Author's Note

Enjoy this new story!

Chapter 1: A New World, New Body, New Life

“Ugh…….” I groaned as I opened my eyes. I was about to rub my eyes but noticed something was definitely off with my hand….. the problem was, it looked more like a paw…. with sharp claws. “What the fuck?!” I exclaimed as I sat up and looked myself over. I was covered head to toe-Er… paws, in white fur. I looked around and found I was in a forest clearing. I continued looking around before I saw a nearby pond, I scrambled over to it, tripping a few times, not used to my legs being digitigrade so I remained on all fours.

When I made it to the pond, staring back at me was the face of a wolf. I looked at my reflection and found my eyes were a cold icy blue, instead of my original brown. I looked myself over as I tried to remain calm.

As I looked at my form, there was something I noticed about how I looked on all fours. ‘I look like a normal wolf….’ I thought before standing up, it took me a while to figure out how to stand, but I eventually figured it out. ‘... But normal wolves can’t stand upright like this…….’ I continued to wrack my brain until I figured it out. ‘Am I… a Werewolf?” I wondered.

“Oh boy, this has got to be some kind of crazy alcohol induced dream!” I said, trying to convince myself. “Come on, think! What happened before I woke up? What happened last night?!” I said as I began trying to remember what happened the previous night.

“Hey dude, you don’t look so good.” Came the voice of Tod, my only friend.

“I’m fine.” I told him.

“Are you sure? You look like you just came out of the Black Lagoon!” Said Tod.

“I said I’m fine!” I yelled, throwing down my beer bottle.

The reason I was drinking was because I was just laid off from my job, saying that they needed more space. My job was just an average desk job in a cubicle, I wasn’t even sure what that place did anyway.

“Ok dude, just calm down, you’ll get back on your feet!” Tod said, trying to talk me down.

“I AM CALM!” I yelled. “I’M GREAT! I GAVE FOUR YEARS OF MY LIFE TO THAT SHITHOLE, NOW I’M FREE!” I yelled as I climbed onto the bar. “I CAN PROBABLY JUST GET A NEW JOB, ONE THAT PAYS EVEN LESS!” I exclaimed as I began kicking people’s drinks.

Normally this kind of bad behavior would make Karma kick in. and it did, with me slipping on a Lime and falling off the bar and hitting my head against a nearby pool table.

“Oh.” I said as realization struck me, Hard. I sat down slowly and looked at my new appendages. “I died.” I said becoming depressed.

“Not quite.” Said a voice.

“Huh?!” I looked around for the source, but found no one here but me. “Who’s there?!” I called out.

“Let’s just say I’m a friend and leave it at that.” Said the voice.

“Wait… did you say I didn’t die?!” I asked.

“Oh no, you definitely died in that bar.” Said the voice, making my saddened expression return. “However, your soul never went to the afterlife, instead it was brought here and put into this body.”

“How? And why am I a Werewolf?” I asked, still searching for the source of the voice.

“I did this, but you don’t have to worry about thanking me, watching a cute little fluff-pupper like you scramble around is more than enough for payment!” Said the voice, Joy clearly evident in it’s tone.

“Why me?” I asked. Suddenly two cartoon gloves popped into existence.

“Because my dear Mutt.” The voice began, one of the gloves patting my head. “I thought you might want a second chance at a new life! And that’s what I gave you.” He finished as the gloves pulled away.

“But what am I supposed to do here?” I asked, looking at the gloves.

“Well, you could go over that way.” the voice said as the gloves pointed to my left towards a path that led out of the forest. “There’s a nice spot for a good little doggie like you to take a little nap in the sun.”

“Okay….” unsure whether to trust the voice and the mickey mouse gloves. “So I just go that way and take a nap? Nothing else?”

“Yep!” The voice said, the gloves giving me two thumbs up. “Just go over there, take a nap, then all your troubles should disappear.”

“I’m not gonna lose my memories am I?” I asked.

“W-What?! What the hell would make you think I’d take your memories?! I was just trying to give a bit of foreshadowing abou….. oh you’re a tricky one.” Said the voice, the gloves wagging a finger at me. “Anyway, just hurry up and go! Your new life awaits!” The gloves began shoving me towards the path before I got the hint and began walking there on all fours.

The gloves gave me a smack on my ass and I yelped in surprise. “Ok ok I’m going!” I said as I began running.

“Good luck and have fun!” The voice said before the gloves waved goodbye and disappeared.

I continued running to where I was told and eventually found myself in a large grassy field with a few flowers here and there.

“This place looks kind of peaceful.” I said to myself as I walked around. I found a nice spot in the field and laid down and got comfortable. I looked at my surroundings a bit then noticed a small cottage covered in plants a few yards away. ‘That looks nice. I wonder who lives there?’ I wondered before I put my head over my paws and slowly went to sleep, not knowing I was being watched by a few small eyes.

—Fluttershy’s Cottage—

Fluttershy happily flew around her cottage humming a tone as she fed her animals, giving seeds and grain to her birds. To her canine friends, she gave normal dog food but with a few chunks of meat mixed in, and for her pet Angel his favorite carrot cupcakes, which he happily started nibbling at as she moved on to her other animals. Once she was finally done she started making something for herself.

She made a tossed salad with freshly cut vegetables mixed in. She brought it over to a small table in her living room and was surrounded by some of her smaller animal friends. “Oh, you want some too?” Fluttershy asked, some of them nodded so she gave them a small amount of her salad till about a third of it was gone. She then started eating happily as she enjoyed the company of her animal friends who happily ate their meals for the day.

Then Just as she finished a few mice ran through her door and started squeaking. “A large wolf napping in the fields?” She asked as she looked out the window to see the wolf. She smiled before she went to the kitchen to prepare another bowl of dog food mixed with meat. Once it was ready she went out and set it just a few yards away from him before she flew back home.

—Back In The Field—

I awoke to the smell of something delicious, and I didn’t know what it was. I slowly got up and stretched out before slowly and cautiously walking towards the smell. When I reached the smell, I found myself closer to the cottage.

I looked down and saw a bowl of dog food with little chunks of meat in it. ‘There’s no way I’m eating that.’ I thought as I snorted. However my stomach voiced its own opinion and growled loudly. I rolled my eyes and reluctantly began eating. ‘Huh… not bad.’

When I looked up towards the cottage I saw something yellow and pink dart away from the window. ‘What was that?’ I wondered as I continued eating.

—Fluttershy’s POV—

“Oh my! he's the biggest wolf I’ve ever seen!” I said as I looked towards my animals. “He has to be more than 4 feet tall!” I took another look out my window and saw he was still eating his food. “He sure is hungry.” I said before I saw him finish up his food and yawn before laying down.

I looked at him from his head to his paws, his white fur was neatly groomed and quite clean, His tail was large and bushy. I just wanted to rub my face in that fur. It looked so soft and warm. I shook my head, getting those thoughts out of my head, I still had things to do around the house. So I started on my chores such as cleaning up after all my animal friends had eaten, and cleaning up whatever messes they may have left behind after. Then finally I had to go to bed.

—Outside—

After I had laid there for a few minutes I started getting a bit sleepy, I looked up and saw the sun was setting. Then I saw the moon rising into the sky. Suddenly I began getting a strange urge, I stood upright and started howling.

—Fluttershy’s POV—

“AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!”

“Hmm, it seems he's awake.” I said looking out the window to look at the wolf outside but I was surprised to see him standing upright. “*Gasp* Oh my!” I gasped as I put my hooves to my mouth. I watched as he took in a breath and began howling again, louder this time.

“AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!”

“Is he a werewolf?” I asked myself unsure of what to do now. He took in another breath and began howling even louder than before.

“AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“I've got to stop him before he wakes everypony up.” I said rushing out the door towards the werewolf. “Umm excuse me mister wolf.” I said as I closed in on him. “Can you please stop howling before you wake up the ponies in ponyville?” He stopped howling and looked down at me.

“Ummm Hi.” I said nervously. Suddenly he seemed scared when he looked at me and bolted on all fours, trying to get away. I quickly followed him to make sure he wouldn't hurt himself. I followed him a little ways into the everfree before he stopped, I was about to ask him why he stopped but froze when I heard him growling. I looked at where he was growling and saw 7 pairs of glowing green eyes looking back at us.

“Oh no.” I said looking around to see more green eyes all around us, I backed up accidentally bumping into the wolf scared for my life. The wolf looked at me before he stood up to his full height and roared at the timberwolves.

The timber wolves were unfazed, and lunged at the two of us without warning. I dogged one of them by flying above it just before I was tackled to the ground by another timber wolf. The timbler wolf stood above me, and tried snapping at me, however it never got the chance. The wolf grabbed it by the neck and lifted the timberwolf up before he squeezed until everything broke and the head came off. I moved away scared for my life, I had no idea what to do.

The timberwolves pounced on the wolf, some digging their claws into his back as they bit down tearing his flesh. Some of the others were crushed or thrown against tree’s or on the ground as the wolf howled in pain. I couldn't stand idle anymore. I flew towards him, and headbutted one of them off his back. Another timberwolf tried to attack him head on, but before the timberwolf could touch him, he caught it and turned it around before getting a grip on the front and back half and ripping the wolf apart and tossing the pieces at the timberwolves.

Finally the timberwolves started growing tired of this confrontation and lost interest in fighting him. They started running deep into the forest out of sight, finally I went to check on the wolf who didn't seem to be doing so good. “Oh no.” I said. Blood seeped from his wound onto his white fur. “Come on, we have to get you to my cottage.” I tried to move him but I wasn't strong enough. His cuts were turning his fur red. He stood there for a few minutes before howling.

“AWOOOOoooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOoooooo!!!!!!!!!”

After his howl he passed out and collapsed onto the ground. “Harry!” I yelled into the forest, and without much time passing, Harry, my bear friend ran over to me. “Help me get him to my cottage!” I said. Harry put his head under the wolf, then got the wolf onto his back before he started running to the cottage, and I went to find Dr. Fauna.

I reached Dr. Fauna’s house and started knocking on the door. After a while the door opened and Dr. Fauna came out and was surprised to see me.

“What is it Fluttershy? Is something wrong?” Asked Dr. Fauna.

“I have an injured animal. I need your help treating him.” I told her, breathing heavily.

“Alright, let's go!” She said getting her doctor’s bag. “Take me to them!”

I then led her to back my cottage where Harry was doing his best to make sure the wolf was comfortable on the couch. “This is the animal, can you help him?” I asked.

“I’ll see what I can do.” Said Dr. Fauna as she took a few things out of her bag. “Can you tell me what happened?” She asked.

“We were attacked by Timberwolves.” I told her.

“How many?” She asked.

“Seven, maybe eight. I wasn’t sure, it was dark.” I told her.

“That many?! You two are lucky to be alive! You’re even luckier to come out unscathed!” She told me as she started to bandage his wounds after disinfecting them. “This should keep him from getting an infection, but I’ll have to come back tomorrow.”

“Okay, I’ll make sure he’s comfortable.” I told her as she packed up.

“Just make sure he doesn't lick any sap that may be on him.” She told me before she left. After she left I began to cover him up with blankets.

“Hmm what should I call you. Everest, ghost, Blizzard.” I said running several names through my head as I pet him but none of them just seem to fit him. Suddenly he let out a deep breath followed by an icy mist. “Oh my,” I said, feeling the cold air coming from his maw. “How about……. Arctic.” I finally said which seemed to make him smile in his slumber.

—“Arctic’s” POV—

“Where am I?” I asked then looked around at the white void around me. I found myself still in my wolf form, and I seemed to just be floating around. “Am I dead again?!”

“This is the dreamscape. And no, you’re still very much alive.” Said a voice. I turned around and saw the cartoonish Mickey mouse gloves, one of them waving at me. “Hey there, nice job protecting that pony.” It said.

“Uh thanks? I guess….” I said to the voice.

“Don’t thank me yet. For your heroism, I’ve decided to give you a gift.” Said the voice.

“What kind of gift?” I asked.

One of the gloves gestured to the other, the glove it gestured to began doing something in its palm and suddenly a mist started to flow from the hand and began whirling around in a vortex and forming a crystal. “The power of ICE, with it you can survive subzero temperatures, create massive pillars of ice, make the area around you get covered in frost, ice, or snow! The only limit is your mind! Use this power well and use it wisely!” Said the voice.

Suddenly the crystal he was holding began turning back into mist and it started heading for me. I tried to move but it began surrounding me trapping me in a pillar of icy mist. Just then the mist began flowing into every orifice, into my mouth, into my nose, and other areas that I was less comfortable with. Once all the mist was inside I felt extremely cold and began covering myself with my arms.

“Oh, yeah…. the chill will pass, don’t worry about it…. Oh it seems the pony has just given you a name. Arctic, and by the looks of it… it suits you.” Said the voice.

“Arctic?” I said, trying out my new name. “I like it.”

“Now, since you’ve got a new name, a new power, there’s just one more thing you need to do before you're free of me.” Said the voice.

“Ugh…. Now what?” I asked.

“Don’t talk to the ponies. From now on you are to be a pet, so you be good to these ponies.” Said the voice as it pointed an accusing finger at me. “After enough time has passed, you will be allowed to speak again, until then, I’ve made sure you can only do normal things a wolf can do… aside from your werewolf-ness and the ice powers of course… you are only able to speak the way of animals.”

“This is going to suck isn’t it?” I said.

“Don’t be like that, Fluttershy takes great care of animals, you’re going to love being pampered by her, especially since you’re bedridden from that fight with the timberwolves.” Said the voice.

“Right…” I said.

“Anyway…. I’m pretty much done here so you can get back to resting. Bye Arctic!” Said the voice. Once the gloves disappeared everything went black.