The Wolf's Tale

How the hell did I end up here? That was the real question. I always wondered that every time I seem close to death. To be honest, I sometimes even ask random ponies that bazar question. They would look at me as if I was mad or freaking out. In a way, I was. I did not know what brought me into this world that has granted me more than I could ask for. I did not know why fate has chosen me to carry this burden. If it chose me of all the people in the universe, then there was something I did not see in myself that it did.

I could start from how I got here. It has been 10 years since I found myself laying in the mud of this forest. The whole area seemed more like a old memory than a current problem. There were a lot of moments that have led to this part in my life. I guess I feel the need to explain some of it to you in order for this story to make sense. Let's start from the beginning. Let's start from me waking up in this world without a clue of who I was.

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10 years ago

Cold. Why did I feel so cold? Why does my body seem to be close to the brink of death. Was I dying? Was I dead? I couldn't even tell. All I knew was that I was cold, and all I could see was darkness. My eyes felt as if they were closed. I did not want to try to open them. I was not sure what I would see or what would happen. I knew if I did not open them then I could not answer my question. I slowly opened my eyes.

What I saw took my breath away. It was a moon. It was a full moon that was white as snow and glowed with a peaceful hue. I was mezmorized with the beauty of the white orb in the sky. I knew I was alive now. There was no way that could exist in the after life. Without even realizing it, another question came to mind. If I was alive, then where am I?

I focused on my other senses. I could smell mud, trees and other wild life. I could feel myself laying on my back. I felt the ground beneath me. It felt like dirt and mud. I could also feel a few blades of grass. I tried to move my body. When I tried to sit up, my body began to hurt. I groaned and fell back down. I was too sore to move. The only way to fix that was to fight the pain and stretch my muscles.

I took a breath and tried to sit up again. I was rewarded with a sharp pain in all my muscles. I gritted my teeth and fought the pain. A minute later I felt myself siting all the way up. I took another breath of air. I moved my arms a bit and stretched my neck, trying to get the extra soreness out. Now that I was sitting in more of a comfortable position, I tried to look at my surroundings. When I looked around I saw many trees and areas of mud and grass. I was apparently in some sort of forest.

Confirming where I was, I looked down at myself. I was not entirely sure what I was. From what I could see I was partly naked. I had no shirt, but I did have some tight shorts. My chest was bare and I could feel a slight breeze come through the air. I shivered from the coldness. I saw that my chest was also a bit furry. I raised my hand and pet my chest. It felt soft and warm, like a dogs fur. I also just noticed something in the middle of my view. It looked long and had a black stub at the tip. I raised my hand to my face to see what it was. When my hand came into contact, I could feel it was connected to my face. I think this was my nose. It was also a bit fuzzy. I even had some whiskers at the end of it. I touched more of my head, trying to find out what I was. I felt fur covering my head. I also felt my ears and found them to be pointy. I think I was a dog. The weird thing was I don't know why I am one. I don't even remember how I got here. I don't even remember my own name.

I looked at the rest of my body. I saw that my legs seemed... different. They were like a dogs, but they were longer and seemed wider. I had hands so I knew I don't walk on all fours. I had to try to walk. I stretched out my legs and tried to stand. I managed to get on one knee, but I was unsure if I would fall if I stood all the way up. I pushed away my fear and stood on both of my legs. I got on my feet and steadily rose to my full height. From how far I was to the ground, I seemed to be at least six feet tall.

I looked around to my surroundings. From the trees and grass and bushes, I could confirm I was in a forest. The only problem was that I did not know where I was in this forest. I looked around if there were any signs or pathways. There were none. I sighed in defeat. Guess I will have to walk randomly. I looked towards the trees on my right. I decided this was a better option and began to walk.

It has been three hours since I woke up in this forest. It had became dark quickly. The trees had begun to block out the moonlight. I walked in a straight line through this sea of trees, trying to find anyone or anything that could help me. I began to feel doubtful of any type of help. I think I was the only one is this forest.

As I continued to walk, I started to hear something that resembles running water. It sounded close. It sounded as if it was on my right. I looked in that direction, and to my surprise, I saw a river. Hope began to fill my mind. I was hungry and thirsty and I was almost ready to collapse from dehydration. I quickly ran towards the river. As soon as I got to the river I fell to my knees and began to drink from it. The river wasn't big or deep. It was pretty shallow and not very wide, but all I cared about was the flowing water. I didn't even try to drink with my hands, I was slurping it up with my mouth. It tasted amazing.

I knelt there, drinking the water for at least 2 minutes. I was super relieved that I came across this river. I continued to drink until I heard a feral growl in front of me. I instantly stopped drinking and slowly looked up. When I looked up, I was met with golden eyes. The golden eyes narrowed. I could not see the creature since it was too dark. There was only a small light poking through the trees and it shined right in front of it. It slowly walked forward into the light; still growling. When the creature revealed itself into the light I froze. It was a wolf.

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I didn't dare to look behind since I knew what I would find if I did. As soon as I saw the wolf, it howled and I heard more wolves began emerging from behind it. I quickly turned around and ran and I heard them give chase. That was five minutes ago and I have yet to loose them. I was indeed faster than them, but they were not giving up so easily. I dodged and weaved through the bushes and trees. I kept my eyes forward the whole time. That was my mistake since I didn't see a new wolf pop out and tackle me.

The wolf tackled me to the ground. I rolled a couple of feet with the wolf trying to bite my face out. I slowed to a stop with the wolf atop me. I struggled to keep the wolf off of me, it's sharp fangs trying to bite my face. The wolf was too heavy and my strength began to falter. The wolfs teeth were mere inches away. I tried to get it off of me and I used a free hand to punch it in the face. It only made it more angry and it was close enough to bite me. I cried out in pain as the wolf bit down on my shoulder. I tried to pry it off but it had a firm grip. I just kept punching it until it came off. I screamed as the pain intensified. I quickly brought up my hands to its face and dug my fingers in its eyes. I could feel the resistance and the my fingers going through what felt like a gooey substance. The wolf howled in pain and let go off my shoulder. With this small moment of freedom, I quickly put my feet against its chest and pushed it away making it hit against a tree.

With this moment of relief I sighed. My shoulder burned and throbbed. I looked down at it and grimaced. I could see where the fangs were dug in and saw blood leaking from the holes in my shoulder. I took my sight away from the painful wound and looked where I kicked the wolf. I saw it lay there right next to the tree. It was unmoving and I didn't see its chest rise and fall. I think I killed it. I killed a living creature. The thought of it brought panic to my mind. Was I killer? Is this my destiny? I thought about what had just happened and shook my head. No, I am not. It was either me or it. I didn't have any more time to think as I heard howling not too far from where I was. I stood up and began to run in the direction I was before.

My legs began to hurt as I continued to run. My chest burned and my shoulder would flare up in pain as I maneuvered through the trees. I thought the forest would end  eventually, but it still kept going. I slowed my pace to a jog. I was not sure if the wolves were still chasing me. I didn't think I was that worth it. I stopped for a moment to hear if they were behind me. I listened for any howls or growling. I did not hear anything. I think I was safe. As soon as I thought that, I heard a loud roar. It came from right behind me. I quickly turned around and looked into the red eyes of the monster.

It was big. It stood two times my height. It had a lions head with sharp fangs and with a lions body. What was strange was that it also had strange bat wings and a scorpions tail. It roared in my face again and I was pulled from my observation. I quickly turned around and began to run. As I took off the beast swiped at me with its claw. I felt it swipe at my leg and a sharp pain consumed it. I kept running even though the pain in my leg was getting worse with each step. I still kept running. I looked forward and saw something that gave my heart a leap of joy. It looked like a clearing.

I pushed all my energy into my legs as I continued to run. I heard the beast roar behind me. It was faster than the wolves and it was getting closer. I was so close, it was only a few yards away. I dived for the clearing and landed on the ground with aloud THUD*. My breath came in short gasp as I tried to control my breathing. I weakly looked back to see the beast at the edge of the forest standing there. Why wasn't it killing me? I saw it scowl at me with its blood red eyes. It growled and turned back heading into the forest. I sighed and planted my head on the soft grass. That sucked. I heard a shuffle in front of me. I slowly looked up and saw a fuzzy figure. My vision began to become blurry with my exhaustion catching up with me. The figure was yellow and had pink on its head. I couldn't look up anymore as my body became too tied. I closed my eyes and passed out from exhaustion.