My Little Pony: The Changeling of Friendship

"Your really okay with him living with you, Twi?" Applejack asked.

"But of course." Twilight said. "Besides, I think I can handle him. Or do I need to bring up the Canterlot Wedding again?" She asked.

"...Touché." Applejack said.

"Is that some sort of in-joke thing between you guys? Because I'd love to be in on an in-joke alongside each and everyone of you. I've never felt such positive feelings emanating between the six of you." Amiticia said.

"Twilight, please don't treat this like a project." Celestia said.

"Well maybe not like my usual projects. I can study a changeling in a very safe environment, and it'll be learning about friendship alongside me. It's a Win-Win!" Twilight said.

"I don't know...are you certain you can handle it?" Celestia asked.

"Two words Princess: Canterlot Wedding." Twilight said. Celestia gulped.

"Alright alright alright..." Celestia said.

"Even your Princess is in on that in-joke? I really hope I get in on an in-joke soon. Being part of an in-joke sounds like fun!" Amiticia said. Celestia's jaw dropped.

"...Why does that keep happening?" Spike asked.

"I think we're having a running gag in this story and we're not even past the introductory stuff." Pinkie Pie said.

"...Say what now?" Celestia asked, being confused.

"Don't bother questioning it, Princess; it's Pinkie Pie, there is no logic to be found with her." Twilight said.

"I see..." Celestia said and then left.

"So...what are we gonna do first? I may not be a pegasus, but I would love to check out your flying." Amiticia said.

"Oh...I'm not realy that great..." Fluttershy said.

"I meant the cyan mare. Rainbow Dash, right?" Amiticia said.

"That's me. I suppose you can watch me. In fact, Twilight, why don't you come with?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Fine..." Twilight said. "I suppose there's not much I can do right now." She added.

"That was all totally awesome!" Amiticia said, smiling.

"I'm only the most awesome flier in all of Equestria." Rainbow Dash said. "I'm hoping to one day be part of the Wonderbolts." She added.

"Wonderbolts? Who are they?" Amiticia said.

"Their a bunch of really good fliers who do stunts at various events and even respond to various emergencies." Twilight said.

"They are also amongst the best of the best too. I'm really hoping to get in soon." Rainbow Dash said.

"With moves like that, I'm not sure why your not already in." Amiticia said. "I mean, that was all really good." He added.

"Well...I may have flubbed up once at the Young Fliers competition this year. But I've been improving myself." Rainbow Dash said.

"That's good. Your learning from your mistakes and improving from it. I really hope you become part of the Wonderbolts soon; I think you'll be perfect." Amiticia said.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence. Your alright Amiticia. I kind of had my doubts at first but your not all that bad." Rainbow Dash said.

"So Twilight, can we go see what Applejack is up to? Can we?" Amiticia asked.

"Sure thing Amiticia." Twilight said and started leading the way, only for Amiticia to suddenly hold his head in pain.

"AAAAAAAAAAAH! Not another stupid headache! Go away, go away!" Amiticia said.

"Amiticia, what's wrong?" Twilight asked. Soon the pain went away.

"It's just a headache flash...I've been having them on and off since I regained consciousness in your basement. But they pass relatively quickly." Amiticia said.

"We'll have to tell Celestia about this later. For now, let's go see Applejack." Twilight said.

Elsewhere, Queen Chrysalis was watching Amiticia through her seeing orb.

"Grr...another attempt at getting him to return to the hive has failed." Chrysalis said. "If I don't do something soon, those ponies will brainwash him. I'm not sure where Thorax has run off to, but I'm sure he's probably on some secret mission. Though how he's managed to avoid me looking in on him is beyond me." She said. Suddenly her seeing orb was disconnected. "...Oh drat, speak of the devil! Seems a part of Amiticia knows I'm trying to force him back to the hive and has now severed my connection to him again. I must reduble my efforts." Chrysalis said.

"Thanks so much for your help with this." Applejack said.

"That's what friends are for, Applejack." Twilight said.

"But Applejack seems capable of doing this by herself." Amiticia said.

"You weren't here during Applebuck Season." Twilight said.

"What's Applebuck Season?" Amiticia asked.

"It's what the Apple Family calls Harvesting. Last Applebuck Season my brother Big Mac hurt himself and I was left by myself for several days. Unfortunately, due to a lack of sleep so that I could finish harvesting by myself without any help, I ended up causing a lot of problems. And then well...the reality of how much I had to do by myself eventually set in on me." Applejack said.

"Which is why from now on, if Applejack needs help, me and my friends are more then happy to do so." Twilight said.

"That's nice. Well...not nice that someone practically worked themselves to death almost. I really don't think anyone should do that to themselves. It's not healthy. Sleep is good for you, as is taking breaks. And if a friend offers you their help, you should take it, right?" Amiticia said.

"That's actually correct...where's stuff like that even coming from?" Applejack asked.

"It's probably something that's ingrained deep into my mind that I seem to be able to pull from. I don't know where I heard stuff like it though; I just seem to know it. Memory loss and everything." Amiticia said.

"Well, at least your honest about stuff." Applejack said.

"Lying to others is a bad thing though. Twilight told me as much on the way over here." Amiticia said.

"...And now I'm starting to wonder if your doing too good of a job, Twilight." Applejack said.

"Hey, if he learns enough about friendship, then he'll never want to return to the other changelings." Twilight said. Suddenly, Amiticia broke down and started looking like he was trying to defend himself. "...Amiticia?" Twilight asked.

"STOP! GO AWAY! I DON'T WANNA HURT PONIES! NO...PLEASE! NOT THAT! ANYTHING BUT THAT!" Amiticia said.

"Amiticia!" Twilgiht said before using a calming spell to stop Amiticia's episode.

"...Twilight? Oh thank goodness." Amiticia said, and hugged Twilight's leg. "I don't know what happened, but whatever memory that was was awful; I'm so glad you stopped it!" Amiticia said.

"It's nothing. It's what friends do." Twilight said, smiling.