In the Desert

*video started. The camera pans left and right across the dry dusty bad lands of the U.S.* "Hello everyone, Dave here, so you might be wondering, 'Why is Dave making a video so early? He said he was going to do it when he reached his camp sight in a day or two.' Well something came up. Also you may be asking yourself 'Why dose this not sound like Dave? It kind of sounds like one of those cheep voice changers people use to sound creepy while playing CoD.' Well the answer to that is: I'm not even human anymore." *camera turns to look at a changeling queen with a red mane and eyes that's wearing a hikers backpack and it starts to speak* "So this is me now."

*S/he points the camera at her body so the watchers get a better view* "Yeah I'm a bug horse. I guess tempting the karma gods by saying the bad lands are lame and that I would come camp out up here to prove there's no 'freaky magic', has come back to bite me in the ass." *S/he sits down and refocuses the go pro on her face again* "So that leaves me where I am now, uhhh, I guess I should go over the pros and cons of being a bug-horse. Okay so cons first, number one would be no hands, instead I have holy hooves. You can see those in a moment, but it sucks. Next would be I can't stand on to legs anymore. Three would have to be I can't taste food and fore....hmmm." *S/he taps her chin* "Probably I'd go with there are no clothes that fit me anymore so I'm walking around in the desert butt naked."

*S/he clears her throat and continues* "But on to the pros. So probably you've noticed this wicked horn on my head already. It is a functional impaling and slashing device. I know that because I tried it on a cactus and cut through the thing in a single head chop. That's how I figured out I also now have a hard chitin shell over my body. The damn cactus fell on me but I was fine. But somehow this shell is soft at the same time." *S/he moves the camera closer to her holy leg* "See? Imagine a piece of metal with a velvety layer over it, that's kind of how it feels...I guess...you guys know me, always describing things completely accurately." *S/he chuckles in her new strange voice and moves the camera up to her face again* "So back to the pros. I have functional wings now as well. I tried them out yesterday when this first happened."

**Flashback**

Dave climbed to the top of a small 20 foot cliff and looked over the edge. S/he spread her wings and then jumped off the ledge. And fell to the bottom like a rock. Fortunately S/he was unharmed and re-climbed the cliff and tried again, this time buzzing her wings rapidly until she rose off the ground and over the edge of the cliff then got tired and dropped, once again, like a rock to the bottom.
**End**

*S/he grimaced at the memory* "Yeah...I'm going to practice my flying on a soft grassy field later. Number three on my list of pros is that I have not gotten hungry since this happened. It's almost been two days and nothing. I have gotten thirsty though, so I need to get out of this flippin desert ASAP and get some more water." *S/he motioned to a clear water bottle clipped to the backpack that was nearly empty* "Anyway I better start walking again to reach South Dakota's Badlands National Park's visitor center in a timely fashion. I'll make another video when I stop for another break in an hour or three."

"Hey guys, time for another video, I forgot to mention the time in the last video so it is 6:56 PM right now and I'm watching the sunset as I take a break. Here, I'll show you." *S/he turns the camera towards the sunset*

*S/he turns the camera back in her direction* "It's pretty amazing out here. Anyway, I can see the visitor's center in the distance so I should make it there just after dark if I walk really fast. I may be freakier then most of the things out here now but I don't want to find out if the coyotes think I look tasty. Hey! I almost forgot to tell you guys, I'm able to hold the camera with my hoof and nothing else! It is the weirdest thing I've ever seen. Like my hooves are magnetic or something, but I can do it with anything I touch. Here, look." *Camera tilts down to look at the ground and a rock near Dave's hoof* "Here we go, grab, drop, grab, drop. See? Pretty freaky right? Anywho, I better get going towards the VC again. Talk to you guys in a bit."

"Uhh, hey guys, I've gotten to the Visitor Center and there is no one here. The sign says 'open 24/7' but there is no one around at all. Freakier still there were a couple cars just sitting in the parking lot running when I got here. Like the people just ran off for some reason and didn't come back and I'm honestly more then a little scared now. At least I have electricity and water. Nothing bad ever happens when you have light, so I'm keeping the lights on all night. You know, just to be safe. In fact I'll be hanging out here in the bathroom tonight because it's about the only door that's solid and locks only from the inside. But moving on to other topics, I think I've had a personality change or something since this whole thing started. I keep catching myself checking everything out to determine if it would make a good home or not. ......What the fak? Why would I be doing that? It's a little freaky if you ask me.

Also I think I might be getting fat...but I'm not even eating anything. But look!" *S/he points the camera down at her abdomen that does look a little rounder then before* "I'm telling you guys, this situation could not get more freaky or weird if god himself wanted it to." *she sets the camera on the counter next to the sinks and steps back a bit* "Well now you can finally see my whole body. I'm about the size of a normal horse I guess, maybe a little smaller. About the height of a human I think, not including my horn. But I'm really praying to the karma gods to not let this be permanent. Hopefully somebody is coming here soon and can get me some help. Hopefully they don't shoot me." *S/he pauses and a expression of annoyance passes over her face* "Great, more things to worry about. Well, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I'm going to bed now so talk to you guys later."

"Oh my god guys." *the camera focused on Dave. Her tummy was now even larger then before and she was sweating from stress and exertion* "I woke up about 15 minutes ago and felt this weird feeling in my abdomen like....like something wanted out! Then I started having contractions or something and!....sorry guys, I need to calm down. I started having these contractions but the difference between these and contractions is these weren't painful. Well, they were strange, kind of like a tickling or even a pleasurable feeling but still but not painful, I guess that's good, but look over here. I was wrong and this did get freakier." *S/he moved the camera and on the floor next to one of the stalls there were 5 cloudy red eggs, about the size of a toilet paper role you might find in a house.* "I. Gave. Birth. Now listen, I have no memory of unprotected sex in my life but there's your evidence right there. Remember to use protection. So apparently I'm female now, but that doesn't seem right because I realized have still have a guys gear as well. Am I an 'it'? But that's a thought for later, back to eggs, what do I do with them? How many more do I have in me? Ahh!" *S/he collapsed back to the floor* "Ahh! Jesus F***ing Christ, not again. I just had to say something." *for several minutes s/he lay on her stomach gasping and panting as one after another, five more eggs emerged from her body* "Ohhh...please..no more. I'm done. I think that's it so I'm just going to take a quick nap." *The camera eventually turned its self off*

"Hey guys, what a night. I want to show you guys what I've been up to." *S/he turned the Go-Pro to look at the farthest wall from the bathroom entrance, there were ten little clearish red eggs placed in a glue-like substance the wall, inside each a little black animal could be seen*

(Check out this link for the picture of the eggs: http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/102/5/6/changeling_egg_by_the_clockwork_crow-d7e8ujk.png )

"Aren't the little buggers cute? I placed them up on the wall because I felt the floor was too cold for them. I feel a close connection with them even though they haven't hatched yet. It's almost like they're giving me a guide on how to take care of them through their feelings. I can literally feel their feelings. I don't know what caused this but I would not give this up for anything. It feels nice to be needed. But now I have a problem, there is no water now and the power is out. I have to get to a water source or the little ones may die, I fear. I found a map in the VC and I think I know where I'm going. Take a look." (Link to map picture: https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.PTijF9thLoSD1%2f8vq1wqYA&pid=15.1&P=0 ) "The green is us and I want to take the main highway east towards that river there. When I get there I can make a nest or whatever in a nearby basement of some house. I'm going to be driving us that way as soon as I get the rest of the supplies and eggs into the truck I've picked. Talk to you guys in a bit."

*Dave places the Go-Pro on the dash board* "Ok, so this position of sitting is uncomfortable as hell, but at least I can drive. And the good news is I'm on my way to that river, now I might need to look into what I can eat because I've started to feel a little hungry since the eggs arrived. Uhhh, shoot, that sounded better in my head. What I mean is ever since I gave birth I've been hungry. I never mentioned it before but I have rather sharp teeth so I think I can eat meat, its a little creepy, a meat eating horse, but I should be able to manage. But on to something else, I haven't seen a single other car or person for some time now. Unless the car was abandoned. No one else is on the road it seems. I wonder what happened, if I didn't have these little ones to worry about I might go looking for people but I need to stay with my babies for now." *S/he seems to mull over what she just said* "What did I just say?! Man this body is messing with my brain." *She looks into the back seat* "Look, you guys are great and all, but I'm not ready to start saying 'my babies' just yet thank you very much. I'm still to young for this. I think I'll turn off the camera for now to save battery but I'll keep you posted."

"Hey guys. Sorry I haven't made a video in several days. I've been a little busy here, a few hours after I found a suitable house and basement all the eggs hatched and I've been busy taking care of them. They are really smart, it seems, and I can speak with them and send concepts to them telepathically. They are getting bigger everyday and I think they will be full grown soon and ready to help me with whatever tasks I need done. We can in fact eat meat, but it doesn't seem like our main source of food. I'll keep looking for something else that tastes better then meat in the mean time. I do believe this is my last video as well, I just don't have the time to do this anymore. I will be expanding my little family and attempt to make my own little colony/kingdom soon back in the bad lands. I'm actually expecting my next set of hatchlings at any time here but I'd like to move as soon as we can, it is too damp here and I read in this book I found in this house that you can tunnel under ground and the temperature and humidity should be about right for us to live in. However I do think that we can live anywhere though, I just want my first colony to be in a comfortable location. I also look forward to meeting anyone who survives this. I'm sure I'm not the only one left in the world so peace out guys--Hey! Don't touch that, Viper, you're going to break it--" *End of video*

Author's Note

So this is my attempt at writing about changelings. Is this the first PAP story with changelings in it? That would be pretty cool if it was.