Today has been odd, to put it lightly. Between being saved by a fireman, changing species, and gender. I don't believe that I have had time to actually sit down. Let me start from the beginning.

I awoke from my bed in my parents' house. More like my dad's house, but sometimes if I tried hard I could still hear her laugh, and see her smile. We live in a one story house by the Leesburg airport. That is where dad works. He is an airplane mechanic. I work at the hospital, in the trauma care unit. Today is Thursday. Which means that I have a double shift at work and will be home late.

The ride to the hospital is short, nothing more than ten miles. But that is what you get when you live in a small town. I went first to go check up on my friend. Her name is Ashley and she works in the nursery taking care of the babies before sending them off home. “Hey, Ash. How are the little tykes today?” I ask her.

She looks at me sadly. “Five of them have died this week. I don't know what is causing it, but it's horrible. To have to tell the mothers that their baby that was alive and in there arms just an hour ago is now dead.” I gave her a quick hug and sent her to the hospital's physiologist. It happens from time to time in a hospital, with so much death and life. The emotions can get a bit haywire.

The rest of the day was normal. That is for a trauma care. Between the broken bones, Gushing blood, and seven cups of coffee, the day went by like a breeze. Then night fell. And I fell asleep at the nurse's desk while filling out paper work.

I awoke in the morning. Which is odd, because somebody would have woken me up earlier. Heck I might get fired for falling asleep. Which is odd, because there are no other nurses around. It is 7:30 and this is about the time that the morning staff come in to replace the night staff. I got up and fell onto the cold floor. It seems that my feet do not want to work today. I shift to see that instead of feet, scrubs, and arms I am black, holey, and blue. Shuffling a bit to stand up, I found that I had to be on my hands and knees. Which put my head at the eye level of the desk. Which I somehow impaled with this thing on my head. Now I was stuck to a desk and could not move much. Oh and I am hungry.

After getting my horn out of the desk I shuffled/crawled down the hallway. Not a single patient was in sight. And thankfully my boss was not around. I approached the doors to the outside and was greeted by the sound of birds and a light breeze. There was only one ambulance in front of the hospital. Very few cars were in the lot too. After a hour I made my way to the cafeteria. I tried to open the muffin package but my fangs and odd hoof like hands kept me from doing that. Or well it was more like I smashed it than try to open it. None of the food looked good. Which is odd because I have a major sweet tooth, and these are all candy and baked goods. Giving up I chirped a sigh. Which is also odd because I dont know how to chirp in that strange way. Giving up on food I tried my hand at going to the restroom. Which thankfully was a push door. I pulled myself up onto the sink. Which was a mistake. The mirror showed me the monster I had become. I had lost almost all teeth, except for my fangs. I was a dark black bug thing. With thin wings that I could buzz by rolling my shoulders. Near my wings and wraped around my body was a shell of dark cobalt blue, same colour as my eyes. I had a tail and long hair. Both of which I did not have before. It was odd hair too, silk like in texture and blue too. It also had holes in it too.

It was then that I smelled it. The gross smell of chemicals and wood burning. Once I smelled that, I started to panic and slipped off of the sink smacking my head onto the floor. “HELP, PLEASE HELP” I crawled my way threw the door. “FIRE HELP”. It was definitely the cafeteria kitchens that where on fire. I could see the flames from here. I crawled as hard as these holey hooves would let me. “HELP” the air was getting thick. “help”. The fire was catching up to me. That was when I felt someone grab me. And then I passed out.

When I woke up, there was a red pony standing over me. He had white hair, a fireman hat, and a fireman coat on. “hey you okay?” I nodded to him. “good. That fire took out the entire hospital and a few buildings around it before I was able to stop it. Had to dig a fire break and chop down a few trees. You are in the fire house with me. It turns out that that fire attracted a couple others to here too. We are a group of five not counting you that is. Can you speak?”

I nodded and asked. “do you have any food or water? What happened? Why are you a horse?”

He smiles and chuckled. “The first thing that this lady asked us guys is some food and water, guys bring her a bottle” did he call me a lady? I am not female. I am a strong, smart, and >Squee<. Okay, so I am more feminine than most guys, but what do you expect from a guy like me?

“So what is your name knight in shining armor?” I say. Might as well get used to being female. It's not like it will go away or anything.

“I'm Richard, and the cute little grumpy one over there bringing you water is Rose. we are a mix crew of people. All in all, you are the only one we don't know. You have been out since the Event, a good two months ago” she makes a pouty face towards him and continues to bring a bucket of water over. Inwardly I laugh He chuckles at the comment, while Rose dumps the water all over me.

“Everybody has to help out. That means you too Mrs. Bug Lady.” she walks away from the soaked bed. “She has been watered Mr. Richard I am going to go and read a book.” That little SHE DEMON.

Richard helped me out of bed. Which is funny because I am at least half a head taller than him. It was then that I smelled it. It smelled nice, intoxicating, and I wanted it all. Must feed off of the smell. Get closer to it “Uhh lady, its not that I dont like you or anything. But could you please not try to kiss me?” no, no, no! Where is the smell. I want it! Wait what? Kiss?

“Oh god! Sorry Richard!” I push myself away from him and stumble down a flight of wooden stairs that I did not see. One headache later I feel Richard pick me up again and carry me back up the stairs and set me in a different bed. “Lady I have been cleaning and taking care of you for two months, much has happened in that time. For now rest. We will talk later and have you meet the crew.” With that, he laid me down. this time in a diffrent bed. It was by the window and showed the empty world around us. "Look Miss until you give us a name for you Rose will name you. So far the list include Lady Bug, Snore Head, and Coma Girl. Like Rose said, we all help each other here and share the reward with everybody. You are going to have to do that two when you can figure out how to stand. Go to sleep, you will need it for tomorrow." with that he left and went down the stairs. I snuggled into the warm dry bed and slept. Whatever is wrong, it's future Sky's problem.

Author's Note

hey guys i edited the chapter.