//------------------------------// // WolfPony // Story: Beasts and Beings - Stories of Equestria's Inhabitants // by Strongbolt Stonewing //------------------------------// I swear, the next pony to call a WolfPony a 'werepony' will get my brick shoved up their- Ooh, a butterfly. Yes, it is incredibly infuriating, but it is a common misconception. The word 'were' is actually derived from old mythological dialect. It means 'man'. So a 'werepony' is technically a half-human, half-pony creature. The correct term is either Wolfpony or Lycopóny. To be honest, I'm not really sure where you would even get the 'were' part from. Who would honestly think that humans and ponies are even slightly related? You make a good point. But unfortunately that isn't what this chapter is about, so why don't we move on? *Sigh* I suppose so. A WolfPony, or rather, THE WolfPony, appears to be exactly the same as any other pony to the naked eye, and they are, up until the point where they step into moonlight. Yes, it is arguably one of science's greatest mysterious, but for some peculiar reason, any pony who is bitten by the WolfPony seems to take the curse from them, returning the original wolf to its pony state (or killing it) and turning the newly infected individual into the new WolfPony. Most ponies believe it is some unexplainable freak of magic, however, scientists argue that the venom of the bite may alter a pony's genes. Shiera, I'm pretty sure a wolf bite can't change a pony's clothing. Genes, you moron. Not jeans. Oh, right. Anyway, these 'wolf genes', if they exist, somehow force a pony to transform into a gigantic, mutant, wolf creature whenever they are exposed to moonlight. Apparently this may have something to do with the cells reacting to photons, but we're not too sure. Come on Shiera, what is this? Some kind of fashion shoot? First you're talking about jeans and now you want to take photos? Photons. I said photons! Why are you such... a pleb? My parents said I was dropped on my back as a baby. Why would that affect your intelligence? Well, we were on a flight of stairs at the time. Oh... Yeah, but the worst part was the shelf full of pottery on the wall I smacked into when I got to the bottom. I believe I was first hit by two vases, then a mug, three plant pots, a clay bowl and then the shelf itself. Suddenly everything makes so much sense. Yeah, doctors said it was pretty bad, but I don't think it effected me too much in the long run. Yeah... right... Anyway, you were saying about the WolfPony? Oh, yes. When the WolfPony fully transforms, it adopts most of the dangerous and cunning attributes of a wolf but still keeps some of the intelligence of a pony. This makes it a very hostile and somewhat clever creature, as we found out during our camping trip in Dead Oak Woods. The locals had warned us that the whole place was swarming with all kinds of nasty beasts. But we hadn't expected to find THE WolfPony in there. We would've done a better job fending it off if Strongbolt hadn't asked for its autograph. Well, from the way you said it was THE WolfPony. I thought maybe it was some kind of celebrity! What kind of celebrity transforms into a wolf? Taylor Lautner? What? Uh... nothing. Okay... What were we saying? Oh yes, the WolfPony. So, as most of us know, the WolfPony has a strange weakness: silver. Yes, for yet another unexplained reason that science cannot comprehend, the pure element of silver can destroy the beast. Or in our case, scare it off. Luckily, the cutlery we carried on us... ...in case of picnic emergencies... ...was made of silver. The beast took one look at it and scampered off. No doubt the following morning some poor pony woke up in the middle of Dead Oak Wood with no clue as to what happened the night before. I guess that's the WolfPony life.