Angel of Nature Ch 3
Everfree and the others got out of the forest easy and with no problems. After all, when you have someone whose radiating a calm and harmonious aura, you tend to leave that person alone because you know that said person is the Angel of Nature.
Just up ahead, Everfree could seen the town of Ponyvillie, and from the looks of everything around him, it must be getting close to Winter Wrap Up, again. Oh the memories. Last time he was here, he helped Rainbow Dash and the weather team clear the skies and bring the southern birds back, and although he didn't tell it straight to her face, Everfree gave Twilight nudge in the right direction to help.
He looked up at the sky and sighed.
"What I wouldn't give to have my wings..."
Everfree turned around to the other three and began explaining what he was going to do.
"I want you two to stay here for the time being, I'll send a signal when I want you too reveal yourself, so stay somewhere around here. Aleera, I want you to come with me as the ponies won't react to you cause they don't know your species. Normally, that'd scare them but since you'll be with me, they'll know your not dangerous."
All three nodded as the Changelings looked around the snowy countryside for somewhere to wait out of sight. Aleera trotted by Everfree's side as he headed towards Ponyvillie. As they reached the town, Everfree stopped just outside and breathed in the fresh air, despite there being snow all around them. He then soon realised he'd have to ask Rarity later if she still had his snow cloak, in fact, for the plan he had in mind, he needed it now.
He walked through Ponyvillie, very quickly remember everything about the town. As he passed by everypony, they remembered him and waved at him, to which he waved back. He turned a corner he needed to and in front of him was Rarity's Carousel Boutique.
He walked up to the front door and knocked on the top half of the door.
"Terribly sorry," A voice replied, "but I am very busy at the moment. Please come back another time."
Everfree grinned to himself as he could see the shock on Rarity's face when she saw who it was. He calmed himself down and put on as much of a neutral expression as he could before flipping the hood down.
"I sincerely hope you don't do that to your friends, Rarity."
He heard what sounded like a gasp and what sounded like hooves quickly galloping towards the door. He composed himself well despite almost losing his composer when he heard her gasp. The door flew open and there stood the albino white unicorn with a purple mane and tail shaped in a fancy way. On her flank was her Cutie Mark which was three diamonds. There stood Rarity.
She looked up and down and all over Everfree trying to see if she was seeing things. When she was satisfied, she leaped at him and enveloped him a heart warming hug which he returned.
"Everfree!" She cried out.
"Nice to see you too, Rarity." He replied with a chuckle.
He released her then indicated to Aleera who sat by Everfree's side and had a smile on her face, well wolf version of a smile.
"I'd like to introduce you to my companion, Aleera."
Rarity glanced over at Aleera and saw just how clean her coat was. How pristine and shiny it looked. She must of taken care if herself obviously.
"My, aren't you a pretty one. Your fur is so clean and pristine."
Rarity was so caught by how clean and beautiful Aleera looked that she completely forgot about Everfree! To say he would be insulted doesn't work because he knew how Rarity was when she was faced with something beautiful.
"Thank you. It's hard to keep it that way." Aleera said as she bowed her head in gratitude.
"Now while your fawning over her, I have a question." Everfree asked as Rarity momentarily broke her gaze on Aleera to look at him with a glance that asked what he wanted.
"Do you happen to still have my snow cloak?"
Rarity's eyes pretty much lit up as a grin grace her features. She nodded before hurrying inside to find it. Now, Everfree's snow cloak was pretty much the same as his current one and was enchanted the same way expect for the materials used. You see, when Everfree asked for Rarity to make the cloak, she told him that she used the finest fur-like materials so that it made it soft, warm and very comfortable.
Moments later Rarity re-emerged from her shop with said cloak in her magical grasp. She floated it over to Everfree who took it from here grasp. He took his current cloak off and asked Rarity to hold it and his bow for a moment. He then put his snow cloak on and immediately felt the difference and welcomed the warmth the cloak presented. He then grabbed his bow and asked if Rarity could look after his other cloak.
This cloak was actually his favourite not because of how soft and warm it was, but because of how it allowed him to practically blend in with the snow around, making him virtually invisible. So during the one winter he was here, he had some...fun, in a sense.
He threw his eyes all over the cloak and let a smile breakout, though, it was hard to miss the mischievous glint in his eyes as he obviously planned to do something.
"What do you plan on doing this time, Everfree?" Rarity asked.
She herself had fallen victim to his 'fun'. It was all harmless fun but it was funny for even the victim.
"I heard that a certain unicorn recently became a Princess. So intend on having a bit of fun with her." He replied with a mischievous smirk.
Unfortunately, he had left himself wide open for Rarity's next remark as she smirked at him.
"What type of fun?" She asked as she failed to contain a giggle.
Everfree's cheeks flushed red. Everyone of Twilight's friends, heck, the whole of Ponyvillie knew that he had a crush on her but she was the only one who was completely oblivious. Then again, if he even wanted to consider a relationship back then, it would've been impossible because Angels aren't suppose to bond with the inhabitants of the world they are watching over.
"You know what I mean, Rarity." He replied, cheeks still flushed. Thankfully, the shadows of the hood hid the blush.
"I'd love to see it but I've got a large order to fill so I need to get going."
Everfree leaned down and hugged her again.
"It's good to see you again, Rarity."
"It's nice to see you too, Everfree."
And with that, they separated and went their separate ways. Everfree turned back into the main street of Ponyvillie and began searching for Twilight. After searching for a few minutes and having no luck, he looked up at the sky and at the sun to determine the time.
On good thing about the world of Equis, the sun doesn't hurt when you look at it.
Thank Celestia it doesn't hurt too look at the sun like on Earth.
He determined that it would be around noon and that Twilight was likely to be home and either studying or relaxing. Well, that plan went out the window.
He continued his walk towards the library with another plan in mind. When he had first came to Equis, he had the ability to change into a pony and on many occasions, that had come in handy.
Everfree focused the way he would for his powers, to see if still could and thankfully, he could. Now you might be wondering why he didn't go into an alleyway or something? Well, he's done it in public many times before.
Once he was done, he transformation revealed a dark brown unicorn with a dark green mane and tail. His cloak changed to fit him more in his pony form. His Cutie Mark, when the cloak wasn't covering it, was a tree with vines wrapping around it.
Everfree shook his body to get use to it once again. It's been a long time since he had been on four legs, though, there was one thing he realised, he still had his wings which made him an alicorn but they were hidden by his cloak. If he was still an Angel, he wouldn't be surprised, but when an Angel is banished, they lose their wings and magic.
Obviously, the ancient magic did more then Everfree thought. Essientally, he still is a Angel because in his human form, he'd have his wings hidden with magic but he could still feel them. Strange thing was that he couldn't feel them a few moments ago.
There's a reason for him being an alicorn. It was cause of his Angel status. He had the wings from being an Angel and the same was for his magic, so when they forced together into a pony, it makes him an alicorn.
He had to explain many times why he looked like an alicorn and in the end finally got his point across. It was cause he was an Angel, not royalty.
Everfree approached the library and grinned widely. He used his magic to flip his hood over his head. He walked in through the door, Aleera following closely behind and acted as if he was just another pony looking for a book.
He ran his gaze around the room and saw Twilight sitting at a table. She didn't pay him any mind cause she thought it was just another pony.
"Welcome, feel free to browse around." She said, not looking up from her book.
He walked over to a bookshelf so she couldn't see his face when he replied.
"Well, I'm not actually here to get a book," he started with a smirk, "I heard that a certain unicorn became a Princess, you wouldn't happen to know them would you?"
From behind him, he heard a gasp and then a whisper that sounded like 'could it be?'
Not wanting to delay any longer, Everfree turned around and lowered his hood with a large grin on his face.
"So, Princess, how have things been?"