Our Journey

A village, here in the middle of this forest just past the rock bridge, and these mares that travel with me seem so confused. Twilight tells me that she has never heard of any settlement this close to Ponyville. The others agree. We approach the village from the south we came, and at first it seems desolate, but all is in order. There are a few scattered houses, all with dirty and dusty windows that, perhaps, have not been touched in years, and a stone well in the center. We keep close together and explore this ghost town. Although dust has collected on doors and windows of ever house, they all appear to be structurally sound, all of them. "This is just weird, guys", Spike muttered as he huddled between Twilight and Rarity. "It's as if anyone that lived here, just...left", I said. It was then that I heard a loud howl, like that of a dog or wolf. We stopped dead in our tracks. Poor Fluttershy dropped to the ground, her hands over her head, and tears forming in her eyes. We turned to her, all having mixed reactions to her actions. Dash was annoyed, Pinkie and Twilight tried to comfort her, Spike and Rarity stood by me, seemingly indifferent to the situation, and Applejack..., "Hey, AJ, what are you looking at?", I asked as I looked in the direction she stared. My question was answered instantly and the rest of the group turned to face the one amongst us who came in the form of a tall male wolf. He stood no less than ten feet from Applejack's position, staring into her eyes as she stared back, obviously in shock. He made no noise, he made no movement, he just stood there with an emotionless expression and his hands wrapped around himself. None of us dared to inch in any direction, and the current event had become a staring contest with a being that might as well of been our own shadow. In time, perhaps two minutes that passed as our eyes never left his, they left ours and gazed lifelessly to what ever may have been behind us. I dare not move, for I know not what this individual's intentions may be, but some of us were braver than the rest. "Okay, seriously!", Dash shouted, "What are you looking at?!" He slowly turned his head to look at her, before turning and running off into the forest. "Hey, come back here you--", Dash was cut off by Twilight who stopped her from going after him. "Wait, Rainbow!", she shouted. "Twilight, we can't just let him go knowing that there's some creep following us", Dash retorted. "Listen to your friend, sky pony".

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As expected, Fluttershy's sensitive nerves could not handle much more, and at the sound of a new unfamiliar voice that seemed to echo from nothingness, she fainted into Pinkie's arms. We were alarmed at first sight of these newcomers, and for good reason. Their numbers exceeded ours by at least thirty, and the one who first spoke held in his left hand, a dagger. Where they came from, I do not know, but apparently this village was not as lifeless as we had assumed. He spoke again, "Your horned friend is wise, young pegasus". He sheathed his dagger and walked to us slowly, kneeling down by Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, "He is quite deranged, ponies, and I pray he has not harmed your yellow friend". It was obvious who he spoke of, Fluttershy, who was still currently in a fear educed slumber, began to shuffle lightly in Pinkie's arms. "Who are you?", Rarity asked. The lupine looked up at the dress maker, and it was then that i noticed...his eyes contained bright and beautiful purple irises, but no pupils. "Forgive me", he spoke once more, "My name is White, pack leader of Wolf Village". He turned his attention to Pinkie, extending his arms out toward Fluttershy, "Allow me, we have a place for her to rest". Although she was hesitant, Pinkie lifted Fluttershy and gently handed her over to the white wolf, "Come friends, we have food and beds for all of you".