Why...why me? Why did I have to be the 'special one' that was given intelligence? I mean, ANYONE could've gotten it, there was a big bunch of kids around my age back where I lived, so why didn't THEY catch it? Wait why am I acting like it's a virus...whatever it is, I just wish it happened to someone else. I would've been happy to survive in the apocalypse with my mom and dad...even if that meant being turned into a pony. What's the term for a child pony? I think it's called a filly, right? Again, it doesn't matter. I should probably wake up now, its better than talking to myself.
I wake up slowly, only to see the blinding light of the sun through a window. Must be on a higher floor. I looked down at myself and saw that I was covered with one of the ponies' sweaters. So THAT'S what kept me warm...I'll note to thank them for it, and give it back to them. I get up and take the sweater, putting it over my shoulder as I head to the door. As soon as I open it, I can hear better outside my door, and hear them talking.
"What?! Are you seriously thinking of keeping him with us?" Tony said
"Shh! He's still sleeping..." Rebeca told him quietly, and I heard a grumble which was probably from Tony. I make my way down the hallway quietly and stop at the corner, peeking over a bit to see. There were some more windows where they were, and their coats are different colors, so it was easy to spot them in the other room. Tony was pacing back and forth by the farther wall, Silvia was sitting against another wall, and Rebeca was watching Tony pace back and forth at the same wall he was at, facing the hallway I was in, though thankfully he didn't pace far enough for her vision to pass over to see me.
"Yeah Tony, keep it down, and YES I'm serious about it. He's all alone with no one to watch over him." Silvia answered, watching Tony pace as well.
"He looks like he can take care of himself, he got out with you and saved you guys, right?" Tony argued.
"Yes, he did, and that's why we should stay with us or at least until we find his family-" Silvia started to say but Tony cut her off
"Woah woah woah, we are NOT babysitters and we are definitely NOT getting him back to his family." Tony said, a bit louder than needed.
"We have to! If we can't keep him, then we get him back to his family." Silvia retorted.
"And how on Earth do you plan to do that? We don't know where his parents are and how we can get to them, they could be MILES away or even-" Tony started but, surprisingly Rebeca cut him off and stopped him from pacing away from her before Silvia could respond.
"Don't. Say. Another. Word. We don't know that his parents are...dead. All we have to do is ask, then we get him there, drop him off, and be on our way, got it?" She said sternly. Tony gulped and backed away, turning his head away from them. "Got it?" She asked again, squinting her eyes at him.
He mumbled something but then said, "Got it." Although I had seen him turn his head away from them, I did not pay attention that the direction he turned his head away was towards me...so when he looked up after a while, the first thing he saw was a bit of my head peeking around the corner. I immediately and quietly looked away from that corner and headed back to the room I was in. I heard him say something to the girls, which was quickly followed by the sound of hooves.
Thankfully, I was able to get back inside, lay down almost EXACTLY where I had slept, turned over away from the door so they wouldn't see my face, and closed my eyes hoping that they would think Tony was imagining things and that I was still asleep. As I waited to hear them come galloping into the room thinking I HAD heard them, they didn't and instead did the opposite. I guessed they slowed down quickly enough to not make much noise, so quietly that the only way I knew they were coming in was the door opening, which I noted to make sound and made sure to be quick when closing the door.
"Aiden? Are you awake?" Silvia asked quietly. I didn't respond and managed to look like I was asleep from their view. I heard them come closer, so I made sure not to open my eyes. The sweater that I held was off my body a bit, but I guessed either Rebeca or Silvia put it back over me properly, as I could see the glow of the magic dimly through my eyelids.
"Your right guys. He looks so peaceful in his sleep." Silvia said. I made sure not to smile from that comment.
"Are we sure he's not faking it? What if he-" Tony started, but both Silvia and Rebeca and shushed him to be quiet. He probably wanted to repeat, but I heard Rebeca grumble at him, and so he didn't.
"Come on guys, let's leave before he does wake up." Rebeca said as she was heading to the door, followed by I guess Tony.
"Nah, you guys go, I'll...keep watch of him, and to make sure he's okay." Silvia said quietly. I heard Tony about to try and talk again, but I heard him gasped and then heard the door shut, meaning either both girls gave him a death stare and he didn't want to get hoofed by the both of them, or Rebeca had used her magic to lift or drag him out of the room and closed the door. I had to bite my bottom lip slightly to stop myself from laughing.
After they had gone, the room went quiet. I didn't know where Silvia was, nor had I heard her leave, so I'm guessing she was in the room with me. Weird, why would she watch me from within the room WHILE I was 'sleeping’. A little stalk-ish I think. My opinion changed as soon as I felt a presence wrap around me, like with a lioness with her cubs...or in this case a mare with her foal. My opinion was split into two options: either she had a weird relationship with me like I had suddenly became her son or something...or that she wanted to have a family, and she was starting to show it with me. I'm kinda in between the two but more wanting it to be option 2, as option 1 was, as said, very weird. Whatever it was, I was stuck now, and either had to pretend to wake up, make her uncomfortable enough to leave, or fall asleep again for real this time. As bad as I wanted to do 1 or 2, 3 was slowly becoming the winner as I slowly fell asleep.
And that's when I had the weirdest dream. In my dream, I had woken up on a hill, but not just any hill, a hill overlooking what seemed to be a village or small town. I was able to stand up and have a look. I wanted to get closer, and suddenly I was, as I was now in what I assumed was the town square. Now this could've been ANY village of people...except the people weren't actually people. They were, to my surprise, ponies. And there were A LOT of them! Some were stallions, others mares, and even fillies. And here were the first few things I noticed: number one, THEY WEREN'T WEARING CLOTHES...almost no clothes. There were a few here and there wearing dresses or coats, but most were just wearing a few articles of clothing. Some wore hats, while others wore shoes, glasses, or necklaces. The next thing I noticed was that for those who weren't wearing clothing had a reason to show their...butt tattoos??? As much as I didn't want to be caught staring, if I was able to be seen, I couldn't help and examine some of the ponies' tattoos.
The regular ponies, those who didn't have any horns, had things like flowers, farming, or food related things on them. I guess since they couldn't do magic they were the ground people to produce stuff for the community. Those who DID have horns not only had tattoos, such as stars, chemistry things, or magical orbs to show off they could use magic, but were of course using them to their full potential. They were carrying things without touching them as they glowed behind them, others used spells like teleporting or summoning objects.
Then there were Pegasuses. I am not even joking, REAL LIVE PEGASUSES. Has too many S's in the name...besides that, there were a lot of them too, and even though their wings were a bit small for them, even for stallions, they were still able to fly. Anyway, the Pegasuses had tattoos of things about weather, like clouds, flying animals, and rainbows. And here I am, in the middle of it all, taking in everything. Was THIS the place where it all began? Is this the source of the outbreak? I didn't have time to think it through as I heard hooves behind me, making me turn around. A purple mare, a unicorn, had a book in front of her face, so she couldn't see me in front of her. Of course I could just move away, or attempt to say something, but I decided to just walk backwards to keep in front of the mare as she read mindlessly forward. Geez, wouldn't want to be friends with her, she seems too book-wormish to pay attention to anyone. But I wasn't able to do that for long, as I tripped on something and fell backwards, but not on to the ground, into a hole that continued to seem like forever. I turned over to see if there was a bottom, and I wished there had been, because at the bottom was not water or ground, but a giant dragon looking face that had glowing red eyes and sharp teeth and opened its mouth as I was about to get the chomps.
But fortunately I woke up before I did...and unfortunately I had been scream in and out of my dream, as I screamed, "OH MY GOD OH MY GOD, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!",once I had woken up. I had instantly woken up Silvia....crap.
"Aiden, are you ok?!?" Silvia asked quickly, as she got and went in front of me and puts her hooves on my shoulders, shaking me slightly. Tony and Rebeca soon after came in to see what happened.
"Why the hell is he screaming?!" Tony yelled, trying to talk over me.
"Shut up Tony! Aiden what's wrong?" Rebeca said then came to my side. By this time I had already stopped and was breathing heavily, wide-eyed and too shocked to speak. I didn't know what to say to them or how to explain what I saw, but my head had already told me to start tearing up without me noticing, and that's what I did. Silvia gave me a worried look, then pulled me into a hug, as Silvia rubbed my back to calm me down. Tony stayed put, standing there, being a jerk by rolling his eyes and looking away, though I swear for a moment I turned my head slightly to see him looking back and have a worried look as well. Heh, I'm growing on him! After a bit, I calmed down, and the girls got off me. They asked me to explain why I was screaming, but I couldn't. I didn't know what to say, and that was that.
They decided to say it was just a bad dream for me, and we eventually got all out stuff and headed out. And I didn't even realize that we were walking away from the facility until we got out and back into the slightly cold weather. I shivered slightly, but from then on I didn't argue or complain. I just walked as long as they could, down the road and where ever there might be a vehicle and/or food. They did what they had promised, and I thank them for that...for caring for me, well at least the girls did, Tony? Not so much, not yet I think. Who knows...maybe I will stay with them, until I 'find my parents.' Probably should say sooner or later...that my parents might not be in the same state.