Another week has slowly passed.

Night Winger is still upset from losing his parents, but he's now under the care of a very generous Zecora. It was a tragic loss and a near death experience that had left the sad changeling whimpering himself to sleep at nights, and refusing to eat for the next few following days. He's trying to cope, though. Zecora has been plenty nice to him and feeds him well. At nights she'll comfort his cries and read him stories. The never ending rhyming began to make him giggle as his spirits began to lift.

Now, Night Winger sits on a chair in his new home, temporarily most likely, gazing out the window, waiting for Zecora's return. It was midday, and she had gone out to Ponyville to get something to eat. Night Winger had never had pony food, even when he was With Shining Armor and Cadence. They didn't want to chance him getting sick. Or at least he hoped he remembered that's what they said.

He couldn't stop thinking of them.

That night they left him there in the Everfree seemed rather suspicious. He knew they loved him....right? Even if they meant to give him away, they wouldn't leave him here, that's for sure. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed fishy. The day he and Cadence fought over who'd snuggle with him showed they obviously loved him. It was never ending snuggles and games and fun with them. He also wondered why they ended up staying a week instead of leaving as they said they would the next day.

So much was on his mind.

As he thought, there was a knock on the door. He turned his head, wondering who that could possibly be. Zecora told him not to open the door at all, especially since this was the Everfree. He wondered if it was Zecora, but normally she'd announce it was her. Night Winger cantered over to the door, standing on his hind legs, he put his forelegs up on the will of the window and peered out. He smiled, and pulled the door open with his mouth, unlocking it first.

"Hi, Zecora!" Night Winger smiled, throwing his forelegs around the zebra's barrel and nuzzles her chest. "What took you so long this time?" he wondered, turning his head up to look at her.

Zecora smiled. "I'm back, aren't I?"

Night Winger nodded. "What's for lunch?"

Zecora reached her muzzle into her satchel and pulled out a wrapped up hay burger.

Night Winger took it into his green aura of magic and un wrapped it. "What is it?"

The zebra shrugged. "It's what they gave me."

"Oh." Night Winger went in for a bite.

He chewed slowly, not sure how he was supposed to eat it. He swallowed, and his eyes lit up. "Yummy!" he smiled and began chewing happily away at the burger, sitting there in the middle of the floor.

Zecora smiled softly, her legs trembling slightly. Her eyes began to tear up as she watched Night Winger smile before her.

"I'm glad you like it..." said Zecora in a soft tone.

Night Winger looked up at her and tilted his little head. "Why aren't you rhyming? You haven't said anything without rhyming once or twice since I've been with you."

Zecora chuckled nervously. "Heh. Who said I can't take a break from it for once?"

Night Winger shrugged. "Good point. Can you hold me?"

Zecora nodded, sitting down next to Night Winger, she pulls him into her lap and holds him close.

"If only you knew how much I miss you." Chrysalis thought to herself, holding her son as close as she could, absorbing some of the love he's been fed.

*****

"He's missing?!" Celestia gasped, dropping the letter she'd just read.

Luna had just been passing by Celestia's room and heard the random outburst, so curiously she poked her head in.

"Who is missing, dear sister?"

Celestia looked up to her sister from where the letter lay upon the blankets on her bed. She was a bit too shocked to answer. It struck her the changeling she wanted to snuggle is now missing! It was a struggle of missing snuggles and huggly huggles!

"Well...who was it?" Luna asked again, approaching her sister who seemed too shocked to even move, save for her twitching eye.

The Lunar Princess shrugged, taking the letter into her magical aura, reading as her sister remained solid.

Dear Princess Celestia,

A week ago, Shining Armor's changeling son has gone missing. We've searched all of Ponyville, but have come up with nothing. We're not too sure how you feel about him yet, but since this is a family matter, we at least ask for your assistance.

Shining Armor has been heavily affected by this. He won't eat, he cries at night, he won't even get out of bed! It hurts to see him like this, Princess. I know he's a changeling, but he's Shining Armor's only son.

I simply ask for your assistance in finding him, as none of us have been in too much of a good mood since his disappearance.

Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.

Luna paced as she read, but stopped in her tracks as she finished.

"Shining Armor has a changeling SON?!"

Luna's eyes rolled into her head and she fell, unconscious.

Celestia on the other hoof flared her wings, and shot out the near open window.

"With...myself as my witness, I vow if I find He's been hurt, I will find his perpetrator(s) and they will not see the light of day again!!"

Celestia's mane and tail whipped and flickered, the colors all fading into a bright orange, burning with the rage that burned in Celestia's heart, her eyes bright red with anger as she shot into the sky.

"Don't worry, Night Winger. I'm coming for you!"

Author's Note

Yeah, yeah, Solar Flare is a bit much. But it's a bit funny, isn't it? Normally she'd go ape shit on any changeling in sight, but now she's going ape shit to help this one! ...Ironic...isn't it?