Melodious: Prologue
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Aaaaand the beginning of another changeling-centric fic! 83
This one is getting many more reviews than Starless and therefore much more feedback. It's probably going to be relatively popular. ♥

Title: Melodious (Prologue)
Fandom: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Author:
senashenta
Rating: K+
Genre: Adventure, Friendship, Slice-of-Life
Characters: Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Princess Melody (OC) and more OCs later on.
Disclaimer: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic belongs to Hasbro and was created by Lauren Faust. This story and original characters belong to their author.
Summary: An orphan changeling is found in the woods, just a foal abandoned and alone. An act of kindness brings her to Canterlot and the unusual position of being raised by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Now, Princess Melody has a lot to learn about being a pony - and Equestria has just as much to learn about changelings!
MELODIOUS
Prologue: Canon
By Senashenta
The bundle was tiny, all things considered. Small and still and silent, wrapped in dark cloth and left in the emptiness of the middle of the Everfree forest, alone to face the dangers of the night.
Not for long.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a magical aura lifted, and the bundle of blanket floated up off of the ground, away from the grass. The edges of the cloth tugged away— and the magic's owner paused, only for a moment, before smiling a little, almost absently. Before her was a changeling foal, young and vulnerable— innocent, still, uncorrupted by the rest of her kind and, for some reason, clearly unwanted.
Changelings were dangerous, conniving and deceitful, not to be trusted under any circumstances. They were different from the other pony races of Equestria. They were cloaked in blinding shadows and emptiness. They would strike you down without a second thought, if it would benefit them— and often even when it wouldn't.
But Princess Luna had never been afraid of things that belonged in the dark, and this filly— this child— was no exception.
"Someone left you here alone, didn't they?"
She knew what it was like to be alone. It was that knowledge, that instinct that had drawn her into the Everfree forest on this night in the first place.
The little changeling before her shifted then, wiggling in her blanket before opening her huge, luminous blue eyes. She blinked once, twice, then met Luna's gaze for a long moment. Then abruptly there was a shift, and where a tiny black foal had been was a small, perfect copy of Luna herself.
"Ah… no, no. We can't have that." The Princess laughed softly, shaking her head. "We'll have to teach you to find your own form." Then she leaned in a little closer, inspecting her new charge. "But that can be Tia's job, okay? I'll teach you games and fun, instead."
And so she tucked the changeling foal against her chest, half-wrapped one of her front legs around her, and leapt into the night sky to return them both to Canterlot.
End Prologue.
Not very long, but you get the idea. It's something I've been thinking about the last couple of days and decided to give a shot at writing it. Hoping for some reviews with this one to see how my grasp of Celestia, Luna and Cadence are later on. The rest of the characters are pretty much planned to be OCs, but then idk, some of the canon ones might make cameos. ♥
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This one is getting many more reviews than Starless and therefore much more feedback. It's probably going to be relatively popular. ♥

Title: Melodious (Prologue)
Fandom: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Author:
![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
Rating: K+
Genre: Adventure, Friendship, Slice-of-Life
Characters: Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Princess Melody (OC) and more OCs later on.
Disclaimer: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic belongs to Hasbro and was created by Lauren Faust. This story and original characters belong to their author.
Summary: An orphan changeling is found in the woods, just a foal abandoned and alone. An act of kindness brings her to Canterlot and the unusual position of being raised by Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Now, Princess Melody has a lot to learn about being a pony - and Equestria has just as much to learn about changelings!
Prologue: Canon
By Senashenta
The bundle was tiny, all things considered. Small and still and silent, wrapped in dark cloth and left in the emptiness of the middle of the Everfree forest, alone to face the dangers of the night.
Not for long.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a magical aura lifted, and the bundle of blanket floated up off of the ground, away from the grass. The edges of the cloth tugged away— and the magic's owner paused, only for a moment, before smiling a little, almost absently. Before her was a changeling foal, young and vulnerable— innocent, still, uncorrupted by the rest of her kind and, for some reason, clearly unwanted.
Changelings were dangerous, conniving and deceitful, not to be trusted under any circumstances. They were different from the other pony races of Equestria. They were cloaked in blinding shadows and emptiness. They would strike you down without a second thought, if it would benefit them— and often even when it wouldn't.
But Princess Luna had never been afraid of things that belonged in the dark, and this filly— this child— was no exception.
"Someone left you here alone, didn't they?"
She knew what it was like to be alone. It was that knowledge, that instinct that had drawn her into the Everfree forest on this night in the first place.
The little changeling before her shifted then, wiggling in her blanket before opening her huge, luminous blue eyes. She blinked once, twice, then met Luna's gaze for a long moment. Then abruptly there was a shift, and where a tiny black foal had been was a small, perfect copy of Luna herself.
"Ah… no, no. We can't have that." The Princess laughed softly, shaking her head. "We'll have to teach you to find your own form." Then she leaned in a little closer, inspecting her new charge. "But that can be Tia's job, okay? I'll teach you games and fun, instead."
And so she tucked the changeling foal against her chest, half-wrapped one of her front legs around her, and leapt into the night sky to return them both to Canterlot.
Not very long, but you get the idea. It's something I've been thinking about the last couple of days and decided to give a shot at writing it. Hoping for some reviews with this one to see how my grasp of Celestia, Luna and Cadence are later on. The rest of the characters are pretty much planned to be OCs, but then idk, some of the canon ones might make cameos. ♥
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