By the time Melony woke up, Spy Glass had already left. This was normal, considering he starts work earlier than she does.

She sat up, let out a yawn and stretched out before begining her morning routine. She freshened up and applied a thin coat of make-up. While staring into the mirror, she glanced at her belly.

She put down her make-up brush and smiled widely as she rubs her belly lovingly. "H-Hey there, hun, It's Mommy. Daddy and I are so excited to meet you!" She giggles a little at herself, not really knowing if the foal can hear her. All she knew was, it felt nice to talk to them.

She continued to ramble a little bit longer. Talking about Sid, Work, and the House, as if trying to catch up with an old friend. "You better come quickly, now. You are the start to our family... our new begining... we're waiting on you!" She giggled again before glancing at the clock and gasping. "Oh No! I'm going to be late!" She said to herself aloud, throwing on her work uniform and bolting out the door.

She ran as quickly as she could, with the extra weight dragging her down, she ran out of energy pretty quickly and lost her balance. She stumbled and tripped, falling onto the ground. She grunted in annoyance before being offered a hoof. "Melony? Is that you? Are you alright?" The brown unicorn mare, asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine... Wait, do I know you?" Melony asked, a confused expression painting her face.

"Probably not," The mare spoke, "But I know you," she continued, in a whisper this time. She spoke again, almost mirthfully "I'm Caramel Light! Where are you headed in such a rush?"

"I-I'm going to work.... How do you know me?" The mare seemed to get a little nervous when Melony asked this.

"Uhm... Small world?"

"But that doesn't even make any-" Melony started, but, was interupted.

"Whoops, I'd love to stay and chat but I'm late for a play!"

"I haven't heard anything about a play,"

"Neither have I! Well, Not before today at least. It must be a last-minute thing, but there are flyers everywhere! Take a look!" Caramel says rapidly before throwing a flyer into her face and taking off.

"That wasn't suspisious..." Melony said to herself sarcasticly. She peeled the flyer off of her face and read over it. She then rolled her eyes. The play doens't even start until Five O'clock. hmm... if I'm quick enough, I might be able to show up after work. And Sid doesn't get home until about eight o'clock, so, I should still have some time to make it back before he does, She thought to herself.

The play takes place outside of the palace, which is odd to her, the princesses don't usually allow such trivial events to take place near the palace. She only shrugged it off and tucked it away in her apron before continuing to work. As she expected, she showed up late. Thankfully, Red was easy on her about it.

It was a pretty slow day; Melony, was actually relieved at this. She was having an off day, so a little time to relax was nice. Soon enough, her uneventful shift was over and she began making her exit. But before she could leave, she noticed a flyer for a bake sale on the other side of the glass door, reminding her of the flyer she had in her apron.

She checks the flyer for the play again while she starts towards the palace. Then realization hits her: She never checked the title! The play that was featuring, just so happened to be her favorite, The Nightmare of the Opera. She squeeled mentally... and also out loud. Without even realizing, she began to gradually speed up.

Melony was there in no time at all, taking the seat closest to the stage she could find. She has only seen it twice before, but of all of the plays she's seen, The Nightmare of the Opera was the absolute best. Excitement washed over her as the curtains drew open. It was odd, though, she watched, something seemed familiar about the masked-pony.

It wasn't until Krissy (or the actress that played her) took off his mask. She couldn't believe she didn't notice it before. It was Spy Glass. Melony could feel her heart beat within her chest and her tail wag behind her. She never knew Spy Glass was such a great actor... or a wonderful singer. She found it harder to focus more on the play, and less on the "mysterious" masked-stallion. Many thoughts and questions crossed her mind, none of which, however, were: "Why isn't he at work?"

Soon, the play ended and she finally headed home to rest her sore hooves. She plopped down on the couch and started massaging her hind hoof firmly as she waited for Spy Glass to return. He returned later than Melony had expected. He came in, still wearing his costume and stage makeup, and she couldn't help but let out a little giggle.

"You never told me that you were such a good actor, hun!" Melony stated cheerfully as she levitated a make-up wipe from her table. Spy Glass chuckled as Melony wiped his face clean of the make-up.

"I take it you enjoyed the show?" Spy Glass asked. Melony wiped the lipstick from her husbands mouth and gave him a deep kiss.

"I LOVED it, hun! The Nightmare of The Opera is my favorite musical!" She said, slightly overjoyed.

"Why do think I chose it?" He asked rhetorically.

"What do you mean, hun?"

"Well, on the way to the Palace this morning, I was wondering how I would be able to find any changlings. Then I remembered the events of the first attack. A big event not only attracts them, but also gives them power. Most changlings couldn't resist that sort of event. I took it up with the Princess and she thought it was worth a shot.

So, we set up a stage and put on a play outside the palace. It was very last minute, but everypony wants to be at the palace; So, of course, everypony showed up! All we had to do is look for ponies who looked particularly out of place."

Melony blushed in embarrassment, for not asking the most obvious question, or even wondering about it. "Did it work?" She asked him, curiously.

"We were able to track down two of them tonight. With their knoweledge and abilities, we will be able to track down any others, very soon," Spy Glass replied. Melony let out a quick gasp.

"Two changelings? That means we can-" She started but was cut off as Spy Glass put his hoof over her muzzle and gazed into her eyes lovingly.

"Pack your things, Melony, we're moving."

Melony squealed happily and nuzzled his chest. "Just curious, which changlings did you catch tonight?" Melony asked.

"I don't understand,"

"You know, what were they disguised as,"

"Oh! One was a blue pegasus that went by Candle Blue, and the other was a brown unicorn named Caramel Light," he said. Melony's heart skipped a beat. Caramel Light?..... A spy!

Author's Note

I feel like a broken record, but again, I'm sorry, for multiple reasons. I understand that this chapter might have been more cringy than the others. For some reason, this chapter was harder to keep on track and was really frusrtating. I had a goal in mind, but I didn't know how to get there. As for the time, just know that this kind of things requires a lot of it. Not to mention writer's block and other things I'm working on. But I do like writing these, and for those of you who are still following along, thank you, and I hope you enjoy reading them!