Chapter 1: Destination Ponyville
Another summer had come and gone again and I wanted to be moved into Ponyville before the winter cold set in. I had already purchased a house from the mayor of Ponyville, but I hadn’t yet been able to see it, well the inside at least. It would be a short fly from my old home to Ponyville but I decided to set out early and maybe be able to start unpacking my loads and loads of junk.
“You’re leaving already Aero-Fax? I thought you weren’t going to leave for another week?” I heard my friend say from behind me.
“Ya I’m leaving Crimron, I kind of hoped that you wouldn’t notice me leaving.”
Crimron was a longtime friend of mine, we had been friends since we first met in…….well that’s another story….
“You know strike won’t be happy with you, after all you two have been through more than I could ever imagine.”
I quickly thought back to when I met strike, or lighting strike to be more specific. When we were both training under master Sorin and master Elvarg. They both taught me everything I know. Me and strike became powerful together him in flight me in magic.
“Hm I think he’ll understand, however I can’t judge how that boy will react, never could and probable never will be able to. Take care of yourself Crimron.”
“Cya in the next life Aero.”
With that I took flight and set a course for Ponyville. Hopefully I can finally be at peace with myself. Before I could blink I was flying tword the giant guardian doors of Fatalia. Beyond them lied a portal the lead into equestria . I only turned for a second to look back on the world I was leaving behind, my home since I was just a filly.
“Goodbye Fatalia, goodbye and good riddance.”
12:30am, right on time. I always prided myself on never being late. I headed straight for the mayors house. She was standing outside.
“Good morning mayor.” I said as nicely as I could….
“Well good morin……..” She stopped taking as she looked at me.
I quickly explained to her that I was a hybrid of a Pegasus and a unicorn, or a Kirin as the books called it. She looked at me and smiled, only saying that the other ponies in the village might be a little shocked by my appearance. Well that I knew already.
“Wait right here I have the key to your new home up in my office.”
I took the time that she was upstairs to pull a black cape and hood from my saddle bag. I put it on to cover my wings and horn. I didn’t was all the ponies to see me quite yet.
Ok are yo…….ok I see where you’re going with the hood and cape. Anyway let’s get going your house is located 2 blocks from here.”
I looked at the map she was showing me. I located my house and looked at the houses next to it. One was labeled Twilight Sparkle (unicorn). I thought that this may be good another pony that uses magic maybe that will help me blend in here.
We began walking towards my new house; I spent the walk looking around at the quiet little village. There were a lot of stores here; the one that really distracted me was the one that seemed to have a cake for a roof….. Also there was a pink pony bouncing around the outside of the building with two other ponies. One was a white pony with long purple hair with diamonds on her flank; the other was a yellow pony with long light pink hair that had butterflies on her flank. I thought this rather strange, why did every pony here have a mark on their flank. I soon noticed a large group of people crowded around a building; I also noticed we were walking towards it.
“Um Miss Mayor what’s that up ahead?
“Oh well that’s your house and these ponies wanted to meet the newest addition to Ponyville.”
…………I Thought to myself well going unnoticed back fired quite epicly……
I followed her through the crowed where I again say the pink, white, and yellow pony, only this time there were 3 more with them. One of them was a tan pony with apples on here flank and a hat on, the next was a purple pony with stars on her’s, the final was a blue pony with rainbow hair, I thought that was pretty cool. Then I looked and looked in shock at her flank…..I know that symbol I didn’t even noticed I stopped walking.
I quickly ran to catch up with her. Before I knew what was happening she was at a microphone introducing me to every……single……pony…..in Ponyville……………………. This is just Flipping great I said to myself. She then asked me to take off the hood and cape and introduce myself to everyone…… Thanks mayor exactly what I didn’t want to happen. I slid off the hood and removed the cape…. I heard gasps coming from the crowd.
“Hi I’m……” I was cut off mid-sentence by a young filly who yelled out.
“Why does he have a horn and a set of wing? Not to mention the scars on his body. What’s wrong with him?” she was hushed by her sister, the one with apples on her flank. She moved her hoof and yelled again.
“He’s a FREAK!”
“APPLE BLOOM!” I heard the older one yell.
I started laughing and smiling, I actually couldn’t control how hard I was laughing. I looked back at the young pony and said:
“So your names applebloom, right? Well I get why you would say I’m a freak, honestly for the first few years of my life I thought I was to.” I was still laughing a bit. “Well you see I’m not, I’m a hybrid of a Pegasus and a unicorn, no more no less. Or to be correct on my species. I’m a Kirin, one of the last in existence I’m afraid. “
They all looked at me in shock. I walked away from the microphone and looked at the mayor who gave me a key and said, Welcome to Ponyville.
I was now in my new house, it was very dark and a little creepy actually. I began going through that stuff that the moving Pegasus had brought here earlier today. I started putting the hundreds of books I had on the self’s in the houses library. I was taking too long and I had other stuff to do. So with a quick flip of my horn everything was up in the air floating around.
“Hm ok books there, food there, blankets there, writing stuff there.” After about an hour I had everything away.
“Well that looks much better.”
I started using one of my spells to crush the boxes into a pile where I could burn them all at once. I was almost done when I looked and saw one of them still had things in it. I walked over and read the name on the side….It red family…….I sat down and began thinking back to that……that……. Horrible day.
“Aero-fax……..wake up”
“Huh what is it dad its 930 in the morning?”
“Oh come on you forgot your own Birthday!!”
I still remember him as a great man, friend, teacher, Father…… He protected me and my mother with everything he had. All the way to the end.
“Wow how could I forget my own birthday, I’m 5 years old I’m finally a stallion.”
“Hahahaha you sure are my boy, a strong one at that, common your mother made your favorite breakfast.”
I scurried to the table where I sat with my mother and father. My mother put a plate of roses in front of me. My personal favorite. We sat there for a long time laughing and having a great time. Then a knock at the door came.
“Knock” “knocks” “knock”
“Open up Shadow-Fax we know you’re in there! Come out her majesty demands that all civilians must give up all children as soldiers for her army.”
My father’s face changed. It went from a happy smiling face to a face of fear and anger.
“Dad what’s the matter”
“Nothing son they will leave soon.”
The door to my house was suddenly broken open and these large stallions stepped into my home. My father jumper to his hoofs and I hid behind them. He started yelling at them about how they can’t just come into his home. They were yelling back about some princes, and that all children must be given up to be trained into solders for her army.
“YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY SON!” My father yelled.
One lashed out to grab me. My father reared his head stabbing his horn through the man’s arm, and then throwing him to the ground. I had never seen my father fight like this.
“Aero-Fax GET OUT OF HERE NOW…..RUN!!!!!” I heard him yell over the men saying kill them all.
“No dad I’m staying with yo….”
“RUN!!!” I never saw such fear in my father eyes…..
I ran for the back door. Right as I opened it I heard the sound of thunder and I turned back to see my father and mother fall to the ground. Tears streamed down my face and the anger in my heart began to explode. I stopped dead in my tracks and charged back at the men, I could see my mother and father lying on the floor my heart became overcome with anger and hatred. Everything went black, and silent.
When I finally came too I was lying in a dust cloud. I sat up and looked around…….I looked to where the men had been standing moments ago…..They were all dead…….I started to cry again when I heard a voice.
“Ssssssun…….”
I sprinted to the sound of my father’s voice. I found him lying on the ground by my mother. One look at them and I knew…..I knew that they were dying. Tears Streamed down my face.
“My sun, I’m so sorry……so sorry.”
“Dad I going to get you help please stay with me.” I said it even though I knew there was nothing could do.
“Sun listen to me, you know that I would do anything to protect you and your mother. Today I failed to do that, I let your mother and you be hurt by those men.”
“Dad what happen to those men, did I…..did I do this.”
I saw a tear in my father’s eye.
“I never wanted you to turn out like me; your anger for those men activated your true power. Please son promise me you will never use it to harm people, we were not created to hurt people.” My father was in tears. “I taught you all I could, I wish we had more time together my son…. Goodbye…..my……….son………”
“Dad…….dad……..dad…….DAD!!!”
I couldn’t hold back my tears any longer. My own father died in my arms….. I sat there for what seemed like an eternity. Until I heard the breathing coming from one of the men. I turned my head and saw him stand, he was hurt very bad. He looked at me and I saw the fear in his eyes. He tried to run but fell over because of the pain in his leg. I ran next to him ready to kill him to beat him to death, but I thought of something better. I got in front of him.
“WHO SENT YOU HERE!” I yelled at him
“Don….don’t hurt me….”
“THEN TELL ME WHO SENT YOU!”
“Th….the princesses…….princess Celestia. Please don’t hurt me.”
I had no knowledge of this princess, I only knew of king Moribus, King of Fatalia. I told him return to your princess and tell her………. “I’m going for her.”
I buried my parents under the weeping willow tree in the back of our house.
“Goodbye Father, Goodbye Mother. We will meet again someday, but first I will avenge your deaths.”
I wrote on my father’s grave “Shadow-Fax, Husband, Father, Protector and stallion before his time. Goodbye my family, I love you both.”
