The Green Phoenix

….My body hurts...That means im still alive.

Im open my eyes slowly, adapting my eyes to the light.I am in a bed in a strange purple room, the walls seems made of cristal and the pillars resemble branches of a old tree.The room contain a little more furniture, all fucsia to blue colored.Next to the head of the bed, on a bedside table are a letter and a little bouquet of flowers . I try to reach the letter, but a sharp pain hits my chest.Shit it's like a leon bites me,oh, i think that it's just what happend.
Slowly, i retired the blanket. My chest is covered with white bandages , and for some reason, they smell like something burning.Well, i'm alive, i hope Twilight and company are fine.
When that thought abandon my mind, one door i no noticed opens and a extrange creature enter the room .A little dinosaur with a oversized head and purple and green skin and two little wings aaaa ok, it's a dragon, totally normal. In one hand carries a bowl of mashed potatoes, in the other a comic

“Ah, you are awake ! I'm going for Twilight , don't move !”

The talking dragon left the room running ,and how and why he thinks im gonna move , im wounded for a fucking lion attack!I look at the window, seems high noon.The birds are singing and the pegasus fly for the skie.What a wonderful view.What will my family be doing now? Better don't think about it , the homesickness it's the last i need now.A purple pony appear in the sky, is going very fast, it's going here ! Twilight storms in the room from the window, barely stopping herself before hitting the wall.

“Mercury, you are awake ! I received the message from Spike and fly here from the school the fastest i can “

“Are you still going to the school?”

“No, i am the principal, well, i was.I just officially assigned the charge to Starlight Glimmer.It's a wonderful mare”

“Ok..”so much information-Well, seeing you and i are here alive i think the lion incident end well.

“Yes, all end perfectly”her smile transforms from a genuine one for a forced one.

“Twilight, i know you are lying, tell me the truth.”

“I don't know you want to hear it”

“Twilight Sparkle, i know you are worried about my emotional and mental health but i can take whatever happen in that forest “

The princes accept her defeat and sits in the floor near me.She start to talk with a slow, sad voice
“You..you died.”wait what?”The lion bite go through your chest, piercing your heart and lungs, you die instantly.

“That not make any sense! I'm still here !”

“Let me finish.When you jumped to save me, your body was surrounded by green flames like I had never seen before. The lion disintegrated burning in the same green fire just after biting you. You fell to the ground, already dead and without flames. We were watching your inert body, unable to react to what we had seen. Then your wounds stopped bleeding and began to burn. In a second the wounds were closed and you were breathing again, weakly but alive.”

My eyes are lost in the distance.

“How long have i been asleep?”my voice laked emotion .

“Three days.Mercury i..”

“Left me alone please”

“Mercury, this is not..”

“I said, let me alone. I need to think.”

The mare left the room slowly, with her head down and a worried and sad face. I didn't know what to think or what to do. The rest of the day I spent looking at the ceiling until I fell asleep. It was a night without dreams.

The light of the sun hits my eyes, waking me up.I take a deep breath.I need to keep going.That is what i realize this night.It seems that I am immortal. If being a walking bomb was bad, being cursed with living forever is horrendous. But I need to move on. My family does not deserve that I surrender.

Let's look at the positive side, it seems that I have fire powers of some kind. How ironic everything. Can I control the flames at will? Throw Hadoukens?These thoughts lift my spirit. I'm going to explore the building a little to see if I find the kitchen. I need a glass of juice. When I got out of bed I realized that I no longer wore the bandages. On my chest I could see the scars of the beast bite, all of them burned. It seems that Twiliwth did not lie, although it seems that he is not a person who lies a lot. So it will last little as a princess

Little by little I leave the room and find myself in a corridor full of identical doors on both sides. Everything followed the same architectural design as the room I had just left. At the end of the hall I can hear someone humming, the voice of the dragon seems , Spike I think his name was. Around the corner I see an open door that thanks to God leads to the kitchen. Inside, sitting at a table is Spike having a bowl of ... jewelry?

“Bon dia i mean good morning Spike”

“Good morning,whait you're not supposed to get out of bed yet”

“Im feel better and i needed a little walk, and something to eat.Question, why are you eating rubies?”

“Dragons eat jewelry, how do you not know that?”

“Remember that I am not exactly around here right?”

“Oh, sorry.Emm, you want something?”

“Do you have orange juice?”

“Right away”Spike flies through the kitchen and immediately serves me a glass of juice with a toast of dill.

“Thanks”

“No problem.I think we haven't introduced ourselves properly. I am Spike, number one assistant to Princess Twilight Sparkle, friend and confident”

“Im Mercury Phantom, human turned pony and partially amnesic”

“Nice to meet you !”

“Same” I take a sip of juice, it's so sweet “ Have you put sugar in the juice?”

“No, it's freshly squeezed, why do you ask?”

“Nothing”the good orange juice is acid and sweet, it's a citric not a candy!.”

We both continue to eat in silence until Spike ran out of breakfast.

“That was delicious! Well, are you ready ?”

“Ready for what?”Let me finish my toast plis.

“Twilight told me that if you get up and look recovered enough, I will make you a small city tour”

“Where is Twilight ?”

“In Canterlord, attending royal duties and stuff “

“Let me finish the toast and we go.”

After finishing my breakfast , me and Spike go to the exit to the castle

“The architecture of this castle is impressive, seems a Gaudi work.How long did it take to build? Working the glass must be very complicated and arduous.”

“20 seconds”

“WHAT!?”
“The castle grow magically from the seed-box of the Tree of Harmony”

This place never cease to amaze me

“Next time i see Twilight i'm going to ask a lot of questions”

“Seems fair”

I walk outside and wow, fuking wow.In front of me are a small town of colorful and rustic houses, the colors are so intense that hurts .In the roads of dirt a lot of ponies of differents subspecies are walking, talking of each other and enjoying the sunny day,all of them with differents and funny colors and happy faces..This seems PyroLand and i don't know if it's good thing.

We walked into the city while Spike was guiding me. He showed me the school, the town hall and a real-sized gingerbread house that according to him was a bakery where Pinkie Pie worked.

“I'm surprised Pinkie has a job”

“It doesn't surprise me that you are surprised.”

We continue our tour, visiting the the post office and the train station.Seems this is a preindustrial society but the presence of magic prevents the full industrialization , interesting.While we were walking I realized that they were watching me. Some ponies stopped to look at me or whispered among them as we passed.

“One thing Spike ,has there been a rumor about me or something? I have the feeling that everyone looks at me”

“Many wonder who you are, since they saw Twilight carrying your wounded body towards the castle and plus you are new in town but i think the problem is this” he point my back.

”The clap of my ass checks are alerting the ponies? And before you ask, it's a meme, i'm not crazy.”

“What's it's a meme?” Oh, sweet summer child ”What i mean is your absence of Cutie mark. It's very strange see a young stallion not having Cutie Mark”

“I don't want people looking at me on the street, it makes me very uncomfortable. I could cover my absence of Cutie Mark with a piece of clothing, but I don't know if you have clothes in these parts.”

“Of course we have clothes! Luckily for you we are close to the Rarity boutique. Surely it has something perfect for you”

“I hope so”

The young dragon and I headed towards the store under the curious gaze of more and more ponies. A few minutes later we arrive at what seems like a mix between a fair carousel and a house, and like the other buildings in the city, with a lot of colors and decorations.It seems that the architects in this world have a lot of creative freedom.

We both entered the boutique and for the first time all day what I saw did not surprise me. The room was pink with white details, full of fabrics of the same color and mannequins in the shape of ponies with dresses. I don't know much about fashion, but such a lot of jewelry in a dress I don't know if it's going to be spent.
I hope she has pants to sell.

“Wait, i dont have money, i cant buy anything !”

“That doesn't matter darling, I wouldn't even think of charging you ,especially after what you've been through”

I turned to see the origin of the voice, it was Rarity, who had just entered the room from the back of the store

“Wow, thanks”

“It's a pleasure, and you Spike, you need something?” The mare turn to de dragon

“Nothing jeje” I would swear that Spike has blushed “ I'm just accompanying Mercury”
“D'accord” Why she speak french?” Mercury, tell me what you need”

“I need something to cover my flanks”

“Pants , dress o something else?”

“Something discret “

“Mmm , don't have nothing discret in stock right now, the summer-autumn season it's for brilliant colors and frills” What is she talking about “ But i accept the challenge, to work!” And Rarity run to the back of the store.I think we'll be here all morning.

In a far land, in a forbidden swamp , extrange structure arise from the mist. Inside, the oldest creature in all Equs looks at her crystal ball .A green flame appears on the sphere and the creature smiles in a perturved way

“Finally, i found you “