I made some modifications to the first chapter concerting dividers. Here is a text guide so you don't get confused (because I would) :
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Changeling pov/pony thoughts
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Author's note
I don't believe I have anything else to say...except enjoy!
Rainbow Dash hates losing with a passion. Even if she lost to her friends, she'd bear a grudge for a week. She wasn't arrogant or anything. No way, she was just concerned. If- if she lost now.
A flash of pain swept through the blue Pegasus, bringing her down to the floor. The fang was itching to come out, itching to be free and expose her for what she was, A failure, for catching the damn disease, for being a danger to her friends. She didn't know how she could've prevented it, but it was probably possible. Damn her ignorance for thinking she was too cool to catch it. Damn her fear for believing it.
Never in her life did Rainbow Dash regret being a Pegasus, and this was no exception. Her relationship with the Wonderbolts was going well, despite all odds. They seemed to accept her, and not be bothered by the disease they somehow knew she caught. Thank Celestia her wings were still intact, she wouldn't know what to do otherwise.
Her doorbell rang. Sighing, the blue ponychangelingwhatever got up and answered the door, her Wonderbolts uniform still on from the show the day before. A gray delivery pony with a yellow mane dropped a package in front of her, smiling awkwardly. Rainbow Dash signed the paper, and gave the mare an incredibly large tip. She closed the door as politely as she could manage, and ripped open the package eagerly. The newest Daring Doo book was revealed. Wait, is that Pinkie on the cover?
Fluttershy had just been weakened enough to be fully transformed. The disease was finally set to removing all traces of Fluttershy, passing out helped it to remove their host's personality. It wasn't hard, really, for it's host forgot everything a day before. To its amusement, everything from it's host's cowardice to care for animals was removed, except for one seemingly useless trait, kindness. It refused to go, with a force stronger than the one combating it. It would honestly be of no use when their host became a changeling anyway. Satisfied with their work being done, 879354 injected the hivemind.
There were light taps on Twilight's door at 3:19 in the afternoon. The princess put down her book quietly, and used her glistening magenta magic to open the door. The newest addition to the Royal Guard, who she believed was named Flash Sentry, handed her a letter from Mayor Mare.
Princess Twilight,
It is of my concern that your organization skills are needed yet again. With Fluttershy infected, the animals in Ponyville are running wild, and we need your help to think of a solution, if you have the time.
Thank you,
Mayor Mare
He stood there patiently as she read it, not asking any questions. Twilight placed the letter on her desk, and looked at him, the gears turning in her head.
"Please ask Celestia to push back some of my plans so I can go to Ponyville within the range of the next three days. Contact Mayor Mare to tell her I will be there in that timeframe.", the purple mare said, and the guard pony left the room to do just that.
After he left, Twilight opened her book to page 54 and resumed reading. She had hoped that she'd find some valuable information on the disease in one of the few books about changelings at the library, but she had little to no luck so far. It just described their instincts, habitat, and the like. Nothing was said about where they came from, even. The element of magic couldn't help but feel cheated at the lack of information. She did, however, find a quite interesting patch of text.
Changelings are not as soulless as ponies may think. They can develop personalities, and socialize in groups like ponies. When in combat, they all act the same because they are under the hivemind, which unites them when needed most.
They don't hang out with ponies just for the sake of feeding off love. They find pony company enjoyable, and act just about the same as the mares and stallions they are with. They may get carried away with feeding, which is the reason they are looked at as monsters. Of course, they possess bad qualities as well, but ponies do too.
The text led into the Changeling burning of Equestria, making Twilight wonder if executing the former ponies was a good idea after all. Twilight, they couldn't go free and make other ponies infected either. With the number of infecteds, the dungeons would fill up. It's really the only way…
The alicorn closed the book. As princess, she couldn't doubt herself or her methods in the time of disaister. She took one last look at the changeling propaganda, and threw it into the fire.
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