From the Brink

by Silent Sir 224


My Life Story

Hello there, well since you're here I might as well tell you who I am, my name is Windbreaker, I am an 18 year old pegasus stallion and I am completely doomed. Perhaps I should elaborate, now I realize I am not the smartest pony in the world because I decided to wander into the Everfree Forest alone, at night, knowing full well what beings actually live there and how many of them could kill me on a whim and how having a pure white coat and blue tail provide absolutely no sort of camouflage. I can just see my old school teacher placing a dunce cap on top of my head right now.

Now why you may ask why was I going through the Everfree Forest in the first place, I don't have a clue why I decided to. I spend my days simply following the wind just wandering Equestria, looking for some form of purpose, pretty cliche right? I heard of a town called Ponyville, a small city on the other side of this forest, so I decided to see this town, probably a mistake at this point in time.

Now I am literally running for my life, now what you may ask am I running from? Simple, a pack of bloodthirsty timber wolves that ambushed me just outside the forest. Now I know what you're thinking, Windbreaker you're a pegasus you can just fly away. Normally you would be right, but, the wolves sort of thought of that too, because they clipped my right wing pretty bad when they jumped me, so I am pretty much forced to keep running. I'm losing a good amount of blood from that strike too, horsefeathers those things are smart for a bunch of animals.

Now I don't know where I'm going and at the moment and I really don't care, the constant snarling and howling closing in on me is really the only thing I can focus on. I know that this is the end for me, there is no way out for me now, I am not a great fighter because when I was younger I decided to learn and read instead of buffing myself up and being smart can't save me right now.

That was a great decision on my part, I probably could have saved myself if I spent more time getting stronger at home in Cloudsdale. Oh well, I can here those wolves getting a lot closer so I am running out of time here, dear Celestia I really screwed myself over here.

I won't pray for a miracle, to be honest I am not expecting anything divine being to save my sorry flank from this dire situation. I haven't exactly done anything to deserve it, one thing that living up in Cloudsdale taught me is that you are always on your own in the end. I was taught not to rely on any pony other than myself, so that's how I lived, alone and away from most other ponies, other than my parents.

Wait! I see a light up ahead, it must be a way out I just might make it out of this alive come on legs don't stop now I actually have a chance now! The light's growing larger, I'm so close I can almost taste it, dear Celestia I'm gonna live, I'm gonna live!

Ow son of a mule, that's not gonna happen, I must be pumping some adrenaline right now because having a timber wolf bite into my leg hurts a lot less than I thought it would. Well, only one thing to do now and that's play dead, the ultimate desperado at my disposal, great plan right?

Collapsing on the ground, feeling a pack of wolves tear claws and teeth digging into my back and praying they get bored, yep watertight plan. Well, I'm a goner, my only regret is not living my life more fully. Whoa, I can see my life flashing before my eyes, all of my childhood memories playing out before me, and... I am actually getting bored, that's just sad!

Suddenly, the wolves were gone, I must have passed out before they left, wow I can't believe it I thought that never worked! Oh well, at least I can die in peace, more or less, thanks for hearing my little story, hope you didn't get too bored by it.

Wait, I see a light, well it's either death beckoning me or an actual hope of living. Whatever it is, better than just lying here in a pool of my own blood might as well crawl over to it. Every pull hurts like no other, my body really is on it's last leg right now but I can almost touch the light, it feels so warm.

Just a little further, come on legs you can make this last trip, with every step I lose some more blood, I will bleed out pretty soon. The light is right there, just a few more steps, such a comforting warmth that keeps drawing me closer, like a moth to a flame.

I can touch it! Oh there goes my body, darn it, my legs can't stand anymore and I can feel gravity working against me, but I was so close. Everything is going black, I wonder what fate I will be given, only one way to find out, I can't see or hear anything anymore, I must be on the brink of death.

There's the light again I can get to it this time, all the pain is gone and I can stand up again, yep definitely not in the mortal world anymore. I will get the light this time, come on legs run, only a few feet away... wait I hear something, what is that sound? It's steady and repeating like, a heartbeat, is that my heartbeat? How can I hear my own heartbeat? Am I still breathing? How can I actually be living after such an attack? Those wolves tore me apart, I could not have survived that on my own.

I can see something now! I can see... blurs, a lot of colorful blurs, come on eyes work please! There we go, okay so hospital, I'm in a hospital, how did I get to a hospital?