Once Twilight left, there was an awkward silence. Red looked around the cottage that he would be staying at for the time being. It wasn't much, but he didn't care, it was certainly better than the forest. After a few moments of silence, Red decided to ask, "So, is there anything for me to do?" "What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked. "You know, if there's anything I can help you with." Red said.

Five minutes later, Red and Fluttershy were wandering through the forest. Fluttershy said she had lost something important the last time she was here, on her way back. Red was slightly hesitant, but still came along. Red was somewhat uneasy going back into the forest. He heard constant twigs snap, and a couple of times he thought he saw a pair of eyes watching them.

Suddenly, Fluttershy stopped him with a hoof. He looked ahead and saw something he wish was his imagination. A pack of what appeared to be wolves. This, Red thought, can't end well...

As the leader of the pack saw them, it growled, and then slowly began walking towards them. The rest of the pack took notice of this, and began following the leader towards their prey. As the wolves drew closer, he noticed that they weren't like wolves he'd seen before. Possibly because these wolves were made out of wood.

"Uh, I'm guessing you're good with animals, can you do something about them?" Red asked Fluttershy. She just looked at Red and shook her head. "Well, I guess I have no other choice, sorry about this," Red said. Fluttershy began to ask, "Sorry abo-" She never got the chance to finish, as Red hit her in the head, knocking her out cold. Red picked her up, then looked around, making eye contact with each of the wolves. "I can't have anyone find out what I really am..." Red said guiltily, as his left eye changed to a dark grey, and then he grinned.

"Alright, who wants their pathetic little existence to be put to an end first?" Red asked, as if he had lost his mind.

The wolves slowed their advance on the two, almost as if they sensed a change in the strange creature that had walked upon the pack. Red stopped grinning, and looked at the unconscious Fluttershy in his arms. He sighed, it would be somewhat difficult to fight without the use of his arms, but he needed to make sure she would be unharmed.

One of the wolves behind him lunged, but, somehow, Red dodged just in time. "Well, I'm pretty sure none of you have any idea what exactly you're dealing with. Allow me to introduce myself before I end all of you. Red, brother of a monster, sanity shattered, and about to kick some ass," Red said, his grin returning. Another wolf lunged at him, but this time, instead of dodging, he kicked the wolf right in the jaw. It whimpered, and slowly retreated. The leader of the pack stepped closer to Red, intent on ripping his throat out.

As the leader of the pack stepped closer, Red's wardrobe changed, instead of a normal t-shirt and jeans, a pure white trench coat appeared, along with grey suit, and grey work pants, along with a red plaid hat appearing on his head, and a scarf decorated with skulls. Red looked at his attire, his grin fading for a second time. "Well, it seems that my work clothes have returned. Let's see if I still have the skills I once did when I was younger." The grin came back, wider than the first two. As another wolf lunged, its eyes widened when it's prey seemed to vanish. Red kicked the wolf straight in the stomach from it's side. Red grinned even wider as he heard the splintering of the wolf's side.

The wolf that had been kicked slowly got back up, the wound doing serious damage on it's body. "Is that all your pathetic excuse of a pack has to offer?" Red asked, "Because if it is, you won't survive a full minute." The leader lunged, behind Red. He spun around, and delivered a roundhouse kick to the head. The force of the kick knocked it's open jaw clean off, a snapping sound filling the air. As the wolf hit the ground, the rest of the pack looked to their leader. Red looked to the leader as well. "Hm, seems I misjudged the amount of force I needed," Red mumbled to himself. The rest of the pack looked top the strange creature that had ended it's leader.

The pack disbanded, terrified. Red's eye slowly went back to it's natural brown. He looked at Fluttershy once again, and sighed with relief. Hopefully, she had been unconscious the entire time. Otherwise, he would need to explain quite a bit about himself. As Red walked back to the cottage, Fluttershy slowly woke. She looked up at Red, noticing the changes to his wardrobe.

Red noticed that Fluttershy had awoken and gently let her down from his arms. "W-what happened?" Fluttershy asked. Red sighed, "Well..." Shit, Red thought. "One of those wolves went for you first, and I had to push you out of the way, but it seems that you hit your head on something. After I picked you up, I just ran," Red said, hoping she would buy it. If she didn't, then he would have to tell the truth, something he really didn't want to do.

But, for some reason, Fluttershy didn't question it. Talk about luck. For the rest of the trip back to the cottage, it was silent. As the cottage came into view, Red remembered the reason they had gone into the forest in the first place. "Uh, Fluttershy, you never really explained what we were looking for in the forest. If you can describe it, I can go back and get it for you," Red offered.

But Fluttershy shook her head. "No, it's okay, we can get it back some other time," She said. Red only nodded. As they neared the cottage, Red noticed that there was a note on the door. When Fluttershy took the note and read it, Red looked back to the forest. Something didn't seem right with that place. But Red just shrugged it off, after all, he was in an entire new world.

When Fluttershy finished reading the note, she looked to Red and asked, "Um, if it's not too much to ask, do you think you can be okay without my company?" "Of course, why?" Red asked. "Um, well, it's sort of a private matter," Fluttershy explained. Red nodded, if it was personal, it was none of his business. "Okay then, do you at least know when you'll be back?" Red asked. Fluttershy only said, "It won't take that long,"

Minutes, or maybe hours, Red couldn't tell, later, the sound of the door opening woke him up from his slumber on the couch. It was Fluttershy. Something about her made Red feel uneasy. "Hey Fluttershy," He greeted her. "O-oh, h-hi Red," She nervously said. Red raised a brow at this. "Uh, are you okay? You seem more nervous than when we met, and that's saying something, considering that you kinda slammed a door in my face." Red said. "U-um, Red?" Fluttershy asked. "Yeah?" "I think I have s-something I need to t-tell you," Fluttershy admitted.

"Well, what is it? I mean, it's not like it's something that could make things weird between us, right?" Red said. If only he knew just how wrong he was at that moment. "U-um, actually, I t-think..." Fluttershy began. "Well, what is it?" Red asked. Next Chapter: The First Night Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 20 Minutes