Finding Family

The Trek

        Getting out of the apartment was easier than getting out of the bedroom. All Eddie had to do was walk out out the broken window, while being mindful of any glass shards.

        The 8 mile trip north to the airport was uneventful. The thing that unnerved Eddie the most was the man made noise. No noise from airplanes above, no cars zooming down Cicero avenue. But other noises reached Eddie's more sensitive pony ears. The sound of chirping birds, the sounds of dogs barking in the distance. The sounds of nature were calming to Eddie.

        After about an hour of stumbling down the road, not use to his newly arranged anatomy, Eddie got the hang of quadrupedal walking. A few more hours later, his trip was almost over.

        “I dont know what to expect when i get there. I hope the folks there are as welcoming as moms note makes them up to be.” Eddie said as he sat down to pull an apple out of his pack for lunch near the remains of a looted grocery store. “I wonder if mom and the group she was with were the ones that looted this place.” Eddie said as he looked at broken door and windows of the place.

        Finishing lunch, Eddie continued his trek, about 3 miles from his destination. “Better keep going, almost there!” Eddie said to himself as he slung his pack around his neck to continue, but before he could continue towards his goal, he heard a voice above him.

        “Hey down there!” Said a female voice.

        Eddie’s eyes shot up and his wings shot out in a defensive stance. Looking up, Eddie spotted the source of the voice hovering about 80 feet above him. The voice belonged to a creature that Eddie thought belonged in a fairy tale, a dragon! The beast dove down and with a mighty gust of wind landed in front of the scarred pegasus.

        The dragon was  yellow, about 15 feet tall , with large, leathery wings. It looked at the scared pegasus and Eddie looked at the monster in front of him.

        It was at this point that the smaller of the two passed out from shock

        “Huh, it's like the guys never seen a dragon before.” said the dragon.

***

A few minutes later, Eddie came to. His eyes immediately shot open and searched for the beast that was going to eat him. Oh god, I'm still alive! Was that a dragon?! Why did mom not warn me about dragons?

The dragon had the bright idea to fly to the top of the building that the pegasus decided to pass out in front of, as to not scare him again.

Eddie meanwhile was trying to calm down. If that dragon wanted to eat me, it totally would have. Why am I still alive?

“Hello down there, I didn't mean to scare you. Most ponies around here are use to me by now.” Said the same female that Eddie had heard from before the dragon showed up.

Looking up Eddie spotted a set of green eyes and a set of horns sticking out from the top of the store that Eddie had eaten lunch in front of.

Eddie eyed the obvious dragon hiding on the top of the building, and calmed down after it explained itself.

“Are you a d-dragon?” Eddie asked in fear of the beast that could most likely kill him if he crossed it.

“Uh, yeah. You new here or something?” The dragon said to Eddie sticking her long neck out further so she could see him better. “I've never seen you around here before.”

Eddie was calming down a little bit, but his wings were still stretched out. “ No, I grew up in this neighborhood, a few blocks west of the airport, but I moved to the suburbs a few months ago.” Eddie said.”Well, if my moms journal is right, it was a few years ago by this point.”

With this the dragon's eyes opened wide. “Wait, did you just wake up like that?” She said, almost to his eye level.

Eddie flinching back from the sudden excitement of the dragon. “Yeah, I woke up this morning in my apartment with the place all dirty and the window in my front room broken and a tree growing there. I found a note saying to head to the airport.”

The lady dragon, at hearing the news, had a big smile on her face, revealing rows of sharp, meat tearing, teeth. Eddie blanched at the view of those inch long flesh ripping chompers, fearing that he was next on the menu for this carnivore.

“Wait right here! I’ll send someone to pick you up!” She yelled to Eddie as she took off towards the north. “Risky owes me dinner!’ She said before she got out of hearing distance from the happy dragon.

“What just happened?” Eddie said to himself.

***

        About 5 minutes later, Eddie could hear a vehicle coming south down the road. He ducked into the grocery store, and waited. An SUV pulled into the parking lot of the store that Eddie was hiding in.

Then, a small horse hopped out of the first truck. The driver had a horn. I’m a pegasus, I met a dragon, and now there is a freaking unicorn that drives trucks. What could possibly come next?

The unicorn spent a moment looking around, for what Eddie could only guess was him. The unicorn was a dark brown with a grey mane and some kind of mark on its butt, or is it the thigh? The mark was a coffee mug with steam coming out of it. What does that mean?

“Hello? Is that blue pegasus still here? I know Angela can be intimidating, but she’s just a big softie once you get to know her.” Said the coffee colored unicorn. The voice was female. “Listen, I know you’re scared. I know I was when I woke up as a unicorn, but you aren't alone. We can help you settle in and get you up to date on what you missed while you were out. We have a settlement at the airport, we have food, fresh water and electricity.”

“I’m coming out, just don't shoot me or whatever.” Eddie said as he walked out of the store.

“Wouldn't dream of it.” said the unicorn. “Names Serina, but most ponies call me Mocha Latte these days.