The Doctor and Orangecream were walking away from the barn when they heard a really loud scream. The Doctor recognized the voice of the scream. His eyes dilated.
“Derpy!,” he said.
He jumped over a log fallen log and ran towards the source of the scream, near the town. Orangecream recovered from his outburst of panic. He watched him for a minute before climbing over the log and went in the direction he was running.
“Doctor? Where are you going?,”
The Doctor didn't answer her.
“Alright then. He was- running this way. Towards the town. So if I remember correctly there should be another path, right- next to it,”
She ran into the next clearest path.
She ran as fast as she possibly could. It took some time but she finally managed to catch up to the Doctor. Still running a good distance behind him, but she could see him. They meet up with Derpy and Tick Tock whose eyes were both glued onto something.
“Derpy?! Are you alright?,” the Doctor asked concerned.
“Ya. I’m fine,” Derpy said breaking eye contact from the branches.
“Why did you scream then?,”
Orangecream cut through the bushes and walked over to them. Her ears were flattened against her skull. Her eyes were looking down. She was panting, out of breath. The Doctor turned to her.
“Uh. You alright then?,”
“Yes,”
The canopy of the forest rustled. Orangecream caught her breath and her ears perked up and looked up when she heard the rustling.
“Oh. That can’t be good,” Orangecream said.
Suddenly the entire forest leaned. Derpy and Orangecream screamed. Orangecream grabbed onto a tree’s trunk. Derpy was sent into a bush. The Doctor fell but he managed to stay in the same place on the ground. Tick Tock slid onto a tree. The forest kept on shaking.
“Oh. Come on! What’s wrong!?,” Orangecream screamed at the canopy.
The forest stopped shaking and the forest settled. Orangecream let go of the tree. Derpy climbed out of the bush, the Doctor got up and Tick Tock recovered and walked away from where he hit.
“Is everyone alright?,” the Doctor asked.
“Yup,” Derpy replied.
“No injured here,” Tick Tock said.
“Yes,” Orangecream said.
“The forest is good now,” Orangecream said, stroking the tree she was clinging onto.
“Who are you?,” Derpy asked.
“Oh hello. I’m Orangecream. Who are you?,”
“These are my companions Ditzy Doo, and I like to call her Derpy Hooves, and Tick Tock,” the Doctor said, pointing to each of the two as he introduced each of the two ponies.
“Hi,” Derpy said smiling.
“Greetings and salutations little filly,” Tick Tock said.
“Judging by your occurrence. You've just reached your teen years?,” Tick Tock added.
“Hey! I’m only eight!,” Orangecream said defensive.
“Really? You look older than eight,” the Doctor said.
“Well yes really. And for why I’m so tall for only being eight um……,”
“Um? I don’t think I like the sound of um,” the Doctor said.
“Well. Here foals grow to be full grown around 6. After that we’re the same size as a full grown mare or stallion around here. Just like in some towns ponies grow be taller, some of us grow to be shorter than most ponies. It’s pretty weird, I know. ...........But we have to grow up quick living here. Evolution and all that science,” Orangecream explained.
“That would explain why so many ponies are the same size as you,” Derpy said.
“Ya,”
The four ponies were walking towards to town.
“So Orangecream. Do you know of anything strange that’s going on here? Anything strange or creepy? Anything at all?,” the Doctor asked.
“You really don’t know? Our town is a bit in war,”
“War?,” Derpy asked.
“I’m afraid so. Unfortunately there hasn't been many cases where we won. Um…… Remember those monsters back in the log cabin?,”
“Yes,” the Doctor said.
“That was them. In any case, instead of nights of them stalking me for reasons I have no explanation for it. I don’t know much. You should ask some of the ponies I know. They would probably know a bit more than me,” Orangecream said.
Two other fillies were approaching them in the town. A unicorn and an earth pony. The unicorn being white with a grey mane, grey eyes. A purple earth pony with a pink smooth mane. Pink eyes and a red first aid sign for a cutie mark.
“Here there they come now. That’s Winter Bell and Splints Cover,” Orangecream said pointing to each of the two fillies as she said both their names.
“Hey Orangecream. I heard a weird sound coming from the forest. I was going to come over to your log cabin. I also brought Splints Cover over in case you weren't okay,” the pink unicorn said, her voice was high pitched but it wasn't unbearable high, just more high pitched than an average 8 year old filly.
“It’s alright Winter. I’m fine I promise. It was just a strange sound is all,”
“Oh okay good,”
“Oh so you don’t need first aid then? Just to be clear,” Splints asked her voice was calm and gentle, stereotypical nurse calm and gentle.
“Uh. No. No thanks. My bones are fine,” Orangecream said quickly.
“Uh. So I guess I won’t need this then,” Splints said shoving away the first aid kit.
“No. No you would not. Anyway. These ponies are wondering about the strange things that are going on here,”
Winter Bell looked at the three ponies and lowered her eyebrows confused.
“What? You don’t know about the war? Or the living forest?,”
“Uh. No. We’re new. ….Explain,”
“Well as far as the forest goes, the forest is literally living. It has the ability to move and talk some weird language that somehow only Orangecream can understand. As for the war. Our town’s been in war against the Shadowers. There a bit hard to explain,” Winter explained.
“But I was able to get them to speak to me. I just used this,” the Doctor said.
He took out his sonic screwdriver to show the fillies.
“Ya. What is that?,” Orangecream said remember the tool he had used.
“This is sonic screwdriver,”
“Sorry, a what now?,”
“A sonic screwdriver. It’s a screwdriver. Only sonic,”
“What’s it do?,”
“Everything,”
“Anyway. How long has this war been going on for?,” the Doctor asked.
“Um. I think 9 and a half years?,” Spints asked.
“No,” Orangecream said.
“Hm?,” Splints said.
“8 years,” Orangecream said.
“She’s right it has been going on for ten years. You um…. You’re family got confused during it. You weren't very involoved,” Winter reminded.
“Oh ya,” Splints said remembering.