Huh. Who knew flying in the rain is a little more...serene than usual? I figured it would be annoying because of all the water in your eyes and it being cold and wet and stuff. But its not so bad as I thought. Maybe this is why mom loved the rain. Anyway, I was able to fly with ease, maneuvering pass the clouds, doing a few tricks and such. When I looked down, I saw some dragons doing something weird in a forest. Were they...thrusting something? It looked like they were thrusting a.....

Y'know, I have a bad habit of paying close attention to detail. And now, that image will be forever engraved on my brain. I'm guessing after seeing those dragons I'm nearing their nesting grounds. One of the more dangerous things to do around there is to mess with teen dragons. They maybe some troublemakers, but tick one off, and that's your tail on fire. So I tried to swerve and dodge any smog like features in the sky. I didn't want to get caught up in that. Grydous taught me that once you're near dragon grounds, smog is your worst enemy.

Dragons and griffons don't usually get along. Especially with my village. During hatching season, the village elders would catch dragon delinquents smashing eggs like they do with phoenixes. Only difference is, Griffons are much more protective of their eggs.Not saying that phoenixes aren't. Just saying that griffons are literally patrolling for the sake of theirs eggs. I can't blame them for it. But that's not the only reason griffons and dragons don't get along. My father and a couple other alpha griffons planned an attack on a high class dragon. I heard my brothers talking about it when mom was preening my feathers. They said that Father killed the dragon with one swipe to the throat and ripped out his jugular and how awesome it would've looked if they were there. I felt sick about the whole situation. Because he was a high class dragon, his followers didn't take kindly to that. So to prevent war between the two, we were to give up ten of our young to appease the dragons. The dragons wanted them for a snack. My father was eager to offer me up. The dragons were going to take me, but they must have saw something in me that scared them off. Seriously, they flew off without taking any of the young from our village. The elder said that dragons are mystical creatures and can see things others can't. If I could scare them off, I must have some sort of powerful dark magic in me.

Now that I'm on my way there, I can still see what a jerk I was. I can't believe I yelled at that innocent pegasus. Not only that, but I roared at her. I'm not feeling guilty about that prank against that old mare though. That one was funny, even for Dash's taste...

Dash...

The way I barked at her. The way I insulted her friends. Why is the image still playing over and over in my head? Didn't it torment me enough? I'm so sick of it! I didn't mean to say that to her! I didn't mean to yell at that yellow pegasus! I just...I just.....
"I just wish I could go back! Just go back and change everything!"
"Hmm. It seems we both have wishes."

If I'm not mistaken, I think that was a dragon. I whipped my head around to find the large,scaly, nostril flaring,fire breathing beast behind me. By the look on his face, he seemed...hungry. Great.....
"You see, you want to change things in the past. I wished for some food wandering into my smoke cloud." This is what I get for talking out loud.
"But here's the difference: only one of our wishes came true."

I saw him snarling. His pearly white teeth bared and some smoke flowing out of his nose like a freaking chimney. I started to fly away at jet speed as soon as I saw fire leaking out of his mouth. Then, he let out a beam of flames in my direction. I swerved around the blaze for a little of a, you know, badassery effect.
"Stay still so I can roast you properly!"

Y'know, that always confused me. Why, if I don't want to be caught or eaten etc., would I stop running so the guy can actually get the upper hand and do what I was actually trying to friggin' avoid?! Well at least the adrenaline was pumping in my veins like Cloudsdale pumping up clouds. I couldn't stop swerving and speeding. It didn't help the fact that the dragon's flames were red hot on my trail. I could still feel each blast getting closer and closer. I started to realize that the clouds started to get a little darker above them and the rain came down a little harder. That mean two things: The dragons flames aren't going to be that strong because of the rain, and nightfall is near. I started to look at my surroundings and saw a peculiar forest. Wait, that's the...The Everfree Forest! I looked up to see nothing but rain clouds. No smog. Jeez, how far, and fast, was I flying? Well, as long as that dragon doesn't see me, I guess it's alright, right?
"Don't think you're free just yet, griffon!" the dragon boomed when he, shockingly, caught sight of me.

Yep. Spoke too soon. I started to dive right into the forest when I started to feel heat right behind me. I didn't even think about landing properly. I just slammed into the ground and tumbled a couple of times. When I looked up, I saw a smoldering tree with scorched leaves.
That coulda been me....

My ears were ringing from that rough landing. I tried to get on all fours and walk, but my legs felt like jelly and I fumbled into the ground. So I staggered onto my claws and paws and wobbled to civilization. I have no idea how deep into the forest I am, but I do know that Ponyville is on the other side. My head started to get foggy. I started to lose feeling in my legs. My ears were still ringing. Then, I toppled over onto the floor. Now all I heard was my breathing and my heartbeat. And the last thing I saw was a pony in a cloak. She, or he, was saying something but I couldn't quite make it out. All I saw after that, was black.

Author's Note

Well, here's the second chapter! As always,constructive criticism is very useful and is also welcomed. I'll start working on the third chapter ASATIP( as soon as this is posted)
Thank you and enjoy!