Elijah was an average man. Never really good at anything special. He got a job as a mailman and made just enough to keep him going and pay for his small apartment. Except at the moment he lacked milk. It was dark and raining now but he would need some milk for breakfast, and decided to just quickly go pick some up at a nearby store. He didn't have a car, so he put on his raincoat and started walking there.
Because it was late there were few people passing by, and most kept to themselves and looked at the ground. But Elijah was lucky and curious enough to hear the gunshot look up just in time to see what looked like a huge bird falling into a nearby ally. He could've just kept walking but was too curious for that. He walked into the ally and looked around. Then he was shocked as he found a pegasus lying on the ground, it's wing bleeding.
Pegasi aren't real, he thought to himself. I must be imagining this. It must be an elusion. But as he aproached he noticed it was still breathing, and he touched it. It IS real, he thought. And who ever shot it must be close by, and wanting to hurt it. He looked down at the magnificent creature at his feet. It looked beautiful with the water streaming down it's dirty yellow feathers. It also looked helpless, unconscious lying in this dark ally awaiting it's pursuers. Also, it must've lost a lot of blood by now and will get sick in this rain if it doesn't get somewhere dry.
He looked around but there was no one there. He took off his raincoat, picked up the pegasus, and wrapped the coat around her. Then he carried her home, completely forgetting about the milk.
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Fluttershy woke up to find she was laying on a couch wrapped up in a blanket and feeling quite warm unlike a few seconds ago. She looked around and wondered where she was. Last she knew she was flying over some buildings, and then something hit her wing...
She looked at her wing and found it was crudely bandaged, but winced when she moved it and tucked it back next to her. The room she was in was a little smaller than her cottage back home. Home, she thought. It seemed like only a day ago she was in her cozy cottage back in Ponyville. But to be truthful she didn't know how much time had passed. And,she thought, she really needs to find out what the heck is going on here. But for now she felt better than she had been in a while under the warm blanket.
After a few moments a door opened and yet another creature walked in carrying a bowl filled with water. Fluttershy got a little frightened, but thought anyone who would fix her wing like this couldn't be that bad.
"Oh, you're awake," He said as he put the water on the floor in front of her.
"H...Hello," Fluttershy said quietly. The man looked at her in disbelief.
"You can talk?" He asked
"Where am I?" Fluttershy asked.
"You're in my home,"He replied,"I was walking and saw you fall out of the sky. So I brought you here and tried to bandage up your wing to stop the bleeding."
"What are you?" Fluttershy asked
"I'm a human, and my name is Elijah," He informed her.
"I've never heard of humans before..." Fluttershy said.
"Tell me, where did you come from?" Elijah inquired.
"I'm Fluttershy, from Ponyville, in Equestria," She replied.
"Ponyville? You mean there are more of you?" He asked.
"You don't know where Ponyville is?" She looked concerned.
"No, there's no place called Ponyville around here," He said. "I've never heard of Equestria either, is it possible you're from a different planet?" He asked.
"I don't know anymore," Fluttershy said sorrowful.
"Well I brought you some water you can drink if you're thirsty," He said.
Fluttershy strained to get up so she could drink some water, for she was immensely parched.
"Thank you, Elijah," she said.
Elijah looked at her drink and wondered if she'd be ok. Her wing was pretty badly injured and he didn't know how to care for her. And he couldn't just bring her to a vet or hospital, what would they say!
"I need to find my friends, they're probably worried sick trying to find me," Fluttershy said.
"Well I don't think you'll be able to fly on that wing for a while, it's pretty badly injured," Elijah said.
"Do you have anything to eat, I'm starving," Fluttershy said.
Elijah chuckled, "I bet you are. I'll go see what I have." As soon as he left, Fluttershy thought: Humans aren't so scary after all.
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Rainbow Dash woke up uncomfortably and noticed that her wings were tied to her body, and her legs were tied together. Also she couldn't help notice it was unbearabley hot, and the sun was beating down on her back. As she turned over she felt sandy ground beneath her, and looked around to find nothing but sand in all directions of her. Well, almost all directions. Trixie was standing a few feet from her panting and muttering to herself.
"Trixie!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "What's going on, where am I, why am I tied up?!" She asked in disbelief that she was actually awake.
"Oh, you're awake," Trixie said. "Well you've just made my day now. The hole we opened brought us to the middle of nowhere! I think we might be near, like, Egypt. I heard Damien talk about this place." She began to pace back and forth trying to figure out what she was going to do. Sure, she could open up the hole and go back to Zecora's house, and then open up the hole right on Damien's island, but after turing around trying to figure out where she was, she lost where the hole was. If she were to make another one, she would have no idea where she'd end up back in Equestria, but the real reason was Damien had said that if two holes are made close to each other, their paths might cross. And, he said, that would not be good at all. The least she could expect would be an explosion, which would kill her. But she couldn't die of exhaustion and lack of water either. She decided to start walking in a direction to get away from the hole, and if she didn't find someplace where she could contact Damien, she would make a new hole farther away. So she used her magic to lift up Rainbow Dash and started walking.
"What's going on Trixie?" Rainbow Dash asked.
So Trixie filled her in on where she was, what was going on, and her plans of getting out of this wasteland.
"You know, if you untie me I could fly around the area and see if there's any civilization around here," Rainbow Dash tried.
"You're my prisoner, like you would come back if I untied you," Trixie said.
"Eh, I had to give it a try," Rainbow Dash smiled. She tried to stay in high spirits in spite of herself.