The Life Of Blitz

This was the beginning of my life! I was born into a world that made no sense to me at all. I was born into the world thinking that all of my changeling brothers and sisters were right. How wrong I was… I was a special changeling, being half unicorn and half changeling after all. Nopony realised this for the longest time. I would just act as any old changeling. The old queen, Chrysalis, wasn't the kindest to anypony. She would always scream at certain changelings and avoid screaming at others. I was thankfully one of those others.

Chrysalis began to find out more about me, as she began to notice me changing constantly. Not changing shape or form, to try to blend in, but how I just naturally was. I had began to take on a coloured mane, blue to be exact, while all of the other changelings followed the traditional root of Chrysalis' darker green mane. She took to me like I was her own little foal. That was something that didn't go down well, secretly, with my true mother.

My mother was just any other changeling mare, only she escaped from the hive occasionally to talk to a stallion that she bonded with. A unicorn stallion to be exact. That was my father! He was amazing, but I didn't get to see him at all, until something happened to him and my mother, but more on that later on. Anyway, I was born from my mother and then she placed me among the group of changelings that Chrysalis has made. It was a sad time for her, but she had to do what she could to live. Ponies didn't understand how hard it was to be a changeling. It was like living in the royal guard for your entire life, with stricter rules. Most changelings were punished, including me, if we were to step out of line. So Celestia knew what would happen if Chrysalis found out about me not being hers. My mother would most likely be beheaded if Chrysalis found out. My mother occasionally offered to protect the newborns, just to see me happy. I didn't know that that caring mare, watching over me most of the time, was my own mother.

I was split away from most of the other young changelings. I didn't really like this, but I didn't have a choice if I liked it or not. I was special to her. Chrysalis wanted me to be her actual foal, but I didn't want to be. I wanted to be and live the life of a normal changeling, but she told me that I wasn't a normal changeling. At least give me the option to choose if I wanted to be yours or not. The worst thing that she could have done, was force that decision upon me. This lead to me gaining my anxiety and then made me super unsociable. When I was to be taught, like all of the other changelings, I would get constantly bullied. This made me cry from time to time, because of it hurting so much. I didn't want to be different, but I had no choice.

My mother gained a promotion a couple of years later and was offered the opportunity to look after me personally, to be my personal guard going around the hive. Chrysalis did this because I got bullied for being hers, but I did appreciate it greatly. It was a couple of days before I began to speak openly to my mother, not knowing it yet. She was so happy to talk to me and I was happy to tell her everything about my day. She told me the stories about her and my father and then told me about who I really was. I gave her a hug and that was her final straw. She cried as I hugged her. I was so happy that I had found my mother. My actual family! She did what Chrysalis didn't, she gave me a choice. She said that I could continue being Chrysalis' foal, or I could keep my mother being a secret and actually being in my actual family. I chose my true mother and I'm so glad that I did.

A couple of years later, my mother was still my guard, but I still secretly treated her like my mother should have been treated. A hero! Only Chrysalis got jealous of what me and my mother had. She talked to my mother about what she was doing and my mother spilled the truth. Chrysalis didn't react like I originally had anticipated. I thought that she was going to shout at her and kill her or something like that, instead, she invited me to talk about my situation. I talked about how much I loved both my mother and Chrysalis. Despite Chrysalis being heartbroken beyond repair, she understood us and we understood her. She wasn't happy, but she was cooperative. She hated my mother, but wanted what was best for me. If my true mother made me happy, then I should go with her. I began to cry and I turned to my mother and nodded, before turning to Chrysalis and hugging her, thanking her for what she had done.

Chrysalis made a deal with me and my mother. She told us that if we were to leave, then she wouldn't send a force to go after us. We would be free to live normal pony lives, but if Chrysalis saw us at all, she would kill us on sight. We both agreed and began to leave the hive. A couple of changelings came to send me off. A changeling mare cried as she hugged me. She was going to be the one to miss me the most. Despite all of the other changelings, she liked me the most. I didn't really have too many feelings for her at the time, but she was beginning to grow on me.

Me and my mother made our move. We exited the hive, as the entrance closed behind us. My mother signalled for me to hop onto her back and I happily responded by jumping on and grabbing my mother's neck. She flew off in the direction of the closest town. The town where she met my father. As we were traveling along, I took a look at the sky, as the clouds painted the sky like… like… I didn't really have anything to describe the clouds like, cause I only saw the inside of the hive, that was all dark and gloomy. The clouds were so beautiful! I wanted to just fly towards them and just lie down on one and go to sleep, but I didn't realise that that was physically possible. My mother talked to me about all of the sky as I watched the sky turn from a light blue, to a bright orange. It was truly remarkable! I had seen nothing more beautiful than this, other than my own mother of course. I respected Chrysalis for allowing my mother and I to have a choice this time. I don't think that I would paint Chrysalis a bad pony, just somepony who wanted what was best for the changelings.

We arrived at the town and saw many ponies ahead of us. My mother landed behind a bush and looked at me. She asked me how good my shapeshifting skills were and I changed into the bush that we were next to. My mother smiled at that and then looked through the bushes and changed into a pony that she could see. She looked back at me in her new form and then raised an eyebrow. I looked through the bush and saw a colt on the opposite side of the bush. Before my mother could say something, I changed into the colt. I looked at my mother with a little chuckle. She smiled. She changed the gender of the pony she looked at and looked like any normal mare. She tilted her head slightly before signalling for me to do the same, to change the gender of the pony I was. Because I wanted to stay as a colt through the end of this, I looked through the bush and then saw a nice filly that I could change into. I changed into her and then changed my gender to a colt. I raised my eyebrow to my mother, getting a surprisingly happy smile from her.

I remember what she said. It was: "That's my boy!" She whispered it into my ear. I could tell that she was proud of me. We walked out from behind the bushes and she brushed the leaves out of my mane. She said for us to go and find my father and then talk to him about all of this. I nodded to her orders and followed her around. She knew instantly what house was my father's and went up to knock on the door. A unicorn stallion opened it up and I smiled. My mother said something stupid, but I remember it so well. It was something like: "you been missing something or somepony? Hey hun… it's me and your son. Chrysalis kicked us out of the hive."

My father was speechless as he looked at me and smiled. He slowly placed some items he was carrying with his mouth to the side and walked closer towards me. I was happy to see him, but I could tell that he was slightly confused about me and I'm sure that I would be as confused as him too if my son and my marefriend returned to me after years of separation. My father smiled happily and opened his forehooves as he hugged me tightly. He was actually crying as he held me. He was a father. He was my father! I was so happy to finally meet him. Out of nowhere, he looked over to my mother and quickly moved over to her, pushing her in and closing the door behind him, placing me in his magic, before placing me on a chair.

"Have you named him?" My father stated aloud, catching me by surprise and making me jump.

"Not yet, my love. I was kind of wanting you to name him, since you named me too." My mother stated.

"Mother? What did father name you?" I asked, being curious of what my mother's name was.

"Your father named me Shadow. This is only because I would follow him everywhere, when I could get out of the hive." Shadow said, looking over at my father with a smile. "Your father's name is Copper!" Shadow added, still gazing into my father's eyes.

"I got a name for him! How about little ol' Blitz?" Copper suggested, gaining a smile from me and my mother.

"I like it! What about you son? Wanna be called Blitz?" Shadow asked carefully.

"I love it! Blitz it is! I'm a fast learner and careful adapted to my surroundings. I love it! Thank you father!" I blurted out with excitement in my tiny little voice.

It was settled that we would live with my father. We learnt to love living as a family. A real family!