Author's Notes:

Woo, got another one in, and guess what. All test are over for this month...I think. But spring break is coming up soon and I'll have a LOT more time to write so if you see a bunch of chapters in your update list, sorry, but things will be picking up soon. Hopefully my life as a student will run smoothly from here on out, but only time will tell. Also I think it's time that I tell you how I'm writing this. See as you're reading the seventh chapter, I have already finished the fourteenth, and right now working towards the sixteenth. I'm too good aren't I? That's why I enjoy seeing what you guys think so much. It shows if I'm going on the right path as far as characters, scenes, and mystery things that I throw in every now and again. So keep dropping those comments, each one gives me the added drive to keep writing.

-Till next time.

High Moon Ch. 7:

Friends Old & New

After informing Spike about Applebloom’s camping trip, Quill flew the back to the temple to do some quick reading before Spike cook some dinner, and to ask Wolf about the trip. She wasn’t sure but it felt wrong to up and leave without telling either Blaze or Wolf, who quickly became the main ones to look after Quill while Lily watched over Spike. Wolf gave both of them the respect Quill thought they rightly deserved and in returned Quill gave respect to the dog and his marefriend.

During the fly back to the temple, Quill used the time to dwell on all the things she had learned from the ancient tomes of equine and dragon history, however she was constantly given reasons to distrust Celestia even more with each book. Quill soon learned of the forbidden practice of dragon-hunting, as the ones that took the job had ‘cleverly’ name themselves; Dragon-hunters. The thought of ponies senselessly killing dragon--regardless of age--for various parts of their bodies, and using them as trophies to show off their savage victories sent Quill into a blind fury.

Lily had tried to keep her anger down when she learned the information, fearing that Quill would do something rash in her heated rage, but it was only Blaze to end the fuming dragoness's rage. Quill felt slightly bad that she indirectly kicked Wolf out of his bed so she could fall asleep on top of Blaze’s massive pillows but the large fluffy mounds were too good to pass up.

The next day, Quill apologized for yelling at Lily when she didn’t deserve it, and also Spike who went to the mare’s aid when Quill started shouting. Looking back she didn’t know where her anger had came from, sure she was mad about the dragon-hunters, but that was from the far past. In all honesty, she had noticed that even the smallest of things would set her off like a volcano, and each time either Blaze or Wolf would had to calm her down before she did something everyone would have regretted.

Blaze soon informed Quill that her sudden anger-issues came from her body and mind becoming mature. When Quill finally asked the mare what she meant, Blaze explained that it was something most dragonesses go through when their bodies are maturing, and it was also the same thing that Spike was going through as well.

That’s when Quill realized that his ‘sleep-groping’ wasn’t ever his fault as she was first led to believe by Twilight and quickly headed straight for the city ruins to apologize for all the times she put him in a headlock when he did it. When Spike asked what the apologies came from, Quill went on and told him everything Blaze told her before she took off to the ruins, and Spike merely waved off his sister’s worries with a dismissive hand.

After this happened, Spike suggested that Quill tried meditation with him sometimes as he use it when he wanted to clear his mind, however the two soon learned that Quill wasn’t capable of remaining still for more than two seconds before she starts becoming frigidity.

So she had abandoned the pointless task for a much more strenuous training with Wolf. Periodic sparring matches, mile long runs and flight sessions, and being pushed to hunt bigger foods drove Quill to her limits; she couldn’t get enough. Quill enjoyed seeing how far she could push herself, the feeling of power when she took down a full-grown deer on her own, and the pride she felt when she was able to land a good blow on Wolf were all things that Quill found satisfactory enough to quell her anger a little.

She wasn’t so sure about Spike’s meditations, but after seeing his developed water-magic bend a small puddle of water into a high-pressured blade, Quill upped her fire-magic training. Times where Blaze wasn’t able to teach her anything new, or when she was still practicing a new spell, Quill went back to the waterfalls to push the limits of her fire.

“Yo, dragon-girl!” Quill was broken out of her thoughts by the sound of the dog she started to admire as a role-model. Looking down she saw Wolf holding three dead wild-boars behind his back, all tied at the feet by pieces of thick rope-like vines. Quill banked left to guild lower to the ground before flapping her wings one last time to right herself as she touched the ground. “I see you’re getting better at sudden landings,” Wolf noted, knowing that Quill has been working on her flying for the past several weeks now.

“Yeah, I’m trying to see if I can use it for hunting.” Wolf chucked a little, always being impressed with the dragoness’s desire to improve herself, and glad to see that’s she is able to achieve those self-expectations. “So what’s the boar for, I thought you said that we’re set for the winter,” Quill asked, remembering Wolf telling her not to hunt before she left to train.

Wolf shrugged his shoulders as he closed his eyes. “Meh, I in the mood for some boar-meat tonight, and since Spike is cooking that just makes it better. Also, I only meant for deer, small things like rabbits and boars are still on the menu dragon-girl.” Quill rolled her eyes at the dog, she would agree with him as she too was feeling the need to eat something different than deer or rabbit, but she still wanted to be able to spend some kind of time with the dog. “Come on Quill, let’s head back.”

The two hunters started to make their way back to the temple to wait on Spike and Lily to return from Zecora’s hut before dinner time. During the walk, Quill told Wolf all of the things she did today as part of her training, and even told him about the CMC’s.

“Cutie Mark Crusaders huh,” Wolf asked after Quill finished the story of the teenage fillies trying to convince her to return to Ponyville and of the camping trip Applebloom wanted her to go on in consolation. “Well, do you want to go?”

“Yeah, their old friends of mine and Spike, and they aren’t at fault of anything just yet.” Quill truly did miss hanging around the three, the crazy misadventures to get them cutie marks, sleepovers at the clubhouse to get away from Twilight, and the smiles they brought to her face when something went comically wrong. Quill missed it all and a camping trip to catch up would be just what was missing in the dragoness’s routine. “So can we, they already promised not to try and pull anything.”

Again Wolf merely shrugged his shoulders in the same fashion as before the walk back to the temple. “Alright, not like I can rightfully stop you two either way,” Quill launched herself into the air with joy. “But you better tell Blaze. She starting to become...protective of you two if you know what I mean,” Wolf said, forcing Quill to land beside him again with a curious look on her face. “Remember coal-head, she pregnant with a diamond dog cub, also she was raised in a tribe, and all of it is making her more protective of things. Especially you two.”

“Oh right, heh forgot,” Quill respond while she scratched the back of her head with a sheepish grin. The sight of the wooden structure to the temple started to become closer but Quill she had one question for the alpha dog. “So have you thought of a name yet?”

“Nah, not yet,” Wolf answered much quicker than Quill thought he would. “I haven’t made their collars yet, so no I haven’t thought of any names right now.” Quill raised an eyebrow towards Wolf’s wording.

“Their, what it’s not twins is it?”

Again Wolf shrugged his shoulders with a slight grimace on his face. “I dunno, it could be just that at the rate Blaze is showing signs, but I really meant the collars for the cub and Blaze.” Quill slowly nodded her head, somewhat understanding what the collars were for, and wondering what kind of gems he was going to use. “But before I could do that, I need to start looking for any nearby diamond quarries to dig some up.”

A sharp gasp from the dragoness made Wolf stop walking as Quill finally remembered the spot Rarity used to take her and Spike to dig some gems for her. “That’s right, I almost forgot. There is a diamond quarry near here, well closer to Ponyville than here, but still there’s a ton of gems that you could use,” She rushed to say with mixed emotions as memories of Rarity flashed through her head.

Wolf was too busy being excited to notice the slight confliction on Quill’s face. “That’s great, after your camping trip do you think that you could show me the way?” Quill opened her mouth to answer but soon closed it as just thinking about the quarry lead to other memories that she wanted to bury. This time Wolf was able to catch the confliction, he dropped the boars down to the ground, and placed a hand on Quill’s shoulder. “Quill, is something the matter?”

Quill look towards Wolf’s dull-green eyes, she wanted to tell him that she sometimes missed living in Ponyville--no matter how much she been lied to--but she didn’t want Wolf worrying about neither her nor Spike leaving. “Nah, nah I’m fine.” Quill pushed passed Wolf to keep walking towards the temple while Wolf shook his head and picked up the dead boars. “Anyways, you should ask Spike to show you, since he was the one to help Rarity more than me.”

So that’s what this is about, Wolf thought to himself as he started to catch up with Quill, who was already opening the doors to the temples with the fire-stone wrist-braces that Blaze made for her. “So have you spoken with Spike about the camping trip,” Wolf asked while they started down the stairs, he knew the two had become slightly more distant because of their training, but it was still good to hear that the twins would still took time for each other.

Quill turned around and gave a cheerful nod, the thoughts of Ponyville already left her head by this point. “Yeah, he said that he’ll come too.” She was glad to know that she’ll get to spend some time with Spike without having to do any studying or training, sometimes it is just good to kick back with the drake, and this camping trip is just what she needed.

“Good, I could use some peace and quiet around here, and some alone time with Blaze,” Wolf joked after a few weeks without being able to spend a whole lot of time with Blaze without either of the twins or Lily hanging around.

“Oh ha-ah mister funny guy,” Quill quipped back at the dog as they reached the last door to Blaze’s work area. “Well I wouldn’t get used to it.” Again Quill opened the door with the braces around her wrist and stepped in the room with Wolf following shortly behind. “We might be back sooner than you think.”

“Might be back from what?” The two turned towards Blaze, who was waking up from a nap in one of the wooden chairs Wolf made as she had something brewing. She gave a quick stretch and yawn as the two started to make their way over to her. Quill almost tripped over herself when she caught a glimpse of Blaze’s nipples poking out through Wolf’s shirt, which was big on the mare. “What are you guys going on a trip or something?”

“Us, no, but Quill and Spike are wanting to go on a camping trip with some old friends of theirs,” Wolf answered before placing a kiss on the mare’s cheek, making her giggle a little from Wolf’s canine teeth brushing against her fur. “Sorry if we waked you.”

Blaze returned the show of affection with a kiss on the lips as she stood from the chair. “Don’t be, I needed to be waking up anyways,” She said waving off Wolf’s worries while Quill walked over to her stuff in the corner to let the lovers have a bit of space, and wanting to finish reading one of the few books on dragons that was a legend. “So, Quill where are you and your friends going on your trip,” Blaze asked, getting the dragoness to look up from the book in her hands.

“Oh um…” Quill paused of a moment before realizing that she didn’t know where they were going to for the trip. “Heh, actually...Bloom didn’t tell me where we were going, but knowing her it’s most likely the Rainbow Falls,” She answered with a sheepish grin, remembering that’s where Applejack took them the last time Quill was able to attend the trip, and knowing that Applebloom would pick some place like that so they can play in the rainbow-colored water.

Blaze started to smile at a pleasant memory about the one of the natural wonders of Everfree forests that she shared with Wolf four years ago. “Ah the Rainbow Falls,” She started with a reminiscent sigh and a blush across her blue fur at the memory. “Oh Wolfie when’s the last time we pay a visit to the falls?”

Wolf dropped the boars on the table--away from any of Blaze’s ingredients--and kissed the side of Blaze’s neck, taking the time to bite her a little. Blaze giggled from the gentle touching, missing the dog’s loving care for the last weeks full of helping the twins.

Quill went back to her book, already being used to the lovers’ playfulness having stay with them for the last two months, but still cut a periodic glance towards them. “Oh it’s been awhile, so what’s this position supposed to do? I hope it’s not another ‘happy surprise,’” Wolf joked while he rubbed a hand over Blaze stomach that made Blaze roll her eyes while she used her magic to add a pair of dark-purple leaves and bright-pink ones.

“No~” Blaze said, sticking her nose high in the air, and using her magic to stir the leaves into the potion. “It’s nothing like that, just something I wanted to whip up is all,” She answered vague tone that had Wolf raising an eyebrow but before he could question it, Blaze started to speak again. “Now go clean up those boars and put them up, they’re starting to stink, and I want some cuddle time.” She finished with brushing her tail across Wolf’s opened chest and a suggestive glare.

Wolf didn’t have to be told what the look was for as he gave a hearty salute. “Yes ma’am.” Blaze giggled at her canine’s periodic silliness as he dashed over to smoke chamber to clean the wild boars off and hang them next to the other stacks of deer meat that was drying. While Wolf was hanging the meat, Blaze added a few drops of honey to the potion, and lifted the lid over the top with her magic.

During this she didn’t hear--nor see--Wolf coming up from behind her, this gave the dog the chance to give the mare a surprise as he swept the mare’s legs from under her to pick her up from the ground sideways, and pressed her body close to his so he could nibble on her neck. Blaze was sent into a fit of giggles that had an undertone of moans in them.

“Haha...Wolfie stop I’m ticklish,” The mare begged only to fall on deaf ears. “Quill...watch over the potion, all...Wolfie stop...all you gotta do is put out the fire okay,” Blaze asked the dragoness through her fits of giggles as she tried--and failed--to free herself from Wolf’s playful grip.

Quill looked up from her book again, to see Wolf carrying Blaze to their bedroom for some much deserved ‘alone’ time, but didn’t respond much after seeing something like it a few dozen times before. So she just went back to her reading until Spike started dinner, however her thought continued to wander towards the loving couple, and thoughts of Ponyville started to flash through her head.

“Love,” She started in a low whisper that wouldn’t have been unable to be heard if anyone else was in the room. Quill shook her head as she tried to go back reading but the unwanted thoughts continued to hunt her, so she placed a leaf bookmark on the page she was on, closed the book making sure to bring it on the trip so she could read the myths that dragons wrote, and laid her head back to the stone wall to rest after a day of physical conditioning and confronting old friends. “Hump, must be nice I guess.” After the big fallout over Rarity that she and Spike had a few years ago, Quill abandoned the stressful pursuit that’s called love, and focused her energy on anything else that peaked her interest--which wasn’t much.

Far too tried leave or workout, Quill was stuck with the thoughts swirling around her head. “I don’t even know why we wasted our time with her.” From the first day to the day she had a fallout, Quill and Spike were actively fighting over Rarity, and Spike had an advantage over Quill from the jump.

For it wasn’t until a full three years before Quill finally figured out that Rarity wasn’t into other females and the news didn’t settle well with her. In fact as soon as she learned this, Quill quickly ran away from the Boutique in a ball of rage and tears, but she also ran into Spike who was carrying a full bouquet of red roses to Rarity.

Still angered by the knowledge that she couldn’t ever have a shot with Rarity along with the sight of the beautiful red roses in his hands that was sure to get Rarity’s attention, Quill began to let her jealousy get the best of her, and told Spike that Rarity wouldn’t ever love either one of them because of the fact that they were dragons.

Spike didn’t believe Quill at first but she could see the distort look on his face. It was then she gave obvious reasons why she been just toying around with them all those years, using their stronger dragon-bodies to do her heavy lifting which could have been easily done with her magic, using them to take care of her filthy garbage, and only periodically returning the favors with small rewards for their back-breaking labor.

Quill could remember the hollow victorious feeling she got when she watched Spike break down into a tears before running away to Dodge Junction. After he was brought back by an off-duty Solar guard days later, Quill apologized to her brother for lying to him about Rarity, and from that day on promised to stay out of his way with getting Rarity’s heart.

While everyone thought Quill was doing it out of jealousy, in actuality she was just trying to make sure that Rarity didn’t fully use Spike by himself, so she took on some of the barren with him, but she was too ashamed--or embarrassed--to ever work up the courage to tell anyone that. “Guess...it’s not...for everyone…” Quill shortly slumped against the wall asleep.

“Goodbye my friends and Spike do try to make amends,” Zecora shout to Spike and Lily as they were making their way down the path to the temple. As Spike walked down the path, carrying a small brown crate of supplies and potions, he thought about Applebloom’s camping trip that Quill wanted him to go on, and also the CMC’s.

After spending much of his childhood with them, Spike had grown fond of the three fillies and the misadventures that he was somehow dragged into with Quill, but he was curious to see how the three had grown in the last two months. Countless times before, Spike could remember the smiling faces of the CMC’s as they enjoyed each day together, and no matter how big they messed up all three would look forward to a new day.

The girls’ determination always impressed Spike, their drive and commitment to learning what they were good at while Spike sat safely in the library watching the days pass by.

However now that was no longer what was going to happen, he was going to make sure to live each day to the fullest, and try and get as much done each day as he could. No more will he allow himself to simply be in the way to be some comic relief for someone else, no more will he waste his time trying to get the attention of a mare who obviously not into him--no matter how much he wanted her--and he wasn’t going to sit by and let Quill do everything for him.

Through this, Spike started to think about his old life in Ponyville with Twilight and the other elements. He knew Twilight would be blaming herself for everything that’s happened, not for the fact that it’s only somewhat true, but for the fact that Quill directly called her out over the others. Spike resented what Quill said to the elements and Celestia as he wanted to use the situation in a different manner but he resented himself even more that he couldn’t man up. However, out here in deep Everfree, thinking on the past is one of the quickest ways to get yourself or someone close to you hurt.

Spike vowed to do anything to make Quill happy and safe, even if Wolf didn’t think he was fitting to be out hunting, Spike was going to make sure he could do anything in his power to make Everfree a safe place.

That is why he trains so much, not to better himself--as much of a bonus it is--but to be able to take care of Quill better. So if it meant that he’ll have to wake up before the sun, meditate until high noon, memorize dozens of potions with wide varieties of ingredients, and where to find them, Spike will do anything he could to be able to take care of his sister.

Spike started chuckling to himself at how silly he would sound to anyone else, of which Lily caught. “Well someone is enjoying their thoughts,” Lily noted, seeing the fiery look in Spike’s eyes, and knowing he only get’s that look when he’s thinking about something important. “Care to share these thoughts?”

“Oh just some stuff that Quill told me.” Lily nodded her head, her and Zecora thought they heard the scratchy voice of Spike’s dragoness twin. “Hey Lily is it okay if I take a few days off,” Spike asked the mare, feeling it was best if she knew of the camping trip.

“May I ask what for?” Lily had a feeling that the drake’s question had something to do with what Quill spoke to him about earlier today.

“You see, a few of old and really close friends of mine are having a camping trip here, and Quill wanted me to come with her,” Spike said, actually starting to like the idea of spending time with the Cutie Mark Crusaders again, and hoping that Lily would allow him to break from his training to let him go.

“Hm...okay but I want you practicing on your water-magic when you can.” Spike flashed the mare a bright smile, making her giggle slightly from his silliness when he wasn’t acting depressed over the incident in Canterlot and the confrontation with the elements and Celestia two months ago. “Tomorrow you and Quill can start working on gathering everything you need for your trip. But for now let’s head back to the temple.”

“What do you mean that you can’t do it?” Back in Ponyville the Cutie Mark Crusaders had spent the entire day looking for some more ponies to go on the surprise camping trip with them. After they left Everfree, Applebloom explained that if they could somehow find a way for the twins to at least check up on the elements without having to see them, then maybe one day everything will go back to normal.

However the plan was hitting a few bumps in the rode.

Scootaloo paced around the clubhouse on her crystal cell-phone that Rainbow Dash gave her for her last birthday to call any of their classmates that she could think of. “No, no, no. Come on, Twist it’ll be- She, she hanged up on me. Why that little-”

“Scoots,” Applebloom started, grabbing Scootaloo’s shoulder. “Calm down, there’s a lot more ponies than Twist, right?” Many hours had started to pass after the girls came back from Everfree, ever since then they all have been looking for ways to get at least some other pony to come with them so they could find a way to get the twins to talk to the elements, but it seemed that everypony was ‘busy’ doing something else this weekend.

“There better be,” Scootaloo said, putting her phone back into her jacket, and flopping down onto a bean-bag in the corner of the clubhouse. “Hey, where’s Sweetie? She supposed to be helping us look for somepony to come with us,” She asked, knowing that time was running out if they wanted everything to be ready.

Applebloom placed a finger to her lips as she tried to remember what Sweetie Bell told them before she ran off. “Ah think she said something about talking to some new pony in town.” She wasn’t really sure who was this new pony since there wasn’t a massive Pinkie Pie party introducing the new pony to the town, how Sweetie Bell knew them was a mystery as any, but if the pony could help with their plan, then she wasn’t going to complain.

“Whatever, so what’s the plan anyways,” Scootaloo asked, wanting to know how they were going to get at least one of the twins to somehow talk to the elements.

“Well, Ah think its pretty obvious that we can’t get Quill to agree,” Applebloom said, thinking back to Quill’s cold tone towards the element’s, but she still somehow was able to seem caring to the CMC’s which had Applebloom confused. “And we don’t know how Spike is just yet, so Ah guess we have to make it up as we go.”

“Well that’s just great,” Scootaloo said, throwing her hands up in the air as a sign of defeat and disapproval. “I sure hope that this new pony is worth the troubles, ‘cus this is starting to seem impossible.”

“Come on Scoots, it’s not that bad, and even if this pony doesn’t work out we still can try ourselves.” Just as Scootaloo was going to question the farm-filly again, the trap-door to the clubhouse opened up to the two tone pink and purple mane of Sweetie Bell as she climb the ladder. The teenager was going to speak but Scootaloo jumped from the bean-bag first. “Sweets where have you been, we need to get a plan set up, and here you are running around town.”

Sweetie Bell stuck out her bottom lip at Scootaloo’s attitude and crossed her arms in a huff. “Excuse me, I was just trying to get somepony to help us for the trip, and I’ve already made an excuse for all of us and told Applejack, Rarity, and your parents what we’ll be doing this weekend.” Applebloom and Scootaloo looked towards each other, amazed that Sweetie Bell was able get more done before the could even start planning. “But you know that’s not important or anything.”

“Sweets that’s amazing,” Applebloom cheered, wrapping her arms around the mare in a tight hug. “So who is this mystery pony anyways?”

“Um...Ms. Bell, is it okay if I come up,” Mare’s voiced called out to the white filly inside of the clubhouse, Scootaloo almost mistook the voice for Fluttershy’s at how small it sounded, and was going to question Sweetie Bell when another voice rang out.

“Of course it’s okay, she asked us to come here anyways,” A much more brash mare’s voice said, sounding much like Rainbow Dash, yet at the same time like Twilight's. “Isn’t that right Dusk?”

“Would you two stop talking about it and actually do it,” This time a deep, slightly stretchy--yet still smooth--male voice rang out between the mare’s. Applebloom, who had already let go of Sweetie Bell after an extended point of time, looked towards Scootaloo with a curious look which was returned, and sent towards Sweetie Bell.

However before the young mare could explain herself, the male’s voice again called out to Sweetie Bell. This time from the clubhouse window. “Hey Sweetie,” Dusk asked as his large dragon wings kept him floating above ground. The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked towards the window to find a teenage dark-purple diamond dog, wearing a sleeveless blue jacket, designed with the Nightmare royal symbol with a pair of black shorts, hovering in the air with a massive pair of dragon wings flapping behind him. “Could you tell Jinx that it’s okay for her to come up already? I'm tired of hearing her and Sketchy argue like married couples.”

Both Scootaloo and Applebloom had their mouths hanging wide open at the sight of the halfbreed, not from never seeing one before, but at how ‘good-looking’ he was. The farm-mare could see parts of his muscles pressed tight against the jacket, making her want to rip it off of him to gaze at the alluring traits while Scootaloo stared at the large wings beating behind him.

“Hey Sweets, are your friends alright? The orange one is um...drooling,” Dusk noted, starting to feel uncomfortable under the two’s gazing. Sweetie cast a stare back to the other crusaders which only spoke, ‘Stop staring,’ and turned around to the halfbreed who she was introduced to a few weeks ago.

“Yeah Dusk, they’re fine, and it is okay for Jinx and Sketchy to come up.” Dusk nodded his head, and with one flap of his wings, flew back down to the other two mares to pass the message on to them. Sweetie Bell didn’t waste any time before she again turned around to the other two crusaders. “Look don’t you guys go staring at Dusk, he has a marefriend...well two marefriends.”

Again before either other crusaders could question the new bit of information, the sounds of the other three making their ways up the tree-house cut them off. A light-blue unicorn mare with two tone blue and green mane, wearing a sports tank-top and light-purple shorts, poked her head out from the trap-door to the clubhouse and smiled when she saw Sweetie Bell standing near the door.

“Hi Ms. Bell, thanks for in-” The mare wasn’t given the pleasure of finishing her greetings before a pointy object jabbed her in the flanks and sent her flying in the room as another mare with white fur and a mane with three different shades of black, wearing a sleeveless dark-blue sweater and black pants, stuck her head through the trap-door. “Sketchy! What was that for,” the other mare--who was apparently Jinx--asked as she rubbed the sore spot on her flank.

“Because I can only stand to see your flank only so much,” Sketchy quipped as she pulled herself into the small clubhouse. The mare took a moment to look around, seeing the usual things fillies would have in a clubhouse; bean-bags, posters of colt-bands, and a...detailed map of the town? “Um...Sweetie Bell, why do you guys have a map of the city, and what’s with the red X’s?”

“Oh that’s nothing,” Sweetie Bell waved off, taking the map off the wall as Dusk started to emerge from the trap-door, and thinking that now would be the best time to spring the plan on the other three. “So…” She started, gaining the attention of the small group as they looked towards her. “How you guys like camping?”

Back in High Moon as the sun started to make its way down to the horizon, Wolf and Blaze happily laid in the bed in each other’s embrace for some much need alone time, and silently enjoyed the warmth coming off one another. It was times like these that made fighting against Everfree worth it for the dog, moments where he could relax with Blaze at his side without having to worry about anything, and breath a peaceful sigh was far more than enough for him.

However, time stops for no soul, and soon it’ll be time for the birth of their cub. Wolf only hoped that High Moon would be safe enough for the cub to play in without worry. The thought made him nervous and happy at the same time, to see the bright smiles of his cub, but also be wary of the dangers that lurk in Everfree.

It was frightening, but as long as he has Blaze, Wolf was sure everything would turn out for the better. He was also sure as long as the twins continued along the path that they are now, High Moon--no--most of Everfree would be a safe place, and he intends on keeping it like that.

The sound of the arcane-stone doors moving along with the voices of Lily and Spike told Wolf that the two were now making their way from Zecora's hut and that dinner would now be started.

Lily stuck her head through the crack in the wooden door to the lovers’ room and spotted Wolf, who laid in the bed awake with his arms around the mare’s body, and started to blush a little when she saw the tips of Blaze’s nipples poking through the top of the bed-cover. “Lily, what is it,” Wolf asked in a hushed voice to not wake Blaze up from her sleep.

Lily forced her eyes to direct towards Wolf’s through the mess of hair that is Blaze’s red mane. “Oh right I wanted to tell you that Spike and I are back and Spike is down stairs getting ready to cook,” She informed Wolf of the things he already figured.

“Alright, tell him that there is some fresh boar meat hanging in the smoke chamber, and tell him that all he’s got to do is skin them before cooking,” Wolf said, still feeling the need to have some wild-boar meat for dinner tonight. Lily nodded her head before gently closing the door and walking down the rest of the stairs.

Once Wolf was sure that she was gone, he laid his head back down onto the pillow, and closed his eyes to resumed enjoying the quiet peace with the mare. However moment from the mare told him that she was now awake and looking for a better spot in his arms. “Sorry for waking you Blaze, just go back to sleep, someone will come and get us for dinner.”

Wolf soon felt the mare licking the side of his neck, forcing him to open his eyes again only to be greeted by the sight of Blaze’s bright crimson eyes. The radiating orbs of fire possessed the power to bring any creature to their knees, soothe the worries in any heart just by gazing into them, and were bewitching enough to change the way Wolf looked at the world.

The very same orbs were the ones to lead him from his dark and swallow path of simply ruling over a territory and pack. “Wolfie, I love you.” Just hearing the words was enough to light a bright and passionate fire in Wolf’s heart as he smiled and rubbed his hand along the side of the mare’s body. “I’m glad I could have spent these last few years with you, and I’m looking forward to spending it with you and our cub,” She finished with a heated kiss on the lips as Wolf happily allowed the mare access to his mouth. Hearing the joy in Blaze’s words reinforced Wolf’s resolve to protect High Moon and the ones that live within it.

Protecting High Moon from the dangers was a heavy burden for Wolf to carry, sometimes much too heavy for him to carry alone, but with his growing pack supporting him Wolf knew that life will soon start getting much better. The lovers soon broke the minute long kiss and placed their heads against each others.

Wolf continued to glided his hand over the mare’s body as he used his claws to tickle her a little so he could hear the joyful giggles. “Wolfie stop, I’m ticklish, and you know this,” Blaze giggled, wiggling around in the bed, but not making any move to get the dog to stop. She soon gave up with fighting the dog’s pinchy claws from tickling her, so she wrapped her arms around his back, locking her fingers in his dull-blue hair, and giggling into his ear.

Wolf moved his hands towards the mare’s back to drag a single claw down the line of her spine, which caused her giggle’s to break into a moan and a slight whimper when he moved back up. “Wolfie lower, please,” Blaze begged, wanting Wolf’s claws to dig in her large flanks, but was denied that wish as Wolf continued to toy with the mare’s back.

Blaze wrapped her legs around Wolf’s waist, completely helpless to stop the pointy claws from gently dancing across her body--not like she wanted the to stop--and gasped when one of Wolf’s claws moved down to her flanks and gave it a sharp pinch.

Suddenly Blaze rolled over, pushing Wolf to his back as she started to rub her fingers through his shaggy hair. Not missing a beat, Wolf continued to give her flanks a periodic pinch while her hips guided in his lap. Blaze stuck her flank high in the air, making her large breasts became press against Wolf broad chest, and started to nibble on his ear. “Come on Wolfie, where’s that big bad alpha in you,” She mocked as her fingers pulled on his hair and her teeth clamping down on his ear.

Blaze’s mocking prompt Wolf to roughly grab onto her flanks with his claws, making her squeal from joy at the sharp bone-cutting claws digging into her flank, and groping the fat ass-seats.

Wolf started to instinctively gird the mare’s hip to his, their pants being the only thing separating their bodies from connecting, but Wolf suddenly sitting up and pulling the long pants off of the mare soon ended that with him undoing the leather-belt around his waist.

Blaze looked over the top of her breasts, to see Wolf’s shaft standing high and proud in front of her, and the hungry look on Wolf’s face. She spread her legs open to reveal her gleaming marehood to the dog, making his shaft twitch from lust and desire. “Oh Wolfie, let’s skip dinner, have some dessert instead,” Blaze said, using her arms to push her breasts together, and shooting her lover a seductive smile.

Wolf didn’t had to be told twice before he lined the large head of the shaft to the hole below Blaze’s marehood and start pushing in. The mare’s legs hooked on Wolf’s shoulders as they winced and granted from the pain but the pleasure had both of them wanting more. Inch by little inch, Wolf’s shaft started to spread out Blaze’s tight rosebud, and continued until he bottomed out inside of the mare.

Blaze breath heavy slow breaths while Wolf nibbled on her neck and collar-bone as well as massaging her large breast with one hand and her equally large flank in the other. She took her hands and wrapped around Wolf head, enjoying the caring ministrations he was giving her before the real fun could begin.

“Wolfie, I’m ready,” Blaze whispered, not sure how much more time they had before either another pack member comes looking for them. Wolf didn’t reply but he still started to pull his shaft out of the hot rosebud to slam back in. Blaze whimpered from the stinging pain but moaned from the spine-tingling pleasure as Wolf continued to repeat the motion.

Wolf tailed his bites and nibbles down to the mare’s large breasts to take the both of them in his teeth, and biting down making the mare stifle a scream. He stood up to get a better lavage as his canines roughly bit down on her hardened nipples while his claws continued to grope the sides of her breasts.

Blaze could feel Wolf growling around her sensitive nipples as his hands started to roll her breasts around. The dog removed one of the nipples from the vice grip of his canine teeth, only to focus on one nipple at a time while the other one was being pinched between his claws. The mare had to bite down on her lip to keep her screams from being heard by anyone else.

Displeased with the silence from the mare, Wolf pulled on her tail, and increased the roughness of each thrusts. However, Blaze held strong much to Wolf’s annoyance, and even the new vigorous thrusting wasn’t enough to get the mare to sing in her screaming voice.

Wolf removed himself from the mare’s nipple, but replaced his teeth with claws, to further stand over the mare, and to gaze in her beautiful teary eyes. “Scream,” He started in a low growl that made shake from the sheer power behind the voice. “I know you want to, it’s written on your face.”

Blaze couldn’t hold on any longer, the fast pace motion left no room for Blaze to get used to any new movement that Wolf would make as she felt a climax quickly approaching, and by the shaft twitching deep inside of her, so was Wolf.

Wolf started to pull his shaft all the way out to the tip before he slammed back into the tight rosebud. Blaze did her best to suppress her whimpering screams, not wanting any of the others to hear her, but Wolf didn’t make it easy as he went back for her nipples and used his teeth to pull on her nipples.

It wasn’t long before Blaze couldn’t take much more to the rough thrusting before she clenched her rosebud down around the thick shaft as well pulling Wolf’s head towards her move while her marehood explodes with her juices. Along with the overwhelming climax, Blaze finally opened her mouth to let out a high-pitched scream, and the others would have heard it if it wasn’t for the arcane doors having sound-proofing properties.

The mare’s climax and joyous screaming was enough to bring Wolf to his own, as he again buried his shaft all the way to the base before he released a stream of hot cum inside of the mare. Blaze’s eyes started to roll to the back of her head from the loads of flaring hot cum.

After a few more thrusts, and one last massive load of cum, Wolf released the mare’s nipples as breasts to let them settle back down. Wolf collapsed on top of Blaze, too tied to move, and not wanting to leave the warm embrace from her. The lovers remained within each other’s embrace, sweat dripping from their wet furs, and the smell of their lovemaking hanging thick in the room.

However as they lay in a sweaty mess of their loving embraces, all of it went unnoticed...all including the pair of bright green eyes in the crack of the door.