Metal Fire

SaberStar charged the massive beast, lighting his wings ablaze. He rolled under it and slashed its belly and then flipped around to face it. The Changeling swatted him and Saber hit the wall and got the air knocked out of him. It was about to land on him and crush his life out when Saber moved out of the way. He cut his side on a wing and twisted his wrist. Saber limped away from the creature. It picked up a rock the size of on eagle from the Arena and threw it. Saber ducked but to his anger it hit Rainbow in the leg. She crumpled. Saber yelled in defiance and slashed a leg of the Changeling off, rolled under and cut off the leg diagonal from it. He knocked it against the wall and jabbed it in the chest. He flew up and glared at Chrysalis. His expression clearly said, This is you.

Saber limped back to the cell, holding his side with a wing. He couldn't heal himself. His fire wasn't working. He grimaced as he sat down. The torches were relit so Saber could see the cell. Rainbow sat next to him, looking concerned. He had two scars and a twisted wrist. One scar looked as if it was years old and the other looked as if he had just gotten it. His right hoof was twisted in an odd position. He didn't put much weight on it.

"Aren't you going to heal him?" she had asked the guard that had escorted them back to their cell.

"Why would we?" it asked. She knew that the cut he had couldn't get infected, but she guessed Saber had taken care of it. He had kept one wing over the cut so nothing could touch it. She made sure she sat on the opposite side of his wound. His white eyes were slowly turning to normal flame red. He sighed raggedly. Saber wrapped his wing around her and his eyes turned back to his usual mood most of the day. Multicolor, which she guessed meant thinking. He was almost always doing this. Rainbow wondered why. He only talked when she talked to him. "Saber, what's wrong? Your eyes are all sorts of colors. They're not changing. They're just, all sorts of colors. You're not yourself." she asked. His eyes changed like a slot machine when they landed on his original eye color. Saber's eyes slipped for a second and they turned navy blue. He fought down his emotions, (with difficulty) and managed his normal eye color.

"I'm just thinking about........" His ears and cheeks blushed and his eyes turned cherry red. Looking away, he struggled to keep his emotions in check. He failed. His eyes flashed every color there was in the world finally landing on the multicolor that he wore so very often these days, but then they switched and this time, Saber couldn't change them for a while. They landed on pink. Rainbow didn't know what this one meant. But Saber translated it through his actions. Love. it meant love.

Months passed. Saber guessed at least a year had passed. He couldn't stand it anymore, so one night, him and Rainbow formulated a plan. It was simple and probably predictable. When the guards came in at night, attack them, get their friends out in a certain order and get to the Tardis. Easy. That night, the guard came in to give them their food. This night, it was tired of the two. It came in every morning, noon or evening to see the two hugging.

"Will you two stop? I come in every day and see you two hugging and whatnot." It growled. The stallion stood up with some difficulty, turned the flaps on his wings and slashed the Changeling. It blacked out.

Saber tied up the guard and tossed him in the cell. Adamant managed to open Adamant's and the Doctor's cell, Adamant managed to open Twilight's and Derpy's cell and Twilight managed to open Applejack's and Vinyl's cage. They all galloped towards the hatchery, where the Tardis was. Many guards tried to stop them, but Saber took care of them. They approached the Tardis when a voice yelled behind them,

"Not another step!" Switch said. The king of the Changelings looked enraged. "You will not escape! I will not let my finest gladiators escape!"

"I'm not a lowly gladiator. I am a Centurion, And my friends? YOU TOUCH THEM, YOU DIE!" Saber replied. He turned to his friends. "Get in the Tardis. Now. Don't argue, I'm coming too." They all filed in to the blue box and Saber shot in before Switch could react. "Doctor!" he yelled, "Get us back to Canterlot!"

"On it!" The Doctor started pushing buttons and pulling levers. The Tardis whirred and rumbled and shook. Then it stopped. Derpy opened the door and gasped. Saber ran forward. There were slaves everywhere, wrapped in chains. And even worse, Celestia stood over the slaves, whipping them mercilessly with an insane look on her face. Saber looked at all the slaves. To his relief, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, or Rarity weren't among them.

"D-d-doctor? Is this a parallel world?" Derpy asked,

"I'm afraid not. This is Canterlot after a year. We were gone for so long, a tyranny has started." the Doctor replied. Saber's armor immediately appeared and was blood-red. He turned to the Doctor.

"Doctor, get us to our friends. Twilight will give you an image of what they look like. Teleport the Tardis around them. We need to hurry." Saber ordered, "Hurry!" The Doctor pulled more levers and pushed more buttons. The Tardis whirred and rumbled again and the quartet of Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and this was the worst for Saber's innocence and sanity, Fluttershy, and she wasn't alone. Saber never forgot this moment for the rest of his life. She was kissing LunarSun. They all appeared in the Tardis slowly. Saber was shocked but then his eyes turned the color orange. Betrayal. He stalked off after they appeared. Saber flew up to one of the long stems branching out from the Tardis floor. He landed on one and perched there in the shadows. His armor disappeared so he couldn't be seen. Soon everypony was fully solid and were looking around. Fluttershy saw the group of nine ponies but didn't see Saber.

"Where's Saber?" she asked. The nine looked around. Nopony saw anything but Derpy saw a flash of orange up on the weird stems branching out from the Tardis. She dismissed it. Things like that were always happening on the Tardis. Saber prowled the stems near the ceiling, not saying a word, not showing himself. His scar that he'd given himself in the Arena burned and he nearly fell. Lunar spotted movement near the ceiling.

"Something's up there," He said, "I don't know what it is." a dark shape swooped over their heads and landed on the opposite side of the room.

"Don't recognize me? Surprise. I guess I'm no use to anypony now." a bitter voice said. Orange runes appeared and orange glowing eyes opened. Saber spread his wings and they glowed orange. His voice was quiet but his eyes said it all. His scar burned and he nearly fell again. Steadying himself, he tried to light his wings and heal his scar. The scar disappeared and he then touched his right hoof and it was normal. His eyes narrowed and he withdrew from sight.

"I'll go check on him." Rainbow tried

"Oh and what help will you be?" Vinyl said,

"Better help than you." Rainbow retorted. Saber's voice soon came from above.

"I don't want to talk to anypony right now," He snarled, "Nopony." Rainbow flew up to the stem  Saber was on silently and he turned his back on the ponies behind him. His wings and armor were flashing the colors they had done a while back and they weren't any good colors. Orange, blue, blood read, white, black, raincloud gray, sea-green and they finally landed on one color. White. He was clearly in pain. Emotional pain. She tapped him on the back. His armor faded and his wings flickered pink and faded. No emotion. They flickered back to whitish-pink. The wings were flickering, like a dead light bulb. Rainbow could barely see an outline of him. Saber was curled up, head on his front hooves, looking miserable. His eyes and wings were flickering.

"What's wrong with your eyes and wings?" she asked.

"I don't know and I don't care." He replied softly. She glared at the ponies below them. "Who might've done this?" she growled. Nopony responded. Vinyl saw tears in his eyes and knew that he was more sad than anything. His normal Mohawk (Which he wore most of the time) was messed up. His eyes closed, but his wings told all. They were emitting an aura, black as night. She sat next to and leaned into him. For once he didn't wrap his wing around her. His wings glowed slightly pink.

"What does pink mean?" Derpy asked.

"I think it means love." Rainbow replied. She kissed his forehead and the wings glowed slightly brighter. They weren't flickering anymore. They were solid in color. One came over her on pulled her closer. She looked up at Saber. He had his head up and was smiling at her, his eyes pink. He looked down at Fluttershy and LunarSun. Instead of frowning or glaring, he smiled at them.

"I see you two got together. I don't mind. Remember the promise I made you a year ago. As long as your happy, I'm happy." he said.