"No! No, no, no!" Skyla gasped. The little changeling in the mirror was still there. "I'm good! I'm good! I'm not a changeling! I can't be!" She choked out. Skyla realized that this must be the reason ponies were weak around her. Their love came to her. But why had it only come now?
"I have to get out of here!" She cried, remembering the stories her parents battle with the changelings so many years ago. At first, she adored the wonderful tales of her aunt Twilight not being fooled by the evil queen's disguise as Skyla's mother and rushing to the rescue of the real princess of love! She used to sit in awe, listening to how her parents used their love to banish all the changelings and giggle at the element of laughter's weapon, but now she shivered as she thought of the party cannon.
Sneaking in the shadows, no one knew of the small changeling. Princess Skyla frowned. She didn't know how to change back to her filly form, how was she suppose to get out? Plus, it didn't help that her stomach was growling.
I need love… But how to get it? She asked.
So many questionsstill not answered, the girl almost screamed at the opening of a door nearby. It wasn't a guard, it was worse, the element of generosity, Rarity came out. Skyla was still well hidden, but really scared. As Rarity walked nearer, the changeling felt her mind grow blank and a young preteen unicorn appeared in her mind. The filly had snow white fur, like Rarity, and light pink and purple curls with jade green eyes, and also had a colorful shield with a music note in it for a cutie mark. Before Skyla got a moment to wonder who this mysterious girl was, she saw a flash of green and gave a whispered gasp. She was only a few inches taller and had white fur, she had turned into the filly from her head. She looked around. Well, at least now she had a disguise. Now, as the preteen unicorn, Skyla snuck out of the shadows and was about to walk away, when she heard a gasp. "S-sweetie Belle?" Rarity asked. The fake filly turned to face the mare. Suddenly, she felt an almost overwhelming amount of love pour into her. "Sweetie Belle.. What are you doing here?" Rarity asked, tears welling in her eyes. "What do you mean? I came to see you!" The fake Sweetie Belle said, nervously. "You said you never wanted to see me again!" Rarity choked in a happy sob, and without warning, embraced her sister. Still feeling the love, Skyla continued to act. "It's all in the past now." She whispered. Suddenly Rarity pushed her back. "No.. You said that you could never forgive me, for what I did to you." She said, looking puzzled. "I.. Still love you, no matter what!" The girl chuckled, nervously. "Okay.. Sweetie, are you living a full life with Pip? Is it really all that you hoped?" Rarity said, narrowing her eyebrows. "Sure is!" The mare said. "How are Applebloom and Scootaloo?" Rarity asked.
Who are these all ponies? Skyla thought.
"We lost touch." She hurried out. Rarity's horn glowed and Skyla found she couldn't hardly breath. "Who are you?! How dare you pose as my sister! Sweetie Belle was upset because I wouldn't allow her to date Button Mash so she ran away, and Apple Bloom and Scootaloo have their destinies intertwined with hers so they stay at her side!" Rarity yelled. The door swung open and the rest of the elements with Cadence and Shining Armor ran out. The ponies were mortified at the sight of Rarity shouting at her own little sister who was gasping for air above her. "What in the hay are you doing, Rarity?!" Applejack called. Rarity growled at her, then released the choking mare. "That's not Sweetie Belle! It's a changeling!" She yelled. "What's going on?" A soft voice asked from behind the group. The ponies turned to see Fable peeking through the doorway. When she glanced at the fake mare sprawled on the ground, she gasped. The kind filly ran to the fake Sweetie Belle when she changed into princess Twilight Sparkle. The ponies gasped and Fable ran back to her real mother and the elements of harmony who shielded their princess. Skyla stood, a bit surprised about being so tall. Though she might not be related, the filly was still cared about in the changeling's heart, so she tried to calm the ponies. "I- I don't know what's going on! Please believe me!" The alicorn double cried. Suddenly, a crystal guard came rushing down the stairs. "Your majesties! Princess Skyla is gone! We can't find her anywhere!" He said, addressing Shining Armor and Cadence. Shining turned to the trembling changeling. "Where's my daughter?!" He yelled. Fable stepped out of her shield of ponies. The filly had anger burning in her eyes, a look Skyla had never seen in her, hatred. Then the only pony Skyla truly loved, despised her. "How dare you!" The filly screamed at the changeling. "Where is my cousin!? What have you done!?" She yelled, stepping closer to her mother's double. At that moment, Skyla saw her filly self instead of Twilight as the child's most loved, still having no control over her new power, she turned right back to her pony self, but her own cousin only stared in disbelief. "Fable! Don't you see? I'm-" Skyla started to explain. "I see a changeling! Something that has haunted my nightmares! I see a monster!" Fable yelled, tears streaming down her face. "But.. You love me!" Skyla gasped. "I'll never love something as evil as you!" Fable softly spoke. The filly looked straight into her secretly cousins eyes. "Now, where is princess Skyla" she asked, still softly. The changeling felt her own love for any pony drain away, she realized that the only pony she truly loved, was going against her. Her heart shattered, and the empty space filled with anger, fear, disgust, and hatred. "Your princess?" She whispered, staring into the filly's innocent eyes. She grabbed the child's chin and laughed at the fear in her eyes. "She's gone" she whispered, then threw the filly away. The guards grabbed Skyla on either side, but she was still laughing. "Did you hear me, you poor fools? She's gone!" She yelled at the adults. Then she looked straight into her parents eyes. "And she's NEVER coming back." She growled.
Deep within the caves of the changelings, their queen laughed at her enemies fear though a crystal gazing ball . "Oh, my dear Cadence, your little brat will come in handy, or should I say my little brat? No pony will be able to stop that princess when I get ahold of her." Chrysalis chuckled. "Not even you and your precious friends, Twilight." She added, stealing a look at the elements of harmony, which were trying to comfort their filly princess. "No pony." She whispered, gazing at her little prodigy trying to escape the guard