Laying in a large abandoned Cottage deep in the middle of the Everfree Forest, a tiny bundle of sticks lay. But this is no ordinary bundle of sticks, this was a young female Timberwolf pup resting in a large nest made from old dirtied clothes and small swigs. This little pup slept alone, since Timberwolves were a pest to the ponies of the nearby town of Ponyville, they often come into the forest to literally cut down their numbers, which included the pups brothers and sisters. The Timberwolf pup, mother and the rest of their slowly shrinking pack were deeply sadden by the loss of such young lives. But being what they are, it was rare for even one pup to survive each year, so they were grateful to see one still hiding in the depths of their den.
Crunch, crack
Yawning the pup lifts her head up and sleepily looks around, wondering where the noise is coming from.
Snap, creak
The pup quickly turns to see an adult Timberwolf followed by four others entering the den. Smiling happily the pup jumps up and runs up to the Timber wolf at the front, "mama! You're back, got anything for dinner!?" The pup growled as she nuzzles her apparent mama and wags her little twiggy tail.
Growling and nuzzling her pup in return, she turns and gestures the other pack members to bring in their kill, which was an adult Doe. Dropping the kill in front of the pup, she watches as her young pup starting to hungrily eat before later joining in as well as the rest of the pack. This was their first kill in days, so they're all going to savor this meal greatly.
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Later that evening the pack lays in the den and rests their full stomachs. All except for the pup as she already had her rest earlier that day so she was now full of energy, suddenly remembering her mama's story about ponies she gently nudges her mother awake.
Growling in frustration from being awoken, the mother lifts her head and looks down at her pup sitting beside her in question, wondering why she would need to wake her up.
"Hey, can I ask you something mama?" The pup asks while she nuzzles her mother affectionately.
Rolling her glowing eyes, she sighs in defeat and raises a leafed eye brow. She just wants to go back to sleep.
Smiling up at her mother she finally asks her question, "when I grow up I'm gonna be a pony! Is that possible mama? Can I be a pony?" getting excited for the answer she starts scratching on the floor.
Growling the mother Timberwolf as well as the other wolves stand up and face the now confused and frightened pup. It's one of the biggest rules of the pack, never associate with the enemy or even talk about them as the consequences for breaking the number one rule is instant death. Closing her eyes anger and sadness, she never thought that she would have to do this and to her one and only pup to.
Frantically looking at the angered pack members in fright and confusion, she turns back to her mama. "W-whats wrong mama? Did I s-say something wrong, why are you all a-acting this way?!" Whimpering from the unwanted attention she cowers before them and covers her face with her paws.
But she wasn't listening, still with her eyes closed thinking of the punishment that is about to occur by her own paws. Reopening her eyes she looks down at her- the pup, she just can't bring herself to do the punishment. Looking at the rest of the pack she growls her commands.
Nodding the pack growls at the pup and start to advance on her, pushing her into the corner as one of the wolves roughly grab a hold of the back of her neck and races outside.
The mother lowers her head with her ears pinned back and turns her head away from the quickly disappearing pup. Her decision was to disown and abandon her pup, never to be let back into the pack and if confronted again she is to be attacked as if she was the enemy.
"MAMAAA! Help me, please stop them!" Terrified and hurt, she looks back at the shrinking den, hoping to see her mother come to the rescue.
"Mama.....please."
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After what felt like a lifetime of running, what she once thought as her pack mate finally slowed down to a stop. Flinging her to the ground, the Timberwolf gave her a warning growl before turning and running back into the darkness of the dense undergrowth of the Everfree Forest.
Shivering from the terror and the cold she shakily stands up and walks in a random direction, hoping to find help or possibly her mother. "W-why? I only wanted to be a pony.....I'm sick of always being in hiding, why aren't they hiding like us?" She asks, only the howl of the wind in the trees answered.
Rain was now pelting down on the pup as she stops in a clearing, looking ahead she sees another weird building that looked like her den. To scared to get attacked again if she entered, she looks around the building and sees a small bush under the window where the rain couldn't reach. Racing across the ground she quickly dives inside and curls up amongst the dry leaves. She closes her eyes, ready to spend her first night alone without her mama by her side.
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Inside the building a canary yellow and fairy floss colored Pegasus mare sat on her couch beside a white bunny drinking tea while anxiously watching the rain from outside their window.
"Oh my, I hope Elizabeak and the other critters are OK." Fluttershy nervously says to her bunny as she watches the heavy downpour. "M-maybe I should go out there and make sure they're OK? Just to make sure?"
Rolling his eyes at his overprotective owner he hops up to put away his empty cup in the kitchen, in mid-hop he stops and twitches his ears. Tilting his head in confusion, that sounds like whimpering? But I've never heard an animal that sounds like that before. Turning back around he hops up beside Fluttershy and madly makes different gestures to get her attention.
"Angel Bunny what's wrong?" Watching the bunny gesture outside making whimpering sounds. "Do you need to go to the little bunnies room? You know its raining really hard right?"
Face-pawing in frustration, he grabs her mane and drags her to the door and points to it angrily. Stupid ponies....
"OK OK Angel Bunny," opening the door she poke her head and checks to see if her animal friends are doing alright. Angel Bunny quickly races past her, turning around to give him some privacy, she notices her bunny hopping and frantically pointing into a bush beside her house.
"What is it Angel Bunny? Gasp oh no! Is it an injured animal!?" Running up to her bunny, she quickly pushes the small branches aside. Only to be met with a small Timber wolf curled up inside.
"EEP!"