Twilight and the gang ran as fast as they could, weaving in and out of trees. Twilight found her new body surprisingly agile. Much more agile than her pony body was. Eventually they arrived at the edge of a pond. The moonlight shone bright. The vague shape of Princess Luna was seen on the moon. Twilight and the gang stopped to try and catch their breath.

      “Now what do we do?” Fluttershy asked

Just then, a navy blue mare came flying out from the sky. She had a blue mane alongside a tiara. The mare landed right in front of Twilight. it was Princess Luna.

      “Princess Luna!” Twilight said in surprise

The elements were quick to bow, the alicorn motioned her hoof for them to stand again.

      “At ease, Twilight.” The princess said

Twilight felt a tad bit weird. First, she hadn’t even told Luna about the whole spell incident. Second, she actually understood her, unlike Spike.

      “But, how did you-”

      “Twilight, I am the princess of the night. I see all under the moon. As for understanding the tongue of the wolves, they do look up to the moon. Always howling at it, I am the second most worshipped goddess next to Lupa. The wolf goddess.”

      “Oh.”

Twilight and her friends simply stayed silent, the princess simply stared at them like nothing was wrong.

      “Um... Princess?”

      “Yes, what is it that thee ask for?”

      “Could you, um... Y’know, change us back?”

Luna stared at Twilight with a dead serious expression.

      “No.”

      “What?!”

      “I’m sorry Twilight. But you’re my only chance at clearing the name of my followers. Not all ponies turn themselves into wolves willingly like you did.”

      “Your... followers?”

      “The wolves of course.”

      “But their vicious! Their killers! Their-”

      “*Sigh* I see thee too have been given the wrong perspective. You have been taking tests from my sister, very well. I shall give thee a test of my own. Clear the name of my followers. I shall give you one bit of advice to aid thee in thy quest, if you wish to survive, go North to the cave of the Brotherhood pack. Show the world that not all is what they seem.”

Luna nodded one more last time and took off. Heading back to the moon. Twilight simply stared at the alicorn as she made her way back to the ball of light.

      “Well?” Rainbow Dash asked

      “We have no choice. Girls, time to make some new friends.”

Half an hour later...

The six wolves made their way North. They ended up at the mouth of a cave. It was dark inside. No light illuminated from the cavern. It was just a wall of darkness. Twilight gulped, looked back to face her friends and nodded. The five wolves looked scared save for Rainbow Dash. Twilight turned her attention back to the cave. She closed her eyes and forged on, her five friends in tow. Rainbow Dash was at the back, pushing Fluttershy in the cave since the timid mare was much too terrified to move.

Twilight and the gang eventually arrived at the center where the cave reached a dead end. Twilight stopped and so did her friends. The six... I guess a female wolf is called a she-wolf right? So, I guess the six she-wolves looked around. Looking for any signs of life.

Suddenly, a pair of eyes shone in the darkness. They were yellow with black slits. The elements huddled together save for Rainbow Dash who had gone in front and now was growling and snarling at the figure.

Then, another pair of eyes popped up. Then another, and another, slowly, they found themselves surrounded by wolves, only the entrance was unguarded where the only source of light shone through. No wolf dared step into the light.

      “Show yourselves cowards!” Rainbow Dash barked

Nobody moved. Then a single wolf stepped into the light. His fur was purple and black, his eyes locked onto the six mares. Rainbow Dash kept her eyes focused on the wolf. He had a slim body, classic wolf style. Not too muscular, not too small, not too thin.

Rainbow Dash lunged at the wolf, but before she could reach him, another wolf leaped out from the crowd and tackled Dash in mid-air. The moonlight illuminated Dash’s attacker for a brief moment. His fur was blue and black, his body was more muscular than the wolf at the entrance. The wolf tackled Rainbow Dash and held her to the ground. Dash growled and snapped at her aggressor. The blue wolf simply bared his teeth and let out one deep growl. Dash instantly went silent.

The purple wolf stepped closer towards the five remaining she-wolves. Dash who was still under the blue wolf, struggled and tried to break free. But the wolf must’ve been way too strong for Rainbow to lift off her.

The purple wolf circled the five she-wolves and sniffed them. Once he was done he let out a bark and the cave blazed with light. It wasn’t very bright. The source of the light was a bunch of bonfires set up at the corners of the cave. The blue wolf came into full view. He had a muscular body and his eyes were yellow with blood red pupils. He growled at the already restrained Rainbow Dash.

The purple wolf barked at the blue one and he got off Rainbow. Rainbow Dash immediately got up and got in the blue wolf’s face, but she dared not attack. She walked backwards back to her friends, not letting her eyes wander off her attacker.

The purple wolf cleared his throat and walked up to the elements.

      “Hi there, mind telling me why you’re here?”

Twilight stared at him, trying to form an excuse.

      “W-we were exploring and came across this cave and decided to enter it.”

     “Oh really?” The wolf said, circling them.

     “Um.. Y-yea.”

     “That’s a small pack you got there.”

Twilight turned to face her friends. She turned back to the purple wolf who was inspecting them.

     “Uh... yea. My name is Twilight Sparkle and these are my friends, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie.”

The wolf stared at them before stopping and sitting in front of Twilight.

      “Name’s Raycaster. That’s Backdraft, fastest one here.” Raycaster said while pointing a paw at the blue wolf. Backdraft nodded at the six newcomers, but it wasn’t out of kindness. His expression said: “Do any funny stuff and you’re on the menu.”

      “And that’s... Where’s Covert?”

A yellow and black wolf was thrown out from a cluster of wolves. He landed on his rump and immediately tried to push back into the crowds, Backdraft caught him before he could go back to hiding. He dragged the yellow wolf to the group and made sure he stood straight and that everyone could see him. He had a thin body with yellow and black eyes, similar to Raycaster’s

       “Don’t be shy Covert. Just a couple of newbies. They’re just as scared as you.

       “Um... hi?”

Backdraft let Covert go and he immediately hid behind the big blue wolf. Backdraft rolled his eyes in annoyance.

      “Then we have Kenshin.”

A white and black wolf stepped out of the crowd. He had a body that resembled Raycaster’s. His fur was black and white, Twilight noticed that almost all the wolves had a bit of black. Kenshin walked out of the group, he looked cleaner than the rest of them.

      “What’s up pretty boy?” Backdraft asked, a smug look on his face

      “Well, at least I know a thing or two about personal hygiene. Unlike you...”

      “Who needs hygiene? We’re gonna get ourselves dirty again anyways. It’s pointless to keep yourself clean.”

      “Well, I for one actually-”

      “Moving on.” Raycaster hastily said

Kenshin shrugged and took a seat next to Raycaster.

      “Then there’s Atlasbreaker. The strongest one here.”

The crowd gave way for an orange and black wolf. He was incredibly buff. Much more muscular than Backdraft. He had black eyes with green pupils. He stared at the elements for a while, then went to take a seat next to Backdraft whom gave him a bro-paw. Raycaster gave him a nod, Kenshin did the same.

      “Last but not least we have... Where’s Frenzy?”

All the wolves all had puzzled expressions on their faces. The look on Raycaster’s face told them that this was no laughing matter.

      “This is bad...” Raycaster muttered

Suddenly there was a flash of pink and black and a wolf was sitting right next to Raycaster. Raycaster stumbled back in surprise. His fur was mostly black instead of pink, his eyes twitched from time to time. And he himself twitched occasionally.

      “Present!” Frenzy said

Raycaster calmed himself down.

      “So this is Frenzy. The most energetic, wildest wolf you’ll ever meet.”

      “No argument here.” Backdraft said

      “Indeed.” Kenshin said

      “So, now that we’ve introduced ourselves, well, the more important ones mostly. Give us one good reason why we should let you walk out of here alive.” Next Chapter: Breaking The Ice Estimated time remaining: 53 Minutes