Wild was walking in the Everfree Forest glancing anywhere to find any animal that stalks her. She stopped and saw stoned stairs with cracks and wedged. She galloped upstairs to a ruined castle. She looked around, admiring the place. She looked up and saw a beautiful white castle and houses from a large mountain while the water of the waterfall falling in the sky.

Wild jumped up towards the broken window and jumped down at the edge of a cliff. Wild heard cracking noise and looked down at her hooves. The rock was starting to crack and became loose. She tried to jump out of the way, but it was too late. She grabbed the broken edge of the cliff but the rocks were loose and fell. With quick thinking, she jumped each rock one by one. Soon, she was nearing the ground. She jumped to the next rock that was big and jumped up high as she could to slow down her speed of falling. The big rock hit the ground hard and she went on top of it with no harm. Wild jumped down and landed on watery mud. She lifted her foreleg up and put it back down while she started to trot. But then, she started to sink in the mud. She tried to get out but her legs were stuck. She struggled and she sank down more faster, covering her half of her legs. Wild went to panic mode and tried to move her legs violently, which only made it worse. Her legs were now covered and moving towards her torso. Wild screamed loudly, still trying to move her legs. A vine swayed slowly by the wind which got Wild's attention. Wild quickly reach for the vine with her mouth and stretched her neck. She was close to it, inches by inches and still can't reach it enough. The mud was now tilting Wild in front and her forehooves was sinking more in. The wind blew the vine towards Wild and Wild caught the vine in time. She pulled herself with her head and bit the vine hard. The mud started to cover her flank and sank her hindlegs more deeper. Wild kept on pulling herself out and tried pulling her forelegs out. It worked and splashed the mud. While she continued to pull, she started to get out of the mud but she was still being sink from her hindlegs. Her muscle strained too much from pulling and caused her to feel muscle cramp, which she spaz. She didn't let go however, she panted and tried losing her straining. Time goes by fast while Wild was stranded.

...

"Let me go you brute! I didn't kill him!" Dark yelled at the royal guards. She pulled the rusted cell bars and tried shaking it.

"It's useless lady." A male voice said. Dark quickly turned her head and glanced at a dark space. A sun gleaming at a small cell bar window that showed half of a pony's face.

"Who are you?" Dark asked.

"I'm... I'm nopony actually. I don't even know my own name."

"So you're a dumb head."

"Oh ah ha. If I'm dumb, then you wouldn't be dead in this cell." The stallion cracked a smile. Dark's eyes widen, feeling the chill of her spine.

"You... You better not touch me."

"Well then, don't talk back to me and you do what I say."

"Timeout timeout... What the hay is wrong with you? You given me orders? I just got here, you don't know your name, and why are you so close? Back away from me you jerk."

The stallion went close to Dark and moved his head towards Dark's face with a creepy smile. He looked at her eyes throughly, which made his smile fade.

"I said back away from me." Dark glared at him. The stallion moved his head back. Dark was ready to punch his face for not moving back. Without reacting quickly, the stallion threw his head at Dark's lips and force kissed her. Dark's eyes went narrow, she right hooked at his face hard and spat. The stallion tumbled back but didn't fall while he recovered from the blow.

"DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN OR I WILL HURT YOU UNTIL YOU TURN INTO A SMOOTHIE! DISGUSTING!" Dark wiped her lips to remove the saliva.

"You know there is no way to resist. You are trapped here with me and you are going to have a lot of fun." The stallion exclaimed.

"I SHOW YOU A LOT OF FUN WHEN I'LL USE YOU AS A PUNCHING BAG!" Dark shouted, showing angry eyes at him. The stallion moved back from his corner and into the shadow. Dark snorted and calmed herself down. She sat down on the floor and looked at the small window.

"Wild, I hope you're alright." Dark said in her thoughts.

...

Wild was still stuck at the muddy water while she sloshed her legs in the mud. She already grew tired of straining her muscles from pulling and her jaws was getting too tired to hold. She stood there thinking what to do to get out of this situation. She moved her forelegs slowly to feel the mud sticking to her coat. She looked in front of her and saw the edge of the pool of mud. She was near, but not close. She screamed to let somepony hear her, but of course, nopony goes this far. So it was useless. She gripped the vine tight with her teeth and started to pull again. She then yank the vine to herself harder which caused a sudden loud snap. The vine snapped in two and the one that Wild was holding fell into the mud. Wild started to sink fast and she went into panic mode. She tried moving around towards the land, but she sank more faster. The mud now covered her whole body. Wild screamed for help and whined. The mud covered her ears and half of her mane, only showing her face. She gave a one last scream and closed her eyes.

Suddenly, a vine hit her muzzle and wild quickly grabbed it with her teeth while she accidentally swallowed the mud that overflow her. She felt somepony pulling her. She couldn't tell who was pulling her because the mud was covering on her face. About what felt like forever, she felt the land and tried moving towards it. She coughed and used her forelegs to get herself up. Then she stood all four and wiped her eyes while she stopped coughing. She opened her eyes and saw small colorful round shape insects hovering above her while all was still holding the vine. They were parasprites roaming in the Everfree forest and they were all surrounding Wild while the parasprites dropped the vine. Wild looked around a swarm of parasprites helping her move away from the mud. She looked at herself to see that she was cover in mud and shook her body and head to take the excess mud out of her stained coat. When she stopped, she neighed and smiled at the parasprites for helping her get out of the muddy water. The parasprites smiled happily to see an appoval. Wild suddenly felt her stomach growl for food and the parasprites heard it. The group of parasprites flew towards the jungle and disappeared while the other group of parasprites looked at her while hovering. Wild put her head low to sniff for food. The group of parasprites came with exotic fruits in the Everfree. Wild looked at it with hunger and the stomach growled again for looking at the fruits.

Once the parasprites put the fruits down, Wild sprang towards the fruits and opened her mouth wide.

...

Haze was looking at the window wondering what will happen to Wild. He was now afraid of Wild being lost in the woods. He turned his head to look back and saw his mother talking to the ponies that are searching for the filly. Two male pegasi ponies, one has a black coat and the other one has a light blue coat. As they were done talking, the two pegasi left and Puddle closed the door with a click to lock the door. Haze looked at his mom and the mother looked at him with a frown.

"Nothing?" Haze said, also frowning.

"They can't really do much. It's too dangerous go in the Everfree and it's too dangerous to go any further because of Manticores. They... They gave up the search." Puddle crackled at the last sentence, holding her sadness that was overwhelming her.

"I'm going to the town hall. I'll be back okay." Puddle unlocked the door and turned the handle.

"Why?" Haze asked.

"To talk to the mayor." Puddle then left while closing the door on the other side.

...

"So. What's your name?" The stallion's voice crackled.

"It's none of your business!" Dark scoffed.

"Well you should tell me soon before the fun time begins." The stallion smiled.

Dark was disgusted. She wanted to kick him in the balls if he has one. But she was so focus her thoughts that she couldn't stop moving back and forth. "You disgust me. Why are you here?" Dark asked.

"Rape."

Dark eyes narrowed for hearing that. "Damn Celestia, you can't organize." She whispered to herself. The stallion chuckled.

"You scared young mare?" The stallion grinned.

"N-No."

"Don't worry. You've got plenty of time to-"

"SHUT UP! I DON'T WANT YOU NEAR ME OR CLOSE TO ME! EVER!"

"We'll see about that."

Dark's rage began to build up, feeling the urge to beat him up severely. "You want to see about that, do you want to see your tongue get ripped off of your mouth!"

"pffff please, I bet that you can't even come close to show that you're hot stuff. You're just a scared mare that acts tough."

"You think I'm not tough." Dark opened her wings and flew fast at the stallion. The stallion got pushed back from the wall hard and coughed for air.

"I show you who's tough!" Dark grabbed his head and swung him towards the cell bars. The stallion flew back and hit the cell bars so hard that the bars became dent. He laid on the floor, motionless and tried to get his breaths.

Dark stood there glaring at him. "Who's tough now STD stallion." She then walked close to him.

"No stop. *Coughing* Don't hurt me n-no... more." The stallion pleaded for his life. He lifted up his hooves to defend his face. Dark stopped and continued to glare at him.

"Don't you ever speak to me or go near me again. You got that!"

"Y-Yes. *Coughing*"

"Good." Dark went to her spot and sat down while she looked down. *Sigh*

...

Wild laid down on the grass with a belly full of delicious food. She burped with a satisfied smile. She got up and walked towards a tree. She laid on a tree and closed her eyes to rest. Suddenly, she felt the parasprites cuddling on her also resting. She then remember that she suppose to save Dark. Her eyes shot up and she shot up on four. She looked up to see the castle but the trees was blocking the view. She looked and got an idea. She moved back away from the tree she was looking at and went into pounce mode. She bolted as fast as she can carry herself and jumped so high that she could reach the branch from her nose. She grabbed the branch with her mouth and climbed over the branch. With a sudden, the branch broke and she started to fall face first. The parasprites caught her in mid-air on time and set her down. Wild glanced at them with an appreciated smile. She was confused now since she can't find the castle, she looked at between the leaves and could tell that the sun was setting. She looked down at the grass and pressed the grass down with her hooves. She then coiled herself to get ready to sleep.

"Dak." Wild whispered.

...

"Hello, what can I help you." A earth mare said.

"Good evening Mayor Mare, I'm here to speak about a mare name Dark Blitz and she got arrested on the afternoon today." Puddle said.

"And what's the issue?"

"My issue is that she does not have the right to get arrested. I just want to see what's her latest criminal records."

"Well sure. Just give me a sec and tell me why did you think she doesn't have the right to get arrested."

"She told me that a stallion name um... Brocky I'm not sure but she said that this stallion was a murderer and was going to... kill her and the filly."

"A filly?"

"Yes and there was another stallion that was trap in a cage."

"Hm. This doesn't seem this was right."

"Exactly yo." Puddle covered her mouth. She then uncovered it. "Sorry. Excuse my language."

The mayor took a brief glance at Puddle. She then continued to browse folders to find the criminal records in Ponyville. A few seconds later, she found the folder and opened it while she fix her glasses.

"Well. There's not much in here. W-What's the name?"

"Dark Blitz."

"Dark Blitz, Dark Blitz... Hm, does she has black coat, red eyes-"

"Yes that's her."

"Okay, it said that she was arrested for brutally beaten a stallion name Brocky."

"Yes but I guess she did that for defending."

"But it still counts as murder."

"What!? She was defending a filly."

"And murder him. I'm sorry but I can't free her unless I have the proof."

"But, but she was going to be killed if she didn't do anything to save the filly. A-And that stallion."

"I'm sorry. The investigator had enough evidence to show that Dark did brutally murder him."

"That's not fair! She was doing the right thing! Please Mayor, at least do something."

"Young lady, I will not let someone yell in my office. There's nothing I can't do and that's the end of the story. Please leave immediately." The Mayor shot back.

"You are a... *eyes closed*" Puddle paused. "Dark told me everything about what happen, *eyes opened* and she was not going to let that stallion kill her... child. Please mayor, I'm innocent, she's innocent."

The mayor looked at her for a few seconds. She pushed her glass back on her muzzle. "Please leave now."

Puddle glared at her without a word. "Fine." She walked out of the office and slammed the door with a feeling of irritation and anger on the insides.

...

Sunset came to view and the blue sky started to turn orange. Puddle was walking towards home sad while sighing. Her thoughts race through her mind thinking what will happen to Dark in Canterlot jail. Then she started thinking what will happen to Wild that was still lost in the Everfree Forest and couldn't be found.

She finally made it to her house. She was going to unlock the door but the door was already unlock. She slowly opened her door and glanced around.

"Haze!?" There was no answer. Puddle closed the door and trotted upstairs. She went to his room and saw that Haze wasn't in his room.

"Haze!" Puddle yelled. Still no answer. Puddle felt scared now, not seeing her son showing up. She checked the closet of Haze's room, the bathroom, the kitchen, living room, and every room that was left to check. She was now really scared.

"Haze! Where are you!" Puddle yelled at nopony. She galloped out of the house to find her son before the night will start, leaving the door open and unintended.

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