Lost but always lovedby helix412ChaptersERWake me in Five MinuetsMemoriesTest And PlacementERChapter #1 ER “MOVE MOVE, COME ON PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!” Doctors are rushing here and there trying to acquire the necessary supplies needed to save their most recent crash victim. It was a teen, no older than seventeen. He was about 6 ft tall, had red hair and a pale skin tone, his eyes were brown and green and his face held an expression of solemn and he didn't move, or writhe in agony. Across his body were punctures, glass, metal shards, torn clothing, and blood, most was his but there was another there with him. “Please say he’s going to be ok.” The girl with him in the crash was around 5 ft 6, was around 16-17 years old, she had black hair and deep brown eyes that right now were full of tears from the pain and from seeing her other half dyeing on the table that wasn't even 3 feet away. She was covered in minor cuts and a broken arm but it was nothing like the other teen. “We can’t be sure till we remove the wreck from his body.” Doctors and nurses were trying to explain the situation but never could stop and tell in detail since they were trying to save his life, which was slipping away faster than the doctors could assess the situation. “Were losing him.” A nurse tried to find a pulse but failed. “No pulse.” Everyone froze what they were doing till another doctor yelled “CARDIAC ARREST! EVERYONE MOVE! I NEED A DEFIBRILLATOR AN AM-BU BAG AND SOMEONE DOING CPR, NOW GO!!!” The room was filled with new haste with everyone trying to gather what was requested. A nurse was trying to do chest compression's but with all of the debris in his chest it was making it worse. His lungs were shredded and his heart was dangerously close to some glass that decided that it made a good home. As the defibrillator was brought in everyone moved back for the last resort. *WHIR* “CLEAR” *ZAP* the body jumped but no response. They tried 2…3…4 more times but nothing. That was the last straw for the other patient “NO…HELIX!!!” “Oh…ow, Helix you really should be careful with yourself.” Yeah talking to myself was a bad habit but I never broke it because there was never anything wrong with it. “Why does everything hurt?” when I stood there was a shooting pain allover that lead to my heart. After getting over the pain I looked around and saw…nothing…there was nothing around but black. “OK? Where am I?” As I continued to look around I noticed two doors off in the distance. Figuring that that was my way out I went towards them and hopefully to a bit of understanding. On the way there I was pulled towards the doors when a searing pain hit my chest. “What the?!?! OW!” It felt like someone was shocking me right in the heart, but when it happened I was propelled forward just to land on my feet a few steps from the doors. “Now which one to go through?” I took a few steps back to see if there was any clue to which one was right. “Helix…Helix please come back!” I looked at the left door where the voice came from. The voice was familiar but I couldn't remember where I had heard it before, but I felt like I needed that voice. I walked for the left door but as I approached I felt pain from…well everywhere, it was getting hard to breath and it hurt to stand but I powered on; driven by the voice on the other side. I was almost there till a massive gust of wind threw me through the other door and all that I heard was that beautiful voice screaming “HELIX!!” then all that was heard and saw was nothing. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// When I was flung through the door, I started falling and a strange force was being acted upon my person. My clothes were gone, leaving me with an uncomfortable feeling of being exposed in an unknown place, and my fingers and toes went numb, and it was a reasonable assumption that was the case since I couldn't feel them. As I continued to on my decent I figured that I must be really moving fast since it felt like my face was getting longer and that my ears were on the top of my head. “That’s weird I don’t recall my hair being able to touch my back.” But a stranger sensation soon followed, it felt like something was tugging the end of my tail bone. I tried to reach back to see what it was but I couldn't get my arm back there, instead it reached to my thigh and I felt something soft with what I assumed was my palm. “I wish that I could see so that I could tell what’s going on.” I was never appreciative of being left in the dark, so to speak, and wanted an answer to my questions as to what was happening to me so that I’m feeling all of these strange sensations? But it wasn’t over yet, there was one more thing that happened. After I put my arm back to where it was, I felt a tight feeling around my shoulder blades. It kept getting tighter and tighter till I felt the skin rip, needless to say I screamed but since no one was around I just let the pain flow. It was excruciatingly painful and my mind couldn't take it so I passed out from the pain. But right before I lost the last part of consciousness I felt a strange force take hold of me. “Hmm…Helix I like that name. I’m sorry that this had to happen but it was either this or death would have had you for sure. Do not worry young helix ill put you where you can live and enjoy this life.” I didn't see what was talking to me but I felt its presence. It was calming and almost like a parental figure but I felt no more since I finally lost grip of consciousness. “Rest Helix, I shall wake you when you’re healed.” Wake me in Five MinuetsChapter #2 Wake me in Five Minuets “Mmrph…mmmrrrph.” After falling through the darkness, and sleeping off some exhaustion, there was something pulling at my back, it didn't feel good and at the same time I loved the feeling. “Ummm excuse me? Sir? Could you please get up, I mean if you want to.” I opened my eyes slowly, so that I may adjust to the light and it felt like it had been days since they were opened, when the world came into focus it was overly colorful but it appeared peaceful enough. After I took in the scenery I started to look for the source of the soft voice but when I spoke my voice hurt and I couldn't talk to loud since I didn't want to damage my vocal chords. “Is anyone there?” “Ummm…I’m here” I looked over to where I heard the voice, I didn’t move my head just because I felt like being lazy since I just woke up. When I found the source of the calm and quiet voice I was a little…shocked, for the owner of the voice was a yellow pony with a very long pink mane and what appeared to be three butterflies on her hip. “Ok I must be dreaming.” I tried to rub my eyes but instead my hand didn’t feel right so, since I could see, I examined it to see what was wrong with it. Try having someone remove your hand and replace it with a claw and that’s how I felt right there, for at the end of my arm was a dark blue hoof and after waving it around for a few seconds I came to the conclusion that it was indeed mine. “Reality check.” I went to stand after my minor shock but when I tried I just fell right over onto my back and when I did so I heard a pop and everything went black again. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// *Beep, Beep, Beep* “Why must the small things wake me up?” after getting over the fact that I had been woken up by a stupid machine I looked around and noticed that I must be in a hospital, since there were heart monitors, I V bags and I was wearing a green shirt. I tried moving but it proved to be the wrong decision since when I did so there was a massive pain in my right shoulder blade. “What the heck?” when I looked to the source of the issue there were two things that surprised me. One I could turn my head farther than I could remember being able to do, and Two there was a wing there. “Well with all that’s happened I really shouldn't be surprised.” I looked on the other side to see if there was another and sure enough there was a dark, almost black, blue wing but this one wasn't bandaged beyond recognition. After finding my wings I continued to scan the room, there was a chair, side tables, a lamp, a few monitors, a mirror and a window which was open and letting a nice breeze in. “Let’s see what else has changed.” Once I removed the heart monitor and the IV bag I crawled, since I couldn't walk, over to the mirror and when I got there it was concerning that it was me. Once I found a footing where I could stand on all fours I looked closer at my reflection. I had a midnight blue coat, I stood about 4 feet while on all fours, my mane was quite long, almost reaching my leg, and it was a blue with streaks of yellow, and last but not least I had a tail. From what I remembered I LOVED tails so the fact that I had one left me feeling elated and I felt some muscles tighten and move. When I looked to see the source of the issue I found that my wings were moving, or at least trying to move since my right was bandaged immobile, and for the next few minutes I practiced walking on all fours and moving my wing. When I started practicing I almost tripped over my front hooves and that’s when I noticed something on my front left hoof. “What’s this?” there were two purple bands on my arms, one had orange and gold gems embedded its entire circumference and the same was with the other except the other had bark blue and a cyan blue coloring to its gems. “I guess I figure out where these came from after I learn how to walk without falling on my face” I was getting pretty good and walking and moving my left wing so I went to the window to see what was going on with the outside world. Upon looking I saw ponies walking around, talking to each other, some were pulling carts others were managing stalls in, what I could gather, was the town square. Everything seemed to be going on its way but there was something that caught my eye. Over at a building, that seemed to be a tree, there were 6 ponies and a…ummm I can’t tell what it is from here. I noticed that my eyesight had increased in angle of view and also in distance of clarity but I still couldn't tell what the heck that little purple and green creature was. The unknown aside I went back to bed and lay down on my stomach, after reattaching the monitors, and went back to sleep. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// I couldn't tell what was going on but I was in a lush green forest full of flowers grass trees MORE trees. “Where am I now?” As I stood confused about the change in scenery I heard a voice behind me “Hello Helix.” I turned around to see a pony that was almost a foot taller than myself and she, I think it’s a female judging by the voice, had wings, a horn, her coat was a few shades lighter than mine and her mane flowed in a breeze that only affected her since nothing else moved from it. “Who? Wha?” After regaining my composer I continued. “Who are you?” she waved her hoof and gestured to the space behind me where I found a large pillow, I don’t recall that being there. I lay on it and she did the same with yet another one that appeared out of nowhere. “I’m sure that you have quite the amount of questions.” I didn't know what was going on or where I was and now this pony wants to talk? This is getting stranger by the second. “Yes I do have quite the amount of questions that I would prefer to have answers to.” “What are they?” “Well for starters, may I ask you of your name?” “My name is Luna, I am the co ruler of Equestria and raiser of the moon” “Where are we?” “We are in the dream plane, to be more specific your dream.” “Ok now where am I physically?” “You are in Equestria, to be more specific Ponyville.” “How did I get here? Last time I checked I was a human.” “I brought you here for another chance at life. And since you died as a human your soul needed a new form so that it too can remain alive.” “So I died as a human and you brought me here for a chance at a new life, Why?” “Because you were living life to its fullest and you had, and still have, so much to live for.” “Then why do I feel so empty?” I dropped my head to the pillow as I wracked my mind to find an answer to my own question. “Do you not remember?” Losing my memory was one thing but having someone question it being lost just angered me. “NO I don’t remember! I've been trying to figure out what was the reason for me dying and what’s missing in my life that I had before.” My outbreak startled the lunar princes but I didn't care since I just want what was lost, back. “I’m sorry; I didn’t know that you would lose your memory, I can try to unlock it if it’s there but I caution you that what might be reviled could be morally diminishing.” “Do it.” “Excuse me?” “Do it…” I wasn't backing down from this since it was where I was going to get my answers that I wanted to hear so badly. “As you wish.” Luna’s horn lit with a light blue aura and the world went dark as we floated in nothing. MemoriesChapter #3 Memories When the world went black I felt a slight buzz in my head and soon following were memories that I remembered. Have you ever had your life flash before your eyes? It’s kind of like that but it’s being played in an old VHS tape and the quality is poor and some of the images are damaged. As we played through my memories it started to hurt as we got to some of the most recent ones. “There’s my parents the night before I came here.” I was sad that that’s all I have left of them but I was on edge since we were so close to finding out what happened. I was driving and all seemed fine but then all stopped. “What happened?” I looked to Luna for an answer but by looking at the expression on her face she was as baffled as I was. “The memory just stops.” “What do you meant it just stops?” “I cannot access the rest of the memory it’s buried down in you and I cannot retrieve it without further damage to your memories.” “I’m happy that we figured out this much I really don’t want to lose more memories. But there is something that I would like to see.” Luna just turned her head to me and waited for my request. “Can I see myself, as a human again, as I really was?” She nodded, her horn lit again and soon there was me standing not too far away, but something was wrong. “Luna.” “Yes?” “I don’t recall having wings.” As I looked over the human form I saw a pair of massive midnight blue wings that started between the spine and the shoulder blades. “You didn’t but you asked to see yourself for what you really were, and that is what I have provided.” “But I don’t understand, why do I have wings?” Luna smiled warmly and seemed amused at my ignorance. “Having wings can mean many things, it could mean that you’re to watch over someone, that you have been through a horrible ordeal, it could mean that someone considers you their angel.” As she spoke I ran all sorts of scenarios through my head to see if any of them match but none did. I don’t think that I have to watch over someone, if I was then why am I here, I had a pretty good life so no hardships there, so I pondered who could be considering me their angel but after fifteen minutes I stopped wondering because I had other things to think of. “Luna, thank you for trying to help me but I think that if I am to have my memories then I have to find them myself.” “That is fair and noble. I will leave you to sleep and dream in peace till you wake up.” As she walked off I felt a sense of loneliness and really didn’t want her to leave. “Ummm Luna?” She stopped and turned to face me. “Yes Helix?” “Could you stay here till I wake up? I don’t like being alone.” Luna smiled and walked back. “I can do that.” And so for the rest of our time we sat and talked and even just cuddled and enjoyed each other’s presence, but it still felt like there was something missing and that doing this felt wrong; however like I said, I just needed to company. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// Once I woke up, feeling surprisingly well rested, I sat up and rolled over onto my back, being careful of my wings, and saw a white pony with a pink mane that was checking one of the monitors that was connected to me. “My I help you?” since her back was to me I shouldn’t have been surprised that she was startled. “WHA? Oh, no. I was just checking this monitor because it appears not to be functioning correctly.” Noticing that she was checking the machine, not the connection and since I got up earlier, I traced the other end of the wire to the floor and decided to attract attention to it. “That might be because the floor doesn’t have a blood pressure” Once she noticed the sensor on the floor she face palmed, errr hoofed, and went to put it back on. “I wonder how this came off.” I just shrugged “Beats me.” I decided not to tell her that I got out of bed since hospitals didn’t normally like it when patients get out of bed. “May I ask when I can leave?” the white mare looked at a clipboard before answering my question. “Since you’re now conscious, you should be released in about a week. Until then it’s probably best for your wing to heal. But I am curious, why are they so big?” In brief time here I haven’t seen any other ponies with wings, besides Luna’s, so I haven’t been able to figure out what’s normal since seeing only one doesn’t count. “To tell you the truth I don’t know. May I ask you your name?” “My name is nurse Red Heart.” After checking a few things, nurse RH left to attend to other patients leaving me by myself again. “I hate being alone.” Going back to the nurse’s comment I stretched out my wing and tried to judge its size compared to Luna's. Since I have only seen them stretched out once, trying to figure that out was a pain in the tail. After a small internal debate, the conclusion was made that my span was just under Luna’s and that their build was quite strong, stable and MAN were they sensitive. In my experimentation I touched the leading edge and felt a strong shock to my spine. It didn’t hurt but it felt exhilarating, I can’t wait to start flying to see how that feels, however that means that I need to learn how so ill tackle that when I get there. For the next hour, nothing much happened besides the time straightening out the bed, being OCD has its ups and downs. So it was quite uneventful till I heard a faint knocking. “Come in.” the door slowly swung open revealing the pony that woke me up when I first got here. “Oh hello.” When I spoke it caused her to hide behind her mane, how does she keep it so clean? “I’m sorry, was I to loud?” that seemed to help since she was now looking at me. “N-n-no I’m just shy, but thanks for talking quietly. I just came to see how you were doing.” “I’m ok I guess but why are you checking on me? I don’t even know your name.” “I’m Fluttershy…wow I said it without stuttering.” I was confused at this ponies antics. “Do you normally stutter?” “When I meet somepony I always stutter since I’m so shy.” Well duh your name implies it. Fluttershy set down a basket at she had balanced on her back and sat down in a chair that was just on the right side of the bed. “So what’s your name?” “I’m Helix.” She held out her hoof and I returned the gesture for a shake, I guess. “So Fluttershy?” “Yes?” “How did you find me?” “I found you while I was on my way back from Zecora’s place since I had to grab some medication for one of my sick animal friends.” Would it be bad to say that I pony is an animal to? Deciding not to ask the question I continued on with my other inquiries. “When you found me were these bands on my wrist?” I held out my hoof to show Fluttershy the two purple bands that were on my wrist. “Ummm…I believe you had those when I found you.” Well that limits the possibilities of where I got them to almost anywhere. “Ok and now for my next question, why am I in a hospital?” She started to rub her front leg as she spoke. “Ummm I brought you here after you passed out.” Well that much I knew. “And how did I pass out?” If I knew a look for ‘Are you stupid?!?!’ I received it right then. “The wing of a Pegasus is packed full of sensory nerves. When your wing was knocked out of place the amount of instant pain was too much for your mind to handle, so to protect its self, it ceased to function.” I really shouldn’t question the capacity of one’s intelligence before I get to know them better. “Uuuu o...k? And my last question…” I extended my right wing to its full extent. “How do my wings pair up in comparison to others?” If I knew the definition of shock it would have been redefined right there. “Ummm…wow I’ve never seen wings that big, other than the princesses that is.” So she has seen her to, good so I’m not crazy. “Speaking of the princesses. Luna wanted me to give this to you.” Fluttershy held out a scroll with a silver crescent moon that held the scroll shut. “I wonder what this is?” I opened the note and tried to read it but I couldn’t, for the life of me, focus on the words. “Uuuu Fluttershy? Could you read this please, I can’t seem to focus on the words” “Sure.” As she read I started to wonder why she didn’t just tell me on the dream plane. “Dear Helix I hope that you are having a speedy recovery and are doing well. I have contacted the hospital and you shall be able to leave tomorrow. After signing out there will be a carriage waiting for you to bring you too Canterlot, my home, so that I may ask you an important question that may only asked in person. Sincerely: Princess Luna” “Wow a royal summons.” This might have impressed Fluttershy but I was starting to wonder what Luna was doing, and why she needed me to come to her since she has proven that that seems unnecessary. “So is this a big deal or something?” “Normally the only ponies that receive these summons are important representatives and my group of friends.” “No offence Fluttershy but why would you get these as well? As far as I know all you do is take care of animals” For the next few hours I was informed of the elements of harmony, her group of friends, all of the enemies that they have defeated and that one of her friends, twilight sparkle, was the solar princesses’ personal protégé and the only alicorn in Ponyville. “That’s quite incredible but that still doesn’t answer why Luna wants to see me.” “Well that I don’t know but I have to get back to tending to all of the creatures at my home so I should go” “That’s ok, thank you for bringing me here. As far as I can remember no one has been that kind to me.” “You’re welcome. Besides kindness is me so I guess that makes sense” And with that she left me to myself, the stupid heart monitor, and my thoughts. “Man she’s adorable.” Once I said that I felt like I just betrayed someone and the bands on my wrist seemed to tighten, but when I looked down at them they appeared to be undisturbed. “I guess I need to find out what’s going on with these soon.” Since I wasn't going anywhere till tomorrow I decided to spend my remaining time sleeping and waiting for the time that I can walk…er trot out of here. Test And PlacementChapter #4 Test and placement “Sir?..Sir I’m going to have to ask you to get up now.” I cracked my eyes open to see a dark blue Pegasus standing to the side of my bed. “May I help you?” “Sir you received a royal summon yesterday correct?” “Yes. I’m going to guess that it’s time to go?” The blue Pegasus just nodded and walked out. After noticing that my wing was no longer bandaged I spent a few minutes flexing both of them and loosening them up before I folded them up to where they sat comfortably at my sides. “Well I believe that I am wanted by royalty.” I walked, shakily, out, signed out and exited the building to see a small silver chariot pulled by 2 dark blue Pegasi. “Sir are you ready to depart?” I nodded, stepped onto the chariot and within moments we were airborne. During the trip I said nothing and just let the two upfront fly their course but as they did so I studied how they moved their wings so that I could learn how to fly eventually. As I observed their wing movements I noticed that they looked almost identical, they both were a dark blue (not nearly as dark as myself) and wore similar armor give or take a size difference. But what caught my eye was that they both had an image on their hip, the on one the left was a shield with a crescent moon and the other was a silhouette of what looked like a pair of wings on a white circle. I wonder how they got those. Deciding to leave them to their business I told them I simply sat there lost in the thought of my past and all that I did and was good at. By the time we landed I remembered that I was an athlete, better than awesome at math (Especially mental math) and that I was always reading or I was with…someone. I never figured out who it was but I loved being around them, however it still bugged me that I couldn’t shake the feeling of something was missing. “Sir if you could follow me please.” I followed another pony, this one didn’t have wings but it did have the same color coat as the others and the equivalent silver armor. I followed the guard in question as he lead me through halls filled with murals, ornate suits of armor, and other ponies that were doing something but paid me no attention which I didn’t mind since I hate being the center of attention. After walking for what seems like forever we arrived at a spiral stair case. “The princess is waiting for you at the top.” Thank you for bringing me here but I think I can climb the flight without giving you anymore trouble. The guard bowed and walked off seeming to be more than relieved to not have to climb the monstrous spiral stairs. Glancing at my wings and then to the great expanse of space inside I decided that now was a good time to try and fly. “Well here goes nothing.” I unfurled my wings and forced them down and that alone got me about 5 feet into the air but when I tried another flap I crashed into the wall. “OW!” After recovering from the impact I stood and tried again but this time I tried to imitate the two guards that were pulling the chariot and found myself being pulled forwards. “This is going to be fun, or I’m going to have to go back to the hospital.” Standing on my hind legs I lunged into the air and flapped my wings in an attempt to gain altitude. One flap, so far so good, two flaps, still going, three going faster, and before I knew it I was almost shooting up the tower. Needless to say if felt amazing, somehow I knew everything that had to do with the air currents and the temperatures through my wings but that was just an added bonus, however there was one problem…I didn’t know how to land. “Well crud.” I was nearing to top and if I didn’t do something I was going to either go through the roof or hit the ceiling and then fall the total distance I just climbed. Deciding that neither was a good option I tried to slow down by simply gliding around the tower but I forgot about the stairs. “WOAH!” *SMACK* well I stopped on the landing but I did so by planting my face in the door. I’ll look back on this and laugh but as of right now it just hurt and I felt my wings and tail drag behind me as the door opened. “Ummm Helix? You do realize that you could just knock right?” I said nothing as my face was still in the door; instead I weakly knocked with my fore hoof. I tried to get out of the door but I didn’t succeed till Luna pulled me out by my tail and all I could mumble as I lay on the ground with all of my appendages sprawled out in different directions was. “Thanks.” "Well considering that you are late and everypony is waiting on us we are going to have to teleport there." “Wait whe-” After the blinding sensation went away I saw that we were in a stadium, almost like a coliseum with a roaring crowd. “Ok Luna, where are we?” “We are at the guard testing and I have gone to the liberty in entering you into the captain event.” “That’s co- you WHAT?!?!?” “Helix by what I have seen is that you are strong and are up for this.” “But I can hardly fly how am I supposed to fight a pony that’s probably stronger, faster and more agile than I am while I’m bumbling around trying to make heads or tails of my new body, I haven’t really used it that much either.” Luna just giggled at my remark. “Helix I entered you in because if you can beat a rank then you are offered that position.” “Sooo you want me to be a captain?” Luna just nodded and proceeded to watch the match that was taking place in the main arena. A Pegasus and a regular pony were going all out from what I could tell the Pegasus had metal on his wings and the regular pony had a shield that seemed to be attached to his back. I didn’t get to see the ending since Luna took me to the weapons room to find a weapon that I could use in battle. “Let’s see we have swords, hoof blades, shields, mace’s…” “Hey Luna what is that?” I pointed to a decent sized glass case that held what appeared to be a suit of armor. “That is suit of armor designed for a Pegasus, it has wing blades and the body is completely armored, but it’s quite impractical since no Pegasi have strong enough wings to support it in flight.” I thought on it for a while but since I needed all of the help I could manage I made my decision. “If we can extend the wing blades could I use the suit?” Luna thought for a bit but agreed to do it. Once the wings were extended and I put the flippin thing on it was time for my match with…actually I didn’t know who my opponent was. I stood at the gate waiting to be announced so that it may begin. Before I was called I found a mirror to look at the new armor that I was now adorned with. “Dang I look good.” The armor was silver with a clear face plate, it covered my entire body, minus my tail. I flexed my wings and watched the sharpened leading edge blend effortlessly with the rest of the wings armor and no matter how I moved the armor not only covered all of my body but it also provided unrestricted movement. “Now the only thing to do is to fly.” I never got to test it since right before I was going to go into the next room for some added space I heard the announcer. “And for the final battle tonight we have a special captain match. The Challenger, HELIX!” The crowd was going nuts as I walked onto the field and was followed by ‘ooo’s and ahhhh’s’ as my armor caught the afternoon light and as I raised my wings, needless to say I was feeling pretty good about this. ”And your captain of the royal guard, SHINING ARMOR!” When my opponent walked out I was dumbstruck just at his armor. He was clad in a gold suit or armor that seemed to only cover slightly more than the guard armor that I’ve seen previously. He also had a sword and that’s what I was worried about for the most part since I had nothing besides my heavy armor. Considering I was going up against a unicorn I was figuring that I was royally screwed.
ERChapter #1 ER “MOVE MOVE, COME ON PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!” Doctors are rushing here and there trying to acquire the necessary supplies needed to save their most recent crash victim. It was a teen, no older than seventeen. He was about 6 ft tall, had red hair and a pale skin tone, his eyes were brown and green and his face held an expression of solemn and he didn't move, or writhe in agony. Across his body were punctures, glass, metal shards, torn clothing, and blood, most was his but there was another there with him. “Please say he’s going to be ok.” The girl with him in the crash was around 5 ft 6, was around 16-17 years old, she had black hair and deep brown eyes that right now were full of tears from the pain and from seeing her other half dyeing on the table that wasn't even 3 feet away. She was covered in minor cuts and a broken arm but it was nothing like the other teen. “We can’t be sure till we remove the wreck from his body.” Doctors and nurses were trying to explain the situation but never could stop and tell in detail since they were trying to save his life, which was slipping away faster than the doctors could assess the situation. “Were losing him.” A nurse tried to find a pulse but failed. “No pulse.” Everyone froze what they were doing till another doctor yelled “CARDIAC ARREST! EVERYONE MOVE! I NEED A DEFIBRILLATOR AN AM-BU BAG AND SOMEONE DOING CPR, NOW GO!!!” The room was filled with new haste with everyone trying to gather what was requested. A nurse was trying to do chest compression's but with all of the debris in his chest it was making it worse. His lungs were shredded and his heart was dangerously close to some glass that decided that it made a good home. As the defibrillator was brought in everyone moved back for the last resort. *WHIR* “CLEAR” *ZAP* the body jumped but no response. They tried 2…3…4 more times but nothing. That was the last straw for the other patient “NO…HELIX!!!” “Oh…ow, Helix you really should be careful with yourself.” Yeah talking to myself was a bad habit but I never broke it because there was never anything wrong with it. “Why does everything hurt?” when I stood there was a shooting pain allover that lead to my heart. After getting over the pain I looked around and saw…nothing…there was nothing around but black. “OK? Where am I?” As I continued to look around I noticed two doors off in the distance. Figuring that that was my way out I went towards them and hopefully to a bit of understanding. On the way there I was pulled towards the doors when a searing pain hit my chest. “What the?!?! OW!” It felt like someone was shocking me right in the heart, but when it happened I was propelled forward just to land on my feet a few steps from the doors. “Now which one to go through?” I took a few steps back to see if there was any clue to which one was right. “Helix…Helix please come back!” I looked at the left door where the voice came from. The voice was familiar but I couldn't remember where I had heard it before, but I felt like I needed that voice. I walked for the left door but as I approached I felt pain from…well everywhere, it was getting hard to breath and it hurt to stand but I powered on; driven by the voice on the other side. I was almost there till a massive gust of wind threw me through the other door and all that I heard was that beautiful voice screaming “HELIX!!” then all that was heard and saw was nothing. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// When I was flung through the door, I started falling and a strange force was being acted upon my person. My clothes were gone, leaving me with an uncomfortable feeling of being exposed in an unknown place, and my fingers and toes went numb, and it was a reasonable assumption that was the case since I couldn't feel them. As I continued to on my decent I figured that I must be really moving fast since it felt like my face was getting longer and that my ears were on the top of my head. “That’s weird I don’t recall my hair being able to touch my back.” But a stranger sensation soon followed, it felt like something was tugging the end of my tail bone. I tried to reach back to see what it was but I couldn't get my arm back there, instead it reached to my thigh and I felt something soft with what I assumed was my palm. “I wish that I could see so that I could tell what’s going on.” I was never appreciative of being left in the dark, so to speak, and wanted an answer to my questions as to what was happening to me so that I’m feeling all of these strange sensations? But it wasn’t over yet, there was one more thing that happened. After I put my arm back to where it was, I felt a tight feeling around my shoulder blades. It kept getting tighter and tighter till I felt the skin rip, needless to say I screamed but since no one was around I just let the pain flow. It was excruciatingly painful and my mind couldn't take it so I passed out from the pain. But right before I lost the last part of consciousness I felt a strange force take hold of me. “Hmm…Helix I like that name. I’m sorry that this had to happen but it was either this or death would have had you for sure. Do not worry young helix ill put you where you can live and enjoy this life.” I didn't see what was talking to me but I felt its presence. It was calming and almost like a parental figure but I felt no more since I finally lost grip of consciousness. “Rest Helix, I shall wake you when you’re healed.”
Wake me in Five MinuetsChapter #2 Wake me in Five Minuets “Mmrph…mmmrrrph.” After falling through the darkness, and sleeping off some exhaustion, there was something pulling at my back, it didn't feel good and at the same time I loved the feeling. “Ummm excuse me? Sir? Could you please get up, I mean if you want to.” I opened my eyes slowly, so that I may adjust to the light and it felt like it had been days since they were opened, when the world came into focus it was overly colorful but it appeared peaceful enough. After I took in the scenery I started to look for the source of the soft voice but when I spoke my voice hurt and I couldn't talk to loud since I didn't want to damage my vocal chords. “Is anyone there?” “Ummm…I’m here” I looked over to where I heard the voice, I didn’t move my head just because I felt like being lazy since I just woke up. When I found the source of the calm and quiet voice I was a little…shocked, for the owner of the voice was a yellow pony with a very long pink mane and what appeared to be three butterflies on her hip. “Ok I must be dreaming.” I tried to rub my eyes but instead my hand didn’t feel right so, since I could see, I examined it to see what was wrong with it. Try having someone remove your hand and replace it with a claw and that’s how I felt right there, for at the end of my arm was a dark blue hoof and after waving it around for a few seconds I came to the conclusion that it was indeed mine. “Reality check.” I went to stand after my minor shock but when I tried I just fell right over onto my back and when I did so I heard a pop and everything went black again. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// *Beep, Beep, Beep* “Why must the small things wake me up?” after getting over the fact that I had been woken up by a stupid machine I looked around and noticed that I must be in a hospital, since there were heart monitors, I V bags and I was wearing a green shirt. I tried moving but it proved to be the wrong decision since when I did so there was a massive pain in my right shoulder blade. “What the heck?” when I looked to the source of the issue there were two things that surprised me. One I could turn my head farther than I could remember being able to do, and Two there was a wing there. “Well with all that’s happened I really shouldn't be surprised.” I looked on the other side to see if there was another and sure enough there was a dark, almost black, blue wing but this one wasn't bandaged beyond recognition. After finding my wings I continued to scan the room, there was a chair, side tables, a lamp, a few monitors, a mirror and a window which was open and letting a nice breeze in. “Let’s see what else has changed.” Once I removed the heart monitor and the IV bag I crawled, since I couldn't walk, over to the mirror and when I got there it was concerning that it was me. Once I found a footing where I could stand on all fours I looked closer at my reflection. I had a midnight blue coat, I stood about 4 feet while on all fours, my mane was quite long, almost reaching my leg, and it was a blue with streaks of yellow, and last but not least I had a tail. From what I remembered I LOVED tails so the fact that I had one left me feeling elated and I felt some muscles tighten and move. When I looked to see the source of the issue I found that my wings were moving, or at least trying to move since my right was bandaged immobile, and for the next few minutes I practiced walking on all fours and moving my wing. When I started practicing I almost tripped over my front hooves and that’s when I noticed something on my front left hoof. “What’s this?” there were two purple bands on my arms, one had orange and gold gems embedded its entire circumference and the same was with the other except the other had bark blue and a cyan blue coloring to its gems. “I guess I figure out where these came from after I learn how to walk without falling on my face” I was getting pretty good and walking and moving my left wing so I went to the window to see what was going on with the outside world. Upon looking I saw ponies walking around, talking to each other, some were pulling carts others were managing stalls in, what I could gather, was the town square. Everything seemed to be going on its way but there was something that caught my eye. Over at a building, that seemed to be a tree, there were 6 ponies and a…ummm I can’t tell what it is from here. I noticed that my eyesight had increased in angle of view and also in distance of clarity but I still couldn't tell what the heck that little purple and green creature was. The unknown aside I went back to bed and lay down on my stomach, after reattaching the monitors, and went back to sleep. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// I couldn't tell what was going on but I was in a lush green forest full of flowers grass trees MORE trees. “Where am I now?” As I stood confused about the change in scenery I heard a voice behind me “Hello Helix.” I turned around to see a pony that was almost a foot taller than myself and she, I think it’s a female judging by the voice, had wings, a horn, her coat was a few shades lighter than mine and her mane flowed in a breeze that only affected her since nothing else moved from it. “Who? Wha?” After regaining my composer I continued. “Who are you?” she waved her hoof and gestured to the space behind me where I found a large pillow, I don’t recall that being there. I lay on it and she did the same with yet another one that appeared out of nowhere. “I’m sure that you have quite the amount of questions.” I didn't know what was going on or where I was and now this pony wants to talk? This is getting stranger by the second. “Yes I do have quite the amount of questions that I would prefer to have answers to.” “What are they?” “Well for starters, may I ask you of your name?” “My name is Luna, I am the co ruler of Equestria and raiser of the moon” “Where are we?” “We are in the dream plane, to be more specific your dream.” “Ok now where am I physically?” “You are in Equestria, to be more specific Ponyville.” “How did I get here? Last time I checked I was a human.” “I brought you here for another chance at life. And since you died as a human your soul needed a new form so that it too can remain alive.” “So I died as a human and you brought me here for a chance at a new life, Why?” “Because you were living life to its fullest and you had, and still have, so much to live for.” “Then why do I feel so empty?” I dropped my head to the pillow as I wracked my mind to find an answer to my own question. “Do you not remember?” Losing my memory was one thing but having someone question it being lost just angered me. “NO I don’t remember! I've been trying to figure out what was the reason for me dying and what’s missing in my life that I had before.” My outbreak startled the lunar princes but I didn't care since I just want what was lost, back. “I’m sorry; I didn’t know that you would lose your memory, I can try to unlock it if it’s there but I caution you that what might be reviled could be morally diminishing.” “Do it.” “Excuse me?” “Do it…” I wasn't backing down from this since it was where I was going to get my answers that I wanted to hear so badly. “As you wish.” Luna’s horn lit with a light blue aura and the world went dark as we floated in nothing.
MemoriesChapter #3 Memories When the world went black I felt a slight buzz in my head and soon following were memories that I remembered. Have you ever had your life flash before your eyes? It’s kind of like that but it’s being played in an old VHS tape and the quality is poor and some of the images are damaged. As we played through my memories it started to hurt as we got to some of the most recent ones. “There’s my parents the night before I came here.” I was sad that that’s all I have left of them but I was on edge since we were so close to finding out what happened. I was driving and all seemed fine but then all stopped. “What happened?” I looked to Luna for an answer but by looking at the expression on her face she was as baffled as I was. “The memory just stops.” “What do you meant it just stops?” “I cannot access the rest of the memory it’s buried down in you and I cannot retrieve it without further damage to your memories.” “I’m happy that we figured out this much I really don’t want to lose more memories. But there is something that I would like to see.” Luna just turned her head to me and waited for my request. “Can I see myself, as a human again, as I really was?” She nodded, her horn lit again and soon there was me standing not too far away, but something was wrong. “Luna.” “Yes?” “I don’t recall having wings.” As I looked over the human form I saw a pair of massive midnight blue wings that started between the spine and the shoulder blades. “You didn’t but you asked to see yourself for what you really were, and that is what I have provided.” “But I don’t understand, why do I have wings?” Luna smiled warmly and seemed amused at my ignorance. “Having wings can mean many things, it could mean that you’re to watch over someone, that you have been through a horrible ordeal, it could mean that someone considers you their angel.” As she spoke I ran all sorts of scenarios through my head to see if any of them match but none did. I don’t think that I have to watch over someone, if I was then why am I here, I had a pretty good life so no hardships there, so I pondered who could be considering me their angel but after fifteen minutes I stopped wondering because I had other things to think of. “Luna, thank you for trying to help me but I think that if I am to have my memories then I have to find them myself.” “That is fair and noble. I will leave you to sleep and dream in peace till you wake up.” As she walked off I felt a sense of loneliness and really didn’t want her to leave. “Ummm Luna?” She stopped and turned to face me. “Yes Helix?” “Could you stay here till I wake up? I don’t like being alone.” Luna smiled and walked back. “I can do that.” And so for the rest of our time we sat and talked and even just cuddled and enjoyed each other’s presence, but it still felt like there was something missing and that doing this felt wrong; however like I said, I just needed to company. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--------------------------------////////////////////////////// Once I woke up, feeling surprisingly well rested, I sat up and rolled over onto my back, being careful of my wings, and saw a white pony with a pink mane that was checking one of the monitors that was connected to me. “My I help you?” since her back was to me I shouldn’t have been surprised that she was startled. “WHA? Oh, no. I was just checking this monitor because it appears not to be functioning correctly.” Noticing that she was checking the machine, not the connection and since I got up earlier, I traced the other end of the wire to the floor and decided to attract attention to it. “That might be because the floor doesn’t have a blood pressure” Once she noticed the sensor on the floor she face palmed, errr hoofed, and went to put it back on. “I wonder how this came off.” I just shrugged “Beats me.” I decided not to tell her that I got out of bed since hospitals didn’t normally like it when patients get out of bed. “May I ask when I can leave?” the white mare looked at a clipboard before answering my question. “Since you’re now conscious, you should be released in about a week. Until then it’s probably best for your wing to heal. But I am curious, why are they so big?” In brief time here I haven’t seen any other ponies with wings, besides Luna’s, so I haven’t been able to figure out what’s normal since seeing only one doesn’t count. “To tell you the truth I don’t know. May I ask you your name?” “My name is nurse Red Heart.” After checking a few things, nurse RH left to attend to other patients leaving me by myself again. “I hate being alone.” Going back to the nurse’s comment I stretched out my wing and tried to judge its size compared to Luna's. Since I have only seen them stretched out once, trying to figure that out was a pain in the tail. After a small internal debate, the conclusion was made that my span was just under Luna’s and that their build was quite strong, stable and MAN were they sensitive. In my experimentation I touched the leading edge and felt a strong shock to my spine. It didn’t hurt but it felt exhilarating, I can’t wait to start flying to see how that feels, however that means that I need to learn how so ill tackle that when I get there. For the next hour, nothing much happened besides the time straightening out the bed, being OCD has its ups and downs. So it was quite uneventful till I heard a faint knocking. “Come in.” the door slowly swung open revealing the pony that woke me up when I first got here. “Oh hello.” When I spoke it caused her to hide behind her mane, how does she keep it so clean? “I’m sorry, was I to loud?” that seemed to help since she was now looking at me. “N-n-no I’m just shy, but thanks for talking quietly. I just came to see how you were doing.” “I’m ok I guess but why are you checking on me? I don’t even know your name.” “I’m Fluttershy…wow I said it without stuttering.” I was confused at this ponies antics. “Do you normally stutter?” “When I meet somepony I always stutter since I’m so shy.” Well duh your name implies it. Fluttershy set down a basket at she had balanced on her back and sat down in a chair that was just on the right side of the bed. “So what’s your name?” “I’m Helix.” She held out her hoof and I returned the gesture for a shake, I guess. “So Fluttershy?” “Yes?” “How did you find me?” “I found you while I was on my way back from Zecora’s place since I had to grab some medication for one of my sick animal friends.” Would it be bad to say that I pony is an animal to? Deciding not to ask the question I continued on with my other inquiries. “When you found me were these bands on my wrist?” I held out my hoof to show Fluttershy the two purple bands that were on my wrist. “Ummm…I believe you had those when I found you.” Well that limits the possibilities of where I got them to almost anywhere. “Ok and now for my next question, why am I in a hospital?” She started to rub her front leg as she spoke. “Ummm I brought you here after you passed out.” Well that much I knew. “And how did I pass out?” If I knew a look for ‘Are you stupid?!?!’ I received it right then. “The wing of a Pegasus is packed full of sensory nerves. When your wing was knocked out of place the amount of instant pain was too much for your mind to handle, so to protect its self, it ceased to function.” I really shouldn’t question the capacity of one’s intelligence before I get to know them better. “Uuuu o...k? And my last question…” I extended my right wing to its full extent. “How do my wings pair up in comparison to others?” If I knew the definition of shock it would have been redefined right there. “Ummm…wow I’ve never seen wings that big, other than the princesses that is.” So she has seen her to, good so I’m not crazy. “Speaking of the princesses. Luna wanted me to give this to you.” Fluttershy held out a scroll with a silver crescent moon that held the scroll shut. “I wonder what this is?” I opened the note and tried to read it but I couldn’t, for the life of me, focus on the words. “Uuuu Fluttershy? Could you read this please, I can’t seem to focus on the words” “Sure.” As she read I started to wonder why she didn’t just tell me on the dream plane. “Dear Helix I hope that you are having a speedy recovery and are doing well. I have contacted the hospital and you shall be able to leave tomorrow. After signing out there will be a carriage waiting for you to bring you too Canterlot, my home, so that I may ask you an important question that may only asked in person. Sincerely: Princess Luna” “Wow a royal summons.” This might have impressed Fluttershy but I was starting to wonder what Luna was doing, and why she needed me to come to her since she has proven that that seems unnecessary. “So is this a big deal or something?” “Normally the only ponies that receive these summons are important representatives and my group of friends.” “No offence Fluttershy but why would you get these as well? As far as I know all you do is take care of animals” For the next few hours I was informed of the elements of harmony, her group of friends, all of the enemies that they have defeated and that one of her friends, twilight sparkle, was the solar princesses’ personal protégé and the only alicorn in Ponyville. “That’s quite incredible but that still doesn’t answer why Luna wants to see me.” “Well that I don’t know but I have to get back to tending to all of the creatures at my home so I should go” “That’s ok, thank you for bringing me here. As far as I can remember no one has been that kind to me.” “You’re welcome. Besides kindness is me so I guess that makes sense” And with that she left me to myself, the stupid heart monitor, and my thoughts. “Man she’s adorable.” Once I said that I felt like I just betrayed someone and the bands on my wrist seemed to tighten, but when I looked down at them they appeared to be undisturbed. “I guess I need to find out what’s going on with these soon.” Since I wasn't going anywhere till tomorrow I decided to spend my remaining time sleeping and waiting for the time that I can walk…er trot out of here.
Test And PlacementChapter #4 Test and placement “Sir?..Sir I’m going to have to ask you to get up now.” I cracked my eyes open to see a dark blue Pegasus standing to the side of my bed. “May I help you?” “Sir you received a royal summon yesterday correct?” “Yes. I’m going to guess that it’s time to go?” The blue Pegasus just nodded and walked out. After noticing that my wing was no longer bandaged I spent a few minutes flexing both of them and loosening them up before I folded them up to where they sat comfortably at my sides. “Well I believe that I am wanted by royalty.” I walked, shakily, out, signed out and exited the building to see a small silver chariot pulled by 2 dark blue Pegasi. “Sir are you ready to depart?” I nodded, stepped onto the chariot and within moments we were airborne. During the trip I said nothing and just let the two upfront fly their course but as they did so I studied how they moved their wings so that I could learn how to fly eventually. As I observed their wing movements I noticed that they looked almost identical, they both were a dark blue (not nearly as dark as myself) and wore similar armor give or take a size difference. But what caught my eye was that they both had an image on their hip, the on one the left was a shield with a crescent moon and the other was a silhouette of what looked like a pair of wings on a white circle. I wonder how they got those. Deciding to leave them to their business I told them I simply sat there lost in the thought of my past and all that I did and was good at. By the time we landed I remembered that I was an athlete, better than awesome at math (Especially mental math) and that I was always reading or I was with…someone. I never figured out who it was but I loved being around them, however it still bugged me that I couldn’t shake the feeling of something was missing. “Sir if you could follow me please.” I followed another pony, this one didn’t have wings but it did have the same color coat as the others and the equivalent silver armor. I followed the guard in question as he lead me through halls filled with murals, ornate suits of armor, and other ponies that were doing something but paid me no attention which I didn’t mind since I hate being the center of attention. After walking for what seems like forever we arrived at a spiral stair case. “The princess is waiting for you at the top.” Thank you for bringing me here but I think I can climb the flight without giving you anymore trouble. The guard bowed and walked off seeming to be more than relieved to not have to climb the monstrous spiral stairs. Glancing at my wings and then to the great expanse of space inside I decided that now was a good time to try and fly. “Well here goes nothing.” I unfurled my wings and forced them down and that alone got me about 5 feet into the air but when I tried another flap I crashed into the wall. “OW!” After recovering from the impact I stood and tried again but this time I tried to imitate the two guards that were pulling the chariot and found myself being pulled forwards. “This is going to be fun, or I’m going to have to go back to the hospital.” Standing on my hind legs I lunged into the air and flapped my wings in an attempt to gain altitude. One flap, so far so good, two flaps, still going, three going faster, and before I knew it I was almost shooting up the tower. Needless to say if felt amazing, somehow I knew everything that had to do with the air currents and the temperatures through my wings but that was just an added bonus, however there was one problem…I didn’t know how to land. “Well crud.” I was nearing to top and if I didn’t do something I was going to either go through the roof or hit the ceiling and then fall the total distance I just climbed. Deciding that neither was a good option I tried to slow down by simply gliding around the tower but I forgot about the stairs. “WOAH!” *SMACK* well I stopped on the landing but I did so by planting my face in the door. I’ll look back on this and laugh but as of right now it just hurt and I felt my wings and tail drag behind me as the door opened. “Ummm Helix? You do realize that you could just knock right?” I said nothing as my face was still in the door; instead I weakly knocked with my fore hoof. I tried to get out of the door but I didn’t succeed till Luna pulled me out by my tail and all I could mumble as I lay on the ground with all of my appendages sprawled out in different directions was. “Thanks.” "Well considering that you are late and everypony is waiting on us we are going to have to teleport there." “Wait whe-” After the blinding sensation went away I saw that we were in a stadium, almost like a coliseum with a roaring crowd. “Ok Luna, where are we?” “We are at the guard testing and I have gone to the liberty in entering you into the captain event.” “That’s co- you WHAT?!?!?” “Helix by what I have seen is that you are strong and are up for this.” “But I can hardly fly how am I supposed to fight a pony that’s probably stronger, faster and more agile than I am while I’m bumbling around trying to make heads or tails of my new body, I haven’t really used it that much either.” Luna just giggled at my remark. “Helix I entered you in because if you can beat a rank then you are offered that position.” “Sooo you want me to be a captain?” Luna just nodded and proceeded to watch the match that was taking place in the main arena. A Pegasus and a regular pony were going all out from what I could tell the Pegasus had metal on his wings and the regular pony had a shield that seemed to be attached to his back. I didn’t get to see the ending since Luna took me to the weapons room to find a weapon that I could use in battle. “Let’s see we have swords, hoof blades, shields, mace’s…” “Hey Luna what is that?” I pointed to a decent sized glass case that held what appeared to be a suit of armor. “That is suit of armor designed for a Pegasus, it has wing blades and the body is completely armored, but it’s quite impractical since no Pegasi have strong enough wings to support it in flight.” I thought on it for a while but since I needed all of the help I could manage I made my decision. “If we can extend the wing blades could I use the suit?” Luna thought for a bit but agreed to do it. Once the wings were extended and I put the flippin thing on it was time for my match with…actually I didn’t know who my opponent was. I stood at the gate waiting to be announced so that it may begin. Before I was called I found a mirror to look at the new armor that I was now adorned with. “Dang I look good.” The armor was silver with a clear face plate, it covered my entire body, minus my tail. I flexed my wings and watched the sharpened leading edge blend effortlessly with the rest of the wings armor and no matter how I moved the armor not only covered all of my body but it also provided unrestricted movement. “Now the only thing to do is to fly.” I never got to test it since right before I was going to go into the next room for some added space I heard the announcer. “And for the final battle tonight we have a special captain match. The Challenger, HELIX!” The crowd was going nuts as I walked onto the field and was followed by ‘ooo’s and ahhhh’s’ as my armor caught the afternoon light and as I raised my wings, needless to say I was feeling pretty good about this. ”And your captain of the royal guard, SHINING ARMOR!” When my opponent walked out I was dumbstruck just at his armor. He was clad in a gold suit or armor that seemed to only cover slightly more than the guard armor that I’ve seen previously. He also had a sword and that’s what I was worried about for the most part since I had nothing besides my heavy armor. Considering I was going up against a unicorn I was figuring that I was royally screwed.
