Our Journey

Kind, gentle, caring. The wolves of Wolf Village were these and more, offering us food and shelter for the night. You would not expect such traits from a lupine, but one must not judge a book by its cover. They have much to offer us in terms of a meal, and sadly, only Spike and I are able to eat. Why? Well, because ponies are herbivores, and it consisted entirely of meat. Pork to be precise. We ate in a separate room, out of respect for the mares. I overheard two of the locals, both female, speak of retrieving fruit from the forest, so I was glad that the others would not have to miss out on eating tonight.

The night was cold and I'm glad that we had found this place, for none of us had thought to pack tents or sleeping bags. Perhaps we're just lucky. The room we dine in is lit only by a single lantern at the center of the table. The small flame within flickers and waves hypnotically in every direction. That said hypnosis is broken by the sound of an opening door. Spike turns first to see who it is before I mimic his action. It is Chartreuse, a local female. She had mentioned her name before. I remember her saying something of owning this small house, or just living here, I can't remember exactly. Perhaps it was the first. She carried with her, a large pail that contained various multicolored berries. It was no doubt that those were Pinkie and the others. She didn't talk much, in fact she simply ignored our greetings as she pass through the door way into the other room to give the berries to the ponies. "Well that was rude", Spike stated as he returned to carnivorously tearing into his share of pork like a dragon of his age usually would. "Maybe she's not much of a talker", I replied, "kinda like Big Mac". He shrugged and continued eating. I was finished with my meal. I got up from the table, stretching my back and yawning loudly. Pork is a substance that easily induces weariness upon its consumer, that I knew. It seemed that spike was finished as well, already having devoured his plate's worth of food. Chartreuse's house did not have a facet, or plumbing for that matter, so washing up consisted of a small moist towel. We were returning to the room when the lupine, Chartreuse, had exited. One thing I noticed about her was that she always seemed to be in some sort of hurry. As we entered the room I turned and let Spike through first, peering back at the wolf, who simply and calmly sat down on a small mat in the corner near the front door. She looked back at me. "Yes?", she asked. Well what do you know, she spoke. "Nothing", I replied, "Good night". She nodded once and sat back against the wall, closing her eyes. I closed the door, and turned around to see that my friends were enjoying their meal. Fluttershy was still fast asleep though. "Golly, these berries are mighty tasty!", Applejack said enthusiastically. The rest agreed with her, although Dash did not partake in the consumption of the delicious fruit. "What's wrong, Dashie?", Pinkie asked. "Not hungry", she replied. Liar.

I decided to get some sleep early on so I would be ready to go first thing in the morning. I laid down on the small mat that the wolves had kindly provided. I closed my eyes and drifted off into a nice, comfortable, deep sleep.

Awake. I stand up quickly and look all around me at my current surroundings. Circular room, brick walls, water at my feet. "Hello...who's there?". A voice? I know that voice. I turn quickly and to my surprise I find none other than Fluttershy. "Sven?", she asked pathetically between sobs, "I'm so scared". I crouched down next to her and pulled her into a hug. "Fluttershy, where are we? Do you know?", I asked in a soft tone, not wanting to frighten her. She looked straight into my eyes with a most terrified expression. "He put me in the well".

My eyes opened. I shuffled off of my mat and quickly  crawled over to Fluttershy, mindlessly stirring up the rest of my friends in the process. "FLUTTERSHY!", I screamed as I shook her by the shoulder to wake her up. "Woah! What are you doing?!", Twilight screamed as she pushed me away from Fluttershy. "She won't wake up!"