...Beep ...
...Beep ...
...Beep ...
Twilight winced, her ears folding down as the repetitive noise assaulted her ears. She groaned softly as her eyes opened slowly, staring up at the ceiling.
She blinked, the light making her squint for a few seconds before she was able to take stock of her surroundings. Everything was blurry, for a moment, before she managed to bring everything into focus. Her breathing rose a little as she realized where she was.
She was in a bed, sunlight streaming from the window on the wall onto her bed, bringing warmth to the room. Her ears swiveled for a moment as she became aware of a repeating noise, the one that had woken her up in the first place. She shifted her head as the source came into view, the line bouncing up and down in time with the beeping.
‘A... heart rate monitor?’ She thought as she looked at the thing, slowly moving her vision down to look at her arm, an IV in place to give her fluids. ‘My head... Something is wrong... What am I missing?’
The sight of her purple arm brought a fresh bout of pain to her head, causing her to lean back into her pillow, staring at the ceiling for a moment as it subsided. She slowly lifted her head up again, trying to sit up. She managed to, her back against the wall as she looked further.
The room was empty for the most part, nothing furnishing it except for the bed and her medical equipment. Looking out the window only brought more confusion as she saw Canterlot.
“What...?” She asked, her ears flicking and demanding her attention as the door opened. She swiveled her head and glanced at the door, her eyes widening at the entering pony.
“Oh, Twilight, did you really think that you could escape me?”
Twilight trembled as she looked up and saw the Queen, the large changeling’s mouth twisted up in some cruel manifestation of a smile.
“Twilight, it’s too late for escape. No matter where you go, who you hide behind, I will find you.” Chrysalis said as she walked to the foot of the bed, looking down at the fearful Unicorn as her horn flashed green, leaving Twilight to watch as her body changed into one of that of a changeling, a cruel laugh filling the air as Twilight saw the last of her body go up in a green flame.
Twilight did the only thing she could.
She screamed, the heart rate monitor going crazy as everything faded to black.
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“Get me a dose of propofol, now!” Doctor Haywick shouted, holding down Twilight gently to keep her from rolling off the bed, green and purple magic fighting as her body changed several times in rapid succession. The nurse ran out into the main room, bottle clanking as she tried to locate the sedative.
Dash stood at the end of the bed, worry in her eyes as she watched her friend on the bed, the rapid beeping of the EKG not helping her mood as she watched the doctor.
“Miss Dash! If you insist on being here, at least help me!” Haywick said as he looked back, still keeping Twilight on the bed being careful to make sure she didn’t rip her IV out.
Dash nodded quickly, rushing over to the other side of the bed, taking over for the doctor as she gently held her down. “Doc, I thought you weren’t supposed to hold down a person having a seizure!” She yelled over the EKG.
“That’s right, but she’s not having a seizure! She’s having a nightmare!” He told her as he grabbed the propofol, preparing to give it to Twilight. As he did though, Twilight relaxed, her arms moving around as she grabbed Dash’s arm and gripped it as tight as she could.
Rainbow and Doctor Haywick could only watch as Twilight slowly opened her eyes, blinking back tears as she looked around. The heart rate monitor calmed down as Twilight’s heart rate slowed down. The pegasus was the first to break the silence.
“Twilight?” She asked softly, her voice breaking a little towards the end. Twilight’s ears swiveled towards her voice, the rest of her head slowly following as she blinked, trying to focus on her.
“D-Dash?” She asked, her voice raspy and cracking as she looked at her, tears starting to fall. Dash nodded, slowly, a smile breaking out on her face as she looked back at her newly awakened friend.
“It’s me Twilight.” She said as Twilight broke down and started to cry leaning into Dash and hugging her, as tightly as she could.
Rainbow hugged her back, looking up at Doctor Haywick, gesturing her head towards the door. He nodded, before silently slipping out of the room, off to go find the princess.
Rainbow just kept hugging the weeping Twilight, stroking her back softly as she tried to calm her down. “You’re okay Twilight. We’re in Canterlot.” She said, Twilight pulling back and looking at the pegasus. “You’re home. And safe.” She said, smiling gently.
With a sniffle, Twilight started to rub her eyes free of the tears.
“This... This is real?” She asked, staring right at her, Dash surprised at the timidness of her voice.
“Of course this is real. I’m real as I’ve ever been.” She said, trying to put on the show of her usual bravado.
Twilight looked at her for a moment, trying to understand the warm sensation she was feeling, before finally smiling softly at her multi-chromatic friend.
“This is real.” She said, nearly a whisper as the door opened behind her with a squeak. Twilight stiffened as she turned around quickly, fear suddenly in her eyes as she scooted back a bit, only to stop whenever she saw who had walked in, the warm feeling in her increasing until it was a pleasant glow inside of her. She smiled, the largest she had in a long time whenever her friends looked into the room, hopeful looks on their face, expanding into smiles of joy whenever they saw Twilight sitting on the bed, awake.
Pinkie Pie was the first into the room. “Twilight! You’re awake!” She said happily as she stood at the end of the bed. “That’s fantastic, now we can throw you your welcome back party!” She said quickly. “Applejack wouldn’t let me throw the party for you before, buuut-” She said as she leaned in with a fake dramatic whisper. “I did get you some balloons!” She pointed, obviously happy with herself.
Applejack came in next, smiling at her. “Maybe we oughta wait a bit longer, Pinkie.” She said, before she grinned at Twilight. “Glad to see you up, Twilight. Ya gave us all a scare.”
Rarity soon joined Applejack, standing at the foot of the bed. “Twilight, you continue to amaze me with what you do. The doctors weren’t sure if...” She said, before trailing off for a moment. “But we all knew you’d wake up!” She said, tittering embarrassedly at what she had brought up.
Twilight smiled gently, still leaning on Dash, now more out of necessity, weak from her time in the bed. “It’s good to see you guys too.” She said, her voice cracking again, dry. Fluttershy was quickly there with a glass of water, helping her drink it as she worried over her friend, looking her over.
“Are you okay, do you hurt? Can we get you anything?” She asked, concern written on her face.
Twilight looked around at her friends, new tears springing to her eyes. This time, however, they were tears of happiness.
She smiled, a happy noise escaping her. “I’m fine.” She said, lightly sniffling again.
“It’s good to be home.”
This story just keeps getting better and better. The nightmare was pretty ominous, and was, I think, an indicator of trouble ahead. Chryssie is after Twily. It was nice to see that Twilight still has her friends by her side.
Thank you for posting this chapter. I appreciate it.
so what happen now?
Yes, an update! ive been waiting for ever for this to update!
good chapter, I'm not so sure if the nightmare was fully a nightmare or the Queen using the Hivemind to torment Twi from afar. only time will tell.
good chapter, glad to see the admiration of love helped, now Twi just needs to learn to control her new abilities and well...deal with everything else that's going to come up with being a changeling and all.
This is a good story good writing and a good plot the only problem I had with it is it's kind of been done to death there's nothing wrong with it I'm just stating an opinion I'm not bashing it is a good story I just don't understand the fascination with turning ponies into changelings I guess that's just me
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To be honest, this story was going to be a parody story about that very thing. But lo and behold it turned out serious.
6901277 now that would have been an interesting concept
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She left Twilight because Twilight needed her more?
Oh hey... Look at that. New chapter!
it's great to see an other chapter to your story.
Moooo-ho-ho-ho-hooooooore!!!!
It is Aliiiiiiiivvvvvvveeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
6901597 umm bro you might want to reread what you posted and clarify your point
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eh I haven't read many.... Or any, good story where Twilight was Turned into a changling.
Mind you I'm saying "Turned into". Now there are plenty of stories about characters having been Changlings the entire time, but I've only seen "Twilight gets kidnapped and transformed into a changling by Chrysalis" in dark rapey clopfics and in this story.
Give me a link or two of you know another. Changling reveals and corruptions are one of a few plots I always am searching for stories to.
6903000 see that's the problem I haven't seen any of those either like you. I have Only found the one's you are describing and honestly the whole pony being turned into changelings it's just kind of a dumb concept in my mind because it wouldn't make any sense at all in Canon I know this is fanfiction and know we're writing our own universes but it seriously wouldn't make sense I mean if you turn your prey into yourself that's just less food for you and one more mouth to feed no matter what the situation I just honestly have never seen changeling as that big of a threat I mean the villains I considered a threat were discord when he was bad and TIREK again this isn't a slight against the story this is a very good story it might seem a little rushed but it's very good
6903815 some fannons pose that being changed is what happens when they drain someone dry. I think it was this one that points out the fact that Changlings make little to no sense already and that they were created by Discord.
6903847 I could see where the concept came but the changelings backstorie is actually pretty weird its self enough without discord
In the My Little Pony: FIENDship is Magic Issue #5 story, it is revealed that the changelings invaded several kingdoms in the past, including those of King Orion and Emperor Incitatus, though the latter invasion was thwarted by Princess Celestia. It is also revealed that the changelings were born from a carnivorous plant that grew from a rotten acorn that fell into a magic pond under a cemetery. They were inadvertently released by Star Swirl the Bearded, who nailed a warning sign to the plant to keep others away, only to create a crack from which the changelings emerged. At the end of the issue, the changelings escape from imprisonment together with Chrysalis
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Meta, please don't copy paste a wiki into a comment.
6903904 yeah sorry about that I wasn't trying to I mean I really wasn't I screwed up with my editing
But I think I've dragged this out enough look my opinion doesn't matter all in all this is a very good story just keep it up man that's all it really needs to be said
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thank you~ ^^
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Yeah, I'll be honest. The first few chapters (or more than the first few) could use a rewrite. Thank you for your criticisms though!
6901277 I've been reading your whole story in these last few days and I like where this going. This story may not have the strong grammar as some stories do nor the strongest storyline that there ever is but this story has in fact caught my attention. Your attention grabber was excellent back then which is the reason why so many people viewed this story. It's nice to have a story that's thrilling and more to the point then some other stories I read.
Keep on typing and writing.
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i'm not
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ok i am
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Man, Chrysalis is being such a pain in the neck, and really need a good lesson. At least Twilight is surrounding by her caring friends. Unfortunately, by the vibe of that ‘dream’, she isn’t out of the wood yet and is going to need all the friends she can get to help.
C&Cs will be PM.
Nitpicks:
As she forgot to finish the sentence.
find the princess (no caps)
tears. (period)
friend. (period)
I'd expect Pinkie to drag out the "u" sound instead of stutter the "t" sound—are you sure this is your intention?
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Thanks for the nitpicks, and catching all of that! They've been edited into the chapter.
*Looks up story to complain about lack of updates*
*Sees that the story updated THREE WEEKS AGO*
Rutting Tartarus! How did I miss this update?!?
*Reads*
She woke up! Yay!
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I love this story is one of my favorites, you are going to continue it right?
Please, this story Is awesome you have to continue it.
GIVE US MOAR!!!!!
7148769 Drama!
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Okay, another two years later, still here.
update plz
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It'll update soonish!
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"Soonish" in "Fimfiction Author Time", of course.
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Readjusting back from the China life was a bit more harder than I thought ^^'.
7444745 is it soonish yet?
I was rereading the beginning of "Change" and looking through the comments now that it's completed and I had the vague memory of reading this fic. I couldn't remember the name or if this one was finished or not so I would have had to look through my entire finished and tracking library to find it, I lucked out though and this was in the similar tab. So here I am again rereading my favorite parts of this story.
I'm considering removing this from my bookshelf. The updates are far too short and so far in between that it's no longer feeling worth it
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I'd understand if you did that. I really do need to buckle down and start updating. I'm doing NaNoWriMo, so that'll get me into gear. I'm sorry I've let you down like this. It'll be remedied soon enough though.
7694449 I really do wish I could believe that, but I've heard that before from you
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Yeah... I've currently got about 2k words, hoping to add another 2k before I send it off to go edit. I'm working on it right now, actually.