Fighting for Equality

Fighting for Equality
Chapter one: A Day in the Life
Written by: Penbrush and Slayerbrony!

A week has past since the duo found their new living space. Mellow had found a job working at a local cafe and had gotten a decent income for his rent while Wind had made a bet with Twilight that she could read all of Twilight's Library’s books in the span of two weeks, she was halfway through. It was night now and they were all in the house.

“I’m going to get your bits Twilight!” Wind yelled from the living room as she lied on a couch.

“I’d make sure you double check for series!” Twilight said chuckling. Mellow just rolled his eyes as he walked in and sat down in a plush chair.

“I have!! I have already read all the series books you have in the house.” Wind said.

“Why are you two doing this again?” Mellow asked as he picked up a small bowl of nuts and began to snack on them.

“To show that I can read all of them.” Wind replied, looking back to the book.

“And this will accomplish... What?” Mellow asked

“Learning how to read faster and stuff. I don't know.” Wind said shaking her head.

“Your head is going to split open when you are done.” Mellow said chuckling and shaking his head.

“I have been meaning to ask...” Twilight said as she walked into the living room of her home. “What is your guys plan?”

“We don't have one, all I know is my parents wont be looking for me, since angel parents think when their kids are gone without saying anything, they think God took them back or something stupid like that.” Wind shrugged.

“My dad and mom just don’t care. I literally told them all everything, and they ignored it.” Mellow said shrugging.

“They probably didn't believe you, and besides, you're seventeen, you can leave whenever you want.” Wind said as she sat up and leaned back on the couch to read.

“Be that as it may, I still think I should be a little cautious for the next week or so. I don’t know about Angels, but Mages are sometimes very protective.” Mellow said as he leaned back in his seat.

“Angels are protective, but when a kid disappears, they don't think anything bad happens...this is interesting.” Wind said as she read the book.

“That sounds very flawed...” Twilight said as she rubbed her chin with a hoof.

“What do you expect when a race thinks they are from god? Anyway, this book, ‘Human mythology through the ages’, seems like a silly name for a book but anyway, it says here that there used to be two alicorn humans, but they ran away for reasons unknown.” Wind said, getting up from the couch and over to Mellow to show him the page.

“...Huh... Word for word too. What’s that about?” Mellow said.

“I have wondered that too. I even asked Princess Celestia about that, she didn’t have anything on it.” Twilight said scratching her head.

“Who made this book?” Wind said, closing the book to look at the name on the front cover, “Clover the Clever, that pony from Hearths Warming Eve?” Wind wondered.

“Yes! Humans actually were with the corresponding pony back then. Angels with Pegasi, Mages with Unicorns, and normals with earth ponies.” Twilight said smiling.

“We knew we went back to that time, but we didn't know that.” Wind said, turning back to the page.

“Oh yes, when the ponies of our history found the humans, each race found the same. So Unicorns found mages, Pegasi found Angels, and Earth found Normals, Although they didn’t get caught up in any of the wars between the humans.” Twilight said grimacing.

“Yeah, Humans never were a peaceful bunch. Still aren’t in some areas.” Mellow said.

“At least we stopped killing each other, like...a few years ago?” Wind asked.

“Thirty years.” Mellow said. “At the end of that big civil war. Or what the press called it ‘Big Civil dispute’. Yeah people killing each other is a simple dispute.”

“Maybe it is for people who didn't see it.” Wind suggested.

“That may be, but it’s still sickening no one acknowledged it.” Mellow said.

“Well, it’s all in the past. There is no need to worry about that anymore.” Twilight said smiling.

“Apparently Mellow still has to worry about rogue normals.” Wind said, looking back to the book.

“Only when they are in big groups. I can handle myself thank you.” Mellow said.

“So, Clover met some alicorn humans or she heard a rumor about them.” Wind said, reading.

“That is the prevailing opinion. Although some theorize that they either never existed in the first place, or left because they knew of the future conflict that would arise.” Twilight said as she walked over and hopped onto the couch.

“If they knew about the future, if they are real, then why didn’t they try and stop it?” Wind said as she went back to the couch and sat next to Twilight.

“Well I would assume they knew nothing would have worked, or they simply wanted the human race to learn on its own.” Twilight said shrugging.

“They obviously didn’t take into account how stubborn humans can be.” Mellow said grimly.

“Considering they were humans, they could have just been oblivious to everything.” Wind muttered.

“Well, maybe I can find another book on this. one moment.” Twilight said as she began to search before she turned towards the stairs and shouted. “Spiiike!”

“What Twilight!” Spike yelled as he walked into the living room.

“Do you know where the other book on Human mythology went? I can’t find it.” Twilight said as she searched another shelf.

“Not everything is going to be in the living room, the rest are in the library room, under ‘H’” Spike said.

“Oh.. Right.” Twilight said chuckling sheepishly before she walked out of the room and towards the library.

“How do you like it here?” Spike asked, looking at Mellow and Wind.

“It’s nice.” Wind said.

“Better than living with my mom and dad, that’s for sure.” Mellow chuckled.

“That is very true.” Wind said smiling.

“That’s awesome.” Spike said before looking at Wind, “What’s it like to fly?” He asked.

“It’s...a rush, its fun to feel the wind go through your hair and your feathers and you feel so alive when you look down and see everything below you.” Wind explained.

“That sounds amazing.” Spike said.

“Sounds like skydiving.” Mellow said as he looked at the shelves of books.

“Only your not plummeting where the only thing that is there to save you is a paper parachute.” Wind replied.

“That is true. You know that there is three times this amount of books in the library right?” Mellow said looking at Wind.

“Where do you think I went to get the series books?” Wind asked.

“Just saying. Lots more.” Mellow said shrugging as he put the bowl down and got up before stretching. He muttered a ‘Ow’ as he heard several snaps and pops come from his shoulders and elbows.

“You know the worst thing about having wings?” Wind asked.

“Hmm?” Mellow hummed.

“You have to preen them so they will stay the right way and work correctly.” Wind sighed as she opened her wings and looked at the loose feathers.

“Huh... I guess that is worse than mental exercises.” Mellow said shrugging.

“Can you help me?” Wind asked.

“Um... How?” Mellow asked tilting his head.

“Use your magic to take them out I guess.” Wind said.

“Really? You asking the guy who makes an apple when he wants to teleport, to preen your wings with magic?” Mellow deadpanned.

“It probably isn't as hard as teleporting.” Wind said.

“You’d think that. But grabbing every loose feather then pulling them out is a lot harder than it looks.” Mellow said.

“Its very hard to take them out without magic, takes me a few hours, and it annoys me, could be doing something more productive than taking feathers out.” Wind said.

“Fine...” Mellow said rolling his eyes. “Don’t they have brushes or something for preening?”

“Only for pegasi.” Wind said.

“Couldn’t it work the same?” Mellow asked as he walked over.

“Angels have bigger and thicker feathers than pegasi, so it wouldn't work.” Wind said as she kept her wings extended. Mellow just shrugged before his hands lit up in their normal bright blue glow. He looked over the wings and coated several loose feathers on her left wing before tugging them all out in a small clump.

“That hurt too much?” Mellow asked as he threw the feathers into the trashcan he magicked into existence.

“No...” Wind said.

“Alright... Bigger clumps then.” Mellow said as he kept up his job of magicking away larger and larger clumps of feathers. “Jeez, how many loose feathers do you have?”

“Why do you think it takes me hours to preen?” Wind asked as she watched. Mellow just rolled his eyes again before he looked at a clump of feathers and plucked out several ones that were still somewhat stiff. He grabbed some string from a drawer and tied them all together making a small bracelet.

“Haha! You want this?” He asked as he levitate the small bracelet to Wind while he resumed the magical preening.

“It looks cool, sure.” Wind said shrugging as she took the bracelet. Mellow just continued on his job while Twilight came back.

“I found the book!” Twilight said happily as she trotted in with the open book in her magic.

“Really?” Wind asked, turning to look at Twilight. Mellow accidently kept up his preening, but accidently pulled out a much larger feather than the rest he had been getting. “FUCK ow!” Wind yelled as a primary feather got pulled out.

“Oops...” Mellow said sheepishly as he held the large feather. “Heh heh... You got a nice quill now though.”

“A nice primary feather quill that hurt like tartarus.” Wind said as she looked at her wing.

“Then you shouldn’t have moved! I told you this was hard enough.” Mellow said as he handed her the feather.

“Thanks, so Twilight, what does it say?” Wind said as she took the feather and brought her attention back to twilight, who was standing next to Spike by the couch.

“Well, it didn’t give much, but it did say there were several, if not hundreds, of sightings of a winged mage. Though it says that it was most likely just a defect from an Angel and Mage couple.” Twilight said shrugging.

“Those couples are sort of rare, considering the hatred between everyone.” Wind said.

“Rare? Try near impossible. Like one out of every millions of couples.” Mellow said as he finished her left wing. “There... And you do this every time you need to preen?”

“Yes, otherwise I might pull out a feather that isn’t loose and hurt myself, and might I add, my wing feels like it is on fire.” Wind said.

“You want me to try and numb it?” Mellow groaned.

“If you can.” Wind said nodding.

“Okay.... One moment.” Mellow said as he looked at the wing before his hand glowed again and he placed it over the area he plucked the primary. “Feeling any better?”

“Yes, it feels nice now.” Wind sighed as a cool feeling went through her wing where the pain was.

“Alright then. Now, I am just going to finish up and then I will get a bag of ice for your wing.” Mellow said as he went back to plucking loose feathers. This carried on until there was simply a pile of feathers where the trash can used to be. “... You should really just preen more often.”

“I would rather not preen every time I feel a feather out of place.” Wind replied.

“Well how often do you preen?” Mellow asked as he picked up all the feathers and sent them into a larger trash can.

“Once a month.” Wind said as she retracted her wings.

“Try once a week.” Mellow said chuckling. “Or once every two weeks.”

“Fine.” Wind muttered as she went and sat at the couch.

“Oh don’t be all pouty with me.” Mellow said rolling his eyes as he walked off towards the kitchen.

“I’m not.” Wind said.

“Yes you are.” Mellow said sticking out his tongue as he walked back with a small bag of ice. “Here, for your wing.”

“Thanks.” Wind said as she took the ice bag and opened her left wing, before putting it on the area, quickly feeling the freezing cold of the ice, “That’s cold.”

“Better than your wing being on fire.” Mellow said shrugging before he sat back down in his chair.

“I guess you're right.” Wind said as she held the ice to her wing.

“I’m happy I won’t have to deal with preening when I get my wings.” Spike remarked.

“You’re still going to have to watch them. You're going to have a membrane instead of feathers and if that gets damaged...” Twilight said looking at Spike.

“Ouch... That sounds worse than a paper cut.” Mellow muttered.

“Feathers sound better than dragon wings now.” Spike said worriedly as he walked over to Twilight.

“Less maintenance, more risk. Sounds like an awful trade huh?” Mellow said looking at Wind.

“There is a lot of risk with feathered wings as well, you can get them broken and you might not be able to fly anymore is one of them.” Wind said.

“Dragons have finger like bones running through theirs and they can be broken. Kinda the same risk if you think about it.” Twilight said.

“True.” Wind said.

“Why are we terrifying the poor dragon with things that could happen?” Mellow asked.

“I’m not scared, I am brave!” Spike said as he puffed out his chest.

“Spider.” Wind said, looking at an empty space above Spike’s head.

“Get it off!! Get it off!” Spike yelled, running in circles as he batted his arms around his head to try to swat away the imaginary spider. Mellow just burst into laughter and fell out of his chair. “That doesn't count...” Spike muttered as he stopped running.

“Had to do it.” Wind laughed.

“Don’t worry Spike.” Mellow said standing up and patting Spike on the head. “Everyone, and pony or in your case drake, is brave when they need to be.”

“Thanks.” Spike said sarcastically.

“Yeah yeah, just think about what I said squirt.” Mellow chuckled as he walked back to his chair and sat down.

“I will.” Spike said as he looked at Twilight. She was snickering ever so slightly as she shook her head.

“Well, I have to go get ready for a small trip, so I will talk to you guys later.” Twilight said smiling as she began to trot out of the room.

“I’m going to!” Spike said as he walked after her.

“Have fun on the trip.” Wind said as she took the melted ice pack off her wing and gingerly retracted it against her back, “Catch!” She exclaimed as she threw the pack at Mellow.

“Ah!” Mellow yelped as he clumsily caught the bag. “Why you do dis?”

“To see if you have quick reflexes.” Wind replied, smiling.

“I have enough to know how to catch something when I expect it. Not when it’s just randomly thrown at my face.” Mellow said chuckling slightly. “Your wing still hurt, or are you okay?”

“Hurts a little bit, but it will be fine.” Wind said shrugging.

“Right!... So wait what is Twilight packing up for?” Mellow asked as he levitated the bag into the kitchen.

“I dunno, A summer Sun celebration in a country town called Ponyville or something.” Wind said, picking up the book that Twilight had brought from the library.

“Huh... Sounds fun.” Mellow said shrugging.

“I don’t know why she is packing already, she won't be leaving until next week, long enough for me to win the bet.” Wind said, smiling slightly.

“Meh, pays to be prepared?” Mellow suggested.

“I guess.” Wind sighed.

“Well, I have to hit the sack. Gotta get up early tomorrow for those stupid morning shifts.” Mellow chuckled as he got up and began to walk towards the staircase.

“I am going too, I want to fly for a while now that my feathers are tidy.” Wind said, getting up from the couch and walking over to and up the stairs to her room.

“Night...” Mellow yawned as he walked over to his room and opened the door before just collapsing onto the bed.