A Flowery Affair

by Voltsthevoltvolts


Ssssssstuck

Twilight was stood in front of a hoard of ponies, all of them talking and whispering about the strange creature which had just collapsed in front of them. Twilight herself was trying to focus, it wasn't everyday that a strange creature that had never been seen before stumbled into town, clearly wounded and then fainted in front of a crowd. There had been days when strange creatures had stumbled into town, but they had never passed out after brandishing a weapon.

Lyra, who had been standing next to Twilight was staring at the creature with stars in her eyes. While she had always gone on about humans this creature was the next best thing, it stood on two legs was roughly twice the size of her and had what appeared to be hand, just with sharp claws rather then fingers. Lyra slowly started to walk forward, she looked around as she slowly moved towards the collapsed creature. After getting a few confused looks she frowned and turned around.

"Look, whatever this is it is clearly hurt!" Lyra angrily stated. "If we leave it here... What kind of ponies are we?" Lyra received a few concerned looks before one little filly stepped out from the crowd. "If this little filly is brave then the rest of you..." Lyra rolled her eyes, none of the crowed were moving. "Well, I guess its just you and me then." Lyra turned back around began to walk towards the creature, which was lying on its side.

"Lyra wait!" Twilight quickly said as she rushed to Lyra and the filly, she then moved the filly back. "Look, it may be dangerous. For all we know its blood could be acidic." Twilight sighed. "I will go with you, just to make sure that it is safe." Twilight sighed and walked with Lyra, the creature was a few steps away, a thick green sap like substance was leaking from its open wounds and the cloth covering the larger wounds was slowly turning green.

"Hey Twilight, do you think we should remove those bandages?" Lyra suggested. "Maybe we should check under her clothes for other bites." Lyra inspected the creature, examining it from its flowery head to its feet.

"No, I don't think we should remove its clothes." Twilight examined the creature alongside Lyra. "There's no telling how it will react when it wakes up. We should move it out into a safe place for now." Twilight suggested, just as she finished Lyra's eyes lit up. It became painfully clear what Lyra was about to suggest.

"My house is just across the street, it would make sense to move her to my house rather then carry her to the castle or the hospital." Lyra excitedly said. Twilight sighed and nodded, if the creature was badly hurt getting it to a secure location quickly would be best. Twilight stood next to Lyra and hoisted the creature onto their backs and the pair set off to Lyra's house. The crowds of ponies parted as the pair walked through them, the quiet murmurs of ponies being the only noise in the once bustling marketplace.


Lyra and Twilight walked into Lyra's house, she had left the door unlocked and the light on. The pair walked through the open door and gently place the creature on Lyra's sofa, the creature was large enough to take up the whole sofa while lying down. Lyra sighed happily and sat down on the chair in her usual fashion and looked at the creature.

"Isn't she amazing?" Lyra asked as Twilight sat down. The creature was motionless save the the odd twitch from its claws. "I wonder how long it took plant life to evolve into this." Lyra puzzled to herself, Twilight took the pause to consider what she could do. While the creature was strange, in the brief time it was awake it spoke very little.

"It called itself Floran, maybe that is its name." Twilight stated. "It said it was happy to see friendly faces, I think it knows we mean it no harm." Twilight got up and inspected the creature. "I can see it breathing slightly." Twilight stated as the creatures chest gently raises and then set. "Whether it breaths oxygen or photosynthesizes..."

"Its a she." Lyra stated. "In the brief time I heard it talking it sound feminine." Lyra sighed. "There's a first aid kit in the kitchen, it might be a good idea to tend to her wounds." Lyra suggested. Twilight nodded and headed into the kitchen and then returned with a small box with a red cross on it.

Twilight placed the box next to the creature and opened it. "I think the best thing we can do is patch up those bites." Twilight said as she levitated several rolls of bandages out of the box. "Care to lend a hoof?" Twilight asked ash she started to wrap the wound in up. Lyra's horn lit up as she took a few of the rolls and applied them to bite marks on the creatures legs. "Hey Lyra?"

Lyra was only focusing half on Twilight. "Yes?" Lyra slowly said as she wrapped up a nasty looking bite mark.

"I will have to tell Princess Celestia about her." Twilight calmly said. "If this is a new creature we need to make sure it gets back to its home safely, otherwise we could inadvertently start a war." Twilight explained. "She might be taken away because of this." Lyra quickly looked at Twilight with a worried expression.

"But, you cant take her away! I have spent most my life obsessing over humans, sure this creature isn't one. But she is beautiful." Lyra stated. "It may seem like something small to you but this is huge for me!" Lyra quickly rushed over to the creature and placed a hoof on its chest. Twilight sighed and shook her head. "Please Twilight, I don't want to her to go..."

"Look Lyra," Twilight firmly said. "This kind of life form has never been seen on Equestria before, if its not me then it would most likely be one of the ponies in town. I can try and convince Celestia to let her stay here. However..." Twilight was interrupted when the creature rolled over and wrapped its arms around Lyra.

"Sssssstab..." The creature mumbled in its sleep. "Or no ssssssstab..." The creature released Lyra and started to stir. Lyra and Twilight both got up and started to slowly move backwards. The creature's eyes snapped open and quickly scanned the room. "Floran issssssss... Confused..." The creature sat and an stretched its arms out and yawned loudly. "Floran did not go to sssssssssleep here..."

Lyra stopped moving back and started to slowly approach the creature. "Well... After you 'fell asleep' me and Twilight moved you here. So that you could recover in a quiet place." Lyra chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of her head. "We didn't think it was suitable for you to be lying on the ground in the middle of a market. The creature got up and inspected the bandages that had been wrapped around its wounds.

"Sssss? I did not put these on..." The creature mused, while stood up it was easily twice the size of Lyra. "Wasssss this you?" The creature asked.

"Yes!" Twilight confidently said. "We noticed that you were still bleeding when we brought you in. Since we didn't really have any idea how to help you, we thought the best thing to do would be to patch your wounds." Twilight moved next to Lyra, confident that if the creature was hostile she would have done something.

"Floran isssss thankful. The thingssssss in the woodssssss did not like Floran...." The creature leaned back on the sofa and relaxed casually.

"You mean the timberwolves?" Twilight inquired, the creature rubbed its chin before nodding. "Yeah... They are very territorial." Twilight stated with a matter of fact tone. "So where about in the forest do you live?" Twilight curiously asked.

"Floran live on Floran sssssship. It wassssss a nice sssssship until a meteor hit it..." The creature chuckled. "I wassssss lucky and wasssssss not on the sssssship when it wasssssss hit. Maybe you can help Floran? Floran needssssss certain thingsssss. Pretty orange rocksssss found deep underground." The creature asked confidently.

"Wait, ship? Meteorites? Your from space!?" Twilight said sounding surprised. "You're an alien!?" Twilight's jaw dropped and Lyra gently pushed it back up. "I..."

"Floran." The creature said. "I am a Floran." Twilight let out a lengthy sigh and then collapsed on the floor. "Isssss it ssssssleping time?" The creature curiously inquired.