Appeal

I wake up to feel the softness of a royal bed, I take a deep breath and rub my throat no signs of stitches or a scar as my eyes adjust I see princess Luna sitting at the edge of the bed, behind her are seven guards, Twilight and Cadence though amidst the silent crowd was a sun bleached, bald, white eyed, unicorn. I try to move when Luna places her hooves on my shoulders and pushes me back to the bed.

“What?” I ask.

“This stallion claimed he is an old companion of yours-” Luna answers cautiously “-so against our better judgment we allowed him to… replace your wings.”

“Replace my-“I move what used to be the stubs of my wings only to see feathers made out of brass. “-well that saves me the cost of having to buy feather guards… good to see you again Red” I sigh folding the metal wings back to my sides.

“Likewise, Frostbite-” Red bows “-and let me tell you that with the use of my magic I was able to make these wings bullet proof, rust resistant and the same weight as a regular feather.”

“Good to know-“I chuckle but the mood doesn’t last “-but Red… I think it would be best to get IT out of the way” I state.

“Get what out of the way?” Twilight asks.

“Don’t do anything stupid” I order to everyone as the sun bleached stallion steps forward.

Red activates his magic and blue flames surround him, everyone gasps and the guards draw their swords. I try to jump between them and the flames but Luna holds me in place.

“He’s a-“Cadance whispers.

When the flames finally dissipate, a teal eyed crimson changeling stands before us.

“Why is it-“Twilight begins ask before Red holds up a hoof.

“I believe I can speak for myself but I will only say this once, so don’t interrupt. I know you now have a blind prejudice towards changelings and believe me my race is just as angered by their existence as you are. You all wonder what I am… I am part of what the changelings consider an unclean bloodline they call ‘Catalysts’ we look like drones yet we are cut off from the hive mind that a queen uses to issue orders, we can only shape shift into one different form depending on our dominant skeletal structure (in my case a unicorn), we also have the ability to feed on other emotions besides love depending on our scale color… for me I can feed on hatred and fear. We can also eat regular food but because of certain chemicals in our DNA, it can sometimes cause a fatal reaction if we eat it and that’s all I’ll say on the matter for now. I need to ask that all of you to leave the room so I can talk to my patient”

Without question everyone leaves.

“What did you do Red?” I growl using the metal wings to propel me out of the bed.

“I was able to heal nerve damage on your wings and undid some of Sing’s magic but-”

“But?” I interject.

“I could only break the bond between you and Fluttershy, Princess Celestia said that you’re more of a liability so until these Elements of Dissonance are found-”

“The Elements don’t exist!” I shout using my new wings to slice a mirror in half…the crimson changeling doesn’t flinch.

“Be that as it may, they still want proof. You can lie all you want; but even bringing in the heads of random criminals will only fuel their fear towards you and giving you more chances to be locked up like Gin.”

I shut my eyes take a deep breath, and flex my ‘wings’ as I breath out.

“If that’s the case-“I sigh “-then I need to call in another one of the favors you owe me.

“As you wish Frost” Red growls changing back into his original disguise then leaves the room.