“Thank you again for showing up, Twilight.” Fluttershy whispers quietly from behind her friend.
“Its no problem; I'm always happy to help a friend!” Twilight says, giving a half hearted grin. While it was true she had no problem helping her friends, in fact she greatly enjoyed it, it was just it seemed like every other week Fluttershy came over asking her to come check out something 'scary' in the Everfree forest.
This time it was a bright light and odd noises. The odd noises were usual but the lights was something new, she must admit.
After several minutes of walking the duo near the edge of the forest, “Okay, Fluttershy, show me where exactly you seen the light.” Twilight says turning to her friend.
“O-okay.” Fluttershy replied nervously walking ahead of Twilight and into the forest. Fluttershy led Twilight down the barely visible path into the forest, but much to Twilight's surprise Fluttershy left the relative safety of the path and headed straight into the thick forest.
“Um, Fluttershy, we're not on the path anymore.” Twilight says, a small feeling of nervousness building up as they go deeper into the forest; and farther away from the path.
“I-I know, b-but the l-lights were coming from over here...” Fluttershy says with a trembling voice. It was clear that she wanted to run and get out of the dreaded forest but something compelled her to trek on.
The two traveled for a good thirty minutes and so far they haven't came across whatever disturbed Fluttershy. Finally, Twilight spoke up, “Fluttershy, I don't think we're going to-” before she could finish Fluttershy buds in softly,
“T-t-there.” she says almost inaudibly, pointing up just up ahead. Sure enough there was a faint blue glow coming from behind some tall bushes. Twilight stared at the glow for several moments before advancing towards the odd glow. After just a few more steps Twilight feels her skin grow tense, and horn tingle in a way that can only be caused by the presence of particularly strong magic,
“Fluttershy, I think you should hang back here and let me investigate.” she says, looking back at her friend. Fluttershy gives several large nods, not about to debate with the suggestion. Twilight takes a deep breath and slowly makes her way towards the light. While walking Twilight tries to figure out what kind of spell could leave this kind of signature.
From what she could make out it seemed like a teleportation spell of some kind, but one far more powerful than she has ever witnessed. But who or what teleported here, and more importantly why? These were questions that made Twilight uneasy as she neared the place of the glow. Finally, Twilight reaches the glow and pushes the bushes aside that was abstracting her view and takes a cautious look. What she finds makes her gasp a little in surprise; a large crater laid in an area where several mighty trees once stood.
The crater itself was charred black and was giving off a blue glow. What was a bigger shock was what was laying inside the center of the crater, though. Inside was what appeared to be a large bipedal ape, but the blue glow made it hard to see in detail. Twilight pushes her way through the bushes and towards the crater, keeping mindful for any potential threats. As she moved into the crater she could finally see the creature in detail. The creature was hairless, except for some short red hair on it's head and what looked like a large mustache. The creature was fairly stockily built, and had a nose that seemed almost as large as it's head. The oddest thing about it was that the creature was wearing cloths; a khaki shirt with matching shorts. Twilight stood over the strange being trying to figure out what it was whenever it shifts it's head, and mutters something incoherent, causing Twilight to jump up in shock and charge her magic for an attack. After a few seconds Twilight realizes that it wasn't a threat a moment and uncharged her horn.
Twilight examines the creature some more and noticed a small puddle of blood underneath it, as well as several large cuts on its arms and legs. It was also pale from blood loss. After a few moments of debate in her head of what course of action she should take Twilight gives out a heavy sigh, and levitates the creature up gently with her magic. She couldn't sleep at night knowing she left it to die. “Fluttershy,” Twilight calls out, slowly trotting out from behind the bushes, the creature levitated in front of her.
Fluttershy nervously peeks out from behind a large rock and upon seeing the beast Twilight was carrying quickly retreats back, shaking nervously. “Fluttershy, this...whatever it is needs help. It's lost a lot of blood and I don't think it'll last much longer.” Twilight says, moving closer to Fluttershy. Fluttershy takes another peek out from behind the rock, this time noticing blood dripping from it,
“O-oh my...” she says softly, lightly trotting out from behind the rock, “T-this poor thing needs help immediately.” she says, nodding a bit with her words.
Twilight nods as well, “Alright, let's get back to your house so we can take care of it.” she says before trotting back the way they came.
The trip back to Fluttershy's cottage seemed a lot quicker, despite the extra load that Twilight had to haul. The two bright the creature inside and Fluttershy instructs the Twilight to lower it down on her sofa. After Twilight gently lays it down Fluttershy goes off to get her medical supplies. Fluttershy returns after several short moments and begins to work on the creature's wounds. Several moments pass and a small groan comes from the creature, causing both mares to jump up in shock. The creature slowly opens its bloodshot eyes and looks over at Twilight before weakly shifting it's gaze over to Fluttershy, “S-smashing...” the creature says with a hoarse voice before losing consciousness again.
Twilight and Fluttershy look at each other in confusion over the creature's words, “W-what do you think it means?” Fluttershy ask nervously.
Twilight shrugs a bit, “I honestly don't know but I think it'll be a good idea to tie it down for the time being.” she says before levitating some conveniently placed rope and bounding the creature's arms and legs. “Okay, I think I'm going to go and get the rest of the girls and write a letter to Princess Celestia.” Twilight says, looking down at the creature.
Fluttershy nods in agreement, “T-that sounds like a good idea, Twilight. You go do that and I'll watch over this...thing.” Fluttershy says, unsure what to call the creature laying on her couch.
“Alright, I'll be back soon.” Twilight says before quickly trotting towards the door and exiting, closing the door firmly behind her as she left.