Author's Note

First story I'm writing and I already know it need to be edited

Ch.1 Icewing's Past

The Past of Icewing

Deep in the depths of Equestria is a hive of changelings ruled by their Queen Chrysalis. This day is the day Icewing was hatched into the world. Like most of his species Icewing was born in a hive like many of his brother and sister before him. Icewing was different, and he didn’t even know what was different about him. Icewing was lucky he was born a male in the hive because that would mean he would have an easier time gathering others to join him into the hive where they would be captured and used as a source of love for the rest of the hive. The reason for this is in this hive females are only allowed to go out with they are partnered up with someone else. The other changeling plus the Queen were impressed by how effective Icewing was at gathering sources of love for the hive. After a while Icewing would become disgusted by the other changelings and their Queen as he continued living.

Icewing’s disgust began when his race a special program that would send five teams out in pairs of two to gather new targets of love…children. Their reason for this is because they were more susceptible to leading back to the hive and easier to feed upon. The teams would be given targets to watch and fallow around until they knew their daily routine. It was then that one of them would disguise themselves as one of the parents while the other grabbed the child when they were distracted by the false parent. To this day Icewing still is haunted by the screams of parents and as well as the children they took to the hive to be used as a source of love. It was after many missions like these he planned on escaping the hive and this life style forever even if it meant his death which he started by isolating himself from everyone in the hive.

Icewing lived like this for 18 years of his life alone. Until till he was given a very dangerous mission who other changelings have died trying to complete. Upon hearing this he took the mission almost instantly because there was a good chance he would never come back to the hive and can final be rid of his life. Things didn’t go according to plan well to Icewing’s plan anyway. Icewing came back successful even though he was trying to fail he still succeed at the task which bought not only a higher position in the hive, but he also brought in enough sources of love that would last the hive for a good three years. He was given one task that would change his plans and allow him to escape sooner. He was task with two other changelings to abduct all the people in an orphanage and leave one of the children in there to die in the fire, so suspicion would be placed on the orphanage being burnt to the ground by a freak accident. Everything was going according to the plan except when the fire start and kid woke up and started yelling and screaming for help. Couldn’t stand hearing it anymore Icewing rushed into the burning while amongst the flames changed into a white Pegasus and rushed to the room with the child. He grabs the child and busts out of a window and landing softly on the ground. Knowing he can’t return to the hive after what he did he put the child in the van and took him to the next city over to drop the child off at the fire department there. On the outskirts of the town he would leave the van and everything in it and start running for a whole year only to stop to rest and feed on wild life.

Icewing would stop running when he came upon the town Torontrot and here is where he would find the first person to accept him for what he was this person was Reidō. Reidō saw Icewing in the alley behind her restaurant one night unconscious Reidō being the kind person she was took him in and gave him a room and a bed to sleep in and stayed with him the night making sure he was okay.

Icewing woke up in the comfort a bed “Huh, where am I” while sitting up in the bed. As he was leaning up he felt a hand on his shoulder and saw an older person of Earth Pony descent. She has a greenish hue to her fur that were sticking out of a kimono with a black colored mane.

Reidō spoke “Easy now you look as if you haven’t slept or ate anything in about a year. But the sleeping part I can understand your kind aren’t much for sleeping now, but still you look as if you haven’t had anything to eat.” Reidō still looking him over. “What will you have Mr.?”

“Icewing” said Icewing and yes “I haven’t a single drop of food for about a year I have been running for so long that I haven’t stop to eat anything that I had to use my reserves.”

Reidō hearing this asked “Well I’m guessing you don’t eat normal food per say?”

Icewing nods in agreement with what she said “My kind feed off the love of others…”

Reidō frowning “Love off others what do you mean?”

Icewing sighs “We can eat, drink, and sleep if we want like normal people, but what we truly survive on is the love from people. It isn’t harmful to other unless we feed off a large amount from one which in that case they start to shut down and continuing to feed off can eventually lead to their death.”

Reidō thinking “Are there any side effect on the changeling if they don’t feed for a long period of time?” she asks Icewing.

Icewing nods “Yes, there is, but before I continue like I said I used what reserves I had so I will start exhibiting some of signs in a couple of weeks. There are four stages to hunger. First stage of hunger is you start looking at other being as a source of food then as a person. The second stage of hunger is an increase of aggression. Third stage is the start of your mind going feral. Fourth and most dangerous stage is full on feral where you have no control over your actions and your body.”

Reidō looks a bit shocked “How have you survived a year like this then?”

Icewing’s is a bit sadden “When I would start going into the first couple of stages of it I would be able to control it some and try to find a woodland critter to feed from. I have only been in the fourth stage once and thankfully I was in a forest when I did enter it.” Icewing starts shaking and tearing up “I don’t think the person I would have feed from would have survived.”

Reidō looks at Icewing and hugs the changeling “Even though I have meet you only I day I know your heart is in the right place.”

Icewing shocked at this returned the hug “You know I never got your name.”

Reidō holds the hug then says “The name is Reidō”

Icewing would spend the better part of 3 years working with Reidō in her sushi restaurant. Icewing would work as Waiter or a greeter, but he really succeed at was the weekends when he would work the stage and perform stories for the guest he would change forms every time when it got to different person in the story. The crowds thought it was part of the act and were amazed that one person was able to do this by themself. It was also during his stay here that he would look at the mother figure he was missing in his life, but it was also here that his nightmares would start and when he started drinking. Reidō was concerned for Icewing. Till one day Icewing came to talk to Reidō about taking a journey to try and find something that he was missing in life.

Icewing knocks of the door of the Reidō room. As soon as Icewing is done knocking he hear come in Aisu (she started calling him that around the first year of his stay here). Icewing entered the room then bowed. He looked up and saw Reidō holding papers in her hands and on the desk that was in front of her.

“Reidō, I wish to resign from working here on the count that I wish to take a journey of self-finding.” As Icewing would finish he would see Reidō.

“I was waiting for this day to come ever since I took you in and you started working here I saw you were unhappy and you really didn’t try to make any friends. So I was waiting for something like to come up. I will say you’re going on a vacation you will be welcome back here when you come back after you find what you are missing.” Reidō finished say while she looked at Icewing.

Icewing looking shocked started to give off tears of not sadness but joy “Thank you so much for everything you have done for me these past for years.”

Reidō smiles “You don’t have to thank I saw you alone in that alley and thought no one ever deserves to be alone in their life. I threw caution to the wind when I brought you in. You made sure I didn’t make a bad decision. Even though you have cost me a bit in the missing Sake.” At the mention of that Icewing looks a bit sad and embarrassed. “But you have made more than a few missing bottles of sake are concerned no I was worried about you when I would come and wake you then find the empty bottles in your room. You tell me the same thing you were trying to forget the past. I agree you should go on this journey to try and find not only the missing something, but also find yourself in the process.” At this she hands him a two bags. One is filled with bits for the journey and the other is packed with what he would need for the journey.

Icewing takes both bags and examines the contents of each one then looked “I…I can’t accept this other bag you need the money more than I do.”

Reidō smiles “No you do consider it 4 birthdays worth of gifts.”

Icewing get and drops the bags and hugs Reidō “Thank you soo much for everything you have ever given me.”

Reidō returns the hug and smiles “I do hope you’re not going out like that now.” Gesturing to the fact he was in his changeling form.

Icewing realizing what she was saying changed into bat pony form that had grey fur that you would see that wasn’t clothed while having purple eyes and a two toned mane of a dark and light purple with purple wings on his back. “I think this is good I never have been a bat pony before so yeah.” Icewing Looks at Reidō one last time “Thank you for everything.” At that Icewing went out the door and took the journey for what he was missing in his life.

Two years have passed since Icewing left for his journey. Near the start of the near year Icewing would come back and go to Reidō restaurant and tell her about his journey, but that night had other plans for him because for those two years he had been sober, but it was this night that he had one of the worst nightmares he had ever had. Without thinking he grabbed his wallet and his keys knowing he wasn’t coming back to the hotel room and checked out. After Icewing had checked out he went to the nearest liquor store and bought two bottles of Jack.

“Of all nights it had to be this one.” Icewing said while opening the bottle. “I have been sober for two years now.” Icewing starts drinking the Jack. “It had to be that dream of all of them…” Icewing said as he looked at the two bottles of Jack starting to get buzzed while walking in no particular direction.

Icewing continued to walk then stumble down the sidewalk as it started to snow. “F-F-FUUUUUCK YOUUU SNOW!” Icewing bellowed in a drunken fit. He continued to stumble along the sidewalk until there was a good inch of snow. “T-T-THANK THEEEEE GODS FOOOOR GOOOD’OL JAACK!” Icewing bellowed as he walked he slipped on a patch of ice that had started form in front of a house breaking the second bottle of Jack in the bag and the one in his hand. As he laid on his back he just started sobbing “W-w-what I’m doooing to meee self” Icewing slurred.

At that a light came on and in the door frame stood a Dragonoid with orange scales that could be seen that weren’t clothed. The Dragon looking at Icewing on the side walk on his back started walking to him.

“Hey everything alright?” The dragon asked as he smelled alcohol on Icewing and noticing the tears on his face.

Icewing responded “Oooh yaaah everything is just peachy just decided to sleep here fort the night OF COURSE I’M NOT ALRIGHT! Icewing bellowed at the dragon. “This has been my worst night yet here I am drinking to forget the past and I slip and fall on my ass and lose two bottles of good’ol Jack.” Icewing says while laughing.

The Dragon sighs “Well would you like to at least come inside so you can at least be warm?”
Icewing just nods his head and says “Thanks.” Before accepting the hand to get up and be escorted inside the house.

“The name’s Icewing by the way” He told the dragon as they stepped inside the house.

“Flamespitter” Replied the Dragon. “So you going to tell me what you were doing out in the cold winter night?” Flamespitter asked as he put Icewing in a chair in the kitchen.

“Drinking to forget…the past” Icewing said as he stooped in the chair. “All because of one dream I had caused me to hit the bottle again.”

“Really that bad?” Flamespitter asked Icewing across the table “Do you wish to talk about it?”

“Not really… I know this a bad thing to ask since you just picked me off the street and all, but you wouldn’t a room to spare would ya?” Icewing asked while turning his head to Flamespitter.

“Yah I do as a matter of fact it is down the hall on the left.” Flamespitter said to Icewing as he was getting “I guess we can talk more in the morning I guess Icewing…you what I’ll just call you Icy.”

Icewing chuckles at the name “Alright and thanks again for the help and the room.” He gets up and shambles to the room.

Flamespitter smiles “No worries no one deserves to be left alone in the middle of winter when a snow storm hits. Now go get some sleep.” Flame start making his way to the master bedroom while Icewing heads to the guest room.

It was this fateful night that the life of the changeling Icewing would forever change because the next day he would start a friendship that would later change into a relationship that would lead into a marriage. But that is for latter. Now we must learn about the dragon Flamespitter.