The Wolf of Equestria

by MrAquino


First week of school

Tuesday

Before School

Welp… everyone knew what happened. Someone during my breakout had taken photos and made it the big story of Ponyville's local newspapers. There was a bit of a split between students looking at me with fear and others mocking me, some even saying if I'm interested in playing catch. God, why did I do that!? Or better yet, what was Legosi doing before I took over? And I can just see Sandbar holding his head down, ashamed that not only did he show me around Ponyville, but we're roommates and in the same dorm. I'm… not gonna try to talk to him… not now… maybe later… hopefully this whole fiasco dies soon. 

"Legosi," the news announcement spoke overhead. "Please report to Headmare Twilight's office." Shit. Well… better get it over with. I really didn't want to, but I don't want to get into more trouble than I already am.


I sat in front of Headmare Twilight's desk. She looked rather disappointed in me. There was a brief silence between us as I tapped my fingers on my knees.

"Do you know why I brought you here?" She asked.

"Y-yes." I answered.

"Capper never told me you'd act like that. Care to explain why you did that?" Ok, I can do this. I took a deep breath.

"Twilight… I don't know what came over me. But I should've told you this when we first met; before arriving here, I had an accident." Twilight cooked an eyebrow at me.

"An accident?"

"Yes. It was an accident, but I was knocked on the head from something heavy and was temporarily unconscious."

"... was it by someone you knew?"

"No, ma'am. It was a grey pegasus with a blonde mane & tail, and with wonky eyes." She thought about it but smiled. 

"Ah! The mailmare. That makes perfect sense. I've had a few encounters like that." Her smile disappeared as she went back to being serious. "But are you going to blame her for your actions?"

"N-no, ma'am. I am very sorry for what I did. I promise I'll keep this in check and not do that again." She looked at me deeply.

"... Consider this a warning, Mr. Legosi. But if anything happens..." I stood up and gave her a respectful bow.

"Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much." I turned to leave.

"Legosi?" I stopped.

"Y-yes?"

"... Please attend Fluttershy's meditation circle tomorrow after school."

"Ah… I actually have been planning to join since yesterday." I gave an awkward chuckle before leaving.

After school

The classes were a near completely different experience from yesterday. Everyone was whispering about me. But I swore, Soaring Virtue looked the most uncomfortable around me. Were my actions really shocking? And Sandbar looked the most embarrassed around me in class. Guess he didn't want anyone to know he took me to the Coconut Grill yesterday.

I was walking back to my dorm but stopped as I heard something rustling in a nearby bush to the left. Turning, it was obviously Yona trying to hide in a bush. If her horns didn't stick out, then the rest of her, admittedly, huge body would. 

"Psst!" She whispered, trying to get my attention.

"... Hello?" I replied, playing along.

"It Yona."

"... Yes… I can see."

"Follow Yona, wolf. But don't look obvious. " She stood right up, ripping the bush out of the floor, side stepping and stopping every now and then. I don't think anyone was going to fall for her disguise, but I made a promise to meet her yesterday, and I'd like to avoid a rather awkward conversation with Sandbar. With her leading, and me following, stopping every few seconds, it took a while for us to reach the back area of the school, and to another lake that was behind it. It was then Yona ditched the bush, shaking off the various leaves and twigs. 

"So… what's the point of this-?" I didn't get to finish as Yona rapidly ran to and headbutted me in my chest, flinging me back and into the trunk of a tree.

"Hmm… Wolf should've been faster to react." I let out a wheeze.

"Why… was that for yesterday…?"

"Not really. Yona wanted to see if Wolf is strong and fast. Wolf doesn't seem so, but is tough."

"... How?" I could only cough.

"Wolf not crying."

"... oh goodie…"

"Yona awaits Wolf's attack." I got up, feeling my chest sore.

"You want me to fight?"

"Yes."

"But… why? Why not get Smolder or Gallus to do this?"

"Dragon and Griffin busy with studying. Wolf is available."

"... When you said to meet you, I didn't think you'd want to fight."

"Yona need something to bash. Yaks best at smashing, but not great at holding back. Yona think Wolf great partner for bashing. Is Wolf good basher?" I stood up straight.

"It's been a few years since I've gotten into a fight, and even then, I don't remember anything but some teachers telling my parents I went Happy Gilmore on some other students." Yona looked at me with confusion.

"What's Happy Gilmore?" Oh… right… 

"It's… an expression in my home. But I'm not gonna fight you, Yona. You seem like a nice gal, and I don't want to hurt you."

"Yona can handle anything. Yaks tough." I don't think she's gonna let this down.

"... Fine… but give me a moment." I took off my vest, then suspenders, and my overall top clothing off, followed by my socks and shoes. Couldn't help but stretch and crack a few of my bones, making me look and feel a bit like this was going to be an old school action movie scene. And it was followed by me doing a bit of a kung fu pose, something John Claude Van Damme would do, with a motion of my right hand to tell Yona I was ready. She understood and charged at me immediately. Prepared now, I readied myself and properly grabbed Yona by her horns, being pushed back by a bit, but my clawed feet acted like cleats and held me in the sand. It was a bit of a stalemate for a few seconds, until I began to move forward, walking ahead and pushing back Yona. She didn't take that well, and pushed back herself. 

"Gonna… give… up…?" She strained. 

"Ladies… first…!" I replied. Yona then shook her head rapidly, throwing me off and crashing into the sand. She then started to shovel me with her horns, rolling me across the sand, literally steamrolling me for a few seconds before stopping. I wanted to puke as I tried to regain my vision from all of that spinning.

"Ha! Yak won this round, wolf!"

"... Hooray for you." 

"That very fun! We should do this again next week!"

"... Can I at least put on my different clothes then?"

"If Wolf think it'll help, Yona want Wolf at best." She's sounding a lot like Goku from Dragon Ball now.

"Thanks… I'll just rest here for a bit…"


Wednesday

All I could hear was something running through a forest and some sort of growling. Only thing I could see was the vague shapes of trees zooming past through a red bloodshot vision. But whoever I was looking through, it ended with them jumping into an opening, and pounced on… me. I could only scream as it ended fast.

I woke up with a mix of cold sweats and pants. Everything was normal as I was back in my room. Sandbar above was grumbling, but still asleep. Ok… it was just a dream… but it felt weird. I checked the alarm clock; it was practically midnight. … Hold on… didn't some folks say something about talking with your reflection at midnight? I mean… I probably should go back to sleep… but that dream… It felt pretty weird. Maybe… you know what? I'm gonna be a bit safe.

I got up and walked to the mirror on the other side of the room. Looking outside, it was fairly dark, with a bit of a storm brewing. But looking back at my reflection, I looked at myself in only my pajamas. Still attractive there, Legosi… or me… whatever. 

"Hi there, reflection." I jokingly began in a bit of a hushed tone. "I… hope this actually isn't some satanic shit and you come out of the mirror, but… what do I actually want? I… well… went a bit wild a few days ago, and I was curious… if that's what I want? Is that it?" I stared at my reflection for a bit. Silence. Heh, it's nothing. Crazy ponies. I rolled my eyes and turned around.

"Join me…" A whisper spoke, making me stop. I turned back to see my reflection, but my reflection… it wasn't in the same position as I was in. Rather, it was still standing there, but… now covered in what I could only believe was blood, and it's eyes… they were glowing red… in a really menacing manner. My heart was beating rapidly. Is this legit!? My body was shivering as I turned around to see my literal bloody reflection. 

"What the fu-?"

"Join me…" My reflection spoke in that voice, reaching out. Ok, this I not going well… but I continued walking to my reflection. What the hell was I doing!? This is how people die in horror movies! And I'm going to it!!! "You seek the truth, don't you? What do you really want?"

"... Y-Yes." WHAT THE HELL AM I SAYING!?!?!? RUN!!!

"Then come into our realm. What we really want."

I… reached out into the mirror. Rather than feeling glass, it felt like I stuck a finger through a puddle, but it wasn't wet, and there was an open space on the other side. The bloody reflection went away, back to my normal self. My hand was inside, and nothing was pulling me inside. I could literally just walk right in and-

CRASH!!!

A sudden bolt of lightning made me jump and scream as I backed away from the mirror, crashing into my bed. My sudden loud scream made Sandbar wake up, and he wasn't happy about it.

"Legosi!" He yelled groggily. "What the hay are you doing!?"

"My reflection!" I stammered. "I-it was alive! It was covered in blood! He told me to join! And I stuck my hand in the mirror! And-!"

"Ugh… Legosi, stop, please, it's bad enough that you went wild after the first day of school, but now you're insisting your reflection is alive."

"It was alive! And I stuck my hand in the mirror!"

"... Yeah… go back to sleep. Stop acting crazy." 

"I'm not crazy! I'm not! I'm… I'm…" God… am I crazy? Did that seriously just happen? I looked back at the mirror to see myself sitting on my bed. What was that? I… I need some rest, really badly. But first… I just need to cover that mirror up. I quickly put a shirt over the mirror before heading back to sleep.

After school.

It was a rather long day at school. The classes felt longer, and I think Yona told Sandbar what we did after school yesterday. He seemed rather concerned, until Yona said how she beat me. Sandbar looked embarrassed for me. I can't really blame him, but I didn't want to hurt Yona. I just hope this doesn't spread like the incident back in the Coconut Grill.

Anyways, I headed to the center of the school yard, right in the open, seeing  Silversteam with Fluttershy and a few other students. I easily recognize that yellow pegasus with a long pink mane and tail. She looked a bit startled seeing me.

"Oh my… you must be Legosi." She said.

"Yep. That's me." I replied, taking a seat next to Silversteam. The other ponies scooted away from me, though Silversteam was just fine with me. 

"Twilight told me you did plan on joining us."

"I asked if he'd like to join, professor Fluttershy." Silversteam spoke up.

"Yeah… she told me I should join." I said.

"Well that's great to hear." Fluttershy replied with a small clap to her hooves. "Most of us are here because we're at the halfway point in out weekly schedules, and are feeling a bit stressed out, and this is where we can relax and meditate. Have you ever done meditation before?"

"... Not really." I answered. 

"Well, I'm glad you can join us." She pulled out a tray from behind her, with a tea set prepared, freshly brewed. "A simple cup of green tea works wonders. But let's begin, shall we?" She handed us all a cup of warm tea. I could smell it… and it was… pretty relaxing, actually. "Now, clear your mind, and follow my directions…" I took a deep breath, readying myself to follow her instructions.

"Slowly relax your bodies… and close your eyes. Let's take three deep breaths. Breathing in deeply. Breathing out softly. Breathing in, feel the expansion. Breathing out, relax and release. Breathing in… and breathing out. 

Slowly open your eyes and hold your tea in both hands. Be aware of the warmth of the cup traveling to your palms. Bring the tea close to your nose and take a gentle inhale. Feel the aroma enter your body. Take a small sip and bring your attention to the way the liquid swirls around in your mouth. Does the tea taste earthy? Floral? Or grassy? Keep your awareness on the inside of your mouth and your palate. Be mindful of the warmth of this tea. Be thankful for this warmth.

Now, take a second sip. Keep your focus on the way the tea feels in your mouth. Its taste… its warmth. On your next exhale, let go of any stress and tension in your body and your mind. Let go of the need to analyze and to think. Just try to be thankful for this moment that you've taken for yourself. Be grateful for your body, for your mind, and for your being here. Try to be aware of how you feel at this moment. If you feel tired, embrace that. Accept how you feel right now with no judgement. Maybe even try to bring a small smile to your lips.

You might practice this mantra: May I be safe, may I be happy, may I live with ease and contentment. Let's take a third sip of your tea. Feel the way it interacts with your mouth. May the warmth of this tea relieve the wariness of the heart. May it relax my tired body. May it bring me joy. Try to find happiness in this stillness."

Wow… I'm… at ease… her calming voice just got to me. Maybe it's because of my animal Half, but I feel balanced. I can vaguely remember what happened at the Coconut Grill. I was stuffing my mouth with fish, growling at everyone… Everyone was scared. But Soaring Virtue… she screamed and dropped something. I leapt from my seat and ran towards her on all fours. But I stopped as I heard a ball drop… that foal… the one who called me puppy… she dropped the ball and stopped me. Had it not been for her… I opened my eyes and stood up. 

"Oh, Mr. Legosi?" Fluttershy spoke up, a bit taken back. "We're not finished yet."

"I'm sorry, but I have to see Soaring Virtue." I said before sniffing the air. Past the tea and the other students around, I caught her scent. Following my scent, it didn't take long for me to find her, standing at the opposite end of the hallway. She looked pale after seeing me, as if she had seen a ghost. Or more fitting, a monster. She quickly turned and walked away rapidly. I followed her.

"Hold on! Wait!" I spoke up. Her walking soon turned into a trot. I picked up the pace. Her trot soon turned into a run, and into a full on sprint. "Wait! Slow down!"

"Go away!" She yelled, tears running down her eyes. She turned left and ran into a room, slamming the door. I stopped at the door and tried to open it. Locked.

"Soaring! Please, come out."

"I SAID GO AWAY!!!" I can hear her sniffing loudly. 

"Soaring… look… I came to apologize… for what happened… I… I didn't know what came over me… and what I did… and what would've happened…" I took a deep breath, stepping away from the door. "You don't have to forgive me. I'll stay away from you as far as possible. Just… don't take it out on Sandbar… he didn't know if I would act like that. I… I'll leave you be…" I began to walk away, but stopped as I realized she was in the boy's bathroom. "Oh… and… you probably didn't know… but you're in the men's restroom…" I began to scoot away. "Just a… heads-up…" I walked away with another deep breath. I doubt this will be any better tomorrow or the next few days, but, as they say, time heals all Wounds. I could hear the bathroom door opening slowly, but continued walking away. Don't want to make this any worse than it was already.


Thursday.

After school.

Fluttershy's tea meditation helped a lot, since I felt better in the morning. Some things were off of my mind and chest, and I think I can make things better. But I knew I still needed help with certain math problems. Sure, I might've passed honors college algebra and trigonometry back in high school, but that didn't mean I remember everything. Gotta work out the rusts and kinks from not using it anywhere for a long time. And luckily for me, the study circle was in the library. … Kinda wish I had a cellphone though. 

Ocellus sat across from me, looking over a book over the history of Equestria. We were testing each other's history of Equestria.

"Ok," She began. "What were the original six elements that made the elements of Harmony?" I cleared my throat.

"Strength, bravery, healing, beauty, hope, and sorcery." 

"That's… correct! You're much smarter than I expected, Legosi?" 

"... Because of that incident on Monday?"

"Um… n-not really. But… well… can I ask you a question?"

"You just did."

"... Legosi…"

"Fine. Just as long as I ask you one in return."

"Well… I'm not trying to be rude… but has anyone in your family acted like that?" I raised an eyebrow. "I mean, if you go for so long without meat, do you go… well… feral?"

"... it depends. Before Changelings became good, did you start to-?" She covered my muzzle with her hooves.

"Uh, please don't bring that up, ok?" I removed her hooves from my mouth.

"So when you ask me this, it's alright, but if I ask you about the past, it's too sensitive?"

"It's… complicated, ok? And I'm sorry for bring that up."

"... Alright. I apologize for bringing up your past. And I say it's also complicated; I got hit on the head before arriving here and don't remember anything that happened." 

"Wait, really? You don't remember ANYTHING from your past?" 

"Well… it's complicated."

"But you have excellent memory over the history of Equestria. Could it be… are you actually someone from a different world that took over Legosi's body and are trying to live his life through a lie?" An awkward silence fell between us. Did she figure it out!? Well… maybe not. She started to laugh at her own assumption. "PFFT!!! Nah, that's too ridiculous, even for me."

"Hehe… yeah… that'd be ridiculous." 

"Well, Parent-Teacher conferences are here next month. Hope you remember everything about your family by then." 

Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! What do I do by the time that arrives!? What the hell do I say!?

"... Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell!" I blurted.

"Oh… you answered next question." She said, "Are you psychic?"


Friday

After school

Tests… they're always the worst. Multiple chests are both the best and worst things. For the former, there's a chance the answer is in the next question, and you can get lucky with your answers. The latter… You tend to wonder if the people who made these really love to make students have a panic attack if the answer is C multiple times. The worst has to be the written tests though, at least to me. You have to write your answers and explain it in detail. Wish I could just say "you know why" and be over with my answers. 

But that's all of my tangents from the school day. I entered Rarity's classroom, seeing the marshmallow unicorn with other ponies, and Smolder standing against the wall, arms crossed, not wanting to be there. Won't lie, I used to be part of drama club back in middle school, and a bit of high school, but the latter stopped because both of my parents were too busy, and since I didn't had a smartphone back then, I'd end up waiting over an hour just to get a ride back home. Hmm… I am starting to miss having a smartphone now, thinking about it. 

"Oh! Right over here, Mr. Legosi!" Rarity announced. We're about to start some exercises first." 

"Exercises?" I asked, approaching the club. "Like stretches?"

"Oh nonono! Mental exercises. In fact, Smolder, come along dearie." 

"Ugh…" Smolder groaned, joining us.

"That's better. But come, everyone, this will be fun. We'll be playing a game called…" her horn glowed blue as she pulled out one of Applejack's various hats with some pieces of paper in it. "Scenes from a hat!"

"I know this game!" I blurted aloud. Oh boy! I'm feeling so giddy! Whose Line is it Anyways has to be one of my favorite shows! 

"Oh!? That's excellent, Legosi. In fact, you and Smolder can join together and demonstrate to everyone." All of the other ponies backed away, giving Smolder and I some space. "Now, I'm going to take a scenario you all wrote out of this hat, borrowed by Applejack of course, and our two darlings are going to act them out. Let's begin..."

Rejected clubs.

I took a step forward.

"Hi, welcome to the shedding club." Rarity dinged a bell. Smolder took a step forward as I stepped back.

"Welcome to the not caring club." Ding. 

"Glad to see you in the fully clothed club." Ding.

"Thanks for joining the fire club." Ding. 

Things Applejack does when no one is looking.

I promptly acted like no one was watching before opening a fake cupboard and pulling something out. "Mmm… pears…" Ding.

Smolder copied what I did. "Mmm… banana…" Ding.

The Scariest thing you don't want to see at night. 

I just stood forward, not doing anything. There was a mix of uncomfortable laughs. "Relax, it's comedy."


The rest of the club was more or less another class, but at least I had fun with it. I think Smolder also had fun herself, albeit, she didn't exactly want to show it. Luckily, it wasn't boring, and I think it was much shorter. And hey, the weekend was arriving, so no school tomorrow. But… what to do? Wait… do I even have money? Maybe I can find a job tomorrow? But… where?

I decided to travel into town, looking for a place I can work for part time. At the very least, with some money, I can get myself something to eat, or do something like going to the movies or the arcade. But walking through town, something felt… off. My nose twitched and I snuffed the air. Something was burning… it smelt like the engine room in the train. But… there's no train here, and I vaguely smell coconuts… The Coconut Grill!!!

I sprinted ahead to where the Coconut Grill stood. As I saw, the place was on fire. Sandbar stood by his parents, both covered in soot as some ponies were trying to put out the flames. 

"I'm a bad mother," Sandbar's mom said. "I'm a bad mother."

"You're not a bad mom," Sandbar said. "You made a mistake." 

"Where's Coral Currents and Soaring Virtue!?" The father asked. My ears rang as I could faintly hear it; the crying and coughing of a foal. A baby was inside. The smoke and heat is too much for them. They need help! I… must protect!

RUN! Run through window! Hot! Everywhere, heat! Eyes, blinding. Ears, twitching. Baby… coughing. Where baby!? Sniff air! Smoke, heavy on nose. Caught baby! Search! Search! … found baby! Small, fragile, needs help. And other pony. Other pony...

I shook my head as I found myself somewhere else. Wait… I'm inside the Coconut Grill. And… oh shit! I'm in the middle of the Coconut Grill as everything is literally burning to the ground! But looking down… wait… it's that foal… the one that called me a puppy… and Soaring Virtue… she's looking up at me with heavy eyes. Wait… what the hell am I standing around for!? I gotta get them outta here! I picked up the foal first, but I also had to get Soaring out of here. With no real option, I carefully placed the scruff of the foal's neck in my mouth, getting a grip but also not hurt them. I picked up Soaring Virtue with both arms. She's a bit lighter than I expected, but still heavy. Looking back, I can see our exit. Adrenaline hit me hard, as I booked it out of there! My eyes were getting heavy from the smoke, and I couldn't properly breath, but I ran out into the opening, just moments before the entrance caved in.

A hospital wagon rolled right up, with some ponies coming out with a stroller. I quickly placed Soaring Virtue down to the stroller, whose eyes opened, seeing my silhouette in the dusk sky. But in my mouth, I pulled the foal out of my mouth and turned to see her face. She was silent. My knees gave in as I fell to them. No… nonono! Was I too late!? Why did I stop!? I might've saved Soaring's life, but-!

Cough! Cough!

The foal's eyes opened as she got a good look at me.

"... Puppy." She simply said. 

My heart… I'm so relieved. I wasn't late! She's alive! And my tail! It's… it's wagging! Is this what pure, unadulterated joy feels like!? Everything didn't matter! It was just me and this foal!

"Legosi!" Sandbar shouted. "You… you saved my sister!" I turned to him and back to the foal… yep, I can see the similarities.

"I… uh…" I stammered before putting her back to the floor. She tripped a bit, but ran a few laps around me.

"Puppy! Puppy! Puppy!" She cheered. Sandbar's mom approached me, tears running down her eyes. Didn't realize being on my knees made me see eye to eyes with ponies, as she lifted one of my hands with a hoof.

"Th-thank you so much." She teared up. "You're such a good boy."

"... A good boy?

A good boy… I'm a good boy. Good boy. Love it! I good boy! Happiness! Treasure feeling! I good boy! Announce to everyone!

"I'm a good boy! I'M A GOOD BOY!!!"

Run through town! Announce to all! I good boy! No be scared! I good boy! See moon! Howl! Howl for all to hear! I good boy!


I don't know what happened. But I felt great about it! I felt on top of the world! I was back in my room, laying on my bed. Looking at the clock, it was nearly midnight again. I looked back at my reflection… the shirt I covered fell off, and I saw my bloody reflection again. He stood there, and motioned for me.

"Join me…" He simply spoke. I stood up. I may feel on top of the world, but I needed to do this. 

"Ok… you can do this." I spoke to myself. I walked to the mirror and stood in front of it. My bloody reflection dissipated, going back to my old self. Like before, I stuck a finger in it, and it went through; it wasn't wet, but an open space on the other end. With a deep breath, I went in head first, taking a step in, not stopping. 

I entered what looked to be a forest. It was dark, with no real source of light around. I could only vaguely see a path, past the various foliage. Already entered this… mirror dimension, so I may as well continue onwards. My heart beated pretty rapidly as I had a case of the cold sweats. I heard a snap of some twigs behind me. Time to run! I sprinted through the forest as something chased me! I ain't gonna stop! Not one bit! Follow the path until… is that light?

I ran through and entered the lit area. It was a bit of a clear opening, surrounded by trees. Wait… this felt familiar… then I heard it… growling from the trees. Followed by something jumping. I turned to see something leapt at me. I screamed as it pounced me. With a left hand, I grabbed it's throat, keeping its gnashing maw away from my face, with drool slobbering all over my face, as it's claws tried to reach for me. 

"Get… off!!!" I yelled, delivering a hard right hook. It got off with a whimper as I got up. But seeing it now… it wasn't a thing… it was… me. It was my bloody reflection, eyes glowing red, snarling at me. But the most strangest detail is that half of his body was cracked, like a mirror if it was shattered, with some missing pieces. We both went in a circle. "Wait… you… who are you?"

"... You know exactly who I am." His voice sounded like mine, but… I couldn't find a more cliché word… evil. 

"N-no. I don't."

"You don't remember? You do though. When that Faust showed us that turkey. When you think of meat. The Coconut Grill incident. You lost control of yourself because you just want the delicious flavor of meat!

"Wait… that's you!? Wh-who are you!?" He chuckled.

" I told you... I'm you! Your reflection. More specifically, your instincts. The thing you've tried to regress for so long, to give up what we are; a carnivore!"

"Wait… you're… my instincts? And I've regressed you for how long?"

"Don't you remember? Ever since you were just a pup, you wanted to be like those ponies. You ignored me for all of your life, staying away from the fish markets and any place with meat. But now… now you see all of that training is all for nothing." He began to laugh maniacally.

"Wait… you're probably only half of my instincts then! If you're my instincts, then why did we save that foal's life!?" He stood silently, followed by his eyes turning blue.

"They were young and weak." His voice changed to something that was more selfless. "No one young should suffer to be like that." his eyes changed back to red. "And it's not fun! The thrill of the hunt is what we seek and you know it as well!"

Trying to remember a few things about wolves… maybe I can… aim them? 

"Wait… you said you want the thrill of the hunt and to eat meat, right?" He went straight to my face.

"Yes..." He drooled.

"Uh… well… you're right." He looked a bit shocked. "Yeah, ponies do eat meat. Granted, it's not explicit. If you saw what I saw, then you know it's nothing explicit. We haven't seen them kill a cow or pig, but we did see fish, right?"


"... Correct."

"So… how about this? If they serve meat, I'll be sure to get some. Sounds good?"

"... But what about the hunt!? We need to hunt!"

"Ah. There's a good answer. I know that Ponyville is near a forest, the Everfree Forest. How about… I think it's today, right? Every Saturday night, we can go out and hunt any animal we see. Does that sound fair?" 

"I… it sounds good...but what of the others in this place."

"Ok, simple rules to follow. Anything that can talk like us, isn't to be eaten. If they have an animal with them, don't eat them either. And most importantly… Let's remain calm. I don't want to lose control of myself, even if it does feel good."

"... You've rejected us for a long time. Why are you accepting us now?"

"... I got hit in the head. Even you should know that." My reflection stood there, but smiled, not in a menacing way, but in a friendly way. The cracks on his body disappeared as they glowed, floating in the sky, and going into my chest. It wasn't painful, but I felt... whole. Like, I was missing a piece inside of me. 

"Who are you?" A voice asked. I turned to see who it was, but felt myself being jolted out, back through the woods, everything going away and consumed by light.