Sky drew a line in the dirt, finishing his plan, with both Star Pelted and Fluttershy watching at him curiously. Sky hoped these two were following along, because he was probably the last hope they'd ever have. He didn't know about Star, but he did know that Fluttershy couldn't survive in the wild alone, at least with Vaas and the Changelings here.

Sky and the others were startled by a rattling on the cage door. They turned to find one of the Changelings scraping a stick across the door. It was the one wearing a doo rag with a black vest. His lips were curled in a snarling smile. He wore a look that just screamed "kill." But, it was his voice that startled them the most.

"I'm sorry, did I startle you? It's just you ponies seemed so...lonely. I thought I'd give you a little company."

Sky backed in front of Fluttershy and Star Pelted, a looked the Changeling in the eye, "We have plenty of company, go away."

The Changeling shook its head, "Wow, I would've expected something more from a royal guard who had just witnessed little old Saw impale a fellow pony's gut with a spear, but I guess not..."

Saw pulled a insect-looking hatchet out of his vest and strode over to Wheater's fresh corpse. The spear had been removed, but Wheater's face still held a horrified expression. Saw knelt next to it, turned to Sky and pointed at Fluttershy.

"I'd block her vision if I were you..."

Sky realized with horror what Saw was going to do, and quickly blocked Fluttershy's eyes with his hooves.

With that, Saw turned back the Earth pony corpse, then began to laugh. He drove his mouth into Wheater's dead body. Sky heard Star Pelted gag and go to vomit behind him, as well as Fluttershy cringe in fear at what she heard, and although he had been trained to not faze at things like this, Sky had to resist the urge to vomit as well. He closed his eyes for about a minute, cringing as he heard the squishing sounds of carrion being eaten. When he finally opened his eyes, Sky found that Saw had completely eaten Wheater, leaving nothing but a small pool of blood in its place. Star Pelted continued to vomit and Fluttershy teared up and backed into a corner when she saw Wheater was gone. Saw, apparently satisfied, turned to walk away, but stopped one more time and spoke.

"Unlike those stories your kind tells fillies about us; regular Changelings don't eat ponies at all. However, we Changeling Elites absolutely love pony flesh, and let me tell you something: IT'S DELICIOUS!"

Saw walked back inside the huts where Vaas and the other Changelings were, leaving the ponies to suffer at the memory of what had just transpired....

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Princess Luna was searching for somepony.

Ever since the news from Lyra and Bonbon had reached Ponyville and Canterlot that Fluttershy had been abducted by an insane pony hunter, her sister Celestia had issued a search warrant for Fluttershy and an arrest warrant for the hunter. While Celestia and the guards searched during the day, Luna and the newly reformed Discord searched during the night.

For three days, Luna and Discord had searched the dreams of ponies all across Equestria. Now, they'd found a lead, but not just any lead, THE lead. They'd found Fluttershy's dreams, a miracle.

However, Fluttershy's dreams were filled horrific memories, things even Discord would not have done in his chaotic state. But that wasn't all, apparently, the hunter, who's name they'd learned was Vaas, slept not yards away from her, and from him, they learned a great deal of his plans...

After hours of looking through memories, Luna finally found something useful. You see, a hero would be needed to defeat Vaas and the Changelings, but not just any hero. It couldn't be somepony like herself or Celestia. Nor could it be an Element of Harmony. Discord or anypony else wouldn't work either.

Then, Luna remembered a prophecy she had read long ago: When the insane and morphing unite as one; three must be chosen: a kind heart, a morphed soul, and two not of Equestria for the evil to be done.

Now Luna understood, this was that prophecy! Vaas and the Changelings were the insane and morphing and Fluttershy was the kind heart! While she still did not know what the "morphing soul" was, but she had a pretty good idea who the others where...and she had Vaas to thank for that.

Focusing her magic into her horn, Luna prepared the spell that would allow the two souls to enter a new life. All she had to do was speak two words:

Grant.

Jason.

Author's Note

Yep, they're back!

Sorry for the extended wait, my job was keeping me.

Anyway, I suck at prophecies so anyone wanna help make that better?

I've got a question: do you think Star Pelted should live or die during the escape in Chapter 5?

PS, sorry if I rushed this chapter...

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