Chainwings Adventure

Chapter 6

Wrap Up Winter!

Chainwing’s POV

I had just been crushed beneath a large tree and a massive rock. I could feel my hide breaking slowly due to the pressure being put upon it. I thought this was how I would die. Why did I have to have the worst luck in the world, but the deep voice returned shouting in the back of my mind Wake up you insignificant maggot! then went quiet again.

Through the small cracks in the tree I could see Silver Sky, Applejack, and even Rainbow, each holding a expression similar to being scared half to death. Did they think I was dead? I felt my horn begin to burn like a torch as I saw an oh so familiar changeling fly overhead. Starburst! And another changeling soon followed her in the sky. Was I just hallucinating or was Starburst really here.

I forcefully made my horn charge up until it felt like I would die if I pushed it any further, then I blasted the ground. Next thing I knew I was blasted off into the air in a cloud of green fire! I didn’t have the strength to fly however, and I plummeted to the ground at an alarming rate right for the three ponies! I forced my wings to buzz as I pulled back and somehow miraculously landed on all fours perfectly.

After the dust cloud cleared I wanted to shout ‘Starburst!’ But I couldn’t, I had exhausted all of my energy just trying to not ram into the three ponies. Last thing I remembered before I blacked out was Silver Sky having a look in her eyes like she would start to cry in a matter of seconds.

When I woke, after probably with my luck three days, she had pretty much the same expression except the tears were tears of joy. Silver Sky wrapped her forelegs around my neck and began to squeeze to the point it was getting increasingly more difficult to breathe

“How is he even alive? He has no pulse!” The voice of Rarity called out in alarm. Silver pulled back and looked to a heart-rate-tracking-thing and like Rarity said, no pulse was shown.

“Maybe because it's not actually connected to Chainwing.” A high pitched female sounding voice retorted pointing a white hoof to a wire with a patch on the end of it that was just laying on the bed I had been laying on.

Silver Sky now completely let go of my neck and flew backwards with a smile. Not saying a word however, just staying silent. Pretty much every single pony from the battle plus a few extra stood before me. I wanted to speak but I found something was stopping me from speaking as I saw a dragon standing by Rarity! A small purple scaled green spiked dragon was standing by the ponies and they didn’t seem to care! What in the what?

“Don’t worry Chainwing, your luck is bound to turn around now, right? I mean how many times do you get hurt badly like this just leaving your hive. It has to be the end of it by now” the pony I believed to be named Pinkie Pie said all too confidently.

“And what, makes you think that, and how do you-” I started but quickly clamped my mouth shut as Pinkie cut in “know about how you were kicked from your hive for an unknown reason?” Say, what now!? What? How? How does she know about that?

“Yeah, that. How do you know.” I started again but was cut off just as quickly by Pinkie saying “About that? Well half of it is because Twilight was sent a letter by a mysterious ‘pony’ claiming to have known you for a long time.”

Twilight Sparkle stepped in possibly seeing how confused I was getting and said “they claimed that you possibly just exhausted yourself and you passed out. And as far as we can tell they were right. I hesitate to say it was a pony because of the name… But it isn’t outside the realm of possibility.”

“What was the name?” I said feeling like my heart would spontaneously combust if she said Starburst. “Star-Burst? With a scratched out ‘s’ in burst making it Star-Burt” Twilight said with a small snicker. Star-Burt. I couldn’t help but laugh at that for some odd reason. But Starburst had messaged the ponies telling them I was okay. Wow, just wow.

“I’m just glad you aren’t seriously hurt or something worse!” Silver Sky said with a small voice crack. By her expression she was fighting every urge she had to not hug me to death, but just stay quietly on the other side of the… Wherever we were in.

“I am perfectly fine- OH SWEET SON OF A WASP!” I shouted as the dragon belched out a puff of green fire and it turned into a scroll, you know! Logic.

The dragon caught the scroll and opened it. Was this a common occurrence or something? Just go walking down the street woops! I burped out a freaking scroll!

“Looks like another letter for you Twi” the dragon said passing the scroll to the alicorn. I watched Twilight's expression go grim looking over the scroll.

“Princess Celestia wants me to organize the Grand Equestria Pony Summit. Great...” Twilight Sparkle said giving an exasperated sigh. Hmph… She sounds like she isn’t going to enjoy this one bit, luckily for her, there's a changeling in the building. My consciousness said which was a welcomed change from the deep monotone voice of whatever or whoever was speaking to me before.

“Darling, but you do like organizing though right?” Rarity chimed as I spotted both her and a filly with a mixture of light purple and pink in her mane, and a white Fur coat standing by her side..

“Yes but it will probably take me all day and night to organize it before the summit!” Twilight almost growled with every word. Also the walls were the familiar crystally purple texture- thing. I was inside the purple alicorns castle… Again… Oh my favorite!

“Eh hem… If you don’t mind me cutting in,” I spoke but was cut off by Rainbow- whatever her last name was saying with an annoyed voice “like you care for sleep when it comes to your books and speeches” as the rainbow pegasus rolled her eyes after speaking. My eyes locked onto Silver Sky as she walked out of a large crystal doorway.

“I'll meet up with you later, I have somewhere I need to be.” Silver Sky said quickly as she left.

“Well the summit won't be for another three or four days, but it may take each of those days back to back in order to get everything organized!” Twilight exclaimed sounding generally worried.

“So you're goin’ t’be off in Canterlot organizing the summit, but what about winter wrap up?” Applejack questioned as I managed to push myself off the bed onto the back wall.

“Winter… What now? What's winter?” I asked probably seeming much more dumb then I wanted to be.

“I could probably help out as much as I can” I added after the ponies spent a few moments just looking to each other in silence.

“You didn't even know what winter was, how can you help with anything?”  Rainbow said in a somewhat threatening voice.

“Well, how well can any of you help?” I spoke, feeling a sheepish grin begin to form across my face.

“What? Oh, we organize everything we can darling. I make nests for the birds, Pinkie Pie breaks the ice, Applejack helps clear the snow off the farmland. Rainbow Dash will fly south with a few other pegasi to guide the birds back to Equestria. And Fluttershy would have helped the animals wake up from hibernation but since she got hurt from that bridge collapsing she won't be able to” Rarity said with a frown, Fluttershy wasn't here. Oh no! How badly hurt was she! She didn't look hurt that bad. I thought to myself as I jumped out of the bed into the air.

“Is she alright?!” I shouted getting a surprised look from every pony I could see.

“Just getting rest at her home, she is perfectly fine” Rainbow Dash said with an oddly relieving tone.

“Wait Rarity, you didn't say what Twilight does to contribute” the little filly said to Rarity. I was confused to as why this little pony was even here. Maybe a friend of Rarity’s?

“Oh right Sweetie! Twilight will make sure everything is going on track” Rarity said clearly making a forced smile.

“Can’t the changeling do that for Twilight? You wouldn't mind right?” The filly asked me as I hovered in the air.

“Uh… Sure, if you give me your consent I could just turn into a copy of you. No pony will know the difference…” I said feeling myself grin.

Twilight Sparkles POV

“My consent? Well… Okay. You can change into me only for the winter wrap up! No longer, deal?” I said feeling rather surprised. I had thought Chainwing would just change without my consent and not care. He actually was asking if I would mind if he took my form. Surprised me he would actually consider this.

“Twilight… Are you actually worried about what Chainwing is going to do? I mean worst thing he would likely do and you said this yourself; 'The worst likely thing Chainwing would do is defend a defenseless pony and accidently hurt them in the process, he shows no aggressive behavior except when defending others' so give him a chance.” Rainbow Dash said sounding a little bit too lenient on the idea of Chainwing being able to turn into anypony at anytime to do who knows what. Plus the fact that her favorite dream was apparently defending herself from an onslaught of changelings, so this was incredibly weird.

“Deal, but it probably won't work due to… The whole you're an alicorn thing, alicorns are much more difficult to change into apparently” Chainwing replied in the iconic echoing voice of a changeling. Chainwing’s horn glowed a bright bluish green as he took my form. It was like looking at a slightly confused mirror.

“This is so wrong on so many levels...” Chainwing muttered under his breath then coughed and spoke in my voice saying “this was completely easy! And now I'm a female… Great” Chainwing said in a sarcastic tone, he wasn’t enjoying it in the slightest I could just tell.

“Um… What's with the lack of a cutie mark?” Applejack asked.

Then I looked to the copy of myself and saw no cutie mark were one obviously should be. Chainwing seemed to notice the difference as well, maneuvering my/his feathered wings in a way it covered my/his flanks- Oh boy… Explaining this is going to get weird.

“Not a problem… Now… Remember those seemingly endless questions you asked me…” Chainwing spoke in his normal voice and I could feel my ears lower slowly with every word.

“Well… Tables have turned now didn’t they? I need to ask you a few questions just so I have a brief knowledge of how you would respond... This won’t take long” Chainwing said in my voice which was eerily creepy in a way.

“Of course some questions may get a little… Personal… If any of you would like to leave so you don’t hear you can go” Chainwing said mimicking my voice perfectly. Without another word everypony left the room and supposedly waited outside, Chainwing took his normal form and I realized he was physically bigger than me but only by a little.

A Long Boring Talk Later

Chainwing’s POV

The extent of my questions for Twilight was just asking her random questions and seeing how she responded. Luckily for me her facial expressions and the way she reacted wouldn’t be difficult to duplicate, I hoped at least… Knowing me I would screw it up.

“Okay… I should have all the knowledge I need” I said then took the form of the purple alicorn.

***

The next day I walked over to Twilight's castle. I found her running around like a madpony trying to find all the things she needed for Canterlot. Her hair was all frazzled and it looked like she didn’t get much sleep last night.  Then again, I realized that I was still disguised like Twilight.

“Okay Chainwing- I have made a list of all the things you need to have done.  Spiiiike! Have you found my other clipboard yet?”

“Got it!.  It was in the basement. I don't know what all the fuss is about and why you would need another clipboard”  said Spike as he was walking up to me to hand me the clipboard.

“Umm…  What do you want me to do with it?”

“Oh, come on now Twilight, you had me search the entire castle to find this thing and now you don’t want it?”

“Spike, I’m over here. That’s Chainwing.”

“Gaaah!  I can’t tell you two apart!” He said walking over to Twilight.

“Okay, here is the list. Just follow the directions and you can’t mess this up.”

I took the list from her and looked at it. It looked like some of the numbers were erased and renumbered. I looked up at her and her eye was twitching.  “I think I can handle this.”

“Great! I will see you when I get back.”

“Have a good time!” I shouted as both Twilight and the dragon I assumed to be named spike, ran off to likely try and get to the summit on time.

Truth was looking the list over… I didn't know what half these things actually were. Like what is a snow plow anyway? What was snow? What was a plow? What was a nest?  Other than that the list looked pretty manageable.

:List of things to do:

See if you could help Fluttershy with waking up the animals after their hibernation.

ensure that the snow doesn't melt too quickly before Fluttershy wakes the animals.

Help Rarity with making nests for the birds.

Make sure Pinkie Pie is scoring the ice properly.

Check on Applejack and see if she needs help with pushing any of the snow plows.

See if Rainbow Dash and the other weather ponies needs help with clearing away the clouds. (Likely won't need help but just in case)

Ask the mayor if there is anything else that needs to be done.

Good luck!

Okay… So all I apparently need to do is just ask if anypony needs help. This should be easy! Wait… Wasn't Fluttershy with a whole bunch of animals, and barely avoided getting crushed by the bridge? I mused to myself for a moment.

I went over to Fluttershy’s house to see how she was doing. Knocking on the door I asked: “Fluttershy, are you alright?  May I come in?” I spoke in Twilight's voice. Just as I was about to give up, the door opened and standing there was a huge brown furred bear guarding the way. On the couch I could see Fluttershy. One hoof in a bandage, and the other in a sling.

“Oh, umm, you may come in” said she, hiding behind her mane. As I looked around the cottage I saw animals at every corner watching me half terrified for some reason.

“I see you have waking the animals taken care of...” I said looking to Fluttershy, her eyes hidden away behind her mane entirely.

“How badly did you get hurt?”

“I just sprained my right and left forelegs… I should be fine soon enough” Fluttershy whispered. It sounded like something I would have said to stop someone else from worrying too much about me if I had gotten hurt.

“Do you need me to wake up any of the animals? Who… Aren’t in this room at the moment” I said looking around seeing creatures of many different species all along each wall and corner. Again, each looking to me with a look that made me think they were scared.

“Why are the animals awake right now anyway? Weren’t they supposed to wake up later today?” I said in Twilight's voice, but I didn’t intentionally speak. I asked a question without asking a question. The voice of that dragon pony hybrid spoke in the back of my head Sorry… Couldn’t help but ask. Then went quiet again, I wasn’t even going to question it. For all I cared I had split personalities right now.

“That giant stone wolf woke them with its terrifying howl… Twilight, when could I meet that changeling hero who stood up against that monster?” Fluttershy said calmly. That sort of explained why the animals looked frightened, and why she was with animals when that wolf thing was prancing around town but... What was it she called me? Hero? How does staring down some wolf thing make me a hero? Don’t you have to die in battle to be classified as a hero? Or is the changeling way of identifying a hero completely different to pony’s classification of the word?

“I don’t know… Maybe once your sprained legs heal up, wait-  what? All you got from a stone bridge crumbling on top of you… Was two sprained legs? How lucky must you be?” I said watching a smile form on Fluttershy’s face, I wanted to steer around the topic of the changeling hero as much as I could.

“Apparently, there was a small hole where the rubble fell on me, if not I would probably have to have been at the hospital.” Fluttershy responded making a warm smile. The voice of the dragon pony chimed sending an awkward thought through my head. Kinda cute ain't she? Just want to kiss that little face off. I had to admit Fluttershy was slightly adorable, but still, whoever this dragon pony was they--had an interest in other females? Say WHAAAAT!?

I was snapped out of my thought when Fluttershy's expression went somehow beyond joyful and saying “oh, good morning Discord, how nice of you to drop by.” That word… That name… To my limited knowledge Discord means Disharmony. A creature named Discord would be a spirit of pure chaos! Evil beyond compare and capable of anything! I turned my head slowly and came face to face with a weird creature I had only pictured in nightmares. A draconequus… Needless to say I was rendered completely speechless.

“Hello--Discord, what are you doing here?” I spoke again without physically speaking myself, and I wasn’t complaining because it would make me seem less suspicious.

“Oh just checking up on my bestest friend Fluttershy to see if she was okay” the draconequus said floating in the air as though gravity did not affect him. He then whooshed through the air beside the injured pegasus. No irrational behaviour Chainwing… Don’t want to anger such a superior being like him. The dragon pony spoke in my mind echoing my own thoughts.

“I saw two animals still somehow not awoken on my way here, think you could tend to that Twilight?” The draconequus spoke putting emphasis on Twilight's name. He knew I was a changeling. He could probably tell right off the bat I was a changeling, but he was just toying with me rather than just say Twilight here is a changeling in disguisebut just playing along with it.

“Sure, I'll go do that. On a tight schedule after all. Well nice seeing you both” I rushed to speak. Once done I spread my wings and flew out of the cottage fast as I could.

Smooth… Real smooth the dragon ponies voice chimed in my head. I chose to ignore the voice and try and find the hibernating animals. I found them in a matter of seconds. I felt my entire body going stiff seeing what I had to wake. A spider--family--well guess neither me nor Twilight will be getting sleep in the next three days.

I timidly approached the sleeping spiders, every muscle in my body going tense the closer I got. I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs so badly. Four large spiders roughly the size of my hoof and two little tiny spiders each sleeping inside an extremely small cave sitting on a large silver cobweb. I managed to let out a small peep of terror which was enough to wake each of the abominations up from their sleep. I watched all the spiders eyes pop open. Each of their little pupils narrowing as they were focusing on me. I was completely immobile from fear. The spiders tilted each of their little heads in unison each looking to me.

I wanted to scream as one of the smaller spiders walked up to me ahead of the rest. It jumped up onto the bridge of my muzzle, looking like it was trying to make sure I wasn't a threat. The little spider was both terrifying and adorable.

Um… Chainwing, the list of things to do? You need to help Rarity right now I believe. The dragon ponies voice spoke up making me jolt away from the spiders. The little spider on my muzzle hopped off and went back with its family. One, how are you talking to me… Two, why, three, thanks… I thought back in my head as I spread my wings and flew upwards to find Rarity. It was weird not having to constantly flap my wings in order to fly, the ponies could seemingly fly with the most minimal of effort.

I had no idea where to find Rarity though… I did see Pinkie Pie though, I flew down onto the light blue surface which covered the lake to both find where Rarity was and to make sure Pinkie was scoring the lake properly- come to think of it, I didn't know what was proper and what was not. As soon as my hoofs touched the surface, my legs gave out and I went crashing down on my belly.  Try as I might, I was unsuccessful. Every time I would get three of my hooves under me the fourth one would find another direction to propel itself in.  “Aaarrrrgggghhhh!  How do you stand on this stuff!”

Giggling, Pinkie approaches me. “Silly filly, you need to wear a set of skates in order to walk on the ice.”

“Oh, how silly of me” I said laying flat on the ice feeling both defeated and embarrassed.

“You have the ice scoring under control?” I asked going to stand again, inevitably falling back onto my chest.

“Yep” Pinkie replied reaching out a hoof blade tipped hoof to help me up. I carefully grabbed a part of her hoof that wasn’t covered in a sharp blade.

“Great, don’t suppose you know where RARITY IS!” I shouted slipping and falling onto my haunches, I was making Twilight look like a complete clutz.

Pinkie pie began laughing even more as she went to help me up again, this time I hadn’t been so careful. The edge of the blade skimmed across my right foreleg leaving a minor cut across it, nothing too bad, just a small cut barely even big enough for any blood to exit.

“Oh no! I am so sorry Twiligh- Chainwing? Oh yeah, Twilight had to go organize the summit.” Pinkie said tilting her head looking to the reflection in the ice, a reflection of me in my changeling form where Twilight's should have been. Of. Freaking. Course.

“Yes… It’s me, I want to make it look like Twilight is the one organizing the winter wrap up not some random changeling.” I whispered lightly managing to actually stand on the ice without slipping.

“Alrighty then” Pinkie Pie said shrugging slightly then beginning to skate off in another direction I had no idea what scoring was but it likely was making the ice into cubes so they could probably melt easier, was my guess anyway. And Pinkie was doing exactly that, somehow managing to get the ice perfectly into squares while also skating all over the place while not even denting the ice.

“Looks like you have everything under control, do you know where I could find Rarity so I could help with the bird nest--” I said slipping on the ice attempting to move and getting flung into the air falling onto my back. “Just go to Rarity's boutique, if she isn’t there then I have no idea where she could be” Pinkie said skating right past me.

I decided to fly into the air this time, forget slipping on this confounded ice again. “Thanks Pinkie” I said flying off through Ponyville. I hadn’t seen Silver Sky around in a while. It's like she went missing completely.

“Twilight, darling I would appreciate some help with these” the voice of Rarity called out from behind me on the ground as I passed an absolutely massive pretty looking building. I landed down and it was like Rarity could somehow see right past my disguise.

“Oh, it's you… Chainwing, I guess you will do.” Rarity said giving me a scowl. I looked to my left to where I landed right next to a window which had a reflection of me as a changeling in it. Of course it did were all reflections in ponyville made to just screw over changelings?

“Whats wrong with me.” I said purposely in my voice and not Twilight's  returning the scowl back at Rarity.

“Oh nothing darling, I just have a few grudges against your kind due to Princess Cadences wedding getting crashed by Chrysalis and her mindless subjects. Sorry if I came off a little rude.” Rarity said giving a small smile. But that little sorry wouldn’t work because she just called all those who followed Queen Chrysalis, queen of the changelings, mindless. Just going to pretend she didn’t say that.

“It's fine” I said forcing a smile. I just wanted to get this over with.

“Good, now you can watch and see how I make the nest. Why do the others seem to be so willing to trust you?” Rarity asked catching me off guard.

“Changeling, the last anypony saw of the changelings was that failed invasion. Why are they just assuming you're not going to start another invasion and catch us all off guard!” Rarity shouted, sounding like she mixed my name up with changeling-Chainwing-changeling-hey I can't blame her. The little white coated filly from earlier walked up just out of her sight.

“Maybe it has something to do with how the changeling saved Scootaloo’s life” the filly chimed. I watched Rarity’s expression go flat as the filly spoke.

“That isn't a reason to forget entirely what his changeling counterparts did” Rarity said keeping her eyes locked on me.

“Just like there are good and bad ponies, there are good and bad changelings. He was kicked out of his hive for an unsaid reason. He has no reason to betray us” I said in Twilight's voice wanting to not be seen as myself at the moment at least.

“Fair point…” Rarity muttered then turned to a pile of sticks on a nearby table. She walked over and I watched her turn the pile of twigs into a bowl looking object, with a bow on it. She did it with such grace and so effortlessly.

“One down, ninety nine to go” Rarity said with a sigh. I didn't think it looked that difficult, and only ninety nine to go? I was thinking the number would be higher than that.

“I would like to try” I said in Twilight’s voice.

“Me too Rarity. I want to help!”

“Why of course you can Sweetie Belle, use that pile of over there” Rarity said as the young filly trotted over to where she was pointing.

“Twilight, you know what happened last time. Although, I could use some more help.  See if you can find me more ponies darling.” Rarity said seeming to forget, I actually didn't know, well not in very much detail. Rarity was working alone and couldn't meet the deadline in time was what Twilight told me earlier so… I would just need to either work constantly or find like twenty other ponies.

“Twilight, can you try and find the changeling, I bet he could get this done in a matter of minutes!” The little pony said with a smile. Why is the opinion of a changeling so badly split? Some have trust issues as they should! And most are completely fine, even to the point of  praising something I didn't do anything to deserve that though!

“I can try” I said spreading my wings and flying off. I landed behind a cart of hay to think, I was tempted to jump into it and just sleep, but I would need to help--Or find twenty ponies--I may just do that.

I walked out from behind the cart of hay and nearly slipped on a patch of ice, I charged up my horn and blasted the ice until it melted to a puddle, enough slipping on this annoying ice! It may have been a little much but I didn’t really care, I was starting to hate ice.

I looked over and saw a unicorn levitating nearly forty objects in the air as they walked out of a store and idea sparked in my head. When Rarity made the bird nest she was using her magic, by the looks of it the same magic used to levitate multiple objects. Rarity could just get the nest building done by doing them all at once--or as many as she can. This would be the most efficient thing possible for me to do.

I walked out from behind the cart and flew off to Rarity again. I landed beside her and got an annoyed look “you didn’t get any help, or did nopony want to?” Rarity asked rolling her eyes.

“No, I just had an idea” I said with a smile “think you can show me how to make a nest?” I added feeling myself making a sly expression.

“Um… Okay…” Rarity said turning to the table with a massive pile of twigs on it. She levitated over a small amount of twigs from the pile and put it in front of me.

She levitated the twigs into the air then began twisting and turning each twig until eventually it came out looking like a makeshift-bowl. I did the same but instead of just making one nest, I levitated up a good portion of the pile and began twisting and turning in sync with the one nest in front of me and Rarity.

The little pony I assumed to be named Sweetie Belle was about to say something but I signaled for her to pipe down, I was kinda going for a rout that would impress Rarity a small bit, showing that I ain’t no mindless insect. When she was done, I had four more similar to her’s done at the same time.

“Not bad, but we still have ninetyfour to go.”

“Would you show me just one more time?” I said.

“Certainly.”

I picked up an even larger pile of twigs and ribbons and started to duplicate her actions again.  It was extremely hard to duplicate so many and I think I was sweating with the effort.  But when she was done I had nearly ten more very similar to hers.

“Wow! That's impressive” Sweetie Bell said in awe.

“We--I mean you, could have the nest building done in a matter of moments if you keep doing this!” Rarity exclaimed with a wide smile.

“You know what, all I am doing is just levitating more twigs and building it simultaneously , you try it. I promise it won't hurt.”

“If you insist” Rarity responded sounding unsure of her own abilities.

She picked up a larger bundle of twigs and ribbons and proceeded to make two at once.  With my guidance, she did it with a bit of effort. Surprising at first that I was stronger than her when it comes to magic, but then I considered how a weak changeling would become stronger if the pony they disguise into was stronger than them, so I actually wasn't more powerful, Twilight was, and she was a princess so it is to be expected.

“I did it! It wasn't as impossible as I thought!  Now that I look at it, it's not that bad, it's still fabulous though. Maybe I should try three at once.” Rarity said with a sly smirk.

She picked up a larger bundle and proceeded to work it. I picked up another bundle and continued with her mimicking her movements again. We worked this way until we had all the baskets done.  Sweetie Belle was helping as well as she could making only one at a time.   Rarity was also giving her pointers and doing what a ‘big sister’ should do, whatever that is. It looked so cute her holding her basket with her magic and weaving the twigs with her hooves.  They weren’t that bad I thought, however from the whining and expressions on Rarity’s face, to her, they were horrid.

“Thanks Chainwing-” Rarity said but quickly stopped herself after getting a confused look from Sweetie Belle then corrected herself with “Thanks--Darling” Rarity said giving me the same smirk from before.

“You should probably be on your way to see if Applejack needs help with plowing the farms” Rarity said oblivious to how confused the little filly beside her must have been.

“Yeah, well, cya later Rarity” I said spreading my wings and heading off to Applejack's farm, well, I assumed it was Applejack’s since it had apples, everywhere around it, and yes, I know what an apple is, that red ball thing that grows on trees… And they eat them, for some reason- I dove down and landed behind the orange coated earth pony, accidentally startling her.

“Twilight! Don’t y’all go sneaking up on somepony like that!” Applejack shouted leaning her head back.

“Sorry, I swear I didn’t mean to, I was just flying by to see if you needed any help with--” I stopped, having a brain fart moment. “The snow plowing and planting seeds, and stuff…” I spouted out quickly.

“Y’all didn't do so well the last time ya took control of the plow remember?” I didn't really remember but I said yeah anyway and just nodded taking her word for it.

“Well is there anything I could do? I know!  I could help plant the seeds!” I said looking for the contraption to plant the seeds with.

“Twilight, Ya can’t pull the plow, you know that.  Big Mac has ta do it or somepony who be strong enough” Applejack said frowning and perking her ears to her sides.

“Oh… So you're saying I ain’t strong enough, is that it?” I said and for a moment I thought that she was saying it to me, and not me disguised as Twilight.

“Of course ya aren’t strong enough. Didja really think ya were strong enough?! Ya rely too much on yer magic, and ya s’pposed ta do it without magic. It’s the tradition.”

I felt my jaw drop “I am strong enough, I will pull the plow with ease” I said all too confidently. I did manage to throw a dragon before, and I assumed the dragon was heavy but I was filled with adrenaline so it may have seemed lighter than it really was. Well, I had heard that changelings were able to lift nearly four times their own weight, so I imagine that this would be easy.

Before she could say anything in response I hooked myself up to the plow and started to pull it. It was surprisingly no different than to what I imagined pulling a minecart to be like, except with this thing I didn’t know completely where I was supposed to take it.

It was so easy in fact I decided I would let it push itself, I ran pulling it along then unhooked myself letting the plow do the work.

“NO Twlight! Ya overshot the field!” the orange mare said placing her hoof to her face. The plow was heading straight for the Everfree Forest now, of course it would be heading there.

“Oh… Darnit!” I shouted flying after the plow, I felt myself freeze as two strangely familiar changelings became visible from the Everfree Forest and stopped the plow with their magic. As I flew closer to the pair they backed up and proceeded to back up into the Everfree, where they spies? No… I remembered briefly that Chrysalis made a rule that no changeling was to leave the hive unless banished… So… Were these two changelings also kicked out?

“D-don’t come any closer!” One of the changelings shouted in a male voice standing in front of the other, I was disguised as an alicorn so it makes sense they would be cautious and not want me near them.

“Look... I don’t want any trouble here” I stopped speaking then looked over to Applejack and several other earth ponies tending to the snow that needed to be plowed, they kinda seemed to be oblivious to how a plow ran off into the forest. “Don’t think anypony saw you yet, so you can still run off if you like” I said watching both changelings nod graciously as they ran off into the forest quickly. The other changeling was silent, but had distinct female features like the shape of her muzzle, the size of the forehead, and the general size. So there was a male and female changeling possibly planning to enter ponyville at some point, well it is bound to happen eventually.

“Thanks” I heard the faint voice of Starburst say as the two ran off, one of them was Starburst! I wanted to run after them but didn't hearing Applejack shout if I was alright. I was torn between going back and helping plow, or chasing after Starburst and that other drone. Starburst, plowing snow, Starburst, plowing snow… Starburst… Or plowing snow... I thought for possibly forty seconds before the voice of the dragon pony questioned in my head Who… Is… Starburst... And why are you giving this any thought… I decided I would just go for the plow, biting into it with my front jaw lifting it into the air like any changeling would if they were holding back the urge to say a curse word. I realized this would really make Applejacks jaw drop if I dropped the snow plow on the ground before her, carrying it in my mouth nonetheless, I literally would make Twilight Sparkle look like she has super-pony strength.

I walked up, blindly by the way, to Applejack and dropped the snow plow onto the ground, her expression was exactly as I imagined it to be. Jaw dropped and wide eyed.

“Twilight… Ya’ll are strong, but not that strong...” Applejack muttered slowly, her pupils was narrowed and iris was wide. I may have went a little overboard.

“Whoops!” I said sheepishly letting the plow fall on its side then proceeded to fly in the direction Starburst ran off in.

I felt myself cringe realizing I wouldn’t be able to find them. Due to them running off and possibly trying to hide, and it would be extremely suspicious if they saw me looking through the Everfree. I would have to remember that Starburst and another changeling are nearby and possibly watching… They are watching you, and I have doubts these ponies would care much if you shape shift, so there is no reason to be acting like this. The voice of the dragon pony chimed as I felt a wide smile creep across my face ear to ear. Hmm. There was no reason to be disguised unless to make Twilight's image better. No more holding back!

I spun around until I faced the snow covered field. I saw a gush of wind blow some of the snow into the air. It was just white cold dust. An idea formed in my head that would draw out Starburst and make Applejack or any other pony who sees it jaws drop.

I dived down beside Applejack and undisguised myself. It was starting to seem like Applejacks jaw had broke from being so widely open.

“Chainwing-”

“Yep, look, I have an idea to get rid of all this snow. You just need to get everypony as far away as they can get.” I chimed not allowing Applejack to finish. She nodded looking like she didn’t know how to respond. Then shouted out for the ponies pulling the plows to get out of the way If this worked I would possibly seem like an all out mastermind! No… Just don’t ever associate yourself with being Mastermind, that would be weird on so many levels for me… Hey what is this idea of yours? For some reason I can’t access it. The voice of the dragon pony said followed by an electrifying feeling in the back of my head and all along my spine.

If you can even hear this, I am planning to fly extremely fast near the snow in a circle until it gets swept up into the air. Then I continually make the snow spin in the air at an insane speed in the shape of a tube.. Then I make my horn spark, lighting myself on fire. Melting the snow turning it into boiling hot water pellets and getting sprayed all across the field. Melting a good portion of the snow away and completing this task. And possibly luring Starburst in to see what in the world caused this event. A win win in my book. I thought hoping the dragon pony would be able to hear it. I got multiple confused looks as I just stood idly to think all of this to the dragon pony I didn’t even know the name of.

“Okay, everypony is off the field, what are you planning-” Applejack said and I flew off to complete my plan.

I flew around a large area of snow quickly, more and more of the snow was getting flung into the air with every spin, I had no idea if what I was doing was actually affecting anything but I still pushed on. I had to close my eyes at some point because the snow was starting to blind me, the only reason I kept going with the plan was because I heard Starbursts beautiful voice shout out “Is that Chainwing in there!?!? Don’t stop now!” And I felt a surge of adrenaline shoot through my entire body. She was watching and wanted me to keep going. If I stopped now then I would be a weakling, no going back!

At a certain point I made my horn spark but found it wasn't catching a-blaze. I made my horn again spark a little more and nothing, I tried a third time with a bit more effort and nothing. I at first thought my plan was failing, but it was just, a major delayed, reaction…

My horn came a-blaze brighter than it ever had before. I felt my insides start to heat up, a little similar to the aftermath of the battle! My entire body was engulfed in a blinding green bluish light. I hoped this was actually working and I hadn’t just set myself on fire for no reason.

No Point Of View

Chainwing’s stunt had turned into a massive burning cylinder of bright green blue tinted light. Ponies had backed up due to the flame and boiling hot water that was shot out from this cylinder of fire.

The little ignorant fool’s plan had been working almost according to plan, except he hadn’t anticipated for his burning sprinkler to turn into an all out flaming tornado. Sucking up a few snow plows that had been nearby and getting burn’t to nothing but ash, instantly. The temperature of Chainwing himself at this point was reaching dangerously close to the temperature of magma. Yes, burning hot magma, how is he not a puddle of changeling goop? No seriously, how is he not goop? You going to answer writer? No? Okie dokie then… Not going to tell your bodiless voice whats going on? I get it, I am just a voice you called in last minute to say this part aren’t I?! Okay back to the story...

Starburst and the changeling named Copper, watched the flaming tornado and fled the scene, not to abandon Chainwing or the ponies who would need saving, but to save their hides due to them, not being very fireproof, they hadn’t even given the thought of trying to help.

Rainbow Dash seeing this disaster happening instructed a group of other pegasi including herself to push a group of storm clouds over the flaming tornado, but the clouds got sucked in the minute they came into contact.

“What in the world happened?” Rainbow asked flapping her wings.

“Chainwing came along disguised as Twilight, insisting on helpin’ out. Apparently the feller is extremely strong, able to lift a snow plow in his mouth.” Applejack responded cringing slightly. The tornado of fire was staying in one singular spot, luckily because most buildings in ponyville are made of wood and hay.

Eventually after a few minutes of Applejack and Rainbow Dash trying to figure out how to stop Chainwing. The apparently fireproof changeling got flung out of the flaming tornado and hit a building beside the pair of ponies, with enough force to crack away at his hide, leaving a cracked fracture mark on his left eye as the changeling slid down the wall slowly, leaving a trail of blue blood along the wall.

Both ponies had an expression of concern but were relieved as the fire tornado slowly dissipated into nothing but burning ashes in the air. There had been a large metal piece of plow stuck in what had appeared to be Chainwing’s left foreleg, but upon closer inspection it was going through one of his natural holes  due to Chainwing being similar to burnt swiss cheese and full of holes. Chainwing had avoided being skewered against the barn’s outside wall.

“Are ya stupid or somethin Chainwing-” Applejack started but quickly stopped seeing the damage done to Chainwing, she realized he probably didn’t intend to cause so much harm, let alone any. He simply made a poor decision and he would be scarred because of it.

“Is… It going to be alright?” An earth pony stallion questioned walking timidly towards them, Chainwing’s hide had become a darker color due to being burnt to a crisp. Looking similar to a changeling, while also now looking different from the rest, well even more than he already did.

“We need to unpin him from the barn” Rainbow Dash said tugging at the piece of metal. Chainwing’s eyes slowly opened then began to cough violently.

Chainwings POV

It felt like I was dead, the amount of pain pulsing through my entire body was unbearable. My plan failed, I was a weak insect pinned to the wall…

I could feel my hide almost boiling. Was I alive or just dead, getting some glimpse of the world after I died before I entered the depths of Tartarus or heaven's gates.

The world faded away into a pitch black darkness, I felt the urge to cry, I was actually dead now wasn’t I. I was killed by my stupid plan!

I looked around and saw nothing. Everything and everyone was gone. The air was cold and refreshing in a way, like a light in the darkness I heard the voice of the alicorn I remembered from before saying “Who are you?” The voice asked.

“Ch… Chainwing…” I managed to say softly.

“Tell me, why did you create that fiery tornado back on Applejacks farm” the voice demanded a truthful response, a lie may get me eaten or something terrible.

“To get rid of the snow quickly, but I didn't intend it to turn into a flaming tornado I swear, I just wanted to help. I never wanted to hurt anypony.”

“Is that true…”

“Yes of course, why would I want to hurt ponies who did nothing wrong to me? I mean the ones who didn’t do something terrible like kick a filly or something else entirely. But you get what I mean right?”

There was no response… I looked up and saw white dots across the sky, similar to how the sky looked on the train to Ponyville. It was much better than just looking to the darkness. After a while of silence and looking to these strange things, I noticed that together some of them formed poorly made pictures. I looked down and saw nothing either, it was just the sky and or roof of this place that had something to look at.

“Miraculously enough, nopony was hurt. The only thing that occurred was the snow and clouds nearby getting disintegrated. So I guess you're lucky to even still be alive.” The voice said after a long moment of silence. Then once the voice finished Applejacks farm formed around me, including the piece of metal that had been lodged against the barn’s wall only barely avoiding crushing my left foreleg.

My vision had been blurred and there was a loud ringing sound in my ears, I could barely make out the figure of Rainbow Dash pulling at the piece of metal trying to probably unpin me from the wall. Wouldn’t want a “dead” changeling rotting against the barn causing a foul smell now would they...

I began to cough violently. My vision cleared after I heard Rainbow dash pull the metal scrap out. I could feel my stomach begin to twist and turn as the shadows of several birds flew overhead. A female pegasus with a light grey coat and yellow mane flying with them, something inside was telling me that there was something bad going on. Well, aside from the whole burning tornado event, but at least no pony was harmed by it.

The pegasus flew into what looked to be the town's central area. Everypony ran away from me and to the pegasus, yes, because the changeling who was just literally on fire is less important than a random pegasus flying with a few birds… That's just how it's gonna be ain’t it!

Once I managed to stand up I decided to see what was going on in the town square that was so important to abandon me, not to say I was that important but I was just on fire!

I walked towards where the pegasi had landed, only to see a large crowd in the way, but upon one glance of me they moved to the side, creating a pathway, wait why?

After walking in between the ponies the ringing sound went away and I heard multiple ponies sounding afraid, others crying… What was going on! I thought looking around.

“I'm sorry!” I heard a female pony shout, I walked closer until she was in my view. It was the pegasus I saw flying overhead, she had tears streaming down her face. And had an eye looking to me and another to Rainbow Dash. I was unsure who she was actually looking to, or if she was looking at both of us.

“Sorry for what?” I asked and every pony turned to me in an instant. I looked behind me and the ponies went back into place blocking my way out.

“D-dragon's captured a pony named Silver Sky and most of the birds along with her” the pony said sounding scared for her life. Why would dragon's capture a pony and a bunch of… Birds… Dragon's… Eat meat… They are going to eat them! Also they captured a friend of mine!

“Two changelings, a-almost l-like you. flew in and tried to help but only got caught too. Well one of them flew off but they are probably going to get caught now soon” the pony stuttered.

“More changelings?” I heard Rarity say with a scoff somewhere in the crowd.

Upon realization that it may have been Starburst, in mortal danger, I had to clench my jaw shut to not shout. Going in blindly and attacking would be a major risk to their safety… I would need to try and make a plan, that wouldn’t end in me nearly dead.

“We need to go save them before them dragons get hungry and decide to…” Applejack started but soon stopped looking to a group of fillies.

“Where is Twilight? She could easily make a plan to stop those dragons!” Rainbow Dash shouted out, but word likely wouldn’t reach her until it's too late.

“How about we all work together, and think up a plan that couldn't possibly fail?” I suggested walking closer to the pegasus and watched her face scrunch up more and more the closer I got.

“Sure, what can possibly go wrong… Aside from everything” I heard somepony behind me whisper.

“Well, where do we start?” I heard a pony say walking up to me, her coat was grey and mane was black and had purple eyes. Also she wore a little pink bow on her neck attached to a collar that looked like it belonged on a fancy suit some ponies wear.

“Um… I don't kn-” I started but stopped seeing a white coated unicorn push a monster of a machine! Two massive boxes on either sides with a whole bunch of buttons and black plates on the center box, it looked like it shot out laser beams! Or something equally as powerful.

“We should come up with a strategy… Involving that awesome thing somehow” I said quickly.

I came to the realization the ponies couldn't lose! Even if we used the most stupid plan or idea they would win, because they have strength in small numbers! Thinking back to the battle, a group of six ponies took on fifty changelings! Even if ten ponies go to fight the dragons the ponies would win.

“How about we start with a stealth mission, then the moment we get the birds, changelings, and any ponies inside the dragon's nest out we hit the dragons with Vinyl's bass cannon” the pony with the crossed eyes said with a smile. Bass cannon? So it shoots music or is it just some cool nickname?

“Or we can just go all out and attack them right now” Rainbow Dash said sounding impatient.

“Or we can just be stealthy the entire time” Pinkie Pie said seemingly to have teleported by my side.

“How about we go stealthy until they find us. The moment they see us we go full on attack, we can have anypony willing to fight on the sidelines waiting for the first dragon to shout hey there's the ponies, then um… Vinyl right? You can come in on that massive thing and blast the dragons in the faces.” I said turning to the white coated female unicorn with a blue mane and wearing light purple glasses. She nodded with a grin not saying a word. I knew these ponies would win no matter what though, so any plan would work.

Message From Razor To The Reader: hello, that dragon pony who has been helpin' Chain out - he doesn't know my name... Of... Course... not exactly sure how Chains idea going to work, it's not exactly like they are fireproof, but, neither was he… Next time I see him I got to conduct some tests on him to see what is so different about him.

I would be concerned about him wanting to fight dragons, but I saw him take on three dragons all at once. He will probably be fine.