My sister Nightmare Moon

Coraline sat down in the large black loveseat in her home's library, feeling the soft material ease her sore legs. The cause for her legs being so sore was the fault of her sister-in-law bringing the kids over to play, and upon leaving made a huge ass mess for the writer to clean up. She flicked on the lamp next to her on a little side table, she then picked up her notebook, which was filled with ideas and small exerts from books she had yet to write. Just as she unclipped the pencil lodged into the bindings of the notebook a large KRACKOOM! filled her home as rain started to pour down, or at least that's what it looked like from her view through the bay window. The thunder subsided for almost half an hour until an even louder KRAKOOOM!! sounded out causing Coraline to shout

   "DAMN-FUCKING-NATION! Can't this storm not be a pain in the god damn ass?!"

She noted that, that lighting bolt may have landed in her backyard, from the amount of sound, and how close it seemed. Coraline sighed and put her notebook back on the side table, pausing for a few seconds before going out the library door to the bay window to see the damage. She couldn't see any damage done to the yard but she saw almost made her shit her pants.

There was a dark, unmoving shape laying in the grass.

"Holy fucking SHIET!" Coraline said to no one as she ran down the hallway to the closet, where she pulled out her rain boots, a hoodie, and a large towel that she kept there for emergencies in case there was ever a large spill or rain got inside, but now it would be used to help whatever was out there.

As she toward the back door another lightning strike sounded off in the distance, reassuring her that she would have know more unexpected guests. As she steeped outside she cursed herself for not wearing more layers on this cold November night. The wind cut through the twenty nine year olds body, make her wince and shudder with every step. As she approached the unmoving creature laying, almost peacefully in the grass, she slowed her steps until she was barely even moving. She wanted to help whatever it is, but she was worried that it might attack her.

       Gathering what little courage she had left, she walked toward the dark shape. Although it was dark outside and she really should have brought a flashlight with her, Coraline could see that the creature was equine-like, though she had never seen an equine with a horn or wings either. It also seemed to be wearing a toe of armor that was made out of a dark metal, peering closer at the creature body she saw that it had a long gash in it's shoulder, along many cuts and bruises, many of them bleeding heavily.

"Oh my god, what the hell?!" Coraline asked no one. Her mind was reeling in confusion and a bit of fear, how could someone do this to what seemed to be a harmless creature? After a bit of struggle, she finally managed to get towel under the equine. Picking it up and bringing it to the house was actually easy, since it was quite light, and easy to transport into her kitchen. After laying the creature down on the floor, she stumbled to the light switch, flicking it on with the tip of her index finger. When she turned around, she could barely register what she was looking at.

     For the most part it was an equine, the armor and wounds were real, its mane struck Coraline by surprise, since it looked like the night sky stars and all. But the most surprising fact, aside from the horn and wings, was the strange crescent moon tattooed on it's ass. It was also a dark dark blue, very close to black. After fetching a first aid kit from the cabinet, she proceeded in cleaning and dressing the poor things wounds, along with studying it. Out of all the damage, it's wings must have taken the most, most of the feathers were singed or clipped so it wouldn't be able to fly, even if it could. Coraline then pressed to of her fingers against it's neck to look for a pulse. Only to jerk her hand back a few seconds later.

It had moved

Calming herself into mot screaming and having a panic attack, Coraline reasoned that it was just going to wake up soon. She was about to turn around and hide in her room when she heard the creature's stomach growl. Not really knowing what the hell equine eat, she just chopped up some fruit and set it down on a plate in front of it, along with a bowl of water. Before entering her room down the hall, she took another look at this creature.

And managed to hide before it's head swiveled in her direction upon waking.

She poked her head ever so slightly out of the doorway and watched the creature with a sudden interest, and slight fear, of what it was going to do. What the did surprised Coraline to a large extent, instead of trying to find her, explore it's new place of being, or even try to move, it just whimpered a bit- which told Coraline that the creature was a she from the pitch of the whimper-and started to cry, small quiet sobs that almost made Coraline to go and comfort her.

              Well almost, there was a small part in her mind that told her to get it the fuck together, and that she could be dangerous. Coraline continued to watch her for the next hour, watching how she had continued crying for at least a solid ten minutes before her tears dried up, then noticing the plate of food and water looked around as if to find who had shown her some kindness- to which Coraline hid again-, to then eating a little bit of the fruit and drinking some of the water- which surprised Coraline because her horn lit up and levitated bits of fruit and the bowl of water, until she finally laid her head on the towel and fell asleep. Coraline slowly steeped out of her hiding place with a blanket in her hand for the equine, it was going to be a cold night. The equine seemed to relax when the thick blanket was pulled over her, but before retiring to her room to rest for the night, she ripped a piece of paper from an old shopping list on her fridge and wrote-feeling rather foolish, because there was no way this thing could understand English or even read-

Dear miss,

I welcome you to my humble home.

Could you please tell my your name, if you have one?

If you need anything I will try to fulfill your request.

Coraline Evans

Although the note reminded her of a hoity toity hotel, it would help her gather more information on her new houseguest.  After putting the note next to the plate of fruit, Coraline went back to her room and climbed into her bed, ready for a sleepless night.