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// The "what if" factor 
// Story: A Filly and Her Wolf 
// by Teotle 
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Twilight, Spike, Nyx, and the wolf spent the whole afternoon indoors, trying to keep away from any unwanted attention, just as Celestia had asked. Every now and again, the wolf had to hide upstairs from visitors who wanted to check out or return a library book.

Eventually Twilight's friends, Pinkiepie and Fluttershy had arrived after hearing what happened from the others. Pinkiepie kept her distance from the wolf, still suspicious of what the unsuspected problem would be. Fluttershy, however, Couldn't take her eyes off of the little cub.

There weren't many wolves in equestria, and she just couldn't help but ask questions of who he was, where are his parents, and what his name is. The wolf looked at her with wide eyes.

Twilight expected the cub to be silent, but to her surprise, He managed three words. "My name Teotle." His voice had a soft tender feel too it. It sounded kind, but also a bit nervous. His vocabulary needed work, but they understood him pretty well.

Fluttershy said, "Teotle? That's a very good name. Not one that I've heard before."

Pinkiepie slowly approached Teotle, trying not to blink, because if she did, then he would disappear and cause trouble.

She looked him dead center in the eyes and said, "I'm watching you!"

"Pinkie!" said Twilight. "He won't do anything bad. He's just a cub."

"I can't take any chances, Twilight. The knot in my tail has spoken." Said Pinkiepie.

"Well try not to scare the poor thing." Said Fluttershy, patting Teotle's head.

"Alright." Said Pinkiepie.

Teotle looked at Pinkeipie and said "I not know, what wrong?"

"A knot in my tail tells me that something bad will happen and we won't be able to fix it the easy way." Pinkiepie explained.

Teotle said, "I sorry, wish I could help."

"If you want to help, stay out of trouble." Said Pinkiepie. "Maybe its not you my tail is talking about."

Teotle shrugged and said, "I not even know how to get in trouble."

"Well then we have nothing to worry about." Said Twilight.

Nyx looked at Twlilight with pleading eyes and said "If it turns out that he wont be any trouble, can we keep him?"

Teotle began to wag his tail at the question, but Twilight  argued and said, "I'm sorry Nyx, but even if he isn't dangerous, we still need to try to find his family."

Teotle frowned as his tail fell between his legs. He looked at the ground and said, "Family is gone."

The room was silent. what did he mean by gone? were they far away, did they leave him, or were they...

A knock came from the door, breaking the silence. Twilight opened the door to see Rarity on the other side.

"Rarity, what are you doing here?" Asked Twilight.

"I thought I'd check on the cub we found. He wasn't in the hospital, so I thought I'd check here." Said Rarity.

She walked inside to see Teotle, still looking at at ground. She then looked at his metal leg.

"Did nurse Redheart give him that?" Rarity asked.

Twilight smiled nervously and answered, "No, he made it with a transfiguration spell."

Rarity, Pinkiepie, and Fluttershy all looked at Twilight as if she had three heads.

"Transfiguration spell, how can a wolf do that?" Fluttershy asked.

Teotle smiled and looked up from the ground. He took off his synthetic arm and set it on the ground.

"I show you." He said, raising a paw as his claws began to glow.

The leg lifted off the ground and was floating in mid air. It disassembled and fell apart as he concentrated on reversing the spell. The parts then shifted and changed back into a little sapling tree.

Everypony watched with eyes wide and mouths hanging open. Teotle could use his claws to control magic. He didn't need a horn like a unicorn or an alicorn.

"Oh, that's nice." Rarity said through clenched teeth.

Twilight gave Rarity a nudge on the shoulder and whispered sarcastically, "Nice subtlety."

Rarity looked back at Twilight and said, "Twilight, dear, May we talk to you in private?"

Twilight hesitated, but soon nodded her head. She told Nyx, Spike and Teotle to go upstairs. Teotle remade his leg and followed the others to Twilight's room while she talked to Rarity, Pinkiepie, and Fluttershy.

"Um, Twilight?" Asked Fluttershy. "I know what Rarity told me and Pinkepie, but what do you know about Teotle?"

"Aside from his poor vocabulary." Rarity added.

"Your guess is as good as mine." Twilight explained. "We found him in the forest, stuck in an enchanted bear trap. He chewed off his own leg to escape, he healed over night and apparently he can use magic to make a new leg."

"Twilight, what exactly is your plan for Teotle?" Asked Rarity.

"We've already written to the princesses." Answered Twilight. "They say they'll be here tomorrow to find out what to do."

"Aren't you worried of what might happen?" Asked Pinkiepie. "What if they take him and send him off alone somewhere?"

"Oh, come on, I doubt they'll do something like that." Replied Twilight. "They'll most likely try to find his family, or another pack of wolves who will take him in."

"But Twilight, nopony has seen a wolf in equestria for a long time." Remarked Fluttershy. " He said his family was gone. What if there are no other wolves?"

"Well what's he doing here then?" Asked Twilight.

"We're just saying that this might be what Pinkiepie is talking about where there is no easy answer." Said Rarity.

Twilight thought about that for a while. There was no easy answer to this like they said. What if there are no other wolves? Could Pinkiepies knot mean this situation they're in now?

She looked at her friends and said, "Maybe your right, I don't even know how they're going to react to seeing his metal leg."

Rarity said "All were saying is to be ready for the worst, weather it be Nyx's disappointment for not keeping him, or Celestia's choice for Teotle's fate.

"I understand." said Twilight. "Thank you."

Twilight called Spike, Nyx and Teotle back downstairs. When they came down, Rarity asked Spike, "Could you bring me a book on basic vocabulary, dear?"

"Ok Rarity." Spike said giddily.

Spike grabbed a book off the bookshelf titled called (Proper Vocabulary for Fillies.)

"Thank you, Spike." Said Rarity.

"What are you going to do with that?" 

Rarity smiled and said, "Try to fix Teotle's vocabulary. If he is to be presented to the princesses, he must talk, look, and sound the part."