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Ocellus couldn’t help but feel cornered by the strange alien creatures. She’d been with many creatures before, and for a changeling such trips were often something to be enjoyed. A new creature was a new possibility, something with abilities she could learn.But where she might learn to copy most animals in a few minutes and complex creatures like ponies in a few hours, these humans were proving difficult so far. She watched the way they moved, tried to judge how their limbs connected, but wasn’t…-
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Marie felt herself growing increasingly smug as the seconds passed. She had known—and maybe David had too, it was hard not to give him credit—that they would see nothing to suggest that their vision had been tampered with, or that they’d been drugged, or hypnotized, or any of Helen’s other silly ideas.They watched the whole conversation once through, starting from the moment they’d found the unicorn hiding in the cave and she’d emerged to speak with them. Never once had there been any sign of a…
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Ocellus deposited the injured Marie along the only flat part of cave she could find, laying her down as close to all at once as she could manage. She might not be a doctor, and she didn’t know any healing spells, but she could still remember the basics she’d learned in Twilight’s school. But as engaging as it had been to hear Meadowbrook lecture on the subject, she couldn’t absorb enough to save lives in a few hours.The others weren’t far behind her—Sandbar carrying the filly named Helen, and…
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Marie did not have good dreams. Her entire world was a raining, stormy mess, flashing white as she bumped and rolled down an endless hill. The impact at the end was always the same, violent enough that she could hear it through her bones instead of her ears.But then there were others. She was still asleep, that was undeniable—but somehow she wasn’t alone anymore? Like a crowd of ghostly spectators were crowding around her. Not to mock—this wasn’t school—they were here to help her.Maybe the…
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Ocellus couldn’t have said if she did the right thing. It didn’t help being able to sense the creatures that had thought of her with kindness turn to anger and disgust. They probably wouldn’t be able to look at her again without thinking of what they’d seen her do to Marie.Maybe her own friends wouldn’t forget either. Maybe they shouldn’t.Maybe she hadn’t saved all of Equestria this time, but that didn’t matter. She had saved a single life, and that was almost as important. What would…
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Marie’s world got colder the instant her friends left her behind. It was more than just losing the colorful spots they made in the room, though that was part of it. Marie felt as though the whole world got blurry and out of focus, and staying awake was so hard.So she didn’t try. She felt movement in her sleep, and a few dim impressions of distant voices trying to wake her. She could smell their worry and concern even while asleep, and that made her feel a little warmer. But not warm enough that she…
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“…the horrific displays of this afternoon. Casualty reports are still coming in from the affected villages, but initial estimates by the security service put the casualties at over five hundred, mostly pensioners located at one of several retirement communities who could not be evacuated in time. We go now to—”Ocellus watched in fascination and horror as the enchanted tablet attached to the ceiling continued its report, with a constantly cycling series of humans.She had been taken with David and…
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Marie wasn’t sure showing the magical creatures how a television worked was a good idea, for entirely selfish reasons. Once there was a steady stream of images playing across its surface, they no longer needed to get their information from her. That meant less attention, and it meant she could already feel her hunger returning.Besides, the BBC’s current report on what was amounting to the largest natural disaster in the history of the United Kingdom wasn’t exactly an enjoyable watch. The broadcast…
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As it turned out, human mothers were not easier to fool than Changeling Queens. Despite lacking magical senses, despite lacking every kind of magic so far as Ocellus could tell, the woman she knew only as “Mom” had barely even listened to her convincing list of excuses. “You could’ve been killed,” she kept saying, as they rode together in one of the largest mechanical carriages Ocellus had seen yet. But there was no way to enjoy the experience with the hand wrapped tightly around her wrist and…
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“You sure you want to come?” Silverstream asked, her voice a little tentative. “I mean, it is gonna be late, and those legs are so short! If you want to stay here and sleep with the others…”“No, I wanna come.” She could tell her answer was a disappointment to the only other one of the mythical creatures who intended on making the trip—the griffon named Gallus. But he did his best to hide it, looking away and pawing at the ground so that whenever Silverstream glanced in his direction, he was…
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