Traveling, viewing the world as how it is, meeting the people, seeing how every thing is for the moment in time. It is said that the world is a book filled with stories of many things. From every small details to the big picture of wonder and amazement. Every page is a whole new story and place, but just staying where you are now is just reading the same page, over and over. -Author's note
Rain hits hard on the road, the car, and sight is barely there. Even over the radio, it can still be heard. My phone rings, and I answer it, hearing my dad's voice. "Hey, how's the trip going?"
"It's sucking at the moment." I reply with dullness. "But overall it's great, there's lots of interesting places here in-" Suddenly an alert goes off on the radio, leading to an argument with the driver and my translator.
"Hey dad, I'll have to call you back, something came up. I love you, talk to you later." "What did he say?" I asked curiously.
"We'll have to stop at a place of shelter, this weather isn't looking so good for driving."
"So where is the closest rest area?" I asked questioningly.
"4.3 miles away, there's a hotel, Ethan." I could feel the chill go through my whole body. 4.3 miles!? Knowing that, there couldn't be any chance for survival during this weather. Especially after a call from home, what'll happen to my family. What will they think, or do if I die?! Rumbling could be heard from the mountain side, a sudden mound of mud and rocks slams into the side of the car, throwing them off the side of the road, and into the woods. The sound of crunching bone and compression of the car was the loudest of those moments. Complete and utter silence, and nothing but darkness afterwards. The last thought I had was my family, who I care most about, more so my dad. He was there for me when shit hit the fan. Helped me when I was knocked down. Even more, my friend who for most of my life, had my back.
And this was my end.
Crippling pain, a painful feeling. My last thoughts were of family, and my end, and my father. But being able to feel pain in my leg told me that it wasn't my end just yet. Deciding to move, mostly because having grass against my face and eye was uncomfortable. I tried to move one limb at a time, realizing the pain everywhere inside me. So finally opening my eyes, I looked at my situation, and horror was what I could see. My translator, and the driver of the cab, their bodies crumbled, limbs broken and or missing. At the sight I had hurled, screaming in pain and disgust. But in my last moment of sight before I passed out, the car wasn't anywhere to be seen. But as I looked around more, I saw something of a small horse in the distance, my eyes closing slowly into pitch black. Why did it have a horn?
"How is......this creature doing" A voice spoke. In the background I had heard beeping, with that I quickly figured out that I was in a hospital.
"So far, we don't know. But we had given it the same treatment as we would for a regular patient" Another voice said, presuming that he was a doctor. But why were they calling me a creature, aren't they human?
"But......We've never dealt with anything like this, Princess."
"Well then, what about the other ones, Doctor?"
"They, um........didn't make it." The doctor replies nervously.
"................We'll create a grave for them. Thank you for your report, I'll come again if anything comes up.
" No...no, thank you Princess Celestia. But shouldn't we dissect them........... to learn about these creatures?" He asks hesitantly.
"I say it's best to respect them at the most, and if this one survives, it'll probably tell us."
"But what if-" The doctor was interrupted suddenly.
"We'll teach it to speak, and if it can't, there are other methods. Good day Doctor." I could hear "Princess Celestia" footsteps, which sounded like a horse's oddly. Suddenly the sound of gurneys being wheeled out.
I try opening my eyes, trying to get a look of my surroundings. But when looking, I close them immediately, the bright lights of the room blinding me. I let out a groan, getting the attention of the doctor on accident. He suddenly calls in nurses, and some guards, which I feel kind of threatened at that. Once again, I try opening my eyes again, finally getting the chance to look around. But what was expected wasn't there, the room I was in looked like a normal hospital, but with gold engravings on the walls, but what had gotten me the most was that there was horses wearing clothes.
"Ah, you're awake. Don't worry, we help you. You are ok." Some of the nurses chuckled silently, and I did too. Having a horse be a doctor talking to me was funny, being talked to like I don't understand what they're saying was too, but kind of offensive to me.
"Hey bud-" as I moved forward to speak, the "guards" aimed spears at me.
"Put the spears away!" the Doctor scolded. "It'll be frightened and might attack in defense!" I coughed quietly, immediately reeling in pain.
"Quickly, anesthetics, and get Princess Celestia, She'll want to speak with it." Feeling a needle injected into my arm, I start to feel a bit better, the pain leaving my body. A tall horse walks in, now realizing that this wasn't any hallucination, for She had a flowing rainbow mane, a horn and wings, and a tattoo of the sun on her ass.
"What the hell!?" I yell very loudly. The guards re-aim their spears, but Celestia orders them to stand down. "May we have some privacy?" She asks the doctor, and they all comply willingly. Once everyone left, she spoke.
"Hello, I am Princess Celestia, and this is the land of Equestria."
I had coughed again, but not feeling the same amount of pain as before, and thank god for the anesthetics they gave me. ".......Can you....come closer, I want to check something with you." I asked, making sure if this was a dream and not reality.
"I understand, but I assure you that this is no dream, young one." Celestia replied, her motherly tone soothing to the ears. She walked closer, lifting up her hoof for me to see, which seemed surprisingly very detailed for any dream. I had lifted up my hand, nervously edged closer to her hoof, but I suddenly stopped.
"Are you sure......?" My voice had cracked a bit, ever hating those moments in my life. "That this isn't a dream?" I said, finishing the sentence.
"If this where to be a dream, would you be able to feel pain?" She pointed out the obvious, I didn't realize it myself, which I felt stupid. So I finally touch her hoof, feeling how clean her fur was, feeling every bristle of fur.
"It's........it's to real, h-how?" My heart rate started getting faster, the monitor beeping with each quickening heart beat. I let go of Celestia's hoof, pushing it away and holding my hands on my head. "How.....why? What's going on!" I yelled, my heart rate getting even quicker. The sudden increase of my heart rate had attracted the doctor to come back in, the nurses too. During that whole incident, I didn't know what was happening, but I was losing consciousness. Slowly losing vision, I knew that I was going into shock, the world around me fading to black. My whole entire life was flashing before my eyes, memories of my family, adventures, and everything I once knew, it was all gone. No, it was me, I had left the world, no where to be seen. I screamed, wanting to escape this nightmare, this place. "I WANT TO GO HOME!" I screamed as loud as I could, thus no one could hear me, I was alone.
"Shhhhh, it's ok, you're safe." I heard a different voice, sounding familiar to Celestia's, but younger. I looked around, trying to find the source of the new voice.
"W-who's there.......?" I questioned, tears streaming down my face. Suddenly a bright light had blinded me, and the shape of an alicorn, but smaller, was a dark shade of blue.
"I am Luna, Princess Luna." She had replied loudly, "I am here to help you, so staying calm will help us both."
"But how can I? I don't belong here, I belong on earth, at home and with my family!" I looked away, more tears streaming down my face. But suddenly I felt a hug from her, I knew she was trying to comfort me. So in my time of need, I returned the hug, crying into her shoulder.
"Let it out young one, it's ok." She said in a comforting tone. I then felt her wings wrap around me. "It's going to be ok."
From this point on, I had let out everything I had in me, feeling weak and insecure. I hated those feelings, but it was hard to stop them over all. After what had seemed like hours, I had woken up from my state of shock, and when opening my eye's, I saw Luna on my computer.
"What is this.....thing?" She asked, pressing on the keyboard repeatedly.
"A very expensive item that belongs to me, so give it!" I ordered her, but what she gave me wasn't the computer, but a glare.
"Ordering around a princess isn't gentle-colt like. So apologize." Luna retorted haughtily.
"Please and thank you, I need to use it badly, and besides, where did you find it?" She levitated it over to me, and I reach out to grab it.
"I had found it under the bed. So what is it really?" she asked.
"It's a device that has every known thing to my world." I check to see if I was able to find any source of contact to home, but what I was nothing I had expected. I clicked on a video that explained my horror.
"Today we have news of a suicide of the father of Ethan Mc-Hammond, who died 3 years ago due to a mudslide in Japan." The news reporter had said, Luna had watched closely, more on figuring out on how it works. "David had shot himself, in the loss of his son." The screen had then cut to an interview, showing my Aunt and Uncle.
"He was a good father, son, and brother. We'll miss him along with Ethan."
I just sat there, as the video had cut off to the weather report.
"What was that, and who's Ethan?" Luna asked.
"My name is Ethan, and that was a report on my father killing himself because of my death." I just sat there, in the hospital bed.
I now know, that I am dead.
