Angel of Nature: Guidance
Chapter 1: To Equestria!

Everfree, Angel of Nature and resident of the Heavens above, was roaming through his own domain within the Heavens. It was peaceful landscape to say the least. Wildlife was all over the place, although they were tame and were all friendly to one another, streams seemingly ran on by without so much as a whisper, the surrounding forests had their trees swaying slightly in the light breeze that filled the area.

It was the Garden of Tranquility

This was the true peace that the Angel of Nature loved, the peace and tranquility that he was quite content on living in for the rest of his Angelic life. Standing up and facing the direction that the breeze was coming from, Everfree spread his arms and wings, embracing the breeze, smiling slightly.

However, the peace wasn't bound to last forever.

"I knew I should have come here first." A voice spoke out from behind him.

The wildlife in the area was spooked by the sudden presence, but Everfree's radiating aura calmed them substantially causing them to resume whatever it was they were doing as Everfree dealt with the disruption in the peace, the quiet and the tranquility.

For the most part, the Nature loving Angel didn't need to turn around to see who was talking to him, so he kept his arms and wings out wide, also shutting his eyes this time which was accompanied by a sigh.

"It is my domain after all, Izhull. I don't have power over Nature just for the sake of it." He retorted to the Archangel.

Not that he could see it, but Izhull nodded. "I understand that, but there's always the chance that you could be elsewhere, which I'm starting to really doubt."

Everfree chuckled slightly. "I prefer Nature and solitude over most other things. You of all Angels, well Archangels, I would expect to know this, Izhull. It's not like we haven't know each for centuries."

The Archangel couldn't help but laugh a bit himself. "Yes, well, you may have to leave it behind for a while."

Everfree's arms dropped and his wings sagged slightly as he felt his inner peace melt away.

"Where am I going now?" He said with a resigned sigh.

"To the world of Equis, and specifically to the country of Equestria."

Equestria? The name rang a bell within his mind but he wasn't sure if the current information he possessed was up to date or not.

"Equestria? Is that not the land in which Princess Celestia rules alone after having banished her sister to the moon?" Everfree asked.

"It is indeed." Izhull confirmed with a nod.

This time, Everfree turned around so that he was facing the Archangel. Everyone knew how much Everfree liked his space, Izhull most of all and he was standing a fair distance away from the Nature Angel. Everfree was glad everyone respected the fact that he liked his space, but they didn't have to stand so far away, it wasn't like he was going to bite them.

But one of his friends might.

"What am I going to be doing?"

Izhull hesitated slightly, and Everfree picked up on it, not liking it.

"You are going to be guiding Princess Celestia's student whom I believe is called Twilight Sparkle."

Everfree raised an eyebrow in question. "Guiding? Shouldn't Ezra do it then? She is the Angel of Guidance after all."

"And I would send her, if it wasn't for the fact that Celestia somehow managed to contact me to request you personally."

That shocked Everfree, causing an eyebrow to raise as well. Very few creatures outside of the Heavens ever knew the means or the way with which to contact the Heavens, let alone an Archangel, to do so would mean you'd have to have an tremendous amount magical power within you.

Now, he knew that Princess Celestia was a powerful being, but to able to contact Izhull, he had gained a new found amount of respect for the Sun Princess. Then again, he was thoroughly confused as to why she was even asking for help from an Angel. Yes Izhull had said guiding, but why ask an Angel to do it?

"I guess I should be leaving soon then?"

"As soon as possible." After which he left the Garden, leaving Everfree once again with his many friends.

Everfree sighed. He had just recently gotten to the Heavens, or his domain of Nature to be specific, after having gone to another world, to watch and care for the many species of that world. However, he was never allowed to directly interfere with the natural course of life, despite being the Angel of Nature.

With another resigned sigh, he moved into one the forests around him, walking for sometime with many of his companions walking with him, trying their best to cheer up their friend and caretaker as much as they could. It worked as well due some of the silly and crazy antics that the animals did brought a smile to Everfree's face.

"You guys are the best." He said gratefully.

The trees soon thinned out to open into a clearing. In the middle of the clearing was wooden cabin that Everfree had created with his own magic, after which he had made the forest come up and around the cabin. It was for protection as well as giving him time to walk to, but mostly protection in the absolute rare case something attacked the Heavens.

He walked inside the cabin and was into the main room straight away. He moved off to the right and opened a door which led to a bedroom with a cloak sitting on the bed, neatly folded up, looking as if it was ready to be put away. This was Everfree's cloak that he wore when going away to watch and observe, or in this case guide. It granted him the ability to hide better among Nature as it broke up his person, making it hard to see him.

Although, it was going to be of little use to him where he was going.

Regardless, he slung it around his shoulders and did the clasp up, letting it rest at his neck afterwards. He moved his arms and upper body around a bit, too make sure he hadn't hindered his movements. With that checked, he moved out of the room, closing the door behind him and back into the main room where he over to the main door where a bow and a quiver of arrows were hanging.

Picking up the quiver, he slung it over his head, letting it hang diagonally across his back, the strap over one shoulder and under the other. He then grabbed the bow and bowstring that lay next to it. He always unstrung his bow when he was done with it, otherwise, it would put tension on the limbs of the bow, causing them to snap more easily.

Once the bow was strung, he lightly thrummed it to test it. Satisfied, he walked out of the cabin and to his animal friends that waited outside. Kneeling down, he looked at them and spoke in a soft and caring voice.

"I have to go away once more my friends, for how long I do not know."

There were many sad cries and whines coming from the small crowd of animals in front of him. They had just seen him come and were all happy to be able to spend time with him once more, only to find out days later that he would sent somewhere else again for who knows how long.

"I am sad as well to leave, my friends, but it has to be done. If you need anything, please speak with Aleera, she will be able to help you."

Aleera is a winter wolf that Everfree had saved many years ago. She had wanted to come with him the Heavens and watch over his domain whenever he was away, it was her way of saying thank you and repaying a debt that would never be repaid ironically.

Everfree found some of his more closer animal friends, and said goodbye to them individually, mostly involving a heartwarming hug and then proceeded to leave, stopping by Aleera first. Aleera was the one who usually missed Everfree the most and as such, their farewells were always sad.

As he left, Everfree knew that before he went to Equestria, he should check in with Izhull first, to see if there was any additional information he needed to know.

It didn't take him long to find the Archangel, he fact, he seemed to be waiting for Everfree. Seeing that, Everfree walked over to the Archangel.

"I assume you wish for me to check in periodically?"

It was what all Angels had to do when doing a job away from the Heavens. From time to time, they had to find a private and secluded area where they would communicate with the Archangel in charge of them. In this case, it would be Izhull for Everfree to check in with.

Izhull nodded in response. "Yes please, every few months if possible and also give Celestia a periodic update on how Twilight is doing yourself and by that I mean in person when possible."

Everfree nodded. "That all?"

"Yes, good luck to you, Everfree."

Everfree nodded once again and began focusing on his inner self, willing himself away from the Heavens and to the world known as Equis, towards the country known as Equestria.

Author's Note

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