The warm rays of the sunlight leaked through the dense treetops. Dray woke up and yawn. He sat on the ground for a few minutes to get myself up and ready for today. He guesses he’s not that much of a morning person. There was still a few pieces of firewood left so he started to cook breakfast. Just like what he did last night, as he cooked the food and the smell of cooking meat filled the air.

Gilda started to move around in her sleep. Dray smiled. She looked so cute when she slept just like.... a friend..... he used to have. Flashback. It was dark and lonely. Dray was sad too. There wasn't any help coming, no chance of survival, and a zero percent chance that someone was going to just come by and see him suffering. He started to cry. The tears stung his eyes. Why was he always the one to suffer? Why did it have to be him? For what felt like hours of endless suffering ended when a light melted away the darkness. A claw reached out almost inviting. Seeing a way out of here, Dray ran for it, but the moment they connected hands it was over.

Dray was shaken from his trance by a screaming griffon known as the lovely Gilda. "-ND IF I EVER SEE YOU STARING AT ME WHILE I'M SLEEPING AGAIN I WILL GUT YOU ALIVE!" She screamed at him. ‘WOW that girl has some massive lungs.’, he thought, "Sorry. Its just that looking at you invoked some old memories." He said, hoping that she wasn't going to yell at him again. Gilda let go of him and grabbed her breakfast, while grunting "Perv!". He noticed that she was able to walk slowly on her own now. After they ate, Gilda and Dray started to head for the town.

Along the way Gilda told Dray about the blue flowers and that they were called “Poison Joke”. He started to ask lots of question after that; like: why were they here, what are they used for, where do they grow, and other stuff. "Does it look like I'm a plant nerd to you?" She asked him with an annoyed voice. "Um.....no." he replied. "Than stop asking me STUPID QUESTIONS. GEES DIDN'T YOUR PARENTS TEACH YOU ANYTHING!" Now that hit a sour spot on Dray’s ego.

He stopped. "I don't remember my parents. Or I can't remember them because their dead, or something; I really don't know." Dray said sadly as he looked down. Gilda looked back at him with pity. ‘ I can’t see her, but I know she is looking at my with pity’, he thought grimly. Dray could hear her as she stepped toward me. Her talons lifted up his teary face. Gilda’s face, was a face full of sadness. "Listen. I'm..........sorry. I just went through an argument with my best friend that I had since flight-camp. I'm a mental hazard right now, and a near death experience doesn't help either. If I start to say stuff that bothers you..... act tough dude. Your not going to get very far in this world by acting soft all the time." Gilda said with a smile. Dray smiled back.

As they walk off she said to him "And don't expect me to act like that again: it was a one time thing. Also, if you mention this to anyone; I will rip out your spine and use it as a toothpick." Gilda said as she laughed at his facial expression. Two hours later. Gilda and Dray had reach the town by mid-morning. There were ponies of all colors everywhere with weird marks on their flanks. Dray walked up to a little pony with a white coat and light purple and pink curly hair. The pony didn't have a mark on her flank.

"Hello. My friend here and I are looking for a hospital do you know where to find one?”, he asked. "Sure its......" The little pony talked in a girl's voice, making Dray think that she’s female. She screamed at the top of her lungs and ran away. The rest of the town followed suit. “I didn't know what the heck happened.” Dray said. Gilda fell down to the ground in pain. "Gaw! Stupid leg!" She partly yelled. Dray helped her onto a bench. "Here let me take a look it.'' he said as he observed her wounded leg. One of the cuts had reopened. It wasn't a very deep cut, but deep enough for a person to have a handicap for a while. Dray started to heal the wound, when he got the wind clean knocked out of him.

He was sent flying for about ten feet into the air. Dray landed right on his left arm. It took a few seconds for him to get a hold of what hit me. It was a cyan pony with rainbow hair. He could tell she was female, but her hair gave her a tomboyish look. Dray then saw five more ponies coming into the fray. One with an orange coat and blond hair. She also wore a hat and her mark was three red apples. 'Hmmm. Must be a farmer.' He thought. The next one was whited coated pony with purple curly hair. 'That must be that little one's sister.' The pink one with a cotton candy hair style was just bouncing around the place. 'Oooookaay.' One that he couldn't really see: because she was hiding behind a purple pony with a straight purple hairstyle and pink highlights, a star surrounded by more stars as a mark.

"You guys get Gilda out of here. I'll deal with the changeling." The purple one said with a flare of anger in her eyes. "Twilight are ya sure 'bout this?" The farmer said. "Its only one changeling. I can handle it." Twilight said. "Okay darling, but don't make too much of a raucous." The white one said as she and the others headed off towards a hospital. It was just me and Twilight. "So I guess your name is Twilight." Dray said, while sweat dripped down his forehead. As a response Twilight shot of a magic blast that went past his face by mere centimeters and flew off into the forest. "That was a warning shot. The next one won't be if you don't get your changeling butt out of my town." She said as she charged another shot.

"Awww, But I was planning on destroying part of the town before I was forced out." he joked. She took it to heart. She shot an energy ball at him. Dray dived left as it almost hit him. "Listen I'm not trying to fight you." he tried to convince her. She just smiled and charged straight at him. He jumped onto her back and leaped into the air. He then came up with an idea. He charged his own energy . “Pyro Needles times three!" Dray yelled. Three needles of fire headed for the lavender pony. She used her magic to deflect the needles. 'Dang it.'. He landed on the ground and started to ran down the street. 'Got to get a plan. Hmmm maybe if I...' his thoughts were interrupted by a purple magic blast to the back.

The half-changeling was sent rolling for about ten yards! 'MAN WHAT IS THIS PONY PACKING?' He thought. He got up in time to be sent flying again! This time Dray skid to a stop and sent three more needles her way. "Don't you changelings ever learn?" She said mockingly. Twilight put up a force field ready to deflect the needles, but instead of hitting her they plowed into the dirt road in front of her and exploded a mound of dirt five feet into the sky. This gave Dray enough time to run away, again. As the dust cleared he saw a whole new pony. One with a pale white coat and had FLAMES FOR A MANE. She shot rapid magic shots at him from a long distance. Dray used his pyro needles to block each blast, blow by blow. The mare known as Twilight was getting more annoyed by the second. She charged a huge amount of energy in her horn. 'How did I miss that? I guess trying to run for my life made me miss it.' Dray thought, in a anxiety. He felt a pressure in his throat, almost as if he was choking on a popcorn kernel.

Twilight sent a huge fire ball at the teenage dragon’s way. He opened his mouth to cough up the ‘thing’ that was in his mouth. He thought it would be some food or spit wad, but instead a big blue wall of fire. The magic fire ball collided with his firewall. The collision made both the fireball and firewall disappear. "Well thats new." He said. Dray was about to get up when he felt a hoof hit his stomach sending him flying into a perfectly placed wall. "Argh!" he screamed. A streak of blood leaked out of his mouth and nose. 'Okay I learned my lesson never mess with a mad Twilight... even....... if ....... you’re....... joking.' Were the black changeling’s last thoughts, as he fell back into the sweet embrace of darkness.

Author's Note

.This I what I'm doing from now on.I'm listing the powers of Dray at the end of every chapter. Hope you guys like it.
Dray Morningstar's techniques:
Pryo Needles
Healing Light
Blue Fire Wall