I woke up first, But I didn't move. It was morning, yet I didn't dare disturb her. Instead, I began to think, about both my circumstances and hers. In my case, I have no fucking clue what's going on. I WAS on a plane on my way to Colorado, On my way home. But then I was in some sort of accident. But something happened, something weird. Like I jumped dimensions or something. If my math is right then we should be somewhere in Utah, but I don't remember Utah having any gorges. But then again I did fail geography. But then again if there were talking horses in Utah I'm pretty sure they would have appeared on the news at some point. Which points to this either being another world, or a different time. Maybe re-incarnation? who the fuck knows. And if I really am a phoenix why did the crash bang up my wing like that? I mean it's pretty much healed now, heck I can hardly tell it was ever hurt. Which the second half makes sense but the first half?

From what I've read phoenixes are pretty damn hard to hurt, even harder to kill. Actually, whenever a phoenix dies they rise from the ashes. So what the hell happened with the wing? Did that happen when I hit the tree? or at some other point before I regained consciousness? Maybe it's something with being fresh out of reincarnation? Ah, shit no way to really tell at this point, Something to look into later. But in the kid's case? Something doesn't add up. Surely her parents would be looking for her? Why haven't they found her? And why the hell was she trying to throw herself into the gorge? What the hell could possibly have happened? Something traumatic for sure, but I've no idea what that could possibly be. All I can do is ask her when she wakes up, oh wait. I can't even do that because I can't even talk to the damn kid. Not only am I in deep shit, so is she presumably. And I don't know what to do. All I know HOW to do is hug her. I cant communicate with her to console her or ask her what happened which means all I can do is give her physical comfort. And a hug is the best thing to do that with.

My thoughts were interrupted by a groaning sound from below me. Realizing she was waking up I decided to pretend I was still asleep, see how she reacts. That way I can gauge where I stand with her, and where she stands on how she's feeling. After a few moments I felt her lift her head, she looked back and forth before presumably seeing or feeling me on her back. "So it wasn't a dream then. Hey, wake up! I never thanked you." I lifted my head and opened my eyes, the first sight after doing so was her big, purple? eyes. She seemed to want to get up but she also didn't want to do so with me on her back. After realizing this I slid off of her back and moved to where I was standing in front of her. She stood up and looked at me in complete amazement.

"Wow! I never thought I'd see an actual phoenix! And I especially didn't think I'd meet it by it saving my flank."

Ok so it's confirmed, I'm a phoenix. But that doesn't explain a great many things. Like why the hell she's out here in the first place. But I've got no way of asking her anything right now. Well shit, all I can do is stand and look at her.

"I guess you can't really talk huh?" I shake my head no. "Well thanks for saving me there, I thought it was right. But after trying it and failing, I realize what a big mistake I was about to make. Thanks for saving me back there. I should really get back to town. Oh, and before I leave, I'm Scootaloo." And with that, she turned and started walking in a direction that, presumably, led to a town.

Now hold on a second. Am I really about to let a child escort herself through a possibly dangerous forest all by her lonesome? I may be irresponsible but I'm not THAT irresponsible. So with that, I started walking after her, following her from a distance. I'd fly but I still haven't really figured out how to do that. I'll make sure she gets through the forest at least. After that, I'll take some time to figure this out. And with that final thought, I began weaving through bushes and trees to try and keep her in sight, but myself out of sight.

Author's Note

Not very long I know, I kinda just threw it together at like 3 AM. The beginning sat there for a good while, and I just wanted this chapter finished. That way I had something new to build off of. Had a bit of inspiration this past weekend and managed to pump out a new story and a new chapter for THIS story. Hope you guys enjoy it! I promise I'll try and make the next one longer and smoother.