Not all of us are monsters. Changeling of two lands.

At first I acted like I didn't hear the question right by blinking a few times, but Celestia's serious face made tears rise in my eyes. I used my green magic to slowly change myself into my normal changeling form. Celestia's eyes widened as my hard exoskeleton shone in the broad daylight. But she wasn't interested in the fact that I was a changeling, she was interested in the fact I was... female!

"How odd, those eyes aren't light blue like normal changelings. and that shell on your back.. red, not green..." she murmured in a fascinated way.

I heard the thudding of hooves as guards charged through the corridors. They hauled at the doors to the throne room and growled at me. Tears rolled down my face but Celestia did nothing to protect me. The guards roared with rage and ran at me, weapons out. I shrieked with fear and used my little insect wings to carry me just out of reach of their weapons. My red eyes scanned them, but the only emotions I could see and smell were anger and fear. Celestia stood up and telekinetically lifted the guards.

"I was trying to talk to this changeling-" she spoke but was interrupted,

"It's a changeling! It is not intelligent at all!" hissed the lead guard.

"I said..." she hissed in an irritated way, "I was talking to the changeling!"

She dropped them and they fell to the ground winded, then Celestia dismissed them. I made my wings beat a bit slower and I landed on the ground.

The fangs I had made me pronounce every 's' as a 'z' as I was not used to talking with these long fangs, as I was used to a pony’s soft mouth, “My name iz BlackFire princezz of changelingz..." I murmured, "Chrysaliz didn't want me as a daughter anymore zo I ezcaped before zhe hurt me and killed me..."

Celestia strangely understood everything I said, and nodded as I said everything. She unfolded her wings and put them around me. She looked to the doors where one single guard stood. Celestia nodded and the guard walked out. The warmth of Celestia's wings slowly put me into a light sleep.

* * *

I woke to the sound of the guard returning. It must have been an hour or two as the sun was setting. I raised my head up to Celestia who looked down on me with a warm smile. She drew back her wings and I looked to the door, were six ponies walked in. When I looked at their faces, I squealed in fear, and backed up into Celestia.

"It's ok... They won’t hurt you..." she reassured me.

I took a few shaky steps forward but the lavender pony from earlier was there. All six of them bowed before Celestia. All six of them watched me with anger and fright in their eyes.

"Um... Celestia?" Twilight spoke with a stern voice, "Shouldn't we, you know, expel this changeling before it does any harm?"

"She is quiet safe" Celestia told her.

"She?" all six of them spoke with an astonished expression.

"She wished to cause no harm to ponies." Celestia continued.

"That iz right" I put in quietly, "I wizh to cauze no harm to poniez. Fear me if you want... But... Not all of my speazes are ...monzterz..." I choked out the last word as if it were offensive to say.

I fluttered my insect wings a few times and lowered my head. I saw the six ponies have sorrow in their faces as a small tear trickled down my face.

"Celeztia? May I talk to you in private?" I asked, trying to offend the six ponies.

"Of course." Celestia turned to the six ponies, "There are rooms in the top of the castle were you'll be staying for the next few nights."

Once the ponies had left, I turned to Celestia, who was seated on the throne again. I walked up to her and she folded her wings around me again.

"Celeztia... Will the other poniez hurt me if I go out?" I asked with a tone shaking with fear.

Celestia said nothing for a few minutes and I assumed she didn't hear me properly.

"You should stay here until its deemed safe to leave." said Celestia slowly.

Celestia said I should sleep somewhere no one would look for her. She suggested in their quarters for a while, as she had a spare bed room. Once in the bed, I curled up, the moon shining against my exoskeleton. My eyes glowed dimmer as sleep began to set in, and somewhat reluctantly, I fell into rest.

* * *

I woke early in the morning and stretched awake yawning and my fangs shone in the daylight. It seemed Celestia was already awake and was sitting close to me.

"Good morning, Blackfire." she spoke kindly, and I smiled at being called by my true name, "Come, I wish you to meet my sister, Princess Luna."

We walked down into the throne room again and Luna seemed to be waiting in there for Celestia. As soon as Luna got sight of me, she shot forward, wings spread out, and pinned me to the ground. I struggled under her weight, but her hooves wouldn't budge. She branded me across the face and tears fell down my face and I landed on the ground with a thud.

"Luna!" cried Celestia angrily, "What did I tell you about this changeling!"

Luna got off me and looked guilty. "S-Sorry...It's a changeling... and remember what the changelings did at the wedding..."

A small trickle of blood fell down my face and dropped onto the ground.

"Not all of us are monsters..." I murmured quietly...