Roadblock
It was a few more hours of travel before the group arrived at the edge of the dark forest. No longer cloaked by the treetops, the mountain upon which their destination sat finally became visible.
With no sight, smell, or indication of any kind that the princess or the royal guard were following them, they came to a stop just inside the edge of the forest that surrounded the base of the mountain.
"How are you doing Screwy?" Twilight asked as she helped her down from Pinepaw's back.
"Those herbs madam stripey found helped a little, but I'm still so hungry..." she whined, fully submitting her pride to her hunger. It didn't matter that much though, as her grumbling stomach had betrayed her tough-mare act long-ago.
"Don't worry, even if the pack can't find anything now, we'll get you some food soon." Twilight said, giving her a rub between the ears, perking her up a little.
Twilight ended the rub as Bark Back came up carrying Zecora upon his aptly-named back. 6
The starved mare looked to the newcomers with hope, only to be met with dual shaking heads. Screw Loose looked up, dejected, before turning and heading back in to continue looking for food.
Zecora and Bark Back joined Twilight in examining the mountain.
"While I can help you speak,
To those whom you seek,
I have no good plot
To get through Canterlot.
If we simply walked through the gate,
I fear we'd quickly meet our fate." the striped one poetically announced before looking back into the deep forest,
"None the less, I must confess, waiting here I as-much fear." she finished.
"I must agree mistress." he said, "Remaining here is not an option, but there is little chance of us making it into the pony city as we are, and much less of making it through the city to the night ruler. What do you wish us to do mistress?"
Twilight looked to the faintly glowing city for a minute and then back to the pair, "I don't know yet, but I'll think of someth-"
"Mistress!" a juvenile shouted as he ran up to the trio.
"What is it? Did you find some food?"
"No mistress, we came across some ponies!"
"What did you do then?"
"We backed off, as you said we should, but they ran off screaming and left their cart!"
Gears turned in the lavender wolf's head.
"I have an idea..."
Well and truly exhausted, Zecora and Screw Loose finally rounded the final bend of the winding path up to the majestic city.
As they got close though, an unexpected figure appeared to be blocking passage through the main gate.
"Halt!" the figure shouted revealing himself to be in the armor of the guard as they got closer, "State your destination and cargo!"
The pair stopped their advance, Screw Loose froze stiff, but Zecora calmly nodded.
"I was unaware that inspections were needed, always before has entry been unheeded."
The guard's stony facade only grew colder, "State your cargo and destination or I will be forced to detain you."
"For that there is no reason, we have not committed treason. We are simply bringing wood to a friend, one who has fires he must tend."
"Wood?" the guard asked suspiciously, a eyeing the mares as he spoke. “I’m going to need to verify that that is actually what you have there." he moved towards the cart, lighting his horn.
Zecora's, facade maintained, but Screw Loose's exploded, she began retreating back as the familiar sight of a unicorn with his horn lit, approaching menacingly.
Zecora, pulled of balance by the unexpected retreat, tried to block his path, but had no luck. The stallion captured the mares, cart and all, in a pale glow.
"I would ask that you did not disturb our load, as it was not meant to be opened while still on the road." Zecora feebly added.
With suspicion boiling over, and only emboldened by the zebra's apparent excuse, the guard continued forward.
Releasing his hold on the cart, his magic embraced solely the tarp, tearing it from the cart...
... to reveal a pile of variously sized logs and sticks, some of which spilled off the side of the over-heaped cart, precisely as the zebra mare had said.
The guard's expression twitched to something unreadable, but none the less he backed away.
"Everything seems to be in order here." he said he said flatly, moving aside for the mares to continue foreword into the city.
The pair quickly pulled their cart away, not even slowing down for a rearward glance. For a long while, they trotted in silence down the empty street, taking the main path flanked by the posh shops of lower Canterlot.
Eventually they turned into a random alleyway neatly tucked between a jewelry store and a dressmakers shop.
Zecora unhitched herself and Screw Loose from the cart, before turning to face it.
"We are into the city and hidden away, but for too long we should not stay. The dawn comes and with the fleeing of night, so too will trouble, don't you agree Twilight?"
The cart shuddered, branches spilling from the edges as the pile collapsed, revealing a lavender wolf.
"Yes, the sooner we make it to the castle the more likely we are to get an audience with Luna." She said firmly. Turning to Screw Loose she added, "Sorry Screwy, we'll get you some food as soon as we can, but we need to get moving. If they have guards at the city gate searching incoming traffic, I'm sure there will be heightened patrols within the city as well."
"It was a miracle he did not uncover our guise, I had been almost certain he had seen through my lies..."
"I think it will be ok. Let's just get moving, the faster we get to the castle, the less chance we'll be discovered prematurely." Twilight concluded before hunching down and using her magic to re-bury herself with the fallen branches
Without another word the pair re-hitched themselves and once again entered the street.
...failing to notice the pair of armor-clad pegasi that had aerially tracked them up from the front gate.
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it is better to have only one such error in an episode then an episode filled with many such errors. (i.e. M.M.C.)
We need more!
3539155 I really liked MMC. What problems are you talking about. There's Twilight flying at the end and the how of the casting of the spell, but that's all I can think of. I'm not against your opinion, I'm just honestly curious.
Yeah I found the whole Twilight needs to go back in the premiere thing a bit silly, but only because it got resolved so quickly. With Twilight now a Princess this is a problem that has to be addressed. Still I never like those moments. I am aware that for the characters friendship to grow it needs to have problems, but because I love the characters so much I hate seeing them going through those problems.
Can't believe I never saw this story before. It's so awesome! Can't wait for more!
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It was a good idea that lacked the time it needed to develop. Had it been longer, it does portray what most of the fandom thinks the Mane six's relationship with Twilight would become. (Stealing this from someone's reveiw, this is way to clever to ne to write...)
3539612 they tried to do too much with too little time for the most part, IMO at lest.
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that's the reason I referenced it
I disagree. Given the situation and that they didn't know if Celestia and Luna were even ALIVE, Twilight would be the one Equestria would turn to. If anything, that was the right thing to do, and going back after her friends was selfish. Sure it worked out in the end and she was needed, but they didn't know that at the time. They were looking out for their country.
Excellent chapter, by the way. I'm loving this story.
I liked the premier, and seeing discord being discord is a plus, but I agree, that it was silly, specially when you realize that they took the elements to help, but the elements are useless if they are not together...
I found that part of the premiere quite reasonable, but then from the moment I had heard that Celestia and Luna would be missing (well before the show aired) I questioned what Twilight was doing going on a dangerous "away mission" if she's the current ruler of other country in their absence. It was actually really nice to see it addressed at all, and a very valid argument, considering that they were, at that point, wandering an extremely dangerous forest on a scouting mission in hopes of finding a tree and determining what was wrong with it. If nothing else, send her back until you're sure that she (and her element) is needed, and you know where she needs to act.
As for it being resolved quickly, I loved that what got to her was Discord taunting that the others would end up bonding without her... Not that they were in danger, not that they actually needed her, but that if she didn't force herself into the mix then she would end up a sixth wheel (or some much better analogy). And so she takes off running at that point. Selfish? Sure... But so very real and relateable.
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Yeah, the star trek logic of sending the most important people, or in this case ponies, on the away missions instead of the subordinates and redshirts that are trained specifically for it... At least Kirk understood that you need to bring at least one disposable red shirt to die in your stead.... dumb ponies.
3539155 It didn't bother me much, especially when Discord tried turning her 2p again, which was fantabulous.
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srsly tho...
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Good chapter, my friend.
I can't wait for more! ~ Fancy
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this story
3710487 I'll admit that Applejack is rather ooc in the first few chapters, (I've been meaning to go back and fix that...) but I would disagree that she's levelheaded, rather, I would say that she is prideful (in a good way). Case and point would be when she ran off to dodge junction rather than return home. It was directly a matter of her pride that kept her from acting more reasonably, her actions then were the opposite of levelheaded.When she was Discorded and then sought forgiveness too, I would say that pride kept her from showing deeper emotion (and she was hiding behind her hat when she asked even then). I would say this is not too out of character for her to do, especially given how she feels guilty about making Twilight's situation worse despite it being tough already. In this situation there is also a different emotional dynamic: after hurting her, Applejack re-evaluated several other past incidents and came to apologize for them all, and with the changed dynamic due to Twilight's inability to verbally respond, she would likely not feel as much pull from her pride, and would, at least subconsciously, likely feel more like she was venting (as if to Winona) rather than a full-blown apology to the one she wronged.
3710426 I think the story benefits from a lack of build up. It seems like a standard slice of life at the beginning, right up until she finds she's a wolf, then things go downhill from there. I do agree, however, that a bit of explanation would be nice. Maybe as a sort of denouement, with Twilight going coming home and noticing the the remains of her experiment from gods know how long ago, then realising what she did wrong.
3712827 She found out because the girls told her 'Twilight has turned into a wolf and run off with a Timberwolf pack.' I would assume they told her what she looked like, and there's not many fleshy, purple Timberwolves with unicorn horns capable of lighting themselves on fire.
Celestia's a smart girl; I think she can figure out that it's Twilight.
Wow, this story was so much better then I thought it would be
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Can't wait for more updates
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That I thought it wouldn't be amazing, only kinda good. But it was amazing
(sorry for my ambiguous and half offending comments sometimes, I have a way of making it sound much worse than what I actually mean...
Well, Celestia is quiet a bitch...
More please and thank you
updates please.
Please tell me your still alive(visit this website) and update already on any of your awesome stories.
PPPPLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEE 
Love this story, but...
Seriously what's with the armour-clad pegasi NINJA squad. They are relentless.
And annoying.
4114066 Well, what else can you expect with armor-clad pegasi ninja squads?
Wow, you'd think a bunch of wolfs would be more likely to hear a bunch of pegasi flying around in bulky loud armor. I agree with 4114066 on the whole 'ninja squad' thing. Not to mention how incredibly unlucky the pack has been dealing with them so far.
5456108 The armor is probably not bulky enough for it to make noise, as they still have to fly in it. I'm guessing something lightweight but still durable, but I'm no metal expert, so I wouldn't be able to list the most likely candidate.
aptly named
The plot thickens
isn't this the third time that they haven't noticed pegasai?
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As Halt says "They never think to look up."
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Twilight is not used to her wings. Thus, she is not really a flying creature. While she has several flying friends, she only seems to look up when expecting or looking for them.
Therefore, it is highly unlikely for her to notice anything above a 45 degree angle above her.