Chapter six: I F***ing told you! (rewritten)

You jolt upright in bed. another night, another nightmare. You're not even surprised anymore. You crawl out of bed and remove the sweat ridden sheets for cleaning. You where going to finish that carriage shelter today, just that and the day off. Then you where going to check up on Applejack, she seemed out of it last night and you just wanted to be sure she's okay. A large groan from the room next to you reminds you of the guest you brought home last night. So you get dressed and go to the next room.

“Shining? You okay?” You ask, creaking the door open slightly.

“Just peachy Anon, Just peachy.” The sentence is punctuated with another groan. His tone is also ridden with sarcasm.

“Well come down when you're feeling better and I'll have breakfast ready.” You say, closing the door, being mindful not to slam it.

“Thanks.” You can hear him say through the door. You go downstairs and begin cooking some scrambled eggs and oats, you also begin brewing some coffee to help Shining's hang over. You weren't really that hungry so you decided to skip breakfast all together. You just finish up cooking the eggs when you hear the Hoofsteps of a familiar unicorn pony coming down the stairs.

“Hey Anon.” He says through clenched teeth and a rubbing of his forehead.

“S'up.”

“Uh...how did I get here?” He asks, taking a lazy glance around the house.

“I brought you here.”

“You....Brought me?”

You nod. “Yes. Someone had to watch you.”

“How?”

“I carried you.”

“What? Like properly carried me home?”

“Eeyup.”

“Wow....Really?....I'd imagine most of my guard friends would have shaved my coat and mane and left me there...Thank's Anon. I owe you one.” You shrug and take out the pot of coffee and pour it into the mug.

“No problem. You kind of get used to it when having to carry Rainbow Dash home every second day.” You say in a mild chuckle. You were surprised she was even sober last night.

“Well, good...Um...I believe you said something about breakfast?” You chuckle at his hopeful demeanor.

“Yeah, right here.” You say as you lift the pan and drop the eggs onto a plate on the table. You then dump the oatmeal in a bowl and place it next to the plate. You grab a knife fork and spoon and leave Shining to his devices, not before placing a mug of coffee in front of him.

“Eat up and I'll see you later, I have work to go to. I'm assuming you can get to the train station afterwards?” He nods his head, lifting the fork into the air with his magic. “Good, finish the whole thing then leave the dishes by the sink. I'll see you later.” You say as you walk out the door, but just before you close it, you pop your head back in. “Oh! And...uh... Rain is gonna be taking the piss out of you for last night, Just a heads up.”

“Thank's Anon. Aren't you gonna have something?” He asks, looking at his plates. You shake your head.

“I already ate.” You close the door, hearing a muffled goodbye from Shining. Time to get to work. the walk to the rich residence is calm and peaceful. It's still early in the morning, so there were only a few people out just now. You basked in the silence. It seems there aren't enough moments like this, just you enjoying the peace and quiet. Where you can just sit back and relax, not a care for any of your prob....

“HIYA ANON!” And then there's Pinkie. You're not even surprised, she does this all the time.

“Hi Pinkie. How are you.” You drone out, it's still early in the morning and you're still a little tired, but you try and devote some of your limited brain power towards the waking sack of energy.

“Oh, I'm just great! I was going to go ask you if you were wanting to come to my party on Monday?”

“What party?”

“The party I'm having to celebrate you getting over your fear.” She says, throwing her hooves into the air excitedly.

“Haven't gotten over it yet.” You state in deadpan.

“I know that silly! But just you see!” and with that she stuffs an envelope in your coat pocket and walks off. You sigh. It's just Pinkie being Pinkie. You continue on your walk. Nothing else distracting you, apart from the occasional 'hello' and 'good morning'. You needed to get more sleep somehow, these nightmares were starting to get to you. You soon came to the Rich residence after a few minutes and you get to work.

You move over to the cover and you start to build the walls. About half way to finishing your second wall and you realize something horrible. This wood is fir? Oh Fuck! you plant your head on one of the beams repeatedly at your mistake. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

“Anon? Why are you hitting your head against to wood.” Filthy Rich asks, looking over to you in confusion and mild amusement.

“I'm sorry Mr. Rich. I purchased the wrong wood for the job. This is fir, I needed Ash. I'll need to start over again or the whole thing'll collapse in on itself.” he looks a little peeved off by this. “but don't worry, I have the day free so it'll be finished, and I won't charge you anything more than you've already paid.” his gaze softens.

“Anonymous I would insist that you let me pay for the replacement wood.” you shake your head while holding up you hands in refusal.

“No. Mr. Rich, I was the one who made this mistake, it is my mistake to fix. It's not fair for you to pay for it.” he doesn't look sure, but nods anyway.

"As you wish." He says, looking over at the shelter.

“Thanks, I think. I'll head into town and get the new wood. Don't go near that -” You point to the cover. “- the wood I used is not good for taking strain, don't let anyone go near it.” He nods his understanding. “I'll be back in about half an hour.” you say your farewells and walk off towards the lumber yard as quickly as you can. So much for having an easy day.

Applejack POV

Everything was in place. you had the rope, the cart and some straw so he'd be comfortable. You really hoped you wouldn't have to use these. Anon would probably never speak to you again if you did, and if it didn't work then he's never going to forgive you and you didn't want that. Anon is special to you, you don't know why, but he is. You just connect with him more than anypony else. Though you wish he'd take the hint and notice your feelings. But what if he has? What if he has noticed and is just pretending he hasn't to spare your feelings. Well done Applejack you've already sent yourself into a depression and it's not even noon. You look to your Equipment. and sigh.

“Anon, please forgive me.” You pull the tarp over the cart and move the whole thing to the corner, out of the way. And now you wait. You have a lot of time to deal with until tonight and you had no idea what to do. Fluttershy was going to ask anon for help with her animals when he came off of work and you were sure he'd be a while.

“Applejack?” A voice whispered, startling you. You turn around and look to the door. Standing there is Twilight, with a stack of notes, presumably to give Anon a commentary of the wildlife in the Everfree.

“Oh, Howdy Twilight.” You say, rather dejectedly.

“Are you okay?” She asks, trotting up to you, concerned.

“Yep! Absolutely! Peachier than a peach!” You fired those off rather quickly. Twilight let's out a sigh of resignation.

“Applejack, I know you're nervous. And I know that your feeling for Anon will probably give you doubts about doing this.” What?

"W-What did you say?" You ask nervously. Looking to Twilight with wide eyes.

She lets out a sigh and pats your shoulder reassuringly. “I know about your feeling for him. In fact, we all do. I just wanted you to know that if you aren't okay with this, we're not going to force you to do anything you don't want to.” You look down to the floor sadly.

“Does Anon know.”

She chuckles. “I don't think so. I mean don't get me wrong, I love him to bits, but he's thicker that a...uh...a -.”

"A big pot oh Granny Smith's special broth?" You suggest. Twilight laughs at you analogy, patting you on the back.

"Yes, that." She says with a small laugh. Which you can't help but join in.

“Huh I guess yer right about that....and no I'll be fine, it's for his own good anyhow....Ah hope” She gives a not and a contented smile.

“You're doing the right thing Applejack.” She says as she turns to leave. “-we need you to do this, Anon will undoubtedly be trying to escape when he finds out our true intentions and we need you to stop him from doing that. He may even hurt himself otherwise.”

“But what if he hates me?” You say dejectedly, looking to the floor in sadness. She looks you in the eye.

“Anon will be annoyed. He may even hate us for a while, but I would like to believe he will see the benefit of what we are going to do.” She says, looking at you with a reassuring smile.

“Ah hope you're right Twilight.” You say. Twilight just gives you a nervous smile and a nod.

“We're meeting at Fluttershy's cottage. Rainbow will get us when Anon arrives.” She turns and leaves.

You can't help but look back to the tarp again.

It's for his own good...

five hours later.

Anon POV

*thwack* *thwack* *thwack* *thwack* *thwack*

the gentle beat of the hammer on nail is music to your ears, you had gotten the new wood, torn down the old cover, whilst keeping the old wood. You'd reassembled the frame, built the roof, built the walls and were now building the doors off to the side, which were now finished. You just needed to attach them to the walls by a few hinges ad you'd be done and dusted. But you were going to need some help. So you go to the door and ask for Filthy Rich's help. To which he happily accepts. Him being an earth pony meant he had some reserve of strength that came in handy. With the doors in place you just had to do some finishing touches. You coated the entire outside of the garage, that's pretty much what it was, with a waterproofing coat of varnish. You then proceeded to line the entire inside of the garage with straw padding to stop the carriage from getting damaged and, finally, you built a small lock on the doors. nothing special, just a bar that can be held in place by a padlock or something. With the job done you go and fetch Filthy Rich. He appears to be more than happy with the results.

“Anonymous, this is good. I was not expecting this level of quality when I hired you!”

“Eh... thanks...I think.” Filthy Rich was a good guy though you did feel that any praise he gave you was disguised as an insult.

“You even made a lock and everything! I will definitely refer you to all of my colleagues and friends.”

“I aim to please. I hope you enjoy your new carriage shelter. -” you raise your hand out to shake, to which he meets with no hesitation. “- I hope to see you again in the future.” You then leave. Filthy Rich, very happy with your service. The time was around five o'clock, and you had nothing better to do. So you decided to take your fir wood home. You could use it for firewood or maybe some smaller projects.

On the way however you run into Fluttershy, Who lets out a squeak of surprise when she sees you... odd?

“Oh...uh...hello Anon.” She asks, looking to you nervously.

“Hi there Fluttershy.” You say happily.

“I-I know you're probably busy but do you think...I mean if it's okay with you...I mea-”

“Fluttershy?” She looks to you. “What is is?

“C-Could you do me a favour?”

“Well that all Depends on what it is, doesn't it?”

“I n-need some help gathering supplies from the E-Everfree forest and I need someone to...uh...escort me.”

“What supplies do you need?” You ask as she starts to sweat a little, refusing to meet your gaze. you narrow your eyes in suspicion. Why is she so nervous about this.

“Just some herbs and spices from certain plants there.”

“I suppose I could help, Just let me drop this off.” You gesture to the wood.

“Oh...okay meet me at my cottage in half an hour.” She says flying off before you could answer.

“Of course. See you there.” You say, confused. you just shrug, chalk it up to her being afraid of the task she needs to do, and head towards your house.

This should be uneventful.

Fluttershy's cottage

You are waiting for Fluttershy to get ready. She was currently setting out some food for her animals in the event that she doesn't return - Paranoid much? - and locking the door to her home when you see the rest of the girls approaching the cottage, Applejack dragging a cart behind her.

“What are all of you doing here?” You ask, confused.

“Nice to see you too darling.” Rarity replies sarcastically. You roll your eyes and nod towards the butter-yellow pegasus.

“I meant are you here to see Fluttershy?” You ask irritably.

“We're going with you.” Twilight declares in a chipper voice, walking past you to greet her friend... in a hushed whisper. Okay, this is starting to look messed up.

“Okay, is the forest really that bad that all of us have to go?”

“Yep! That's the reason!” Applejack declares loudly. Okay? what the hell is going on here

“Shall we go then?” Fluttershy steps out of her house adorning some saddlebags and trots past your group.

“I guess we should.” Rainbow Dash says, following behind her. You shrug as you follow the group as they all move down a path into the dark forest, you haven't been here since you arrived in Equestria, it's funny it feels like decades ago but in reality it was only three months, but you still feel relatively safe where you are. Three minutes in and the group has already descended into an awkward silence. One that you don't dare break. You assumed the others were silent because of the apparent danger, though you were unfazed. You kept walking for the next hour in utter silence. the lack of conversation was starting to get to you.

“Where are all the animals?” Fluttershy asks in confusion.

“I don't know, but let's just be glad we haven't seen any yet.” Rainbow replies nervously.

This was starting to get really annoying, you look to the sky, it was about early evening, the ponies were still silent and you just kept walking, you decided to question this.

“Hey Fluttershy?”

“Y-yes Anon?” Why is she so nervous?

“How long until we get to where we are going?”

“Umm...”

“Actually, -” Twilight cuts in “- we're far enough in to tell you. -” What is she talking about? “we're here to help you get over your fears.” she says with a proud smile.

“Really? And how are you going to do that?” You ask with a smug smile

“We're going to show you that there is nothing to be afraid of.” She says matter of factly, looking back at you with a blank expression

“Ha ha ha, I think you've shown me that already, there's nothing out here to be worried about.”

“You're fine during the day, we need to show you that it's safe during the night.”

“What?” And just like that, your smug smile dies.

“We are staying here through the night, we need to show you that there is nothing to fear.”

“Heh Heh, good one. You really got me now let's go home.”

“This isn't a joke Anon, we're staying until you get over your fear.”

“Heh heh, okay, that's one option., the other option is you could fuck off!” You spit. Your tone is laced with venom. Twilight visibly recoils at that, hurt plastered on her face.

“I'm going home.” You say as you turn to leave but Dash blocks your path.

“I'm sorry Anon, but it's for your own good.” Oh fuck off.

“Rainbow Dash. Get out of my way.” She shakes her head.

“Look Rainbow, you know how you were upset with my outburst the other day? well I wasn't even violent, now if any of you try to keep me here overnight, I will not hesitate to punch you in the face, repeatedly if necessary.” Rainbow looks even more hurt than you've ever seen her.

“You...You don't mean that. That's the fear talking.”

“I mean every. fucking. word. now move!”

“That's not very nice Anon.” Pinkie states.

“Fuck off Pinkie!” You shout as her hair deflates at this. “I'm leaving.”

“No yer not.” you turn to face Applejack. “ah can't let you go. This is for your own good Anon.” She says, more like she's trying to reassure herself more than you, as she pulls out a length of rope from the cart.

“For fuck sake!” you turn to run but you are tackled to the floor by Rainbow.

“I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!” She shouts in your ear. Applejack is quick to run over and tie the length around your ankles and your wrists down your front.

“Fuck all of you, You're gonna get yourselves killed!”

“Anon, everything is fine ah promise.” Applejack stated as she and the others lifted you into the cart.

“FUCK! ALL! OF YOU! I wouldn't do this to any of you!” They refused to meet your gaze, as they began to walk with you in tow.

“You are all in danger here!” You try to reason with them.

“Anon. There is no such thing as Marewolves, I promise you.”

“Fuck off Twilight, I bet this was your idea, it practically reaks of you!” She looks down.

“If I may, Have you ever seen a Marewolf Darling?” Rarity asks, looking into the cart.

“Yes actually! How do you think this thing started!? Fucking scary movies and sweets!?”

“You were seeing things Anon.” Twilight declares.

“HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW!? YOU WEREN'T FUCK THERE!”

“I know because there is no such thing as Marewolves!” She shouts, getting right into your face. You take this opportunity to butt her face with your forehead.

“FUCK YOU TWILIGHT. YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING BUT YOU DON'T. FUCK ALL OF YOU!”

“I have had quite enough of your input.” Rarity declares when she stuffs a wad of fabric in your mouth. And holds it there with a piece of ribbon.

“Where did you get that?” Rainbow asks.

“I had a feeling Anon would be a bit vocal about his displeasure.” You give her a death glare and try really hard to break free from your bonds. But to no avail.

“Anon don't struggle. You'll hurt yourself.” Fluttershy says Not as much as I'm going to hurt you when I get out of this.

“Are ya'll okay Twilight?” Applejack asks.

“I'm fine, that really hurt though.” She says cupping her nose.

“You should apologize Anon.” Pinkie states to your face. You glare at her.

“It's fine Pinkie. I shouldn't have gotten that close.” She says as you notice a trail of blood leaking from her nose. You would feel bad if not for your situation.

Your group walks for another half hour with you thrashing around in the back of the cart. The girls try to console and calm you, but they're not getting through to you. The sun is setting now and you were doubling your efforts to get free. Then an idea hit's you.

Twilight POV.

The sun was almost set. As your group trail through the forest. Anon is still thrashing about in the back of the cart. You were surprised that he hasn't tired himself out yet.

“Anon?” he stop and looks to Applejack, who was looking at him with concern.

“Ah'm so sorry about this, ah really am. But ya'll should know ah was only looking out for yer best interests. Could ya please forgive me? Maybe not today or tomorrow or even the next but someday can ya forgive me?” He looks down at his wrists then He looked once more to the sun setting over the horizon making way for the night. He gains a look of resignation. He took one sharp breath in and...

*SHCHLICKT*

You all froze in place at the sickening sound and muffled scream that drew everyone’s attention to the cart. You watched in horror as Anon pulled his limp, broken wrist from his binds, allowing for himself to be freed. Everyone present was in shock, to stunned to move. Anon pulled his other arm out and removed the binds around his ankles.

Only now did Applejack shake out of her senses. She quickly jumped forward to pin him to the cart, but he kicked his foot up as it connected with her chest, flinging her back to the floor as she landed with a dull thud. He hurled himself over the cart's side and ran.

Rainbow tried to stop him, but found herself tackled to the floor by the human as he made his escape into the woods.

You must have run for about twenty minutes because you're all tired out. Rainbow Dash is in hysterics going on about how this was all a mistake and how Anon would hate you all forever, or more extremely....

“He's gonna get himself killed. Who knows what animals will attack him.” She exclaimed as she looked to be on the verge of tears. The moon was high in the sky at this point, basking the area in the gentle white glow of the night. A feeling of dread came over you as you looked around for the human. You couldn't help but agree that this was a mistake. If Anon was willing to brake his own wrist to get away from here, then he's probably unaware of any real threats that he might come across. You just needed to find him soon, for his sake.

“Over here!” You hear Pinkie's voice call through the trees. as fast as you could, you follow her voice to a small clearing where Anon slumped against a lone tree on the other side, cowering in fear. You have to approach this gently, being careful not to spook him.

“Anon?” You ask, slowly walking forward until you're just a few feet away from him. He looks up at you with red and puffy eyes. He's been crying...

“Are you okay?” You ask as he nods, his entire form trembling in terror. You need to get him home.

“Come here Anon. We'll all go home. I promise.” You say softly, but to your surprise he shakes his head.

“I can't it's not safe anymore.” He says, shaking his head frantically. confusion beginning to set in your mind.

“It's safe in Ponyville, we'll get you home.” he shakes his head even more.

“No. It's not safe anymore.”

“Anon we can go home.”

“No. It's not safe anymore.”

“Anon, it's fine.”

“No. It's not safe anymore.”

“Anon please come away from the tree.” Fluttershy says gently. None of the others were going to approach him. He could still be violent and your nose still hurt.

“No. It's not safe anymore.”

“Anon, I'm sorry we brought you out here...it was a mistake but we can go home now. To safety.”

“You go home. It's not safe anymore.”

“Anon. We're leaving.” You say a little more sternly.

“No. It's not safe anymore.”

“How is it not safe?”

“The Werewolf will...” and now your frustration boils over.

“THATS IT!” You storm over to him. Your hooves thumping against the earth as you walk.

“I. Have. Had it with your stupid fear! You need to learn the difference between fact. And fiction. You need to grow up and get! Over! your! Fear!” you shout as you reach for Anon and grab his hoodie with your hooves. He grabs onto the tree, but it's not enough to stop you from lifting him and throwing him into the center of the clearing.

“We have tried being nice, but you refuse to listen to reason. Now we are going home and you are going to have to learn to face your fear!”

“T-Twilight?” His voice is laced with terror, his hands raised in defense. The others are remaining silent at your rant.

“No. you are going to listen, you have gotten yourself too dedicated to this legend and it has got to stop. You say you're fine but look at you! You even broke your own wrist to...” you look at both of his arms hands and wrists, they were both fine. "What?...B-B-But I saw..." You see that his attention isn't fixed on you anymore, but rather on something behind you. You trace his gaze to the gleaming white ball in the sky..."The moon?" Indeed the moon was high in the sky now and was in the perfect spot to illuminate the two of you through the canopy of the forest. He blinks, his eyes still watching the moon. He blinks again only this time his eyes were not his own.

It all clicks. Everything, you remember everything anon has told you, everything your friends have told you. It alll comes together all at once.

"...I-its not that I don't like animals it's just...They just...Avoid me." Fluttershy looks positively shocked by this.

...you look to the sun as it is in it's final stages of setting and his mood completely disintegrates.
“It's getting late. Is there anywhere I can sleep?”...

“...just saying, if Ah had been a Timberwolf, then Ah'd have had a might' hard time catchin' yah. That's all.”
“Well, As I said last night, if you were a Timberwolf, you probably wouldn't be within a hundred feet of me.” she looks to you like you've sprouted a second head...

(Music)

“I have been having these nightmares, every night for the past, about, six months. Every time it's different. I could be at home, or I could be at work, or even back on earth. Every time, it starts off normal, then some seemingly normal things happen. Then I get attacked by a werewolf. Each dream is different, but they all end the same. By the wolf launching itself at me.”

...the creature craves living flesh...yada,yada, yada...Rapid regeneration...yada, yada, yada...

”...think of it this way, if you see a werewolf, then you're gonna be attacked by it...”

“Have you ever seen a Marewolf Darling?”

“Yes actually! How do you think this thing started!? Fucking scary movies and sweets!?”

...You replaced all of the curtains with heavier more stylish fabrics...

“You are all in danger here!”

“Fuck all of you, You're gonna get yourselves killed!”

It all dawns on you.

“Anon? Those plants in your house, they weren't to keep Marewolves out were they?” He shakes his head.

“I-I told you I shouldn't be here.” His tone is of complete dread as he stares at the moon in fear.

“Anon?” Applejack approaches.

“Stay back!....I don't want to hurt you!” you back away slightly. Tears welling up in your eyes.

“Anon.” Your voice cracks, the rest of your group has noticed his state but nobody else has figured it out.

Sickening cracking and snapping sounds can be heard from Anon as he writhes around on the floor in pain.

“What's Happening to him?!” Rainbow shouts, her eyes widened in fear.

“RUN!” Anon commands, but nobody moves. They're still denying what their own eyes are telling them.

The transformation starts to show. His spine elongates shredding his hoodie and shirt. His legs and arms do the same shortly afterwards, building girth as they do. Everypony looks on in horror, as Anon changes. his jeans are next to tear and rip leaving nothing on his person except the grey fur that was currently covering his body. His face starts to warp and elongate into a mussel as his teeth grew sharp into that of a dogs as his ears shifted to the top of his head and changed to a more pointed shape. His feet had shifted so his ankle was further up his leg and his toes we lengthening to accommodate the added need for surface area. The last thing to change was his hands. The palm and fingers have elongated and his fingers ending with brutal claws that looked as if they could shred a pony in half like butter. Once was was fully turned, he collapsed on the floor in exhaustion. You only just now realize that you are crying. You had backed away to your friends moments ago. Anon still not registering any of your presence as he whimpers on the floor in pain - and you also guessed a little fear was responsible as well.

“A-Anon?” Fluttershy speaks up, trots forwards slowly, like she were approaching a wounded bear.

Anon just whimpers ignoring the yellow pegasus as she approaches him.

“F-fluttershy! -”Applejack shouts in a whisper. “-What in tarnation are ya'll doing?!”

“I'm seeing if he's okay.” She states matter of factly, not breaking eye contact with him.

“What!? That's a Marewolf!” You respond in shock. "Get back here before he decides to eat you!" You say, just above a whisper.

“It's still Anon. He'd never hurt us." She says as she stops just outside of swiping distance from the dark beast.

“Anon?” He says nothing other than the high pitch *Hrnn* *Hrnn* of his whimpering, like a dog wanting attention or help.

She approaches him further, slowly. So slowly.

“Shhh, Shhh, it's okay. Nopony is going to hurt you.” She reassures as his eyes stare right back at her, now a lot less fearful.

“A-Anon?” She asks in fear, but the creature starts to bare its teeth in anger.

*grrrr*

“Fluttershy!” You shout as Anon lunges at her, claws outstretched, but you were able to throw her out of the way with your magic before he could do any damage. Anon lands where Fluttershy used to be. His claws embedded in the earth like shovels. He growls angrily and jolts his claws out of the earth showering the area in small chunks of dirt. He growls at your group, before lunging at you. You all jolt into action, each running in different directions. Anon not catching one of you, as far as you could tell. You Just run for as long as you can down the path.

Not long after you run. You hear the howl of a Marewolf... on the hunt.

"What have I done?"

Rarity POV.

This is just dreadful, you were currently running for your life hoping against hope that Anon wasn't following you. But if he wasn't following you, then he was following somepony else and that was just as bad. All of you had split up into different directions in the panic of the moment, you had separated yourselves, not one of you willing to return the way you came. Aside from the howl of Anon, you haven't seen or heard from him and you hoped to keep it that way. You were still running, your saddlebags long since abandoned. You keep running though you can't afford to go back. Anon, he...he can't be reasoned with. He's a monster now, a monster you helped create. You keep running on the sheer will of your self preservation instinct. You didn't think about Anon's phobias being true, you didn't think that Anon wasn't afraid of being attacked by a werewolf, but of turning into one. He sacrificed a lot of his time and effort just to keep you and the other ponies safe. If you survive this you were going to apologize to Anon for ever doubting him, but you have to survive first.

You run and fall over something solid, something furry, something live. Panic sets in as you flail about and try to scramble away from your attacker.

“Rarity?” It was Pinkie Pie, her mane deflated in depression as she looks at you with tear filled eyes.

“Pinkie?” She locks you in a tight bear hug, almost restricting your breathing as she cries into your shoulder.

You now notice her appearance. Her mane is completely deflated her mood, clearly soured by the situation. Her cheek fur was matted with tears and she was breathing heavily.

“Shhh...Shhh...everything is going to be all right darling.”

“No-no it's not...Anon! He-he...”She bursts into another set of fresh tears, as you bring her tight into your chest.

“We need to find the others and we need to get out of here.” You declare, placing Pinkie back onto er four hooves.

“What, about Anon?”

“We will have to wait until morning before we can retrieve him. For now, we must worry about ourselves.”

“We need to fix him.” She says, determination breaking through in her voice. You sigh heavily.

“We can't do anything for him tonight. For now we need to find the others and we need to get out of this forest and warn everypony.”

Pinkie nods dusting herself off and walking along side you as you continued down your path. You had deduced that Anon was not aware of your location, or you would have seen him by now. So you keep walking, looking for any trace of of the vile beast that intends to kill you and your friends.

“Do you see anypony?” Pinkie whispers from behind you.

“No dear, I don't. We can only hope that every...” you are cut off when you look into one of the clearings, in the centre of the clearing. there lies dead, a Manticore, a big one. It lies on it's side, it's eyes glazed over but still shows the look of fear in it's eyes as it died. It's tail lies limp behind it, though the stinger has been removed, possibly by the creature that was now tearing at the Manticore's insides like a burrowing rat. Anon was devouring the Manticore's insides, leaving nothing to waste. A few sickening snaps of bone can be heard as Anon breaks through the beast's ribcage.

You turn to Pinkie, and gesture for her to retreat slowly. She doesn't. Instead she starts to giggle, though it's obvious to you that it is forced. She doesn't stop .

“Pinkie Pie! What are you doing!?”

“Heh Heh. Giggle at the Ghostie Rarity. He'll go away.” she states, as she bursts into hysterical laughter. Of course Anon has noticed now and is growling in your direction. You notice now that his mussel is caked in blood and gore. His teeth however were still showing and that combined with his eyes showing that of a beast looking for food, terrified you to near petrification.

“Pinkie I think the only thing that will do is make him come to us. NOW RUN!”

You don't have to tell her twice. She bolts in the opposite direction with you in tow. Anon is not far behind however, bounding down the route you were taking. You chance a glance back towards him, seeing that he is now on all fours using his arms to project him further towards you, his claws digging into the dirt as he swipes at your tail, nearly catching you.

You break free into a clearing, a river weaving through the woods like a needle through fabric. You don't have time to take in your surroundings however, so you jump over several rocks and stop at the riverbank. Anon Bursts from the tree line and starts to bound towards you, given the circumstances. You saw you didn't have a choice, you dived into the river allowing the current to take you away. Pinkie following shortly after.

Now everypony knows that when in a dire situation, one tends to forget crucial things, such as how deep a river is or, probably more dangerously, that you don't know how to swim. You were thrashing around trying to get your head up to break the surface, you're kicks and pulls were doing no good as you just sank deeper and deeper. The water entering your lungs burned as you kicked and thrashed, desperate for air. This was it, this was your demise.

Just as your vision was beginning to fade a pink hoof shot out and wrapped itself around your mane, dragging you to the surface. You probably would have complained about how your mane was attached to your scalp and was now aching profusely, but you were to busy anticipating the welcoming relief of air in your lungs. Your head breached the surface and you coughed up the contents of your lungs trying to expel the water. Once that was done you allowed yourself to breathe normally. You look behind you to see Pinkie holding you afloat.

“Th-Thank you.” She smiles at that with tears in her eyes.

“I-I-I Th-thought...” You hug her letting her drop the subject. You look to the riverbank and relief washes over you.

“What now?”

“This river will take us to Ponyville, we just need to ride it out like a slide.” Pinkie suggests.

“What about the others, we cant just leave them?!”

“There's nothing we can do, we need to get the guard and hope they will be okay. I'm sorry Rarity.” She looks down.

“It's fine darling.” You say rather dejectedly. “We can't help them alone.”

You let the river take you home, hoping that you will be able to save your friends before it's too late.

Rainbow Dash POV.

you were the last to flee, the last to register what Anon had become. Anon was a monster. He had lied to you and the others and you couldn't believe it. You stayed in his house for buck sake. Anon could have just told you what he was and this whole mess could have been avoided...But what would have happened to him? Had you been in his situation you probably would have done the same. These ponies were scared of Anon alone, you can't imagine what would have happened if he told everypony everything. He lied to you and you were all in danger.

But he was still your bro. It was by your doing that he was here. Anon was careful he made sure to restrict himself, he made sure he didn't turn. That's why the plants in his house were on the inside rather than on the outside, that's why Anon never stayed up late, that's why he never drank, that's why he got heavier curtains for his windows, that's why he had most of the plants in the guest bedroom. That's why he got violent when we were planning on keeping him overnight. That's why he broke his wrist just to get away. That's why he ran away from Ponyville and that's why he didn't come over to you in that clearing...he was protecting you...from himself....and you all caused him to change and you felt like shit because of it.

Now, because you were the last to flee Anon went straight for you. You had to fly pretty far to make sure Anon wouldn't hurt any of your friends. So you kept flying as fast as you could, at least as fast as the forest would allow you to. You heard the thumping of Anon's Bounds coming up behind you. You would have been worried if you couldn't pull off your backup plan. You pull a complete vertical ascent and burst from the canopy you see Anon look up at you hovering a good thirty feet above the trees. His eyes bore into your own as he assesses his prey, you. "I really hope that whole 'a werewolf sees you you're going to get caught by it' thing is a bunch of crap. " He huffs and turns to leave, disappearing beneath the tree canopy.

“Yea, dog breath! Can't fly, can you!? Ha you don't stand a chance against the Dash! That's what you get for fucking with my bro! I will make sure you - Ahhh!” Anon burst through the tree canopy and swings his arm wildly as he clips your back hoof, leaving a small graze. You yelp in pain as he falls back to the ground. You weren't expecting that. He leaped about fifty feet into the air! You were almost a goner. He flops against the tree he lands on, you can see he is okay though. You were thankfully able to regain control after he hit you and your increased your altitude. You need to get back to Ponyville and get help, or else you don't know what would happen to your friends. so you fly off in the direction of Ponyville, making sure anon wasn't following you, he wasn't.

Applejack POV

You were numb. Not physically. No physically, you were fine. But mentally? That was a completely different story. You Ran with Fluttershy, hoping to escape Anon, you were running on autopilot however, just running wherever your hooves would take you. You were struggling to comprehend everything that had just happened. Anon was right, Marewolves do exist. He had been terrified of transforming to the point of self harm and you forced him to do so, even without knowing what would happen.. You tied him up and forced him to stay until the darkness arrived and when he realized you all were in serious danger, he broke his wrist and escaped, not caring for who he hurt because he was still making sure you were safe. You probably admired him even more for that. You glance behind you and notice that Anon isn't pursuing you. You come to a stop, Fluttershy soon joining you. She is panting heavily, but you could tell she would run even faster if Anon was to show up.

“This is awful, just awful.” She exclaims, trembling in fear.

“Well, this is one heck of a mess we've gotten ourselves into.” You state, trying to force a smile, but it's not woring.

“T-This is all my fault. I-If I hadn't tricked Anon into comi-” She is silenced by your reassuring hoof on her shoulder.

“We all played a part in this. We all take the blame for something.” she still looks down at her hooves.

“What do we do now?” You look around, scanning the darkness for the creature.

“Where are the others?” she asks as you shrug. You didn't know. You all just... ran, not caring where, as long as it was away from that...thing.

“It was all so sudden. One minute we were standing there, the next, we were running for our lives.” Fluttershy exlaims, tearing up a little in fear.

“Well. We need to find the others and get back to Ponyville. We'll come back and get Anon in the mornin' He'll have changed back by then...I hope.” It was Fluttershy's turn to reassure you as she placed her hoof on your shoulder. She must have been able to read your expression.

“He'll be okay, I'm sure of it.” That does little to alleviate your worry but you force a smile anyway.

“Thanks. Now we just need to find the others....”

“Yea, dog breath! Can't fly can you!? Ha you don't stand a chance against the Dash! That's what you get for fucking with my bro! I will make sure you...Ahhh!”

“Rainbow Dash?” You walk over in the direction of the sound not seeing anything.

*crackle* *crackle* *thud*

the sound brings your attention behind you. On the floor lay Anon, clearly having smacked against the tree above him. You look up to see Rainbow Dash fleeing towards Ponyvile. Good to see she has the right idea you think.

*Gggrrrrrrrrr*

the sound bringing your attention back to Anon who had regained his bearings and was currently picking himself up. You could feel your ears flatten against your head in fear. The whimpering of Fluttershy showing she's not faring any better.

“A-Anon...It's me...Applejack.” he is now standing and continuing to snarl as you as he slowly stalks his way towards you.

“We're friends....remember?” you were now backing up to his slow approach.

“Please?...You have to be in there...You have to...please... I-I... I love you.” His expression doesn't change. His mussel drooling with anticipation. You can't help but feel horrible about the monster in front of you. He's gone.

“Applejack!” Fluttershy asks. “MOVE!” you jolt from your downtrodden mood and begin to sprint in the opposite direction from Anon. You keep running, sticking to the more overgrown routes, hoping Anon was too big to pass. It slowed him down but it didn't stop him so you had to keep moving. You break into another clearing. This one was surrounded by bushes. So you grab Fluttershy and throw her into one as you soon follow. You began bursting some of the berries hoping that would throw Anon off of your scent.

*Growl*

You turn to see something you didn't expect to see, a full grown Manticore it's red mane and piercing eyes occupy most of your vision. It is growling at your bush, it sees you. You were about to run when you heard a very familiar snarl come from the other side of the clearing. You look over to see Anon lunge from the tree line and attach himself into the side of the Manticore, slashing and clawing at its ribs as side. The beast roars in pain as it's large stinger tries to remove the threat from it's body.

The stinger connects to Anon's chest throwing him off of the Manticore, but the wound quickly heals and knits itself back together and he's back on his feet again, snarling at the deadly appendage. The Manticore goes for another attack, but this time, Anon caught it in mid-swipe as he grabs the stinger and pulled it from the tail, slowly removing veins and arteries from the unfortunate creature as it roars in pain. Anon takes the opportunity and quickly throws himself at the Manticore, bringing it to the floor. It looks up in visible fear as anon brings his brutal fangs down on its neck, ripping its throat out.

Fluttershy has a horrified and devastated look on her face, she couldn't watch as one of her animal friends was being literally shredded. The Manticore slumped into the floor, giving up. Its pained breathing slowing and it's eye gaining a distant look to them. The Manticore stopped breathing. Anon was victorious. He planted one of his large feet on the Manticore's side and howled at the moon in victory. He then proceeded to enjoy his catch. His mussel was caked in blood, his hands in a similar state, as he dug his snout into the beasts open chest. You could tell he wasn't going to stop there though, once he figured out you were there, he would attack you too.

“Fluttershy?” You whisper.

“Y-Yes?” Her tone is one of pure fear.

“We need to get outta here and we need to be quiet. Ah need you to slowly walk in that direction and do it quietly.” You put emphasis on the quiet part as you needed to get away without Anon noticing you.

“O-Okay.” she begins to move as slowly as possible avoiding any twigs or anything else that could cause noise. She made it out of the bush and you followed, taking the same precautions. Anon had yet to notice you and you planned to keep it that way.

you had ran as fast as you could Anon not following, you made your way towards Ponyville. You hoped everypony else would do the same.

“Applejack?” Fluttershy speaks up for the first time since the clearing.

“What do ya need Sugarcube?”

“D-Did you see what Anon did to that poor Manticore?” You wish you didn't. You really, really wish you didn't.

“Y-Yes.”

“How do you fight something like that?” That was a good question.

“Ah don't know Sugarcube, Ah just don't know.” the two of you keep walking hoping you can reach Ponyville before things turn even more ugly.

Twilight POV

you ran. You ran and you ran and you ran. You couldn't think clearly. Of course you couldn't, you just found out that a certain mythological creature actually exists, and that one of your friends was one of them. Said friend was currently hunting down you and your other friends because you refused to leave him to his fear. You had done this to yourself and you planned on making it up to everypony if you got out of this alive. You walk past a riverbank. Seeing a peculiar sight, Rarity and Pinkie floating down the river shivering from the cold of the water.

“Twilight?” Pinkie notices you and begins to paddle towards the bank. You save them the trouble levitating them out of the water and drying them off with an evaporation spell. They sigh in relief as they approach you for a hug.

“Are you two okay?”

“As okay as we can be, given the circumstances.” Rarity says forcing a chuckle. You look down at you hooves in shame.

“We need to get to Ponyville pronto. We need to alert the princesses and the guard.” Pinkie exclaims, looking at you in fear.

“Ah think Rainbow Dash is already ahead of us.” You jump at the sudden appearance of Applejack as she and Fluttershy emerge from the treeline.

“Well that answers one question, but we need to get to Ponyville. Who was the last to see Anon.” You ask.

“The last time we saw him he was munchin' on a Manticore.” Applejack says. she sounds pained. you can only imagine what she's going through right now.

“I believe we saw him next then, he chased us to the river where we managed to escape him.” Rarity states. “We haven't seen him since.”

“We should head into town before he comes back.” Fluttershy states, fear lacing her tone.

“I agree with Fluttershy.” Pinkie states sadness mixing with fear in her tone.

“Well. Let's head back and hope that Rainbow Dash has gotten help.”

“heh heh. It's funny...” You all look to pinkie quizzically. “ this is the way Anon first came to Ponyville...following this river.” You offer little more than a smile, her condition was faltering quite badly, it was never a good sign when her mane was like that.

“Let's go...quickly”

Rainbow Dash POV

You had made it into town at record speed and had just charged into the door of the library leaving it slamming against the wall.

“SPIKE!” You scream. “GET DOWN HERE, IT'S AN EMERGENCY!”

“real emergency or one of Twilight's emergency?”

“GET THE FUCK DOWN HERE NOW!” Huh, Anon's swears must be wearing off on you. Spike all but sprints down the stairs. Panic etched on his face.

“What's going on?”

“Quick grab a letter and get all of this down.” He grabs a piece of parchment and a quill. He nods for you to start.

“Dear Princess.

I am writing to you because there is a dire emergency taking place in the Everfree forest. Anon was correct, there is such a thing as Marewolves.” spike looks to you in fear.

“W-What?” you shake your head.

“not now spike our friends are in danger.” he nods and returns to the letter.

“What Anon did not tell you, or us for that matter, is that he was under the curse of the Marewolf.-” Spike gulps. “- Our plan to help get Anon over his fear left Anon stranded outside, with no shelter, he changed before our eyes before we could comprehend what was happening. Anon is currently loose in the Everfree forest along with Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie. They are currently in danger and need assistance. I believe they will head towards Ponyville however if they do this Anon will likely follow and place the town in danger. We need guards in Ponyville ASAP to help defend it from the creature.

Please help us, Rainbow Dash.”

and with that Spike rolled up the letter and dispatched it faster than you have ever seen. You didn't have to wait long for a reply as spike belched up the letter and began to read it.

“Dear Loyalty.

We have received thy letter and are proceeding to alert our guard, we are disturbed to hear of this development however we are not surprised, there was something off about thy human from the beginning. We are proceeding to wake Princess Celestia as thou read this and are preparing to dispatch our guard. The captain and ourselves will be present. We will be there in the coming half hour. Stay strong loyalty we are coming.

Princess Luna” spike read the scroll word for word. You were a tad relieved to hear that.

“Is it true? Is Anon a M-Marewolf?” you look down.

“Yes. It's true. But he's not a monster. Don't let yourself think that. He's still in there somewhere.”

you turn to leave but find a tugging at your tail. You turn to see a determined looking spike.

“I'm coming with you.” You shake your head rapidly.

“No! No way, no how. It's too dangerous.”

“Twilight is in danger, I'm not leaving her.” you look to the open door then to Spike.

“But Spike...”

“I'm. Going.”

“No you're not.” you quickly spin round and buck him in the face, not hard, just enough to knock him out. "Twilight's gonna hate me for that one. " You place spike up in his bed and fly put into town. "I need to find my friends."

Thirty Minutes Later.

Princess Celestia POV

It has been half an hour ago when one of your guards woke you from your sleep, declaring there was an emergency in Ponyville. Originally you tried to suggest Twilight could handle it but they insisted that you get up and join your sister Luna. When you eventually did however, it was not what you were expecting. Luna was on the balcony of the throne room, gathering a group of guards, both solar and lunar, and assembling them in front of the castle. To say You were a little confused - and concerned- would be an understatement.

“Luna?” You said worriedly Luna looked from her collection of mixed guards to you.

“Sister, we have a situation in the Everfree forest. We must depart to Ponyville post haste.” She says, waving her hoof to Shining Armor, allowing him command of the guard once again, and trotting past you in a dash.

“Luna what's going on? Is someone invading?” You asked your panic beginning to rise over the apparent seriousness of the situation

“Thou wouldn't believe us if we told you.” She said, stopping in her track to shake her head in disbelief.

“Try me.” you said with a stern glare.

“Fine Tia. But you must believe what I am going to tell you...”

She was right you didn't believe her. you thought it was just a joke at first, but Luna's gaze remained serious. That's when it hit you... Anon... he was right... but, why didn't he tell you about this. You thought he was your friend and he kept such a dangerous problem hidden?!

No this was not the time to think like that. You needed to focus on the bigger picture. You need to think of Equestria first.

“Luna are we certain that this isn't simply a jest, this all sounds very far-fetched.”

“The letter informing us of the situation, was sent by loyalty, by Twilight Sparkle's personal assistant's dragon fire. If it is merely a prank then they are making it rather simple for them to be traced back to." Luna replied, levitating the scroll for you to see.

You glance over the panicky writing, taking in everything as fast as you could. When you were done, you looked over the scroll to your sister.

“S-so... Anon? Is a Marewolf?” You questioned. You still don't understand why you were refusing to accept it. The evidence was right in front of your face. You just needed to hear Luna say it one more time.

“Yes, dear sister. Anonymous is the very thing he fears the most. Ponyville is in great danger as we speak and they need our help by mobilizing the guard.” She said with an air of authority, only Luna could hold. You nodded once, walking out of the room to get to work.

So here you are now currently on your personal flying carriage with Luna at your side, soaring through the air at high speeds under the moonlight of the early morning. You had yet to see this for your own eyes and so you were still holding onto the belief that this is all a big cruel joke, but somewhere in the back of your mind, you realized that you had to stop kidding yourself.

Along side your own, there were about one hundred and forty other Carriages, though these were designed for troop transport, each one able to carry about twenty guards, there were also about four hundred pegasi in the air. Bringing you're total force to about three thousand. You had never needed to assemble this large of a force since Anon arrived and even then it was just a precaution.

But now, as you look over your little ponies, you can feel your doubt, scratching away at your mind. You knew that if this was all true, then these ponies will have to fight for their country...against something nopony has ever faced before.

You hadn't seen Shining Armour since the throne room, though you heard he wasn't taking it well, Bullseye, one of the the Pegasi pulling your carriage wasn't faring any better. "By the stars I hope this is all a joke. " You think to yourself as your forces touch down on the ground outside of Ponyville town hall. Your guards quickly get into formation around the town, barricading bridges, tunnells and key structures, as well as escorting citizens who were still out -for some reason- back to their homes. There were the guards patrolling the town and there were formations being put in place outside of the treeline to the Everfree, ready to attack anything that attempted to escape and Pegasi were ordered to do reconnaissance flights over the Everfree forest, to look for any of the missing ponies still in there, finding nothing.

“Princess!” You whip your head round to see Rainbow Dash trotting up to you with a fearful expression on her face.

“Rainbow Dash, please tell me this is all some cruel joke.” You say with panic. You were grasping at straws here, but you needed to hear it from a definite source. she looks down, refusing to meet your gaze.

“No. Princess it's all true. We need to find Twilight and the others, they're still in there!” she shouts as she points to the forest for emphasis. You lay a reassuring wing over the frightened pegasus as she looked over the treeline in worry.

“I understand, I have ponies looking for them as we speak.” You say, offering the rainbow maned pegasus a gentle nuzzel, before looking up to your personal informant for this operation.

“Princess?” The guard asks, saluting.

“Yes Rain Guard, what do you have to report.”

“The Pegasi report no sightings of either the ponies or the apparent Marewolf. However we appear to be missing a few squadrons.” she declares curiously.

“Missing?” Rainbow Dash asks.

“They haven't returned from their run, I don't know what's happened.” She says as you look to the next pegasi group preparing for a run over the forest.

“Don't send them!” Rainbow Dash shouts, pawing at your side desperately.

“What is is Rainbow Dash?" You ask gently, unwrapping your wing and returning it to your side.

“Anon was able to nearly catch me when I was flying above the trees, he jumped right up, almost dragging me down. I was pretty high up as well. So that's probably where your guards went.” Rain Guard shudders slightly, but quickly runs off to stop the Pegasi before they can leave.

“Thank you Rainbow Dash, you may have just saved some of my guards.”

“PRINCESS!” all of your attention is shifted to the tree line, which five familiar ponies are now running from. Relief washes over your form as you run over to the purple unicorn.

“Twilight!” You shout as you take her in an embrace. “I'm so glad you are alright. I was so worried.” You whisper as she openly weeps into your mane.

“A-Anon...he..!”

“Shhh, Shhh, I know. We will find him. I promise”

“You wont hurt him will you?” Rainbow Dash asks with concern as you refuse to meet her gaze.

"Only if it is necessary." You say solemnly. Fortunately, they are unable to question your statement as your guard rushes to your side.

“Princess, the last of the pegasi have just returned.” Rain says relieved. "I guess Anon didn't get em." You sigh in relief, allowing yourself to sit down.

"At least that's one problem solved. Good work." You say, gesturing for Rain Guard to leave you alone. "Now it's just the waiting game." After a few minutes of waiting, Luna returns to your side as she sits down beside you and joins you in staring intently at the tree line. All the commotion woke most of Ponyville and despite your best efforts, the ponies were leaving their homes to enquire about the commotion.

“We have searched Anon's home and we have turned up nothing that we do not know about.” You nod quietly, poking Twilight's back to get her attention. She looks up to you questionably, with her big puffy, red eyes with fresh tears cascading down her cheeks. It pained you to see your student like this. You wish you could just bundle her up in blankets and tell her everything will be okay, but you needed to focus on more important matters. So you will yourself to let Twilight out of your grasp as you look to her seriously.

“I will need you to study everything you know about Marewolves when you get the opportunity and I mean everything. From myths to apparent eyewitness accounts. We will need -”

“WE GOT MOVEMENT!” One of the guards cuts you off, causing you all to look towards the forest again. A few moments go by without any incident. No hulking beast, no human, not even a little rabbit. There is nothing there.

“Where? I don't see anything.” Another guard says, confusion evident in his tone.

“Over there, I saw something.” The first guard replies.

“Where? There's nothing there.”

“I saw something yellow moving, right there!”

“Oh big deal, I don't think wolves are yellow, dumbass.”

“It's Anon!” Pinkie Pie shouts frantically from behind you all.

“What?” You ask, but before anything else could be said two glowing yellow orbs appear in the tree line, you wondered how they did that, they could probably be seen in pitch blackness. Everypony tensed up and readied their weapons.

*Sssnnnaaarrrlll*

he lunges from the tree line charging the guards, his appearance terrifying you. Anon was tall before, now he was positively giant, standing at over nine feet tall. His broad shoulders holding his arms which also increased in size holding quite possibly the most deadly looking claws you have ever seen. But the worst change was his face, his mussel covered in the blood of others, his teeth bared and his eyes piercing your very soul. This wasn't Anon, this was a savage beast.

As soon as he burst the tree line, the guards released their assault. a hail Arrows, spears and magical bolts alike were hitting Anon. So many, that he had to stop to protect himself. All except the magic bolts were damaging him. He howled in pain and snarled at his attackers, taking each and every projectile that came near him. He stumbled backwards, unable to remain standing as he violently ripped the objects from his body. The guards stopped their attack. Anon tried to remain on his feet, but fell to his knees and then to his size, defeated.

Two Unicorn guards cautiously approach him with swords raised in preparation. Anon was lying there un-moving, not even a twitch. You could hear Applejack murmuring under her breath, begging for him to be okay as the guards reached him, inspecting his form. They thrust the sword into his chest just to be safe. You see his form shift in pain though you can tell he's done for. They turn to the rest of the guards, raising their sword in victory.

“He's done for, guys!” One of them shouts as there was a resounding cheer coming from the guards. You turn to see Applejack sobbing uncontrollably as Rarity tries to console her. The rest of the girls are looking more depressed than ever.

“Girls I'm sorry.” You turn back to see Rain Guard, looking over to the girls sadly.

“What are your orders Princess?” You turn to Luna who is also looking down, though not so much out of sadness, but concern.

“We will need to dispose of th...” you tune out thinking about what had just transpired, the guards are surrounding Anon, celebrating their quick victory and taking pictures.

"Wait a minute... This was way too easy." You turn and look once again at Twilight. Who was staring at the floor in shame. Then it hit you like a speeding train. You remembered something, something you should have never forgotten.

“Well, that certainly is a frightening tale. Is there any way to stop the wolf?”

“No, you can deter it, but you can't kill it. The body regenerates far too rapidly, even in human form.”

“Get them back!” Rain guard looks to you confused.

“Anon is toying with us, we need to get them back now!” You shout as you run towards the small gathering.

"Move aside! Move Aside!" Rain Guard shouts as the ponies part to allow yourself entrance.

"Retreat to a safe distance, my little ponies!" You order as you spot the still form of Anon. He lays there, unmoving, just as he was.

"It's fine Princess." One of the guards says, looking over the wolf. "He hasn't moved a muscle since he fell." You move to inspect him, looking over his sharp, bloodied claws. His long, powerful, legs. His long menacing face. He was one of the most horrifying things you've ever seen. You move your hoof to one of his shoulders, gently stroking his soft fur. He's dead... right?

"I want everpony to retreat to a safe distance. we need to play it sa-" You feel something grip your back leg and throw you backwards as many ponies screamed in fright.

You landed on your back with a dull thud. You shuffle and pull yourself to your hooves as you hear the sound of screaming and panic. You looked up in horror at the sight of Anon, standing with his claws wrapped around one of the legs of a pony. His eyes filled with fear as blood violently gushed from his throat and he choked on his own blood.

All of your guards attempted to down Anon again but it was fruitless. He was not being hurt. You just stood there, watching as magic washed over Anon harmlessly as he swung and swiped his claws around, attempting to kill anypony who was unfortunate enough to get too close.

Among all of the destruction and horror, your eyes meet. Your guards retreated as best they could, leaving you and this monster alone on a mattress of bodies and blood. He began to slowly prowl towards you as you back up.

"A-Anon...this isn't you, okay. You are better than this."

*Gggrrrooowwwlll*

You jumped out of the way, just in time to avoid him lunge at you. He lands just a legs length away from you as he turns to snarl in your direction.

You turn and flee, back towards your guards. Many of them flee in fear, but some turn to aid you in escaping the large beast.

Anypony who got close enough to the creature was instantly cut down by his massive claws. You were just about to make it into the town, before he swung his arm and flung you into a nearby wall. Ponies were running around in anarchy, nopony noticing you anymore. Your guards have lost you. with your back against the cold stone wall of a nearby house, Anon approaches you slowly, watching you intently. He only breaks his gaze once to dispatch of another guard, who tried to attack him.

You force yourself back onto all fours as he comes closer. You quickly charge up your horn, putting as much of your energy into this spell.

"Anon...Don't make me do this!" You shout as he gets closer and closer. He doesn't even acknowledge your words as his expression goes hungry. You continue to put more energy into your horn.

"I will do this!" You shout as it becomes harder and harder to hold back the spell. He stops in his tracks, looking at you questioningly. You thought you had gotten through to him. until...

He rears back up onto his back legs and howls...loudly. The sound sinks deep into your person, shaking you right to the core. Everything goes silent. The display was enough to cause everyone present to stop dead in their tracks as they looked to your little stand off.

He comes back down, his claws digging into the floor as he growls at you again.

"Anon..." He tenses up, baring his teeth in anger as the town watches him stare you down.

There was no other option now...you have to end this. You put every last ounce of magical energy into this spell as he lunges forward.

You release.

The entire area is engulfed in white hot light. Light so bright that it blinds those around it. and once again, everything goes quiet. it's over. Everything freezes as shame encases your form. You killed him... you killed Anon, but...you had to...

*Thud*

You look over to see Anon standing beside you, completely unfazed.

your spell... it didn't work.

He snarls at you again as he brings his arm down upon you.

There's nothing you can do.

He grabs you and slams you against a wall, his claw around your neck, pinning you there, snarling into your face as you kick and pull, trying to break free from this beasts grip, but his grip only tightens as you struggle for air. He Your eyes widen in fear as tears start to well up into your eyes. he brings up his free claw for the final blow.But just before it's over...

Rainbow Dash flies in at the last minute with a cooking pot, throwing some kind of grain into his face. Anon Howls in pain above you, as he retreats away from the cyan Pegasus. The rest of the girls appear with their own containers, throwing their contents onto the marewolf. He tries to resist, but the constant assault is too much. He turns around and flees back into the Everfree forest, leaving behind a trail of destruction in his wake

You approach Rainbow Dash, who was attempting to refill her pot.

“Thank you Rainbow Dash. You just saved my life.” You say, wrapping a wing around your savior. "What was it you threw at him?" You ask, looking to the pot that was still in her hooves.

“Some of that Rye he had lying about his house. I guess it does work huh?” you smile and look to Rain, who was running up to you through the crowd of terrified ponies.

"Princess! Are you okay?" She shouts, saluting as she awaited her orders.

"I'm fine. Thank you." You reassure her as you levitate some of the grain out of Rainbow Dash's pot. “I need all of the ponies here to have some form of mistletoe, Rye or wolf's bane on their person at all times. We may have found a way to keep the town safe.” You command. Rain Guard is quick to dash off and relay the order.

“Ah'll go get some Rye.” Applejack says as she runs off towards her farm. The ponies that were out of their homes questioning what they had just seen.

"this is bad."

“Our Subjects, listen to thy princess!” Luna called out in her royal Canterlot voice. we need thee to return to thy homes, our royal guard have the situation under control, it is in thy best interest to return to the safety of thy homes. We will defend thee until dawn. When we will have this savage beast apprehended.” She says proudly.

The ponies begin to return to their homes, fear plastered on their faces. Luna approaches you with concern as she inspects your body for damage.

"Sister, Are thou alright?" She asks. She must have noticed your terrified expression because she was looking to you in utter dread.

"How can we fight such a beast?...He is resistant to most of our attacks...h-how...?" Luna wraps her hooves around your neck as she gently nuzzels your cheek.

"We will be okay. Dear sister. You'll find a way...You always do." You break away from the embrace slowly, looking to your sister in pain.

"...I hope you are right Luna."

Author's Note

and there we have it, the werewolf revealed. I had this planned from the start and I tried to keep this hidden while throwing hints to you guys. tell me how it worked out.

I hope the Music worked out as well.

There are only a few chapters to go. so hang in there.

Also totally broke the 10,000 word mark. so....

until next time, mistake, feedback, comment, and stay awesome