//------------------------------// // Chapter 05: Princess of Destiny // Story: Flight of Destiny // by Pink_Flash //------------------------------// I dreamed of her again... That kind, gentle, and caring pink mare. The one who keeps telling me she's my mother... If only I could believe that. "Time to wake up... Come on little filly... wake up." My eyes flitter open. First thing I see is the ceiling of a bedroom... with two faces looking down at me. "W... whuh?" One of the faces is a purple mare. She has a pink stripe in her mane. The other is of a purple and green lizard thing. "Ohhhh... um... hi..." I grin sheepishly. The purple mare smiles down at me warmly. "How did you get in here?" She then gets an inquizitive expression. "Oh... um... the window above the first floor is unlocked." I wasn't sure what else to say. The purple mare shakes her head. "Rainbow must've left it unlocked again." She sighs. After a moment, she looks at me. "That's ok. I don't mind fillies and colts coming to find some good literature." She giggles some. "Though you should mind the open hours." She smiles. "What's your name little filly? I'll help you get home. Your parents must be worried." Ok. This is the point I need to say something clever. "I dunno." Smooth. The purple mare blinks. "You... don't know?" She frowns while watching me. "Yeah. I haven't seen them since I fell asleep." I smile big. The purple mare deadpans at me. "Ok... where do you live?" "80173 Maple Drive." I respond as if it's the most truthful thing in the world. "Maple Drive? I... don't think I've heard of that road." She stares at me. "Are you telling me a fib?" "Um... uhhhh... the idea of a fib..." There's a sudden knock at the front door. 'Saved...' The purple mare looks at me again. "Don't go anywhere filly. I'll be right back." She turns to leave. I get a look at her.She has wings. So she's like that blue pony In one of my dreams. Star-like tattoo. Do they all have tattoos? Well, The purple lizard stares at me. I hop out of the bed at the lizard moves to me. "Twilight said not to go anywhere." He crosses his arms in front of him. "Twilight?" I look at the lizard. "You... don't mean Twilight Sparkle, do you?" Remembering the name of the pony I talked to over the radio. "Boy, are you uninformed or what?" He laughs. 'You have no idea lizard.' I think to myself with a deadpan as the lizard laughs at me. "Done?" I ask after a few more moments. "I'm sorry." He giggles a bit more. "Yes. That is THE Twilight Sparkle. I think for a moment. 'If she is the one I talked to over the radio... then I might be able to convince her that I'm not actually a pony. That book spoke of her as a Princess too. I may Incidentally be exactly where I need to be... "You ok?" The lizard askes me.With a slightly concerned expression. "Oh... um... I'm ok. Just fine." I smile sheepishly. "I would very much like to speak with Miss Sparkle." The lizard nods. "I say just wait then." He pauses. "I'm Spike by the way. What's your name?" "Miles..." I tell him while watching the doorway. The lizard named Spike looks like he's going to say something else when Twilight returns. She does NOT look happy. Miss Weathers walks in behind her. "Aww snap..." I say quietly while looking at Miss Weathers. "That was very naughty, litte colt." Miss Weathers trots to me and takes me by the hoof. I look to Twilight. "Help... me...!" Twilight shakes her head. "She's right. You shouldn't have snuck out. That was very bad." "You don't understand...!" Miss Weathers is leading me out of the library. "Listen to me! I need a landing strip! I AM FLIGHT B.G. FIVE EIGHT!" Twilight Sparkle's eyes widen as I disappear around the corner. "W-wait!" She rushes to meet us. "How do you know that?" Miss Weathers stops. I brush myself off a bit. "It identifies my airplane. It's my aerial code." I pause. "Who do you think you were talking to up there?" Twilight just stares at me. "But... you're not a unicorn. How were you sending telepathic messages?" It's my turn to look confused. "What? I wasn't using magic. I was sending radiowaves from my plane. It's electronically based." I say kind of smugly. 'Wait, didn't I already tell her this?' "Twilight... I need your help... I'm not from here and I don't know how I got here. I know you can feel it. " I tell her. "That I cannot say... but one thing is for certain, little colt. Nothing but mystery surrounds you." Twilight responds. "I'm a human. Named Miles. I come from earth. I don't know how I got here. I was on a simple flight home when I turned into this little pony here." My face is perfectly serious. "I managed to survive a planecrash, a pack of wolves, and drop from approximately 70 feet. Perhaps you can come to the same conclusion that I'm out of the ordinary." Twilight Sparkle seems to think about it. "Well... I admit. I've seen the human world. You also seem to have a vocabulary far beyond what is expected of a colt your age." Miss Weathers blinks. "Princess... You cannot possibly be entertaining this. Granted, Pink Flash is very intelligent. I see that just by watching him. He should be nurtured, and encouraged to explore his imagination in a healthier way. I suggest the school for gifted ponies in Canterlot." Twilight nods. " I will personally look into this matter. Conduct an investigation of my own." She smiles down at me. "If you truly are human... I will help you." Miss Weathers blinks. "P... Princess... He's a little colt who's obvious gone through a very terrifying experience. He's creating this imaginary situation to cope with what he experienced." Twilight shakes her head. "I don't think it's as simple as that. He used telepathy to speak to me. I experienced that." She looks to Miss Weathers. "There's no way he could. He's a pegasus." She shakes her head again and looks to me. "No. There's more to this colt than meets the eye." She looks down at me. "I'm going to get to the bottom of this. For now, I need you to go back with Miss Weathers." "Ugh... she's gonna talk to me about how it's all in my imagination." Twilight giggles. "Most assuredly. If you are what you say you are, I will help you." I nod. "Got it. Thank you, Princess." Twilight Sparkle nods as I turn to Miss Weathers. "I'm sorry. I'm ready to go back." Miss Weathers sighs. "Well... if it's one thing we learned today... you are fit as a fiddle." She smiles. She begins leading me out of the library. "A lot of ponies are going to be happy to know that you're ok. You scared a lot of ponies silly!" "Yeah... I'm real sorry about that." Maaaaaybe a little bit of a white lie there. Just sort of the whole... 'say what I think she wants to hear' situation. Miss Weathers smiles down at me. "I'm certain everypony will accept your apology." It isn't long until the hospital is in view. I sort of scowl. She just seems to read my mind and giggles. "Now now. Don't be like that. It's only going to be a quick checkup to make sure you didn't hurt yourself. No staying in bed all day for you." I sigh as we enter the doors. I hear several ponies talk to me. Saying things like "You scared us!" and "That was very naughty!". I really couldn't care less what they had to say. I was already lost in thought about my next escape. A part of me says I should just play along until Twilight comes through for me. At the same time though, these ponies are getting to me. It's getting easier and easier to play the part of this little innocent colt. Of course, I'm not a psychologist or anything, but I do believe my psyche has been affected by all this. What's really strange, is that it's not been affected the way you think it would. As in, Post Traumatic Stress. No... I feel... happy. No weight baring down on me. Like a child. I snap out of my thoughts when a doctor speaks to me. "Say ahh". I look up at the doctor and smile. "Oh! Sure. Ahhhhhh!" I open my mouth for the doctor. He uses a popscicle stick to check around in my mouth. Well, it's obviously not a popscicle stick. There's no doubt a medical name for it, but seeing as I'm not a doctor, I have no idea. I just watch as the doctor pony... who's name tag reads "Dr. Pulse" does various check ups. Blood pressure, ear check, eye check, and various other checks. He begins speaking with Miss Weathers. "He is fine. A healthy happy colt. Uhh... He might need glasses though." "Might?" Miss Weathers questions. "Seems like something we need to be sure on, Doctor." The doctor nods a bit. "I see some discoloration in his eyes. Might be a side effect of Dr. Summers'... uh... procedure." I raise an eyebrow at this. A little surprised they were willing to talk about this stuff in front of me. Do they just not care about a little colt's feelings? Maybe they don't think I understand what it is they are talking about. "Sounds like I should see an optometrist." I say rather casually. Then begin swinging my hind hooves back and forth off the side of the examination table. The doctor looks at me. "How... old are you?" The doctor askes. Perhaps not believing I just said that. "This many." I hold my hoof up. 'Heh. It'll take them years to figure this out.' The doc just stares at me for a moment. Then smiles. His earlier conclusion of me being a genius going back to me being a child. "Silly colt. You aren't 1. I'd place you more at... 4." He smiles again. '4? I'd have given myself at least 5, but you're the doctor I guess.' The doc looks to Miss Weathers. "I'll schedule him in for the optometrist. Until then... I suggest we have him meet his..." He looks at me, then leans in to Miss Weathers and whispers something. 'Drat. He caught on that I know everything he's talking about.' I lean forward. Instinctually raising an ear to listen in. I end up leaning forward too much and slip right off the examination table. I let out a girly "Eep!" The doc actually casually moves a hoof catching me. I look up at him. He winks down at me, then sets me on the floor. I mumble out a thanks which makes the doctor chuckle some. "Well. With that out of the way. We need to head to the town hall." Miss Weathers smiles down at me. 'The town hall? Ohhhhh... yes... my earlier deduction of a foster home coming to fruition. Come to think of it... since it's something I don't want... should I use a positive word like fruition for it? Maybe... uhhh... nega... neganition? I'll... work on that.' Miss Weathers begins to lead me out of the hospital. 'Somepony... save me...' As Miss Weathers leads me through the street, various ponies say hello to me. I manage to overhear several of them speaking. Finally confirming my suspicions. Though, a few of them don't seem to really understand the difference between a foster home, and adoption. 'Wait... is that what's really going on? Adoption?!' I shake my head. Clearing it. 'It's far too early for that. I'm thinking they're just putting me in a temporary home.' As I finish that thought, we arrive at the town hall. How do I know it's the town hall? It's strange. When you see a town hall... you just know. It just looks different than all the other buildings. Inside looks as official as you'd think. White walls. Brown borders. Paintings of various important ponies. Miss Weathers and I head into another room. It's a very big one. With a stage of sorts at the far back of the room. It looks like one of the big rooms you'd see in movies where big shots hold press conferences. The room is filled with ponies. A tall skinny stallion. Yellow and orange. A round plump teal and... reddish I guess? A gray mare, a white and blue mare. A mint green mare, tan purple and pink mare. Brown and tan mare who has a heart and baby bottle for a cutie mark. On stage at a podium is a tan and gray mare. "Good morning everypony." The gray and tan pony starts. "We all know why we're here. You are all here because you either have an existing family, or are interested in starting one. We're here to determine which of you lucky families will get to take little Pink Flash into their home." There are some happy and excited murmers in the crowd. I find it odd that THIS many ponies are willing to take in an 'orphan'. 'Where I'm from, orphans fill the orphanages. People would rather have their own kids than to give an unfortunate child a life.' "Mr. and Mrs. Cake. I know you have two little ones around his age. I think it'd be a perfect setting for him. Some normalcy in his life. Two loving parents, and two other foals to play with. I understand that two of your own are already a hoof full, so I understand if you decide against it." Mr. Cake stands. "We wouldn't be here if we couldn't take him in." He looks at me. "From what I've heard, he's a polite and sweet little colt. We'd be happy to take him in." 'Awww. I'm flattered.' I outwardly giggle. "Now just a minute." The blue maned white mare stands. Wearing some kind of shades. "Nothing is decided. Octi and I think we deserve some consideration too. If his parents aren't found..." She looks at me. "Which I sincerely hope they are." Then looks back to the gray maned pony. "We could adopt him! Mr. and Mrs. Cake are wonderful parents. That is in no way in question, but they already have the miracle of child birth. We don't have that. We all also know how difficult it is to find any foal in need of adoption." 'Well. I guess that answers one of my questions.' I ponder to myself as I watch these ponies practically bicker amongst themselves. 'You know. If this wasn't about me, it'd be almost amusing.' The gray maned pony nods in contemplation. "I see your point Vinyl. If I recall correctly, Lyra and Bon Bon are in the same boat." The mint green pony stands. "We are. So I'd just like to say we shouldn't be counted out either." The brown haired pony with the heart and baby bottle cutie mark stands. "I think my mate and I should be considered more so." She smiles. "My cutie mark shows I'm one heck of a mother. I already have one foal of my own for which Pink Flash could play with. Not to mention, my mate is a pegasus as well. My mate could teach little Pink anything he wants to know and more about flying." "How dare you bring race into this!" The white and blue mare angrily speaks up. The brown mare blinks. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend. I was just saying Pink could-" The mint green pony speaks up again. "I agree with Vinyl! Low blow!" "Um... M-might I be... um... considered too? If... that's ok.." All eyes turn to a yellow pegasus with a pink mane. "Fluttershy?" The gray maned pony askes. "Who is your mate?" Fluttershy seems to freeze up for a moment. "Um... I...don't... have one..." "Fluttershy... we're considering family units. We want as much normalcy for little Pink as possible." "Oh... ok..." She seems about ready to cry. 'Ouch.' I think to myself. 'Poor Fluttershy. If I hadn't guessed...I'd say she actually had her heart set on me. Poor girl.' I ponder for a moment as I continue to watch the shennanigans. I look back to Fluttershy now and then. Seeing her visually upset. 'Did she want me to stay with her that bad? She doesn't even know me...' I nod to myself. "HEY!" All eyes turn on me. Even Fluttershy, who perks up. "I think you should consider Fluttershy." There's murmers. "I don't know if what I think matters... but there you have it." The gray maned pony watches me for a moment. "..." She then smiles. "Alright then. We'll consider Fluttershy too." The little mare is practically beaming. 'I don't know exactly what her motives are, but there's my good deed for the day.' I smile to myself. Feeling good for some weird reason. 'Come to think of it, I don't even know why I did that.' The gray maned pony picks up some papers. "Ok everypony. All who want to foster Pink Flash, please pick up a registration form. Fill them out, and hoof them back before you leave. I'll call each of you by the hour to inform you who has been chosen." She smiles. "In the meantime, Marry Weather?" Miss Weathers next to me perks up. "Yes Mayor?" "Please take Pink Flash out for some lunch and Ice Cream." "Yes Mayor." Miss Weathers smiles. "Come along little Pink. I'm certain they have vanilla." "Awesome!" I smile big. 'Nurse... you've betrayed me...!' I follow Miss Weathers out. 'Fluttershy will most certainly not be chosen. Did... I actually do a bad thing by giving her false hope?' [2 hours later] Ring ring... ring ring... ring- ???:Hello? ???: Rrrrraaaainbow~ Rainbow Dash: Elaina? What's up? Elaina: Guess who's coming to stay with us? Rainbow Dash: No way...!