Emma woke with a start, sitting up immediately and trying to look around before her vision swam and blurred, forcing her to lay down again.
“Hey, Don’t get up so fast… You and the little creature with you nearly froze to death out there…” Came a slightly soothing voice from off to her left. She tried to blink away her dizzyness as a figure began to get a bit more clear the closer he got. After a few more seconds the blob solidified into a type of Ponyta-Rapidash-creature. The shape was generally right, but the scale was way off, it seemed to be shorter than a rapidash by… well… A lot. The horn was a bit more blunt and his mane wasn’t on fire.
The colors seemed to be off as well because the thing’s entire coat was somewhere between charcoal grey and dirt brown.
“Wha-... What are you?” Emma asks as she gives him a confused look.
The ponyta-creature let out a small sigh. “I can’t understand what you are saying… but considering a bit of your body language… I’m gonna guess you asked who I am?”
Emma gives a small nod.
The ponyta-thing smiles and puts his hoof against his chest. “My name is Gleaming Gem… Unicorn Ambassador of Equestria.” He actually seemed to show a little pride at the title.
And he deflated a little as he realized that Emma was still looking at him with confusion.
“You know…” He begins a little desperately, “...Equestria? Home of the royal pony sisters?” He tries, looking to get some form of recognition before she slowly shakes her head while looking at him like a stantler caught in the headlights.
“Really? You don’t know?” He sighs in disbelief.
”At least… I know what he is…” Emma thinks as she gives him a sad look.
“Well… Widget is making sure the little creature that was with you is ok… you were both pretty cold by the time we found you… You both must have someone looking out for you two because I was about ready to call it a day, but Widget started getting that little itch in her paw that meant she was about to find someone…”
The mention of the other pokemon that was with her made Emma sit bolt upright to try and get out of bed to see the little Cyndaquil.
“Woah there…” Gleaming Gem said as he put a hoof on her chest to keep her on the bed. “...You’re in no condition to be moving around… keep on making fast motions like that and you might break a few of the not-so-thawed muscles. Widget has got everything under control… Trust me, she knows her survival stuff.”
Grudgingly, Emma nodded and slowly layed back down on the bed before Gleaming tucked the comforter around her. “Get some rest so you can warm back up, I’ll bring in some warm water and some soup for you so that they can help.” He just barely whispered with that same smile that just made it so Emma couldn’t help but trust his every word.
He got up off the stool he had been sitting on and makes his way out the door.
Once the door was closed he let out a small sigh as the smile fell from his face. “You two are very lucky… It was almost as if Luna herself was watching out for you two…” He said in a whisper. With that he turned down the hallway he was in to meet up with a creature in the small, round living room that comprised the home he stayed in. Various mechanical experiments and doohickeys lined any free shelf space in the room leaving just enough for the couches and the fireplace to be clear.
He trots over to the creature on the couch and gives her a small nuzzle, “Widget… I hope they both pull through.”
The other creature, dog-like in appearance… much like a husky, gave him a small smile. “They will pull through, we both saw that they’re already regaining their internal body temperature at a really fast pace, the bigger one more so than the little one, but regaining it nonetheless.”
“Yeah, maybe I need to stop worrying so much and trust in your ‘diamond dog logic’...” Gem chuckles. Which only elicits a confident smirk from the diamond dog.
“Yes… Yes you should.” She replies in a playfully condescending tone.
With a final chuckle Gem heads out to the kitchen, crafted as if from a single section of stone with how smoothly the surfaces flowed from one to the next, to grab the warm water and soup.
“Did you get anything for the little one yet?”
“No, He’s sleeping right now, and… He’s actually really adorable.” Widget replies.
“You should still get some soup for him and some warm water as well, he’s probably going to be pretty thirsty when he wakes up.”
“I know, I know… But I also know that you’ll be so sweet enough to get everything around so that I can just take it in to him.” Widget replies, letting Gem hear the smirk in her voice as he freezes up for a second, a frown edging its way onto his face.
“Alright…” He says as he gets his face back into a neutral look, “Only because I love you though.”
“That’s fine with me!” Widget cheers from the other room.
After a few moments Gleaming Gem comes out with two glasses and two bowls. “Alright, take one in to him and I’ll take the other one in for the female.” He sighs. Widget quickly gets up and gives Gem a hug and a small kiss on the cheek.
“Thanks, I’ll be sure to give you something good when I get back…” She whispers in his ear before taking one of the bowls and a glass.
Gem sighs and hangs his head a little. “The things I do for love…” He chuckles before heading to the room that the Quilava is in.