Meanwhile...

"Oh no, oh no, oh no," I shouted.

I was panicking for my life, 'cause Silver Moon was nowhere to be found, the potion was supposed to teleport her not far from here, yet she was not even here in Equestia, heck she's wasn't even on the planet, I've tried searching for her aura of magic, seeing as she is my friend, and I know her aura well enough, but it's nowhere.

"Oh, Celestia's going to kill me, banish me to the moon, or worse send me to magic kindergarden," I said, thinking of the possibilities of what might happen if I didn't fix this.

"Wait, I need to finish the potion, if I can finish it, then I can teleport to wherever she is, oh I hope she isn't going to die," I prayed, wishing for her to be okay, wherever she was.

Somewhere in northern Canada...

"I am going to die," I screamed, as I was running from a pack of white furred wolves.

"Why did it have to be wolves, it just had to be wolves, wait... why aren't I flying," I asked myself, I mentally facehoofed as I forgot I could fly.

"See ya later suckers," I screamed behind me, as I took off into the air with incredible speed, those lessons with Rainbow sure are paying off.

The wolves continued running, but stopped after they realized I had gotten away. I flew to the nearest tallest tree, and landed on a branch.

"Man, I need to find a place fast, it seems it's already beginning to snow... buck, I need to find shelter fast," I said, looking around, the scenery was blocked by snow and icy fog, I'd be surprised if somepony did find me up there.

"Well... it looks like I have to find a place on my own," I said, I took off, but I suddenly realize it's harder thanks to the snow and chilled air, bat wings are very sensitive you know.

"Well buck," I said, now falling to the ground.

I landed with a loud thud, and a couple of bird flew away.

"Okay... I think my wing is broken, my shoulder is bleeding, my flank is also bleeding, and now I'm grounded, great... so now I'm limited to walking to find shelter," I said, beginning to head off in the direction I was headed before I had crashed.

I continued walking, seconds turned into minutes, and minutes turned into hours, eventually it got very dark.

"Well shit... its dark, now where am I going to stay... hold on let me make a torch," I said, grabbing some rocks and a large stick.

"And we have fire," I said, holding the torch in the wing that isn't broken.

"Now we continue, even though I don't need a torch, it's better having something warm close to you," I said, walking off.

I started to shiver, my body temperature dropping, it had to be cold out here, it just had to, it couldn't be a tropical island with nopony on it or a warmer place...

"Why must this happen to- *SNAP -MEEEEEEEEEEEEE," I screeched, as I heard a loud snap behind me.

I fled to a nearby bush, it was a good thing I dropped the torch.

"Hey that scream came from over here," a voice called from the dark.

"Yep, the blood trail leads this way," another said.

Four figures popped into view, they looked like hunters, I've seen some in my life time, but none like these.

"It seems who ever it was dropped there torch, well let's keep going, they have to be here somewhere," the third voice said.

They left, heading in the direction my blood was heading, it was a good thing my blood didn't go into this bush.

"I better get out of here," I said, picking up the torch and heading off to the left of where I was standing.

I hightailed it out of there and continued onward, I was still unbelievably cold, but the torch made things bearable.

My wounds that were bleeding had stopped bleeding either from the cold or from drying out, either way I wasn't loosing any blood.

*Growl

A loud growl alerted me that a wolf was near by, it must have smelt my blood.

I looked around to see a wolf standing there ready to pounce, I took off running, it followed, curse this forest, why did it have to be dark.

"Buck me this place is going to get me killed," I screamed, continuing to run, I heard it howl, and other wolves howl as well near by, more wolves came and began chasing me as well.

"Well buck me sideways with a paddle, I'm going to die," I said, my vulgarity couldn't be any worse.

"I wonder how Twilight's doing with that potion of hers," I wondered, as I kept running for my life.

"Oh this is bad, this is really really bad," I kept saying to myself, I was not in the mood for distractions.

"This is going to be harder than I thought," I said, looking down at the potion.

Earlier in the night I had found her aura, but it was very hard to do, and she was very far away, I linked her aura to a machine to monitor her health and emotions, but currently she went from calm to surprised to scared, and her health is less than perfect, she has either been hurt, or not feeling well, but she is still alive, her aura is still connected to the machine.

"I need to hurry where ever she is, she is having some hard time," I said, going back to the potion.

It began to hail, it was not something we normally had in Equestria, but it was still known.

"If these damn wolves don't kill me first then I'm going to die by this hail," I said, as icy pellets began falling.

Somehow the torch was not yet put out, even from all this running.

"Hey is that a river clearing," I said, a river clearing would normally be a long clearing where a river would be, I continued running, I could lose them there.

The clearing opened up, but it was no river, it was a path, but not any path, it was a road.

"Who would put a road in the middle of nowhere," I said, running across it, the wolves stopped and turned and walked away.

"Hah suckers," I said, as I made it across.

Then there was a loud sound coming down the road, and I went to hide in the bush.

*Vroom

"What the hay was that, what kind of machine is that," I questioned.

Before I could ask anything else, another one came down the road.

"I better get out of here before those wolves get any ideas," I said, it was a good thing that I was not crossing it while those things were passing by, I could have died.

I turned and headed off into the forest I realized that my torch was on the ground and no longer on fire, I grabbed some more rocks and the torch and tried to light them, but nothing happened, it seemed like the stick was too wet and was unable to be lit, and any other stick I found was the same, great...

"Well shit, I'm going to have to go without the warmth," I said, with a sigh.

I walked off into the hail storm, the ice hitting me, it was very painful, I hid under a tree, wanting this to end, with a broken wing, some closed wounds with little to some blood loss, a major headache, and a loss of track in time, I lie there beginning to tear up, as I may not even see my friends again, and with that I went to sleep.

Dawn of the second day...

I woke with a startle, realizing I slept for too long, I looked around, and I was in the same location as last time, yet the ground was all frosted with ice, it was daytime.

"Wow, that hail storm must have been a strong one," I said, I shivered as I realized I was in the cold.

"Well I wonder if there are any dry sticks around," I asked myself, looking around I saw that there was nothing but ice and snow, the branches would be too wet from the snow and wouldn't burn.

"Well I might as well head off, I wonder where that road leads," I wondered.

"Well no matter, I need to keep going," I said, taking a step and falling face first onto the ground.

"Ow," my muffle voice came out of the ice as I stood back up.

"Well, shit, am I going to have to break the ice under me to get around," I wondered.

I went to break the ice, and immediately regreded it as I got a leg full of sharp ice.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," I screeched at the pain, my leg, when I pulled it out, it was now bleeding, not like paper cut bleeding, no it was full on bleeding.

"Oh... shit... oh... shit..." I was stressing out, my leg had been cut and now I'm stuck here without help.

"Wait... the road, I wonder if I continue down the road I'll find some kind of help... I better hurry though, this is going to bleed a lot," I said, heading for the road, it was a good thing that the path to the road was not covered in a layer of ice, so it was fairly easy to get there.

My blood had been pouring out the entire walk, leaving a trail of blood in tracks, I was in fact glad when I made it to the road that it had frozen over, at least I stopped bleeding a lot, but I was still bleeding, but not as much, I could see it leave marks in the snow, as I continued on, my blood leaving a trail behind me.

Time had passed, as before, seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned into hours, as I continued on, I was not on the edge close to the road, but I was close by it in the bushes, so I didn't lose it.

"Why is this road so long," I said, looking down the road, I eventually saw... a house! Oh great a place to get help.

"Oh thank Luna, finally a place to stay, it's getting dark and as it looks, it will be dark by the time I get there," I said, cheering up.

I continued down the road, as I continued it got darker, and eventually it was nighttime once again, one thing I didn't expect to see on the ground was ice, so when I stepped in it I tripped and slid forward.

"Ow," my muffle voice said again.

"Well, it looks like I'm going to have to do this the hard way, smashing my hood into the ice," I said, but I wasn't all too ready, the pain in my leg still there.

"Okay, one... two... THREE," I screamed, as my leg hit the ice, but it didn't cut my leg this time, in fact, my leg was fine.

"Okay, if I do this more times, then I'm going to be fine," I said, doing it again, only for it to be a repeat of the first time.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," I screeched, the pain overwhelming, it was going to take forever to get there.

"What is she doing," I screamed, she was getting hurt and her health was going down.

"At this rate she's going to die, I need to hurry, but this still need time to work, if I don't wait, the potion won't work, ugh, just a few more weeks Silver, about maybe seven, I've lost count, but just wait it out, you can do it," I said, looking at her status.

"Finally no ice," I said, having multiple cuts on my legs, all of them barely bleeding, for they have frozen over with frozen blood.

I looked at the house it seemed to have some lights on, I wonder who would live here.

"Well it's now or never, if I don't do... something... I'm going to probably die from blood loss, I've already bleed puddles of blood, I just need to get to this... place," I said, slowly getting tired, from the lack of sleep.

I walked up to the door, I had left blood on the floor as I made my way to the door, the red liquid staining the wood of the porch, they had a door bell, seems covenant.

"Well, might as well get this over with," I said, pushing the door bell, I flinched at the pain from my hood coming into contact with the door bell.

*Ding

No answer, I'll wait for a few seconds and then I'll... I'll... ugh I've lost my thought process, I need to think... I waited for a few seconds, with no answer, I rang it again.

*Ding

Again no answer, I waited for some time, before.

"Yes, who's there," a voice called as they opened the door, they were not a pony, but something else, but that didn't matter at the moment.

"Um, I'm sorry to disturb you... but I need help... my name's Silver Moon and I just need help, I'm..." I stopped, feeling more tired, and feeling more blood drop from my legs... "in danger... of dying from blo... od... lo... ss... please..." I said, as I finally no longer had the strength to stay awake, as I collapsed right there, I felt the blood that left my body soak my fur, before going unconscious.

"Ah... this is nice not having to work anymore next week, can't believe it's already New Years," I said, I was sitting down in my reclining chair, resting as I had no work, I was a doctor, who took his job very seriously, but when it came to days off, I used them whenever I needed, they had other doctors over there at the hospital, if they needed me then they would call me, the hospital wasn't too far from here, in fact it was down the road.

I sat there reading my book, as it gets dark, the day coming to an end.

"Ah, at least next year will hopefully be as good as this one, and not as bad as the last one," I said, hoping for it to be a good year.

I sat there, nothing really to think about, just sitting by the fire, and drinking some tea, it was an herbal tea, golden rod, I've always enjoyed this type of tea, it always calmed me down when ever I got stressed.

Time passes, seconds turned to minutes and they turned to hours.

Eventually...

*Ding

...my door bell rang.

"Huh... who could be out here in this time of night," I wondered.

I got up and headed for my coat, it was up stares, after grabbing it I headed back down.

*Ding

It rang again, at least they have some patients.

I open the door and look out.

"Yes, who's there," I asked, when I saw no one I was surprised.

"Um..." came a voice farther down, "I'm sorry to disturb you..." the voice said, the owner of the voice was a small light gray horse, it had several lacerations on its legs and looked like it was bleeding from them, yet most of the blood was frozen, so it wasn't bleeding as much, but you could tell it was bleeding more from the fact that it left a trail of blood on your porch, "but I need help..." it needs help? With those cuts I can definitely tell, "my name's Silver Moon, and I just need help, I'm..." it stopped, it looked exhausted, I also saw more blood escape it's legs, the red liquid dropped and puddles on the floor, "in danger... of dying from blo... od... lo... ss... please..." it stopped again, before it collapsed to the ground, and lied there in its pool of blood, it most likely collapsed from exhaustion, or blood loss.

You stand there, letting what this horse said sink in. It said it was dying from blood loss...

"I don't care if this think is real or fake, I'm not letting something die on my watch, I'm a doctor after all," I said.

This isn't just some creature, it's a sapient being, and what do sapient creatures need, attention from any other being, whether it be bad or good, and it needed my help, and if I didn't do anything it would die.

"If I don't get it treated for blood loss, then they will die," I said, bending down towards the horse and picking it up and heading inside, after getting a closer look at the horse, it had... bat.. wings? Well no time to question.

I headed inside, it was a good thing that I had a room just for this situation, seeing as I'm a doctor, there will be some people that need to be treated for blood loss, especially in this location with all the wolves that run around.

"Alright let's get those cuts cleaned up, then lets get them patched up," I said, going to the tub and turning on the water, when cleaning a cold body of blood, you don't want to have hot water, nor do you want super cold water, but just to have it just right so it doesn't freeze to there body.

I put the horse inside the water, and began cleaning them.

"What have you been trough, these legs are absolutely bloody, even your flank and shoulder looked like they were bleeding, but they seem to have dried out, now by the looks of it, you passed out due to blood lose," I said, looking at the very bloody mess going down the drain.

I kept cleaning the wounds, until they were free of frozen and dry blood. After that I began drying them off.

"I better be careful not to make them bleed anymore, they may die if they lose anymore blood," I said, wiping the towel carefully across their body, they seemed to shiver, their body is now producing heat, or at least trying to heat their body.

After finishing the last leg, I grabbed the gauze and wrapped it around the legs.

"Lets not make it too tight, I don't want them losing a leg, I'm surprised they lasted this long, they look like they've been through hell and back, even there flank and shoulder... wait their wing, it looks broken, I better get that fixed," I said, looking down, and wrapping it in gauze, though on an unrelated note when I heard their voice, they sounded like a female, and when I was wrapping the back legs, I got a full view of its underside, it was not intentional, but you have to do what you can when working on patients, but in fact it was female, just what was she doing out here, no the better question is what is she.

"Well no time to ask that, I need to finish putting this gauze on," I said, wrapping the gauze around her flank, wait is that a tattoo? A shiny moon... behind a single cloud... why in the name of all things holy would she have that, she besides the Tattoo is a shade of white or light gray, I'm surprised she had all those cuts, if something did attack... wait, she would be able to run, and if she was attacked, then why are the legs the only... no this was no attack, this was self induced, and looking back at the frozen blood that can confirm that she was trying to get trough ice, but seeing as she has hoofs and their not the best for ice, what other way is there than breaking it, I knew the hail storm was bad, but I didn't think it was that bad.

"Well I'll just have to ask you tomorrow," I said, patching up her shoulder.

"Now... how do I fix you," I wondered, as I was looking at the broken wing, it looked broken, and even felt broken.

"I bet she was gliding when the snow hit a few days ago, it was pretty chilly that day, and flying would not be the best option, so when I was hiking that day... that loud thud, must have been you, so that explains the wing damage and the flank and shoulder damage, they looked older then the leg cuts so they must have happened at the same time, well might as well try fixing it, if not it will never fix itself," I said, grabbing some materials and beginning to create a makeshift splint that will fit the wing.

"This may take awhile, so I better get them warmed up," I said, grabbing her and placing her on the couch.

"Now to get to work," I said.

"Well, let's start with its anatomy, the wing itself is like an oversized bat wing, so if I can figure out the anatomy of that type of wing, then I may be able to make a splint that will fit them and heal the spot that needs healing," I said.

I had a few animal anatomy books stored somewhere just in case, and turns out I had a bat anatomy book, how convenient. I went to work on the splint after deducing what was broken, and figured out how to fix it, and with that I finished the splint in no time at all.

"Well now to fit this on her, it should fit properly," I said, heading over to her.

She was lying there on the couch in the blanket, she was still shivering, I grabbed her wing and placed the splint on, it fit like a sock.

"Phew, it a good thing I managed to get this to work, sure it'll take a few day before they can glide again, but they will be able to glide again, *sigh, now just to make sure she stays warm," I said, sitting in my chair.

"Who would've thought a 24 year old doctor would be able to save a horse, or was it pony... I think the name was pony for small horses, hey who knew a year of agriculture sciences in high school would be helpful, at least it wasn't all for not, well who'd have thought I'd be able to save a pony with bat wings from blood loss, heck if anybody at the hospital heard about this, it would be one free ticket to the white room, and I don't want to lose my job, so let's keep this secret, we don't want any government agencies coming in and experimenting on her, that would end badly," I said, looking down at her, she was cute I had to give her that, her cute furry ears, and cute little face, and her cute little fangs... fangs... FANGS?!?

"How did I not notice those fangs... well... they are cute, I'll give her that, well I should leave her to rest, she's most likely going to have a headache when she wakes up, I better have some aspirin ready," I said. heading off to bed.

Dawn of the third day...

I laid there, asleep, I felt... warm? There was not much pain, but there was some present. I wonder what happened, but more importantly where am I, and why does it feel warm, aren't I still outside... I managed to open my eyes, I was lying on a couch, and it was inside... I was inside somepony's home...

I tried to lift my head, but I was hit with a massive wave of pain, and this stopped me from looking around.

"Well, I wonder where I am," I wondered, as I laid there.

"I would ask the same thing if I was in your position," a voice said beside me.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," I screeched in fear, I tried jumping away in fear, but there was pain, but regardless I moved and hid under the blanket... blanket?

My eyes filled with tears, as pain came soaring though my body, I collapsed there on the couch from the pain, the blanket still on me.

"Woah... hey, hey, don't hurt yourself, after yesterday, you would be in pain, but right now you don't have to worry, I'm not here to hurt you," the voice said, it sounded masculine.

"Are you sure," I asked, my voice croaked from the pain.

"Yes, in fact I'm the one who saved your life, you were bleeding a lot, I had to help you, so there's no need to be afraid," he said.

He pulled the blanket off me and looked at me with a worrying face, he looked like he was worried about what happened to me, my face was tear ridden, tears covered my face down to my neck.

"See, that wasn't so hard," he said, turning around and grabbing something, he was wearing a... doctor's coat?

"Now here I have some pain medication to lessen the pain, I'm going to have to put you in a comfortable position, so don't be scared when I move you," he said.

"Okay," I said, my voice still choked from the pain.

He moved over to me and picked me up with his hands, I knew what hands were cause I've seen most dragons call them that.

"And there, see that wasn't so hard," he said, stetting me down.

"Now here's the pain medication, I have to help you with the water, seeing as you can't really grab anything" he said.

He was right, my wings are out of commission thanks to one being broken, and the other paralyzed temporarily by pain, actually I didn't notice that I had bandages all over my legs, my flank and my shoulder, and even a splint, and it feels... like nothing is even there.

"Here, don't chew them, they taste terrible," he said, bringing a pill to my muzzle, I opened it and he put it in, he brought the glass of water up to my face and helped me drink it, after drinking it, he brought another pill to my muzzle.

"This is the pain killer, the other one was for the headache, don't chew this either," he said, and I opened my mouth, he plopped it in and he brought a different glass of water to me and I began drinking, after finishing the water, I laid there for awhile, I was still tired.

"You should get some rest, I'll keep an eye on you until you wake up, oh my names James, James Goodall," he said.

"Nice to meet you James, my names-"

"You already told me your name, it was Silver Moon, correct," he said, I nodded.

"Say, could you tell me more about yourself, before you get some rest that is," he said.

"Well I'm a thestral, or bat pony as it's more commonly referred to, I live in Ponyville in the country of Equestria, how I got here... well... it was from a potion mishap, and it teleported me here, wherever here is," I said.

"Oh, this is northern Canada, this part of it doesn't really have very many towns, but there is one the road, I happen to work at the hospital there," he said.

"Really, so your a doctor," I asked.

"Yep, your actually quite lucky you found me, you would've died if you hadn't," he said.

"So what are you, I've never seen anything like you before," I asked.

"I have to say the same thing, to you that is, I'm a human, or more scientifically Homo sapiens, well I'll let you get some rest, then we can talk more about other things," he said, grabbing me and laying me down on my stomach, so it wouldn't disturb my wings.

"Well, have a good rest," he said, putting the blanket over me, I was still shivering, and with that I felt my eyes slowly drop as I fell asleep.

Author's Note

And there we have it chapter one, some character introduction, some scenery changes, and my favorite, lots and lots of blood going down the drain.