Renko put a hand in front of his eyes as the rays of the sun beat down on his face, when his eyes adjusted he looked around, he noticed that he was sitting in front of a stream. Two main thoughts flashed through his mind; Get shelter and gather food. He believed the former would be easier after he saw that the only weapon he had on him was his handgun, so he set off in search of a cave or something of the sort. He followed the river, hoping it would lead him to either a cave or a town... preferably the latter. After what he guessed to be about twenty minutes of walking he found himself at the edge of the forest, on a hill, overlooking what seemed to be a really old-fashioned village. Something about the village made him feel a bit better... He couldn't tell if it was the wooden houses with thatched roofs, or if it was the houses that seemed to be artfully cobbled together, but he knew that there was something about this village that he liked.

"Heh... maybe I can even get a warm shower and wash this damn blood off my clothes..." he thought with a smirk. As he took a step forward he heard several screams coming from his left, with a quick turn of his head he saw three tiny horse-creatures being chased by a wolf made completely out of wood, the mere fact that they sounded like the screams of children drove his steps toward the beast and it's prey.

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Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom were running for their lives from the biggest Timberwolf they had ever seen, but the creature now had them trapped with no way to escape. They had shouted as loud as they could to try to get anypony to show up to save them, but they were now all trembling in fear as the hulking beast slowly walked closer to them... savoring the time that it had to place fear into it's prey.

"Leave them alone you big chunk of firewood!" came a shout from the sky as a streak that was illuminated by all the colors of the rainbow collided with the timberwolf, sending it reeling into a nearby boulder, the creature seemed to shatter upon contact. Hovering in the air where the creature had been standing only moments before was a cyan-colored pegasus mare with a rainbow mane, she threw a look to all of the smaller ponies, the sight had managed to stop Renko in his tracks. He hadn't been seen... yet. The cyan mare drifted to the ground before speaking to the little ponies.

"You three are in big trouble, how many times do we have to tell you to stay away from the Everfree forest?!" She huffed, which caused the fillies to cringe a little at her harsh words, Renko even felt sorry for the little ones. Then he saw that the cyan pony was going to continue, he hid behind one of the larger boulders as he tried to listen to the conversation.

"You three are lucky that AJ and I were passing through this way, otherwise that thing could've killed you!" Each of the fillies hung their heads in shame as she spoke.

"Well... she's got a point..." Renko thought, before his attention was caught by another voice.

"Ah... Rainbow... Ah think ya should think about gettin' them out of here... Because Wolfy here don't wanna quit jus' yet." The voice came from an orange pony that didn't have wings or the horn that was on the little white filly's head, but it could've been easily hidden by the stetson hat that she was wearing.

Everyone's gaze turned to the timberwolf that had now re-formed itself next to the rock it had shattered on.

"Oh yeah... I forgot they could do that..." Rainbow Dash replied with an apologetic tone.

Renko couldn't believe his eyes, but then again, he also believed that he had slipped into the point of insanity long before now. Even though the creature had pulled itself together, Renko could still see the spot where the pony, Rainbow Dash, had struck it.

"So... it's not invincible, you just have to keep hitting it until it doesn't get back up... I'm certainly used to that."' He thought darkly.

Rainbow Dash quickly charged at the creature in an attempt to give Applejack time to get the fillies away from the beast, but the beast brought a massive claw down on her and managed to swipe her away like a pesky fly, the creature then turned it's attention to applejack as she charged with an attempt to buck it off balance. When her rear hooves connected with the creature it wobbled a little before grabbing one of them and swinging her around like a toy. Applejack landed facefirst into the dirt several feet away, the timberwolf began its walk closer to her, the fillies scrambled over to her in an attempt to try and coax her into getting up but her entire body was dazed from the hit. She could only watch as the creature loomed ever closer to finally get its kill.

"HEY UGLY!" shouted a male voice, and the timberwolf turned to the sound of the noise, Renko stood about thirty feet away with the boulder he had been hiding behind hovering in the air next to him encased in a blue glow.

"How about you taste this!" He shouted as he used the TMD's stasis and pulse function to hurl the boulder at the creature. It managed to avoid the boulder, but the distraction was all he needed as everyone turned their attention to him, Renko held his hand at eye level... daring the creature to come at him. Rainbow dash, Applejack, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders all looked in confusion at the creature that managed to chuck a large boulder at the timberwolf. The timberwolf took the bait and began to charge, Renko smiled as he waited for it to draw itself away from its victims, once it was within its own striking distance he let the device drain the energy from the creature.

The timberwolf howled in pain as its body began to rot and crumble to dust in mere seconds. Renko dropped to one knee, breathing heavily, it finally dawned on him what that female creature meant.

"The TMD draws on my stamina now... Just peachy. I need to make a mental note not to do that too often." His entire left arm was numb and as he tried to lift it he only muttered one word.

"...Ow..." It didn't even hurt, but that was the only word that came to mind as he tried to move his hand farther than a few inches. When feeling returned to Applejack's body and sense returned to the unconscious Rainbow Dash all of the ponies walked over to where Renko knelt. He clutched his left arm as if it were going to fall off at any second and he was breathing heavily, he looked up to see the stares of several ponies, he noticed that the three small horses were covering their snouts with their front hooves.

"Can't say I blame 'em... I probably don't smell like a flower patch." He chided. As the orange pony was about to speak, he used his right hand to let her know to wait a second, then he spoke.

"...I... I know... that this... certainly looks weird..." he said in between breaths, he took a minute to regain his breath in order to speak coherently, "I've already accepted the fact that I might've gone insane, especially with what I'm seeing now, but I would really like to know if there is anywhere I can take a shower at. If I can be allowed to take a shower, I will answer whatever questions I can."