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Missy wandered through the forest with Pokey, she felt sad knowing what she knew, that the events that she had seen would eventually come to pass.

"Pokey, i don't know what i'm going to do." Missy cried. "If i try to stop it will that lead to it happening? But if i leave it alon it might happen." Missy lowered her head in sadness, some tears streaming down her face. Pokey licked her and made a sort of smile, Missy laughed and decided that they should head back. Missy returned to the camp with the firewood (well, Pokey did).

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Pokey danced happily in circles around Missy. Splash helped Missy arrange the firewood in a Teepee pattern. Ash lit it, and they sat together around the fire on Splash's cushions.

"So, anypony up for an invisible marshmallow?" Quinky joked. "I have plenty made of air."

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"Would they have any taste at all?" Ash asked. Missy looked worried and Ash knew why. It was just best to leave it alone for now.

 

"So soon we need to come up with a battle plan and I think now is a good time." Ash pulled out a few blank scrolls of paper and a quill and some ink. Everypony sat up because they knew this moment was crucial to them. Ash pulled out a scroll containing a map of Canterlot. "Hey! I have the same map as you!" Missy yelled. She tore through her saddlebag. "I could have sworn on Celestia that it was right here!" Ash grinned. He turned the paper over to show a signature on the map to missy. It was her signature signifying it was her map. "How did you..... Gimme that!" Missy snatched the paper from Ash.

 

"When we come in through the main entrance we need to figure out how to get ponies from the prison. When we..." Ash was interrupted. "Why do we need to go to the prison?" Corn politely asked. Meno answered for her. "See when us changelings want more of us how so you think we get more. We wrap ponies up in chrysalis's and they sorta transform. They lose most of their memories. However the strong hearted ones will be hard to convert. We throw them into prison until we are under control." Corn shuddered. "However if the queen that converted them is 'killed' then all the ponies she converted will turn back and regain their memories." Ash knew what had to be done. "That gives us more reason to take back the throne!" Ash yelled.

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Missy knew what they had to do, they had to kill the queen, it wouldn't be like in her vision, they would kill teh Queen and she would save Twilight. Missy decided to get up and walk over to Splash, Missy lay next to her and fell asleep.

 

<In Missy's Mind>

"Oh no, what's happening?" Missy asked, a dark figure appeared, Missy thought this was the darkness, but it turned out to just be Luna. "Princess Luna, what are you doing here?"
"Missy, you and your group must get back to Canterlot immediately, they have started converting everypony." Princess Luna said. "This is the only way i can escape, hold onto your hat." Luna ran towards Missy and merged with her.

 

Missy awoke and her horn started glowing a light blue, suddenly, Luna jumped out of it.

"What the hay?!" Splash exclaimed.

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"Princess Luna???? What-how-why?" Splash stuttered. "Princess Luna! So nice to see you!"

Princess Luna turned around.

"Gah! Changelings!" she panicked.

"No! It's us!" Splash explained. "It was the Crystal. It made us look like this! We really are! Honest! Ask us any question! A changeling wouldn't have our memories, would it, Meno?"

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"No need, we can tell it is you, dear Splash Paint!" Luna said in her usual Canterlot voice.

"Luna." Missy said quietly. "You might want to keep it down, there must be changelings all over the place by now, searching for us."

Missy grinned innocently at Luna but it ended up just freaking her out.

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Splash's horn suddenly glowed. Her shard lit up alongside everypony else's. They began to shine out brightly until it was hard to see. A flash of light, and Luna looked just like a changeling. A very tall changeling. Maybe a distant relative of Chrysalis'?

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"Can't we just use glamors to change our appearances, Luna?" Missy asked Luna was looking over herself, this was obviously a lot to take in. But she recomposed herself.

"I'm afraid not, Missy, this is powerful magic we are dealing with here, we can't override it." Luna responded.

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Quinky made a face. He looked like his face was going to implode. He burst out laughing.

"Aunt," he gasped. "You could pass off as Chrysalis any day!"

He laughed and laughed and laughed.

"May we remind you, dear nephew, that you too look like a changeling?" Luna pointed out. Quinky stopped and scowled.

"Sorry, Ash. The air marshmallows are tasteless. They are extremely low-fat, though."