Illuminating Aegis: Tales of the Changeling King

Namiro took a deep breath as he let his senses become one with The Force around him, he could feel the link that he was a part of as well as many of the ponies from Ponyville. Even the unicorns in town barely sensed him as his mind lazily washed over all of them. Thoughts were muted as he swam through the energy of the world, each passing second gave him more and more clarity on his power and his limits as he tried to keep himself from simply getting lost once again. His attention began to focus though as it seemed three ponies noticed him...

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Sweetie Belle shivered a little in her seat as she felt like she was being watched. "Uh... g-girls... did you feel that?"

Scootaloo gave a nervous look around. "Yeah, but... I don't see anyone..." She replied as she tried checking for any unicorns around Sugarcube Corner.

"Girls... I think that mighta been that same feelin' that we've been gettin' fer the past week... innit?" Applebloom asked as she idly sucked on the straw in her milkshake.

The light-stone colored unicorn filly nodded as she picked up her milkshake. "Yeah! You think... you think it might be because of those Changelings?"

"I did hear that one of them has those weird Unicorn powers without using his horn..."

"Hey!"

Scootaloo shrugged. "What? Unicorn magic is weird!"

Sweetie Belle glared at her friend. "I don't call Pegasus magic weird!"

"That's because Pegasus magic is awesome." Scootaloo smirked. "Just ask Rainbow Dash."

"Girls! I really don' think now's the best time ta be fightan over somethin' like that-..." Applebloom's eyes went wide as she had a sudden flash of inspiration. "Girls... what about us learning those powers that changeling guy has!"

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo shared nervous looks. "Uh..." Sweetie started. "I... don't know if my parents would approve of it..."

Scootaloo shrugged a little. "I could ask Miss Brightside... but... I don't think that we're allowed in that changeling cave-home-thing..." she explained. "You know... stranger danger and all that..."

"When has that stopped you before? Do I really need ta bring up the cardboard box incident?"

"NO!" was the synchronized shout from both Sweetie and Scootaloo. "Besides..." Scootaloo replied. "...That penguin was weird and we got out of there all right."

"Exactly! I'm gonna ask Applejack if I can learn from him." Applebloom said with a smug smile.

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Deep within the confines of the new Changeling Hive, Namiro shuddered as he quickly opened his eyes. He tossed a few quick glances around the chamber before he let out another shudder and whispered to himself. "...I sense a large disturbance in The Force..." As if confirming his fears, another shudder went through his body.