When Gold Wing awoke, he found himself chained to table in the middle of a dark room. He couldn't see anything, all he saw was darkness. Where was he? How did he get here? Why was he here in the first place? Suddenly, the room lit up. Gold Wing squinted his eyes. He heard hoofsteps slowly coming closer to him.
"Well, look who he have here." A feminine voice said.
"W-who's there?!" Gold Wing yelled.
A more masculine voice snickered.
Gold Wing slowly opened his eyes. Before him stood a short, cloaked mare wearing a mask. Behind the masked pony was a tall stallion, also wearing a mask. Something about the taller pony gave Gold Wing the shivers. Gold Wing saw that the shorter pony was holding a longsword, with a crest emblazoned on it, but he couldn't make out what it was.
The mare sighed.
"I don't want to kill you, but--"
Gold Wing's heart nearly stopped.
"Kill me?! Why?! What did I do?!" Gold Wing cried.
"You didn't do anyth--"
The stallion coughed.
"Never mind." The mare continued. "Let's just get this over with."
The mare sighed sadly. She raised the sword over Gold Wing's heart.
Gold Wing's eyes widened.
"No!!! Stop!!!" He cried, struggling to break free of his bondages.
The mare looked into Gold Wing's deep, aquamarine eyes. A single tear fell from her eye and landed on Gold Wing's cheek.
"Please… save me…" Gold Wing begged her.
The mare started to cry, her tears falling on Gold Wing's face. The stallion gave her a stern look. Sadly, the mare wiped her eyes. She raised the sword high above her head.
"No!" Gold Wing shouted. "Please, don't--!"
With a sad cry, the mare plunged the sword into Gold Wing's chest, narrowly missing his heart.
Gold Wing cried out in agony, coughing out blood.
The mare still held the sword, which was still in Gold Wing's chest, firm in her grasp. Tears streamed down her face.
"What have you done?!" The stallion reprimanded the mare. "Why didn't you kill him?!"
"H-he's my…" The mare sobbed.
The stallion gave an exasperated sigh.
"I'll just throw him in the cellar. He'll bleed to death."
"B-but--"
The stallion gave the mare a spine-shivering glare. The mare looked at Gold Wing, who was still screaming. She hesitantly took her hooves off of the sword, which disappeared as soon as she let go of it. The stallion took off Gold Wing's chains and pushed him off of the table. Gold Wing cried out.
"Don't--!" The mare implored him.
The stallion glared at the mare again, who lowered her head. The stallion dragged Gold Wing, who was bleeding profusely, down to the cellar and threw him in a cell. He slammed the door as he exited.
"Help!" Gold Wing shouted as loud as he could. "Please!"
Gold Wing banged is hooves against the bars of the cell.
Blood gushed out of Gold Wing's chest. He cried out and fell to the concrete ground of the cellar.
"Help… anypony…" Gold Wing mumbled. "Please… save me…"
Tears of blood streamed down Gold Wing's face. It was all happening so fast. His mansion was destroyed, his parents were dead, and he was about to lose his life for reasons he didn't know why.
"What did I do to deserve this?" Gold Wing whispered weakly. "Why… why did this have to happen?"
More blood continued to bleed out of Gold Wing's chest until he was surrounded by a puddle of crimson red.
"Please… anypony…."
Gold Wing coughed up a gush of blood until his throat hurt.
"SAVE ME!" Gold Wing cried out to the sky.
Suddenly, a bright light filled the room. Gold Wing shielded his eyes. He heard the sound of wings flapping.
"Are you sure you would want anypony to save you? I mean, what if it was creepy homeless dude or a crazy old mare?" A voice said. "Your lucky it's me!"
"W-who are you?" Gold Wing asked, still covering his eyes.
The voice giggled.
"I am an angel."
Gold Wing's heart nearly stopped.
"An angel?!" Gold Wing yelled.
"Well, duh! I just said it, didn't I? Are you deaf of something? The angel joked. "Well, open your eyes! Your not blind, are you?"
Gold Wing slowly opened his eyes. The sight before him nearly took his breath away. Before him stood, or rather floated, a young, beautiful mare with a pure white coat, a long, silver mane, and things he had never seen before: wings and a horn. The mare's horn was surrounded by a beautiful silver glow, and her wings were at least two times larger than herself.
"A-are you here to rescue me?" Gold Wing asked hopefully.
"Well, that depends. Do you want to be rescued?" The angel asked him.
"O-of course I want to!" Gold Wing replied.
"Do you really want to be rescued?" The angel pestered.
"I already said yes!" Gold Wing grumbled.
The angel giggled.
"Is that all you want?" She questioned.
Gold Wing stopped.
"I… can ask for more?"
"I don't know, you ask me!" The angel smiled.
Gold Wing took a deep breath. An angel was asking him what he wanted. He should answer carefully.
"I-I want you to rebuild my mansion, protect from anypony who wants to kill me, and I-I…"
"What else do you want?" The angel asked.
"I want you to take care of me… like my mother and father did..."
The angel was surprised.
"Oh my. Looks like somepony is having separation anxiety." The angel remarked, concerned. She sighed. "Unfortunately, I can't replace your parents, but I can still take care of you. Now, what job would be befitting to take care of a noblecolt like yourself?"
"Not a housekeeper, not a maid, by maybe a--"
"Ah yes! I can be your bodyguard." The angel suggested.
Gold Wing was the one who was surprised this time.
"M-my bodyguard?"
"I don't see any other position that would take care of and protect a pony of high class." The angel reasoned. "Unless you change your mind."
"No!" Gold Wing quickly replied. "I want you to be my bodyguard!"
"That's all you want?" The angel teased.
Gold Wing groaned. But not because he was frustrated, but because of the pain in his chest.
The angel frowned.
"Oh. I'd better fix that…"
The angel pointed her horn at Gold Wing's chest, and it instantly healed, all pain gone.
"Now then, what do you want?"
Gold Wing sighed. He looked deep into the angel's royal blue eyes.
"I want you to be my bodyguard." He said boldly.
The angel giggled.
"Yes, sir!"
The room once again filled with a bright light, and Gold Wing and the angel were gone.