I woke up in a thick forest laying on my back, and I sat up groggily. I briefly wondered what had happened, then my memory suddenly came back, and I smiled. Then I began to laugh, loudly and maniacally, as I realized my plan had worked better than I had expected and now I was probably the most powerful being in the world. I stopped when I heard growling, and I turned to see a pack of about 20 Timberwolves approaching me. I grinned widely, and I summoned fire in my hands and looked for the leader. I spotted him in the back of the pack watching, he was easily three times larger than me and could bit me in half if he wanted to, but I wasn't going to give him a chance. I launched a fireball at him and charged. The spell caught it off guard and struck it squarely in the chest, exploding in a fireball. I knew it wouldn't take it down, but it would make it weaker and stun it. I could have destroyed it with that attack, but I wanted the other Timberwolf's to recognize me as their leader and Alpha, so defeating their current Alpha in hand to hand (claw?) combat would get the recognition I needed.

The others tried to lunge at me, but I just jumped over their heads and tackled the Alpha before it could recover. I wrapped my hands around it's neck and squeezed with all my might, causing it to thrash around to shake me off. I held on as tightly as I could, but was thrown into a tree, hitting my head against it. Hard. I tried to think through the daze the impact put me in, and squinted to clear my blurry vision. As I did, I saw the Alpha lunge at me, fangs aimed for my throat. I got an idea, and I concentrated, imagining reaching into my inventory, and grabbing a particular item. Suddenly, I had my energy sword in my hand, and I stabbed forward with it, impaling my adversary in the chest, it's momentum knocking me back. I watched as it weakly thrashed around as it died, claws reaching out to try to kill me. Finally, it went limp and the light in it's eyes faded, before crumbling into a pile of wood. Suddenly a screen popped up in front of me telling me I had leveled up and had increased my hand to hand combat skill. I saw that there were many different skill trees not unlike the ones in Skyrim, all of the per trees from that game here along with more. I put the perk point I had gained from this into a perk in my destruction spells tree that increased the damage done by fire spells.

I stood up and looked at the rest of the pack, who stood there, looking stunned. Then one that was slightly larger than the rest began to approach me, growling menacingly. I decided to see if I could control my powers, and stretched my hand towards the wolf. I closed my eyes and reached out with my senses and felt the magic that gave the creature it's life, and held it together. I grabbed that magic, and pulled. I opened my eyes and saw a green light streaming out of the wolf towards my outstretched hand. As it made contact, I began to feel stronger. I hadn't noticed previously, but I felt weak, but not physically, it felt lie something in me had run out energy, and now it was regaining that energy. I realized that this must be my magic, and the life force of the wolf was giving me back my magic, which was almost completely depleted. I was thankful for this, as I must have used more of my magic than I thought with that fireball. If I had made it immediately kill the Alpha, I probably would have completely deplete what little magic I had.

The wolf I was draining tried to continue to approach me, but it's movements were becoming slow and sluggish, and it began to slowly crumble as the light in it's eyes began to fade. After a few more seconds, the light had completely faded and it crumbled into pieces. I then looked back to the other wolves, and they immediately lowered there heads submissively. I grinned evilly at that. It looked like my plan had worked and I was the Alpha now.

"Alright you mutts, listen up!" I said loudly.

They froze in surprise that I could talk to them.

"Who are you?" One of them asked timidly.

"Just call me master for now. Take me to your den." I ordered.

They lead me to a nearby cave with five more wolf's guarding the entrance. They were surprised and impressed to find out that I had beaten the Alpha and that I was now the leader. I looked in the den and saw that it was actually a rather large cave with a collapsed tunnel at the end.

"Why is this tunnel collapsed?" I asked them.

"It was like this when we first got here master." One of them answers.

I decide to see what is on the other side, so I use my magic and focus on the rocks, and pull them away. I watch as a red aura envelops my hand and surrounds the rocks, moving them out of the way. After I cleared the rocks, I sat down, slightly winded from the effort. The wolfs seem hesitant to say anything, so I turn to them.

"Send a hunting party out to bring me some food while I search this tunnel." I order them.

A screen appeared in front of me telling me I had once again leveled up, and had increased both my magic skill and leadership skills. I decided to put the perk point into a diplomacy perk in the leadership skill tree. I then walked into the tunnel and lit a fire in my hand to give me some light. The tunnel went on for about one hundred yards before I found a dead end. I frowned in disappointment, then I looked more closely at the walls around me. I hadn't taken much notice before, but the walls were different from the cave I had entered from. In some areas, they were highly jagged and rough, while in others, there were almost too smooth and even. Some of the rocks also seemed to have chips and pieces taken out of them. And the wall in front of me was also strangely smooth, not completely, but it was definitely smooth. Examining the area more closely, I discovered a single stalagmite near the corner of the tunnel, which was definitely out of place here. I noticed a hairline fracture all around the tip of it near the top, and I pulled it off. I saw that the entire thing was hollow and there was a lever in it. Grinning I pulled it, and a loud grinding noise filled the tunnel as the wall behind me pulled into the ceiling, revealing a dark passageway made out of stone bricks.

The level up screen popped up again and I saw that my observation and intelligence skills had both increased several levels, granting me two skill points. I decided to save those for later and advanced down the passageway. The entire passage was obviously old if the moss growing on the stones and the cobwebs all over the place were any indication. On the way I found several torch sconces with torches that I lit along the way. After walking for about 20 minutes, I found a dead end once again. I examined everything around me for a possible switch, and I noticed one particular stone seemed to be loose. I pulled it out and found a button, and was about to press it but hesitated. The stone being loose had actually been a little too obvious for someone who obviously had gone through great lengths to hide this place. So I looked around and noticed another loose stone nearby, this one not as obvious. This one also had a button behind it, so I pressed it. Another loud grinding noise echoed through the passage as the wall slid upwards to reveal a dark room beyond. I was notified of leveling up again through increasing my observation and intelligence skills.

Pressing onwards, I was startled by lights suddenly flaring on, flooding the room with light. It was a large circular chamber with several doors with a sign above each. One said armory, another said barracks, another lead to a forge, another to the kitchen, and another to a war room. Curiously, I entered the war room and saw a large circular table with seats in various states in decay around it. There was some papers on the table and on the floors. I picked up a few to try to get information from them. The papers were yellowed with age and I couldn't read most of the words. Then I got an idea, using my magic, I began to restore the paper I was holding to it's original state, and the yellow slowly faded, the words once agin to become readable, and all other damages were fixed. Now I began to read.

Dear Commander of the Everfree Outpost

Scouts have reported that the Griffins are moving in mass numbers through the Everfree forest and are closing in on your position, and while I am confident they will not find the Outpost, you will be forced to stay inside until they can be cleared out, which will prove highly difficult. Your orders are to evacuate before they arrive and report to the general in Ponyville for further instructions.

The rest of the page was missing for some reason, it seemed torn off completely. I became curious as to what happened to the ponies stationed here and wondered if I could cast a spell to see what happened. I imagined looking in the past, to when this letter was received by the commander, and suddenly, everything turned gray around me. The spectral forms of several pony stallions in armor appeared. I saw two unicorns and a pegasus, with the pegasus holding the letter and reading it out loud. They didn't seem to notice me so I watched as he ordered the two unicorns to get everyone to pack up anything they could carry, and they hurried off to do so. The pegasus rubbed his face with his hoof while looking distressed.
After about an hour, the garrison of about 15 ponies was ready and they exited the outpost and I followed. They exited the cave without issue and began their trek through the forest. But then a loud screech like that of an eagle pierced through the air and about 20 armored griffons leaped from hidden spots around the group, catching them completely off guard. They tried to fight back they were outnumbered and surrounded, and they were cut down with only one griffon casualty. The pegasus commander tried to flee, but was grabbed by one of the griffons who then ripped his wing off, causing the commander to howl in agony. I watched in horror as they were ripped and torn apart by their griffon attackers, and I ended the spell. I was once again back in the war room, but I could still hear the tortured screams and cries for mercy, mercy that they wasn't given to them.

I felt a rage inside me grow, so I took a deep breath as I reasoned that the griffons were punished for such atrocities after the war, I mean, there is no way Celestia would let someone get away with doing things like that to her little ponies. I decided to go to Twilight's castle and learn more about the Griffon war. Then I entered the forge and after a quick inspection, deemed it able to be used, it just needed some fuel, so I summoned several pounds of coal and fired it up. Then I looked around the room more and grinned as I saw many, many materials lining the shelves. Getting set up, I thought about what I could craft, and decided to create some armor for my Timberwolves. After a few minutes, I had successfully crafted the first set, and I set to work on the rest. They were a full body armor made out of steel plating that was three inches thick with chain mail covering the more exposed parts such the joints and neck, and window of reinforced glass covered their eyes I then enchanted them to be highly resistant to magical and physical attacks. I also made it fireproof. By this point I had leveled up several times and put most of the skill points into crafting and enchanting. Now I had to think of weapons for them to use. They couldn't carry melee weapons, so I would have to make their claws deadlier. The claws were reinforced steel that could cut through most armors in this world. I made sure that the claws and armor were enchanted to grow and expand with the Timberwolves, and would always fit comfortably. I also enchanted it so it wouldn't get in the way of their mobility and speed. As an afterthought, I enchanted the claws so they would absorb the souls of any victims killed with them, and I embedded 1 soul gem in each claw, and if they are filled up, the energy can be released as a powerful magic attack or absorbed by me to give me strength. An extra gem was placed inside the armor near the chest that would absorb any excess magic in the air passively and could use that magic to heal any serious wounds on the wearer or boost their strength and speed.

I placed the armor and claws in my inventory and began my trek back to the den. As I walked, I debated as to what I should put my last two skill points into. I eventually decided on a perk from the observation tree that would allow me to notice much smaller detail I wouldn't normally be able to. The other I put into how fast I can read a book. When I arrived, I noticed that the hunting party had returned with but without any food, I also noticed that some were nursing injuries.

"What happened?" I asked.

They all turned to me in surprise. Then one of them spoke up.

"A rival pack attacked our hunting party and we were forced to retreat to survive. They are larger and stronger than us, but we are faster." He informed me.

I grinned as a plan formed in my head. I pulled out a set of the armor and they all stared at in in shock.

"This armor will protect you from any hits that they can land on you, as well as protect you against magic and fire to a certain extent. I have enough for each of you. They will also be able to absorb the souls and magic of enemies you've killed in battle, which can be released as a strong magic attack, or give me more strength. The magic absorbed will be automatically used by your armor to heal any serious wounds you sustain or boost your strength and speed." I told them while smiling proudly.

I pulled out the rest of the sets and helped the wolves equip them. Then I pulled out the claws.

"These claws will be able to cut through the toughest armor in this world, so cutting some wolves made of wood should be really easy." I explained and helped attach them.

Then we set out towards the enemy den, which was only a mile away. We creeped up to the tree line around the entrance to their cave, and waited for an opportunity. The Timberwolf's on the outside were easily twice the size of my smallest wolf, but there was only about 10 of them. I put on my custom daedric armor and pulled out my daedric sword. The moment none of them were looking I charged at them with my pack behind me. I know that calling them my pack may sound weird, but they were surprisingly humanlike, just more driven by their instincts and were of course more wild. I saw them as good friends, and anyone who hurts my friends will pay.

I may accidentally write in third person sometimes out of habit, please let me know when I do so and I'll correct it. Also, sorry if the information of the Pony-Griffon war is inaccurate, I made it up for plot convenience, and I couldn't find any information on the war after searching for a whole minute, so I was to lazy to look more. Also, if any of you can think of a villain nickname for my "me" please let me know in the comments.