"Why are we going into the forest? Why do you have honey? Are we going on an adventure?!" Chocolate Cloud gasped excitedly. The two foals stood outside the Everfree forest. The dark, terrifying Everfree forest. The filly with him rolled her eyes. She adjusted the scarf and started walking into the forest. "uhm... Lodi?"
Lodi stopped at looked at the tiny colt. "What?"
"Why are we going into the forest. Mommy and daddy told me to stay out of the forest." Chocolate looked at her with a worried expression. The fluffy unicorn waled up to him and patted his head.
"It's going to be okay Pudgie. Ya got me. I was raised on a farm after all." Lodi gave him a small smile. Chocolate stilled looked concerned. "Look, I know you want a dream catcher for your birthday, and I want to make it special. In there," she pointed at the forest. "are special kinds of spiders known as SIlven Spiders. They make a very colorful an shiny type of string."
"Ooooooooh! But what about the honey?" He tilted his head.
"Silven Spiders eat honey. It's what helps them make the string. If I can get the string then your dream catcher will look so much better than it is now!" The rather fluffy unicorn ruffled the cub's head.
"Hm. Okay!" Chocolate went back to being energetic. They smiled at each other and started walking into the forest. Chocolate kept his tail between his legs, keeping behind Lodi. He looked around getting distracted by every noise he heard. He would trip every once in a while because of his tail but he was never that far behind the unicorn. The forest was dark. Very scary. He wanted to be home in his bed cuddling his stuffie than be in there. As long as Lodi was with him, he felt a little braver. Chocolate took a deep breathe and looked ahead.
Wait a minute....... Where did Lodi go?
He only looked away for a second!
Chocolate continued walking the trail only to find himself lost. He sat on the ground and whimpered. He was lost in the Everfree forest. The forest where evil creatures like timberwolves lived. He had no magic. He couldn't just teleport himself to her. What's the point of being the prince of chaos if he had no magic? Lodi herself had very weak magic. The only thing she was good at was levitating. Any other spells would drain her energy. His imagination started running wild. What if he gets hurt or found by a timberwolf? What if they found Lodi?! What if she's.......
"There you are! You had me worried!" Lodi's voice rang in his ears. He almost burst into upon seeing her face. "I found the spiders. We can get some string and then leave. Okay?"
Chocolate nodded quickly.
Lodi gave a slight smile as she watched the Silven Spiders feast on the honey she gave them. In return, she had gotten just enough string for her dream catcher. It was only now she realized how quiet thing are.
"Pudgie are you doing okay?"
No response.
"Pudgie?" She got up and looked around. No sign of the chaotic colt anywhere. Lodi immediately started panicking. How could she have lost him? He was right behind her! Leaving her bag behind, she started sprinting around the forest looking for any sign of him. Mentally telling herself that if anything happened to him she'd never forgive herself. Lodi's ears perked up when she heard whimpering. Following the sound she found Chocolate Cloud. Except he looked to be in pain. His colors were darker, almost like a faded look and he was shivering. Lodi went up to his and shook him lightly.
"Pudgie... can you hear me?" He responded in whimpers. He wouldn't even open his eyes. "Listen to me, we're going to get you out of here. I just...... Don't know which way to go...."
She wrapped the shivering colt in her scarf, levitated him onto her back, and started looking for an exit.
At the edge of the Everfree was a Pegasus and a rather small draconequus were tending to some animals. Dragonfly smiled at them as they thanked him and his mother for helping them. It as peaceful.
That was until a unicorn filly came running from the forest at them. On her back was his baby brother. She stopped hin front of them, out of breath and shaking.
"Lodi? What's wro- Chocolate!" Fluttershy gasped and scooped up her son. "What happened to him?! Why were you two in the Everfree?!" Her questions only floated past the filly as she stood there in shock.
Discord didn't take the news too lightly. As soon as he saw Lodi, he immediately started lecturing her. Dragonfly sat next to the unicorn as she leaned on him, listening to the words being shouted at her.
"You know neither of you are allowed in the forest and what did you do!? Now you've gotten somepony hurt! My son for that matter! What would have happened if you hadn't found him?! What if you were the one that gotten hurt?! Chocolate has no magic and yours is very weak! Neither of you can defend yourselves. You could have died!" Discord yelled. This made Lodi flinch.
"That's enough dad!" Dragonfly stood up. "She's been through enough and you yelling at her like this isn't going to help her mental state."
"He's right though..." Lodi walked up to the draconequus, her head hung low. 'I'm very sorry. I should have listened but I didn't. Now my best friend is hurt because of me...." Lodi wiped the tears that were starting to fall. "I should have kept a better eye on him too. And.... if it's okay with you and Mrs. Fluttershy... I'd like to stay here until Chocolate wakes up.."
In the Crystal Empire, Flurry Heart and String Cheese looked at the shattered black crystal on the ground. Whatever came out of it wasn't good.
"Oh dear Celestia help us...."
Author's Note
Hello there! My name is Rian.
I would like to make a quick apology for the cringe you shall come to read, and make a disclaimer.
The following story will sometimes not follow canon. There will be some headcanons and personal ships of mine. Please accept any storyline errors as an alternate universe as things will trail far from the show’s canon. I will not accept hate on this story. Criticism? Yes. Hate? Absolutely not.
I might make other stories with the lives of the other ponies lives.
