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

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