The Day My Life Continued

Chapter Eighteen

"Changelings!"

That was the word I shouted (more like roared) when I stormed into the library. It startled Twilight, her wings popping out from Rarity's newest labcoat. The book in her hooves was thrown into the air, landing unceremoniously on the floor.

There was a tense air in there after I stormed in. I started angrily pacing, my angry hoofsteps making it sound like buffaloes were running around in here.

"Huh? What?" Twilight asked from her corner. "What about changelings?"

"They stole the Heart of Damballa-dammit!" I smashed my hoof on the floor, seething.

"What?" Twilight gasped. "But, how? They'd need-"

"A Traveller with access to my DNA, or my kids." I snapped. I began pacing in her library, trying to work out a battle plan in my head. "But they don't have one."

Twilight was still confused.

"What's more important is that the changelings have my sister's life in their hole filled hooves." Was my excited rant. I stated moving from bookcase to bookcase, looking for the map book. "Right now I need a map to the changeling hive. Did you organize by author or title this week?"

It caused the librarian princess only more confused. "Raspberry, slow down!"

I paused from my search, to stare at Twilight. The alicorn seemed frazzled. My appearance had been a bit of a surprise. I'm surprised Spike hadn't stormed in, wondering what was going on.

With difficulty, I paused in my search. I trotted over to Twilight, until this conversation was more serious than my panicked ramblings.

"What do you mean, the changelings?" Twilight asked. She didn't give me time to answer. "And why are you ignoring their accomplice? They have to exist! They need one to get between the dimensions, and I doubt you would take them anywhere."

There was a pause before I answered. The scientist seemed to be pausing on her questions, just to make sure I was able to answer them. "Remember the note I told you was in Tiffany's house?" I began.

Twilight paused before answering. Her lab coat floated away in her magic. "The one from GL?"

"Yes. Tracy's been running tests since I gave it over, and they've come up with nothing." I explained calmly. It looked easy, but I was still panicking inside. "I brought it here. Before I could run anything Bumblebee touched it. It must've been activated by natural Equestrian magic."

Twilight blinked. "Which brought about the changeling magic? How can you be sure?"

"Cause it makes sense!" I shouted, sounding half crazed. "I know Chrysalis is angry about how I ruined her plan for the Wedding. She swore vengeance, everypony heard her! The ultimate revenge is keeping my twin from me."

The alicorn shook her head. "But how does it explain how it ended up in another reality? How is that possible? I read the book on Traveler's science months ago. They'd need your DNA."

"Not just my DNA." I replied. My voice went cold. "Because Raspberry's DNA would bring them here. To get back to Tiffany's world, they'd need my human DNA."

Her face lit up in understanding, finally putting together what I had on my run here. My friend agreed with me. One of her hooves lifted to rest over her heart, as something unsettling came to her mind. Her purple eyes eyed me warily, holding back the information.

"And when was the only time I'd been human in Equestria?"

Twilight's jaw dropped in shock. We'd tried for months to find out what had happened to me that night in the woods. No one, at the Center or Canterlot, had been able to come up with an explanation.