Midnight Parallel

Sunset and Midnight were rummaging through the piles of books when the door opened behind them. "Hello?" Said Sunset, turning around to see who was at the door. "Luna! Oh my gosh, I completely forgot, I was supposed to send out the signal." She quickly turned around and began to light her horn.

"There will be no need for that." Luna said, placing a hoof on her shoulder. "Celestia is on her way."

"But, how did she…"

"Hold on a second." Midnight said, stepping between them. "Who are you? And who is this Celestia you're talking about?"

"Twilight," Said Sunset, turning towards her. "Celestia and Luna are the other two ponies that were helping me look for you. We can trust them." She turned back to Luna. "Normally, I would say that we need to get Twilight back but, we saw Discord and Fluttershy having some…" She paused as she searched for the right word. "Relationship problems. We should probably take care of that first. You don't mind do you?"

"Well…" Luna looked over at Midnight. "As long as she doesn't mind."

"Do you mind Twilight? It would mean a lot to the ponies of Equestria if we could take care of this."

"Of course not." Midnight said cheerfully. "I saw firsthand how Fluttershy was treating Discord and how he took it. I would do anything to fix it."

"Good. We will need all the help We can… Sorry, But, what is a hand?"

"That doesn't matter right now Luna, we need to get Celestia and stop Discord before he wrecks all of Equestria."

"Right! The sooner We find her, the sooner We can make everything the way it was meant to be."

The trio walked out of the Library and, as Luna turned back, she noticed a bit of goo she had missed. She quickly shot a green ray of light and vaporized it.

A Changeling walked into an alley, changing out of its disguise as it walked. Looking behind itself, it quickly ducked into a door and disappeared with it. Back at the Changeling Hive, the Changeling stepped out of the door and into the congregation with the rest of them. "Has it started yet?" He rasped, looking at the General in charge.

"It will within the hour. The Queen must still figure out a way out of the care of her Parents." They both snickered at the joke. "For now, go and feed. We must be at full strength for the attack."

"Right!" The Changeling saluted, and turned back towards the door. Opening it, he looked out to see a Manticore. He quickly slammed it shut. "Wrong door." He muttered. Opening it again, he found the same alley he had left. He walked out to find two muggers holding down a mare, taking both her purse and her necklace. "Hey!" The mare screamed. "That was my mother's! Give it back to me!" One of the stallions threw a left hoof and knocked her out cold. The Changeling quickly changed form into an extremely buff Pegasus. He walked up behind the stallions and gave them a good roar. They ran off in fright, dropping the bag and necklace as they went. He walked up to the mare and, changing forms into a brown Pegasus with a dirty blonde streak through his hair, shook her awake.

"Ahhhhh!" She screamed, hitting her with her back hooves. "Get away from me!"

"Hey, calm down, I was just returning your bag and necklace. You don't have to hurt me for it."

"Wait!" She said as the brown colt began to walk away. She quickly trotted towards him. "Thank you. I couldn't have taken them by myself. There must be some way to thank you?"

"Well…" He said, fake considering. "You could stop with the kicking."

"Sorry." She said, quickly blushing. "It's genetic. It's like, the one thing my son inherited from me."

"It's okay, I'm fine. I was just passing by and thought I should help. I really should…" He was cut off when the mare decided on his reward and kissed him full on.

"I have to go. Maybe I'll see you around sometime." She said as she trotted away.

"Yeah. I'll see you around."

Once she was gone, the Changeling sat down, relishing the love he had just absorbed. Hearing voices, he quickly transformed to the first thing he could think of. Glancing down, he saw huge white hooves with golden horseshoes on. Turning his long white neck, he saw huge white wings and a golden sun Cutie Mark. Realizing who he was, he got ready to change again when he heard a voice. "There she is!"

Midnight, Sunset and Luna trotted down the street, glancing down every corner for the Princess. "Where did you last see her?"

Luna turned her head, trying to think of a good lie when they turned a corner.

"There she is!" Sunset said, running towards the alley. "Princess Celestia! I found her!"

"Funny, I smell burnt mustard." Luna thought.

The others followed her down towards the alley. "Sister. What are you doing here?" Luna asked ominously.

"I… I was…" Looking at Luna, she looked where she was nodding her head and quickly read Midnight's mind. "Looking for Twilight, but it would appear that you found her first." She quickly trotted towards the exit. "Let's get her home and then get back to Canterlot."

"Sister," Luna said, placing a hoof in her path. "We have a problem."

"What?"

Luna pulled her aside and whispered in her ear. "They found out about Discord."

"What?!"

"Play along."

They turned towards the others. "Right, let's go."