Neophyte

by Blitzer Sparks

Whitetail Woods pt. 1 Ch.11

"Readings say that Nightmare is in The Whitetail Woods Master" Frost spoke

"Then that's where I'm headed" Keith said

"If I may ask how did you know that Nightmare originated from me?" Luna asked puzzled

"No offense but where else can a nightmare come from other than the night?" With that hanging in the air Keith spread his wings and took off. First Keith flew straight up. The town now only looking like a spec of dust. Then he stopped and started to dive bomb towards the ground below.

"With a heart of black and a hatred that transcends space and time. Grant me the dark powers of a Shadowling, PENUMBRA!!!" A lone orb of condensed shadows formed in Keith's right hand. Keith brought the orb to his mouth and whispered "Hear my command, Engulf." Keith was then surrounded by shadows. As Keith was falling a cone begun to form around him, a comet of shadows was now where Keith was, and because of this he broke the cone a little above the town resulting in a shockwave that pushed anything near, away. Then all you could see was a black line and then a black bullet smash into the ground, but when the shadows disappeared so did Keith.

"Please Keith, come back ok" Ranger spoke too no one

-----------Whitetail Woods-----------

"Master, were here" Dusk spoke

"Thank you, lets do this" Keith said as he rose from a shadow near an entrence near the Whitetail Woods.

"Are you sure you don't wish to get any close Master?"

"Yes I'm sure, just incase it's watching us, I wanna give it as much time to prepare as possible before I smash all it's efforts to stop me. Keith began to walk into the woods, but not before something caught his eye, he waked over to a bush and looked inside it "Hello old friend, how about you and me kill something" Keith picked it up and slung it over his back. Keith then walked into the woods.

"How much longer until we get there Sir?" Match complained

"Stop complaining we got at least another day hike ahead of us but if you want you and the girls can go run around" Keith told Match

Although Keith told him Match didn't have to ask why so Match, Frost, and Dusk appeared before him in their mist like fashion

"Well you three you go and do your own thing, you know were I'm headed. If I need you I'll call for you"

"Understood" all three of them said, then they took off

"Now back to the hike"

----20 minutes later----

Keith pushed through another thicket of trees only to stumble into a clearing, but not only that but an ear shattering scream reached him "The fuck?" Keith asked as he looked at the center of the clearing to see a pack of timberwolves surrounding a mare "Why do I always have to play hero when other can't protect themselves" Keith said annoyed.

Keith started to run to the mare's aid and about half way to the mare Keith yelled "hey you damn pieces of bark why bother with all that fur when you can have all this meat" Keith then gestured to himself as he was running.

The wolves decided Keith was right and turned away from the mare and started to rush him. Keith then came to a stop as the wolves circled him "Seven in total, huh? Alright let's kick some ass" a wolf leaped at him with it's jaw wide open. Keith then decided to unstrap his surprise that he was saving for Nightmare but whatever. He then jammed the barrel into it's mouth but not only the barrel but a blade that was attached to it to. The blade pierced the brain and the wolf fell to the ground dead "Now I didn't say I was gonna make it easy for you" a wolf from the left and right leaped at him. Keith rolled beneath one on his right before the wolf could turn around Keith pushed the blade through it's brain, then aimed at the the other one who tried to pounce him and pulled the trigger. A bang went through the clearing as the wolfs head exploded along with the who was just killed by the blade "Three down, you sure you wanna continue?" A wolf managed to sneak behind Keith and bite down on his leg "Ah you little shit" Keith grabbed it's jaw and head and pulled so his leg was free. He then grabbed it by the throat and said "you little piece of shit give me one good reason why I shouldn't crush your head with my bare hands?" The wolf just whined and whimpered "I own you now, is that understood?" The wolf barked in response "Good, now stay here like a good boy" the wolf barked again "Girl, my bad, now watch what happens when you defy me" Keith unfurled his wings and pointed them at the remaining three and launched a big ass bolt of electricity turning them to ash "Understood?" The wolf nodded in fear "Good, now I need to name you, how about... Root" the wolf shook it's head and took it' spawn and begun to spell something in the dirt "rose" "Well I guess I'll call you Rose, now how about we form a pact" Keith held out his hand. Rose hesitantly placed her paw on his hand. A flash went about the clearing

"Ugh, what happened?" Asked Rose

"We formed a pact and now I can understand you and use your powers to my gain" Keith said

"Well I don't know how I'm gonna help I'm just the runt of the pack"

"Not while your with me you aren't, now let's go check on that mare, I think she passed out" Keith said as he began walking to the tree where the mare was laying

"Yes Alpha"

"Alpha?"

"Yes you are the alpha of the pack aren't you?"

"Yes but you don't have to call me-"

"Alpha? I know but I want to"

"Great another one" Keith made it to the mare, she was orange with a fire red mane. The mare was bleeding but it also looked like she was holding something close to her.

The mare was holding a young foal about the same age as Rarity's sister. The mare coughed up some blood and looked at Keith "P-Please get my child to safety"

"There is no need, OVERGROW" Rose turned into a brown mist and was absorbed by Keith. Keith held out his hand and a war hammer formed into his hand by roots sprouting from the ground and entwining with each other "HEAL" Keith held the the shaft and moved the mead of the hammer above the mare and a green field surrounded the mare, slowly the wounds closed and the bleeding stopped

The mare woke up to see blue foal with a fire red mane running around a field. "Hey son what are you doing?" The mare spoke but then her head snapped to attention as she saw a Shadowling, a Windago, a Phoenix, and a Timber wolf nearing her son "SON GET AWAY!" she shouted

"Relax there with me" Keith said

The mare jumped up to her hooves "Who are you" the mare asked as her eyes turned into flaming fountains

"I'm the one who save your life, Match, Frost, Dusk, Rose come here" Keith's pet came over to him. Match landed on his shoulder, and Dusk, Rose, and Frost just sat next to him "They are all well behaved so need to worry, on top of that they were playing with your son so relax"

"I'm grateful that you saved me and my son, also we are forever in your debt, but we must get going, come on Blaze"

"Aww mom I was having fun" Blaze complained

"I'm sure you were, tell it thank you"

"I'm a human and call me Keith" Keith explained

"Okay thank you Keith for saving me and my mom from those mean wolfs"

"Not a problem"

"Thank you Keith if you ever need anything just ask and I'll do my best to comply with it, also my name is Heat Wave" Heat said walking away

Keith just stood there waving with a false smile "alright everyone lets get back to the hike, playtime is over"

Author's Note:

Sorry for the short chapter to the people who still read my story. I had a crappy week followed by one of my buddies leaving town for a while, also I got a huge ass migraine in the middle of the week. So again sorry to everyone I hope you enjoyed it.