Twilight awoke for the second time that day with a headache. This time it came from hitting the bakery's door head first. She also again had a back ache from sleeping on the ground and a hunger that she could almost feel was eating her from the inside out.
Twilight began to stir. She could hear faint voices around her, but they sounded far away.
"-waking up."
"Shush! Now girls, let her wake up slowly. I can't fly, or cast shields, or whatever Pinkie does, so if it ain't Twi, I want to be able to run a'fore she's up and angry." she could hear Applejack say.
"Twilight!" *bang* pinkie was apparently the wake up committee, and apparently the wake up committee still had the cymbals from her anti-parasprite arsenal.
Twilight jumped to her paws, fully awake and ready to run.
When her vision finally caught up to the rest of her over heightened senses, she realized that, as fate held it, she had been laying in such a way that when she jumped up she had knocked over and landed on top of Applejack, her only friend still present other than Pinkie.
Judging from the trail of rainbows leading from the scene, she could assume that at least Rainbow Dash had also been here not a second prior.
"Sorry AJ, Pinkie startled me." Twilight said with an awkward laugh.
Her laugh was cut short as she was bucked below the ribs.
"Darn beast! Get!" Applejack shouted as she fought Twilight off of her.
Twilight, on the other hoof, was not fighting back at all. When Applejack bucked her in her already pained stomach it was all she could do to stay upright.
"Applejack! It's me! Twilight!" she coughed before her legs couldn't take it anymore and she fell over. Once again unconsciousness held her.
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Twilight awoke for the third time in what felt like twenty minutes, still with a headache, backache, and hungrier than ever.
She moaned as she sat up. She noticed several disturbing things in quick succession: first, from the window she could tell it was already getting dark out, meaning she had been out for hours and not the minutes it felt like. Second, the window through which she looked was not one of the Cakes residence, but rather Fluttershy's cottage. Finally, she noticed that said cottage's owner was only a few hooves (or paws) away, cowering behind a lamp.
"Fluttershy? What happened?"
The pegasus let out a sigh of relief as she began to stand up.
"Why am I in your cottage? What happened at the Corner? Do you have anything to eat? Seriously, I feel like I could eat a horse!"
Right back down into a trembling ball the pegasus went.
"I'm kidding Fluttershy! But seriously, I'm starving. Do you have anything I can eat?"
The pegasus barely mustered the courage to look at her friend.
Twilight tried to give a reassuring smile, but it served the opposite effect. The ball of yellow only grew tighter at the sight of Twilight's newly exposed teeth.
"Fluttershy, don't be- argh!" Twilight let out a cry of pain as she attempted to go towards the shy mare.
Immediately the situation changed. Rather than being startled or more upset by Twilight's cry of pain, Fluttershy was instantly at her side checking the IV line Twilight had unknowingly pulled out.
"Twilight, I need you to relax and lay back." Fluttershy said with calm authority.
Twilight obeyed as best she could. "So, uh, how am I doing? Is there something wrong with me, other than the obvious?"
Fluttershy continued to work, wrapping Twilight's lightly bleeding leg. "Oh, no, you are fine, it's just after you passed out you wouldn't wake up. We tried to, but when you didn't we all took you here to get better. ...The cakes didn't like the idea of a predator passed out on their floor." Fluttershy concluded as she finished her bandaging.
"Ok, well, thank you for taking care of me. So, uh, am I ok to go?" Twilight asked.
"Are you ok to? Yes, but before you go I really would suggest that you let me-"
Twilight hadn't heard anything past the confirmation that she was free to go. As soon as she heard the "yes" she had leapt from Fluttershy's bed and opened up the door with her magic (that still thankfully worked) leading to the central room of Fluttershy's cottage.
As usual, the room was filled with many creatures of varying sizes and species. Unlike usual though, the entire room was not bustling with the activity of dozens of scurrying animals. Instead, they were all frozen in place, staring directly at Twilight.
"Oh no little ones! Don't worry! Twilight won't eat you! Right Twilight?" Fluttershy cooed as she came around from behind Twilight.
"What? Of course not! Why would I..."
The animals, despite their trust of the yellow pegasus, listened to their instinctual fear and began running to their burrows, holes, and homes.
"Fluttershy, what's going on?" Twilight asked.
"Well Twilight, you kind of, sort of, maybe, and I don't mean to be rude, look like a wolf." Fluttershy said in a meek voice as if she was relaying some terrible news.
"Yes, I realize that but that doesn't explain why they are all so..." Twilight let the words die.
"Well, it kind of does... You see, wolves are, well... carnivores." she put emphasis on the last word as if it was acid on her tongue.
"What's the big deal? I've seen you have tea parties with bears, squirrels, and beavers at the same time before. They never ran in fear, and I am quite sure that a bear is carnivorous."
"While that's true, most bears are considered carnivorous, they don't actually need meat. Even in the Everfree most bears eat a diet of more than three fourths vegetation. But Mr. Bear has gone full vegetarian, and all the animals are ok with that." Fluttershy explained.
"So? Just tell them that I'm a vegetarian too! There's no reason to be afraid of me."
"They'll know I'm lying if I told them that."
Twilight was almost as personally offended as she was confused, "Why would they think you were lying?"
"Because I would be. While bears can receive nutrition from plants and vegetation, wolves are strict carnivores..."
Twilight cringed in anticipation for what she knew Fluttershy was about to say next.
"Wolves cannot survive on a diet without meat."
short but good AppleJack seems to be a more light light on the brains than normal but good story none the less waiting on the next update
2202274 The reason for Applejack's odd behavior will be explained next chapter.
must eat all ponies!!!
Four out of five dentists prefer longer chapters over more frequent updates, but do whatever floats your boat.
NEEDS MOAR TWI-WOLF GOODNESS
and wow applejack REALLY paks a kick if she knocked twilight out cold for half a day
What will happen next? Constant hilarity at the fear that all the other ponies now have for Twilight. Than when the Princess arrives even more hilarity will ensue.
Shes gonna eat Angel of course
Please change the source to the artist's actual art page and not a NSFW site where the first thing you see is a Twilight clopping herself. This is a PG fic labeled everyone with a not-so-everyone source link.
http://affanita.deviantart.com/art/wolf-Twilight-Sparkle-333236892
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...or the one on the SFW version of the site. http://e926.net/post/show/297250/2012-affanita-alpha_channel-canine-cutie_mark-fema
2202392 Those sites usually don't hae permissions from the artist to even upload there. Though most just let it slide. The point is though, for sources it's more respectful—especially since the name of the artist is even posted on the tags—to always link back to the source of the work one uses for a fic.
But, far as I'm concerned, any of the two is fine by me. Don't forget, there are kids on this site.
in the famous words of george takei "oh my"
What will Twilight do next? Well, she could write an emergency letter the Celestia asking whether she had any reverse-wolf-transformation spells…
But where would the fun be in that
RD ran pretty fast for being the whole element of Loyalty and all ... heck ... as far as she knew AJ had a very hungry wolf sitting on her chest when she took off in a near sonic rainboom ... hopefully she was just running so she could get a running start on Twilight ...
2203361>>2202712>>2203730 Yup, you are all correct, but since there are a few people who are interested in how I'm going to resolve the issue (which you all are doing a fine job of spoiling) I'm going to delete your comments. I mean nothing by it, I have read and appreciate your comments, but hopefully you will understand that I don't want people just spamming that in the comments until I've resolved it.
2203706 You are an idiot. That's why I'm deleting yours too.
2202342 I AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT!!!
Dude,... you're pure awesome.
2203915 I luv u 2
Excellent. Give in to the beast within. Become the lone wolf ad study wolverine arcane magic.
It is your destiny
2205131 I don't think you made the text big enough for them, but don't worry, I got the message!
2205131 they just don't understand how awesome you are
hmm, I am wondering just how twilight will survive, will she fight hunger until it is unbearable and kill something? or will she fix this before that happens? krosis, I hate the waiting, but so far it has been worth it.
2205621 Author, I agree with this statement.
When I was publishing chapters a few days ago, I was shooting for a minimum of 2,500 if it was a small chapter, and tried to stick to an average of 3,000. I think I hit about 4,000 or more when it was a serious chapter, but that seemed to be pretty satisfactory for most people.
I find your story enjoyable, it's an incredibly intriguing premise, and I think you're doing well with it so far.
I am frustrated though by the shortness of your chapters. Though they are wonderful, I'd like to have a little bit more to read at a time.
Fish. Bam! Problem solved!
Eat the pigs at applejacks farm
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Yeah, it would be nicer (i.e. less of me seeing Twilight's vagina) to link to the artist's deviantart.
http://affanita.deviantart.com/art/wolf-Twilight-Sparkle-333236892
2206175 he's long since fixed the issue. I simply forgot to update my post with a thank you to the author's quick fix. If you click on the source it'll take you to the artist page I supplied him with on my first post.
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It's pretty rude to delete a comment, and I know for a fact that it's not imposible to get meet in Ponyville link
I also know that pegasi eat fish link
2206223 You realize you linked your 'facts' to a fan blog and a fanfiction story correct? I'm a bit confused as to what form of argument you are trying to establish as canonical facts.
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i don't mind, it's your choice, and it's not like one comment means the whole world. although, you didn't have to give us an answer, then there wouldn't have been a need to delete anything.
Wolf Twilight vs timberwolves...who will win? Tune in next week for the exciting continuation! Interesting story. Will give it a read.
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Wha?? are you telling me that that's not good enough?
2202279 Timber Wolves is my bet on why. I'm kind of curious about what Twi will be eating. You could try to have her eat other predators, but for some reason I don't think you will.
2204950 Lupus Magic. wolvish is wrong, and is more of body language than anything else.
2202322 You must also remember that Wolf!Twilight was not in the best state she could be in at the time, what with incredible hunger, multiple possible concussions and whatever other aches and fatigue come from accidental magical transmogrification.
2206709 First, I'd like to thank you for not being a jerk about all this. (Unlike one unnamed individual) As you can probably tell I'm new to having popular* stories. I realize now that taking a more hands off approach in the comments section would be best. I was just worried that (as I have had before) there would be a bunch of complaining revolving about me not realizing such an "obvious" answer. I'm appriciative of all the support, and I appoligize to those whom I spoilered by telling them they were making spoilers. (spoilerception)
By the way, taking suggestions from the comments is already a major part of my writing. I also discuss possible plot courses with readers but I try to do that in PM's if possible to avoid ruining it for others. If you take note of my other major story "Just an Everyday Princess" you may note I also have a "question of the day" section after each chapter where I basically get free consultation. That's where I originally got the idea for the solution we both know is a possibility for [that one thing].
*defined for me by making it near the top of the "Popular Stories" section of the front page.
Twilight becomes a wolf...
Why am I immediately thinking of Skyward Sword?
If there are no carnivorous animals in ponyville what does Winona eat? last time i checked dogs as the cousins of wolves are also full on carnivores, so what do they feed Winona?
2208783 You mean Twilight Princess? (That title is so ironic now isn't it?)
Good work Wages, keep it coming.
2208821
Ah, yes, that's the one.
Sorry, so many new (and somewhat new) games, so precious little time.
wolves and dogs are actually omnivores. But for the sake of the story it probably doesn't matter.
According to the My Little Pony wiki, yes, Fluttershy does feed fish to some of her animal friends. http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Animals#Fish
The ponies seem to like carnivorous pets. Winona, Opal, Owlowicious and Gummy are all meat-eaters, going by species. Of course, lord only knows what Pinkie feeds Gummy, Opal and Owlowicious likely catch their own meat in addition to anything their owners feed them, and AJ probably has some kind of dog food for Winona.
This is relative to my interests. I like where this is going, thus I shall follow.
Keep up the good work
Pretty soon Twi's gonna need to find some bacon strips. And bacon strips, and bacon strips, and bacon strips, and bacon strips...