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Luna quickly realized what was happening, the disguised siren was picking up on her negative emotions. She began blocking out all of her negative emotions just as Starswirl had taught her. "We must proceed quickly," she said looking back at Serenade while taking a few steps toward the safe room as if to encourage her to follow. Without the constant flow of negative energy, she should regain her self control. At least, that was the theory.

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"SIREN!" was what was blared out though the hive mind. And Shaman picked up on it loud and clear. The negative aura showing up as an anomaly within the changeling sense. 

 

"Get me visual confirmation at once!" Shaman could see through the differing eyes of the drones as the converged on the siren, and the other emotive readings around it. From above, within in the doorways, behind the walls, hidden in plain sight, wherever there was a place to lie in wait, changeling eyes were leering. Four equinoid lifeforms.

 

The shifting aura of negative emotions turned to raw fuel centered around a pegasus. Another pony was following behind with no emotional output at all. A sight that they'd normally be familiar with, but not in this manner. Another pony like creature, didn't have any emotion at all. If a pony could be described as a portrait, and emotion all the colors, than this pony was just an outlined stencil. Black and white lines. The most rudimentary baseline of emotions going though.  

 

Of course, the one normal pony had to be an Alicorn. "We have visual. The Siren is being accompanied by a enthralled pony, an unknown equinoid, and the Lunar Regent. Approaching your location!"

 

"Awaiting attack orders, my Queen." Each drone was primed and ready to attack.

 

"... Stand down. Do not engage..." Shaman answered. All four were too close to their position for an attack. And with the Luna on her side, this battle would get very ugly, very fast. Something his Vixen and their children did not need right now. "Destroyers of harvests.... Bringers of famine..."  Still holding the wood frame saddle baskets on his back, Shaman backed out of the war room and into the safe room, shutting it hard on his way in. 

 

Priestess watched as Luna and her company walked in. "Dang, everyone wants to party at castle Everfree tonight! Is anyone else coming or do I need to send invites?" She looked at the pony, or ponylike creature. It's subtle movements, blank stare... comment about them being cats... indicated otherwise. She observed as she stood a ways from Petey and called him a "Colorful Kitten." 

 

"Hey Petey. Anata wa 'nyā' to iimasu." Petey looked over to his mom. Then back towards the cat caller.

 

"Meow!"

 

She also noticed the Pegasus pony mumbling in the corner. Or Pegasus like pony. She knew pegasai didn't speak that language. But she knew what did.  "Ναι, το ξέρω έτσι δεν είναι?" 

 

Petey looked up at the tall, midnight blue mare as his walking buffet knelled before her. He was fixated on her wavy mane of stars, her large feathery wings, those tranquil teal eyes, that regal voice, her glistening cutie mark..."

 

"Ha, moon buutt!" he announced loudly from atop Last's head. 

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Without the constant flow from Luna, Serenade's ears and tail slowly stop twitching, and her tense muscles release. She blinks several times, before sniffing the air. Her eyes narrow, and she glances around. The green glow that her eyes produced before slowly faded until it was replaced by red tinge. Her lips curl back into a sneer.

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While Last internally wished to be able to climb into a mouse hole and stay there after Petey's outburst towards her majesty, she managed to lift her head and nod towards the Princess after her verdict. It seemed as if she had taken the orders too far, and it was not meant to include the waking world, yet it still didn't make her feel more safe about the fact that the chaos user had gone missing in the first place. Sure, he was here now, but who knew what trouble he could potentially have caused? Or if a part of the ceiling would have fallen down and crushed him? He might not be affected much by cuts, but having a roof fall on your head wasn't the same by a long shot.

 

"Understood your highness."

 

Though there had been no direct order in things this time, it sounded like the idea that they should stick together in groups for safety was one that she would encourage, if not order. She wasn't sure if it was possible to keep them all under guard like that, but she would give it her best in any case, and see if they could avoid a tragedy in one way or another.

 

Whilst Last turned around a bit to look at the gathered ones and make sure that everypony was here this time, Omen turned her attention towards Missklang. She had sensed him when he had entered the room and refocused from the meowing  odd looking and talking cat, towards the source of the chaos she felt in the air.

 

"...No, you're not master. Energy close, but not enough. It's Weaker. Flimsy."

 

She took some steps towards Missklang, her movements or contact with the floor making no sound. Whilst she and the rest of her family were not ones to know much magic by sight, they could actively feel out the simple one that had helped giving them form. In her case, that had been the chaos that Discord controlled, and as such she had some draw towards sources of that kind of magic, unless it was shielded, in which case she just had an odd interest in the being for a while before wandering off.

 

As it were now though, Missklang was not shielded in the ways that blocked her sensing some of his power, and it dragged her in like a moth to the flame. Granted, as she said, it was weaker than her masters energy, but it was hard to have more chaos than the lord of said element after all. She had only felt one source that could rival him in all her time, but she had never been able to pinpoint it. It had drifted away before she had the chance to see who it was.

 

Getting to within a meter of Missklang, she started to sniff the air a little, though kept her unblinking gaze on him whilst her tail and mane gently flowed in a non-existent wind. It was not as glamorous or impressive as the Princess' mane of course, but it was vaguely there in any case.

 

"I am Omen. Who are you?"

 

While that went on, Last had assessed the situation and noticed that there was one that were missing - or well, only six if you counted the Kits - were Shaman who had wandered into the safe room. Considering what he likely were, she didn't blame him. She knew how Changelings were seen to the general populace, and often with good reason. If one of the Princesses would take notice that one were in their midst... Things could turn ugly. Frankly, it was for the best that he isolated himself a little like this so that there wouldn't be a butting of heads happening here already.

 

Only thing she could focus on beyond that was the oddly blank stare from the large Pegasus that had come in with her majesty and the other flier before. She recognised the odd mare from the bakery yesterday, where the pink and white one had played around with the foals that Pinkie and Storm were watching, but she hadn't figured that she would meet her again here. And especially not in a state like that.

 

"Hey, you. What's-"

 

Last looked at Serenade whilst speaking, and noticed how she started to look a few degrees of hostile. A sight which made her narrow her eye as well and focus her icy gaze on the unknown pony.

 

"Calm down. Now."

 

The voice was as cold as the look she sent towards the Pegasus. She didn't want a fight to break out here, especially not in front of her highness, but if this one began to go hostile she would retaliate one way or another. She didn't care if it was a racial thing or if the mare was in a bad mood or something else. All she cared for was that the stranger calmed down before something had to go down that she frankly didn't care for right now. It was too late in the evening for this sort of thing.

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Princess Luna walked over to the door to the safe room, Seamore stepping out of her way as she approached, and spoke to Shaman. "Please excuse us, sir, but we will need to be passing through there to get to the gate room." She then triggered the release mechanism for the door (the exact nature of which will not be revealed at this time as it has been classified top secret in order to ensure the safety of the two Alicorn Princesses). The door slid open slowly.

"I'm gonna go get some sleep, I've got work to do in the morning. Good night," Seamore said yawning as he left the room and went down the hall to an old guest bedroom, lay down his sleeping bag, leaving the tent off to the side along with the bag of bits. He got comfortable in his sleeping bag then fell asleep shortly after.

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"No, no, no! That thing is not getting in here or anywhere near my children!" Shaman didn't care. He let his horn emerge through in a cone of violet flames. He telekeneticked the latches of the door shut. "Petey, tell mommy to not let strange speaking Pegasus near me!"

 

Petey's ear twitched. "Daddy says not to wet the funny talking bird pony in." He looked over at Seranade. His ears drooped. "She makes me feel yucky too. Mommy, don't let her near daddy!"

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"A changeling!" she yelled, her horn glowing as she assumed a defensive position. Directed toward Last she said, "Guard, eyes on Priestess, she may be under his control." Now turning her focus back to the safe room door, she asks loudly, "What business do you have here, Changeling?" Changelings were allowed in Equestria of course, but they were not to be disguised in the presence of royalty unless they had specifically been granted permission. Such an act is automatically seen as suspicious and the one who violates this law would typically be detained by the Royal Guard, but none were present, and Shaman had locked himself away behind the safe room door, so detaining him wasn't exactly an option.

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"As you wish."

 

Last turned on the spot at the call of Princess Luna, away from the hissing Siren and towards Priestess. Yet the look that the fox would meet would not be the icy cold the mare had sent Serenade, nor the steadfast glance of somepony who were prepared to do what it took to uphold her order. In fact, Last looked exactly how she felt: Torn, and conflicted about what was going on.

 

She wasn't an idiot. She knew that Changelings could be problems, and they could control other beings to suit their will. Yet she had seen those controlled before and they had looked different than this. They were changed both mentally and physically, looking drained and disoriented as they did theirs to try and make others put their guard down. Heck, she had nearly lost an uncle to that kind of manipulation before, so she should know at least some of the common side effects, and for all intents and purposes, that could have just been bad controlled ones. Priestess could, technically, be a very well controlled mind slave.

 

But what she had seen so far just didn't fit with that in her mind. The interactions between the two had seemed genuine - even if she had little personal experience with that sort of thing - and if it turned out to be false... Could she assist in freeing the mind of somepony that might then resent her own kids? They weren't normal, that was certain. Hybrids more than likely. Yet from what was shown earlier they still needed milk, and a mother to feed them such. If she had gotten these whilst forced, would she not simply resent them, and they would end up dying?

 

Gurgh... She hated these kinds of situations. Either Priestess was controlled, and her kits were gonna pay the price in the end for this, which would put things into a moral grey-zone that would have no winners. Or else, she wasn't, Last was now charged to keep an eye on her for little reason, and if things went bad and the vixen tried to defend Shaman, she would be forced to keep her down. In front of Petey, whowas currently still on her head.

 

Said critter was the reason she had not turned brandishing her blade. Amongst the confusion and worries about what could happen, what was expected, and if she could follow an order that would end hurting kids, she was at least sure that she couldn't just pull a blade here unless there were no other choices, but how far would things go before there weren't one? And could she take the swing if it came to that?

 

"I pray I will never have to answer that."

 

-Was the only thought she had, before internally sending off a little prayer that this could be resolved without ending in bloodshed. Though it was how most of her interactions tended to go in her life, and she knew well how to be part of that, she couldn't help but being grasped by a sinking feeling that no matter which way she cut, it would just end with somepony innocent getting hurt one way or another, and that was blood she wouldn't want to stain the floor with.

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"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoah! Everypony-kitty-siren-what ever the fuzz you are, just chillax. No need to get everything out of hoof-paw-fin/flipper. I know, we're all tired, hence why were here and not in the lousy weather outside. Look I know Bae has been strange lately, but that's because he's allergic to everwood. It sucks. He can't talk. His fur crackles like a balloon was rubbed all over it. That get's really annoying (I'm looking at you "party pony!").

 

But a changeling? Naaaawwwww! Come on! I mean, have you seen the amounts of changeling antisemitism since the wedding? All the major cities have established their own anti-changeling laws on the local level. Aggressive action and retaliation are the popular opinions in most major cities, Canterlot the most obvious. A changeling openly exposed in Canterlot, Fillydelphia, Manehatten, The Grittish Isles, Seaddle, Pheonix? That's tantamount to suicide, obviously. Citizens would lynch them and the authorities wouldn't give it a second glance. 

 

And why would they be open? I'm not the only one who's noticed militarization along the border with the badlands. But that many soldiers? That much equipment? Balistas, catapults, trebusches,  cannons, a makeshift yard constructing air ships, and of course, recruitment centers and "I want you for the royal guard!" posters inundating every street corner? Come on Luna, you're not defending Equestria from an attack, you're preparing to launch one, right?  Spearhead straight into the heart of the badlands and "subdue" Chrysalis's hive. Though knowing your sister, I doubt it'll be anywhere near as subtle. 

 

"Now now, I know what you're gonna say." Priestess then rapidly folded a piece of paper into a crown, and placed it on her head. *ahem* She started speaking in a boisterous ancient Canterlonian accent.  "Tis a lie! Our blessed sister would never do such an atrocious act! You should feel disgraced for ever thinking so lowly of this lands glorious leader! All she wishes for is to secure peace with the changelings and defend our subjects from harm! Tis our only demand! Huzzah! Join us in holy wedlock Twilight Sparkle!" She then tossed the crown to the side.

 

"To which I reply that this is the same mare that fired the elements of harmony at you, her own flesh and blood. Now what did those things do again? Oh yeah, turn creatures to stone. Permanently. Trapping them. Conscious. Awake. Seeing. Hearing. Thinking. Feeling. Unmoving. Locked in place till the end of time. Witnessing the world, but powerless to interact with it. A fate worse than death. She admits that she did not know the elements would lock you away on the moon. Which meant she was willing to settle for your demise, or at least, your eternal suffering.

 

Yes, you are important to her. But compared to the safety of her subjects? She'd feed you to the timberwolves at the drop of a hat. If she's willing to do that to her own flesh and blood, what is she willing to do to a bunch of quote "parasitic, vile, distinguishing, bug mules" unquote? I'm certain Celestia would enact genocide of every other living creature on this planet, if it secured the safety of her little ponies. Compound that with the fact that Queen Chrysalis and her kin managed to do what Discord, Tirek, Sombra, and you yourself have failed to do: Defeat Celestia and take over Canterlot, and I can imagine that she and the majority of Equestrians are pretty damn fearful of the changelings. And what do you do when confronted by something you fear. You either run away and hide. Or... you destroy it. 

 

It isn't far fetched to say Celestia looks upon her subjects like her own children. Some of the most fearsome, bloodthirsty creatures nature has bore witness to, have been mothers protecting their children. A fact I can attest to, and demonstrate if you wish." She said in a lowering voice as she stepped in front of the saferoom door. "My children are in there. And my obligation goes to them before either. Of. You." 

 

"...... but hey! Given all that, it would be ridiculous for Bae to be a changeling! Because that would be insane, and 'Hypothetically' if he was a changeling, he'd be freaking suicidal,  being smack dab in the middle of hostile territory! So there is no logical reason for Bae to be a changeling or for even a changeling to be in Equestria! Therefore, your high-ness, your logic has been debunked!" She sat on her haunches, forelegs crossed, looking so proud of herself. 

 

"However, that doesn't mean that he isn't spooked. And for some reason-" She turned to face Serenade in the corner. "Your Siren in the Pegasus cosplay, has really perturbed him. And she's making My Little Petey: Kitsune Are Adorable® feel rather uncomfortable too. So, maybe we should all figure out why that is, before we go pointing feathers and putting him, me, our children, and... I dunno the rest of these schmucks in danger."

 

"Sound like a plan?"

 

Petey just sat atop lasts head, dumbfounded. He set his head down and started feeding again, only to stop when he hit her mixed emotions. It didn't taste right. *pwuah!* He spat them, back out. He knew just how to fix this. "Oh just start kissing already!"

 

Priestess looked up to her son, a little incredulously."You're like... four! You're not supposed to get that!" Then she looked back to Last. "But I'm up for that." She said as she shrugged. 

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With tears pouring down her face, her safeguard having failed to contain her emotions, Luna turned toward Priestess. "How could you say such hateful things?! Celestia did what she had to do, I was out of control! She and I have been doing our best to keep the local laws under control! The defenses you speak of are being built by civilians, any Military personnel found to be helping them are being discharged immediately in an effort to stop them! The only laws against changelings that we have in Canterlot and Ponyville are that, though they may take the form of another pony, they cannot pretend to be that pony, and that no changeling may be disguised in the presence of Royalty, as a way to protect them as well as us! Any Changeling that approaches royalty without revealing themselves is considered a threat to that pony's safety not because they are a changeling, but because they are hiding their identity! You cannot deny that he is a changeling, I have seen his horn, and sensed his magic!" She turned back toward the door, "Reveal yourself Changeling, or you will face imprisonment!"

 

Unbeknownst to Shaman, the trigger that Luna activated had resealed the passageway, there was no escape unless he could find and activate the correct trigger, though traps were set so that anypony that tried to follow after the Princesses would end up in the dungeon of they found one of the false triggers.

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Serenade shakes her head..then looks at Luna, "Πριγκίπισσα ... σταματήσει . Μπορώ να αισθανθώ την ανάληψη" her voice is strained, and filled with pain. Her next words echo, like two voices talking at once, "Τόσο πλούσια βοσκοτόπια Αρχέγονο και δικαιωμάτων" Her eyes are now fully red and she starts backing out of the room.

(translation: 1st part: Princess...stop, I can feel her taking over. and 2nd part: Primordial's and Royalty...such rich feeding grounds)

Edited November 24, 2015 by Moonlit

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"Wow. Wooooow. Just. Wow. Jeezmeny fuzzmas. You did not get my point. At all. No wonder you're such a second fiddle to Sunbutt and even Purple Smart. I just pointed out every fallacy in your logic and made it perfectly clear as to why changelings wouldn't be here. And you ignored it, and are going with baseless accusations. You have a horn! How do we know you're not a changeling? Now that I think about it. You were gone from that wedding the entire time. We never did see you and Chrysalis together in the same room, now did we? Hmmm? How do we know you're who you say you are? Or better yet, how do we know there was ever a Queen Chrysalis, and not Canterlot having a nightmare in disguise?

 

But hey! It's just a theory. A game theory! Back to my tirade. You think threats are gonna bring my Bae out? I thought you were tutored smarter than that. Oh don't get me wrong. We're not scared of you. To you this must feel like it happened recently, but a thousand years ago, I beat you. I defeated you in combat. 

 

Now? You came back last year. I've been here ever since you left. I've got a thousand more years of combat experienced, battles won, wars fought, disciplines mastered, skills learned and divine powers earned, under my pelt. My children and my mate are behind me. You are in front of me. You wish to live to see another moonrise, then renounce your accusations and apologize to my mate for everything you've said.  Otherwise, you'll have to go though me. And you know how well that went last time. What you don't know, is how well that'll go for everyone and everything else in our midst. Don't get me wrong, it's on you if they get incinerated. I hardly know them. But I will do whatever it takes to make sure my family and I walk out of whats left of this forest alive. Are you willing to go that far Luna. Do you even want to?

 

Of course, one other thing that could make that path easier, would be to deal with the Siren over there. She has spooked Shaman, and he doesn't get scared unless it's for a good reason. Make her leave, keep her secured, and I'll see if I can talk him out... so that you can apologize, not so that you can arrest an innocent fox. I dunno what you saw, but what I saw, was one of the loves of my life keeping himself and our kits safe. You don't want a war with me. So, let's talk this out instead."

 

Priestess sat on her haunches, her tone measured, her breathing slow and steady, eyes forward, looking square into Luna's, tail softly swishing back and fourth, her back to the entrance way. She was dead serious about everything.  

 

"Oh just kiss already!" Yelled out Petey. again. He was getting sick of this angst, worry and overconfident posturing. None of it tasted very good.

 

"That works too. An extended make out session tends to solve most problems. I never did make out with an Alicorn. That's something I've always wanted to cross off my to do list..."

 

She then heard Serenade speak. She replied to both her and Luna. "Ω καλή. Έχετε διπλή προσωπικότητα. Τώρα βλέπετε τι εννοώ !?"

 

 

 

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"Can you not tell when your cover is blown? He has the horn of changeling royalty, and the magic to fit! I would never harm your children, nor would I wish to orphan them. End this charade now, and no harm will come to either of you, neither from me, nor the siren, you have my word." Luna was regaining control over her emotions and starting to think more rationally. She started to cast a spell to block the flow of emotions from reaching Serenade. This would create a barrier around Serenade, one that would follow her as she moved.

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Priestess said nothing for a moment. Then, she slowly exhaled though her nose. She turned to the side and tapped on the door. "Bae. The idiot princess wishes to talk. She gives us her word that the Siren will be dealt with. And if she doesn't keep it, we can kill them both. We're more than capable. Does that sound fair?" She looked to Petey. Petey looked back, ear flicking. He said nothing. "Look Bae, as much as I'm up to fight, I'm willing to talk this out for you, and truly see if the word of a princess still has worth."

 

Petey cocked his head, as if he was trying to listening himself. He shook hsi head. Priestess just sighed. "Bae. Allure. I want us all to walk out of this. All of us. One way or another, I know I can do it with you by my side." No response from Petey. There didn't need to be one. The latches to the front of the door unclicked. The passage swung open. Priestess stepped away. Out walked Shaman, a dark grey horn on his head, sharply curving at points like an ornate blade. He looked to his left at the siren. He kept that gaze fixed there, as he sidestepped towards Priestess.  We went low to the ground and set the wooden saddle bags down next to her. He then started to back away, hunched low to the ground in a defensive posture, making distance between himself and the siren. Priestess grabbed the bags in her mouth and dragged them to follow Shaman across the increasingly literal war room. 

 

Shaman stopped when he pressed against the far wall. He didn't break his glare, even as his fur crackled more. He looked ready to bolt across the room and pounce on the Siren. There was even a low growl coming from his throat. He didn't as much as glance at the princess. "See? Totally not a changeling. You got what you wanted. Now fulfill your part. Or else this will get ugly. And for once it won't be my fault." 

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Serenade returns the glare from Shaman, "κρατήσει αυτό επάνω και το άσχημο θα ήταν μια συγκρατημένη ... αγάπη κλέπτης". Serenade snarls, back arched and her lips pulled back, exposing sharp teeth.

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"Enough!"

 

Last's voice roared through the room with a clear sound of her being very agitated before it went down again to somewhat normal levels again.

 

"This ends here. Your majesty, you said you needed to take that one with you through the safe room? I implore you to please, do that, and get the growling mare over there in check.

 

And you two - she pointed towards Shaman and Priestess - Stay here, stop throwing insults towards her highness and freaking calm down. I don't care who's hiding what right now, if anypony's Changelings, Sirens, or the Grim Reaper himself, but I've had it with this hostility. It's getting us nowhere, and I will not stand by and let this escalate further. Part ways, meet up again when things have calmed, and then talk like sensible beings instead of acting like children."

 

Last almost felt herself shiver a little as the frustration had gotten vented and she took a few deep breathes. She knew that she was going to regret essentially yelling at even her majesty during this soon, but right now, she was just sick of this whole thing. It had been a long day, she was tired, and frankly there had been enough fighting for one day as far as she cared.

 

As to the details of this - what laws there were against Changelings, the whole *Siren* thing that was apparently going on with the unknown mare, accusations and so forth - she honestly didn't give a toss right now. She had suspected Changeling for a while, now she was pretty much sure, and yet, much like the rest, she just didn't care. Perhaps after a bit of rest she would, but she was tired, jaded, and just wanted this aggression to stop before it got out of hoof.

 

Behind Serenade, Ziggy still stood as immobile as she had so far. Though she was glamoured in some way from Serenade's influence, she had not gotten a stable enough control over her to make her own aggression flare with the Siren's, which was likely a good thing since - considering everything - it would not have gone well to have another one ready to fight. Especially not since that one wouldn't have any breaks that any reason could reach.

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Without warning, Luna focused her magic on the energy from the Everwood stick that was still going through Priestess. A burst of energy was released from the stick toward Shaman. This would not hurt either of them, but would disrupt changeling magic, wether it be their disguise or their telepathy. The blast had a wide angle, but Luna was careful that it wouldn't hit the children or Serenade. "You left me no other choice."

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When the shouting started cresent knew it was best to hang back, something about mare's and raise voices always was a danger zone. Then he herd the blast, from Luna's spell. He opened the door almost running into Last he drew his blade ready for some sort of fight "what in the blazes is going on?"

 

Hearing Luna's distinct blood beat he instantly went to a bow "your majesty, surprising to see you twice today how shall I assist?" He still had his eyes closed and half wondered if she knew how to help his sight.

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A deafening static washed over the hive when the beam hit Shaman. Changeling's all over the castle cringed as contact was lost. Petey screamed as he clutched his ears and his head, falling off of Last. 

 

"Arrrghhh!" Shamans body He was already concentrating hard to keep his guise up, but that near point blank concentrated blast of Everwood magic pushed him over the edge.  A few seconds of rapid crackling, sparkling and arching bolts all over his body, before it was engulfed in purple flame. In less than a second, the flames washed over and dissipated into violet embers. The cinnamon red coat & white mane & beard, were replaced with dark grey chitin, pale lavender plating, gossamer wings, a mane of various pale blues, purples & greys and a sabertoothed muzzle, belonging to a face scrunched in pain. The Kistune was gone, and in his place, a changeling queen, a queen that proceeded to collapse to the floor. 

 

Priestess looked aghast. She looked to the queen, then she looked towards Petey. She then bolted towards the latter, tackling & ricocheting off of Last, carrying Petey in her jaws and racing back to the fallen changeling. "So much for "and no harm will come to either of you" and so much for trusting the word of a princess!" ​She pressed her forehead to Petey. "Sorry, Pete, but mommy needs to call for help." She tapped into her Kitsune-go with Petey, and made the connection though him to the hive mind. She heard panicked voices. "All soldiers report to the war room! Your Queen as just been attacked!" The panicked voices stopped, and noise in the real world began. 

 

A loud buzzing was approaching the office door. Breaking trough it was a changeling swarm a dozen strong, hovering above the party. "You two and you two!" She pointed to various drones in armor. "Hold off the swordsmare and bat. You four! Subdue the Siren! You four!" She opened the lid to the basket and lowered a whimpering Petey inside. She shut the lid and locked the latch. "Defend your Queen and her children with your lives! As for me..."

 

She began to advance towards Luna. "I've got to teach a tyrannical mule the price of not keeping her word."

Edited November 24, 2015 by Denim&Venom

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A deafening static washed over the hive when the beam hit Shaman. Changeling's all over the castle cringed as contact was lost. Petey screamed as he clutched his ears and his head, falling off of Last. 

 

"Arrrghhh!" Shamans body He was already concentrating hard to keep his guise up, but that near point blank concentrated blast of Everwood magic pushed him over the edge.  A few seconds of rapid crackling, sparkling and arching bolts all over his body, before it was engulfed in purple flame. In less than a second, the flames washed over and dissipated into violet embers. The cinnamon red coat & white mane & beard, were replaced with dark grey chitin, pale lavender plating, gossamer wings, a mane of various pale blues, purples & greys and a sabertoothed muzzle, belonging to a face scrunched in pain. The Kistune was gone, and in his place, a changeling queen, a queen that proceeded to collapse to the floor. 

 

Priestess looked aghast. She looked to the queen, then she looked towards Petey. She then bolted towards the latter, tackling & ricocheting off of Last, carrying Petey in her jaws and racing back to the fallen changeling. "So much for "and no harm will come to either of you" and so much for trusting the word of a princess!" ​She pressed her forehead to Petey. "Sorry, Pete, but mommy needs to call for help." She tapped into her Kitsune-go with Petey, and made the connection though him to the hive mind. She heard panicked voices. "All soldiers report to the war room! Your Queen as just been attacked!" The panicked voices stopped, and noise in the real world began. 

 

A loud buzzing was approaching the office door. Breaking trough it was a changeling swarm a dozen strong, hovering above the party. "You two and you two!" She pointed to various drones in armor. "Hold off the swordsmare and bat. You four! Subdue the Siren! You four!" She opened the lid to the basket and lowered a whimpering Petey inside. She shut the lid and locked the latch. "Defend your Queen and her children with your lives! As for me..."

 

She began to advance towards Luna. "I've got to teach a tyrannical mule the price of not keeping her word."

Cresents instinct took over he decided to risk opening his blinded eyes seeing more light but enough shadows to know what was going to happen blade unsheathed he dove towards priestess kicking away the poor kits but feeling more blood beats to his left he turned seeing 4 shadows leap at him, the fight with the changeling had began. "sorry mate not going down that easy!" he swung in an arch making one of the changelings duck but sadley for the one behind the first took the blade straight to the mouth making a very shiny gash on its muzzle

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"Υποτάξει μου ; Υποτάξει ME ! Θα πάρει περισσότερο από μια δέσμη των ανόητη αγάπη - κλέφτης για να υποτάξει μια σειρήνα !" Serenade turns to look at Princess Luna, "Πριγκίπισσα , Πέτα το ξόρκι αυταπάτη , παρακαλούμε". Her eyes flick over to the four Changling drones that were ordered to subdue her, and she smiles, her eyes fully turning red.

(translation: 1)Subdue me? SUBDUE ME! It'll take more then a bunch of mindless love-stealer's to subdue a Siren! 2)Princess, Drop the illusion spell, please)

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"STOP!" Princess Luna yelled as she cast a spell, freezing everyone in the room in place, aside from the children as she didn't want to hurt or scare them. "None would have been harmed if you had ended the charade. That is what I gave my word on. But you continued to lie, so I had to act. My spell would not have harmed anyone if you were telling the truth, nor would it have caused harm if she had been any other Changeling but a Queen. It would merely disrupt the disguise and telepathy temporarily, but in this case, blocking a Queen's stronger connection to the hive has been untested. How was I to know she was a Queen when she was disguised as a male? And how was I to know that it would hurt? I did not break my word, but you did lie. Call off the attack and I will drop this spell," she said calmly.

 

Just then, Seamore walked in, having been woken up by all the commotion. "What's going on here?"

Edited November 25, 2015 by Seamore Sandwich

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"Luna and I are busy, Lumberjack. This is just a complicated dream were working out. Go back to bed. And don't argue with me, either. Kay?" Priestess then refocused forwards and began to struggle to move forward while trapped in the spell. It was slow. It was unsteady. But she was indeed still attempting an advance on Luna. "No, you kept the Siren present, something you knew was obviously an agitation. You expected the guise to drop within the presence of something she was obviously uncomfortable with? You're a princess! You should know that negations like that don't work when one of the parties feels unsafe! With the Siren out of here, you could've gotten what you wanted! But no. You're own paranoia and resentment drove you instead. 

 

You did not know what your own spell would do, yet you did it anyways. Dishonorable is one thing. Reckless is another.  You've already demonstrated a lack of reason and an inability to be trusted. What guarantees can you ensure, what deeds can you enact done in good faith could convince me to order my friends here to disengage? Cause for all I know, I call them off, and you're just going to smear them all over this room and chuck us both into a dungeon. 

 

You wish for me to relent? Make it worth our while. Make it so that we know were all walking out alive, free from shackles and sentencing. Otherwise, no deal."

Edited November 25, 2015 by Denim&Venom

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"Petey!"

 

It was the only thing she said from the start of the spell until the room got frozen over, right after he screamed and started to fall down from her head. Though priestess had managed to get a hold of him a second before she did, and knocked her down in the process, she didn't really care about that as much as him not slamming down on the floor.

 

Things had just escalated more from there, just like she had feared it would. The spell revealed Shaman to be a Changeling queen - the logistics of her being a father she'd ask about later - her drones had gotten into the room shortly after and were sent after them, and then the brawl was more or less in progress. Though it didn't last long before the freezing spell was cast, Last still had the time to hit one directly in the face. However, this was only with her hoof and not her blade, so the insectoid should be thankful it was just knocked out and not cut into two.

 

She could have drawn in time and swung, but killing one of them would only make this worse right now, and yes, they might have armor on, but it wasn't covering everything, and with a little control over your swings it wouldn't be too hard to hit one of the soft spots in their exoskeleton. She'd done it before, so she knew it could happen.

 

When they were frozen in place it didn't help much either. Her majesty seemed to try and mend fences, but at this point Last had no idea if it was too late for any diplomacy. Avoiding hostility was right out the window, that was for sure, but could they at least hit a point of simple begrudgingly accept they were in the same castle it would be good at this point, and frankly the best she could hope for from how it was looking now.

 

Omen on the other hoof, had reacted a little different to the whole thing. When the Changeling queen had been revealed, her interest had gone off Missklang for a bit and towards the odd creature, wondering how a cat could turn into a bug, as well as why there was so much screaming all of a sudden.

 

The battle had gone fairly simple after that for her at least. She had been standing somewhat near to Last, and whilst they had taken care of two of the four sent after them fairly quickly, one of the remaining ones had started to make a swing to the low left, which would have ended up hitting the bat pony potentially severely in the side. It should be a very confused drone that would instead find a gate opening out of nowhere before it hit, that would lead it into the shadowy world before the gate would vanish, and a new one appear over near the far wall where there wasn't any being that could be hit a few seconds later, spitting out the drone.

 

She didn't think on it much, nor really had any time on it if it were. The freezing spell happened, she got more or less immobile along with the rest of them, though she hadn't moved much so far either, so it wasn't really making a difference. After that it was just listening it to the argument as best she could, getting confused by the long words used here and there, general details she had no idea what referred to and... Well, overall, she didn't really understand what was going on. Much like the pony that suddenly showed, looking a little tired and asking what was going on.

 

"They yell, they fight, then they yell again."

 

Omen didn't believe what the large cat trying to get to the princess was saying, so she just said her own version of what she had seen so far. Since her kind didn't sleep, it didn't seem possible that this could be a dream if she had understood how you needed to sleep first right, though if it wasn't a dream, then why had she said it was? It seemed strange.

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"This can still be written off as a misunderstanding. We are in the presence of children, fighting now would be reckless. Even if they weren't here, I have business I must attend to in this castle: Serenade needs a new enchantment to keep her siren nature at bay. If we were to do battle, the Royal Guard would have to investigate. Serenade is being kept secret to protect her identity and prevent panic. Needless to say, I don't want them finding out about her. Earlier I forgot for a moment that I no longer live here, I felt threatened because I felt like a Changeling was invading my home. I hope you can forgive me for that. If you wish, I will have the most skilled physician I know of here to remove that stick from you safely, one that has studied Kitsune biology and has the skills necessary for the task... He also happens to be a changeling."

Edited November 25, 2015 by Seamore Sandwich