Be warned. This is your story.

It doesn't have a happy Beginning, and it'll take nothing short of a journey to Change that. But this is how life in an early Kingdom of the Formless started for you, and how it will eventually End.

The conceit and ire of a time. The origin of madness. The fires of yesteryear. And sacrifice.

This is your tale. Brought about by one tragedy. You are Fated to fight against it. To do what you must. To love, and be loved. To see what we can't with Blind eyes.

I'm truly sorry, for this is the very start of your bout.

All in order to live free and to save all of your kind.

This is a prequel to A Kindled Change. It details the events that happened before the original 2012 version of that story. Chronologically, this is the first story in the three-part saga.

The absolutely stunning artwork was commissioned and created for this story, made by the artist Skyeypony on DeviantArt. If you're so inclined, feel free to give her some support on there too. Her gallery is full of amazing work!

Taking that one necessary step forward to begin changing our life for the better requires a lot of courage. We must hold out our hearts and open up to others who will help us, even if we're scared of getting hurt. Life will not wait for us, so we must chase after it with all we've got. No matter how hard, how far, or impossible it may seem. We've got to find our happiness.

This is the story of one such changeling as she takes those first steps forward, her whole world changing right before her eyes.

((Cover art drawn by the fantastic Little Tigress.))

This story is a sequel to A Kindled Change

A look into the life of Changeling Princess Chrys as it follows her day-to-day life in Ponyville while she slowly adjusts to the world of ponies, under the supervision and care of a newly crowned Princess Twilight. For a girl whose only ever known darkness almost her entire life, just living amongst ponies is no easy feat.

She finds that her hardest struggles still lie ahead as she works to make a suitable home for her kind. She has to learn to balance her school life with her duties as Princess to her kin and continue to take the steps forward into her new life without regressing.

But in an everyday life filled with strange quirky ponies like the citizens of Ponyville and the cruelty of being the only changeling in a grade school... just being able to keep moving forward becomes an unexpectedly hard task!

(The lovely art was created by the wonder Mutter_Butter.)