The Bone Diaries(New)

It was a fairly normal day in Ponyville. The sky was clear thanks to Rainbow Dash, a pleasant breeze blew through town, and everypony was busy. Especially a purple winged unicorn in the town library. “Spike, is everything packed?”

A lighter purple dragon comes into the room, carrying a rather large pack. “Yes Twilight, everything’s ready to go.”

Twilight smiles as she checks luggage off of the list. “Hehe, it’s been a while since I’ve seen Shining Armor. I’m glad he managed to get a few days off so that we can hang out.”

Spike rolls his eyes as he says, “Still don’t see why you have to take so much stuff. You’re packed like you’re going to be gone a month.”

It was Twilights turn to roll her eyes as she replies, “I know, I know, but this is just a few things that I wanted to bring along with.”

Spikes legs begin wobbling as he asks, “I few things?” before they give out and the bag falls down on him him. Twilight uses her magic to lift the bag off of Spike and sets it aside, revealing a flattened dragon. Spike puts his thumb in his mouth and blows until he puffs himself back up.

Twilight giggles at the scene as she continues looking over her list. After a few more looks, she rolls up the paper and exclaims, “Whelp, that seems to be everything. Hopefully nothing happens while we’re gone.” And almost on cue, somepony begins banging on the door. Twilight sighs and says, “Of course.” She trots over to the door and opens. Standing there, is one of her friends, Applejack. “Ah, Applejack, what’s going on?”

The orange pony quickly comes in and starts explaining. “Well, I was on mah way over ‘ere ta see ya off when I got the feelin’ that somethin’ was watchin’ me. Now, it could be just mah imagination but Fluttershy said that a lot of her animals have been scared to go inta tha woods. Not ta mention I occasionally ‘ear growlin’ sounds.”

“Well, it’s the Everfree Forest. Stuff like that is kind of normal.”

“Not what I’ve been hearin’. Also, I found footprints of somethin’ I’ve never seen before. Twilight ponders and then asks, “Well, what
do these footprints look like? And how big were they?”

“They look a bit like Spike’s hands, ‘cept with five fingers instead of 4, wit claws ta boot. And they were deep too, like they belonged to somethin’ big. And I’d say they were ‘bout tha size of wanna your normal sized books.”

“Hmm, I’d say it was a dragon, but they usually prefer to fly instead of walking around if they can help it.” Twilight stands there for a minute, thinking, before saying, “Well, I got a few hours before the train arrives, how about we go take a look?”

“Ya sure Twilight? I’d hate for ya ta waste your time on a wild goose chase.”

“It’s no problem at all. Spike,” Spike stands at attention. “Hold down the fort, will you? I should be back in a little while.”

Spike salutes and says, “Sure thing Twilight.”

Twilight turns back to Applejack and says, “Alright Applejack, show me where you found those footprints.” After a walk that took just a few minutes, Twilight and Applejack arrive at the Everfree forest. “Alright Applejack, remember where you saw them?”

“Yeah, I remember.”

“Good. Now, let’s get going.”

Before they could enter, a voice rings out behind them, “Hey, where are you guys off to?”

The two ponies turn around and see Rainbow Dash standing behind them. Twilight speaks up, “Oh, hey Rainbow Dash. We were going into the Everfree Forest.”

“What for?”

Applejack speaks up this time. “Well, I’ve been hearin’ things I’ve nevah heard before and found some weird footprints. So we’re going to check it out.”

“Oh cool, mind if I join you?”

Twilight smiles and says, “Sure, the more the merrier.” Now the group of three prepare to head into the forest, unsure of what they are going to find.