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// Sandbar's Father and the Yak's Castle 
// Story: Pony and the Yak 
// by Majestical4729 
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Unknown to Sandbar, his father accidentally made a wrong turn and got lost in the woods with his wagon of packages.

"Of dear, I've lost my way!" the grown-up said to himself in a scared tone, "Ooh....I have to find a way out of this! The villagers in that village will probably never forgive me for being lost and late!"

Just then, he noticed a shadow lurking over him and turned his head to look at the shadow's owner; a hungry, carnivorous wolf!

"And another thing they probably will never forgive me for is...being a wolf's meal!" Sandbar's father raced away from the predators as fast as he could while pulling the wagon full of packages through across the first floor.

Unfortunately for the pony, with the wagon's weight acting as resistance against his full speed, it was not difficult for the wolf and its pack to catch up. One of the wolves leapt onto the pony's back, accidentally detaching the wagon from Sandbar's father, causing the wagon to crash and send the packages flying out.

The wolves were still determined to eat the only non-wolf they found, chasing him all the way to the gates of the yak's castle. Fortunately for Sandbar's father, he managed to open the gates and get to the other side, before shutting the wolves out.

"Thank goodness!" the earth pony sighed in relief, before attempting to walk further away from the wolves and the gate, only to feel pain in his back leg as he suffered from injuries during the earlier attack. 

"This is terrible; first lost and late, then wolf attack, next losing the packages and now my leg?! How can things get any worse?!" Sandbar's father asked, a second before thunder was heard and rain began pouring down on him.

"Of course they can get worse," Sandbar's father said to himself in monotone, before the lightning revealed a huge castle right in front of him.

Injured and in need of shelter, Sandbar's father knocked on the castle's door, before one last hard knock revealed that the door was not locked.

"Hello?" Sandbar's father asked, entering the castle. "Is any pony here? I was just lost and injured in the woods! And need a place to stay just for tonight."

The poor pony was being watched by the yak who ruled the castle, and was quickly confronted by the latter.

"Trespasser! You should never be here!" the yak roared.

"I'm so sorry! I mean no harm!" I just need a place to stay..." Sandbar's father began, only to be cut off by the yak.

"Oh Yona shall give you a place to stay!" the yak declared, stomping onto the ground, causing the pony to leap up in the air because of her force, before she bit his mane and dragged him off with her.