Written as Moon, but Red as Light

Where we last left off, Light was in the Everfree forest about to fight a Timberwolf and Twilight and the others are going to visit Celestia for an important matter. Anyway I want to say thank you for supporting my story and I will try to make it more interesting later on. So without further a do, *"Let's dance"*

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'The wolf's advantage; Knowledge of hunting. My advantage; it's rage.

Incoming assault, feral... but experienced. Once it tries to pounce and make contact, use its momentum, and throw it off. Then quickly make evasive action to the thick brushes and review next strategy.'

The wolf made the first move as predicted, it charged and lunged onto Light again. Light quickly held the the stake to block the attack. On contact he leaned backwards and use the momentum from the wolf to throw it behind him again. The wolf rolled and landed on his back. Light quickly got up on his feet and ran in the thick woods while the wolf got back up and ran after him. Light kept running and dive into a thick bush so the wolf wouldn't spot him.

The wolf ran in to find its prey, but lost sight of him. It growled and sniff for Light's scent search for him. Light stayed hidden in the bush on his stomach and slowly crawled through to the other bushes, making little sound as possible and to keep his distance from the wolf.

As Light got to a much safer distance, he uses his sense of hearing to hear if the wolf's steps if it's nearby. So far, the wolf is about an estimate of 10 meters away growling and trying to find him. Light looked up and spotted some vines on a nearby tree.

'Alright, new strategy; set up trap'

He reached up and quickly cut some of it and duck back into the bushes. Light slowly moved forward through the bushes and into a clearing in the forest. It was medium sized and the light shone through the opening of the trees. A tree was there at the edge of the clearing and Light took his stake by staking it to the ground and started to work on the vines.

He tied one end of the individual vines and another at a time. After a few minutes, Light was finished with the completed rope and threw one end over a branch and tie the other one into a lasso. Light set the lasso on the ground and cut a handful of leaves from the bushes to cover it.

At last, the trap was completed. All was left to do is to get the wolf here.

Light made tons of noises, hoping to attract the wolf to him. Pretty much it did, the wooden wolf slowly peer its head at the opposite edge of the clearing through the bushes. It growled lightly and appear in the clearing where its whole body is soon showing. Light held the other end that was hanging from the branch and decided to speak up.

"Well, you got me." Made a hand gesture. "Come on!" Light yelled

The wolf growled and roar. It charged towards Light, finally about to tear its prey apart. For Light however, he watched carefully as the wooden wolf ran held the vine tightly.

'Come on... closer.... closer... closer....'

As the wooden wolf's paws touch the pile of leaves, Light quickly held the vine with both hands and yank. The wolf's hind legs were both caught by the lasso and now its hanging upside down. Light then tied the end of the vine around the trunk of the tree tightly into a dead knot. He watched as the wooden wolf's struggle to get loose so it can tear him apart, but no avail. Light smiled at his success and knell in front of the wolf's face.

"Well, looks like you weren't expecting this outcome eh?" Light said with a cocky smirk.

The wooden wolf responded with growls and grunts. It even tried to swing itself a bit closer to Light in order to bite him but Light anticipate the move and move back a bit. Light was amuse by the wolf's useless struggles and began to taunt it.

"Oooooh, scary" Light said sarcastically while making an expression with his hands by motioning his fingers like scratching. "The big bad wolf thought it could kill me, but it can't... because the prey caught it in a trap. It seems that the eaten... has been beat by the be eaten" Light said with a mocking laugh at the end.

"Nya nya nya nya nya, you got caaaauuuughttttt by theeee preeeeeeeeyyyy. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The wooden wolf watched as its prey taunt, mock, and laughed at it while being tied from its feet. Anger and irritation started to boiled in its mind. Only wanting to break out of its knots and get a chance to ugly up its prey slowly and painfully and finally kill it.

And that chance has been given. The vine that is holding the wolf, started to make a sound and soon the individual vines tied together came loose. The wooden wolf fell to the ground and scratch the lasso tied around its feet to free itself. Before Light notice, the wolf surprisingly pounce right at him swiftly, colliding with his chest and knocking him on the ground. The wolf, now mad and angry, took its opportunity and crunch on Light's right shoulder as hard as it can.

"Aah!" Light screamed as he felt pain rushed to his head as the wolf bit him.

The pain and the trauma from the bite was unbearable. Light shut his eyes and clenched his teeth while gripping the grass with his right hand bearing the painful attack from his predator. The wolf repeatedly bite his shoulder, adding more pressure to the wound with each bite.

'Damn it! This hurts!' Light thought, but endure it to retaliate.

"Get off of me you bitch!"  He swung his left fist into the right side of the wolf's muzzle, breaking a few pieces of its face along with it.

The force of the punch send it a few feet apart. Light got up and quickly grasps his right shoulder, but notice something even more surprising. Not much blood was spilling out, his flesh had only been slightly damage, but the jacket's been torn. Light then notice that the wound is healing at a fast rate.

'Strange, physically resistant and a healing factor? This day is getting more surprising than any other day.'

Light focus his attention back on the wolf. It was starting to get up. He looked around and notice that his stake is there, stuck in the dirt. He quickly got on his feet and ran for the weapon.

The wolf blink rapidly and shook its head. It got up and saw that its prey is running away. Now even more angry than before, it roar and ran after him. Light hear the roar and run as fast as he can to the stake. He made it and took it out from the ground. The wolf soon got close and tried to pounce on Light again, but was met with a swift backlash from the stake to the face at the damage side.

More pieces of twigs were broken off of the wolf's muzzle as it flew back from the counter and landed on its back. Light charged and attempts to stab the wolf on the ground. But the wolf dodge the attack as the stake pierce the ground and it quickly slash Light's right leg. Even though the damage from swipe is only slightly and would healed, the pain can still be felt.

Light grunted in pain 'God, that hurts! Alright you damn mutt, it's on!'

Light quickly counter by unsheathing his knife using his left hand and swung at the wolf. The knife slash the wolf's right eye, blinding it and made it howl in pain. Light pulled the stake from the ground and jabbed the wolf's neck with the butt. The force sent the wolf on it's back dazed and dive on the wolf, pinning it down. Light grabbed two rocks that were laying near them and clutch them in his hand.

"Alright, Time to return the favor!" Light shouted and smash the rocks onto the wolf's face.

Light kept doing it repeatedly in anger as each rock clutched by Light slammed hard on each side of the wolf's face, blood was showing, pieces of wood were breaking off while the wolf endured the assault, its conciseness has been faded, and a crater has been form around the head.

Light then slam both rocks simultaneously on the wolf's face and threw them aside. He got up panting slowly from the assault and looked upon his foe. The wolf's face was damage badly and it's right eye doesn't seemed to glow anymore while bleeding heavily, and it's shown to be unconsciousness. Light turn to his stake on the ground. He picked it up and walk towards the weaken body and stand between it's hind legs.

"Looks like.... I win bitch. Phew.... that was quite intense. Now to end this." Light said as his eyes looked tired and his face had some of the wolf's blood on it, but held an angered expression.

Light held the sharp end in a reverse grip and raised it above him aiming at the wolf's head. Before he was about to finished off his foe, a cry happened.

"STOP!"

Light quickly turned to whoever shouted. What surprised him was that he found another wolf that looked the same as the wooden wolf, but as a pup. Light blink in confusion and watch the Pup tremble with tears flowing from his eyes.

"Did... you just... talk?" Light asked

"Please... she was only trying to find food for me. Please... don't kill her... don't kill my mother." The pup said as he choke a bit from his sobs.

Light became certainly shock. His eye widen, his mouth agape as he turned his sight on the beaten wolf. It was... no, she was his mother and he was about to take her life. Light suddenly became distraught and quickly discarded the stake and moved away a few feet. The pup slowly move toward his mother's beaten and unconscious body and cuddle against her.

"Mother, please mother... please wake up... please..." The pup said between sobs.

Light gazed upon the moment between the pup and his mother. He was certainly angry that the mother tried to kill him in the first place, but later on, she had a child to take care of and he was going to take her away from her child, her only child. Something now filled his mind, something sad and regretful.

Light shut his eyes and he clutched his head and felt throbbing pain as something started to form in his head. When he open his eyes he found a very disturbing sight before him.

Bodies of people were everywhere. The area around him was dark and dried blood tainted the ground. Light was standing there surrounded by the lifeless bodies and noticed someone else behind him. Light quickly turned around and saw a man standing there.

The man doesn't look any older than him. He wore a white button shirt that is not completely buttoned to the chest, black pants and shoes. His facial features looked strikingly similar to his own, but his hair is flat and both the hair and his eyes are red.

"Who... who are you?" Light asked

The man didn't respond, but smirk. He then raised his right hand and a black book instantly appeared with the words "Deathnote" written on the cover in white. He then open the book, took out a red pen and wrote something down. The man closed the book and looked at his watch. Light was somewhat perplexed by this man's actions, but immediately knows something is not right with this guy as he looked right back at Light with the same smile as before. After a couple of seconds went by, something now happens.

Light heard a heartbeat and felt his entire body tense up for some reason. Then he felt his heart instantly throbbing in pain. He clutched his chest where the heart is and groaned in pain.

'Ach, what's happening? Why is my heart pounding so bad?'

Light soon fell on his back. The pain from his heart was so bad it's starting to feel like it's going to fail. His eyes are shot open, he gasp for air and his body is going into shock. As Light is feeling his conciseness fading, the man walk up to Light's sight and hold up the notebook with someone's name written on it for Light to see.

"Farewell... Light Yagami" The man said with a sneer.

With those words said, everything went dark.

Light shot his eyes opened with a sharp gasp. He was sweating and quickly look around as he's back in the forest with the pup nuzzling his mother.

'What was that! Was that.... a dream? No, it... felt more like something that I once remembered. Who was he? Did he gave me a heart attack? Preposterous, unless... it had something to do with that black notebook he was using? Whatever the case, I think there's something more than meets the eye.'

As Light finished that thought, he turn his sights to the family. The pup is crying as he nuzzle his mother's unconsciousness body. Such a sight would make any being sad. Light immediately felt guilty about this as he felt his suppose death from the memory.

Light slowly moved to the pup and the mother and kneel down. The pup notice Light near them and felt nervous, but what he noticed something else. Light was crying silently, he had tears flowing from his eyes as he hung his head and sniffled.

Light slowly extended his right hand and set it near the mother's face and whisper "I'm sorry". The pup heard his words and slowly move towards Light. He gently nudge at Light's leg and Light slowly laid his eye on the young pup.

"Were you... really gonna kill her? The pup said as he looked at Light with his innocent looking yellow eyes.

Light ponder for a moment and spoke quietly. "(Sigh) I guess I was going to. But I was only trying to protect myself from her. She injure my shoulder and my leg, but I never could have known she had a child to take care of. I'm... so sorry for going to take life. I... I..." Light couldn't seem to finished as remorse and guilt form in his mind and he cover his mouth to lower the sound of his sobbing.

       The pup watch as Light cried. In the Everfree, it was kill or be killed. There were no time to rest as every day and second there was a predator stalking you. His mother taught him how to survive, to never let his guard down as some creatures could be very deceiving and all the other creatures he seen take each others life and showed no mercy to one another, until he met him.

A creature he had never seen before, fought and beaten his mother, but showed guilt and regret from the actions. The pup wasn't sure how to take this as the creature in front of could be deceiving, but this creature was something else as he had never saw it before and he wonder if its actions are genuine.

"Are you telling... the truth? You're not gonna kill us... will you?"

Light stared deep into the pups eyes and said, "Why would I? After what has transpired now? And besides... what will that make me?" Light said as he remembered the man from the memory. He would never forget those malevolent red eyes and that malicious sneer as it seemed that man was okay with the deaths of anything and not give a damn.

'What will that make me.'

It was the pup's turn to be surprise. He couldn't find a hint of lies in Light's eyes. This started to make the pup thinks that maybe, not all creatures in the Everfree was bad. Just scared that they must have been scared like him. The pup then tried to climb on to Light. Light stopped crying and gently scoop up the wooden pup and held him in a warming embrace.

"I forgive you, thank you for not taking mother away from me." The pup whispered

"You don't have to forgive me. I'm just glad you manage to stop me in fact, I should be the one thanking you, for stopping me from making the biggest mistake in my life." Light said genuinely.

The embraced felt warm. A feeling felt very in ways that it can be only describe as compassion. Such a feeling is enough to turn sadness into a feeling of a lifetime. Light felt it as it washed away his guilt, he felt somewhat... happy that such a feeling can be so strong.

The two stayed in the embrace for a while until a new voice was heard.

"A predicament you have caused, but learned to have been resolved."

Light quickly perk up from the voice and saw who it belongs and what he find was even more shocking than before. A lone zebra stood there with a Mohawk hair style with 4 gold rings around its neck and one around the leg. Judging from the sound of the voice sounded feminine indicating that the zebra is female and most of all that is unusual is that she could talk.

"Did you say something as well?" Light asked

The zebra replied, "Yes, it is I who preach, but who are you is to speak."

'A rhyming zebra, something about this place tells me even more mysterious things are about to happen.'

"My name you want? Well my name is..." Light ponder on what should he say, he doesn't know what was his name is until he remembered from the memory. The man said "Light Yagami" to him, but the way the name was written in the notebook was known as Moon Yagami. He wasn't sure which of them is his true name or how writing something in a notebook killed him. He will just have to go with what he remembers.

"Moon" He said simply

The timber pup was perplexed. "Moon? that's your name?" he said

Moon turned to the pup. "Yes, it is my name"

"Like the moon in the sky?"

"I guess so"

The zebra was certainly surprise by this scene. This unknown creature that she has never seen before could understand the timber pup. Whoever he is could be full of surprises.

Moon turned his attention back to the zebra.

"Well I gave you my name, what is yours?" Moon said

"My name is Zecora, I lived in these parts of the Everfree where the nature runs free."

"Wait, Everfree? This forest is called "Everfree"?" Moon speculated

"Well yeah, Everfree forest is where the nature such as plant, animals, and weather moved all on their own." The timber pup said

"That's funny, from where I remembered, that's normal."

Zecora decided it's time to break the chat and get down to business.

"If I may, what are you per say?" Zecora questioned

"I'm a human", Moon said simply.

The timber pup seemed confuse by this. "hyooman?" he said

"A human you say", Zecora wondered, but when she looked up she noticed that the sky in the forest clearing is starting to go dark. "The day is going to be at it's end, we must go back to my hut before the offend."

Moon and the timber pup looked up as well. The sky was getting dark and some of the bushes started to rustle.

"Good idea Zecora, I'll explained about myself later, but right now we should get to some place safe before something bad happens and I don't want to stick around to find out." Moon said

"Me neither", said the timber pup. "But what about mother, she needs help"

"Don't worry, I got her." Moon said as he carefully picked up the mother's body with care and hold her in his arms.

Both Zecora and the timber pup were surprised by the display of strength as Moon was able to carry a timberwolf that looks like she weigh at least 200 pounds. Moon noticed the stares of awe and seem perplexed.

"What?"

The timber pup was the first to speak. "Whoa, how are able to carry mother? She is quite heavy and you could lift her with ease."

"Hmm... you're right, I'll explain this as well when we get to Zecora's hut. If that's fine with you Zecora" Moon said

"I will help anypony in need, and help is what they'll receive" Zecora said

"Alright then, let's go"

With that said, Zecora walk to the direction where her hut is with Moon and the timber pup following behind. The forest does looked scary at night as it started to get pitched black. But for Moon, he could still see perfectly clear in the darkness.

'Another trick about me that'll I must figure out. Oh well, at least I could rest when we get to the hut.'