The Changes We All Must Make

Zenith was standing in the hallway chatting with a guard that presumably brought him to her. Wait she knew this guard, it was Twist... She's a Lieutenant and was with her the first day of Shining's interrogation.

"Zenith..." Cadence said quietly getting his attention.

Zenith looked at Cadence and smiled slightly. "H-Hey... are you okay Cadence?" After saying that he glanced at Twist who nodded and stepped back her face shifting from a small smile to a stoic blank look.

"I..." Cadence sighed opening the door up. "Please come in. We need to talk." Zenith face contorted into one of confusion... He could have swore he heard Allura voice for a moment. Shoving that thought down, he stepped inside. "Twist aren't you coming inside?"

"No princess..." She replied. "I think you two need to talk alone. What you two say to one another isn't something I should put my nose in."

"Oh... Thank you Twist." Cadence said closing the door and looking at Zenith who was looking out the balcony but keeping his distance so he couldn't be seen by anyone that happened to be passing by. "What are you doing Zenith?"

Zenith hummed looking back at her. "I was... thinking. It's been a little bit since we last spoke... I was trying to think of a joke... although I doubt you want to hear one of those right now."

"Actually... I think it would make me feel a little better..." She said sitting on the edge of her bed. Zenith smiled as she continued to speak, "I actually was going to come see you later today. So we could talk about some stuff..."

"Some stuff?" Zenith echoed giving her a analytical look. "Well... I could help but you'll have to be more specific than that..."

"I... I've been going through a emotional hell Zenith... It hurts so much... No matter how much I try to reason with myself or cry until I can't cry anymore... It just doesn't seem to relent." She sniffled and exhaled shakily.

Zenith approached slowly and sat next to her getting a clear look in her eyes. What reflected back from them was nothing but pain and sadness. "You want the pain to stop..." She nodded and looked at the floor. Zenith sighed joining her in looking at the floor. This could be the perfect moment, but it was risky. "I... I think I can take the pain away... If you really want me to.

"You can? How?" Cadence asked reaching over lightly grabbing his arm and looking back at him.

Zenith closed his eyes sighing. "I can... but I don't think that it's something I should do. It's a very abrasive bit of magic... if you are subject to it and for any reason it's dispelled... It can and will bring everything crashing back.. it could drive you insane. However, I could use hypnosis... it's much safer..." Cadence's grip on his arm tightened. He kept his eyes on the floor ignoring her tightening grip and continuing to speak. "Although.. even hypnosis has rules... It's easy to hypnotize someone when they aren't expecting it but... when they are.. it takes a lot more effort. That and I don't think you'll like the results."

"W-Why wouldn't I like the results? It would take away the pain right?"

"Well yes... it would but the only way that would be possible is to hypnotize you into thinking you never loved him in the first place... Like you got married for political reasons or something of that nature."

"It would be as if we never loved one another?"

"Well for you it would... Shining would grow suspicious if you saw him and didn't love him anymore. Unless you've made it clear that you don't love him anymore?" Zenith asked finally turning his attention from the ground to Cadence.

"I haven't..." Cadence replied. "Because it would be a lie... I do love him. Even if he is breaking my heart."

"Hmm... Well, if you wish it so I can hypnotize you, but as I've said there are rules. Since you are more or less aware that you will be hypnotized you'll have to be reminded while being hypnotized that you are okay with it."

"So, like reinforcing that I'm doing this of my own free will?" She asked cocking her head slightly.

"Yes, exactly right. Since you are asking for it I suppose that it cancels out rule three... but it may complicate things if I were to skip it..." Zenith said purposefully trailing off.

"What's rule three?" She questioned loosening her grip on his arm.

"Rule three basically runs along the lines of the fact if the subject of hypnosis is already in love, you'll have to bend the love away from that individual to someone else." He stated recalling the full rule but saying a modified version for his own use. "So in turn I'll have to hypnotize you into loving someone else." Cadence didn't respond at all for a few minutes. Zenith was getting worried. While it was mostly true what he had told her, she could still turn it down and ruin the plan he'd carefully laid out.

"Zenith..." Cadence got a look of resolve on her face standing up and getting in front of Zenith jumps at him. Zenith's back hit the bed as Cadence straddled him making him look at her in surprise. That is, after a small hiss of pain due to his wings. "Do it."

"Are you completely sure this is what you want?" He asked her closing his eyes.

Cadence was quiet for a moment but responded, "Yes... I'm sure..."

"As you wish.." His eyes snapped open to show not his usual red eyes but the dragonic eyes of a royal. Blood red dagger tip pupil eyes stared up at her causing Cadence to freeze. A pink aura beginning to appear around Cadence's eyes. "Princess... you are starting to relax..."

Morgana's smile widened as she looked down at the guard previously known as Corporal. She had found him. She caught him sleeping. Oh the fun she was going to have! She couldn't help but shutter in pleasure. She was gonna make him bleed... She was going to make him writhe in pain. Pain... sweet, sweet pain. In a crazed obsession she grabbed him by the neck and began to squeeze.

His eyes flashed open as he began to thrash and struggle. She just looked down at him with a huge smile on her face as she watched him struggle for his life. She watched his eyes start to roll up into his head then she let go. Immediately her horn lit up keeping him pinned to the cot. His breath finally returning to him he tried to yell only to be silenced by a kiss from the psychotic mare. When it broke a loud gasp came from the stallion as he coughed catching his breath.

"W-What the fuck is wrong with you?! You psychotic bitch! Get the fuck off of me!" He choked out struggling underneath the disguised changeling as her disguise melted away. Her blue eyes glowing eerily as she looked down at him. His face turned turned to one paralyzed with fear looking up at the monstrously beautiful changeling who's smile only continues to grow more sadistic by the second.

"Oh what's wrong?" She cooed. "You don't like getting kissed by a pretty mare?" Her face became one of hurt and sadness as she looked away from him. "But it's okay... l'll forgive you..." Her smile returned widening psychotically as she grabbed his wing. "If you scream for me..." With a swift motion his wing made a sickening snap making the guard scream in pain. Morgana shivered and licked her lips standing over him stepped down on his wing grinding her heel into it causing him to thrash and scream in pain. Making her laugh manically. "Such a good boy. Screaming for me." She reached between her legs and began to rub herself watching him squirm. "I'm going to play with you until you break or until I'm satisfied... I take good care of my toys... but first.. Mmnnnn... I'm going to break your other wing now... be good and scream some more."

The broken screams echoed in the dark but no one could hear the stallions cries for help and begs for mercy. They fell silent only to begin anew every few minutes as Morgana played with her new toy. Sadly the fun had to end, her king gave her a new order. It was time... Time to turn Shining into her new toy... She looked at the twitching shivering mess of blood and broken bones she left and smiled sweetly.

"Yes my king... I'll be sure to get rid of him... but why? Can't I please play with him some more?" She asks but her face slowly looking down sadly. "O-oh... I.. I understand my king... I will kill him quickly and quietly... M-May I please keep playing with the guard until you tell me to kill Shining?" She sniffled slightly. "I.. I understand... Yes my king... I'll play later... Of course..." She frowns and looks at the pool of blood slowly growing larger. "It looks like we'll have to cut play time short..." She sighed and walked over to the pony grabbing his head gently making him look at her. Giving him a frown she watched him stare at her blankly as if he was hardly alive. "Good night..." With a swift motion his neck was broken killing him. "I do wish we had more time to play..."