“Lightning how do you know all this?” inquired Snow as she looked at her former fellow horse.
“I had a dream or maybe you call it a vision from our Goddess.” Explained Lightning “Do you not believe me?”
“No, it is just I haven’t had one has anyone else?” inquired Snow as everyone else shook their heads. “But who am I to say your wrong, this whole situation is weird, I walked into one of the shops nearby and I simply knew what everything in there did.”
“You did?” inquired Chris
“Yes.” Confirmed Snow as she pointed toward a nearby shop, it was long abounded like everything else.
“It’s a fabric and clothing store.” Stated Wendy
“I know, but somehow I recognized all the tools that the former owner had left out and how to use it.” explained Snow “I knew how to run the loom in the back that was designed for a centaur to use, not a human.”
“By the Goddess.” said Ben as everyone looked at him. “She is one smart SOB.”
“Don’t take our Goddess name in vain.” said Lightning with force.
“Calm down Lightning.” Stated Midnight “If anything he is saying a complaint. Not sure for what?”
“It takes more than just breeding pairs to repopulate a world.” Stated Ben “It takes skills. How many of us, besides Fred who is a blacksmith would know how to run a loom, build a waterwheel, be a woodworker or more importantly know how to grow our own food.”
“Not many, those aren’t skills we used back on Earth.” Stated Luke
“My point.” Stated Dan. “I think our goddess is downloading information about those skills into our brains as well, selecting us for different roles just like she picked us to come to this world.”
“Snow…knows how to run the loom where she didn’t know before. Our cloths will wear out in time and we will need new ones.” Stated Dan “Lightning seams to have been chosen by our goddess to be her voice among us, like a priest…well aside from the whole no children thing. Fred was already chosen for his blacksmithing skills.”
“So, we will get jobs assigned to us….” stated Aiko her voice still shaking. “Great, I insulted her, she will give me a shit job.”
“Well, more then likely most of us will be farmers and the like.” added Ben “that is what we will need the most of. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of us suddenly knows how to carve stone and carpentry skills to repair the buildings.”
“I think the main role she wants from us is to have babies, lots of babies.” Stated Wendy smiling at Midnight.
“True, but first we need to stabilize ourselves here first.” Stated Amanda “It will not help us or her if starve to death. We need to repair certain buildings, bring in a harvest, gather more wild wood and wild game. It seams to be late spring or summer but sooner or later winter will come and we need to be ready for that.”
“We also need to be prepared if anyone else shows us.” Stated Jenny. “We showed up and didn’t lightning say more would come, be it here or other villages?”
“Yes.” Confirmed Lightning
“We better also come up with some type of laws or code.” Stated Zoey as the goth girl looked at everyone “I am a daughter of a judge and believe me, we need to write down some rules and laws because how do we deal with crime.”
“There is only…” started Fred as he began to count how many humans, centaurs and horses where around the fire.
“Crime will happen no matter how small the group.” Stated Zoey “I am not talking about murder but how do we deal with someone say stealing firewood or hording communal food and we can’t leave it up to Chris and Amanda to decide for us. They may have been captains of our teams back on Earth but we need rules everyone including them have to follow.”
“Makes sense…” said a voice as everyone turned to see the rather beautiful Arabian horse, Sand speak. Sand belonged to Aiko but since Aiko was now a centaur Sand didn’t really belong to anyone.
“Alright, we will make some rules, but first it is getting late.” Stated Amanda “Lets all get some rest and tomorrow we work on getting the fields organized and that water wheel going so we can mill some flower. I would love some bread.”
“Same.” confirmed Chris as everyone nodded their heads and headed off. The mated pairs heading off toward the homes they had claimed as their own, those who hadn’t mated yet went to their own places as well and awaited the dawn not sure if anyone else would become a centaur during the night or not.
In their own bungalow Chris was resting in what seamed to be the a bed designed for a centaur, Amanda lied beside him looking small considered she was still human and he had become a centaur.
“This just sucks, I just want to get it over with and become a centaur so I can focus on everything else I need to focus on to keep us alive.” Stated Amanda letting out some of the stress.
“The goddess with decide when to change you on her own time frame.” Stated Chris “Part of me actually thinks she may be saving you for last.”
“Great.” Groaned Amanda as she heard the sound of love making happening nearby.
“Someone is getting busy.” Laughed Chris
“Yes, if the goddess wants us to reproduce, she is getting what she wanted.” Said Amanda as she rested against Chris’s new fur body using it as pillow. “Goodnight.”
“Goodnight.” Answered Chris as he leaned forward and kissed his girlfriend’s forehead before trying to figure out how to sleep as the centaur he now was.