> The journey begins > by Thenewbluebrony > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prologue It all started 20 years before the return of nightmare moon a pony is running in the woods with a new born foal. The pony is a friend to the creatures of these woods.The pony sees a bunch of animals and says "I am being chased I need you to Raise my son his name is Aquamarine. Thank you I must go now so they don't find him." And off the pony went to lead those who were chasing away. The newborn foal had just opened it's eyes for the first time to see a timberwolf. The wolf knew that the first thing a pony sees is usually it's mother or father so the wolf knew he and his mate had to raise this foal. The wolf's name is Brian. The pony had left some stuff such as a five translation collars a book on a pony's diet and a few spell books. Brian takes the new part of his pack back to his home with the supplies left by the pony. He now takes time to examine Aquamarine. His fur is blue his maine is black he has a horn. Brian now sets down the foal to examine his body. What he sees next shocks him the foal has bat wings. Brian knew that ponies sometimes had horns and sometimes had wings but did not know they could have both. With this a new problem came how would he teach him to fly. Brian has now arrived to his home. He is greeted by his wife Clair. Clair sees Aquamarine and asks how Brian got him. After Brian explained the whole situation with the pony. Clair has to tell Brian something." I need to tell you something Brian I am with pups." said Clair Brian was shocked to hear this. He and Clair have been trying to have pups for years now. Soon they will be blessed with pups and now they have a foal. They will love Aquamarine as if he was their own pup. seventyfive days later Brian and Aquamarine have now been waiting to be invited back in the cave because Clair has been giving birth to the pups for an hour now. The current count is now four pups two boys two girls. They have been waiting for two hours and have been invited back in the count is six three boys and three girls. Aquamarine was curious to see his little brothers and sisters. One boy had a pure white coat his name is Snow, the next one Aquamarine saw had a amber coat her name is Ember, next was a boy with a green coat his name is Terra, next was a boy with a gray coat his name is Shade, next was the runt of the litter Breeze she has a silver coat, lastly is the oldest of the pups Kara she has a brown coat. Brian and Clair now have seven kids half a year later There is a unicorn walking into the forest she had green and white fur and a red and white maine she had a green tail with blue spots her cutiemark is a peppermint candy. She came into the forest because she heard a colt. As she went deeper into the woods the colt got louder. She was in shock when she saw a colt playing with timberwolfs. She instantly put a protection spell on the colt and levitated him to her but to her shock the colt ran right to the timberwolfs. The timberwolfs then surrounded the colt she then realized the timberwolfs were protecting him. She then walked up to the timberwolfs. "Nice wolfs I just want to see the colt I mean him n no harm." said Peppermint. At this the wolfs tilted there heads in confusion. "Should we trust her she seems like one of his kind she might be able to teach him from those books mom and dad where given when they got him." said Breeze. "I don't know she seems a bit nervous." said Kara. While this conversation was happening Shade had went to the cave and got a collar he then showed it to Peppermint. "Hm a collar i think he wants me to put it on him." She said as she went to put the collar on him with her magic she was very careful to not make any movements that would be seen as a threat. As she put the collar on Ember, Terra, Breeze, and Kara saw that Shade was with the collar. They were all in shock as they heard Shade say. "Thank you my siblings can be very protective of Aqua." " Wha it must be that collar it must convert animal speech to eqlish." Said Pepper "So that must be what these do i will contact our parents so they can meet you" said Shade "Ahooooooooooooooooooo" Shade howled. Off in the distance there is a howl. "Our parents are on there way do not try anything." Said Shade "Ok" as Peppermint said that Clair and Brian had arrived "Who is this?" Asked Brian "She seems to be one of Aqua's kind" Said Shade. "What." Said the shocked Brian and Clair "I brought the Collar here to talk with her." Said Shade " What were you thinking Shade?!!" Yelled Brian. "She could have been one of the ponies chasing them." Said Brian "I knew she was nice because when she first saw him she moved him away from us and when he came back he had a green barrier around him." Stated Shade. "It is true where I come from timberwolfs attack us ponies. Shade i am going to put the collar on the one you where talking to ok." Said Peppermint. Breeze nods his head to show its ok with him. "Ok I am going to put this collar on you with my magic ok." Said Peppermint. Brian had sat to think about it for a bit before he nodded his head once the collar was on him he said. "I see my son has come to trust you so I will take his word now I have a favor to ask you will you teach Aquamarine to use magic?" "I will I can tell he is a kind soul so yes" Answered Peppermint > The first lession > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Ok Aqua we will start with a basic for magic focusing it." said Peppermint "First you must concentrate on your horn." explained Peppermint to Aquamarine. "Watch me. First look at my pose. Then look at my horn as I start to levitate that twig next to you." Peppermint starts to channel her magic to her horn it starts to glow a green aura surrounding it. At this site of this Aqua was amazed. Never before had Aqua seen any magic. Aqua instantly tried to channel his his magic his horn started to glow. Then suddenly he his family had been teleported to him. "Whoa" said his whole family as they fell out of midair. They all had collars thanks to a duplication spell Peppermint used. "What just happened?" asked Brian. He said as he got up off the ground. "I was teaching Aqua how to channel his magic and he seemed to be thinking of all of you when he tried to focus his magic." Peppermint explained as the rest got up. "Aww how sweet he was thinking about us." said Clair after she said this Terra said "Yea how cute" "I agree with mom on this" said Kara. "Its cute That he thinks of us when we aren't there." As this was going on aqua's face was as red as a rose with embarrassment. "Mom look aqua's face is as red as a rose." As this was said Terra, and Shade were both laughing."Hey both of you boys should be ashamed of yourselves it means Aqua loves you all" Peppermint said with a obvious amount of disapproval in her voice. as she said this she was comforting Aqua. "I agree with her boys your mother and i raised you better" said Brian with a look of disappointment on his face. "All of you can stay and give Aqua support or you can go along with what you were doing." said Peppermint. As soon as she said that Terra had left. "Don't mind him Aqua he is just being a grump." Kara said to help comfort Aqua. "Now back to the lesson. Ok now first you must concentrate on your horn." as she said this she had started to lift the stick that was next to Aqua. "Um Peppermint there is still one problem how will he learn to fly. asked Brian. "If it is ok with you i could bring a friend of mine to teach him how to fly." answered Peppermint. At this Aqua nodded his head up and down in excitement. "Well it seems your friend can come. What is his name and what dose he look like." asked Brian "He is a Pegasus blue coat red and gray main and tail. His name is Bluebolt." answered Peppermint Bluebolts pov "Wow this is such a beautiful day for a flight" said Bluebolt. As he said this he flew over the forest to see timberwolfs near Peppermint and a young colt. "Whoa it seems Peppermint is in trouble." After having said this he went in for a dive to put himself between The colt, Peppertmint and the wolfs. "Peppermint run!" This sudden event had scared Aquamarine so much he had fainted. "Look what you did Bluebolt you scared Aqua so much he fainted" Peppermint said with a sigh at her friend who would always rush headfirst into situations. "What are you talking about Peppermint I was trying to help with the timberwolfs." Said Bluebolt with a confused look on his face. "What i am talking about Bluebolt is that these timberwolfs are my friends and raised this colt." Said Peppermint. "Wait so you are telling me these timberwolfs are your friends and raised this colt!" Said Bluebolt with a shocked expression. "Yes now I think you should apologist for assuming they were attacking me and Aqua." "Fine I hate when you are right minty Timberwolfs I am sorry for making assumptions." Said Bluebolt. "It is fine Bluebolt." Said Brian. "WHAT!?" yelled Bluebolt. "You see me and my family have had this situation before with Minty." said Brian with a huge smirk on his face. "Now now Brian it is rude to use a name that has not been oked with the owner or should I call you by your pet name." said Clair. "Ok I get it dear now may I introduce the rest of the family." said Brian "Yes lets dear." said Clair "Now we will start with the only one who is not here Terra. The younger of the two boys. Next is our oldest Kara." he said as Kara walked forward. "Nice to meet you." said Kara "Next is our oldest son Snow." Brian said as snow patrolled around Bluebolt. "I am watching you." said Snow with a stern voice. "Now Snow he is a guest so treat him with respect. Said Clair. "Next is our youngest Breeze." "And Ember Aquas Protector." added Brian "Hurt Aqua and I will hunt you down." said ember with a growl. "Understood." Said Bluebolt. "Now last but not least Aquamarine." Brian said as he motioned to the fainted colt. "Now Bluebolt they would like to know if you would teach Aqua to fly." Said Peppermint "Huh what do you mean? He is not a alicorn" Bluebolt said confused. "He is but not by normal means of being royal he is a hybrid of a unicorn and a bat pony." Said Peppermint "Well sure i could use a flight buddy" said Bluebolt Aquamarines pov "Whoa what happened?" Asked Aquamarine "Well nice to see your up little guy. Hey my friend here said he was going to teach you to fly." Said peppermint. "Yay I get to learn to fly thank you thank you thank you so much." Said a overjoyed Aqua. "Wow what a little ball of energy. By the way my name is Bluebolt" said Bluebolt. "Thank you so so so so much Mr. Bolt." said Aqua "No problem but call me Bluebolt Mr. Bolt is my dad. Bluebolt said smiling at the little ball of fluff he will be teaching to fly. > Not so clear skies > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is one thing we can't train Aquamarine here, we need more space." Said Bluebolt. "Well he can't leave the woods he might be hurt by the ones who were chasing his mother" Said Clair. During this discussion they did not see Aqua wander off. "Clair it has been six months, It seems like the fury should be over." Said Brian. Aqua's pov "Well I need to find an place to learn to fly." Said Aquamarine. "I wonder if the deer will let me use the grove." Deer grove "Who is it" said Daniel the deer. At this moment Daniel looks down to see Aqua. "Oh It's you Aqua what brings you here on such a fine day" "Well Mr.Daniel I was hoping I could learn to fly here it is one of the only areas that has a clearing in the trees." Said Aqua. "I will have to talk to the others about it but it will help that your being supported by the Grove's head stag." Said Daniel as he winked at Aqua. "Thank you Daniel" Said Aqua as he ran off to were Bluebolt and the others were. Charmed Expanse "Where is Aqua?" Asked Bluebolt. with concern in his voice. "I am over here, I went to ask Daniel if we could train at the grove." Responded Aqua. "Who is Daniel?" Asked Bluebolt. "Daniel is our neighbor to the west. He is the head stag of the deer the grove is one of the few clearings in the woods." Explained Brian. As this was said Daniel appeared. "Well I have some good news and bad news. What do you want to hear first?" Asked Daniel. "I think we should hear the bad news to get it out of the way." Said Snow "I agree with Snow." Said Amber. everyone agreed so they chose the bad news first. "The bad news is the others said no" Said Daniel with a sad face. "Then what is the good news? Asked Claire "We have heard that there is a new clearing thanks to the beavers!" Daniel yelled It was silent for a few seconds before Aqua spoke up. "So the beavers made it for us" Asked Aqua. While his ears were perking up. "No but they might let you use it if your family help." Answered Daniel. as Aqua's ears went down. "Hey cheer up little guy the Beavers really like your family." "Thank you for the information uncle Daniel you're the best." Cheered Aqua. Clearing "Hi there may I ask a question?" Aqua asked the Beaver. The others just here a clicking sound But Aqua hears. "Well you did just ask one." Said the Beaver as he turned around. "So what did you want to ask kid? Hurry we have a job to do." "Would it be okay if i learn to fly here?" Asked Aqua "Sure you seem to be nice enough, but only if you help us finish this dam." Said the Beaver "Well we wouldn't mind helping you and the others with some work and making new friends." Stated Aqua. "Deal the names Vito. Hey boys meet our new friend." Vito said as two more beavers came to meet Aqua. "Hey kid meet Stefan, and Frank." "Hey there Vito how is it going?" Asked Frank. "I have had worse days Frank." Said Vito as he walked over to frank and shook Aqua's hoof. "The other guy is Stefan he makes the designs for the dam." Said Frank "How has your day been Stefan." "I found a weak point in my most recent plan so the barrier will take at least a few more days, to start so we should be able to start in at most five days at the least three days." Said Stefan. "Will Anyone tell me what is being said?" Asked Bluebolt. "They are just talking about their job." Answered Aqua. "One weak point was found in a plan so the build will take a few more days to start the project." "What did they say about letting us fly here?" Asked an annoyed Bluebolt. "Will they let us fly here?" "They said they will let us fly here if we help them with the builds." Responded Aqua. Five days later Clearing "So the first thing we need help with is digging up the ground for the base logs of the dam." Said Vito "Can you show us the place to dig at?" Asked Clair. "The build spot is the river bend the hole will need to be three logs deep and two logs wide." Answered Vito as he pointed at the spot. As this was said Snow Ember Shade and Kara instantly started digging two on each side of the river. When it was done Snow and Kara jumped over the river. "So what do we need to do next Vito?" Asked Shade. "Well the next thing is moving the logs to the holes." Replied Vito as he and Frank brought down the last tree that needed to be cut to make the logs. As Aqua explained to Blue and Pepper. "Aqua would you watch Peppermint as she helps with her magic?" Asked Brian, as Brian said this the logs started floating to the hole the others had dug. "I am sure he will be able to help soon enough." Said Clair, as she and Snow jumped on the logs to help push them down. "I hope I will be able to help soon I want to be able to fly soon." Said Aqua. "It will be quite some time before you will be able to fly or even carry stuff." Said Bluebolt. "Bluebolt how long do you think it will take for Aqua to be able to fly?" Asked Brian. "I think it will take around one year to get him into the air with him being able to fly with ease " Answered Bluebolt. "And it will take six months for him to be able to carry stuff. Said Peppermint. "Me and the boys want to thank you for the help everyone." Said Vito. > The end > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aqua's pov The Clearing "So Blue what do you want me to do first?" asked Aqua as he moved to the center of the clearing that Vito and his friends made by using the trees from the area to build the new dam. "First I want you to try to get off the ground by flapping your wings at a steady pace," answered Bluebolt as he move to the side of Aqua, to watch his technique as Aqua started to flap his wings, Bluebolt saw that he was flapping with his wings flat not making a cup to push the air then going flat, even with Aqua's large wings Aqua was having trouble getting to a 0.1 wing power level, but that was just Bluebolt guessing what Aqua's wing power was he could not know until he had some equipment. "How was that Bluebolt what do you think?" asked the excited young alicorn with thestral wings. Bluebolt could see that Aqua was very excited, but he knew aqua would not be ready in the amount of time he had first guessed, so he had to tell aqua the truth. "Aqua I must say this and I mean this in the nicest way your wings are weak, you will need to build up your wings up a good amount before we can get you off the ground," Bluebolt answered as he told Aqua, "The first thing you need to learn is proper form when flapping your wings, you are making your wings to tense when you bring them down," He explained as he did a demonstration on how to move his wings when they go down. "But it is not all your fault you have the biggest wings i have ever seen on someone that was not fully grown." "Oh I think I get what you mean, my wings are not strong due to me having not used them right? Any tips on how I can get my wings stronger?" He asked and as he did this Peppermint came over. "That is smart and very mature Aqua, instead of whining because you can't start flying right now, you looked for ways to learn and train," She said as she wrapped A foreleg around him to hug, and as she did this Bluebolt joined in. "Thank you Peppermint you two are great," He said. "The first thing could try is using your wings to carry stuff, another thing is stretching your wings three times a day," said Bluebolt as he demonstrated the two methods. "Ok so I need to do some wing stretches and hold my wings out flat for long periods of time," Aqua said as he copied the movements he was shown by Blue. So after Aqua learned these techniques, he started out by doing them for thirty minutes a day for the first week. After the first week Blue had tested his wing power, by getting a tool that measures a pony's wing power. Wing power is measured by the amount of wind they can generate by flying past or flapping their wings near the tool to create a breeze, that will move the propeller on top of the tool that then prints out a report of the wing power. One week later "Ok Aqua I want to see you try to fly now, so we can decide the best way to test your wing power," said Blue, and as soon as he had finished the sentence, Aqua started to use the wing movements he was shown by Blue, to try to get off the ground, and much to Blue's surprise Aqua was able to stay off the ground for a good minute. "Wow Aqua now I am going to place the tool so take a rest." Aqua nodded and landed panting. "What do you think Blue?" asked Aqua as he started to catch his breath. "I think you have dove very well, now just do it one more time so we can get a reading" Answered Blue after he set the tool down, and so after a few minutes Aqua had started to fly again, and the propeller spins a few times,and prints out the results that Blue grabs. "Well you have improved a good amount for only training for a week you have a 0.5 and your first 'flight'," Blue said after he read the results, and moved over to pat Aqua on the back for his improvement. "Wow and that was with me only training for a little bit each day," Aqua said as he went to lay down to catch his breath after his first time getting off the ground.