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"King me!" I jerked as I looked up from the book I was writing in, Doctor Love and Saki were sitting on ether side of a board game, no doubt Doc brought it with him, but...they were not playing Checker.

"Doc...this is Chess, not Checkers, we don't say 'king me' in this game," Saki answered with a slow shake of her head.

"Oh...Bingo!"

"It's 'check' Doc," the changeling answered as the pony looked to her.

"I thought this was Chess?" Saki only groaned and looked up at me, giving me a look that seemed to say, 'really?' in a sense.

"Just give up Saki," I answered with a small laugh. "This is Doctor Love we're talking about...with him, it's better to just bow out and just roll with It." the unicorn smiled, his large grin seemed to almost spilt his muzzle in a sense. "Ether way, Doc, how long are you here for?"

"Eh, maybe a little bit more," he answered shrugging his shoulders slightly. "Are you going to keep writing?"

"Yeah maybe," I answered looking down at the book; we did have a few days left until judgment day, in a sense.

"Well, you do that, while I kick Saki's plot in Bingo again!"

"Its chess you fool!"

"I thought it was check?"

"Gah!" she screamed falling on her back hard. I only shook my head, giving out a soft chuckle before then looking to Doctor Love.

"I think you should tone down a bit Doc," I spoke looking at him as he turned to look at me. "We have been on edge as you may as well know." He only rolled his eyes and shook his head. Picking the pieces up and placing them back in the order of which they were. Saki soon got back up, but not wanting to play anymore, walked over and jumped onto the bed, leaning on me. I brought an arm around and held her close as she softly nuzzled my chest...but when she did...I started to feel something.

It was a weird feeling...something I couldn't quite put my hoof on it, I looked down at her, watching as she nuzzled up my chest a bit more. And then...I saw it, a weird mist like cloud flowing from her, and going toward my body...was I just seeing things? Was the stress of what was going on, at last getting to me that I was seeing things? I shook my head, and felt a bit more...awake, as if I just drank coffee, or splashed cold water on my face to jolt me awake. Whatever it was...it felt...nice, I wanted it! I was about to tell Saki something, when she opened her eyes, looking up at me, before she blinked. "L...Lighting?" she spoke as I blinked. "Your eye, look at your eye!"

"What?" I asked in confusion, I couldn't really see my eye on my own really, so I went over to where the sink was a mirror there as I looked up. My eyes growing wide at what I saw. My left eye, ever since the day Cocoon slashed it with whatever she used, when trying to get after Saki, was still red, and always would be; but that was not the eye I was looking at; it was my right eye. A Changeling eye was looking back at me, red, like my father as I blinked a few times, it was still there, and if Saki could see it, then I wasn't just imagining it!

"Whoa..." I heard Doc whisper as he stood beside Saki, I could see them from the mirror. "Kinda creepy eyes when you are like that colt," I closed my eyes, shaking my head slightly before slowly reopening them...my green eye was back, but...the image of what I saw...

"Are...Is your Changeling powers at last coming through?" Saki asked as I looked back at her with an equal like confused look.

"I...I don't know," I answered. "That never happened before, and just before you noticed my eye...I felt something, coming from you,"

"From me?" she asked as she looked away while thinking, before looking back. "You were feeding off my love,"

"What?"

"It's the only thought I can think of," she answered looking at me before then saying. Light, remember, Changeling are taught to change forms at a very young age, and to also feed off the love of ponies around them. Before we learned to feed off love, we ate and drank like you ponies do,"

"Kinda like how foals have to eat liquid, or soft like food?" Doc asked as Saki nodded.

"That's right, Light here is only half Changeling, this did not have to happen to him, and seeing how he was not taught of these skills when he was young; it seemed his talents of a Changeling are slowly showing!"

So...my Changeling self was now slowly coming out, I looked down at my hoof, shaking it left and right. It starts with my eyes, so now, knowing Saki; she would no doubt start teaching me how to change. But then I had to ask. "Saki," she nodded to me as I looked. "When...I was feeding off your love, I saw this weird mist like...I don't even know, does that always happen?"

"You were rather close to me yes," she answered. "Being so close, you are able to see it, and the fact that it was coming right to you, that's how you can see it. But trust me, after a while; you just...don't notice it at all."

"Well...!" Doctor Love sighed and stretched. "This is all nice and dory and such, but I think I'm going to go and hit the hay ya know?" he answered out loud as he looked to us. "Try not to have any sexy, sexy time while I'm gone!"

After Doc left, it was just me and Saki. And as I thought, she wanted me to try again. After a long time of trying to change, with little work that is, Saki retried to the bed. I was not tried...all that love I was getting from her...it kept me wide awake! Saki explained that this was normal for Changeling hatchling that first tasted love, and should wear off in a few days. So, with nothing to do as I waited for the crash (Or as I thought it would be like a crash) from the love intake, I decided to take the book, lie on the floor; and write once more.

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Month 6 Day 7

Ugh...dress shopping with Saki...ugh...worst then when me and father dressed shop for mother! True to what she had told me, two golden tickets awaited for us, invitations to the triple G. I couldn't believe it myself as I kept thinking over and over on it. And now, I was spending my true day off, shopping for our suit and dress. Saki reminded me of a foal in a toy store, or candy store. She went from one set of dress to the next, as quickly as a bee on a flower! And though at many of a time, where she acted all tom coltish in a sense; she was still a mare. The moment she walked into the changing room, I groan softly and relaxed. How many dresses have she gone through...ten? Ugh...lost count after the pure white one. I planed on going out in a dark blue like tux shirt, much like what Doctor Love tux would looks like, save blue and white. Saki thought I would look, cooler, if I placed a long like robe with it. Ether way...I was done, and now I had to suffer and wait for Saki's choice...and empty my purse of bits! As I waited, a thought came to my mind that I've been meaning to ask Saki. "Hey honey?" I called out, seeing if she could hear me.

"Yes?" she answered back as I heard the rustle of a dress.

"What's the deal between you and Fang?" the last time we saw the Changeling, was when I pretended I was under her spell. And that was nearly half a year ago. The Changeling seemed rather full of himself, to me that is, and the way he spoke; sounded like he could get away with nearly anything.

"My mother wanted us to start...you know," she poked her head out as she looked around, seeing that nopony was around as she then whispered. "A Hive, together." she then went back into the dressing room.

"Why's that?" I asked as I heard her groan, hopefully not from my praying.

"He's a strong stallion," I guess we were speaking in code now slightly, seeing how somepony would no doubt walk by and hear. "Mother always said that I should start a...family with a strong stallion, you know..."

"And I'm not good enough?"

"Well you are, half, in a sense," she answered. "But I think she rather me go all full; you know?"

"Eh...yeah, I guess,"

"Ether way, I don't want to start that kind of family, and most defiantly; not with him."

"Care to explain?"

After the Canterlot attack, and; what happened after with us. I was hurt pretty bad, my back left leg felt broken, and sure, he did help me a bit to get me back to Granny's place as we hid. But when, they came well...he took off running, leaving me to be alone."

"Not really strong then in that sense then?"

"Quite, I stayed there until I was fully healed, afterward; I left Canterlot for a few weeks. But soon returned." I heard her let out a soft sigh. "That place was truly really my only home I knew, and well; I just couldn't leave it!"

"I understand," I answered as I heard her slip into something, no doubt one of the dresses she had brought in there. "I felt the same way when I left Higher Wing with Night, Alice, and Alex. That was my home, the only place I knew of. It hurt me that I had to leave, but as I said; I had to. I wouldn't allow those three to live the life I did."

"At least your home is slowly returning back to normal, yes?"

"That's what father is saying." The door slowly opened as I got off the chair to see what she would wear, and boy, was I in for a surprised.

The dress she wore was the same sort of black that her Changeling hind was, it covered mostly all of her body, save for the head, a V shape showing off her chest, only by a bit that is. Along the middle, was the same shade of green that she had, or like all Changeling (save for the ones at Higher Wing). The dress covered up her back, and hind legs, and the outline, was the same green color of that of the midsection. Her wings were folded along her sides, as she turned in a small circle. "What do you think?"

"Suits you," I answered with a smile as she smiled back. "You're going to get it?"

"Course I am!" she answered with a giggle. "Not my bits paying for it!"

"Ugh...right," she only giggled and went back into the changing room to undress, brining it out in a bag, folded along her back as we then went to pay for it. The Gala was only a month away, but still, it would be good to get everything we needed done right now.

'We're going to have to see my mother," after returning home from our shopping trip, and Saki placing the dress she got into the closet, myself, just about to start on lunch; that caught me by surprised.

"Why's that?" I asked as she sighed.

"Remember a few months back," she spoke, looking up at me with her Changeling eyes. "That the guards said something about seeing a Changeling. I did some snooping, and from the way they were saying how the Changeling looks like; it's a male."

"Think it might be Fang?" I asked her as she shook her head slowly.

"I don't know..."

"Well...I don't like the idea of us going to see her."

"How come?"

"Think of it like this," I told her as I turn and looked into her eyes. "She knew nothing of me, sure, my father saved her life and such; but why do you think she kept her word on telling us of my father's origin and such." I looked away, slowly walking toward the sofa and plopping down on it. I heard the sound of Saki's wings as she fluttered over to me, lying by my side as she lay beside me. "I...I just have this feeling you know," I told her. "That, I may have to owe her something. If she did not tell me of my father being alive and such; trust me, I wouldn't have gone back to Higher Wing."

"But...that was your home,"

"Beside Doc, because as I said, he is like family to me; there's nothing there for me there. Or there wasn't until I found that Father was alive. But still, ether way...I can't shake this feeling." I then turned to look at her. "Why do you want to see her anyway?"

"She now knows of you and me," she answered. "Even though we were there for but a day, you gave them enough love because of you loving me. I may not like her, but if she were to come up here, say for a visit...how do you think it would look of somepony saw?"

"Hrm...true," I answered as I sighed. "Just saying...not liking this one bit!"

So after I had made us lunch and we ate, I went upstairs to grab my sword. Ether way the Chrysalis had shown no harm to me, better safe, then sorry. Saki gave me a look as she saw me slip the sheath of my blade along my back, but she didn't say anything of the sort. Besides, Everfree Forest isn't the safest place all the time.

The train ride was rather short for me, ether we spoke little or not at all, and when we pulled up to Ponyville, we just made our way through until we were then in the forest. Once far enough in, Saki reverted back to her Changeling self, walking beside me as I lit the way with my horn. A light blue aura acting as out light. "Remember when we first met?" I looked down to Saki as she looked up at me. "How easily you beat me," I chuckled and nodded, looking ahead again.

"You were trying to act all high and mighty, rather cute now that I think of it."

"I could've beaten you! Well...if I had training to do so," I chuckled again.

"You do have the Hoof-blade."

"Yes, but you can fight with that, a sword, and your hooves! You'll have to teach me

"Maybe I'll start training you," I told her. "But really, with Cocoon locked up, who do we have to worry about?"

"Better to have it, and not need it," she spoke softly. "Then need it and not have it," I only hummed, agreeing with her on this.

Deeper into the forest we went, until I could see the ruins of where the Hive was now there. And already...I could feel the eyes of the Changelings that hid in the darkness. In reflex from being watched on, my hoof twitched to move to my sword, but I felt Saki move close to my side; making me feel a bit more relaxed. Before we could walk into the ruins of the old castle, she was there, waiting for us. "My goodness, so nice for you to visit now dear Saki," her green eyes seemed to glow in the darkness of the forest around us as we both stopped. She smiled at the two of us, and then turned to me. "Seems you did not escape Higher Wing untouched,"

"That I did not," I answered as she nodded once.

"And why have you visit now, your trip were many months ago."

"We had no reason to come Mother," Saki spoke. "And if I know you, you've would've sent somepony like you did with Fang,"

"Well, it would be nice for you to live with us once more Saki,"

"Then why didn't you try and find me all those years ago?" Saki asked as Chrysalis answered without a word. She turned and went toward the hole of which would take her to the bottom on the Hive. Saki soon followed, with me in the rear. The Changelings that followed the queen slowly moved closer, more of around me and Saki. My only thought for this was because of our love; or trying to make sure we wouldn't escape.

Once I felt the ground bottom of the Hive, after having landing with my levitating spell, I once more Followed Saki. When she stopped because of her mother stopping, I stood beside her before hearing the queen speak. "Would you two come to my chambers then, I so do wish to catch up," once more her eyes glowed because of the dimly lit area, and before we could answer, she was already leaving.

"Still not liking this..." I pointed out in a whisper as Saki could only nod her head in agreement. Ether way, we followed after the Changeling Queen, she pushed her way through the door that led to her chambers. It was rather large, a large circle room, a source of light being that of weird glowing plant.

As she went to her large bed, I noticed that she shoved something underneath a bunch of pillows she had. I raised an eyebrow, Saki missing it; that was a plushy, a plushy of Shining Armor. I remember Saki telling me a few months back, which her mother was trying to invade Equestria that much was clear. But what she also told me was that not only was she using Shining Armor for his love; but that she indeed loved him as well. Of course, she only joked about this, but it seemed; she really did have feelings for the ex Captain of the guards. When she looked back, I pretended that I did not notice at all, looking around just as Saki was doing. "So," she started as she laid on her bed, looking at the two of us, before then looking fully to me. "Was the one known as Shade, really your father?"

"He is yes," I answered as she seemed to smile.

"So then, that would explain truly of your unaffected way of being controlled by Changelings. I thought for a second that he had simply had a deep hold on you." she merely shook her head. "Seems I was wrong, but, a half Changeling; I have never heard of such a thing." She then looked to Saki and then asked. "Has he shown himself to be able to change?"

"No," she answered looking at her, I could see it in her eyes, and she didn't truly want to be here. "He is only half mother, maybe he will never be able to change or feed off love,"

"Such a shame too," she chuckled. "And you still have yet to answer my request."

"I am not returning here to stay mother," Saki answered. "This Hive is not my home."

"And that house in Canterlot is?" she snorted softly as Saki hissed low in her throat.

"I was gone from your care nearly all my life!" she hissed once more. "The pony, who found me, cared for me as if I was her own blood; you did not even try to find me!"

"We all thought you were captured or dead," she answered plainly. "You know, as much as I do, that one life is not more then many more dying to keep that life alive."

"I know that!" Saki glared hard at her as I looked back and forth between the two. "But you didn't even try to find me, not once did I ever see a Changeling, not once!" she then turned toward the door. "Come on Light...let's just go,"

"It is getting late," I turned to look at Chrysalis. "You should know, Everfree Forest is not the most safest place at night; and beside." She then turned to look to me. "I wish to speak to Lighting Knight, for a moment." I was deathly confused by this; Saki looked to me, also confused as I gave her a soft nod.

"I'll meet you at your room, I remember where it's at," I told her as she gave a firm nod before leaving. After a moment, I then turned and asked. "What do you want?"

I saw her smile once more, her eyes locked onto me. "How did it feel, to see that your father was alive and well after all these years?" I didn't answer her, I didn't have to as she just sighed and shook her head. "Listen...I'll be blank, I wish for you to help me,"

"With what?" I questioned, although, I had a feeling that I knew what she was going to say before she could say it.

"I want you," she answered leaning close to me before whispering. "To help me get rid of Shining Armor's wife...so that I may take her place once more."