Guardian of Equestria-Rise of the Blue Sun
Chapter 9
Wings of an Angel
It was another day for Hawke as he was looking up to the sky wondering what would be like to actually fly among them. While he was day dreaming, Twilight called up to him and said, "HAWKE! STOP DAY DREAMING AND GET US OUT OF THIS MESS!"
Hawke quickly came back to reality and remembered that Twilight and him were grabbed by a giant octopus that was terrorizing Ponyville from the rivers. He was able to free one of his hands from the monster's tentical wrapped around him. Hawke hit the beast with a strange looking energy ball, it had small little sparks jumping around it, Hawke didn't have time to think about that though, and hit the Octopus with it, a terrible screech came out of it and it dropped Twilight and him, it fell into the river,where it sunk to the bottom, dead. The town was saved again and all of the ponies can continue with their business. Twilight walked up to Hawke and said, "Well that was unexpected. When did you start using electrical powers?"
"I don’t know. This is the first that I used this," he answered.
Twilight thought about it and said, "Hmm…Perhaps your magic is starting to develop more, which means you’re becoming more powerful"
"Well that's kinda cool," he said. Hawke thought getting a new power was cool, but there were other concerns in his mind at the moment.
Twilight looked at him with concern; he hadn't been himself for sometime. To her, it seemed like he was troubled by something, but didn't know what and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I’m fine, it’s just……Something has been bothering me for some time," he said.
"Like what?" she asked.
Hawke looked at Twilight with worry. It had been more then a month since he was brought to Equestria. He soon became a hero, battle monster now and again, learning new magic spells to use, and yet......there was an emptiness in him. He felt like there was something missing from his life. He thought about for a while and realized that he had accomplished so much here and he wished to show it to two people in his life, the people he never had a chance to know, he missed his parents and he wanted to show them how much he had grown up since he was young. But they were gone. Hawke came back to reality and said, "Well…tell you the truth, it’s something I need to tell someone else about it. I mean…I want to talk to you about it, but not yet."
Twilight looked at him for moment and said, "Okay I understand……Maybe you can talk to Fluttershy about it; she may be able to help."
Hawke the said, "Okay I’ll give it a try, thanks for understanding."
"No problem," she said.
Hawke then went to Fluttershy’s cottage, leaving a very concern Twilight behind.
Hawke walked along the path to Fluttershy’s place. When he got there he saw all kind of animals there and where they lived. Hawke knew Fluttershy loved animals, but didn’t know that they lived with her willing and were free to roam the area. Hawke then knocked on Fluttershy’s door and waited. The door opened and Fluttershy was there. She then said quietly, "Oh umm…hello Hawke, how are you?"
"I’m doing well, how about you?" he asked.
"Oh wonderful, the animals are happy, the birds are singing, all the animals are resting well, and Angel is happily asleep," Fluttershy said.
"Angel?" he asked.
"Yes, my little bunny friend. I think you met him one time," she said.
"Oh yeah……" Hawke said while he was remembering what happened.
Hawke remembered Fluttershy introducing Angel to him, while he was in the hospital when he first came here. Angel didn't like Hawke so much and kicked him on the arm were it was burnt. Hawke would have gotten revenge on that bunny, if it wasn't Fluttershy’s pet, though she wouldn't admit that Angel is her pet. Fluttershy looked at Hawke and said, "I’m sorry that Angel did that, he’s normally nice; he was cranky because he didn't have his carrots yet."
Hawke then said, "It's okay, I already forgot about it," then he whispered to himself, "mostly."
"So what brings you out here?" Fluttershy asked.
"Well it’s something personal and Twilight suggested talking to you about it," he said.
"Oh I see…well come in and I’ll make you some tea," Flutterfly said letting Hawke walk into her cottage, but unknown to them that a creature with wings prepares to strike.
In the cottage, Fluttershy poured tea into Hawke’s cup, they then sat down at the table and she started listen to Hawke problem. Hawke explained to Fluttershy that recently that he miss his parents and has been feeling depressed about it. Fluttershy thought to herself for a moment and said, " I know it's never easy to live without your parents, but what do you know about your parents?"
"All I know is that they were good people, sure they made mistakes, like really big mistakes. Like for example they had me before they were married, but from what my grandparents told me they never regretted it and they were glad to have me. They wanted me to be at a good school, go to church every Sunday, make friends, and to have a great life." Hawke said.
"Do you think you've made them proud?" she asked.
Hawke thought about it for a minute, he believed that his parents would be proud of him and that they watching him right now. He then said with a smile, " Yeah, I bet they are proud of me and I know they wish to be with me too. Although sometimes when I look up to the skies, I wish that I can fly up and see them again.
"Maybe you will someday, but right now they would want you to live on for them. You may not have known them, but I believe they knew that you would be something special and I know that they would be proud of you, Hawke," she said smiling.
When Hawke was beginning to get a bit teary, all of a sudden the windows were smashed open and caught Hawke and Fluttershy off guard. When they looked at the broken window they saw what looked like a pterodactyl, it was large, had legs and arms, as well as wings, and retile like eyes that looked around the room. At first it looked at Hawke, then it’s eyes looked at Fluttershy. It let out a shrieking sound that that hurt both Fluttershy and Hawke’s ears. It pushed him aside and grabbed Fluttershy, and then it flew off with her, while she was screaming. Markus was horrified; he quickly got up and chased after the creature.
Hawke quickly looked around and saw the creature with Fluttershy flying off. He thought about using his magic to get it, but was afraid he would hit Fluttershy. He then ran as fast as he could, while following them. Hawke didn’t know what to do, the creature was high above the ground with Fluttershy, while she is screaming and kicking to get free. He was stumped, he couldn’t do anything, he was able to fly, he wished with all his might and then…..
Hawke looked down and notice he wasn’t on the ground no more, he looked behind his back and saw angel like wings. They were glowing bright blue and were made completely out magic. He couldn’t believe it, he was able to fly.
Hawke quickly got himself together, decided it wasn’t the time to celebrate, and went after the creature with flying speed. He quickly caught up to it, flew above it, and fired his new electric ball. The ball hit, the creature, letting go of Fluttershy, and fell down into a lake and drowned. Hawke then said to himself, "What is up with the monsters dying in the water lately?" Fluttershy was falling and Hawke quickly caught her. She was relieved and held onto Hawke tightly. Then the two went back to the cottage.
Sometime had passed and the window to the cottage was fixed, thanks to Hawke’s magic. Angel went to Hawke and gave him a hug for saving Fluttershy, then bounce away. Hawke looked at Fluttershy for a moment, realized that she was a pegasus and she could have been able to save herself when she was falling. Hawke then asked, "Hey Fluttershy, you have wings right? Couldn't you fly without me catching you?"
"Well I can’t fly very high and when I get scared it’s almost impossible for me fly," she said.
"Really? How come?" Hawke asked out of curiosity.
"i-I don't want to talk about it. If you don't mind that is?," Fluttershy replied.
"Oh okay, I understand. Is it why you live here on the ground with the rest of the ponies?" he asked.
"Well yes, but that’s not the only reason I live down here. I also live down here so I can take care of all my animal friends and stay near Ponyville so I can visit the girls whenever I want to. It’s a nice life to live here," she answered with a smile.
"Yeah it is. Thanks again for listening I guess I just needed to talk to somepony," he said
"No problem and come back whenever you want to," she said.
"I will, thank you," he said.
Hawke left Fluttershy's cottage and walked his way home. As he was walking he decided to try flying some more. He opened up his wings and started flying through the clouds. He saw all of Ponyville from the skies, there was Twilight's home, The Cakes' Shop, Rarity's home, Sweet Apple Acres, and the town's hall. As he was flying, he saw two figures in front of him. They didn't have wings and they were waving at him. When he try to take a closer look at them, they went behind a cloud and disappeared. Hawke was confused at what he saw and wondered who they were. It wasn't long until he thought of who they were. He smiled with tears coming out of his eyes. He continued back home and said to himself, "I'm glad that you guys are still watching me."
End of Chapter 9