Silver Wing

"Silver wake up" I get prodded by a hoof "Silver wake up" this cycle continues while I sleep through it, for 10 minutes I am told,

"Iron I bet I could wake him up" I start to awaken having learned in the past that those words from the mage usually mean something unpleasant. "You know how he hates magic being used on him right?"

"Golden I'm all for fun and games, but using magic on him is something you said you wouldn't do since the incident."

"nah I'm sure he is over it" with those words spoken I feel a tingly sensation around me and I snap my eyes open to see a blood-red aura surrounding me. I start moving, or trying to at least, when suddenly the aura stops. "Ow that hurt like a motherbucker!" Golden whines as I pick myself up off the cave floor after Iron gives a little slap to his horn.

"We need to do something about this whole no bed situation." I say as Golden gives a quick sigh of relief. "And Golden." He freezes in mid-step, "Use magic on me again and I will end your miserable little pony existence." He falls onto his face getting a quick little snicker from Iron.

"Well if we are going to blend in we need to start working on our 'pony powers' so I need a flight instructor, Golden you need a magic teacher, and Iron you should go and find someplace to work on building muscle strength." I say walking out of the cave and taking in the scenery. Bright day with a few clouds in the sky little puffs of white on the big blue backdrop, the sun is shining brightly and there is a nice breeze gently blowing through the forest. I look at my hoof and try to get a coating of silver on it but all I manage is a silver horseshoe 'I need to learn what kinds of weapons are used here so I can start some sort of training. Is there anypony who does this kind of thing that would be willing to teach me?' I think as I follow Golden and Iron to someplace before looking up and seeing the school building. I groan but head in anyways knowing that I need to be near my brothers. I take my seat before Cheerilee begins her lesson.

"Alright my little ponies" Cheerilee begins while I stifle a laugh "today we are going to learn some science. Who can tell me how Pegasi are able to fly?" I look around and see that none of the school fillies or colts have a hoof in the air "Silver why don't you try."

"By shaping the wing to get more air flowing under it than above it causing the difference in air pressures to pull the Pegasus up into the air and to get up they shape their wings to get the most air resistance allowing them to get the most lift with the least effort." I say using both the mechanics of a bird and an airplane to explain my guess.

"Good guess but no." Cheerilee says before seeing a grayish white pony with purple glasses and an orange mane with her hoof in the air. "Twist do you know?"

"Magic." Twist says in a perfect nerd stereotype voice. As soon as I hear that I don't know why but I just break out into laughter.

"Oh god that's a good one Twist. Magic." I look around the room to a large group of confused students and a very angry Cheerilee. "Oh she was serious?"

"Yes Mr. Wing not only was she serious but she was correct." My mouth drops open out of shock "Now you should apologize to Twist, or do I need to speak with your parents?" I look and see Golden staring at me with flames dancing in his golden eyes.

I look at Twist and say sincerely "Twist I'm sorry I laughed at your answer it just seemed silly that magic would be the answer to something as complex as flight." I hear a quick acceptance and look up at Cheerilee who nods and continues her lesson. I blank out for most of it but once in a while I hear the word Magic so I kind of give up knowing I wont understand. When all of the other ponies make for the door I get up and follow.

"Iron, Golden, Silver can you three stay a little longer?" I nod to Cheerilee "Okay well the three of you need to bring your parents in so I can tell them about our school program."

Iron steps forward to talk to Cheerilee "Ms. Cheerilee I'm afraid they cant do that they are both out of town and will not be returning for a while but when they arrive I promise you will be the first to know."

"If your parents are out of town who are you staying with? We cant have colts unsupervised."

"Don't worry Ms. Cheerilee we are staying with some friends and they are perfectly responsible."

"Okay, but you three let me know if you need anything."

"Bye Ms. Cheerilee" we say walking from the school house.

"Wow that was close." Golden says when we are far enough from the school. "We still need to find teachers, I think I can go and find a unicorn to tell me where to go, you should ask a Pegasus, and you should go talk to the farmers."

We arrive in the market and split up to look for instructors. I see a familiar yellow Pegasus and walk to her. "Excuse me Ms. do you know where I could find a flight instructor?" I ask. "eep" she put her whole head behind her hair so she could not talk to me.

I start to walk away before I hear her speaking "Why don't your parents teach you? Normally a pegasus learns how to fly from their parents."

"They cant do that" I respond while trying, and apparently failing, to keep a neutral tone.

"Oh you poor thing. Here come with me and we will get you all situated. Okay" she replies sweetly and takes a wing and puts it over me lovingly. We start to walk off until we get to a house and she knocks quietly on the door.

A bright green pegasus with a brown mane and tail opens it and sees us standing there "Oh please come on in Ms. Fluttershy who is the little one?"

"My name is Silver Wing. Are you the pegasus who is going to help me?" I ask hopeful that I found my flight instructor.

"Yes I am. First we need to fill out some paperwork." She says happily.

"Okay where do I need to sign or stamp or whatever?" excited to begin I walk over to the clipboard. 'Ponyville Orphanage' I look over at Fluttershy "I said I needed a flight instructor not new parents." I say in a whiney voice 'Damn I REALLY hope that doesn't become a habit'

"You said your parents couldn't teach you and any non pegasus parent would get their child an instructor not make them do it." she says and I have to give her credit on that.

"Silver is that you?" I turn to the voice and see a very familiar red and gold unicorn. I nod "so they got you as well" I nod again he comes really close to me before whispering "Do they have Iron?" I shake my head before he smiles. "Good he can get us out of this mess."

"You two know each other?" the mares look at us in disbelief "Silver and Golden. They must be brothers." We nod. "Okay well I have a room for you two ready, but we hold onto all your possessions for you."

"What possessions?" I ask wondering if I have something on me.

"Your hoof bands silly if you could hoof them over we could put them away for you." The green and brown mare points out.

"Are those what I think they are Silver?" Golden asks knowing about the rings and what they mean to me. I nod solemnly before he speaks up "I'm sorry but you can't have those." I look at him in shock 'Golden isn't very confrontational. Why is he doing this?'

The mare looks at us before "I'm sorry but rules are rules and if we let you keep them and you lose them we are responsible for it. Please just give them to me and I will make sure they are safe."

"NO!" I shout at her before quickly lowering my voice. "I wont give these to you, they mean to much to me."

"I'm sorry about this but if you wont give them I will take them." She lunged at us before hitting a red shield. I look at her and than at Golden who has his horn glowing. "I am going to get the Princess of Magic herself and when I do the bands are going into an enchanted box. Those are real silver and we don't have enough money to replace it." she walked out leaving us with Fluttershy.

Looking around the room I see a bland beige cube of a room with a simple counter on one wall with a table in the center with four chairs at its sides. Oh! There is also the large shield taking up a good bit of space. I look down at my hooves and wonder if they are going to use magic on me 'So long as I don't have a repeat of the incident I wont do anything I regret, but that kind of ruined magic for me.' "Golden. Don't do all of this for me I mean if she finds out we are the disturbances she went looking for..." I stop and let his imagination do the rest. We may have been good at what we did but that doesn't mean we didn't get caught. There was the instance of the Himalayas and the other time at Cuba. I shudder at the thought of Cuba.

My thoughts are soon interrupted by a quiet voice. "Uhm could you put the shield down, if you don't mind I mean?" I look at Fluttershy and then to Golden to whom I nod. The shield slowly fades into nothing and Fluttershy asks "Why didn't you give your hoof bands to Ms. Evergreen?"

"They mean too much to me. Have you ever loved anypony, like with all of your heart?" I ask Fluttershy who nods to me "What if they were to pass away and the only one who could have stopped it was you? If after the fact the only thing you could keep to remember them are your memories and a small trinket that matched to one of yours? Then somepony tries to take it from you." I look up and see her about to cry, but I can't say I'm any better, she comes next to me and gives me a hug with her wing muttering quiet apologies during the hug.

The door bursts open and I see Ms. Evergreen standing with Twilight at her side. Twilight walks in and looks at me surprised "Silver you never told me you were an orphan" I cringe at that word "why don't you just do what Ms. Evergreen says and we can find you a new home. Why don't you just give your-" she is cut off, not by me or Golden, but by Fluttershy.

"Twilight don't do this please. If they were to get lost he wouldn't want to have it replaced, and there is more sentimental value than physical. Just let him have them." Fluttershy stands in front of us defensively. Quite honestly I'm impressed, I don't get impressed easily.

"Fine. He can have the bands." Ms. Evergreen says.

"Ms. Evergreen said you put up a shield is that true?" Twilight asks Golden in a kind voice. Golden nods with a little bit of fright in his eyes probably wondering if he was going to be put in pony jail. "Can you do it again?" I look in shock to see Golden put a shield around me smiling. I shoot a glare at him before Twilight walks over to the shield and zaps it with a beam of magic. She looks over at Golden and repeats the zapping of my prison-shield and looking at Golden. "Okay you can release him now" Twilight says to my brother before my prison disappears. "Golden do you know how shields work?" He shakes his head "Each time the shield is hit the magic comes from the user to repair it until they cannot repair it so it cracks and shatters leaving the unicorn unconscious from magic exhaustion." She looks at him with a look before continuing "If I would have kept going your shield may have caused magic exhaustion to me. Can you levitate your brother?"

"NO!" I shout "do not cast any magic on me. Golden we went over this I said no magic on me unless I ask for it or am dying and it is the ONLY way to save me." I look around the room and see Fluttershy and Twilight giving me odd looks and Ms. Evergreen writing something on a pad of paper and hoofing it to Twilight who puts it in her mouth opposed to using magic afraid of what might happen. "Magic is fine as long as it isn't used on me." I see the pad encased in purple before floating at her eye level. "What's on the pad?"

"Silver has a unicorn ever used magic to hurt you?" Ms. Evergreen says looking at me and my brother.

"No. No unicorn has ever used magic to hurt me aside from when Golden wakes me up." I still want to know what the hell is on that paper.

"Okay well I think you have had a long day and us grown-ups need to talk. Your room is upstairs and to the right." She says expecting me to go without further question. I see Golden heading upstairs and I look into the room to see the three mares talking.

I know I need to say it so I spit it out before walking upstairs. "I still need a flight instructor, finding a flight instructor is the only reason I'm in here anyways. Oh and Golden is going to need a magic instructor." Having said my piece I go upstairs to see Golden on a low bunk looking at me.

"Weird the first time I was an orphan I was taken up by sensei and that led to me meeting my two best friends. I wonder what this time will bring me." Golden monologues "If I were to just run out of here would I thrive or at least survive. Iron was at a farmers stall so I don't think he will end up in here but he is out in the forest by himself."

"Iron will be fine. I'm a bit more worried about me and you being stuck here." I look at my hoof and focus trying to make a gauntlet but I just don't know what it should look like. "I need to find somepony with some armor so I can make some of my own. I don't even know what kinds of weapons are used here."

"Pete or Silver or whatever. I'm sure if we just wait it out somepony will get us out of here. I think I heard of somepony that may be able to help you, her name is Cloud Kicker and if we can find her she may teach you how to fly and use weapons."

"It's all I got so I'll make it work" I give him a gentle punch "When has anything gone wrong for us?" I joke hoping into another bunk. I see him walk to a lamp and blow it out putting the room into darkness before I slowly drift off to sleep and into dreamland to face a nightmare.