Red Hawk

Yesterday was certainly an interesting day for Red Hawk. Getting transported to a different world, meeting an alien race of adorable animated ponies, and having a pretty big party thrown for him, and then have a little Q&A session with a unicorn. It was indeed an interesting day for the young winged man, and when the day came to an end, Twilight Sparkle was more than happy to house him. Not that Red Hawk was in any hurry to go anywhere, as he was actually starting to find this place more peaceful, and so far, none of these ponies have done anything to try anything to harm him. So for the time being, Red Hawk was staying at a place called the Golden Oaks Library, a library made out of a tree.

At the moment Red Hawk was enjoying an early morning flight, and by early flight, we mean that he’s flying at 3am in the morning. But flying at night is no problem for Red Hawk, as his eyes not only grant him enhanced telescopic vision, but he also has perfect night vision when he uses it. So far Red Hawk has been flying around all of Ponyville, taking in the sights, but mostly he was just flying for the fun of it. He did fly over a wide expanse of a dark forest, in fact, as he was flying over the forest, he came across something that can only be described as bear made out of the night sky. luckily, he was flying to high, so the big bear didn’t notice him, or be a threat. Even if it were, Red Hawk would have a few tricks up his sleeves to defend himself.

Continuing his flight over the forest, the young man eventually came upon another interesting sight, a really crumbled up ruin that was on the other side of a pretty deep gorge.

As the sun was just creeping over the horizon, Red Hawk was just making his way back to the library, landing on the balcony on the top section. Giving his wings a few stretching flaps, before folding them against his person, the young man enters the library through the balcony door. As he enters through the balcony door, Red Hawk makes a passing glance at where Twilight & and her assistant Spike, a baby dragon, sleeps which was pretty open for anyone to see. And both the unicorn and the dragon were still asleep, as it was only 4 in the morning.

Leaving the sleeping pair alone the young man headed for the kitchen, however there wasn’t in the way of food for him to eat. While the ponies do have some foods that humans can eat, but those foods are either too few or far in between, most of their food is either flower, non-common edible plants for humans, oats, hay, and other things that an equine would love to eat. Another weird thing that Red Hawk noticed about the ponies diet; they eat a lot of things made with sugar. In fact most of the food that Red Hawk saw & eat at his welcoming party, was either a form of pastry, cake or baked sweet. Luckily, the ponies do eat somethings that human’s eat such as fish & eggs, and luckily Twilight has plenty of eggs in her fridge. It was also quite outstanding that ponies have some modern technology like ovens & stoves, despite their rustic and pre-industrial life style and appearance. So now Red Hawk was making an omelette, along with toast and some fresh vegetables.

“Hey there Hawk.” Spike said as the little dragon shambled into the kitchen. “I would’ve made you breakfast earlier, but I slept in.” he said as he opened the fridge, and pulled out a small juice bottle.

“I maybe a guest here Spike, but I like to make my own food. Also…” Red Hawk said as he looked at the dragon. “It’s four in the morning. How often do you get up for, and why?”

“It’s mostly so I can get breakfast for Twilight. Seriously, if she tries to even try and cook something, it either comes out bland or taste like something pretty bad.”

“…and…how old is she?” Red Hawk asked as he finished preparing his toast, and flipping his omelette.

“She’s 17. But she’ll turn 18 in a week. But…why do you ask?” Spike said, a little suspicious about why Red Hawk asked such a question.

“Uh-huh. And…your how old again?” Red Hawk asked instead of responding to Spikes question.

“…I’m 10.” Spike said slowly.

“So let me get this straight.” Red Hawk said as he turned to face Spike. “Your teenage, sort-of stepsister, makes you, a little kid, get up at 4 in the morning to make her breakfast…instead of letting her do it herself?” Spike was about to say something, but after hearing his routine spelled out like that, kind of made him give pause for thought.

“I…well…I guess. I mean, that’s just how it’s always been, well, for the last 3yrs.” Spike said. Red Hawk shook his head, as he went back to preparing his breakfast.

“Well, if that’s how you two do things here, far be it from me to stop it.” Red Hawk said as he began plating his food, and leaving Spike to think about a few things.

About an hour or so later Red Hawk was done with his breakfast, and when he went to wash his dishes he Spike making breakfast for him, and Twilight who was now finishing cleaning herself up before coming down. When Spike & Twilight began eating their breakfast, Red Hawk was wondering through the library, scouring the books for something interesting to read. But all of them were written in a strange hieroglyphic text, with actual written text, but it wasn’t anything that Red Hawk was familiar with.

As the young man was looking through the books, Twilight came down from the living quarters and when she looked towards the young man, the teenage unicorn looked over his large majestic wings over. They’re brilliant red plumage looked so beautiful in the sun light, and the muscle under the feathers looked far stronger than any pegasi wing, they sort of remind Twilight of Princess Celestia’s wings. Although, Red Hawk’s wings were far more larger in wing span, than the princess’s, even though hers were at least twice or even three time bigger than any ponies else’s. the feathers also look to be in great condition, as the light from the sun, shining through the windows, made them glisten and shine, the light also made them look so soft looking. Twilight actually wondered what it would be like to nuzzle into the wings, to feel the feathers brush against her face.

“Something I can help you with Twilight?” Red Hawk asked, snapping the unicorn out of her little spaced out gaze, and causing her to get flustered for a little bit.

“I was just, looking at your wings.” Twilight said, causing Red Hawk to look at his wings, fluttering them for a bit.

“Is there something wrong with them?” Twilight shook her head.

“No! I think they look wonderful; it’s just I’ve never seen wings like yours. They are pretty big though, isn’t difficult to move around or fly with them?” Red Hawk shook his head before turning to fully face Twilight.

“Because of how tall I am, my wings need to be this big just so I can get off the ground, and fly without issue.” Red Hawk then gave a small chuckle. “I’m actually surprised that the pegasi can even get off the ground, considering how small their wings are.”

“Oh, that’s because pegasus flight is mainly magical in nature. And depending how much magic a pegasus has, determines how fast, and for how long they can remain airborne.” Twilight explained as she trotted down the remaining steps, and pulled out a dark blue book, before flipping through the pages.

“In this book that talks about pegasi biology, it gives a diagram on the pegasus body and the flow of magic to their wings, and how the magic is dispersed from the wings to give them the ability to fly.”

“So it’s a mixture of biology, and arcane manipulation?”

“Correct!” Twilight said happily as she kept the book levitated in front of her.

“However there are limits to what a pegasi can do with their flight magic. For example, pegasi have a limit to how high they can fly up, as well as how much they can help shape the weather. Pegasi with very little, or to no magic, might as well be earth ponies with vestigial wings.”

“Interesting.” Red Hawk said. “Luckily, I don’t have those kind of limitations, otherwise what would be the point of having wings, if you can’t even use them.”

Twilight then noticed that Red Hawk had knelt down at her side, so he could get a better look at the page the book was on. When Twilight slightly turned to look at him, her face started to slightly blush a little. While Red Hawk may not have the characteristics of a pony, he does have his own features that seemed to exude charm, it was something that Twilight and a lot of other ponies noticed during the welcoming party. In fact, the longer that Twilight kept looking at Red Hawk, her small blush started to grow in brightness while spreading out more across her face. as Twilight was a rather reclusive mare for most of her life, she’s never had much interaction with males, especially ones around her own age of 17.

“A-anyway! That’s how pegasi can fly.” Twilight said as she backed away from the young man, while closing the book as Red Hawk stands up straight, wings ruffling at his sides before settling down.

“Well thanks for the educational tip Twilight.” Red Hawk said before making his way to the library door. “I’m going to go out flying again, not sure when I’ll be back.”

“You really like to fly huh?” Twilight asked as her blush as died down greatly, while also levitating the book on pegasi anatomy back on the shelf.

“Of course, I wouldn’t have these—” Red Hawk gestured to his large wings, which flared out just a bit. “—if I didn’t like flying.”

Red Hawk then left the library, not really giving Twilight a chance to respond to his statement, and once he was outside Twilight watched as his large wings spread out, casting a large shadow over the doorway. Before watching him make a jump before his wings gave off one mighty flap, which caused a great gust of wind to blast into the library, blowing Twilight’s mane back before causing it to stand on end. Twilight rushed over to the door, and looked up, but once she found Red Hawk in the sky he was so high up, that he was almost a small dot before flying off into a random direction, and as he flew off Twilight could’ve sworn she heard the screeching cry of an eagle.

“Wow…” was all the unicorn could say as she just stood in the doorway, eyes looking into the direction that Red Hawk flew off towards.

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Out in one of the vast open fields of Ponyville, roughly near the west end of town, a small orange pegasus filly with a messy purple mane & tail, was flapping her wings as hard as she could. All in the attempt to try and fly. But the most the tiny filly could do, was just hover above the ground a few inches, before she drops to the ground with a soft thud and a discriminate grunt.

“Come on Scootaloo! You can do better than that, come on. One more time.” The filly, Scootaloo, said to herself as she starts beating her little wings again, but like before only getting a few inches off the ground.

Young pegasus of 10yrs old, has been up since the crack of dawn trying to practice her flying. Or at least make very admirable attempts. Usually when pegasi reach the age of 2 they are capable of flight, if only in small burst of flying speed, or actual flight. Course there are some foals that can’t fly till their 5. And normally, pegasi are drafted into special flight-oriented schools, which help develop and teach pegasi how to fly properly. Although, pegasi that are born on the ground, or not in pegasi-dominated cities or local, often have to rely on their parents to teach them how to fly, and develop their flight magic.

However…Scootaloo doesn’t have that luxury.

Both of her parents are world traveling adventurous, and explorers, that travel all over the world to document rare & exotic animal & plants for science & medicinal purposes. And her mother is the only pegasus in her entire family, which predominantly earth ponies. And the only time that Scootaloo actually sees her parents, is when they come back from one of their expeditions, which could last up to a year or even a couple of years. The last time Scootaloo has even seen her parents was when she was when she was 7, she’s seen them so rarely that Scootaloo sometimes forget what they look like, in fact she has to rely on pictures she receives in the mail, whenever they decide to send her a letter of their latest assignment.

“OOF!” Scootaloo groaned as she again collapses to the ground, a small clump of dirt & grass being kicked up and fluttering onto her snout.

Scootaloo laid there on the ground for a bit, dirt and grass covering her little snout…but her muzzle scrunched up and started to sniffle, while her violet eyes started to moisten. Three hours of hard work and labor, and all the little pegasi has to show for it is some minor bruising, and grass stains in her fur. And a slightly wounded ego. Curling up into herself, Scootaloo tried to hold back her tears, but she couldn’t hold them back as they were free flowing from her tear ducts, while she let out shuttering gasping cries. As Scootaloo laid there on the ground something caught her attention.

A shadow that was flying towards her.

Sitting up on her haunches, Scootaloo looked out to where she was looking at as she was crying, and there on the ground she saw a great big shadow sliding across the grassy fields. And was heading straight towards her. The shadow continued to travel across the ground, before it eventually reached Scootaloo and soaring right over her, and as she tilted backwards to see where the shadow was going she fell backwards. But as she was doing so, Scootaloo caught a glimpse of something in the air, and whatever it was…it was far bigger than a pony. When she sat back up and looked for the flying thing, she found it, but it was so high up it looked like a small dot, but she was still able to tell that it wasn’t pony.

The flying object continued to fly around the field, allowing Scootaloo to watch the spectacle as the dot flew around in loops, and performing other kinds of tricks…it was all so entrancing for the filly to watch. The flying object then stopped in mid-air, but Scootaloo soon realized that the object was flying higher, and higher. Until it came falling down at great speeds! As the object got closer and closer to the ground, Scootaloo was able to see the object clearer, and saw that it was some kind of creature with red wings folded against its body. The creature came closer, and closer to the ground, and at such speeds Scootaloo thought it was going to crash straight into the ground.

But the creature spread its wings open just as it was just a feet from the ground, and then the filly watched the creature soar at great speeds, as it was soaring almost a foot & a half from the ground. and the creature once again was flying straight towards Scootaloo, causing her to duck, and the creature to quickly flap its great big red wings to send it flying up before it rammed into the filly. Rising from her crouched over position Scootaloo looked over her shoulder, and saw the flying creature coming back but this time it landed a few feet from her. And when the creature came towards her, Scootaloo’s eyes were glued onto the massive red feathered wings outstretched on its sides.

“Are you alright there kiddo?” the creature asked as he knelt down, becoming the height of an average adult pony. Scootaloo shook her before speaking.

“Y-yeah, I’m alright.” She then looked back up to the creature, before her eyes traced over the large red wings. As she scanned each and every primary & secondary feather, and watched as the wings encased around the creature, and Scootaloo. The creature seemed to noticed Scootaloo staring at his wings, and smiled before folding them up against his back.

“You ponies really seem to like to look at my wings huh.” The creature chuckled. “But seriously, are you sure you’re alright?”

“Yeah.” Scootaloo said in response. “My name is Scootaloo by the way.” The filly said as she stuck out a hoof, the creature smiled back as he grabbed it with his larger hand and shook it.

“Names Red Hawk little missy.” Red Hawk said as he took back his hand. “Nice to meet you.”