At first everything is calm and silent we stare at each other for what feels like an eternity. I snapped back into reality thanks to Dust as he lands on my back. My eyes widen at the sight of the white mare in front of me. She seems to be staring at my bandaged shoulder. Without warning, she takes a step forward and slowly reaches out to examine my shoulder closely. I step back just as slowly, giving a low angry growl, maintaining eye contact and waiting for her to make a move. She locks eyes with me and pulls her arm away slightly, the look of fear in her eyes was unmistakable. I still do not trust anyone in this place at all and I am still on edge from the chase. I'm surprised when she takes another step towards me and speaks in a calm motherly tone.

"It’s alright I am not going to hurt you. I just want to have a look at your injury so it can be tended to. So, if you will calm down and let me look at it," she said as she went to pat my head and reach for my makeshift bandage.

"Thanks for the offer but I don't trust you. Also it's not wise to pat a wolf," I replied.

As soon as the words left my lips her eyes widen as big as saucers and she flinches away from me. She seemed surprised by the fact that I can speak. Thinking quickly, I decide to take this opportunity to get the hell out of here. I dash through the doors to my left and slide across the hallway knocking into the opposite wall. I check my back to see if Dust is ok. I see and feel him gripping my fur for dear life. I turn my head back to the room to still see the mare on the floor staring at me in confusion. Suddenly, two guards come around the corner and stop and stare at me for a moment, before they draw their swords. Frightened, I run in the direction of the garden balcony, hoping to take refuge there. But unfortunately my path is blocked by a patrol of guards coming in the opposite direction. In-between the patrol and I was another hallway, so I run in this direction, away from both sets of guards chasing me.

The hallways twist and turn and lead me all over the place. I keep on running into guards and feel like I'm almost out of energy. I had to think of something fast as I continue to run through the endless maze of hallways, hoping to find a way out. I see a pair of doors that lead to the outside, but it isn't the same balcony as I had hoped for. This balcony has a completely normal stone balcony. Below, is a path that runs alongside the cliff face I can hear the guards getting closer, so with my options limited I jump onto the path. I cringed at the landing because of my shoulder, I look back at Dust to see if he was alright, he is still clinging to me and gives me a tentative chirp, to let me know he is alright. I look at the path and see that it is sturdy and wide enough for me to walk on.

"THERE IT IS!" I hear a shout come from the balcony.

I quickly peer over my shoulder to see a guard pointing at me. Before he jumps down I ran along the path hoping it leads me somewhere safe. I continue to run along the path until it comes to a waterfall with a ledge hanging over the edge which I luckily notice before losing my footing. I turn around and see the guards block the way back, so I take a step back, my hind paw just at the edge.

"We got you now, there's no place to hide" a guard said while panting from all the running

I looked over my options quickly; option 1: I can surrender and pray they show mercy, chance of survival at 15%, option 2: a 600 foot drop into the misty unknown, chance of survival 0.5%. I carefully consider these two options, neither one very appealing. I look at Dust and he looks back at me with worry in his eyes. I then look at the guards who are getting close to us. I think fighting might be a good way out of this but I'm outnumbered and outmatched, the only thing I can do was pray for a miracle. All of a sudden the ground beneath us gives way, dropping Dust and I into the foggy abyss.

"Uh....what happened, am I dead?"

I woke up to a light pecking on my head as I open my eyes and search my surroundings. I am in some sort of forest it seems. At first I had no idea how I got here, but then the memories from the night before come flooding back into my head.

" Hold on DUST! WHERE ARE YOU DUST?!" I yell snapping my head upwards, looking for my friend.

I hear a chirp next to me and turn to see a ball of black feathers staring up at me. I scoop him up in a hug, not too hard to crush him. Not letting go for a while. I finally let go after what feels like a lifetime. I look in the direction of the waterfall from which we fell, giving a low whistle at the distance of our fall.

"How did we survive that?" I shrug, thinking "we survived it that's the important part not how."

I then look at the sky it looks to be noon at that moment. I feel my throat and realized that I am thirsty. I walk over to the river and Dust follows me, I stare at the water and it looks crystal clear, so I dip my muzzle into the river and take as much water as I can. Dust does the same. I pull my muzzle out of the river licking the last drops from my face and look at Dust, who just looks at his stomach. Knowing what he wanted I dig a hole in the ground and find some bugs for Dust's lunch he gives me a happy chirp after I feed him a huge worm. This fills me with happiness when he gives me a chirp and seeing him smile too. Movement in the river catches my attention and I see some fish swimming by. My staring was interrupted by my growling stomach.

Dust stares at me with his head tilted to the side in confusion, it took everything I had to not move at all. I was standing in the river hoping for some fish to pass. I may have been like that for half an hour until some fish got close enough for me to use my claws. I knocked two fish out of the water and onto the shore, I smiled at my catch and Dust seems surprised. I step out of the river and shake myself dry, spraying Dust with tiny water droplets he glares at me, while I chuckle at his misfortune and continued to my wriggling prey and use my claws to kill them so they wouldn't suffer anymore. I decide to eat them raw because I can't light a fire with paws and it would take too long to gather the materials to create one, not to mention the cooking tools to cook the fish. Also a fire would be an open invitation to those guards and who knows what else, I don't want to take unnecessary risks.

After I finish eating the last fish & look at the forest, getting this eerie feeling that we are being watched. I stare at the tree line keeping an eye out for any movement, then all of a sudden a pair of yellow eyes are staring right back at me. I quickly grab Dust and lift him onto my back and turn my attention back to the pair of eyes. But there's a problem, the pair of eyes turn into three pairs of eyes! My heart skips a beat at what may come next. The eyes move closer and step out of the trees, a paw made of wood appeared and attached to the paw was the rest of the creature. It was a wolf, only instead of flesh and fur, the wolf was completely made out of wood. I was dumbstruck; my mind was filled with so many questions about the creature in front of me. The wolf took a breath and when it released it, I smelt the most disgusting thing I had ever smelled it made me want to puke.

"Man, has that thing ever heard of a toothbrush and toothpaste" I thought.

The wolf turned his head back to the trees and let out a loud bark signalling to another two to join him. I crouched low and got ready to attack, and I let out a threatening growl telling them to back off. But instead of moving away they only got closer and I didn't want to risk Dust getting hurt. So I grabbed him off my back and set him down behind me. I turned my head back to face the wooden wolves and extended my claws in readiness of their attack. The wolf on the left attacked first by pouncing in the air to strike over me. I ran underneath it and turned around just as it landed. I attacked using my fore claws aiming at its hind leg. My claws struck its mark turning its hind legs to splinters. Tree sap started oozing out of the wound where his leg used to be, making it look like blood. The wolf howled in pain then turned to look at me; pure anger filled its eyes as it started circling around me waiting for an opportunity to attack. I looked at the wolf's wound then looked at its shattered leg I was surprised how fragile the limb was. All of a sudden, I heard a growl come from behind me, I turned and leapt out of the way just in time for another wolf's paws to make a swing at my head. I turned to look at the wolf before I crouched preparing to leap. I leapt at the wolf catching it off guard knocking it onto its back. I opened my jaw wide and bit down on its chest, once I got a firm grip I ripped the front of its chest off. Tree sap started spilling out of its chest like there was no tomorrow. The wolf twitched a few times before it lay on the ground lifeless. I stared at my kill for a minute then looked at the injured wolf who was now cowering away from me with a look of fear in his eyes. I turned my head to face the wolf still standing strong, it was snarling at me, angry that I killed one of its own. I got into a crouching position and got ready to attack we stared at each other for an unknown amount of time, it seemed like forever. The wolf finally charged at me, but I stood my ground waiting for the right opportunity. It opened its jaw to bite me but I side stepped it and jumped onto its back, just as he ran past me. I used my claws to get a grip; once my claws were secure I went to bite its neck. As soon as my jaws got a grip at its neck it immediately tried to shake me off, it even tried to slam me into trees, but my grip only got stronger. I must have looked like a cowboy riding an angry bull; I decided to end our fight. I gave a hard pull and ripped its head from its body along with a large stick that looked like the wolf's spine.

I spat out its head and retracted my claws and leapt off the wolf's back just as it collapsed. I looked around for the last wolf but all I saw was a tree sap trail that led back into the forest. I looked back at Dust who was looking back at me with both fear and awe in his eyes. I walked over to him and lay down on the ground in front of him. We stared at each other for a while as I tried to think of something to say to him but what do you say in a situation like this?

Thankfully I didn't need to because he got up and hugged my paw. I used my other paw to rub his back and comfort him, suddenly' my paw began to feel a little damp. I looked down and I saw Dust's eyes where filled with tears the look of concern for my safety was unmistakeable. We stayed like that for what felt like an eternity just clinging to each other as if we would disappear if we let go. After the embrace I dried his tears and picked him up, and placed him on my back and set off into the forest to either find shelter or a settlement. I walked for hours and the sun was starting to set so after digging up some food for Dust and picking some strawberry's from a bush for me I climbed into a tree to rest for the evening. I placed Dust onto a leafy branch and said goodnight before I went to sleep on a branch just below him.

I awoke the next morning, well that's what I thought it was but it still looked like the middle of the night. I shrugged it off as me wakening up early so I looked around for any predators but saw none; and decided that we should get an early start. I looked at the branch above me and saw Dust with his eyes closed and snoring lightly; I smiled at his cuteness and gently nudged Dust with my paw to get him to wake up. But he only shifted a bit before he started snoring again I shook him a little harder this time, and he woke up and gave a little yawn before he looked up at me. I picked him up with my paw and placed him on my back then I climbed down the tree and got us some more food before we set off again. I walked for half an hour before I heard a roar come from nearby I was about to walk away from the noise because, I didn't want to fight so early in the morning while it was still dark. But all of a sudden' I heard a scream I quickly turned around and went to investigate the sounds, I didn't have to walk far before I came close to the location where I heard the scream. I stumbled upon a fight I looked closer to see more of those horse like human hybrids they appeared to be fighting something. I cautiously moved closer without making a sound to see that the six hybrids where all mares and each in a different colour. I leaned in closer to try and see who or what the opponent was I reached out to move some bushes out of my vision once they were cleared I looked to see.

"A MANTICORE! why is a creature from Greek mythology here in this messed up place?" I thought in panic.

I was startled out of my thoughts by one of the mares riding the beast like a bull; she had orange fur with a blonde mane and tail tied at the end to make the hair look like a loop. She also had emerald green eyes and was wearing a brown Stetson on her head a red and white checked shirt with a brown vest coat and blue jeans that went well with her figure. The beast threw the mare off and as the mare sailed in the air she saluted another mare and the mare saluted back. This mare had cyan blue fur and a rainbow mane and tail and had a pair of wings with magenta coloured eyes, she was wearing a white tank top and blue jacket and Black pants that hugged her athletic curves. She dashed at the Manticore with amazing speed and spun around the beast creating a rainbow hurricane. It looked like the Manticore was getting annoyed with the rainbow Pegasus so it used its tail to swat her away like she was a fly.

"RAINBOW" I hear the others shout out as the Rainbow maned Pegasus skidded to a stop in front of them, I watched as the rest paw at the ground and charged at the Manticore the monster cat did the same as well.

"WAIT" I looked to see a butter yellow fur mare with a pink mane and tail she also had wings with blue eyes wearing a green sweater and blue jeans. She stood in-between the mares and the Manticore stopping there charge.

I was confused as to why the mare told everyone to wait, so I sat still and watched as the yellow Pegasus went over to the Manticore and gently rubbed its paw. The Manticore looked at the yellow Pegasus and showed her the thorn that was stuck in the paws padding. I was surprised the Pegasus was able to see it I continued to watch as the mare went to pull out thorn as soon as it was removed the Manticore grabbed the mare and let out an ear splitting roar.

"FLUTTERSHY!" the mares screamed in union concerned for the Pegasus safety.

I was about to charge in and attack the creature before it could harm the Pegasus but what I saw next made my jaw drop. The Manticore was grooming her while purring it looked like a mother cat grooming her kittens. I smiled at the sight and looked back at Dust even he was surprised to see what was happening. The Manticore released the Pegasus called Fluttershy before it walked off back into the forest. A lavender fur mare with a purple and pink streaked mane and tail walked over to where Fluttershy was standing, she had a horn and magenta eyes wearing a purple skirt with a white under shirt and lavender sweater. The mare and Fluttershy spoke with each other for a bit, but I couldn't hear what they were saying because they were too far away. After they talked, they left to catch up with the others. I stepped out of the bushes and decided to follow them because they might lead me to a settlement, I looked at Dust and told him of the plan, he nodded his agreement so I looked in the direction they were heading and ran off to catch up with them. I caught up with them and followed them at a safe distance. Suddenly, the trees began to block out the moonlight shrouding the path in darkness. We stumbled around in the dark for a bit unable to see the path but suddenly, I heard a scream I ran in the direction of the scream and came across a few trees with terrifying faces on them and the mares were screaming at the trees in fright. The screaming was stopped by the sound of laughter I looked around and saw a pink fur mare with a pink puffy curly mane and tail that looked like cotton candy, she had blue eyes and was wearing a pink skirt and top and was making faces and laughing at the menacing trees. The lavender unicorn said something to the pink mare but I couldn't hear what she said because the screaming was still echoing in my ears. Suddenly, the pink hyperactive mare busted into a song

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After the song all the mares where laughing including Dust and I. We walked some more until we came to a raging river and heard crying; the mares started looking around for the source of the noise and disappeared behind some bushes. I poked my head through the bushes to see a crying purple sea serpent with gorgeous blond hair and a moustache. Well at least half a moustache. A white fur mare with a curly purple mane and tail started talking to the wailing sea serpent; she also had a horn with light blue eyes and was wearing a white button up shirt and a skirt that matched the colour of her mane and tail. She walked up to the sea serpent and pulled off one of his scales and used it like a knife to cut off most of her own tail and attached it to the missing end of his moustache. The serpent was absolutely thrilled by the gift and as a thank you he turned his body into a makeshift bridge so everyone could cross the river. I managed to get across just in time before the sea serpent dived back into the water and swam away. After some more walking we came to a gorge. I could barely see the outline of a building that lay on the other side because of the thick mist. I watched as the rainbow maned Pegasus who is called Rainbow Dash dive into the gorge to retrieve the fallen rope bridge. She flew out of the gorge with the bridge in hand and disappeared into the fog to reach the other side. After a few minutes her friend's started calling out to her to see if she was ok, she finally reappeared out of the mist smiling and beckoned the others to follow her.

Everyone entered what turned out to be the ruins of an old castle. Dust and I separated from the mares to explore the place. We continued to explore when we came across some stairs that led us to what used to be a throne room. Old tapestries were rotting away with age while stone bricks where falling out of the walls, large stone pillars towered over us and were covered in both vines and moss and glass windows were either cracked or shattered. At the back of the room sat a stone throne covered in weeds and crumbling away with time. But what really got my attention where the five dried blood stains on the floor I looked at them for a second. But then, a bright light appeared, I quickly hid in the shadows of a still standing pillar and put my paw to my mouth to signal Dust to be quiet. He gave me a nod and I peeked out to view the scene, I saw the lavender unicorn from earlier on the floor coughing, she looks around and gasped in shock. She was staring at the other end of the room; I shared her shock when I saw what she was staring at. In front of the throne was a tall black fur mare with a billowing purple mane and tail with a few dim speckles of light that twinkled like stars on a cold winter night. She had both a horn and wings and slitted cyan eyes with razor sharp teeth the size of kitchen knives and she was wearing blue battle armour. She laughed as lightning bolts struck all around her to make her look intimidating. I looked at her and noticed that five stone spheres were being levitated in her mane. The lavender unicorn looked at the black mare with determination and pawed at the ground ready to charge.

"You’re kidding, you’re kidding right?" the black mare said as her mane placed the stone spheres on the ground around her. As soon as the words left her lips, the lavender unicorn lit up her horn and charged.

Once she saw the lavender unicorn charge at her, the black mare did the same, but the black mare created a spear out of mid-air. It was dark blue with a crescent moon, under the tip the two points were facing upward to help stab or slice. It didn't really take much to figure out that the black mare planned to impale the lavender unicorn. As they drew close the lavender unicorn disappeared in a flash of light only to reappear behind the black mare, where the stone spheres were placed. I turned my head back at the black mare as she raised her spear ready to throw it at the lavender unicorn.

The lavender unicorn looked back at the black mare with a look of horror on her face as she saw what the black mare intended to do. I saw her sit there completely frozen in fear, I grabbed Dust from my back and placed him on the floor and sprinted over to both of them. As soon as I ran out of the shadows the black mare threw the spear at the lavender unicorn, time slowed down as I ran to reach the spear before it hit its mark. I thought I wasn't going to make it, so I poured on more speed and jumped into the air and caught the spear in my jaws. Both the black mare and lavender unicorn stared at me in surprise and awe as caught the spear, I turned my head to stare at the black mare and dropped the spear and growled at her.

"YOU DARE STAND IN MY PATH TO VICTORY, YOU FILTHY ANIMAL! LEAVE NOW OR FACE DEATH AT THE HANDS OF ME, NIGHTMARE MOON!" she screamed.

Her voice was as loud as thunder. I flattened my ears against my head and placed my paws over them to try and block out the noise. I rubbed my ears and looked at Nightmare Moon. I crouched low into an attack position and growled at her while showing my teeth to show her that I wasn't scared of her. The lavender unicorn continued to stare at me slack jawed.

"A wolf, I thought that the only wolves around here where the Timberwolves, not flesh and fur wolves. What's a wolf doing here anyway and why did he save me?" Twilight thought as she continued to watch.

As I was having a staring contest with my opponent, we continued to look at each other for a few minutes, neither of us willing to make a move. As I looked into her eyes, I could sense fear in them. She took a step away from me while I stepped forward still growling at her.

"Wait a minute that, look in your eyes, I've seen it before - a long time ago, but where?" Nightmare Moon said while lifting her finger to her chin and started tapping it.

I raised an eyebrow at what she said and tilted my head to the side in confusion as Nightmare Moon looked around the room as if she was searching for something. It looked like she spotted what she was looking for because her eyes widened in realization. I followed her gaze and saw that she was staring at the blood stains on the floor. After I looked at the patches of dried red liquid I turned my head back to Nightmare Moon. After a few more seconds of staring she finally turned her head back to face me.

"Ah now I remember those five humans had the same look in their eyes before I killed them," Nightmare Moon said before letting out a laugh. Both the unicorn mare and I stared at her in shock at what she just said.

I couldn't believe it, there were other humans here and she killed them. My shock turned to anger and then my anger turned to pure rage. I pounced at her and bit into an unarmoured part of her arm Nightmare Moon let out a scream of pain as I drew blood from her arm. Instead of the blood being red like normal blood it was as black as coal. I turned my head only to see an armoured fist collide with the side of my head forcing me to let go of her arm and knocking me a few feet away from her.

"YOU MANGEY CUR YOU JUST DUG YOUR OWN GRAVE!" Nightmare Moon screamed at me while holding her arm to try and stop the bleeding.

I got back on all fours and checked for any injuries she might have inflicted. The wound on my shoulder had opened up and was bleeding quickly, and a little blood spilled out of my mouth. Nightmare's horn was surrounded by a cyan aura. A blast shot straight from her horn speeding towards me. I dodged out of the way just in time. The blast impacted into a smoking crater where I had been standing moments ago. Nightmare Moon charged towards me, her horn in readiness to fire at me again. I dashed towards her dodging each blast as she fired them. I ran under her legs and grabbed one of her hooves in my jaw and pulled, causing her to fall over. I started to spin around with her hoof still in my jaws picking up speed. Once I got enough speed up, I let go of her hoof and she flew through the air towards the entrance and landed skidding along the ground. She picked herself up and looked herself over before she turned her head and glared at me in anger. I crouched once more to get ready to either dodge or attack. Nightmare Moon looked behind me to see the lavender mare seeming to arrange the five stone sphere as if to activate something in them. I noticed her looking behind me and was about to turn around but Nightmare Moon turned herself in to a purple cloud of smoke and flew off behind me. As the lavender unicorn continued to arrange the spheres, she was suddenly thrown into me. We rolled along the ground turning us both into a ball of grey and lavender fur. We came to a stop and the lavender unicorn was lying on top of me. She looked at me and I looked at her it seemed like time stood still and she started apologised to me as she scrambled to get off. We turned our attention over to Nightmare Moon who was looking at the stone spheres in a panic, as they started to glow and spark. Suddenly, the spheres stopped glowing and went back to being stone spheres. The lavender unicorn seemed to have a look of horror and confusion on her face.

"But where's the sixth element?" she said, while Nightmare Moon just laughed and she brought up an armoured hoof and slammed it on the ground shattering the spheres to pieces.

"YOU LITTLE FOAL'S THINKING YOU CAN DEFEAT ME? NOW YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOUR PRINCESS OR YOUR SUN. THE NIGHT WILL LAST FOREVER! ” Nightmare Moon roared letting out a laugh.

I was about to charge when I heard voices come from behind calling for someone named Twilight, which I figured was the unicorn beside me. I looked at the mare in question only to see her looking at Nightmare Moon defiantly.

"You think you can destroy the elements of harmony just like that? Well you’re wrong, because the spirits of the elements of harmony are right HERE!" Twilight said, as her friends came up the stairs and the remains of the stone spheres began to glow.

I ran as fast as my body would allow as my injury was slowing me down somewhat, to where I had hid Dust while Twilight was talking. I grabbed Dust and placed him on my back and stuck my head out from behind the pillar. I watched as five of the six mares were wearing necklaces while Twilight wore a tiara. All of a sudden, I felt a large surge of power and saw a rainbow spiral launch upward and then come down on Nightmare Moon. The rainbow spiralled around Nightmare Moon enveloping her in a rainbow tornado. Then, there was a bright flash that blinded me for a few seconds. Once I regained my sight I looked to where Nightmare Moon was standing, only to see a young mare in her place. She was sleeping peacefully with pieces of Nightmare Moon's armour laid out around her. I then turned my head to see all six mare's laying on the ground unconscious. I decided that it was time for both Dust and I to leave. I took a step but fell on my still bleeding shoulder, I cursed myself, but then heard a noise and saw the mares start to wake up, I picked myself up and moved back behind the pillar and silently watched. One by one, the mares began to awaken. They each looked at each other, some checking each other for injuries and others complementing each other’s accessories. I even saw the white unicorn's tail back at too its original size and beauty and I was about to reveal myself to them. But all of a sudden, a bright light appeared within the room. I had to shield my eyes away from the light otherwise, I would have been blinded. After the light dimmed it revealed the white mare I saw when I first arrived here. I looked at the six mares and saw them bow to the white mare while Twilight walked over to her.

"Princess Celestia," Twilight said as she got closer to the white mare. I was confused as to why she called her Princess at first but then I saw the crown behind her horn and remembered the mares bowing, then everything clicked into place.

"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student." Celestia replied giving her a hug.

While both of them where talking I started looking for a way out, but decided I should wait for them to leave and pray they didn't find me. I peeked out of my hiding place to see Celestia begin to walk over to the still sleeping mare.

"Princess Luna," Celestia said just as the young mare awoke and sat up.

She had blue fur and a light blue mane and tail she also had a horn and wings and cyan eyes, but hers were more rounded instead of slitted, she was wearing a blue dress with black trimmings and her dress had a picture of a crescent moon on it. I was awed at her beauty, but slapped myself out of my trance and focused back on the conversation.

"We were meant to rule together little sister."

I sat there surprised by the fact that those two were sisters.

"Will you accept my friendship?" Celestia finished.

We all went as silent as the grave waiting for her to give her answer.

"I'm so sorry! I missed you so much big sister," Luna jumped up hugging her sister with tears in her eyes.

"I missed you too!" Celestia said as she returned the hug, her eyes filling up with tears.

I let out a huge smile and felt some tears run down my face at the reunion of the two. But, the moment was ended when I heard a gasp of shock and horror. I looked at the six mares to see the white unicorn was the one that had cried out. I looked her over to try and see what was wrong. It seemed that her hooves were standing in a puddle of red liquid. At first I was confused but then I realized she was standing in a puddle of my blood.

"Ew what is this stuff?" the white unicorn cried while trying to look away from the liquid.

Twilight walked over to her and looked at the puddle and placed her fingers in it coating them in red. She looked at it for a few minutes before her eyes widened in shock and looked up at the white unicorn.

"Rarity, don’t freak out but you’re standing in a puddle of blood," Twilight said in an uneasy tone.

Everyone gasped in shock and moved away from puddle while staring at it. As soon as the word blood reached her ears Rarity started hyperventilating. Celestia summoned a bag for her to breathe into while Fluttershy turned pale and everyone else looked at the puddle with a mixture of fear and disgust.

"Why exactly didn't ya tell us you were bleeding Twi?" the orange mare said in a southern accent.

"Because I am not bleeding Applejack," Twilight replied.

"Then if you aren't bleeding, who in tarnation's blood is this?" Applejack asked with worry in her voice, while pointing at the puddle.

Twilight was silent for a minute trying to think of an answer to the question. She started pacing back and forth while rubbing her chin.

"Well after Nightmare moon grabbed the elements I went to grab them but I got teleported here and saw Nightmare Moon standing over there while holding the elements." She said while pointing at the throne at the back before she continued. "So I activated my horn and charged at her. As soon as I charged, Nightmare Moon summoned a spear and charged at me. Before I got impaled I teleported behind her so I could activate the elements of harmony, but when I looked back I saw Nightmare Moon getting ready to throw the spear at me. I was so scared, I couldn't move when. She threw the spear at me and my whole life flashed before my eyes. I closed my eyes and waited for the pain but it never came, I opened my eyes to see a- OH MY CELESTIA WHERE IS HE?!" Twilight screamed as she looked around as if she was searching for something.

"Where's who Twilight?" Applejack asked.

"THE WOLF, HE WAS RIGHT HERE!" Twilight yelled.

"Twilight calm down, take deep breaths and explain," Celestia said.

Twilight took a deep breath before she continued

"There was a wolf here but not a timberwolf a wolf that had flesh blood and fur. He managed to catch the spear before it could impale me; he's the reason that I'm still alive. He even took Nightmare Moon head on in combat and wounded her. He was fast, strong and Nightmare Moon looked scared of him," Twilight said, while the five mares had their mouths open in shock and surprise upon hearing how the wolf took on Nightmare Moon and managed to wound her, as Princess Celestia looked at Luna with concern.

"Wait, hang on; this wolf had flesh and fur and he took on Nightmare Moon all by himself, and managed to wound her? Twilight is you sure you weren't seeing things? Besides, Nightmare Moon is fear itself. She doesn't have any fear," Rainbow Dash said.

"Rainbow I know what I saw, he was here. How else would you explain the blood on the floor?" Twilight said.

Rainbow was about to answer but closed her mouth deciding best not to speak.

"Are you alright my faithful student?" Celestia asked in a motherly tone.

"I'm fine but the wolf was injured during the fight with Nightmare Moon, we have to find him," Twilight replied.

As soon as I heard the words, "find him," I crept from my hiding place. While they were still occupied with talking, I made my way to the exit. But suddenly, I felt an itch on my nose and needed to sneeze. I quickly covered my nostrils with my paw and waited for the sneeze to pass. Once the sensation passed, I removed my paw from my face and continued onward. But, the itch came back and before I could react.

"Achoo!" I quickly covered my mouth and cursed my luck under my breath and waited for them to turn around and spot me.

"Bless you!" I heard everyone say in union.

I sighed in relief and continued towards the exit, I was halfway there when I heard Twilight speak up and I froze.

"Wait a second, who sneezed?" everyone shook their heads in reply.

Twilight continued, "Well if none of you sneezed, and I didn't sneeze, then who was it?" Twilight said and everyone turned their head to my direction.

They all stared at me as if I was the strangest thing they have ever seen in their lives and I looked back at them waiting for anyone to say or do something. Some noticed my injury and cringed away from it, but Fluttershy and Twilight looked at me with concern. Celestia stared into my eyes and froze; the room was completely silent for a few minutes. Fluttershy broke the silence and began to walk towards me staring deep into my eyes. Breaking out of my trance I ran for the exit taking them all by surprise at the sudden movement and my speed. I reached the exit and turned around to look at their still surprised faces; I gave them a firm nod and ran down the stairs.

"HEY GET BACK HERE!" Rainbow Dash cried out as I disappeared down the stairs, but I did not reply I just ran.

I made it to the bottom of the stairs and shielded my eyes from the sudden light. My eyes adjusted to the light and I could see it was daytime. I looked around at my surroundings. Searching for the exit, I found my goal and ran to it but, I was startled by a rainbow blur. Rainbow Dash zoomed in front of me to block my path. But, I wasn’t going to let her stop me. She reached low to try and grab me; I jumped over her and cringed as I landed because I landed on my wounded leg. Instead of stopping for a rest, I continued to run. I ran as fast as I could ignore the pain while Dust was still clinging to my fur, as we ran across the bridge and into the trees. I continued to run for a good distance before the adrenalin wore off and I felt exhaustion and pain. I stopped for a rest and looked at my shoulder. I had lost a lot of blood and I was still bleeding. I'd lost the cloth bandage in the castle while I was fighting Nightmare Moon. I lay on the ground and waited to catch my breath. I felt Dust jump off of my back and onto the ground; he rested there while looking at me with worry. I quickly looked for something to use as a bandage, I saw some large leaves and some vines. I looked back and forth and deciding between the two I had an idea. All of a sudden I heard a snap come from behind me. I turned around to find nothing there. I stared into the trees for a bit, but nothing moved. I shrugged it off as maybe a bird or falling branch. I stood up and grabbed the largest leaf and a good strong vine. I wrapped the leaf around my wound and then I went to tie the leaf to my shoulder using the vines. I heard another noise but didn't turn around, instead I tied the last knot to hold the leaf to my shoulder and waited as the sounds got closer. I waited, and as soon as they came in range I turned around in a flash and pounced on my prey. I landed on top of my target taking it completely by surprise. I got a better look at my catch only to realise it was Twilight and she appeared to be gasping for air. I realized that my fore paw was crushing her windpipe. I immediately climbed off of her and backed up so she had room to breathe. She took a sharp inhale of air and started coughing. After the coughing subsided, she looked at me and stared into my eyes for a few minutes. She then turned her attention to my patched up shoulder, then she looked at me with caution as if I would attack at any moment.

"Well it seems you’re going to be fine. I was worried there for a minute," she said with relief as she went to pat my head.

"Hey, I prefer if you didn't do that thanks. I mean seriously what am I a pet?" I said backing away from her hand, her eyes then widened and she began to open her mouth to scream. I quickly shoved my paw over her mouth to stop her from screaming.

"Whoa, hold on. Now listen, you can’t shriek or scream, otherwise you will bring every predator in the area down on us. And I'm not exactly fit enough to be able to fight right now."

She nodded her head in agreement as she let out a muffled ok

"Alright I am going to let go of you now." I said as I removed my paw from her mouth and backed away sitting opposite of her.

"How can you talk? I mean wolves don't talk, that's just impossible, it is simply impossible!" she exclaimed.

"Well I guess it's because I'm not a wolf to begin with Miss Twilight Sparkle," I replied.

"Wait, you’re not a wolf?" she asked in shock.

I held up my paw to silence her which she complied with. I lowered my paw and said "Well Miss Twilight".

"Oh please just call me Twilight" she corrected

"Well Twilight I want some answers as well, so let’s take it in turns, that way we both get some answers but I am only going to answer four questions about myself, because I don't trust you yet. But, I will answer each question truthfully and you will also answer my questions truthfully ok?" she nodded her head in agreement. "Right I will go first because you asked last time and that also counts as a question by the way. So my first question is what species are you? Because I have never seen anything like you before" I asked and waited for her answer.

"Well I'm basically a unicorn pony" she answered and looked at me for a minute thinking of a question for me to answer. "Ok my second question is how did you know my name?"

"I overheard your teacher call you it along with some of your friends," I said. "My second question is where I am?"

"You’re in Equestria" she said.

"Looks like I'm not on earth anymore" I thought.

"My third question is where you come from?" she asked while she shifted into a more comfortable position.

"I come from a planet called earth," I answered. Twilight's eyes widened in surprise by my answer. I let her take it all in before I spoke. "Third question. Why were those two princesses the only ones that have wings and a horn?"

"Well, they are both alicorns and they represent all three nations of ponies. The earth ponies don't have wings or horns and they grow food for every pony. The Pegasus has wings and controls the weather, the unicorns have horns and can use magic," she answered. "Alright, next question exactly why are you here?"

I thought carefully about my answer to this question "I don't really have a purpose here. Someone or something brought me here." I answered in a sad tone. Twilight seemed surprised again, hearing this and looked at me with pity.

"I'm sorry," she said.

"You don't need to be sorry for something you didn't do," I said with a smile on my face reassuring her. "Alright, last question what did Nightmare Moon was it?" Twilight nodded. “What did she mean when she said she killed five humans when they were here?" Twilight looked away from me in shame.

"I'm sorry I wish I knew the answer to that, but I don't" she replied with regret.

I walked over to her and placed my paw on her shoulder. "You don't need to be sorry for not having all the answers just as long as you are honest with me, there is no harm done." I said as I released her shoulder. She gave me a smile and I smiled back. We sat there in silence for a few minutes but the silence was soon interrupted by a chirping coming from beside me. I looked down to see Dust looking up at both of us. "Oh, I'm sorry Dust, I completely forgot about you. Dust I'd like you to meet Twilight Sparkle. Twilight Sparkle I would like you to meet my companion Dust."

Twilight slowly reached out with her hand and held it in front of the baby bird. Dust looked at me nervous I gave him a little nudge with my muzzle encouraging him to go on. Dust hoped forward once, then twice and continued until he was standing on her hand. Twilight lifted him close to her face and they stared at each other for a bit, she smiled at him and went to use her free hand to pet him. At first he cowered away from the other hand but when he saw nothing dangerous he moved closer and snuggled into the hand.

"Aw look at that, he likes you already," I said as Dust snuggled in closer and let out a happy chirp.

"He is absolutely adorable, where did you find him?" Twilight asked.

"Sorry Twilight, I said only four questions and you used them all. But if I can learn to trust you and your friends I will tell you everything you want to know about me ok?"

"Oh alright," Twilight pouted as she handed Dust back to me.

"Well take care Twilight, until we meet again." I said and I turned to leave, but stopped as I heard Twilight gasp in surprise. "What is it Twilight?" I asked with concern in my voice looking back to Twilight.

"You have a cutie mark" she said in surprise while pointing at my rear.

"A cutie mark what are you talking about" I asked with a raised eyebrow in confusion. I looked to where she was pointing and stared confused at what I saw. It was a picture on my rear of a sword facing downward sheathed in a blue shield with a pair of wings sticking out the sides of the shield. The wings themselves had feathers like a bird on the top half and webbed on the lower half like a bat. I looked on the other side to see the same image before I looked back at Twilight confused.

A cutie mark shows a pony’s special talent and only ponies get them when they discover their talent," she said as she lifted her skirt up a bit to reveal a magenta six pronged star with five white smaller ones around it. I felt my check's warm up at the action so I quickly looked away.

"Wow you just get more interesting by the minute. I can't wait to learn more about you," she squealed as she looked at my cutie mark once more, completely unaware of my reddening cheeks.

"Well thanks for telling me that, so I guess I’ll see you around Twilight," I said as I turned to leave. Trying to stop the burning feeling from spreading all over my face.

"Wait, how will I find you!" she called.

"You won't, I will find you!" I said as I disappeared into the trees.

Twilight sat there for a minute smiling before the realisation hit her.

"Oh Celestia! I forgot ask for his name," she said face palming while turning around to walk back towards the castle.

"HE CAN TALK?" five mares screamed as Twilight told them of her encounter with the wolf.

"Twilight darling, maybe you imagined it, wolves don't talk. It’s impossible!" Rarity said.

"Yeah Twi, a wolf with flesh and blood and fur is one thing, but a talking wolf? I think you’re full of it! I mean what's next, he has a cutie mark," Rainbow Dash said laughing at the end.

"I can vouch for the fact the wolf can talk," Celestia said causing everyone to gasp in shock.

"You heard him speak when Princess?" Applejack asked.

"Three days ago. I'll tell you on the way back to Ponyville if you all would be interested?" Celestia asked

"I'd be glad to," Applejack replied

"So Twilight, did you get the name of your canine saviour?" Rarity asked while letting out a small giggle.

"Sorry Rarity, I didn't, but I did learn some other things about him," she replied.

"Well tell us then, I am quite curious," Celestia said all eyes turned to Twilight eager to learn more about the wolf.

"Well first off he isn't from Equestria, he comes from a distant planet called Earth." everypony gasped in shock at this. "He also says he wasn't a wolf all his life but was changed when he arrived here," everypony looked at each other in confusion.

"Wait, did you say he was turned into a wolf? What in Tartarus is he then?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I don't know. I didn't ask, but he seemed interested in what Nightmare Moon meant when she said something about five creatures called humans."

This grabbed the attention of both Celestia and Luna. While everypony else looked at each other in confusion after hearing the word human.

"He seemed anxious to know about it but now that I think about it he seemed really mad when Nightmare Moon said she killed them," at those words the five mares gulped. "Princess is everything ok?" Twilight asked looking at her mentor in worry. Celestia snapped back to reality and looked at her student and subjects.

"I'm fine just lost in thought" she said

Twilight nodded before she continued

"Well he had no idea where he was and he said he has no purpose in coming here. He told me he's here because somepony or something forced him to be here. Oh and Rainbow," the rainbow maned flyer perked up at the mention of her name. "I forgot to mention, he does have a cutie mark." At these word's Rainbow's jaw hit the dirt, while everypony else stared at Twilight in amazement.

"Could you draw us a picture of what it looked like?" Celestia asked handing Twilight a roll of parchment a quill and an inkwell.

Twilight took the quill parchment in her hands and the inkwell in her own magic she dipped the quill into the inkwell and started drawing a mark on the parchment. When she was done she showed it to everypony. The five mares stared at the mark in awe as Twilight showed them. She then handed the drawing over to Celestia. As soon as Celestia's eyes saw the picture her eyes shrunk and handed the parchment over to Luna whose reaction was the same.

"Sister, do you think?" Luna asked looking up at her older sister.

"I believe so little sister," Celestia replied.

"Princess what's wrong?" Twilight asked.

Celestia looked at Twilight and her subjects and spoke in a calm voice. "Everypony, that wolf is more important than you can possibly imagine. I believe I know what his species is and why he has been called here."

Author's Notes:

Well here it is let me know what you all think. and if there are problems you wish for me to change then please let me know