//------------------------------// // Meet the Law // Story: Metal Wings // by Halfpaw //------------------------------// Mother! I had never been so happy to hear her beautiful voice in all my young life, and despite the fact I mute for the time being due the inappropriate actions of the idiotic stallion in front of me I wanted to call out to her and comfort her with my voice. I was happy to hear my mother’s voice for more reasons than one. First, I had been looking for her for about 20 minutes and her finding me meant our schedule might still be able to be scavenged. The more obvious reason being that I was a ten year old colt cornered into a wall of ponies surrounding me as I lied trapped and disarmed of my greatest weapon (my voice) and fruitlessly attempting to write something on the ground to defend myself from the Captain of the Royal Guard who happened to have more than 30 years of hoof to hoof combat experience and magic. Before my mother showed up I was at least 60% sure I was bucked. Which happened to be about 60% more than my previous record. Got to start somewhere I guess. Now that things were starting to fall into my favor I let a small smile escape my lips. I wonder which one of us will win this game Fast, you may be smart but I’m smarter. I looked up from the ground at Fast Sword, allowing him to get a glance at my smile before I hid it under a mask of emotions that hid my true thoughts from him. Fast just continued his glare, as his horn lit in order to power his new spell. As soon as his horn lit however the beautiful figure of my mother dashed out of the crowd only to throw herself in front of me. LEAVE YOU MONSTER HOW DARE YOU ATACK A POOR INACENT COLT! I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK HE DID OR WHO YOU THINK HE IS BUT THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT A YOUNG COLT! HE IS OBVIOUSLY TERRIFED OF YOU OR HE WOULD HAVE TALKED… Me terrified? Phff, who is this mare and what has she done with my mother? I took this time to try and get familiarized with my surroundings. I couldn’t actually see much from inside my little circle as many ponies about twice (if not triple) my size swarmed the street to try and find out what was going on. Wait I could see one thing. That’s odd it was shaped like a white pony but no pony was that big. Why was everypony making an opening into the circle in the direction toward it? That’s odd why are they bowing? Bowing? Buck, it was the princess! My mind worked at double speed trying to process that information. After a short battle over common sense I figured that this might be my time to try and get some favor points with the princesses. I calmly walked over to my mother who was still yelling at a very pale faced Fast Sword who keep on repeating some madness about me being some sort of Changeling thing and that she was under mind control. Yea… that stallion needs some help. Maybe all those years of stress had caught up to him. Well regardless I poked my mother with my hoof. She turned to look at me only for myself to calmly point in the direction of the princesses. And that kids is how you break your mother. The moment she turned to see the princesses approaching her she just flat out froze as she stared unresponsively at the princesses. Well that’s interesting… I assumed she would faint. BANG! I winced, that was her fainting. Ouch she fell hard. The idiot of a guard just stared at the princesses for a moment before running up to her as fast as his legs could carry him. “Celestia, Celestia come quick there is a Changeling here you must help me remove of it. I didn’t know what to do.” Well thinking that it would help to have my voice back I reached down at my hooves grabbing a fallen magazine by the title, The Canterlot Gossip. I took my pen noticing the many dozens of eyes watching me as I wrote on the paper. I then walked over to the princess purposely, bowing when getting within about 5 feet of her only to put the magazine next to her hoof. Celestia only stared at me with an expression that appeared to be shock as she picked up the magazine in her golden aura lifting it to her face. Celestia then out loud read, “Would you be so kind as to remove the voice removal spell (scientifically named Placidus) that your idiotic captain cast on me when I attempted to civilly deny his outlandish accusations of me being some sort of monster he has no doubt created in his delusions?” The whole crowd just stared me for some reason. Yes I am handsome… can you stop staring at me already? The princesses just stared at me in thought as I watched her horn and my body erupt in the golden light of her magic. “This is a much preferred method of communication, due you not agree my majesty”, I said a small smile on my lips as I spoke. “I had never realized how much I depended on my voice until it was most rudely ripped from me.” Silence. Why was everypony staring at me like that! This is beyond weird. Celestia seemed to shake the odd expression off her face as she quickly replaced her expression of that of kindness. “Most don’t I’m afraid, would you be alright with me taking you to the castle with me to talk?” Responding with a small frown I responded,” I’m afraid I would mind to be honest, I have many places to go and I am afraid I would rather like to go to my hotel and lie down after this tiring event” Please don’t forces me to come, please don’t force me to come. I was going to beg to my god to help me escape Celestia, then I realized that my god was Celestia. “Nonsense, we have some very conferrable couches you can lie on while we have some tea nothing can be more relaxing then that.” I guess that’s just a fancy way of saying, you don’t have a chose in this conversation. Well I don’t know what I did but I hope my jail sentence isn’t too long. Maybe I should run. No that would be a very foolish action, there were unicorns everywhere I wouldn’t make it a yard without being caught. I guess I’ll go the polite route. A hundred wide eyed ponies stared at me as they anxiously waited to see what my next action would be. “After reconsidering the offer I feel as though I am obligated to accept, but in return I fully expect my mother to be escorted to the nearest hospital.” Celestia only smiled as she said “Your terms are accepted let us be on our way little one.” Well this is bucking great… I have said that a lot today. Yea this has been a very bad day so far.