Alpha's Sojourn

     As Alpha took a long, satisfying drink from the stream he was able to finally take note of something, the sunlight. The gentle golden rays cascading through the broken treetops. Slowly he craned his neck skyward, what he saw actually did bring a tear to his eyes, he broke down and wept finally being able to see that wich had been denied him for so long. All the while a single syllable escaped his lips.

"Why."

With that word his mind was over taken by anger and hatred without a thought he bellowed.

"CELESTIA!"

     Once Twilight had finished repairing the antique tome Spike waddled over to the pleased purple pony.

"So Twilight how was the book," asked Spike with mock enthusiasm thick in his voice.

"Alpha's Sojourn was an awesom book totally worth anyponies time, and energy."

"Really?"

"Ha, not really its too long for what it's supposed to be and the author must've been an idiot to write this."

"Neat, now that you're done with this can we finally go for lunch, everypony else is already down at Sugarcube Corner."

"Fine I'll go ahead a find us a table, while you stay here and clean up this mess."

An exasperated groan escaped the overworked assistant, as his eyes fell upon the small warzone occupied by the bane of his existence, followed by a series of mumbled explatives while Twilight trotted out of the door torwards lunch.

     The bellow eminating from Alpha pierced the dense foliage causing fowl to flee in terror, and scaring off most of the larger predators. Eyes glowing with rage Alpha swung his massive arms causing the chains and boulders to echo his movements smashing the trees, scarring the earth, and in general wrecking up the joint. After an hour of thrashing and demolition Alpha finally stopped to see the destruction he had caused, the trees broken and splintered, flowers crushed under stomping hoves, the stream now flowing into a muddy crimson pit after some of the animals had been crushed into paste. Looking at the destruction caused by his hand Alpha turned and walked arbitrarily into the forest never to look back.

As Chitin flew, currently in his bird form, he could a thunderous cry eminate from the very heart of the forest itself. A moment later the sky was filled to bursting with the forms of hundreds, if not thousands of fleeing fowl. His heart sank as he saw a ebony monstrosity devastate his favorite naping spot. Swallowing the lump in his throat he pushed on. The Everfree being as vast as it was took several hours in order to navigate and reach his hive on the opposite side during that time he could've sworn he saw a black and white blur dashing out of the reach of what appeared to be a lumbering section of animated forest.

     For hours Alpha trudged through the forest the clinking of chains and smell of rust being his only companions, on occasion a stray timber wolf would cross his path but quickly dart away out of fear. The rustling of leaves caused Alpha to turn his head only to be assaulted with a blur of black and white. Sitting up, Alpha could see the creature that rammed into him, a heavily panting very distraught looking zebra?

"Tell me zebra," disbelief apparent in his voice, "what is it thet you're running from?"

"An ancient creature with blood lust in its eyes, at the very least twice your size," came between haggard breaths.

"What the hell were you doing that pissed it off so much then."

"I was harvesting sap from it, only enough to fill this bucket," she said holding a small pail (shut up rhyming is hard)

"I know im gonna kick myself for this but why did you want the sap."

"Do not think it was for greed, it is for a friend in need."

"If you needed the sap that badly why did you only come alone obviously you knew the beast was dangerous"

"Never before has the beast reacted in such a way, it usually thinks im here to play."

"Wait. Wait. Wait this isnt the first time you've done this, so why is it pissed all of a sudden."

"The creature is only mad beacuse someone has destroyed its home, and now it is trying to make me atone."

"Where was this creatures home," a slight quaver in his voice, and dread eating at the back of his mind.

"Its home is about an hours walk," she said gesturing in the direction Alpha had been earlier, "I used to go to the place and talk."

"So uh ... how does one stop a rampaging wh-"

As Twilight sat around the table chatting with her friends, completely oblivious to the wrathful spike shooting her death glares from across the room, pinkie pie piped up and noted the rather large flock of birds coming from over the Everfree.

"Hm its not mating season nor is it time for migrations to start something must really have spooked them for them to all just fly away like that,"  stated a buttery yellow pegasus, "lets just hope that whatever did that doesnt come this way," she said as her friends kept leaning in to listen to the shy ponies' tapering voice.

"Ahm sure it was nothin' probl'y just a pair uh maticores goin' at it, we can hear those things during matin' season down on the farm with similar reactions," chimed in an orange earth pony wearing a Stetson.

"B-but its not manticore mating season either so its still got to b-be some thing else."

"At the very least we should warn everypony to be extra careful around the Everfree especially Zecora," stated Twilight happy to be back in the conversation

Nods were seen from all of the ponies at the table. With that the six were off in pairs to warn of the town of the possible danger. Spike having just arrived decided to continue skulking and procede to spite the neglectful librarian a bit more.

     Alpha was cut off as a massive wooden limb tore across his face leaving naught but bone in its wake. With an unsteady hand and blurred vision Alpha rose once again to face the sucker punching beast.

"Alright you wooden bastard lets try that again." And again a balled wooden fist fell upon Alpha this time however he was prepared and the oaken appendage struck his head, driving him into the ground, and causing more damage to the beast than him. "Zebra,"he called out," run away while I take care of this bitch."

"You do not have to tell me twice, I shall go and find you some ice."

     With that the zebra fled into the forest. Alpha, having removed the offending appendage from the top of his head, was finally able to strike back at the beast. Unfortunately his movements were impeded by the massive chains weighing down his wrists causing his blows to lose momentum and force. After landing a few less than stelar blows Alpha's stamina was all but decimated. He knew that soon it would be over and the throbbing in his face wasn't helping much either, with one final burst of strength Alpha was able to grab one of the massive chains midway and swing the boulder into the monster crushing its side and splintering its arm. As Alpha stood there watching the creatures death throes he noticed something peculiar, the creature held a very familiar design on its head far too intricate to be a coincidence. What he saw was his makers mark two crossed hammers above an anvil this had been one of the golems he had created, and a fairly early one at that. He looked upon the dead creature leaking the sap the zebra had coveted  unsure of wether to feel relief for the abomination cursed with living for centuries past its expiration date, or remorse for ending the life of a beast wich had truely been enjoying life.

     Alpha headed on down the path the zebra had taken, the previously fleshless chunk of face now in the painful process of regrowing the lost tissue. Fortunately it was a fairly quick affair completed by the time he reached the little hut he assumed was occupied by the zebra.