Chapters It is 9pm on 21st of January 2014, and you are inside your semi-detach house next to the fireplace, after you can home from you're not so interesting job. You had to walk home in the rain because your bike got a puncher on the way to work, you got a few cuts here and there but nothing you can manage to fix up. While you're warming up, you look around your living room and can't help but to sigh a slow sad sigh. On top of your fireplace is a photo of your adopted parents, who passed away few years ago, you feel a water droplet fall down your cheek.
"I wish I wasn't alone anymore" you mumble.
Getting up from you're sitting position, you start doing things around the house like, clean the dishes, but rubbish in the bin and so on. It takes an hour and a half to do everything you can think off, you could have done it sooner but you like taking your time whilst listening to you favourite music artist. After your done, you look at your phone, it says "10:32pm" in blue neon light in the top left corner of the screen. You haven't got work tomorrow thankfully, but you go to bed for an early night.
You are shifting around in your bed trying to find that comfortable position thats seem impossible on some nights. Looking at the clock on your wall, you see its 1am. You groan "so much for an early night" . BANG That sound makes you jump out of your skin (not literally), you scream out in shock "ARGGHH WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!", you bang your head on the head board on the end of your bed "MOTHERFUCKER". Hitting the headboard with you fist, venting you anger at the cushioned piece a wood.
Getting on your dressing gown and going down stairs to your kitchen. You get a flash light from the kitchen draw and the cricket bat, you got from your 11th birthday from you adopted dad, you go out side to investigate, where the sound came from. RUSSLE you jump slightly as the next door white and brown cat jumps out of the bush next to you and runs off. You always hate that cat, you tried many times to get it to like you. Or at least not annoy the hell out of you, like giving it food and petting it on the head. But it scratches you almost every time and decides to use your garden as its personal toilet. You can't help but chuckle as you seen it jumping over the fence and catching its back legs on the top, sending it in a spin and falling over the over side.
Getting closer to where you heard the sound, you find nothing. No bins turn over from stray cats or dogs trying to get some food, or from fighting each other. Nothing, you are relieved but a bit annoyed that it was nothing. You start to turn around when suddenly you heard the sound again, but this time from above you. Looking up you sees single, small dark cloud with purple lightning?
"What in the world is....." You where cut off but the lightning hitting you. What was left where you stood, is a black scorch mark, like the ones in cartoons where a explosion has gone off.
Mean While
"I'm sorry for wasting you time" a young purple filly said sadly
A group of adult ponies, moaned a jotted things down on paper. The filly couldn't help but to sigh. Suddenly the filly yelps in surprise and she floats in the air above a foot off the ground, surrounded by a purple oval shape force field and lightning shooting out. The lightning hits the group, a big egg and the filly parents, altering each of them. The doors open to a tall white ... horse? She calmly walks over to the filly and puts her hooves on her shoulder, and says something to her. This calms her down, as she calms down the parents, group and a dragon change back to normal, well the dragon stays a baby and not an egg. The tall white horse talks to the filly for a while, and the filly ends up saying yes repeatedly and jumping up and down around the place.
*16 YEARS LATER*
"SPIKE!!" a young mare is shouting whilst looking for something.
A young dragon walks out of the bedroom groaning "twilight? Its like 2am, can we just go back to bed?"
"You want to go to bed? After the huge magical influx I just felt, YOU WANT TO GO TO BED?!"
The dragon has a confused look on his face "ermmm" the dragon says with confusion and a hint of fear
The purple pony grunts "i mean magical power"
"Ohh why didn't you just say so?" the dragon says with a smile
The purple pony sighs "well, I'm going to see what it was, I just hope its nothing bad. So are you coming or not?"
"Might as well, not exactly sleeping am i?"
The purple pony sheepishly smiles and lifts the dragon onto her back with her magic. Running out of the door, and to where she felt the magic, she comes across a 50 foot crater. "A crater?" the young dragon asks out loud. Walking ever so slowly to the middle, Reaching the middle of the crater they find nothing, what ever was there is now gone. Twilight can only just since the trace of what ever is their, but it's being stopped somehow. Sighing quietly she then turns her attention the the magical power she felt, it was clearly powerful but somehow familiar, she couldn't quite place it. Jotting it down to lack off sleep, she figured that she could find out tomorrow after some sleep in her bed. Spike jumped on her back and they head back home talking to each other what it may have been.
Chapter 1 - Fours A Crowd
Slowly shifting from in and out of consciousness the next few things are hazy. You spot something that oddly looks like a wolf but made out of wood, slipping back out of consciousness you feel pain, not just any pain, but you thought braking a bone was bad. This make that pain feel like it was no worse than falling out of bed. You slowly start to hear faint distorted voices coming from somewhere, you can't tell what they are saying. But you thing to yourself have you been saved? or what ever that was taking you to them. It's not for another few hours do you regain some of your consciousness, you can't really see anything, its like when you try looking out foggy class. All you can tell is that you are in a dark room, and what ever you are lying on isn't the most comfortable but it could be worse, its not till another minute or so till you go back to the void of unconsciousness. You are suddenly awakened from something wet and very cold, gasping loudly you frantically look around to see what just happened. Looking around you don't see anybody there, apart from two buckets lying on the floor next to you. You get closer to them, it turns out one is an empty bucket, which probably had the water what was thrown over you. Examine the bucket it is a sliver bucket with a wooden handle. You then look at the other bucket next to you. It is fill with food. Apples, carrots and the like, you are starving, you haven't had anything since this morning. Picking up an apple taking a bite, you almost drop the apple in shock. It's the best apple you have ever tasted in your like. The texture is completely new, not like the boring taste of apples back home, and boy was it juicy. It doesn't take long for you to devour the apple. That has taken care of most of your hunger strangely.
Deciding to leave the rest for later, you start standing up, when you accidentally hit the bucket with you leg. Screaming out in pain and collapsing to the floor clutching your leg, you feel an incredible amount of pain, almost enough to pass out. Slowly lifting your trouser leg, you examine your leg. Its covered in blood stained bandages, well at least what ever save you from the oak wolves tried to help you some. Slowly pulling your trouser leg back down, trying to not cause a surge of pain again, once its cover back up, a shiver goes up your spine. This time taking your time, carefully, not hitting anything, you stand up. The pain is all but gone, its back down to barely noticeable. Testing out the leg with the finest pressure on it, you wait for the surge of pain..... but it never comes. You happily sigh in relief. Deciding to put more pressure on it from the confidence you got for the first try, again no pain. Putting more and more pressure on the leg, until you are standing on it alone. Satisfied from the result, you give a nod. Picking up the buckets and putting the one with the food in the empty bucket, so it saves space and free's up a hand. You spot a long stink placed right next to a tree, not wanting to risk your leg giving in and having no support, you go and collect the stick. Testing it, if it can take you weight. The wood sighs but doesn't break, not even a crack or fracture. Happy with the stick, surveying your surroundings, behind you is a dark forrest and in front is a town in the distance. Thinking to yourself, a town means civilisation, civilisation mean people, people means help, help means home. Picking up the pace at that thought, wanting to just get home and getting this leg treated. RUSTLE
That stops you in your tracks to a complete stop. In front of you about 22 yards away, out a bush walks three little horse? they look like horse's but their features are different, so you think is pony a better term for them. One of them has a purple mane and a orange coat with wings to match, another is a pure white and light purple with a horn, and the last one yellow and red mane with a bow tied into it. The three of them seem to be talking to them selfs, then they in unison drop their heads. It doesn't take a genius to see they re sad about something. Then it hits you like a train, not only can these horses / ponies can talk, and they show real emotions AND one is a unicorn and the other a frisking Pegasus. Panicking and screaming like a mixture of a girl and grown man, the trio jump out of their skin and spin round to locate where the sound came from. Their pupils go to the size of a pin, their face turn blue and mouths wide open. After a few seconds of looking at you in complete shock, they start screaming and bolt off, to the town leaving dust shaped clouds in their place. You can still hear their screams as they near the town, saying "ARRHH MONSTER!! HELP!!". That gets you out of your panic attack, you try to gather your thoughts. A couple of minutes later, 2 older ponies are running towards you with the small three that run off.
You panic and look for somewhere to hide, the only place you can hide is in the trees, so you run up to the nearest one and climb it as fast as you possible could, dropping the buckets in the process. You watch the group through the tree branches. The group get to where you were standing, the group frantically look around for this monster. Not seeing it the two older ponies look at the younger ones. "But it was right here!" exclaimed the white pony. The other two shout "YEAH!" i unison. The two older ponies look at each other, giving each other a nod and looking back at the there smaller ones. The pony with cyan coat and rainbow mane ask them "you sure you saw a monster? Because I can't see one.", you decide to call her rainbow for her mane. The trio nod their heads up and down. It is then you notice the other pony, not only has wings but a freaking horn, its coat and mane a purple, with a highlight of darker purple in its mane. "Are you sure girls" the purple one asks. Observing the scene the purple on notices the buckets laying on the floor with food scatter across the floor as well. Cursing yourself for not only dropping your only food and two perfectly to use buckets. The buckets are then surrounded in a purple aura, and somehow float to the group, you are about to panic again but cover your mouth with your hands. The purple one looks at the others
"Now i'm not sure you saw a monster girls, maybe you just saw a griffin or something, you not seen before." she says examine the buckets
"BUT TWILIGHT! THIS THING WAS NOT A GRIFFIN! IT WALKED ON ITS HIND LEGS, HAD NO FUR AND IT WAS PROBABLY TALLER THAN EVEN CELESTIA HERSELF" the trio shouted together.
"Well, like I said before, but I have to admit even i've never heard of something like that. But I doubt a monster would be using a bucket to carry its food of vegetables. But i don't know what its capable of and if it's friendly or not."
"I can take it no sweat!" the cyan boasts in a tomb boy voice.
"You don't know that rainbow, if its taller than even princess Celestia then.... Its more than likely very strong, where talking like iron will or stronger. And it appears to be civilised, so its nearly smart as or same as or even possibly smarter than ponies. I don't like this, not knowing a thing." She says in anger at the last bit and sighs. Looking at the smaller ones she tells them "where going back to Ponyville, we can send a search party for it." They all agree and go back to the town. You watch them go out of sight before you start climbing back down. Punching the tree trunk in anger and disappointment in yourself, a few apples drop from the tree. You groan in pain, it appears you may have broken a bone or two in your hand. Suddenly you hear a crack then the next thing you know is the branch, you where sat on, is now falling. It hits you on top of your head and its lights out.
Waking up, you notice you can barely move any of your limbs, it feels ilk they are tied up. Its clear you have been captured, but by who or by what is the better question. You can't see anything, nothing but the void of darkness. You sit there for what seems for ever, until you hear a door creak open. Your about to get answers you think, better to play knocked out to get information you want when they know your awake.
"Its still out?" a voice asks
"What you think we should do with it?" another voice asks
"Ah i recon we should try find to find twilight again, she would know what to do" country sounding voice says
"And not be monster captures! And besides what you think will happen when they find out "(What where you thinking and blah blah blah)" says the first voice you heard in a mocking tone
"But ah don't want to become its dinner, do you? Ah think we....." she stops taking, you think she has notice you are awake.
These are voices are just kids you think to yourself. You don’t want to scare them but enough is enough, using all your might to break free. The three fillies gasp and take a few steps back. What ever they tied you up with isn’t very strong, only after 12 seconds the rope gives way and snaps. With your arms free, you take off the blindfold. You look around for the three fillies; you see that you are in short off a shed or maybe a tree house or something. Because it’s hard to tell from the inside, but on the walls are drawings of various stuff ranging from ponies to maps. There is also furniture scattered across the room. When you finally see them, each of you lock onto each others eyes. After a few seconds the white one faints, and the other two scream as loud as they possibly could. Turning and exiting the room, as quickly as possible not wanting to become deaf at the level of high pitched screaming.
“I swear those three would give those dragon things off lord of the rings it’s run for the money.” You say out loud. THUMP! Jumping in surprise, frantically looking around to see where the sound came from, all you see is apple trees. THUMP! That made you jump slightly, but this time you have a rough idea which way it came from. Moving closer to where it came from, you spot a orange pony with a Stetson. Observing this new pony from behind a tree, carefully not trying to be seen, the orange pony walks up to a tree turns and…. Kicks it with its back legs. Apple start falling into the two baskets laid on the floor next to the tree. “how on earth do she do that, and it would appear so effortlessly” talking to yourself. Suddenly the pony stops and her ears are going crazy, like they are trying to……. You quickly go back to your cover, and trying your best not to make the slightest of sounds. After all you don’t know exactly how good these ponies hearing is. Their hearing could be as good as the ponies from where you from but they are nothing like them or at least what you have seen so far, so why couldn’t things like hearing be different as well. The orange pony shouts something, and a big red pony comes sprinting up, well it would be gallops up to the orange pony. The pair gallops to where you are… SHIT THERE COMING AFER ME is all you can say in your head. They get closer and closer, as your heart beats faster and faster. Waiting for what is bound to happen, you close your eyes as tight as they could go, and clutching yourself into a ball whilst saying “
Please don’t find me” over and over and over and over again. Starting to sweat profusely, breathing heavier, you will collapse soon if this keeps up.
But the events that played through your mind at a thousand miles a hour, never came, looking up from your position, you see the pair running towards where you came from. Now that you can see where you where taken hostage, it’s a small tree house. Realizing what happened, the orange pony heard the scream; call out for that big red one and the pair galloped to the fillies.
“I better get out of here, before they catch me” saying to yourself, to try and get your feet moving. Be lining from away the tree house, not looking where you are going. You run straight into a tree, falling backwards onto your rump. Groaning, you try standing back up with some difficulty. Feeling your head for any cuts or anything that will need your attention, luckily nothing bad but a red mark and a little lump. It just isn’t your day you moan. You most of run for 10 minutes, before running into the tree. Dusting yourself off, you hear a brand new voice singing, this one is elegant and sweet. Walking closer to the new voice, being pulled in like a siren does to sailors, the voice gets clearer and louder, until you can understand every single word. Reaching to where the singing is coming from, you spot a yellow Pegasus with a pink mane and butterflies tattoo. The yellow Pegasus seems to be singing to some birds, however soon as one of the birds see you, it what can universally be described as a retreat / get the hell out of here sound, all the birds fly away as fast as their little wings could take them. The yellow Pegasus is confused and a little scared for a few seconds, shrugging her shoulders, she turns to where you are with her head down, almost touching the floor. Slowly trotting over to you, she bumps into your legs, making her cower under her mane and squeaking in surprise. You can see she is shaking like she just saw a ghost, wanting to calm down the Pegasus, you slowly but surely reach down and pat her o the head. This only makes it worse, and she digs into herself more. Retracting your hand, you decided to leave, seeing as this is going no where, and probably never will. Taking a few steps back, trying to not step on any twigs or anything like that.
"FLUTTERSHY WHERE ARE YOU?!" a voice yells, which sounds awfully familiar.
You don't have to wait long for an answer, a blue flash of something races up to where the yellow pegasus is. "FLUTTERSHY THERE YOU ARE! are you ok flutters?" Crack And there it was the inevitable snapping of a twig. The cyan pony jolts upright, "Who's there?" is all she could ask. Luckily for you there was a tree to hide behind, before the pony saw you. Shrugging she turns her attention back to the pegasus. Trying again to get away without any snapping of twigs, you slowly walk backwards. This time succeeding, turning and running to get away from that rainbow pony.
*4 HOURS LATER*
its starting to become night, the sun is slowly defending beyond the orison. Giving off a mixture off yellow's and orange's, and with the night colours added, it only enhances the sunset. You have always liked nights and sunsets, it just always seemed calm. A yawn then escapes your mouth. With bags under your eyes and tiring limbs, you decide to make a make-shift tent. Grapping leaves from bushes and vines hanging of trees, you make the worst make-shift tent you have ever seen. But it will do for a night. Taking of your coat to uses as substitute pillow, slowly drifting off the land of sleep.
Chapter 2 - Everfree Yeti?
Its 10pm on a friday, and a purple Alicorn known as twilight, is pacing around in her living room. Sounds of her clopping of hooves on wood floor could be heard into early in the mourning. Clearly trying to figure out the current dilemma. Is this new creature dangerous, what abilities does it has, what level of intelligence and so on.
The next mourning there is a loud yawn. Coming from spike, the purple and green dragon. Stumbling to the kitchen to make himself and twilight something to eat. Looking in the fridge, there a few ingredients, but not many. Go through the possibilities in his head, he decides on one of his favourite foods, and possibly virtually everyone else's, pancakes. Grabbing the necessary ingredients to make the pancakes, with his arms full the brim. He slowly but surely reaches the cooker, placing the ingredients next to the hob, but not so far. It doesn't take long for the dragon to make the meal for the both of them.
Upstairs laying in her bed in twilight, still sleeping off the very late night she had, no thanks to the new creature. She starts stirring in her sleep. (whats that smell) she thinks to herself. (is that pancakes? i really would love some off them right now. I better get up) Stretching out her legs and back, twilight finally gets out of her bed and walks to the mirror on her bedroom wall. Using the brush she got as a filly as a prize for hitting the most bottles by throwing a ball at a tower off them. Which you only get from theme park attractions these days. It's a pure white sliver brush. You may be think that get something as expensive as that as a prize is stupid and unrealistic for theme park, but it was a special day that day, it was christmas or as the ponies call it Hearts warming. Using this brush always feels nice for twilight not just because she won it with her parents, but as well she likes the sensation of it. Getting out every knot and so forth took around 2 minutes. The smell of pancakes only gets stronger while she is waiting up more and more. After finishing her mourning toiletries, she walks down stairs to find spike just finishing the pancakes and setting them on the plates he got out.
"Morning spike, those look gorgeous! Do you want some sauce on yours?" she asks while getting out the last of sleep in her eye.
"You bet Twilight! and good morning too." Spike says as twilight puts on some sauce on for both of them. Levitating the meals over to the table, they both take there seats and dig in.
"Good as always Spike! At this rate you'll become a famous cook in the near future". Twilight says in a happy tone. Yeah spike cookings has got a lot better, but spike a cook? And a famous one at that? The thought never came to him, all though he might be able to use that to wow rarity, he thought.
"Thanks Twi, anyway you thought off anything about this monster creature thing, you told me about last night?"
"Spike... just because it's a new species and may be taller than even Princess Celestia and weird looking. Doesn't mean it's a monster, or dangerous. And besides, i can think of some pony else in this town who is a different species, different in height and weird looking"
"Oh really who?" twilight only looks at him with a *seriously* kind of look. "Oh! you mean me? Well, thanks for the ego boost twi". She can only giggle a little at her best and favourite assistant.
"Well, i'm going to go to the town hall and talk to the mayor. So we can inform the town about the creature and what she should do and not do. I'll have to admit though, this is kind of exciting!" She squeals in delight at the thought of discovering a new species. Get all her stuff needed, like quills, scrolls and the like, into her saddle bags, she heads out.
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"So we are agreed? We know what we need to do?" says one of the voices
"Yeah! lets hurry up so we can get this over and done with" another voice says in a higher pitch
"And ah dud like ta see Zecora again!" says a all to familiar voice
The next thing is heard is a small group inhaling very loudly and deeply until, "CUTIE MARK MONSTER FINDERS!". The fillies race out the door, and use the Scootaloo express to get to Zecora's. It don't take long to get to the edge of the everfree, they past a few ponies they knew along the way, but they didn't stop to say hello. Stopping at the edge of the forrest, and taking a look inside the forrest, is quite a scary sight, especially for children or foals as they are know here.
"Are you sure we know to go in there and not just wait for Zecora to come out?" Sweetie bell asks after taking an audible gulp.
"Well, she might know what ta monster is" says the farm filly
"Yeah! and you two are not scared are you?" the pegasus says in a joking tone. The two fillies shake there heads, and Scootaloo starts slowly edging into the everfree. Even in the day the Evreefree is scary for ponies, even thought most of the time creatures like timberwolves hunt at night, they are know to hunt in the day, but rarely. After 2 minutes of venturing deeper into the forrest, they come across a hut carved into a tree trunk. The sight is a off putting one to ponies that have never seen it before, but to the fillies is a very welcome one. The trio walk up to the door and where about to knock on the door till they heard something walk right behind them. Gulping very loudly, the slowly peer over there shoulders and see a tall figure in a cloak towering over them. The figures face is covered and the only thing you can see is glowing yellow eyes. Sweetie bell faints instantly and aplebloom and scoots hold each other while shaking wildly. This may be the end of the cutie mark crusaders, for ever!
"Hello the fillies of trio, front he town of ponyville, I welcome you and say hello" the figure says in a rhyming tune.
"Zecora!?" Scoots and applebloom say in unison.
The figure reaches up and pulls down the hoody to reveal the one the fillies where searching for, the zebra known as Zecora. The zebra smiles at the two that are still awake. "Bring her inside so i can make a brew, that will make do" Zecora points to Sweetie bell, the other two nod and pick up there fellow crusader. Placing their friend on the bed, they watch Zecora make this brew like she said she would do. The cauldron is now bubbling a blue mixture, and the zebra seems happy with the cocktail and grabs a bowl and dips into the brew. Walking over to Sweetie bell she pours it into her mouth and down her throat. Seconds later the filly starts to stir, opening her eyes she see's her friends with worried looks and Zecora with a bowl in her mouth.
"What happened? The last thing i remember is coming here and...."
"You saw me and was given quiet the scare, from my yellow eyed stare" Zecora explains.
"Why do your eyes glow yellow when you have your cloak on anyway?" ask the recently awakened filly
"My eyes glow yellow, so i can see the night creatures which make ponies bellow".
"So it lets you see in the dark?" The zebra nods and smiles. The trio of fillies look at each other and nob without saying a word. "Zecora we want to ask you something..."
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"I understand your highness, is there anything else?" the mayor asked whilst bowing.
"Now thats all mayor, and you don't have to the formalities. Can you ask if the newspapers to print this please". Thats one thing twilight doesn't like about being a princess, being treated like one with all the formalities. But being one also brings its own advantages.
"Yes, your high... err i mean yes princess twilight". Even though she didn't drop all the formalities is still a little bit better than before. Without taking anymore time, twilight walks out the town hall. "TWILIGHT!" twilight almost jumps out of her coat, looking around see spots spike running towards her holding a scroll.
"Twilight, bad news! here look for yourself" spike hands over the scroll, which twilight starts reading straight away. The shock on her face tells it all, but in order to keep calm, she uses the technique cadence told her. "Spike, please tell the others and meet me at the hospital with them when you can" Spike salutes and starts running off in the other direction of the local hospital. Instead of running to the hospital which would waste probably precious time, she teleports there instead. The nurse at the front desk is shorting out papers, unaware of her surroundings, she didn't even hear or notice the princess of magic teleport in.
"Excuse me miss, but I'm here to see a friend of mine, can you tell me which room she is in?" twilight asks
"Just a minute please! now lets see... this goes here ... and this here? no not there.... hmmm. why can't this just get a second receptionist for this." the pony says talking to herself.
"Hello, im in a bit of a hurry here". Twilight says with a bit of frustration.
"And i said just a minute!" the nurse says with annoyance. "don't ponies these days not know how to be patient".
"Oh i don't know being the princess of magic kinds of needs you to have patience." Twilight says in an irritated toned.
"Looks like someone likes being sarcastic, can't you see I'm busy here! or do you need me to call ........" The nurse finally looks up at the pony she was talking too, and almost starts turning blue in the face. "Oh my gosh, I'm sorry your highness! May I ask who you're looking for?" The nurse is praying to celestia that she in not banished or anything like that almost insulting a princess.
Twilight sighs angrily, which only makes the nurse more nervous, but as always twilight calms down using the technique. "Im looking for a filly called ......."
"Ah, she's in room 23, just down there and 2nd door on your right" the nurse says pointing down the corridor. Twilight thanks the nurse and walks to the indicated room, upon reaching the room, she hears hooves and talking behind her, turning around she see her friends. Applejack an orange earth pony with blonde mane and a stetson on her head and three apples as her cutie mark, Rarity a pure white unicorn with purple mane stylised and diamonds as her cutie mark, Fluttershy a yellow pegasus with a long pink mane and butterflies as her cutie mark, Pinkie Pie a pink earth pony with frizzy pink mane and party ballons as her cutie mark and finally Rainbow dash, probably the most noticeable pony ever with cyan coat, rainbow stripe mane and a cloud and rainbow bolt as her cutie mark. Her friends rush over to her once they see her, with spike not to far behind.
"Twilight is she ok!" Rainbow almost shouts at twilight, whilst crashing into her purple friend
"I don't know yet, i just got her. So why don't we go see for ourselves, but first can you get off me please" she says trying to calm her friend down. The cyan pegasus can only blush a little bit and with a sheepish smile, she gets of her friends while saying "Oops, my bad twi."
The group enter the room, and the immediately notice the filly on the bed with a drip in her arm and her two friends around her, with worried looks on their faces. The filly on the bed is a darker orange than applejack with a purple mane, and is a pegasus, with no cutie mark yet. Her two friends are Applebloom a yellow earth pony, red mane and a pinkie bow tied in her mane, with no cutie mark yet, and the other pony is Sweetie Bell, a white unicorn, with a little purple mane and no cutie mark either yet. Upon notching the group that has just entered the room, the two young fillies practically throw them selves at their respective sisters, crying into there sisters coats.
"Erm excuse doctor, is she going to be ok?" Twilight asks the little brown doctor. The doctor was looking at a X-ray picture off the filly, when he turns around, lets just say he wasn't not only expecting this many to be here but as well the princess of magic herself. Jumping slightly "Ahh your highness" she says trying to get back his composure and bowing. "And to answer your question, yes she is fine, well... it could of been a lot worse. She has a broken a bone in her right wing and a puncher hole in her bottom right hind leg. We have done all we could on such short notice, and she is scheduled to have surgery tomorrow morning." Thanking the doctor twilight goes over to the crying fillies.
"Are you two able to talk right now?" she asks in the nicest and calmest voice she can muster, the fillies nod and twilight smiles, trying to reassure them. "Its okay girls, but can you start from the begging please". The fillies start to tell the story of what happened.
They were going to find zecora to she if she had any information on this new monster creature, which she didn't, so they were on their way back home, till they heard something snap a twig behind them. A 5 foot wolf step out of the darkness and into the clearing the fillies where at. They ran away from the timberwolf as fast as their little legs could possibly take them, until the timber wolf bit down on scootaloo's back hind leg, which caused the filly with stop so suddenly she crashed into the ground on her wing. The screen she gave out will probably stay with them for the rest of their lives. The timberwolf was going in for the kill by going for the throat until something unexpected happened. The monster these fillies where trying to capture hit the timberwolf with a stick so hard, the wolf instantly shattered into pieces before their eyes. But the timberwolf gives out a whimper before it was sent to oblivion, which attracted more timberwolves from within the forrest. The monster that saved them picked up scootaloo in its arms and the other two fillies on its shoulders and ran the fastest it could possibly go. Adult ponies are faster than the monster probably easily, but too fillies and young colts, the monster was fast and very strong. It was more than likely stronger than pegasi and unicorn ponies, but it would more than likely be nothing to a earth pony or at least to the likes of applejack and Big Mac. But for a being being so tall, it was very surprising agile, almost as much as monkeys and apes. The timberwolves were catching up easily, there were 10 yards away when something else happened to there surprise, the monster throw them into a tree, and ran off in the other direction gaining the attention off all the timberwolves pursing them. Some time later after the fillies came around, they noticed scootaloo's condition and the two decided to get help from the nearest source they could, the black and white zebra known as zecora.
Applebloom was the quicker and stronger on the pair and rushed off to decor's whilst sweetie bell stuck with her injured friend. It only took 5 minutes for applebloom to return with zecora who was very worried understandably. Zecora had the injured pegasus on her back the group rushed towards the hospital, and along the way they ran into spike, and the rest you can tell what happened. The fillies where crying uncontrollably at the end of the story, wish that it was them who got hurt instead of scoots. The mane six look at each other with a mixture of shock, anger, worry and relief on there faces. They didn't need to say anything, but they group hugged with the two fillies in silence.
It was the filly on the bed who broke the silence and the crying and the hugging, by mimicking puking by pointing her hoof to her mouth. The group look up and she scootaloo smiling back at them, applebloom and sweetie bell are on the verge on tears again, but instead of crying them jump towards their friends and give her the best hug they could managed, even pinkie would be jealous. The orange pegasus gives out a small sound of pain and her two friends instantly stop the hugging assault.
"What happened? all i remember is the timberwolf coming out of the bushes and then darkness. And then i woke up with you lot doing mushy stuff". The pegasus says trying to lift the spirits at the end.
The two fillies two their friend what had happened, everything to from the timberwolves, to the monster to zecora. "And thats pretty much it scoots" says sweetie bell, with tears in her eyes but a smile on her face. It was obvious she was relieved a lot that her friend is okay.
"So all that stuff happened? ...... wow....... so what happened to the monster and is it ok?" scootaloo asks. She only gets silence from the group confirming they not got a clue. "Well, i hopes its ok, i still got to thank it for saving me and to kicks its flanks for making me look like fool". She says chuckling at the end. "Hey, this proves its not a monster, so what do we call it now?"
The two friends ponder in thought and suggesting things, but the trio agree on "The ever free yeti". Because it kind of looks like a yeti and appears to live in the everfree. Twilight groans "Its not a yeti, its more like an ape" she says pouting her lips. The trio look to her and laugh like they haven't done in a while. The event that happened before clearly forgotten for now, twilight can only shake her head and giggle at the trio of fillies.
After losing the timberwolves by the skin of your pants, by closing the heavy door of an old castle. Anon is currently taking heavy breaths in and out, trying to calm down, thanks to those damn fillies, you were tied up to a chair being interrogated, running from an angry mob of ponies and run for your life from the wood wolves. Cursing under his breath, he starts looking around at the castle, as the two fillies start to follow him into the castle, with there filly friend on their backs. The patio as some people call the room that you enter before the building it self, is a sight to be hold. The top half of the room is completely gone, either by collapsing to the floor or by other means. The walls that still remain for all things considering is rather in good condition. The floor seems to be made of marble or some stone like that, is dark silver now, but in its hay day (pun intended) ago guesses that it was either white or at least a light sliver / grey. The wall are made from something anon can't quiet put his finger on, but its a dark blue, naive blue in fact. There are greenery or plants or weeds what ever you personally call them climbing up the walls and groaning through the floor. Their appears to be seats / benches, but they have long since collapsed and have small holes in them, like someone played darts with them, which indicated that the benches / seats had wood worm at some point. The bits of glass windows have patterns on them and seem to have pictures of events as well, but if there true or not, anon has no idea. At the end of the room is two spiral staircases in a circular room of their own, exactly like the clique of the castles in cartoons and stuff like that were it leads to for example a dudgeon. At in the middle of the two spiral staircases is a double door frame, I say frame because one door is on the floor, and the other is hanging on for dear life, but it could give any minute now. They are no where near as big as the entrance doors, but still pretty big, probably at 9 foot doors.
You can see into the room behind the double door room, there are small stairs, then a landing then more stairs that lead into what you guess to be a dinning hall, which probably had a lot of parties in the day which a lot of those ponies in them. But its to dark in there to see anything else. So anon looks between the two spiral staircases, using the old technique and all knowing ups dips do technique. Taking the left staircase, anon started to climbing, leaving the fillies looking around the entrance and looking after their friend. After what felt like for ever, painting, anon comes to a big door, probably roughly at 14 feet high. Its was painted white more than likely but has lost its colour or most of it anyway, and there is a marking in the middle, but its faint and loosing bits of it but it appears to be a sun or maybe a flower? Walking up to the door and putting a hand on it, its very cold. Guessing that it should be easy to push open seeing as what the rest of the castle is like, but it wasn't going to be as easy as that. It wouldn't move even a 10th of a centimetre, even when using all his might and weight. Damn, for a falling apart castle that room is still probably air tight and in very good shape. But it still doesn't change the fact that anon had come up all that way for nothing, kick the door in anger and instantly regretting it and cursing like there is now tomorrow. Anon heats back down the stairs, after about 5 minutes reaching the bottom, anon sighs and heads to the other staircase. Mumbling under his breath (it better not be another dead end or I'm going to scream) and the ponies following suit, carrying there friend. This time it took even longer than the other one, probably because anon is tired and hungry, that or its higher up.
Finally reaching the top painting like a dog and sweat stains on you're clothing back and under arm pits. Anon rests by bending down and leaning on his legs. After a few minutes of resting, anon looks at the door that stood tall and proud. Unlike the other door, this door is painted very dark blue, between naive blue and black. The marking is a little worse that the other, but instead of being a sun or flower, this one is what appears to be the moon, not a full moon, round about half or little less. But there is a hair line fracture going down the middle of the door, upon closer look it turns on not to be a fracture at all. Using the same force as trying to open the other door, it slowly but surely creaks and moans under the pressure, until it's slowly opens. Revealing what appears to be a very big bed chamber, the bed it self is in rather good condition, considering, but probably has bed bugs and other insects in it. The room it self is in bad condition, not as bad as the patio / entrance but not as good as you would think it was going to be. The room is as dark as the door with hints of lighter blues here and there, and the floor is carpet? Feels like it, but it's a light blue in colour or was rather, it darkened a bit over time and its a mess. Going to the on suite or bathroom, it actually looks like nothing has bad happened, its almost looks like its new. Going to the tap, and turning it own, theres a groan and the tap to start shaking. Suddenly a black liquid comes out, it smells and looks disgusting, but other a few seconds thankfully the water starts getting clearer and cleaner until it crystal clear. Turning the tap of, not wanting to waste good water, anon heads towards the shower / bath. Doing the same with the sink tap, ending with the same result, trying to see if the water turns hot, anon turns the dial to hot. But unfortunately the water stays cold, but understandable, hundred of years if not more, would do that to any heating system. Turning of the shower, letting out a sigh, anon goes back to the bed chamber. But something catches his eye, standing in the corner is a tall chair, made out of gold? No more likely some cheap stuff and just painted to look like gold. And the chair is not only big going up but coming out as well. "How the hell did I miss that before?" thinking to himself. On the seat bit of the chair, was padded cushions. Unlike the bed, there were not bugs or anything, the cushions were surprisingly clean, to clean intact. There had to someone here not to long ago, but if the dust is any indication, its been a long long while, maybe a few years or something. Anyway getting the dust of was rather simple and easy, sitting down on the chair, anon lets out a happy sigh and moan. The chair is comfortable as any if not more, its almost like a recliner to him, well the legs bit. But he was sitting up straight because of the back, but it was far from uncomfortable.
Two of the ponies are sitting on there hunches in a circle near the bed, shivering, and the other is laying next to them unconscious. Looking over to them anon gets up and walks over to one of the dressers. Taking off one or two doors of the hinges, then walking over near the fillies. He puts the wood on the floor in a heap. Taking a few pieces of wood on the floor that or more like twigs, he starts rubbing them together, in a quick pace for the next few minutes. The little ponies are talking to them selfs behind him. His arms start to get tired but finally his efforts are rewarded with a spark on one of the pieces of wood. Gently blowing on it, to try and get a fire started. Repeating this process a few times, because the spark left him, on the 5th attempt success strikes! The wood from the dressers starts turning on fire, giving off a very nice wave of heat. The two ponies behind him gasp lightly and start mumbling to each other saying stuff like "oh my gosh the monster knows how to make fire, I hope it's not going to eat us" and so on to that extent. Rolling his eyes, anon is looking around for something, his gaze finally rests upon something shinning under a dresser. Its a piece of metal, he then walks over to the bed and rips of some material trying no to disturb any bugs and etc if there are any in there. With the piece of metal and some material, anon walks over to the fire and puts the metal quarter way into the fire. Anon looks onto the bathroom, getting back up with a few bones cracking, he calmly walks over to the bedroom, trying not to scare the fillies. Looking in the room, he see's a small wooden bucket, inspecting the bucket, there are no holes. So trying to see just exactly how its holding up, using the shower to fill it with water, this only takes a few seconds. Walking back to the fillies, he puts the bucket next to them, looking at the orange pony laying on the ground, anon sits next to the fillies and picks up the injured pegasus and taking a close look at the injuries. Fortunaly for the filly they are not fatal injuries but still are dangerous if not treated and looked at. The two other ponies are shaking like mad, probably scared for their friend and want to get her away from the monster as they call him.
Putting her back down softly and gently as possible, anon walks back over to the fire and ripping some the material he got from the bed, and rapping it around his fingers. He picks up the metal clearly trying not to set himself on fire, then he walks over the injured filly and looks at her friends, smiling a teeth grin at them to try and assure them. He collect some water in his spear hand and pours it over the wounds and using some of the other material not being used at that tim, he cleans the area around the wound. Then he does something the fillies weren't expecting, he puts the hot metal to the injuries! even the filly uncurious feels it. Anon can tell because of the pained look on her face. He does this to all the wounds and then filially throwing the metal away, he takes the rest of the metrical and rapper it around the wounds and ties them in a knot. "Not exactly the best, but it will do till tomorrow" saying to himself in his head. Looking over to the fire, anon nods and picking up the injured filly much to the the other two fillies discomfort, he gently puts her next to the fire. Smiling back to the two other fillies, trying not to give off any other emotion, he walks over to the chair and gets comfy. To say the two fillies weren't relieved and shocked that friend is ok and not being eaten or roasted over the fire, they slowly walk over to their friend while looking at the monster. But the monster doesn't even budge when they get to their friend.
A few hours later the fillies are next to each other fast asleep. Even though anon was never really a pony person or horse. Even he can admit they are kind of cute. But them again there are hardly any creature out there that are kids / children / foals / what ever else, that when are a sleep are cute. But then again some times that is just a trick to trying and get there pray to come closer and then finally snap when they to close. With a smile on his face, anon goes to dreamland.
The next morning anon is first to wake up, lazily walking to the bathroom, doing his best impression of a zombie on the hunt for brains. Turning on the sink tap, he cups his hands and washes his face. Taking a look in the mirror, he is a bit surprised with the man in the mirror (on a side note an awesome song!). With a few brushes here and their, mud and dirt in other places and one or two cuts, and his hair is a mess and his beard has started to grow out. It would be hardly noticeable to other people though, just as much hair as a teenager that just has hit puberty. Walking out the bathroom towards the fillies, he picks them up trying not to awake them. The yellow filly is over his right shoulder while the other two are sound a sleep in his arms. He decided to take them to the village he saw, or to the edge of it and try get some ponies attention on the fillies from a safe distance away. Luckily for the human, the trip was uneventful, probably even to quite, he didn't like the feeling. But after 10 minute walk he was out of the Forrest, and slowly descending on the town / village. Placing the fillies in a huddle next to each other, the human walks over to a tree about 20 yards away, picking up a stone next to the tree, he throws it hardest as he can, but it only just miss his target, trying 2 more times failing miserably, he moans and face palms. Giving it one last try before thinking of something else, picking up a stone again and throws it, this time its on the right track, and....... SUCCESS! The stone goes through a window of some un-expecting pony's house window. Hiding behind the tree it only takes a minute or two for the owner of the building to come outside with a expression that could kill, until the pony see's the fillies laying on the group, especially the injured orange Pegasus. Looking around for anyone, but giving up after a while, the pony rushes of to somewhere out of eye sight, and 30 seconds later more ponies come running and the pick up the fillies and rush of to a hospital more than like anon thinks to himself. Sighing happily that they are in good hands or hooves, even though they caused anon nothing but trouble, they are only kids after all. And try all he might, but he was never a fighter or violent person, he rather take the pain rather than someone else. Well, part from the people he hated, but if he would help them if they ask.
Walking back through the Everfree forest was uneventful until he heard a sound behind him. Stopping dead in his tracks, shift as a piece of concrete, he slowly turns around. The sight that meet him, almost made him cap himself, almost. There stood another mythical creature, not as tall as him but taller than the ponies was a griffon. The bigger than normal eagle head, a lions body complete with wings, with claws of a lion at the back and an eagle claws at the front, it was a sight to be hold. But the thing that was the most intimidating was the griffon was wearing armour and had a sword is its claws. It had a smirk across its beak, and was looking at the human never leaving his eyes. Then the griffon said
"Run along creature, we want a good hunt" in an evil tone. This only helped anon to be more scared and panicky. But eventually his legs started to move and once again anon was running for his life, can this day get any worse!
There stood another mythical creature, not as tall as him but taller than the ponies was a griffon. The bigger than normal eagle head, a lions body complete with wings, with claws of a lion at the back and an eagle claws at the front, it was a sight to be hold. But the thing that was the most intimidating was the griffon was wearing armour and had a sword is its claws. It had a smirk across its beak, and was looking at the human never leaving his eyes. Then the griffon said
"Run along creature, we want a good hunt" in an evil tone. This only helped anon to be more scared and panicky. But eventually his legs started to move and once again anon was running for his life, can this day get any worse!
Anon is currently running for his life from a pack? of griffins, that want to kill him for sport. Not the most ideal situation to be in, especially because of whats happened so far. With adrenaline pulsing through his vanes, quick and loud breathes and nothing but panic on his mind, he puts some distance between him and them. But they are probably not even trying yet. As anon is running through the Forrest, he quickly looks for something to defend him self, even though fat chance that would do any good. After 15 minutes of running none stop, the griffins are no were to be seen. Have they given up? have they got something to track him? Are they tracking him by foot prints he's leaving behind? These are the questions that are racing in his mind. Not wanting to waste the distance between them, he jogs at a speedy pace the way he was running to, even though his body is screaming for him to stop.
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"Run along creature, we want good hunt" said the griffin in front of the weird looking creature. Its take a few seconds to sink in but finally the creature runs with everything it has. Three griffins appear out of the bush behind the leading griffin, they are giggling to each other.
"Just look at the way it runs, and its kind of slow, even ponies could keep up with that at a trot!" said a female griffin
"Yeah, its probably not even worth the trouble. And it just looks like a hairy ape, maybe somebody wanted to give it a new haircut" laughed the new male griffin.
"Will you two shut up, you're putting me out of the mood. And besides no griffin or anyone else has ever seen a creature like that, think of what we can get for it died or alive! At least 10,000 bits, But i also wonder what it tastes like? i think it might go well with some barbecue sauce" the last new griffin said licking its beak
"Okay you three, lest have some fun and catch this thing. And oh one last thing, if any of you three kill it or eat it ......" evil grin is now growing on her beak "i will personally shove your weapons and clothes so far up your rear, you'll be tasting them for weeks". What made this even more scary is that she didn't not raise her voice and stayed totally clam through out. The three griffins gulped and nodded, "Yes ma'am" the said in unison. "Ok team move out!" with that they started to walk toward where the creature went. Little did the griffins know something was following them, or should i say someone.
The leader griffin was at the front, using the creatures food prints to track it, that she could smell it. (eww this creature needs to clean it self more) she thought to herself. The footprints she was following looked very similar to apes but smaller and a few changes here and there, but overall the same. But this creature was stud up right, no hair, apart from on top of its head, seemed to show emotions better, was wearing clothes of all things (maybe its someone's pet?) And unlike apes and monkeys its alone, suggesting it's not a sociable animal. But it is a lot like them in other ways, maybe it's a sub species of them she thought. She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard something behind her, taking out her knife and turning around in a defensive pose. She strained her ears to pick up the culprit for the sound and keeper her eyes peeled (not literally, imagine that though, i wouldn't be able to even watch that never mind do it anyway getting of topic here). A rustle come from the bush in front of here, it was big enough to hide a timberwolf. It got loader and loader until she was about to attack the thing hiding in there, she raised her knifer and was about to pounce when smoothing small and fuzzy dropped out. It turned out to be a small griffin, it looked like the age of what a filly or colt would be. But this was no ordinary griffin, she went wide eye'd when she realise who it was.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" she screamed clipping the small griffin behind the head
"Owwww! That hurt you know!" the small griffin said while rubbing back of its head, with a small amount of tears starting to come out of its eyes
"Gildan what are you doing here, you know how dangerous it is in this place and how did you get here in the first place is what i would like to know" she said in a less anger tone, but she is still pissed.
"Erm promise me you want get mad, but i kind of wanted to see you in action. You always brag about it at home and i never get to do anything like that, and no one likes playing with me" Gildan says in a sad tone.
"Your such and idiot gild an, you could of been hurt of worse, and i don't think mom and dad would be happy with me if i let something like that happen to my stupid little brother, now do you?" Gildan can only shake his head in shame. She sighs heavily and starts shaking her head to and giggles a bit. "what am i going to do with you glidan? well its to late to send you alone back and the others are not here right now, and i can't go now either. So ...... you are going to have to come with me" she says raising a eye brow and a small smile
"WHAT! you mean it?! WOW sis your the BEST!" Gildan shouts and hugs his sister hardest he can. Gildan climbs onto his sister's back and the two follow the creature from before. Along the way Gildan is looking down and keeps looking up at his sis now and again. She can only notice this and stops to ask him whats wrong.
"Gildan whats wrong? Is it because i shouted at you?" Gildan shakes his head. "Well whats wrong then?"
"Well, mom and dad miss you and I do as well. We not seen you in like FOREVER!" he says putting emphasis not he forever. "Why don't you ever come home Heraldia?"
Heraldia can only look down and away from the gaze of her brother "Well, you see.... i err ......" she struggling to put a fake reason as to why. She never told him that she had a big fight with her parents and was thrown out, she said she was moving out. But as time went on it got harder and harder to visit. Its already been 4 years since she left, and she's not visited once. "Well, the truth is Gildan ...."
SNAP
Heraldia jumps at the noise, but to her horror as she looks over to Gildan, a timberwolf has him in it grasp. Time slows down as she is pushed over from the momentum of the wolf and she watching him get carried away screaming and crying whilst trying to get free.
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Anon was currently face down in a mud puddle. He was jogging and he heard a noise behind like a snake tail rattling, but as he was looking behind him, he didn't see the root above grown and tripped over it and went face first in the mud puddle while giving of a yelp. Groaning he slowly gets up, once up he looks at his clothes, lets just say even that mud Pokemon of Pokemon wouldn't like to touch him. He could feel the mud starting to set, but he had to ignore it for now, reluctantly he set of jogging again at a steady pace. After a few minutes he realised that the griffins should of got him by now, or at least be right behind him. Stopping to a holt, he wonder what happened, but not saying no to a gift horse in the mouth, he carried on but a fast walk this time. After 5 minutes of bugs biting him and annoying him to no end, he came across a river, there weren't any bridges their, if there was one, its long since gone. Over time the mud had set and it made it a lot harder to mov at all. Deciding enough is enough, he slowly walked over to the river, inspecting it. For a river in a Forrest and all things considering it was remarkably clean, thats until he got in that is. Most of the mud was rubbed or cleaned off, but the rub marks they left were still their, but beggars can't be choosers. Anon gave off a tired sigh and moan, rubbing his eyes, it was hard to stay awake at this point. It was nice to finally be able to stop and relax somewhat, his limbs felt like they were going to fall off if he went anymore, and the adrenaline finally wore off.
"ARRRGGGGHHHHHH" a young voice screamed not to far from anon, making anon almost jump out of his skin. Getting up against his body's protest, he wanted to see where the scream came from. It came from a clearing behind a few tress and bushes, but what shocked him the most was who it was or rather what was there. There stud 3 timberwolves and a small griffin behind them and in front of them was a big lion with wings and a weird looking tail. (A manticore?) Anon thought to himself. It appears the two types of predators are fighting over the meal crying in pain trying to crawl away but to no success. Shaking his had and mumbling something, anon slowly and silently as he could possibly could, he managed to get to the bush nearest to the griffin. The predators didn't notice one bit, what being to busy with each other, but the griffin how ever did. Anon put his fingers to his lips, the griffin seemed confused but nodded, anon slowly reach out for the griffin and picked him up, slowly backing away with the griffin in his arm, he managed to get a good 50 yards. Unitll a manticore come out of the bush running full out speed at them, it was way to quick for them to each try to get away from it. It got closer, 40 feet, 35 feet, 30 feet it's breathing clear as crystal now, 20 feet, 10 feet could felling it breathing down on them now then 5 feet. Anon brace himself for the incoming pain and winced THUD , but it never came, opening his eyes, he jumped and recoiled. The manticore was staring him right in the face, but not with a live yes but pass out or dead ones. It had scratches all over its face and blood dripping from some of them. But behind it laid the three timberwolves scattered into millions of pieces. It appears the fight has either took all of its energy or the injuries has killed it.
Anon almost forgot about the griffin in his arms until he could feel it moving around to get more conferrable. Looking down, came a sight that almost melted his heart, the griffin was fast asleep, snoring lightly. Now he could finally have an idea of what happened, the griffins where attacked and they took this little guy, or they killed and eat them and they were saving this guy for later. But he was about to get a answer soon enough, he could here a female's voice shouting in the distance whilst running and making hell of a noise. He looked at the griffin and to where the sound came from a few times. Sigh "well, i better get you back to your friends or family. I swear if they kill me so help them....." Sighing again, he climb into the tress and waited for them to get closer, just incase in weren't his friends or family. He watched from the branch he was sitting on and the female voice got closer and closer, till she was right below him. She suddenly stopped, and had a claw held to her beak, she was looking at the sense where the timberwolves and Manticore had their fight. There was blood and pieces of wood ever where, but there was also the hat the griffin was wearing on the floor, town a bit. She suddenly dropped to the floor crying her eyes and whilst repeating "its all my fault, Gildan please forgive me". It was clear she was looking for the griffin in anon's arms. Slowly climbing down from a tree in front of the sobbing griffin, he accidentally slip a few feet from the floor, but he landed on his feet but gives off enough sound to let her know he was there. Looking over with her eyes puffy and red, she looked at him and her eyes widened and her pupils went to size of pin pricks. Anon slowly put the small griffin on the floor patted his head and ran of in the other direction, not giving the sobbing griffin a chance to hurt him or anything else. It took hours to get back tot he castle, what being not used to the surroundings and having no energy. Once anon got the big gold chair he collapsed on it and instantly fell asleep. But he was unaware of the presence that followed him to the castle and to the room he was fast a sleep in.
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Heraldia was crying her eyes out, thinking that her brother has been killed by those things, and he was scared and in pain in his last moments. And she wasn't there to help and save him. Cursing herself and saying she is worthless in her head and a lot of other things. THUD This brought her out of her thoughts as she looked up she saw the creature she was hunting before (just kill me so i can be with him already) she thought. But it was just standing there, with a sad look on its face. She was about to get up and kill it for not letting her be with her brother, but she caught a glimpse of her brother in its arms unharmed. He eyes widened and pupils shrunk, (OMG THAT THING HAS HIM! WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!) She shouted in her head, but the creature then put her brother down, patted him on his head smiled a toothy grin at her and ran off in the other direction. To say she was confused was an understatement, but she quickly got up and ran to her brother, she checked him and he was more than ok considering. A tear fell down her cheek, the creature she was going to kill, the creature that she has down nothing but bad to and it has done nothing to her in return, has probably saved her brother from death and return him safely and wanted nothing in return. She decided she was going to repay the creature no matter what.
She look back down to her brother and pick him up and put him on her back, "I will never let anything bad happen to you ever again" is all she said before heading out of the forest. Just outside of the forest was a welcome sight, her team was there, but they were injured and tired. She ran over to them and give a death grip of a group hug to them.
"Heraldia what happened and why is Gildan with you?" the other female griffin asked
"Have i got the story to tell you....." Heraldia said