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Dinner was going great now that Prince Blueblood was gone. My nose no longer stung, and now I was being kept in Celestia’s grip. Everybody around me occasionally eyed the Sun Princess, like they weren’t used to seeing her be… like this. I was still cuddled up under Celestia’s wing, and didn’t feel like leaving it. It just felt nice and safe… and very warm, warmer than being snuggled up under Luna’s wing. Also to be fair to everyone here, I don’t think it’s everyday that your country's leader would so casually hug a parasite like me.

Everybody had finished their food, and now we were all just sipping on some tea. I requested something alcoholic, but was told that I was too young for beer, so I asked for root beer instead. As it turns out, root beer doesn’t exist in Equestria. Great, I can’t drink, and I can’t pretend like I’m drinking. As an Irishman, I take great offense to this- nah, Celestia and Luna were just trying to be responsible and not let their newly adopted son drink a margarita.

Even if I really wanted one and begged for a cup.

“Oh! We found this in the storage closet shortly after you were arrested, Nogla. I think it’s yours,” Luna said. Immediately afterward a couple of saddle bags were levitated over to me, and I raised an eyebrow. I flipped open one of the bags and found my math homework in it. Well, I don’t think I’ll be needing that any time soon, so I slipped it back into my bag. Well, I would have, if Celestia didn’t stop me. She quickly took out every math paper I had out of the folder and began to read over them.

“Hm,” Celestia hummed and nodded. “Nogla, your methodology is quite confusing,” oh no. “But all your answers appear to be correct, so I will not ask you to change it.” Celestia then blushed. “Oh dear! I didn't mean to invade your privacy so readily. I just noticed that you were looking at some school work, and I wanted to gauge where you were education-wise, so that I can make a curriculum.”

“It’s whatever, Celestia, there’s nothing deep in my saddle bags. Mostly just homework, books, a couple card games, and old work I had lying around because I never cleaned my…” I cocked my head slightly. “How did my backpack become a pair of saddle bags?”

“That… I’m not quite sure. Spike became a dog, I became a human, and my saddle bags became a backpack when I went through the portal. How it works is truly beyond me, but I hope to find some way to manipulate how it works. If I do, we can send you home quicker than we thought, and I would like to check in on the friends I made there.” Twilight somehow scratched her head without any fingers. Like it made the nails on skin noise and everything.

“Ah, so you planned that little musical number at lunch… I guess a couple days ago. Man, my sense of time is dead now.”

“I hope you liked it! It was a latch ditch effort to win my crown back.”

“Loved it, but I mostly used it as an excuse to sneak out of school and… you saw how that went.” Celestia began to give me a very disapproving look.

“Young Nogla, I do not approve of you leaving school early, you are supposed to stay until you are dismissed, even if you do not wish to stay on school grounds.”

“Listen, I had all my school work and homework done, and my last two classes weren’t even classes. They were study halls, where you sit around, do nothing, and maybe steal a school computer to use it for noneducational purposes.” I shrugged. “I just didn’t expect to end up in a magical pony land, get tossed into the dungeons, and then promptly lose any sense of time. Like we’re apparently eating dinner right now, and the sun is still at its… highest point in the sky.

“Well, it is nearly time for myself and Luna to make the transition to night. Care to watch us?” Celestia asked. “So hopefully from here, your sense of time wouldn’t be so dead. A fresh, clean slate for your sense of time to start anew!”

“Wait… you guys make the transition from day to night?” I pulled out an astrology book and flipped it open. “I thought… the sun and moon just moved on their own!”

“Your idea of how the solar system works may work in your world, but not in this one. Come, we will show you why mine and my sister’s titles aren't just for show, Nogla.” Luna lifted me up in her magic and settled me on her back.

We stepped out onto a balcony, which was attached to the dining room, and everybody had gathered around. I sat myself next to Celestia and kept my eyes on the sun as it remained at a high point; it was still noon. Then, out of nowhere, the sun quickly started to set in the west while Celestia’s horn glowed… wow, that is awesome! Celestia was standing all nice and regal-like as she lowered the sun. Granted, now I can’t get a nice, long view of a sunset or sunrise, but it was pretty cool to watch.

Luna flew into the air as her horn was glowing. In the east, the moon began to rise and quickly reach its climax. While Celestia didn’t seem to put on much of a show while lowering her celestial body, Luna made sure it was flashy. She slowly spun as she descended to the ground and landed on all four hooves like a cat… with hooves I guess. I think I liked Luna’s ritual of raising the moon over Celestia’s ritual of raising the sun. It was a full moon… so that meant a new month, right? I don’t know, day and night don’t work the way I thought they would.

“You couldn’t help but show off for an audience, could you, Lulu?”

“Sister, can you blame me for wanting to put on a performance? We have a pony that is experiencing this, with front row seats, for the first time! So I wanted to make it something to remember! Besides, you put on quite the show during the Summer Solstice, with you prancing around and twirling around like a ballet dancer!” Celestia blew a raspberry in response, which got an equally noble raspberry from Luna.

“Well… it sure was something. It’s really cool, but,” I pointed at the book I still had with me. “My understanding of the meaning of how the solar system is completely dead now. Well, at least when it comes to how the solar system works in this dimension in comparison to mine. In mine, the Earth spins around the Sun, and the Moon goes around the Earth. The spinning causes day and night, and sometimes eclipses.”

“Interesting… Perhaps you can share more of your knowledge of your dimension. I’m sure Twilight would love to learn more about it. And I would certainly enjoy learning something new here and there.” Celestia patted me on the back with a wing. “You… are doing alright, correct? You are missing out on two years and a half of your life that you would have shared with your family. You mentioned a brother earlier and… I know what it is like to not be able to see your sibling for quite a while.”

Both princesses cringed at that.

“Oh yeah, this sucks, but… there isn’t much I can do about it, can I? Either by some miracle that the portal opens up before the two and a half years are up, or somebody finds a way to make it open, I’m not seeing my home for a while. I wish I didn’t end up here, because I’m already missing Ma’ and Sean, but I can live knowing that I’ll see them again.”

“Well, if there is anything you need at all, feel free to ask myself or Luna, and we will assist you in any way that we can.”

We all walked back into the dining room and noticed a nice, tall stack of papers where Celestia’s plate was a moment ago. “Oh dear, this horrendous process,” Celestia led me over to the table and had me sit beside her. “Usually adoption papers would be much simpler than this, but I am adopting you, and you aren’t assigned to any orphanages right now. And… you can see how much more complex the adoption process gets when that happens.”

“Jesus, I can barely handle writing five paragraphs for an essay… and you gotta read all of that.”

“Worry not, I can be quite the skimmer, and Luna will be assisting since she is also your adopter. You can go chat with Cadence, if you’d like, while my sister and I take care of this. We will call for you when we have sorted the papers that you have to sign, so please do not get too far.” Cadence clapped in glee as she levitated me over to where she and Shining Armor were sitting. Well, I guess I should get used to being dragged off by ponies that can use magic, shouldn’t I?

“So Nogla, did you have a special somepony back in your world?” Cadence asked.

“Like… a crush? A girlfriend?”

“I suppose a girlfriend would be the closest thing to a special somepony here in Equestria.”

“Uh… nope. Not really. I kinda just started going to a new highschool and everybody just really, really didn’t want anything to do with me, so I stuck to myself. Probably has to do with the fact that everybody were broken down into their own factions,” I gestured at Twilight, who was now filling her friends in about her experience as a high schooler. “And I’ve got a feeling that Twilight had a helping in breaking said factions down, but I never got to witness it at all. Though… I did have a crush on this one girl with rainbow hair for a while, and gave up on it.”

“Well, if you ever find somepony that you really, really like, come to me, and I know I can teach you some ways to woo them!”

“But I’m fourteen. Not even five days ago, my biggest concern was getting an A on a test, which I promptly did after not studying at all.”

“Still, my offer still stands.”

I nodded and turned to Shining Armor, who hadn’t uttered a word the whole time. “So, are you Cadence’s husband or something? You two are wearing rings on your horns, and they kinda look like a couple of wedding rings. Also I can kinda guess, since Twilight told me about you while… telling me about what Changelings have done to you at your wedding.”

“Oh yeah, me and Cady are married, but I almost got married to a Changeling Queen instead! Sweet Celestia would have sucked!”

“I mean, would she suck as well as marrying a mosquito? I bet not! Dated one of those little bastards, and it was the most fun I had!”

Shining Armor and Cadence snorted. “You know, we should set you free in a party room full of nobles. They’ll have an aneurysm with that type of humor,” Shining Armor then wrapped a foreleg around me. “It feels weird, not to be rude, to be nice to a Changeling. Especially without it assaulting me, Cady, or anypony I love. I know… that you aren’t actually a Changeling, but it’s still kinda weird.”

“So you can imagine what it’s like for me, to go from a mammal, to an arthropod. I didn’t even know what I looked like until a couple of hours ago, and it kinda bugged me a little. Heck, I’m struggling to not just grab Cadence’s face and start petting her!” Cadence blinked a couple times before shrugging that little bit off. “It’s a human thing. We see cute, fluffy horse, and we want to pet it.”

“Oh...” Cadence was blushing at that.

“Oi, that’s my wife you’re flirting with!” Shining growled.

“Uh...”

“I’m just pulling your leg, Nogla. You probably didn’t know that’s a compliment to mares; they take the state of their fur very seriously. Don’t worry, Auntie Celly and Auntie Luna will probably teach you how to behave like a pony. And when you slip up, we can say it’s a ‘Changeling thing’!”

“Say, what’s with your accent? I don’t think I’ve heard one like it, even after meeting with several foreign leaders. I can’t imagine Auntie Celestia has either, if she didn’t immediately point out where you’re from,” Cadence asked.

“That’s my Irishness for ya, luckily my accent isn’t super thick, because if it were, it’d sound like I’m speaking another language. Hold on,” I reached into one of my saddlebags and pulled my phone. It took a moment to unlock the thing without my human face, or fingers to accurately punch in the passcode, but I managed it. I almost threw the thing because my hooves kept miss inputting an eight instead of a nine on the last digit.

“And no service. Dunno why I thought that being stuck in another dimension would make my phone work flawlessly, but whatever.” I sighed. “Can’t show you what a truly, truly thick Irish accent sounds like, but I think I can get close if I were to have a beer or my brother in the room!”

“What even is that?” Twilight asked, now highly curious about my device.

“Huh, I’m surprised you’ve never come across one of these while you were on Earth.”

“I was kind of busy trying to get my crown back to notice any of your world’s technology. Because if I didn’t, Sunset Shimmer would’ve turned everyone into slaves... She nearly did.” Wait, what? Well, I’m just going to ignore that because I don’t even want to know how a crown like that would work, or how a crown could help somebody do that.

Or why somebody would want to do that.

“Well, go ahead and yoink this then, because I don’t think I can get much use out of this thing now that I don’t have any means to really use it.” Twilight immediately took my phone and started messing with it, like a toddler would with a new toy.

“Oh? What’s this?” I trotted over to the purple alicorn and… oh no. She wasn’t looking at anything embarrassing, just being fascinated by the touch screen. Thank god for that. I tapped on Twilight’s shoulder “What?”

“I forgot about the photos I had on that phone. None of it's lewd or anything, I just forgot that I had them.” Aside from an album full of potatoes that I took for some reason.

“Well, for your privacy, I won’t look at them,” Twilight said before opening the camera. “Wow! I didn’t know you could make cameras this small!”

Eventually it was time for everybody to go to sleep, a guard, at Shining Armor’s request, showed me where I’d be sleeping for the night. Luckily, it wasn’t the prison cell again, but a rather nice, fancy guest bedroom. Like everything else in this castle, it was sparkly, spotless, and very, very nice. The bedroom had a huge balcony on it, which allowed for a nice breeze to pass into the room.

This wasn’t even the master suite, because that's where Cadence and Shining Armor were sleeping. It was just so… nice and I didn’t like it. With me being from the nice, quiet countryside of Ireland, where I didn’t have the nicest stuff, I didn't like how fancy and stuffy this room was. Like, I didn’t deserve such a nice bedroom, I don’t even belong here! I’m a fucking Changeling, and I was offered an actual bedroom instead of the dungeons tonight.

It almost brought a tear to my eye. These ponies were just so… nice.

I set my saddlebags next to the bed and used them as a stepping stool, since I doubt that I would know how to climb onto anything with hooves. The bed was incredibly soft, to the point that if I were to lay down, I might get lost in the mattress, so I flopped over and allowed myself to be swallowed in comfort. Well, I would have if I didn’t get stuck in the blanket.

The door clicked open and Luna poked her head in. “Nogla, are you doing alright?” She asked before fully stepping into the room. She let out a giggle when my legs got entangled in the blanket. “I see you’ve found your arch nemesis, the bedding.” She slowly walked forward while her cheeks puffed up, like she was trying her best to not laugh at my horrible predicament.

“Help! I’m being eaten alive!” I waved a hoof and an awful attempt at looking distressed. Luna had enough of watching me struggle apparently, since she walked over, and pulled the blanket off of me with her teeth. She hopped up on the bed and rested a wing on my back. “You know, it will be very nice to have a child of my own to watch and raise again, even if it is under… not the greatest of circumstances.”

“I’m a teenager though… there isn’t much to do in the ‘raising’ department.”

“I am aware, but I would be teaching you to act like a pony. For instance, did you know that it is very impolite to stare at a mare’s rear end, even if you are just checking her Cutie Mark out?”

“Well, that would make sense. It’s impolite to just stare at a girl’s butt back at home.”

“Ah, a similarity, I see.”

“Also, what do you… mean by again? Did you have a husband at some point?”

“No, but before my banishment to the moon, a story for another time, I always went out and adopted a child. Usually it would be one I find on the streets as they have nowhere to go; no orphanages would have taken them in, so I would. I often raise and care for them and keep in touch with them even when they are adults. I only haven’t done so in recent years, as I've been trying to readjust to modern day Equestria, which has taken a great deal of effort.

“On top of that, it seems that the political side of running a kingdom has gotten more complex in recent times, and requires mine, and Tia’s full attention. It wouldn’t be fair to any child that I might adopt if I have to ignore them for this year’s infrastructure budgets, or this week’s press conference, or even a surprise visit from a foreign leader, wouldn’t it?”

“I guess it wouldn’t. But that is a pretty cool thing you did. If we had a Princess Luna at home, so many orphanages would be out of business.” I tilted my head. “So, why are you here? Don’t you gotta sleep too?”

“I am usually nocturnal, but recently I have learnt how to magically enhance how much energy I get from sleeping. So now I can sleep for four hours and wake up as though I’ve had a proper day’s sleep. It’s a good thing that I’ve adapted as well, since last time I slept through a major event, Canterlot got invaded by a power hungry Queen and her Hive.”

The two of us continued to chat for a half an hour.

The door clicked open and both mine and Luna’s head snapped as it creaked open. Princess Celestia tiptoed in, like she had expected me to be asleep by now.

“Ah, it appears that we have had the same idea, sister.” Luna said with a snicker. “You wanted a break from signing those wretched adoption papers as well?”

“I did, and I didn't think adopting a child would be nearly as complex as a budget for the entire kingdom.”

Luna scoffed. “Now if we ran things like we did a thousand years ago, we could just proclaim that we own Nogla, and then he’s our child.”

“Can’t you guys do that anyways? You’re like… the highest authority in the country, right?” I asked.

“Indeed we are, but a lot of laws and bills have been passed to make sure we cannot just become dictators. This is one of them. Since, after reading up on adoption in light of your appearance. What I need to do is get you citizenship, and proof that you are a citizen of Equestria. Which isn’t too difficult given some… doing some work behind the scenes. Then the tedious process of signing several documents that say I know what I am doing, and signing another document that states that you are a prince, and that’s only scratching the surface. Luna, since she won’t be your primary adopter, won't have to do nearly as much paperwork, but it is quite a large amount.”

“What the… flying fuck? Is all that even necessary to bunk at the castle while I wait for the portal to open again?”

“No, but if I were to adopt you, it would keep my little ponies from trying to assault you. And I would like you to not be bodily harmed by the end of everyday, and I will prevent that from happening in any way that I can. Most wouldn’t be willing to even hurt you, most would run simply because you’re a Changeling, but somepony would be willing to try and hurt you. With this adoption, you’re less likely to get hurt while out and about.

“And Lulu might have convinced me to keep you during dinner. She thought it was adorable that you tried so hard to help me get up after tripping me over.”

“I felt bad!” I felt heat rising in my cheeks… aren’t I a bug? How in the world?

“I know, Nogla. It was really touching that you were so concerned even if I am significantly more durable than the average pony. I wanted to make sure you were alright, since I tripped on you, but you did look quite cute when your eyes turned into a softer shade of blue when you were concerned over my well being. And you were so insistent on making sure I was okay.”

“W-well I uh…”

“Sister, you are embarrassing him.” Luna snickered

“I suppose...” Celestia grinned and nuzzled me. “now if you would excuse us, I would like to keep watch over our child while he sleeps.”

“Sister, you will be fast asleep as well. Just admit that you’ve also taken a quick liking to Nogla.”

“Fine, I will admit that Nogla is quite pleasant to have around.”

“Uh… I’m right here, you know.” I was immediately snatched up in yellow magic and laid beside Celestia. Okay, Celly blankets are the best blankets at is seems. It also helped that Celestia was slightly warmer than Luna was, which felt really nice on my carapace. I rested my head on Celestia’s shoulder and let out a sigh in contempt. “G’night, Celly.”

“Goodnight, Nogla.”

(Celesttia’s POV)

“Aw, he has a nickname for you already, sister.” I giggled before laying my head over my changeling. “So, what will we do when we eventually have to send Nogla back home?”

“We will allow him to make a choice, if he chooses to stay or go home, then we shall respect his decision. Of course, two and a half years is quite a lot of time for those who don’t have prolonged lifespans like you and I, Lulu. So Nogla may choose to stay with us, but if not, then I will happily cherish the memories he leaves in his absence.”

“As will I, I still remember the names of every colt and filly I've adopted in the past. I believe I can remember one more, and I will happily send Nogla back home.” I let out a sigh. “Sister, tell me what is wrong, I know something is ’up’ as the youngsters say nowadays.” She leered at me while she read my face, hoping to find something out from just my eyes alone.

“I… feel responsible for trapping Nogla here. Somehow, Nogla’s close proximity to the portal didn’t make me immediately think ‘perhaps he was from this other dimension’. Instead, I had him locked up in a dungeon for a whole day and half, when I could’ve just sent him back home and avoided this whole mess. Nogla is stuck here because of me.”

“Sister, do not think that way. Does Nogla blame you for locking him up?”

“No, he doesn’t, but-“

“No buts, sister. Nogla doesn’t blame you and even understands why he got put in the dungeons. In fact, he seems to like you a lot,” Luna pointed to the slumbering, adolescent Changeling under my left wing. “If anything, I’d say you’re his favorite out of the two of us, even if he himself does not know it. So simply do not blame yourself, like you did over my banishment. You are not at fault here, and you weren’t at fault then.”

Luna hopped down from the bed as gently as she could, walked up to the door, and looked back before exiting. “Sleep well, sister. Don’t worry, I will keep watch over yours and Nogla’s dreams to make sure neither of you have nightmares over this.” I nodded and closed my eyes after Luna closed the doors and turned off the lights.

(Nogla’s POV)

Come on, I need to catch the flying elephant! I blinked a couple times when the flying elephant was captured in a blue light. We were in the middle of Dublin and there was an… elephant. What the heck did I… “What… a strange dream. I don’t think I’ve seen anypony dreaming about flying elephants that use their ears to fly, once in my time.” Luna came floating down and stood in front of me.

“How in the heck… is this a dream?”

Luna giggled before walking up to me and bonking me on the nose. “It is a dream, Nogla. I am very much real, this just comes with me being the Princess of the Night. I watch over my subjects’ dreams. I’m here, mostly here to make sure you’re not having nightmares about being stuck in Equestria… so if you are doing alright,” I then grabbed Luna. “Nogla, you can’t keep me here by doing that,” and now Luna was behind me.

“But I can ask if you can stay inside my dream.”

“Nogla, you’re a bit young to be dreaming about dating me, you know.”

“It’d be even weirder given that you’re adopting me!”

“Exactly, so if you do not mind, I must check on my sister’s dreams. She is… not taking your entrapment in Equestria very well.”

“Why? She didn’t make that stupidly short time frame that the portal is open for. And she didn’t know any better at the time, and just assumed I was a monster, which I am.”

“She… blames herself. You were very close to the portal when we had found you, and not one pony present thought that you might possibly be from the world behind the portal. Then Celestia made the decision to keep you until Twilight returned, which happened to be exactly when the portal had closed. If anything, it wasn’t her fault alone, but everypony present for not making the correlation. All of us were blinded by our… strong feelings towards Changelings.”

“And I don’t even blame you guys. I found out that I have fucking fangs while having a somewhat equine-like build, along with holes in my legs. So I immediately assumed I was some kinda freak, and I was right.”

“You’re an adorable freak. I never thought I would find a adolescent Changeling to be adorable, let alone any Changeling, but here I am.”

“I’m some ugly, cute, freak, ain’t I?” I laughed. “Seriously though, losing two years that I coulda spent with my brother before he goes to college sucks. I’m… still coming to terms with that, but I don’t blame anybody. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Heck, if I didn’t come at the time I did, I would’ve eventually stuck my stupid butt back through the portal, but then you guys found me after I tripped on myself. Really though, I’m fine, and I know I’ll get through this whole mess head on. Even if I’m not excited about going through it at all.”

“You… Well, I suppose it would make sense if you had to hide any mental strife, that you still may have, about being trapped here, but I would not have noticed if I wasn’t in your mind, nor if you hadn’t told me just now.”

“Well, I just don’t want to ‘bug’ anybody with my problems. Yeah, I’ve got problems at hand, but even a problem like this is temporary, even if what happens because of said problem has some… major consequences.”

Luna stared at me with half lidded eyes. “Nogla, that is an unhealthy way of dealing with your problems. I would know from experience. Even the smallest violin needs somebody to listen to it, Nogla. If you feel comfortable enough to talk about it, myself or Celestia will be here for you, and you will have access to a therapist should you need it. But please, please do not bottle up your emotions. The last time I kept my emotional turmoil to myself, I waged war upon my own sister, and was banished to the moon for a millennium. Learn from my mistakes, Nogla.”

“Alright, I’ll keep that stuff in mind.” I trotted over and hugged Luna. “Thank you for… accepting me so warmingly.”

“It’s no feather pulled from my wings; I won’t turn a child down if they need a place to stay.” Luna began to walk away after leaving my dreamscape embrace. “I will return after my duties. I will be visiting my sister in her dreams shortly, so do you have anything you’d like to say to her?”

“Sorry about crying on her for five minutes straight?” I chuckled. “But also thank her for taking me in.”

Luna smirked. “I will relay your message to Tia. Sleep well Nogla.”

I lifted my head, to find my head not resting on Celestia’s shoulder, but on a pillow. I’m guessing that Celly got up to resume whatever princesses do in the morning. Well, I can’t blame her for needing to go and do whatever she has to do, even if I wish she did wait for me to wake up. I stretched and rolled out of bed… only to ceremoniously collapse on the ground with a groan. Okay, not a good start to the day at all, but broken ribs are trending right now, so I’m glad I didn’t skip out on that trend.

Seriously, this exoskeleton is great, because I barely even felt the fall. If there is one thing I miss, it’ll probably be this. I love the new pain tolerance that comes with it. Sure, it’ll suck if it shatters, or cracks and pierces the flesh underneath it, but it’s really cool. Like when Blueblood hit me, it should’ve broken my nose, but it didn’t even come close even if my nose did sting a little bit afterwards.

I trotted over to the bathroom and grabbed a toothbrush, and set it down to do my business first. It took a while, but I found out how to use the toilet. I’ll spare the details, but it was actually a lot simpler than I thought it was going to be. There was a bath that I could use, but I don’t think a bath would help given that most of my body isn’t even covered in skin anymore. So I decided to skip that bit of my routine and get to brushing my teeth.

Before I did that though, I got a better look at myself in the mirror, which was a more full body mirror than just the hand mirror that Twilight used to give me a look at my face. Huh, I… have wings, bug like wings, but wings. Maybe I can learn how to fly! I rubbed my hooves in anticipation for my eventual flying lessons if I’m ever given any to begin with. Oh I can’t wait to fly! It won’t be weird since I was born as something without wings, right?

It’ll suck if I’m afraid of heights.

I began to brush my teeth shortly after being amazed at how I can still hold stuff without fingers and spat out the toothpaste. One quick rinse and I was good to go… until I looked in the mirror again and… holy shit, my mouth is full of a bunch of fangs, with a couple flat teeth here or there, but there were more sharp teeth than what I would’ve had as a human. Jesus fucking christ, what the hell is wrong with me?

Well, I am a Changeling, so that’s probably it.

I set the toothbrush on the sink and it fell, nearly landing in the toilet, and I shrieked as it hopped closer and closer to the bowl. “No I am not fishing that out!” I almost shouted as… the toothbrush was engulfed in a green… aura. It was a sick green. It then floated up to my face, and I turned to face the mirror again. My horn was glowing the same, sickly green color as the aura that was holding the toothbrush. I set the toothbrush on the sink and then it started glowing again. I began to giggle like an idiot as I kept doing my cool little trick…

I can use magic! I gotta show… I can’t show Sean anymore. I sighed and trotted out of the bathroom, where Luna was frantically looking around my room.

“Nogla! I heard you scream… is everything alright?”

“I almost dropped my toothbrush in the toilet.” Luna cringed at that. “But, I saved it, watch!” I grabbed a pillow in my magic, and it floated on over to me. I headbutted it before putting it back on the bed where it belongs. Luna grinned.

“I was wondering how long it would take you to figure out how to use magic. Who knew that the fear of having to fish something out of a toilet would trigger the First Spark.”

“First… spark?”

“It’s a term used for young unicorns. It’s when they begin to use magic for the first time, and it usually triggers off of… something. Anything really, it doesn’t matter what, since all that matters is that it awakens the magical capabilities within young unicorns, or in your case, a Changeling that’s never had magic before.”

“Can we show Celestia?”

Luna smirked. “I think Celestia would love that.”