Rosey Mangos

Pov: Hot wing

I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock blaring in my ears. Do normal ponies actually use these torture devices? Getting up, I drag myself along to do my daily routine: brush my teeth, shower, grab a bite to eat and realizing the train for Ponyville leaves in 10 minutes.

I bolt past the earth ponies and fly on by, some giving me strange looks, with just a moment to spare before the train takes off. As I find a spot to sit down, a unicorn waves to motion me towards a free seat.

“Thanks sir,” I say to him as I sit down and catch my breath.

“No problem, what happened to you?” he replied.

“Well, I’m a member of the Lunar Guard. Today’s my first day of vacation and I kind of forgot.”

“I take it you have somewhere to be then. Perhaps an exotic getaway or adventure?” He seemed to be on the older side, although I’m not sure what his age is. “Personally, I’d recommend a spa day or two.”

“Some of the other guys maybe. Personally I’m going to visit Ponyville for a while, maybe make some friends,” I stated while looking out the window. In just a little while, I’ll be far away from Canterlot, and able to relax for a while.

“I bet you will make some good memories at least. Always good to make ‘em while you’re young.” Ah, that’s my stop, it was nice talking to you.”

“You too,” I reply while considering taking a nap for a while. Maybe I can nap now, and fly around a bit at night, being a thestral and all that’s my comfort zone.

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“Last stop, Ponyville! Please utilize the nearest exit.”

Sweet, I am finally free from listening to the accursed fillies laughing up a storm. Though I can hear my stomach rumbling, so this is officially snack time. I’ll just fly around ‘till I find somewhere to eat. In fact, that little cafe with the yellow roof looks like it’ll do.

“What would you like to order, sir?”

“I’ll take a number 12- the fruit salad.” Damn it they don’t have any mangoes. At least it looks pretty appetizing. Apple, banana, pear, pineapple, how do you miss mango??? After I finish eating I should head over to the hotel to check in I guess. I leave a tip for the waiter and head out, walking along the dirt path to the hotel. I think it’s the building right up there, although it looks pretty home-like with the wooden roof, vines, and plant life surrounding it.

“Welcome to the Golden Horseshoe Hotel. How many will be staying?”

“A room for one please.”

The unicorn behind the desk passes me the key with his magic, and tells me to head to the second floor, room 11. I walk up the stairs and find the room after turning at the corner of the hallway. It has a large white bed, night stand, a standard bathroom, and a window. A window, that I could easily just fly out of real quick to check the town out. I lock the hotel door and open the window. The sun has set and most ponies have headed inside for the night. Stretching my wings out, I climb out the window and start flying around. The train was so cramped today, I’ve been dying to just fly around. As I fly around, I see fewer and fewer ponies out. There’s the parents rounding up their fillies, the birds settling down, and the moon is rising. Flying past town hall, I realize I’ve been flying around pretty far from the hotel. The forest in the distance is peaking my interest, although I can’t say it would be smart to explore there alone so I won’t land there.

As I fly around, I can hear the ruffles in the trees.It almost feels as if there are creatures in the forest watching me, or perhaps someone else inside the forest. In fact, I’m almost certain there is someone in the forest as I can hear distant cries. One side of me is telling myself to get the heck outta there but my training as a guard tells me otherwise. I’ll slowly lower myself down to the forest. Upon drawing closer to the source of the sound I slowly realize that it’s a mare's voice, and proving my suspicions that it is coming from the forest. The mare’s cries turned more into screams as she drew closer to the opening of the forest. I rise up slowly to make sure I do not intercept the screaming pony. A few seconds later the pony bursted out of the forest covered in dirt, sweat, and what I presumed to be lots of blood from the trail it was making behind her. Not too long after, she seemed to trip over herself as she was exiting out of the forest. I looked at the mare for a moment, worried what could have happened to her, that is until I saw a timberwolf about to pounce on her.

Readying myself, I dive for the timberwolf before it can reach the mare, crashing down near the wooden beast. I quickly pivet on my hooves and shoot my hind legs out, bucking the timberwolf shattering it into splinters. Looking down at the mess of the creature I don’t see any of the pieces trying to form back together. I quickly turn to the mare laying on the ground and rush to her.

“Are you ok?” I ask, the only answer coming from the mare being a small whimper I then notice her side is bleeding pretty badly even with her saddlebags blocking it partially. Her uniform that I presume was a pristine white before, was dirtied up from the forest. Upon closer inspection of the uniform I see a name tag but blood and dirt making it hard to read all I can make out of it is “Rose.”

Snapping myself out of my trance I take the saddlebags off of the mare and quickly put them on myself, ignoring the magic lantern dropped nearby that has ceased its weak flickering I get the mare onto my back making sure to be careful of her wounds. Checking to make sure she is not at risk of falling off I lift off into the air and make a rush for the town.

Getting into the town, I fly for a little bit to see exactly where the hospital is. Spotting the large building with a red cross on it that screamed “Hospital” I quickly made my way down making sure not to hurt the cargo on my back. I trot into the lobby area, seeing the receptionist pony at the front desk I make my way over to the unicorn mare. She looks up at me wide eyed, a reaction I know too well for my kind. The mare looked to who I was carrying which made her reaction even worse.

“Sweet Celestia! What happened?” The mare asked in a panic

“Get a doctor in here, she was attacked by a timberwolf,” I replied turning around to show the mare the extent of Rose’s injuries.

The nurse looked over to the mare for a split second before she rushed off, returning quickly with two stallions and a stretcher. They gave me some odd looks but I brushed it off and watched as they took her to the back.

“You should get going,” the nurse said to me. I figured I should leave before anything happens, so I walk out of the hospital and take to the skies. As I’m flying away from the hospital, I notice some armored ponies walk into the front entrance. Maybe I’m just tired and need some sleep.

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“Open up! This is the Royal Guard.” I hear hooves banging against the hotel door and yelling for me to present myself. As I rush over to the door and open it, I see the stallion from the front desk next to two royal guards.

“Excuse me sirs, what seems to be the problem?” I ask.

“You are under arrest for attacking a royal scientist appointed by Princess Luna.”

“W-what? I did no such thing! I saved her, she was attacked by a timberwolf. I didn’t even know she was a royal scientist!” I pleaded with the guards, but they had already ruffled me into cuffs.

“Tell it to the Canterlot Court then, buddy.”