Michael PoV
A couple of days later , I still had to discover what were the intentions of the perpetrator of the last attack to the small community I now considered my home, however, Sylph had not reappeared , which had me a little worried.
"Hey, Michael , what are you doing ? " asked a voice from above, pulling me from my dark thoughts, when I looked up, resting peacefully in a cloud, Rainbow Dash was watching me, her head was tilted slightly, " Man, you look awful, why are you so stressed? "
when I turned to see the road again, a singular spark caught my eyes, approaching the source of the glow , I could see myself in a mirror, my feathers were agitated and out of place, and some of the primaries in the wings were crooked and obviously in need to be extracted.
"Heh, I guess you're right Rainbow, " I said, trying to align the feathers that were twisted with my claws , " it's just... I have some memories missing, I mean, I woke up near Canterlot , all alone , without any kind of identification or information about me in a magical unprecedented event... There are too many holes in this story... "I said to the reckless Pegasus that was talking to me from the her cloud.
"Meh, you're overreacting, Yes, there are many doubts about your appearance just after the eclipse, Yes, you have no memories of what you were doing before just 'appearing' outside the city, Yes, now you're helping and defending us from these monsters, and, in truth, that's what matters right now, " the blue pegasus said, showing me a smile , "but now I think you need help with grooming those feathers " she followed her speech, clearly amused by my predicament.
"And how , Miss Dash, you intend to help me solve my problem?" I said to her, in a tone of mockery.
"Easy, I 'm taking you to Rarity's, she can help taking you to the spa" the sky Pegasus answered me, smiling innocently, her arms wrapped around me without any opportunity to make an escape.
"Me and my big mouth," I grumbled as Rainbow dragged me to the house of the mare of fashion in Ponyville.
Half an hour later
"I can not believe you did not come before to see me, darling, those feathers are in horrible shape, besides that you currently do not have more clothes than those on you, right?" the white fashonista told me, looking me up and down like a carnivore to their next prey.
"Well you see, Miss Rarity, really do not have any job or some source of income outside of fighting monsters, and they, as far as I know, do not pay for extermination" I told the mare, shrugging my shoulders, "Princess Celestia and Luna just have not said anything about my sudden appeareance in Canterlot, and... Twilight is a good hostess, but after getting up connected to one of her strange devices, in truth, sleep in the castle does not seem a good idea to me. " I tried to explain, shuddering a little, the expression of the newest princess burnt in my memory.
"I am deeply sorry, darling, Twilight has the best intentions at heart, but her methods sometimes are a little ... extreme for my tastes." Rarity said, smiling apologetically, "Well, let's leave these unpleasant memories and go to the spa, Fluttershy is already waiting for us, and frankly, you're in serious need of a complete treatment, you simply can not be seen with that appearance, darling, a gentleman always has to look at its best." she gently chided me, while approaching the telltale building that was Ponyville's Spa.
The spa apparently also has it's male clientele, though, being completely honest, I never saw the need to visit one of these sites in my universe, outside, the store looked like any other building in the small village, white walls and a thatched roof, but once we entered with the white mare, the resemblance ended, besides being a place for relaxation, apparently this was also a small gym for the most active people in the community, mentally, this resolved my doubts about the episode in which Bulk Biceps appeared as one of the employees of Aloe and Lotus.
"Nice place, who would say that also serves as a gym," I muttered, looking at the different types of equipment, "they have everything here."
"Thanks for the compliment, sir, we would like to think that more people come soon, however, we have some steady customers such as Miss Rarity." a voice said behind me, turning slowly, my eyes fell on one of the twins who ran the place, blue fur and bublegum pink hair, Aloe (or Lotus, truth be told I could never tell them apart) was dressed in a simple white set, ideal for work in this place as a masseuse or to lead the different customers in a workout.
"A pleasure, my name is Michael, and a pleasure to meet you, Miss ..."
"Lotus, now, if you want to follow me, we can start with their treatment," she said, gesturing with his hand to the back of the room, a smile always present.
After completing the full treatment, Lotus gave me some advice, as well as where to get certain items for handling my coat and my feathers, in the case of not wanting to do it "manually". Who the hell would think that now, with my new body, the issue of personal hygiene change much. Now, instead only taking a bath, also have to consider my coat; ticks, fleas, and other problems canines, felines and horses have are a thing, plus, I also have to get a damn special brush to align and remove molted feathers.
"By Celestia's beard, Rarity, if you seriously want to help, it would have been better for me to stay in the castle, at this rate I'll have to get a job just to keep presentable" I said to the white pony, furrowing my brow.
"Honey, you are exaggerating, if it is true that keeping yourself presentable is a priority, but now ..." whatever Rarity was saying soon lost sense when something golden and brown tackled me, sending us both to the floor.
"What the hell ..." I exclaimed, both of us rolling on the ground, suddenly the identity of my attacker, a griffon, became clear, the griffon in question was dressed in some strange armor, similar to the armor of the Canterlot palace guards, however, below this, a one-piece in black stood, cuts and scratches on both the armor and the piece of black clothing under it visible.
"Finally find you, your highness, all the guards who came with you suddenly were transported to different sites when the eclipse happened" it said, the voice clearly highlighting that it was a female. Again, before I could do or say something, a blur with a rainbow contrail collided with my aggressor, sending her to the floor again.
"you have some nerve about coming back, Guilda, also, why are you hitting our friend?" Rainbow Dash said, a cold and full of fury look in her eyes.
"Let go, Dweeb, I am now one of the guards of the missing heir to the Rocky ridge Aerie, and that person happens to be him" answered the griffon, also with a look of fury, pointing his claw to me.
at this point, I did the most logical thing possible, and I just passed out.