A big round of applause to my proof reader, without whom this work would no doubt be 20% shoddier. Thank you, Zeph B)

So, here is my entry to the February write-off (Oh god no, does this mean there will be more! All the time I could've spent playing or watching TV instead of actually writing for once). As always, the most time-consuming part of the project is making "A fire breaks out in the Everfree forest" into a long story. But eh, and as long as it's fiction and it's a subject I'm interested in, the word count does not matter all that much to me. "between 3k and 10k words"? No problem!

Also, can you find all the references? There's sure to be a lot :3

Only later did I realise the start of this story might sound like option number 2 (Mysterious creatures are attacking Ponyville). Sorry if you expected that, but the title should give that away.