4- Saying Goodbye and Hello

I woke up the next morning to something rubbing against my side. I lazily crack open and eye and look at what was rubbing against me. Azura was there rubbing her head on my stomach and hugging me tightly. Luckily I could still breath so, I just laid there and tried to go back to sleep. But then Azura started to squeeze me even tighter, still I could breath, but I was now uncomfortable and awake. I just let her sleep and I closed my eye and tried to find my way back to sleep. I laid there for what felt like hours before Azura started to wake up. She rose to a sitting position and rubbed her tired eyes with a hoof and yawned.

“Morning daddy.” Azura said.

It took me a few seconds and realized I had said I would be her father. “Good morning Azura. Uh did you sleep well?” I asked trying to think of what a father would say.

“Good… I think.” she said yawning again. “Dad… why do you not want to talk to anypony?” she asked me curiously.

“Uh well… ponies who would find out I could talk and find that I have wings would find me a threat or something dangerous. So they would try to kill me or experiment on me, so that’s why I don’t talk to other ponies but you.” I said.

“How come you talk to me then?” she asked.

Geez you're perceptive for a kid. “Well when I found you being hurt by that pony and took you with me and you woke up and you were scared… I sort of saw myself in you.” I said.

“Oh…” she said.

Azura stood up and stretched her weary limbs and yawned again. I got up as well and stretched my legs and yawned afterwards. I sat down and scratched my ear with my back paw and after a few seconds I realized what I did and groaned. I’m getting too used to this. I thought as I stood back up. I looked around the cave and saw Azura staring towards where the entrance is. I looked over as well and saw a glimmer of light.

I’m getting tired of this cave, I need to find somewhere else to stay… or get rid of Azura and I could head to Ponyville. If only there was another way I could take her with me and not have to worry about her, then I would be able to go to Ponyville with her and I wouldn’t have to get rid of her. But I can’t think of any way to help her unless I trained her to sneak around and lie, but… she doesn’t know what the world is like since she was being abused by her father! And I don’t want to teach her how to be evil, she’s still innocent and I want her to have a good life… even if that means without me being with her.

That’s it I have to find someone to take care of her, I don’t want her to be like me. I look at her and she’s still looking at the entrance to the cave. I walk over to her and sit next to her.

“Azura would you like anything specific for breakfast?” I ask her still looking at the entrance.

“Um I’m fine with anything.” she said looking down at the ground.

“Alright… I might be a while so.... I’ll be back as soon as I can.” I said as I started walking to the entrance of the cave. (Sorry if any of you are getting tired of the word ‘entrance’)

I get to the front of the cave and smell the morning air and look into the sky. There's a good breeze going so that could help me with gliding to the castle. I open my wings and flap once and take to the air. I get up high into the sky and there are no clouds in the sky so I would have trouble sneaking in. I fly to Canterlot with no interruptions and I look for a window or something open and I find a balcony door open and fly into it. It was another bedroom that was like the one I entered with Azura and had our baths.

I slowly open the door and take a look inside and find that it’s empty. I walk inside slowly just incase and I get close to the door before a bright light flashes and I run over and jump behind the bed. The light fades away and I peek over the bed and see that guy as a hologram again and I let out a breath and walk over to him.

“Hello again Cameron, or should I say Shadow? Anyway I’m waiting with very little patience for you to find where the Elements are and to get rid of that kid you have. She’s getting in the way of our deal and if you don’t get rid of her soon… then I will.” he said with a harsh tone.

“Don’t worry I’m trying to find a way to find someone to take care of her, just give me a bit more time and she’ll be gone and I’ll find the Element’s.” I said.

“You better.” he said.

“I actually have a few questions. What are the Element’s exactly?” I ask him.

“I’ll answer that when you have more time on your hand, or should I say paw.” he said.

“Don’t patronize me.” I said and I growled.

“Do not worry once you find them I will help you in getting them.” he said.

“Another question what exactly is your name?” I ask him.

“Just call me M.” he said and I nodded.

“Okay one more, how exactly do I earn more skills that I don’t have?” I asked.

“You would just have to try things out. Like say you are flying a lot you will earn a spell that will make you fly close to the speed of light, but in order to do that you would have to be very skilled in flying, and you’ve only scratched the surface of flying.” he said.

“Now my time is up, I must leave. If you ever need me just say these words, Call Upon the One who is Feared. And I will appear like I am now.” he said and he started to waver.

“Fine now leave me alone so I can get back to doing what I was doing.” I said and he glared at me and snapped his fingers and the image of him disappeared into thin air.

I walk over to the door and cracked it open and look through the crack with an eye and there's a pony walking down the hall toward me. I close the door quietly and put an ear to the door and listen. The sound of hooves on the floor get louder and they pass by the door and I wait until I can no longer hear them. After several seconds I can’t hear hoof steps and I open the door and walk out and close the door behind me.

I sneak down the hall and I try to remember where that one room is. I think I know where I am and I think I’m close. I stop at a corner and look around the corner and there it is, it was the giant blue door from before with the two guards stationed at each side. If that isn’t where that Luna is at then I don’t know where she would be at. Now the only problem is the guards, luckily while I was using Blending Colors hiding from that guard my skill leveled up and now I can move while using Blending Colors instead of having to be still in order for it to work. But I still have to get rid of the guards if I want to sneak into that room. An idea pops into my head and I cast Blending Colors and sneak over to a very large painting that was of a white pony with a wavy pink, blue and green mane with a long horn and large wings that looked to be as long as mine and was hanging on the side of the large hall and I got right under it. It was very close to the guards and they would surely notice what was about to happen. I jump up as high as I could and put my claws into the picture and started to slide down it with a *crrrrrrrrrrk* sound and I landed onto the ground and I had made a very long knash in the painting right along the ponies chest and all the way to the bottom of the painting.

I looked over and saw the guards looking over here with a confused look. They both started walking over here and I sneaked away from the painting and around the two guards and over to the door silently. They were staring at the painting very confused as to why it had suddenly got claw marks on it. I opened the door slowly and quietly and sneaked in and closed the door the same way.

It was a very dark room, luckily I could still see easily and there was a table with a chair to my right, with another door that was smaller than the one I had came into and there was a very large bed across from me with a nightstand next to the bed. There was also a large bulge in the bed that looked like something was under the blankets and was breathing.

I walk over to the bed and looked at whoever was in the bed and it was Luna thankfully. I saw that she was asleep with her head rested on a dark blue pillow, just like her whole bed. I also saw a book under her pillow. Who keeps a book under their pillow? I thought, and now I’m curious as to what it is.

I rolled my eyes and started to walk off but I was tempted to get it and read it. I’m really going to get myself killed one day doing this sort of thing. I turn back around and went and grabbed the book in my mouth. I slowly pulled the book out from under her pillow and she turned over on her side and my eyes widened and she reached out with her hooves and grabbed me and I thought I was going to die. She pulled me close to her and squeezed me tightly.

On the inside I was screaming AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! like a little girl. I look at her and she was still asleep somehow and I let out a breath of relief and I try to wiggle out but she just tightens her grip.

“Mmm no don’t.” she said in her sleep. Damnit she talks in her sleep.

I noticed something as she was squeezing me, I was still bigger than her even though she was taller than the guards. I really need to compare myself to the height of a pony. I thought and I started to wiggle again, but I was stuck in place thanks to her death grip.

After several minutes of trying to break free of her grip she finally loosened up and I was able to get free finally. I get out of the bed before she could pull me back in. I look back at her and she reaches across the bed for me and whined in her sleep looking for where I had gone. I push a pillow closer to her and she grabs it and hugs it like she had done to me and smiled.

I went back over and finally grabbed the book, I opened it and flipped through some pages skimming through it and it was a diary. What kind of princess has a diary? I thought and I got to a page that caught my interest. It was a page that mentioned Azura. It say’s this.

Dear diary, we have met a filly named Azura and we found something strange about her. She had some kind of power in her that we have not seen before. We must try to get closer to her and see if what we think it may be is what we think it is. While we were talking to Azura we sensed something else around us and we could not sense what it exactly was but it was close to chaotic magic, or maybe it was but we could not tell at the time. We will have to find if it had something to do with Azura or not but in the meantime we had asked if she would come and visit us and we could maybe become friends.

The reason for that is because while we were walking to leave Azura to walk home we started talking about the night and she knew surprisingly most of the constellations and she had said her father had taught her what they were, I must meet her father someday and hopefully see what he is like. Maybe he’s the one I have not been able to find yet, maybe he’s the only one who understands my night.

What does she mean by her night? I thought as I slowly slid the book back under her pillow. She didn’t wake so I started to walk towards the door but tripped on something and fell to the ground and tumbled around and knocked into something and a second later there was a loud crashing sound. I heard Luna snorted and I looked over and she woke up and sat up immediately from the sound.

She looked around and her eyes rested on me and we stared at each other for several seconds and I stood up and her horn lit up a dark blue and she shot that thing at me and it hit me and I fell to the floor paralyzed.

“If thou think'st thou can sneak into our room and escape un-noticed then thou can just give up.” she said with a smirk.

I tried to talk but my mouth was slack jawed and I couldn’t move it at all so it just came out as nonsense. She walked up to me and walked around, examining me. She stopped right in front of me and put a hoof to her chin.

“In all of our years we did not expect to see another one of thy’s kind in this time.” she said.

I tried to talk again but got the same result as before. She rolled her eyes and her horn lit up again and shot something at my mouth and I could now move my mouth.

“Now what was thou trying to say?” she asked me.

“I was trying to ask what you did to me.” I said to her with a glare.

“That is simple we simply used a spell that would paralyze you until we wanted to let thou go.” she said smiling down on me.

“Well can you un-paralyze me?” I ask in more of a demanding tone.

“Not until we see that thy is not a threat like we have heard.” she said.

“Fine.” I said.

“Now what is thou’s name?” she asked.

“Ca… Shadow.” I said correcting myself.

“Shadow… that is a very suiting name for thy.” she said.

“Uh thanks… I guess.” I muttered.

“Now that was thou doing last night in the castle?” she asked with a hard look and a serious tone.

“I was getting food for me and… and I was leaving but then some guards came and chased after me. Why are you asking me this if you already know it?” I ask her.

“We wanted to see if we could trust thy, like we said before. And it seems we can… for the moment.” she said. “There wasn’t anypony else with thou?” she asked me.

I was hesitant to tell her but she already knew, but didn’t know who. “Yes.” I said simply.

“And might thou tell us who that may be?” she asked me.

“You already know who it is.” I said to her.

“Fine don’t tell us. But we must ask… what was thy doing with a filly?” she asked me.

“None of your business.” I said to her.

“Well would it so happen that a unicorn filly I met last night be the one you have with you hiding wherever thy has hidden her.” she said reading me with ease.

“I don’t know what your talking about.” I said avoiding her gaze.

“We think thou is lying to us. If you are worried about us telling others. Don’t. I wish not to tell others of this just to have thy hunted down for something my sister is worried about and is having high alert for you. She was told of you holding a filly ‘hostage’ and that you intend on eating her.” she said.

And at that moment for the first time, I could tell I wasn’t being lied to. “Fine, yes I do have her. And I never harmed her if that is what your sister is worried about, and I never intend on doing so. NOW can you let me go?” I ask her, annoyed of laying on the floor.

“Does thou promise not to run off?” she asked as her horn lit up.

“Yes I promise.” I said through bared teeth. The light on her horn shot at me again and hit me in my chest and I could move again. I stood up to my full height and I was easily taller than her, almost a foot taller to be exact.

When I stood up and she had to look up to look at me, she did not have a hint of fear in her expression. But her jaw did drop when I stood up and I grinned at this.

“Now is that all? Because I need to be going.” I said to her.

“Well may we ask if thou is her father figure she spoke of?” she asked me. I thought of her question for a few seconds and I nodded.

“Now I need to ask you something.” I said and I leaned in close to her ear and I whispered my question.

“Is that surely what thy wants?” she asked me and I nodded.

“Well then we will see you tonight. We will leave our door open for you to enter when you come.” she said and I nodded and I walked over to her balcony door.

I pushed it open with my snout and I walked out and closed the door. I opened my wings and flew off high into the sky with the sun still high into the sky. I flew over to the kitchen and landed inside and got some food that was out and put it in another bag that I found and flew back to the cave without thinking a single thought.

I landed inside and put my wings back to my side and walked back to Azura. I saw Azura laying there on the hard ground snoozing and I let the bag drop from my mouth. I looked at her in sadness from my time with her being so short. I walked over to her sleeping body and sat next to her and rubbed my cheek on hers. I looked at her and pushed aside some of her mane covering her eyes. I bent down and nudged her with my nose and she stirred awake.

“Daddy? Mmm your back. I was wondering what was taking you so long and then I fell asleep. What happened?” she asked me rubbing her eyes. I pushed aside the pain in my heart and looked at her with a mild expression.

“Nothing to worry about. Now eat.” I said nudging the bag of food closer to her. She opened it with her hooves and ate from it and after a few minutes she sat up and pushed the bag close to me and I bent over and ate the rest that was there.

“Dad, are you going to take me to Luna tonight?” Azura asked me as I laid next to her.

“Yes Azura I am taking you to Luna. And then you’ll…” I said and quickly stopped myself from telling her of what I had asked Luna.

“Okay.” she said with a smile and she laid her had down. I looked at her and thought of something.

“Hey Azura would you want to maybe go flying with me before we go to Luna?” I ask her.

“Really!?” she asked jumping up with a smile on her face. I nodded and she jumped up and hugged my neck and started bouncing to the front of the cave. First time I’ve ever seen her like this. I thought as I smiled at her.

I walked to the front of the cave and Azura still had a huge smile on her face. I motioned for her to get on and she hopped onto my back and I took off into the sky. I flew for hours on end without landing once. I had stayed high in the sky enjoying the view below us and all around us. I didn’t even feel tired, and when I did start to feel tired I would look back at Azura’s smiling face and I would get a renewed energy from joy replacing the feeling of weariness. After flying for hours the sun had started to set and as I saw this happening my smile vanished and was replaced with sorrow. I looked back at Azura and she had an awe-struck expression on her face as she watched the sun slowly set. I sighed and turned around and head towards Canterlot Castle where we would meet Luna.

I flew to her balcony and her balcony door was opened like she said she would do, with a dim yellow light was shining out of the doorway. I flew down and landed and Azura hopped off of my back.

“Are you going to hide here dad? Or are you going back to the cave?” Azura asked turning back and looking at me.

“Actually I’m coming with you.” I said and she looked confused.

“But I thought you didn’t want anypony to see you?” she asked very confused.

“Well I met Luna while I was out and we agreed that I would be staying for a bit.” I said to her. That was the last thing I got to say and Azura opened her mouth to say something but Luna walked out and beat her to it.

“Awe, Azura, Shadow. We were wondering what was taking you so long.” Luna said walking out of her room.

“Luna!” Azura said and she jumped up and hugged Luna by the neck. Luna returned the hug and looked at me as they parted from the hug.

“How long will you be staying?” Luna asked me.

“Not long.” I said to her.

“Aww you're not staying dad? Where are you going then?” she asked me with pleading eyes and I saw Luna look down at her hooves saddened as I was about to answer her question.

“Well Azura the thing is… you're staying with Luna from now on.” I said to her and her confused expression turned to a very sad one.

“What?” she said in a whisper that made a mouse seem loud.

“Azura I can’t keep taking care of you. I was never meant to take care of you. I’ve… I’ve been looking for someone to take care of you for a while now and today I asked Luna if she would take care of you because a wolf is not meant to take care of a filly.” I said to her and every word I said tears started to form in the corner of her eyes and that only made the stake dig deeper into my heart.

“S-so you don’t love me?” she asked as tears started to roll down her cheeks.

“No that’s not it. I do love you Azura it’s just that… when I came here I wasn’t planning on finding you and taking care of you. And I came here for something that's important, and I didn’t want to keep you because then you would see things a filly should never see. When I found you beaten I didn’t want you to die, and the time I spent with you and you’ve grown on me. And I’ve never had anyone to love and anyone to love me and I want the best for you now.” I said to her almost tearing up.

She looked up at me. “I don’t want you to leave me!” she said jumping up and throwing her hooves around my neck. I put a paw on her back as I felt her tears starting to collect onto my fur as she cried into my shoulder.

“Don’t worry Azura. Luna will take care of you and will keep you safe. And I will always love and be with you. As long as you remember me and keep me in your heart I’ll be with you forever. And if you want I can come visit you.” I said and she looked at me and nodded her head rapidly. I put her down on the ground and I bent over and hugged her tightly.

“Do you promise to come and visit me?” she whispered in my ear and sniffled.

“I promise.” I said smiling and I let her go. I looked at Luna and she had started crying as well.

“Will you take care of her for me?” I asked Luna.

“Yes, and we will do more than that and teach her things, while she is with us.” Luna said with a smile.

I bent down and looked at Azura in the eyes. “Go in there and get some sleep Azura. I’ll make sure to visit as much as I can.” I said to her and she nodded and slowly walked off into Luna’s room.

“Where is thou going to make you have to leave Azura with me?” Luna asked me.

“Don’t worry about it. Just know that once I finish what I’m doing this world will be a better place.” I said to her. “Oh and keep this a secret between us. Okay?” I asked and she nodded with a smile.

I opened my wings and flew high into the night sky. I looked back and saw Azura walking outside and her and Luna waved to me and I stopped in the air and looked at them. I smiled and lifted my head and let out a howl that would be heard from miles away. I looked at them and they continued waving to me, I turned and flew off into the distance.

I flew for several minutes telling myself that I need to focus on the Element’s now and then I heard a train whistle and I looked down and saw a train chugging along and I thought that I could rest for the night from this day and let my mind and body rest. I flew down to the train behind the caboose and landed on top of the train car and there was a close hatch. I walked over to it and try to pry it open with my mouth but it didn’t budge. Steel Wings I thought and I felt my wings harden and I used my wings to cut through the hatch and used the claws in my paws to open it with ease now and I hopped into the caboose and canceled the spell and put my wings back to my side.

It was average size, I guess, for a caboose cart. There was a nothing in here but a seat in the back with a door behind me, and two windows on each side of me. Now is the time for some much needed answers.

“I Call Upon the One Who is Feared.” I said and there was a bright light and the image of M showed with his usual attire on.

“So it seems you’ve gotten rid of that kid. Good. Now why did you call me?” he asked obviously pissed at me calling him.

“I want to know what the Element’s are.” I said demanding to know.

“Fine, the Element’s are weapons of mass destruction that is power beyond imagine. It has power unlike anything you could ever think of. And it’s dangerous if they are in the wrong hands.” he said to me with a blank expression on his face.

“How so?” I asked confused as to why they’re called the Element’s of Harmony if they’re a dangerous weapon.

“Well for example they were used to send a pony to the moon for a thousand years until she finally came back but was once again defeated and she is now trapped on the moon again.” he said to me. 'Great now I have to be even more careful'I thought to myself.

“Yes you would most likely be considered a threat if they find out you are trying to steal them. Then they would most likely use the Element’s to do something to you. And we wouldn’t want that to happen now would we.” he said and I remembered that he could fuckin’ read minds or some shit. “And no I can’t read minds, I read your body language, and you’re an open book.” he said smiling maliciously at me.

“Whatever. Do you know what they look like?” I ask him.

“Yes I do. They look like just a piece of jewelry but they are not, one is shaped like a star that is purple, another is an orange apple, one is a red lightning bolt, a purple diamond, a pink butterfly, and a blue balloon. Any more questions?” he asked me.

“No that’s all.” I said to him.

“Good. Before I go, make sure you don’t talk to anyone else… or else. And remember to act like an animal.” he said and a chill ran down my spine. He raised his right hand and he snapped his fingers and the hologram of him disappeared.

“Fine whatever.” I said and I walked over to the seat in the back of the cart and jumped up on it and laid down. After several minutes of trying to fall asleep I finally started to drift off. Sleep took hold of me once again and I had one final thought. Good night Azura.

I woke up to a train whistle going off and I jerked up into a fighting stance and looked around and a bright light shined through the windows of the cart and then I remembered I was in the caboose of a train. I let out a breath and stood up straight. I stretched my legs and rubbed my eyes with my paws carefully as to not accidentally scratch my eyes out with my sharp claws. I walk over to one of the windows and squint my eyes still getting used to this much light. Being in a cave for so long can really mess with your eyes.

After a few minutes of getting used to the bright light of the sun, I saw that we were starting to slow down. I went to the window on the other side of the cart and saw that some kind of town or village off in the distance to my left. Is that Ponyville? Guess I’ll have to find out. I thought and I opened my wings, flapped once and flew out of the caboose and high into the sky.

There were buildings tall and short long and wide, that looked like ordinary houses, but they had hay for a roof top. There were ponies of all shapes and and sizes and color walking around going about their day not even noticing the thing flying in the sky. Next to the village on each side was a forest. The one on my left was brightly lit with the sun shining through the branches of the trees and I saw many animals flying jumping or running in the forest. And the one on my right was very dark, and damp, with no animals to be seen. Just my kind of place, quiet, dark, and best of all I can be alone in their. This place reminded me of Wormwood surrounded by the Quag. (It’s from a book called The Finisher and it was one hell of a book to read, I actually never put it down until I was done with it. Tell me someone out there know’s what I’m talking about.)

I fly down to the forest on my right and land with a solid thud and I look around and it was almost completely black but there were still small rays of the sun shining through small openings in the leaves. I thought of finding a place to sleep for the time I’m here so i started to look in trees and around the forest for anywhere to sleep at when I need to. But as soon as I started looking I had heard a scream of terror that seemed to be a good mile away. Hmm, if there are animals in here they wouldn’t be able to talk and if they were then I highly doubt they would be scared of the forest they live in. I thought.

I rolled my eyes and quickly opened my wings and flew through the forest. I veered and spiraled around trees and branches. Another scream was heard and I quickened my pace and followed the direction of where I heard the scream come from. A few moments later and I heard another scream that sounded to be 20ft away from me. I flapped my wings once more and I zoomed out into a vast open area of grass that had no tree and had sunlight shining down on me. I looked around and I saw a yellow pegasus mare with a pink mane and tail to my right with creatures I’ve only seen in books before to my right.

They looked to be Timberwolves .

Anyway the Timberwolves were exactly what they sounded like. They were wolves that were made of wood with green glowing eyes and wooden teeth and claws just like their whole body. There was a total of 13 Timberwolves walking towards the frightened mare with their teeth bared showing very sharp wooden teeth and glaring at her with their glowing green eyes. They had gotten fairly close to her and they had circled around her as she just sat there staring at them as she laid on the ground whimpering with tears rolling down her cheeks. I guess now’s the time for some action. Steeled Wings. I thought and I felt my wings harden and I shot off towards the Timberwolves and used my wings to cut off the head of the one of the Timberwolves and landed a good ten feet away from the others.

The others had noticed this as their companion fell to the ground with no head and was certainly dead. They all looked at me and growled in anger as they had forgotten about their prey and started walking towards me. I still had the spell on and I waited until the Timberwolves were now circling me. I looked over at the mare who was still shaking in fear and had covered her head with her hooves. In the corner of my eye I saw one of the Timberwolves pounce on me and he was fast too. But I was even faster. I lowered myself low and ducked in time for the Timberwolf to fly behind me and I quickly turned around and bit down on it’s neck with my sharp teeth and something sticky oozed out of its neck. I let go and saw that it was tree sap oozing out of the Timberwolf’s neck.

Another two jump at me and I flap my wings and go into the sky and I look down and see that they had crashed into each other and were lying on the ground. I dive down towards them and they started to get up but I landed on top of both of their heads and sent them back into the ground with sap oozing out of their head. The other started to growl even louder than before obviously getting more pissed by the second.

A message popped up in front of me like how it had done before when I got my new spell. It read, ‘New Spell Unlocked’ It went to an option of two spells, Whirling Tornado or Dashing Speed I had to think quickly before another Timberwolf attacked me so I pressed on the screen and it disappeared and just in time too.

Three Timberwolves jumped at me and I used my back legs and kicked one of them in the snout smashing him, and I clawed the other with my claws, but I didn’t turn quick enough and the last one that jumped at me bit down on my right back leg and I howled in pain as he bit down harder onto my leg. I used my free back leg and kicked the Timberwolf on my leg off and sent him flying to the ground and he died when I kicked him. I looked at my injured leg and saw wooden teeth in my leg and blood spewing from my leg. Damnit! Let’s wrap this up already. Whirling Tornado. I thought and I wrapped my wings all the way around my body covering everything but my face and started to spin fast. After a minute of spinning and somehow not getting dizzy the air around me started to spin out of control and I saw the Timberwolves starting to float off of the ground. After several seconds I stopped spinning and opened my wings up and sent all of the Timberwolves flying away from me and they all hit a tree and busted into a pile of sticks and twigs.

I landed on the ground and looked around at the now dead and smashed Timberwolves. I look over at the mare who is still on the ground and I try to walk to her but I forgot about my injured leg and I tumbled to the ground in pain as I stepped on it. My vision started to blur mostly due to the fact that I must have been losing too much blood. I started to fade away but before I blacked out I saw a yellow blur walking up to me. And it stopped in front of me and I blacked out.

I woke up to sounds around me and something wet and cool on my leg and I was laying on my side. I open my eyes and looked at what was on my leg and see that my right back leg had a white and red wet rag on my leg and I remember what happened before I blacked out. I was saving a yellow mare from Timberwolves and one of them had bit my leg and left wooden teeth in my leg and I was bleeding horribly. I hear hoofsteps and I look to where it was coming from and I see the yellow mare walking towards me with something in one of her hooves.

I jump off of the couch I was laying on and landed on the ground but once again I forgot about my leg and fell to the ground as soon as I landed on the ground and searing pain shot through my leg. The mare ran over to me and did something with her hoof and I saw a bear walk toward me and I growled at him and the bear hesitated but picked me up and put me back on the couch and she thanked him and he went off somewhere else. I tried to get back up again but the mare pushed me back down.

"Don't get up or you'll hurt yourself even more." she said in a soft, quiet, and caring voice.

I was about to say something but M's voice talked in the back of my head. "Do not talk, act like an animal or you will face the consequences." he said and i just sat there and she took my leg in her hooves and touched my injury and I yanked my leg away from her and growled.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to hurt you. I'll be extra careful this time, please let me see your leg." she said quietly as she looked at my leg.

She put the thing that was in her hoof on the couch and removed the wet cloth from my leg and the bleeding sort of stopped  and the teeth that were once there were now gone and I looked at my leg in surprise as to how she had done all of this. She put the cloth next to her and picked up the thing that was on the couch and unrolled some length from it and it looked like gauze. She ripped it off with her teeth and started to wrap it around my wound very carefully and after a minute of this she finally had wrapped it around my leg and tucked it under a piece of the gauze so it wouldn't unwrap by itself.

"There all better now. try not to walk on it for a while please?" she said to me with a smile. Sounds like Azura. I thought as I remembered the day I twisted my ankle and Azura had told me not to walk on it for a week.

"Would you like something to eat?" she asked me and I thought about it and my stomach growled and she giggled at me. "I'll take that as a yes." she said and she took the gauze back on her hoof and walked into another room which I assume to be the kitchen.

(I'm not explaining what Flutter's cottage looks like since you already know. If not then go to here.))

A few minutes later and she comes back with a steaming plate of... MEAT!!! My mouth hangs open and my tongue falls out and drool comes out of my mouth from seeing the delicious looking meat. She giggles at me and hands me the plate and I instantly scarf it down in just a few minutes. After I finished I looked at her and her jaw had dropped to the floor, and she starts to giggle at me again and she takes the plate and heads back into the kitchen. She comes back in and stands right in front of me.

"You should get your rest so you can heal faster. If you don't mind that is. Oh I almost forgot, my name is Fluttershy. What might your name be?" she asked me. I've heard of talking to animals but this one is taking it to a new level. And her names Fluttershy? Hmm nice name, I guess. "Hmm how about I name you Shadow." she said. Wow, big ass convenience. Well at least I don't have to answer to two names. I thought and she put a pillow behind my head and kissed me on top of my head.

"Now get some rest Shadow. I'll see you in the morning." she said and she walked up the stairs that were beside me. I was confused as to why she said I'll see you in the morning and I looked out a window and there was moonlight shining through the window. Well might as well sleep since it's night time and I have a place to stay now. I put my head down on the pillow that Fluttershy had got me and closed my eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.