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Welcome to the Miracleverse! AKA, the Disliked Ships AU, but I don't use this as a platform for hate. While the universe is slightly... twisted, they are all options that could have happened in the main TFIMverse. They're a chance to do things with the... standard ships that people have, and using them in new ways, as well as a platform for interesting characters. And let me say, it's time for the stuff to begin! Sort of! First of the many times we'll be doing STORIES in this universe, these are pictures in scenarios that either advance the story, or in this case, provide backstory! They might feature only canon characters, or only OCs, this one features only the Six Mysterious Mares , or the Mean 6.
This is the B-Plot of the Miracleverse, the unraveling of Changelings hiding in Ponyville... also, Sapstain may be wrong; there may be more!
THIS IS THE START OF THE CHANGELING STORYLINE!PREVIOUS (NONE) - NEXT (NOT YET)
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It was a normal residence in Ponyville, as far as anypony knew; a regular house, and one that had just been bought. But in truth, it was the den of six spies from one of Equestria's most formidable enemies, ready to start on their mysterious infiltrations.
The six were sitting around the house, five of them at the table, the sixth, sitting on the countertop. The thing about these six ponies, was that they were not ponies at all, but treants; creatures made of a tree, and not just regular treants, but copies. Copies of the six most important mares in recent Equestrian history; the Elements of Harmony. They were here on a mission from Queen Chrysalis herself. And they were about to start their first mission.
"It's time for our first step on our agenda of infiltrating Ponyville." The treant copy of Twilight Sparkle spoke up, leading the herd of treants, she wore a dark shirt to cover up her wings... a dark shirt which bore the words 'JERK' in bold white letters on it. "Coming up with new names." She sighed, pulling out a piece of paper and pen, handing it over to Rarity's clone. "Rarity, you write them down as we come up with them." She looked at 'Rarity', who grasped onto the pen as if her life depended upon it.
"Oh, Twilight, what's your best new one?" On the other side of 'Twilight', Fluttershy's copy sat, arms folded. "Ebony Darkness?" She sneered, smirking.
"Fluttershy, shut up," 'Twilight' snapped, gritting her teeth, "if I'm going to be someone who isn't Twilight, I should be somepony that they fear!" She stamped her hoof on the table.
"Yes, because sounding like a teenager who came up with something they thought would be cool is so scary!" 'Fluttershy' snapped back, grinning in her sneering manner of smug superiority.
"At least my first attempt wasn't 'Bloodstain'!" 'Twilight' hissed, all of the rest of the treants sitting back and letting the two dominate the conversation as they always did.
"I stand by that." 'Fluttershy' said, firm and glaring.
"We're not going to be that obviously evil!" 'Twilight' said, snarling and bristling, her wings moving under her shirt.
"And Ebony Darkness sounds so friendly!" 'Fluttershy' countered, before turning up her nose. "I chose blood because I don't bleed it. We bleed sap." She defended her admittedly awful choice in naming.
"Sapstain could work." 'Twilight' said, turning to 'Rarity'. "Rarity, write that one down." She commanded, only to see the pen clumsily hidden in 'Rarity's mane.
"I want another pen!" 'Rarity' demanded, manic and eye twitching, 'Twilight' grabbing the pen out of her mane, only to have 'Rarity' growl and grab for it in the air as she pulled it out of 'Rarity's reach.
"For Chrysalis's sake, Rarity, stop hoarding the pens!" 'Twilight' shouted, holding the pen out of the alabaster treant's reach, 'Rarity' whining and trying to grab it. "We can't afford to buy more after you do whatever it is you do with the things you steal!"
"I'll write it down if you give me another pen." 'Rarity' suddenly demanded, stomping her hoof.
"Fine. Rainbow, give her another pen." 'Twilight' said sharply, turning to the mare on the countertop, who was near a jar of pens.
"Why is it my responsibility?" 'Rainbow' moaned, rolling over in an exaggerated manner.
"Because I said so and because I'm the leader!" 'Twilight' growled, facehoofing.
"Ah'm a better leader than-" Applejack's clone suddenly spoke up, and 'Twilight' lit up her horn, shooting a laser beam right above the treant's mane, barely missing it. "-Twilight's the leader, got it." 'Applejack' gulped.
"Good." 'Twilight' smirked. "So, if no one objects to Sapstain's proposal..." She eyed 'Rainbow Dash', who handed 'Rarity' another pen, 'Rarity' scribbling the names down dutifully, eyeing the pen, but wary of 'Twilight's still red hot horn.
"It will have to do..." Sapstain groaned, flexing out her wings, sighing.
"We have officially decided on at least two cover names." 'Twilight' grinned, almost looking innocent as she said that, crossing her hooves.
"No one agreed to call you Ebony." Sapstain said, sneering
"I'm going to change it to Midnight, ok?" Midnight said, sighing in annoyance.
"Yeah, so much better." Pinkie Pie's clone spoke up, tone completely blank besides a short emphasis on 'so'.
"Does anyone know if Pinkie is being sarcastic or not?" Midnight asked, all of the other treants shaking their heads and shrugging.
"I love it." 'Pinkie' rolled her eyes.
"Sarcastic, got it." Midnight looked frustrated. "Ok, so, before we decide on other names... Rainbow, did you finish your concepts on our fake Cutie Marks?" She turned to the pegasus treant, who looked surprised to be called upon.
"Uh, yeah, whatever..." 'Rainbow' said, flapping her wings nervously. "I just left them on the other countertop." She said, pointing to the other side of the house, where, indeed, six sheets of paper sat.
"Well then, could you please get them for us?" Midnight hissed out the last bit.
"Ehhhh..." 'Rainbow' sighed, as if this was a herculean task that was asked of her; grabbing the six sheets of paper and distributing them to each of the other mares. Each was a stencil originally of the Cutie Marks on their flanks, painted over clumsily to look like something else. "Here." She said, returning to her lounging spot on the countertop, flopping onto her stomach.
"Ok, let's see..." Midnight stared at the six pictures. "They're sloppy, but they'll do." She sighed. "What's Rarity's mark supposed to be?" She turned to 'Rainbow', raising an eyebrow at the four sided stars on the page.
"Ehhh, I dunno." 'Rainbow' shrugged, turning over. "I didn't wanna work much on 'em." She said.
"Ah think it's a throwin' star." 'Applejack' butted in. "Ah guess Rare's a ninja now." She looked at the manic unicorn beside her. "Ah can see it." She shrugged.
"No, no she's not, we are not making her a ninja." Midnight Darkness felt her head hurt from annoyance at the antics of her fellow treants. "First off, while she has a nasty habit of disappearing, that's only because you all can't keep track of her." She eyed 'Rarity', who was fidgeting in her seat. "But secondly, we can't insinuate we're spies in any way; we actually are spies, and I hope to Chrysalis I don't have to explain why we don't want to seem sneaky or suspicious!" She stamped her hoof.
"MINE!" 'Rarity' snatched the paper out of Midnight's hooves, holding it close to her chest. "My paper!" She added, snapping angrily at 'Applejack' for looking oddly at her. "It's mine!"
"Ok, ok, it's yours..." Midnight backed away, slightly frightened by the crazed look in the mare's eyes. "Now, let's see... Names..."
"Ah vote we just call her 'Mine!'." 'Applejack' smirked. "Betcha' five bits it fits better than anything Midnight Darkness can come up with." She drawled out Midnight's name in mockery.
"I like it." Sapstain grinned, nodding.
"It's basically all she says anyway, might as well." 'Rainbow' commented.
"Ok, but that's not a normal pony name, we need to add to it if we're going to keep that as a name." Midnight protested. "Mine! can be.... ok, I can work with this..." Midnight seemed genuinely stumped, before she eyed the stencil of the fake Cutie Mark that Mine! would wear. "...Miner. Miner Star." She hummed to herself, content with the answer. "Two part name, common to ponies, relates to the Cutie Mark, that's acceptable." She turned to Mine! to ask her to write it down, but Mine! was busy trying to steal the other papers from 'Applejack'. "Mine!, I swear to Chrysalis, we can write off your death as a casualty of war!" She slammed her hoof onto her piece of paper and snarled at the near feral treant.
"It's all supposed to be mine!" Mine! snapped back, growling. "Give it to me!" She insisted.
"No!" Midnight snapped, batting Mine! on the head with her hoof. "If you don't shut up and let us talk, I'll let Sapstain fight you for five minutes!" She jerked her head towards the suddenly giddy pegasus treant, Mine! shutting up in fear, ears folded back.
"Now then, we've gotten three names down.... Applejack, you're next." Midnight looked over at the false mark for 'Applejack'. "Well, that's uncreative." She deadpanned, glaring at 'Rainbow', who shrugged. "As Rainbow has given us practically no choice, I suggest we go with Appletree." She sighed, facehoofing again. "I swear, no more tree related names, we can't go around advertising our true natures!" She looked at 'Rainbow', who frowned.
"Treebow votes yes." Treebow suddenly said, waving her hoof to 'Pinkie', 'Pinkie' grinning in amusement.
"No!" Midnight shouted. "We are not naming you Treebow Dash!" She hissed.
"Ehhh, Treebow pass." Treebow grinned cheekily.
"I wanna be Pinktree!" Pinktree interrupted.
"No! You have a lollipop Cutie Mark, you are officially Lolly!" Midnight slapped Pinktree in the face with her fake Cutie Mark. "You! You drew a lightning bolt, you're Arc Lightning, we met a Lightning Bolt on the way here, ok?" She snapped at Treebow. "That's it, we've all got code names!" She sat back down, lighting up her horn. "I'm going to brand your flanks, so stand still." She insisted, as all six of them felt their flanks tingle, and the false marks became reality over the 'Cutie Marks' they once had. "Now, can we actually start on our true mission?" She looked at all of them, and they nodded.
"Why not, we've spent so much valuable time on this, it'll be sure to be a successful mission." Sapstain rolled her eyes, Midnight glaring at her.
"We're going to find Princess Ocellus, and prevent her from creating a Hive." Midnight smirked. "Sapstain, how many Changelings are here in Ponyville, by your count?"
"Six known Changelings, three possible candidates for Ocellus to be hiding as." Sapstain said, pulling out photos of six very different ponies. "We should divide up to inspect them all."
"Very good." Midnight smiled devilishly. "We start at the Ponyville Spa." She got up, and all of the other five did as well, Treebow with some prodding and dragging from her spot roughly by Sapstain. "They'll never see us coming." She said ominously.