Teino: New beginning

Teino flew through the night with an intense pain in his side. Even though when he decided to take the form of Rayquaza it had been negligible, now that was not the case. Blood began to seep through his coat, and the pain was too much to handle. He flew lower and lower, until he was skipping along the top of a hill overlooking Ponyville. He became smaller, his wings retracted into his sides, his small horn did the same, while the large one just slimmed down. He was regular Absol now, and he was very tired he found a small cave to huddle up in. He curled up as tight as possible to keep pressure on the wound, and promptly fell asleep.

Meanwhile in the library...

Twilight was searching intently for a book about Nordy legends. "Aha!" she exclaimed, causing spike to jump. She was holding an old book that was falling apart with her magic.

"I found it! This book, Spike, is just what we need to find out about the Valkyries!" She flipped through the pages, furrowing her brow.

"Does this mean I can go back to bed?" Spike asked

"No, because I might need you later." at this, Spike groaned loudly. Twilight found the page titled "Valkyries" in the book and scanned it over before slamming the book closed with a thump. "It didn't mention anything about cats, no cats at all, instead they were special pegusai that took the souls of warriors to a heaven-like place called Valhalla. But if it wasn't a Valkyrie, then what was it? And what did it do with my brother?"

"What's this about cats taking your brother?" Twilight ignored the question entirely. Instead she paced back and forth before finally putting the pieces together. The horns, the tail, the claws, the aura while it was healing, they all matched up. It was the foal. It was a winged version of the one he had become at the hospital. But, where did he take her brother and the other guard? Was it also the dragon? Where was he now? All these questions and more circulated through her head as she walked over to her bed and slept on the thoughts.

Teino floated through the damaged Ponyville ominously. The pain in his side was magnificently decreased from the new hexapedal form he had taken. His six insectoid legs dangled underneath him while his clear-membraned wings flitted quickly at his sides. He could barely fit through the streets like this. He clicked his mandibles thoughtfully as he searched through the deserted streets. He really hoped that no ponies saw him, as they would be horrified by a Giratina (see Arvalis realistic Pokémon on deviantart.) going past their window in the morning.

He came to the center of town where a large tree was situated. Other than a few circular spaces where some leaves should have been, it looked undamaged. His now blood red eyes scanned the outside before closing in towards it. He closed the distance between them quickly, before retracting his legs into his side, splitting his two wings into six, his mandibles closed together, concealing his maw, and becoming small enough to fit inside the window, while leaving a pile of gray sludge on the ground outside. He floated in and settled behind a closed door, becoming regular Giratina and listening for voices from the other side of the door.

"-Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle. Alright, send it, Spike." came a feminine voice from the other side of the door, followed by a woosh.

"And now we wait." Came a tired adolescent male voice that Teino gaged to be about his age. He shrunk down to the size of a small mouse to sneak past them. Skittering under the door he came into a room filled with stacks of books. He recognized the room as the one he had woken up in the day before. He saw the pony from before, but also noticed a a small dragon/lizard thing standing on two legs, putting away a paper and quill. He turned to inspect the rest of the room around him.

Spike closed the drawer and turned around to see a strange bug looking around the room. He narrowed his eyes. Bugs were not allowed when he was cleaning the library. He crept up behind it, and grabbed its leg. It gave an ear piercing screech, showing off four sets of mandibles and two eerie red eyes. Twilight looked at spike. "What the hay is are you doing, Spike?!" He held up Teino, smiling sheepishly. Her eyes became as big as dinner plates as they set upon the creature. "Spike, this is wonderful! I think you may have discovered a new species!" She grinned, grabbing the bug with her magic, and placing it in a jar with a lid that had holes in the top. She sat and gazed at him dreamily. Spike also sat there, but was looking more at Twilight out of concern.

Teino couldn't believe himself. He had let his guard down for one moment and now he was in a jar. He decided that maybe he could try forcing the lid off. He went back into origin form and pounded on the top of the jar, only for nothing to happen.

Meanwhile, outside the jar...

Twilight scribbled notes down furiously after the bug retracted its legs and split its wings. There was a knock on the door, and Spike rushed to get it. He opened the door for Celestia as Twilight composed herself. Celestia walked in, sitting down in a chair. "Twilight, my little pony, what is this information that you have about the foal?" she asked in her honeysuckle voice. Twilight took a breath and recited her connections between the cat and the foal, and how it had taken her brother and the guard. Celestia listened until Twilight finished. "Twilight, would you happen to know where the foal came from?" she asked with a dead serious expression.

"Yes actually, I was transporting an untested cure for all diseases when I tripped and it spilled. Then, suddenly, he was there. Just like that. I assume there was a portal" Celestia thought for a second. "And you say he has massive capacity in healing powers?" Twilight nodded. "I've come up with a theory. There was no portal. He is the cure. A living, breathing, cure."

"But, but I didn't put anything in it that might do that! How is that possible?"

"I do not know, but you need to make a decision. If we find the cure, we can either destroy its body and use the remains to synthesize and produce more of it, or we can teach it friendship and not exploit it. The downside to the second option is that it may be prone to more episodes of violence and cause more disasters. You may choose, but the decision you make is final. I'll give you time to think about it.

Teino heard this whole conversation through the walls of his jar. His rage boiled up, but just as he was getting ready to transform something else came up in the conversation that made Teino freeze. "He's my son then." He stared wide eyed at the mare on the other side of the glass. Celestia left, leaving Twilight to ponder the recent events. Teino went back to his "Base Form", quietly shattering the jar he was in. He hopped down from the short eyes changed from amber-red to pink as he walked up next to Twilight, he spoke up. "So, are you my mommy?" Twilight jumped up at least five feat in the air, screaming loud enough to wake up the entire town.

Celestia galloped back in, nearly bowling over a worried Spike. "Twilight, my dearest, what's wrong..." She trailed off as she reached the top of the stairs to observe the strange scene in front of her. Twilight was backed against the wall with the cure hugging her and crying. He had changed since the last time she had seen him. Now he had tufts of fur protruding from his knees, his claws were more pronounced, his fur a light shade of gray, his mane pure white and limp, the spikes around his tail were completely gone, his wings had lost the claws and were covered in pristine white feathers. He opened his eyes and she observed that the Irises were bright pink. "Get it off me!" Twilight cried.

Celestia complied, pulling the foal off with her magic. It was crying like the foal it was, and it looked at Celestia with the eyes of total innocence "I just want to hug my mommy!" he yelled, crying even more. Celestia started to tear up as well, until twilight intervened.

"NO. You don't have a mommy!"

"But you said you were my mommy!" He yelled, turning to face her. "Why are you acting like such a child now?! You've killed! How are you so innocent?!" she yelled at him. He stared back dumbly and shrugged. "Oh, great, let me guess, you have memory loss and can't remember anything you've done! Well I don't believe you!" she ranted until Celestia stopped her. "Twilight, maybe it's true. I would be able to sense if it were lying. Maybe every form he takes has it's own personality! Maybe it heard our conversation and something triggered memory loss." Teino looked at her confusedly, then back to Twilight. "Fine, I guess I'll take care of him if he's my son." She turned to Teino. At least make yourself look normal." He nodded and changed his form, getting rid of his horn and claws, making his teeth flat like a herbivore, changing his spike-tail and mane to matte black hair on one side, with electric blue on the other, his coat became an off white. His muzzle made a popping sound and shrunk, becoming much less defined. Teino's hair became a bit messy as well. She grew in size until she was as big as Scootaloo.

"Hiya! So whatcha gonna name me?" The foal turned filly asked. Twilight, Spike, and Princess Celestia all stared in shock at the little girl pegasus in front of them. "Sooooooo?" she asked again.

"Uh, how about... Lightning Strike?" Twilight inquired sheepishly.

The newly dubbed Lightning Strike took a deep breath. "It's perfect." she whispered.

"Twilight, I hereby personally charge you with the care of the filly Lightning Strike. I am sorry if it causes an inconvenience for you, but we cannot simply put a child out on the streets, now can we?" Celestia queried.

"WHAT?!" Twilight nearly panicked, but kept calmed herself. "But... I... I understand, princess." Twilight said resignedly, hanging her head.

"Now Twilight, I'm sure you'll make a great parent. And make sure to enroll her in school!" she said as she trotted out the door.