This story is a sequel to Starlight, Trixie And The Cursed Manor

Mossy is a puca living in the woods near a manor near Neighpols, and today is his birthday. He spends the day as he always spends his birthdays, waking up, practicing transforming, having breakfast, and reminiscing on better days. He just wishes that the day didn't hold so much emotional baggage, and that he wouldn't have to spend it alone.

This is technically a prequel to Starlight, Trixie, and the Cursed Manor, but I would personally recommend reading this after that story as it spoils some of the mystery and impact.

Written for the Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Expanded Universe Contest

Thank you to Stinium_Ruide for editing this story.

The world is vast -and it's life even more so- but what happens when creatures seen by the world to be little more than a blight by most sapient creatures are taken in as pets; taken in and cared for like one would a do for a lost cat or dog?

The world is cruel, and runts experience this reality starting the moment they are born. One night, a young foal hears the cries of a pup and runs into the forest behind his home to find it and rescue it. This pup though turns out to be a timberwolf runt, abandoned by its pack. However, the little colt doesn't care, and he convinces his parents to allow him to keep it.

Most creatures of Equis see the creatures known as timberwolves as a menace that needs to be controlled. But one pegasus knows otherwise; Forrester. Forrester has the special talent of being able to communicate with and care for any timberwolf he comes in contact with. One day, he comes across an injured timberwolf that's larger than him while exploring the forest near where he lives in an attempt to find out if the rumors he'd heard regarding strange behaviors of the timberwolves that live in there were true. He is able to convince the injured timberwolf to allow him to help heal it. Will Forrester be able to help this strange timberwolf, or better yet, will he be able to gain something he had always been hoping to acquire since he was a colt, his own pet timberwolf?

This "story" will be a collection of stories, all taking place at roughly the same time, and all involving the adoption of timberwolves by creatures of all stripes.

Edited and proofread by 0_0
Cover art by Little Tigress

When a body encased in ice and dark magic is recovered from a cave in the Frozen Spires along the western border of the Crystal Empire, the only clue to the pony's passing is an ordinary diary.

The following is a translation of that diary. It details the final dangerous and ill-fated expedition to the Frozen Spires of the Western Crystal Empire, and the birth of one of Equestria's most ancient evils which will forever lurk in the mountainous barrens at the edges of civilization.

Non-diary chapters co-authored in part by Azure Drache

Thanks to mushroompone for providing the long description.