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"Light?" I opened my eyes slowly, looking into Saki's eyes as I awoken to a new day, but I noticed something about this room...there was light coming in. Sitting up in confusion, I looked around the room; it was very different now, but...how? Where the room where I fell asleep in had no window, this one in fact did. It was low enough to the floor that I could easily look outside, letting in the morning light creep in; right under the window, sat a large bed, almost as large as the bed back home. Though it was a little dirty looking, it was better then laying on the hard floor from the other cell. A sink on the other side as well as a mirror above it.

"What the...?" I asked in confusion as I made my way to the mirror, wow...I did really look like a mess.

"I'm just as confused as you are," Saki the Changeling spoke as she stood beside me as I brought my hooves in the water and splashed my face, cleaning my muzzle and face of the dirt and dried blood. "I woke up to being here,"

"You think Celestisa had something to do with this?" I asked as she only shook her head before shrugging.

"Whose knows," she answered me as she looked up at me as I cleaned myself more as I sighed at the feeling of the cold water. "Now there's a face I haven't seen in a while," she giggled as I leaned down to nuzzle her before the clink of the door unlocking was heard. At once I got in front of Saki, my body still aching, but I would be ready for anything.

Three guards made their way inside, spears at the ready on their sides, and soon...Shining Armor made his way in. we stared at each other with unblinking eyes, before I looked away.

"You three may leave," he spoke looking at the guards. "I wish to speak to the two alone," the guards that came with him gave him a confuse look, but he only nodded his head sharply; then they started to leave. The door closed behind and locked as Shining Armor sighed and made his way over as I tensed. "Do not worry Light," he spoke softly to me. "I only came to talk," He...called me Light, even after everything, I mean, me breaking one of the big rules, he still was calling me Light.

"Talk about what?" I asked as he looked down toward Saki as she glared at him hard when I looked back to her.

"I was reading over your charts again," he told me as I gave him a look. "And I had to read it over and over again, I couldn't believe it."

"Believe what?"

"That you are unaffected by the Changelings skills in brainwashing,"

"You already knew this," I pointed out as he shook his head.

"No, there is more Light," he went on as he sat down, slowly I sat down as well as Saki stayed by my side. "You are unaffected by everything about them."

"Huh?" I tilted my head and turned down to Saki, she too was no doubt equally as confused as I was as Armor went on to what he was talking about.

"Do you know what happened to me before I was fully under the control of the Changeling Queen?" he asked me as I shook my head. "I gained these very bad headaches, and she would then use her 'skills' as I should say to make them stop. Come to find out she was slowly controlling my mind. But you," he then pointed to me. "You've been with Saki all this time, you never had any of the symptoms of that of a pray to the Changelings." He shook his head again at this as he sighed. "This I do not know how,"

"I always joked saying my brain was just fried as a colt," I laugh lightly at this as did Saki as Shining Armor; he even did too. "So then you know that Saki is different even if she was to try and control me or anypony else, I mean, you're here right now and you are not having any of the symptoms even if she was trying to control you right?" he then looked to Saki as she looked to him, he sighed and nodded.

"This is true," he answered.

"Then please, let us out!"

"I can't," he answered again with a sigh. "It s not my choice."

"But..."

"It is Princess Celestisa's and Princess Luna's choice Light...they both must come to an agreement, or you may stay here until they do decide." Both I and Saki turned to look at each other for a moment at this, before Shining Armor then turned to leave. "I wish I could help more on this, but I can not." As he knocked on the door to leave, I went forward.

"Shining Armor," I called out to him as he turned back. "How did we get here, and why are we here?" he chuckled slightly and turned to look at me and Saki once more. "You're welcome," and with that, he was gone.

Hours passed by, and food would come in more now, slightly better food, but nothing I would eat if it was my own decision to do so. With feather pen in magic grip, I was writing more and more now, and soon I was up to the first week we've known each other. Taking a small break as I watched Saki from pony to pony, a clear giveaway that she was bored out of her skull; smiling I then started to write once more.

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Week 1 Day 1:

Again I felt the butt of Shining Armor's spear to the back of my head, sending me falling toward the ground as my own dull spear fell beside me. I groaned, my head ringing, my body aching, my rage raising. I hated the spear for good reason, it was way too long for me to use at all really; I could use a sword and daggers easily because they were to me all about the speed. But the spear was almost all about control, and I hated it. Standing back up once more, picking the spear up with my magic and getting it at the ready as Shining Armor did the same, we circled each other before I went and stabbed forward. But he tripped me with the spear sending me rolling forward as I cried out, my back slamming onto the ground, and before I cold get up; the tip of his spear was at my throat. Once more, I had lost.

"You are slightly getting better," he told me as I looked up at him wearing his red uniform, the very one he went with at his wedding as I brought myself up and frowned. "You only fell twice today so far,"

"Yeah so far..." I grumbled slightly at this as he laughed petting my shoulder.

"It will get better for you after some more training," he told me as I groaned. "But not today, I think you had enough for one day anyway."

"Yeah, the bumps prove it too." Again he petted my shoulder, but he looked away then as did I when we saw one of the guards in their gold armour look come over to us.

"Sorry sir," he brought his right hoof to his forehead. "But there is a mare asking for Lighting Knight,"

"A mare?" I asked in confusion as he nodded.

"She claims to be your mare-friend," he spoke and then I blinked in confusion before Shining nudged me.

"You didn't say you had a mare-friend," he laughed as did the guard as I rubbed the back of my head. I had a mare-friend?

After saying goodbye to my mentor Shining Armor, I followed after the guard slowly since my body was still hurting.

"Oh Lighty!" I blinked as the guard moved away as a green color Pegasus came flying toward me and put me into a tight embrace as she nuzzled my neck leaving me utterly confused at who this mare was, how did she even know my name?! She then looked to me, her back to the guard as she smiled warmly to me before her right eye then changed into that of...Saki's?! "How was your training so far Lighty?"

"Uh...uh..." I couldn't say anything as Saki who was before me as a Pegasus as she giggled once and came behind me, changing her eyes back to that of a green color and pushed my flanks.

"Come along then sweetie, Cloud Dasher will make you feel all better!"

"W...what?" she kept pushing me until we were at last outside, she started to talk to me about something I couldn't follow, and when we were away from everypony, I whispered harshly.

"Saki, what in the hay are you doing here?!" she rolled her large green eyes at me before shaking her head.

"Come on," she pushed my side as she laughed. "I've been cooped inside that house for a week, my ribs at last healed and I could change again. So I thought why not go outside for a little bit you know?" she then leaned closer and chuckled. "Plus, I wanted to see your reaction when I said I was your mare-friend." I scowled at her slightly but then sighed and shook my head.

"But what if somepony knows your...well,"

"Oh please," she waved her right hoof in the air. "No offence, but you ponies wouldn't even know if somepony you knew was a Changeling, if they were one but were the one you love!" I shook my head again as I looked over her body, just to see if she was showing any Changeling parts. I had to admit though; she did look cute when she was like this, though she did look slightly cute as a Changeling too, when she wasn't scowling at me.

"Are you looking at my flanks Lighting?" I snapped back as she was looking at me as I gulped looking away blushing.

"Well uh...no, I er..."

"Oh you like my flank?" she asked turning her back t me waving her rump at me as my face heated up.

"S...Saki..." I whispered as she laughed and made her way forward as I followed behind, breathing heavily slightly.

"You are too easy you know that?" She laughed more. "It's like you never been near a mare in that way before!"

"I uh...haven't..." I admitted as she stopped to look back at me. "What?"

"You haven't had sex before?" she asked me as I shook my head at her. The look she gave me was that of which seemed to be shock, or maybe surprise.

"What?" I asked her raising my left eyebrow at her.

"So...you're a virgin?"

"That would be the term for one who had yet to have sex...yes,"

"And you say it with no shame ether!"

"What's your point?" I asked as we made our way into the center of Canterlot, I would always flinch when I saw a guard walk past, thinking they would see through her fake self and know she was in fact a Changeling.

"I thought all you males think about is finding a mare with a good flank and other such, you are what, near your adult years and you have yet to even give a mare a good fuck?!" I jumped back from what she just said as some other ponies looked over as I laugh slightly embarrassed.

"Can...we not talk so loud when it comes to that sort of stuff please?"

"Why?" she asked leaning closer to me with a wide grin as I only sighed and looked away. "You know," she went on as we made our toward the home outside of Canterlot. "There is a easier way for us Changelings to gain love from the ponies around us." I looked to her with a raised eyebrow, she moved to my side again, her sides rubbing along side my own as my heart started to beat faster, my eyes widened as her hoof then went under my chest. "Lust, is almost just as powerfully as love itself,"

"W...what?" I gulped as she smiled leaning closer to my face.

"If we were to...you know," she nudged my side while grinning widely at me. "I could easily get a lot more then what you or these other ponies were giving me right now."

"I...uh..." I started to stammer as she only chuckled, but I was glad she didn't say any more on the subject.

"Well, well, who is this fine pony?" I groaned, already knowing who this voice belonged to. Both I and Saki turned around, but she froze and seemed to back up a bit, I gave a confused look but looked to the pony before us. He was part of Luna's Guard. Pretty much like all of her guards, he was a deep black, his wings being that of bat wings. His red gold eyes looking mostly at Saki; his armour being that of both the color of purple and black, a gem on the middle; a light purple helm on his head. On ether side of him, were his 'lackeys' as they pretty much did whatever he said. Eclipse Claw moved forward and then shoved me out of the way as his lackeys came and stood in front of me while giving me stern glares as I glared back at their leader went toward Saki. "Hey sweetie," he spoke to her with a smug like voice as she backed away from him. "What are you doing with this weakling of a unicorn?"

"Leave her alone!" I called out as he looked back at me as he snorted and looked back to Saki.

"And why should I?" he asked as I glared and blurted out.

"She's my mare-friend asshole!" I then pushed aside the two and went in front of him glaring as he laughed.

"You got a pony like her?" he laughed loudly as did the other two. I grunted my teeth and then turned toward Saki, who was looking up to me as I pointed my chin to get walking, she nodded and stayed close to me as we started to make our way home. But Eclipse followed up behind us.

"Hey toots," he called out to Saki as she flinched and moved closer. Why was she acting like this I wondered? I mean, she went through a castle full of guards anyway, so why was she freaked out by him? "When you get tried of the colt, come find a stallion like myself!" again then all laughed as I looked back and glared before leaving the city with Saki.

It was close to a hour later, Saki was back in her Changeling body as she was looking into the fire of the fireplace. She had yet to say anything as I watched her from where I was sitting,

"Saki...?" I asked her going up to her. "Are...you okay?" she didn't say anything as I moved closer to her and sat beside her. "You know him?" she didn't say anything again as she only lowered her head. I sighed again and turned to leave before I stopped when I heard her speak.

"He killed Granny," I turned my head to look at her as she then only broke down into tears, falling onto her chest and cried. I have never seen anyone like this before, well save for my brother and sisters; but they were much younger then what they are now.

"What?" I asked her, not truly grasping what she was about to tell me.

"A few years back," she started drying her eyes as I sat next to her. "Those...those monsters came here, breaking down the door. I was upstairs and was about to come down, but I feared for my life so I did not show myself. I went into the attic like she told me too if someone like this was to happen, and to hide. There were some places up there where I could watch what was happening, you know...mirrors and such placed around the house." I didn't say anything about the mirrors, for I did not even see any when I moved in; maybe they were hidden, for good reasons it seemed. "He...he demanded that she had over something to them, something I couldn't understand, the Heart of Love or something along the lines of that." She looked down as I watched her, she chocking back tears as she went on. "When...when she refused he started to get rough with her, I...I watched as she was beaten...and then killed!" again she broke down as I watched her. So...that's what happened to her Granny huh...murdered for something called the Heart of Love. I felt rage fill my body as I thought of how a cold heartless monster like him could still be going around.

Pulling her close to me as I held her in a hug, she then wrapped her hooves around me as she cried onto my shoulder. I brought my head to her own shoulder and allowed her to just cry it out, before I then spoke to her.

"I don't know how Saki," I spoke softly to her. "But I will find a way to bring to light what he had done, this I swear to you." She looked over to me as I gave her a soft smile before taking my hoof and wiping away her tears before she held me into another embrace as I smiled again and rubbed her back, being mindful of her wings.

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Closing the book once more, I heard the faint sound of Saki's snoring as I looked behind me to see her on her back, sleeping on the bed. I chuckled at this; she always seemed so cute, even when she was sleeping. Putting the book on the floor by the bed, I went and brought the blanket up on her, she stirred and rolled onto her side as I then went up behind her, pulling her close to my chest as I too thought to sleep. The last thing I saw before falling asleep, was the slowly falling sun onto her body as I smiled once more before closing my eyes, to dream, hopefully; happy dreams.