want from me in return?” I ask again, “ So far all you have said is only bennefitting for me, my wounds get healed I gain new powers and sure my bodey turns in to one of those” I nod to the changeling in the room. “But I have the power to take on any form I want. What is the catch?

While you look for your friends I also need you to spy on the equestrians for me, I need to know how their defences are and I need to know how much resources they have.” She tells me
And how would I report to you? I will not have the time to keep traveling back and forth while trying to look for my friends and keeping the information up to date.” I ask her.

Well there is a solution to that. I could make you part of the hive mind, but the equestrians might pic up on that.” She says. “But I have some spies there but they don't get much information, they have their posts they need to be at to not raise suspicion.” I hear the irritation in her voice.

And how do you plan for me to know witch ones are the spies and not? “ I ask her suspisious of her plan.
Easy, all changelings will be able to tell that you are one, and you will be able to tell who are changelings and who are not.

The room fall silent for the most part, I groan as I get in possition to rest my head in my hands as I think about the proposition I've been given.

You are sure my friends are in Equestria?” I ask her.
Well not sure but it's the biggest contry there is.” she replies.
I see her logic, if it truly is the biggest contry It's not suprising if they are there. Meaby not in the same province, but in the same contry atleast. I think to myself.

And when would I be done doing your bidding?” I ask realising she never gave a time table for me.
Her eyes narrow in slight irritation.
You are done when I have all the information I need to plan an attack on the Equestrians.

All of it or just the capital?” I ask her.
She sigh heavely. “If I can take the capital the rest of the contry will fall to me in less then a year” She say.
I see her irritation slowly turning to anger. I take a deep breath.
Alright we have a deal, but you must leave my mind alone” I demand
It was my intentions from the start to let your mind be your own, a guard is supose not to talk and move as little as possible, so they are less suspicious to just send husks to observ as much as possible.” she say. “You will talk to one of them in private and the hive mind will get the information through it.
I nod. “So how is this transformation going to go down?” I ask.
She chuckle at me as her horn begins to glow. My eyes widen as I realise she will use that strange glow on me. And sure enoughe next thing I know I'm inside a green cocoon.

I would have paniced if not for the soothing feeling it gives my body while the pain goes numb. For some reason I can't fall asleep, it's as if I'm forced to be awake through this transformation.

It feels like I'm stuck in the cocoon for days before the the wall opens up again, and I can see the queen walking in, I can't move so I can't really say how far I've been transformed but the pain in my body is gone so I'm guessing that atleast my upperbody is transformed.

As the queen stops infront of me she smiles and nods to me, and I notice her horn starting to glow again. A small beam of energy cuts the cocoon open and I slide out along with the goo from the inside of the cocoon.

I try to stand up, but as I'm used to standing on just my legs, it is hard for me to get up and standing like a normal changeling.
What is this wispering I hear? I didn't notice it before.” I ask her
She looks down at me looking like bambi the first time he stands on ice.
You must have transofrmed faster then I thought you would, you are still yourself but it seems as if you also have a small conection to the hive mind. But I don't hear your voice in it” she explanes.

What dose that mean? That you can't hear me” I ask finaly standing up properly.
Well it seems as if you are able to hear the hive mind if you consentrate, but your thoughts don't go back to the hive, you are in full controll of yourself and have a sence of “self”. I controll the mind but I can't controll you, but you will be able to hear my orders if you listen for them” she says.

I smile at that. “ I see” I reply shortly and tries to walk only to fall straight on to my face.
Alright how the hell do I move in this body? How do I change form and how do I use my wings?” I ask greatly irritated at my own inability.
Like this I will not be able to find anyone, well to be honest I'm not even sure I can find them if I could move properly. I might be the only one who got here. I think to myself.

Well are you going to lay there all day?” Chryssalis says.
I look up at her and see her horn letting go of it's glow. I try my luck and stand up, moving whitout problems. I start to flap my wings and sure enoughe I lift from the ground.
How did you do that, Queen Chryssalis?” I ask her.
When did I learn her name? She never told me what it was.
I transferd my knowlage of how to walk, fly, change form and use magic” she say.
You seem to have transferred more informaition then that” I reply “ I now know your name, I know how to move the walls and I can find my way through here “ I say, seeing her eyes widen abit.

You might have picked it up from the hive mind, since you can hear it you must be able to get information through it” She say.
But how would that work? All I hear is wispering of atleast a thousand people at once so how can I learn anythign from it?” I ask her only to get a chuckle in reply.
You hear everything they say, so your subconsious is probably separating the voices and taking in the information separately and through that you might learn things” She say calmly.

I look at her confused.
Well anyway you can't go to Equestria looking like this.” she tell me.
How do we solve this problem then? I mean a human stands out to much aswell.” I ask her.
Yes a human would stand out, but not a pegasus” she agrees.
But I can't turn in to a pegasus, I've not seen a real one so I can't copy it can I?” I ask
Chryssalis chuckle at this. “You learn really quick, but we have a single prissoner here, a pegasus you can copy and move in to Equestria as.” she explane.

I only nod and follow her to the prissoner. And sure enoughe it's a male pegasus.
He's a gray stalion with a Ocarina for a cutie mark. His mane and tale are two colored in brown and rust red. He's abit taler then the normal changelings but shorther then Chryssalis. But his wings seem to be abit larger then they need to be. His hooves are a dark yellow color, I find it odd that his hooves isn't coverd in his coat as the rest of his body. His eyes are a clean and calm blue color, but not suprisingly his expression is not one of being calm.

Chryssalis look over at me, as I meet her gaze I nod and start to copy the pegasus looks.
What's your name?” Chryssalis ask the pegasus.
He looks at her whitout answering.
What is your name?” she ask one more time.
As the pegasi don't say a word, Chryssalis charge her horn with mgic and start to shoot out small bolts to the pegasus. I've transformed in to the pegasus fully.

Is that necessary my queen?” I ask her noticing my voice is still my own.
That is why you need to hear him speak, and to hear his name, it makes you know what to call yourself too” she say continuing to shoot bolts at the pegasus.

After 15 minuits of bolt shooting the pegasus gives in. “My name is Icy Song, my specialty is playing the Ocarina” He say in a darker more base voice then my own.
I notice the green energy going around my throat.
I smile. “My name is Icy Song.” I repeat his words in his voice.
I chuckle as I truly realise the potential the changling powers have.


Author's Note

All song's played on the ocarina will be linked as soon as I record and upload them.
It's my first fan fic so any and all sugestions on how to improve is apriciated.
Hope you will like the story I have no idé how long it will be as I don't see the end of it myself yet

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