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// The Jump 
// Story: A Lost Entity 
// by malfarious 
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The day begun with a feeling that I could not describe. I set off, I mean we if you could include Chronic as a person, We set off on a journey to find the house in my dream. It was vague and I could barely keep the image in my mind when so many other questions plagued my mind like a fever. I could feel Chronic hovering behind me silently but I couldn't see him. Still somehow I just knew that he was there watching me with great persistence as if it was an honor to watch me or something. He creped  me out at best. Still he was the only one with the answers I desired. Yet he wouldn't answer them which just made me mad. As we continued to walk we heard a huge crash to our left. We looked and saw a giant like beast standing on his hooves stomping on a bush of poppies while a group of wolves surrounded him as if they were going to eat him. \
"It appears as if that minotaur is being jumped by wolves. It's not safe to trek that ways. It might be better to continue onwards and let them solve their own matters."
" Hmm you may be right. We're not looking for trouble just for the way to Ponyville. " 
As we continued on I couldn't help but feel that Chronic kept getting closer to until I couldn't feel him anymore. I thought it was just me but just as I shook off the wariness I bumped into a strange like tree in front of me. I fell softly on my hind and looked up to see that the tree was actually a strange wolf tree. Fear pumped into my veins as I realized that the creature looking down on me wanted nothing more than to eat me. As I stared into those hollow yellow eyes my demise became so clear.
"I'm going to die right here before even knowing who I am?" I thought aloud. 
" No that is why I am here to protect you. Even from nasty Timber Wolves."
As soon as Chronic said those words the wolf dove down with his claw to get me and I closed my eyes so I didn’t have  to bare the agonizing death as if closing my eyes would stop it all. As I opened my eyes I saw Chronic stretching outwards from my shadow his hand on the other side of the wolves chest. A strange sap like liquid flowed freely from the wolf's wound. It struggled pathetically one last time before the creature let out one last sickening howl for help. It was the last thing the wolf did before Chronic lopped off his head with his bare shadowy hand.
" I do believe that howl was a cry for more to come, time is of the essence. So please allow me to shadow jump."
"Shadow jump what's that?"
" No time to explain"
As Chronic removed his hand from the wolf it let out a small whine that almost sounded like a whimper of resignation. Then it dropped to the ground of the forest to never breathe again. As I almost felt bad for the wolf I heard the snarls of the other beasts coming  to get us. Chronic went back to my shadows and I heard him say 
" Forgive me but I must take over briefly. "
"Wha-"
Suddenly I was cut by a overwhelming sensation of the wind pressing against my mane. The trees whizzed by as I looked to my side. I could barely feel my body but it felt as if I was on a roller coaster. Suddenly I felt sick as if my insides were trying to keep up but could not. I struggled with the urge to just heave in mid jump when suddenly we stopped. I couldn’t hold back anymore as my body jerked to a stop I spewed out the vomit I was holding back. The taste was terrifyingly horrid and I couldn’t stop puking my guts up. After what seemed like forever my stomach finally settled. 
"Uhh."
"Forgive me but we needed to leave before the situation elevated any further. We are both in a weakened state until you can restore your power to its former glory."
"Restore my power? Do you mean that I could do more than that running thingy??"
" It is called a shadow jump not a running thingy, and yes you could do much, much more than that it is why you were the le-" Chronic bit his tongue before anymore could be said.
" Why I was the what? What were you going to say? Tell me."
"It was nothing we should move on to catch as much ground as possible. We may already be near ponyville."
"What that’s not possible in order for that to be possible we would've had to travel through 10 days of journey."
"Hmm that seems about right we were going quite fast and I'm surprised you held it together as long as you did." 
Exhausted I went to the nearest tree and sat down. " Well you go scout the area and I'll just try to regain my lost strength."
"Very well I will be back." With a whoosh Chronic was gone.
I looked around to find that I was in a totally different part of forest indeed. It was very dark and the trees looked as if they were dying if not already dead. "This is the Everfree forest. I'm sure of it. I said aloud almost reassuringly. Somehow without Chronic I felt cold, empty almost. A small gust of wind brushed against my shoulder and made me shiver. I shook violently and looked at my surroundings more carefully and saw that there was no light in this forest just darkness as if it was night. Was it? I couldn’t tell it seemed like the sun nor the moon seemed to reach in the forest just a thick dark fog surrounding it. The fog gradually descended downwards around me. Through the fog I could see shadowlike figures all around me. My vision began to haze as I heard them speak all around me. 
"protect him as one of our own."
"He was the one who created us."
"No fools he gave us life anew"
"He is our leader, we serve him till death."
"We are already dead but how is he alive again?"
Silence fools he can hear us."
A silence followed shortly after I began to have a headache that made it nearly impossible to think. " Who are you?" I finally managed to say. As I tried to see them better in the fog I made out that they were slowly backing away from me. " Wait, answer me who are you? Who am I? What is in ponyville? Answer me damn it!!" As I tried to stand up I faltered and fell back on my knees. " Answer me." I said pitifully. The fog lifted and they left with it. As I kneeled their anger filled my body. A few minutes later Chronic returned. 
" Ponyville is a few hours walk from here. Are you okay? You look as if you have seen a ghost."
" Glad to see your timing is terrible as always Chronic. Let us just hurry on to town so I can find a bed to sleep on and get answers. I don’t care what I have to do to remember, I will destroy anyone in my way."