Inside the cottage Fluttershy carefully examined the creature Steven Magnet carried to her cottage. Even though he was responsible for the situation at hoof she was glad that he had the sense to swim his accidental victim to her. She gave a careful pound on the creatures chest and a small amount of water came up from the creatures mouth. Baby steps to recovery. Fortunately she had managed to identify the creature from her field guide on exotic animals and was confident she could save him.
The guide had made it obvious that this particular creature was a faun, a mischievous creature of relation to the minotaur species, but generally more foolish and carefree. The creature looked a little bit off from what the book suggested, but she knew that the sole illustration of a faun in the book couldn’t possibly be representative of all their members.
The process of recovery was taking longer then she would have liked, and Fluttershy started to worry for the well being of the human. To her great relief Fluttershy eventually managed to stabilize the human to a roughly stable condition. Every now and then she would try to gently rustle him awake, while asking “Mr. Faun?”
On one such attempt the faun stirred. It got up on it’s own, choking up only a little water. Fluttershy couldn’t help but be excited at her sucess. She started to bombard the faun with a barrage of questions.
“Are you OK?”
“What were you doing trapped in the car?”
"Did you bring any animals with you?"
“I’ve never seen a real life faun befo-”.
Chris cut her off, backing up from the overly close Fluttershy. Seeing it stumble backwards on its hind was both mildly amusing and concerning to her, but Fluttershy did not disparage him for his fright. Stopping to catch his breath, and with a big frown on his face he let out a short sentence.
“I can’t find the park exit!”
Fluttershy wasn’t sure she understood the angry human. Backing up in a slight terror she murmured “It’s OK Mr. Faun, you’re safe now.”
She tried to reinforce her words and hide her nervousness with the biggest smile she could muster. Chris didn’t seem to buy it and his frown remained. With a particularly annoyed tone he complained “I’m lost.”
Fluttershy beamed at this statement. She could just return him on those weird train tracks he was using earlier. Just as she was about to reply, Chris interrupted. “I’m very tired.” he said, rather bluntly.
Fluttershy showed him to the guest bedroom. Quietly she closed the door and found Angle bunny. “Now Angel, be a dear and make sure our guest stays put and gets taken care of.”
Angel protested, but Fluttershy had already turned around to leave, unaware of his insubordination. Wherever this faun had come from, it couldn't have been terribly far. Plus the carriage he crashed in was in a very workable condition and fixable with what little handymare knowhow she learned from her birdhouse construction hobby.
She was going to have a busy day ahead of her but the thought of all the new creatures she could see lifted he spirits considerably. This was going to be the best day ever!
Chris Sawyer woke up to a start. He was back on MR BONES WILD RIDE. His car had been clumsily fixed, but the majority of it was intact. The restraining bars had been clumsily reinforced with wood and nails. Next to him was a grinning yellow pony who was also firmly behind the bars. The track was curving back into the cave he had once exited.
Fluttershy Turned her head and saw Chris was awake. Excited by the prospect of finding new animals he started to
"Oh, umm, hello again. I saw that you were confused and lost, so I repaired your cart and placed it back on your track. I know you were saying that you couldn't find the exit so I put your cart on the opposite track back twords the tunnel. I hope you don't mind but my Field Guide to Critters Big and Small says that the Faun Homeland isn't very far from here and has so many wonderful animals that can't be found here. I would really like it if I could even catch a glimpse of -"
Chris tuned her out, not responding. He wanted to think he was dreaming, but it all felt too real. He hit the restraining handle with all his might and shouted “I want to get off of MR BONES WILD RIDE!”
Fluttershy took this as his way of saying thank you, and happily patted Chris Sawyer on his back with her wing like an old friend. With enthusiasm on Fluttershy's face and horror on Chris's Face the car decended into the dark tunnel.