A different war to fight

As the group returned to Canterlot they were met by a squad of Solar guard ponies who took the statue of Discord back to its place in the palace gardens. During this time Wolf remained silent, reflecting on how he snarled at Discord. Wolf already knew the angrier he became the more animalistic he would act.

Before leaving Wolf turned to Twilight and said "i'm going up to my bunk for to clear my head, if i'm not out in a couple days come get me"

Twilight nodded as Wolf left before turning back to the other mares, who had all decided to go get some doughnuts. Once Wolf returned to his bunk he closed all of the curtains, leaving nothing but darkness. Wolf carefully navigated his way to the centre of the the room before sitting down, crossing his legs and closed his eyes.

After two days Twilight became worried and sought out Raptor, who was currently practising firing a submachine gun with magic.

Twilight walked closer to the wingless alicorn and asked "have you seen Wolf lately?"

Raptor replied "no, why whats happened?"

Twilight quickly replied "nothing, just a couple of days ago he said if he didn't come out of his room after a few days to go get him, i was wondering if you had seen him"

Raptor's face dropped before he asked in a panicked tone "has he been under any extreme stress lately?"

Twilight responded "well, he did take a heavy blast of magic whilst we were fighting Discord"

Upon hearing this Raptor ran buck up towards the castle and Twilight followed closely behind

"Whats wrong" she asked frantically

Raptor kept running but replied "Wolf's first squad was sent out on their first mission, he was their sniper support, they were doing well before the team was ambushed. Wolf chased down the the vehicles that were carrying his squadron in to a makeshift fortress. Wolf's squad fell one by one before Wolf was even able to infiltrate the place. By the time me and my team arrived everyone of the enemies forces were slaughtered, cut to pieces. We found Wolf in the corner of a cell, were he found his last squad mate. He never was the same after that day, at least before he came here. But since that day, every time Wolf is put under extreme stress he snaps, then after he would hide in his bunk to clear his mind"

As the duo arrived to Wolfs bunk they burst threw the door to find Wolf, sat in the middle of the dark room, his wing fully extended, with objects all around the room floating in place and as the duo crept closer they realised his brown eyes were glowing and ue was emiting a dark red aura. Although they tried to pull Wolf out of his trance nothing worked, until Twilight remembered a spell that would allow her to enter people's minds.

Raptor pleaded for her not to do it as he already knew the horror she would have to endure but she entered Wolf's mind. Once in Twilight quickly found Wolf's consciousness and attempted to pull him out, but not before seeing all of the unimaginable horrors that Wolf had been through, every last thing that brought wolf pain.

As Wolf regained consciousness he saw Twilight in a heap on the floor, crying about everything she had just witnessed. Wolf quickly went over and hugged her tightly.

As he hugged her Wolf softly whispered "i'm sorry you had to see that"

Once Twilight had calmed down, the group left to get some food, rightly assuming that Wolf was starving. Whilst eating Wolf went further in depth about the day he had lost control and why he went into his room for so long.

As night grew every closer Wolf, Raptor and the Mane six made plans to go to a restaurant that was the first to make drinks out of fermented apples. Both Wolf and Raptor knew wht that ment and were happy to try the first of Equestria's first alcoholic drink, butnthe mare's did not know what would happen when tuey drank a beverage made from fermented fruits as it was never attempted before, so they were excited to try the new drinks. The group also made an arrangement where if Wolf had one of the knew drinks he would have to go up on stage and sing. Wolf already knew that Fluttershy told her friends about the night on the balcony but he didnt mind, he was just wondering what to sing.

As the group stood outside the restaurant, looking at the odd decor, they discussed the oncoming war with the Griffons and the Changelings and how it would effect the ponies whether they won or lost. Wolf attempted to keep a positive outlook talking about diplomacy and keeping to a more defensive stance, but as he talked he glanced at Twilight, he saw all the good things about his past. He saw a caring, intelligent, loving being whose life was going to be torn apart unless her friends could stop it.

The group finally entered the restaurant to see a completely different style of decor, whereas the exterior looked like a gothic cathedral the interior looked astonishing close to the palace. The group was seated at a taller table, which was clearly designed for alicorns, because Wolf and Raptor were far too tall for the standard tables. The group glanced around the large dining hall as Pinkie started listing all of the different parties she could throw in the large open room, until Wolf's eyes fell upon a large stage accompanied by a wide selection of instruments.

As the waiter trotted towards the table the ponies begged for Wolf to keep his arrangement.

The waiter approached and asked "may i take your order?"

The group all looked at each other, wondering who going to pay, before Wolf pulled out a large pouch and said "eight apple ciders please"

The group all laughed about how embarrassing they thought the situation would be for Wolf before they thanked him for paying. As the round of drinks arrived, Wolf stood up, took a sip of his drink, and walked off in the direction of the stage. Wolf grabbed one of the larger guitars and started to sing songs from his childhood, although Wolf hated to sing in public he enjoyed his time up on stage.

As he returned but to the table he could already see how quickly the alcohol was effecting the ponies, as they were laughing a lot more than usual.

A few hours passed before the group left, in fact, the only reason they left was because the ponies that hadnt had alcohol before had all fell to sleep. Wolf carefully carried four of the ponies, two under his arms and two were wrapped up in his wings, and Raptor carried the others on his back. The two quietly laughed about how little the ponies had to drink compared to them.

As they arrived back to the castle they decided it would be a good idea for them all to bunk together, that way they could see if anything happened to the ponies. Wolf placed all of the ponies on his bed before wrapping a sheet around two bars in his room to male a hammock, Raptor got his sheets and pillows and made himself comfy on the floor.

As he layed in his makeshift hammock, his eyes rapidly adjusted to the dark, it wasn't long before he could clearly see the furthest edges of the room, but this wasn't anything new, what was new was that Wolf could hear the clipping of the guard's hooves as they walked back and forth outside of the castle. Furthermore his sence of smell was getting better, much like his ears, his nose started to pick up scents that he usually wouldn't be able to smell, even if his nose was press on its source.

As dawn drew closer Wolf could hear the two sisters bickering about who had the harder job, until the lunar sister returned to her quarters for a long days rest. As the sun began to rise there was a loud crash outside, waking up all the ponies.

Wolf jumped to his feet and said "you lot, stay here, Raptor protect them" before leaving

Outside was already in chaos, Griffons flew over head as the Canterlot ponies scrambled for their homes. Wolf stepped further outside before a Griffon nearly crashed infront of him. He entered a fighting stance before he noticed something that made his angry. The Griffon was Pregnant. Wolf lowered his weapon before holding his hand out to the Griffon.

Predictably the Griffon recoiled before screeching "GET AWAY FROM ME"

But Wolf only stepped forward, slowly to attempt to not startle the birdlike creature, before saying "dont worry, im not going to hurt you"

The Griffon recoiled slightly before saying "why would a monster help anything"

Wolf just slowly approached again before saying "i am no monster, but i truly want to help you"

The Griffon looked him right in his eye before raidly fleeing

Wolf looked around seeing that all the other Griffons were also fleeing before heading back inside

Time slowly passed after that day, as Wolf did routine patrols around the city, ensuring that there was no Griffon stragglers. The pony guards were thankful and gave Wolf a modified Bow and Quiver , the bow was simply modified to be the correct size fow Wolf the Quiver however had been made especially in mind of Wolf, it was the exact right size for him and was filled with large wooden arrows with steel tips, the arrows sat perfectly in the Quiver which had a matching lid to stop the arrows from coming out during flight.

That night Wolf laid in his hammock like any other night, but something didnt seem right. Ue felt as if he was being watched by something that he couldn't see.

Then later in the night Wolf felt angry, angry enough to turn savage once more. He left the room quickly and quietly before finding a secluded place to calm down. This was increasingly worring as Wolf was thinking about all the night out him and Raptor had before coming to equestria.

As he looked to the sky, he noticed the half moon covered by clouds. On these luminated cloud Wolf saw the shadows of ponies, but thought nothing of it as in his mind it was probably just some pegasi going back to cloudsdale. Wolf felt comfortable sat in one of the branches of the tree so there he laid to sleep.

But as he closed his eyes a bigger pony passed the clouds, this one had a long jagged horn and a her legs had a swiss cheese like pattern. It was undenible at this point.

The Changeling swarm was back for Canterlot....