You know, I would like to say something before I get started with the wolf/Stormy smashing in this next chapter. I am really happy that everypony out there likes my writing so much. Starting out, I never imagined I'd have 100+ trackers and 10 favorites. I never even thought anybody would be interested in reading this really. Thank you all for inspiring me and encouraging me! Now that I'm done *Blech* FEELING... *shudder* Let the smashing ensue!

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"I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! PLEASE LET ME GO!!!" Stormy shrieked helplessly. Fluttershy refused to move.

"Not until you tell me who I'm competing with!" She hissed.

"THIS ISN'T A COMPETITION! SHARKY DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YOU LIKE HIM!" Stomry screamed in desperation. Fluttershy hopped a little, but didn't get off his back.

"W-what do you mean he doesn't know?" She stuttered.

"HE'S FREAKIN' CLUELESS!" Stormy yelled. "HE DOESN'T REALIZE ANY OF YOU LIKE HIM!"

"H-he doesn't? H-how is that... possible?" She asked quietly.

"Because he's an idiot." Stormy mumbled into the roof tiles. Fluttershy gave him a gentle kick.

"Don't be mean to him!" She scolded. "... *sigh* Well, what do I do?" She sighed sadly.

"Well, first you should get off me..." He mumbled. Fluttershy blushed.

"Oh... yes... sorry..." She muttered. She hopped off of him. As soon as she was off, Stormy stood up and took off at full speed. "YOU MEANIE!" Fluttershy yelled angrily at his retreating form. She sighed. She knew she wasn't a fast enough flier to catch him. She flew back down to the grounds and thought about Stormy's words.

Maybe... maybe I need to be more direct... She thought to herself.

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As if the giant Timber Wolf wasn't bad enough, the strangest thing began to happen. The wolf nearest to the giant wolf, turned and ran into the giant wolf's leg. He disappeared in a flash of green light, and the giant wolf got even BIGGER.(23)

"CRAP CRAP CRAP!!!" I yelled as all the remaining small wolves began to rush into the giant one. "Shadow?! Can you heal me before this guy gets to full strength?!" I asked in a panic. He nodded and tossed me another vial. This one had blue stuff in it. I popped the cork and chugged the stuff as fast as I could.

"That should fix you up pretty fast! I warn you though, the effects can be--"

"HOLY SHIT I FEEL LIKE I JUST DRANK 50 MONSTERS!!!! MMMM TASTES LIKE HEALING!!!" I exploded.(verbally of course) I started hopping from leg to leg as every wound on my body sealed and my burns disappeared. "OK GIANT SCARY WOLF!!! LETS GO GO GO!!!" I shouted. All the wolves had finished running into his body, and he was now twice the size he had been when we had first seen him.(1) I sprinted over to him as fast as I could.

"--different for everypony... Oops." Shadow mutter to himself. "Wait, did he just say he DRINKS monsters?" He asked himself. He shuddered and walked back into the forest.

"YEEHAW!!!" I yelled. I had climbed up the wolf, totally forgetting I had wings, and was riding his neck. I still had my axe, and any time the wolf slowed down his bucking, I hit his back with the blade to spur him on. "WHEEEEEEEE!!!" The huge wolf flipped on to his back and tried to crush me, but I was too fast. I jumped off his back the moment he started turning, and I flapped to stay in the air above him. As soon as his belly was exposed. I flew down as fast as I could. "AIEAIEAIEAIEAIEIAIEIAIEYAAAAAAAA!!!" I indian called as I flew down and smashed my axe into his stomach. Sap squirted out of the wound and sprayed me. "HEY!!! THAT WASN'T NICE!!! THESE CLOTHES WERE A GIFT FROM PRINCESS LUNA!!!" I shrieked. I started chopping wildly with the axe, causing huge gashes to appear all over the wolf's stomach. The wolf rolled away from me and stood back up. He didn't appear to actually be hurt. "COME ON MR. WOLF!!! ARE YOU EVEN GONNA HIT ME?!?!" In response, he brought up his right forepaw and smacked me with the strength of Atlas.

*CRACK* I flew out of the sky and right into a tree.

"ALRIGHT!!! GOOD SHOT!!!" I admitted. I slowly pulled myself from the tree and rubbed my jaw. I'm sure something was broken, but I was to hyper to care. "ROUND TWO!!!" I cheered. I took off again, and landed on the wolf's back. "MAYBE I'M TO SMALL TO FIGHT YOU NOW, BUT AFTER I COPY YOU, I'LL KICK YOUR ASS!!!" I screamed. I latched on the wolf's back and focused all my energy on the Wolf's magic. I could feel it start to flow into me, but I guess this guy wasn't really all that strong magic wise, because the flow of magic didn't hurt at all. This magic was going to make me HUGE though. BREIF EXPLANATION OF MAGIC ABSOBRTION RULES!!! If I'm correct, the magic changes my size based on the size of what I absorbed it from, but the size is comparative to me. MEANING! If I were to absorb the magic of Big Mac, even though he is smaller than me, he is bigger than the average pony, so I would grow. If I were to absorb the power of a ten-foot dragon, even though he would be bigger than me, he is smaller than a normal dragon, so I would shrink. The thing I am copying NOW is roughly 34 times the size of a normal Timber Wolf. Yeah, do the math. While I was distracted giving an explanation to nopony, the wolf had rolled onto his back again. I shook my head clear of thoughts and managed to roll to the side. I narrowly dodged being crushed.

Geez, I hope the girls are having more fun than I am... I though ruefully as I leapt back up to the wolf's stomach and started axing him again.

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"So, he really doesn't know..." Twilight mumbled. Fluttershy had gone back to the girls, which had made their way back to Twilight and Rarity's room, and explained to them what Stormy had told her.

"Well, he's swell and all, but he's just not mah type." Applejack said. "So Ah belive this discussion is between four of you." She said, pointing at the remaining five. She then turned and left the room. Pinkie Pie spoke up.

"He's a good friend, but I don't like him like that. I guess that means this is up to you girls." Pinkie said cheerily. She then bounced out of the room. An akward silence followed.

"Sooo... you girls like him too, huh?" Rainbow Dash started. The others all mumbled unintelligibly. "Great... just great..." She muttered. "Well, why do you like him?" She challenged. All the girls looked up at her.

"Because he's such a gentlecolt. Did you see how he acted when he first met me? I haven't been treated like a real lady like that by anypony else! Plus, he's so cultured! Did you know he speaks Prench AND can cook?" Rarity exclaimed.

"No way?! He can cook?" Rainbow exclaimed. "I knew he was against mares having to cook, but he knows how? That is SO AWESOME!" Twilight laughed.

"Yes, it is. Did you know he's really good with foals too? He knew how to take care of Unity already! Unity looked so happy with him..." Twilight said wistfully

"He is?!" Rarity asked. "Wow, I thought he was going to have a hard time figuring it out..."

"Yeah, Unity did look really happy in his arms... He's so warm when he carries you..." Fluttershy said distantly. All the girls nodded in agreement. They'd all been carried by him at some point.

"Well... What are we gonna do about this?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well I certainly won't be backing down!" Rarity challenged.

"Me either! I've worked too hard to quit now!" Twilight exclaimed.

"I'm gonna beat you guys to him! I am the fastest after all!" Rainbow Dash cheered.

"BITCH HE'S MINE!!!" Fluttershy yelled. All the girls turned to her open mouthed. "Oh... uh sorry... I just... really like him..." She apologized.

"...Riiiiiight..." Rainbow Dash started. "Aaaaanyway, how about a contest?" She asked. The girls all looked at her with interest.

"What kind of contest?" Twilight asked.

"Well, right now he thinks of us all as friends right?" All the girls nodded. "Well, then let's see who can get him to think of of them as more than a friend first!" She cheered. "First one that can get him to kiss them wins!" All the girls put on competetive grins.

"Sounds like a good idea darling!" Rarity agreed "What are the rules?" Rainbow thought for a moment.

"Ok, Rule one: No telling him you or anypony else likes him." The girls nodded in agreement. "Rule two: No interfering with other competitors' efforts." The girls nodded again. "Rule three: He has to kiss you. You can't kiss him first." The girls nodded again. "Umm can anypony else think of any other rules?" The girls all seemed to think for a moment.

"I think it should also be a rule that we don't tell him or anypony else about the contest." Twilight suggested. The girls all nodded in agreement again.

"Ok girls, do we have a deal?" Rainbow Dash asked, offering up her hoof. The other girls all joined their hooves and shook hooves firmly to seal the agreement.

"Deal." They said together.

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Then, somewhere in a forest near Appleloosa, I shuddered.

"Huh, that's funny... I just got this wierd feeling that I'm in serious trouble..." I said to myself. I was still sitting on the wolf, wailing away with the axe. I was cutting him, but the axe was too small compared to his body to do any real damage. At this rate, the best I could hope for was to bleed him out. This was about the fourth time he had rolled on to his back. Clearly he wasn't very smart. I had been here fighting the same wolf for like half an hour, so I was starting to get really big. It was hard to hold my axe, and my wings had disappeared long ago. The wolf rolled back to his feet again, and I sighed. I went with the roll, and I ended up standing under him. I jumped up and slammed my axe into his underbelly as hard as I could. He howled in pain. My axe ended up stuck in his belly, so I just stayed there, several feet off the ground holding onto my axe handle. Shadow trotted back in.

"What are you doing?!" He shouted at me.

"Oh you know, hanging around." Damn, where's a rimshot when you need it?

"Riiight... Anyway, I made more of the death potion while you were distracting him!" He exclaimed.

"Perfect! Throw it at him!"

"Yeah, it won't work that easily, he's too big!"

"Fuck... Then what do we do?"

"Well, you need to get this inside him!"

"Why me!?"

"Do I look like a warrior to you?!"

"Good point. hold on, I'll be right there!" I yanked on my axe, but it seemed determined to stay put. I groaned and let it go. I hit the ground and took off towards Shadow. "Ok, give it to me!" He started to hoof over a little black vial, but then the giant wolf got his jaws around my leg. "AGHHH!" I grunted. The wolf started whipping me back and forth like a ragdoll.

"Sharky?! Are you ok?!" Shadow screamed.

"Oh yes! This is my idea of a good time!" I shouted back. "Look, he's got a crap ton of cuts on his belly, get under him and kill him yourself! Preferrably before he rips my leg off!" Shadow nodded and dashed under the wolf. I started pounding his muzzle with both arms, hoping to dislodge his grip, but to no avail. His bite wasn't actually hurting me, the armor was too thick. He was shaking me so fast that I could actually feel my leg trying to seperate from my body. My blows weren't having any effect though, so all I could do was pray Shadow could kill him before I lost a limb. Then the wolf's eyes widened, and his jaw dropped as he let out a vicious howl of pain. Shadow ran out from under him.

"I did it!" He shouted happily. The wolf continued to howl horribly, and he started shriviling before my eyes.(0 Doo-do-do-dooo-doo dododooooo! FF victory song) He fell over on his side, and I limped to his stomach to get my axe. I managed to pull it out. I nodded to Shadow, and we got away as fast as we could. "Wait, are there more wolves?" He asked.

"I doubt it, they all attacked when the one wolf howled for them." I reasoned. "And personally, I'd rather not find out. Now that the big one's gone, I'm sure the townsfolk can handle any stragglers." He nodded in agreement, and we made our way back to town.