# Changeling Heart: The New Sword

Author: eragon13666
Tags: Clean, My Little Pony, ponies

#19 of Changeling Story

  

 

  Three days seem to pass rather  
quickly when you are with the ones you love most of all. I mean, yes I do love  
and care deeply for Saki, and the days just seem to be a lot...better with her  
around. But still, after being away from my 'family' for a while now, it just  
felt...good. Catching up with what's been going on and such, mother telling me to  
go shopping for her, some of my old friends stopping me to chat up and see how  
I was doing. Saki...I noticed that she's seem...far off at times, mostly when I was  
with my family here. When we get to the train, I'll have to speak to her of  
that.

  As Master spoke, in the early hours  
of the day, we set to work on making my blade. Once he told me the metal was  
ready to be smashed and molded, he took my hoof and made a small cut on my arm,  
letting some blood; more then a drop mind you! Into the blade as it sizzled  
from the heat. He left to make the hilt, after I told him on what I was  
planning on building, and after the shape on the second day was made, he made  
the sheath. When it was done, I was free for the last day to spend doing what I  
pleased with my family and old friends.

  At last, it was time to go, the  
train wouldn't be leaving for a while and so mother, my brother and sisters  
would wait at the train, as Saki and I went to retrieve my now newly built  
blade. It was amazing how we built it so fast, but I found out that Master  
would stay up until the wee hours of the morning, working on some parts of it.  
Walking in, I found him in his same old spot, with a long case before him.  
Saki, in her Cloud Dasher form, followed after me. "Ah, so this is the mare you  
spoke of?" he asked as I nodded, he turned and gave her a small nod. "So great  
to meet you Cloud Dasher, Lighting here speaks quite highly of you." I saw her  
blush as Master chuckle before looking to me. "It is done, I must say, the  
blade you made...amazing Lighting, and your first time no?"

 

  "I have study the way of the blade  
making as you told me to many years ago," I answered. "It's hard to forget when  
you're standing behind me, smacking my head if I doodled."

  "So true," he answered as I smiled.  
"But now...your blade Lighting,"

  Flicking the case open, he held out  
my new, and my own blade. It was longer then his sword that he gave me before I  
set off, and a bit wider as well. Making it look more like a long sword, slash  
broad sword as well. The handle and hilt were a light blue, the guard of the  
blade looking like Pegasus wings, going upward; in the middle of the guard, sat  
a bright blue gem, which sparkled in the light. He gave it a few swings, before  
holding it out to me. "And what name," he asked as I placed my hoof on the  
hilt. "Do you wish to call this sword?" I thought long and hard on this, before  
the name came to me last night, I liked it, and even did Saki.

  "I shall call this blade," I spoke  
softly. "The Star of Nora," he looked to me, as if reading my eyes, before a  
smile came along his lips.

 

  "You have chosen to name it after  
your mother?"

  "Yes," I answered looking down at  
the blade before me. "She named me after a Bright Star...so I decided to place  
her name in this blade."

  "A fitting name then, to one who  
built it," I gave him a small smile as he passed me the sheath. The sheath was  
about a blue like color, going down the middle was a double line, which looked  
much like gold. Placing my sword in it, the click of the guard hitting the top  
of it heard as I slung it over and buckled it to my back.

  The train ride was boring...the sounds  
of the wheel on the tracks and the same old green hills flashing by. My mother  
and brother and also my sisters were waiting for us, to bid us farewell. We  
promised we would visit when we could, and they vic versa. There was nopony in  
the train with us, barely anypony came to this area anymore, so it was just me  
and Saki, this allowing her to be her true self as she looked out the window.  
She found out when the pony that would make his rounds would come, this  
allowing her to change just moments before he walked into our cabin, I think it  
was every ten minuets; her hoof under her chin as she let out a loud sigh  
before I asked. "What's wrong Saki?" she slowly turned to look at me, her big  
blue eyes half closed.

 

  "You're rather lucky...you know that?"

  "How so?" I asked with the tilt of  
my head.

  "I mean...all those ponies, that mare  
that took you in, your 'brother' and 'sisters'. They...they treat you as if you  
share their blood with them."

  "I thought your Granny did the  
same?"

  "Yes she did," she answered with a  
nod looking back outside. "But...it's been so long, that I nearly...forgotten what  
that felt like. Night, Alice, and Alex...they really look up to you, they can't  
really remember where they came from, but they know you saved them. And...what  
was her name...Density, I believe?" I nodded when she called my adopted mother's  
name. "She...her love for all of you, it's...amazing!"

  "Better then mine to you?"

  "Hardly," she answered with a smile.  
"But...how can somepony that is not blood related...love you four so much?"

  "Blood is not the only thing that  
makes us family Saki," I answered looking back outside. "The ties we shared as  
we grew up, all the times I was a, as she put it 'naughty' pony, and she never  
gave up on me. She wasn't like anypony who tried to pretend to know how you  
felt, if she didn't know, she told you." I sighed as I closed my eyes. "I remember  
her telling me why she adopted me and the other three. When she was younger,  
she was to be a mother herself, she was so happy...but well, one day, she found  
out that she had a miscarried, and...unable to have foals of her own anymore. The  
stallion she was with left her just after hearing that, he didn't want to be  
with a mare that couldn't give him foals, leaving her in a broken like sate.  
She loved children Saki, and so, after closely becoming a mother herself, she  
went to help any children she could at her work, when I came with the three, I  
was in a rough spot, those three...I don't really know myself, but by the time I  
knew it, I was adopted by her."

  "I'll admit, I hated her at first.  
Back home, I knew never to trust anypony outside of the Black Light, even after  
leaving. I didn't know what her motives were, if she even had any. But I did  
nothing, because Alex, Alice, and Night were happy. Slowly and surely, I grew  
to like her as well, and well; considered her a mother to me." I turned to look  
at Saki as she watched me. "Saki, as I've told you no doubt...love is something  
so powerful, it's unthinkable! It can bring two ponies or other together in a  
way nopony can think of!"

 

  "Like your birth mother and Shade?"

  "Yes."

  "Or like you and me,"

  "Before or after I found out I was a  
half breed?" we both chuckled softly as she came over and sat beside me,  
nuzzling into my side as I smiled.

  "I know you're right Light," she  
sighed softly. "But...still, love is freaking hard to explain!"

  "If it was easy," I offered. "I  
think all the Changelings would be able to walk freely, because they would have  
everypony under their spell,"

  "All but you," she pointed out.

  "Yeah, because I'm already under  
your spell," I answered kissing her cheek as she giggled.

  "Silly pony,"

  "Silly pony you love,"

  "So true..."

  "So Light?" Saki asked me as I  
turned to look at her fully. "I know you told me you were given a choice about  
how you would go to a sort of colt jail and such, when you were younger, or go  
with; as you called him Master." I nodded at this as she went on. "I have two  
questions, one, why do you call him master, even to this day, and two; what  
your story with him?" I did give her the small detail of me and him, though I  
guess not the full story, there really wasn't much to tell.  But, well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell  
her.

 

  "It's like this," I answered. "The  
only way he would even agree to watch over me, to try and rant out my angry and  
such; was that I called him 'Master'. In a way, he is a master of sorts, he's  
no doubt what, three times my age, and I had yet to beat him in sparring or  
anything along the lines of that! I never got his real name, so to this day; I  
still call him, Master." I closed my eyes as I thought of the first day I met  
him. "As to the story behind it, well, we got a few hours until we get to  
Canterlot; wouldn't hurt to pass the time like that." I then looked to the  
Changeling. "But do you mind being Cloud Dasher, I would hate to have that pony  
freaking out." she only rolled her eyes and with a flame of green, she went  
back to being her fake self. I cleared my throat, and started to tell my story.

_\*Flash  
Back\*_

  It wasn't my fault that stupid colt  
got his nose broken, shouldn't have gotten in my muzzle in the first place! And  
this idea, I mean, really, how stupid could the mayor be, sending me to some  
old ponies place to 'learn' from him, or go to help out around this place for a  
year? Ha, I go the better part of the deal, and what's this old stallion gonna  
do, tell me about the 'good old day'?   
These older ponies have no idea what I've been through, and trust me; I  
didn't even want to be here at all! The plan was to just keep going with my  
sisters and brother, but no! I'll admit...Density has been rather nice to us, but  
still, she is not my mother! My mother...is gone.

  Looking up at the cabin, or whatever  
it was, I frowned as I knew I had to go in there, well, whatever, not like I  
truly care; easy thing to do. Walking in, the place looked very old fashion, a  
few training dummies here and there, nothing too 'dizzied' at the far end, the  
bald mane pony sat there, and his eyes locked to me, causing me to flinched  
slightly. The way he looked to me...reminded me of Sir a bit. "You are Bright  
Star?" he asked as I snorted and looked away.

 

  "The name is Lighting Knight!" I  
yelled. "Get it right old stallion!"

  "That was not the name you were  
given at birth, is it not?" he asked as I frowned slightly.

  "Bright Star died with his family in  
a fire!" I resorted at him. "My name is Lighting Knight,"

  "As you wish," he answered as he  
stood. "I sense great anger in you young colt,"

  "No duh," I answered looking away.  
"Getting sent here, just because I punched another foal,"

  "You broke his nose,"

  "Shouldn't have come up in my face!"

  "Mhm..." he mused to himself before  
walking over to me. "Why are you here then?"

  "Because it was this, or I help  
around this town for a year, and I can only leave when you say I have  
been...changed; or whatever."

  "Yes, I am aware of this,"

  "Then why ask?"

  "I wished to see if you knew,"

  "I just think you forgot...idiot." He  
said nothing as the walked past me and stood before the door.

  "I shall make you a deal Lighting  
Knight," he spoke as I turned and raised an eyebrow. "If you can get past me, I  
shall tell them that you have indeed changed, simple yes?"

 

  "That...it?"

  "That's it," he answered as I  
smiled, almost wicked like as I ran toward him, I was smaller, faster, and  
stronger then this old...whoa?! I felt a hoof to the chest as I was pushed back,  
how...how did he move that fast, or that strong for that matter? I got up again,  
this time ready to attack him if I had to, I brought my hoof out, but his arm  
wrapped around it and threw me to the ground, I was about to stand up, but I  
felt his right hoof press down on my chest. "You forget youngling," he spoke  
softly looking down at me. "Never misjudge your foe, by their size, age, or  
sex." I snorted and pushed his hoof away as I got back up. "Again, show me what  
you can do," he wanted to fight me? Fine, this old stallion, got lucky once,  
but not this time!"

  I went at him, throwing hoof after  
hoof at him, as he dodged or pushed my hoof away, like you would a fly, his  
face, always the same blank look, like he was reading me or something. I went  
for an uppercut, he pushed my hoof back down, and then turned and slammed his  
hind leg to my chest, causing me to fall backwards and slide a bit from the  
force. I coughed as I tried to get air back into my lungs as he gave me a  
cheeky grin. "Let me ask you something," he spoke. "You were part of a civil  
war...so how did you last this long, if you can take down a simple old stallion  
such as myself?"

 

  "Shut your trap!" I screamed and ran  
again, trying to hit him at least once, but it was all in vain, and he gave me  
a few hard hits in the chest, before grabbing my tail with his teeth and threw  
me to the ground. He pressed his hoof onto my chest and leaned down to me.

  "You fight with anger," he spoke as  
I glared up at him; it was all I could do at the moment. "You think power if  
what is needed to win a battle, but it is not, you lack true skills, you lack  
discipline when you fight." He then released my chest allowing me to stand up.  
"Why did you fight back in your home of Higher Wing?"

  "To...to kill the ones who killed my  
family!"

  "And how did your family die?"

  "A fire," I answered simply. "I was  
told...that my family was killed in a fire."

  "You did not witness this?"

  "No,"

  "Then how do you plan on killing the  
one who caused you this pain?"

  "I..."

  "Were you just going to kill them  
all then Lighting Knight?" he asked looking back at me. "Watch them all die,  
even if those who had no role in the death of your family?" I said nothing as  
he then came up to me and placed a hoof on my shoulder. I looked up for a  
moment, and then away. "Losing a family member, at such a young age, can be  
heart breaking. I will not say that I share your pain, so I shall not, but  
listen to me youngling," he brought his hoof and lifted my chin up. "Anger,  
will not bring them back, even justice will not bring them back. But this does  
not mean that you should give in to the darkness of the rage. It can consume  
you, to where all you think, is the rage." He released my chin and turned to  
open the door. "I will not force you to come back Lighting Knight; that is your  
choice. But, if you do come back, know this, if you do come back, I shall train  
you. I shall show you the ways of fighting, passed down from my family, but, I  
ask only for one thing in return,"

 

  "What's...that?" I asked, slowly  
walking over to him.

  "Never use the skills, for if you  
come back here, to kill, unless you have to. When I see your eyes, I see that  
you have already killed, and I shall not judge you by that. However, I will not  
allow you to use my skills, to harm anypony; understand?"

_\*Present  
Time\*_

  "So as you can no doubt guess," I spoke  
after telling that much of the story to Saki. "I agreed, and came back the next  
morning. His training...goodness it was hard, much harder then what they taught  
me in Higher Wing."

  "How bad was his training?"

  "Well..." I answered looking at her.  
"Let's just say I was rather strong for my age back then when I was done. But  
even after the year, I went back, I learned more...I enjoyed the studies, and I  
slowly grew less and less rage full." I watched as Saki gave me a slow nod, she  
then looked back outside, watching the hills slowly become less and less high,  
I remember this, this was meaning we were getting closer and closer to  
Ponyville. I knew we would have to stop at the small village, before going to  
Canterlot, no doubt which gave us enough time to eat if we wanted to.

 

  "It's hard to believe you know," I  
heard her answer me as I looked to her.

  "What is?" I asked as she smiled.

  "You being a badass, or even close  
to one,"

  "Oh, ho, ho!" I laughed slightly.  
"You wanna go there huh?" I answered looking at her. "What about you saying, 'I  
could kill you whenever I wanted to!'." saying what she said the first time we  
met, or when she awoken after I knocked her out.

  "That was different!"

  "How so?"

  "I dunno..." I softly chuckled again  
as she glared at me. "It's not funny!"

  "Yes it is," I let out a short  
breath as I kept laughing as she glared hard at me.

  After a while of riding, the train  
made a loud whistle, looking out the window, I saw the docking port for the  
train of Ponyville. Slowly and surely, the train stopped, jerking a bit. Me and  
Saki got up, her changing into Cloud Dasher as I slung my sword over my side  
and followed her off the train. The conductor told us it would take a little  
bit of two hours before the train was ready to go again, seem something was  
wrong with the engine, or something along the lines of that. I thanked him for  
the information, as me and Saki made our way through town, to kill some time.  
"H...Hey!" from reflex, seeing how I didn't hear the name of a pony being called,  
I turned to see Twilight Sparkles, having seeing her in a while, make her way  
toward me and Saki. The purple dragon...Spike, I believe his name was that, was  
riding on her back. "Hey, it's been a while!" she called out. Now that I think  
of it, I don't think it was, I mean, how long ago was it that me and Saki went  
to see her mother, to talk about what I was and such; ether way, maybe a few  
weeks at most?

 

  "Yes I guess it has been," I  
answered. "Twilight was it?" she smiled and nodded her head slightly.

  "Yes, I'm glad you remembered, wait  
it's...uh..." she tapped her chin before looking at us both while pointing.  
"Lighting Knight, and Cloud Dasher, yes?"

  "That's right," Saki agreed with her  
as she smiled. "Surprised you remembered,"

  "I hardly forget a name," she  
answered before saying. "So what brings you two to Ponyville?"

  "We were returning from...somewhere,"  
I said. "The train is docked for two hours, so, we're just killing time. Maybe  
go and get something to eat and such."

  "Then how about you join me and my  
friends?" she offered as me and Saki shared a look. "Oh come on, they don't  
bite!"

  "Well..." I trailed off. "What do you  
think Cloud?"

  "Eh," she only lightly shrugged her  
shoulders. "Why not?"

  "Great!" I heard Spike call out. "It  
will be good to have another guy at the table!" we all shared a laugh as  
Twilight led us over to an outdoor café.

  After asking the owner if we could  
bring three tables together to make one big one, we set up the hay around the  
weird looking circle. Nine menus were passed and placed among the spots where  
the hays were. There were four of us here already, so leaving me to know that  
she had five other friends. We made small talk as we waited, Twilight asking us  
where we went, we decided not to tell, knowing how she like to asked question,  
we wouldn't be able to leave. I asked her of her brother, Shining Armor was  
doing and such. And before long, the clopping of hooves was heard. Five ponies  
were walking over toward us.

 

  "Hiya Twilight!" the pink earth pony  
spoke out as she bounced over, her mane, was a different shade of pink, and  
was...poofy. "Who's your friend here?"

  "Oh, this is Lighting Knight, and  
his mare-friend Cloud Dasher," she answered pointing a hoof to us as we waved  
slightly. "I asked if they would like to join us for lunch, hope you girls  
don't mind,"

  "Oh parish the thought!" a snow  
white unicorn could, her mane a bright purple, and styled rather like a upper  
class, even her voice made me think of her as true upper class. She smiled at  
both me and Saki. "Any are welcome to join friends in a dinning!"

  "YA got that right," the orange coat  
earth pony, with three apples as her Cutie Mark spoke. Her long yellow mane,  
under her brown hat. "Beside, Twilight here told us about how ya'll met on the  
train, ya some guard up in Canterlot?"

  "That's right," I answered. "Before  
that, me and her brother did a sparring, he liked my skills and invited me up  
here, to become part of the guards. In fact, he even offered me a Captain Job  
at the Crystal Empire!"

 

  "Then why don't you go and take the  
job?!" I turned to see a light blue flying pony looking at me, her mane and  
tail were that of rainbows, and I knew she was Rainbow Dash, seeing how she's  
the only one that was true to her name. "I mean, what's keeping ya back?"

  My eyes turned to Saki for a second,  
she caught my eye, and her ears flatting as I sighed. "I...I just don't think I'm  
ready right now for that sort of role. I mean, I just started off as a guard,  
and beside; there's something I have to do before I can fully leave. And one  
more thing," I nudged Saki softly. "Seeing how we're together, this is both of  
our choice, not just the one."

  So we talked as we ate, telling  
stories of our pasts and such like if we were always such good friends, the  
only one that did not speak, was a shy one, Fluttershy I believed her name was.  
She barely spoke, and when she did, it was in a small voice, I could barely  
hear. "So, the way your speaking about this Doctor Love," Twilight spoke  
snapping me out of my trance. "HE sounds almost like Pinkie Pie here,"

 

  "How so?" I asked as she rolled her  
eyes.

  "Things with Pinkie Pie...never a dull  
moment."

  "You should see Doc when you say his  
real name," I laughed as I spoke. "He hates it when ponies call him Lovey  
Dovey...ow?!" my head shot forward a bit as I felt something smack me in the back  
of my head, looking back, I picked up a small rock, though...it was large enough  
to see the word 'no' on it. "What the..."

  "Who would throw a rock?!" Rarity  
spoke. "Such rudeness is not norm in Ponyville!"

  "I...think I know what happened," I  
answered as they looked to me. "Lovey Dovey...ow!" again, I was hit with another  
small rock; again, this one had 'no' written on it. Saki, seeming to catch on,  
also said the name, before she too was hit.

  "What madness is this?" she hissed  
under her breath. Some of the others said it too, one by one, they too were  
also whacked in the head, but the weird thing was, we couldn't see who was  
throwing them, and Doc couldn't be here...could he?

  "This is impossible," I heard  
Twilight muttered. "This is just like the Pinkie Sense all over again!"

 

  "The what now?" I asked as she shook  
her hoof.

  "Never mind...hrm, what do you think  
will happen if we all say it?"

  "We already know," Rainbow Dash  
answered as she rubbed the back of her head. "We all get a rock with 'no'  
thrown at us!"

  "I mean at the same time!" I had a  
worry feeling about this, she seemed to see my face, and the rest of her  
friends faces. "Come on! I'll even pay for this lunch, alright?" in the end, we  
all agreed to this. "Okay...on the count of three, one...two...three!"

  "Lovey Dovey!" we all  
announced...nothing...huh I guess then it won't...

  CRASH!

  We all jumped back as a huge boulder  
crashed where the table use to be, big bold letters in red, again this one had  
written 'no' on it, but was underline many, many times. We all stared blankly  
at it, nopony moving, before Saki spoke up. "Never again?"

  "Never again..." we all agreed.

(\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*)

  "Hey, Light," I paused in my  
writing, slowly closing the book as I looked up to Saki, who was standing right  
before me. "I've been reading that as you write."

 

  "It's upside down to you," I pointed  
out.

  "So?" she answered as I rolled my  
eyes. "Anyway...I think we should say his name,"

  "I thought the boulder to the table  
was good enough testing?"

  "Oh come on!" she whined. "I'm  
bored, and I wanna see what would happen! And beside, we're inside, no pebbles  
are gonna hit us!"

  "Maybe a bolder might," I pointed  
out again as she rolled her eyes.

  "I'mma do it,"

  "Don't you do it!"

  "I'mma do it!"

  "Saki for the love of the sun and  
moon don't..."

  "Lovey Dovey!" I flinched and  
cowered, ready for anything. And waited...and waited...nothing happened. I slowly  
removed my hooves from my head as she giggled. "See? Nothing..." she stopped  
speaking when a loud 'clang' was heard from the metal door. We both looked to  
each other, then to the door.

  "There's no way..." I muttered as we  
went closer to the door. The rattling of keys was heard as the door slowly  
swung open, leaving both me and Saki gasping in surprised. It was him; Doctor  
Love was right on the door!

  He was just on it...like...if some force  
was holding him up, I couldn't even see his muzzle, his head jerked, pulling  
backwards as a loud sucking sound was heard, before his face...popped off the  
door? He slowly turned to us; his brown eyes twinkling as his grin slowly came  
before he pulled an arm out and yelled. "What's up, bitchesssssssssssss!" he  
announced loudly. "Did somepony say my name?"

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