Good Misfortune

• Brief summary : The main guy (Daniel) was having a terribly day and ended up in a fight with some guys(the leader of the group named Derek).  As a storm came their way they left the injured man (Daniel) to fend for himself.  The storm was a lighting storm and each time one was present, people got injured or sometimes even died from the storm. He was trying to head to a safe place before being blinded by a flash of light and passed out.  As he awakens he notices that he is no longer in the ally, but  in a forest.

Chapter 1

A Trip In The Forest

"A forest...huh" I said out loud and examined the forest "I always wanted to go to one, but this is not what I had in mind..."

I chuckled lightly trying to forget about this pain. I see a small cave  to my right, maybe I could stay there for the night.

"Wish I had some survival gear with food and supplies so I could make it through the night..um..night's, assuming I will be here a while."

I try to get up and walk to a small cave I spotted when I was dragged down.

"Umph....ow"

I look to see what dragged me down and got a surprise.  I had a backpack?

"Strange I never had a backpack on..."

I slowly open it and see its contents.  What I find inside surprised me.

"Its...a wilderness survival backpack."  I look deeper into the back pack and to my delight I fined canned food, a compact water filtration system,a small knife, some tools to help you start a fire and  a first aid kit.

"But I never had... oh who cares, at least I have something to help me out in the forest."

I slowly get up with my backpack on and head to the cave I saw earlier.  As I approach it i notice that the cave is roughly my size. Its not a big cave with paths, just a simple single path that came t around 50 feet.

"Lord its cold" I said "I should probably find a way to start a fire."

I go through ...um... the backpack I somehow had and looked for that fire starter in the first zipper/compartment.  I saw two match boxes and a hand held device that started fire by striking two parts together. This was great but I needed some wood in order to start a fire.

"I can get some fallen branches from the near by trees..."

I head to get some sticks from the near by tree and pile them up in my temporary cave home.  On the fourth run getting twigs something rattled in the bushes.

"Who's there?"

No response...

I take a closer look in the bush and find...nothing.  Just a pile of twigs.  I reach down to get them when they start to move.

"Ummm...what?"

They slowly move into one big pile and slowly snap into place.

"Ummm..."

They start to settle down as you see what is in front of you.  Its a..wolf.

"Wait what?!"

The wolf slowly takes a offensive position and ready to strike.

"Im out of here!!"

The wolf slowly follows me out of the bush.  I notice a few other bushes begin to move and more of these wolves made of twigs approach me.

"OK, now this is bull shit" I slowly back away near my cave never leaving eye contact "Not even one night and I'm already being attacked!?" I sigh "This is just great"

One lunges toward me as I barley escape its grasp. If only I had a weapon of some sort.  A sudden flash behind me, not a bright flash but just barley noticeable.  I stare behind me and see... a hatchet.  Not questioning the logic of why there was a flash and how a hatchet appeared behind me I quickly dash toward my key of survival.  Not a moment to late that I grab the hatchet that another 'wolf' lunges toward me.  Giving it a good hard hit with the hatchet the 'wolf' stays down, clearly in pain.

How does a twig 'wolf' experience pain? ... Not important, at least now I know I have a chance of surviving.

Seconds later another 'wolf' attacks me.  This time I swing at it with all my force, and to my surprise sending it several feet away.  This one clearly out cold, no longer moving.  It was bleeding...sap?

It's body does have the components of trees where sap is found.  This part seemed somewhat logical considering it was alive in the first place.

The 'wolfs' seemed to notice that attacking one at a time would do no good.  Sooo, they decided to attack all at once.

Well shit...

I can't attack all five, not counting the two that where down, at once.  If only I had something to block their attacks. But what? there is nothing here.

Another barley noticeable light appears a few feet away.

A...shield... I sighed OK, now I KNOW for a fact some one is fucking with me...

None the less I take this ... whatever it is(Miracle,luck,etc)  I wont question it, for now, so as long as it works.  I grab this..shield... and quickly bring it up to protect my body from FURTHER injuries.  I still had the injuries from that fight and now I was being attacked by 'wolfs' in some weird forest.  With my moderately safe way of fighting I slowly back up into my cave.  The 'wolfs' seemed to notice that this was my territory and was hesitant to progress any further.  In their moment of hesitating I grab my backpack and pull out one of the match boxes.  I light a match and grab a few stick setting them on fire, I throw the sticks toward the 'wolfs'. This tactic seemed to work as the 'wolfs' stayed just out of the fires harm and I try to strategize my way out of this knowing that the fire wont last forever.  I look into my backpack frantically looking for something that can make them go away.  In the smallest zipper/compartment of the backpack there where a few object; a small knife, a small bag of rocks?, some rope, a small net, and a sling shot.

Well that explains the bag of rocks

Sling shot it is.  I had an idea of what to do.., no I was not going to shoot the 'wolfs' with the sling shot, I was going to shoot the pieces of burning twigs and branches outside.  I figured that if I shot the skinny branches or the twigs I could get them to release more flames and scare away the 'wolfs'.  A long shot but worth a try.  Thankfully, shooting the twigs and branches did exactly what I had hoped it would.  It sent embers of fire shooting out.  The bad thing is that the 'wolfs' seemed to not have even moved out of the embers path's.  I had one last plan, it more defense than offense,...but would it work?

I can't believe I am going to try this

With no chance for second thinking I gathered all my twigs and branches and threw them into a big pile.  I got another two or three matches and set the big pile of wood in flames.  What was my plan?  To make a big light and use the smoke to attract attention from other people who might be passing by, hoping that they could help.  If this didn't work I might not escape these 'wolfs'.

Minutes passed until I heard someone.

"Is any pony out there!?" asked a feminine voice

I couldn't exactly hear what they said but at least I knew some one was out there.

"Over here!" I coughed, the smoke was not getting to me "I need help!!"

"Hang on!" replied the feminine voice. "I'll be right there!"

Oh thank God some one was here to help me. I facepalmed The wolfs! They will attack her!

"I'm being attacked by some strange wolfs!" I yelled back trying to warn her

"Just stay there!" she yelled back "I'll deal with them!"

"Be careful!" I yelled back

How is she going to "deal" with them? I wondered Maybe she knows something about these 'wolfs' and how to fight them? I sighed Well I'll soon find out

I soon started to see something rumbling in the bushes behind the 'wolfs' who didn't seem to notice.  Soon the rumbling stopped and I saw a pair of eyes.  From out of nowhere a few 'wolfs' where engulfed in this purple aura and where flung to the distance.

Fuck logic as long as I was safe was what I started thinking.  Taking this as my opportunity to attack a startled 'wolf', I swung my hatchet harder than before knocking him out cold as well.

"And then there where three" I thought out loud. As soon as another tried to lunge at me it was consumed by the same mysterious purple aura and flung to the side hitting a boulder and knocking it out cold.  With all my force I attacked the second one making it back away before falling unconscious.  As I turned to the last one, it ran away hiding in the forest trees.

"Great" I muttered "I have a feeling he will be back with more of his pack "

I turned away and realized the woman was still out there, she might run into it.  I should warn her.

"Hey i'm safe now, but one of the wolfs ran off!" I yelled into the forest.  The sky seemed a little brighter, it was most likely morning. "Great" I muttered "That fight seems to have re-opened my wounds"

"Your wounds?" I heard the woman talking from behind "What happened, are you OK??"

I turned around to answer but so no one. Just a... purple horse?  "A purple horse?" I wondered out loud. "A purple horse with a purple mane?... What!?"

"I'm not purple I'm lavender!" shouted the horse "Their completely different!"

...

"And I'm a pony not a horse"

...

"Well technically I'm a unicorn if you want to be specific"

I was trying to process what was happening in front of me "A talking unicorn...I think I'm... gonna... pass out..."