Will-O-Wisp

by Silent legion


Arrival

When I regain my senses all I hear is whispering "do you think she's ok?" or "where did she come from?" and "when will the guard get here?" as I start to get up I hear "Hello? mam? Can you hear me? Are you ok?" with my senses recovered I rose from the ground my Cowl still firmly on I hear a gasp, looking down I see a pony in armor looking up at me in surprise before its eyes narrow and it points a spear at me.

"Halt in the name of Celestia, who and what are you!?" HE yells, now I didn't like that he had a weapon pointed at me so using my power I cause the tool to become overgrown. He drops the weapon in surprise before calling out to others.

They form a group around me all brandishing their weapons at me. As I start to channel my power, I hear a voice call out "calm yourselves my little ponies, there's no need to be rash." at her voice the others calmed and lowered their spears I released my energy and watched in amusement as flowers and other greenery bloomed on the floor before looking at my supposed savior. Floating up I'm at eye level to her, she's big, bigger than the others she is very white and has wings and a horn while others have one of them or none. "Can you tell me who you are?" she questions, it brings me back to reality and I answer her "my name is eidolon, what's yours?" I ask she smiles and says "I am Princess Celestia, now could you tell me how a young mare such as yourself came to be unconscious in the middle of the street while leaving a powerful influx of energy?" I knew the answer but was ashamed to tell, a wisp should never mess with the barriers of different dimensions now I'm suffering for my actions "I was working on a new spell and it backfired, could you tell me where I am?" she continued smiling and said "you're in canterlot, can I assume you've never been here before?" I felt that that was an off question looking towards my hands I can finally tell why they keep calling me a mare.

My body has been changed. No doubt due to the magic of this new world forcing me to change, it didn't really affect me as my magic works regardless of hands. Looking down at my self I noticed my hands and feet have been replaced by hoofs and I can see a muzzle poking into my vision. I feel ears twitching in my hair and a tail moving about under me. It was a new experience that much is for sure feeling new muscles in my back I notice I have wings, big ones, I'm not sure why since I hover above the ground but they look pretty. Further, inspection shows that my fur is a pale white with my hair being a beautiful black. Before I can continue with my observations I hear an "ahem" that draws my attention looking up I see the guards and the princess looking at me though the princess had a pleasant smile the guards looked stoic, it was interesting looking at them, they all seemed to be the same, realizing I've stalled enough I say "sorry, and you'd be right in that assumption, I've never been here at all." she asks "would you like to follow me to the castle, I'd be happy to have some guests." it didn't take long to think up an answer "yes, if you wouldn't mind."

As she turns around her guards take up the back and sides before marching at our pace, looking at their hooves is amusing, since I don't move like that. Even though I'm a pony like them I still float in the air and move forward in a serpentine-like fashion. As we make our way to the castle she asks "now forgive me for asking but what are you exactly? You look like a pony but nopony I've seen floats like that." I take a second to answer "I'm a wisp, we take care of all living things." she looks intrigued by this but before she can ask a follow-up question we make it to the castle, her guards line up and disappear into the sides and we continue forward.

As I follow her we don't talk anymore. I assume it's that she wants to wait until we find a more relaxing place to speak after a few twists and turns we make it to a breathtaking garden, it almost looks like it was made by a wisp. I see insects and animals frolicking around and look around to see beautiful flowers growing strong in the sun making for a wonderful place to be. Looking over to her I say "you have such a lovely garden" "why thank you, the gardeners work very hard and I'm sure they'd love to hear that." she poofs a chair into existence before offering me one "no, no I'm fine thank you though." she begins with "now you said you were a wisp correct?" I nod "what can you do exactly?" thinking about it I have a plethora of abilities but I'll just stick to the simple ones "I can heal grievous wounds and make others and myself stronger." she asks me another question "really can you show me?" seeing no harm in it i summon a massive flower to grow in-between us. She stares at it while a seed pod grows at the top I pick it up and place it near the flower after a second it starts to orbit it. "Observe princess," I state as I cut a massive chunk out with my teeth immediately the chuck grows back and it's impossible to tell that it had been damaged at all.

The princess looked at me visibly impressed and said: "this can work on ponies as well?" I nodded, happy that she was interested "what are your plans here in Canterlot?" she asked, "I don't have any plans, I imagine I'll go find a forest or somewhere nice and settle down and grow my own garden." I said honestly. I don't know how I even got here. I was just prodding the barrier and got sucked in, who knows if I'd even get back home doing it again. Looking back up I see a glint in her eyes "while you're here why don't you live in the castle, I'll hire you on as a healer and botanist. This way you can learn about the city as you think of a plan." she says I think about it, it seems like a good plan, stay here while I learn about this world and do things that I like its a win for me I can't stop the excitement from flowing as I twirl in the air and say "yes! When can we start?"