Lost in the Dark

ZuperDerpy got into his car and began to drive ‘Muffins…’ he thought to himself as he took the last turn lo the supermarket. ‘Gonna get me MUFFINS!!!’ he walked into the market and was greeted by a familiar face “Hi ZuperDerpy, are you here to buy muffins?” “You know it!” “Oh… we ran out… im sorry” ZuperDerpy’s dreams were chattered ‘No… no… NOOO!!!!’ he ran to his car and drove back to the house. “Hige, we’re goin’ on a trip” ZuperDerpy said as he ran into the house “Why?” “We are going on a search for muffins!!!” “This is going to end  badly… let me get my hoodie” Hige said as he walked over to the closet “Don’t you have to post the chapter” “… FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU” Hige screamed to the heavens

Hige woke up in a cold sweat. “NOOOOO!!!” Hige screamed in a panic. “Oh… sorry, Kiba…” Hige said to the wolf he had just rudely awakened. ‘Every time got to sleep, it haunts me… I can’t sleep at all anymore…’ he thought to himself as he began to walk to the bathroom. ‘What happened yesterday? I went to the bar… and… Damn it…’ he thought as the water from the shower began to flow out. ‘Something happened… I can feel it…’ he thought as he slowly immersed himself in the water, staying in the tub until sunrise. Hige began to dry off when, while looking at his hoof, he realized: ‘Where is my bracelet?’ “Kiba, have you seen my bracelet?” he asked, Kiba shook his head. ‘No, no, no, no…’ he thought as he quickly ran out of the house, Kiba close behind. Hige ran towards Fluttershy’s house and knocked on the door. Hoof steps could be heard getting closer to the door, until it eventually swung open.

“H-hello, Hige”, Fluttershy said happily.

“My bracelet, have you seen it?”

“Oh… um… I’m sorry… wait, didn’t you take it to the party?”

‘The party, I must have dropped it during the piñata!’ “Thanks”, he said as he ran to town, leaving a confused Fluttershy to wonder about what had just happened. ‘Ok… haven’t done this in a long time, need to get this right’, he thought to himself as he ran directly at a tree. ‘Okay… NOW!!!’ he thought as he jumped on the tree and then pushed himself further into the air and began to fly to Sweet Apple Acres (Hige had never gone to any form of Pegasus Flight School, so he had to find more creative ways to be able to ‘take off’). He soon made it to Sweet Apple Acres and began to search for Applejack. Once he found Applejack, he landed next to her.

“Well how are ya, sugar cube?” she asked, surprised by the sudden landing.

“My bracelet, I think I left it at the party.”

“Bracelet…” she put a hoof under her chin. “Did it have a black gem in the middle?”

“Yes, that’s the one. Do you have it?”

“That was yer’s? I gave it to Twi, She said that she knew who it belonged to.”

“You gave it to her… during the party?”

“Yes”

“Hmm… okay then, goodbye.” He began to walk away.

“W-wait, sugar cube!”

He stopped. “What?”

Applejack wrapped her arms around Hige’s neck, “I don’t have a clue of what ya did to Big Mac… but thank you…” She unwrapped her arms and walked away.

‘What is she talking about… no time.’ Hige ran towards the nearest tree and used it to launch himself into the sky once more.  He soon reached Twilight’s house and knocked on the door.

“Gimme a sec.” Was heard from the other side of the door. Once the door opened, a familiar baby dragon was standing there with a curious look on his face. “Um… Hige, right? Come in”, he said as he made way for Hige.

“Thanks, but Twilight has my bracelet. I kinda want it back…”

“You mean the silver one with the black gem in the middle?”

“Yes, that the one. Can I have it back?”

“Yeah… I think it was somewhere upstairs… gimme a sec.”

Hige took a seat and waited for Spike to finish looking. Soon enough, Spike began to walk down the stairs. “Did you find it?”

He raised the hand that held the bracelet. “Yeah, it was in her study…” he said in a strange tone.

“Well… thanks.” Hige slipped on the bracelet. “… Are you sure this is my bracelet?”

“It’s the only bracelet I found. Why, is there something wrong with it?” Spike said in an insulted tone.

“Nothing… nothing at all… well, thanks again.” He took his leave. ‘Now time to confront Kiba…’

Hige slowly made his way to Fluttershy’s cottage, where he was greeted by a very irritated Kiba who began to growl and bark at Hige’s presence.

“Calm down, Kiba.” Hige said, trying to avoid any form of bloodshed. “I’ll give you five treats.” Kiba quickly calmed down and began wagging his tail. “Hi, Fluttershy”

“D-did you find your bracelet?”

“Yeah, Twilight had it.”

Fluttershy took on a look of surprise. “She had your bracelet?”

“Applejack said she was going to give it back…” he began to look at the bracelet, while taking out the bag of treats.

“Okay then…” she began to feed Angel, but was interrupted by a sudden thought. “Oh… Um… I was wondering… I was going to pick some flowers in a meadow nearby… and I was wondering if you wanted to… well… you don’t have to… forget it, it’s nothing!”

“Didn’t sound like nothing…” he said as he threw the fifth treat at Kiba. “I’d really like to hear what you were saying.” He looked directly at her.

“Oh… um well… I was wondering… if you wanted to come.” A blush appeared on her face as she hid behind her mane.

A blush also appeared on Hige’s after he had realized why she was having a hard time trying to say it. ‘A date!?’ “Um… Y-yes… I would be happy to…” He said, trying to force a smile.

“R-really?” She began to peek through her mane

“Y-yeah… I would be happy to help…” he answered, the blush intensifying

“Oh! I mean… T-thank you…” she said with a smile

“Okay… when are we going?”

“In about an hour… can you go then? I can change it if you want”, she said nervously.

“I can make it”, he said with a smile

“Oh, good…” she said, relieved. “I need to get the animals fed before I leave…”

“You feed the animals inside, and I feed the animals outside?”

“Oh… well if you want to… you don’t have to”, she said in a surprised tone

“I know the drill…” he joked as he walked out the door.

“Okay… see you later…” she said with a smile.

Hige and Fluttershy finished their jobs with ease. He walked into the cottage to find Fluttershy, but only found the sinister white bunny. “Where’s Fluttershy?” Hige asked, causing the bunny to point to the bathroom. “Okay then…” he said as he turned away, the white bunny quickly ran into Hige’s line of sight. “Huh?” Hige said, wondering what the bunny was doing. The bunny offered Hige a carrot ‘… a peace offering?’ he thought to himself. “Is this a sorry?” Hige asked. The bunny nodded. “Okay then… I accept”, he said, “but you can keep the carrot.” The bunny smiled and scurried away. The bathroom door soon opened to Fluttershy with a bathrobe and a towel wrapped around her head. She blushed, smiled and proceeded to walk upstairs. ‘Did that just happen?’ Hige thought as a slight blush appeared on his face.

“Um… Hige?” Fluttershy said, seeing he had fallen asleep on the couch.

Hige bolted awake. “What!?” he yelped. “Oh… sorry”, Hige said in an embarrassed tone to a stunned Fluttershy.

“Um… I’m ready…”

“Okay then… lets go”, he said as he got up from the couch. He stretched out his wings, Fluttershy began to lean on Hige. Hige was forced to wrap his wing around Fluttershy… not that he was complaining. She gave a small sigh and they began to walk. ‘I can hear her heartbeat…’ he thought to himself as they walked out the door.

Kiba walked out the forest and met up with them, he looked at the two of them, but made no initiative to embarrass Hige. They walked to the back of the cottage to retrieve the baskets in which to place the flowers. Kiba happily picked up the two baskets without being asked. Fluttershy helped Hige and Kiba find their way to the Meadow. Soon enough, they arrived, Fluttershy still under Hige’s wing. Kiba placed the baskets down. Hige and Fluttershy separated and both picked up one of the baskets and began pick the various flowers that were in the meadow. Kiba began to sleep. The both picked a large variety of flowers and, as soon as he filled up his basket with flowers, Hige began to look around. ‘This place is beautiful… I can’t believe I actually had my wing around her… this night can’t get any better…’ Hige took a deep breath and tilted his head upwards, he opened his eyes and realized. ‘Full moon…’ A howl could be heard around the meadow, Fluttershy turned to look at the animal who made the howl and was surprised to find Kiba asleep and Hige looking at the sky.

“Was that you?” she asked skeptically.

“What? The howl?”

“Um, yes… was that you?” she asked, walking towards him.

“Yeah… haven’t done it in a long time though…” he said as he turned his gaze to the moon once more.

“T-that was amazing! Can you do it again! I mean… if that’s okay with you”, she said shyly.

Hige took one deep breath and began to howl, Fluttershy was amazed. Soon enough, Kiba woke up and began to howl. Once both of them finished howling, there was another howl heard just outside the meadow.

“They sound close…” she said in a worried tone.

“They are…” Hige proceeded to make one more howl, which was soon joined by various other howls. Glowing eyes could be seen at the far ends of the meadow. “They are right over there…”

“Are they going to get closer?”

“No... Not unless we make them angry…” he said with a smile.

“How… how did you learn how to do that?” she asked curiously.

“I don’t know… I just get the urge to do it sometimes…” he said as he threw himself onto the ground. “So, what are the flowers for?”

“Oh, they are for a dress that Rarity is making”, she said as she looked down at Hige

“Rarity… is she the white mare with the purple hair?” he asked as he looked up.

“Yes…  I think we have enough for her, thanks for the help.”

“Okay then.”

Hige picked up his basket and began to follow Fluttershy to the cottage. Once they reached the cottage, he placed the basket in the far corner of the room and began to rest on the couch.

“Um… Hige”

“Yeah?”

“Oh… It’s just that… I was wondering if you wanted to eat something.”

“Hmm… don’t worry, I’ll be fine… do you have anything to drink, though?”

“Oh, yes. I have a variety of tea. Do you have a favorite?”

“Not really… anything that would give me some energy would be fine”, he said as he followed Fluttershy to the kitchen.

Fluttershy began to giggle when she saw that Hige had fallen asleep on the dining chair while waiting for her to make the tea. “Hige… Hige… Wake up Hige”, she said as she poked Hige’s head. He soon woke up, she place the tea in front of him and said, “Be careful its ver-“

“BAAAHHH!!!” he flinched after he tried to drink his hot tea. “Dat ish hot…” he tried to say with a burned tongue

“Oh no! Come with me right now, you need some help!” she said as she dragged him into the living room. “Stay here!”  She left him sitting on the couch. She came back with some strange leaves “Chew on this, it will make it feel better.” She handed him some leaves and he began to chew on them.

‘Mints? They feel really cold…’ he thought to himself as Fluttershy returned.

“Okay, let me see your tongue”, she said. Hige opened his mouth. “Do you feel this?” she asked as she poked the middle of Hige’s tongue with a tongue depressor, Hige mumbled a yes. “Okay good. No nerve damage, you’re going to be fine…” she said as she packed all her equipment away.

[A few moments later]

‘Minty minty minty.’ Hige thought, as he smelled his own breath. ‘Oh god, it’s burning my eyes!’ Hige said as a cloud of mint breath collided with his eyes.

“Are you okay Hige? A-are you crying?” she asked as she took a closer look.

Hige shook his head and pointed at his mouth

“Does your tongue hurt!? Open your mouth!” she said desperately. Hige opened his mouth “Um… I don’t see-“ Hige blew a cloud of minty breath at Fluttershy. “Oh, the mint, its making me… teary eyed!” she said finally realizing what Hige was saying, she began to giggle.

“Yeth”, Hige tried to say.

“Um… is your tongue swollen?” she asked as Hige opened his mouth. She began to look at it to search for signs of swelling.

“You’re not swollen”, she said as she stopped poking Hige’s tongue. “It’s probably still numb”

Hige smiled. “No… I was just exaggerating”, he said in a normal voice.

“Wh-why?” she asked embarrassed, a small blush appearing on her face.

“Because you are adorable when you’re worried.” ‘Do you ever THINK OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!!!’ he thought to himself as he realized what he said.

“Y-you think I’m adorable?” she asked curiously and surprised.

‘Oh no! I really need to think this trough before I make another mistake!’ he thought as he tried to find the words he needed to say. His thoughts were quickly interrupted by a familiar feeling overtaking his body. ‘Oh no…’ he thought as his body tensed and ears perked up.

“What’s wron-“ She was interrupted by a flash of white light followed by a loud bang. A thunderstorm quickly took place.

‘I have to leave… I have to get out! ’ Hige thought to himself.