Chapter 7:
The two of them sat silently while eating their muffins. Both were too nervous to talk to the other. Ocean Blue thought Big Mac was going to say something a few times when his mouth opened a little, but he then closed it and averted his gaze from her. Big Mac thought the same several times and was just awestruck with the sight of this mare. There was just something about her that he could not put his hoof on. It was not her looks, he did not care about such things compared to other stallions he knew. Plenty of mares have tried throwing themselves as him for his looks and his kind, gentle personality, but none of them ever "clicked" with him. Big Mac saw something deeper, something about this mare just made his heart skip a beat and fogged with his mind and he could not get enough of it.
"This must be that "click" that I have never felt with the other mares before." Big Mac thought.
Ocean Blue continued to feel the strongest level of love from this stallion that she has ever encountered and judging by how he was looking at her and the way he was so nervous she was beginning to get an idea that she was causing this feeling within him. The thought caused a massive blush to form on her cheeks until another thought came crashing into her mind.
"The strange feelings I am feeling… the tingle in my stomach… my nervousness… could it be…. That I am in lo-love with this stallion? I have never felt this way before, and from what I have read in the library I think it might be love… and I do not think other changelings feel love. If they did other changelings would feed off that changeling and that would only cause havoc in a hive. Am I that different from my brethren that I can feel love?" Ocean thought to herself.
The thoughts were rushing around in her head until she heard a familiar voice.
"Oh there you are darling; I have been looking for you everywhere. Would you mind coming with me to my shop? I just have to show you something that is simply divine." Rarity said as she was making her way from the door of towards them.
"wait.. what.. what was that?" Ocean thought.
At this Big Mac's thoughts were also broken. He proceeded to get up, look at Ocean Blue with a nervous smile and nodded. He then turned to rarity, gave her a smile as well, and left Sugar Cube Corner.
"Oh dear I am so sorry, I did not interrupt anything did I?" Rarity asked worriedly.
"Oh… um, no. we were just finishing. Now, what was it that you said before?"
"Right yes, I would just love to so you something at my shop that I think you would really love to see." Rarity replied.
"Oh ok, I have nothing else planned for the day, please, lead the way." Ocean Blue replied while holding a hoof out in front of herself to show Rarity should proceed first.
On the way to Rarity's shop, Rarity was going on about something, but Ocean Blue was again lost in her own thoughts about Big Macintosh. It was not until they arrived at the boutique that her thoughts were broken again.
"Here we are dear." Rarity said.
Rarity proceeded inside. When Ocean Blue entered she could not see a single thing until all of the lights turned on and a dozen or more ponies all came out and yelled "SURPRISE!"
The initial confused look Ocean Blue had on her face was replaced with a look of full on shock and jubilated surprise. Throughout the first floor area of the boutique all of the clothing line creation materials and tools were removed to make way for a large party. Streamers of confetti, balloons, and a multitude of other party celebration materials were flung into the air and allowed to drop covering everyone. There was a large cake on a table that said "Welcome to Ponyville Ocean Blue" with the cake decorated with white frosting and her cutie mark then applied over the white matching her own coat. There were lines of ribbon strewn around the area in every color imaginable. Finally a large banner was hanging across the back wall that also said "Welcome to Ponyville."
As Ocean Blue looked around in a state of shock, her jaw dropped wide open and she was unable to move a muscle.
"Welcome to your "Welcome to Ponyville" party! Whoo! Who! Pinkie said as she ran up to Ocean Blue's face, stopping, jumping a few times in excitement, and then giving her a big hug.
The hug was what finally brought Ocean Blue back to her right mind again. "Oh wow, I have never had a surprise party before! This… this is just… I don't know what to say."
"There is nothing that needs said sugar cube, you are a friend, plus Pinkie here throws a party for everyone who is new to Ponyville." Apple jack replied.
"They don't call me the party pony for nothin'" Pinkie replied.
"Let's get this party started!" Rainbow dash said.
The party proceeded for several hours. The main girls were finally able to pry some "answers" from Ocean blue such as where she was from, and what her family was like. Of course, her "answers" were not truthful, but she used the basic facts of her real life and either omitted the details about changelings, or changed some of the minor details to match what ponies would expect. Ocean had said previously that she was from a faraway area of the land, and she had determined the name of a real pony town as far away as possible, and as small as possible that she was sure no one in Ponyville would have heard of it let alone know anyone from it.
"I am from a small town or maybe village would be a better term called Trotting Town. It is a small place, much smaller than even Ponyville, and I grew up there with my family. I grew up in a very large family being a middle child. My father was not around as he died shortly after I was born. (This detail was true, but he was dead because her mother usually killed her mates shortly after his "use" was no longer required) My mother raised me all on her own, but with so many other brethren, she did not spend much time with me. I also never really got along with my brethren and so I stayed in the area's library and engrossed myself in books and studies. I decided to leave my family to make a life for myself and here I am, with all of you.
The others were clearly upset to hear about Ocean Blue's rather sad history, especially the part where she was so isolated from her own family. They now all had a better idea of why Ocean Blue tried to dodge their previous attempts at learning about her past as they sensed it was a sensitive subject. They all decided not to push the subject further.
As the party continued and everyone was enjoying the party, Ocean Blue's thoughts slowly moved back towards that wonderful stallion she had met. She began to zone out a little and it was not long before one of the other party guests took notice.
Rarity came over to her and said. "Why dear, I have seen that look before; somepony has a little crush going on. Oh my, I dare say somepony is head over hoof in love with somepony else."
It was the word "love" that broke Ocean Blue out of her thoughts and she looked at Rarity then sakd. "Love?"
"Oh my yes, it is crystal clear on your face, now tell me dear, who is the lucky stallion?" Rarity asked. She always loves gossip and to see this new mare just arriving in town and already going one hundred percent gushy-gushy for someone was just too much for her to stand, she had to know.
"Oh… um…" was all Ocean could say as her thoughts consumed her for a few moments. "Love? She said I am in love with someone, yes! That really must be this feeling I have been having. The love radiating from Big Macintosh, was that directed towards me?" Ocean thought.
"Y-E-S" was all Ocean cold say slowly and in a quiet voice.
"Oh you must tell who it is." Rarity prodded needing to know every last detail.
"His name is… his name is…" she then trailed off just as Fluttershy does with her voice becoming nearly imperceptible when she actually said the name.
Rarity of course could not hear. "Say that one more time dear, I could not hear you."
"Big… Mac.." Ocean said a little louder, but loud enough."
"Oh my! You mean Applejack's brother Big Mac? You sure do know how to pick them!" Rarity said a little in shock, but also in happiness and a little in apprehension as she knew how many other mares tried going after him but never seemed to succeed.
Upon hearing that this stallion was Apple Jack's brother, Ocean Blue was in a state of shock. So much so that it appeared she could not properly maintain her disguise properly. Again her front hooves very slowly began to revert to their "normal" look. Luckily for Ocean Blue Rarity did not notice, and when Ocean Blue finally realized what was happening, she bolted for the ladies room to regain her composure.
Suddenly left alone, Rarity said. "Was it something I said?"
Unbeknownst to everyone else at the party, a certain purple pony noticed full well the change in Ocean Blue's hooves. She saw exactly what she thought she saw the first time… changeling legs.
"I am on to you "Ocean Blue." Twilight thought.
Author's Note:
It seems that the image link I wanted to point out to better describe Ocean Blue's Cutie mark was not working well, so I made the title image for the story the image I wanted, so if you would like a better idea of why she mark looks like, take a gander.
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