Chainwings Adventure

by CleverGoblin171

A Tragic Past Best to Be Forgotten

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Chapter 3

A Tragic Past Best to Be Forgotten

Chainwings POV

I could feel the intense heat of fire following my every step. I whipped my head around to see a wall of fire no more than a hairs distance away from my tail and Scootaloo. I quickly turned my head back to where I could see tall buildings. Fillydelphia I had assumed! I hoped the dragons would give up chasing us before we got to the city. Or if they had some powerful weapon or trap that could stop three rampaging dragons.

I felt the fire begin to roast the back of my tail. How much fire could these dragons breathe out! I made my wings buzz quickly and I began to fly upwards away from the flames. I realized Scootaloo wasn't weighing me down so much anymore, I turned my head back for a moment and prayed to whatever force that would listen that Scootaloo hadn't fallen off my back.

I didn't even notice the two forelegs wrapped around my neck before doing so, Scootaloo hadn't fallen off my back but she wasn't weighing me down either. She was using her wings to hover while on my back. She couldn't fly but she could hover though.

I was flying straight for Fillydelphia as I felt something tugging at my left hind leg, I. I turned to see the purple dragon pulling at my leg. I felt a sudden numbness in my leg as a ripping sound, similar to that of a limb being torn off, occurred from my left leg. I was suddenly freed from the dragons grasp but at what price? I didn't want to bring myself to look back at what happened, all I knew was I heard a limb being torn off and my left leg was numb. So I had either lost a leg! Or even worse Scootaloo did!

I kicked Scootaloo high into the air as I flew back at the purple dragon and bashed at his face with both my forelegs sending the dragon spiraling to the ground. I saw a piece of paper float down after the dragon, looked like a piece of a… Map… I turned my head to see my leg was still there! If the dragon did tear through your hide, then you would be feeling a lot worse right now! My consciousness shouted at me making me feel stupid, Thank you, myself, so confused.

Scootaloo is falling you dope! My consciousness shouted again, I quickly flew after Scootaloo at a break neck speed and caught her on my back.

"That. Was. Amazing!" Scootaloo squeaked with excitement, at least one of us was enjoying this.

I began to panic as the dark brown scaled dragon took a deep breath, then let out a large blast of fire straight at me and Scootaloo.

I hovered slightly to the right and dodged the attack then breathed fire again where I was hovering, I moved slightly left and avoiding the attack for a second time. Scootaloo face hoofed as he breathed fire again for the third time, and I flew right to avoid the attack again.

"You'd think he would catch on to what's going on at this point."

Scootaloo said echoing my thoughts as I heard the red scaled dragon roar then fly straight at me. At the same moment the brown dragon had breathed fire in my direction.

I flew up as the red scaled dragon flew straight into both the fire and the brown scaled dragon knocking him out of the sky. The red scaled dragon turned to me as the brown scaled dragon fell from the sky and crashed into a tree. I could see pure anger and fury within his eyes as he let out a blast of fire at me and Scootaloo. I kicked Scootaloo high into the air as I used my magic to teleport behind the dragon. I wrapped my forelegs around the dragon's arms and began to spin the dragon around like a tornado.

"Have a nice flight!" I said as I let go just at the right moment for the dragon to get flung off towards the ocean. I quickly flew and caught Scootaloo on my back. I felt like an epic warrior! Today I had gotten my legs crushed, fought off three Timberwolves and one massive one, intimidated a Cockatrice, got scared of a spider, and beat up three dragons. All in the same day! And here I thought leaving the hive would be terrible- oh wait…

My eyes went wide as I saw multiple arrows shooting out from Fillydelphia, I watched the sky turn dark as the Arrows rained down. But I used my magic to form a shield around me and Scootaloo just before the arrows could make contact. And as if our luck couldn't get worse, a wave of fatigue washed over me. Seemed like the adrenaline was the only thing keeping me from just falling out of the sky.

I began to slowly hover back down during the arrow rain. Scootaloo let out an annoyed sigh as multiple armor wearing Pegasus ponies flew up from Fillydelphia after the arrow rain had finally stopped. But there was one other creature with them that I couldn't properly name. It looked similar to a dragon whilst while also maintaining the body type of a female pony, my heart skipped a beat as I recognized what the creature was.

The adrenalin that was running through my veins stopped in an instant. The shield I had put around me and Scootaloo busted like a bubble and I struggled to stay in the air. The multiple Pegasus guards flew over and… Kept me in the air.

I saw their mouths opening and closing like they are speaking. I felt a sickening feeling wash over me as everything faded to black.

Moments before Chainwing blacked out

? ? ? POV

I walked at a casual pace towards the defensive barracks, I had decided to wear a business suit to look nice for a change… But it kept my wings clamped shut so if I were to fly I would have to tear the suit off. The commanders of the city stood awaiting for my arrival. The defensive barracks for the city held advanced technology that would only be deployed if there was a major threat to our city.

"Oh… Mrs. Razor, we have spotted… Quite an interesting sight that you will have to see for yourself to believe" one of the pony commanders said then pointed to a telescope for me to see for myself. The telescope had silver edges that held it together and it rested on a stand so non-magical beings could easily use it.

I peered my gaze through the telescope and looked down at the everfree forest "It's in the sky Mrs. Razor" the same pony commander said slightly making me mad. My name is just Razor… There is no Mrs. Yet that is.

I pointed the telescope up towards the stormy sky and saw three dragons flying after a Changeling with a little orange filly or colt on its back. I watched in awe as the Changeling kicked the little pony high into the sky, and charged at one of the three dragons knocking it out of the sky.

A second dragon flew at the Changeling after it caught the pony on its back, it sent out a blaze of fire which lit up the entire sky with light. The Changeling looked to be engulfed by the flames, but it had just maneuvered itself slightly further away from my sight and avoided the blast. The Changeling did this for another two times in a row before the last dragon charged from behind. The Changeling flew up and the two dragons collided. I pulled my head away and turned to the pony commanders. They all seemed to be in just as much shock as I was.

"A Changeling is protecting a pony… But it isn't from here because all Changeling have been accounted for…"

An earthpony mare commander said, her voice trailing off into an almost accusing tone then finished by adding.

"Did you assign any new Changeling into the city without telling us?"

It hasn't even been a month since Changeling were welcomed into Fillydelphia in exchange for their loyalty and trust to not harm ponies unless it is for defensive purposes. And to think this mare would think I would go behind their backs and allow a Changeling to enter the city before swearing to the oaths.

"No… That Changeling isn't with us, maybe he or she has come from Ponyville, since they had allowed Changeling to live amongst them as well for a brief period" I said and watched all the commanders turn to the window as what looked to be a flaming tornado was happening high in the sky.

I looked through the telescope quickly and saw the Changeling fling the dragon far off into the ocean and fly down quickly and caught the pony. If that was a female Changeling that had just done that, Dibs she's mine!

I felt the urge to scream as I saw a vast number of the arrow launchers that had been put in place go haywire and shoot the arrows out at the Changeling and pony. I turned to the commander who was nearest to the switch to activate the trap and scowled.

"We need to stop the arrows before they kill those two!" I shouted at the commanders. The ones who actually had guards at their disposal flew off to get them. I quickly spread out my draconic wings tearing the suit that I was wearing almost completely off. I walked outside as the arrows were about to make contact!

But luckily the Changeling seemed to know a shield spell as he or she deflected any arrows that were about to hit him. I watched as the Pegasus guards flew out overhead for some reason. They seemed to realize something I didn't…

I flew after them quickly as I saw the Changelings wings stop and the shield burst, they luckily caught him or her before they could fall too far.

The pony kept holding onto the Changeling like it was killed… No wait, he… The Changeling was a male… Dammit… And the pony was a filly with an orange coat and purple mane and tail.

"It will be all right, probably just exhausted from fighting three dragons" one of the guard ponies said trying to reassure the filly.

"He's done a lot more than just fight three dragons today… I hope that's right and he isn't poisoned or something" The pony said sounding genuinely concerned for the Changeling. Which meant they could be friends… This is very promising.

I watched as the Changelings eyes closed slowly and looked to have blacked out. I flew alongside the guard ponies who had been carrying the Changeling. Once we landed I ordered the ponies to bring the Changeling to a hospital just to be on the safe side of things.

The little pony was getting anxious and had been pacing back and forth, the doctors had told her that fillies and colts weren't allowed near patients and she was attempting to wait patiently but she was failing, miserably.

I had decided to stick around out of curiosity, I wanted to find out why a pony was so concerned for a Changeling. I was sitting in one of the benches for ponies- and Changelings, to sit in while waiting for patients to be finished.

"Kid… Why do you fear for his well-being?" I asked and the pony stopped pacing back and forth.

"What… Oh, well because he saved my life multiple times in the past two hours… And half of those two hours was spent here." The pony responded, likely not realizing it had only been two or three minutes since she was told she couldn't go in with the Changeling.

"He took on three dragons, four Timberwolves if you count the massive one, stared a Cockatrice dead on reverting my legs back to normal, after the Cockatrice had turned my legs to stone that is. And deflected a hail of arrows that would have likely killed both of us. So I kinda want to make sure he is okay…" The pony said then made a sheepish grin.

I looked to the room the Changeling was inside, then back to the pony "that Changeling… That one lone Changeling! Took on four Timberwolves, and a Cockatrice before fighting off those dragons. Yeah right…" I said not believing a word the pony was saying, but… It wouldn't surprise me, Changelings who were about to get robbed have shown to be quite strong and very durable in situations like that.

"That's kinda what I would have thought too, if I didn't witness it myself…" the pony mused as she rolled her eyes.

"Why do you think he has been defending you?" I asked making the pony tilt her head to the left.

"To be honest I don't entirely know for sure… He had fought off four Timberwolves like I said, then he asked where I was from since I had ran away… I told him and he nearly flipped his lid" the pony said snickering slightly.

"Where did you come from exactly? It can't be that far from here right?" I asked expecting her to say 'Manehattan' or somewhere else close by.

"Ponyville" The foal responded in a flat tone. Ponyville! The place that is so far away it's quicker to wait for hours on end trying to take a train ride there, which is nearly a three hour train ride? Wow… Makes sense why that Changeling 'flipped his lid.' I thought to myself.

"A little time passed then a Cockatrice turned my legs to stone, because I accidentally looked at it… After he intimidated the Cockatrice and reverted my legs back to normal I told him why I ran away. Which I am not telling you or any other stranger… No offence…" The pony said shrugging, I wouldn't have taken offence anyways but whatever.

"And… Well, he promised on his Changeling honor he would get be back to Ponyville no matter what the cost… What does Changeling honor mean? Is it anything close to a dragon's honor?" The pony asked acting as though I would know, luckily for her I did know.

"A Changeling's honor is similar to any type of honor, without it… They have no purpose. Dishonorment is something no creature desires, and those who do lose their honor become evil or... End themselves" I said choosing not to use the word Suicide just in case the pony didn't know what that meant yet.

"Oh… Also I remember hearing rumors Fillydelphia would hang any Changeling who came close… That's obviously wrong, right?" The pony asked innocently, despite talking about Changeling getting killed.

"Yes, it was completely false, a rumor I myself had started up to make ponies who had believed Changeling to be bad. To send the Changeling's here thinking they would be killed, when in reality it is basically a secret sanctuary for Changelings to be amongst ponies in somewhat harmony… But nothing is ever perfect" I said with a sheepish grin and putting emphasis on somewhat.

The pony seemed to let out a sigh she hadn't realized to have been holding in when I said that. One of the doctors who had went into the Changelings room walked out with a grim expression, which only could mean something bad happened.

"Is Chainwing okay?" The pony asked jumping in the doctor's way, unintentionally allowing me to know the Changelings name before I was even told it. Also… Chainwing… That sounds so much like Changeling it hurts.

The doctor's grim expression faded for a moment, but quickly returned as he spoke "the Changeling… Is in a coma… It could be weeks before he wakes from it" the doctor said closing his eyes softly, not being able to look into the pony's saddened face.

The pony seemed to hold back any tears she had as she turned and walked towards the exit "I am going to try and get back to Ponyville… It's what he would have wanted me to do- I think" the pony said aloud as she walked outside.

I got up quickly as I heard a dragon's roar, the dragon 'Chainwing' had flung off into the ocean must still want revenge, I ran outside when I heard the scream of the little pony followed by a second roar. I couldn't believe how terrible her luck must have been.

The dragon had bright red scales of flames shooting out from his nostrils as he shouted "where is your little pet now!"

I charged at the dragon and used my razor sharp teeth to puncture through the scales on his wings.

The dragon began kicking and shouting as I wrapped my wings around the dragon's neck and began to choke it "you get the buck out of my city the moment I let you go… Or else the moment that Changeling awakens I am certain he would do a lot worse than fling you into water next time" I said in a hopefully threatening voice as I spread my wings out. I didn't normally have a threatening voice, most described my voice as being Gentle and soft, just what a dragon pony wants to hear, that they are gentle and soft.

The dragon flew off quickly and out of sight the moment I released it from my grip and dropped the pony, I looked to a puddle that had formed during the rain and saw how menacing and threatening I looked. With how I looked upon first glance you would think I would bite your face off if you came near me, but I honestly have more of a bark than a bite when it comes to my strength in a fight.

Scootaloo's POV

There seemed to something with strangers and saving my life today… First Chainwing saves my life multiple times, then this… Dragon pony hybrid? saves me from possibly getting cooked alive by a dragon.

My eyes went wide as I saw the dragon ponies whose name I didn't know yet, walked over towards me "are you alright?" the hybrid asked in an almost gentle voice, something I wasn't expecting to come out of such a scary looking creature.

"Um… I am heading back to Ponyville before something else tries to kill me, could you possibly tell Chainwing to come to Ponyville soon as he's awake?" I asked trying to stay hopeful that Chainwing actually will wake up.

"Of course… What is your name exactly so 'Chainwing' can trust it's the truth." The hybrid asked putting emphasis on Chainwings name for some odd reason.

"Scootaloo." I said. "Wait… Where is the train station exactly?" Feeling a little embarrassed for not knowing where it was.

"Right behind you. Also the name is Razor…" The hybrid responded flatly, now I really felt embarrassed.

"Okay… Bye then- Razor" I said as I walked towards the train station, that was directly behind me. I turned back to see Razor walk back inside the hospital, which was right next to a train station for some odd reason… That still didn't make too much sense but oh well.

Two weeks later…

Chainwings POV

My eyes opened slowly, my vision was blurry and a light was being shined into my eyes. As my vision cleared I regained my hearing slowly.

"Chainwing… Chainwing…"

A male voice said repeatedly in a low frequency I could barely hear, I felt my ears twitch as the male's voice became much louder in an instant.

"Chainwing, welcome back little guy."

The male's voice said as I realized I was in a strange rectangular shaped thing, think ponies called it a bed? I had a white blanket covering most of my body which felt surprisingly comfortable. I realized multiple ponies were standing around the bed.

I began to panic not seeing Scootaloo anywhere nearby, she was hungry last thing I remember… 'OH NO! She didn't starve did she?' I thought to myself looking around frantically. I realized I didn't have to get out of the bed, let alone the strength to speak.

I felt myself cringe as I heard rapid beeping sounds, I turned to the source of the noise and saw a device that was linked to my arm, with every moment I panicked more the faster the machine beeped. Did the ponies build, and hook me up to a bomb of some sort?

"That is a heart tracker…" One of the doctors said clearly realizing how frightened I was becoming.

"It takes in account for how quickly your heart was beating."

One of the female ponies added in an amused tone, I calmed down at the realization that I wasn't hooked up to a bomb. For some reason I felt different now, like something incredible has happened to me while I was unconscious, but I was only unconscious for a day or two… Right…

My eyes adjusted to the dim light of the room I was in… And saw the hybrid I spotted before I blacked out, I felt my heart begin to beat out of rhythm, and heard it as well. The dragon pony looked to be taller than most other Changelings and ponies I have seen so far, also having a vast number of spikes that gave the illusion of it having long hair, when in reality it was probably tough like a brush.

"Do not be afraid of me… I know I look scary but I won't hurt you, Chainwing."

The hybrid said in a smooth gentle voice as it smiled, no, it was clearly a female. Now my heart was beating out of rhythm for more than one reason, first was the fact that dragon pony hybrids actually exist and seemed to have good connections with ponies. And secondly… I found her to be somewhat pretty… The idea of my crush on Starburst seemed to leak from my mind for a moment, a brief moment at that.

"You're wondering where you are, correct?"

The hybrid asked in the same gentle and smooth voice, was that her normal tone or something? Because if so I am not complaining in the slightest, I nodded my head in response feeling as though my throat had been cut by something.

"You are in the Fillydelphia hospital, you blacked out moments after saving your friend from the dragons. Also you need not worry for Scootaloo's safety, she is back in Ponyville where she belongs"

The hybrid chimed just as one of the ponies was about to speak. I felt a wave of relief hit me, I let out a deep sigh I hadn't realized I held in. I saw my torn map folded up neatly and laid on a chair, I had it tucked away in my left hind leg though… Must have fallen out or was taken out by the ponies.

I felt a warm feeling emitting from my horn which was both painful… And relaxing… My eyelids became heavy until they were forced shut "sleep now… Awake soon and you will regain your energy" the beautiful voice of the hybrid echoed as I seemed to be forced into sleep-

I awoke feeling as though not even a moment had passed. And the only difference from before was there had not been as many ponies crowded around me this time and I felt much more energized… You know for just waking up.

There was only one pony standing back onto me and was looking at the map I had, a unicorn mare with a white fur coat wearing a white outfit and had a symbol of a red cross on her flanks, and a red mane and tail to match the image… Hopefully the only time I will ever wake up to see a pony's rear end.

The pony seemed to panic as her ears twitched to the sound of me coughing, to get her attention and I honestly needed to. The pony seemed to go stiff like she was turned to stone, her ears perked down as her tail seemed to cover as much of her flanks as possible.

"Eh hem… Hello?" I said, my voice sounding nothing like it had before, I sincerely hoped it was just because I was tired and my throat may not have been ready to speak yet.

The pony didn't turn to face me, but I heard a long deep sigh in response to what I said.

"H-hello… Did I wake you, because if so I am so sorry?"

The pony said, by her tone it seemed like she was asking if she was truly sorry.

"No… At least I don't think…" I responded raising an eyebrow. The room I was in didn't have any windows… Or… Doors… How did the pony get in? How did I get in? Or was there a door I just wasn't seeing, maybe to my left or right.

"Oh… I hope I didn't disturb you in anyway at all"

"No, you didn't disturb me in the slightest… Also what are you up to, looking at my map…?" I said, lying through my teeth so I would not seem rude.

"Oh this is yours! I thought one of the, seven ponies think it was, who came over within the first week of you being in A Coma, left it for you."

The pony said making my mind almost break what seven ponies! Was it the guard ponies who caught us and Scootaloo? Was it Scootaloo plus the six 'friends' of hers? Why would anypony aside from Scootaloo care enough to see if I am okay…? My consciousness asked, as though it had a mind of its own.

"Seven ponies… What were their names?" I asked tilting my head, the pony put a hoof to her head seeming to try and remember.

"One of them was your friend I believe, the pony who you fought off some of the most dangerous creatures in Equestria to keep safe."

The pony replied making me narrow it down, it had likely been Scootaloo and the other six ponies… Who had beaten the living crap out of us Changeling during the battle- why would they ever even consider going to see a Changeling!

Or did they have intentions to finish what they started… No… No they couldn't have intended what happened! Or did they? Think about it… What better way to get rid of a threat… Than eliminate it entirely my consciousness echoed in my head, okay it has to have a mind of its own or something.


Flashback

It had been almost seven minutes after the mega love orb had knocked us Changelings off the face of 'Canterlot' and I looked around as I got blasted off into the sky, most of the Changelings had been missing… Was my suspicion right about them getting crushed to death?

I spotted Queen Chrysalis just before gravity finally took its toll and brought us down against a mountain side, which would soon be the mountain we would live inside.

Chrysalis looked like she could not believe what was happening. The sight we saw, was beyond horrifying! Changelings who had been further behind than us, exploded in the air before they could hit the ground, over exposed to love. I watched the blue liquid splatter against the ground all that remained of the Changelings who exploded.

I felt a stinging feeling emanating from my chest. I fell to the ground as if I tool would explode. I felt as though there was burning hot lava inside of my chest, but it wasn't burning through my chest either. It just lingered around as I screamed from pain. I looked over to the sky and saw the Changelings who had been told to stay behind so they would not be put in danger, fly over to our position quick as their wings would allow.

Chrysalis for some reason wasn't on her knees from the pain, but she was clearly feeling intense pain from her expression, but something was keeping her alive, something was keeping me alive, something was keeping the vast number of other Changelings who were in similar pain… I didn't realize it at the time… But it may have been the intense fear and sadness we all were feeling. The idea that we would all possibly explode, and after we came so close to saving our species! We would fail… We would let everyone down… That may have been holding back whatever was happening to us.

The Changelings landed down as my vision began to get blurry, and that's when I saw her… Starburst…

"What happened? Can you tell me what's wrong! Speak to me please."

Starburst shouted looking me over, I noticed multiple other Changelings where in much worse pain than me, from their screams it seemed as though they were being burned alive.

"Make sure… The others are alright… Before you even start worrying about me… I am just a weak insect compared to them… Save them and only save me if you can…" I said truly believing at the time I would die, but the other Changeling had families… They had children they were fighting for… I had nothing, I was expendable.

Starburst looked to be taken aback by what I said, as though she never heard the "idiot sacrifices himself for the others" cliché in stories read to us as hatchlings.

"If… If you insist sir."

Starburst said with a smile that made me feel warm inside, well not exactly on par with the burning feeling but you get the point, neither of us knew the others name at the time but Starburst had enough respect for others and actually listened, she then flew over to a Changeling who needed help more than me. Copper believed his name was, he was screaming as though he was being eaten alive.

The method which was used to undo the affects which- none of us truly knew what was going on but we all safely assumed it was an over dose of love, was using a freezing spell which had been learned by Chrysalis during her time amongst the ponies and learning any useful spells, the spell would cool the fiery feeling inside until it was no longer noticeable. I lay on the ground for nearly 40 minutes what it seemed like, but when they finally came to me the burning feeling had faded away naturally and I had been simply just trying to rest.

I felt vibrations coming from under the ground, something massive was tunneling underneath us, and I turned to where the entrance to the hive would soon be, as a large worm like beast broke out from the stone startling every Changeling in hearing range. The creature had purple skin along its long body and red fur lining separating its head from the rest of its body. A pink skinned head and six eyes, two on every slit of its head- it has three jaws that open up to show tendril like tongues!

And even with blurred vision, I witnessed why Chrysalis is our queen. She stood before the beast as it let out a menacing roar without fear. She had just witnessed her loyal subjects get brutally dismembered by an overload of love, it's safe to say Chrysalis was pissed. And you don't mess with an angry Changeling, not if you know what's good for you at least.

"If you have intention to harm my subjects than you shall have to get through me first…"

Chrysalis said in a tone which can best be described as the "I ain't taking any of your crap right now" tone, it likely has a cool name, but the heck if I know.

The creatures red fur around its neck stood up, as though it was trying to intimidate Chrysalis. Poor mistake on its part, it opened its mouth to roar or whatever sound would have come out of that thing, but Chrysalis grabbed it with her magic and slammed its face into the ground hard as she could.

The creature let out a squeal as struggled to break free of Chrysalis's grip, but it failed miserably. Chrysalis levitated the large worm out from the tunnel, the creature stopped struggling as Chrysalis lowered it to the ground as I noticed her chest begin to glow bright blue.

No! I felt myself try and shout by I couldn't, Chrysalis let the creature go as she fell to her knees. Nearly every Changeling accept for me flew besides Chrysalis and took a defensive stance, the creature moaned like it was defeated and burrowed into the ground, the light emitting from Chrysalis dyed down as my vision became even more blurry and my eyelids forced themselves shut.

From the sound of it the creature was retreating…

"We have a new hive… And much of the work has been done for us."

The voice of Chrysalis said victoriously, wait what… No something else must have happened… Chrysalis must have done something to fend that beast off, but what.

End of Flashback


No… The ponies likely had just thought we would get blasted off, and they don't know what truly happened, it's for the better they don't ever find out. The guilt may drive them into a deep depression… Maybe it is best I try to never have flashbacks of the past again… They are always so painful.

"Eh hem… You okay?"

The unicorn mare asked as I snapped out of my flashback, I realized my map the unicorn was looking at was gone, of course it was.

"Yeah, just had a bad memory…" I said pulling myself out of the bed, the unicorn's jaw dropped as though I was coming back from the dead.

"How do you have the energy to move…? Let alone breath."

The unicorn managed to say sounding to be afraid, very afraid. But of what?

"What do you mean? What happened while I was asleep?" I asked hovering up for a moment then landing on all four legs.

"You were asleep for not even 20 minutes since Mrs. Razor forced you to sleep."

"What, what, what… The bucking buck do you mean! Are you sure?" I asked getting right in the ponies personal space. What! 20 minutes! It felt like I was asleep for an entire day! WHAT!

The pony didn't seem to have a vocal response, her cheeks went bright pink and her ears drooped down.

"It's been maybe less than that… I-I have terrible memory sorry… But you were put to sleep not too long ago… Mrs. Razor probably hasn't even left the building yet."

The unicorn said wincing slightly, what was with her pink cheeks… It's called blushing you derp, remember reading up on the ponies' physiology just in case we ever meet one? No? Okay then… Blushing is something that occurs for ponies and every other creature when either embarrassed, shame, or being attracted to someone else… In the romantic way 'my little Changeling' echoed in my mind, didn't help my face was almost touching hers… Not liking where this situation was going in the slightest.

I backed away a few steps and I saw the door… A wooden door, which was the same color as the wall… Great choice of design. I walked towards it but the unicorn ran in the way.

"Can you just answer a question I have?"

The pony asked tilting her head, I don't like where this is going…

"Suuuuuure, go ahead" I said, I prepared to run if she asked if she could do anything to me along the lines of kiss or hug… Not interested in ponies in the slightest.

"Where did your friend say she ran from…"

The pony asked levitating out MY map and unfolding it, a place up in 'the frozen north' had been torn off, Cryst- was the only letters to not have been torn off from the name, along with the picture.

"Ponyville… She didn't believe she ran that far either, and neither did I to be honest" I said rolling my eyes. I realized I was actually taller than the pony… Not by a lot but noticeably taller, hmm.

"Ponyville… Ponyville! Wait so did she not cross train tracks? And I can somewhat recall Mrs. Razor mentioning that your friend and you had ran through the Everfree… Look where the everfree stops, according to this map there is hardly any forest between here and the Everfree."

The pony said then stopping to take a breather, I assume Scootaloo hadn't noticed the tracks due to being chased by a Timberwolf… And I likely just misread the map earlier.

"Just so you know I probably got the location wrong, also who is Mrs. Razor?" I asked making my horn glow as I grabbed the map away from the unicorn.

"Mrs. Razor is hybrid who ordered you be kept alive."

The pony said and I felt my ears twitch as a loud whistle interrupted from outside, not like other whistles though, different, sounding much louder.

"Oh yeah that's right! Your friend asked if you would visit her soon as you could, might want to catch that train if you wish to get there quickly."

The pony said pointing to the door, I wanted to at the very least find out this ponies' name even if I would never see her again, just so I wouldn't seem rude.

"Okay! Before I go what's your name?" I asked folding the map up quickly and stuffing it away into my right hind leg this time.

"It's not exactly important… You should really get going!" The unicorn said essentially throwing me out of the room. I made my wings buzz and I shot down the hallway towards an opened window, It was luckily opened just enough for me to fly through.

I dove down onto a small house which had the train tracks running alongside it, I saw the train moving off in the opposite direction of me but it wasn't too far away yet if I land on the train as an undisguised Changeling how would they react? Let's just be on the safe side and disguise the moment I land on the train my little Changeling said as I took flight again straight for the back train car.

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