//------------------------------// // Chapter 32 - Find the leg. Go on. Find it. // Story: The True Me // by lightningman //------------------------------// As we were headed to the Everfree forest, we left Jasper with Twilight. I trusted her magic would be able to keep him calm and happy and safe until we got back. "You sure you want to come with us, Fluttershy? You do know what Darkning and I are liable to do right?" "That's exactly why I'm coming. I'm going to scold them before you do it." She was angrier than I've ever seen her, that includes in the show. I shudder as I remember the *other* Fluttershy. You know the one. The opposite Fluttershy. The one that made Rarity and Pinkie cry? I shake my head as I answer her. "Fine. Just don't go overboard. We want to get some time in as well." We head towards the timberwolf camp. -----------------------------------------------------------------1 hour later-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fluttershy told us that it was somewhere around here when we heard a rustling in the nearby bushes. I turn around to face the bushes, my arms up and crackling with electricity. I must have really been on edge if I had been that fast already. Eventually, I went towards the bush silently. I look through and I see the Timberwolves. I growl quietly. I motion for the other two so they can see as well. They peek through and they also narrow their eyes and frown. "Alright. I'm going to go talk to them." Says Fluttershy quietly and she walked forward. I was amazed. When did she get so brave? Or was it because it was also an animal of sorts. I look at Darkning and he nods. We get up and follow closely behind her. When the Timberwolves notice us, they begin to growl. But Fluttershy went up to largest one there, seemingly the leader. "Did you just abandon you son?" Fluttershy asked with noticeable venom in her voice. I widen my eyes a little bit. Darkning also seemed surprised. But the large Timberwolf seemed unfazed. He merely narrowed his eyes and growled. This was the wrong thing to do. Within seconds, Fluttershy was in his face and yelling. "HOW DARE YOU ABANDON A DEFENSELESS BABY!! LET ALONE YOUR OWN SON! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF FOR EVEN DOING THIS!!" The only thing that could possibly compare to her yelling was the Traditional Royal Canterlot Speaking Voice. Well, That and my megaphone. I unwittingly took a step back from her. Everyone else, including the Timberwolves, did as well. "BECAUSE OF YOU, YOUR SON IS CURRENTLY IN PAIN! IF I EVER FIND OUT YOU DID SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN, I WILL NOT HESITATE TO ASK LIGHTNINGMAN AND DARKNING TO KICK YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE FROZEN NORTH AND BACK! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME!" She was using the stare at her. But her stare seemingly had evolved into a glare that would have scared even the most hardened soldier. The leader of the pack nodded a little fast. "Good. Now give us his leg." She says to him angrily. He points to some nearby bushes where it seemed they kept all their things. I go and grab the pup's broken leg. I mentally vomit a bit. Magic was still leaking at a very slow pace though. We should be able to reattach it with minimal effort. "Lightning?" Darkning looks at me and whispers. "Yeah, Dark?" "I think Fluttershy handled the Timberwolves. To be honest she scared even me." He says as he shudders a bit. "Yeah, I know the feeling. But I agree with you, they don't need anything more than that scolding." I say as I put a barrier up to stop the magic from leaking at all. I get up. "Fluttershy, we're leaving. Come on." I motion for her to join us. She was glaring at the Timberwolves still. But she joined us. --------------------------------------------------------Another half hour later.----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Twilight! I see them!" I hear Rainbow Dash call from up high. We were just about to leave the Everfree Forest. I then heard a bunch of trampling coming from nearby. We exited and spotted the other 5 of the Mane 6. "Thank Celestia, You came out unharmed." "That's mostly due to Fluttershy." I smile at them. "What?" She asked surprised. "Yeah, Her Stare evolved into a Glare." Darkning and I both shudder. "N-never again. I never want to make her extremely angry like that." Fluttershy smiled shyly as the girls look at her in amazement. "Allllright. But we need to reattach that leg." She says as I nod. "Yeah, Where did you leave him anyway?" "Back at my house. Spike is looking after him." Twilight says as we begin to run to the library. The leg in my clutches. We eventually open the door to see spike trying to feed the timberwolf. "Come on, you want to be healthy, don't you?" He asked not noticing me. But Jasper merely yipped as he saw me and he hobbled over to me. "Hey, Jasper. Guess what? We got your leg back!" I say happily as I show him the leg. It may have been my imagination, but for a second, he seemed like he was smiling. Jasper went and laid down on the bed, leaving the stump of a leg open for us. "Alright, let's do this." I sigh as I remove both barriers. I then quickly put the leg and the stump together. Amazingly, the magic, when touched, started to flow together as if it hadn't been cut off in the first place. It's as if the veins were visible, but the skin was cut. I pull out the Harmonic wand and touch it to the crack between the leg and the stump. I mutter, "Velox Sanitatem." And the wood seems to grow, even without roots. It eventually touched each other and the crack disappeared almost completely. Just leaving behind a thin glowing silver line of magic. I smile. I get up and let go of the leg. It doesn't fall off. "Jasper? Trying walking." I say as I back away for him. Jasper slowly moves his leg and Jumps up. He begins to move around and there's a few crack as if he's stretching the muscles in the legs and popping the bones. He looks at me and yips happily. He jumps towards me and nuzzles my legs. "Good boy." I smile as I kneel down and start to pet the timberwolf. I then noticed something I hadn't noticed before. The bark that protected him was the same kind of wood as the Harmonic wand. Fir wood. In fact, The bark seemed to be exactly the same as the bark on my wand. Plated.