Prologue
I walked to the gathering of changelings, wondering what could have possibly have made them this excited. Then I heard the whispers.
"It has so many ponies..."
"...so much love."
"...lots and lots of food!"
"...go there..."
"...should attack!"
"...hungry"
"...children starving." and other things like that. Then Queen Chrysalis, queen of the changelings, shouted, "Quiet!" and everyone stopped and looked at her.
"We will be attacking the town and I don't want a single pony to escape, understand?" she said. We all nodded.
"Alright then, we're attacking right now so try to keep up with me," she said, then leaped into the air and flew away. We all hurried to catch up with her. Food I thought. It had been awhile since our bellies were full and it sounded like there would be lots. I couldn't wait.
When we arrived, I saw that there were lots of ponies and lots of love. We landed nearby and Queen Chrysalis whispered, "Change into ponies and split up. When you have them surrounded, change back and chase them to the town center. Leave someone at the edges to make sure no one escapes. Then search the houses. I have someone I want to meet so you can eat without me only if you save some for me."
This was an opportunity we had to take! We all changed into ponies and spread out. I walked around for a little, looking at all the shops, when I saw someone else change back, so I did too. Ponies screamed and ran away, but as we chased them. I noticed that no one had stayed behind so I decided I would. When I heard the general yell, "Bring them in!" I started going down the lane, searching houses as I passed them. Whenever I found a pony I chased it out and in the direction of the town center. But while I was looking I found one particular house that had a pony that wouldn't leave, even if I growled and snapped my teeth at her. She finally left when I said, "If you don't leave, I'll eat you." so she left, but before she did, she looked worriedly at a little table, then dashed off. I turned her in the direction of the town center, then went back to see what she was worried about. It was a little amber pony! She was very young so it was no wonder that the mother had been worried! She looked at me with amber eyes and I immediately decided to call her Amber. She didn't seem scared of me at all! I then realized that if I named her, I would grow attached to her, and she was a pony whose love I was supposed to eat! I then decided that she was too young so they wouldn't care if I left her. I knew that that wasn't true but I didn't want to take the poor little thing so I pretended I didn't find anything else in there.
I checked the rest of the houses then went to the center of town. There we ate our fill then waited for the queen. When she arrived she ate quite a bit but there was still tons of love to go around. We decided to stay here until all the food was gone or we were chased away. For once I actually hoped we would be chased away so Amber would have a mother, but my hopes were dashed when, after a few days, everypony was dull and lifeless. They had no love left so we decided to go home. As we flew, I made a plan to get Amber and take care of her. It would be hard but I would do it for her. I told my friends, "I want to give a last pony a beating for giving me quite a bit of trouble." They said ok and I flew back. I did actually beat one of them, though I felt bad for it, but I had to, just in case someone came back, though I didn't feel too bad because they were more like zombies now. After that I went to picked up Amber and found her whining and crawling towards the bedrooms. I felt sorry for her because she now had no mother. And it was all my fault . I said, "Hey little one." and she turned around. She made happy noises and crawled towards me. I went to her and nuzzled her, then went to find some food. When I found some for her to eat I grabbed it and returned to her. I then grabbed her as well and went out the door. For the first time I got to really see what became of the ponies whose love we ate. They really were like zombies. They walked around with crossed eyes and blank faces. They didn't do anything or have any personalities. They were just there. I felt sick and decided to get out of there. I flew away and made sure I was far enough behind the others. When I got close I landed and put Amber and the food down. I nudged them under a tree and said, "Stay here Amber. I will be back." She looked at me sadly until I gave her food and then she burbled happily and ate. I left her and went home. No one suspected anything. I kept going and taking care of her but changelings were starting to notice.
One day, while I was taking care of Amber, who was growing fast, another changeling jumped out and yelled, "Ha!" Both me and Amber fell back in surprise as more and more kept jumping out of the bushes. We stared in horror at them. And then Queen Chrysalis herself came out. She did not look happy, not happy at all.
"How dare you do this!" she snarled, then lifted Amber up with her green magic. Amber squirmed and I could see the fearful look on her face.
"Leave Amber alone!" I said, then realized who I was talking too. She smirked and said, "So you named her Amber? Perfect name. I think that to punish you for this trespass I shall give you both the ultimate punishment." She then turned and dipped Amber's tail in a puddle of what looked like green water but that I knew was called the Green Change. I watched in growing horror as first Amber's tail turned into it, then it traveled up her body until she was a changeling! That is why it is called the Green Change. It is abundant where we live. She still had her amber eyes, though they were now silted, and darker red hair, though it now had holes in it like Chrysalis', but now her body was the same color as Chrysalis' body. She also now had a crooked horn, legs with holes, and wings with holes.
"Amber!" I yelled, horrified that the queen would do this.
"She is now my heir which makes her a princess," Chrysalis hissed, then looked up and said, "This is your new princess, Princess Amber!" Everychangeling cheered when, moments before, she had been a pony!
She turned back to me and said, loud enough for everychangeling to hear, "From now on we will mock and jeer at you for what you have done. You shall be the lowest of the low. You shall have to do everything Amber and I want you to do." Then she whispered to me, "She will not remember you. I shall make sure of that." and left, still carrying Amber. I was mortified. Everything that could have possibly gone wrong did. Well, not until I heard my best friend say, "I can't believe Shadow would do that! She's more like a pony now than a changeling! From now on she is not my friend and her new name is Shadow the pony!" Everychangeling laughed at that and it made me feel just awful. My whole life had been ruined in the blink of an eye.
