"Well that wasn't a bad first date- was it?" I asked, getting into the car
"I thought it went pretty well" Elaine said
Pulling out of the parking lot of the resturant, I drove down the highway- passing a motel or gas station along the way
"So, would you want to do this again sometime?" I asked
"Sure, sounds fun" she smiled
"What should we do?"
"Uh- I don't really know...ever gone bowling?"
She laughed as we continued down the road
"Yeah, I've been bowling before- name the time and place" she grinned
"Well how about next week then? Those old lanes a few miles from the docks?"
"You're on"
We sat in silence for a short while, she looked out the window at the passing landscape
"So..."
"So..."
"Listen- I don't think things should be akward between us..."
"Yeah..."
More silence
"So, you like movies?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah"
"What's your favorite?"
"Oh I don't know- probably either Pirates of the Caribbean or Back to the Future"
"Nice, I like Nightmare Before Christmas and Ghostbusters"
"Into the creepy stuff, huh?"
"Eeyup"
Elaine's eyes turned to the road
"AAAAAhhhhhhhhh!"
"What? What?!"
"Deer! There's a deer in the road!"
"I see it!"
"Watch out!"
"I'm trying! I'm trying! The stupid thing won't turn!"
I tried turning the steering wheel to avoid hitting the deer, who looked about as frightened as we were.
The car's wheels went over the shoulder and off of the pavement- crushing bushes as we careened into the treeline, we hit the trunk of a large tree- sending both of us through the windshield
"E-Elaine? Are- are you alright?"
I didn't get a response as I tried to crawl over to her
I collapsed before I got there
Quickly losing conciousness, I groaned trying to sit up, keyword being 'tried'; darkness filled my vision as I passed out.
X
"...such a waste on your species- you would be much better with claws"
"Huh? Who's there?" I asked, trying to sit up
"You're finally awake, good"
"Who are you?"
"You, little primate, may call me Queen Chrysalis"
Where have I heard that name before?
"What are you?!" I asked, seeing her in the moonlight
"I am a changeling- now then..."
"Wait- wait! Where's Elaine?"
"Who? Oh, her"
"What have you done with her?" I almost shouted
"Nothing- she's laying over there" The Queen said, waving a hoof
I (painfully) crawled over to Elaine, she was still bleeding from the glass of the windshield
"Ohgodohgodohgodohgod..."
I shook her, trying to wake her up
"Elaine? Lainey? C'mon, wake up- wake up! please wake up; please"
I heard Chrysalis clear her throat and turned to her
"You've got to save her" I said
"I can't"
"Save her"
"...No"
"SAVE HER! Just- please, please save her..."
"You can save her"
"Wha?"
"On one condition"
"Anything! If it helps her"
Her horn glowed an emerald green, and felt like a migraine starting in my head
"There"
"What? What did you do?"
"You'll find out soon enough, now I believe you wanted to help the one you-"
She looked to Elaine
"-love" she spat
She disappeared in a burst of light, leaving me with Elaine I slowly stood up and gathered her in my arms, carrying her towards the road
X
"Alright, start again- from the beginning" The police officer said
I laid in the bed in one of the rooms at the hospital killing time and wondering when Elaine's results would come out
"We had just finished eating, and we were on our way home, and there was this deer in the road- I swerved to avoid hitting it, and we crashed into a tree- we, we both went through the windshield when the car stopped"
"That should be all for now" he said, closing his notepad "Thank you, and I hope she gets better"
'Yeah right...'
A short while after he left, my family came into my room
"Sam? Are you alright sweetie?" Mom asked
"I'm fine- I've just got some cuts and bruises" I said
"Your mother and I were worried" Dad said, pulling me into a hug "Don't you pull anything like that again"
"Dad- stitches"
"Oh, right, sorry"
He released me and I saw my sister at the edge of my bed
"Hey there squirt, how are you?"
"I should be asking how you are, not the other way around" She choked
"I'm alright- how are you?"
"G-great"
"Are you hungry?" Mom asked
"No, I'm fine- thank you"
"Well...just remember we'll be downstairs if you need anything" Mom said, ushering the other two out the door
'Was all of that out in the forest because of blood-loss, or did I really see Chrysalis?' I wondered
The rhythmic beeping of the heart monitor soon put me to sleep, and I drifted off
X
"Wake up"
My eyes shot open, I sat up- finding myself in a pitch black void
"Chrysalis?"
"Yes, it is I"
"Where am I?"
"Inside your mind"
"That would explain a lot"
"Yes, now I believe we have a few things to discuss"
"Like what?"
"When you wake in the morning, you won't be quite...human"
"What in the world are you talking about?"
"Let's see if your pitiful little mind can comprehend this- the strength I gave you to save your 'special somepony' came with a few changes to your body"
"Wh-what?"
"Yes, it's only a matter of time before you start to notice"
"W-wait! What changes? Where are you going?"
She didn't answer as she disappeared into the void
I sat up in my bed, cold sweat soaking my shirt
"Whew, it was a dream after all" I laughed to myself
I buried my head in my hands, and noticed something very wrong- one eye felt considerably larger than the other, almost oval shaped
Throwing off the blankets and scrambling to the bathroom only confirmed my suspicions, one eye was its usual green, and the other was shaped like Chrysalis' -draconic and a hard gold color
Oh, and the horn, don't forget the horn