The Lost

    A cloaked figure was riding down a path in the ever free forest on a pitch black horse. The light of the sun shining down at an angle that was blocked by the trees of the forest letting little light to breach through making the path that the stranger was riding on all but shadowed by the forest, multiple eyes shining through the forest at certain points of the foliage gazing at the figure. Surprisingly the person didn’t even seem to acknowledge that they existed as they trotted down the dirt path.

     Then suddenly, a pack of seven timber wolves jumped out of the bushes around the stranger, The figure calmly slowed their horse down to a stop . Nothing happened for moments  before one of the wolves jumped toward the stranger intending to end their life for a quick meal. But before it could reach them the stranger in one swift movement unsheathed a sword and slashed across the wolf's chest, killing it before it hit the ground, green sap like blood dripping from his blade. The wolves paused to look at what happened before they all attacked in unison, knowing now that the being was a much bigger threat .

The stranger's horse caved in one wolves rib cage, the wolf collapsing onto the floor, gasping for air, indicating that the kick punctured one of it's lungs giving a slow painful death until the horse stomped it's throat killing it. The stranger then stood and flipped off The horse landing feet first onto a timber wolf knocking it down with his weight before plunging the sword into it’s head, they then rolled aside as a timber wolf leaped  toward them missing at the last second and landing on the ground past them. The wolf regained its senses and rushed the person again only for the stranger to turn and slash it's head off at an inhuman speed  the body and head thudding to the ground. Though the person didn't get any respite before two came at them at both sides. Thinking fast the stranger stabbed their sword through the wolf on their right, the sword poking out the other side killing the wolf instantly. Using the body to their advantage, the stranger then spun around throwing the wolf off their sword into the one on their left, knocking it of its feet  in front of their horse who stomped its hoof onto the wolf's head, splattering green blood and brain matter all over the ground.

    The figure stood at their  full height of six foot three, sword ready as they faced the last and  biggest one out of all the wolves, indicating the alpha. The two opponents faced each other for just moment before the alpha wolf charged. The stranger stood calmly before the wolf got a few feet in front of them. Then at the right moment, the man flashed across the Alpha to the other side, dripping sword in hand. The area was silent as the opponents stood not moving for what seemed like eternity, until the alpha split directly down the middle revealing it's insides like a slice of bread, the separated bodies falling to the sides. The figure waved the blood of their sword before sheathing it again.

    The figure was about to mount back on their horse before a loud crying came from inside the forest, the stranger looked towards the sound before turning to their steed and pointing their finger down, the universal sign to stay. The horse complied to their order before the figure turned and walked quickly forwards through the forest towards the sound, running through bushes and branches in haste until reaching the sound, breaching through the tree line to find three timber wolves surrounding a basket where the sound came from.

     They than heard that the cries were actually coming from a baby, with that discovered he sped forward with their inhuman speed, unsheathed sword gleaming in the light as they reached the wolves in seconds, slicing them faster than they can react blood spurting into the air as they did so. In the end three more wolves lay on the floor in a pool of their own blood. After cleaning their sword the same as before, they hurried over to the child, but when he saw the kid,  their eyes widened as their eyes  scanned over the baby in disbelief. The fur less hide except a little brown on it's head, the small eyes, and lack of any muzzle. It was a human, A HUMAN!, right here in front of them, they didn't know what to say before the babe opened its eyes revealing blue pools that was blocked by it's eye lid and cried yet again as it laid eyes on the hooded figure. The stranger knew that the way they looked wasn't exactly friendly looking, especially for a babe.

      The stranger lifted the hood off its head revealing a earth pony stallion with gray fur, a silver mane with horse ears that sat on top of his head, big gray eyes and a muzzle of a stallion that extended from his face  which was now smiling at the babe. Then in a soft voice he said,“ Hey hey, it's okay I’m not going to hurt you” After the baby  opened its eyes again and saw the man's kind smiling face it almost immediately reached out for him giggling and smiling, its earlier crying seemingly forgotten, making the man above him brighten up inside more than he ever had for a long time as he picked up and cradled the baby in his arms, the baby easily fitting nicely into them. He then raised his finger over the baby, the baby grasp his finger with its small hand making him yet again brighten up inside . There were so many questions running through his mind like why is there a human here , Why is he alone, what is he going to do about this? So many questions were swarming his head with no answers . The man looked down at the baby again , doing so made him halt his thoughts as a new thought came into mind. What is he doing just standing here thinking about what to do with a baby in this kind of situation? He should be worrying about getting the baby to safety before anything else.

   So after he softly let the baby down into the basket and wrapped it up in the blue blanket, he moved swiftly back to his horse to ride the rest of the way back to his home. Unknowing that the child in the basket he is carrying is going to change the world for the better or the worse.