i awoke to the smell of...bacon? i opened my eyes, squinting from the suns lights first entry.

daring was cooking bacon over the fire. am i still dreaming? ponies dont eat meat...

"morning" daring said, noticing i was awake

"hmm" i mumbled, still tired.

"i made breakfast to pay you back for tha lasagna last night." she said

"where in equestria did you find bacon?" i asked

"i have food stashes all over this forest. i know it like the back of my hoof. and im also like the only pony who eats meat, but a girls gotta eat" she said

"okay...thanks" i said

we ate and set out again towards the mountains. i'd say we were another 2 and a half days of walking until we made it there.

"so.. why do you stay out here in the wild? i mean i understand going on explorations and stuff regularily, but from what you've told me, it doesnt seem like you leave...ever" i asked, out of bored curiosity

"there are two reasons for that... one: i like the adrenaline of having no confort,, living off the land, being able to survive without an actual shelter. and two: i came here to get away from everything." she said

'huh?" i asked, confused

"i wanted to be alone. when i was a filly going to school, i was teased for not having my cutie mark, i was the last one in the class. one day i got beat up and went home to my mom and we got into a really big fight and i ran away. and i ran here, to the forest, and since then, this has been my home." she explained

"I feel ya. at home in the human dimenison my mum and i were alwayse arguing about something. even a little thing. and sometimes i felt like running away. on her 40th birthday she got REALLY angry because she had just had a nasty breakup with her fiance and she claimed she had done nothing with her life. we lived ina decent house, when i was only 4 my parents split up and my mom hadnt found love util her fiance, aaron and when she turned 40 the realisation hit her hard. and she took it out on me. i wanted to run away so bad right then, but i stuck through for my dad, and for school, and for friends. she eventually cleared up and we made up but after that my mom and i argued a lot more. so...i feel ya" i said

"..." daring do hung her head and stayed in silence for a bit.

"YO SKRILL DROP IT HARD" came from my phone adn then the baseline of kyoto stuck out in silence until daring spoke up.

"sometimes, it gets really lonely in here. rainbow is literally the only friend I have and i havnt seen her in almost 6 years." daring said, still head hung low

"yeah. i can imagine. i transferred schools in grade 3 and i had no friends fr about ayear and a half. i couldnt imagine having no contact with anyone in 6 years though." i said

"come on, cheer up. atleast now you have someone to talk to" i said

"yeah. thanks" she said, trying to smile

*** we walked for another 9 hours before setting up camp again.***

"you know, this is really good lasagna"daring said, finishing her piece of lasagna, then laying down to rest

"thanks, i cooked it myself." i said

then we heard some rustling in the bushes behind me.

daring got up and i unsheathed my sword and readied my shield.

"need a weapon?" i asked daring

"no, i got strong hoofs" she said

"alright,then. SHOW YOURSELF!" i yelled at the bush. then a pair of red eye appeared in the darkness. then another, and another. more eyes started appearing until we were surrounded.

then they emerged from the darkness into the light of the fire. 18 large wolfs made of an assortment of sticks and branches became visible.

"now i might consider a weapon" daring said

the first wolf charged. i cut its head off with a clean slash of my sword. then the rest charged. i had one on my back, clawing at my armor. i lashed my head around and stuck the gold blade on the hilt clean through its heart area, if these things had hearts. then i turned my body around and one jumped at me. I impaled it on my sword and in fell to the ground in pieces. then i got his from the side. i was rammed to the ground by two of the wolves and they were clawing at my armour. one found a small chink and dung his claws deep into my skin. i yelled out in pain from the thorn-like claws digging deep into my shoulder. the other wolf was now trying to bite my exposed wing. then the teeth found its mark. i cried out again. then i heard a loud yelp and then there was no more clawing at my shoulder. then another and the wolf stopped biting my wing.

i looked back and daring had backed the two wolves off my back and one had lost its leg in the process.

i got up and slashed at a group of 3 and they fell to the ground. daring had finished the two wolved off and headed for another one. i rammed one to my side and it fell over. then i jabbed it with my gold blade and it fell to pieces. then the other 8 wolves, which had realised we had taken out more than half of them, turned and fleed.

i sheathed my sword and peeled off my armour. my hsoulder was bleeding fast and my wing was torn. i had only half of the feathers left and i could hardly move it.

"thanks for getting those two off me" i said

"no problem. just watch out next time." daring replied. then she flew off into the forest and in about 5 minutes she came back with come bandages. she wrapped up my shoulder and my wing.

"in the morning, i will get you a weapon. but now is when i sleep." i said before laying down and falling into a very deep sleep.

i woke up somewhat early. before daring anyway.

i looked in my bag and i still had enough ingredients to get me to another dimension and back.

so i flew up, leaving my armour, and daring at the campsite, towards ponyville at supersonic speeds. i made it back to my house in about an hour and drew a sigil on the window. i jumped in and thought "skyrim"

then after the triping sequence had subsided, i opened my eyes in human form again in skyrim. i still had some dragon bones and scales left from the first time here. so i went and bought some more dwemer metal and set to work. i made daring a suit of dragon plate armour and a shield identical to mine. then i went nd bought some daedric metal with the diamonds i had left over, and made a sword.i suited up and went back to equestria.

then i flew as fast as i could with the armor on towards the forest, and towards camp.

when i got there whiich must've been at about 8 daring was still asleep. i landed and quietly took off the armour, laid the sword down beside it, and put the pop-out shield on the nech of the armour.

then i laid down, and fell back asleep.