Chapter4: Escaping the Everfree

Day3
It had been 2 days since the departure of the Elements. They had been walking through the Everfree forest, and luckily, none of them got hurt yet.

Usually, whenever they would go into the forest, a monster would try to attack them. They had face a hydra, timberwolves, and manicures before in the forest, so they know they had some experience with the dangers of the forest.

However, during the past two days, they came across some add creatures thet were properly a new type of species.

One was a slender like creature, that was bi –pedal and somehow worn a suit, and had no eyes or a mouth and had tentacles coming out of its back.

Of course, Rarity thought the suit looked dazzling on him. At one point, she thought about to go ask the slender creature where he had his suit made at. Of course, when Rarity thought of this, she then decided not to do it, since the creature didn’t have a mouth and even if it did have a mouth, it probably didn’t know how to speak properly. However, she was still urged to go and ask him, but she just fought that feeling, because she knew it would be useless.

She also knew it wouldn’t matter since the slender like creature was focusing on another group of Bi-Pedal creatures. They did hear some sort of weird noise when they got close to him as they were walking by though.

That was not the only creature they had came across the last couple of days.

They had come across a small floating glowing creature. It even said words, although, it only knew how to speak those two words, which were ‘hey listen’. It did get annoying after a while, but Twilight was still amazed at how a creature from the Everfree could actually talk.

They also came up to a pony that seemed to have no eyelids at all. The elements even noticed a cut on his mouth, as if he was always smiling. The pony did look at them but trotted off to seem like joining the slender like creature they had walked by not too long ago. Pinkie did like him, because she thought he was smiling at them. Pinkie decided to call him Jeff the pony since he didn’t speak, to them at all.

They also came across a tree that was alive. The elements were deathly scared of it, and tried to out run it; however, the tree never went after them. All the tree did was look at them. As they were running away from it, they heard whispering from it, and Twilight decided to call the tree whispering willows.

The elements also came across a pony that looked very ill. His flesh was rotten and all the pony did was moan. Then, one of the elements finally figured out that it was a zompony.

Rainbow dash had said it, because she knew her mythical creatures very well. Twilight couldn’t believe her eyes, because she had thought they were just a myth. They then ran away from the zompony, but the zompony never even tried to catch them.

That’s what had happened over the course of two days. They were on their third day. Three more days they had to go, for the Everfree forest was big and stretched on for miles on end.

The elements were walking an abandoned trail they came across. The trail seemed to be safe. Not even a single animal tried to attack them.

The elements decided to take a small break on a nice sized rock they had found. The elements put there saddle bags down to give it a rest, for they were tired from walking the trail.

Applejack had packed plenty of apple cider for everyone for the trip. She even packed some for the Seventh element if he ever wanted some.

Rainbow Dash decided to do some exercises with her wings, so she flew up high into the sky and let her wings fly. She wanted them to get some exercises.

Pinkie Pie just simply rested on the rock, along with Rarity who had brought a book along with her to read from so it could past the time. She had figured this might have been a good time to catch up on her reading. She was always busy back at home. She was contently filling in orders for her clients and trying to watch over Sweetie belle to make sure she didn’t get into trouble.

Applejack was also on the rock, eating a little snack she had brought along with her.

Twilight took a break to look at the map Celestia had given her. She was looking at the trail they had to take to get to Raptureville.

It seemed that after they get out of the Everfree, they will have to hike through a tundra. It was because the routes would’ve taken them to more dangerous places. Over, it would’ve been a short cut, but hiking through the tundra would have been far more safer then the short cut. Then after that, the last obstacles were mountains. It wasn’t very big mountains, however, mountains that were easy to navigate through.

Fluttershy was also looking at small insects she had found over in the grass area. She was watching the insects eat the plants. All of a sudden, Fluttershy had heard a noise come from the wooded area. Fluttershy squeaked, and took a few steps back, for she was afraid of that was in the darkness of the forest.

Fluttershy then saw green glowing eyes come out of the darkness. The glowing eyes started to slowly come closer and closer. The green eyes eventually showed it to be on a face on an animal. A timber wolf. Not just one timber wolf though, but a small pack, as if they were lone wolves at one point, but joined together to create a pack. Fluttershy then ran quickly as she could to the others as fast as she could. The timber wolves followed behind her.

The timber wolves kept gaining speed and distance from her. Fluttrershy saw this, and pushed herself even more to get away from the wolves. She was successful a little bit, but the wolves were even faster. Eventually Fluttershy was able to get to her friends.

“Fluttershy? What you running from?” asked Twilight as she saw Fluttershy running towards her.

Fluttershy eventually stopped and tried to her best very quickly to suppress her breathing and tell the news of what she had seen. “Timber wolves are coming this way. There seems to be a pack of them.”

Twilight’s face then had a shocked expression. She then said, “Alright girls, let’s show these wolves who they’re messing with.”

Twilight was in ready position to fight. As so was Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow dash. Fluttershy was shivering near the rock, and Pinkie was trying to cheer her up, and make her smile.

Pinkie knew she could, because she loved to see her friends smile, and her friends knew it. Eventually, Fluttershy came around, and gave a smile to pinkie. When pinkie saw the smile on Fluttershy’s face, she gave her a big nice long hug. While she was doing that, the others were fighting off the timber wolves.

Applejack found some rocks, and threw at the timber wolves, and the method seemed to work. Twilight used some of her magic spells she had practice. She had used the ones from the time when the Changelings invaded Cantorlot.

Rarity was kicking with all her strength at the timber wolves. The timber wolves were pushed back and a little hurt, but still tried to come at Rarity.

Rainbow dash was hitting the timber wolves and she was doing very well. Soon, the timber wolves were defeated, but the sticks started to glow, and transformed into a giant timber wolf.

When the elements saw this, they were ready to fight it off, but fortunately, for them, luck was on their side a little. A user major came up behind the timber wolf monster, and had stomped on him.

The first problem had been solved, but the other problem was the user major. Unfortunately, Twilight knew there was no sure way to fight a user major. All she knew was an Alicorn was powerful enough to take one down, but she wasn’t sure how to take one down without being an Alicorn.

The best they could do was run and that’s what they did, they ran until they couldn’t see the user major no more. Fortunately, for them, they ran so fast, that the user major decided to not even bother them.

After they had rested for a while, they then continued to hike three or four more miles and stopped for the night. Luna’s moon rose up high into the sky, as Celestia’s sun descended to the ground.

They stetted up camp, and had a little food before they went to bed. After they had finished eating, they sat there for a while and enjoyed the fire.

Then, they heard a howl far into the night. However, Twilight couldn’t recognize the howl, neither could Fluttershy. The elements froze in place, afraid what the noise was.

Applejack stood up, and was in a position to stand her ground. So did Rainbow Dash and Twilight. Pinkie pie and Rarity just continued to freeze in place.

Fluttershy, however, swiftly went to her tent and hide from whatever creature of the night that howled through the quite Luna’s night. The elements looked at their soundings, and saw nothing.

Twilight made a suggestion of finding the source of the howling, but Applejack quickly shot the idea down, for it was too dangerous to do so. Then, Rainbow spotted something in the darkness that surrounded campsite. Rainbow had seen glowing evil yellow eyes.

She alerted the others, and the elements just stared at it, as if they were looking at a ghost. Then slowly one by one, more yellowish eyes appeared. It eventually grew into about 11 pairs of eyes looking at them.

Rainbow quickly grabbed a stick that was on fire from the fire they had made earlier. She grabbed the stick and quickly ran up to the creatures, trying to push them back, but her strategy failed.

The creatures responded by attacking Rainbow dash. The creature quickly pounced onto Rainbow Dash, and the creature revealed itself.

The elements didn’t know what it was at all. It was a timber wolf, but this wolf like creature wasn’t even made of wood, but was ugly.

It snarled at Rainbow, and was about to swipe its claws into Rainbows Face, when suddenly Applejack bucked its face so hard, it knocked the wolf like creature back with a strong force.

Twilight then quickly helped Rainbow up from the Ground. Soon Rarity and Pinkie were out of their trance, and went to join the others and fight.

The rest of the wolf like creatures slowly walked up to the other elements, while having opened mouths while doing so. Their mouths wanted the taste of blood.

They wanted to rip off the ponies flesh so badly, they would kill each other for the flesh. The wolf as if creatures then attacked all at once, but only five out of the eleven members failed to attack, for the elements attacked them first.

As for the others, they had pinned down the elements, and were about to strike them down and were about to taste their blood. The wolf like creature could just taste the blood, as they were moments away from doing so, they had licked their lips, and were about to bite into their prey, when suddenly, Rainbow Dash quickly grabbed another stick that was from the fire, and set the wolf like creature face on fire.

It wined and ran ramped through the campsite, knowing not what to do. However, the other creature ignored it, and continued staring at the elements. Rainbow quickly stetted the other creatures on fire. Rainbow Dash didn’t want to do this to them.

However, she knew what she had to do. She knew what she had to survive and save her friends. The creatures soon died from being burned alive, and were laying dead for insects to feed on them or for maggots too soon to be born in their corpses.

Rainbow Dash had a shocked face, knowing for what she did. She knew she was strong, but she never wanted to kill anything. Applejack saw this, and decided to cheer or friend up.

She said, “it’s ok Rainbow. You did what you had to do. And we thank you for it too.”

Rainbow looked at Applejack, with a little smirk on her face. She knew her friend was trying to cheer her up, but it didn’t work. However, Rainbow couldn’t help but give a little smirk, as if it was funny to her.

Soon, the other wolf like creatures came back, that wasn’t set on fire. Rainbow Dash tried to set the rest on fire, but fail for one of the creatures’ paws quickly swiped it away from her hooves.

It even made a little mark on her right hoof. Twilight then used one of her magic spells she was taught by Celestia herself. It was a defense spell she had learned long ago.

It was a simple spell she had used during the time when the changelings attacked Cantorlot and had ruined her brother’s wedding. It had knocked out the creatures, but the shots were fired so hard, that the shots had damaged the brain, leaving the creatures to slowly die.

Twilight didn’t know she had killed the creatures, and decided that she would stay up to keep watch if the creatures would get back, but they never did.

Twilight had stayed up for watch, while the rest went to their tents to drift off to dreamland.

DAY 4
When the elements woke up early dawn, they all yawned away, as they got up from their sleeping bags, to go outside.

They all saw Twilight had stayed up the entire night, was very tired. Twilight tried everything in her power to stay up. Twilight even dozed off a little bit from time to time throughout the night.

Applejack had felt bad for Twilight, which she had to stay up the entire night, protecting them from the Everefree’s creatures.

Applejack went up to Twilight and said, “Thanks Twi, for staying up to protect us. Tell you what, when we get to our next campsite, I’ll take watch.”

Twilight had a little smirk on her face, but continued to have a depressing look on her face, for she had been up all night and was tired. The elements had packed their tents and food, and headed out to their last campsite of the Everfree forest.

They had left the bodies of the wolf like creatures behind at the campsite.

The wolf like creatures that Nghitmane had unleashed upon the elements. The elements left it behind and never wanted to speak about it again.

Not much happened that day. No creatures wanted to bother them, nor were they were afraid of them. They didn’t bother them at all. It was during the time when Celestia’s sun was setting, and the elements decided to walk for a mile more until they stopped.

However, they came across an obstacle. It was a murky, deep swamp lake. The elements looked at it in amazement, for it was the biggest they had ever seen for a swamp lake.

Applejack then suddenly started to pick up stable branches and tie them together to make a raft to get across the swamp lake. When the others noticed what Applejack was doing, they stared at her.

Applejack noticed this, and said, “Well, aren’t you going to help or what?” the elements got out of their trance and started to help.

It had taken them about an hour to finish the raft, but when it was finished, the elements were satisfied. Fluttershy was even proud of herself for what she had helped made.

The elements then got onto the raft, and slowly pushed it into the lake. When it was in the lake, Rainbow Dash gently pushed the raft away from the edge of the lake. Twilight had made the paddle and Applejack paddled through the lake.
Applejack had some experience with paddling before. In fact, when she went to the apple family reunions, from time to time, they had a family completion of a boat race. Applejack remembered those times, and how she had won every time. She was a paddling champion.

After a while, the elements felt a bump underneath the water. Twilight had shrugged it off, possibly being just an air bubble coming up form beneath the bottom, while the others, were worried it was something else.

The others had a right to be afraid, because after a little while longer, their raft broke into two. What had destroyed it was a reptilian monster. It had green skin and could walk onto land.

After the raft had broke into two, three of the elements got onto each broken half. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy didn’t have a problem getting on the frat, for they had wings.

Applejack and Pinkie didn’t also have a problem, because they were excellent swimmers. Neither did Twilight had a problem foe she teleported to the raft. As for Rarity, she struggled to get on to one of the broken half’s. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had helped her onto the raft.

The elements soon saw the other end of the lake and decided to make a swim for it.

Twilight had teleported to the part of the raft that Rarity was on and teleported her t land, while Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy flew.

As for Applejack and Pinkie, they swam towards to the land. However, the monster was hot on their tail. While Apple and Pinkie were in the water, they had felt something touching them.

Soon, Pinkie was pulled under the water. Applejack saw this, and went under as well, to save her friend.

Apple saw Pinkie being dragged under, looking at Pinkie’s face in horror. Pinkie had a horrid look on her face, trying to hold her breath for as long as she could. Applejack quickly swam to the monster who had captured pinkie, before it went to the area of the lake, where the light didn’t reach.

Applejack was losing the monster, but she picked up speed as best as she could. Apple eventually got to the monster, and as hard she could try to under water, she bucked the monster, and the monster had loosened the grip he had on Pinkie.

Apple had grabbed one of Pinkies hooves and brought her towards the surface. She was close to land, but the monster was coming back for them. Applejack gave Pinkie a little boost, and kicked to land, while she tried to distract the monster.

Apple had gone under again, and found a hole; shaped by a wooden branch that probably had been there for years.

Applejack quickly went through it, and it was a second too soon. The monster almost had caught her, but instead, the monster’s mouth was caught onto the wooden branch that mad a circle.

Applejack swam for the surface, and was closer to land this time. She had seen Pinkie was already at land, and decided to try her best to make it to the others.

When she had made it to land, she was shivering cold. Her friends tried to help her out as much as possible. Applejack didn’t feel any better, but felt pride that she and the others had escaped the monster.

However, the monster walked onto land, ready to kill and have the taste of blood. The elements had seen this, but had nothing to defend themselves with against the monster.

Therefore, the only option they had was to out run the creature. The elements were successful, for the creature was slow moving when it was on land.

The elements were far away from the creature; the creatures went back into the lake and hoped to catch some fish.
The elements had later set up camp and all of them this time, had rest easily that night.

Day 5
It was dawn. Twilight had waked up with a long g yawn. She had a good night’s sleep that night.

Something that she thought she would never had gotten to experience, ever since she had stayed up that one night, but it was to protect her friend she had thought.

The rest of the elements got up, yawned, and packed their things. They also had a little breakfast, some apples that applejack had brought along with her.

Nothing much happened during the day, nor at mid day. As the elements were walking, the temperature started to get cold. The elements were walking up hill. They were going to higher elevation, so it got colder and colder as they went up.

It eventually got to the point, where the elements had to put on their winter coats to keep them warm as they travelled through the remainder of the Everfree.

It was around nighttime when the elements were about an hour away from the end of the Eeverfree. Twilight had thought that they had finally done it.

She knew that they still had a ways to go, but the Everfree took most of the time to get through during the journey.

Eventually, the elements could see the exit of the Everfree, however, it was still far away, and the elements could only see a little bit of the end. The elements also saw some phoenixes as they walked by.

The phoenixes were making sure that their young were fed and were all right while they were sleeping.

Suddenly, there was a screech in the silent air.

The elements tried to pin point the source of it, but failed to do so. Then, Pinkie Pie saw a flock of black birds in the sky.

She couldn’t tell what type of bird it was, for there was not enough light in the night sky, to distinguish what bird it would have been.

Eventually, the birds came swooping down at them; however, the elements were lucky enough to dodge their attack on them. However, when they came down for a second time, the flying creatures pinned them all down.

The elements eventually saw the mysterious creatures face, which were the fly ugly creatures that Nightmane had sent after them. They were hideous. The elements were stuck, for they didn’t have anything on them that they could have fought with. However, Applejack saw a rock nearby her, and a family of phoenixes.

She then had the idea in her mind, which could help her and her friends out of this alive. Applejack tried to grab the rock with her tail, but failed. She grunted as she failed at picking up the rock.

She then tried a second time. Still no luck.

She grunted again, but a bit more loudly, that her friends could hear her. She had one more chance to pick up the rock.

She had saw the flying creature, hold up Pinkie Pie, while holding the heads of the other elements, so they could watch, as they statured their friends.

The creatures had their mouths open and couldn’t wait for taste the blood of ponies and watch, as they ripped flesh from a pony. The creatures knew that they were twisted and evil.

Applejack tired to pick up the rock this time, but picked it up with success. She only had one shot at shooting. She tried to concentrate, and tried to have accuracy with higher aim. However, the creature noticed she wasn’t looking what was about to be a killing of a pony.

Therefore, the creature turned her head around, to make her watch as they killed her friend. The creature had one of its long and dirty claws on Applejack’s head. Applejack was starting to get nervous.

She couldn’t tell if her aim was good, but, took the chance, and threw it at the phoenix. The rock did hit the bird, but it didn’t only disturbed the bird from its slumber, but it angered it.

The bird went crazy and flew through the sky rapidly. It then identified the one that threw the rock at it, and aimed for Applejack. Applejack saw this coming, and with all of her strength, she turned to face the opposite direction that the creature had made her face.

Soon, the bird lit the bird like creature on fire. The screech from the bird soon woke up the others, and they too went crazy. They soon flew through the forest; however, some had hit trees, and had lilted some trees on fire as well after crashing.

Soon, the small area of the Everfree that the elements were in at was on fire, while snow gently came down and touched their coats.

Soon, the creatures saw the flames, and ditched the elements to die in the fire. Soon, the elements gained the ability to move freely again, and rushed towards the exit.

Each one of them hurried on their hooves, and pushed to their limits of running. Soon, the elements were free from the Everfree forest, but had only one last obstacle left,

before they reached Raptureville. The cold and mountains, which that they had to face.

Author's Note

well, like i say many of times, the next chapter will be a while, however, i have made chapters 5 and 6. however, i sor to of came across a problem. with chapter 5, its sort of short and i feel like it shouldn't be, however, its about as long as the prolouge, so i'm going to say fuck it and put it on here sometime soon. however, with the chapter 6, its even shorter then chapter 5, so i'm going to tweak it a bit and see if i can't make it longer.