I'm walking down one of the many halls, this one leading to the sleeping quarters. Nala and Lily leading the way while talking to themselves, 'I need to memorize the layout of this place.' Thinking about what to do next, I didn't notice that we made it to the quarters. I step into the room, some of the dogs still in here. I look around seeing that they are not sleeping in the best conditions. The beds are just carved stone from when they made this room. I walk over to one of the girls that are still sitting on the 'bed.' She notices me walking towards her, and promptly stands up. She is about the same hight as Lily. She is wearing a green vest, with the same colour for the collar. I stop beside her bed and ask, "What's your name?" She looks at me confused then said, "Bitsy." "Hello Bitsy, do you have time to answer some of my questions?" I ask her. She nods and sits back down on the 'bed.' I sit down next to her, looking over to Nala and Lily. "You two can do what needs doing I'll find my way back," I say. Nala nods and walks off, but Lily's ears drop slightly then she leaves too.

I turn back to Bitsy and start to ask her some questions. "So, first off, are these beds comfy or not?" She looks down at the bed then back up to me, "bad, stone, not comfy, huts back." She said. I nod at that answer and say my next one, "Is there a settlement near here on the surface?" She nods again, "yes, pony town west not far." I lift my hand. She then flinches, thinking I'm going to strike her. I rest my hand on her head and start to pet her. She freezes for a moment, then starts to relax and lean into my hand. "Thank you for answering the questions I just have one more." She nods under my hand, and I then say, "who was the one to find me and bring me here?" She looks up at me and says, "Zoe, she, in mine." I smile and pet her for a bit more then I bring my hand back. She whines a bit that I stopped, I stand and thank her again. I leave and head to the mine, hoping she knows where my clothes are.

After some time and some wrong turns, I made it to the mine. There are many turns in the mining sector. There are some dogs outside in the hall with me. The dogs notice me then look away, and start to walk over to me. I meat them halfway and ask, "how are you all doing, is everything ok?" The one on the right looks down, and the other begins to speak. "We have problem, one hurt in mine, please no punish her." She falls to her knees, and start's to beg, her hands are on my legs. I hold her hands in mine and stand her up, "I not going to punish anyone for getting hurt." I say to her. She looks shocked at what I just said, then started to cry a bit. "Where is she?" I ask. They nod and lead me to them.

In one of the little rooms to the side, is the girl lying on a bed. I walk up to her and stand beside the bed. She's smaller than the rest of them. I Lean over to see that her right arm, is what's damaged. She is sleeping, so I turn to the other dogs. "Is she a pup? What happened?" I ask softly. The one that talked before said, "Yes she pup, a rock fell, on top arm," she looks like she is about to cry again. I sigh, looking back at the bed to ask, "I'm looking for Zoe, do you know where she is?" The one that has her head down the whole time looks up at me then said, "I'm Zoe." I nod to her, "ok, do you remember when you brought me here?" She nods. "Good, were you the one to take my clothes?" She nods again. "Good, where did you put them?" She tilts her head a bit. "Do you want them?" She asked. I nod and ask her to lead me to them. She turns and starts to walk, as I walk past the other one I put a hand on her shoulder and say, "she will be ok, I promise." I walk out of the room, 'I just need to get to the nearby settlement.'

As I don my clothes, containing simple black boots, jeans, a black shirt and a duster. I thanked Zoe with a head pat and headed back to the main chamber. I got there, Nala and Lily are waiting for me. They look at me with a glint in their eyes, coughing lightly in my hand to get their attention. They look back at me with a blush not looking me in the eye. "So, How far is the settlement from here?" I ask them. "hour?" Nala says, looking at Lily. Lily nods confirming that's true. I nod back. "Ok, can you lead me there?" I ask them. They nod in confirmation. "Good I need you to get some of the gems and put it in a bag ready for us to leave." I turn and head back to the mine. When I get there, I see more dogs outside the room with the injured dog. I walk in and stand next to the bed. I pick her up in a princess hold, being mindful of her arm. 'She's light, really light.' I look to one of the girls, "what's her name?" I ask her. "O, Opal," she said."Are you all getting enough to eat?" She looks sheepish at that question. I sigh, making a mental note for that later. I start to walk back to the main chamber.

When I get there, Nala and Lily are waiting for me with a bag full of gems. They look at Opal confused, "Her arm was under a rock, we need to get to the settlement to see if they have someone who could help. They both come up to me and look at Opal with saddened eyes. "You two ready to leave?" I ask them, They both say yes and we head off to the entrance.

When we walk out of the den, I close my eyes, the sun's rays above the trees blinding me. When my eyes adjust to the light, I start to blink away the bubbles. I look at Nala and Lily, seeing that they have the same effect from the sun. I look down to Opal, seeing that she is still asleep. "Which way?" I ask them. "Follow me, alpha," said Nala. I do so, following behind her with Lily behind me. We start to head into the forest, the canopy blocking the sun. A strong feeling of dread passes over me, 'there's something wrong with this forest, I need to keep an eye out.' As we walk a bit deeper in the forest, I ask, "Is there anything I should know about this forest?" Lily pipes up, "Y-yes, manticores, cockatrices, timber-wolves, and Dragons." I thank Lily, I start to keep my head on a swivel, looking for any trouble.

After some time walking, I start to feel the sensation of something watching me. I look around, unable to see anything. I say in a hushed tone, "Nala, Lily, keep your eyes open somethings following us." At my words, their ears pop up listening for anything suspicious. Then I heard it, the sound of wood, branches and leaves rustling together to my right. I look and what I see shakes me to the core, eyes of a sickly green peering through the brush. A shiver runs up my spine ever sight of those eyes, 'Fuck I can't fight with Opal in my arms.' I look ahead to see a clearing is approaching. A smile appears on my face as I hatch a plan.

When we enter the clearing, I tell Nala and Lily to stand in the centre. They do so, and I lay Opal on the ground by them. "Stay here. You will be safe." I turn and walk away a bit, standing 10ft away. I think of what I want and say, "Ignis." A few embers start to crackle and circle around the dogs, then a rush of flames erupt from the embers. Protecting them from the outside, and from what they are about to see. I turn around to face into the forest, seeing multiple pairs of these glowing eyes. Then they step out of the brush, wolves bigger than the dogs coming up to eye level. I Look around seeing 5 of them, not knowing if there's more in the tree line.

I reach into my pocket, grabbing the ruby from before, "Telum." The ruby knife forms in my hand. Aiming at the one closest to me, I throw it. It jumps out the way, but not fast enough. The knife hits one of its legs. A howl of pain erupts from it, a cacophony of growls erupt from the rest. As two begin to charge forward, I hold my hand out and close my eyes. "Lux!" a light as bright as the sun emanates from my hand, I can hear pained whimpers from the wolves. Grinning I open my eyes once more, seeing that are all blinded. I start to feel sweat dripping down my face, 'I need more practice with my magic.' I raise my hand into the sky, yelling "Terra!" I can feel the ground starting to shake, hearing cracks and groans from underneath the wolves. The Earth begins to crack open, a ravine appearing ups underneath them. Like a mouth opening up to swallow them whole, hearing the panic howls and whimpers emanating from the opening. Then it closes, leaving nothing to remain not even a scar in the Earth.

I fall to my knees dispelling the firewall, Nala and lily stand there frozen in shock. Then they see me on the ground panting hard they run to my side. I'm breathing heavily, and a thin line of blood runs from my nose. I wipe away the blood with my sleeve, standing my breathing under control. I look around finding no trace of the wolves, sighing I walk back over to Opal and pick her up again. "Let's get a move on," I say. I start to walk off, with noticeable trouble standing up straight. I readjust Opal in my arms, Nala and Lily stand either side of me as we walk. Nala puts the ruby back in a pocket, 'she must have grabbed it when I walked to opal.' I look over to her and thank her. We head back into the treeline, the feeling of dread I felt earlier was gone.

Some time passed, and the edge of the forest came into view. I started to walk fine again. When we leave the forest, the sun blinds us once again. When my eyes clear, I can see the settlement yet it's more of a town. Ahead of us is a warn cobblestone road, leading to it. There is a sign not too far from where we are. Walking up to it, I can see that it says, "Ponyville." Looking back to the town, I can see colourful figures walking around. I look to Nala and Lily, "Let's get going, I have some things to do here as well." I start to walk to the town, with Nala and Lily walking close behind.

We make it to a bridge that goes over a stream that seems to border the town. When we cross it, a chorus of screens and wales erupts from the nearby people. All of them running and screaming away from us. It wasn't long until the streets are empty, not a trace of anyone insight. Sighing, I venture forward into the town. I Look around for any signs that would lead to a hospital, yet I couldn't find any. With my head hung low, we walk to the nearby fountain. I sit on the rim of it, looking at Opal seeing she's sleeping peacefully. I look up and almost jumped out of my skin. In front of me are five ponies, looking at me with anger, confusion and suspicion. I look at them puzzled, not knowing what's going to transpire. I lightly place Opal on the ground, leaning her up against the fountain. I look back to the ponies and take a step towards them.

"I'm not here for any trouble, so whatever quarry you have with me save it. This little one is injured, and I have come here to seek medical attention," I say in a demanding tone. "So, can you please lead me to the Hospital?" now that I'm staring at them, I can get a good look at them.

The ponies are mares to hazard a guess. All of variant different colours, going from right to left. There is one with an orange coat with a yellow mane with a stetson. The next one is just pink all over, 'this one can't seem to stay still perpetually bouncing in place.' Next, has a pristine white coat and a purple mane with a horn. Next is a pegasus, light blue with a rainbow mane. Behind her is another pegasus cowering, this one is of a yellow coat with a pink mane.

They all turned and huddled together, probably to figure out what to do with me since. My kind hasn't been seen, for over 200 years. 'I'll wait and see how this plays out.' With a stoic face, I wave Nala and lily making shore they are behind me. The ponies aligned backup from the huddle, the yellow one still behind the blue one. Then the orange one speaks, "Wayul Ah guess thet'll bay fahn, but don't cause no trouble now yawl hear." She said, pointing her hoof at me. I know and thank her for her understanding. Turning and picking Opal back up, I ask them, "so, can you lead me to the hospital?" I ask. They nod and start to walk. I follow behind them, with Nala and Lily behind me still. As we walk, the ponies are talking to themselves about whatever I don't listen.

Up ahead I see a large white building, with a cartoonish red cross above the door. The ponies step inside, and I do as well. Nala and Lily still close behind me lightly resting on my back, I'm able to feel them shivering lightly. I walk up to the counter a light green pony is behind the desk. They look up at me, with a startled squeak they jump a bit. After they get their breath back, I ask "hello, can you help my friend? A rock landed on her arm. I fear it's broken." The pony stands and walks over to me, I kneel to allow the pony to see Opal. The pony Looks over Opal and agrees that her arm, is broken. Calling for a doctor, they hand her over and looks up at me. 'This pony is a girl too?' "how much to fix a broken arm?" The pony looks down for a second, then says, "about 200 bits." "How much is a bit?" I ask. She looks at me confused, at my question. "What have you got to pay?" She asks.

I hold a hand out to Nala, and she hands me that bag. "This," I say. I open the bag to show the pony the gems. She thinks for a bit, looking at the bag. The white pony from the group wanders over to see what's in the bag. When she sore the gems, a shine comes over her eyes, and a bit of drool starts to form. I look down to the white pony, Nala and Lily snarling lightly. "Nala, Lily, down," I say in a harsh tone. They stop and whimper lightly. I close the bag from the white one and move it away. She blinks a couple of times then turns away flustered. "So, you like gems? Very well, how much is this bag worth? and don't lie to me, I can tell when someone is." She scoffs with her nose in the air, indignant at my words. "Well I never I am a dignified lady, and I would never stoop to such levels, about the worth of gems," she said with a snobby attitude. I raise an eyebrow with an unimpressed look. "Just say what price and we'll see," I say unamused. She scoffs again, "well I need to look to see the worth, don't I." She said, looking at the bag. I open it and show her the gems, that look in her eyes comes back.

One of the gems starts to float out of the bag with a light blue glow around it. The pony's horn is glowing the same colour. I grab the gem as Nala and Lily start to growl again. The pony stepped back a step, not knowing what she did wrong. I calm Nala and Lily down again, anger on my face as I look at the pony. "What do you think you are doing?" I ask. she looks confused at my question. "I need to see them, to know the worth so I can give you the right amount," She said smugly. With narrowed eyes, I hand her the gem. She holds it in her magic, pulling it closer to her face. Turning it around for a bit, she smiles and nods with that glint in her eyes. "This is a right good looking gem if the rest of your gems in that bag is as good as this one, then that is quite a lot of bits you will get," she said, smiling at the bag.

'Good, then that means I can start fixing up the cave.' I turn to the pony that has now gone back to the desk, "I will get you the money, I just need to find a place to sell these gems." She nods with a smile, and I walk out with Nala and Lily still hiding behind me. The 5 Ponies that lead me to the hospital started to follow me too. I walk back the way we came, remembering a sign on the buildings. I look to the sigh it has a picture of a ring and a necklace on it, guessing that it is a jeweller of some sort I head inside.

Author's Note

"Wayul Ah guess thet'll bay fahn, but don't cause no trouble now yawl hear" =" well I guess that will be ok, but don't cause no trouble now you hear."