//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: The filly and the wolf // by Aleksandr Sherbet //------------------------------// "Alpha, are you okay? You seem quiet." Arrow asked Arrow light was a earth pony filly and was always happy she had a light pink coat, a bright orange mane and hazel colored eyes. Arrow always considered Alpha a brother. "I'm fine, alright? I'm just a little tired." Alpha stated "Let me walk then. You won't become tired, and I have two legs." Arrow asked "Okay but stay close to me." Alpha stated I remember when I first saw Arrow, it angered me that she was abused as a child. -Flashback- "Please don't hurt me mister wolf, please." Arrow said cowering in fear. "Hey there little filly, are you okay?" I asked She started tearing up and said "No mister, my family, they don't like me! They hate me!" "Why would they hate you?" I asked concerned for her well-being. "Well they would always call me names such as ‘you useless little brat you're just another mistake’ and they would hit me," again she teared up it made my blood boil hearing this. I looked at her tummy she looked like she hasn't eaten anything for a few days. "Wait here." I started walking into a town called Appleolossa I snuck from barrel to barrel knowing that if I got spotted I would mostly likely get killed. I managed to get into a house, I didn't whose house it was but I stole some apples and a loaf of bread. I quickly grabbed a bottle of water and ran out the house. I was spotted by a farmer on my way out. I looked at him, and he looked at me. We didn't move at all. I quickly ran towards him and jumped over him. "That varmint has my food catch ‘em!" He shouted. Soon, some of the farm hands were on my ass. I quickly dodged many of the citizens in town. They stopped near the edge of the town a train stopped and I saw ponies leave the train looking again I saw six mares but I really didn't care much. I got back to see the filly waiting there. I approached her and said. "Here's some food. Now eat up you need your strength." "Thank you mister wolf." Quickly she ate her food and hugged me. I never felt that warm before, only when Luna hugged me but that's another story. I decide that I would take her, feed her, and teach her the arts of lying and stealing. "Hey Alpha, we're nearing a town. Do you think we should stop?" Arrow asked me "Yeah but where exactly are we going to hide?" "Maybe that forest." Arrow pointed out. "That's my girl. Let’s go." We passed many plants and vines travelling through the forest. When we saw a small cave entrance we entered to make ourselves comfortable. "So can I go into town?" "Yes but be careful and for Faust’s sake don't do anything stupid." "Yeah yeah yeah I got it." "Hey Arrow you're still eleven, you do know that just because you're skilled with a bow doesn't mean you're immortal." "I got it no worries big bro." ------------------------------------- Arrow left the cave and took her bow just in case. She never left without it, and just because she was eleven years old doesn’t mean she was a pushover. When she wants something, she gets it through threatening or lying. When she isn't trying to survive she's always happy with whatever happened to her. She never held a grudge against anypony. Arrow exited the forest and looked at a sign posted nearby. "Everfree forest huh." She then shrugged and walked towards Ponyville, nearing the town. She shrugged and walked forward until she heard a high pitched voice next to her. "Hello I never seen you here before are you new to pony. Oh where are my manners my name is Pinkie Pie." The pink pony said rapidly. Uh, my name is Aero." Arrow said using her alias which wasn't any different from her real name except how you spelled it. "Um, look it was nice meeting you Pinkie but I got stuff to do." Arrow walked past Pinkie not wanting to talk anymore. "Oh what's wrong little filly why are you so busy that you can't enjoy your-wait a minute shouldn't you be in class?" Pinkie said eyeing Arrow. Arrow was excellent at lying so she made a small fib. "Well Pinkie, the teacher let me out early because I did so well at a test. She told me to enjoy my weekend." Arrow fibbed "Okie dokie lokie." Pinkie said bouncing away. She entered town and located the market place, and it was bustling. Many of the locals were shopping or talking with other ponies. Arrow didn't care much it was time for her spree. She walked over to many of the popular stalls that had many customers. Arrow walked over to many of the customer that bought their products and bumped into them and quickly swiped their items. Walking away many of the ponies looked into their bags to see their items stolen. Some blamed others, and others just fought in the street. Arrow laughed and continued on her way. Arrow then saw an apple stand. She then walked over to see a lot more customers than any other stall. Carefully she swiped an apple or two without the salesmare seeing her. She turned to leave and chuckled when they saw that they were missing some of their wares. "Okay now it's time to look for a library and get education, plus I know how alpha will act if I don't pick up any books." She said aloud She walked towards a library. The library was called Golden Oaks Library. She then entered to see nopony there. "Uh, hello? Anypony here!?" She shouted "Oh, uh, sorry. Didn't expect anypony to come in today." A dragon came out the same height as arrow he purple and green scales and wore a plain black tee shirt with a pair of blue jeans. "Yeah, anyway do you know if there are any books on this town’s history?" Arrow asked. "Yeah here." He then took out a rather large book and placed it on the counter. "Whoa didn’t expect this small town to have much of a history." Arrow stated "Yeah, hey what's your name? My name's Spike." "Oh my name's Aero and where's is everyone by the way? I wouldn’t expect you to be the librarian, you're too young." "Hehe you noticed." Spike said rubbing the back of his head. "Well Twilight is off with her friends, something about a picnic. She told me to keep the library open just in case." Arrow chuckled and picked up the heavy book and placed it on the table. She read the book until she got tired of it. "Hey Spike, do you have any Daring Do books around here?" Arrow asked. "Oh yeah here." He brought out the first copy of the Daring Do series. "You can check it out if you want." "Thanks Spike, it's kinda hard to entertain myself when my brother and I travel." "Travel? What do you guys do?" He asked. "Well my brother and I just go town to town, seeing sights and stuff." Arrow didn't want to reveal her past to somepony she just met. "Hmm, I couldn't imagine myself doing that. I'm a one town kinda dragon. Before I lived here I lived in Canterlot castle with my friend Twilight Sparkle." "Really? You lived in the same castle as Princess Celestia?" "Yup." We both conversed about our lives and how they got better each day. The library door opened and I saw six mares come inside. "Oh wow! Your brother actually killed a manticore." Spike was in awe as he hear my story. "Twilight, you gotta hear what Aero told me about her brother! It's awesome!" "Hey isn't that the filly that ponies around Ponyville are talking about?" The cyan Pegasus said pointing towards me. I slowly rose from my seat only to be sat down by a purple colored aura. "Uh, well-I-uh." The orange mare found my bag and emptied it. They found all kinds of food and other items such as gauze, alcoholic cider and food. I was truly in trouble. "Y-you’re stealing." The yellow Pegasus said "Um-I-uh, well." The magical grip then took my bow and arrows and placed them somewhere else. "You're stealing from honest ponies trying to make a living." The orange one accused. "Do your parents encourage you to do this?" The orange one said "No, my brother does he says that the honest don't know shit and the liars make more of a living." "Who told you this language?" The white one said. "Your brother should be ashamed." "Well he isn't. Are you going to let me go or not?" "No, not until we find your brother and give him a piece of our minds." Twilight said