Chapter 1 - Archangel
It was just after the latest evening court in the royal castle and Celestia was taking a small break from politics to rewrite one of Starswirl's unfinished spells. It was an advanced teleportation spell, designed for mass teleportation with minimal effort. Once she believed that she had finished it, she lit up her horn and focused her magic to teleport some stones from one container to another. At least that was what was supposed to happen, but actually nothing happened.
“Another failed attempt,” Celestia sighed, “Maybe I’ll have time to work on it during my next break.” Celestia looked at the clock on the wall and saw that she had been working on the spell for well over an hour. “I have to get some rest for tomorrow, I have another big day of politics and boredom,” Celestia said sarcastically.
On her way to her bed chambers, she passed through the areas where the guards were more spaciously set. When she was walking down the somewhat empty hallway, there was a large crash that sounded throughout the hall. Celestia turned around and saw a creature, judging by its shape it was probably a male. He bore 4 white wings and had silver hair, and he wore a blue and white button down robe. He had similar stature to Celestia, despite being only about an inch or two shorter. The only thing that Celestia knew for certain, was the creature was in pain.
“Guards” Celestia yelled as the two nearest guards came to her aid.
“Yes ma’am,” They said in unison.
“Take this creature to the infirmary,” Celestia said, “He seems to be in a lot of pain.”
“Right away ma’am” they said as they picked him up and somewhat dragged him over to the castle infirmary. His massive height made it hard for the earth pony guards to carry him.
“I hope I’ll be able to take care of this in the morning.” Celestia said to herself, “I need to get some sleep.”
The next morning, before the sun was raised. Celestia woke up earlier than expected, it was about an hour before the sun had to be raised, so falling asleep again was out of the question. She then remembered the somewhat odd looking creature that appeared the previous night. After contemplating for what felt like an hour (which was actually only 5 minutes), the princess decided to go check up on him.
Celestia went down to the castle’s infirmary. After finding the room he was at, she knocked on the door. The nurse who was in charge of watching over him came to the door and opened it. After seeing who it was the nurse let out a bow to greet the princess.
“It is nice to see you princess,” the unicorn nurse said, “You came here to check up on the patient?”
“Yes I did, nurse Gold Flower” Celestia said to the unicorn, “Would you mind if I did so?”
“No, not at all your majesty.” Golden Flower said as she turned to the side, “Come right in.”
Celestia moved over to the bed, and saw the creature resting with a breath mask on his face, “Nurse, would you mind telling me if anything is wrong with the patient?”
“He has 2 broken wings, upper and lower left,” the nurse said, “and he also seems to have a minor concussion.”
“Brother?” the creature said mumbling and shifting his position on the bed.
“Is he waking up” Celestia asked starting to worry a bit
“Not yet, he’s been mumbling like that throughout the night,”she said, “Yet, the few words I’ve managed to get out are: Brother, and the phrase ‘not again’”
“Poor thing,” Celestia said as she put her hand on his cheek, “Sounds like he is suffering from nightmares.” She soon noticed that it was about time to raise the sun. “Nurse, if his condition improves, come and get me.”
“I’ll do my best Princess.” she said as Celestia went out the doors.
Celestia sighed to herself, “When he wakes up, he will probably be scared. Maybe I should introduce myself in an informal manner?” Celestia thought out loud, “No, But I don’t want him to be overwhelmed by meeting The Sun Princess.” Celestia was so deep into her own conversation that she didn’t even notice where she was going.
“Auntie Celestia?” Blueblood asked, “Are you alright? You almost walked into me.”
“Oh hello Blueblood,” Celestia replied in a false excitement which sounded real, “I’m fine, just got a lot on my mind.”
“If you say so.” Blueblood knew that attempting to pry information from Celestia wouldn’t be very fruitful. The last time he tried doing it, he nearly lost his reputation as a noble. “I will see you after breakfast in morning court Auntie.”
“And I hope to see you there as well Blueblood.” Celestia said with a false enthusiasm, as Blueblood walked away. “I just hope he isn’t evil.”
Several days have passed, still no word about the four-winged creature. This was really starting to worry the solar alicorn. Despite keeping her composure, she could stop thinking about what might happen. A creature from another world, that has also severely hurt itself, has come to equestria through unknown means. It may have been magic, or it may have been fate, either way, the castle has a new guest that will probably be there for a while.
Knowing that the odd creature had been in the infirmary for quite some time, Celestia decided to check up on him after evening court finished. On her way to the infirmary, she met up with a young purple unicorn, Twilight Sparkle, her most prized pupil.
“Oh, Princess Celestia,” Twilight said with a bow, “I wasn’t expecting to see you.”
“I could say the same for you, my faithful student,” Celestia said, “What brings you here?”
“I overheard a few guards talking about rumors of something in the infirmary.” Twilight said, “I just wanted to be sure it was just a rumor. That would be if you don’t mind.”
Celestia was visibly shocked, “Oh, and what are these rumors about?” Celestia asked, knowing full well what they were probably about.
“Well,” Twilight said, “The rumors were very vague, but all I could understand when I passed by was something about a pegasus with another set of wings.”
“My dearest Twilight,” Celestia said as they walked to the infirmary, “Have you considered what you would do if they weren’t just rumors?”
“Not really,” Twilight said, a bit ashamed she didn’t think about that possibility, “Though, if I were to do something.” Twilight started up again, “I probably would study the phenomenon, and figure out if extra wings would make one fly faster.”
They arrived at the infirmary sooner than they expected, “Excuse me, Mr. Red Quill, Is He still here.” Celestia emphasized the ‘he’ so Mr. Red Quill knew who she was talking about. Red Quill was the receptionist at the front desk of the infirmary.
“Oh,” Red Quill wasn’t expecting Princess Celestia tonight, “Yes ma’am, He still in room S34”
“Thank you,” Celestia said before she continued to lead twilight to a distant room, “as I was saying, to study abilities unknown to us is common nature.” Celestia said as she opened the door to reveal the odd-looking "pegasus", “But to learn about why it is, or should I say Here, is a completely different story.”
Twilight's eyes widened at the sight of the being. She rushed over to the side of it and stood in amazement, it was a completely unknown species. “You mean to say that you don’t even know what it is?” Twilight asked, “No offense princess.”
“None taken.” Celestia said, “This creature doesn’t seem to be from our world.”
“Brother,” He said, shifting his position, “No, not again,”
“He has family?” Twilight asked no one in particular, “They must be so scared for him.”
“Nurse,” Celestia asked, “Has there been any improvement in his condition?”
“I’m afraid not,” The nurse said, “There has been any noticeable improvement over 5 days.”
“I see,” Celestia said, “Do you know what could be wrong?”
“I’m afraid not,” the nurse said, “If this was simply knocked out, he should’ve woken up by now.”
“Poor thing,” Twilight said as she remembered something, “Princess Celestia, would you mind if I excuse myself, I remember that I have some work to do in my studies.”
“Go right ahead Twilight.” Celestia said, “I still have some other things to do while I’m here.”
Celestia thought about how to help this poor creature. A few minutes had passed until she believed it was time for her to leave. “I think it is time for me to leave,” Celestia said as she moved to the door.
Right before she opened the door the nurse called out to her. “Wait princess,” she said, “I think he is waking up.”
“Ow my head,” He said as he raised his upper body, “Where am I.” He looked around the room. When his eyes fell on the two anthropomorphic ponies, “GAH” he yelled as he fell out of the bed and onto the floor.
The two ponies rushed to his side to help him up. “Are you all right?” Celestia asked as she helped him to his feet.
“Yeah, I’m fine. You two just surprised me” He said as he was pulled up, “Would you mind telling me where I am?”
“You're in Equestria,” Celestia said, “This is nurse Golden Flower, and I am Princess Celestia, the one who Raises the sun. Could we know your name.”
“I am Mael, One of the four Archangels.” He said, giving her a warm smile, “It is nice to meet you Princess.”
“The pleasure is all mine,” Celestia said, returning the smile, but it quickly turned sour, “But I have some bad news.” Celestia said with some sorrow in her voice, “We won’t be able to send you back to your world for the foreseeable future.”
Mael looked down at the floor full of sorrow, then immediately looked back into Celestia’s eyes. “Do not worry about me and my world. There isn’t much need for me there,” He said, before Celestia could speak, he continued, “My world is already at peace. Even if some big calamity would break out, I know that Meliodas and his friends would stop it.”
“But don’t you have family?” Celestia asked
Mael eyes looked to the floor, Celestia knew she accidentally struck a nerve. “I had a brother,” Mael said, “But he sacrificed himself to help end the holy war.”
Celestia frowned, “I’m sorry I asked such a sensitive question.”
“Don’t be,” Mael replied, “You didn’t know about my past, so I won’t hold that against you.”