War of the Equines

"Princess, I have to ask you something." Siren Bell was looking over a paper, raising an eyebrow and staring between me and the paper. After she and I had met back in the library, she had insisted I have some sort of scan done on me. Magic always made me feel weird, it made my body warm but nauseated. She held my hands closer to her to make sure that I was busy with her fur and not messing with the sensors on my body. I gave a small grumble as I tried to get comfortable for the hundredth time.

"Yes? What is it?" The hybrid looked at her with concern as she steadied her body, glancing me over and smiling a bit. I smiled back, a broken smile that was riddled with unfamiliarity, like I had no idea what I was doing. I stretched a little and looked at her. She tried to keep me from moving by keeping my mind occupied with things I likely haven't done since I was a child.

"It seems there's a type of negative contaminating interference with his natural flow of magical mana pools. it may be from an outside force, like... Him." Her voice hitched a little and got cold from the word. Whoever "he" was he was obviously not a very good entity. the hybrid gasped and looked at me, then back at Siren. She took a breath.

"You think that there's some sort of chaos magic inside his natural flow?" She looked horrified, like there was nothing worse that could be said about me.

These words baffled me as I thought about it. I looked at her and got a look of surprise when I saw her look of pity.

"Yes. They appear to be either natural generators of chaotic energy in prolonged stressful situations, but if they are never put into those situations, they can never develop that energy. I may have a theory on how they get this energy in their system." She looked me over thoroughly, and swiftly like I was some sort of animal i a zoo up for inspection. I gave a quick sigh and looked at her.

"Well what are you waiting for? Tell me so we can get the theory into study!!" The Hybrid was looking urgent as she looked at Siren, who's ears flicked backwards.

"Well... They take the purist souls of their young and they send them off to train for the war against us, and then teach them that all feelings of emotion are weak. They teach them that hesitation is evil and weak." She eyed me with pity, and I didn't really know how to react to what she said next. "They reshape their instinct like... You train your royal guard."

Those words hit me like a freight train. This... Earthlie... Compared the training I had to her kinds training. I doubled over a little, feeling my mind go blank.

"Either way... They are corrupted by extended exposure on the battle field to the stimulation of battle and stress. Therefore, if we can try the opposite of what they've been shown, we can possibly decontaminate the mana pools of original magical flow, and possibly bring back a portion of innocence." She was smiling, like she had just discovered the cure to a horrible sickness. And I was the sick patient.

"Your findings are extremely useful, Siren Bell. They are being looked at from a perspective I, nor any other pony, ever thought to look from. I'll definitely have Twilight Sparkle take a look at these findings as soon as she's available." I went pale. That name was dreaded among the troops because of her absolute annihilation of one unit where the bodies were never found, the only survivor of which was a brainwashed parrot of Equine propaganda. But looking in on it now... ,maybe he wasn't wrong. Maybe it wasn't all propaganda?

"Wait- hold on- you want to have me meet the... The Squad killer..." I looked terrified as I went pale, looking at her and panicking. She sucked in a breath and looked at me.

"No no, you've got it all wrong- she's the princess of friendship!! She's not going to hurt you! In... In all honesty it's probably impossible for her to hurt you. She's incapable." She smiled as she nuzzled my forehead.

I looked a little concerned as I looked at her. She sensed this, and tried to calm me down more by smiling and looking at me. I just shook my head.

"So, I'll have Twilight here by some time next week to run flow checks with Starlight Glimmer." Siren Bell nodded as the Hybrid spoke, and lowered herself down to bow for a moment, before turning away and smiling at me.

"What's next? The garden? The balcony?" I had gotten used to the routine of the castle at this point, being taught a strict schedule of relaxing and calming activities, only bent by the command of the Hybrid. Which, mainly, liked to keep me as close as possible. The guards were still referring to me as my ID number from back in the weird camps, 0028 Moon. This made me a bit fragile tempered. I told them I had a name. Trixon. My name was Trixon, I said to them, but they never listened. let me see if I can recall the schedule...

10:00 AM- Wake up and get ready- I can be up before then just not out of the room.

10:15 AM- Breakfast, a personalized buffet prepared by Griffons who know my diet, so it's usually a buffet of eggs, toast, fruit juices, or a nonequinized main dish. If they had pancakes, I'll eat those, with my own style of syrup and food.

11:00 AM- Reading in the library or getting to hang out with Siren Bell or maybe just fuck around as long as I'm quiet.

12:15 PM- Lunch, usually the same type of situation as Breakfast, but with lunch specials.

1:00 PM- Freely exploring the palace garden.

3:00 PM- Tea with the Hybrid

3:30-6:00 PM- Spend time with the Hybrid during "day court" or "battle plans" because I "know the tendencies of the Sapient battle strategy". Really it's just a bunch of boring words being poured out onto a piece of paper, and pretending it makes sense.

7:15 PM- Dinner, usually the same as breakfast and lunch.

8:00-11:00 PM- Watching the sunset and heading to get ready for bed at the same time as the Hybrid. She somehow formed a bathroom as close to her room as possible, with everything small- in some cases, big -enough for me to use so that I have a place to get ready. Did I mention, for some reason, my room is directly next to hers, and big enough to fit a swimming pool into if I so desired?

So whatever was on the schedule after this, I genuinely had no idea. This was a major change up, but it was only likely to be the first of many many changes to my routine.

She smiled at me when she saw my plank look, as if she knew I'd never be expecting the answer.

"I was thinking we could go outside and you could accompany me outside the palace walls for some special events? There are some nobles that have been demanding to meet you." She smiled as I slowly nodded and tore of the suction cup sensors on my arms and head and over my heart and stomach, and gently took the needle out of my arm that had been planted there so they could test my blood for... Something. I'm not sure what. She smiled and held her head high as I taped over the hole in my arm that started seeping blood, and putting pressure on it.

"Sure, I was getting bored with the old routine anyways." I smiled as I looked at her, and she smiled, nuzzling my forehead again, and I felt a strange warmth in my chest. It grew a little when I felt her eyes drift down my body. I'm going to need to change into cleaner scrubs and slippers if I'm going outside the walls today. She levitated me up off the floor and I felt a feeling of vertigo. She smiled as I was planted on her back, my legs clamping nervously on her body when she took her first few steps. She walked slowly and calmly, so I could get comfortable and not bruise her sides. She carried me on her back so rarely, that it was only done in either intensely stressful situations- like an argument among the generals in the battle plan room -or if she thought I was getting to heated with the guards. I still don't know how to handle the feeling of being on the back of an Equine. I relaxed when I felt the fur of her coat melt into my fingertips, more plush than the blankets I use on a cold night.

She carried me along, helping me to let my mind wonder for a little while. I snapped back to reality when the Hybrid stopped, and I found a huge bright flash of light in my eyes. I was blinded for a few seconds, seeing nothing but a black screen of nothing.

"I changed your outfit into a more formal apparel." She smiled and I regained my vision, being in front of a mirror. My hospital like scrubs had been changed from scrubs into a dress shirt, black pants, and dress shoes. But they all felt soft to the skin, like a blanket with sleeves. I raised an eyebrow, seeing that my hair had been left messy. I guess it looked fine and so I left it be.

"Wow. A spell did this?" She nodded when I smiled, and held my hands, looking into my eyes through the mirror. I felt my heard flutter for a moment, and I tore my gaze away from the mirror. She looked concerned and puzzled.

"I-is something wrong? It's OK if you don't like it." She was sounding concerned as she looked me over with intense scrutiny.

"N-no it's just... Weird to see myself in the mirror. After so long out in the field, I hate seeing myself. I just look so... haunted..." I lied. About the reason I looked away from the mirror this time, but not the part about seeing my own ghost of a face. However this excuse was enough for her, to stop pressing the subject, and she started walking out the door. She smiled and looked back at me as we walked.

"Let's go, shall we?" She trotted to a chariot and sat down after sliding me off her back with her wing. I tilted my head.

"You're going to run through the city on a chariot? Isn't that a little... You know... Counter productive considering your wings?" I looked at her confused as she smiled, looking at the guards. I noticed something strange and raised an eyebrow. They were fliers. My eyes widened as I slowly clenched my fists until they were basically pale white quaking balls of fear.

Before I could get a word out, we were off the ground and soaring through the air, and I felt the panic set in, feeling the cool air whip my face. I pulled out the old habit of going stoic when I was afraid, but that didn't seem to stop her from noticing my shaking fists and sensing something was wrong. She opened her wing and put it around me completely, so that the wind was no longer hitting my face, and nothing could be seen but darkness. I felt a sense of calm wash over me, and I leaned into her. She had officially found my fear of heights. She moved her head under her wing with me, making sure I couldn't see outside.

"You're just fine. You're OK." She smiled as she nudged my hand. I reached up and pet her head, stroking her fur as she slowly removed the wing that had surrounded my body. I leaned against her and just ran my hand through her fur while my other hand stopped clenching and hurting from the clenching. She smiled. We had already landed, making me breath a sigh of relief.

"We're here!" She was smiling and standing up in less than a few seconds, levitating me onto her back as we went. She smiled at me and I gave a nauseated smile, still dazed from the ride. She trotted inside a big restaurant, that was emptied to make room for a massive dance floor with everything pushed aside so there was room for Equines to dance and room for a buffet table, and two tables, one with chairs and one with pillows on the floor. I stared at the one with chairs and a though popped into my head. It was rather dim in the room though.

One of those is human sized?

The lights flicked on and there was a flash of color and strings of confetti. I yelped and fell off the Hybrids back, falling to the side as I felt my mind go blank, yet letting thoughts speed by a million miles a second.

"SURPRIIIIISE!!"