Violet hid her face in her long mane, "I-I'm a half-Changeling, everypony..." She said nervously, as Changelings were the enemy, and could not be trusted. Period. "I-I don't know why the amulet did this..." She whimpered, eyes tearing up. She moved away from the rest of the group, and cowered behind a large rock. *Every time I try to hide it... it always comes back... why did this have to happen? Why do I have to fight my own kind...? W-what if we find...? No, no we won't find him...* Vio cried to herself, wanting to be alone... like she always has been...
"I never said we would leave the group, only that the two of us should stay close," explained Quickstar. "After all, if something happens and our identities are revealed, it would be useful if some of us remained free and avoided suspicion, so we could stay free and help liberate our fellows. I was merely remarking that myself and Violet are the two most likely to be able to achieve this, and was asking if she agreed."
Dark walks around to her,"it's gonna be fine, I'll make sure you're safe, besides, we could use all the help we can get.", dark comforted, then yells over in response to star,"there's strength in numbers!"
Quickstar knew when to keep his mouth closed, and this seemed like a good time to do so. Clearly Dark and Violet had some kind of connection, and any attempt Quickstar could have made to comfort the half-Changeling would almost certainly have sent her into hysterics. If he wanted to have any hope of asking her about her past, he knew that the best move here was to stay silent.
She fell over onto her back, her hoofs in the air, "fine. Then I'm getting something to eat." She rolled back over and flew off.
Quickstar shrugged casually before resuming pony form and lying down on a nearby rock. "Well, I'm going to get some sleep while I still can. I spent half the night coming out here, and I'd rather not infiltrate a changeling hive without any shuteye at all."
Violet blushed at Dark's kindness towards her, "I guess Lace doesn't understand what a traitor is..." She said softly, and tried to change back. She couldn't. The amulet was no where to be found, and Vio shook her head. "*Sigh*... Oh well..." She said, and hesitantly managed to walk over to Quickstar. "H-hi..."
Dark told violet,"you're gonna need that when we set off.", then walked over to a large tree, & laid against it, his left eye turning reddish-gray
Quickstar cracked open an eye and smiled. "Hello, miss Violet. It's a pleasure to meet you," he said, raising his head to face her. "I'm sorry about earlier. Based on your reaction, I suppose you must have had a pretty rough past. I guess not everypony can be accustomed to that which is different." He gave her a wink. "Still, you're pretty tame compared to some of the things I've seen in my life."
Lace came back maybe 20 minutes later, her saddle bag full of food. She laid in the branch above and t the side of Dark eating and apple. "What I miss?" She asked.
