Greetings, fellow adventurers!
I’m on a self-imposed quest for a friend. She has recently come back after a half year’s absence and a pretty nasty illness and got to working on her stories again. She updated one of ‘em, The Forest Pony two days ago. Everything seemed to be going well, until a troll appeared in the comments. I called him out and he just went and downvoted all of my friend’s stories, just because of my stupidity. So, I decided to make it up to my friend by promoting her work.

The story itself is about Princess Luna being attacked, falling into the Everfree forest and getting hurt. There she learns how to survive as a normal pony. And in the later chapters, she is getting really badass! It is dark and serious at times, and full of deception, but you’ll find funny and cute moments there too

The tags: Teen, MLP;FiM, Dark, Adventure, Comedy, Alt. Universe, Luna, Celestia, OC, Other, Timberwolves

Here is an excerpt from Chapter 1, The Night watch:

There was no reason to risk flying straight through the storm. The cloud wall was reaching far above the meadows surrounding the small towns and villages. The only clearer path was above the dreaded forest. Groaning, she turned her wings to the Everfree, ready to dodge any hungry monster coming from below. The stench rising from the bogs to the moist air scrunched her muzzle.

The air around her started to move again, but not in the form of the former warm evening breeze. This time it was a cold wind, pushing her like a rag doll in the air.

Luna gritted her teeth and began flapping her wings with all the strength she could muster. If the rookies had to endure weather like this on their night, it truly was a punishment.

A minute later she found herself in the pouring rain. She was soaking wet even before she managed to summon a waterproof barrier. A few lightning bolts crossed the sky nearby. She quickly turned off her horn, not wanting to draw the electricity to herself. A flood of raindrops hit her again. But Luna didn't care anymore. The only thing that now occupied her mind was a thought of a dry towel, soft bed and hot tea in her chamber, maybe a cucumber sandwich or two.

Suddenly, she heard something. Or at least she thought she did.

"That sounded like—" She perked up her ears, when a lightning bolt came down just behind her. The following thunder nearly deafened her, her vision getting blurry for a moment.

"Ouch." Luna flattened her ears, her head throbbing with pain.

"Prince—"

She definitely heard something this time, it was just obscured by the cacophony of the storm. Much more carefully, she raised her ears once again.

"Princess Luna!"

Even if the cry was muffled by the heavy rain, she was able to define the direction now.

And she could now see the silhouettes of about three royal guards heading to her, glints of their armor easily visible.

"Here!" she exclaimed and propelled herself nearer through the strands of rain.

Luna stopped mid-air, her mind racing across the meteorology reports that littered her balcony. Could it be that she overlooked a storm warning in her haste? Not likely, she was sure that the report for the whole week promised warm cloudless nights. Anyway, the central weather patrol better have a good explanation and excuse for their inaccuracy this time, unlike when they made it snow on Summer Sun Celebration just because ‘someone swapped the labels on clouds’. She let out a sigh, trying to clean all the water blinding her sight with a hoof. Maybe she shouldn’t be too hard on them; after all, it seems they even sent out an escort for her.

She squinted her eyes, scanning the nearing figures. She was now able to recognize the guards more so. There were only three of them. All very muscular stallions, two of them from her Lunar Guard and one Solar.

They were drawing near really fast. So fast that it was impossible for them not to collide with her now.

"Do they really have the wing blades strapped on?" Luna froze in place. "And they really do not seem to be slowing."

So, if this story caught your eye and you like it, make sure to show Ever your appreciation, please