basic concept of the story and a list of stuff i want to incorperate in the story and other chaotic trivia.

There is a hidden tribe of changelings. The hidden changelings don't even know that they are different. all the main 6 and all the alicorns and their families are changelings.

The tree of harmony is an ancient changeling.

changelings are not geneticall compatible with other species.

changelings imprint on their parent/ adopted parents, meaning that their base form is that of their parents or adopted parent in case of a foundling or childswap.

Succesfull changeling children will most likely imprint on their mother before they are born.

Shapeshifting is difficult and costs alot of energy and will take effort to learn.

Changelings will be attracted to other changelings, especially succesfull changelings

Changeling can not generate harmony, but are can be masters in using it.7

The main purpose of this story is to try to explain some of the stuff that happens on the show: most erratic behavour from the mane 6 and some other stuff.

Changelings feed on harmony: friendship respect,happiness, mostly their relations

Changelings will act erratic (crazy) when they think that a foodsource/relation is in danger.

(this should explain most crazy pony behaviour in the show)

(luna thinking she isn't getting enough respect- nightmare moon, twilight thinking she might lose celestia's respect if she doesn't write a friendship report, rainbow dash being afraid of losing tank during hibernation) (The windigoes might be starving changelings in a feeding frenzy. The situation was probably caused by the siren's waves of negative emotions before they were banished)

eating a meal cooked by a cook who loves his job can be very nutricious.

in animate objects can hold harmony: a favourite book signed by it's author.

changelings tend to specialize on their feeding and that may influence their personality: fluttershy feeds mostly on her animal friends, maud can feed on rocks.

changelings tend to use their harmony to get more harmony: fluttershy's shy and kind behaviour relaxes animals and helps her befriend them.

rarity with her generousity: her clothing is like a generous cloud of nutricious harmony.

rarity tends to invest alot of harmony in her work, depleting her supply and making her a bit more erratic then most changelings.

In the gala episode: rarity's dress intervered with fluttershy's normal shy animal befriending ways causing selfdoubt and stress and downward spiral.