author's note:
this is my first fanfic, so no super cruel comments please, I tried post new chapters soon.
It was dawn, the buzz of bug-like wings cried through the Everfree forest. The rising sun shone through holes in evilly black pairs of legs. Flashes of blue shone on the trees as nearly transparent wings cut through the sunlight. As the changelings whisked through the forest, their bared, razor sharp teeth hissed with satisfaction at the thought of their plan for revenge. Queen Chrysalis had thought plans over for quite some time, each more diabolical than the last. Eventually, she settled upon this one. They had reached the hut of one of the most powerful zebras that existed. Zecora was also the first step in the Queen's ingenious plan. Once the pack reached the wooden door, they opened it silently. Almost as silently as they looked around the hut. Finally, they found Zecora, who was asleep as they hoped. A scream flew through the forest, but was drowned out by buzzing of wings and hisses of evil laughter. One zebra and one item were both missing from the hut.
Meanwhile, in Ponyville, few ponies were awake. The weather team were slapping, bucking, anything they could to eliminate pesky clouds for the warm, sunshiny day that was destined to be. Rainbow dash woke up late, as usual. So upon arriving, she had little to do, which might have been good, since she needed to be somewhere in a while. Fluttershy just woke up as well, thanks to Angel bunny. He woke up cranky that he had no food, so he just jumped up and down on his yellow owner's stomach until she woke. She proceeded to feed her animals, brushed the furry ones, and put to sleep the nocturnal ones. Applejack and Big Macintosh were tending to the farm so they wouldn't have to work in the hot summer day the pegasi were making. The only sound was them bucking apples, apples falling, and the faint sound of Granny Smith and Apple Bloom snoring. It seemed like a perfect day, but then again, no one knew the tragedy that was about to occur.
About an hour later, Twilight Sparkle stretched and yawned before getting out of bed. "Spike! Time to wake up!" she called as she walked down the stairs. The purple dragon just moaned as he struggled to fully awaken. He eventually got out of bed and trotted lazily down the steps. "What are we doing today, Twi'?" Spike asked as he rubbed his eyes. She had just finished brushing her teeth. "Don't you remember?" Twilight asked. Spike thought for a moment. "You know I can't remember much when I just wake up, especially when YOU wake me up." he replied, sounded sort of angry. The unicorn giggled. "Well, aren't YOU cranky this morning. If you must know, Rarity's birthday is today. She definitely won't stay home all day. So while me, Rainbow dash, Pinkie, and Applejack help set up, we planned that you would stay here and Big Macintosh would stay at the farm to stall her if she comes."
When the purple mare turned around for an answer, she saw Spike was in a trance, then replied, "Rarity's coming?" in a voice that she heard whenever someone mentioned Spike's crush's name in front of him. Twilight rolled her eyes and smiled. "Yes, Romeo, Rarity MIGHT come, so stall her, alright?" He simply nodded, still in his trance. She giggled again and walked out the door, closing it with her magic. Spike slowly regained himself from his trance state. He hummed as he went fro his ladder and rolled it to a shelf. He climbed up about half way and chose a 'Harry Trotter' book. He climbed down, found a fluffy chair, and sat down to read.
A few minutes later, about five pages into the book, a knock came from the front door. Spike heard the twinkling of magic and the squeak of the door as it opened. "Any pony home?" A cheerful voice rang through the tree. The dragon quickly put down his book, and ran to the door. As he hoped, a majestic, pure white unicorn with a newly brushed purple mane was at the door. "Uh-hi, Rarity!" Spike greeted, trying to sound cool. She spotted Spike and replied, "Oh, hello, Spike! Just the dragon I wanted to see!" His sheer joy was more than expressed in an ear-to-ear smile. "R-really!?" He replied. The mare giggled. "Yes, I was hoping to check out a 'Diary of A Wimpy Colt' book. I hear from twilight that they are very enjoyable to say the least." Spike was on it in a heart beat. He pushed his ladder a foot or two to the left and climbed up almost to the top. "Those are good, but have you read the 'Harry Trotter' series?" "No, but I'm more of a comedy fan than an action and fantasy fan." Rarity replied as she walked towards the ladder. "How can you stand that?" She asked, a hint of amazement in her voice. Spike looked down if confusion. "Stand what?" He went back looking for the book. "Being so high up there, if it were me, I might faint!" As she looked up, she started wobbling from vertigo. She kicked the ladder as Spike got a book.
He plummeted down like a rock, Rarity rushed up to him. "Sweet Celestia! Spike, are you alright?" The dragon slowly got up and moaned. "Sure, I've got thick scales." He replied, pointing to the right side of his neck. A few scales fell off at the spot he pointed to. Rarity had a look on her face, half awkwardness, half disgust. "Can we…can we glue them back on or something?" Spike looked up and chuckled. "No, I just have to put this special cream on it. Stay here, I'll be back. He looked at his other claw, A 'Diary of A Wimpy Colt book' was in it. "Hey, here's your book!" He handed it to the white unicorn and she lifted it with her magic. Spike turned to get the cream, and a devious grin spread across Rarity's face. She leaped towards the walking dragon and tackled him to the ground. Then she used her magic to tilt Spike's head so the spot where his scales fell was wide open. "Whu-hu-RARITY!" He stammered in confusion. As a response, a green vortex swirled over her. When it was finished, what was left was a black creature with holes in its legs and evil, sharp teeth. A changeling. Spike breathed in to defend himself with fire, but before he could breathe out, the monster lunged its head forward and took a big bite out of the pink spot in Spike's neck. All his muscles weakened, his eyes kept open, and the changeling walked away, changing back to Rarity, and trotted to report back to the rest of his pack with a satisfied look on its face.
