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Coming To Bear

By TangyTango
Created: 2022-11-03 17:39:06
Updated: 2022-11-15 05:57:22
Expiry: Never
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  1. >Fluttershy lands on a branch, vigilantly observing a nearby pasture
  2. >She’s just begun chasing a very obviously injured bear through the dense brush of Ponyville’s outskirts
  3. >The bear’s tenacity when it came to evasion was the real issue
  4. >Deadly as the bear’s claws are, the Ponyville woodland expanse wasn’t the most navigable terrain, and she risked running the bear into the Everfree
  5. >Something even the most capable animal would perish to, and it was the true thing she feared
  6. >Local woodland creatures have been of minimal help, while she could understand them, her new-found ability when it came to cross-species communication wasn’t straightforward
  7. >The ways in which woodland creatures communicated were…
  8. >Different
  9. >A woodpecker hooks itself upon the tree, hammering away at the trunk
  10. >Fluttershy can hear his subtle mumbling
  11. >”Food of wood”
  12. >It’s like the desperate and hungry ramblings of someone that urgently needs to brush up on Ponish
  13. >But why would an animal ever have to bother with the formalities of typical speech?
  14. >Fluttershy wraps her wing around a nearby branch, shaking it lightly to catch the woodpecker’s attention
  15. “Do you mind having a c-”
  16. >”Pony, shake branches, talk”
  17. “I- have you seen a grizzly bear anywhere?”
  18. >”Bear eat us”
  19. “Yes I’m aware, but he’s in desperate need of assistance”
  20. >”Why help bears when bears eat woodpeckers?”
  21. “Because it’s the right thing to do”
  22. >”Not for me”
  23. >The woodpecker simply returns to pecking at the tree, this time in far louder strokes, rendering Fluttershy’s attempts at speech worthless
  24. >She wouldn’t bother with a labor in futility
  25. >Using her demure wings, she glides gently to the grass below
  26. >If the woodpecker won’t help, then she’ll simply find another creature
  27. >Moving through the grass, she’s looks down at her flank
  28. >It’s been a mere two weeks since she’s received her cutie-mark
  29. >Nopony cared, nobody except for the singular vet in Ponyville
  30. >Shame she isn’t much for social interaction
  31. >Only one creature cut her slack when it came to chatting, a bunny that very frequently ransacked the young Carrot Top’s stand.
  32. ---
  33. >You are Carrot Top
  34. >And you are in full pursuit
  35. >That damned bunny has finally met its match, falling perfectly into your trap
  36. >Down a narrow alleyway lies a rudimentary net that you laid out earlier that day
  37. >Seconds before this little devil lands into your trap, another party intervenes
  38. >”Little bunny, are you okay?”
  39. >It’s that crazy yellow filly
  40. >freaking blow-ins from Cloudsdale
  41. >She better not mess this up
  42. “Catch that bunny!”
  43. >The bunny is now a mere hoof away, all it’ll take is a…
  44. >Swooping down, the yellow filly takes the rabbit into her hooves, hovering above the ground
  45. “Give that rabbit here, that little jerk has been eating all my supply!”
  46. >Helplessly you jump up and down directly below the flying filly, nearly falling to the ground in your attempts
  47. >The filly holds the rabbit to her ear, appearing to listen along
  48. >”He’s telling me you want to eat him.”
  49. >Crazy
  50. >Nopony can speak to animals
  51. “Horse feathers, you’re just crazy!”
  52. >Clutching the rabbit to her chest, the pegasus grows visibly nervous
  53. >”i can understand…”
  54. >Her voice is a hushed whisper
  55. “Nuh-uh! I can understand him as well as you, and I understand he’s a rabbit trying to destroy me!”
  56. >The rabbit blows a raspberry
  57. “Oh you son of a-”
  58. >Going for another dive, you actually fall this time, scraping your shoulder pretty bad
  59. >Your eyes well up with tears, looking up at the filly, she seems torn
  60. >Torn between a stupid rabbit and helping the young filly
  61. >lifting off the ground, she lands on a nearby roof, nuzzling the little creature
  62. >You begin to lightly sob, the pain building
  63. >The yellow pegasus simply flies away
  64. >Woodland freak…
  65. ---
  66. >Fluttershy idly stands in the field, looking forward at the treeline
  67. >Surely he went in there, right?
  68. >Only one way to find out, not like the wildlife would be any help
  69. >Animals love speaking to themselves, it’s not always coherent
  70. >Some take coaching
  71. >Some spend time amongst ponies
  72. >Some of those animals become pets
  73. >Talking to pets is the same as ponies…
  74. >She doesn’t enjoy that.
  75. >Pets bring bits to translate their feelings with owners though, and bits bring food
  76. >Food brings more animals to interact with
  77. >In a mere two weeks, these critters of prey have become her whole life
  78. >Never a predator though
  79. >Not because of her own fear, though the strength of predators may be threatening
  80. >Rather it’s the predator's fear
  81. >Never getting close, their nature conditions them to see everything as a possible threat
  82. >No matter Fluttershy’s offerings, they’d stay tucked in the treeline
  83. >Out here the strongest are the most fearful
  84. >Making them the bravest
  85. >Continuing onwards towards the treeline, Fluttershy spots a clump of distinctly black hair snagged upon a branch
  86. >Taking it into her hooves, she examines the tuft
  87. >It’s a younger bear
  88. >To the laypony’s eyes, it would surely be a black bear
  89. >Fur can be deceiving
  90. >Fluttershy knew better than that though.
  91. >The bear /had/ to be a grizzly
  92. >Placing the tuft back on the ground, she noticed a distinct lack of food in her saddle bag
  93. >As if in a cosmic play, right then a deep rumble is heard from Fluttershy’s stomach
  94. >Still, she stumbled along
  95. >Through the thickets and thorns, her fur was pierced and her skin was cut
  96. >Still, she brushed the pain aside
  97. >The sky steadily turned overcast, an imposing black cloud above Fluttershy
  98. >Still, she prepared for a deep soak and continued onward
  99. >The day dragged onward, her soak turning to a horrible chill
  100. >Still, through slow movements, she continued onward
  101. >Her teeth chattered, her muscles screamed in agony, her coat was weaved throughout with agitating stickers, and she could hardly see the way ahead through the darkness
  102. >Still, she continued onward
  103. >She continued until she couldn’t
  104. >And couldn’t was waiting eagerly
  105. >Fluttershy collapsed in the wet mud, the pleadings for rest finally taking hold

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