Goku’s hooves thundered across the ground and crushed the thick luscious green grass underneath her. The mare’s mane and tail flowing behind her as if it was a flag blowing in the wind as she galloped through the bushes and trees. Her friends were right on their heels as they did their best to keep up with her. From all sides, the timberwolves that were in hot pursuit of them, their eyes giving menacing glows from within the darkness. Rainbow and Fluttershy were soaring through the air above her, looking down below for any of the wooden canines that tried to take a hit at them. Rarity and Twilight were in the middle, both of their horns ignited and ready to fire if they got too close. Pinkie Pie and Applejack were at the far back, ready to give the timberwolves a sock to the face if they tried to take a bite at their legs. Zephyr was at the very end, making himself as a shield for the girls should the timberwolves try to get them from behind. The wooden canines flanked them at all times, working as a cohesive unit and acting as barriers to prevent the mares from making any side escape into the woods. Leaving them only one route to run, leading the deeper into the woods.

“Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh! I cannot believe that this is happening to us! Twilight exclaimed as she took quick frantic breaths. Her violet eyes darted around her, taking in the petrifying sight of the beasts chasing them. “We haven’t even been in the Everfree Forest for that long, and we are already being attacked! Oh, why does everything that I plan go downhill in situations like this?!”

“Calm down Twilight, we’re not dead yet! I know that we can make it out of here if we just keep calm and don’t lose our heads!” Goku shouted behind her. “Everything’s gonna be alright! Just keep close to me, and don’t run off the trail!”

“Alright?! How can being chased by giant beasts in the middle of the most dangerous forest in Equestria possibly be alright?!” Rarity shouted angrily. “We have been running for who knows how long, and not once we have lost these beastly dogs for a single minute! I don’t think that most of us will be able to keep this up for much longer!” The alabaster Unicorn looked down at her hooves, grimacing at how filthy they looked. “Not only that, all of this running is just ruining my hooficure! I don’t know if I can take any more if this wretched dirtsticking onto me, or any of this foliage getting into my mane!”

“Uh, Rarity, you do realize that you can use that Adrenaline mode stuff, right?” Rainbow Dash asked, taking a glance back at Rarity. “That’s the whole reason why none of us are getting tired! Because we can rely on our adrenaline magic for a huge second wind!”

“And you’re telling me that you’re not even the slightest bit worried about getting torn apart and eaten alive?!” Rarity retorted hotly. “What am I saying, of course you wouldn’t! After all, you’re the dare devil of this little group of ours!”

“Maybe not me! But I’m definitely worried about it happening to one of my friends, especially you!” Rainbow Dash shot back. “Any maybe if you started worrying less about how you’re looking all the time, then maybe you wouldn’t be so bothered by getting so filthy!”

“Start worrying more?!” Rarity repeated, giving the cyan Pegasus a flabbergasted look before it morphed into one of utter scorn. “Why I’d never-”

“Girls! Now ain’t th’ time t’ be bickerin’ over who should do what!” Applejack shouted, cutting Rarity off. With a heave, she shot her hindlegs shot out, bucking a timberwolf straight into the chin of the wooden canine and sending him flying. “Have y’all forgotten th’ situation that we’re in right now?! We need t’ find some way t’ get away from these varmints b’fore we become their dinner-!”

“Incoming!” Pinkie Pie shouted, leaping into the air at a timberwolf that had flung itself at Rarity. The pink pony delivered a hard sock to the canine’s face before the fashionista could even fire her magic at it. “Whew, that was a close one! You okay Rarity?”

“I am now darling. Thank you for that.” Rarity said thankfully. “Though I admit, that was quite the scare I was given there.”

“Well, from the looks of it, we’re going to get a lot more of those the longer we’re in this forest.” Zephyr said, galloping behind the seven mares. “We’ve gotten a couple since we had gotten here, so we’re bound to get more.”

Goku nodded, looking back over at her foalhood friend. “Yeah, good poi-” She stopped abruptly as she noticed a timberwolf dangerously close to Zephyr. “LOOK OUT!”

The royal blue stallion spun around just in time to see a timberwolf diving down towards him before landing on his back. Zephyr gritted his teeth as the wolf dug its teeth and claws into his neck and back, bucking wildly. He spread his wings in preparation for another attack only for a blast of magic to strike the timberwolf in its side and send it off the stallion.

“Thanks Twilight!” He said, giving a sigh of relief.

“No problem Zephyr! Just try to keep your eyes peeled more, okay?” The lavender unicorn advised. “I get that you wanna watch out for danger for us, but it’s not just us you need to look out for! These Timberwolves are also after you as well, and if you get killed, there won’t be anypony to keep all of us safe!”

“Yeah, good point.” Zephyr murmured. He suddenly noticed something up ahead and looked in front of the girls. “Hey look, I can see an opening up ahead!”

Surprised by this revelation, the mares all looked in front of them to see where Zephyr was looking, and sure enough he was right. Just yards away from them, they could see light to an opening that was growing bigger the closer they got to it.

“Hey, he’s right! I can see it too! There’s a way to get away from this timberwolves!” Goku said, a relieved smile coming to her fanged muzzle. “Come on girls, let’s make a break for it!”

“Aww come on really?” Rainbow Dash whined pitifully. “I wanted kick some wooden mutt ass! Are we seriously just going to keep running away!”

“Silly Dashie! These are just little doggies we’re dealing with!” Pinkie Pie giggled. “Besides, didn’t you say back at the library that the only thing you care about is beating that big Moon meanie for what happened to the Queen?”

The cyan mare blushed in embarrassment. “Yeah, you’re right. Good point there, Pinks.”

A snarl from behind the mares made Rainbow turn to see a few timberwolves leaping at them in preparation to pound. Fluttershy and Rarity’s screams indicated that they were the intended targets of the canines. Without even thinking, she spun around and swing her wings forwards, sending bolts of magenta lightning out. One by one, they each struck all three timberwolves with excessive force. Thus sending them rolling across the around and into their comrades.

“I don’t think so you fucking mutts!” She snarled at the downed canine trio. “If you wanna get to any of them you’ll have to through me first!”

“Good one Dash! You managed to get them off just in time!” Zephyr commented, sending a wave of lighting behind him for good measure. Doing his best to ignore the agonized yelps and explosion of lighting, he commanded, “Let’s go girls! Make a break for the next clearing!”

It wasn’t even a full half a minute before he said that, that the entire group found themselves inside of their new destination. The next open space they were in was far larger than that of the one that Goku had took them to. Unlike the last one, there were no bushes accompanying the trees, but a wide field of grass. It was around the size of the space where the Town Square was centered in, with the trees acting as bars to keep the girls and stallion inside.

Darks shadows surrounded the spots where the light shone in the trees from within the sky, leaving the girls to guess what could come out. They didn’t need to take a guess, for they were not needed. They all knew exactly what they were going to see from them. If the incoming pack of wooden forest villains was any hint of that. And they knew if they didn’t do something to buy themselves time, they would become timberwolf chow.

“Applejack, how close are the Timberwolves now?!” Zephyr asked, snapping his gaze to the farmer. “Are they still chasing us?!”

“It doesn’t look like it.” The farmer’s eyes narrowed, a glow dancing through them as she looked in the opening they had come out of. “Ah think they’re checkin’ up on the doggies that ya had just electrocuted. We saved ourselves some time from bein’ eatin’.”

“Alright, good. I figured they’d still be on our tails after that, but I guess I was wrong.” Zephyr nodded, relieved at the news. “Still, I don’t wanna take any chances. Do you think you can make an earth wall around this clearing to keep us from the pack?”

Applejack smirked at the solar royal guard. “Do ya realize who yer talkin’ to, sugarcube?”

Running into the middle of the group, an aura the same color as Applejack’s glowing eyes appeared around her. Rearing her hooves up, she stomped the ground with enough force to make the earth she controlled crack. Cracks appeared as her eyes glowed even brighter as she shouted two words. “Earth Make: Earth Ring!”

Spits began to appear all across the edge of the clearing as they connected and formed a massive unseen ring around the girls. As this was happening, they could make out the outline of a dozen or so eyes peering through the darkness like flashlight in an attic. Luckily, their pursuers were not able to make much of a move before a large ring of earth burst from the ground. They towered over the timberwolves, going as high as Applejack’s household, beyond the canine’s reach. For good measure, wooden like vines slithered up and around the ring from both sides, acting as extra protection and as an added barrier.

“There, that should do it.” Applejack said, panting somewhat. “Them doggies shouldn’t be botherin’ us for a while.”

“Well what was a lot quicker than I had anticipated.” Goku commented absentmindedly. “Nice work there, Applejack. That was an impressive wall you built there!”

“Thank ya kindly hon’. It wasn’t too hard to conjure up when Ah really thought ‘bout it. Ah had years of trainin’ and practicin’ under mah hoof. So Ah can make rings as large as this without much of a sweat.” Applejack smiled, adjusting her had atop her head. “Ah have to admit though, Ah feel even more out of it when Ah did when Ah was fightin’ that cat. Ah don’t think Ah’ve felt this out of it anywhere in mah life.”

“Neither have I dear.” Rarity panted, taking a moment recover from her run. She could feel sweat rolling down her body, but she was too physically exhausted to make a fuss over it. “I’m so glad that we’ve finally stopped. I thought that I was going to pass out from all of that running!”

“We didn’t really have much of a choice Rarity. We were backed into a corner and we didn’t have much weaponry on us.” Zephyr said sympathetically, hugging the other unicorn from behind. “It was all we could do to keep from being eaten. There were just too many of them. So the only thing that we could do is run.”

“Well hopefully we won’t have to do too much of it.” Rainbow grumbled bitterly. “I swear, I am getting more and more pissed off that I’m not packing a punch to something. If I have to go any longer doing that, I am going to go fucking crazy!”

“I know how you feel Rainbow Dash. Believe me, we all do.” Fluttershy said solemnly. “I wanna get to Scootaloo as quickly as possible and save her. Just like how you want to save Firestreak from Nightmare Moon. And I know that the girls all feel the same way we do, including Goku. It’s just…we can’t waste any more time than we need to in fending of the animals in this forest. We have to save as much energy as possible if we want to keep our chance of rescuing our sisters and surviving high. And we can’t do that if we fight every single creature here. So please, just be patient for a little longer okay? At least until we get to the first village in the Everfree.”

Rainbow gave a heavy sigh of defeat. “Alright, fine. I’ll wait a little longer. But don’t blame me if I decide I wanna a little duel with one of these guys. I need something to release all of this pent-up energy on.”

“Oh, you will Dash. I promise you that time will come.” Twilight said somewhat humorously. “After all, we don’t want you going to crazy. And especially not as crazy as Pinkie Pie does whenever she’s on a sugar rush. Isn’t that right Pinkie Pie?”

Everypony expected Pinkie to automatically respond. To give some kind of random statement or even call Rainbow by her signature nickname. When it didn’t come, all of them turned to the aforementioned party pony, seven of them instantly on edge. Their confusion grew when they saw Pinkie standing stiller than a birthday cake, her eyes locked right up at the sky.

“Pinkie Pie…?” Twilight asked softly, her brows slowly creasing with worry. “Pinkie Pie, can you hear us?”

Pinkie said nothing to the unicorn. She didn’t even seem to even acknowledge that she heard her speaking. Her expression was one that could only be described as dazed and unfocused. And her mouth was slightly agape, her eyes locked up above her.

“Hello, Equis to Pinkie Pie!” Rainbow said, waving her hoof in front of Pinkie like a swaying clock. “Hey! Are the lights in your head out or something?!”

It was at that moment that one of the girls looked up to see what Pinkie was staring at. A gasp escaped her before she whimpered out, “Girls…you may want to look up.”

Hearing the uncharacteristic fear in Goku’s silky voice, the group followed her gaze and found themselves all freezing. Up above them, hovering in the shy and gleaming like a chandelier over a dinner table, was the blood moon. Its red color burned in each of their horrified eyes, like somepony was lighting a patch dangerously close to their faces. Although it was mostly obscured by the deep red color, they could see outline of a black unicorn head glaring back down at them. It was almost as if Nightmare Moon was still on her moon rather than in the forest and the castle that she and her hostages were in.

“Uh, guys, feel free to say I’m fucked up in the head,” Rainbow said, gulping. “But am I seeing a red moon right now?!”

“Nope, Ah’m seein’ it too right now.” Applejack replied in disbelief. “But Ah’m havin’ trouble believin’ mah own eyes right now.”

“I’m not.” Zephyr said lowly, trying to keep his breathing under control. “Because after all that I’ve seen happen tonight, I’m not willing to put it past Nightmare Moon to have caused this.”

“You don’t think she really could’ve done this do you?” Rarity asked doubtfully. “This new red moon seems far to…divine to have been made by somepony so vile.”

“…No, it was definitely made by her. I know it.” Goku said firmly, his eyes narrowed. “I can feel the dark power radiating from it even from all the way over here. It may be all the way up in the moon, but it was done by her. It’s the only thing that can explain that dark rush of dark power that I felt wash over me after I rescued you all from the Shinomōkin.”

“D-dark wave of power?” Fluttershy asked, taken off guard by the tan mare’s question. “What do you mean a wave of power washed over the forest?”

Goku’s golden eyes trained onto Fluttershy’s teal ones, her upper teeth going to bite her lower lip in apprehension. Before she could so much as utter a sound, her ears were assaulted by a scream that seemed to come from deep within. Immediately recognizing it as Pinkie, all looked to see the party pony on her haunches, her mouth wide and eyes bulging.

“P-Pinkie Pie?!” Rarity cried, backing away from the other mare instinctively. “Pinkie, darling! What’s the matter?!”

As with Rainbow, Pinkie did not respond, too overcome with whatever pain she was feeling. She fell to her haunches and clutched the sides of her head, as if something was wriggling inside of her brain. Her haunting screams of agony continued to echo through the clearing as tears dripped from her face, sobs joining her screams.

“Pinkie Pie!” Fluttershy was at her friend’s side in an instant. She grabbed the earth mare by her shoulder and motioned her to sit in front of her. “Pinkie Pie, it’s okay! I’m here! Just calm down, okay?!” She got no response, but Pinkie’s cries slowly died down. “Pinkie look at me, please. I need you to focus on me. Look at me Pinkie Pie. Look at nothing but me.”

Bit by bit, Pinkie slowly lifted her trembling head to meet the gentle eyes of Fluttershy. Said eyes grew wide with shock and terror when her own eyes laid upon Pinkie’s. The pupils inside of the latter’s baby blue irises were shrinking, before slowly expanding. It was almost as if somepony was taking a microscope and zooming in and out of her eyes. From around both her eyes, black markings could be seen appearing and vanishing. As if somepony as painting her eyes with eyes shadow before rubbing off again, not pleased with their work.

‘Her eyes…the pupils are shrinking, and markings are appearing around them. Like a racoon or even a dog’s own.’ Fluttershy thought to them as she inspected them closely. As soon as that thought crossed her mind, something else clicked. ‘Bu…but that could only mean-! Oh no!’

“Fluttershy, do you know what’s wrong with Pinkie Pie?!” Twilight asked, her worried voice pulling Fluttershy out of her thoughts. “Why is she screaming?!”

Instead of answering her question, Fluttershy gave an entirely different response. “Girls, back away from Pinkie Pie.”

Rarity paused in confusion. “What? W-why?”

“Get away from Pinkie Pie, now!” Fluttershy repeated, her voice slightly higher as she shot them a stern, yet frantic look. She could feel Pinkie shaking in her hooves as a low growl rumbled in her ears. “She’s about to turn in her Lycan Dominator Form! Please, just do as I say and back away!”

Turning back around to face Pinkie, Fluttershy found herself staring into the menacingly glowing blue eyes of Pinkie. Then, her face burst with pain as something sharp and fast went across her face that could’ve only been claws. She barely had time to scream as she was sent shooting through the air and tumbling across the ground. Everypony else watched on in absolutely shock as Pinkie sent the gentle pegasus across the clearing. Leaving a small trail of the veterinarian’s blood in her wake as she slammed into the earth ring.

“Pinkie!” Rainbow shouted; her hackles raised as she glared at the mare. “What in the hell did you do that fo-?!”

Her tongue suddenly went limp, as if somepony made clamped her jaw shut right in between it with enough force to nearly bite it off. Her feelings of anger soon turned to fear as she looked into the eyes of Pinkie. The mare was staring back at her with her gleaming blue eyes, now looking more like that of a dog’s than a pony’s. A growl left her throat as she slammed her bloodied hoof into the ground. The hoof that was now a menacing clawed paw that was clawing at the dirt ground beneath it.

“P…P-Pinkie?” Twilight whimpered, looking ready to wet herself. “What’s h-happening to you?”

Still, Pinkie said nothing to any of her friends. She just growled at them ominously as her body slowly began to take a new form. Zephyr and the girls watched as her other hoof became a claw in place of the left one, her teeth also sharpening as well. Pinkie’s back legs lengthened and bent, becoming like that of a canine’s as the hooves became paws, claws jetting out of them. Her muzzle and ears stretched out, the muzzle becoming half like that of a dog’s muzzle while her ears poked out from either side of her straw hat. Pinkie’s fur became as dark as her mane, becoming a reddish pink color as her curly mane became a full solid red, with her tail lengthening as well. The only things that were not changed were her hat and vest, which seemed to expand to match the hybrid mare’s new form.

“Ho…ly…shit!” Rainbow screeched. “Pinkie just became a…a…”

“A werewolf…” Twilight whispered, backing away as Pinkie slowly stocked towards them. “She just became a werewolf!”

Zephyr narrowed his eyes. “No.” He said calmly, staring intently at Pinkie’s new form. “It’s not a werewolf form. She became a Lycan is what happened.”

“Lycan?” Rarity asked, looking at the stallion. “How can you tell?”

Instead of laying out the evidence, Zephyr asked a question of his own. “You guys told me Pinkie had the words, Lycan D., in her name, right?” He didn’t wait for a response before he continued on. “What if she’s like this now because her powers were brought out by the blood moon after Pinkie Pie stared up at it?”

“What’re you talkin’ ‘bout?” Applejack asked, keeping her eyes on Pinkie Pie. “Are you sayin’ that lookin’ at th’ red moon caused Pinkie Pie t’ turn into…that?!”

“It’s the only reason that can explain why she’s like this right now.” Zephyr replied, looking back at Pinkie. “And it would also explain why she’s not attacking us right now, and is just glaring at us instead.”

As if she was reminded why she even turned in the first lace, Pinkie slammed her tail down and let lose a roar that burst all throughout the night air. Her friends all jumped and backed further away from her as she crept even closer to them. Saliva dripped from her fanged jaws as she bared them at her friends, the fur on the back of her neck bristling. With another growl, she crouched down before leaping at her friends, mouth agape as she went in for the kill.

“PINKIE PIE!!!”

A yellow blur shot in front of the transformed party pony and sent her into the other side of the wall. It took the rest less than a second to realize that it was Fluttershy, who had apparently recovered from her strike. They moved into help her, but the mare’s authoritative tone stopped them like a mother keeping her foals from doing something stupid.

“Stay back everypony!” She said, looking at them with one eye, the other one obscured by her disheveled mane. “Don’t come near is whatever happens! I can handle this!”

“Are you nuts?!” Rainbow protested incredulously. “Look at her Fluttershy! She is clearly lost her mind! Get away from her before she-!”

“I said, stay back!” Fluttershy yelled, her single teal eye glowing orange for a few moments, making Rainbow shrink away. Fluttershy then turned back to Pinkie, doing her best to hold the struggling mare down. “Pinkie Pie, it’s me! Fluttershy! Snap out of it! For Faust and Moka’s sake, please! Snap out of it!”

Pulling her mane away from her eyes, she let her other bloodied eye be seen as they both glowed that frightening orange color. Pinkie, who was struggling violently against the mare, felt her body go slack when looking into Fluttershy’s fiery stare. Her snarl of anger and hunger slowly turned into a face of awe and fear as she slowly shrunk under the gaze. Silently, she began to whimper, as if she was a young puppy who was caught ripping up its owner’s couch. Slowly, her primal instincts receded, and Pinkie’s mental state slowly began to return, although her body still stayed in its hybrid from.

“F-Fluttershy…?” Pinkie said quietly, sounding like she had a headache. “Is that y-you?”

Fluttershy’s eyes immediately changed back to their normal color upon hearing Pinkie’s voice. A sigh of relief left her as she let herself fall on top of the other mare. “Oh thank Faust. You’re finally back.”

“Back? What do you mean I’m-?” Pinkie stopped as she took in her lycan form. “Whoa! Look at me! I’m in my Lycan Dominator Form! How in the heck did that happen?!”

“You transformed, that’s what happened Pinkie Pie.” Came the relieved voice of Zephyr as he stepped towards the two mares. “It happened when you stared up into the blood moon and stood in a daze. At first, I didn’t know what was happening to you. But then I remembered you had told me part of your name was Lycan D. So, looking at the blood moon must have triggered your inner lycan abilities.”

“Really? I was looking at the-whoa!” Pinkie tried to get up and look up at the moon, but squeaked when Fluttershy forced her back down. “Fluttershy, what’re you doing?!”

“Do not look at it, Pinkie Pie.” Fluttershy commanded softly. “Please, do not look at the blood moon. We already had too close of a call after you transformed and tried to attack the others. I don’t want to have another one like that again for us.”

“Wait, what?!” Pinkie shot up again, her forehead colliding with Fluttershy’s. The other mare cried out as she fell back, while Pinkie snapped her gaze towards her friends. “I tried to attack everypony?!”

“Yes, Pinkie Pie…you did.” Twilight said tentatively, keeping a reasonable distance away from Pinkie. As glad as she was that her friend got control of herself, she didn’t want to run the chances of having her throat torn out. “After you, um…turned, you tried going after us and Zephyr. Luckily, Fluttershy stopped you in time before you could even swipe at us.”

Pinkie sat silent, staring gob smacked at her friends, unable to believe what she was being told. “I…that…that’s impossible! I don’t remember doing any of that! All I remember is screaming before everything went all read and swirly! If I had really attacked you guys, then I would’ve remembered doing it! And I’d never forget anything like that! Not that I’d ever do that anyway!”

“Ah know it’s hard t’ believe sugarcube, but…it happened.” Applejack said solemnly, reaching down and putting her head to her chest. Pinkie froze at the action, knowing that Applejack only did that when either asking for forgiveness, apologizing, or when she was telling the absolute truth. “Don’t worry though, it’s alright. We know you didn’t mean it. You just lost control in the heat of the moment and got driven mad by yer inner, uh…doggie.” She blushed at not being able to correctly pronounce the word Lycan. “It’s fine really Pinkie Pie. None of us are mad at you. It doesn’t matter anymore now that yer back in control.”

“…If…if I really did try to attack you guys, then tell me this.” Pinkie said, her voice unusually serious as she looked at Fluttershy’s bloodied face. “Was I the one who gave Fluttershy that nasty cupcake splatter?”

“Um, I think you mean blood darling.” Rarity said delicately. “That’s not cupcake frosting that Fluttershy-”

“I know what I said Rarity!” Pinkie suddenly yelled, making Rarity flinch. “Now, tell me! Did I give Fluttershy that splatter of cake frosting or not?!”

The sound of the earth ring behind slammed into prevented everypony from giving Pinkie any confirmation of her attack on Fluttershy. They all looked around and watched as the wooden vines on the earth ring shook slightly with the force. Some of them even fell of as tiny cracks began to appear from within the ring, soon becoming visible.

“Uh oh, it looks like my earth ring is comin’ undone.” Applejack said urgently. “It looks like them lil’ doggies are done waitin’.”

“A-are they trying to break down the ring?!” Twilight asked Applejack. “Because it sounds like that’s what they’re doing!”

Goku’s bat ears flicked about. “They sure are. The pack that we saw earlier was nowhere near strong enough to try destroying an earth ring of this size. If the timberwolves are body slamming themselves against it and causing this much noise, then there must be more of them. A lot more.”

“Well isn’t that just lovely!” Rarity moaned, whining like a filly not getting a toy she wanted. “All this time we were in here, those beasts were calling for reinforcements to eventually overwhelm us! Thanks a lot for the security Applejack! This was a real help in keeping us safe!”

The tangerine earth pony frowned. “That remark was sarcastic, wasn’t it Rares?”

“What do you think, you apple-bucking buffoon?!”

“That’s enough girls.” Zephyr said, using his commanding royal guard tone to silence them like two young fillies arguing over a doll. “You can save your bickering and eventual romping under the moonlight sky later. Right now, we need to prepare for our incoming fight.” Ignoring the flushed glares he got from the fashionista and farmer, he turned to Goku. “Goku, do you have any ideas?”

“I think I just might.” She said clapping her hooves together as she took flight. “Applejack, Pinkie Pie, you two are the most physically strongest out of all us. So you should have the best chance fighting them physically. Especially since you have the most endurance and physical prowess. Applejack, you’ll take care of the timberwolves that’re flanking us from behind, while Pinkie Pie keeps them at bay from the front.”

“You got it Goku!” Pinkie Pie nodded, giving a sharp salute as her tail wagged. She bounced away from the group, a cerulean aura surrounding her body as she added, “I can’t wait to party with these doggies in my Lycan Dominator Form! It’s been so long since I’ve fought in it! I can’t wait to feel out energized it is again!”

“Well, Ah was hopin’ t’ fight th’ ones in th’ front instead o’ in the back.” Applejack mumbled as she trotted off, her own aura appearing once more. “Still, if ya want us t’ fight th’ ones from behind, then that’s what Ah’ll do.”

“Rarity Twilight, you two will handle the Timberwolves on the sides of us.” Goku continued, turning to the alabaster and lavender unicorns. “You two are the ones who are able to do actual visible magic, and because of that, you two are the best for fighting at a distance rather than up close. Just don’t let them get too close to you though; I don’t want to have one of you get a broken leg that’ll take more of Fluttershy's magic to fix that she could use helping us fight.”

“Very well then...if I must.” Rarity said with a sigh, summoning a sapphire blue aura. “Best of luck Twilight.”

“You too Rarity.” Twilight nodded as she galloped off, her body emitting an aura of violet. “And please be careful.”

“Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Zephyr, you three, besides me, are the ones who’re able to fly and use magic that relates to the weather.” Goku said, looking in at the other three Pegasi. “So, I want the four of you to take to the skies with me so we can fight the Timberwolves from up above. We can also watch out for any of the girls down below should any Timberwolf try to sneak up on them and give them some help should they need it.”

“You got it G!” Rainbow Dash said excitedly as she took off to the left side of the clearing. “You can count on me! Any mutt that tires to get any of you, I’ll sap them into firewood!”

“Alright Goku...if that’s what you want me to do.” Fluttershy said as she hung her head. As much as she disliked harming an animal, she knew that getting killed by them was far worse. “Just um...don’t rough them up too bad, okay? I know that they wanna eat us but, I don’t any of you to use that as justification to-”

“Don’t worry Fluttershy. We won’t kill them if that’s what you’re wondering.” Goku said reassuringly, as she gave the other mare a gentle smile. “They may be creatures of the Everfree, but they’re still like any other animal in Equestria. I won’t hold it against them for behaving how they were made to, even if they were created by the Savage Queen Estelle.” Her ears flattened against her head as she looked off to the side. “Besides, you’d burn my eyes to ash with your Solar Stare if I did so otherwise.”

“Your damn right she would!” Rainbow Dash guffawed, while Zephyr just stared at Goku perplexedly. The cyan mare noticed his look and asked, “What?”

“Um, pardon me for asking but…” Zephyr said. “…but what’s the Solar Stare?”

“You don’t wanna know.” Fluttershy replied softly, glancing over at Pinkie Pie. “Seriously…”

The sounds of the giant earth ring cracking and rumbling broke the three pegasi and one thestral out of their thoughts. They looked over to see it beginning starting to crumble, holes appearing to show wooden lips and heads of the timberwolves bursting out. Some of them were already nearly all the way on the other side of the earth ring, just seconds away from attacking.

“Here they come!” Goku shouted, her voice resounding around the entire clearing. “On my signal everypony!”

Just seconds later, the ring of earth blocking the clearing’s entrance finally gave way to the timberwolves, crumbling beneath their wooden paws. Everything seemed to go on in slow motions as the increased pack went on the attack. Their eyes glowed like blazing lanterns as their wooden teeth and claws cut through the air, their clubbed whipped like tails lashing like whips.

“Now!” Goku yelled, as if commanding an in-training police dog. “Everypony, ATTACK!”

All the other seven ponies automatically went on the offensive, either sending of wing attacks, blasts of magic, or bone shattering kicks. Each of the timberwolves that were within range of the ponies were wither blasted away, sliced to ribbons, or had their jaws broken by each of their attacks. It was all the more devastating due to the auras of adrenaline emitting from each of their bodies, amplifying their physical and magical strength. Even so, this did not stop any of the canines from their relentless assault on the eight ponies, and they responded in kind.

The battle between canine and equine had begun.

Yeah...I'm pretty sure that you guys were not expecting me to add the part on where Pinkie suddenly turns into her own version of a bloodthirsty Lycan huh? Pretty random if you ask me! Now, before you ask me why I did or bash me for adding something incredibly random, let me remind you all that Pinkie Pie has the word Lycan D. in her name, with her full name being Lycan D. Pinkie Sōzōookami, that one meaning Creation Wolf in English. If you paid attention to the chapter you can see that she didn't turn into a Lycan by looking into a normal moon, and I am fully aware that Lycan's can transform whenever they want and at will, unlike werewolves. All while be explain in the next chapter couple of chapters after this one, and I will try to do so the best that I can. For the time being, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, because next time we're going to get back to Ponyville's bloodbath.

Next time: The Royal Guards engage the Folkloric Army in a bloody showdown, while Spike, Cloud Kicker and the Hooves Family finally throw down!!!