Digital Equestria

The Fox and the Hound

Matt stood next to Mayor Mare as he handed her paper after paper for her to sign. Matt handed Mayor Mare the final document as she signed it and handed it back to Matt. He placed it inside the folder and gave it to Guilmon and told him where he could file it.

"Well, that's the last of that." Said Matt

"Yes, it seemed to be. Now, what else do you have to do for the day?" Said Mayor Mare

Matt pulled opened the notebook in his hands and scanned over the entries. He was checking what he and Mayor Mare had to do next or what was coming up. Matt kept strict and dutiful records of every upcoming event and what needed Mayor Mare signature. He closed the book before turning to Mayor Mare.

"Well, Mayor Mare, it seems we're free to relax for some time." Said Matt

Before Mayor Mare could say anything, the doors to her office burst open with James running right up to Matt and grabbing his shoulders. Gaomon trailed behind breathing heavily before falling to the floor.

"Matt, we have a big problem!" Screamed James as he shook Matt back and forth.

Matt broke loose of Jame's grip and placed his hand on his shoulders as he got his bearings back, "James calm down. What problem do we have?"

"A female problem." Said James

"Is something wrong with Twilight, Cresent, Abby, Alice or our friends," said Matt with a hint of concern in his voice.

"Yeah, they're about to hunt us!" Exclaimed James

Matt blinked his eyes before giving a deadpan look, "Come again, I don't think I heard you right."

"I said they're about to hunt us down. In truth, every mare all across Equestria are about to begin hunting us," said James as his eyes frantically moved across the entire room.

"James, you're making no sense at all. Why would every mare in Equestria be hunting you and me?" Said Matt

"It's not just you and me, but all the stallions across Equestria." Said James

"James, you've completely lost me." Said Matt

"I think I might be able to clarify what James is saying." Said Mayor Mare

Matt turned to his employer, "Please do."

"You see, James is speaking about the bi-yearly heat cycle. A mare goes into heat twice a year one in the fall and the other in the spring. The heat cycle is a time for breeding because that's when our eggs become fertilizable. And James is not wrong about the fact that we do hunt down stallions to have them calm our heat. For a male's sperm is the only thing that calms the burning sensation between our legs," said Mayor Mare with a blush growing across her face.

"See, every mare across Equestria is going to become a sex rampaging monster looking for nothing but to drain us dry." Said James

"James, can you please calm down. Fall isn't even here yet, so I think we're safe." Said Matt

"No Matt, we aren't, Mr. Cake told me we aren't safe until we figure out where to hide for the three weeks, while the mares are in heat. And we only have two months to do it!" Said James

"James, you still have plenty of time to figure things out. Mares don't start noticing we're moving into heat until about three days before the cycle begins." Said Mayor Mare

"Yeah James, we still have plenty of time to figure this whole thing out." Said Matt

"You may be chill about all of this, but I ain't. Now if you excuse me, I have to plan our action plan before these mares turn into sex-hungry mares." Said James

James ran out with Gaomon looking at him, "Do we have to run?" Gaomon sighed before running after James.

"So I'm guessing girls on your planet don't have heat cycles." Said Mayor Mare

"Yeah, the only thing that goes into heat on my planet are animals. But human girls do have something called periods. It's a monthly cycle; it's usually a time in which a girl bleeds out her unfertilized eggs, which reminds me, it's about that time of the month for Alice and Abby to enter their periods." Said Matt

"Well, I do recommend you find someplace safe to stay or go. Mares do become sex crazy, and many can't control the urge to mate. As I said, heat is an intense burning sensation between our legs that only sperm can calm, but most males won't risk it because of the chance of getting said mare pregnant since this is the time a male can fertilize our eggs. And well the pain that might come from a mare's desire to mate to relieve her heat," said Mayor Mare with her blush deepening on her face.

"I'll take your word for it." Said Matt

***

"To think that soon every mare in this town is going to be hunting you down." Said Gomamon

"I won't let them hurt you, Matt." Said Guilmon

"Thanks, Guilmon, but the mares aren't attacking me because they want to, they're doing it because it's part of their biology." Said Matt

Matt looked around him at the multitude of mares that populated the city of Ponyville. He always thought that it was strange how the mare population outweighed the stallions. Matt always meant to ask Twilight that, but it kept slipping his mind. But he did feel a slight bit of unease from how many mares there were. Don't freak out, Mayor Mare said that mares don't start showing signs until three days before the heat cycle begins.

"Hey, Matt."

Matt screamed and backed away, but turned to see Twilight with a worried expression on her face.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." Said Twilight

"No worries, Twilight," said Matt sighing as he placed his hand over his heart.

"I sure got you, was something on your mind?" Asked Twilight

"Well, you see I learned today that every mare in Equestria is about to go into heat, and I guess from the fact of how many mares populate Ponyville, I began to freak myself out." Said Matt

Twilight blushed a little, "Yeah, I guess that would be pretty creepy to learn that every mare in Equestria is about to go into estres and seek out a male to end their heat. But I wasn't planning on telling you or the others until the month before the cycle begins. So where did you learn about heat from?"

"Well, I learned it from Mayor Mare after James came barging into her office like a madman and screaming at me that he and I were about to get hunted down by every mare in Equestria. I thought he was crazy, but Mayor Mare explained what he was trying to say." Said Matt

"Well, you shouldn't be scared. Mares don't start acting on heat until the cycle begins, and as long as you keep out of sight and out of smell, your pretty much safe." Said Twilight

"Smell?" Asked Matt

"Yeah, in heat a mare's sense of smell is ten times stronger. We always can tell where a male is from the musky scent that we pick up, and that scent is what further drives our sexual desires." Said Twilight

"You know you're not helping calm me down. You're telling me how much worse for it is going to be when estrus starts," said Matt giving her a deadpan look.

"Sorry," said Twilight shyly while rubbing the back of her neck.

"Well, besides freaking me out, what did you need, Twilight?" Asked Matt

"Oh I was wondering if we were still on for Saturday night," said Twilight with a slight blush creeping over her face.

"Yeah, nothing is going to change that." Said Matt

"Great, so where you off to?" Asked Twilight

"Off to check on Alice and making sure she hasn't ripped off somepony's head yet." Said Matt

"Why would she do that?" Asked Twilight

"This is about the time of the month when Alice enters her period." Said Matt

"Period?" Asked Twilight

"Well, I guess it makes sense you wouldn't know what that is since mares go into estrus. But understand I am no expert on it, even with having a little sister. I leave all the girl talk to Alice, and she can tell you more about it. Which reminds me, I believe Abby enters her period around the same time as Alice." Said Matt

"So what is a period?" Asked Twilight

Matt ushered Twilight to follow him, "From what I understand, it's an event that happens once a month, in which a woman bleeds out of her vagina to secrete out excuses eggs that did not get fertilized."

"Hm, that sounds painful." Said Twilight

"Yeah, and it can cause mood swings in females. I know when Alice always has her period because she gets irritated at the slightest of things. My sister has minor anger problems when she's in her period." Said Matt

"What about April?" Asked Twilight

"Unsure, I only meet April and James when we all found each other in the Everfree Forest outside that castle before we met all of you." Said Matt

The small group arrived at Sugar Cube Corner and walked inside to see it was calm. Matt wondered if Alice was even working right now because she wasn't screaming on the top of her lungs. He walked up to the counter to see Pinkie Pie working the register with a large smile on her face.

"Hi, Matt, Twilight, Gomamon, and Guilmon. What can I do for all of you?" Asked Pinkie

"I was wondering if Alice was around, Pinkie." Said Matt

"No Mrs. Cake sent her home early. I mean she looked like she wanted to beat the living crap out of every customer that did something. Renamon had to hold her back a few times from striking me after I did something to her. I was only having fun with her, and it's not like her to get so angry at my harmless fun. Matt, does Alice hate Sugar Cube Corner or me because she has done a complete 180 from her usual self?" Said Pinkie with her mane slightly losing its puffy nature.

"No Alice is fine Pinkie, but she's going to be that way for a while." Said Matt

"Why?" Asked Pinkie as her mane went back to its puffy nature, which made Matt and his Digimon look at the pink mare in even more confusion.

Matt explained about Alice and how she was right now entering her period. Pinkie seemed to make an 'O' face as something seemed to pop in her head.

"I overheard Mrs. Cake and Alice talking. I so was scared for her when I heard something bleeding from her pussy. But I'm happy to hear that Alice hasn't changed." Said Pinkie

"Well, she'll be her irritable self for a while, but once she's out of her period, she'll be back to normal until it happens next month. But now that I think about it, what happens to the unfertilized eggs of a mare in heat when she doesn't catch a stallion?" Said Matt

"Well, we pass them but far from the way human women pass their eggs. A mare wakes up a day after heat ends, she passes the eggs peacefully, not even knowing it's happening and that's that. A mare then waits for the next estrus cycle to begin." Said Twilight

"I bet Alice would like that. She hates when she enters her period." Said Matt

"Well, maybe I can use my magic to alleviate the pain she's having." Said Twilight

"I bet she would love that." Matt turned back to Pinkie, "Pinkie, can I get a dozen chocolate cupcakes with dark chocolate frosting on top."

"Sure, but it'll be a while." Said Pinkie

"No problem Pinkie." Said Matt

Pinkie took the order and happily bounced back into the kitchen.

"What's up with the cupcakes?" Asked Twilight

"Something I learned that seems to calm Alice down when she gets into a mood." Said Matt

Twilight rolled her eyes as the group of four decided to find a place to sit and wait for Pinkie to come out with the cupcakes.

***

Night now loomed over Equestria as Luna now watched over the citizens and made sure they all have a restful sleep. Everything was quiet in the town of Ponyville, but evil was lurking deep within it. In the darkness of the Everfree Forest, something odd was stirring within it. Something sinister. It moved, quickly, as it spotted its prey, a pack of Timberwolves. With a quick flash was job was down and now the Timberwolves went towards the town of Ponyville hunting their prey, five human and their Digimon.

The humans slept soundly in their beds. James was snoring with Gaomon on a bed with the covers spread everywhere. Alice sleeping peacefully after an eventful day with Renamon beside her. Abby happily cuddled up with Terriormon and Lopmon. April slept on her back with Biyomon resting next to her. Matt slept with Gomamon on the foot of his bed and Guilmon on the floor. Finally, there was Cresent, sleeping with her upper half on the floor and lower half on the bed.

But her cat-like eyes opened in a split second as she heard a howl go out through the night. She knew of the Timberwolves that lived within the Everfree Forest would howl, but this one sounded closer, much closer. She flopped onto the floor before getting to her hooves. She wiped the drool from her face as another howl came across the airwaves. She grabbed her sword. Looks like some Timberwolves decided to hunt in Ponyville tonight. Cresent headed out the door to slay the Timberwolves.

At the same time, Guilmon poked his head up, his eye went cat-like, and he began to growl. Matt groaned as he opened his eyes. He happened to be a light sleeper thanks to having to calm his sister some nights after their parents died. He pushed himself up as Gomamon rolled over, trying to ignore Guilmon.

"Guilmon, what's wrong?" Asked Matt

"Something is here in the town." Said Guilmon

Soon Matt's Digivice began to blink. He got out of bed and went over to it. He picked it up to see a message on the screen. It read, 'Corrupted data in the area.' Corrupted data, what does that mean? But it didn't take long before screams of panic filled the night air of Ponyville. Well, I guess I'm going to find out. He attached the device to his pants as he opened the door to see Cresent up and ready along with the others.

"What's happening now?" Asked James

"Well, let's go see and find out." More screams of terror echoed through the night, "And it sounds like we to move now!"

Everyone went down the stairs towards the front door. James groaned as he and Gaomon followed the others outside.

"I'm never going to hear the end of this from Rainbow." Said James

He ran outside wearing nothing more than a plain white t-shirt and a pair of blue boxer shorts with little cars on them. He wanted to get some pants, but saving Ponyville once more seemed more important than clothes to everyone else. I swear this town is going to kill us one day. The group ran towards the center of Ponyville to see wooden dogs attacking ponies as they ran for their lives. The dogs also seemed to have black gears implanted into their bodies that seem to be spreading a digital code across their wooden bodies.

"Wolves made out of wood, well that sure is something I thought I wouldn't see." Said James

"Forget that, do you see the digital code covering their bodies." Said Alice

Matt grabbed his Digivice as it was blinking once more. He looked to see it was giving off the same message. I wonder if it's talking about the data that seems to be covering the wolves. The wolves turned towards the group and growled as it began to approach them.

"I'm guessing they were looking for us." Said James

"You think." Said Matt

The Digimon stood before their tamers, ready to defend them against the wooden wolves. Cresent pulled her sword and held it tight.

The wolves howled and rushed the group as the Digimon went into battle. Matt held his Digivice and hoped it would work.

"Guilmon Digivolve!" Exclaimed Matt

The Digivice activated once more sending the code of Guilmon's champion form to Guilmon.

"Guilmon digivolve to...Growlmon."

Growlmon now stood over the wolves.

"Pyro Blaster." Said Growlmon

Growlmon released a ball of flames at the wolves, destroying a few of them and in a strange turn, turning them into digital code.

"Strange normally, a Timberwolf will return to his primary form of sticks or in the ones attacked by Growlmon, burnt to ash." Said Cresent

"Timberwolves, I guess that's a fitting name. But enough talk, we need to make sure everypony finds a safe place to hide from these corrupted Timberwolves until our Digimon have made quick work of them." Said Matt

The others nodded and went off. Cresent followed Abby since she was the youngest of the group. The humans worked with their Digimon to get ponies out of the open into a building. The mane six also appeared quick and gave a hand. Rainbow stayed near James and Gaomon. Pinkie gave Alice and Renamon a hand. Twilight and Spike gave a helping hand to Matt and his Digimon. Fluttershy helped out April and Biyomon. Rarity and Applejack gave a hand to Abby and her Digimon. Cresent was on her own, dealing with Timberwolves.

She was holding her own against the relentless attacks of the Timberwolves. But she didn't have time to react as one jumped onto her back and bit into the flesh of her shoulder. She screamed as she dropped her sword and tried to break free from the Timberwolf. Matt saw that a few other Timberwolves noticed that Cresent was in distress and went towards her. Matt didn't give it a second thought and went right towards her.

"Matt!" Screamed Twilight

He saw her sword and picked it. I have no idea how to use this, but I can't let Cresent get hurt. Matt approached Cresent as she tried to break the grip of the Timberwolf as it dug its fangs and claws into her body.

"Duck Cresent!" Screamed Matt

Cresent ducked her head, and Matt swung the sword taking off a portion of the Timberwolf's skull. The Timberwolf exploded into code before Cresent fell to the ground as blood dripped from her shoulder.

"Thanks for the save. I guess that's two times you've saved my fur." Said Cresent

"I would never leave a friend hanging." Said Matt

The growls of Timberwolves approaching made Matt look to see three wolves coming towards him. Cresent tried to stand, but the pain of the wound in her shoulder pushed her back down. Growlmon tried to get to Matt, but the Timberwolves were blocking him. Matt gripped the sword tight as the wolves made their way towards him. But a larger wolf tackled Matt in his side and sent him flying away from Cresent and landing in the dirt. He dropped the sword when he got hit, and the larger wolf walked towards Matt as he laid on the ground, knocked out. Cresent turned back to the wolves approaching her as she reached for her sword and got back to her hooves.

Alice ushered a few ponies into a building with Pinkie and Renamon helping her out. Sure she was in her period, but she had to ignore everything of her body to protect the ponies of Ponyville. Alice happened to see the larger wolf approaching Matt. She got worried about her friend. She turned to see Growlmon fighting off multiple wolves with Gomamon, Twilight, and Spike. Cresent was struggling just dealing with the three wolves that were going at her. The others weren't in far better shape to help out Matt either.

"Renamon, save Matt!" Ordered Alice

Renamon finished another wolf before booking it towards Matt. The massive Timberwolf growled as it drooled as it approached Matt still laying on the ground. The Timberwolf stood over Matt as he began to wake up. He groaned as the Timberwolf readied to deliver the killing blow to its prey.

"Matt!" Screamed Alice

Suddenly her Digivice began to glow and so did Renamon. Alice watched as Renamon started to Digivolve into her champion form.

"Renamon digivolve to...Kyubimon."

Kyubimon struck the Timberwolf right in the side, pushing it out of the way. Its claws dug into the dirt as it slid across the ground. The Timberwolf looked at the fox creature that once was Renamon. It howled as more wolves appeared before it. Kyubimon began to charge the ends of her tails with blue fire.

"Fox Tail Inferno." Said Kyubimon

Kyubimon fired off small balls of blue fire in the shape of miniature foxes. Each went barrelling towards a wolf and destroyed them. The larger wolf still stood firm but wounded from Kyubimon's attack. But before it could attack, Growlmon struck the wolf with his claws, destroying it.

"Matt!" Screamed Alice

Matt was slowly getting to his feet Kyubimon helped him get to his feet. Matt grabbed his head.

"Damn, what hit me?" Asked Matt

"An alpha."

He turned to see Twilight coming up and began to use her magic check him over. Matt looked over to Kyubimon.

"Thanks, Kyubimon and you as well, Alice." Said Matt

"Hey, I'm not going to let a Timberwolf eat my best friend." Said Alice

Matt saw Cresent struggling over to them and holding her shoulder. Twilight ran on over and grabbed her as she used her magic to heal up the wound.

"We need to get you and Matt to Ponyville General Hospital." Said Twilight

"Not before we make sure these Timberwolves are no more." Said Cresent

James and Rainbow got a family back into their house as Gaomon struck down another Timberwolf.

"You sure don't mind showing off those boxers of yours." Said Rainbow

She snickered as James rolled his eyes. I knew I wasn't going to hear the end of it from Rainbow Dash.

"I don't this is the time to joke about my clothing." Said James

"True, but know I'm never going to let you live this moment down." Said Rainbow

James rolled his eyes at Rainbow as she continued to snicker at him. Once the family was inside, James turned to see the Timberwolves began to overwhelm Gaomon.

"Gaomon, hold them off buddy." Said James

A Timberwolf alpha stood above the building growling down at James and Rainbow. It jumped down trying to take a bite out of James, while he kept his attention on Gaomon. Rainbow saw it coming and pushed James out of the way. He hit the dirt and watched as the Timberwolf alpha attacked her. Rainbow felt the alpha's claws slide down her back. She screamed in pain as the alpha pushed her down to the ground and looming over her. Its claws dug into her as it growled at her. Its face was moving ever closer to biting down onto Rainbow's head.

"Hey ugly," the alpha looked up at James as he cracked his knuckles and bouncing back and forth on his feet. "If you think I'm going to stand by and let you chomp down on my friend, then your wrong. Now let's see if you can handle me."

The alpha growled as it got off Rainbow and faced James. He sighed as the alpha began to run at him with James running right at the alpha. The alpha tried to swipe James, but he sidestepped out of the way and ran towards Rainbow. James stopped as he tried to get her back to her feet, only to feel the force of the alpha slamming into his gut. He hit the dirt hard as the alpha tried to go for his head. James grabbed the gaping mouth and tried to hold back the beast.

Gaomon saw what was happening to his tamer as he tried to break free of all the Timberwolves attacking him. I have to help James. I have to save him. James' Digivice began to glow as did Gaomon. The Timberwolves backed away as Gaomon started to digivolve into his champion form.

"Gaomon digivolve to...Gaogamon."

The Timberwolves looked at the champion form of Gaomon. Gaogamon growled at the Timberwolves, but it didn't seem to cause them to back down.

"Spiral Blow." Said Gaogamon

Gaogamon closed his mouth before releasing a vortex of wind from his mouth blowing away the Timberwolves and giving himself a clear shot at James, who was still holding back the alpha.

"Hold on, James. I'm coming!" Said Gaogamon

"I would like that very much!" Exclaimed James

"Dash Double Claw." Said Gaogamon

Gaogamon ran at an incredible speed towards James and the alpha before launching an 'X' shaped wave right at the Timberwolf by using his large front claws. The wave of air made short work of the alpha, and James watched as it exploded into code. He sighed as he looked at Gaogamon.

"Thanks for the save buddy." Said James

"Well, I couldn't leave you hanging." Said Gaogamon

James rolled his eyes as he got to his feet and went to check on Rainbow. She was slow to get up as blood soaked her shirt. James reached out and helped her to her feet.

"So how about we say that since I saved your life, you never bring up the fact of my boxers again." Said James

"I guess I can do that." Said Rainbow

The Digimon finished off the last of the Timberwolves. The battle was finally over with only a few injuries. Growlmon, Kyubimon, and Gaogaomon all digivolved back to their rookie forms once the battle was over. The hospital staff was right now out, helping those hurt by the Timberwolf attack. Matt happened to spot a piece of the gear from the back of one of the Timberwolves.

He picked it up and saw his Digivice going off, once again displaying the message.

"So you think that has similarities to the creatures with those crystals in them?" Asked James

"I don't think so. Our devices never reacted the way they are now. I have feeling this is the work of somepony else." Said Matt

The piece of gear soon disappeared into code as the group watched it disappear, "And I have a feeling this is only the beginning."