Styx’s POV:
I can’t move. I yell for Sombra, and I hear him come running down the hallway, loud thumps echoing off the walls. He bursts into my room, the door flying opening fast enough to hit the wall behind it. I flinch at the sound and then realize my wings still work, but it isn’t going to be good enough to move myself, since flying requires a large amount of energy. Sombra approaches me on the bed, “What has happened my dear river?”
“When I was starved by Starswirl it affected my legs, and I am unable to use either of my back legs, but thankfully there is a known cure. It is an old story from my adoptive parents. When my mother was young she was starved by her parents and was forced to seek the help of Celestia and Luna, their combined magic was able to fully restore her legs. She said it was the best decision she ever made, even though Celestia and Luna were wary of her at first. Due to the wariness, she promised never to conspire against them, although obviously she did, since she aided you in the war. But, I can’t ask Celestia and in turn, Luna, for help since Celestia has deemed me the aggressor of the Starswirl incident. So we need to get help from Twilight and then travel to the Crystal Empire."
"And how do you propose that happens? You can't walk, let alone fly. I can carry you but I'm not so sure I should be out and about in the Crystal Empire after the last time."
"Nonsense, as much as Cadence wasn't happy, that wasn't your fault. It was your subjects' fault, and their loyalty to you. They will take time to warm up to Cadence. However, we can't dwell on this now, I'm afraid if I stay paralyzed too long I will cease to be able to ever have hope of waking again. No Changeling knows what happens if one continues to live paralyzed. Whether we live normally or if eventually we starve just because we can't move or do much of anything. As for how I am moving, basically teleportation spells, and you carrying me minimal distances. Lets go get Twilight, the girls will be fine. I told them to sleep all day to rest after the adventure of hiking we had yesterday."
Sombra nods his head in agreement, runs to put his armor on, and then teleports us to Twilight's castle. I expect us to appear in the map room, instead we arrive outside the doors of the castle. Having enough of this being not allowed into Twilight's castle, I summon up dark magic and teleport us into the map room. We blip in and see that Celestia, Luna, Starswirl, and Twilight are in deep conversation, unaware of our arrival. I place the invisibility spell to cloak us in order to keep our presence a secret until the two sisters and Starswirl leave. We don't have to wait long as the group's whispering soon finishes. As soon as those three have vacated the premises, I release the invisibility spell and address Twilight, “So, I suppose that is why I had to take the hard way into your castle then?”
“Ahhh! Oh, it's just you, yes, Starswirl is trying his hardest to make your life difficult. He believes that I shouldn’t interact with you, so does Celestia. However, I have told them over and over again that you are my friend and I will not shut you out in a society that already hates you. So, what brings you here?”
“Well, as you can see my back legs don’t work at all. So, I need your help, along with Cadence to restore my legs back to normal.”
“How did this happen?”
“A consequence of Starswirl starving me. Only the power of two Alicorns can restore my legs, however I can’t ask Celestia and Luna for help, so I have to come to you. Would you be willing to help me?”
“Of course! I’ll get the girls and meet you at the train station. Sombra, do you want to get Starlight?”
“Of course, which direction is she?”
“She is in her room, upstairs, third door on the right. See you three at the train station.”
She teleports off and Sombra goes to get Starlight. I hear a scream about thirty seconds later, I teleport myself upstairs and see that Starlight is on top of Sombra and is staring down at a spider on the floor. I hover the spider in my magic to Starlight’s bedroom window and set it down on the tree a few feet away from the window. Starlight slowly comes down off of Sombra, and sees my legs. “What happened to you?”
“I am paralyzed in my back legs from Starswirl starving me. So, I need the help of two Alicorns, so Twilight and Cadence. Twilight is grabbing the rest of the girls, and we need to meet them at the train station. Ready to go?”
“Yes, I suppose so.”
Sombra lights his horn, teleporting all three of us to the station just in time for Twilight and the gang to make it there. As the train pulls up I drape myself over Sombra’s back and we board.