"I did." Said a voice suddenly. It was a changeling in the disguise of a nurse earth pony. A mare with a blue coat and a darker blue mane. Her eyes were the oddest shade of amber.
Redheart gave a chuckle. "But you're just an earth pony nurse."
"Am I?" The earth pony quickly cloaked itself in flames that licked at it's sides, revealing a hard black chitin, the delicate transparent membrane wings...... The compound red eyes, and sharp white fangs.....
Gale recoiled slightly at the changeling's reveal. "W.....why did you save me?" He asked with a bit of fear.
"Because..." The changeling took the form of a white Pegasus with a blond mane and blue eyes, "I may be changeling, but I am still royal guard. You were in trouble.... so I helped you."
Gale saw the bandage on her side, and dimly remembered his landing wasn't as hard as it should of been when he crashed. He realized she must of placed herself between the building and him.
That must of hurt.....
"Uh.... thank you." said Gale awkwardly. "You didn't have to do that you know."
"I do a lot of things I don't have to do." She simply said. "It is a part of life."
There was a long awkward pause. finally, Gale spoke, and broke the silence.
"Thank you."
The changeling looked at him with a bit of surprise. That's the first thank you I've ever received....
"You are welcome. My name is Ebony."
"My name is Gale. Gale Tradewind."
"Nice to meet you." She said with a small note of a smile. "Perhaps we'd meet again." And with that said, she left the room.
"Ebony..." Said Gale thoughtfully. I like how that sounds. So.... unique.
Redheart gave a chuckle. "You've met a new friend it seems."
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The days seemed to go by quite fast, until it was the day for Gale to leave the hospital. Although he had gotten a new eye, he did not like the scar across it from his incident, and so preferred to keep it under an eye patch, since he couldn't see very well in the eye anyway. He stretched his wings, and flattened his ears. His crushed wing didn't heal right, so he couldn't fly very well. But he thought of his parents, and decided to pay them a visit in Canterlot.
A while of long walking later, he finally reached his parent's house, and knocked on the door.
I sure hope I don't scare them too much.......
The door opened, and his mother met him with a gasp of surprise.
"What happened to you?" she asked worriedly. "What happened to your eye?"
"I...I screwed up. Father was right. I should of stayed on the ground.,...."
After a bit of explaining. Gust shook her head sadly in disappointment.
"I told you never to push yourself...."
"If I can't be a WonderBolt, what use am I?" said Gale sadly. "With my wing healed wrong, and bad eyesight, they'd never take me. I'm just a broken Pegasus."
Gust met Gale's sternly. "Broken, but still alive. Everyone has a purpose. That's what your grandpa used to always say."
"Tsk... you always say that." Said Gale irritated.
"H....Have you forgotten your other dream? The one to join the royal guard?" asked Gust hesitantly. "I'm sure Fleur would join you as well."
"Oh yeah....." It's been so long since I last saw Fleur...... "Thanks mother."
"Any time." Gust replied with a light chuckle. "Although you may not soar in the air, you soar in everyone of our hearts. Be careful dear."
"I will." He said with a wave of goodbye, and took off to find Fleur. Fleur was a red unicorn with a white mane.
Fleur is probably trying to hit on the female guards again...... Last time he did, one hurt him pretty badly.
"Hey there, pretty face." Said Fleur, trying to hit on a grey unicorn mare guard. "How about we hang sometime?"
"You disgusting freak." She replied. "Isn't one trip to the hospital enough to tell you I'm not interested in civilians like you?"
"No... you must break more than one bone with creeps like this..." Said Turtle shell, a grey Pegasus guard with an eyepatch and a reign. "He must suffer in pure agony... " No one said anything about how awkward wearing a reign was because they were scared of Turtle.
"Okay okay.." quickly said Fleur with a small scared note. "No need for violence." I'll forever be alone.... at least with her around.
"Fleur! What did I say about picking up guard mares?" Said Gale with an amused tone. "They'll break you into sand."
Fleur gave a small gasp of surprise. "W...What happened to you...."
"Well... it was my fault actually.... "
"Was it Blaze again? I swear... one day, he'll cause his own downfall."
"Yeah... I pushed too hard, and went too fast. Sure, it was exhilarating...... the wind through my mane and the confidence...... but I turned to sharply, and crashed badly. Luckily, someone broke my fall."
"Ouch.... wait, really?" Asked Fleur curiously. "Who was it?"
"A royal guard mare named Ebony."
Fleur gave a laugh. "You lucky foal. I wish that happened to me. I bet she likes you."
"... I never thought of that." He said with a sheepish chuckle. "I was thinking of joining the Royal guard."
"So was I! " Said Fleur with glee. "We have so much in common, just like the old times. This won't be that bad. Besides... we could do anything we wanted."