The Adventures of Shimmer Rose and Autumn Leaf

The rest of the day went by surprisingly fast and as the final bell rang,  I broke into a gallop then into flight. I wanted to get away as fast as I could but something kept dragging me down. That "something" being Autumn Leaf and the suspicious stuff I had noticed about him. I stopped mid-flight. Why would he be wearing a hat? We can't wear hats unless we want to fly badly I thought before being tackled. Eep. I turned my head behind me to see Autumn, laughing his head off at my ridiculous reaction. "Okay okay, I deserved that" I told him jokingly.

"I know, that's why I did it." He laughed once more. I didn't get it at first but it slowly started to sink in after a while. OHMYGOSH! I is he flirting with me!? My face then got beet red and that caught Autumn off guard. "What?"

I got even redder. "Nothing! Hehe it's just that I...uh...don't feel so well. I have to go!" I waved my hooves back and forth then flew off in embarrassment. Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. He flew after me, somehow knowing that I had lied. I turned to see something that I hadn't noticed before. He had metal embedded in his wings...ouch. But why? I wondered. He stopped as soon as I did. Then he flew fast to come in front of me, his cap flying off. That's when everything started to make sense. Under his cap, he had hidden a horn. His wings were the same ones as the rare pegasi breed called the metasi, pegasi that have technological wings. They lived in a far away kingdom under rule of it's own royal family. Then it hit me. "Oh my gosh! Your that run-a-way prince from Metatra!" I half yelled half squeaked.

His face showed shock that I had figured that out, apparently not aware that his hat had fallen down to the ground. "How did you-"

"Your hat. It fell off. I mean, I had thought from the beginning that you wearing a hat was strange, not to mention your wings." Suddenly, he looked sick to his stomach. His wings snapped to his sides and he started to fall. I flew after him as fast as I could, not paying attention to the windburn I was getting on my cheeks. I finally got down under him and caught him, paying more attention now to the closely incoming ground. I flapped my wings as hard as I could to try and get some wind under us and sure enough, that is what happened. On my way back up, I grabbed his hat so his secret would, well, stay a secret. Then, after his hat was placed firmly on his head, I flew off towards my house, to see what was wrong and to maybe get some answers.

Ten minutes later, I arrived back at my house, my mom shocked by the colt on my back. "What happened and who is he!?" She asked, flying to my side. I look nothing like my family, even more so my mom. With her light brown coat and even browner mane, she looked more like my dad than her own sister...probably cause she was adopted. Anyway, she took us inside and to a spare room, where I set him down on the bed, where mom then checked his wings out. According to my mom, he had bruised his wings by going to fast. Oh my gosh, I caused this... I thought, my face dimming.

"What are we going to do mom?" I asked, looking at his bruised wings. The bruises were starting to show now, and let me tell you, they were bad.

"I don't know...tell you what, why dont you go adventuring with dad and I will take care of your friend...what is his name?"

"Autumn Leaf. His name is Autumn Leaf, and he's a prince" I whisper the prince part. Mom's eyes bulged open. "By, mom!" Next thing I did was fly out the door.