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// An Unlikely Friend 
// Story: Loneliness and Friendship 
// by RustyKat 
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	After what seemed like hours to both Melody and little Granite, a pony entered the Everfreee. Seeing their predicament, the unicorn said in his odd accent, "Come with me! I shall help you two!"
Confused, but not wanting to die by timberwolves, Melody and Granite climed out of the tree. Almost imediantly, the wooden beasts were on their tail. The unicorn put Granite on his back. "Come with me! We mustn't let them catch us!" With that, the stallion, along with a tired Melody, took off in the opposite direction in a full gallop. As soon as their hooves met the bridge of ponyville, the beasts fell back with a howl of frustration. "Iah... think we're.... safe for now... " huffed Melody.
"Are you okay, miss?" Asked the stallion, a bit of concern in his voice.
Melody said between her panting," Nope.. iah won't be.... not fer a while..."
The stallion chuckled. "I'm sorry, I'm so rude. My name is Ishodd."
Granite added dryly," What a weird name."
Ishood said with his weird accent, "Well, Granite is an odd name too. Come on ya two, let's get somewhere safe."
It didn't take much walking to get to a safe spot away from the forest.