Comet rarely left his house. He rarely saw anyone. After everypony found out he was a changeling he felt he couldn't show his face. Either of his faces. This was one of those rare occasions, when he had to venture out into the world to obtain vital supplies of food and water. He never drained the love from others, and so he used a potion to restore his powers. He was running low, and assumed that ponies would hate him more for keeping up the facade after he was discovered, so he kept the potion drops remaining in his bag, along with a bag of bits and a few gems. He kept a wrap of tools in his bag, just in case he could help fix something or build something. He was fairly good with that sort of thing, and he figured he could make a friend if he helped them.
Comet stepped outside and looked around. Everything seemed normal. The market was a bit crowded, but he expected that. He began trotting toward the hustle and bustle. When he neared the market, everypony seemed to stop what they were doing, and stare at him. He was about to start walking through the crowd to procure some food and maybe some ingredients for another potion, when the crowd seemed to nonchalantly shuffle towards him. He stopped, and thought it would be best to go around. However as he turned and began to walk away, the shuffles turned into limps, and then into irregular running. He was being chased. This wasn't normal, even if he was hated. They never tried to hurt him before. He noticed something strange about them too. He looked closely into the crowd as he galloped and saw that most, if not all of them were partially devoured. This definitely was not normal. As he ran past one, it went to bite him. He narrowly avoided it and continued to run. Comet heard the echoed call coming from the town hall. He took off in flight and headed straight for it. He practically crashed through the doors and rolled along the ground. He got up after a second or two of recovery, and stared at the two ponies already there, a look of genuine fear on his face.