Heart Plus - Dawn Arc

by SparkStone

Chapter 9 - Fear of Fur

-Fluttershy's POV-

-A delicious meal-

I was humming as I gathered all the animals to the backyard. I got their help setting a nice picnic table for all of them. The birds placed the table sheets and the bunnies brought in and set the plates. Since there was no need for forks and spoons, none of the animals brought them. After they finished, they all sat down and awaited what was to come next. I was so excited to tell them their surprise.

"I have a feeling you all are wondering why I've asked you all to help set up all this up." I commented.

They all nodded yes. I couldn't help but giggle as I continued. "Well, I asked my good friend Kasin to come over and cook you all something spectacular! He wanted to experiment with some new healthy cuisine recipes and asked if I knew anypony who would love to try some, and I thought that you all would love to! He'll be coming to cook soon, so just be patient, alright?"

They nodded in agreement, it was so adorable! I then heard a knock from my house. I assumed it was Kasin arriving for the plan.

"Oh! He's here! Alright now, all of you talk and be nice while you wait. I'm going to check on Kasin now."

With that said, I trotted to my house and opened the door. Kasin was standing by with bags of ingredients by him.

"Hey F-Shy, what's up?" Kasin greeted. With him being here four weeks after his arrival, he became even closer to us. I now see him more upbeat and confident too. It was like we were watching him grow up so quickly.

"Hello Kasin." I greeted back. "I was just expecting you, please! Come in!"

I lead him into my house. He whistled as he said, "Boy, I haven't came here since that time you saved me from bleeding to death."

"Yes, this is where we first met you Kasin." I reminisced the first day.

"Best thing that ever happened to me." Kasin expressed. "If it wasn't for that day, I'd never get to see you."

I giggled at that claim. Brining him to the kitchen, he looked around and seemed to have been thinking about something.

"Fluttershy?"

"Yes?"

"You said I can cook my new ideas for some ponies that'll be here, but I don't see them."

"Oh, no, there aren't any other ponies here."

"Wait…so this is just for, like…you and me? Like…a date?"

I blushed immensely before saying, "Oh, no, I meant there's a picnic outside, and there's nopony in here or out-…"

"Ah! Say no more, I get it now." Kasin replied as he got out everything from his bags. "Right! Anyways, I've been holding some ideas like tomato soup with some garlic seasoning and salad with the tastiest and not to mention, healthiest sauce you'll ever have!"

"Sounds delightful!" I commented.

"It sure does! I'll just get started as soon as I know how much I'm cooking for."

I thought about how much there were. Considering most of the animals were so small, they wouldn't eat a whole lot, but there were a lot of them too, plus there was also Mr. Bear. I wasn't sure how many, so I answered, "Um…could you just cook about…as much as you can?"

Kasin was a bit surprised. "Whoa, that much huh?"

"I-It's not a bother, is it?"

"Nah, it's fine. I can get your order done very soon, so don't worry much!"

I smiled and let him cook. I went back to my animal friends and said, "Alright, Kasin has just started. Just be a little more patient and you'll all be eating very soon!"

The animals cheered again, all except for Angel sitting near me. He's a white bunny by the way and he's nice when he wants to be. Angel wasn't pleased hearing he still had to wait. He even kicked the surface of his chair in disappointment.

"Oh, please try and wait Angel, Kasin is trying to cook as fast as possible."

Angel crossed his arms still frustrated. I tried to reason with him, but his response was…Oh, well he said "Get him to hurry it up then!" In his dialogue. (He said it in his language.)

"Why, I can't do that Angel! Kasin really is trying to cook for all of you, and since there's so many, it'll take a bit of-"

"Fluttershy! I'm done!" Kasin yelled.

"That quick!? I only left for ten minutes." I said, checking how long I was gone. I flew back to the house and saw my kitchen counter holding three pots of tomato soups, two towering saucy salads, and five big plates of fruit Ice cream desserts. I was impressed by how much there was, if I'd watch, maybe I could learn a few things from him.

"This is…amazing Kasin!" I complimented him.

"Ah, this is nothing! At Sugar Cube Corner, I had to make a BUNCH of stuff! Mostly because Pinkie keeps ordering food whenever we're on our shift." Kasin stated, rolling his eyes at Pinkie's actions.

"It's so impressive! The salads look delicious too, what kind of sauce is that?"

"An old family recipe. Actually, all of these are recipes my mom used to use before she…well, you know…"

I felt awkward having that memory brought up. "I-I'm sorry Kasin, I didn't mean to make you remember…"

"It's alright Fluttershy!" He perked up again. "We better get this food to the ponies outside, right?"

"Oh yes! Wait…ponies?" I replied confused.

"Well, who else am I serving this to?" Kasin asked while he held the dishes on his arms and hands.

"I guess I didn't tell you. You see, I asked you to make this for my-Oomf!" I stopped at my sentence when I started to carry the pot of tomato soup. It was REALLY heavy!

"What was that?" Kasin asked as he went through the back door. "Sorry, I didn't hear you say…"

I bumped into him when he stopped at the door. He stood still staring at the animals waiting. After a moment, the animals cheered to see Kasin carrying all the food, as well as astonished by how much there was. Kasin just stood still though. It was kind of strange.

"Um, Kasin?" I called. "This…pot's really heavy, can you…maybe move…if that doesn't bother you?"

"U-U-Um, no bother…no…bother…" He stuttered.

Kasin walked and placed the plates on the table, while I went back and forth placing the next pot of tomato soup. The animals dug right in while Kasin stood by next to me. I was very happy to see them all enjoying his cooking, but when I turned to Kasin, he seemed…distressed?

"F-F-Fluttershy, I h-have to go…Um…do something…"

"Oh, alright then, let me at least get the animals to thank-"

"That's alright! See you later! Bye!" Kasin said very fast before running out as fast as whenever Rainbow takes off. It was very…strange to see Kasin act like this.

-Pinkie's POV-

-He's acting funny!-

(RAMBLE) Hello again readers! I'm so glad to see you again! It's me! Pinkie Pie! Oh wait, you know that because it say's who's Point Of View your reading. Oh, did you know that's what POV stands for? It's an acronym for "Point Of View". You knew that, right? I mean, if you've read this far, you should have noticed by now. But if you didn't, then it's a good thing I told you now! Anyways, I was working at Sugar Cube Corner while Kasin was going to Fluttershy's to cook for her animal friends. How nice of him! So, he took a different assignment on experimenting his new ideas for the day instead of working in the shop. At least that's what Mr. and Mrs. Cake said to Kasin, letting him go over to Fluttershy's. What I didn't expect to see was Kasin coming back to work so soon.

"Heya Kasin! What're you doing here?" I questioned. "I thought you were at Fluttershy's today to feed the animals."

"Again, I had no idea I was feeding animals." Kasin stated. "A bit surprising when I saw them too."

"Weren't they adorable? I mean that's why Fluttershy LOVES taking care of them so much!"

"You know I've only been to Twilight's, Rarity's, Applejack's, and your lines of work, and I've heard Rainbow's job was cloud patrol. So I had no idea that Fluttershy was an animal caretaker."

"Really!? Well, I bet it was one heck of a surprise! How did it feel when you saw all those cute critters?" I asked while holding my cheeks.

"Like I was about to be shot by an arrow." Kasin stated.

"Like…a toy arrow?"

"No…Like a real, razor sharp, arrow."

(RAMBLE) I never seen Kasin so tensed up before! It was weird, weirder than the time when there were two Fluttershy's! Old Fluttershy was better than new Fluttershy in my opinion. Since Kasin finished his job already, he didn't have to go back into the kitchen, so he sat down by the table and ordered a rainbow milkshake. That's another recipe by Kasin, it has a bunch of fruit mixed in it to make the colors! Anyways, he started to smile again after he took a sip and said, "Ah, I needed that."

"You want another Rainbow to go with that milkshake?" Rainbow asked while hovering behind Kasin.

Kasin was all like, "WHOA!" Before he realized who it was. "Rainbow! When did you start saying joke like that?"

"Oh, you always knew I was a bit of a prankster Kasin!" Rainbow replied as she sat down next to him. "So why so glum earlier? You got bit by one of the animals while you were over at Fluttershy's?"

Kasin started to shudder before saying, "Thank god I didn't! I would freak out!"

"It's not that scary." Rainbow insisted. "Besides, Fluttershy raised them to be good little guys, it's not likely that they would try to bite you."

"Even so, the thought scares me."

Then, Fluttershy came in! She went up to Kasin and said, "There you are! I was looking for you."

"Oh, hey F-shy." Kasin greeted. F-shy? What a great nickname! I wonder what's mine going to be? Anyways, Kasin also said, "Sorry about running off like that, just had to check in with Pinkie."

"It's alright." Fluttershy replied. "I just wanted to thank you for feeding my friends all that delicious food!"

"It's cool, really."

"And I've brought some of them to thank you too!"

Behind Fluttershy's mane were a family of bunnies and mice, all sprouting out cheering, it was so adorable! But Kasin jumped back and was all like, ""WAAAH!" Before he fell to the floor and hit his head. Fluttershy was surprised while Rainbow helped Kasin up.

"Whoa big guy, what was that?" Rainbow asked while she brushed off Kasin.

"I-I-I-I was…very…surprised…and…and…"

"Kasin, are you alright?" Fluttershy asked while letting the animals off her mane. "Why don't you all go check if Kasin's hurt?" She asked the little critters.

The bunnies and mice nodded and started to run up to Kasin. Kasin started to freak out and ran out through the kitchen and through the back door. It was so freaky!

"Fluttershy…" Rainbow called. "I think you should bring your friends back home and meet up with us as soon as possible."

"Um…alright…" Fluttershy agreed and did as she was told.

"Come on Pinkie, let's go look for Kasin!" Rainbow suggested.

"Okay! I'll catch up with you!" I said to Rainbow while she flew out. I then yelled to Mr. and Mrs. Cake, "Mr. Cake! Mrs. Cake! I have to go check on my friend Kasin! I'll be back as soon as possible!"

"Alright Pinkie, we'll watch over the shop for now." Mr. Cake suggested.

With that said, I ran after Rainbow to look for Kasin. I wonder what's wrong with him?

-Rarity's POV-

-The Fear of Kasin-

I was just taking a stroll down the park, happy to know that I had some more articles of clothing for Kasin! He's been tearing up his spares due to those two fights with those heathens, so he's been walking on a very thin line on having to wear the same ones again and again without…washing them, quite a thin line indeed. On my way down the park, I see the fore mentioned human catching his breath by the grassy lane. Being close by, I decided to see what was wrong.

"Kasin, are you alright?" I asked.

The human boy was bewildered by my presence until he turned to me. "Oh, hi Rarity." He then stood up straight, regaining his composure. "Nice to see you again."

"Kasin, what's the matter? You looked as if you were running for quite a while."

"I kinda was." He replied with uncertainty.

"What were you running from?"

Before he could say, our tomboyish pegasus friend, Rainbow Dash flew by. "Hey Kasin! What was that all about?"

She landed next to Kasin followed by Pinkie who just arrived.

"Rainbow? Pinkie? What's going on?" I questioned.

"Hi Rarity!" Pinkie greeted. "We're just following Kasin to see why he keeps freaking out all of a sudden."

"Freaking out?" I repeated. "Kasin, darling, what in the world would get you so frightened?"

"Well, um…" Kasin stuttered.

"Is it…are you afraid of…!" Rainbow started off.

"What is it? What is Rainbow talking about?" I questioned.

"It…um…" Kasin stuttered still.

"Oh my gosh! You're scared animals, aren't you!?" Pinkie yelled out.

"Animals?" I echoed. "You're afraid of…animals?"

Kasin looked away shamefully and nodded yes. Rainbow then suddenly burst into laughter, humored by all of this.

"Bwahahahaha! No way! You're even more scared of everything than Fluttershy! As if that's even possible!"

"Rainbow! Laughing at Kasin's phobia of animals is not very nice!" I scolded her.

"Is…Is that true?" A soft voice asked.

We turned to see Fluttershy nearby who happened to come right on cue.

"Kasin…Is this really true?" Fluttershy asked once more.

Kasin looked down and eventually nodded. "Yeah…I have zoophobia…"

"Zoo-oh-what-tia?" Rainbow attempted to repeat.

"Zoophobia is the fear of animals." Fluttershy explained. "But Kasin, I never knew you had this kind of fear…in fact, I thought you were just a bit timid around other ponies."

"It's not a pretty story how I developed Zoophobia." Kasin explained.

"What exactly happened?" I couldn't help but ask.

"It's also an embarrassing story." Kasin added.

"Okay, now you HAVE to tell us." Rainbow insisted.

Fluttershy and I glared at Rainbow to make her understand, this was no time for laughter. Nothing against our friend Pinkie though.

"None taken." Pinkie said…wait, what?

Anyways, Fluttershy went over to Kasin and said, "Well, even if something happened to you back then, it doesn't mean you can't get over your fears!"

"What?!" Kasin spoke loudly, knowing where Fluttershy was going with this.

"Just follow me, and we'll get you over your zoophobia!" she declared.

"Uh, no way! I'm not going near your furry friends." He refused. "Besides, you're scared of a lot of things, can't I be scared of a few things too?"

"Not if one of those things are animals!" Fluttershy stated. "Now, let's go!"

Fluttershy started to grasp onto Kasin's hands and pulling him towards her house. Kasin tried to pull away, but she was so determined, she began dragging him towards the cottage gradually.

"No…! Don't…Make…Me…Go…!!!" Kasin begged while being pulled. "This…is…against…my…rights…!"

"But…We…have to…get you…over your…zoophobia…!" Fluttershy stated. "Girls, help me!"

"You better not!!"

Rainbow and Pinkie exchanged looks of uncertainty for which one to help.

"What do you think Dashie?" Pinkie asked.

"Hmm…First of all, don't call me that. Second, it would be hilarious if we got into this! And third…I kinda think Fluttershy's right. I mean, getting rid of his zoo-o-bia would help him in the long run."

With those two in agreement, Rainbow pulled Kasin's other hand and Pinkie shoved Kasin's back, helping Fluttershy get the boy to her house quicker. I could only watch as poor Kasin gets dragged all the way to Fluttershy's house. I was curious if Fluttershy could get Kasin over his fears however, so I decided to tag along.

"Hey Rare, you mind helping?" Rainbow questioned.

"I just want to see how you can cope with this plan of yours." I replied.

-Fluttershy's POV-

-Getting over his fears-

After about an hour, we finally got Kasin to my cottage. He really seemed resistant to go in, unlike before since he didn't know I had animals inside. When we finally got him inside, he clenched onto the door, trying to get away.

"Oh, come on! There's just bunnies, mice, and birds!" Rainbow complained.

Still not budging, Pinkie started to tickle Kasin, making him laugh uncontrollably before letting go of the door. He glared at Pinkie before panicking at the sight of the animals. He jumped back to the wall frightened of the sorts.

"It's okay Kasin! See? They don't bite." I assured him.

Kasin sat still, staring at the little creatures. They stared back with curiosity, unsure what to make of him.

"Oh, he's the same human that cooked all your lunches today." I told the animals.

They then smiled and started cheering. Kasin smiled nervously as they all huddled up to his leg.

"See, they're not so bad." I said to Kasin.

"I guess so…" He replied slowly.

"Why don't I get the others to thank you properly?"

"I-I don't know-"

I called the rest of the animals, and out came the adorable ocelots, raccoons, and squirrels! They all started to climb over him, cuddling him for what he did, it was so nice!

I smiled and said, "See Kasin? Aren't they just wonderful?"

Rainbow poked my shoulder and said, "Uh…Fluttershy? You might want to want to tell them to get off of Kasin."

"What? Why?"

"Cause of THAT!"

Rainbow pointed to Kasin who was sweating and eyeing at all of the animals that were all over him. He looked as if he was near ready to having a breakdown.

"Is…Is all this…necessary?" he asked.

"Um…just try and get used to them!" I told Kasin. "Oh, maybe I know somepony that can cheer you up! Oh, Mr. Bear!"

"MR. BEAR!?!?" Kasin repeated

I waited for Mr. Bear to come inside. He always took his time trying to get inside my small house, especially since he's so big. Finally, he came in as fuzzy as ever!

"Kasin, I'd like you to meet Mr. Bear. He's the cuddliest and one of the most kindest-"

"OH MY GOD!!! A FREAKING BEAR!!! DAAAAH!!!" Kasin suddenly screamed, jumping out of all the little animals that were snuggling him earlier, and broke through the window running away.

"Really Flutters? A bear?" Rainbow remarked.

"I…I thought he'd like a nice fuzzy brown friend." I explained.

Just as things couldn't get worse, Pinkie's whole body started to shake.

"Whoa! Pinkie! Is that your senses going off?" Rainbow questioned.

"Y-Y-Yep! I-I-I h-h-haven't g-g-gotten one l-l-like this s-s-since that time i-i-in Froggy Bottom Bog! T-T-There's g-g-gonna b-b-be one heck o-o-of a d-d-doozy!" Pinkie stated.

"Oh my! Where darling?" Rarity asked.

"I-I-I'm not s-s-sure r-r-really. I-I-It's somewhere i-i-in the E-E-Everfree f-f-forest."

"The Everfree forest!?" We all yelled in unison.

"Wait…Where did Kasin run off to?" Rarity wondered.

We all peeked outside through the broken window and saw Kasin running blindly into the forest. We all were very shocked by what just happened right before our eyes.

"Okay, this is bad." Rainbow pointed out. "If Kasin's going to the Everfree Forest and there's supposed to be a doozy there, then it's obvious that he's in a heap of trouble!"

"We better go get him." I suggested. "Oh…this is all my fault!"

-3rd POV-

-Origins of Kasin's fears-

Kasin was taking his time catching his breath. He had run blindly in fear after having a breakdown to the animals. When he was done, he looked up to see he was deep in the Everfree Forest.

"Oh man! How long was I running!?" Kasin wondered.

He looked around to see he left no trails back the way he came. He climbed up a tree and looked around only to see a vast sea of the woods blocking the view of wherever Ponyville could be.

"Well…this sucks…" He thought.

He climbed down the tree and felt his stomach grumble. Annoyed by the current situation he's in, he starts remembering why he was here at all. Not because of Fluttershy, but because of what had developed his zoophobia.

It was when he was around ten years old. Two years after his family had died, and only left him with a grandfather who never really kept an eye on him. Kasin had still wore his signature clothing like he always did, but this one was with the symbol of a broken heart on his tee. Since his grandfather never really cared for the boy, he did cut him a deal. His grandpa was friends with a zoo keeper, often sending Kasin off to the zoo so his grandpa would have the house to himself. However, Kasin only went for about three trips.

The first trip to the zoo was frightening, Kasin was timid around the animals behind the cages. He wasn't sure what to make of them. The big animals like bears, tigers, and wolves were placed in pits where the people can be safe so long as they don't lean on and fall over the railing. The small critters were much kinder, as they were put in petting pens for kids to play with. Kasin's first time there, he only stood and watched everyone have fun from afar.

The second trip, the zookeeper encouraged Kasin to try having a closer look. Kasin was brought to the petting pens where he was introduced to many tiny creatures. Bunnies, squirrels, mice, all kinds of creatures surprisingly tame. They showed absolutely no fear. That day, Kasin started to like animals, even telling the zookeeper that he wants to research animals one day too.

Then the third day was where it started. When Kasin was coming over, three children about his age, yet somehow taller were on the start of a unbelievable prank. They had let loose all the dangerous and carnivorous animals, causing police and animal control to come to the scenes. Kasin had caught the three kids by witness, but the boys kept Kasin quiet by tying his wrists and legs and threw him to the petting pens. There, they decided to go even further with their fun and placed a shovel load of feed into Kasin's clothes, and soon, the little creatures from before start scratching and bite Kasin to get the feed. It was hours before the zookeeper found Kasin covered in cuts and bite marks. As the zookeeper brought Kasin outside, a bear had suddenly come out of nowhere and captured Kasin. The bear brought Kasin to her cubs, thinking he was dead due to the sights of his bleeding body. The smell of Kasin reeked as the petting pen never had clean floors. Poor Kasin was almost about to be chewed up by the bear to feed the little ones until animal control came and shot tranquilizers to the animals. Afterwards, Kasin was being treated in the ambulance. When he looked over to see the three kids in the police car, he saw the burly one glare back at him. It was Kent.

Back to Kasin's current situation, he was thinking about how to get out of this mess. He looked at his sash to see his slingshot still attached to it. Checking his pockets, he found all the chemical pellets he had made from Twilight's chemistry set. One of them was his fireworks pellet.

"I can use this as a flare to call the others!" He thought. "But…it might call the other animals…"

He looked back at the forest and saw darkness looming over. The sun was still up, but just barely as it was close to setting soon. He tried to think of a better way, but before he could, a snarl was heard.

"Oh no…"

He turned to where he heard the sound, and there he saw timber wolves coming closer and closer. Each step they growled even louder. Without thinking any further, he used the fireworks pellet to the air to signal the girls. After that, he ran as fast he could with the timber wolves still on his tail.

Meanwhile, the girls were near the edge of the Everfree forest.

"Alright! Kasin's out there and needs to be found before whatever Pinkie predicted does whatever to Kasin!" Rainbow told the girls.

"Are you still shaking Pinkie?" Rarity questioned.

Pinkie nodded as she continued to jitter. "I-I-It's really h-h-hard to t-t-talk like t-t-this, my s-s-sentences l-l-look ridiculous!"

Suddenly, they see fireworks coming from the middle of the forest. It was a spectacle of purple and blue lights forming Twilight's cutie mark.

"Whoa! That was awesome!" Pinkie commented.

"That must be Kasin!" Rainbow inquired. "Come on! Let's hurry!"

The four of them ran inside the forest, Rainbow being ahead commanding the others to hurry up while in the back was Rarity, pleading to slow down.

Back with Kasin, he was still getting chased by timber wolves. His focus to fight had vanished as his fears easily overpowered his mind. The timber wolves soon chased Kasin into a dead end by the cliffs.

"Shoot! Shoot!" Kasin cursed. "Too many stalagmites are blocking the way up this wall! I can't climb it!"

The murderous wooden creatures went closer and closer to Kasin, ready to rip him to shreds. Just before they could, Rainbow dashed out and carried Kasin on her back.

"Rainbow!" Kasin cheered.

"Nice to see you in one piece too Kasin!" Rainbow replied. "Now let's get out of here!"

Rainbow was about to take off, but the timber wolves pounced towards her and bit her tail. She was pulled down by the lone timber wolf while it's pack was ready to finish them both off once Rainbow was dragged down low enough. Kasin lost his balance and fell off of Rainbow, knocking down the timber wolf from Rainbow's tail. She saw what had happened and tried to catch him, but the timber wolf were snarling and soon commenced with the biting.

"SHOOT! KASIN!"

Kasin managed to push them away, but one of them bit his leg and prevented him from running away. Fluttershy and the others arrive nearly too late, as Kasin fell down exhausted by the blood loss of his leg.

"Hold on Kasin! We're coming!" Fluttershy told him.

Before Fluttershy and the others could climb down or even Rainbow fly down for another chance to snatch Kasin, a loud bark echoed the area. Timber wolves suddenly became frightened, and the noise itself caused a rockslide to nearly crush Kasin or the timber wolves. Rainbow was unfortunately bonked on the head by a flying stone from the rockslide, knocking her out and making her crash land onto Pinkie and Rarity.

"Ooh…Rainbow! Are you alright?!" Rarity questioned.

"Boy! That was a 'rock' hard landing, huh?" Pinkie punned, only to be glared at by Fluttershy and Rarity. "heheh, bad time?"

Fluttershy looked up the cliffs to see the animal that made the noise. It was to her, unbelievable.

"Oh my goodness…! A…A…wolf!!!"

Rarity and Pinkie looked to see up the cliffs to see a black wolf with piercing yellow eyes. it had a white belly and its teeth were pointy and intimidating. The wolf jumped down and practically smashed the timber wolves apart with ease.

"Oh my…what a beast!" Rarity commented.

"Fluttershy! You gotta try to save Kasin!" Pinkie reminded her.

"W-What? Oh! Kasin!"

Fluttershy flew down but failed to reach Kasin in time. The wolf started dragging Kasin away by the shirt. Fluttershy stood her ground and got the wolfs attention.

"E-Excuse me Mr. Wolf! That is my friend, and I would like it if you'd release him this instant!" Fluttershy demanded.

The wolf stared at her for a few seconds before he ignored the order and continued to drag Kasin away. Fluttershy quickly resorted to drastic measures.

"Alright buster! You asked for it!" Fluttershy told off.

Fluttershy then used her 'stare' on the wolf. The wolf was indeed intimidated by the gaze, however with a clever mind, he used his tail to throw dust and dirt into the air, blinding Fluttershy and preventing her to use her stare on the wolf, allowing it to drag Kasin away in the confusion. When things finally clear up, Fluttershy realizes Kasin was taken by the wolf. She starts to whimper as she looks around, but no human on sight.

"Oh no…Oh no…"

Back with Rarity and Pinkie, Rainbow finally awakens but with a hurt head.

"Oh…what happened?" Rainbow asks as she rubbed her noggin.

"I don't know, Fluttershy went down to help Kasin earlier." Rarity answered. "By the way, can you get off of us now?"

"What?!"

Rainbow flew down to Fluttershy and looked around.

"Fluttershy! Where's Kasin!?" Rainbow questioned.

"The wolf took him Rainbow!"

"The timber wolves!?"

"No! A wolf!"

-Kasin's POV-

-The Lone Wolf-

I don't know how long I was knocked out. The scuffle with the wooden wolves from earlier made me so tired, I lost consciousness. All I know is a while later, I got up to see I was in a cave. I was lying near a boulder as if someone placed me carefully on it. I looked around to see a wolf in front of me, the same one from earlier.

"OH SHOOT!" I shouted

I was about to try and run, but my leg turned out to be injured. Great, another scar to add to the collection. Checking my leg, I remembered those wooden wolves had a bite on it when Rainbow was trying to save me. I looked back to the wolf and saw it staring at me. It sat still and eyed me for a while. I tried to stay still, hoping it wouldn't attack if I don't move. About an hour later from not moving, I then realized it wasn't trying to attack me. I even waved my hand and it still stared at me.

"Um…hi?"

The wolf smiled back at me. It seemed rather tame for a wild animal. When my stomach growled, it brought me a fish from the nearby river and placed it on my lap.

"Are you…giving me this?"

The wolf nodded.

"Thanks, but I'm a vegetarian. You can eat it though."

The wolf understood and started eating it by my side. After it finished eating, it looked back up to me looking somewhat concerned.

"Um…Oh, are you worried about me?"

It nodded back 'yes'.

"It's alright. I just need this leg treated, other than that, I'm fine."

It again smiled, happy to hear that I was fine. It started to rub its head on my shoulder, and lied down next to me resting. What's with this wolf? I know well enough that they would attack a human, regardless of worlds. Yet this one in particular brought me shelter and food. There's something else about this one in particular too.

"Hey…don't you have to be with your pack?"

The wolf's ears flopped and it frowned at me.

"You don't have a pack? Are you…Alone?"

It nodded and lowered its head. I felt sorry for the poor thing and scratched it's ear. It shook its leg and grinned happily from being petted.

"That's a good boy! That's a…you’re a boy, right?"

It nodded and I concluded that this wolf was male. I wonder how he got separated from his pack? It didn't really matter to me. I could tell that this wolf needed a friend. He seemed awfully desperate to make a companion, even if it was to befriend a human. I felt lucky to run into the little guy, because I didn't think I'd get to see a wolf so close up before.

"Kasin!? Kasin, where are you?!" A voice called.

"Fluttershy?" I thought aloud.

Fluttershy flew down along with Rainbow. Pinkie and Rarity caught up too and saw me in the cave beside the wolf.

"Kasin!" The girls called out.

The wolf jumped in front of me and growled at them, making them back up.

"Oh yeah you little mutt!?" Rainbow sneered. "Bring it on!"

Before the two got into a scuffle, Fluttershy stopped Rainbow while I pulled the wolfs tail.

"Rainbow! Stop! That wolf is far more dangerous than a timber wolf!" Fluttershy warned her.

"Down boy! Those are my friends!" I commanded the wolf.

"But that thing is about to eat Kasin- whoa, wait, what!?" Rainbow trailed off as they all saw the wolf sit down by my command.

"Good boy." I commended the wolf.

The four of them stood still, staring at the wolf.

"K-Kasin…did you…tame him?" Fluttershy asked.

"Um…yeah, I guess so." I answered.

Rainbow trotted up to him and glared at the wolf. She huffed as she said, "Is he…nice?"

"He did offer me fish and brought me to this cave for shelter." I explained. "In fact, I think he was trying to save me for some reason."

"Well, he didn't do much seeing how you still have that bite on your leg." Rainbow pointed out. "Hey! That thing didn't bite you, did he!?"

"No, those were the wooden one's fault. This one right here was just trying to help."

"Wait a minute!" Pinkie said before suddenly shaking a bit. "I thought you were scared of a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-"

For some reason, Pinkie shook jittered again before she was calmed by Rarity.

"What she's trying to say is, we thought you were afraid of animals." Rarity spoke.

"I was, in fact, I was freaked out when I saw him! I would've ran, but my leg was preventing me from doing so. After spending some time with him though, I think…animals aren't so bad after all."

"Really?!" Fluttershy questioned.

"Yeah, I think…I got over my zoophobia!" I answered proudly.

The girls cheered and went in to hug me, commending me for overcoming my fears.

"I can't believe it! That's really great to hear!" Fluttershy cried.

"Uh, yeah thanks!" I replied.

Pinkie again shook, making us break up the hug.

"Huh!? Pinkie! Don't tell me the doozy hasn't happened yet!" Rarity questioned.

"I guess not!" Pinkie said before shaking again.

"What doozy? What's going on?" I questioned.

"Here Pinkie senses are telling her something totally unexpected is about to happen here." Rainbow explained.

"Pinkie sense?"

"Yeah, and we thought that you getting over your fears was the doozy, but apparently it's not."

"We'll figure out this later, for now, we should get Kasin treated immediately." Rarity suggested.

"Good idea." I replied.

Rainbow carried my arm helping me walk. As we started to leave, a small whimper was heard back in the cave. We turned back to see the wolf saddened by my departure.

"…Oh no…" I said.

Rainbow raised an eyebrow as she asked, "What? The wolf?"

"He's been alone for so long…I can't just leave him…"

"Wait…you're not thinking what I think you're thinking, are you?" Rarity asked.

I crouched a bit lower and waved my fingers towards me. The wolfs ears perked up and soon he ran to my side.

"Yep! I'm keeping him!"

The girls were in shock, and suddenly, Pinkie did a bunch of random hoo-ha. Hard to explain really, but after finishing whatever it was she was doing, she said, "That was it!"

"What was it?" I asked.

"That was the doozy! You adopting a wolf!"

"Oh my." Fluttershy muttered. "I never had the chance to find a domesticated wolf before…will he be friendly towards other animals?"

"Good question." I said before looking at my new pet. "You promise not to hunt anymore? If you do, we'll hang out and I'll feed you some awesome foods!"

The wolf grinned and nodded. He pulled out his paw as I reached out to him with my hand. We shook in agreement, and there was history's first ever wolf that gave up his life of freedom of hunting animals just to have a friend. I don't know how this day turned my life upside down so quick, but it will be one I can never truly forget.

Wait, I still need to tell Twilight about my new wolf!

Author's Note:

This was a fun chapter to do.

Comments

[Wildcard25]

That was a great chapter and if I went through what Kasin went through at the zoo at that age I would be scarred for life as well. Glad he got over it though, and made a new friend in the process.

[SparkStone]

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Fluttershy's probably happy about that too.

[damnaion]

9# Ooooo buck lol