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The sunlight hit me from the window in the room. I was able to finally wake up without anyone screaming at me or trying to kill me. I woke up as a full citizen for the first time. I couldn't imagine what going outside would be like though. Everyone knowing exactly what I was now just seemed weird to me. I figured I would still have to go out and let the ponies ask me questions. I started a movement that no one was ready for, so I had to take it headfirst.

I headed out of the room after deciding to leave in changeling form. I was safe in this castle anyways, so I figured it was time for me to become more comfortable with who I was. I would eventually have to take it outside, but I knew I was as ready as I could be at this point. I trotted through the castle to see if anyone else was awake. I could hear trotting in the distance and decided to figure out who it was.

I turned the corner to see a group of guards who were walking through the castle. I did not know what was going to happen if they came across me in my changeling form. I took a deep breath and walked fully around the corner and tried to simply walk past them and see what they would do.

The guards all stopped their conversations and looked at me as I was walking towards them. To my surprise they all waved at me. "Good morning there! We wanted to thank you for clearing our ranks from those changelings. It is still weird for us to think that there are good changelings now, but we are personally excited for this new change."

I let out a huge sigh of relief. This was a pleasant surprise. "Oh, of course. Though, my goal is to find more reformed changelings rather than to just kill off the hive. I know a lot of the changelings cannot be saved, but I know there are more than enough who want a change in life. The hive is a horrible place, you ponies should consider yourselves lucky that you never have to step hoof in it."

The guards all looked at each other for a few seconds, "That is true, but depending on how this war goes we might have to. Anyways, we need to head to post, you be careful out there. I'm sure there are still more than enough ponies out there who want you dead."

"I am very much used to it by this point." I said, walking past them towards the dining room. I wanted to see if anyone was making breakfast or something. I had gotten used to the layout of this castle by now so finding the dining room was easy enough.

I opened the door to the dining room and looked through the kitchen door. Spike was there making breakfast. I walked up behind him to say good morning. I got up behind him without thinking, "Good morning, Spike!"

Spike stopped what he was doing and bolted high up in the air. As he did this, the cup of tea he was making was accidentally thrown across the room as he launched it without thinking. The cup of tea managed to bounce off the wall and exploded. Right as this happened, Starlight was walking through the door. Luckily, she was fast enough to create a magic shield around her to prevent any of the shards or hot liquid from getting on her.

I quickly caught Spike before he fell to the ground as the stool he was standing on was launched from underneath him. "Oh my, I am so sorry. I didn't mean to startle you."

Spike quickly looked around and gained his composure after seeing that it was just me. "You are a quiet one, aren't you?" Spike said this as he got up to start cleaning the mess.

Starlight could be seen laughing in the background. "Whelp, that's one way to get welcomed into the kitchen. What were you making anyways Spike?"

Spike went to grab a mop, "I was making myself some waffles. I did end up making a lot so you guys can have some if you want."

I looked down at the mess and decided to just use my magic to clean it up faster. I picked up the teacup shards and levitated the tea off the ground into a ball of liquid. I put the shards carefully into the nearest trash can and placed the ball of hot tea into the sink. "Let me clean that up for you. It is my fault that this mess was made in the first place."

Spike simply watched as I did this and turned to put the mop away. "You are both quiet and a showoff. Thank you though, I made a pot of tea so there is plenty more where that came from. I just need a new cup."

Starlight went up to Spike to help him with finishing up this breakfast. I stood next to them and watched. "Where is Twilight?"

Spike was putting the waffles on a plate to move over to the dining room table. Starlight levitated the tea pot and cups to the dining room while following behind. I didn't have anything to carry so I just walked behind them. When we got to the table Spike began placing the plates down. "Oh, Twilight had to leave early this morning to talk with Mayor Mare about some important business topic."

We all took our seats once everything was set. Starlight started pouring everyone some tea. "That is so like her. That just means more waffles for us. Thank you again Spike for accidentally making too many."

Spike looked at the large stack of waffles being divided up, "Yeah, next time I'll be sure to read ahead in the cookbook and see how many servings the recipe is accounting for."

Once we all had our tea and waffles, we began eating. I could notice Starlight was looking at me while we were eating. I couldn't blame her as this was her first time seeing me in my true form. The breakfast was mostly quiet as we were too busy eating. The waffles were almost perfect. They were only slightly burnt around the edges, but he did a really good job overall so I can't complain.

The tea was also very good, though it wasn't as good as Izzy's tea. I wondered what happened to her. I had not seen her the day prior which was strange because it was the weekend. Maybe today I would see her, being Sunday and all.

After we finished eating, we all pitched in to help clean the kitchen. Halfway through cleaning the kitchen, a royal guard found their way to us. "Excuse me, there is a group of ponies outside who claim that they were here yesterday and were told to come back in the morning."

Starlight followed the guard to the door while I stayed back to help Spike finish up the kitchen. The kitchen did not take that long to clean so Spike and I were able to make our way to the front door only a few minutes later.

When I got to the front door, I could see that it was the group of reformed changelings from yesterday. They were all still in their pony forms. The first one was this brown male unicorn with black hair and hazel eyes. His cutie mark was that of an anvil. The second one was a light blue male pegasus with orange hair and eyes. His cutie mark was an orange shield with a red lightning bolt in front of it. The third was a white female unicorn with forest green hair and light green eyes. Her cutie mark was three droplets of water. The fourth one was a mint green female unicorn with tri-colored hair. She had blue, light blue, and white hair with the colors going from darker to lighter in sections. She had light blue eyes and wore a dark blue bandana around her neck. Her cutie mark was three emeralds. The fifth one was a light purple male pegasus with vibrant purple eyes to match. He had blue hair with red streaks on both his mane and tail. His cutie mark was a bunch of dark purple grapes.

Starlight looked out at this group of ponies. "Hello, you must all be here to see Twilight? She is currently away at some meeting and won't be back until a little bit later. You can come in and follow us to the map room where we will wait for her to get back. Make sure you do not stray away from the pack because that will only make you look suspicious. Remember, we are still new to the whole reformed changeling thing, so we still do not fully trust anyone who walks in claiming they are reformed. You'll have to be patient with us as many do not know how to adjust to this new change."

Starlight led everyone into the map room. We were all able to sit down except for Starlight who stood on the side. It felt weird being a group of known changelings sitting in these seats around the map table. I did not think they would mind though. Spike sat down in his chair next to the changeling who sat in Twilights seat.

It was not long before we all heard the front door open again. We were able to hear someone walking towards the room. The doors to the map room opened again to show Twilight walking in. Alongside her was Mayor Mare who was invited over to see this group of changelings.

As Mayor Mare entered the room, she was slightly taken a back, "All of them you say?"

Twilight smiled, "Yes, they are all reformed changelings, with Blue being the first. Blue is a fighter, but the other five are more peaceful. We can surely find something for them to do to help. There must be something we can do to show this town that there are more reformed changelings like Blue out there. These changelings have been living in Ponyville for a long time, so everypony should know them by their pony forms by now. We just need to find a way to let the ponies know there are more living here without them getting rushed by the information that they have been living with changelings this entire time. We have to come up with a way for each of them to prove that they are reformed like they say they are."

Mayor Mare paused for a moment. "Hmm, well you were talking about volunteer work earlier this morning. Maybe it could be possible for them to show their kind nature through community events?"

Twilight looked at her, "Do you have anything in mind?"

Mayor Mare looked back, "Not at the moment. Anyways, let's take a look at these changelings." Mayor Mare walked up to this round table and took a good look at everyone. It had hit her that she knew these other five. "Woah, I never expected any of you to be changelings. I thought I knew you all so well. I suppose that is beside the fact now. I would like to get a look at you all in changeling form if you do not mind."

We all looked at each other before dropping our forms. These other five changelings looked just like any normal changeling. I was the only one who was different. Mayor Mare looked around the table and glanced at me. "So, he doesn't look that way because he is reformed, but just because that's how he was born? That makes sense I suppose, though it brings up a new question. How are we supposed to tell these other reformed changelings apart from the normal evil ones?"

We all looked around the room, seemingly hoping that someone was able to think of an answer. The room stayed quiet, and the realization had hit us that there was no physical way of telling the others apart. After a few seconds of long silence, Twilight spoke out. "I do not know if that would even be possible to do. We can try to think of something later. For now, the only real way we have of telling them apart is by asking them personal questions. These changelings have lived here long enough for us to know enough information about their pony lives to tell if something doesn't match up. That and they could still use their E.I.C's to get in and out of town. These changelings have been here long enough that they were given the cards without being questioned, just like Blue did in Manehattan."

Mayor Mare walked around the room, "Ok, do you all know each other?"

The changelings all looked around at each other. "To be honest, we only met just after Twilight gave her speech. We met each other when we met up in front of the castle yesterday to come forward as reformed changelings. None of us knew any of the others were changelings."

Mayor Mare smiled, "Well now you can get to know each other better. Why don't we go around the room and tell each other our names?"

We all looked at each other and decided that it would not be a bad idea if we could remember each other's names. The brown male unicorn was named Brock. The light blue male pegasus was named Miles. The white female earth pony was named Dew Drop. The mint green female unicorn was named Emerald Cloud. The purple male pegasus was named Berry Bush. Lastly, I told the group of changelings that my name was Blue Shadow.

After a few minutes of us introducing each other, Twilight spoke up. "Ok, now that we all know each other now, it is time I tell you what we were thinking. As you changelings all know, we are about to go to war with your hive. Now, I am not sure what your thoughts are about this situation, but if you are going to be citizens here then you need to help out in any way that you can. I understand that you are all peaceful and hate violence, but times are beginning to get tough. Here is what we would like you to do to help us out. You do not have to say yes to this, but we feel this will help a lot. We would like for you five to go back to the hive and find as many changelings as you can that you know want to reform. You won't be doing anything violent, and the hive will hopefully lose drones from their side. We know that there are a lot of changelings out there, but anything we can do to increase our numbers and decrease theirs will help. The goal is to hopefully get enough changelings to reform so that this war ends before it could start due to the fact that the hive won't have enough evil changelings left to fight. We really would like for the least amount of death possible. We know that this is a long shot, but you never know until you try. We know that most of the hive will probably never want to reform, and they will most likely still go on with this war, but anything we can do to reduce the amount of death on either side will still help. I know it sounds weird, me saying that we want both sides to have as few deaths as possible, but war is hard for both sides. We are perfectly fine with killing any evil changelings who only want death, destruction, and harm to the pony kind. However, we understand that the more we kill that harder the hive will hit back if we ever get into a second war. We are just hoping that there will only be one war. I know this is a big ask of you all, but this is the most peaceful way we can go about this which will hopefully lead to less changelings on Chrysalis's side. We want as few deaths in our population as possible. The more changelings we can get to reform, the better the outcome will be."

The room had gone completely silent. This was something that we did not expect Twilight to say at all. Brock spoke first, "Princess, that is a very big ask. What would happen if we got caught? The hive will kill us if we go around asking random changelings if they want to join the pony side."

Twilight thought for a moment, "We do understand the risks, which is why we are ok with you saying no. Though we figured you know enough changelings in the hive who hate the living conditions. We know that there are quite a lot of changelings who think it will be worth it to move away from the hive and live a better life."

I spoke up next, "That actually does make sense. Have any of you ever gotten hungry for love since you moved out here?"

The group all looked at each other before they all looked back up at me. Miles responded, "Well, now that I think about it. Ever since I started living like a normal pony and making friends, I do not remember the last time I got hungry. Normal pony foods always seemed to do the job."

Dew Drop spoke next, "Same for me actually. Ever since I moved here and started working at the Ponyville Café, I never got hungry. I figured that it was because I was too busy to get hungry. I am so much happier here in comparison to living in the hive."

Twilight looked at the group, "So you all know how much better life is here. If you can convince them that reforming would mean they never starve again, maybe they will be more likely to reform."

We all looked at each other, sitting in thought. Emerald Cloud broke the silence, "I know that this is going to be hard, but if I were still in the hive, I would be excited to hear that moving away from the hive and being accepted into the Equestria population as a citizen meant living a better hunger-free life. I say it is worth it, what do you all think?"

Berry Bush looked up in excitement, "Plus I think it may be easier than expected because none of the hive would even know that we are runaways. We have not been marked as traitors so going back into the hive would be easy. If anyone had any questions for us, we could just say that we just got back from conducting a patrol. I know a lot of changelings who may be willing to help us spread this word and find other reformed changelings in the hive. If we are smart about how we do this, then no one would ever be able to tell that five random changelings were behind it."

Brock responded, "You know what, I would rather die trying to find more reformed changelings than die being attacked by changelings who didn't know that reforming was even an option. Who's in?'

Brock raised his hoof in the air, looking around the table to see who else would be willing. Miles, Emerald Cloud, and Berry Bush all raised their hooves in unison. The group then looked at Dew Drop. Brock looked at her with a kind look, "Are you coming with us?"

Dew Drop looked up after thinking long and hard. "No, I need to stay here and help show these ponies now that there are other reformed changelings here. They only know about Blue. I could use this time to tell the ponies of this town about us. Maybe there are other reformed changelings hidden in town that were simply too scared to come with us to the castle last night. You guys go without me, I'll stay back with Blue and look for others here in Equestria."

The group looked around, all seemingly agreeing that this is a necessary evil that needed to be taken care of. None of us knew what the future held for us, but we knew at this moment that we had a chance to alter it for the best.

Twilight looked at the group once more, "Great! We are very excited to see what becomes of this. You are all helping to shape the future of Equestria. We can discuss the best way to go about this later, for now we need to tell the town about all of you as we did Blue. Though, with you all looking like normal changelings it will be harder for ponies to approach you. Blue here is the exception, but even still ponies will be cautious around him. You can all go into pony form to make it easier. Blue, you can come with us as well. If you want to go out as you are then it is completely up to you."

I looked up to Twilight, "I will go outside in changeling form. I feel that tackling this situation head on will be the best course of action for me. I understand that the ponies in town will probably not want to come near me, but I am willing to undergo this to make it easier for any other reformed changelings later on."

Twilight smiled, "Ok, the rest of you follow me." As she said this, the five other changelings went back into their pony forms and followed Twilight and Mayor Mare outside. I waited for a few minutes after they left before finally deciding to go outside. It was a huge turning point in my life, but I was finally willing to push forward. I was bold enough to do it, just to see what would happen.

I stepped out of the castle, looking out into the town. The realization of what I was doing hit me, but I was too far in to turn around. Stepping outside, I walked a little bit into town, but decided to stay away from the busy center for now. The town noticed me as soon as I stepped out, but I could tell that they were fairly calm about the situation. I guess that them seeing me as a blue changeling told them that I really was unique. Though, I had hoped they didn't think all reformed changelings were one color like me.

I walked around Ponyville, being very careful not to startle anyone or give any signs of aggression. I saw that a lot of ponies were headed towards town hall, presumably after news spread that Twilight was going to introduce more reformed changelings to Ponyville. There were still quite a few ponies who decided not to go as there were still a good number of ponies going about their normal Sunday routine. I decided that the best way for me to go about this would be to sit on a bench in town and see if anyone was brave or confident enough to approach me.

I sat down at a bench that was just outside the shopping district as it had the least amount of hoof traffic in the area. I looked around and watched as the ponies passing by were staring at me. They did not know what to make of a random blue changeling just sitting in Ponyville as if it was something normal to do. Everyone knew who I was though, thanks to my color and all.

A few minutes passed before I could hear someone calling out to me. I looked behind me to see that Octavia had spotted me and was walking my way. I watched as she made her way all the way up to the bench. She took a seat right next to me, seemingly not affected by the fact that she was sitting next to a changeling. Octavia looked up at me when she sat down. "So... This is the true you. Got to admit, coming out into town like this takes guts. I like that about you. You are not afraid to do what you think is necessary for change. You are very bold and very persistent. You know, I have never been able to study a changeling up close before. I hope you do not mind."

I let out a small laugh, "Not at all! If you want to look at me then that is fine. This is something that ponies had not yet been given the chance to do."

Octavia smiled, looking around my body. She seemed very interested in all the holes around my body. "This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen." After poking around my body for a few minutes, she looked up to me once more. "Do you think that maybe you are blue because you were born reformed? I do not know how changeling magic works, but it is still an interesting theory."

I looked back at her, "I never knew actually. I always thought that maybe I was just different genetically. I grew up believing that I was actually a half-ling but was never able to find a way to test it. Though, I do agree with one thing. I would like to believe that I was born reformed. It would explain so much about my younger years."

Octavia thought for a moment, "I didn't even think that half-lings could exist. If you were one, surely there would be a scientific way to find out. Though, I am not at all knowledgeable about this so I feel it would be best to change the subject."

I thought about what to say next, "Ok... So, you do not have any problem with me being a changeling?"

Octavia smiled, "No one that was evil could play piano the way you did. There were too many emotions in the way you play to give off any signs of you being evil. I can tell that you mean well. It was hard for me to process the fact that I let a changeling in my house at first, but with further thought I came to the conclusion that you are not like the standard changeling. It is almost like you are the first stage in your kind evolving into a brand-new race. I believe that you really are friendly. You have too many beautiful emotions hidden inside you."

I smiled, "That means a lot to me. Seeing that ponies are already willing to trust me and give me a chance is something I never thought I would ever get. Speaking of which, I have a question for you."

Octavia shifted back into a normal sitting position. "Fire away."

I looked at her with a slightly different face of emotion. "I was curious if you have seen Izzy within the past few days. I have not seen her ever since I got back from Canterlot. She was not at the announcement yesterday and I did not see her anywhere in town today."

Octavia looked down in thought, "Now that you bring it up, I have not seen her either. She is normally out a lot during the weekend, despite never hanging out with anyone. She never seemed to have any friends. Though, she would still be out collecting new seeds and cups for her tea shop. This is not like her to not been seen even once on a weekend. I feel as though she just refuses to come out knowing that the streets are now filled with roaming reformed changelings. I would go check her store out and see if she is even there."

"You know what, I will. I need to make sure that she is safe and doing ok mentally." I said, getting up from the bench. "Do you want to come with me?"

Octavia stood up, "Yeah, I am not doing anything today." With that, we both started walking through town towards Izzy's Tea Shop. While walking through town I was getting stares of many different emotions. To my surprise, most of them seemed more curious than anything. There were a good few ponies who gave me death stares though. I just ignored this and moved on.

Eventually Octavia and I arrived at the store. We could not tell if anyone was in or not as she had the shutters down. I decided to fly up and look through the window on the second story. She had that closed as well so there was no telling if she was home or not. This made me worry because the shop seemed empty. This, combined with the fact that neither of us has seen her in the streets recently, also made Octavia worry.

"I think it would be best if we tell authorities to do a wellness check on her to ensure that she is doing ok." Octavia said, looking at me with slight worry in her eyes, "I can go ask around town and see if anyone knows what is going on with her. You go find Twilight and let her know what's going on."

I nodded my head, "Sounds like a plan, I just hope that she is ok." With that, Octavia and I went our separate ways for the day. I spent the new few hours or so walking around town asking if anyone had seen Izzy. This was already hard to do as every time I would approach someone they would run away. Through the ponies who were ok enough to talk to me, and me walking around for hours, I could tell that no one has seen her in quite some time.

I decided after walking around enough to head back to the castle to let Twilight know about this. The meeting that Twilight had with the ponies in town was long past done at this point. Making my way to the castle, I noticed the town had become more untrustworthy of each other. The news of five more changelings coming out of nowhere meant that no one knew who was a changeling or not. For all they knew, there could still be evil changelings still hidden amongst the crowd.

I made my way into the castle and tried looking for Twilight. After walking for a while, I was able to find her in one of the hallways. She was walking alongside Starlight. I walked up to them, "Hello again Twilight, where did the other changelings go?"

Twilight and Starlight both looked back at me. Twilight answered, "They already left to the hive. After the meeting with the town, we were able to come up with a plan for the ones who went to the hive. How did things go on your end?"

I looked up, still worried. "It was fine in the beginning. It turns out that Octavia was still understanding enough to stay friends with me. Though, halfway during our conversation Izzy was brought up. We went to the tea shop to see if she was home, but we could not tell. We decided to investigate further and go around town asking ponies if they had seen her. Most of the ponies in town were too scared to walk up to me and let me talk to them. Though, out of the ones who were willing to talk to me, I came up with the conclusion that no one has seen her in a while. They keep saying that this is not like her and what not. I feel as though it would be best if you could get someone to do a wellness check on her to ensure that she is doing good mentally."

Twilight and Starlight both looked at each other after hearing me speak. Seemed as though they also did not know what to make of the situation. Twilight responded after a few long seconds, "This is definitely weird behavior coming from her. I can go see if I can find someone to check up on her. This is just hard to do as she does not really have any friends. It would seem, based on the information you have given me, that she simply locked herself in her home. This may be needed after everything she has gone through. Her finding out that her most recent friend was a changeling was probably enough to have her go into a small shutdown mode. I'm sure that when she got word that you were still alive it only made things worse for her. I do not feel as though she would do anything drastic, but I will find someone to go look. For now though, I feel it would be best if you got with Dew Drop and discussed what you two can do to help spread awareness in Equestria about the reformed changelings. She is in the dining room with Spike."

I quickly agreed to this and went to go find the dining room again. This was getting easier to do as I was spending more time in the castle. After a small walk to the dining room, I opened the door to see Spike sitting with Dew Drop at the table. Dew Drop was in her changeling form.

Spike saw me and waved, "Oh, hey again. Glad to see you managed to survive an entire day of walking around Ponyville in your changeling form."

I sat at the table, "Yeah, well I think the only reason I am able to get away with it is because the color blue is not as scary as the color black. I can almost guarantee that if Dew Drop went out looking like she is now that she would not get the same reaction I was given. I just wished that there was something that could tell reformed changelings apart from normal changelings."

Dew Drop looked up, "I understand that you were born that way. I remember back a very long time ago seeing you around the hive. The only pure blue changeling to ever be hatched in the hive. You were bullied from a very young age just because of your skin color. That is actually part of the reason why I decided to leave the hive when I did. Seeing that a changeling was not safe, even in the hive, made me lose all hope that the hive would last. I moved to Ponyville because I knew that as long as I was a pony I would be welcomed, despite the color of my fur. This is why I stand with the ponies."

I looked down at my hooves while they were resting on the table. "I was given the worst entrance into life. Though, I noticed that there were a lot of changelings in the hive who did not agree with me being tormented and bullied. Seeing changelings in the hive who did not want to bully me is what gave me hope for a better future. I knew I never had a place in the hive, but I figured that maybe with enough change I could find a place among the ponies. I just never expected it to lead to where we are today. I am more than sure that they will find a lot of changelings in the hive who would be happy to fight against the hive."

Dew Drop looked back, "Well, we should not dwell on the past any longer. It is time for us to look into what we can do instead of all the things we couldn't do. We did not have control over the past and were given a chance to control the future. I am ready for the challenge of being part of a new class of changelings. That is why, starting tomorrow, I am going to go out and spread word of our new kind across Equestria's major cities. This will be hard, but I know it is worth it. I am not sure exactly how hard it will be, but I know there are reformed changelings hidden in every major city. We just need to get out there and find them! You should come with me. It might be easier with you as your name is already out there."

I took the next few minutes to think long and hard about this. "I think it would be best if we went to Canterlot first. Celestia already knows and trusts me. If I can show her that there are others willing to live with the ponies, then maybe she would be willing to help spread awareness about us! Though, the train ride will be very hard without Twilight with us. We just have to hope that the guards at the station know about me already and are willing to let me go to Canterlot in the first place. We can meet at the station first thing tomorrow morning and head out together. Make sure to be ready for a fight if need be. The train was ambushed last time we headed to Canterlot and you may need to fight against other changelings. If you are seen with me then you will instantly be tagged as a traitor. They will try to kill you in order to put a stop in our plan."

This made Dew Drop think for a long while. She eventually decided on her fate, "I am willing to take that risk if it means we have a chance to find others. I will head home now and pack. I suggest you do the same."

I looked back at her, "Oh you don't need to worry about that. I actually live here in the castle. It is temporary but works."

Dew Drop looked at Spike, "Thank you for our previous conversation. I'll be sure to take what you said and use it." She then got up from the table after collecting anything she had with her and left.

Spike looked up at me, "You should get some sleep now if you want to be prepared for any more fights. I will tell Twilight what you and Dew Drop are doing."

I perked up, "Thank you. I'm going to do just that. You have a good night." I got up and headed out of the dining room towards my room. This was not going to be as easy thing to pull off because anything could go wrong. I am not sure how much more stress or fighting my body can handle.

Once I made my way into my room, I closed the door and laid down on the bed. Me walking around in my true form helped me reserve a lot of energy that would normally be lost by this time. I was still very tired and sore from walking around all day. I knew that big changes were still yet to come. With Celestia's help, it would only be a matter of time before the reformed changelings come out of hiding and fight alongside the ponies. This was something I could only dream of in the past. These changes were coming fast too. We needed to do it this way in order to relieve the most stress all across Equestria. This would not be the most welcomed announcement made by royalty, but it would be the most timeline altering. I fell asleep that night knowing what was still yet to come.