Change of Heart

by Mitsurugie

The party

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Nothing really happened after that, we had a calm afternoon. I more or less just laid there watching Applejack and Apple Bloom work. While I also cunjured an explosive headace by trying to listen in on the changelings wispers. Before I knew it we where gonna close up shop and head on home. As I look up in the sky I see the sun setting and the moon coming up. 8 pm on the second. I streach and help with closing shop.

“I'm heading on home” Apple Bloom says in the middle of closing up.
“Why don't ya wait fer us?” AJ ask her.
“Silly you heard Pinkie before I wanna help her set up.” Apple Bloom says and bolt off.
I look from AJ to Apple Bloom and then back to AJ. “So what was that about?” I ask. “Apple Bloom wanna help Pinkie Pie put together yer welcome party” Aj says before putting the last basket back on to the cart.

“Wait why is she throwing me a party? She know nothing about me” I start. Aj just hold up her hoof. "It's no idéa to complane Pinkie throws parties for everyone who comes here. It dosn't really matter what anyone try to tell her either” she says. I facehoof hard enoughe for it to actually ame a small thud sound and I have to lay my head on the ground holding my hoofs on it. “ Oh my head, it hurts. “

Applejack laughs so hard she falls back on her plot. “Well ah guess ah had that coming didn't ah?” she ask me as she stop laughing from her fall. I'm still with my head on the ground chuckeling. The two of us soon break out in to full laughter again. It takes a little bit of time before we collect ourselves enoughe to get up on our hooves again.

“Well better get this over with I guess” I say looking out to the farm seeing movement outside the house.
“Ah guess” Applejack says as she start to walk towards the farm. We walk pretty slowly. “Yer not a fan of parties are ya?” AJ ask me.
“ I'm not against parties but I'm not a partie pony either, I don't remember the last party held for me” I say trying to think back to when it might have been, but to no avail.

“Ya don't celebrate yer birthday?” AJ ask me shocked.
I just shake my head. “Not since I was little, I just don't see a point to it. I mean sure we all get older but I don't see it as something neccesary to celebrate.” I say in a sadend voice.
“Ya don't need to lie to me, if ya don't want to talk bout it then ya don't want to easy as pie.” she says smiling at me.
“To be honest I don't know if it's a lie or not... but lets drop it. It's not something I want to talk about.”
“Alright as ya say. So what do ya wanna talk about?” She say her smile droped abit.

“What can I expect at this party Pinkie is throwing?” I ask looking at AJ.
“Well she usually invite the whole town there is games like pin the tail on the ponie, there is music and singing. There is punch to drink usually a lot of cupcakes and other sweets to eat. Oh and all of mah bestest friends.” she says as her smile returnes.

“You mean like Rarity?” I ask looking back at the farm.
“Ya Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle.”
“Twilight Sparkle? As the princess of friendship Twilight Sparkle?!” I yell in suprise.
“Oh yeah she's a princess now, chucks ah forget she is to be honest.” She say.
“How do you forget your friend being a princess?” I ask her my eyes wide in suprise.
“Well we knew eatchother long before she became a princess. So ah guess we all just are to used to being friends to see the princess part” she say as we walk through the gates to the farmland.

I sigh heavely. ' THIS will be a real pain in the ass. It's hard enoughe keeping my changeling powers hidden from normal ponies... And now I'm going to meet a princess' I think to myself. I snapp out of my thoughs as I walk in to the wall of the barn where they keep the buckets and carts.

“Ya alright sugarcube?” she ask me.
“Yeah just spaced out but my legs keept walking” I say while I turn back towards her.
She nod at me and smile appearently totally understanding my suprise at her friend being a princess. Taking a few deep breaths I feel ready to get inside.

I open the door for me and applejack only to see a cannon right behind the door, it's pointing straight as us. I throw myself backwards grabing AJ trying to get her out of the line of fire. With my back turned against the cannon I hear it go off.
I land ontop of AJ and I quickly roll of her. “Hey are you alright, you didn't get hit did you?” I ask in panic.

Applejack starts laughing. “Ya ah got hit and so did ya'll.” she point at the top of both her and mine head and I now realise that I suddenly have a party hat and konfetti fall off my head and back as soon as I make the smallest move.
Applejack also has her party hat. For some reason it landed upon her hat. And most of the konfetti on her is what I dropped when I rolled off.

Pinkie Pie comes out through the door. “What are you silly ponies doing? Come on the party is starting.” she say with a smile made of cupcakes.
“I'm taking cover and trying to save AJ from a cannon right inside the door thank you very much” I say stale.
“Oh sorry about that I should have put a note or something.” she say now without any of the cupcakes.
“I nearly got a heart attack.” I claim.
“Hey wait if you tried to save how come I didn't catch you in a really embaresing position that would make you shutter and try to explane while you also are panicing?” she ask. “How the hay do you talk as fast as you do?” I ask in confusion.
“ Oh that's easy I just don't stop to talk if you stop to talk you can't say all you want and if you don't say what you want you might loose friends and I hate loosing friends.” She say. Only making me more confused.

I help Applejack up to her hooves before turning back to pinkie just looking at her.
“Are you ready to Partei?” She say with her large smile and then she jumps inside before I have tome to answer.
I sigh heavely. “Comeon sugarcube lets just head inside.”
I look at AJ with big puppy eyes. “Yeah ya have to” she says and starts to pusch me inside. I sigh again and start to walk.

As we get inside the house it's so filled with ponies I can hardly make out everyone, there where a few that stood out, like the white unicorn standing by the mixer table, she had a dual colored mane and tail both in weary light blue colors she also have a pair of sunglasses on her, I can't see her cutie mark though, however beside her there is a light gray earth ponie with a darker gray mane and tail. They seem to be in a relationship.

Another ponie that stands out is a pegasus she's also of a grayish coat color, however she has a blond mane and tail she's hilding in place in the air by the muffin table, I notice that she's holding a muffin slowly eating it. Her cutie mark seem to be bubbles. I can't for the life of me figure out what it can mean.

I look around some more and see a yellow/beigh-ish earth pony with a pink mane and a pink and white tail she has taken a seat next to one of the tables with sweets on it. Her light blue eyes are pretty, but I decide not to go and talk to her. Feeling I would not even know what to talk about.

I look for AJ who is standing with Rarity, Pinkie Pie. Twilight Sparkle and two pegasi. Both Rarity and AJ as waveing at me when they see me looking their way so I make my way over there. As I get up to them the first thing I do is to bow to Twilight Sparkle. “Princess Twilight Sparkle, it's an honor to meet you.” I say panic running through my mind. ' I hope she will not notice that I'm a changeling well more or less anyway. ' I think keeping my eyes in the floor so they can not see my panic in them.

“It's nice to meet you aswell but please just Twilight is enoughe.” She replies to me. “Oh no that will not do.” Both me and Rarity say at the same time. We look at eatchother as we finnish and start to smile. I clear my throat, “ What I mean Princess is that I don't know you presonaly, I've meet you now and I saw your corenation but that is not enoughe to drop titles.” I say and smile at her. ' When the fuck did I see her corination? Is this knowlage form the hivemind? Or is it meaby knowlage that Icy Song had that I somehow also copied? There is to much I don't know and I need answers. I must return to the queen soon to get them. I think to myself.

Twilight roll her eyes. “ As you wish... Sorry I never got your name.” She says looking a little bit disturbed by this.
“Oh how rude of me. I'm Icy Song” I say and give her an apologetic bow.
“Icy Song, there really is no need to bow or to use titles I'm just like any other pony” she say making a smile. Rarity gasps at Twilights words.
I roll my eyes at Raritys over reaction. The two pegasi looks me over and I return the look.

One of them is yellow with a long beautiful pink mane and tail. Her cutiemark is 3 butterflies.
The other one is blue colored, this one has a shorter mane and tail, but they both are rainbow colored. 'I've never seen so many colors in a single mane or tail before I wonder if it was her natural mane color or if she was using dye' I think to myself as I give them my name.

The blue one is quick to answer. “I'm Rainbow Dash the fastest and cooleast flier in Equestria” she says full of confidence, I give it a though to pull her ego down a bit but decide against it.

The yellow one I barely hear talking as she gives her name. “My name is Fluttershy” she says hiding behind her mane. “I'm sorry I think the music was so loud I could not hear you.” I say trying to give her a smile.
“My name is Fluttershy.” she say even softer. “ehm what?” I say.
“Oh for Celestias sake, her name is Fluttershy” Rainbow burst out.
I nod to Fluttershy. “Nice to meet you” I say before turning to Rainbow Dash and thanking her.

“Now that ya have meet my friends ah can let ya all go and mingle” Applejack says and leaves the group to get something to drink for herself.
“So did you catch up with your sister?” I ask Rarity.
She first look at me like I'm crazy. “Oh oh oh yeah I did, hehe young girls and their silly adventures.” she say smiling akwardly.
“Okey then.” I say and start to walk down towards the tables with food and drinks.

I first move to take a drink, by the table I see a dark pink mare with a purple mane and tail, her cutie mark is some grapesand a strawberry. She's hugging one of the punch bowls. I roll my eyes and take punch from another bowl.

Next thing I know I have Apple Bloom Sweetie Belle and a Orange colored young pegasi. They are jumping up and around me all of them are trying to talk at the same time so I can't hear what anyone of them say.

“Girls calm down. Take it one at a time not everyone at once.” I tell them.
The girls all take a deep breath and look at eatchoter. I smile and nod
“ So now what was it?” I asked them.
“ Well first we should probably introduce Scootaloo first of all. “ Apple Bloom says.
“Hello” Scootaloo say.
I nod “Hello Scootaloo, I'm Icy Song” I tell her to wich she mimic me and nods.

“So what's next?” I ask.
“ The girls don't belive that you got your scars from a dragon “ Apple Bloom says lovering her ears abit. My smile fades and I look down in the floor.
“I was lucky, and Apple Bloom we where not supose to bring it up. I don't want to talk about it I told you that before.”
Apple Bloom gets an even sader look.

“Was there anything else you wanted?” I ask just wanting to end the conversation right then and there.
“Well actually... We where wondering if you could teach us to play the ocarina?” Sweetie Belle ask.
My eyes widen at the question. “ I've never had students, nor do I have ocarinas for you, I only have mine and I don't want others tuching it.” I say.
“What if we get our own ocarinas?” Scootaloo ask.

“Are you sure you want to continue playing the ocarina even if your cutie mark dosn't show up?” I ask them.
They fall silent and think for abit.
“Tell you what, think about if for the next three days, if you want to play even if your cutie mark might not show up then come and ask me again.”
I give them a small smile and refill my now empty mug.
By the muffin table I see Rarity. So I walk up to her.

“Rarity?” I ask as I get close enoughe.
“Yes darling what can I do for you?” she turns to me smiling.
“Something good happened?” I ask.
“Oh well pinkies parties always get you in to a good mood” she tells me.
“Yeah meaby, hey by the way, how serious is your sister and her friends about everything they try to get their cutie marks?” I ask getting a confused look from her.
“Why did they do something?” she ask worriedly.
“No no nothing but they asked me to teach them how to play the ocarina, and well it's not something you can learn in a day. So I told them to think aout if they want to play it even if it might not get them the mark, so in three days if they come and ask again they'll have to buy their own ocarinas.” I tell her calmly.

“Oh I see so now you want to know how big the chanse of them coming back and ask in three days is right?” she smile at me as.
I sigh and nod.
“Well if I have to guess I'm gonna guess that either Sweetie Belle or Apple Bloom will come back, but I doubt Scootaloo will, She's not a bad kid but she has a short attention span.” she says in a lowerd voice.
“ I see well I'm not going to teach them if they are gonna quit after 15 min, it takes time to learn.” I say grabbign a muffin. And start to eat it.

The rest of the evening proceeded with out anything really intressting happen, some small talk abit here and there and a few dances. About 12:30 AM the partie died down and the guests all went home. And I still don't know how but Pinkie Pie somehow made her party canon do the oposite of what it usually dose, instead of shooting out décor it sucked it all in leaving the apples house spot free.
The apples thanked pinkie and we all went to get some sleep.


Author's Note

The next part will probably be longer then normal and it will take a bit of time to write it

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