Ocellus had been having a very weird feeling as of late. The only way she could really describe it was... Excitement. She cocked her head to the side and put the book she was studying from down.

She was currently sat down in the library with her friends studying. Was it the test that was coming up tomorrow? No, it couldn't be.

"What am I excited for?" She thought aloud as she glanced over to a calendar and checked the date. It was currently May 12th. She ran the date through her mind for a second.

"Wait..." She said quietly. "It couldn't be. The Mating Season starts May 15th..."

She reached over for a sip of some water she had put out for all of her studying needs. She took a sip as she ran the numbers in her head.

'The last one was how many years ago? 6?' She thought as she put the water down. Then she started to choke on her water. She coughed loudly, alerting her friends who immediately glanced over. "No it was seven years ago!" She shouted in a panic, clasping her hooves to the sides of her head.

"What was seven years ago, Ocellus?" Silverstream asked setting her book down too.

Ocellus looked over at her friends who were staring at her in confusion. Ocellus nervously swallowed before she turned to rush to the door. "I need to go talk to the head mare!" She shouted as she ran out.

Ocellus was nervous, incredibly nervous. She practically barged into Twilight Sparkles room as she was enjoying tea with Starlight Glimmer.

"I need to speak with you!" She shouted in a panic.

Twilight and Starlight looked at her in concern. "What's wrong Ocellus? Is one of the other students hurt?" Twlight asked loudly.

"Changeling Mating Season is in three days!" Ocellus shouted in a clear panic.

Twilight and Starlight immediately relaxed in response. "Oh come on Ocellus." Starlight said waving her hoof. "I know your first estrus is scary, but it's not that bad."

"Besides, all your friends had their estruses already... Barring Gallus and Sandbar... if you need help or advice they could help you." Twilight replied before taking a sip of her tea. "I was actually surprised that you didn't go into estrus last year. Aren't you eighteen?"

"It's not like that!" Ocellus shouted in response hyperventilating. She sat on her haunch and put her hooves to the sides of her head. "We Changelings only have our mating season once every 7 years, and during it we Changelings can barely control ourselves, especially us females!"

Starlight sighed. "I'm sure it's gonna be fine, ok? You and you're fiends are all adults, and I'm sure if you REALLY need help, one of them will pitch in, granted it's consensual."

Ocellus gulped and nodded.

"And uh... one last thing..." Twilight said. Nervously thrumming her hooves. She nervously pulled out some note cards. "C-can you tell me more about the Changeling Mating Season? It's not really known to the rest of the world..." She said awkwardly tapping her hooves.

Starlight opened her mouth in discomfort. While Ocellus just stared at her. "Look I am not asking anything weird! This is for biology!" Twilight reassured.

Starlight and Ocellus exhaled in response. "Ok that's much better." Starlight said.

Ocellus nodded and took a seat.

Twilight turned to Starlight. "You know, you don't have to be there for this..." She said.

Starlight leaned back in her chair. "I would be incorrect in saying that I haven't thought of Pharynx and Thorax on the occasional lonely night. I'd love to learn a little about how Changelings well.... do it." Starlight said with a smirk before she took another sip of her tea.

This time it was Twilights turn to stare at her.

After a few seconds of awkward staring she shook her head and looked at Ocellus. "Ok. Feel free to tell us. This is all going to be added to the Changeling section in the Canterlot book of Biology!" She practically shouted.

Ocellus awkwardly rubbed her elbow as she looked at her.

"Ok explain away." Twilight said.

"W... well basically we Changelings are kinda weird compared to the other races here in Equestria…" Ocellus said. "Somelings actually think we might be the byproduct of Cicadas and Termites being magically hybridized. When Mating Season occurs, the male's wings start buzzing wildly, beyond their control, and the females g-go into heat."

Ocellus gulped before continuing. "The male's wings buzz, like with Cicada's to attract the females but, Cicada can stop when ever they want. Male changeling's wings only stop when a female is erm… h-hanging out with them... Even males who don't want to participate are kinda dragged in because of their wings."

Twilight and Starlight's eyes widened a little at that revelation.

"Another thing that happens is that the males kinda… find most of their strength drained by innate magics in the females. The f-females basically spend all of the mating season doing what ever they want with them... I-in fact I am certain it's gonna be worse this time seeing as how Pharynx is practically the only dominant male left in the hive..."

Twilight and Starlight's mouths widened as they stared at each other.

"Ok... wow... I'm sorta glad you told us about this Ocellus." Starlight said as she frowned. "If there is this much non-consensual things happening, I guess that is one more thing the Changelings have to change."

Ocellus looked at her and shook her head. "Its not something we can control! It's our biology not our society."

Twilight looked at Starlight. "Biology can't really be changed. The best we would be able to do is tell the females to not go after unwilling males, besides I'm pretty sure that Thorax already talked to them about it." Twilight finished scribbling down her notes, before she looked down at Ocellus.

"Ok this puts new light on things, Ocellus." She said slowly. "You said females sorta... suck the strength out of the males right?"

Ocellus nodded.

"Does this cause any real harm, and does effect non-changelings?" She asked tapping her hooves together.

Ocellus shook her head. "No, the most it does is make them weaker. Easier to hold down and stuff like that..." She said rubbing her elbow yet again. "And no... it shouldn't affect non-changelings..."

Twilight wiped the sweat from her brows. "Oh phew. That could have been bad."

"Ok Ocellus," Twilight said. "I'm gonna give you the same choice that I gave the other creatures with differing schedules to ponies ok?"

Twilight put a supporting hoof on Ocellus's shoulder. "If it gets too bad, feel free to return to the hive for however long it takes, but try to stay at the school ok?"

Ocellus nodded before she got up and took her leave with a smile. "Thank you Miss Twilight." She said with an immense feeling of relief.

"Hey wait," Twilight shouted after her. "How long does the Changeling estrus last for?!?"

"Six to eight weeks!" Ocellus called back before turned a corner to head back to the library.

Starlight choked on her tea when she heard this. "Oh Celestia… Why is it so long?"

Author's Note

Uh oh, Looks like Ocellus and the rest of the Changelings are in for a pretty hard couple of weeks.

Let's hope they don't break anything.