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The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2

Twilight Sparkle: Wait! We're not changelings! I'm and Rose's ponies! And he's a dragon!

Pinkie Pie: A likely story! Do something dragonish!

Spike: [belches]

Pinkie Pie: [wheezes] That works!

Fluttershy: The servants of Chrysalis and Venacia will do anything to save their evil skins!

Zecora: Stop! If they are changelings we'll soon see. Though I think they're not what they appear to be.

Rose Light: Zecora! Please, you have to listen.

Zecora: Beneath this salve, no changeling hides, for it reveals the truth inside.

[ponies gasping]

Pinkie Pie: What does it mean?

Zecora: The meaning is far worse, I see, for it is we who should not be.

Twilight Sparkle: I think I can explain.

Zecora: I'm sure you can, but let's not talk here. Chrysalis, Venacia, and her army will soon draw near! The changelings took over not long ago. Though I'll wager in your world that isn't so.

Rose Light: Chrysalis, Venacia, and her army tried to take over Canterlot, but my friends and I stopped them.

Zecora: Those friends as you know them are not here, alas. But tell me how all this came to pass.

Twilight Sparkle: Starlight Glimmer, a pony who traveled back in time to stop my friends and me from ever coming together!

Zecora: And it is these friends you have in life that keep Equestria free from strife?

Rose Light: I guess so. But this is the second time I've come back and this world is even worse than the last one! If Starlight keeps doing the same thing in the past, how could the present be so different?

Zecora: Ah. Time is a river, where even the tiniest changes seen can lead to a cascade of effects downstream. This part of the forest is dark and damp, but it's done well to hide our camp.

[thunk]

Spike: This is cozy.

Rarity: [shrieks] Please! You have to help us!

Rainbow Dash: The changelings attacked Ponyville! We barely escaped with our lives!

Zecora: The only changeling attack I see is the one that come here looking for me!

Applejack: It's taken quite a while to find you, Zecora. [laughs]

Queen Chrysalis: [laughs] What a lovely village you've chosen to stage your little resistance. It looks absolutely delicious! [slurping] Oh, come now, Zecora. You're vastly outnumbered.

[changeling wings humming]

Princess Venacia: I know you don't want your charges hurt. Come quietly to the dungeons of Canterlot and I promise to leave the others alone.

Fluttershy: Why would she ever trust you two?!

Twilight Sparkle: Even if there's a chance Chrysalis and Venacia will honor their word, shouldn't you try?

Zecora: [hushed] Race to the map while we hold off their attack. Stop Starlight and put the whole world back on track!

Queen Chrysalis: Time to make a decision, Zecora!

Zecora: Even if what you are saying were true, we'd never surrender to a creature like you! [yells]

[sounds of battle, changeling wings]