The Adventures Of RedJoy

RedJoy was dreaming about changelings. In her dream she was standing in a clearing in the jungle. She looked up as she heard a screech. A group of changelings came into view. They swooped down towards her. She turned and began to run. She let out a scream as she ran. She looked back to see the changelings gaining on her. Suddenly she tripped on a log that was lying on the path. The changelings flew up to her and pinned her down. She tried to use her magic on them but it didn’t work for some reason. The changeling bit into her with its fangs and sent poison through her blood. Slowly she began to loose consciousness. Her body went numb and her sight faded.

She woke up from her dream and she was in her room. She calmed herself and looked outside. It was about noon. She got out of bed and walked out. Silver Zephyr had got his own house and didn’t live with RedJoy anymore.

She went over to PT and Rain Rider’s house and told them about the dream. They looked each other with a worried look. They just told her to be careful. She knew they weren’t telling her something but she couldn’t figure out what. She went back home and got the book she was reading and flew up to her favourite cloud and started to read it. It got her mind off of the dream. She was there until the sun began to set and it got too dark to read.

She was about half way home when PT and Rain Rider walked up to her. They told her to follow them so she did. She thought she heard a noise come from behind them and looked back. She couldn’t see anything so she just ignored it. They led her to where the town met the jungle. They looked around before turning to RedJoy. “The changelings are going to attack again” PT whispered. “They’re going to take the three of us out first. One by one” Rain Rider explained. “That’s why we have to get you to safety” He continued. “No, I’m not going to just hide away and do nothing if the changelings attack again” RedJoy replied. “If your dream is what we think it is then they’ll go for you first” PT said. “It was just a dream, it’s not like it’s not like it’s going to come real” RedJoy replied. Suddenly there was a terrible screech. They looked up to see a large group of changelings appear over the trees. “Get back!” Rain Rider ordered. They changed into Dark Wing and Shadow Heart and braced themselves. The changelings swarmed them, trapping the three. RedJoy used her magic to blast through a less dense part of the changeling group. “Come on!” RedJoy yelled. “You go, we’ll hold them off!” Dark Wing yelled back. RedJoy ran through the gap and into the jungle.

As she flew through the trees, a sharp branch cut into her wing. She fell to the grown and checked her wing. It was badly cut and she wouldn’t be able to fly. She was in a lot of pain but she got back up and started to run. She came to a clearing and looked around. She had just reached other side when she heard a screech. A small group of changelings appeared and flew straight at her. She turned and stated to run. This was just like in her dream. She looked back and saw the changelings gaining on her. She tripped on a log that was lying on the path and she fell over. Before she could get up a changeling flew over to her and pinned her to the ground. It used its fangs to bite into her and sent poison through her blood. She began to feel numb and couldn’t move. She tried to use her magic to get the changeling off but the poison made it impossible. Her sight began to fade and she lost consciousness.

When she awoke, she was trapped in a cocoon like thing full of green goo. See couldn’t move anything but her eyes. She looked around the cave she was in and saw a changeling queen. She couldn’t make out who it was in the dimly lit room. suddenly she saw five changelings appear with Dark Wing and Shadow Heart. They looked up and saw RedJoy in the cocoon. “Let RedJoy go!” Dark Wing cried. The changeling queen laughed. “Her abilities will be a great help to the hive. Especially after we have destroyed your town and move on to bigger prey” The queen replied calmly. RedJoy heard a strange fizzing sound come from her mane and looked up. Her mane was beginning to turn grey. She knew what was happening. She was being turned into a changeling! She tried to break out of the cocoon but she couldn’t move. Her red coat began to turn black and her wings started to change. She could feel fangs start to form in her mouth. Her hearing was starting to fade but she could still hear them yelling below. “You don’t have to steal ponies love to survive!” Shadow Heart yelled at the queen. “I know, it’s just more fun to steal it” The queen replied. Dark Wing looked up at RedJoy and saw how fast she was changing. “Leave RedJoy alone, it’s us you want, not her!” He yelled. The queen started to laugh again. “Do you still think this is about getting you still? I have only let you live this long so you can watch as your friend is become one of us” the queen said. RedJoy’s hearing had now almost completely faded and she started to feel dizzy. “Take them away!” The queen ordered. RedJoy lost consciousness as Dark Wing and Shadow Heart were dragged away.

She was awoken by the sound of a changeling breaking the cocoon. It broke and she fell to the ground. The queen came up to her and told her to go help the other changelings. She ran off towards the other changelings, hoping she could sneak out and get away she came to the other changelings. They had trapped Dark Wing and Shadow Heart as they were trying to escape. RedJoy flew up into the circle right in front of them. They were shocked to see RedJoy like this. Her blue mane and tail were now grey, her red coat was pitch black, her pupils had changed, her wings were more like theirs and sharp fangs hung out of her mouth. RedJoy moved like she was going to jump at them. Suddenly see winked at them. They look at each other confused. RedJoy spun around and used her magic to bring part of the cave down on the changelings. “Come on, we have to get out of here!” RedJoy yelled over the screams of the changelings. They had confused looks on their faces but they followed RedJoy out of the cave.

As soon as they were out of the cave they flew as fast as they could into jungle. They had flown for about half an hour when they stopped. “Thanks” Dark Wing said. “I just don’t understand how your still…well you” Shadow Heart said. “I’m not sure” RedJoy replied. “Well it’ll take the hive ages to get back to that size so we won’t have to worry about them for a while” Dark Wing said. “You better change back if we’re going back to town, RedJoy” Shadow Heart said. “I’ll try my best” She replied. RedJoy focused as hard as she could. Slowly she changed back into her original self. “Ok now let’s go” She said. They turned towards Hoofsdale and flew off.