Author's Note

Just so you know, I had little time to write this between having me dog be taken away and school. Also, OMQ means Oh My Queen. Also, Flash Back is correct. *hint hint*

Past Invasion, Pro Planning

I woke up in a hot sweat. My head shot up like a bullet.

“W-what was that...” I said almost completely breathless. That dream, no, nightmare, was horrible. I decided to get up and see if I could get some water.

‘That dream... It felt almost... Familiar. Like before the accident...’ I thought to myself. As I walked up to the door, I began to wonder how I was going to open it. The Queen opened it through her mind or something, so I tried that. The feeling was amazing. I felt a power, like none other surge through my body. ‘Magic’.

The door slowly opened. I carefully walked through it. I closed the door with my hoof. "Right... I can still use my han-hooves..' I thought sheepishly. Well, I better not dwindle. I saw a Changeling, not far from my room. I decided to ask for directions. I walked up to (her?) and asked, "Um, hello, where is the bathroom?"

She looked at me in awe, then bowed quickly.

"Why are you bowing?" I asked, not knowing what to say.

"Why, you're a princess to the entire Hive! It would be shameful if I didn't!" She said matter-of-factually.

"Ok.... But um, where's the bathroom?" I was astonished to learn I was a princess.

"Oh! The third door on your left. You cannot miss it!" She was almost too cheery. I could taste something bitter, but I just shook it off.

"Thank you!" I said, enthusiastically. I did not feel happy, though. I walked to the bathroom and went in. I ran warm water and splashed my face. I turned it to cold. I took a long sip. I felt like it had been the first drink I had had in a thousand years. Maybe it had been a thousand years. What if I never get back? What if I am stuck here?! 'No.' I thought. I can not think like this. I will try to get home...

"OH MY GOSH!"

"What?" I turned around to see a small filly that looked like me, only much smaller.

"Are you the princess the Queen would visit every day?!?!" She asked.

"Yes....?" I said, not knowing the truth.

"OMQ! You are! The entire Hive is buzzing about you!" She almost burst in excitement.

"Why? What did I do?"

"Uh, duh! You are a Princess! What do you think?"

"I kinda meant what I did before I..." I didn't know what happened.

"Went and hit the hay? Well, you helped run the hive! You would do more stuff than the Queen, and you were nicer....." She trailed off. She made it seem like something bad happened.

"Are you ok?" She seemed scared all of the sudden.

"Y-yeah... I have to... go. Bye!" She ran out of the bathroom.

I decided to go out and look around. 'Why did she look so scared? It was like she said something she wasn't suppose to..

I went into a large room that resembled a Gym, a few Changelings- as I now know they're called- were lined up in a 5x5 block.

"Hello?" I said softly.

"Hello!" They all said it together.

"Am I interrupting?"

"No, you're fine." The coach said as he walked up to me. "Are you feeling alright for the invasion today?" This was odd... She seemed to be worried...

"Yes, I am fine. So, when am I going?" I tried to sound casual.

"Maybe in a half-hour or so. The Queen should have us out by then." She said.

Wow.. "OK!" I then thanked her and left.

"Time to leave!" A Changeling call out to everybody.

I got out of the hammock-thing. I went the way everyone was going. While I was in my room, I was informed that I would going soon.

"You will be disguised as the princess. You have one day to see how she acts then we will take care of her." This was a strange one. It worried me how she said 'Care'. Hmm...

"Time to take flight! All Changelings to the Exit!" I followed the direction everybody was going. We got to a hole in the ceiling and they started flying out. 'Hold on. I've never flown! OK, OK... Just flap as fast as you can. Lets see... ' My fe-hooves left the ground. Oh My God!!! I'm flying!!! OK. Faster. Forward.

I felt like I had been flying forever before I saw a mountain. It was still in the distance. Maybe we were going to have a break? I hope. All this flying is hard being in a new body AND being bigger than the average Changeling.

Almost there. 'What is that on the side? Its hanging off! How...?'

"To the ground!" A Changeling shouted.

We all flew down the the ground.

"Ok. Everybody Change!" Everybody was engulfed in green flames. Soon, They all looked like colorful ponies. I tried. It was an odd feeling. It felt like it wasn't me in control. I was soon transformed into a light blue unicorn with a pink and green mane. I had a tattoo of a star inside of a heart. 'What took over me? Well at least I'm a... Unicorn?' Yup. I saw that there were two different types; ones with wings and ones without anything. We started to trot up a road. It was not your normal paved road, on, it was rocky. We hiked for hours. We finally reached... 'A city on the side of a mountain. And I thought I'd seen it all.' I was shocked how big it was.

One of the group, a stallion unicorn, said "Come with me."

I did as told. He turned to a cave. He pointed in.

I walked in.

"Charge up the connection spell but do not cast." He said.

I did as told.

He started to charge up a bright green spell. It was hard to keep the connection spell up, but I did, even though I was scared. Then, he released. The built up energy was shot up to my horn before I could react.

"Sorry, I had to do it." He said it so sad. It was like he didn't even have control of his own actions.

I started to feel.... Light. Like I was floating. Except I was not. No.

"Don't feel sorry for my sister. She doesn't deserve your sympathy. Now, go and infiltrate Canterlot. I can take it from here." I said. But I didn't. Some other force did. The words were not mine. I tried to speech. No words came out. "No use resisting. Your body is in my control until we win. I can't have you risking this to save a few ponies because 'We can get along!' No no. No more nice Changeling. You are a big part of this. You cannot risk it."

It was the Queen.

I stopped watching after a while. I can't stand to see her being so mean. She was so mean to that lavender pony and her friends. I wished I could say something. 'Why do I have to watch? What did I do...' I was so sad. How can she be so... Heartless? She uses spells to keep the pony called 'Shining Armour' under her control. 'Oh no no no no no no! No! Please do not start singing! Man... Well, at least there's background music. But how....?' I wondered for awhile.

"Mares and Gentlecolts, we are gathered here today to witness the union of Princess Mi Arora Cadenza and Shining Armour..." Princess Celestia started.

'-no no no no no. I have to stop this.'

I tried talking her out of taking over well, this.. Country? I don't know. I soon saw two ponies break out of the floor. It was the real princess and that lavender pony.

"Uh! Why does she have to be so possessive of her brother! Uh, why does she have to ruin my special day? *Fake cry*" Queen said.

"Because, it's not your special day, it's mine!" The real princess said.

'Oh no, this is going to be bad for my body... I can still feel everything...' I shivered inside my own mind... I dont even like to think what she's done to me.

"What?! But how did you escape my bridesmaids?"

*Flash Back between both of them that nobody could see*

"Um. Clever, but you're still too late."

"I-I don't understand. How can there be two of em'?" The one with a tattoo of apples on her flank asked.

"Because, she's a changeling! She takes the form of somepony you love and gains power by feeding off your love for them!" The real princess shouted.

The queen used her magic to make the transformation look more cool. But, she was still in changed form. She made me look more like her to make her feel good.

"Right you are princess...." I kinda phased out there. She even went on to sing another song.

I felt less like I was floating now. For the first time in days, I could move. I looked at the ball of light and started crying. I fell to the ground. 'No...'

"I did not mean to hurt you. I am so very sorry.." It looked like a smaller pony, with a big pink bow in her hair, was the only one to hear my plead. She was so surprised. She almost looked... sad.

The light expanded towards me. I was knocked back into the wall. I screamed out in pain. All of the ponies looked at me. They knew I sounded and looked different.

"Wh-Why are you still here!" Cadence demanded. She was confused why her spell did not repel me fully. If so, I would have bashed through the wall as if it wasn't there.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean you any harm." I cried more. I was hurt, not only physically, but mentally too.

"Are ya OK?" It was the pony with the bow. She walked closer to me.

"Applebloom! Get away from her!" The one with the apples told Applebloom.

"I'm sorry." I tried to get up.

"Stay there! Your going back to your hive, Chrysalis!" A lavender pony shouted to me.

"I-I'm not who you think! Trust me I wasn't in control!" I knew my plead would not be headed. A second latter I was being shot through the sky, losing conciseness.