Viridity POV

I laid comfortably in my bed. I was never as active as I was the day before, so sleep was all i wanted to do for now. Sounds came from outside the door, "Do you think we should wake her up?" I heard Spike ask. "I'm sure she's probably just tired. And if you were away from a nice warm bed, wouldn't you sleep as long?" Twilight replied. "I suppose you're right." Then they left the hallway.

"Mmm...W-Where am I again?" I sat up and rubbed my eyes, trying to wake myself up. I then stared down at my hooves. "Oh right...This place..." I looked around at the room. I then crawled out of bed and stared out the window. It looks as if it was eleven o'clock. "I really slept in..."

I walked over and opened the door. "Sounded like the headed for the throne room..." I said to myself as I walked down the hall. I entered the throne room to find Twilight and Spike sitting there. "Morning, Viridity. Did you sleep well?" She asked. "Yeah...I might have overslept..." I blushed. "Haha, I do that too sometimes. anyways, are you ready for your magic lesson?" She asked. "Yeah." I replied. "Well, I'm gonna go visit Rarity." Spike said. "Alright, say hi to her for me." Twilight said. Spike nodded and then left the room.

"So where do we begin?" I asked. "Well first, I'm going to teach you the most basic spell of all, levitation." She said. "Cool." I replied. She went over to Rainbow Dash's chair and found a blue feather. "This will do." She levitated the feather and placed it on the table. "We'll start with something light so you cdon't strain yourself from heavy usage of magic. Try to focus your energy on your horn, this will start the magic spark." She instructed. "Alright..." I did as she said, focusing energy on my horn. A small orange spark shot from it and disappeared. "Whew..." I said taking a breather. "That's ok, try again." She said. "Right..." I focused again, this time the orange aura was surrounding my horn. "Good job!" She said. "Now try to lift the feather as if you were picking it up with your hooves. I did as instructed, watching as an orange aura surrounded the feather. I slowly lifted it into the air, but the magic around the feather disappeared and the feather fell back on the table. "Hmm..." I said with disappointment. "Try again. It's not that hard to learn." She said. "Hrgh..." I tried again to lift up the feather. After trying it a second time, it got easier. It was as if I was holding it with my hand. "Good job." Twilight said excitedly. "This is surprisingly easier than I thought..." I said. "Yeah, it's not a hard thing to learn, actually." Twilight said. "Oh." I said. "I suppose you wouldn't have known that though, you said you were never around any unicorns to teach you, right?" She asked. "Yeah. No unicorns." I replied.

Soon there was a knock on the door to the throne room. "Twilight, come quick! We've got trouble!" Rainbow Dash flew into the room in a frantic voice. "What's wrong?!" Twilight asked. "There's a pack of timberwolves invading Ponyville. We need to get out there and stop them!" Rainbow Dash said. "Lets go!" Twilight started flying out the door with Rainbow, I followed close behind.

Rainbow Dash, Twilight, and I ran out of the castle to find wolves made out of wood running around the town and attacking other ponies. "What set them off?!" Twilight asked. "I don't know...but we have to take care of them!" Rainbow Dash zoomed in front of a pony and bucked the timberwolf in the face. Twilight flew in the sky and shot beams from her horn, as if she were a fighter jet. I watched the chaos unfold, while another timberwolf was slowly walking towards me. "Yah!" I started running away from the castle, and the timberwolf was in hot pursuit. I tried running as fast as I could, but not being used to my new form, I slipped and fell. The timberwolf was closing in on me. "Ahh!" I got up on my feet, and out of fear, bucked the timberwolf in the face. "Grr..." It growled as I kicked it. I started running away from it. It caught up to me again when I was colse to Rainbow Dash who was beating the daylights out of another timberwolf. "You said you used to live in the woods, right? You should be a natural at fighting them off!" Rainbow Dash said as she smashed the wolf to pieces. "I've never seen one before in my life..." I said. "What? How's that possible?" She asked as she punched another one. "I don't know, I just never saw them before." I said as I jabbed one wolf with my horn and then threw him to the ground.

"Where did they all come from?" I asked as I kept fighting. "They must have come from the everfree forest. But why they're here now is beyond me." Twilight said as she blasted another timberwolf. "Wait, what about Fluttershy?!" Rainbow Dash paused and looked at Twilight. "You're right, she can't fight them off." Twilight kept attacking the timberwolves. "I'll go help her then." I said. "Good idea, thanks Viridity." I nodded and then rushed to Fluttershy's house.

"Here you go, little ones..." Fluttershy said gently as she fed a rabbit outside her cottage. "Fluttershy! Hurry inside your house, some timberwolves are invading Ponyville!" I warned her. "T-t-t-timberwolves?!" Fluttershy asked in a frightened voice. "Yeah, get everyone inside." I said as I prepared for the timber wolves. Fluttershy nodded and hurried to get her animal friends inside.

"Grr..." Two timberwolves headed towards us. "Eek!" Fluttershy then hurried inside and closed the door behind her. "Here they come..." I said to myself as they came closer. "Rwoar!" One timberwolf pounced at me. "Gah!" I swung around and bucked the timberwolf, throwing it on the ground. The other sprung forward. "Not today!" I used my magic to grab it's paw and swung it around and around as if I were throwing a javelin. "Growl!" "Argh!" While I hurled his buddy, the downed timberwolf sht forward and bit my leg. "Argh...hrgh!" I tried punching the timberwolf, but it dodged my hoof. "Grrrowl!" The other timberwolf pounced on me, holding me down. "Ahh! Get off of me!" I yelled. The timberwolves held me down. "Hrgh..." I braced myself for a fury from the two wolves. "Grrowwlll!" This time, a growl came from behind me. I turned to see a grizzly bear running towards us. "Grrrrowl!" It grabbed the timberwolf on top of me and threw him hard on the ground. "Huh?" I asked in confusion. I was now free of that wolf's grip. "Hrgh!" I got up and stomped on the timberwolf that bit my leg. "Yip!" It yelped as I threw it off my leg. "Grrowl!" The bear then swiped his claw and destroyed the other wolf. "Hrgh!" I jumped and landed hard on the last timberwolf, destroying it.

"Whew..." I said catching my breath. "Are there any more?" I looked around to see if any were coming. "Guess not for now..." I turned ot the bear. "Uh...Thanks for helping me." I said. The bear gave me a thumbs up as if to say "you're welcome." "But where did you come from?" I asked. Fluttershy came out and approached me. "I saw you were in trouble so I sent Harry out to help." She explained. "Thanks Fluttershy, and thanks Harry." I said looking back at the bear. "Do you think they're all gone?" She asked. "I'm not sure. Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and I were fighting them in town when we figured your cottage might be a target, so I came." I said. "Good thing you did." She smiled. "I think I should probably go check on them, to make sure that the timberwolves are all gone." I said. "Good idea. We can take care of things here." Fluttershy said. "Thanks." I said as I hurried off to Ponyville.

As I rushed into town, there were piles of wood everywhere. "Huh..." I said as I looked around. "Viridity!" Rianbow Dash spotted me and flew towards me. "We did it, we took care of all the timberwolves." Rainbow Dash said proudly. "Great. Fluttershy was fine too. Although I nearly got ripped apart by a couple of wolves." I said. "Yikes...that sounds like a crazy story." She said. "I still can't figure out what set them off?" Twilight asked as she approached us. "Where do timberwolves come from anyway? I've never seen anything like them." I said. "I've mostly heard of them coming from the everfree forest. But you've never at least heard of them?" She asked. "Nope." I answered.

"Guys!" A little purple dragon called as he ran up to us. "What's up, Spike?" Twilight asked. "I...have a message...from the princess...so..tired..." He said as he tried to catch his breath. "Calm down, Spike, let me see the note." Twilight said. Spike held out a little scroll, and Twilight took it with her magic. "Dear Twilight, I'm sure you might have heard already, but mysterious breakouts have been happening across Equestria." She read aloud. "Breakouts?" Rainbow Dash asked in confusion. "So far Canterlot has been infested by Parasprites, the Crystal Empire has been attacked by changelings, and other places have been attacked by creatures near their respective cities. Everypony has managed to fight them off, but I'm afraid something is going haywire. We've sent out ponies to research why these events might be happening. I'll write back to you once we receive any information. ~Princess Celestia" Twilight finished the letter. "So other places are being attacked?" I asked. "Sounds like it. I'd sure like to know why it's happening, but nopony knows anything at the moment." Twilight said. "So what do we do for now?" Spike asked. "I guess we just wait and watch. Who knows when and if there will be another attack." Twilight said.

"Argh..." I grunted softly, bending down a bit from the pain in my leg. "What's wrong?" Spike asked. "N-Nothing...I just got bit by one of the timberwolves." I said as I looked back at my leg. "Ooo...lets get that treated." Twilight said. "I'm fine, really. If I just walk it off...ow." I said as I tried walking around, only for the leg to hurt more. "No, you're getting that treated." Twilight said walking over to me. "I'm fine..." "It will only take a second. Lets get to the castle." Twilight said. "Fine..." I gave in.

Twilight, Spike, and I returned to the castle, to get my leg bandaged up. I sat down in her throne. "You did pretty good for fighting a timberwolf." Twilight said as she applied the bandages. "Thanks...wasn't too bad though. Fluttershy sent her bear friend to help me fight." I said. "She did? That bear is really strong, and kind too." Twilight said. She had finished up outting the bandages on. "Thanks..." I said. "So if you never saw any timberwolves before, where were you from originally?" Twilight asked. "Um...I can't remember...It was such a long time ago..." ...I wish it was easier to keep from telling them where I'm really from...I doubt anypony would believe me. I thought.

"That's too bad. Well, what did you do when you left the orphanage?" Twilight asked as she sat on Applejack's chair. "I'll go fix us some snacks." Spike said as he left the room. "Thanks Spike." Twilight said. "As I've said before, I just left. Something just made me leave, and before I knew it I was too far to return. Not that I'm complaining, but no one wanted to adopt me anyways..." I sighed. Spike then came in with some hot chocolate. "Thanks." I said as I took the mug. "Are you sure nopony is worried about you?" Twilight asked. "I'm sure that someone is...but nothing I can do about it now..." I said as I took a sip of my hot cocoa. Twilight sipped her hot chocolate. "So what does your cutie mark stand for?" Twilight asked, trying to take my mind off of my unfortunate turn of events. "Huh?" I asked to clarify. "Your cutie mark, what does it stand for?" She asked pointing to the mark on my flank. ...So that's what this is called... I thought. "Well, I've always had a taste for art...It's my passion. Whenever my heart sings a song full of colors, I just have to paint what I feel." I said happily. It was no lie, I had always loved art. "That's a cool talent to have. Sounds like you're the best pony for it." She smiled. ...It's interesting she's being so nice. I'd only just got here yesterday. Even if what I'm saying are partially lies...She just seems to be comforting and kind. It's strange, but welcoming at the same time.

*BURP* A certain dragon belched. I looked at Spike awkwardly who was holding a scroll. "Don't judge me, that's how we get mail from the princess." He said as he handed Twilight the scroll. "Oh. What does it say?" I asked. "Hmm..." Twilight said as she looked over the note. "Well...She says that so far she's been experimenting with something, which might have cause a magical disturbance. But I have no idea what that means..." Twilight said as she studied the note. "What kind of magical disturbance could there be? Discord wasn't enough?" Spike asked. "Apparently more than him..." Twilight said looking at Spike. "I'm interested in what experiment she says she's been working on. I mean, what experiment could lead to a disturbance?" I asked. "Who knows for sure? Only Princess Celestia herself." Twilight said, folding the scroll. "You know, it's getting late. We'd better get dinner ready." Twilight said. "On it." Spike saluted. Twilight followed to help him. ...I'm kind of worried now...magical disturbance? Experiments? Is it possible I'm the disturbance that caused all of this? But why would Princess Celestia experiment on me? And how am I that big of a disturbance that I made all these invasions happen? I wondered. I looked up at the ceiling. It had tree roots coming down from it, and attached to the ends of the roots were colors gems. ...It will be some time before dinner is ready...maybe I can learn some more things in the library. I thought as I got up and left the room.

Twilight POV

"So what do we have?" I asked as I skimmed the shelves of the kitchen. "We could cook some fried carrot dogs." Spike said while rubbing his belly. "That sounds like a god idea What should we have with it?" I asked. I looked in the fridge. "This will work." I found some ingredients to make a salad and took them out of the fridge. "So what is Viridity like?" Spike asked. "She's really passionate. She was telling me about how she loves to make art. She's really inspired when she speaks about it." I replied. "Cool. I wonder what some of her art looks like? I'd like to see some of her work." Spike said as he put the carrot dogs on the stove. "Oh you're right. I forgot to ask her about them. How could have I forgotten?" I facehoofed. "Well, it's not like she's going anywhere. You could ask her later." Spike said. "I guess." I said as I started to prepare the salad. "So where does she come from?" Spike asked. "She's an orphan. She ran away from the orphanage she used to live in." I replied sorrowfully. "Really?" Spike looked at me with a glum look. "I can imagine what it's like for her. I mean, I have a loving family to go to, but she ran away?" Spike continued. "Yeah...nopony wanted her by what she claimed." I said. "That's too bad..." I saw Spike wipe a tear from his eye. "I'm sure she'll be alright once she's settled in Ponyville. She seems to like it here." I said. "She's strong too. For not knowing what timberwolves are, she sure handled them pretty well." Spike added. "She is. She seems ot adapt to things pretty well."

"Well, dinner's almost ready. Can you go find Viridity?" Spike asked. "Sure thing." I said. I then walked out of the kitchen to go find her.

Viridity POV

"So if I did that...then maybe I could...hmm..." I said to myself as I studied the book in my hooves. I had found myself a book about magic and spells. Soon, the sound of a creak of a door crept through the room. "Dinner's almost ready." Twilight informed me. "Alright, thanks." I said as I set the book down on the table.

It was late after dinner. Everything was pretty good, although I'd never have imagined carrot dogs as a thing. "Night Viridity." Twilight said. "Night." I replied.I shut the door behind me as I headed into my room. It's been an ok day. that battle was exhausting, but I enjoyed chatting with Twilight earlier. I thought, But I can't help but feel like I'm doing something wrong...I don't belong here...Do I? And what if me being here caused today's attacks? Shouldn't I deserve to go home then? I continued as I stared at the last bit of sunlight. I looked at my art set. "Hmm..." I set the paper on the floor and picked up my brush. "Hmm..." I stared out the window at the bright light of the moon. "Perfect." I started swishing the brush around the canvas and worked to paint the night sky before me.

"I'll work more on this tomorrow...I'd better get some rest." I said to myself as I set my brushes down and walked over to my bed. "Mmm..." I hummed as I drifted off to sleep.

"Huh?" I woke up back at the orphanage. "It...It was all a dream?" I looked around. I was back in my room at the orphanage. "Wait...what did I just see?" I looked out of my room to the door. "Morning Ericka. Oh, we have some good news, someone has come to adopt you." Ms. Crystal said as she approached my room. "Really?!" I asked in disbelief. "Yup. They'll be arriving shortly, so get dressed." She said. I looked down at my clothes. ...But I'm already dressed? I thought. Seeing as I was dressed, I headed to the main room. "Wait...mom and dad?" I looked in disbelief. "Lisa!" My mom said happily. "What...Why? How?" I asked. Soon, everything began to wave. "Wait, what?! Noooo!" I yelled as I realized that I wasn't in the orphanage.

"Wh...What just happened?" I asked as I looked around. I looked down and I was back to my pony form. "Aw shoot..." I said. Suddenly I was outside of the castle, with the moon still in sight. "Okay...now what?" I thought. Suddenly, there was a flash in the moon. A dark blue alicorn appeared from it. She looked like the night itself in pony form. I simply stared as she landed in front of me. "Greetings, I am Princess Luna. though, you can call me Luna." She greeted. "Um...hello?" I replied. "It's nice to finally meet you, Ericka." she said. "Wait, what?" I asked. "That is your name, correct?" Luna asked. I nodded. "Y-Yes...but how do you know my name?" I asked. "I had heard from you from my sister, I wanted to make sure you were the one she had sent for." Luna said. "What do you mean sent for?" I asked. "It was my sister who had brought the to this world." Luna said in an old english voice. "Wait, so she did send me here?" I asked. "Had you suspected it before?" She asked. "Yes...some friends of mine received a letter about the attacks. I suspected that I might have been involved." I said. "So you do come from another world." She said. "What do you normally look like?" She asked. Seeing as it was a lucid dream, I looked down at my body. I then changed into my human self. "This is what I look like..." I said. "Very interesting. What do they call your kind?" She asked. "I'm a human where I come from." I replied. "A human...alright. I'll be sure to let my sister know her experiment has worked." Luna said. "Oh, one more thing, where are you currently staying?" She asked. "Ponyville, in the giant castle." I replied. "Alright. I hope you don't mind me stopping in from time to time." She said. "Uh...not at all?" I said in slight confusion. "Ok, well I'll be seeing you." She said as she flew off into the moon. "Bye Luna." I stared at the moon. "What just happened?" I asked myself.

There's the end of chapter 2! Hope you guys enjoyed that, and stay tuned for chapter 3. I'm only just getting started for what's planned in this story. Thanks for reading!

Qotc: What kind of talent would you have if you came to Equestria?