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// Chapter 4: A New Visitor, and a Hospital Trip for Him 
// Story: Bermuda Beginnings 
// by ScarFox9700 
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Well, it can be said that his arrival in this new world didn't go unnoticed by the local population, and many of them began to make their way over to the spot where, a "giant blue bird with strange markings" had just crashed outside of a large forest, known to the locals as the "Everfree Forest", which is the name that also defined it on a map. 

Most of them just stared wide-eyed at the "thing" in front of them, wondering what it was. It was like no bird any of them had ever seen. It seemed to be made out of some sort of metal, with odd markings of a white star on its wings and body. It was seemingly painted all in blue, a dark shade of which, none of them had ever seen before in their world. 

Suddenly, from out of the crowd, a few brave souls who had the courage, (and quite possibly a death wish!) went up close to get a better look at the thing. It was throwing off sparks, one of its wings was torn off, and it was ripped up, dented in, and just plain smashed open in many places due to the crash. 

"It seems to me", one of them remarked, "That this thing isn't really a bird at all, but rather a large machine of some sort!" 

And indeed, upon closer inspection, it was revealed that the "thing", was not a living creature, but in fact was a large metal craft of some sort, possibly even meant for flight, and that it has had some sort of accident. The top of the machine had been made of glass, but most of it had gotten broken during the crash. There was also a large brown lump inside.

"Hey!" Another of them cried, "There's some kind of creature in this thing, but I think it's dead!" 

After making this announcement. he made a rather dumb decision; he poked at the creature with a stick! After a few pokes with no response, he turned back to the others to announce that it really was dead, but then it moved! Moved, and made a faint groaning noise, almost like a groan of pain. 

At this, the entire group ran off and hid! Peering out from their hiding places, they saw the creature trying to get out of his craft. His movements were jerky and irregular, possibly suggesting injury. Finally, after a long struggle, he crawled out, and collapsed on the ground, gasping for air, and moaning in pain. 

The crowd gasped when they realized that this creature was unlike any pony that they had ever seen. It had 4 long, spindly limbs, a muscular body, a round head with a brown mane, and it was wrapped up in wool and leather. None of the group knew if the creature was dangerous or not, so they decided that it was best if they hung back, and see what the creature did next. One of them however, a nurse named Redheart, and a local animal caretaker, known as Miss Flutters, crept back out of hiding, and began to creep towards the now motionless creature. 

"Hey, what are you doing?!" One of the males in the group hissed at the two females, "Get away from there! It could only be faking its injuries to draw us in close!" 

"I don't think that it even knows we're here." Redheart answered. "Plus, it's visibly bleeding, and suffering from pain. I can't just leave it in distress like this, I'm a nurse, I have to help it!"

Once they reached the creature, Miss Flutters was the first to point out that the creature was unconscious. 

"I don't think that it can hurt anypony right now", she whispered, it's out cold. Assuming that it is still alive of course." 

Up close, Redheart noted that at the end of the creature's upper limbs, the creature had two odd appendages, almost like gryphon claws; not like a hoof at all. After touching the creature's head, she felt around it's neck for a pulse. Finally, she found one. 

"It's still alive", she announced to the rest of the group. "However, it is hurt, and needs immediate medical attention!" 

Against their better judgement, those standing by helped Redheart and Miss Flutters pick up the creature, wrap it up in blankets, and get it onto a cart for transport to the local hospital, both for its health needs, and so that it could be examined. After all, it needed to be examined to determine what it was, where it came from, whether or not it was intelligent, whether or not it was sentient, and most importantly, whether or not it was dangerous.