Continuing the Dream

by Blue Breeze


The Everfree Forest: Round 2

Author's Note: Okay, fillies and gentlecolts. We've finally arrived to the action. Fair warning, this chapter contains cheesy attack names a la anime like Dragonball Z and One piece.

As nightfall sets in, I start making my way towards the Everfree Forest. 'It's a good thing I had Rarity make me this coat.' I think to myself. 'I'm really freezing my flank off out here.'

After a few minutes of flying, I land just outside the Everfree Forest, making sure not to let Fluttershy know I'm out here. Can't let her go and worry about me, now can I?

I quickly make my way inside the forest, taking everything in as I do. The forest looks the same now as it did eight years ago, but It's not like the forest can just go and get an interior decorator(I apologize for that lame joke). The trees are still all mossy, some having creepy faces on them. There are still noises coming from every direction. And most importantly, the weather is still mysteriously controlling itself.

I get my notebook and pencil out and immediately start jotting down notes. Clouds are moving on their own, oddly shaped and in strange patterns I might add. There's also a cold wind that keeps coming and going. I fly up and try to touch the clouds, but my hooves go right through them. That's definitely weird.

I sit down and decide to have a little snack. I take out a chimmycherrychonga(were you really expecting anything else?) and start eating it. Dang, these things are good. After I finish eating, I get back to taking notes.

Suddenly, I hear a noise come from behind me. "I'm getting a serious case of deja vu right now." I say to nopoy in particular. I turn around to the noise to get ready to fight. "Alright, whatever you are, I recommend coming out here right now or else I'll kick your flank!"

Just then, a pack of about nine timberwolves comes out, their glowing, yellow eyes peering right at me. "Timberwolves? Okay, this is new. I hope you boys can make this interesting." I say with a smug grin. I start cracking my joints in preparation.

As they start making their way towards me, I start charging up power in my wings. My wings now glowing white, I flap them, sending out two waves of energy at the timberwolves. I call this little attack the Wing Wave.

The wolves see this and jump out of the way, all except two who were frozen from fear. They take the waves full on and become too wounded to fight. This surprises me, seeing as the wolves have hard, wooden bodies. But I'm not complaining.

The remaining six charge at me, claws and fangs ready. I slowly start ascending and begin flapping my wings furiously. This causes strong gusts of wind to come out and blow the timberwolves away, knocking out two who happened to hit some trees, head first. This one's called the Blue Typhoon(clever, I know).

'Hmm, four down five to go. I think I'll try taking these guys out without using my powers.' I think to myself. What? You didn't think I needed to rely on powers in a fight, did you? No way! I'm definitely not a slouch in a hoof fight. You see, before my dad worked as a weather pony, he worked as a royal guard. So, after my last visit to the forest, he decided to teach me all he knew about hoof to hoof combat so that I could protect myself. I told him I didn't need it, but he insisted on teaching me anyway. I gotta admit, it's been pretty handy(hoofy?) so far. But I digress.

I take off through the forest, the remaining wolves chasing after me. Once I get a far enough lead, I stop at a try and pull back one of its branches. I wait for a few moments, and when the wolves come I release the branch and *WHAM* I hit two wolves directly in the face, sending them flying back and knocking them out.

I begin flying again with two wolves chasing after me. I fly through some trees and they follow me. It turns out that on the other side of those trees was a cliff. I stay hovering in place, smiling at the wolves. They look down and realize what is about to happen. "Bye bye." I say, waving to the wolves as they fall down.

I make my way back into the forest to continue taking notes. 'Well, that was easy.' I smugly think. Then I realize something. 'Wait a minute! There were nine wolves. I only took out eight. I wonder where the last one ran off too.'

Just then, I feel a stinging pain go through my back as a timberwolf scratches it with its claws. As I try to get up, the wolf runs over to me and head-butts me right in the side of my face. I get up and spit out some blood. Now I'm mad.

"Okay, that's it. Play time's over!" I shout at the wolf. This guy looks like he's been in a few fights in his day. He has a scar across his right eye, which is more faded than the other, signalling that he must be blind in it. From what I can tell, he was the pack leader and well worthy of that title.

The wolf lunges at me, swiping at my head with his claws. I duck under his attack and buck him in the jaw, causing him to grasp it with his front paws and stumble back in pain. I get behind him and wrap my forelegs around his waist. I begin flying upwards, still tightly holding the wolf. Man, this guy's heavy.

"What goes up..." I say. I quickly turn upside down and begin flying towards the ground with as much force as I can. "must come down!" we start falling faster and faster, until...

*CRASH*

I piledrive the timberwolf into the ground, head first, knocking him out cold and leaving me shaky from the impact.

Using the strength I have left, I forcefully make my way out of the forest. Upon making my way to the forest's exit, I collapse from exhaustion. Through my blurry vision, I see a yellow and pink pony galloping towards me at full speed. That must be Fluttershy!

"Oh my goodness! Blue Breeze!" Fluttershy shouts(if you could even call it that) with worry.

"F-Fluttershy?" I weakly reply as I try to lift up my head to see her.

She puts a hoof to my head, telling me to not move. "Don't you worry, Blue. I'm going to get you some help." she then picks me up and puts me on her back.

"T-Thank you, Fluttershy." I say weakly as I ride on her back with a slight bounce

"You're welcome, Blue. Now, you just get some rest while I get you some help." she responds in the way a caring nurse or mother would.

"O-Okay..." and with that, I slip into unconsciousness, hoping to be fine when I awake.