A Whisper Upon the Midnight Wind

After slowly standing up, finding his feet and wiping away the slowly dripping blood on his forehead, Edward stumbled behind the sagely unicorn who was leading him outside.

"So who are you, anyway? Why did you help me?

"My name is Brother Lawrence, I am a holy stallion at our very own church of Aeros. But you didn't need me to tell you that last part. At the moment, you are on the north outskirt of town. I originally took you to my church but when you didn't start regenerating your wounds, I took you to the hospital... Come to think about it, why didn't you regenerate? Also, where are your wings? There isn't even any stumps... Don't tell me you lost your amulet?"

"..." Edward raised an eyebrow

"What?" The unicorn asked

"A... Are you joking? What amulet? I've never owned an 'amulet'... What's that about regeneration? And what WINGS? I'm just a normal human! Plus, I've never heard of this 'Aeros' you keep spouting about!" He asserted, starting thinking he is probably insane again.

"Well that was a rude outburst... I'll inquire no further, if that is my ladies will... It appears the damage is worse than previously thought..." The unicorn's right eye twitched slightly but Edward didn't notice.

A young pegasus nurse with a white coat, purple mane and glasses was sat at the main desk, looking over some patient's papers, completely oblivious to the two creatures in front of her "Ahem," The pegasus mare jumped in surprise, causing her papers to fly everywhere

"U-U-Umm.. H-Hello, Brother L-Lawrence" She said, shakily. she was clearly a timid one "I guess you would want to check out with mister..." She stopped speaking, wanting the human to tell her his name.

"Edward. Edward Wynn... Miss... Small horse..."

"Are you here to check out with mister Wynn?" She squeaked, shying away from his gaze

"That is correct. The healing magic has worked magically and he ready to be introduced to the outside world. It has been 3 weeks, after all." Lawrence said with a stern face.

"THREE WEEKS?!" Edward shouted.

"Was that a pun?" the nurse asked, genuinely surprised.

"Perhaps." He smirked.

"Right, well just sign here to show that you have left and require no further medical attention and we will be as right as rain!" The mare chirped, clearly the terrible joke had taken the tension from her mind.

With that, they signed the papers and walked off, rounding a corner and going out of the main exit.

The first thing he noticed was the cold. The bone chilling cold. That and the fact that there were no ponies on the streets... "I wonder where the rest of the population could be..." He didn't dwell on it long, though, as the tour of town commenced. It was a relatively small settlement, only 900 ponies or so but they were getting on with life. He figured out that this tribe is an offshoot of a larger one called 'the Tribe of the Elements'. It was also stressed that it is not the same as the Equestrian elements (whatever that means). They basically look like any other run of the mill horsey town with bakeries, parks, banks, farms -somehow-, houses and the lot of it. The only difference would be that the buildings are made out of ice and stone.

At this point they came up to Brother Lawwrences church. "This is our place of worship to your master, Aeros."

"You're delusional." Edward deadpanned, not willing to argue back.

"I'm sure you will want to see how we came to expect your presence here, no?"

"I suppose... It'll be a laugh. Okay, take me there."

"As you desire." The old priest said, bowing his head.

Edward was then brought into the church where the first thing he noticed was the extremely colourful pictures plastering the walls. He guessed it told some kind of story. He ran his eyes from what he thought is the beginning to the end, taking in as much as he could. "Well this is different." At that moment, something caught his eye. "Who is that?" He asked, pointing to the picture of a wispy figure on the wall. A wispy figure that looked the same as the one that catapulted him into the ground of 'Equus' as if it were some kind of enemy castle.

"Is this some kind of test? This is Aeros herself. In her truest form. Even the little fillies and colts know that." Brother Lawrence said, putting emphasis on the last word.

"This mural tells the story of the Whisper, a messenger of Aeros that comes as a protector of our people. It doesn't show what they would look like because they could come in any form. I can tell just by looking at you, though, that you are the they. Something with such a likeness to the holy body, whom also fell out of the sky in a flaming ball of light, just has to be."

"So... You think I am some sort of godly being?"

"Yes."

"And you think that I am here to protect your people?"

"Yes" He sounded a little more insistant

"Right, well, I see an issue with your reasoning right there"

"Don't spout such none sense! Now, Aeros hath bestowed upon the holy men of this church a legendary amulet, no doubt to give you your powers back. Come with me and it shall be done!"

At that point, Edward swung around on his heels and said "Well nope, that sound like some kind of cultist stuff right there." He was then caught by the old ponies magic and thrown down a set of stairs to the basement, somehow smacking his head on a cabinet that was down there.

"Fucking cabinets... What have they ever done for us?" He mumbled, still in pain.

"I was warned of this. You will try to resist, but rest assured, you will be back to normal in a jiffy!"

Edward tried to move, but he was being pinned by magic... Again... "Stupid magic pointy head, not letting me leave... I swear if he tries to make me drink the Koolaid, I will scream." He mumbled, face pinned against the floor.