Chapter 1
Where am I?
Why am I so thirsty?
Huh, is this water?
Looking down I saw water right below me, my body was so dehydrated that it overpowered the higher functions of my brain. I couldn’t help myself, even if it was somehow poisoned or contaminated, it tasted like the best thing I ever drank. I felt the cold fluid flow through my body as it slowly woke me up. Now that I’m awake, I can answer my first question. There were trees, flowers, all of which were completely nicely kept. Apparently wherever I am is some sort of garden, and an expensive looking one from the likes of it.
But closer around me were modeled cement birds, which only meant one thing, I was in a massive bird bath! I looked down and whatever my reflection was, it wasn’t human. My body’s natural instinct made me jump in terror from what I saw. By the time I regained control back from my instinct, I already slipped and fell off the edge.
I heard a small snapping sound when I hit the ground. I was glad that it was just a twig I landed on, but the fall still hurt nonetheless. Now that I am alone, I was able to know the truth. I am truly no longer human, but now I am a rowlet. When I stretched out my arms, or rather wings, it was then that I realized that I didn’t just break that stick.
It was late at night when Luna decided to take a small walk through the royal gardens, her sister recommended it to her for rare nights of insomnia. So many thoughts swirled in her head, it had only been about a month since her return, but she still felt so alone. Now that she had been gone for a thousand years, many of what used to be her duties suddenly were forced upon her sister, and now Celestia had even less time to spend with her.
Luna couldn’t help but blame herself for this, maybe if she had just controlled herself all those years ago, something might have happened that would’ve allowed her to step out of her sister’s shadow and into the light. Every time she saw the moon, it was a constant reminder of this, her deeds that she committed. She found it painful yet somehow humorous that the princess of the night would be ashamed of her own moon.
Somehow, she didn’t see how this would help clear her mind, if anything, the garden only filled her with only more grief over her past actions. Luna closed her eyes, wanting to only block out those memories, but to no avail. Right before Luna went back into the castle, she heard a cracking sound.
“Who's there!?” She shouted, the only response she got was a small flock of birds flying away in fear.
She knew that it may have been a rabbit or some large rodent, but just as likely, it could have been an assassin sent to kill some noble. Despite this fearful thought, her curiosity took over her as she began to walk further into the garden. She made sure to keep her eyes peeled for any potential threats. She turned the corner where the sound came from, but there was no pony there.
“brrrr?”
Luna heard the sound of a confused bird not too long after she arrived in this section of the garden. When she looked down she saw a mint colored owl looking back up at her with a confused expression, almost like it knew she wasn’t a threat but it had also never seen a pony before.
“Oh, hello there you little owl.” Luna said in a calming tone, “Why aren’t you with all your friends?”
“Huh?” the odd colored owl cooed in confusion.
Luna looked at the off colored owl, he didn’t seem very comfortable as something was keeping him from fully retracting his wing. Upon closer inspection, she noticed it was not supposed to be bending that way.
“Oh my, your wing is broken.” Luna said, “How did that happen?”
“Brr-e-ou” The small owl said in bird gibberish, almost as if he was trying to speak.
Luna looked down below the owlet, there was a broken stick. “You somehow broke your wing on this stick?”
Luna didn’t expect the mint color owl to give much of an answer, so when it nodded its head she was completely dumbfounded. Whether or not he was intelligent or got distracted by an insect for a moment didn’t matter. What did matter though, was that the small injured owl needed help.
“You poor thing, come here.” Luna said as she grabbed the owl in her magic, scaring him, “don’t worry I won’t hurt you.”
Luna’s comforting words work to no avail. The small owl only stopped squirming when he felt his claws rest on her back side. She could tell that the owl didn’t want to be held, but at the same time knew he was completely at her mercy.
Luna brought the small owl into her room so she could help him better than what she could’ve while outside. She walked over to her cabinet and pulled out a first aid kit her sister had given her. Though she was on the moon for a thousand years, she hadn’t forgotten the basics of first aid. She made a makeshift cast for the owl so his wing would be able to heal faster, even if she was a bit rusty, it was better than nothing.
“So how’s that?” Luna asked,
The owl looked at the new cast on his wing, while he may have been in mild discomfort, he gave a happy coo. Luna didn’t want to bring a wild bird into the castle and call it her pet, but at the same time the poor little owl needed help after he broke his wing. She knew that when he’d recover, Luna would have to release him back into the wild.
“You're probably going to need a name while you are recovering.” Luna said, “You may be here for a while.”
“Hm?” The owl hummed confusedly
He looked confused, not at what Luna said, but rather that something else was bothering him.
“So how about Otus?” The giant blue unicorn asked
“No” I replied, with a shake of my head
“Then how about Ace?”
“No, I know that’s not my name.”
“Then why don’t you try to come up with your own name if you’re going to deny ever Idea I come up with.” The large mare replied frustratedly
“Fine, I will.”
I really wanted to blurt out my own name, but I think I hit my head pretty hard. But now I am no longer human, so I don’t think it wouldn’t be fitting for me to use a human name. But what names would be good for a rowlet? Minty? Robbin hoot? Eh, probably not.
Wait! I know one!
“My name is Arrow!” I cried out
“Coo” The small owl said
“What was that?” Luna said, “I don’t understand you.”
“Who!” He was starting to get frustrated that there was a small language barrier between them.
“If you are not able to give me an answer,” Luna said, “we’ll just have to go with Ace instead.”
Luna looked at the owl hopefully, though she wasn’t sure if she was hopeful that he’d speak or that he couldn’t. Looking really disgruntled, the owlet inhaled a fairly large amount of air, before he opened his beak to speak.
“A-air..” to Luna it almost sounded as if he was choking, “R-r-row”
Luna couldn’t believe it, the mint colored owl really just spoke. Animal vocal chords are only meant to make certain sounds, but mimicking pony linguistics was nearly impossible for a wild animal to do.
“Arrow?”
The young owl nodded, affirming that was in fact his name. Luna didn’t know where to be amused, impressed, or terrified that what she once thought was just a wild owl was actually intelligent and it wasn’t just her imagination. Luna let out a yawn as she felt her start to return to its sleepy state.
“It was a pleasure to help you Arrow,” Luna said as she yawned again, “but we must once again return to sleep, our body demands it.”
“Brrr?”
“Are you asking if you can sleep with us?” The owl nodded his head and Luna sighed. “We’ll make an exception for you this time, but expect to have your own bird swing by tomorrow night.”
The owl happily chirped as he hopped over to Luna’s bedside where she picked him up in her magic and brought him onto her bed. Arrow snuggled himself right up against Luna’s chest fluff, she slightly blushed not having had any physical interaction with any creature for so long. Being mindful of his broken wing, Luna wrapped her front leg around the rowlet as they drifted off into blissful sleep.
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Oh me like!
This is gonna be cute! 
Yay Luna pet thing. I need more of these.
Song that goes with this.
yus this is good
Please continue this story i love these things
they all say that. then it's a week later and you're lonely without your cuddle buddy
I'm going to enjoy this! Rowlett and its evolution line is among my favourite gen 7 pokemon!
Super cute. Cant wait to see where this goes. Kinda hopin he has a rivalry with Celestia's phoenix.
This is adorable.
More!
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A Grass bird having a rivalry with a Fire bird? Let the feathers fly!
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I'd still put my money on Arrow. Brains count for alot you know.
Rowlet used Snuggle!
It's super-effective!
So is he going to remain at the first stage or is he going to evolve? And how is luna/ equestria going to handle that?
Is he going to be able to speak in the future?
Can he talk to other birds, animals, fluttershy?
Twilight doesnt have her owl yet in this, but will she?
welp, I'm here for this.
I will enjoy this, please write more.
Continue com essa história por favor tá muito legal mesmo eu amei essa história por favor
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Yes he will more than likely evolve, eventually. Luna probably be surprised or scared at first be fore realizing that he is still Arrow.
Yes, he will eventually learn to speak, but it will be far later in the story.
As for speaking with the birds and animals, I haven’t decided if I should.
And for the final question, if you are implying that Arrow becomes Twilight‘s owl, then no.
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Nah I'm just asking if he's going to be the only owl in the story or is he going to be a way for luna/twi to share in something they both have. A pet owl.
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Then no, because twilight will get her owl regardless.
Could this get rewrite? Too many buts and wants to run on the sentence. Lana was maybe so completely dumbfounded she couldn’t form a complete thought . Dumbfounded also feels a bit strong of word, too close to open what I think of a mouth open shock impression to me. Maybe bewildered as a long word that states confusion but not a shock? Well how Luna reacts is up to the
air thereauthor and the story.Edit: why air there spellcheck?
Start at 0:07
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Thank you for pointing this out, I will fix it as soon as I can
I always get interested in fics that involve humans turning into animals (or lack of proper speech) that don't decide to cheat and allow the protagonist to communicate through either magic or Fluttershy.
i like this story already and its not entirely because Decidueye is my favorite pokemon.
I don’t think “with no avail” works here, usually that’s for things that don’t work which Luna’s words clearly do, or maybe I’m wrong, either way, this is worded poorly.
Something like “Luna tried to comfort the owl to no avail” or “Luna’s comforting words worked…”
Let me know if I’m just being an idiot, that’s always a possibility
This is a pretty nice start. Gotta see where it leads to.
I just hope he won't be treated like an animal.
Even normal pokemon are more intelligent than equestrian animals.
And also this is a human in pokemon body
They should learn quickly that he isn't just an animal
Even if they will treat him as a very smart animal, an owl they will still treat him like an animal, not like a pony/person
With gives me vibes how in early seasons, Fluttershy called dragons beasts or animals or something like that
So I hope that will not happen.
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I intentionally added “to no avail” because Arrow didn’t like being held by something he couldn’t see
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Well, when you consider that some (if not most) of the animals in MLP are actually intelligent, you might find that they aren't so different from pokemon. Take Angel Bunny for example.
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Yeah I think “to no avail” would work better
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Also, can’t wait for the next chapter!
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Angel is an exception actually, because of how different he is to others.
Maybe even the animals of main 6
But with them, it's in the end just a for a plot convenience to give them boosted intelligence for an episode or comic page focused on them for its sake.
But even then these intelligent animals are treated like animals and also our main character is not only a pokemon but a former human.
Different species and mind from equestrian animals
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I suppose.
More please?
I don't wait for the final evolution
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Gotta be frank, I do want him to just end up as a butler owl and just stop there.
On the other hand: Rowlbin Wood.
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random 2 cents added. the middle stage should be every stero type of the "edgy" teen