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"Year 1142 or something;" I thought as I looked around the dark garden, filled with most of Celestia enemies in stone, myself included. Still trapped in the statue form. It's been years since we had to watch Discord escape from his pedestal and teleport away. Why can't we do that? I mean, we've been here for longer than any of these other 'statues', so why can't we escape like 'Discord' did? I watched as one of the guards walked down the path that lead though the statues. "The royal guard that is most likely called 'Shining Metal' is walking down the path... yet again. As you would expect, her armor is shining brighter than the sun. How long does she spend polishing it, I wonder?"

Shining continued down the path, lightly stretching her wings as she stopped in front of my pedestal. "Why did these ponies keep insisting that my 'statue form' represents Victory? All I have is 'Oohing' fillies and foals, and guards stopping by to wish for the city's continued protection." Shining took off her helmet and placed it upon the pedestal that I was trapped, before looking up at me and started to speak. "Hello again, Victory. I know that we guards come to you each day for the continued protection of our fair city for the last thousand years. But I must ask for your protection for our city, since we have all manner of creatures and forces come after Princesses in these recent years. We all thank you for the protection that you have given us, so please continue to bless us Victory." I would had rolled my eyes but they were stone, so I had to settle for bitter thinking "Oh, yes. Of course I will continue to provide protection for the city ruled by the Bucking Backstabbing Mule-droppings you have the audacity to call princess, who trapped me in this form over 1000 years ago!"

My thoughts and the guard's ramblings were interrupted when a rough voice asked "So, you still talk to victory after all this time, Captain?" I watched as a lunar guard dropped into view, his bat wings folding neatly as he landed softly onto the ground. Shining chuckled slightly as she walked over to the newcomer, before saying "What's wrong dear? Starting to get a little jealous about the amount of time that I spend with old victory here?" The bat-pony rolled his eyes and chuckled as he turned to the mare, before saying "Why would I, dear? You'll miss so many 'aspects' of me if you when for him." The stallion then leaned in for a kiss, which the sun guard leaned away from as lightly chuckled. She then looked at him and said "Spear Head, I thought we agreed that we wouldn't do this in public." The lunar guard looked around for a moment, before teasingly saying "Oh, I'm sure that the statues around here don't mind if we get a bit… feisty.

I rolled my eyes at the couple continued to flirt with each other, before attempting to distract myself from their antics with something nearby. "It's not that I cared about their privacy, but it's just that I seen this exact scene play out in this garden hundreds of times. I admit, the first few were… visually interesting, but it just got annoying after that. Wait… who the hell am I talking to? Am I going mad?" I would have continued my train of thought about my wavering sanity, but I was suddenly brought out of it by a loud clanging sound. I looked down at the base of the statue and saw that both pairs of royal armor had been discarded, which both guards gone somewhere to express their love for each other. I didn't need to be able to see them to be able to tell that they were a 'loving' couple, as I could feel their love in the air around the area as it combined with the other…. "What, what was that?! Did I just… Feel their love? But that hasn't happened since I was last free…" I paused in thought for a moment before looking at my hooves, and I would have smirked when I saw that the stone on my body was starting to crack.

My emotions were set ablaze when I felt the wind on my body once more, and I didn't need any more motivation to start struggling against the shell again. With each tug which I pulled, I could feel my body returning to me. My horn's magic slowly gathered strength, my wings became tense for quick usage, and my shell became denser as I pulled away from my stone imprisonment. I could hear light cracking from the stone surrounding me, and I could feel the love of the coupe behind me radiate through the cracks and into me, fueling my efforts more so. With one final lunge against the stone, the flag flew from my hands and clattered against the ground as I fell to the ground with it.

I laid on the ground for the longest time, glad that my lungs were able to flow with air once again as I subconsciously held the heart charm that hung around my neck. As I laid there with my face in the cool mud path, I could feel my body instinctively start to gather love from the pair of ponies and my body shift back into its original form. I managed to gather enough strength to pull myself up from the ground and look around, in case there were any around. There wasn't. I sighed in relief, before struggling to pull myself up off of the comfortable ground. "Well, I doubt that the ground is comfortable… but it beats being trapped in stone…" I thought as I looked back at my old pedestal, before looking down at the armor that laid on the floor. I became curious, so I slowly made my way towards the reflection to see if time had done anything unexpected.

In the reflection, I could see that nothing was wrong with my appearance. My horn was still attached to my head, my thin wings were flapping gently behind me, and the holes in my hooves were still as smooth as usual. "No matter how much I want to inspect myself further, I have to get out of her before I become stone again. I just hope that I can change still… what use is a changeling that can't change?" I looked at the reflection as I allowed the love in the air to charge up in my horn. It was a slow process, but it was certainly working as I could feel my entire body tingle. "Ah, that lovely tingling feeling… oh how I missed changing forms…" I could feel the shifting fires lightly coat my shell, but now I needed to remember who I was going to be "Now let's see… a blue coat, black mane and tail… green eyes, shorter than a normal stallion, and a… empty locket as my cutie mark." As I thought of the combination of different characteristics, I could feel the fire cover me and melt my physical body into the new form within a second.

After the fire had put itself out, I found myself looking at the reflection of a complete stranger who had black coat, a purple main and tail, and red eyes. However he was shorter than most stallions and still taller than most mares, and he had an image of an open locket on his rump. "Huh… it's not exactly what I had in mind, but its good considering that I'm several hundred years out of practice…" My thoughts were interrupted when I heard the pair of guard ponies walking back here, the love which they created together become stronger with each step. "I have to hide before they see me!" I thought, but my legs stayed routed to the ground. The love which the two created, it was… intoxicating. I started to sway as I felt their raw love surround me, and I cursed the fact that I was being bombarded with the precious life-energy so soon after escaping. I could feel my thoughts drifting away from me, and my mind became more clouded as the two guards came towards me.

I could see that both of them were both shocked at the scene before them, but the remains of the love that lingered in the air made me feel relaxed as I could hear them address me angry. I blinked for a couple of seconds, before asking "I'm so… sorry, could you rep…" I suddenly stopped talking when I heard how smooth my voice was, and I suddenly turned to them and asked "Is that my… voice?!"The pair of armor-less guards looked at each other for a moment, before turning back at me and asking "Are you alright? What happened here?" I turned to the empty pedestal for a moment, and then at the stone flag that laid on the floor in curiosity. "This is going to be a hard situation to get out of…" I thought, but the thought didn't linger as I looked at the couple and said "I was stone… stoned… rocked?"

The bat guard looked at me strangely as they slowly made their way towards me, before sighing as he turned to the sun guard and said "We've got another one of those stallions again… Do you want to take him out of here, while you look at the scene?" The sun guard nodded as she walked over to the pile of armor as she said "You may as well. He seems too off his head on strong cider to steal a stone statue." She picked up both of their helmets in her hoof, before throwing the night guard helmet to her companion. He then put his helmet on as he walked over to me, before pointing down the path and saying "Be on your way, civilian, or else I'll have no choice but to arrest you." I could feel my common sense come back instantly at the threat of further imprisonment, before nodding and walking down the path rather quickly. I only looked back at the scene one, before leaving the garden.

As I looked around the city which I was trapped in for so long, I could tell that things had changed dramatically since I'd last seen it. I could hardly believe my eyes at the scale which they decided to build this city, but it was the capital of Equestria and the home of the two princesses of sun and the moon. As I walked down the streets of Canterlot I found myself lost near a bridge which led away from the castle, but I couldn't be bothered to leave the town just yet. So I walked under the bride and laid down on the riverbed as I quietly said "Well, I may as well get some rest now. I have a long way to go away from this city before I can find a place which I can safely live." I looked at the water as it flowed way, before my eyelids became heavy. I laid my head onto the soft ground and soon feel asleep, while grasping onto the heart charm around my neck with my two front hooves.

Well, this is the first fanfiction that I've written for MLP, so please tell me how I did.