Colt from the stars

My eyes slowly began to open as I finally began to stir. The first thing that I noticed was that it was that it was still night time, and the other thing I noticed was that I was somehow outside. That snapped me fully awake and made me focus my attention more on the surroundings. I was in the middle of an open meadow inside of a huge, dark looking forest.  The full moon and the stars my only light in this dark and strange place. Moving my stiff body around so I was sitting up, I quickly learned that I was inside a small crater in said meadow. How did that happen? I thought to myself as tried looking around to figure out what could have been the cause. And for that matter, how did I get here?

I tried to think back to what could have happened, but a burning throbbing feeling started building in my head, causing me to wince in pain. The more I tried to think about my past, the more the pain in my head would increase. Throwing my numb hands up to the sides of my head, I tried to keep my brain from exploding outta my skull as I curled up into a small ball on the ground. Red hot images flashed in my head, filled with dark shapeless shadow, too cluttered to make anything out. Each image that flashed into my mind sent a fresh wave of pain through my skull, causing tears to well up in my eyes. The images flashed faster and faster in my head, until it all stopped on a single dark form. It was a huge dark creature with long horns and scary glowing eyes that felt like they were burning right through me. It opened it's fanged mouth to bellow out a wicked laughter, before everything flashed bright red for a few second, then solid black.

and then the images and the pain was gone.

I laid in the dirt for what felt like minutes, still recovering from the pain I felt and the strange dark images that had came with it. Hot tears streamed down my face as I tried to figure out what had just happened. Afraid at first, I then tried to once again think of what could have happened to me, but all I getting was a complete blank. Trying a little harder, I tried to think back to anything about my past, but once again I found nothing. Nothing! I couldn't remember my name, who I was, were I came from or how I even got here. Absolutely nothing! It was if my mind was wiped completely blank, leaving me lost as to my true origin.

Panic crept in, as I found myself shivering in complete fear and horror at my current situation. Where am I? Who am I? How did I get here? What happened to me?! These questions run over and over inside my head. I had hope that if I asked enough time, something might have came to me, but nothing did. So I laid there on the ground for several long minutes, hoping that if I was really lucky, this would all be nothing but a horrible nightmare. But I knew this was real. The lingering throbbing in my head and the cold night wind was proof enough of that. Deciding to give up on trying to remember about myself, I instead turned my attention on scouting out the area. So if nothing else, I could find some place warm for the night and not be out in the open.

As I sat up this time, I took a look at myself, and found myself completely surprised with what I saw. My whole body was completely naked, and covered in light blue fur. Not only that, but what I took for just being numb hands, turned out to not be hands at all. Instead, at the end of my now blue fur covered ar.... err, front legs, was a pair of hooves. What the? Was all I could think of as I sat there staring at my front hooves. After a moment of doing nothing but looking dumbly at my hooves, I turned my head left and right, checking out my body. Hooves, fur, a snout sticking out right in front of my eyes, as well as brown hai... mane, at the top of my vision and tail on my butt. On closer inspection, I noticed what appeared to be little wings folded on my sides.

The only conclusion I could come up with was that I was some type of winged equine, and a small one at that. Was I always like this? I couldn't quite place it, but something felt off about it. But faint howls coming from the forest brought me out of my little daze and once again reminded me that I was in the middle of a dark, unknown forest, and completely alone. I don't want to know what made that sound! I thought as I stood myself up on all fours. I better find some place to hide until morning. I began making my way out of the strange crater I woke up in, which was tricky because it was at least a few feet deep, and my body was quite small. But eventually, I was able to crawl my way out of the crater with only a few hiccups.

Walking around with four hooves didn't prove nearly as hard as I thought it would. Don't know why would think that, but for some weird reason it just felt like something was off. But I decided to put that trail of thought on the back burner, as I turned my full attention on traveling through this strange forest. After a few minutes of traversing through the bush, I soon found my thoughts drifting back to my current situation.  How did I end up here? that question continued to ring in my head for several minutes. I thought back to the crater I woke up in, and wondered if maybe I was the one who caused that. But I swiped that train of thought out of my head, because it just didn't make any sense. Yeah, like I just fell out of the sky!

Cautiously, I continued to trek down the trail, with the full moon shining through the trees above. The forest had changed, everything had a hostile feeling to it. The atmosphere was oppressive, unlike the more neutral and tranquil forest through which I had hoped was what I would be hiking through. This was a place that was truly wild, nature in her purest most terrifying form. The sudden change of atmosphere was unnerving to say the least.

I really don't like this. I thought to myself. I could feel my ears flopping downward, an expression I wasn't quite used to just yet.

A loud gurgling made him jump, making me realize that I was quite hungry. My stomach protesting that it didn't have anything inside of it at the moment. I did my best to fight off the hunger pains for the moment, promising that I'd eat just as soon as I found some food. As I traveled, I noticed that I was walking along the base a sheer cliff, located to my left. As I continued alongside the jagged wall, doubts once again came back to the front of my mind.

What is this? I thought as I studied the cliff side. Should I climb it? It might help me find... something. Edging way enough, I took a look at the cliff base. I was quite a fall. Better not, don't want to risk taking a nasty fall down it, and‐HOLY SHIT THAT'S A BIG HOLE!

I had passed a large boulder that had been obscuring my vision, revealing a vast cave. My gazed focused onto the gigantic cavern; the entrance looked bigger then any cave entrance I've ever seen before. Not that I remember seeing one before, but anyway.... I attempted to peer into the massive expanse, but the light was unable to penetrate the interior of the crevasse due to the moon's unfavorable angle. If I had some type of light, I could delve deeper into the cave. But as of right now, I was on the fence on if I was going to use the cave as a shelter or not. I had barely crossed the threshold, when a sudden gust of wind rushed past me... then back... then past me again.

Stepping a few more step deeper inside, I managed to get a small amount of illumination in a small portion of the cave, thanks to the strange dim light of what looked like stars.  What in the hell? What I saw was as impossible as it was terrifying. There, sleeping soundly, was a bear. Not just any bear, any other bear would have been beyond bad, but this bear was a special kind of trouble, reserved for monster movies and horror flims. The bear's coat was a deep navy blue speckled with what seemed to be luminescent stars. Also, it happened to be the size of your average apartment complex.

"Mmnghhffff!"

I shoved my fist into his mouth to stifle the scream that was desperately trying to escape from my throat.

DON'TSCREAMDON'TSCREAMDONOTSCREAM.... or pee, DON'T PEE!

DO NOT PISS YOURSELF, ME! DO NOT! I tried to will myself to keep calm, so as to NOT give myself away to the sleeping monster.

Animals can smell fear and I'm pretty sure they can smell piss as well. I thought, about to take a few steps backwards. So whatever you dooOOOHOLYSHITWHATTHEFUCK!!!

The whole cavern behind the huge star bear shifted, this time a pinkish purple star dim clawed appendage wrapped itself around the star bear and pulled it closer to the wall. Which I quickly realized wasn't a wall at all. It was another bear. But THIS bear was TOTALLY HUGE!

HOW!?

WHAT!??

HOW DOES THAT THING EVEN FIT IN THERE?!!

WHAT THE FUCK?!!

I MEAN WHAT THE FLYING FUCK!!!

I so terrified that my knees began to buckle as my head started spinning like a tornado.

DO NOT FAINT!

DO NOT PASS OUT!!

RUNMOVEGETTHEFUCKOUTOFHERERIGHTFUCKINGNOW!!!

My legs were happy to obliged, as I quickly tried to set a new world record for the 500 meter 'Run Like a Bitch'. Sprinting through the underbrush as gracefully as a my body would allow, adrenaline coursed through my veins. I ran with everything I had, the fire in my heart fueled by an all‐encompassing fear. The after taste of dirt still lingering in my mouth from were I had my hoof in it, but while this was good for keeping the volume down, I was so terrified that I was still screaming within the confines of my own mind.

MOVE IT.

MOVE IT.

MOVE IT.

MOVE IT.

MOVE IT.

MOVE IT.

MOVE IT....

Move it....

... move....

....crap.

My body soon gave out, leaving me sprawled out, face down, in a patch of soft dirt. Rolling onto my side I started panted like a dehydrated dog on a hot summer day. After a few moments of just laying there, I slowly attempted to sit up and cringed at the pain running through my legs. Cramps.

Double crap. Well.... I needed a break anyway....

Wiping the sweat from my forehead, I slumped my head to the side, so as to get a better view at where I was. I could see right through the bushes closest to me, and into a small clearing on the other side. There, it looked like a small dirt trail could be spotted at the other end of the clearing. Which meant that it had to lead somewhere. But what caught my attention wasn't the pass itself, it was it's apparent guardian.

The beast that held the appearance similar to that of a lion, but had the tail of a scorpion and wings of a bat. It was at that point, all I could really do was slowly turn my gaze up to the sky, take a deep breathe and muffle yet another scream of terror.

SERIOUSLY!?

WHY ME?!

WHY GOD?

NO! No. Calm down. Clam down. I took a couple of deep breathes, trying to rain myself in. It's okay. Compared to Bearzilla back there, that thing is just a baby kitten. I had to fight back a shutter at the memory of the cave. Okay, note to self: never go back that way never again. Period!

Taking another look, I gazed through the underbrush to spot the creature again. The beast seemed to lounging in the moonlight, snoring as it laid in the middle of the clearing. For some reason, I couldn't explain why it looked oddly familiar to me. But why is that? I tried to think more about it, but the best I could come up with was that it was a mythical creature of some type.

I decided to focus my attention on trying to figure out what to do next. I really needed to get past that thing and make my way to that dirt trail. I could just try to sneak past it while it was just asleep, but at the same time, I didn't want to take the chance of waking it up and being ripped into tiny pieces. The only other option I could come up with was to hide someplace close by and wait for it to leave. Which to me, seemed like the best and logical choice after all, seeing as it was still night time. And the fact that I was pretty tired after all that running earlier.

With no time to waste, I began to search the immediate area, I had to find a place to sleep while I tried to wait for my chance to get outta of here. Looking around frantically he spotted an large, hollowed out log, that looked to be the remains of a fallen tree during a storm or something. It looked big enough for me to fit in, and would be a perfect spot for me to hide in while I slept. Sneaking over to the log, I began to check the inside of it out to make sure everything was okay. It was a little moldy, but there wasn't any nasty bugs inside it at the moment and at this point beggers couldn't be choosers.

Making my way over to some bushes close by, I decided to take a moment to answer the call of nature in some bushes. After I was finished, I made my way back to the log. A moment of fear crept into my head, as I worried about if the monster would be able to sniff me out because of my urine, but a quick wiff inside the log told me otherwise. Ugh! Hard to smell anything past the smell of dead wood.

As I began to settle inside the hollowed log, my stomach choice that moment to remind me of it's protest. Trying to fight it back down, I instead focused on thinking about my next move. Which turned out to be a huge mistake as all the worries that was in my head started leaking out. Since crawling out of that crater, I tried to keep my mind focused on just moving forward, but now that I had a moment to stop and think, I realized I didn't have anywhere to go.

Will I die out here? What if no one finds me? What am I going to find to eat out here?  What if that monster finds me? I had to take a few deep breathes to keep the fear from taking me over. I decided to answer those questions as they came. First off, I WILL survive this! Can't risk thinking like that. Second, someone is bound to find me. If not, I'll find someone as I make my way out of this forest. Third, in the morning I could try to find some berries to eat or something. Fourth, I'm sure I'll find a fresh river or stream out here. And as for that monster....

Truthfully, I didn't know what to do about how to deal with it. But at least I was able to give myself some comfort in knowing that I wasn't completely screwed. Just kind of. Facing the exit of the log, I spent what felt like forever as I watched for anything to happen. But thankfully, it seemed peaceful enough, giving the circumstances.

Exhaustion soon began to take me over, so I decided to close my eyes for some rest. My last thoughts before I began to travel into the realm of dreams, I hope I don't wake up dead.