No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

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The nap was torture. All you could think about was your old clan. Half way through your life and you were banished from the only clan of a race of sentient creatures that were bred for warfare. You knew your species history well, in fact you were smart enough to rival most normal ponies in the field of intellect. The only problem was that the civilization that your race had built for the changelings had crumbled at the hands of the princesses. Crumbled to the extent that your clan had almost no trace of civility other than speech. The extreme measures that you had to take to survive had bred strange customs, and behaviors among your people. Where you came from, it was normal to rip something apart and eat it, it was also normal to mount any female you found pleasing. Where you came from, you would be looked upon as strange because you were too tame. But here you were punished to the fullest extent of the law because you wanted to eat. It got on your nerves. When you finally woke up, you found yourself in quite a few pairs of shackles, under the effects of whatever calming drugs they could get their hands on, and sitting in a chair bolted to the floor in front of what you could only guess was an expert in some field of science. You may be animalistic, but you aren't stupid.

"Who are you?" You growl maliciously.

"I am doctor Brilliant Mind. Equestria's top psychologist. No pony has ever gotten the chance to study a personality such as yours, and the princesses chose me to do it." He said in a very professional voice.

The unicorn had a light blue coat with a green mane. He was also wearing a long black coat and holding several papers. The colors didn't match at all, so you could tell he didn't care about how he looked. You study him for a while, and start to change. Your coat changes, your size morphs, and after all is said and done you look and sound exactly like him.

"Well then doctor, what do you want to start with?"

His eyes widened as he heard his own voice. But after a moment he regained his composure. The fun is over, and you doubt the guards circling the room will put up with it. As you change back the doctor says something.

"We will start with ink blots. You seem smart, do you know what those are?"

"You're going to show me a bunch of random pictures and ask what I see aren't you?"

"More or less." He writes something on his note pad.

"What do you see?"

"A blood splatter." You say honestly.

"And now?"

"A weapon."

"Birds talons."

"An axe blade."

"Organs."

"I feel like I've seen that one somewhere."

"What do you see?" He asks patiently.

"A severed head."

"Last one."

"That guard over there sprawled out on the floor."

"Well thats certainly... interesting. If you could have one wish, what would you want most?" He asks with a tone that says he is trying not to offend you.

"Power." You growl happily.

"Do you ever feel lonely?"

"Yes."

"Do you think yourself better than others?"

"If I wasn't restrained I would tenderize all of you before I eat you. Does that answer your question?"

"That is all I need to know for now. I will request to see you every other day, to discuss your problems." He says with a final scratch o the quill.

After he walks out the door, you hear the guards close it. You also hear mumbling between the doctor, and most likely Celestia. The door opens again, and all the guards bow. The sun goddess herself sits down in front of you.

"As law would have it, I should kill you. But since you were thought to be extinct and are a medical miracle, I won't. All I'm going to ask is why you had to kill Fluttershy's animals, and destroy her house." The goddess spoke with a soft voice.

"I wanted to leave, your spell wouldn't let me, I tore it down to leave, got hungry, served myself, and went into a rage as she tried to knock me out with a weird neck twist move."

"Well, thanks to that whole incident you will be kept here under maximum guard for however long it takes you to adapt to this society. Hopefully that won't be long though, from what I can remember about your species, you were made to adapt quickly. "

"And from what my species can remember about you, I should take your head off. But I won't seeing that you would blast me to bits with your magic." You snarl, you voice dripping with malice.

"Have a nice day." She says as she stands.

All the guards bow again and after she leaves they knock you out with chloroform. You awake a few minutes later in a bed with a purple alicorn standing over you.

"Who are you?" You demand sleepily.

"Why would you do that to her?" She interrogates back.

You change to her form while she yells at you. It is so much fun to mock these simple ponies.

"Why do you stand here and yell at yourself?" You ask in a mocking tone.

She blinks a few times and stares.

"How did you do that?" The purple alicorn asked.

"Do what? Morph into you to turn you into a stuttering idiot? Ask some other changeling." You say in her voice.

"You even talk in my voice!" Her anger is now extinguished by her curiosity.

"Okay enough of this." You growl as you change back. "What are you here to do?"

"I was going to yell at you, but now I want to do some tests. Oh... Why would you do that to her!" She gets back on track.

"Go talk to Celestia, and when you come back can you bring me a rabbit. I'm starving."

She stares at you in shock for a few moments, then she turns around and walks away stiffly. Tomorrow is going to be a long day.

Author's Note

All constructive criticism and compliments are accepted.