"Hey lucky. You done examining that plant?" A black pegasus mare said.
"Yeah. I'm almost done." An earth stallion name Lucky said.
"Well hurry up." A mare that has black coat. Her mane and tail is red and orange. Her eyes are volcano red. Her cutie mark is a pony skull with biohazard sign on the eyes.
"Okay. I'm done. Let's go dark." Lucky said. Lucky is Lucky Clover.
"Finally." Dark rolled her eyes. Both of them are observing plants and animals that are not discovered in White Tail Woods. Lucky took this job because he needed more bits for his family. He used to work in the stand before, but the bits weren't enough for the stuff he need to take care of his family. Dark name Dark Blitz started her new job because she likes the view, the smell of the forest or woods and the refreshing feel of the cool wind. She looks evil and bad with a pony skull cutie mark, but she is not, although she likes seeing ponies in pain. But that's her interest since her cutie mark is a pony skull. So she does have a soft-side most of the time.
While they're trotting through White Tail Woods, Dark broke the long silence by hitting lucky with a hoof.
"Ow. What did you do that for? Lucky said, irritated.
I don't know. I just love doing that. Why, you got a problem? She said in a teasing tone. She hit him again. This time, she hit hard.
"Yes. Now would you please stop hitting me?" He said, getting angry.
"Okay. Fine." She hit him again and galloped.
"Oh that's it!" He galloped to chase Dark.
Dark laughed while galloping. She dodged a tree and jumped a broken log. Lucky did the same but stumbled after jumping a log which slows him down.
Still laughing, Dark looked back and noticed he was gone. *BANG!* Dark hit something hard and she stumbled back, still on her hooves.
"Ah." She said in pain. She looked up to see a pre-teen unicorn filly. Her coat is dark pink. It is dull and has some cut marks from her side and her cheeks. Her mane and tail is rugged and color light purple with two dark purple streaks, her eyes is magenta. Her cutie mark is two jungle trees and a bush. She looked like she has emaciation.
After the daze, the pony looked up. She then went into attack mode. She positioned herself to attack her new opponent. She hissed.
Dark winced from the hiss. "Look, whatever I did, I'm sorry." Dark said. The filly snarled.
"What happen to her? She looked like a wild animal, and she acts like one too." Dark thought.
"I'm not going to hurt you." Dark moved up a little. The filly notices this. So she snarled louder.
Dark moved a little more, nearing the filly. "I will help you. Are you lost?"
The filly then launched at Dark with a growl. Suddenly, a net came and caught the filly. The filly squirmed furiously, trying to get out of the net. Lucky came out of the bush.
"Lucky! Thank celestia you're here." dark compliment him.
*POW* Lucky hit Dark on the shoulder. "Is that all you got? I can hit harder than that." Dark said.
"Just grab the net before she escapes." Lucky said in an upset tone.
"Fine." Dark grabbed the net. Lucky took out a syringe from his mouth and he grabbed the syringe from his forehooves. He stabbed her with the syringe and injected a liquid from the syringe.
"Time to go to sleep, my little pony." He said. Dark looked concerned. The filly neighed and slowly squirmed. Soon, the filly stopped squirming and went into a blissful sleep.
"What are we going to do with her?" Dark asked.
"Well, we're going to the research facility."
"Research facility?"
"Yeah. Can you put her on my back for me please?"
"Sure." Dark grabbed the net and she opened her wings. She started flapping her wings. Up, up she went.
"Wow. She's very light. I thought she would be heavy." Dark said. She put the filly on Lucky's back.
"Alright. Let's go." Lucky said. Dark landed on the ground and closed her wings. Both started to trot. "Let's hurry up. It's going to be late." Lucky said. Dark looked at the filly with worry.
Ponyville
"Is she awake?" Dark asked.
"Yes. She's awake. But be careful." A stallion said.
"Alright." Dark walked in the room. The room has a big cell. Inside the cell is the filly. She's was at the corner of the cell. Dark walked towards the cell. The filly looked up. She then got up and charged at her. Luckly the bars are there. She growled.
Dark just stood there staring at the filly. "She has no pony knowledge." Dark looked around to find somepony who spoke. It was Lucky.
"Hey Lucky." Dark said. The filly went back to the corner. When Dark saw her moved, she notices that the filly was scared.
"Hi Dark. What do you think about her?"
"I think she is scared, lonely and-"
"Wild." Lucky cut her sentence off.
"Wild?"
"Yeah. Wild. She doesn't know anything about pony knowledge and our society. Also, I'm surprised to see that she surviving without the things she need. Looks like she lives in White Tail Woods."
"But why is she surviving in her young age? Did her parents abandon her?"
"That. I don't know."
Dark looked at the filly again. The filly is still at the corner. "Well Dark. I must be going. I promised my daughter that we are going to the lake." Lucky said.
"To do what?"
"Fishing."
"Fishing? Isn't that illegal?"
"No. Is not like we are going to eat them. Anyway. I gotta go. Bye."
"Bye." Lucky then left the room. Dark dug in her saddle bag to look for something. She pulled out an apple from her mouth inside the saddle bag.
*Crunch* She took a bite from the apple and enjoyed it. The filly looked where she heard the sound. Dark swallowed the apple that she bit and going to bite another one, but she stopped by a filly that was near her.
"You want it?" Dark asked, showing the apple to her. The filly just stood there sitting on her spot and staring at the apple. Dark put her hoof between the bars while holding the apple. The filly stood up and moved back.
"Don't worry. I won't hurt you." Dark said, sweetly. The filly hesitantly moved up a little. "Come on." The filly moved up until she was close to the apple. She looked at Dark. Dark smiled. The filly moved slowly until she was at reach of the apple. She snatched it and moved away from her.
"Enjoy." Dark said. She stared at the filly to see her eat. The filly ate an apple like a savage.
"Wow. I guess you really hungry." Dark looked around to find something for the filly to eat. She got up and trotted to the table. On top of a table are papers, lab stuff and a bowl full of daisies and salads. She grabbed the bowl with her teeth and trotted back where she was sitting at.
"Here. Have this." Dark opened a slot and pushed the bowl. Surprisingly, the bowl could fit through. The slot is at the bottom of the cell door. So she pushed the bowl and slid it inside. The filly moved slowly towards the bowl. Soon, she made it to the bowl and started eating the daisies and salads. Dark stuck out her hoof between the bars and reached to touch the filly's head. The filly looked up to see a hoof coming towards her. She growled and bit her hoof.
"Ouch!" Dark yelled. The filly turned around and knocked the bowl. She went back to her corner. She laid herself on the cell floor and hid her face with her long rugged tail.
Dark looked at her hoof and notice she was bleeding. It was her left hoof that got bitten. She got up and trotted out of the room while her left foreleg is lifted.
She found a mare bathroom and went inside. The bathroom looked modern and mostly white. She trotted to the faucet and turned the handle. Water flowed out of the faucet and into the sink, making a splashing noise. She washed her hoof while blood and water flowing down into the drain. When she is done, she turned the handle to turn the water off and grabbed the paper towel that was on the counter and gently put against her left hoof. After a few seconds, she took the paper towel off and looked at her hoof. She has bite marks. That's all she had.
She threw the used paper towel that has her blood stain in the garbage. She grabbed another one and trotted out the bathroom.
She went back to the room where the filly is at. She noticed the filly is not in her cell. She glanced around the room to find the filly but instead, she found a stallion sitting on a pillow right next to the table.
"Hey, um. Have you seen a filly that was in that cell?" Dark asked, pointing a hoof at the cell.
The stallion looked at her."Yeah. They took her somewhere to clean her."
"Who?"
"The ponies that work here. And they found an empty bowl in the cell. I wonder who put it in there?"
Dark was going to say something but got cut off by a door opening. "Dark. I've been searching for you." Another stallion said. "Since you're new at this job. I will end your shift early. Tomorrow, you will work full time regularly. Got that."
"Yes sir." Dark blankly said.
"Good." He left the room.
"Well lucky for you. I have to go. See ya." The other stallion that was sitting on the pillow ended the conversation and left the room. Dark was now alone in the room.
"See you tomorrow, little filly." Dark said. She left the room to exit the building. The building is small, so she doesn't need direction to exit the building. She then trotted to her home.