Chapter 4 (Molly and Isabelle): Settling In

"You're telling me, that there's some sort of, radiation blanketing the galaxy?" Captain Smith asked as he looked between the two of them. "And that's, somehow tied into what happened to us?"

"Most likely yes," The Zebra said with a shake of his head. "Some time ago the government was contacted by the inhabitants of a different reality called Equestria. They warned us of what was coming, but there wasn't much that could be done about it at the time."

“Which would be why the HPI was formed,” the normal looking pony said with a shake of his head. “We didn’t have a lot of alternatives given the potential danger to humanity. We honestly didn’t expect anything like this to happen.”

Captain Smith paused a moment as he looked between the two. The story about a world inhabited by ponies and similar creatures seemed unlikely, but then again the Anthem had returned inhabited by these same creatures. If anyone had told him that would happen he’d have thought they were crazy.

So, what was that going to mean for the ship now? Were they going to be able to make contact with this HPI or were they all on their own?

“So, is this, HPI still around?” He finally asked.

“That, we don’t know,” the Zebra admitted as he frowned a little. “We’re not even sure how long it’s been since everything happened. Anything could’ve happened in the time since we were gone.”

“Of course,” Captain Smith said with a sigh.

“We’ve been attempting to get in contact with the Initiative, but without much luck,” the normal pony said with a sigh. “I felt you should be informed, Captain. The truth of the matter is that there is a good chance that we are on our own out here, at least for the time being.”

“That’s what I was afraid of, but thank you,” Captain Smith said with a sigh. “It’s all pretty hard to believe, but I don’t think we have much of a choice. Should I tell the passengers?”

“At this point, it might be best to tell them part of it at least,” the Zebra said with a nod. “You’re going to have to figure out what to tell them, but they’ll have to find out eventually. We’ll let you know if we ever get in touch with the HPI.”

“Alright, thank you for telling me,” The captain said as the two headed back out of the bridge. He sighed a little bit as he watched them go and went back to staring out at the ocean.

This really was going to take a lot of getting used to wasn’t it? If the alternative had been death, maybe it wasn’t so bad at least. But still, the idea of all of this made him uncomfortable, and he had a lot left to figure out.

He just had to put on a strong face for the crew and passengers. It was now just a matter of figuring out how and what to tell them.

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"Get out, I don't care what's going on... just, get out!" A male voice said as Molly made her way down the hallway towards Izzy's cabin when the door was thrown out and the green bat pony was pushed out.

"But dad..." Izzy started to say but was cut off when the door slammed in front of her. "Great..."

"Izzy, are you okay?" Molly asked as she galloped over to the mare and helped her to her hooves as best she could. "What happened?"

"Well, my parents were going to wait until we got home to deal with me coming out of the closet, but, well..." Izzy said and brushed her mane back a little.

"But we don't even know if we're going back home at this point?" Molly asked and Izzy nodded. "I'm sorry Izzy, I wish I could do something to help you."

"It's fine... I'll, just go find a deck chair to sleep on or something," Izzy said with a shake of her head. "Well, at least I don't have to worry about wearing clothes right now so I don't need my suitcase."

Molly looked at her for a long moment and sighed. She had no idea what she was going to do, it didn't really help that she felt alone on the ship. The only people she knew were Izzy and her friend, and neither of them was in the best of positions right now.

She sighed as she watched Izzy start to walk away and her eyes fell on the mare's flanks. She blushed a little, this was not the time to be checking out her butt. Why was she even doing that? Was she starting to be attracted to a pony? This was getting weirder and weirder as everything progressed.

She finally made a decision and ran over to the mare. "Hey Izzy, wait."

"What?" Izzy asked as she looked at Molly curiously.

"Well, I was thinking, I mean if you wanted..." Molly said and shook her head. "I've got a lot of room in my cabin, you could, you know, stay with me until you can figure something out."

"Really?" Izzy asked and looked at Molly surprised. "You don't mind?"

"Yeah, I'm fine with it, I'd love to have you there," Molly said and gave her a smile.

Izzy looked thoughtful for a long moment before smiling. "Okay, just until I can figure everything out," she said and let out a light yawn. "Wow, I'm getting tired already... what time is it?"

Molly blinked a little and looked around, there wasn't anything that showed the time though last time she had looked outside it was still daylight. That was weird, but maybe it was a bat pony creature thing, maybe they were nocturnal or something, that would explain it.

"Here, come on, let’s get to my cabin," she said with a smile as the two walked off towards the stairs to take them down to the deck her cabin was on.

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So, one thing that the people turned ponies on the Anthem was quickly learning is that hooves are not built for putting in card keys that had been put in lanyards around their necks. It took them a few minutes to figure it out, but Molly finally managed by putting it in her mouth and sliding it into the slot and back out as the door unlocked and they managed to open it.

"Well, that was certainly easier this time around," Izzy said with a chuckle as they looked around at Molly's cabin. "This is pretty nice, very cozy."

"Yeah, I couldn't really afford a bigger cabin," Molly said. "There should be a second key around here somewhere, it was my friend's but she's got something else worked out for where she's staying. So, uh, I guess make yourself comfortable, I know its not much."

"I think its lovely," Izzy said and gave Molly a smile. "Thank you, Molly, you don't know what this means to me."

"I think I have some idea, I've had to crash on a few couches in my day," Molly said with a laugh and blushed as Izzy leaned in and gave the Unicorn a kiss on the cheek. "What was that for?"

"For being such a good friend," Izzy said with a smile. "Look, I know we got off to a really weird start..."

"By jumping into bed with each other while we were drunk," Molly said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, by doing that," Izzy said with a laugh. "But you're a good person... err, Pony Molly. I don't know what I feel about you right now with everything that's going on, but I want you to know that I do consider you a friend... maybe something more when we've gotten this all figured out."

Molly smiled as she gave Izzy a hug before heading back out of the cabin. She smiled as she took one last look at the Bat Pony who had set out some blankets on the couch and snuggled up under them, yawning a little as she closed her eyes.

Hopefully, everything was going to be okay, they just had to figure out what to do now.

As Molly headed out of the cabin she was surprised to run into a familiar mare, the same pony that had helped them out of their cabin before. Rather literally ran into the other Unicorn actually which sent the papers she was carrying flying.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to..." she said and looked up at Naudia as they struggled to get the papers together.

"Its okay, I'm sure you're busy with something," Naudia said as she frowned and looked down at the papers. "I swear, I'm never going to get used to these hooves."

"Yeah, I know what you mean," Molly said as she managed to pile some of them together. "Would be nice if there was some easier way to carry things around, you know?"

"Yeah, but it's not like we have magic or something," Naudia said with a shake of her head. "Being turned into small horses is weird enough to not have to worry about figuring out magic."

"I didn't catch your name before," Molly said.

"Naudia Thompson," Naudia said with a smile as Molly gave her what papers she had managed to gather up. "I run the hotel section of the ship here. It's not a glamorous job, but someone has to do it, and I am very good at it too."

"That's good," Molly said. "Oh, I'm Molly Tucker, I was just helping a friend to my cabin."

"Are you two settling in okay?" Naudia asked. "I know it can't be easy, I'm still getting settled in myself, this body is really weird."

"Yeah, I know," Molly said with a sigh as she looked back at her cabin for a moment. "Izzy got kicked out by her parents, so I'm just trying to give her a place to stay right now."

"You're a good friend, I've heard a few stories around the ship of people who have been kicked out of their cabins for one reason or another," Naudia said with a shake of her head. "So we've had to set up places for them to sleep wherever we can that doesn't get in the way. And that's not even going into the issues of the half fish ones... we basically have to improvise a lot here."

"And the engines and radio are still not working?"

"Look, I shouldn't tell you this, but the radio's working fine," Naudia said with a shake of her head. "All the systems are working, we just, haven't really figured out how to run the ship. It's not helped that, well, there hasn't been any responses on the radio to our distress call."

"So, its possible there's no one out there?" Molly asked and flinched a little at the thought of that. If they couldn't get in contact with the shore or any other ships then could it mean that they were the only ones left? "Is it possible that there's anyone out there?"

"Honestly, at this point, we don't know," Naudia said with a shake of her head. "If there is anyone then they're nowhere near where we are now."

Molly sighed a little as she looked back down the hallway towards where Izzy was sleeping. She sighed and brushed her mane back, she was still kind of hoping that this was all a bad dream but for now she had to figure out what to do.

Being stuck on this ship for the rest of her life was a weird prospect. This was a vacation that had gotten really weird, and she just hoped that they were going to be able to figure something out.

"Thank you anyway," she said with a sigh when her stomach suddenly growled. "Heh, guess that means I'm hungry."

"Go up to the Windjammer, right now that's where we're putting all the food," Naudia said and nodded down the hall towards where the stairs and the lifts were. "Is your friend okay?"

"Yeah, she's just really tired," I said with a sigh and shook my head a little. "I don't know, maybe its because she's a bat, horse, pony thing or whatever. I mean, maybe she's nocturnal now or something."

"Maybe, we're still figuring everything out honestly," Naudia said with a shake of her head. "We're looking into everything we can, for now just get some food and maybe bring some back for her."

"Yeah, that sounds good," Molly said with a smile as she headed towards the stairs, she still wasn't sure whether or not to take the lifts so she started the long walk upstairs towards the deck the Windjammer was on.

Naudia sighed a little as she watched the other Unicorn walk away. As part of the crew she needed to put on a brave face for the passengers but she was just as nervous as the rest of the people on board when it came to what was going on.

She sighed a little and headed off, she had a few things to do right now and she didn't want to worry any of the other passengers.

She just hoped that everything was going to be okay.

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Molly sighed a little as she entered the Windjammer which was already filled with ponies and other, things around that she only had a vague idea of. She even saw some weird insect-like creatures that she was a bit confused by, what were those?

"Can I help you?" A large Griffon with red and brown feathers asked from behind the counter. He had just finished giving some food to a grey Pegasus with a red mane and a younger light blue unicorn with a short blue mane as he gave Molly a smile.

"Uh sure," she said with a blink of surprise, she hadn't expected to see a Griffon here but then again there was a lot she had to get used to right now. "Do we have enough food for everyone?"

"Yeah, no problem we have enough to last awhile as long as we ration it," the chef said with a sigh as he gave her the food. Molly struggled to hold it for a moment before she gave him a nod.

"Thank you, I know this can't be easy for you and your staff," she said.

"At least I have something like fingers," the Griffon chef said with a laugh as he waved his claw a little. "Don't worry about it, we're going to be just fine."

"Thanks," Molly said with a smile as she walked over to a table next to the window and started eating it as best she could.

She sighed as she looked out the window at the Mediterranean beyond. There was nothing out there but water for as far as she could see.

So what was she going to do now? Her parents were probably wondering what happened to her if they were even still alive, or human for that matter. This was a strange, unfamiliar body to her that she didn't quite understand. She had to wonder what else there might be out there that they didn't know about.

"Do you mind if I sit here?" A female voice said and she looked up to see a silver and gold Pegasus standing there. "Sorry, all the other tables are taken and I don't really feel like going outside right now."

"No, of course not, go ahead," Molly said with a smile as she gestured to the other chair and the Pegasus sat down and started to eat. "This is pretty crazy huh? Nothing about this stuff makes sense."

"Yeah, I know what you mean," the Pegasus mare said with a shake of her head. "I'm still kind of getting used to this body, especially given that... never mind."

Molly raised an eyebrow curiously for a moment but shrugged it off. Clearly, the other mare didn't want to talk about whatever it was so she wasn't going to bother her.

"Its hard to believe that the entire ship is like this," Molly said with a sigh and then smiled and offered a hoof to her dinner companion. "Molly Tucker."

"Mit... Michelle Marlowe," the Pegasus said with a smile as she gave Molly a nod.

Molly was a bit confused by that, she had seemed like she was about to say something else before she corrected herself. She sighed a little and shook her head before she went back to eating.

"How are you settling into this?" Michelle asked. "You haven't noticed anything, uh, weird have you?"

"Other than being a talking pony with a horn sticking out of her head?" Molly asked with a chuckle. "No, nothing weird about that at all."

"Seriously, were you, different in any way before this happened?" Michelle asked. "I mean, other than your species of course."

"Nope, other than species I'm pretty much the same, still a woman, still me mentally," Molly said with a shrug. "Sorry if that's not the answer you were looking for. Other than the obvious I haven't really noticed any changes to me or Izzy, so I'm not really sure what you mean."

"Its nothing," Michelle said with a sigh. She was still getting used to the whole thing, and Donna had kicked her out of their cabin so she had no idea what she was going to do now. She didn't want to tell this mare everything, so she decided to give a more vague version of it. "My significant other, kind of kicked me out while they figured this whole thing out."

"Oh, yeah that happened to my best friend too when she woke up a pony," Molly said with a sigh. "This whole thing is weird, especially I woke up like this in the middle of..."

She blushed and shook her head when she realized she had almost said that out loud. There was something about it that still made her a bit uncomfortable, kind of funny actually given that most of them seemed to be fine with going around naked now.

"In the middle of what?" Michelle asked and looked at her curiously.

"In the middle of... eating, yeah, that's it," Molly said and blushed a little at the strange turn of phrase. "With a girl, I met on the ship right before it happened."

"Ah, I see," Michelle said with a chuckle. She didn't have to be an expert on relationships to tell what the Unicorn really meant, but she wasn't going to pry. "It’s been crazy ever since it happened though. Do you think there is a way to undo it or will we be stuck like this forever?"

"Honestly, I don't know," Molly admitted. "I'm just a normal girl from Boston, so I'm not exactly the best judge of the situation right now. I wish I knew what was going on, its like there's something about this that keeps nagging at the back of my mind."

"I know what you mean," Michelle said with a sigh as she took another bite. "I don't like it, do you think anyone knows for sure what happened? And why haven't we been able to contact the mainland?"

"I don't know," Molly said. "Who knows at this point, its hard to tell if there's even anything out there to answer our calls. It’s like the whole world has fallen silent and can't reply."

"Yeah, well I don't like it," Michelle said with a shake of her head. "We need to get back to land and try and get our old lives back. We aren't going to let this, thing put us down right?"

"Right," Molly said with a nod. "We have to figure out exactly what happened, but I don't know how we're going to do that."

"Yes, well I'm sure if we can get in contact with the government we'll be able to piece things together," Michelle said with a smile. "I'm sure this was an isolated incident and once everything is calmed down we will be able to return to our normal lives as best we can."

"And what do we do if there's nothing they can do and we're stuck like this for the rest of our lives?" Molly pointed out and Michelle paused a little at that. "I mean, we don't know anything about what happened to us. This may be permanent, we may have to live the rest of our lives as ponies and I don't even know how long that would be."

"Well I'm sure that's not the case," Michelle said with a shake of her head. "I just want to get back home and put this whole thing behind me. That would be the best for all of us I think, we shouldn't focus on what we're going to do with these bodies if we're just going to be cured of it."

"Maybe," Molly said with a shake of her head as she looked at Michelle for a moment.

She wondered if maybe she was right, maybe there was a way to reverse this. But at the same time, she kept thinking back to what Naudia had told her about the radio messages not being responded to.

What had happened out there? She sighed and looked back out the window as if hoping that the ocean would give her some sort of answers.

She went back to eating and hoping that somehow this would all work out in the end.

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Isabelle yawned a little as she found herself awake that night and still laying in the bed. She smiled a little when she saw Molly laying on the couch fast asleep. There was also a tray of food on the table nearby and she sat down to eat and sighed a little as she brushed her mane back.

It was a weird feeling being like this, being a pony was weird enough but these wings they felt, odd to her. Like they made her different somehow, and she wasn't really sure how to feel about that. Despite the fact that it was now the middle of the night, she also felt wide awake.

She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror and at her wings. She was some sort of bat creature now, maybe that was why she was probably nocturnal but this whole thing felt weird to her like things didn't feel right because they were so different than her old life.

So what was she going to do now that she was like this? She sighed and finished eating as she looked back at Molly, the Unicorn had a smile on her face, she probably was having a pleasant dream.

She sighed a little and went to the porthole and looked out at the black sea beyond, trying to figure out what she was going to do.

Molly yawned a little as she rolled over and looked over at the green bat pony. "Oh hey, you're up," she said sleepily as she pushed her blanket off and smiled. "How are you feeling?"

"Pretty well rested actually," Isabelle said with a smile as she looked back at the Unicorn who turned the light on. She blinked a little and shook her head, she was a bit surprised to go from darkness to the light, was probably because of whatever this had done to her. "Its weird, but I guess I'll have to get used to this."

"Yeah, we all have a lot to get used to," Molly said as she rubbed her horn a little. "I'm really not sure what to think of this still. I mean, we're ponies now right? How much are we going to be like horses? I mean, you definitely, uh..."

"Have the right anatomy?" Isabelle asked with a chuckle as she flicked her tail a little. "You certainly got a good look at it..."

Molly blushed deeply which just made Isabelle laugh a little. She was surprised that she could actually make out her blush through the fur, these bodies were weird.

"How cute, you're blushing through a face full of fur," Isabelle said with a laugh.

"I'm going back to sleep," Molly said as she rolled back over on her back. "You can do whatever if you're going to be like that."

"Oh fine," Isabelle said as she figured out how to put her card key necklace on. "I'll be back in a bit, sleep well."

"Okay," Molly said with a yawn as she pulled the blanket over her again. "Have a good evening Izzy."

Isabelle nodded as she headed to the door and opened it up after a few tries as she headed out into the hallway.

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Isabelle took a deep breath of the sea air as she stepped out onto deck 14 near the outdoor pool. She liked the smell of the sea air, it at least gave her a chance to calm down and try not to think about everything that was going on. Right now, she just wanted to relax by the poolside.

She was a bit surprised to see that there were other guests out on the pool deck. Some of them were bat creatures like her, but others were like the other species she had seen around. It was a strange mix, but she figured it was nice to at least see that they were getting used to their strange new bodies.

She sighed and took a seat on one of the beach chairs that were along the edge of the pool. She was a bit surprised to see a young looking pony sleeping in the pool. Though what was weird was that she had a fish-like tail, that was something she hadn't expected to see at all.

"Okay, this is just getting weirder and weirder..." Isabelle said with a shake of her head as she shifted her bat wings a little. This whole thing was weird and the small fish pony would probably think that she looked pretty weird too.

She sighed and leaned back in her chair and stared up at the stars and moon above. There was something relaxing about this, it was almost like the night made her feel alive like she could take off and fly up into the sky. There was something liberating about that thought as if she belonged in the night.

"So what happened, you get kicked out?" A mare's voice said and she looked over curiously to see a grey Pegasus mare with a red mane. "Sorry, I just wanted someone to talk to while Emily slept."

"Oh, is that your daughter?" Isabelle asked curiously as she nodded out to the pony out in the pool. "Is she stuck in the pool or something?"

"Yeah, we're hoping we can figure out some way for her to move outside of the pool," the Pegasus said with a shake of her head before she smiled and offered a hoof. "I'm Janet Prince."

"Isabelle Baker," Isabelle said with a smile as she shook hooves with the other mare. "So, do you stay out here all the time?"

"Me and my Husband take turns actually," Janet said with a sigh as she laid back on the deck chair. "It’s been a bizarre experience, but I'm just glad our kids are okay. Right now, that's really all we can ask for isn't it?"

"Yeah," Isabelle said with a sigh. "I wish my parents felt the same way."

"What did they do?"

"They threw me out," Isabelle said with a sigh and a shake of her head. "They were already thinking about it after I came out of the closet to them before we left on the cruise and, well with everything that's happened they actually did it."

"Wow, that sucks," Janet said with a shake of her head. "I'm sorry Isabelle, I wish there was more I could do or say but we've all got a lot on our minds right now. Maybe they'll come around eventually."

"Yeah, maybe," Isabelle said with a sigh as she looked up at the stars for a long moment. "I don't know really, maybe it's because of everything that's happened, its, kind of nice to be free from their expectations finally. Maybe, this is sort of a new start for me, you know?"

"Yeah, maybe," Janet said with a sigh as she looked back out at her daughter. "We've all got our own challenges though, there's so much to take in and figure out. I just hope that Emily will be okay and, preferably not stuck in the water for the rest of her life."

"I'm sure everything will be okay," Isabelle said with a nod as she reached over and placed a hoof on the Pegasus' shoulder gently. "You and your family are going to be just fine, I'm sure of it. Just take care of them and love them no matter what species they are now."

"Yeah, I know," Janet said with a soft smile. "So, where are you staying now that your folks threw you out?"

"With a girl, I, kind of hooked up with before all this happened," Isabelle said with a blush as Janet laughed a little. "What's so funny?"

"Oh, that just sounds a lot like how me and Abraham got together is all," Janet said with a chuckle. "I wound up pregnant with our son and moved in with him after my parents kicked me out. You never know, it might lead to something good, is she nice?"

"Yeah, she's a nice girl... pony, thing, I mean she let me stay in her cabin when I needed it," Isabelle said with a shake of her head. "But that doesn't make me any less worried really. What if she kicks me out too? I won't have anywhere to go."

"If she's as nice as you said, I'm sure everything will be okay," Janet said with a smile. "Come on, let's just relax and enjoy the night air, what do you think?"

"Yeah, sounds good," Isabelle said with a sigh of relief as she laid back on the chair and closed her eyes. It was good to just be able to relax for once.

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Molly sighed as she rolled over in her bed and looked at the wall on the other side of the room. She couldn't get back to sleep, she was too busy worrying about what might've happened to her parents back in Boston. No matter what she felt like she couldn't get back to sleep right now.

Her parents, if they were even still around they were probably freaking out. She had been on the other side of the Atlantic when whatever this was had happened. They were probably as worried about her as she was about them, and she didn't like that.

She sighed and sat up in her bed and took a moment to turn the lights on as best she could. She couldn't sleep and she wasn't really sure what she was going to do now.

She sighed as she rummaged through her bags before she took out a picture of her with an older couple. She smiled a little, it had been taken not long after she had come out of the closet, they had been such a happy family back then, but now she didn't think she'd ever see them again.

So what was she going to do now? She sighed a little and set it down as she looked back out the window. She could see nothing more than darkness out there, it was kind of strangely calming but unsettling at the same time.

"I'm sorry I can't be wherever you are," Molly said with a sigh as she thought about her parents for a long moment. "I promise if there's any way I'll see you again. Even if I'm not human anymore, you're still my parents."

She sighed a little and turned off the lights and laid back on the couch again as she looked down at her body. There was something weird about all of this, her body felt so, alien to her even if she was getting used to it. She pulled her blanket over her body as she closed her eyes and tried to drift off back to sleep.

"What kind of force could possibly do this kind of thing to us..." she muttered softly as she rolled over to face the side of the couch. "It doesn't seem physically possible to change our forms like this..."

She paused a moment as if hoping that there would be some sort of answer in the darkness, but nothing came. There was only silence, she sighed and just tried to get back to sleep.

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Molly sighed as she woke up the next morning as Izzy came back in with a yawn. The green bat pony creature smiled a little when she saw that Molly was awake and sat down on the couch next to her.

“Hey, how was your evening?” Molly asked as she stretched out a little and gave her new roommate a smile.

“It was nice actually, it got kind of quiet when it got late,” Izzy said with a shrug. “I met this one lady by the pool because her daughter became some sort of, half fish thing. I honestly have no idea what to make of that.”

“Well, this whole thing is weird,” Molly said with a chuckle as she pointed at Izzy’s bat wings and then her own horn. “We’re a ship filled with talking horses and god knows what else. I think that’s the least of our problems really.”

“Fair enough,” Izzy said as she yawned a little and nuzzled Molly gently. “I wanted to thank you again for helping me out. I don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have you.”

“I’m glad to help,” Molly said as she nuzzled back. She was a bit surprised by the sudden show of affection but it wasn’t completely unwelcome. “I couldn’t just leave you alone you know? We don’t know how long we’re going to be stuck here, and I’d like to make more friends.”

“Of course, kind of annoying that we can’t seem to stay awake at the same time,” Izzy said with a chuckle. “Who knows, maybe you can figure something out. I’d rather not spend all our time together in the morning or evening.”

“Yeah, maybe,” Molly said and stretched out a little. “I’m going to see if I can figure out…”

Before she could finish that sentence, they heard the sound of the ship’s PA system activating. After a moment the sound of the Captain’s voice came over the PA, they both perked up a little. Maybe this was good news, maybe this was good news, maybe they had found other people or something.

That hope was soon dashed when the Captain began to speak.

“I’m sorry that I don’t have better news to tell all of you,” the Captain said over the PA system. “We’re still trying to figure out everything that happened, but what I can tell you is that it seems this may have been, of all things, an attempt to save humanity from a danger we couldn’t defend ourselves from by beings from another world. We don’t know if there are any humans out there still, but we’re starting to piece together the truth more and more. Everyone, hang in there and figure out what you’re going to do now. Until we can reach land, we’re on our own, and I hope that we can all make it through this. We will let you know what we find out if anything, good luck, and be careful.”

Molly and Izzy sighed a little as the announcement ended. Izzy got up and laid back on the bed, spreading her wings out a little.

“What do you think about that?” Izzy finally asked. “I mean, other worlds? That seems kind of strange and even unlikely to me.”

“As unlikely as being turned into a horse with bat wings?” Molly said and Izzy chuckled a little at that.

“You’ve got me there… I’m going to get some sleep,” she said as she swished her tail a little and gave her a smile. “Let me know if you want to join me over here.”

Molly blushed a little, she had to admit that she was tempted to do that, but she wasn’t sure about that just yet. She got the door to the bathroom open and entered it as she opened the glass door to the shower.

It took her a moment to figure out how to turn the water on, but when it did she felt the water running along her body. There was a lot she still needed to figure out, especially in this strange new world that she would have to figure out.

But at least she wouldn’t have to figure it out alone. She had Izzy and everyone else that was on the ship were in the same boat. She closed her eyes as she enjoyed the feeling of the water running across her fur covered body.

She just hoped that somehow everything was going to be okay.