//------------------------------// // To the Everfree // Story: Musicnotes story // by Musicnotes //------------------------------// Musicnotes looked around the forest wondering where her pendant could be. She walked around as the leaves under her hooves made a soft crushing sound. The bushes shook as animals of who knows what sizes walked past them. Whenever Musicnotes heard a growling sound, she jumped. She continued to walk around when the sky grew dark as night time started to fall. The stars were almost visible. Musicnotes sighed. "I better look for a place to stay for the night." She walked for several minutes finding a small cave. She looked inside seeing nothing there. She sat down and took out some food and a blanket from her bag. She covered up with the blanket and started to eat the food she packed. As she was eating, a small little bunny hopped out from the bushes. It was a strange looking bunny, instead of being the colors brown, white, or black, it was a bubblegum pink color. Musicnotes smiled as she set down her container of food. "Hello there. Are you hungry?" The bunny nodded as it hopped over to her. Musicnotes put a few of the veggies that were in her container of food by the bunny. The bunny gobbled up the veggies and hopped closer to her wanting to cover up with the blanket she had. Musicnotes smiled and covered up the bunny. "Alright my little friend, you can sleep here with me. " The bunny and her got comfy under the blanket and fell asleep. The next morning the little bunny woke up first and was looking through Musicnotes' bag. The pink bunny pulled out one of the books that was in there and acted as if it was going to read it. The bunny flipped though the pages and soon stopped. It shut the book and tossed it in a puddle that was close outside the cave. When Musicnotes woke up a few minutes later, she saw what her new pal had done and glared at it. "Why would you do that? " She trotted over to her book and picked it up. She flipped through it seeing some damage to the pages. She sighed and put the book back in her bag. She started to walk away ready to look for her pendant. The bunny was following her, not wanting to leave her side. Musicnotes couldn't help but smile. "Looks like I have a new pet. What should I name you? Hopper? Thumper? Sweetie? Trouble? Bubble?" The bunny nodded its head at the name Bubble. Musicnotes nodded. "Bubble it is." Bubble hopped onto Musicnotes back and they went back to searching. As they went through the Everfree forest, there was the continued sound of animals moving around through bushes and trees. Musicnotes thought that maybe she could fly and search from the skies but decided against it since it might be hard to see her small pendant in a big space of forest. Bubble hopped off her back after awhile and went ahead searching. Musicnotes smiled. "Don't go to far ahead." Bubble nods hopping off. She tried to quickly follow her little pink bunny so that she knew that she wouldn't get hurt. Bubble soon came running back to her when Musicnotes heard a sudden roar. After a second a giant Timberwolf jumped up in front of them and growled. She screamed. Its breath smelled terrible, it was a stench that she had never smelt before. Bubble shook as the Timberwolf started to come closer. Musicnotes was about to sing her song when an arrow struck it. Both Musicnotes and Bubble looked around in the direction where the arrow might have came from. A few more arrows hit the Timberwolf and it went to pieces. Suddenly somepony said. "Follow me." Musicnotes turn to the direction of the pony. She only saw the green cloak that the pony wore and followed him. The cloaked pony turned, and started walking off. "First things first, what were you doing out here, alone in the Everfree? It's dangerous, first of all...." Musicnotes looks at him to answer him as her bunny Bubble hops on her back. "Thanks for helping me. Im looking for a pendant." "A pendant, huh?" he glances around. "Can't say I've seen anything around.... But, I'll help you find it. You'll need some help." Musicnotes smiles. "Thank you. I would really like the help. Its something special I only received recently. I'm Musicnotes by the way but I'm also called Music as well." The green pony nodded his assent. "Welp, I'm Oakleaf. Call me Oak." After wandering a bit more, he bent down, and started to search the ground. "Do you know -any- tracking skills?" "Tracking stills? none what so ever." Music responded to him as she followed. Bubble just listened to them still sitting on Musicnotes' back. "Welp, come over here, I'll teach ya a tad," Oak said, gesturing her over. "Do you see anything wrong with this picture?" he asked, and gestured to a small patch of ground - with a little spot, the size of a rock, missing from the ground. She walks over and looks at it noticing the spot on the ground. "Yeah it looks like something is missing." He nods. "Good. What is missing?" "Maybe a rock or something." She replies. He nods again. "Now we're getting somewhere! What could've moved the rock?" Music shrugs at first then thinking about it for a minute. "Maybe an animal or somepony who walked by." "Mhmm. Now we look at the dirt itself. If it's soft and crumbly, the small rock was knocked out recently. If it's all hard and compressed, this is an old track." Oak proceeded to look it over, and nodded one final time. "It's fairly new. We're on the right track." Musicnotes nods. "Okay so what know." "Well, what'dya think? We find out where this trail!" He replied to her. "Alright lets go then." Musicnotes said in response. Oak seems to get a good lead, and starts trotting ahead. Soon, he stops. "Is -this- your amulet?" he asked, holding up a small trinket. Musicnotes takes a look at it, seeing that it had a blue stone on it. She was pretty sure it might be it since what are the odds of there being another pendant in the forest but just to make sure she turns it over and smiled seeing her name on the back. "Yes this is my pendant thank you." She takes it and puts it in her saddle bag. He nodded. "You're welcome." He took another glance around. "So... uhmm...." Musicnotes smiled. "Well I don't know. I guess I'm going to get out of here and get back on my quest." Oak took a small grin under his hood, too. "Well, it was nice meeting 'ya, Music." She nods. "Same, maybe our paths will one day cross again someday." "Indeed," Oak said, turning, and started to walked off. Musicnotes opened her bag letting her bunny Bubble hop in and she flapped her wings and flew away.