The lab she walked into was dark, small and cluttered. From what she could see of the walls, they were painted grey. A scientist hunched over his work bench, probably putting the final touches on what she was to test. He turned around to talk."So this is how its going to work, Rebekkana," said the scientist, "Once the other guinea pi... I mean employee... gets here, I will have you sit right in those seats over there," He pointed to some cold, metallic chairs with straps hanging off of it in the corner. "For your safety, I will strap you two in your seats. Then I will pour a little bit of this potion on you. After that you're free to go, just as long as you come back tomorrow for a short bit of observation." Rebekkana decided this odd scientist (who looked like a combo of a Kougra and a Scorchio) wasn't all that bad. He actually seemed pretty nice. He definitely soothed her worries.
All of a sudden, a starry Lenny burst in the laboratory, looking rushed. She was suited in a half a billion pounds of snow clothes."Sorry I'm like, sooo late. It's a hard trip here, and like, I underestimated it! What I miss?" She whipped off the snow clothes and threw it on his chair. The scientist scowled. "No, Maedanon, you didn't miss anything . Just go sit down on one of those chairs so we may get started."
As the scientist mixed the last of the vile smelling concoction, Maedanon and Rebekkana talked. "My name's Rebekkana. Why are you here? With a starry pelt like that I'd think you wouldn't need the money!" Maedanon explained, "My mom made me. Seems we're 'a little strapped for cash' lately. How's about you?" "I actually am here without my mom's permission. She'd kill me if she knew I was doing this. But she'll thank me once I add enough money to earn us passage to the lab ray, and I can get a different, hopefully opaque, color and I won't be tied to cold any longer. Being ice really sucks." said Rebekkana. "I can imagine!" agreed Maedanon. "Time for the test!" said the scientist in a sing song voice as he carried over his mixture.
Maedanon volunteered to go first. "Might as well get it over with!" was her reasoning. As her friend was strapped in, Rebekkana pushed her worried thoughts out of her head. Good or bad, she was there now. The scientist slowly poured an asparagus colored goo on her. Her face looked pained for a minute, then it turned to shivers just as quickly. "This is damn cold!" said the Lenny, a curse the only accurate superlative, "Its not that bad after you get used to it though! Feels a lot like a cold shower!" The scientist smiled."Good. . . good. Rebekkana, its your turn." She quivered, half of anticipation and half of fright. As the bonds that would hold her got tighter she felt herself distancing from her body, as she was on the path to changing it. The goo was poured between her eyes, causing her to cross her eyes towatch it drip. Slowly, one. . . two. . .three drops wer poured on her head. Pain shot through her body for a split second, followed by a little bit of a chill. Weird, she thought, I never am cold! Its unnatural! I'm ice! "Ok kids, we're done! Go frolick back to your homes. Come back tomorrow to be observed. Same time, same place! Adios, aloha, guten tag, ciao!" the scientist unstrapped both of them and they peacefully left.
"I'm going to follow your path, ok? We're right near each other, our places are, and it is painfully difficult for me to forge through the snow," said Maedanon. After agreeing, they headed out. The two talked about everything and anything, from what their parents were like to what their favorite type of faerie was. "I personally like fire faeries, beca..." Rebekkana twirled around to see what was the matter, for her friend had stopped talking. What she saw disturbed her more than anything she could have imagined.
Maedanon looked mangled and tortured. Her feathers looked as if they were plucked out one by one. Her head laid on the snow at a horrid angle, and her legs were tangled like two vines after being neglected for a long time. Her beak was a puke green, and her eyes were blood red. Rebekkana held back panic and carried her friend as far as she could. She couldn't have gotten but fifty feet when she collapsed. Her front legs twisted in odd angles and her body took a translucent puke green color. Her pain was like no other pain she had ever felt before. She crawled slowly, painfully another ten feet and fell unconscious. The pain didn't stop when she was unconscious, it just intensified. She was desperate. Sliding in and out of consciousness she tried to cut her throat with her claw but she couldn't move. Why won't the pain stop!?! she tried to yell unsuccessfully. It was total agony. When she thought she couldn't take any more, the pain mysteriously ceased. She let herself slip from consciousness for as long as she could.
When she woke, she was in the arms of Taelia, the snow faerie.