The Angel and The Human

“Twilight!” Applejack shouted, barging into the library, “Apple Bloom an’ her friends went intah the Everfree, a few hours fore sundown, but still they ain’t back!” Twilight rushed into the room, yelling for Spike to send a letter to Celestia informing her that the Cutie Mark Crusaders were missing in the Everfree Forest.

Christopher’s eyes widened when he saw multiple Royal Guards running under his trees. Several shouts sounded, saying that they haven’t found the fillies. His eyes darted around, only stopping when his gaze found Celestia. He quickly, and silently, moved back inside, and to Kyle. He shook Kyle’s shoulder lightly, causing the boy to rise.

“Kyle, you need to hide!” Christopher hissed softly, “Royal Guards, and the princess are here!” Kyle reacted quickly, scrambling out of bed, before stuffing himself in the back of the small closet. Satisfied that his son was safe, Christopher rushed back to the highest balcony, watching the guards, before noticing six ponies who seemed distraught. He moved back inside, and roused the fillies, and shushing them before they could make any noise.

“The royal guards are searching for you three, so I’m going to set you down on the ground. But I’ll be flying real fast, so it’ll feel like a teleport.” he explained quietly, scooping the trio up into his arms. Soon after that, he flew to the ground, just a bit away from the guards, and sat the three down.

“Head that way, and you’ll run into the guards. Don’t mention me, the princess doesn’t like me that much.” he murmured, pointing towards the guards. The fillies nodded, taking off. Christopher watched for a second, before flying away in a blink of an eye. He stood on the highest balcony, watching as the three fillies burst into the clearing, nearly ramming into the six distraught ones.

Three yells of the fillies names filled the air, as the fillies got group hugged. Christopher smiled softly, before returning to his son. The two promptly pushed the two beds together, and curled up next to one another.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo followed their sisters and friends out of the Everfree.

“What were you girls thinking?” Twilight demanded, shaking her head.

“We were headed for Zecora’s, but we got lost!” Scootaloo defended, pouting softly, “It’s not like we got hurt or anything!”

“But you could have gotten very hurt!” she scolded, before turning to Rainbow Dash, “Rainbow, could you bring Scootaloo back to the Orphanage and tell them what happened?” Rainbow nodded, hoisting Scootaloo up onto her back.

“Come on, kid. You need your sleep,” she said, before taking off to the orphanage.

Apple Bloom stood next to Applejack, staring at her hooves and wondering how she could lie to the element of Honesty, while Sweetie Belle was getting drilled by Rarity, slowly cracking.

“ALRIGHT! We left parts out! We were attacked by a manticore, but Christopher saved us, and was gunna let us stay the night with him and Kyle! He doesn't like being pestered so he lives in the Everfree!” she exclaimed, while 4 of the 5 mares looked unconvinced, until Applejack spoke up.

“Either ya are ah expert at lyin’, or ya are tellin tha truth..” she stated.

“Who’s Christopher?” Twilight asked, curious.

“He’s the angel who saved us!” Apple Bloom answered, causing the mares to chuckled.

“Angel’s are just a old foals tail. They don’t exist. Now, who was the pony?” Twilight said, irritation laced in her voice.

“He’s not ah pony.” Apple Bloom stated, “Neither is Kyle. Kyle’s ah hueman and Christopher’s ah angel!” She stopped speaking, and took off towards the farm.