Screwball looked around horrified. To her surprise, no pony seemed fazed by the field trip destination. Maybe she was over thinking it, maybe it wasn't a big deal. But at that moment, she remembered the fury her father displayed when he told Screwball to stay away from The Cutie Mark Crusaders. Imagine his anger when he found out that she had deliberately disobeyed his wishes! She practically shuddered at the thought. She thought she could it would be best to talk to Cherilee about it after school but thought better of it. She wouldn't understand her predicament anyways.
Screwball headed to her fathers statue when school ended after she made an excuse to her friends. She trudged along at a slow pace. Her mind raced with ways she could get out of the field trip. Pretend to be sick? No, Applejack would easily see through her lie. Skip school? No,no these ideas would never work. Screwball thought it would be best if she sat down and think but was soon distracted by something else.
Where was she? She looked around to try to figure out if she'd ever been there before but was disappointed and frightened to find that she didn't recognize it at all. Had she walked into the Everfree Forest? Was she near her father's statue?
Was she even in Equestria anymore? (Don't ask me, I'm just the narrator). But what she did know was that it was getting dark soon and she still had no idea where she was. She ran around aimlessly for a good 30 minutes until she faced the facts that she wasn't going anywhere soon. She guessed that she was in Everfree Forest by the clouds floating around aimlessly in the sky. This was even odd to her, The Daughter of Chaos. On the bright side, she might not have to go on the field trip. Although, she'd probably be dead by than.
In the distance she could the timber-wolves howling. She hoped to Celestia that they weren't too hungry. Fortunately, they weren't attacking... yet. The first thing she learned from living alone was that she had to find some food. Maybe there was a berry bush around here somewhere. She looked around a clearing in the forest she was in and found a lonely berry bush in a corner of the clearing. She picked most of them and decided the next thing to do was make a shelter. Lacking the proper supplies, she thought it would be a good idea just to sleep in the trees. She already knew how to make a blanket thanks to her father, She suddenly remembered her father was probably waiting for her. But she had no idea where she was at so she couldn't just walk their. So she just tried to get to sleep. She had a big day of trying to get the hay out of the forest the next morning.
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Screwball woke with a start. She was wondering why her bed was so hard and smelly when she rolled right off the bed, or at least she thought it was until she fell down 20 feet. Oh Celestia the pain, she was hoping to have broken some bones with hope of missing the field trip, but with no such luck. Only some bruises and the wind knocked out of her. She laid there for what seemed like hours but was only minutes before she heard a low growling noise. Her heart sank, as she already knew the noise very well. She had heard it many hours of the night, as she lay restless in her bed. The sound of a growling noise followed by the familiar howl. She groaned, knowing full well what was coming next. The unstoppable leap as the timber wolf tried to pounce on its victim, and in this case, Screwball.
Fortunately, she was smart enough to remember to dodge out of the way. She had seen all the timber wolves ways of attacking its victim by watching a certain shy,yellow pony when she wasn't realizing it. The timber wolf tried to attack her but she quickly stared it down with piercing glare. Thanks to the yellow pony, Screwball was able to predict the next attack of the assailant, which was a recovery followed by a slash. Screwball managed to get behind the animal and hit it at a certain point on its spine. The wolf crumpled to the ground, not paralyzed. But momentarily dazed and unable to move. She took this opportunity to choke out the animal. Once he was out cold ( she assumed it was a male by the way it growled.) She repeatedly punched him in the face, Just like she had done to the colts. She only stopped when she saw blood coming from his mouth. She didn't want to kill the animal by any means so she stopped.
Her adrenaline overcame her once again as she realized the potential murder she had possibly committed. She was beginning to notice the scenery around her and it looked like the area around that yellow ponies cottage. She grabbed the wolf by the paws and dragged him towards where she thought was the way to the cottage . She could almost squeal with delight as it came into view. She was right, she was near the cottage. She hurried to the door as fast as she could and knocked hard on the door three times as hard as she could to try to wake the pony. But it wasn't needed as the door opened immediately after the third knock. She was immediately curious as to why there was a half dead wolf on her door step. Screwball explained the best she could without leaving any details out and the yellow pony understood that it was self defense.
Screwball found out that that the yellow's pony was Fluttershy.Screwball and Fluttershy talked a bit more before Screwball realized that it was almost sunset. She thought this was odd since she was just sleeping in the forest an hour ago. She figured that it must be darker in the forest.She went on her way after they had finished talking about animals and things like that. It turns out that the timber wolf had just been beaten pretty badly and would recover soon. Screwball figured that she should visit her Father really quick before she made her way home, She remembered her friends waiting for her, they must be worried sick.
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She had just about made her way to the statue when she realized she didn't have a good excuse as to why she bruised and why she was late. Screwball decided she'd just wing it. Finally she had made it to the maze where the statue was located.
"Hey Daddy, sorry i'm late, homework and all that" Screwball apologized
"Than where did you get all those scrapes?" Discord asked "Are some ponies bullying you?"
" No, I uh.... fell down" Screwball lied through her teeth.
Fortunately, he didn't see through her lie and continued the lesson. This time, it was a lesson on changing the area around herself. Mostly just making whatever around you become chaotic and unnatural. Screwball was only able to do it about ten feet around her. Not alot of area but still good. Alot of questions were asked by Discord on the subject of her housing arrangement. She was able to change the subject but only a few times. She eventually had to make an excuse to run off and she went to the farm.
Thankfully, they hadn't called the guards or anything. But Applejack was still very stern with Screwball and she started ranting on and on about how she shouldn't stay out late she was worried sick, the usual stuff. After awhile, Applejack asked her about her scrapes and bruises and then it was Screwballs turn to explain her side of the story. Which mostly consisted of lengthy details on her encounter with the timber wolf and talking to Fluttershy, she also mentioned visiting her dad and decided it'd be best to just stop there. She was growing tired and didn't feel like continuing. Applejack understood completely and agreed that Screwball was late for a very good reason. Applejack treated Screwballs wounds and sent her off to bed.
The other two fillies had fallen asleep already. Screwball felt guilty when she realized all the turmoil she put the family through. Especially Applebloom and Scootaloo since they seemed to have been trying to wait up fro her but were beaten by the sleepiness. Screwball squeezed into the bed with Scootaloo hogging all the blankets.Just like the other nights. But to Screwball, this was the usual since Scootaloo had done this every other night.She was finally happy to finally be accepted. Screwball fell asleep with a a huge grin on her face.
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She awoken the next morning rather abruptly. Both Applebloom and Scootaloo were jumping on Screwballs bed and were yelling her name.
"Where were you last night?" Scootaloo asked.
"We were worry sick" Applebloom said " Scootaloo was practically crying"
" WAS NOT!" Scootaloo retorted. She was obviously ashamed.
" Oh i was nowhere in particular" Screwball said with a grin threatening to break her serious tone " I was just hanging out in the Everfree forest and beat up a timber wolf. No big deal" Screwball said with a cocky attitude.
" No way?" Scootaloo said doubtful. " You got to be joking"
" I'll explain it during break feast, come on." Screwball said.
Screwball proceeded to guide the two fillies downstairs while she explained the situation she was in just hours ago. Scootaloo was the most impressed with Screwballs feat and was entirely enthralled with her recent adventure. Screwball explained it all down to the very last detail and even Big Mac was listening to her story. Screwball was so impressed with herself that the time flew by at a alarming rate and they were all rushed at the door and sent off to school. As usual they picked up Sweetiebelle and Scootaloo herself described where Screwball was the night before and had described every last situation she was in with alot of exaggeration, but Screwball was okay with this. After school, Screwball worried about the field trip that was the next day and decided she should just go with the flow. Things couldn't be that bad, Right?