The Chronicles of Melody Quill S1

Chapter 3

Revealing Her Ability

A couple of minutes later, Melody was released from the Ponyville hospital and now was walking along with the Mane 6 out towards a nearby field. Well, most of them were actually walking. Rainbow Dash, however, was hovering up in the air.

Soon, they had arrived. "Not that I don't love this exquisite field, but why, may I ask, are we here?"

Melody sighed heavily. "Not a lot of ponies know about this quirk I have, and for a very good reason." She said. "If word gets out, I might become a lab rat for some crazy pony, or sold as some wild animal."

"Why?" Fluttershy asked. She slightly shuddered at the thought of their new friend being locked up because of what she can supposedly do.

"I'll show you." Melody said, heading up in front of the other six. "But remember, you promised. Don't freak out, and don't tell any pony." She added, turning back to them.

The Mane 6 all nodded. Melody took another deep breath, exhaling slowly. She really can't believe she was about to do this. She was placing her trust in ponies she had just met with her most darkest secret. But, there's no turning back now.

The tan pegasus mare closed her eyes and began to concentrate hard. She then felt a very gentle tingling on her sides. From what the Mane 6 was seeing, they saw golden yellow flickers of aura spreading along her wings. Then, with a magic pop, her wings vanished!

They all gasped as Melody opened her eyes again and looked at her back. Her wings were gone. She was now an earth pony. She nervously looked back at the Mane 6, and would've tumbled down laughing at their dropped jaws if she wasn't so timid as to how they might react.

Finally, Twilight spoke up. "How... did you... do that?" She squeaked.

Melody looked down at the ground below her, shuffling her hoof against the grass. "I don't know." She answered hesitantly. "I've had this weird ability ever since I can remember. My father said that I was born with it. Apparently, I can change my form between a pegasus, a unicorn, or an earth pony. It just doesn't make any sense though, since all of my family are pegasi."

"Does it hurt when you do it?" Fluttershy asked.

Melody shook her head. "All I have to do is think it, and I can change my form." She explained.

"So, you can, like, shape shift or something?" Applejack asked. The tan now earth pony mare gulped nervously, then nodded her head.

"That. Is..." Melody closed her eyes tightly and waited for the worst. "AWESOME!" Rainbow exclaimed. Melody's head shot straight up, her eyes wide. Did she just hear that correctly?

The Mane 6 began to gather around her, asking questions excitedly. Melody, however, felt very confused.

"You... you don't think I'm a freak?" She asked them, stopping them in their question spree.

"What do you mean, darling?" Rarity questioned back. "No pony has a talent as unique as yours."

"Well, this is why I have been looked down on by a lot of ponies." Melody said.

"Then those ponies are crazy!" Rainbow said, wrapping a hoof on her shoulders.

"I agree." Twilight said. "And this explains why I remember seeing you as a unicorn when we were at Princess Celestia's school."

"Yup." Melody said. "Since I can shape shift into a unicorn, my dad thought that it would be best that I learn how to use magic if I need it, since I can change into a unicorn."

"Can you show us?" Pinkie asked, giving her a wide and cheesy grin.

"Um..." Melody trailed off for a second. This definitely was a first for her. "Sure?" She complied uneasily.

"Yipee!" Pinkie cheered as the Mane 6 gave her a little more space.

Melody closed her eyes again, and this time, there was golden colored magic circling a spot on her head. Then, with another magic pop, a tan horn appeared with sparkling yellow magic engulfing it.

"Cool!" Rainbow exclaimed.

Feeling a little more confident, Melody decided to show them some more. With her horn still having the golden yellow aura around it, she magically began levitating Pinkie up.

"Whee!" Pinkie exclaimed.

Melody carefully set her down. She then began igniting her horn again, and fired a yellow magic blast at a tree, making a large scorch mark appear in the center of the bark.

Then, she once more closed her eyes. With two pops, her horn vanished, and she spread open her regained tan wings.

"That was amazing!" Twilight said amazed. "I had never seen anything like this before!"

Melody smiled brightly. This was the first time in a long time that she felt this way; being accepted and not being judged.

"Hey!" Pinkie exclaimed. "Now, that was the first real smile I had seen from you. The other ones, you were just being polite."

Melody raised an eyebrow. Rainbow Dash then zoomed in close to whisper in her ear. "It's best to not question it." She advised. "Just learn to roll with it." Melody nodded, taking her advise.

"So, your family members are the only ponies that know you can do this?" Applejack asked her.

Melody's smile vanished, and then she shook her head. "Apparently, somepony had found out, and then captured me a week ago." She said. "It's best that the less ponies who know about my ability, the better." She then looked down on the ground, shuffling a tiny rock near her hoof. "I just wish that it was enough to stop rumors about me. That's why a lot of ponies don't like being near me."

Applejack moved closer to her and wrapped a hoof over her shoulders. "Oh, buck up now, sugarcube." She comforted her. "If we ever hear anything rotten about you, ya can bet your cool ability that we will set 'em straight."

Melody found herself leaning into the warm embrace, and returned it. Soon, the others joined into the hug.

"Thank you all." Melody said. "I'm glad I decided to trust you."

The Mane 6 broke the hug to smile at her.

"Now, you said that you needed to get home?" Fluttershy reminded her.

Melody's eyes widened. "Oh, man!" She exclaimed while smacking her forehead with her hoof. Suddenly, she had an idea." Hey, do you girls want to come with me?" She asked. "Now that you know my ability, I think it won't be too much if you met my father."

"Sure. Why not?" Twilight agreed, while the others voiced out their own.

"So, does anypony know when the next train leaves for Canterlot?" Rainbow Dash asked.

No sooner did she ask that, a train whistle blew out loudly in the distance.

"And I guess that answers that." Dash mumbled.

"Come on, girls!" Twilight encouraged. "We have about four minutes before the train leaves!"

"Hey, Rainbow!" Melody flew up to the cyan blue pegasus mare. "Want to race over there?"

Rainbow smirked. "Is that a challenge?" She asked.

Melody returned the smirk. "I'll let you know that I am a pretty fast flier." She said.

"You're on!" Rainbow accepted the challenge, and the two pegasi zoomed towards the train station, Dash leaving her signature rainbow speed trail, while Melody left behind a solid black trail.

The other five mares blinked for a second, but then began galloping towards the station to catch up with them.

Author's Note

A/N: How was that? Pretty cool, huh? I thought it was. The next chapter, we will meet Melody's father.

Until then, I'll see y'all! Please leave a review about what you think.

Got to fly! ;)