“That’s one umm… Happy bunny you got there?” Shrugged Riley.

“What is it Angel?” Fluttershy asked her pet rabbit.

He stood there with a huge frown on his face and pointed directly at the blood all over Riley’s shirt.

“Ohhh. He wants to know why all this blood is on my shirt.”

“He’s hurt Angel.” Fluttershy told her pet rabbit. “Can you go get some ice in a tea towel please?”

Angel stood there for a few seconds before he unwillingly agreed and hopped off.

“I’m sorry about him.” Apologized Fluttershy. “He just really hostile to strangers. Especially new creatures that are covered in blood.”

“I can’t imagine anyone who wouldn’t be.” Replied Erin with cold tone in her voice.

“Oh I’m sorry, did I make you angry.” Fluttershy asked.

Erin murmured something under her breath. Fluttershy didn’t hear her but Riley did. His stared daggers at Erin before turning around to Fluttershy and saying. “We’ll join you inside in a sec. I need to have a chat with Erin.”

“Umm…Okay.” Replied Fluttershy.

Riley waited until Fluttershy closed the door to her house. He turned towards Erin with a look of anger in his eyes.

“What is the matter with you Erin?!” Riley yelled.

“I don’t trust this pony. What if it’s a trick by those KAE bast…”

“We were sucked into a rainbow portal thing, found by some yellow pony with wings and attacked by some bloody wolves made of timber. Do you think that this is a stupid trick! We were just saved from being captured and probably experimented on by some crazy-ass lunatic, and I don’t care if our saviour was a pony.

“But.”

“But nothing. I trust her, you should too.”

Erin just stood there, shocked by her brother’s sudden outburst. After a while, Riley started to calm down and regain his senses.

“I’m sorry Erin.” He apologized. “I’m just unsure about everything at the moment and having someone we can trust would be really good now, considering the situation we’re in.”

“This is where Uncle Burnie usually comes in to separate us.” Erin stated. Her voice was low and cold.

“Yea. Good times.” Riley said his voice matching hers.

Riley and Erin both let loose a chuckle and a tear for thinking about their Uncle, and headed inside to join Fluttershy.

Fluttershy’s cottage was a sort of old looking cottage, except for the cottage being in very good condition. It was also like walking into a dog house as there were all sorts of dishes and bowls on the floor of the cottage.

“Strange.” Riley thought to himself. “If there are all these dishes, were are all the animals?”

Erin took a seat on the couch in the living room and Riley went to go and join Fluttershy in the kitchen. He walked through the door and was greeted by Fluttershy with a first aid kit on the bench in front of her.

“Here’s a seat.” Gestured Fluttershy as she pulled a seat up next to the kitchen bench.

“Cheers.” Thanked Riley as he sat down.

“So what did you do to yourself?” Asked Fluttershy as she sorted through the first aid kit.

“I was shot.”

“What do you mean by shot?” Said Fluttershy with a blank look on her face.

“You know, with a gun.”

Fluttershy just gave Riley a blank look.

“What is a gun?” She asked curiously.

“How do you not know what a gun is!” Exclaimed Riley. “That’s like saying we’re not in Australia.”

Fluttershy gave Riley a dumbfounded look.

“Umm…What is an Australia?”

“You’re playing silly buggers with me aren’t ya.”

“What…?”

“It means you're joking.”

“Oh. I don’t think so.”

“Well if this isn’t Australia then where are we?”

“Umm…Equestria.”

It was now Riley’s turn to give Fluttershy a dumbfounded look.

“Equestria?” Questioned Riley.

“Yes.” Confirmed Fluttershy “In the town of Ponyville.”

Riley dug his head into his hands and tried to calculate what this talking pony had just told him. He was in an entirely new town, in an entirely new country and probably an entire new friggin planet.

“What do you need to heal yourself?” Fluttershy asked Riley.

Riley snapped back to his senses, pulled his head out of his hands and replied, “Just a pair of tweezers, some rum and a towel. Just ask my sister to help you find my flask in my bag.”

“I’ll just go and get that…If that’s okay with you.”

“Why are you asking if it’s okay with me, this is your house.”

“I don’t know. It’s just what I do.”

“Alrighty then. Where do you keep your towels?”

“You stay there mister, I sent Angel to go and get a towel.”

“Was he the rabbit from before?” Riley asked.

“Yes.”

“Shit.” Riley murmured under his breath.

Riley took off his hat and his shirt, revealing a large hole in the top right corner of his chest, oozing out blood. Fluttershy gasped at the sight, wondering why he wasn’t complaining about the pain.

“Oh my.” Exclaimed Fluttershy. “Doesn’t that hurt?”

“I’ve been beaten and shot enough times that I barely feel it. Although it still stings.”

“Oh my. That’s terrible.”

“Yea. Complete pain in my ass.”

The white rabbit from before came hopping into the room, carrying a moistened tea towel with a few cubes of ice in it. His jaw hit the floor when he saw the hole in that creature’s chest.

Riley turned towards the rabbit and said “Trust me mate, I’ve seen and been a lot worse that this.”

Angel gulped as he handed Riley the tea towel.

“Ahhhh…That feels heaps better.” Riley groaned as he put the freezing cold tea towel to his chest.

Fluttershy walked out of her kitchen and approached Erin, who was lying on the couch with her eyes closed.

“Umm…excuse me.” Whispered Fluttershy.

“What?” Grunted Erin.

“Oh. I’m sorry for interrupting your sleep, but your brother said that you could help me find his flask. Do you know what it looks like?”
“Yea, whatever. I’ll go and grab it.”

Erin walked over towards Riley’s bag and pulled out a gleaming, silver canteen that Fluttershy guessed contained this rum Riley was talking about.

“Here.” Said Erin as she threw it at Fluttershy.

“Thank you.” Thanked Fluttershy.

“Whatever.” Grumbled Erin as she went back to the couch to sleep.

Fluttershy walked back into the kitchen and was shocked at what she saw. Riley had the tweezers inside the hole in his chest and he was poking it inside to try and find something.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” Shrieked Fluttershy.

Riley jumped in his seat in shock and dropped the tweezers on the floor.

“Oh, I’m really sorry.” Apologized Fluttershy.

“Jesus Christ!” Yelled Riley. “Why’d ya yell at me?”

“You were poking the tweezers in the hole in your chest.”

“annnnnd?”

“That’s dangerous.”

“Relax.” Reassured Riley. “It’s fine I have to take out the bullet.”

“Bullet?”

“It’s a piece of metal that I need to pull out or it could get infected.”

“Well…okay, but let me do it for you.”

“But how are you…”

Riley’s stopped mid-sentence when he saw Fluttershy grab the tweezers with her hoof like she had hands. He decided to shut up and not question how in the hell she can use her hooves sort of like hands.

“Well.” Riley spoke up. “I don’t think I’ve formally introduced myself, my name’s Riley and that’s my sister, Erin.”

Riley pointed at his sister, who was snoring on the couch.

“My name’s Fluttershy.”

“It’s very nice to meet you Fluttershy.”

Riley stuck out his hand and gave Fluttershy a hand/hoof shake.

“Right then. Shall we start?” Asked Riley.

“Okay.” Replied Fluttershy.

Fluttershy sterilized the tweezers and walked over to Riley.

“Are you sure you want to do this. It can be a little bit of a messy job.” Asked Riley.

“I’m fine with it.” Replied Fluttershy. “I sometimes have to fix up wounds that my animal friends get when they hurt themselves. I’m a little bit used to seeing blood.”

“Are you a vet?” Asked Riley.

“Not really. I just take care of a lot of animals.”

“Ah, I see. But where are they all? I saw all those dishes on the floor in your lounge room.”

“They’re all sleeping outside. None of them wanted to sleep inside.”

“I can see why.” Sighed Riley.

“I’m sorry. I’m sure they’ll warm up to you eventually.”

“I doubt that’ll happen Flutters. Do you mind if I call you Flutters?”

“Not at all Riles. Do you mind if I call you Riles?”

“Not at all.”

They both had a little chuckle.

“Erin and I won’t be staying for long though.” Said Riley, returning to a more serious state. “We don’t want to get in your way.”

“But if you go outside, you could get caught by the royal guards or worse.” Argued Fluttershy.

“We can live on the land for a while.”

“No” Fluttershy said firmly. “I insist that you stay with me. You seem really nice and no offence to my friends but they can be a little…quick to judge.”

“Are you sure?” Asked Riley.

“I’m sure.”

“Okay then. Sounds good.”

“I’m going to start now.” Informed Fluttershy.

Fluttershy began the procedure and stuck the tweezers inside Riley’s chest hole, searching for the bullet.

“Now, you should be feeling around for something really hard, like metal hard. That’ll be the bullet.”

“Okay………..found it.”

“That’s good.” Congratulated Riley. “Now the tweezers need to go around it.”

“Done.”

“Now give it a hard tug.”

Fluttershy pulled.

“Try again.” Encouraged Riley.

She pulled, it still didn’t come loose.

“One more pull.”

Fluttershy pulled as hard as she could. She clipped an artery and sent blood flying all over her face. In her mouth, her ears, her nose even her eyes.

“AHHHHHHH!” They both screamed.

Erin heard the commotion and came zipping into the kitchen. Riley was lying on the floor in a pool of blood, clutching his chest and Fluttershy was also lying on the floor, her face covered in blood and a very shocked and startled look on her face. Erin immediately assumed that Fluttershy had tried to hurt Riley and she pounced on Fluttershy with lightning pulsating out of her hands.

“What have you done to my brother you BITCH!” Erin spoke with venom.

“Erin! Stop.” Commanded Riley.

Erin stopped and turned around towards Riley, who was holding a little gold shell of a bullet in his bloodied hand.

“She was just helping me get this out of my chest.” He said while waving the shell in the air.

Erin turned towards Fluttershy and apologized. “Sorry.”

“It’s okay.” Replied Fluttershy. “I feel a bit sick though. I think I’m gonna wash up and *hurp* go to bed. If that’s okay with you Riley.”

“Yes it’s all good Flutters.” Clarified Riley. “The bullet’s out now. Erin and I’ll just sleep on the couch. Can I use your shower though?”

“Yes. It’s in the room next to living room. I’m going to go to bed now.”

“See ya later Flutters.”

Riley and Erin walked into the lounge room and Fluttershy trotted upstairs. Fluttershy walked into the bathroom upstairs to wash her face and get ready for bed.

“Crazy day.” Fluttershy said to her reflection in her mirror.

Fluttershy spent a good five minutes washing all the blood off of her face when she heard a slight gurgling sound emanating from somewhere in the room. She shrugged it off the first few times but it became louder and louder. She started to feel a bit queasy. She looked down at her stomach and saw some kind of yellow light radiating out of her stomach.

“Wha-what’s happening to me?” Fluttershy blurted out.

The light began to spread from her belly, up to her chest and down to her hooves. The tips of her two front fore hooves had some kind of energy that looked like the strongest gusts of wind pulsating out of them.

“Help me! Somepony help me!” She cried out but her screams were muffled by the light spreading to her mouth.

The golden light kept spreading all around her body and the wind from her hooves had spread to cover her entire body. Fluttershy couldn’t take it anymore and she fell unconscious. The light and the wind faded away into her body leaving her lying down on her bathroom floor, unconscious.

Author's Note

Hey Everypony.
I know that I promised that I would deliver two chapters this week but unfortunately, I wasn't able to because of an ICT exam that I have soon. Hopefully once I have done my exam and assignments and all that, I can get stuck into some serious work on this fic. Maybe bang out 3 chapters in one week. That would be awesome.