Scootaloo opens her eyes as the birds sing outside (And also the sleep rant from Walker is having. The words that are coming out of his mouth don't make any sense). She gets out from the temporary shelter and sits near the fire pit that Walker made. After a week traveling the woods with him, she learned interesting stuff from wherever he came from. Last night while setting up the fire pit, Walker told about magic from different worlds. He told about the aliens that use magic to heal wounds like the ankle that was sprained and also breathe fire like a dragon.
Scootaloo asked if Walker could breathe fire jokingly after hearing aliens doing it. He took it seriously and light the campfire like a dragon. Walker also said afterwards that he doesn't like to use "outside magic" because it exhausts him greatly before he fell asleep on the ground.
Scootaloo looks Walker. Despite his shifty attitude and behavior around everything, Scootaloo feels comfortable around Walker, though he can be cold at times. Despite this, he still is friendly to her and protects her. Plus the stories are really interesting and sound like fantasy or science-fiction. Although his stories feel like he left something out, he-
"Boo."
"AHHH!" Scootaloo jumps and lands into a mud puddle.
"Am I still that scary?" Walker gets out of the shelter with a vest made of a hungry bear that tried to eat Scootaloo. Scootaloo stands up, all covered in mud, with Walker now sitting nearby on a log.
"Stop doing that!" Scootaloo shouts at Walker, but Walker just smiles and throws a knife right next to Scootaloo's head. It hits his next meal instantly. Scootaloo then kicks him in the face.
After eating, Walker gets up and takes his stuff. Scootaloo then takes a bag that Walker made for her with some spare leather that he had and walks along with him. Scootaloo has high hopes that Walker has found the exit after a week, and she might finally see her friends.
*****
"BUT YOU CANNOT STOP! YOU GOT TO FIND HER!"
"I am sorry Sweetie Belle, but I cannot send more ponies out deeper into the woods."
"BUT SHE COULD BE OUT THERE! SHE COULD BE STILL COLD AND SCARED!"
Twilight sighs. She cannot tell Sweetie Belle that Scootaloo will never come back. Twilight is smart enough to know that a filly like Scootaloo, despite how boyish she might act, cannot survive in the Everfree forest for a week. Also the investigation of the strange phenomenon is no longer producing anything. After deep consideration, Twilight decided that she will send a group. Those puppy eyes are just to hard to say "no" to anyways.
"Only one day to search," Twilight said defeated.
"Woo-Hoo!" Twilight sighs at the victory dance of Sweetie Belle, hoping that listening to Sweetie Belle's reasoning was not a mistake. If it weren't for those puppy eyes...
*****
"Scootaloo?"
"Yes?"
"When you think of me, how would you describe me?"
"Well you are tall-"
"I meant character wise."
"Uhh..."
"How would you describe me as a character."
"Hmm... You are random."
"Ok."
"Creative."
"Alright."
"Smart."
Walker smiles "I heard that."
"But can act stupid."
Walker trips Scootaloo with a smile.
"Ow. Also you can be mean."
Walker then changes his personality to the Scootaloo made, hoping that he can blend in without trouble (other than being an alien). "Anyways Walker, why are you asking this?"
"Oh I was curious," Walker lies. Then Walker feels a presence of a group. Might be timber wolves. Walker ducks down into some bushes nearby and whispers to Scootaloo to stay put. He then crawls to the group, taking cover in closer bushes as he goes. As Walker gets closer, the thought about how it is a pack of timber wolves diminished when he starts to hear what seems like a conversation.
Walker then crawls closer to the group and starts to understand the voices.
"-and that's why we are in the forest," a white pegasus in gold armor said.
"To save some filly who's probably dead?" Asked another white pegasus in also gold armor.
"Yep."
"Why did the princess send us in anyways?"
"Rumor has it that a child had puppy-dog eyes while begging her to find her friend, and it convinced her."
"Wow, that's rough. How long did she last? I couldn't last for a second before I have to agree."
"Oh you have to be kidding," Walker said out loud, alerting all five guards. "Uh-oh." The group faced Walker like a stand-off. Ok... Act natural. They are probably finding Scootaloo. "Umm. I have a filly that-"
"WE FOUND AN ABDUCTOR! TAKE THAT, uhh, THING INTO CUSTODY!"
"Ad me maledicti videretur," Walker sighs. As the guards charge into him, Walker forms a hard aura.
"FEAR US, FOR WE ARE WELL TRAINED IN COMBATING SCUM LIKE YOU!"
*****
Scootaloo silently sits on the ground, playing with the sticks on the ground. "Hey Scootaloo!" Walker shouts as he walks through the bushes. "I have some good news!"
"Did you find any way out of here?" Scootaloo asks happily.
"Well. Yes."
"Alright then let's go!" Scootaloo follows Walker to a path. She was eager to see her friends and eat real food. For a week she was eating anything that Walker found edible (besides whatever animal that he ate living or dead) or the leaves on the trees. She could eat anything right about now. Even Sweetie Belle's cooking.
When they hit the path, she sees the royal guards. The armor that some blacksmith probably took great care in making was bent or dented beyond repair. The guards do not look to good either. They were lying in funny positions, but still alive, sleeping, for some reason. She did not see any blood, but it made her worry about what could be in the forest again. Scootaloo just stood where she was.
"Let's keep walking Scootaloo."
"Shouldn't we help them?"
"Nah, they are close enough to the exit, they can crawl back or get found." Walker then nudges Scootaloo away before she could actually see what left the guards in a mess.
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After a week of finding a way out, Scootaloo finally reached the exit of the forest. Dancing on the non-forest ground. Traveling with Walker was fun, but-
"S-stop r-r-right there!" Scootaloo turned around to find a royal guard. She then noticed how badly mangled the guard was, dented armor and bruises so black she could see it pass the fur.
"What for?" Walker asks, confused and shocked.
"F-f-for abducting a f-f-filly!" The unicorn then magically lifts Walker with an aura to arrest him, but Walker is unaffected even though the aura surrounds him completely.
"If you want to lift me with magic. You cannot. It's almost impossible." Walker says confidently.
"Everything is affected by magic!" The guard shouts in disbelief.
"Well guess what. I can take your magic and make it part of me," Walker calmly says before using a force (Magic? Nah, there wasn't any magic she could see in this) to fling the guard into town. Scootaloo cannot tell to be scared or impressed about what Walker did. But she chose neither when Walker collapses for a moment and breathing heavily. "Used too much," Walker said with a stupid-looking grin.
*****
Twilight sat at her desk in the library doing paperwork and planning for the departure of the guards, for there was nothing new popping up about "The Alien from Sweet Apple Acres" for a few days. All they could find is footprints that, confirmed by multiple zoologists, do not match any living animal that was discovered (although the prints look similar to primates). And also the soil after chemists was-
SNAP! CRACK! CRASH! SLAM!
Twilight jumps from her desk and onto the floor, ruining her chain of thoughts. "SPIKE!"
"Twilight? Are you alright?" Spike calls down in worry, running down the stairs like a madman.
"I am fine Spike," Twilight stands up. "Can you check if Rainbow Dash needs to go to the hospital? Because I think she entered through my roof, and not the window."
"Not a problem Twilight!" The dragon went loyally down there. Before running back up a few seconds later. "TWILIGHT! THERE'S A ROYAL GUARD IN OUR HOUSE!"
"Come on Spike, a royal guard would knock first. Not break through my roof like her."
"See for yourself Twilight, because I am calling a doctor," Spike ran out the door faster than if Celestia was dropping the sun on him. Twilight sighs (for the 456th time this week? She lost count the amount of chaos and "impractical" ideas out there) and goes downstairs where the library is and sees why Spike ran to get a doctor.
She also wonders how he recognized him as a royal guard too. Normally the armor the guards wore were damage resistant because of many charms placed by skilled blacksmiths, but the armor he wore was torn nearly to pieces, revealing his cutie mark which is normally hidden by the insignia of the royal guards.
The guard coughs. Twilight was worried that he was done for. "Pr-r-rincess Twilight. We found the alien."
Twilight gasps. "Is he still alive, did you harm him?"
"H-he did this to us. After h-he. T-t-told us that he has a-a-a filly. We t-tired to reason with him, but h-h-he attacked us unprovoked." Twilight pauses. So Scootaloo is still alive.
"Anything else?" Twilight hastily asks, hoping for more information.
"O-our group. Was attacked nearby the entrance. He has different magic than us. Stuff we thought were only found in comic books." The soldier put his hoofs on his chests, probably broken a rib. "Be careful Princess. I do not think he's friendly. Plus he is resistant to magic." The doctors came in just in time to pick up the guard. Twilight thinks for a moment, and goes back to her desk to throw away the departure letters and takes new sheets of paper.
"Spike! Get me a few gold seals." Spike ran to a nearby drawer to find some.
Dear Princess Celestia,
I send a request for more guards in Ponyville for the following reasons.
1. The alien that kidnapped the missing filly assaulted a group of guards sent out to find said filly. Guards received a monstrous attack claimed a surviving royal guard.
2. The magic that the alien was using is entirely different from ours. Soil analysis from our chemists have found that all organic compounds that were in the soil or any organisms that lived nearby have disappeared for some mysterious reason. Witnesses claim to have heard from the missing filly that a huge blinding flash was present before the said filly disappeared, probably causing the absence the compounds.
3. A unicorn guard entered my home to tell me that the alien is coming to Ponyville. And when I mean entered my home, he was launched by the creature using a unknown force (probably magic) and crashed through the roof and landing comfortably on the hard wooden floors.
I would also prefer that these guard are well trained in hoof-combat. The guard who busted through my roof claims that magic is ineffective against him. I have a bad feeling that he was sent by an alien race to destroy us all like those science fiction novels.With great concern,
Twilight Sparkle
*****
"Aren't you going with me?"
"Nah Scootaloo. I'm sure that with my current clothes, I will give a bad name to myself. I do not want people to judge me based on my clothes," Walker smiled happily. Scootaloo hesitates for a moment. Walker hopes that she believes it.
"Ok. Will I see you tomorrow?"
"Sure. Probably without this hide. Tell your friends about me." Walker watches as she goes off into the village. The sunset's rays start to hit Walker's eyes as he watches. Just two more hours before darkness. Walker then relaxes his happy-go-lucky act. It didn't feel like himself to him anyways.
Walker strolls into the forest and climbs a tree nearby. He takes out a spare piece of leather and some charcoal ink he made awhile ago for camouflage purposes. Redrawing the map from Scootaloo's memories, he makes his plan to get supplies.