Ever since the return of Princess Luna, the night sky has been so beautiful. Celestia did well when she took over her sister duties for one thousand years but there was something about Lunas night sky that Celestias version missed.

The sky was probably the last thing the Batpony, who was wandering through the forest, was paying any attention to. No, she was clearly lost.

He could feel her fear before he could even see her, a sensation far too tempting for him to resist in his current state.

The pony sat down in the grass, looking around and then down to the ground and said, "What am I gonna do now?"

She was quite pretty with her gray coat and purple mane, mostly purple anyway. Oddly enough, the tips of a few patches of her hair were black.

He, however, didn't pay any attention to her mane. He came out of his hiding place and slowly and quietly walked up to her. With each step, he could feel her emotions more clearly, which only served to increase his hunger. Once he was standing right behind her, he slowly raised his hoof.

It's time to feast.

She jumped a little when she felt two light taps on her shoulder.

"Miss? Can I help you?" An unfamiliar voice asked.

She turned around and saw a blue Pegasus with a darker blue mane with red stripes in it, standing in front of her.

She could feel her fear subside immediately.

"Oh my, I am so happy to see you. I am lost... like, really lost. I've been wandering around this forest for hours," she rambled, sounding very relieved.

He smiled at her. "Yeah, I thought so, but may I ask why you aren't just flying out of the forest?"

"Well..." she started blushing a little and showed him her left wing. It had a hole in it, about 4 centimeters in diameter, but he knew that this was enough to make flying impossible for her.

"I see. Well, I think I can help you with getting out of the woods and with your wing. Follow me," he turned around and started walking. She followed him closely.

"By the way, I'm Crimson Shadow," he said, still having a warm smile on his face, "and yes, I am aware of the Irony of my name."

"Ves. It's nice to meet you, Crimson," she responded.

"It's nice to meet you too, Ves. That's a very... unusual name, isn't it?" Crimson said, then hastily added: "I don't mean to be rude, of course."

She giggled lightly at his reaction, then said: "It's short for Vesperum. Yes, my parents had a weird way to name their child, too."

"Vesperum...you mean like... evening? My Latin isn't what it used to be," Crimson asked.

Ves nodded, "Mhm. I prefer Ves though."

"Very well then. For what it's worth, I think Ves is a quite nice name."

Ves couldn't help but smile at that. "Thank you! How far is it until we're out of the forest?" She asked, sounding a little concerned.

Crimson scratched his chin, "Well, you wandered fairly deep, about 10 minutes till the edge of the forest and at least another 10 till you're back in Ponyville. But to be honest, I'd like to take a look at that wing of yours first, if you'd like. I'm pretty sure I have something that will help it heal faster."

"Well, as long as you aren't just some creep who brings me to his home just to rape me, sure," she said with a playful tone and while smirking.

Crimson laughed a little, "That would be pretty stupid of me. My house might be a little outside of town, but right now, we're even further away from any help. It would make much more sense to take you right here and the slit your throat afterwards. It would be at least a few days until somepony would find you," Crimson said without looking at her.

Ves wasn't sure how to respond to that and just looked at Crimson with an uncertain expression on her face.

Crimson looked over to her and started chuckling seeing her face and said, "You should see the look on your face right now," sounding amused.

"Hehe. I guess I was kinda asking for that one," Ves said, started blushing lightly.

Suddenly, there was a weird, high-pitched, screaming-like noise coming from deeper inside the forest and Ves immediately stopped and looked around.

It was hard to tell where the noise came from until they heard it again, then again.

It wasn't that close but it sounded very creepy, almost ghostly.

"W-what was that?" Ves asked, clearly more than a little scared.

The noise didn't seem bother Crimson at all, he just kept walking and said "That's just a fox barking."

"Barking? I never heard a fox bark before," she said, the fear vanishing strangely fast.

"Have you ever heard any noise a fox makes?" he replied with a raised eyebrow.

"Hehe... has anypony?" Ves replied while rubbing her neck slightly embarrassed.

"That's the noise they make when they're territory is being invaded," he said after they heard the noise for a fourth time, bringing a new, though lighter jolt of fear to Ves, which, just like the first one, Disappeared strangely quick.

"Who knew something that cute could make such a creepy sound," Ves mumbled, mostly to herself, as they continued to walk through the forest.

Despite any fear that came to her vanishing almost instantly, Ves was suddenly more motivated to get out of the forest and it didn't take them as long as Crimson had anticipated. They could see Ponyville in the distance and a little house on a nearby hill.

"This is where I live," Crimson stated while pointing at the house.

"There? I thought that place was abandoned," Vas said.

"It was, until a few days ago. I can't get a proper place to live for the next two months, so I make do with what I can get," Crimson responded.

"Oh, right. No apartments in Ponyville. You'd have to buy or build a house," Ves stated.

"There are some houses you can rent, but like I said, none of them are free for the next two months," Crimson corrected.

Crimson smiled at Ves, "No matter, the roof is, surprisingly, still holding the rain out and it's not too cold at night anyway."

"Oh, nice," Ves said sarcastically.

Crimson chuckled and walked towards the house with Ves following him closely.

The door opened with a loud squeaking noise. Crimson gestured Ves to come inside, "Please make yourself comfortable, there is no running water or electricity so please don't use the toilet."

"WHAT? You can't live here for two whole months without water or electricity," she said with an sympathetic look on her face.

Crimson closes the door and walks into a little room where he stored his potions and ingredients, "Well I don't really have a choice. Plus I usually am at Zecoras place anyways," he grabs two potions and a measuring cup and sits down on the couch, where he starts mixing the potions.

"Zecora? Why Zecora?" Ves asked as she sat down next to him.

"I started working for her when I first came here a few days ago. I'm apparently the only one who knows as much about potions as she does," Crimson said while pouring a little bit of the mixture into a glass.

Ves watched him as he started shaking the Bottle, "Oohh ok that makes sense "

"What are you doing?" she asked him curiously.

"Huh? Oh, this is for your wing. Should help it to heal a lot faster," he said as the mixture changed its color from a clear, water-like, liquid to a light blue one and started smelling a little strange.

Ves sniffed the air and grimaced at the mixtures smell.

"Smells disgusting, do I have to drink it?"

Crimson put some of the liquid on his hoof, "No don't worry, I'll rub this on your wing around the hole. Oh, and the smell will subside pretty fast."

"Oh good," Ves said as she expanded her wing so that Crimson could reach the little hole, who wasted no time and rubbed the mixture on a big area around the hole.

"This mixture will, among other things, widen your blood vessels in that area so it's probably gonna get pretty warm there soon and it might start to itch, you shouldn't scratch it though," Crimson explained.

Ves looked up at him, "How long till I can fly again?"

"About six to ten days," Crimson replied.

Ves groaned at that, which caused Crimson to smirk a little.

"Hey, look at the bright side, without this it could easily take twice as long," he said.

Ves sight. "I know, and I'm really grateful, but still... this just sucks."

Crimson looked at her with an sympathetic look on his face, "I'm sorry I can't do more."

"Don't be, you have done enough already," Ves said with a smile on her face.

The first sunrays start to shine through the window and hit Ves' face, who gasped and checked the time,"It's only 5am. Is the sun coming out that early already?"

Crimson chuckled at that. "Yup, summer is coming. Slowly but surely."

"Oh my, have you been up all night?" Ves asked.

"Don't worry, it's not the first time," Crimson said while walking to a water bucket to wash the tonic off his hoof.

"But don't you have to go to work with Zecora in the morning?" Ves asked, slightly concerned that she might be responsible for her new friend getting in trouble.

"Nah, don't worry, Zecora has gone to the Crystal Empire a few days ago and will stay there for a few more," Crimson replied.

"Oh? Is she taking a vacation or something," Ves asked a little curious.

"She didn't say," Crimson sat down next to Ves again, "do you know her?"

Ves made some room for Crimson and said, "A little. I first met her a few months ago when she brought some stuff to one of my friends who had some experiment going on for which she needed some of her plants."

This caught Crimsons attention and he looked at Ves curiously "Experiments? You don't happen to know what kind of experiments, do you?"

Ves was slightly surprised by his sudden interest and tried to remember what her friend told her about said experiments "Uhhm, it was something about... no, I'm sorry, but I really can't remember."

She expected Crimson to be at least a little disappointed, but he just smiled and said, "That's ok, no problem."

The room was lit up with blue light for a split-second followed by distend thunder, so Crimson looked out the window, "Was there supposed to be a storm tonight?"

Ves perked up and followed his gaze "I'm not sure. I forgot to check the weather schedule for tonight. It looks like it, though."

Crimson stood up and walked to the window in order to get a better look at the sky. It did indeed look like it was about to start raining.

"Maybe you should get going if you want to arrive home dry," Crimson said.

Ves joined him and looked at the sky herself "Yeah, you're probably right." She walked towards the door, then she stopped and looked at him, "Crimson?"

Crimson, who had walked her to the door, looked at her, "Yes?"

"Can we maybe hang out sometime?" she asked.

Crimson chuckled a little at that "Believe it or not, I was actually about to ask you the same. Like I said, I'm free for the next couple of days."

Ves smiled happily at that "Awesome, I'll come visit you then."

"I'll look forward to it," Crimson replied.

With that, Ves closed the door and hurried home. Crimson walked back to the couch and let himself drop on top of it, "Wow, what a meal."

Author's Note

Ok first of all I have to say that I'm not a native English speaker, I do my best to write correctly and I have someone to prove read my story but if there are still errors in this please tell me because I feel this is the best way for me to learn

You wanna know what a fox sounds like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuw6YBn6pnk