The Wolf of Everfree

Camp Everfree - Main Campground

Once again, the students of CHS are staying at Camp Everfree for a week. Of course, the Rainbooms were there to have wilderness-related fun as well. Right now, they had to meet Timber Spruce and Gloriosa for roll call. Joining them was Trixie and one of her bandmates, Lavender Lace.

"Hey Trixie, how'd you sleep?" Pinkie asked.

"Pretty well, actually. Thanks for recommending that new sleeping bag. I slept like a log," Trixie said with a stretch.

"Say, Trixie, have you seen Fuchsia Blush? I didn't see her when we woke up," Lavender asked.

"Now that you mention it, I haven't seen her since last night. Maybe she's in the bathroom or something," Trixie said.

"Fuchsia wasn't there when you woke up?" Sunset asked.

"Last I remember, she said she was going for a stroll around the lake last night," Trixie replied. "I'm sure she'll be around for roll call".

They lined up with the rest of the campers for roll call from the counselors. Timber and Gloriosa walked up to get a roll call of all the campers. The Rainbooms all answered the calls and Trixie and Lavender gave out there answers, but then he called for Fuchsia Blush.

"Fuchsia Blush!" Timber called.

No response. In fact, she wasn't even there. They all looked around in confusion. She wasn't there at all.

"Okay, does anyone know where Fuchsia is?" Timber asked.

"Maybe she's in the bathroom," Trixie suggested.

"Well, can someone go look for her?" Gloriosa asked.

"I can go look for her," Lavender said.

Lavender went off to go look for Fuchsia. She made it all the way to the women's bathroom to look for her.

"Fuchsia! You in here?" she called out.

Nothing. There was no answer. Lavender looked under the stall doors to see a pair of feet under some of them. But there were no feet in any of them. She left the bathroom and rushed back to the others.

"Fuchsia's not in the bathroom! I don't know where she is," Lavender said.

Nervous murmurs spread throughout the campers about their missing friend. Things might've escalated had Timber Spruce not gotten their attention.

"Okay! We've got a missing camper! I'm going to need everyone to look for her!" Timber called out. "Spread out into teams and look for her".

"Where did you see her last?" Gloriosa asked Trixie.

"Last night in our tent. She said she wanted to walk around the lake," Trixie said.

"Alright then that's where we'll search. Everyone! Spread out and find Fuchsia!" Timber said.

All of the campers headed to the lake to search the area. Gloriosa stayed behind.

"I'm going to call the police, just in case," Gloriosa said.

While Gloriosa was doing that, Timber joined the campers in searching for Fuchsia. Once they got to the lake, everyone spread out into teams to search the area. Trixie and Lavender Lace joined Pinkie and Fluttershy in one team, Rarity joined Sunset and Twilight, and Rainbow Dash accompanied Applejack.

The several teams then split up to join the search.

...

With Trixie, Lavender, Pinkie, and Fluttershy

Trixie and Lavender were beside themselves with worry for their friend. Pinkie and Fluttershy tried their best to comfort them.

"I'm sure she's fine," Fluttershy said.

"Yeah, maybe she got lost somewhere on her walk and we'll find her curled up under a tree," Pinkie said.

"You really think so?" Lavender asked.

"Yeah. She'll be fine," Pinkie said. "In fact, I think I'll bake her a special cake when we find her!"

"Besides, the police are coming to assist with the search," Fluttershy reminded them.

That combined with Pinkie's boundless optimism seemed to work to assuage Trixie's and Lavender's worries about their missing friend. They now have the confidence that Fuchsia was fine. Suddenly, Pinkie's attention was drawn to a particular tree.

"Hey, Fluttershy, look over here!" Pinkie said running to the tree.

The others approached the tree to see a set of claw marks scratched along the tree. Fluttershy looked at the claw marks with an analytical look on her face. The others looked at the claw marks with worry.

"What made those? A bear?" Trixie asked.

"I don't think it was a bear," Fluttershy replied. "The spacing between the claws is too big".

"Besides, there are no bears around Canterlot," Pinkie said.

The claw marks ran deep into the tree, indicating the sharpness of the claws. Whatever made these was big and powerful.

Before they could try to figure out what made the marks, a scream echoed out in the distance. The team ran back to the lake to locate the source of the scream.

They won't like what they find there.