A New Start
A young changeling with red eyes and two tiny fangs looked around the cave den. He quickly and quietly ran to the entrance of the dark cave. He looked back, looking left, right, up and down. He saw no other changeling and raced outside. He walked in the moon's light and wandered through the Everfree. He silently walked to a small river, putting both his black hooves with holes in the chilled water. He poured the cool water on his face and wiped his face. He looked to his left and saw a small changeling filly with blue eyes. "What are you doing out here? You know mom and dad are ready to go," the filly said.
"I was just enjoying the night. Are you and Crush ready to leave as well?" the changeling asked.
"Fire Heart, of course we are ready. Are you ready?" the filly asked.
"Yes Ice Night, I was ready last night. We should get back before the storm hits," the changeling said. The filly nodded and they walked back to the cave den.
A large changeling stallion, a medium changeling mare and a medium changeling stallion waited for the two. The large stallion was Crimson Steel and the mare changeling was Paint Take, Crimson's wife. They had four foals; Flame Graze, the eldest and commander of Queen Chrystalis' changeling army, Crush Wave, the second eldest, Fire Heart, the second youngest and Ice Night, the youngest. Crimson walked over to Fire and Ice, they walked to Paint and Crush. "Is every changeling ready?" Crimson asked.
"Yes honey," Paint said.
They began to exit the cave and they began to walk through the forest as stormy clouds surrounded the treetops. They began to move quickly and the storm clouds began to cause the forest to rain. The wind picked up and the rain poured hard as the lightening and thunder began to clash. They picked up their pace and ran near the pony town. As they ran, Fire tripped and Ice helped him up. "Are you okay?" Ice asked as she helped Fire up.
"Yes," Fire said as he looked up, a tree was on fire and began to fall, "Watch out!"
Fire pushed Ice out of the way and Fire was trapped as more trees fell from the storm. Ice tried to push the tree off, but only ended up burning herself. She quickly dug under the tree, but as she dug, the water made a muddy and slippery path. Ice slipped on the mud and hit her head in the large tree.
Crimson, Paint and Crush kept going, not looking back and not knowing what was happening. They raced deeper and farther away from Ice and Fire.
Fire was breathing in the smoke and he began to get dizzy and fell on the muddy ground. He saw the fire and smoke and saw a grey figure then he became unconscious. The grey figure quickly grabbed Fire and Ice and raced to a large treehouse near a river. He opened the door and put the two changelings on the floor near the fireplace. He put towels under them, pillow under their heads and blankets over them.
The grey figure was a large pegasus mare with a silver and light blue mane with purple eyes. The grey mare was Silver Flame. Two fillies ran from the upstairs of the treehouse to Silver. "Silver, what happened?" one of the fillies asked.
"A storm in the Everfree, but there is no need to worry. The fire will subside," Silver said as she looked at the changelings.
The fillies were twins. One was a pegasus with brown fur, yellow spots, light blind blue eyes, a light pink mane with a streak of white. The other was a pegasus with yellow fur, light purple eyes, a long white mane. The blind pegasus was Lily Flower and the yellow pegasus was Blossom Heart. They were happy twins, Lily was the youngest as Blossom was the eldest. They couldn't be separated because they both needed each other for different reasons.
Lily and Blossom looked at the two changelings and sat near the fire, watching them. Blossom saw blood from Ice's head and hoof. She quickly rushed to the medicine cabinet in the hallway and rushed to Ice. She wrapped Ice's cut and hoof and made sure she was alright. She checked Fire, but he only had one or two cuts. Lily and Blossom slept on the floor next to Fire and Ice as Silver watched them sleep.
Silver wandered why the two changelings were in the storm and why were they alone. Silver thought for minutes until Lily walked to her. "Silver, it's alright. Rest, tomorrow will be a lot to explain," Lily said with a gentle smile. Silver nodded and rested on a chair as Lily went back to her sister. They slept until the sun had risen and they all began to stir.
Silver woke up to see Lily being beaten by Fire. She looked and saw that Blossom was heavily bleeding as Ice was still unconscious. Silver quickly got up, and tackled Fire. Fire used his horn to blast Silver off and he began to punch Lily again. Lily only tried to block and move from the punches, but Fire was faster and stronger than her. Silver stood up and again tackled Fire, but he used his horn again and a sticking green net caused Silver to be stuck on the wall and unable to move. Fire jumped and bit Lily's hoof and tossed her hard into the wall. She fell unconscious as Fire ran to Ice.
Silver managed to get out of the net and tackled Fire, and dodged his attack. "Why are you doing this?!" Silver yelled.
"Why are you attacking me?!" Fire yelled as he struggled in Silver's grip.
"Because you are hurting me friends!" Silver yelled.
"You were the one's who tried to kill me!" Fire yelled.
"What?! We not trying to kill you, we're trying to help you," Silver said as she dodged Fire's attack.
"You call this helping!?" Fire yelled.
"No, I call this protecting," Silver said. She got off Fire and moved towards Ice.
"Don't hurt my sister!!!!!!" Fire yelled.
"I wasn't I am only checking her. Geez, you need to be calm, we were only helping you. I found you two in the storm last night and if I din't help you, you and your sister would have been die!" Silver said flatly as she grabbed bandages.
"You saved us?" Fire asked.
"Yes, I wouldn't watch somepony die," Silver said as she wrapped Blossom's wounds.
"But I am not pony. I am a changeling. Why would a pony like you want to save us?" Fire asked as he watched Silver put Blossom on the couch.
"I am aware that you are a changeling, but I am not the type of pony to watch you die. I believe that changelings are ponies as well, I believe kindness can help everypony, even you," Silver said as she began to wrap Lily's wounds and bruises.
"I'm Silver Flame, and you don't need my kindness if you don't want it, but your sister needs help and I will help her," Silver said as she put Lily next to Blossom.
"I'm sorry. My name is Fire Heart and that's my sister Ice Night. I am sorry I attacked you and your friends," Fire said with shame as he lowered his head.
"I except your apologize, but really, am I the one you need to say sorry to?" Silver asked as she walked upstairs, leaving Fire alone with the injured fillies.