For the record, she wasn't impressed by the Queen Rap Battle

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Look, it's a zebra! Zecora has unrolled a scroll in her home as a thought occurred to her -- an important one, since a cauldron in the back is belching thick green clouds of something she isn't paying attention to.]

Newponies and old alike
A thought strikes me that I dislike.
A curiosity I present to those
Trapped by changelings. This question I pose
Concerns your health and how you fare
In the days since the invasion scare.
Is anypony feeling unwell
In unusual ways, if you can tell?

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[gamer_pony]

Oh oh, I love this. hold on....

Thank you wise one for your concern,
I myself ask if you are well in turn

I don't feel any different at all
Perhaps I was lucky after that brawl.

[Fennel smiled, pretty pleased with her rhyming skills. And D&D doesn't teach you anything they say]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Zecora doesn't understand why newponies like to start rhyming around her. But she's not one to denigrate anypony's efforts.]

The changelings did not venture here.
The Everfree might strike them with fear.
Maybe they simply failed to advance
And would have, had they had the chance.

[gamer_pony]

It is lucky that beings such as they
trend not into the evertree fray.
But even if they did go venture in
I am sure you would have done them in.

Ah wait, I can't rhyme in with itself. Let me try that again.

But even if they did venture within
I am sure you would have done them in.

[insert fluttershy smile sound]

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

[Fray? Seriously?]

[Zecora dimisses her idea with a wave of the hoof.]

The forest and its creatures are the threat.
I have some small skills but it is better yet.

[stalksindarkness]

Nice rhymes. I bet you kill at open mic night.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

A secret that must be confessed
Is my success at the karaoke contest.

[stalksindarkness]

Hehee.

Good one.

Are you the only Zebra around here?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

As far as I see, or have been given to know
I'm the only one you'll see, wherever you go.
Zebras rarely wander so far
As to be seen where ponies are.

[foalyfight]

You're really good at that! Are you a poet?

What's a changeling, though?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

You must be new to not have seen
The invasion of the changeling queen.
Perhaps around you've the creatures
Ponylike, but with insectile features?

[foalyfight]

Oh! I've seen that! I just thought they were really cool-looking ponies!

Are they really different?

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Zebras and ponies are much closer together
Compared to changelings, they're birds of a feather.

[sailorlaughter]

Nope! I mean, I felt kinda dizzy afterwards, but I think that was probably because of the rolling. I'm fine now though!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

If that is all, then I expect
There is no permanent effect.
That relieves me, for I had feared
Some lasting injuries might have appeared.

[sailorlaughter]

Nope! I think they might've gone easy on me 'cause of the neat catchphrase I taught them!

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

What was this catchphrase
That will haunt them for days?

[der_vogelfanger]

Well, I'm always hungry...but that might just be because I don't get enough to eat.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

I can think of a simple fix
That needs no potions or magic tricks.

[der_vogelfanger]

If it's eating grass, I --

I might try it.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

My suggestion, generally, was to eat
For curing hunger, it's quite a feat.

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[wizardofharmony]

Zecora. Sol y Luna y todas las estrellas, you're Zecora.

[Have a Twilight in a neat hat laughing softly]

...OF COURSE you're here. Hail and well met. Thou'rt a zebra here, I see?

I am as well as can be expected, apart from my habit of locking myself in the library to research for weeks at a time. Then, this is not unusual.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

Of course I am Zecora. Who else would I be?
The one that you knew had a different form than me?

[wizardofharmony]

I would attempt to rhyme answering your question, but alas, my poetry is not what it was. Besides, I'm not sure of the significance.

I am from a world dominated by humans. Naturally, the Zecora I knew was human as well, an alchemist - perhaps the greatest alchemist e'er known - once from the Principality of Eithop.

[neighfeni]

[Oh, Miss Zecora! She hasn't heard from the zebra in a long time, so she takes a break from setting up for tea to speak with her.]

Well, Ah didn't get caught, Ah was fightin', but Maebhrin did. She seems to be doin' alright, though. Thank ya for askin', Miss Zecora. How are ya doin' lately? Your rhymin's as good as ever, better than the bards back home.

[zebrarhyme_everytime]

I'm glad to hear you both are well.
You both have quite a tale to tell!
As for myself, no cause for alarm.
In the forest, I came to no harm.