I taught Ubi how to run up trees and jump on them. He fell off the branches once or twice, so we stuck to running on the ground. After we made some distance, we set up camp under the moonlight. Eol started talking to Ubi, asking various questions, to which he would shy away from or answer with a yes or no... I laid back on the grass gazing at the stars. Eol's endurance had increased due to the running, which also helped his leg muscles increase, enabling him to deliver more devastating blows. I wasn't sure what Ubi was good at exactly, he could read and attack someone one, but had little skill in terms of actual defense. Then again, that was only on hand to hand combat, I haven't seen his skill with a sword yet. He had strange fur for a diamond dog: while most diamond Betas had solid brown, black, or gray fur with markings around the face, he had silver fur. He was also picky at times, refusing to eat the other gems, only diamonds. Eol happily snacked on any one of them, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, the whole lot. I couldn't eat gems, so I didn't get how they could even taste them. I ruffled through my sack and brought out a nice ripe mango. I cut it open with my claws and enjoyed each juicy slice. Mostly sweet, mangoes had a slight bite to them if they're not ripe enough. As I was slurping up another slice of mango, Ubi came up to me and sat down beside me. I started to strike up some casual conversation.

"Do you ever wonder how you've lived all this time but never thought to look up at the stars?"

"I was never on the surface..."

"Oh... sorry..."

"No sorries needed." He sounded detached.

"How'd you come here with those other betas?"

"We ran away from the clans, they say they were noble, but I knew the truth," I perked my ears up.

"Oh? What was the truth?" His answer interested me.

"The clans were evil, they just wanted to sound good." When Ubi spoke, it was usually cold, aloof from the world, as if he was talking to everything.

"Are you the real legend?" He looked at me with a tinge of doubt.

"I'm sure of it," I took another bite of the mango, "It took me a while to realize it though. Eol said I fit the legend exactly."

"Where's your dragon blade?" I showed him Kokuryu, he slowly unsheathed the sword and touched the blade. Suddenly his eyes went wide, and he immediately sheathed the blade, tears coming to his eyes.

"What's wrong?" He gave the sword back to me, bowing his head. I tilted his chin up, a look of sadness on his face, "What's wrong?" He wiped his eyes and looked away. I decided to leave him alone, no point bringing up uncomfortable thoughts. I had a feeling he'd tell me soon enough. I decided to change the topic.

"Do you think you'll miss them?" He looked back at me.

"Your family, do you think you'll miss them," his gaze turned cold again, and he looked away.

"I have no family..." Either died or something else. When I thought about it, All of us are orphans. Being together makes us family...

"Well you do now," He looked up confused. I washed my hands in a nearby pool of water, "Being part of our clan means being a part of our family now..." he lost his cold gaze and went back to being depressed. He's emotionally troubled, I wonder what happened to his parents. I draw Kokuryu and inspect the blade, something happened when Ubi touched it, but what? I touch the blade and feel it warm to the touch, strange... I sheath it again and look to the stars.

'To think, someone makes this happen, every single night.' Then I wondered why I was called the Lunar Legend. Maybe because of my fur, something like that. Eol walked up to Ubi and sat down next to him.

"In all honesty, Eol and I don't have any parents or any family left. Both our parents were killed. Eol's by a greedy son of a bitch, mine by a fucker who enjoyed killing." Ubi looked at me and his ears flattened. I gave him a reassuring look, "What about you?" He curled up, crossing his arms over his knees and resting his head. Still silent...

"You don't have to tell us if you don't want to. If it helps, would you like to hear the story what happened since I got here?" He nodded. Even though Ubi was 26, he was like a child, shy and uncomfortable with confrontation. Eoi was goofing off, swinging from the branches.

"To be honest, I'm not really a wolf," Ubi's eyes widened, "I came from another world, I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but when I got here, I turned into one. I got used to it and decided to explore, so I did. The dragon where I got this scale from, I fought at Stalliongrad, first time I ever fought one, I actually fell close to 120 feet into a wheelbarrow of Hay at one point," Ubi smiled, "at the end of the fight, I carried a scale over to him, he said I could have it. The dragon's name was Blackfire, he seemed like he went through a lot. After woards I spent the later half of a week forging the dragon blade, merging my sword with his scale. Strange things happened, and now somehow, I feel connected with him. He talked to me in one of my dreams and named me his successor, whatever that means in dragon terms," Ubi looked surprised.

"It means he sees you as his true son," How he knew this, I wouldn't know.

"He passed on his soul to you. Everything he's known, now with you."

"How do you know all this," he looked away again. He was definitely hiding something, but I don't think now would be a good time to press him on the matter. I looked back at Eol to see him smash into a tree after swinging from a vine. I laid back down and turned by gaze back to the stars. I thought how Blackfire could now soar into the clouds without end. Then drifted off to sleep...

"Aoi, take care of the silver-furred one..." I opened my eyes again to find it close to twilight. We found ourselves at the edge of Ponyville, which seemed almost completely unguarded. If a dragon attacked, this place would be gone off the map.

We started walking through the street, our appearances warrant some suspicious looks. Then I spot a tree in the middle of the town marked Library. Immediately Eol whimpered and looked at me with puppy dog eyes. I nodded and he zoomed off, jumping up and down. We followed him to the door of the library. I knocked on the door and heard clamoring inside. The door opened to reveal a purple unicorn fumbling over some cloth,

"Oh sorry for the mess, I'm just doing some last minute preparations and GAAAAHHhhh!" she looked up and saw me towering over her. In a rough estimate I stood maybe 7 to 8 feet in height, Ubi at 6 and a half, and Eol at 6 feet. She looked up with a look of nervous surprise.

"*Ahem*... m-m-may I help you?..." Immediately Eol zoomed into the library, looking through the shelves, wondering at books he's never seen before. I looked down.

"May we come in?" She nodded, me and Ubi had to duck just to get in through the door. Now that I had a better look, the entire Tree was a home within a library. I saw parchments and books scattered, spotting a letter with the end of it written in slick manuscript, 'Your student, Twilight Sparkle'. So that's her name? After shaking her head and calming down, she started asking questions.

"Sooooo... what brings you to Ponyville," her speech was choppy, signaling suspicion.

"We were hoping to catch a train to Canterlot for the Grand Galloping Gala," her expression changed to surprise, "But meanwhile I thought we'd stop by to relax." Twilight tilted her head over to Eol balancing precariously on a ladder to grab a book out of reach.

"Eol loves to read, that's why we stopped here," her expression changed to relief, and also a sort of joy, she used magic to slip the book out of the shelf and place it into Eol's paws.

"Would you like some tea?" I nodded.

"That would be nice," Twilight brought over a tea kettle and poured us some tea, seamlessly with ease considering she had no fingers, but she had a troubled look while doing so, as if pondering something. I decided to strike up some casual conversation.

"I've always wondered how ponies could pick things up with their hooves when it's a flat surface," She stopped immediately, putting down the tea pot, her eyes dilating, then slowly turned her gaze to me, her eye twitched. She replied in a quiet tone.

"I have been trying to figure that out for weeks now, and it's been driving me crazy!" her voice turned into one of anger and irritation, "ever since that GRIFFIN sent that letter to Princess Celestia, it's been racking my brain non stop." Her head jerked to the side in a nervous tick, "and you know what?!" I stared at her, "I HAVE NO IDEA!" she burst into tears. I took the teacup and sipped, the warm tea having an unfamiliar yet nice aroma. I should probably avoid mentioning that in the future. Then I replayed what she said in my head.

"Wait, you know Princess Celestia?" She could be useful. She wiped away her tears.

"Yes... I'm her student," Perfect.

"Do you think you could get me in touch with the Princess? It's very important," her expression changed to one of deep thought.

"I don't know... I mean why would she want to talk to someone like-" I shot her an irritated glare. She froze up, "I mean SURE, sure." She started to rummage around the room for a quill, distressing when she could find no ink, she looked at me and dryly chucked, "It seems I'm out of ink... I know, uhm mister..."

"Aoi..."

"Aoi?" she cocked her head to the side, "*ahem* could you head to Zecora and pick up the ink she's making for me? She lives in the Everfree forest."

"Of course," I motioned for us to leave, Eol with a stack of books in his arms.

"Can I borrow these for a bit?" Twilight looked amused

"sure, when are you bringing them back?" She asked out of curiosity.

"When I finish." Eol said coyly. We walked out without another word. I checked the map and we made our way through the Everfree forest.

It was damp, like a tropical rainforest, yet had an eerie gloom to it all. Ubi seemed uncomfortable, fidgeting and rubbing his fur. Eol seemed rather normal, Immersing himself in a book labeled 'Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone'. It reminded me of how I used to go to the library to check out every book that mattered to me, spending nights reading them, memorizing their contents. Maybe I should try and find a good book, or write one of my own.

"Now if the map's correct, Zecora's should be around here somewhere..." I look around and see a pillar of smoke north of here.

*Snap*

"Get DOWN!" We duck, barely avoiding swipe from an unknown creature. I drew Kokuryu and cleaved the one that attacked us, an amber liquid splattering across the grass. Ubi took formation to my left, Eol to my right. Suddenly more of them came into view, they looked like feral wolves, but made of wood. That liquid must have been tree sap, I'm guessing.

"Eol, do you have any idea what these things are?"

"They're timber wolves, wolves born from the forest trees, and Yes, they are carnivorous," Apparently Eol read about the types of wildlife here. Let's have some fun, shall we.

"Stop..." Ubi stood in front of us, walking towards the largest one. I didn't see his eyes then, but I knew his aura turned cold. I could tell Eol saw what I felt. His walk was calm, yet forceful. He unsheathed his sword, and threw it at the leader's feet, gauging his reaction... The leader back off a pew paces, and all the other timber wolves became still, their backs arching. I sheathed Kokuryu, and motioned for Eol to stand down. I looked a Ubi for a few seconds longer, simply passing by his sword. As soon as he did that I knew one thing for certain...

... that timber wolf was going to die...