Fluttershy was walking through the edges of the Everfree Forest with Angel riding on top of her. She wasn't very far into the forest; just enough to gather berries for all her little animals to enjoy. Even though the well spread branches blocked most of the sunlight, there was more than enough to see and follow a gravel-ly trail. A breeze of cool air was passing through. It slightly shook the leaves hanging on the branches of the trees. Everything was relatively normal... well, as normal as a day in Ponyville could be.

"I still don't understand why you want me to wear my Saddle Rager costume, Angel," Fluttershy stated.

Angel merely looked at her and started tapping his foot.

"But if it makes you happy, I'll wear until we get home, okay?" Fluttershy said.

Even though she had learned to be more assertive, Fluttershy didn't want to disappoint Angel over something so unnecessary.

She continued trotting through the edge of the Everfree picking berries and placing them in a saddlebag that hung around her barrel. Fading into existence, a quiet rustling sound attracted both Fluttershy's and Angel's attention. They turned their heads in the direction of the sudden sound to find a small bunch of bushes and tall grasses.

The grasses rustled again. Fluttershy and Angel stayed quiet for the time being. Fluttershy was wondering what kind of creature it would be. The rustling stopped.

Fluttershy jumped back in fear at the sudden creature jumping out of the bush. Upon seeing that it was a young timberwolf, Fluttershy slowly lifted her head and in a calm, clear voice said, "I'm sorry. I'll be going now."

She decided she must have journeyed a little too far into the forest and must entered a timberwolf pack's hunting grounds. And considering her previous experiences with timberwolves, she didn't want to stay much longer. She turned around and started to walk away...

BUMP!

Fluttershy looked up at the thing she had unintentionally bumped into: It was a large timberwolf staring down and growling at her. It may have been the largest one she has ever seen.

She was thoroughly scared to her very core. She desperately wanted to run, but she knew that if she did, the timberwolves would see her as prey and she did NOT want that to happen. Her and Angel or the timberwolves; only one of those groups would it end well for.

Then the large timberwolf snarled once more causing Angel to cower behind his owner, no matter how much it embarrassed him...

"I-I-I'm S-S-S-Sorry. I a-am going to g-g-go now." Fluttershy stuttered out, nervousness and fear barely contained, despite her attempt.

She started to slowly walk backwards with Angel huddling close. The large timberwolf, the Alpha Mother - Fluttershy decided, was crouching low, ready to pounce, growling and snarling warningly. Everything was going very slowly. Then...

SNAP!

A stick broke under the weight of Fluttershy's hoof she hadn't known was there. If she was more of a crude pony, she would have cursed. Then the timberwolves pounced.

Fluttershy was racing through the forest, dodging and weaving through the trees, a yellow blur to anypony who witnessed. Angel was barely hanging on, her mane grasped in his hand, swinging as Fluttershy flew on. Only a well trained eye could follow the pale yellow pegasus. She checked behind her to see if she had escaped. She looked back in front in of her to see a branch headed for her face! She quickly ducked and barely avoided the limb.

It was at this moment that a timberwolf leaped from her left, its claws tearing her basket from her and ripping a gash in her wing.

She went tumbling to the ground. Angel went soaring into a tree. She could barely fly. No, she couldn't fly. She tried to keep going, but she just couldn't.

The timberwolves leaped out the bushes and trees with the Alpha in the lead. They snarled and growled at their prey they had spent the last who-knows-however minutes chasing.

Fluttershy, without many other options and being scared halfway to death, considered using her 'FlutterBat' form, as Pinkie Pie called it, in order to obtain a little more agility and fly away to safety.

But she didn't even know if she could do it. The only evidence that supported she could was the fact she somehow still had fangs after being turned back to normal. But she had to try.

She thought about flying in the dark hunting for apples, the way she did while as FlutterBat...

Then the timberwolves pounced on her and she was pinned to the ground, the Alpha's face hovering over her, ready to eat her alive...

Even if she did manage to turn into FlutterBat in the nick of time, she was pinned down; it would be all for naught. She was going to die... so she starting crying. It was over.

Author's Note

This is my first FIMFiction story