Rainbow Dash was not happy about being turned into a wolf, it was weird at first but she got used to the controls eventually. She was still pretty irked that Twilight had turned them all into vicious blood-thirsty creatures. She was even more discontent with the fact that she got Backdraft as a senior. As the both of them roamed through the woods, Rainbow Dash and Backdraft kept silent. Until Backdraft decided to make small talk.

      “So, you’re not bad at huntin’. For a newbie that is.” Backdraft said

Rainbow Dash was all too familiar with hunting, back then, she would go with Gilda all the time. Though she never devoured the animals she definitely got used to watching them get brutally murdered. Things like having a griffin for a friend tend to get you ready for things like seeing the woodland critters get completely decimated.

      “Of course I’m good! What did you expect?”

      “That you’d get yourself killed.”

Rainbow Dash pouted and looked at Backdraft. The big blue and black wolf simply stared at her with a calm expression. Completely unfazed by the anger that Rainbow Dash shared towards her.

      “Has anyone ever told you that you look incredibly cute when you’re mad?” Backdraft said in the calmest of voices

Rainbow Dash turned her attention back to the path in front of her. She continued walking in silence. Eventually she decided to have a little chat and know her new senior a bit better.

      “So, how good are you at hunting?”

Backdraft’s eyes lit up. He stood a little straighter, his posture looked a bit more grand. more powerful.

      “Well, I’m awesome of course.”

      “Really? Didn’t look really look like that when we went out for the deer.” Rainbow Dash asked

Backdraft cleared his throat and placed a paw on his chest.

      “This here is what you call domination, It’s a combination of skill and concentration.”

Backdraft began to circle Rainbow Dash. She kept her gaze on him at all times.

     “So, what makes YOU so special?” Dash asked

      “I’m stronger, go harder, I’m a monster. I conquer, dominate anything I want to. My passion, my skill, my focus, my hunger, just to put it simple I’m number one.”

      “Okay...”

     “Yes I, just want it more than the next guy. And no, you can’t do the things that I’m gonna do. Real aggressive, real rough around the edges, a man on a mission smashin’ the competition.”

Rainbow Dash ignored the blue wolf as he continued rambling on about how great he was. Backdraft’s fellow wolves eventually came to the mind of the cyan blue she-wolf.

      “So, your friends...” Rainbow Dash began

      “Hmm, Atlasbreaker is pretty awesome. I mean he’s not as fast as me but damn, he can bite. Frenzy is kinda cool, seems a bit wacky but cool. Covert’s a freak, that guy can’t stand even a bit of animal abuse. No killing, no scratching. Jeez that guy is a wimp. Kenshin’s just a big wussy that sits around licking his non-existant wounds. And then there’s Raycaster...”

Rainbow Dash could hear the anger in his voice as he said the name: “Raycaster”. It was clear that their relationship wasn’t exactly warm.

      “What’s wrong with Raycaster?” Rainbow Dash asked

      “Raycaster... He’s the pack leader.”

      “And?”

      “I dunno. He’s a horrible one. We’ve been asking for help and so far no one did anything. Sometimes he’s awesome, sometimes I wonder why they didn’t choose me to be pack leader instead.” Backdraft said with every word oozing with fury.

      “You? Pack leader? Don’t make me laugh. Seriously what makes you think that you can take Raycaster’s place-” Rainbow Dash smirked

      “I’d make a great one! We’d be the ultimate wolf pack! Even the Wolf House wouldn’t be as awesome as us. But noooooo! Instead Raycaster was elected and now we’re stuck spreading our troops too thin. I’d be the best pack leader there ever was, heck I was the leader of the greatest wolf pack that ever existed.  We were unstoppable, the Wolf House always turned to us when there was no other wolf left, we were the best of the best, until...” Backdraft said

Rainbow Dash fell silent. Her opinion of Backdraft had done a complete 180. Backdraft was still seething with anger. His eyes glowed with absolute hatred, yet in the same time there was a bit of sadness and pain amongst all that anger. Backdraft shut his eyes and took deep breaths. He calmed himself down and continued talking.

       “Anyways, all-in-all, I hate Raycaster. Everyone knows that I’m stronger, smarter. Raycaster’s nothing but a pretty boy who plays commander. He never hunts, he’s the protege of Sparkjump himself and I still haven’t seen that poser hunt. All he does is organize, organize, and what else? Oh right! ORGANIZE!” Backdraft said in disgust

Rainbow Dash kept silent while Backdraft’s heavy breathing was the only audible source of sound save for some rustling. Backdraft calmed himself down from downright mad to irked.

      “C’mon. We gotta go check on the pups.” Backdraft mumbled

Rainbow Dash didn’t object. She silently followed Backdraft to the outskirts of Ponyville. Eventually they reached an area that was just right for keeping surveillance on the town.

      “Fall-in!” Backdraft yelled

Eventually two wolves burst out from a nearby clearing and stood in front of Backdraft, their paws just on top of their eyes in some kind of salute.

      “Freewing Alchemist and Veonetric reporting for duty sir!” One of the wolves said

The wolf on the left was a mixture of orange, grey, brown and black. The top of his snout was orange while the rest of him was a mixture of grey, brown and black. The wolf on the right was black and blue, mostly black. A dark blue ribbon like pattern ran down his side.

      “Anything to report?”

      “No sir!”

      “Good. Carry on.”

The wolves scurried off, Backdraft sighed and turned around. He headed back into the forest with Rainbow Dash following close behind.

      “So, what exactly do you guys do?” Dash asked

      “Tell you later.”

Rainbow Dash kept silent after that. In her head, a million thoughts clouded her head. One of these many thoughts was how in the hay she was going to get transformed back into a pony. She was okay with being a wolf, but she would much rather have her wings and hooves back.

      “Wanna race?” Backdraft asked, a sly grin on his face

      “Oh you are SO on.” Rainbow Dash replied, equally excited

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