The Wolf of Everfree

Camp Everfree - Late Afternoon

The police were gathered in great numbers to the campground to tend to the situation that had just occurred. What was once a simple search for a missing camper had turned into a homicide investigation. Right now, Sheriff Silverstar was talking to Derpy, the one who found Fuchsia. Lyra and Vinyl Scratch were standing on both sides of her rubbing her arms to calm her.

"Alright my dear, I know this may be difficult for ya to talk about, but if you could, could you please tell me what you saw?" Sheriff Silverstar asked.

It took Derpy a while to respond. Not that anyone could've blamed her. What she saw gave her quite a fright, and the sheriff was not going to rush her.

"Well, we were... searching the area for... our friend Fuchsia. We were looking... around the east part of the lake," Derpy said between sobs. "We got pretty deep... into the woods and then...".

With Sheriff Silverstar

Once the sheriff had gotten everything he needed from the witnesses, he headed to the spot where the body was found. Joining him was his deputy, Deputy Bronze.

"What's the status of the body, Deputy?" Silverstar asked.

"We have the lab techs searching the area, but we didn't touch the body at all," Deputy Bronze replied.

The two officers arrived to a pretty grisly scene. In fact, it took everything for Sheriff Silverstar to keep himself from vomiting all over the ground.

Laying on the ground just twenty feet away from them was to body of Fuchsia. But she was in a wretched state. The poor girl was completely ripped apart. The girl was missing her right arm and left leg. Her organs were missing completely while the remaining arm, leg, and ribs were gnawed to the bone, with visible tooth marks on them. Her face was a frozen mask of fear and her eyes were glazed over and milky eyes.

"Jesus! This is horrible!" Sheriff Silverstar said.

"It is indeed, sir, but at least we know she wasn't killed by another human," Deputy Bronze said.

"Have the lab techs gotten anything from the body or the surrounding area?" Sheriff Silverstar asked.

"Well, we're going to take the body to the medical examiner for the real work, but we're trying to gather as much as we can from the body," Bronze replied.

"Has her family been informed?"

"Not yet. But I have a feeling they're going to find out pretty soon".

"But since we know a human didn't do this to her, call the wildlife agency. Someone there must know something about this".

"Roger that, Sheriff".

The sheriff looked to the body and wracked his brain for what kind of animal could've done this. As far as he knew, there were no large predators near Canterlot apart from coyotes. But still, this didn't look like a coyote attack. Wolves and bears have been extinct in the region for over two hundred years. There were no mountain lions that far east, either. He'd have to wait for the wildlife agency to help him out.

...

With the Rainbooms

Things have really soured for the entire camp once Fuchsia's body was discovered. Right now, the Rainbooms were trying to comfort Trixie and Lavender.

"I can't believe it! Fuchsia's gone!" Trixie cried into Sunset's shoulder.

"She's dead! She's actually dead!" Lavender cried.

"I'm so sorry, girls. I'm truly sorry," Pinkie said.

While that was going on, Timber and Gloriosa were talking to the police for a while. Once they were gone, they all approached the gathered campers.

"Okay, everyone! We've informed your families of what's happened here at the camp and they'll be here to pick you up!" Timber said.

"Until this matter is resolved, we and the police think it we be best if you were not here for your own safety!" Gloriosa said.

"But what will that mean for you?" Octavia asked.

"We'll make it by just fine," Timber replied. "But your safety is our primary concern".

"For now, just gather your things and your families will pick you up later tonight!" Timber said.

The campers all returned to their tents to begin packing up their things. Trixie and Lavender both went back to their tent by themselves. They wanted to be alone.

...

Later That Evening

Trixie was feeling awful. One of her best friends was violently killed and they were leaving the camp. Her tears took a long time to dry, but she managed to get herself packed relatively quickly. Once the final pair of socks were packed, she heard the call of nature.

"Lavender, I'm heading to the bathroom. I'll be back," Trixie said nonchalantly.

"Okay," Lavender replied equally nonchalantly.

Trixie left the tent and took the long path to the bathroom facility. The full moon was rising over the horizon like a watchful eye. The woods were somewhat lit by the light of the moon, giving Trixie a good view of where to go. She arrived at the bathroom and locked herself in a stall.

"Oh Fuchsia. I wish you were still here with us," Trixie said.

The sound of the door crashing open startled Trixie to the point where she let out a short yelp of surprise. Her heart was racing from the scare. She heard what sounded like a dog's feet walking on the tiled bathroom floor. But from the sound of the footsteps, it was walking on two legs.

What the fuck is in here? Trixie thought.

Whatever it was in the bathroom with her, it started sniffing the air as an animal would when searching for something like prey. When the thing got to the stall Trixie was in, the sniffing sound stopped. It was standing right outside the door. It was a silent stand-off between Trixie and the thing outside the stall until something powerful hit the door.

Trixie screamed in fear as the door started to crack around the hinges until it came off completely. Trixie couldn't see much due to the darkness of the bathroom, but she did make out a tall humanoid silhouette. The thing grabbed Trixie by the neck and threw her out of the stall before she could scream. She hit the door so hard that it too came off its hinges and cushioned her fall.

Her vision swam and she felt like more than a few ribs were broken. Electric pain shot through her entire body. She tried to crawl away and call for help, but her throat was too bruised from the thing grabbing her. From behind her came a low growl. She looked behind her to see the thing that grabbed her standing in the doorway. She still could fully make out what it was except that it was tall and had glowing blue eyes. It charged towards her so fast that it was nothing more than a blur.

A set of razor-sharp teeth sank deeply into Trixie's shoulder where it meets her neck. Trixie tried to scream, but the creature's teeth were blocking her throat. It then thrashed her around violently until it lifted her and threw her across the path a good twenty feet. She heard her attacker approach from behind. Trixie braced herself for a finishing blow.

"Trixie! Are you okay?!" a familiar voice shouted from the distance.

The creature took off at hearing the voice of Lavender approaching. Trixie looked up the path to see Lavender approaching with a flashlight. Upon the light shining on a bleeding and beaten Trixie, Lavender rushed towards her with a gasp.

"Trixie! What happened to you?!" she cried.

The injured Trixie struggled to answer with a punctured lung, but she did manage to smile.

"I'm so... happy you're... here," Trixie said with blood coming from her mouth.

"Stay with me, Trixie! Stay with me! I'll call the cops! There still here!" Lavender said.

But Trixie was already unconscious. Lavender wasn't about to let another friend die if she could help it.