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// Timberwolf Chase 
// Story: Journey of the Spark 
// by LordMalevar063 
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As the sun burns brightly high up in the sky, Twilight slowly trots along a dirt path, her belongings still hanging low upon her back. She stops for a moment and looks behind her.

Since her departure from Canterlot, to Appleloosa, and to the middle of nowhere, she felt deep remorse and a strong negativity that has driven her purple form to a frowning gray form. Twilight felt like Discord was right; there was no place in Canterlot or Ponyvile where her friends would never forgive her.

When Twilight continues on her way, she comes across a path leading in only one direction: a dark, menacing forest. Twilight stops for a second, a bit scared at what might befall her. She straightens herself up. And through a deep breath through her nostrils, she whispered: "Be brave."

As Twilight walks deeper into the forest, a shadowy creature slithers through the bushes and trees, growling and snarling, stalking its prey. Suddenly, the quick sound of a tree branch snapping is heard.

Twilight immediately reacts. She lightly screamed and paused. "W-who... who's there?" she nervously asked.

Nothing answers back. Silence befalls the forest once again. The air is deathly still. Suddenly, Timberwolves pounced out of the pushes and towards Twilight and begin to attack. Twilight drops her belongings and gallops at breakneck speed, desperately trying to escape from the monsters at bay.

Twilight had a pack of Timerwolves behind her. She ran, breathing fast as followed by more reactions of Twilight running from the Timberwolves.

Without noticing, Twilight falls down a small landslide and screams. When she landed, she was injured in the process. She grunted in pain. Twilight recomposes herself for a short while, taking very deep breaths.

Think, Twilight, think, she hastily thought.

Her composure is cut short, however, as the Timberwolves begin the chase once again.

As Twilight begins running, she sees a low hung branch from a tree dangling before her. Twilight stops and uses her magic to pull the branch as far back as she possibly can.

She strained grunts as she pulls the branch back.

A Timberwolf leaps before Twilight. Twilight releases the branch and knocks the Timberwolf back, damaging it greatly. Twilight breaks the branch off the tree and begins to knock back more of the Timberwolves, using the branch like a club.

She starts grunting more as she fights off against the pack.

A much thicker Timberwolf appears before Twilight. Using her magic, Twilight lights the branch on fire and begins to wave the flames in front of the Timberwolves.

"Get back! All of you!" she yelled.

The Timberwolves retreat, back into the shadows, leaving Twilight alone in the dark. The flame from the branch extinguishes. Twilight drops the branch onto the ground and slowly begins to limp through the forest, tears streaming down her face.

Twilight continues to wander through the forest for a short while, not noticing where she is going.

Finally, for some time that felt like hours passing like seconds, Twilight soon sees that she is walking on a stone path with a set of pillars covered in vines and various other plants on her left-hand side, a group of trees on her right. Twilight stops for a minute, a look of confusion on her face.

"Huh?"

A great amount of daylight shines in front of her at the end of the corridor. Twilight slowly starts approaching the light, hesitant and unsure of what lies beyond.

"W-where... where am I?" she asked.