We both sat in the waiting rooms, Nurse Redheart was with another patient and me and Angel were waiting. My left wing was wrapped around him as he shivered. The poor dear has been very unwell, and I haven't been able to help him.
'Fluttershy, it's been a while, how are you?' Nurse Redheart came out to greet me.
'I'm doing well Nurse, but Angel here is feeling un well.' I raised my wing, revealing him, shivering.
'Well, come in then.' She welcomed, walking into her office.
We followed her in, the room was pretty big, it had an examination bed and chairs by a desk. I walked up, setting Angel down on the bed as I walked over to the Nurse.
'Well, he looks alright physically, only symptoms appear to be the shaking. . .' she observed.
'Well, what do you recommend?' I asked.
'Well plenty of bedrest, but I would like to give him something. . .' she went over to her cabin, looking around for something.
'What?' I asked.
'A shot.' She turned around with a needle in hoof.
Angel shrieked. He jumped up and bolted out the door.
'Well. . . he looks better already.' She mused, as I chased after him.
When I got outside, he was already on the road out of Pony Ville, approaching the forests north of Ponyville. . . None the less, I continued pursuit. At top speed I raced after him, dodging and weaving trees and fallen logs as we raced further into the forest. My focus was solely on Angel, but I didn't pay attention to what I was about to face. . . who I'd encounter. Angel skidded to a stop ahead of me, and as I almost had him, I saw why he stopped. I tried stop, but I barely managed to stop before I nearly ran it over, I took off backwards, but I ran into a tree before falling on my back. As I stared into the canopy above us, I saw its head moving above mine. Teeth bared, dark red in its eyes and a stain of red fur on its head contrasting his grey fur coat. I closed my eyes expecting it to bite me.
'What?!' he said in a low growl, making my eyes shot open, 'What are you doing here? This is my territory, leave!'
He walked away, taking a seat facing away from me on a patch of glass.
'Y-you talk?. . . not like other animals. . .' I stuttered. 'I-I'm s-sorry, I d-didn't know. . .'
'Regardless. Go back where you came.' He ordered.
'B-but I. . .' I didn't know where I was, or where to go.
The canopy was far too thick to fly through, I got to my hooves and looked at my options, second guessing every direction laid out before me. The wolf sighed.
'To your left, Ponyville.' He told me.
'I. . . don't think I-I can-' he let off a growl before he leapt in front of me.
'Then follow.' He barked, as he walked into the forest.
I followed closely, watching him carefully as we passed through the woods. Eventually he sat down and I stopped behind him.
'There.' He said, I looked past him and noticed a clear path and Pony Ville in the distance.
'Oh. . . thank you.' I thanked him, but he turned his head to the side as I walked past him.
I didn't look back, but I could hear him sniffing.
'Hey, go faster.' He ordered in a whisper.
'W-why?!' I asked.
'More coming, more wolves.' With that, I raced out into the clearing, leaving the wolf behind.
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'Runt.' He barked, him and two others I didn't know leapt from the foliage and faced me, 'when you were cast out, that didn't mean you can take a portion of the woods for your own.'
'I wasn't cast out Ike. I left.' I defended, getting ready for him to strike.
'No, Mother had us cast you into the river, did you forget that part?' he mocked.
'I can still feel your teeth marks on my tail.' I growled, 'but this place is now mine, if you wish to challenge me-.'
'I have a better idea.' When he finished, another two wolves came up at me, as I backed away another seized my hindlegs in their jaws.
The two from the front did the same to my forward legs and I was struggling to stay upright. As I tried to throw them off me, Ike came up and bit my right ear, when he released it, I could feel the blood running down the fur on my face.
'You have no right to evoke challenge, nor would I lower myself to your level. All these woods belong to the pack. . . And you are no longer part of the pack.' He said, turning to leave as the other four did the same.
I collapsed, all my legs were hurt, and I think they were bleeding.
Why. . . Mother. . .
'Hey.' I heard a whisper, I looked to the side to see the pony from before.
'No. . . go, they'll. . . be back. . .' She wrapped her hooves around my body and began pulling me to the clearing, 'No. . . I can't go there. . .'
I resisted, but she pulled me out there none the less.
'I'm not going to leave you, I'm taking you to the doctor.' She assured me.
'I doubt a pony. . . will care for me. . .' I told her, but she continued to pull me along before she extended her wings, 'NononononNONONONONO, GROUND, PLEASE!'
'No time!' she carried me off, despite my flailing and howling protests, but I wasn't able to protest for long, everything went black for me as we got higher.
