Deep within the Everfree forest lies a small clearing and within the clearing a purple alicorn with her guards a Pegasus and a unicorn were following a strange green magic trail that the alicorn managed to reveal and they slowed down a bit when the guard got in front of the Alicorn "Princess twilight are you certain it's a good idea to go into the Everfree and purposefully look for Changelings" Asked the brown colored unicorn in gold plated armor.After hearing the question for the third time throughout this trip the purple alicorn simple sighs before saying for the third time.

"Yes I'm quite certain Fast Shot. You know if you keep asking I'm going to start thinking that you don’t think I can take care of myself"

"Sorry princess but may I suggest we take a break" Replied Fast Shot while keeping a vigilant eye on their surroundings especially at the lake.

"Alright we have been trotting around for a while we should rest" Twilight said with a hint of reluctance. She has been looking for evidence on what happened to the changelings ever since she became an alicorn and after months of research and investigations she finally has what appeared to be a magical trail that seems to be fresh but is decaying rapidly at an accelerated rate. The alicorn turned towards the Pegasus guard with her and said "Wing strike mind keeping an eye above us?" The stallion simple nodded and took flight to keep an eye out for any of the dangers that the Everfree could throw at them. Twilight then with a quick bit of magic created a small campfire sat down on her haunches to rest her hooves that were a bit aching after the long journey they have taken which had put them in the middle of the Everfree forest. Captain Fast Strike decided to sit down as well and glanced at Corporal Wing strike before saying

"Stallion of many words that corporeal seriously he could be invisible if you don’t notice him." Twilight simply nodded to the captain but she wasn’t really listening. She was more interested in the trail she uncovered and maintaining its visibility. Suddenly a branch snaps making both princess and soldier stand up horns glowing at the ready one with a lethal spell while the other has a simple spell to knock whatever comes at them unconscious. After a tense stare off into the forest a small white rabbit comes out of the forest towards their camp looking at them with curious eyes. Twilight sighed with relief and powered down her horn while fast shot simple relaxed and did the same but continued staring into the forest. Twilight decided to stare off into the sky and upon doing so she saw that wing strike was right above her

"Gah" Exclaimed the surprised alicorn before a calming down quickly when she realized it was just wing strike. While the captain was trying hard not to laugh at the scene but failing to hold back a chuckle and said "You see that's what I mean when I said that stallion could be invisible if you don’t keep an eye on him." The Pegasus in question simply shrugged and decided to sit down on his haunches and said "I don’t blame the princess to be jumping at shadows we are in the middle of the Everfree anyway I noticed a storm was brewing so I decided to head back here and warn you all and also during my flight back I saw a cave nearby that we can take refuge in during the storm"

"That's definitely convenient...but is it empty the last thing we need is to go in a cave and some creature in the Everfree thinking it's a good idea to go in that cave as well" Asked the captain. "Yes sir it did seem to be empty and it was also like the entire trip not a single monster in sight " Replied the corporeal.

"You know Wing it's kinda strange how we simply trudged through this forest and not met one monster throughout our path it's almost as if the forest itself senses something wrong." Said the captain with almost a hint of tension. Wing Strike simply shrugged and Twilight looked around the forest before getting up and extinguish the campfire she made and said "Your right Fast but this strange phenomena in the forest had started happening ever since the wedding so if the changelings have anything to do with that we'll just have to wait and see anyway let's head to that cave I rather not get caught out here in the rain and have to turn around." Both guards grabbed their gear and stand side by side with the princess as they once again track through the forest towards the cave. While they trot to the cave Twilight couldn’t help but notice that the trail they had been following actually leads towards to the cave and stopping at the entrance.

"Dang it’s a full blown storm out there right now." Says a drenched Fast Strike. The storm had started while The captain went out to get some firewood to keep a fire going but he didn’t get far enough before storm clouds flew above him. "Yeah that storm is a lot more ferocious right now." I do hope Spike is alright. Replies Twilight with a look of concern. While both the princess and the captain were talking Wing Strike decided to explore the cave a bit before he came to a dead end and headed back to where they both were still discussing about random things. 'Maybe I should join in...my mom always keeps getting me to talk more often before she gave up' Thought of Wing Strike and when he was about to ask them both something but a strange soothing sound of music flowed into the cave stopping everyone's conversations and causing Wing Strikes eyes to widen in surprise.

Twilight silently got up off her haunches and trotted towards the sound as did her escorts and when they reached towards the end of the cave it appeared to be a dead end but the music seemed to originate from the dead end and also judging from the sound it seemed to be further in. Fast put one hoof on the wall but instead of touching the dead end his hoof went right through it. He then looked at twilight and said "Well guess we better see who's there princess" said the captain with a worried look.

Twilight simply nodded in agreement and was about go in first before she stopped and said "Wait let me cast something to keep us from being spotted." Her horn glowed and the two guards and twilight glowed a small bit before it dissipated after a bit. Wing strike was curious about the spell and asked twilight what type of spell it was. "Oh that spell it's something I made after the ummm…"She started blushing in embarrassment when she said this next line. "...Want it need it incident anyway what that spell does is that it makes us seem unimportant as long as we don’t draw anything to ourselves, now let's follow that sound" Both guards looked at eachother and nodded and looked at Twilight. The captain said "Lead the way princess" After saying that twilight went through the illusion that was a dead end along with the other guards and followed the sound of music through a series of paths that connect to each other and go around while some go straight up or straight down it was clear that someone or something created these tunnels just to confuse anypony who got through the illusion and what seemed to be a good while they managed to get to what appeared to be a primitive oak wooden door they looked at eachother and twilight silently opened the door and went through with the guards at her side and they all stopped and stared at the center of a huge cavern area that also has a good few decorations here and there. There also appeared to be a pure purple crystal piano in the center of the room with a strange equine like being with a curved crooked horn with what appears to be cracks going straight up to the tip that's also glowing a bright purple playing it.

When the strange being stopped playing music it simply got up and trotted around the piano revealing that the strange equine like being had chitin on it. it had holes as it should have but two holes are situated literally at the end of its hooves giving it a sharp look as if it could be used as a weapon. Along with the holes it has what appeared to be glowing cracks on its legs and were glowing a deep purple. The being's face also covered in chitin had purple slitted eyes but what draw Twilight’s eyes the most was what is on its flank which happened to be a cutie mark which showed a blue musical note with purple spikes at the end of it. Wing Strike noticed that the being they found had a strange necklace with several charms on it that seemed to look like common elements Earth, Water, Air, and fire except there was one extra and that charm looked like a small purple orb with a black musical note on the front in the same shape of the beings cutie mark, the charm itself was right underneath the changelings neck. Several things went through their minds and that was pure surprise, curiosity, and apprehension. They all know what it is and what this could possibly mean but they were stunned by the fact that after all these years they discovered one changeling but even then it doesn't look like a normal changeling at all.

The changeling shivered a bit after feeling a small draft of the storm’s rain that continues to pound outside. "Huh weird I could have sworn I shut the door" said the changeling in a calm voice. He (they decided to assume it is a he) was heading over to the door they opened and they simple stepped out of the way hoping to Celestia that Twilight's spell does not fail. The changeling simply closed the door and headed back to the crystal piano and grabbed a book from the front of the piano and opened it revealing music sheets the changeling then started talking to himself. "Alright I managed to finish one of many music projects, guess I should put it up with the others and get some rest though I also need to prepare for my friend coming tomorrow as well. Hope she is ok" The changeling started trotting to a different door and opened it up revealing a small square room that had a makeshift bed and a few bookcases carved into the stone. When the changeling closed the door both twilight and the guards looked at eachother and started backing out of what appeared to be this strange changelings home and when they went out through the door they started galloping back to the entrance of the cave not stopping for rest until they got out to what appeared to be a misty night in the Everfree. while the guards were catching their breath Twilight was getting her horn ready for a teleport and she and her two guards were teleported back to the castle surprising spike off a ladder with a duster and several books.

"Jeez Twilight can you give me a warning" Said the little dazed baby dragon that also was rubbing his head from a hard book that fell on top of it. Wincing slighty the princess simply replied "Sorry Spike but can you please get a parchment and quill ready I really need to send a message to princess Celestia"

"Yeah sure just hold on for a minute" The baby dragon managed to get himself up and grabbed a parchment and a quill out of the pile of books that fell on top of him and started getting ready to write down what was possibly a long letter to Celestia.

Twilight began "Dear Celestia…"

Author's Note

And so begins the journey. Enjoy or not the choice is yours...I await your judgment.

The song I choose is from a great app called Deemo and I do suggest you give it a try on the ipad or iphone its a fun game that im practically hooked.

oh and to let you know which musical note I was referring to here