Holes in a Muffin

by Feather Blooms

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Doctor Whooves, Romance, Changelings, Comedy, Tragedy, Queen Chrysalis, Adventure, Derpy Hooves
Length: 1030

Is Derpy really a pony like we think?

You think that Derpy is a pony at all? You think with that much love she can be our kind? This muffin-loving Pegasus is actually Milkweed, a female changeling who feeds off fan's love of her...pony personality? After a tragic accident with the Mane 6, she realizes she does have a heart. She created this beloved background pony to blend in and to find a friend in this place and win love for the changelings so they can have love to share, and they won't have a reason to feed. Though, Milkweed asks herself, "Why are they eating cheese?" This is because they are eating what covers what used to be every one of her species' hearts. Though changelings can't die and the cheese will grow back instantly, this is bad.

Published 2016-11-05 06:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-11-08 12:36:51 UTC

Why Our Species?

(Flashback)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Nothing was fair. There was a big fight before Milkweed's kind were sent back to their kingdom. Milkweed's white mane was swept to the side, her light blue eyes blinking every 20 seconds, her tail pointing down and curving up slightly as she hovered above a line of houses.

Twilight was aiming at the changelings, preparing to use that spell from Too Many Pinkie Pies, to send Milkweed's family back to the Changeling Hive.

At that moment, Milkweed's ears drooped, and her eyes went into a worried position as she flew to the Mane 6, in tears. She softly cried. "Just because changelings don't have hearts, doesn't mean we don't have real feelings!" Milkweed explained. "Why can't you just care about us?" She pleaded. She tried to reason with them, but how matter how much she filled with tears, they just didn't listen. "It appears that the mane 6 decided to take full action," She thought. "I'm sorry..." Milkweed said, but it wasn't her fault. She tried, and they knew it.

She flew to a village nearby, to visit for a couple years, with the plan of telling the villagers, (just before her departure) that they could've cared more about the changelings. Milkweed thought she would disguise herself until then. She designed a gray Pegasus with yellow eyes that cross, and a banana colored mane and tail. Though the background-aimed pony was perfect, she still needed a name. Milkweed nicknamed her "D.P." so it was cuter. She felt like making this pony adorable, so she stands out in the crowd and is loved. Now that Milkweed was good, she morphed into DP. Her bubble cutie mark was an addition to this adorable pony. She had a personality of a fun-loving, silly Pegasus who loves blueberry muffins.

Once she arrived in the village, she went straight to the bakery, and made an order for her first muffin. It tasted like pure love. She smiled and hovered slightly above the ground.

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It had been 4 years since DP ( A.K.A. Milkweed) moved to the village. To celebrate, she had 12 muffins with Doc. She was nervous about feeding off love, so she tried to control it, because feeding off pony love from her own pony design would just be strange.

Just then, Apple Bloom passed by. "Hi, DP." Apple Bloom said. She looked at Dinky, who was carrying cheese.

"Yum!" Dinky exclaimed. Then, she took a bite. She grinned. She then took another terrifying bite. And another. One by one, she ate a changeling.

DP flew to her. "Can you share with me?" DP asked. Of course, this was a trick.

"Sure!" Dinky replied. She gave it back with glee. The fang that formed when she took the first bite shrunk. Dinky was no longer nibbling.

DP turned back to her changeling self in secret after finding a tree to sit behind. She hovered higher and flew towards a pond and threw pieces in. It was all shredded and over, and that made Milkweed happy. She didn't have to deal with it anymore. She went back to that tree and smiled. "My sweet little design DP is a gift to my world of friends. My family will never be judged again." Milkweed whispered happily.

(Flashback)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DP had just come to the village. She was only 12 years old, and she was worried. Everyone seemed nice despite not being actual changelings themselves. She was walking with an empty box, waiting to keep some love and absorb it's juice. Suddenly, she bumped into a brown colt.

The young stranger (who made DP blush) stared into in the filly's wall eyes, and helped her up. "Are you OK?" This-Stranger-Colt asked.

DP smiled and nodded.

He got out a card that said "Hello my name is Doc".

"My name is DP." DP replied. They shook hooves. Then, DP got her basket back from the ground, ready to collect love. "I'm wondering, can we be......friends?" DP asked.

"Of course......if that's what you'd like." Doc stuttered. Their eyes shimmered in each others.

Then, all of a sudden, a heart flew to DP's basket. Though it was unusual, DP understood: it was love.

(End)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A certain Milkweed was deciding to go to the hive. She then thought to bring a package of love.

Then Milkweed flew to the hive in glee. She hadn't seen her family when not just leaving mail at the entrance in 4 years now.

"It's the mail." Chrysalis whispered. She opened the door.

"Hi mom." Milkweed said. She winked at her mom.

"Cobweb left soon after you if you wanted to see him..." Chrysalis sighed. The two then ate the love happily.

The sudden quietness made Milkweed's rounded snout lose it's mouth slightly. She smiled when she saw her younger brother Sting sleeping peacefully in his bed.

He woke up and drew something. This kind of looked like a heart and a changeling flying beside it. He was going to give it to Chrysalis.

Milkweed liked this idea. Changelings eat love, so why not? She was thinking about the village, and she was a bit hungry.

Doc smiled when DP arrived to lead this secret meeting. "I...am a changeling." DP said, turning into her fellow changeling form.

"Well, I'm a changeling too, actually." Doc replied, turning into Cobweb.

"It's you, Cob?" Milkweed asked smiling.

Cobweb nodded at the moment. His yellow eyes matched his pony father's.

Milkweed declared a wedding. It was at Town Hall, and the bride's mates were Carrot Top and Raindrops. Both changeling and pony, Cobweb was a kind stallion.

"Congrats!" Carrot Top exclaimed.

Cobweb was in the corner, his blue mane shining as he transformed to Doc. He came over and smiled.

"DP, do you claim Doctor Hooves to be your lawfully wedded husband?" Mayor Mare asked.

"I do." DP replied.
"Doctor Hooves, do you claim DP your lawfully wedded wife?" Mayor Mare asked.
"I do." Doc replied.

They went to the changeling hive to celebrate after that. Their bond was stronger than ever.

Author's Note

Seriously, though, would changelings like cheese even if they aren't made of it? -Feather B.