The timber trio ran the cave, determined to gather every single member they could, leaving Ali, Mann, a flesh golem, and half a dozen undead rabbits looking at each other. Mann was the first to take action, standing up and stretching, his damaged limbs only going halfway. Ali did the same, satisfying pops echoing out as he cracked his knuckles. The golem stood there motionlessly, and the bunnies kept staring.

"Well, while the Timberwolves are busy, we have to gather up some materials. Plants, some dirt and rocks, water, meat, corpses, and a bunch of other materials.." Ali said, raising his hands up towards the ceiling, yawning. "I'm going to send Pinky and the other five to dig up roots and pick some herbs and flowers. You, me and the big boy over here will go take care of the heavier stuff... Can you still hunt?"

Mann looked over himself and shrugged. "I'm not sure. It's been a bit since you've started to heal me, so I think I should be able to, but I probably can't chase or pounce long distances." His injured wing twitched, along with his tail, whose stinger was slowly regrowing. The bruises were gone, and two teeth had regrown, but that didn't mean much when the total amount was a dozen instead of the usual thirty or so. A glance at his midsection showed many stitches, some of which had sealed up, but not too much, meaning they would reopen under too much strain. His previous fight with the zebra had almost done that. Mane regrowing, so he looked a bit more fierce, and while he had trouble with his left eye for a while, it was now fully healed up.

A few minutes later, the bunnies were each equipped with a sack twice as big as they were, and were ordered to gather the various plants of the Everfree. Once they had left, Ali grabbed a small pouch for himself, and many larger cotton sacks containing a bunch of light blue crystals. If touched, said crystals would feel cold to the touch and could keep most products fresh for weeks before crumbling away. Attaching most of the bags to the flesh golem's candles and horns, he gave Mann one and held onto the final bag. "Alright, lets head out." He said, before walking off.

Meanwhile, In Ponyville

"...which is why I would like to request Monsters of the Everfree: A First-Hand Approach, A Guide To Dealing With The Weird, Wicked and Wondrous. and Bipeds of Equestria. Thank you in advance, your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

One woosh of magical green fire later, the letter was sent toward Canterlot, and Twilight turned to her friends.

"Alright, the letter is sent. Hopefully, The Princess will respond to us in time." Twilight said, before starting to look through the piles of already opened books on the floor. "It wasn't a minotaur since it didn't have horns. Too tall for a diamond dog, and a lot less hairy. But it does eat meat, which may put ponies on the menu for it, as far as we know." Fluttershy whimpered at the thought, and Rainbow Dash wrapped a wing around her friend. "Don't worry Flutters, we'll find that beast and get rid of it, so none of your friends will have to suffer again!" Fluttershy gave a meek smile, nodding. "And once we are done fighting the baddie, we can have a 'Fluttershy's animals are safe!' Party!" yelled Pinkie Pie, suddenly appearing between the two.

"GAAH!/EEP!/PINKIE!" Three voices echoed through the library, belonging to Dash, Fluttershy, and Twilight, respectfully. "When did you get here? How did you get- you know what? One problem at a time. I'll figure out the Pinkie Sense someday.." Twilight mumbled.

"I came because I wanted to cheer my best friend Fluttershy up! Also, there's a weird glow in the forest near Fluttershy's home.." Pinkie said, bouncing up and down.

"Weird how, exactly?" Twilight asked, curious.

"It's like candles, but that's weird because candles don't float by themselves unless you cast a spell on them of course. It also smelled really bad, like.. something dead, but I don't think dead things move. I think I saw a smiley face, and it made a weird noise, and something was fighting a bear, and there was blood, an-"

"B-B-Blood? MY ANIMALS!" Fluttershy screamed, and in the blink of an eye, the door was slammed open, a trail of dust heading towards her cottage.

"Flutters, wait up!" A rainbow trailed followed her, and so did a pink one. Twilight was left staring at the open door, before scrunching her face and teleporting to her friend's home.

Fluttershy's Cottage, Edge of the Everfree

There was no noise. The field behind the cottage was empty, with only a large flesh golem collecting the still-twitching bodies of a flock of birds that fell down from the sky after a well-aimed bolt of lightning, courtesy of one yellow crystal. Said gem was now a dull yellow, laying on the ground. Ali bent over and picked it up, placing it in one of his pockets. Mann was busy consuming as much meat as he could, having gone through a boar and a couple of weasels. The bag he was carrying held their bones. He was to carry them back since they were the lightest items he could procure. The golem, with more than enough muscles to carry twice his weight, was carrying all the injured and/or dead bodies he found, stuffing the dead ones in the sacs hanging off of him, while the injured ones were piled together in a corner. Ali moved towards the garden, picking up as many crops as he could, alongside a bucket filled with fish.

"Well, I think this should be enough. Hopefully, the pony living here won't mind that their domesticated wildlife is.. currently unavailable. Mann, finish that carcass meet me back in the cave. The golem is going to follow you with the rest of the bags. I just have to pass by the field we saw when we were inside the forest." Ali called out, before giving the bucket and his bag to the golem. After making sure his companions had made it to the forest, before walking towards Sweet Apple Acres, whistling all the while.

Author's Note

I AM NOT DEAD.
Sorry for the short chapter, it's been sitting like that for over a year, and I wanted to get SOMETHING done today. Expect the ponies' reactions and the meet up next chapter.
Toodles!