A Strike of Change

A Strange Savior

“I-I’m here to help.”

Whatever saved Lucius has a surprisingly quiet voice compared to before, from the higher pitch, he could tell that it was a female.

“Who are you…?”

Lucius is starting to regain some of his energy; it was either the strike of light or the nausea that drained the life from him.

“That’s not important now; I have to get you back to my house.”

The reassuring tone of her voice was calming, that alone convinced Lucius to trust her. He feels two limbs under his arms that start lifting his body slowly, the pain makes him flinch but it was lessening and starting to fade away. By now his legs were dangling and swaying in the wind, with muddy water dripping off his shoes.

Whoever the female was, she had to be really tall and strong to lift him up off the ground, but that isn't it; he could hear a light flapping. Did she have wings? Wait… WINGS!? Lucius opens his eyes fully and lifts up his head to look up at her, she has long pink hair that was soaked and dripping wet. She had yellow fur and had the look of a small equine, though that isn't what caught Lucius’ attention, it’s the wings that left him speechless, it’s not like he had the energy to talk anyway. The wings on her back are smaller than he had expected, but they still managed to lift both Lucius and the yellow equine. She is most likely a small Pegasus… That could talk.

“Not to be rude, but what are you exactly?”

Lucius is more confused than he had ever been, it’s either a dream or he was dead, or at least that's what he thought.

“Eep!” The yellow Pegasus fumbles a bit and almost drops him, “U-Uh, I’m… a Pegasus…”

Lucius’ assumption was true, she WAS a Pegasus, but how? They didn't exist. Now the pain and desperation from before was replaced with curiosity and confusion. He didn't want to ask any more questions until everything settled down a bit, he didn't want to be consumed by the inquiries and different possibilities of what this was. He just wants to wait until the Pegasus brought them to the destination, hopefully a safer place to figure things out. The rain had almost cleared now, there’s only a light pitter-patter on the dirt roads, just like this morning.

After a few minutes they reached a wooden door of a medium sized cottage, it has leaves covering the roof and a few small birdhouses outside. This must be her house she was talking about.

“We’re here, uh… I didn't catch your name…” She must be really shy, her voice is so soft and calming.

“My name is Lucius, what’s yours?”

She looks at you, hiding behind her wet mane and hesitates but finally manages to answer.

“It’s… Fluttershy…”

Awww, she’s so cute! I don’t know what it is about this mythical creature, but she’s just adorable!

“Nice to meet you Fluttershy, could you please put me down for now? I think I’m fine.”

His legs were starting to get numb, he put on a friendly smile to reassure Fluttershy that she hasn't done anything wrong, since she seems worried now. She may have forgotten she was still holding Lucius, she slowly lowers and places him on the damp ground. Lucius hears a light creak as Fluttershy opens the red wooden door to her cottage, signalling for him to come inside.

“Wow! This place looks great!”

Even though the cottage wasn’t that spontaneous, Lucius was still amazed at how a Pegasus could have decorated a house, let alone live in one.

"T-Thanks..." She smiles shyly and nervously taps her hoof on the ground.

The thing that intrigued Lucius the most is the fact that she is able to talk, what’s next? A mythical talking dragon? He chuckles to himself at the thought of a real life talking dragon. Lucius stands in the doorway, looking around the cottage and scans every little detail.

“This can’t be a dream, it’s too detailed…”

He wasn’t aware that he was speaking aloud, he was too mesmerized by Fluttershy’s little establishment.

“Of course it’s not a dream! This is real, you know.”

Lucius snaps out of the thought and smiles at Fluttershy, he draws his attention to a small white bunny munching on a carrot, it doesn't look very content about his meal.

Fluttershy noticed Lucius was looking at it with a curious expression.

“Oh, that’s my pet bunny, his name is Angel! Isn't he just adorable?”

No, not really. He looks stubborn and forceful… Lucius just nods and slaps on a fake smile, it seems like he won’t be making friends with Angel anytime soon. Lucius decides to sit down and try to relax once again, letting the events shroud his thoughts, it was strange, but amazing at the same time. He didn't want to fuss over how he got here and how to get back right now, all he wants to do is enjoy this for the time being before anything else goes wrong.

*CRASH*

Speak of the devil... A loud crash and clatter came from what looks like the kitchen, Lucius gets up quickly and jogs towards the sound of pots and pans clashing together.

“Fluttershy? Are you alright?”

He hears a soft moan and sees her sitting on the floor with cutlery and utensils sprawled across the kitchen.

“What happened?” He walks towards her and helps her up, she hesitates at Lucius’ touch, but gets up on her four hooves.

“Sorry about that… I was trying to get you some fruit to eat…” She points at a cupboard high up with a bowl and fruits in it, Lucius spots a few apples and bananas.

“Thanks Fluttershy, but you could have just told me. I can reach the fruit myself.”

He says with a smile, why didn't she use her wings? He shrugs it off and reaches for the fruit. Fluttershy was about two-thirds the size of Lucius, so he can reach it easily.He grabs a small apple and takes a bite, savoring the taste.

“My god… This is amazing!”

Lucius drools over the sweet taste of the crunchy apple, fruit here was apparently delicious and contains liquid awesome. “I-It’s just an apple…” Fluttershy doesn't know that Lucius isn't from this place. He licks his lips and wipes some apple juice from his chin and finishes the rest of the apple. He disposes the core and looks back at Fluttershy.

“Well, it sure is better than the apples from where I come from.”

She raises an eyebrow and looks at you skeptically.

“Where you come from? What are you anyway? I've never seen an animal like you before…” Animal? Was my species unknown here?

“Uh… I’m a homosapien from a place called Earth.” She looks at him curiously, but with a slight hint of excitement now, she must really like discovering new species.

“Homosay… saypi…” She tries to say the word but struggles and stutters, they really don’t have knowledge on my species…

“A human, I’m a human.” Fluttershy’s eyes widen and she freezes in place, fear is the only expression on her face.

“A H-Human!?”

Why is she scared all of a sudden? What’s wrong with humans? She slowly moves away from Lucius, step by step until she’s backed up on one of her wooden cupboards.

“Please don’t hurt me…”