When will it end?

Twilight could only sit there with a open jaw as the creature grabbed her and jumped to the ground. As they fell, the beast's body slowly faded away into nothingness.  As they hit the ground, she looked around. They appeared to be in a clearing somewhere in the Everfree Forest. The creature nodded, then set Twilight on the ground. She realized that drool started to form on her open lip, and closed it quickly. "What is he doing?" she wondered, as she saw him walk towards a tree. He grabbed a circle with a strange glowing piece of metal on the outside (Where did he get that?) and gave it a swing. A magic ring shot out of it, and choped down a few branches. He kept doing this until he had a nice bunch of branches. He then approached Twilight, who backed up into an object. Turning around she saw it was a sword, rusted and aged from time. She heard footsteps, and backed away as he neared the blade. She then saw him proceed to lay the sticks carefully around the blade. "Is he going to make a fire? It's still midday. How will he light it?" She then witnessed him pull out some black rock and metal, and strike them over the 'bonfire'. She yelped as it suddenly burst into flames, providing a light into the shadows of the Everfree. He sat down, and reached into his pocket to withdraw a simple, plain wooden box. "Come here". She gasped in surprise as he spoke, and quickly made her way over. She sat by the flame, and watched him closely. He rummaged around in the box, (which was about the size of a Sugarcube Corner to go box), for something he needed. "Here," he said, and held out a loaf of bread. She accepted it humbly, and began to nibble. They sat there for awhile, basking in the glow of the fire. Twilight finally gathered up the courage to speak.

"Excuse me."

"Hmm?"

"Thank you for saving me."

"You're welcome."

"How do you know our language?"

"What language? FolkTongue?"

"No, Equestrian."

"I speak the language of FolkTongue, not this Equestrian you speak of."

"I'm sure that's—"

"Shh"

"What!"

"Shh" He stood up and backed away from the bonfire. He reached into the box and, to Twilight's astonishment, pulled out a giant shield which had a flower carved into the front. He slowly walked forward and placed the shield in front of him. He waited. In a split second he turned ever so slightly to the left, away from Twilight. "CLANG". Something slammed into the shield, sending him back a few paces. Twilight looked in front of the shield to see a certain rainbow maned pegasus pressed into the shield. "Rainbow Dash!" Twilight rushed forward, and dragged her friend off of the shield. She saw Rainbow Dash slowly awaken from her dazed state.

"Twilight? Twilight, your okay!" Twilight breathed a sigh of relief as she saw Rainbow Dash slowly get up from the ground. Her face changed to one of worry as she saw that Rainbow Dash's nose was bleeding." What is it, Twi?" Twilight pointed to Rainbow's face. "What? Oh... that." Rainbow mopped up her face, but the blood kept coming. "Here." Rainbow looked up, and saw a clump of red moss in front of her face. "Eat." Rainbow saw that holding the moss was a large, towering creature. " I'm not eating that!" "It will stop the bleeding." She excepted the plant, and swallowed it whole. Instantly she felt rejuvenated, and she instantaneously felt the blood stop. "Thanks."

"No problem."

"Rainbow, what are you doing out here?" said Twilight.

"When I saw that...thing shoot out of the ground, I got here as fast as I could. I didn't know about this thing being here."

"Careful Rainbow. This 'thing' just saved my life from that beast. It also was the thing to destroy it."

"Really!? This guy took down that colossal worm? I mean... I could've taken it down if I had a good weapon! Ten seconds flat!  By the way, how did you know which way I was coming from?"

"When you took off, you created a slight breeze. A leaf blew through the clearing. I simply turned my shield into the wind."

"Nice. I probably could've done it as well.

"Maybe. But first we must escape this forest. Come to the flame. I have things for the both of you. Night draws near, and I sense evil here." Both of the ponies looked up, and indeed saw that the sun was dropping beneath the canopy. They made their way over to the flame, and sat down. The creature rummaged around in his box and pulled a needle, thread, and two sets of clothing. He got to work modifying the gear in front of him. "Done." He held up the now modified pieces of clothing. "For you, Rainbow Strike—"

"It's Rainbow Dash."

"Rainbow Dash, for you I have the Shadow Garb. It is used by spooks in the eastern lands from where I'm from. It won't offer the best defense, but it will let you stay mobile, and will help against bleeding and poison." The clothing he was showing was very ninja like, and darker than the midnight shadows. Rainbow Dash could see stitches where he had torn or sewn the clothing to fit Rainbow Dash. She put it on and almost instantly faded in with her surroundings. "For you, unicorn, I have the Vinheim Dragon School uniform. This set of clothing won't offer the best defense, but it will influence your magical properties." The gear that he had for Twilight was a simple piece of sorcerer's gear, with a nice hat.

"Thank you, but my name is Twilight."

"Very well. Also, Miss Dash. Take this dagger. It belonged to a good friend of mine." The dagger he held out to Rainbow was a silver blade, with a curve to its fierce bite. As she swung the dagger through the air, it left a silver trail behind it. "Miss Twilight, I also want you to take this shield. It is made of simple leather, so it won't block the fierce attacks. Hopefully you won't have to use it."

"Are we ready to go?"

"Yes sir."

"Yup."

"Then lets go." With that note they headed into the forest, as night slowly took over the day.