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// Chapter 31 - Admitting it. 
// Story: The True Me 
// by lightningman 
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As Twilight and Rainbow Dash were worrying, I was bringing all of the mane 6 outside to talk to them.
"How long have they been together?" Rarity asked.
"To be honest? I don't know. But I do know that they've been together since I've been knocked out." And the others widen their eyes.
"What? They knocked you out after you found out?" Pinkie asked.
"Oh no! I slammed into a tree. I thought you already knew this?" I raise an eyebrow. They nod.
"Yeah. I promised to keep their secret. But right now, they're breaking up."
"Why?" Asked Applejack
"Because Twilight was just exploring her sexuality. So if you keep this a secret between the 7 of us, that would be great."
"Alright. We promise." They all nod. 
"Thank you. Now, I think Me and Darkning are going to go home alright?"
"What? Why?" He asked as he looked at me.
"I need to work on my abilities, plus I have a few new ideas that I want to test out."
"Oh, alright." He nods. We say goodbye to everyone and we were walking home.
"What Ideas did you have?" He asked me.
"You remember that book. Um... what was it called... The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss?"
"Yeah. The book you were hesitant at reading at first, but once you did it was rather good?"
"Yeah, I figured I might try to recreate some of the magic that's in that book."
"Your nuts." He deadpans.
"So are you since your an extension of me."
"Yes, but this is extra nuts. Do you know what could happen if you fail?"
"Yeah, the wind could possibly tear apart my house. We can reconstruct it." Darkning was opening and closing his mouth and glaring at me. But eventually, he sighs and says.
"Fine."
"Alright. Now we just need to get insi... What's that?" I point to the nearby everfree forest. There was a rustling."
"I don't know. Want to check it out?"
"We should. It could be dangerous to the town." I say as I creep up to the bushes that had rustled. I slowly peek over and hear a whimpering. I jump over the bushes and see a small timberwolf. But it's back leg was cut off. It wasn't a full grown one. It was just a tiny baby.
"Darkning! It's a baby Timberwolf!"
"What? Get rid of it then!" He calls.
"It's backleg is cut off. We can't just leave it to die." There was magic seeping out of the wound as if it was blood. "Shit." I pull out the harmonic wand and the Timberwolf whimpers and tries to back up. "Shh... shh. shh. I'm trying to help." I gently press the wand on the cut off leg. "Obice."I whisper and a barrier springs up to stop the magic from seeping out of the leg. The timberwolf looks at me hesitantly. I put the Harmonic wand back in my pocket and take off my mask and put it with the wand. I gently put my hand closer to the wolf to show that I wouldn't hurt him. He sniffs my hand. He smiles and little and hugs it. I smile.
"Your just a nice little guy aren't you? We need to get you patched up." I gently pick him up. The timberwolf didn't seem to mind. I brought him to Darkning.
"What are you..." He sees the leg. "What happened to him?"
"I don't know. But we need to get him to Fluttershy."
"Alright." We began to run towards the party. We didn't want to disapparate since it might startle the wolf and the ponies. As soon as we got to the party, we banged on the door. The music stopped abruptly from inside. Pinkie Pie opened the door.
"Oh Hi! What are you two doing back?"
"We need Fluttershy," I say urgently. I show the baby timberwolf with the cut off leg. Pinkie Pie widens her eyes in horror.
"FLUTTERSHY!" She yells.
"Yes, Pinkie?" She walks beside her and looks to us. She then notices the wolf. She gasps. "What happened to you." She asks as she gently picks up the timberwolf. But as soon as she does, He begins to growl and try to get back to me. Fluttershy makes the connection and gives him back to me. He stops growling. "It seems he's attached to you. What happened?"
"I don't know. We were headed home when we found him in the bushes near our house. He already had his leg cut off. Can you talk to him?"
"Yes, But can't you use that translation spell on him like you did Harry and Angel Bunny?"
"His body uses magic to stay alive if introduce more magic into his system, I shudder to think of the consequences."
"But what about this?" She points to the barrier.
"This is external magic to stop his magic from leaving him. It isn't internal magic like his." I point to the flowing magic in his wound. It was a sickly green colour, and it flowed like blood.
"Yeah. I guess. I'll try talking to him." She raises herself to the pups level. "Um... hello? Little guy? What's your name?" The pup looks at Fluttershy for a little bit before barking. "Oh.. alright. Can you tell us what happened to you?" The pup looked sad as he barks a few times. Fluttershy covers her mouth in horror. "Oh, my Celestia. That's horrible."
"What did he say?" I ask worriedly.
"He says his name is Jasper," Darkning smirks at this as Jasper was my dog's name on earth. "And his pack threw him out and left him to die because he couldn't bring himself to kill a harmless animal.
"What? But he's only a pup, They shouldn't have to kill."
"Apparently, timberwolf pups learn to hunt a bit earlier than him. But he didn't want to, so he was allowed to postpone his hunting because his father is the leader of the pack. But when he couldn't kill the animal, his father ripped his leg off and the others left him for death." She whimpers a bit.
"God..." I close my eyes and growl a bit. Darkning was also angry. I gently take a deep breath and let it out. "We need to fix him up. When that's over... I'll adopt him." I say. Everyone was looking at what was going on and gasped at what I said. There was immediately a bunch of protests.
"You can't adopt a timberwolf! What are you going to feed it?
"What happens when he becomes violent?"
"They can grow to enormous sizes. Where are you going to keep it?"
"QUIET!" I say to them all. "I've made my decision. Its pack threw him out. So I'm just introducing him to a new pack." I then smirk. "It's basically what happened to spike. Well, not really. But it's close. They're both far away from their natural species, so different species are taking them in and teaching them their ways." Everyone shut up after that. I then look at Jasper. "Do you want to live with me and Darkning?" He seems to consider Darkning for a bit. But he nods. "Alright. Twilight?" I ask and she comes. "Do you know any spells that can heal him?" She closes her eyes and thinks for a few seconds.
"Yes, But we would need the original leg that was taken from him."
"Which means we get to give payback." Darkning cracks his knuckles.
"What? Your considering taking on a whole pack of timberwolves just for this cub?"
"Yes." We both say at the same time. She sighs.
"Your both idiots."
"I never said I was known for my brains." I deadpan.
"True. But until we can figure out where the timberwolf pack is, we should treat him as best as we can." She points to Jasper.
"He has a name. It's Jasper."
"Fine. But we need to treat Jasper's wounds. Hmm.... This might give me the opportunity to learn about timberwolf anatomy and physiology." She smiles and immediately magics up some ink and paper. She begins to sketch down the timberwolf in my arms.
"We can do that later. For now, we need to figure out where his leg is." Jasper began to bark at Fluttershy. Fluttershy had apparently been talking to him all this time.
"I know where the pack is." She says