"What are they?" Arthur asked again in a whisper.

"They're timberwolves." Ford whispered back.

"Anything we need to know about them?" Arthur whispered.

"Well firstly they are wolves." Ford whispered.

Arthur rolled his eyes briefly.

"Anything else?" Arthur asked.

"Well, they are made of timber." Ford whispered.

"Do you have any ideas?" Trillian whispered.

"Just the usual one." Ford replied.

"Run?" Arthur asked.

"Run!" Ford yelled, sprinting to Marvin, pulling him along.

The crew then found themselves sprinting deeper into the Everfree Forest, the sound of paws scratching the ground raising in  volume. Ford kept pressing on, though his legs were tiring at an alarming rate. Fords ears perked up and he took a sharp left.

"Where are you going?" Arthur asked.

"Just keep running!" Ford yelled.

They kept going until Ford came to a slowdown.

"Why are you stopping?" Trillian asked, still moving.

"Get in the shack." Ford said.

The others didn't need to be told twice. They sprinted the small distance and opened the door and ran inside. Once they were inside Ford slammed the door and sighed deeply. Arthur and Trillian looked around the shack, which had potions upon potions laid on shelves.

"What is this place?" Arthur asked.

"Somewhere safe." Ford said. "At least I hope."

Arthur groaned and sat on the floor, rubbing his ankles. They sat in silence for nearly an hour before Trillian got up.

"Are they gone?" Trillian asked.

"Probably." Ford said. "They weren't trying to eat us, they were protecting their territory."

"How do you know that?" Arthur asked.

"Because if they wanted to kill us we would be dead." Ford said. "Like regular wolves, timberwolves attack in groups and use some degree of strategy while hunting. They would have cut us off if they wanted and ended it quickly."

"How do you know so much about them?" Arthur asked.

"I used to live here." Ford said.

Back in Ponyville, Zaphod and the girls wandered around aimlessly, hoping to find some clues as to the whereabouts of the others.

"Hey there's some hoof prints going off this way!" Rainbow Dash yelled, following the trail. "And they lead to the Everfree Forest."

"Oh no." Fluttershy said.

"We have to hurry and find them." Twilight said. "Who knows what could have happened to them by now."

"Hang on, it'd be awfully dangerous t' go in there at night. We at least need some light." Applejack said.

Twilight nodded and ran back to her house and grabbed a couple lanterns for some of them to use. Twilight thought it was best if she didn't give Zaphod or Pinkie Pie one as she did not know if there were any side effects to the drink. They soon found their way to the edge of the Everfree Forest.

"I hope they are alright." Twilight gulped.

"I hope Arthur isn't." Zaphod laughed. The girls looked at him with wide eyes. "It was a joke."

"Jokes are supposed to be funny." Pinkie Pie said.

"Let's go, we're wasting time." Rainbow Dash said, taking a step in the Forest.

A loud howl was hear and the girls knew what it was. They looked at each other with worried expressions and started running in towards the source of the howling.

"Look at the trail..." Twilight gasped.

Where there was four hoof prints there were now dozens of other prints. All belonging to a group of timberwolves.

"We hafta hurry." Applejack said quietly, picking up her pace.

They ran for about a minute until they heard a sharp howl coming from in front of them. They came to a slowdown, not wanting to attract attention from the creatures of the Everfree Forest. They looked at where the howl originated from and saw a timberwolf watching from the shadows. Twilight turned around to try and find another way, but found that in every open direction there was a pair of timberwolves snarling lightly.

"What are we going to do?" Rarity squeaked.

"I don't know. There is too many to fight off." Twilight gulped. "Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, fly away right now."

"We're not leaving you." Rainbow Dash said angrily.

"It's either you two make it or none of us do." Twilight said.

The wolves then started to circle them, slowly closing the gap. All the girls started to shake, but Zaphod just stared curiously and looked at his flask. Then, at that split second, Zaphod had an idea. Zaphod started walking towards Twilight and he grabbed her lantern. Twilight jumped when he just grabbed it from her, but she didn't say anything. Zaphod started to walk up to the biggest timberwolf he could find and all the girls gasped.

"Are you loco in the coco?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Get back here Zaphod." Twilight pleaded.

"For fuck sakes." Zaphod grunted.

Zaphod opened the lantern and took out the candle that resided inside and he brought his flask to his lips and took a swig. The girls lost all focus of the wolves and were curious as to what Zaphod was doing. The timberwolf that he approached stopped moving and was watching him. Zaphod raised the candle to his lips and started spitting out the drink, which made a large, green flame shoot out towards the timberwolf and it caught on fire and started to run away yelping. The other timberwolves saw that the leader of the pack was running so they followed suit, sprinting away from the girls and Zaphod, who was standing there smugly.

"What was that." Twilight gawked, as Zaphod put the candle back in the lantern and handed it back to her.

"Just a little something I thought up of on the spot." Zaphod replied.

"How did you know it would work?" Rarity asked.

"I didn't, I just thought if I was going to die I at least wanted to watch something burn." Zaphod replied nonchalantly.

The girls stared at him and started giggling.

"You're crazy arentcha?"  Applejack asked, still giggling slightly.

"Probably." Zaphod said with a shrug.

"Well thank you for doing that." Twilight said. "That was quick thinking. Let's go find your friends."

"Right behind you." Zaphod laughed, and they all started to follow the tracks again. Next Chapter: Chapter 6 Estimated time remaining: 5 Minutes