A Great Change: Chapter One-Pep Talk
By: TammoWoodsorel
It was dark even though it was a full moon. The overcast was casting a great shadow onto the lands and that is just how the team wanted it. Flying just above the cloud line, a team of twenty changelings soared quickly and without a sound. They were making their way to the place of interest that was assumed to be the resting place of their target. The changeling at the front of the platoon gave a wave with his right hoof, signaling that they were about to land and that they should follow him.
They swooped down, bursting through the cloud that they had been above. One-by-one, they landed on the dew-covered grass just outside of the Everfree Forest. They all took cover behind a large hill so as not to be seen.
"Any sign of movement?" Whispered the changeling that had been leading the group.
"None that shouldn't already be there," a changeling with binoculars whispered in reply.
Another crawled over to the two from where he had landed and inquired to his superior, "Sir, what exactly are we after in there?"
The leader quickly turned to face the speaker and put his hoof to his face as he said, "Keep your bloody voice down, private. We are here to capture an escaped criminal. The treacherous fiend questioned our very way of life in front of her majesty and ran like hell when she ordered his arrest."
The soldier looked at his superior, obviously confused, and questioned further, "AN escaped criminal? Doesn't it seem a little overkill to send twenty soldiers to capture a single changeling?"
The officer looked at the one with the binoculars and they both snickered amongst each other briefly before he finally turned back around to answer the private, "Well it seems that you soldiers have been ill-informed of the dangers of this mission. Very well," sighing and standing up and beginning to walk away, the he called back to the private and his companion in a hushed tone, "I think you all should know what we are up against before we head in."
All of the changelings gathered around their leader to hear what he had to say.
He cleared his throat and began to talk just loud enough for all of them to hear, "Tonight we are here to arrest a treacherous bastard who dared to insult her majesty right to her face. While there are twenty of us and only one of him, you should all be warned of this one's abilities. He is a fighter of the highest degree who has experience from many battles, be them war or street-fights. He is a tactical engineer and respected among the colleges for his ability to think rationally. As if these attributes were not enough, he also has an ability that no other changeling possesses. While we are only able to change into ponies after encasing them in our cocoons, this… thing is able to change into anything at will. He is the only known changeling to acquire a.. uh.. cu-tie-mark," he cringed and spoke through gritted teeth as he said the despicably fun word, "and it is the of his favorite form to turn into… a dragon. Prepare yourselves for a difficult fight as we will be rushing the woods in ten minutes.
With that, the officer turned and walked away, leaving the soldiers to maul over the information that they were just given.
