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When I arrived in Equestria, introductions could have been better, but hey I can't blame them. I mean it's not every day a wolf suddenly appears out of nowhere. So it's understandable that the guard’s first reaction was to try and put spears in my face. After evading the guards for some time, I...

Oh wait, I need to introduce myself first, (nice job idiot!)

My name is Ash Blade, but a name everybody uses to pick on me in my old world is nightmare from hell or pyro psycho. Because of an incident that involved fire. It is why I never had any friends. So anyway, why don't we get on with it....?

"Ooh....ouch what happened?" I thought

I shook my head to shake off the dizziness and slowly opened my eyes to an amazing sight. I was lying down in a large room with beautiful large stained glass windows and a large throne. I guessed it was a throne, because of the intricate detail craftsmanship.

When I went to stand on my feet I quickly became unbalanced and fell on my back with a large THUD. I was about to get up to try again, but then I saw one of the most shocking things I had ever seen. Instead of hands,

"I HAVE PAWS!" I screamed in my head.

"Why do I have paws?" I saw a mirror in the corner of the room, I tried to walk on my hind paws again but ended up on my face I groaned in pain as I picked myself up on all fours I decided to crawl towards it and found easier to do. After a few falls, I made it to the mirror, only to gasp in shock at what was staring back at me. Looking at my reflection, instead of seeing my familiar image, I was confronted with the image of an ash grey wolf with bone white tribal tattoo like markings running along the sides of my chest. This wolf also had olive green eyes and sharp teeth and claws.

I started freaking out about this. Don't get me wrong, wolves are my favourite animals, but being one is a bit of a twist.

"Why am I like this? What happened?" I thought. Last thing I remember before waking up here is walking by the harbour trying to release my anger and forget my pain and injury's from the fight with the alley boys. Then all of a sudden a bright light appears I shielded my eyes so I didn't go blind.

"The time has finally come" I hear a voice like a ghostly whisper say.

"He isn't ready" another voice calls.

"Are you sure he is the one?" a third voice asks.

"It is I can sense it he's the one" a fourth answers.

"Are you sure we must send him now? When the time is so close at hand he need's years of training" a fifth and final voice added.

"I'm certain he will be able to do what we could not" the first voice said.

I lowered my hand to the slightly dimed light and I was just abele to see five ghostly like silhouettes. I stared in awe at the five figure's slapping myself out of it I looked at the figures thinking of what to do in this situation. "Wait hang on who are all of you and, what are you talking about?" I asked in a calm voice I could muster I couldn't see their faces but I could tell I got their attention and they were looking at me.

"No need to be scared we are not here to harm you. Who we are you will know in time but now the time has come" the first voice said with a calm voice after that the light grew brighter once more enveloping me.

"After that I wake up here and..."

"HEY YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" my thinking was cut off by loud deep voice.

I looked to see who shouted at me. At first I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, but I took a second look to see the same thing, a human but with horse like features and clad in purple and gold armour he had white fur and a mane and tail in three different shades of blue and instead of feet he had Hooves. He was giving me a stare that could bore a hole into my soul. I was shocked to see such a sight but what really puzzled me was the horn on his head. He asked me again, only with more anger in his voice.

I slowly backed away when he saw what I was doing, he called for more guards. I didn't want to be around when his friends showed up, so I looked for an escape. The only doors here were the ones the guard came from. Hearing the hoof steps getting louder and louder I panicked and decided to make my own exit.

I sprinted as quickly and carefully as I could so I didn't fall over to one of the windows and jumped through it to land on the roof of a hallway. I slid down the roof taking tiles and glass from the window with me, I continued to slide without any signs of stoping but before I went over the edge I managed to use my claws to stop me in time. I looked down at the courtyard below to see more horse like humans looking up at me, maybe because they either herd the window smash or because some tiles or glass fell into the yard. But right now I didn't really care because from the window I could hear the guard bellowing orders to go after me, so I had to think quickly.

There was a banner laid between two flag poles that would hold my weight. So I jumped onto the banner and landed in the fabric but one of the flag poles came loose I managed to grab a hold of the fabric in my teeth before I could fall into the yard below. I tried to turn my head to look around but I saw a pair of guards with wings circling above me like vultures. I looked around and found a plain glass window, which was my only chance to escape, so I jumped through it, and landed on my side. I grunted in pain as I stood up and looked at my right shoulder to see a shard of glass sticking out of it I looked around to see two surprised guards wearing gold armour they had white fur and blue manes and tails, and also had a pair of wings. Without thinking twice I bolted down the hallway away from them. They were still in a state of surprise as I ran away from them. Snapping out of it, one of them called out.

"HEY YOU HALT!" the guard shouted at me.

I didn't reply, I just ran. Soon they started chasing me. I ran as carefully and quickly as possible through the twisting hallways which led me to more rooms filled with more horses and guards, until finally I came to a door that led to a garden balcony with no one in it. So without thinking I went in and found a large bush at the back of the garden next to a tree. I winced in pain as, I curled up in a ball beneath the bush because of the wound brushing against the leaves I lay and waited for the guards to pass or give up looking for me. Someone came into the garden and when they came near I held my breath, so as to not give away my position. Soon they left and I was safe for now.

I crawled out of the bushes and looked at my injury the glass shard was as big as my wound so not much blood leaked out. Luckily I also discovered a large piece of cloth stuck in one of my hind paws I realized it came from the banner from my escape earlier using a piece of the banner as a bandage. I pulled the shard out of my shoulder and quickly tried to tie the make shift bandage to my wound. After I managed to tie the bandage to the injury and relax a bit I looked at my surroundings. I was standing on a lush green lawn with a tree growing out of it and bushes with flowers around the edge behind it was a low stone wall curios I looked over the stone wall at the city. The view was breathtaking, it was calm and relaxing and quiet. All of a sudden I heard a small tweeting sound coming from behind me. I looked to find a baby crow. Puzzled I looked at the tree to see a nest over stuffed with baby crows. The bigger crow, I assumed was the mother, flew down at first I thought she was going to see if he was alright and carry him back up but what I saw shocked me she started pecking the baby bird leaving cuts on him.

The poor guy was injured enough. I stared, stunned at the mother crows actions at first I decided to turn my head away and ignore the two but that didn't stop the baby bird from crying I looked back and then I saw something I saw myself in him I saw a child being punched and beaten crying out for help that would never come seeing enough I decided to do something about it. I padded my way over to them and gave a low growl. The mother turned and squawked in shock and flew back to the nest. I stared at her, then to the baby bird. I gave him a little nudge with my paw and he responded with a weak chirp. So I used my nose to lift him onto my muzzle and brought him over to the bush.

At first the little guy was scared of me and cold. I decided to try making him more comfortable, that way he might start to trust me. I made a nest out of some more remnants of the banner. After that I let him get comfy in his new bed. He seemed to relax a bit and start to trust me. Soon I started to clean his injuries using flower petals which still had drops of dew on them. I gave him some water using my teeth to pick up a garden hose and filled an old bowl I found. I then decided to dig up a few bugs for him.

I managed to feed him with these paws which wasn't the easiest task to grab things with, but useful for digging. Afterwards he fell asleep I watched him, he looked calm which made me smile. Now I had to figure out what to do with him. I couldn't put him back in his nest and he didn't look well enough to fly.

"So what do I do?” I thought to myself.

I looked back at him to see what I thought was a smile and that made me smile even more. That helped me to reach a decision and I didn't think twice on it. I would take care of him, he need's someone to look after him and I needed someone for company.

"It's perfect!" I thought with a big grin.

"He needs a name!" I thought out loud, "I think I'll call you Dust. I don't know why but it just feels right."

I looked at the sky to see it was turning twilight and I felt tired after the chase. With that I let sleep claim me. My head was filled dreams about that guard and why he could talk and had that horn on his head and why some had wings and why some had neither and why I was brought here.

I woke up the next morning hoping everything was a dream but alas I was still a wolf Dust was looking much better with most of his wounds closed. I went got some bugs for breakfast for him which he chirped happily at the sight of his meal. after that I inspected my injury it is still opened slightly but I cleaned and dressed it with some left over cloth then starting practicing with my walking, I tried to stay off my wounded shoulder my first thought should be rest to let my wound heal but I still need to take care of Dust also I need to get comfortable walking like this. After six hours I got the hang of it then took care of Dust and then took a break and rested for the rest of the day.

The next day was the same check my wound feed Dust practice walking on four legs. After the quick walk I crawled into my makeshift bed made up of leftover cloth and rested my head and looked over at Dust who fell asleep after I fed him. I haven't left Dust's side after that except only to find bugs for him to eat later and refill the water bowl which I drank from too and he didn't seem to mind at all. But there was one more problem I had to eat too but there was no food in this garden for me.

"Dang I need to get something to eat otherwise I will starve" I said to myself I looked over at Dust's bed and saw him waking up and staring at me with what I thought was a smile I smiled and crawled out of the bush "want to come along Dust I just need to get me something to eat."

With that he stood on his bed and a placed my muzzle close to him so he can get on my back or head as soon as he was on we left the bush I looked up at the nest in the tree It looked abandoned which I was happy for.

"Now I don't have to worry about Dust getting hurt by that crazy mother bird not to mention all the squawking during the night" I thought.

I padded my way over to the doors and opened it and stepped into the hallway closing the doors behind me. I heard hoof steps coming from down the hall so we ducked behind a pillar to avoid being seen. A charcoal fur servant with a horn came walking down the hall and passed without noticing me pushing what seemed to be a trolley with food on it sniffing the air and licking my lips I waited for the servant to pass until we crawled out from behind the pillar and were off following the trolley of food.

After a few left's and right's and close call's with some guards we finally came to a brown oak door the servants horn glowed a tan colour along with the door I stared dumbfounded as the doors opened on their own he entered the room first and I followed close behind. I walked inside and found a place to hide Dust remained on my head staring around the room I signalled him to be quiet and he nodded. I looked around the room It appeared to be sort of some study or reading room I saw a beautifully crafted desk at the far end of the room with a door next to it, a stunning large fire place with a couch in front of it, and books crammed into every shelf of the book cases all in the room. The servant placed the trolley next to the couch and left.

I left my hiding spot with Dust still holding on to my fur with his claws I made my way over to the trolley of food and. I saw a large silver lid covering the food with a silver knife and fork and a glass of water beside it. I lifted the lid with my nose to see the dish I stared at the food licking my lips it was a salad and a side of fruits honestly I wasn't surprised to see these things they are talking horse like human's after all I guess they only eat fruit and veg I dug in while Dust watched me eat on the handle of the trolley. After eating the salad and fruit not even bothering to chew I looked at the shelf below on the trolley to reveal another dish covered by a silver lid I lifted the lid again and it revealed a double layer chocolate cake I looked at the desert in awe before shaking my head and dived in. I was on the last piece I stared at it licking my lips. I grabbed the last piece in my jaws savouring the sweet taste of chocolate.

"Ahem."

I stopped mid chew and swallowed the last of the cake I looked over at Dust who was still sitting on the handle of the trolley only he looked frozen as stone staring at something behind me I slowly turned around to face what was there only to see a tall alabaster white horse like human with a horn and wings with a green blue and pink mane and tail that blowed in a non-existent breeze wearing a white dress with gold trimmings and a picture of the sun on it that also flowed like her mane and tail looking at me with a face that was devoid of any expression.

"Why is a wolf eating my cake" She said.