Star-crossed

The rising of the moon brought another quiet evening to the forest. The moon was full and bright, casting it's silver glow down to the earth below. The stars glittered and twinkled in their fashion, and the cloudless night provided a stunning view of them.

Katrina left the den to look at the night sky often. It was her favorite thing to do. She could leave the world behind and dream of far off places, millions of miles away. Tonight she had been sitting there for hours watching the sunset, another common ritual of hers, later she would stumble off to the den with her pack-mates and settle in for a rest. Tonight, something felt different though, there was a strange tension in the air she had never felt before, like something big was going to happen soon.

"Whatca' thinking about?"

The shrill voice roused her from her daydream. She turned to look at the pup that had come to see her.

"Just that it's unusually still tonight."

"Yeah, I felt it too."

"What are you doing so far from the den so late at night?"

"Bane sent me, he wants to talk to you about something."

Katrina crossed her paws, of course Bane wanted to talk to her. It was always what Bane wanted. Bane was the pack alpha, they were already on shaky terms with each other, he didn't like her much. Somehow he always found something to yell at her about and it seemed like tonight was no different.

"I guess I'd better go see what he wants then, huh kiddo? The last thing we need in Bane in a bad mood."

"I think your right."

Katrina started to stand, but just as she did a loud bang echoed through the silent forest that stopped her in her tracks. It sounded like a gunshot. What if some of the pack mates were still out hunting? She had to go check it out. She stood up quickly and tilted her ears around to get a lock on where the sound came from.

"What was that?" squeaked the pup fearfully.

" I don't know. Hurry home Sammy, " she said "and tell Bane-"

"That you're going to be back late again?," he said flatly "Don't worry, I gotcha covered."

Katrina knelt down and hugged the pup before she turned around and leaped off of her rocky perch onto the mossy ground and bounded off into the dense forest. She knew where she had heard the sound coming from, she just hoped someone wasn't hurt. It wasn't the right season for hunters, she knew, but you still got the lone poacher every once in a while that liked to try and hunt in the forest anyway. After running a short while longer she came to a large clearing. She was sure this was where the sound came from. She advanced into the clearing cautiously, not wanting to startle whatever may be lurking in around still. A large shape was lying in the center of the open area. As she drew closer she could hear it's labored breathing, in the dark it was harder to see what the creature was but it was obviously hurt. The creature moaned and turned over, wincing at the pain that the action caused. It was then that she could see what the creature was. A human. Katrina knew that humans had a tendency to wander into the forest, sometimes to hunt, but with teens like him it was usually on a dare. She took a deep breath and focused her mind, it had been a while since she changed.

She put her weight into her rear legs and stood straight up. Katrina's body began to glow with a soft light. The light spread, covering her from head to toe, until finally she could no longer be seen past it. The glow faded in an instant and where the wolf had been a moment ago a human now stood there. She had the same blue eyes that the wolf had and her silvery hair extended past her shoulders. She was wearing camouflage pants and a light jacket lined with faux fur on the inside. She had a black headband on that held her hair out of her face. That took longer than I remember it used to. Obviously i'm out of practice.

A little explanation about Katrina, as far back as she could remember, she had the innate ability to change her shape. She was a human by nature, but she usually preferred to be a wolf. Luckily, whenever she turned into a human she was magically wearing the last clothes she had one when she was a human; it would have been a bit awkward trying to hid sets of clothes in the forest so she had them whenever she changed. She used to live in the nearby village, but that was a long time ago. They ran her out of town for a murder she didn't commit. It was such a long time ago that nobody there could even remember her name anymore, but she didn't dare try to live there again. She had been adopted once. They were all long gone now, but the house still stood. The wolves sort of adopted her after that. She slept at the den often but she wasn't really an official member of the pack. She was still a human to them, but they liked her all the same. They allowed her to stay with them and in return she used her powers to keep the hunters and poachers away. They called her the guardian of the forest. She passed out of the memory of the townspeople but they knew that someone was out there in those woods, watching over them and protecting them from danger. Legends spread of a white wolf that howled at the moon at night and every once in awhile you could see a pair of sapphire blue eyes watching from a distance.

The human Katrina hurried to the side of the injured boy. He was startled when he saw her, and attempted to back away from her but he winced and moaned whenever he moved his leg. He had strange eyes, they were yellow, not white. And the irises were red. What was unsettling though, was not their strange color but the fact that somehow they were familiar. Her head began to ache like it did whenever she tried to remember things she wasn't supposed to. Ignoring it, she bent over in an attempt to comfort the injured boy.

"Don't be afraid," Katrina said gently, "I'm here to help. I don't want to hurt you."

The boy looked doubtful, but he let Katrina approach.

"I can tell you're hurt, do you mind if I take a look? I might be able to help you."

He looked at her, apparently trying to judge whether she could be trusted or not. He must have decided that she could because he managed a weak nod. She came forward and sat next to him on the ground.

"What happened? Did you fall? I heard a loud noise."

He gave a weak laugh, "Yeah, that was me. I must have fallen out of a tree or something." He still wasn't 100% sure that it was safe to trust her, but it wasn't like he had much of a choice at the moment.

She was pleased that he was strong enough to talk, though he gritted his teeth painfully when he did. She proceeded to examine the injured limb. He continued to wince and a couple times he yelled out whenever the leg was touched or moved.

"You really did a number on this one!" Katrina joked, "As far as I can tell you dislocated it, it's not broken. I can put it back but it's going to hurt, a lot. So brace yourself ok?"

He nodded and dug his fingers into the soft grass, gritting his teeth to stop himself from shouting. She carefully held the leg, exactly as she was trained to, and set the hip back into the hip joint. Shocks of stinging pain shot up and down the limb, forcing him to tear the grass he was holding from the ground. She mentally thanked herself for reading all those medical books when she was bored, they came in handy a lot.

"There, it's back in place now, but you shouldn't put weight on it for a long while. You actually did surprisingly well, normally it hurts a lot more than that, simply because of the kind of injury." Katrina backed up a bit to give him a little more space "Do you live in the village?"

"No, I don't live anywhere at the moment."

"Oh" Katrina looked down at her feet in embarrassment. "I've been there." she said. "I tell you what though, you can come stay with me for awhile, at least until you are all healed."

The boy thought hard, the girl was nice enough, and it was true that he didn't have anywhere to stay. He still wasn't entirely sure whether to trust her, she didn't act anything like the humans that used to be in Equestria, they would have left him where he was, or put him out of his misery.

"I'm afraid i'm going to have to take you up on that. But like you said, I can't even get up, let alone walk anywhere."

"Then i'll just have to carry you." She said. "My name is Katrina, by the way. What's yours?"

"My name? It's Discord."

"Discord? That's an interesting name..." Katrina winced as the mention of the name gave her another headache. She knelt down and carefully lifted Discord off of the ground. Luckily as a human he was a lot lighter than he would have been as a draconequus.

She wished she could turn into a wolf and carry him on her back, it would be a lot easier and faster, but she doubted he would have the strength to hold on in his current condition. One step at a time, and being careful of his leg, she began the trek back to the den.

Bane was going to freak.

Author's Note

HI! Thanks for reading this far, i'm putting this story together in-between school and sleeping, so I haven't had time to do a lot of editing or revising with it. If you notice any errors, or parts that don't quite make sense, please, please, please don't hesitate to let me know in the comments! Also if you have any feedback, positive or otherwise, I would be glad to hear it, too! This is only my second story ever so I am totally open to suggestions on how to make my writing better, hope you are liking it so far. :)

Here's a few answers to questions you may or may not have at this point:

Why is human Discord a teenager? He's older that Celestia!

Regardless of how old he really is, I decided to portray him as a teenager partly because it fit into the story better, and partly because, if you think about it, immortal creatures don't really age, at least not in the same way humans do. For all we know, on the scale he's using, he is approximately in his late teens. Also Katrina is a teenager, soo.....yeah.

What possessed you to make a Discord story? There's a hundred other characters you would have an easier time showing accurately.

Quite simply, Discord is my favorite bad guy EVER! Also I needed a break from high-school and homework, so I said to myself: "I'm bored and depressed.....BRING ON THE PONIES!!!!" It wasn't long before I found myself listening to this song. Basically, my brain read way too far into the chorus, my imagination got the better of me, and the rest is history. It's ADHD, it doesn't usually make sense. Yes, the humans in Equestria thing is a bit cliche by now, but it's what came to me at the time so it's what got written down
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Why are you asking yourself these stupid questions?

Because I have nothing better to do!

You suck at writing, you should be ashamed of yourself.

I have a Pinkie Pie, your argument is invalid. :)

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