Spring Breeze and Hallow's Adventures in the Forest

"Let's go Spring!", Hallow yelled. "You're way behind!" Hallow hopped on a stone in the river near the forest and waited. Eventually she caught up.

Spring was trotting at a leisurely pace on her and Hallow's way to the EverFree Forest. Spring wasn't sure what kind of adventure they could have in there but hey any place forbbiden to ponies had to be fun. As she was walking Hallow yelled impatiently for her to keep up. Spring smiled defiantly. She couldnt let a challange go unanswered. "alright im coming!!" She yelled back and immediatly took flight easily catching up to Hallow, who was resting on a rock, and speedily passing her. "But now its your tun to catch up!!!" she yelled back to her friend. Spring weaved in and out of trees and rocks trying to lose Hallow while keeping a steady pace ahead of her.

Hallow watch Spring literally breeze past her. "Don't get lost" calls out Hallow. Sadly, Spring must've not heard her, because she kept going and eventually disappeared into the forest. Fearing that she lost her friend, Hallows immediately ran after her, looking for Spring. Where could she have gone already? she thought.

Spring hid behind a tree and watched as hallow frantically searched for her. A few minutes past and Hallow still hadnt found her and the joke was getting old. Spring looked around for something she could use to scare her friend. Quietly she crept deeper into the forest but not so far she couldnt find her way back. searching the ground and not really paying attention to where she was going, she bumped into something, something big. "oww." looking up she saw what she had hit and screamed in ear-shattering terror. "HALLOW!!"

Suddenly, Hallow heard an ear-piercing scream, calling out her name. Without hesitation, she ran as fast as she could to where she thought it was. Hallow ran so fast, she fell down a steep hill and landed at the bottom, covered in mud. However, she found her friend Spring cornered by a pack of timberwolves.
"Spring, fly up!" called out Hallow. Immediately, Spring flew up, but all the timberwolves eyed Hallow hungrily. "Uh....oh...." The timberwolves began to surround Hallow.

Spring eyed the timberwolf cautiously. Her scream died as more timberwolves moved in and surrounded her. She was frozen in fear as she stared into the yellow eyes of the wolf in front of her. Suddenly Hallow skidded down the hill and splashed into the mud, yelling at her to fly away. Fly? Oh yea she could do that!! Spring flew up out of reach of the wolves but she didnt have time to relax as they were now surrounding Hallow. Spring had to do something to save her friend but what?? They were nearing Hallow and ones teeth were inches from her face. Spring dived down and grabbed Hallow just as the timberwolf's jaws snapped close. She flew as far and as fast as she could but could tell she was losing altitude, due to the extra weight, and prepared for a crash landing, which happened to have ended with them tangled in the branches of a tree not far off the ground.

One minute Hallows was on the ground and the next thing she knew, she was up in a tree with Spring, who looked like she was going to pass out from exhaustion. Hallow picks up the tired Spring and headed to a nearby spring to rest. She splashed water on the blacked out Spring to wake her up.

Spring was startled into consiousness by the freezing cold water splashed into her face. She blinked several times trying to regain her focus. Ok she was by a spring with Hallow and there were no timber wolves to be found. She felt calmer now as she listened to the sound of the spring flowing in to a river that was connected to it. She smiled. "Hey Hallow I think we should go for a swim." She charged at Hallow, knocking her into the spring. Spring quickly jumped in after her and the two were quickly swept into the strong current of the river.

She quickly reached for Spring and pulled her out of the river and tossed her onto the bank while trying to get out herself. Once Hallow made it out, panting, she swatted Spring in the head and yells "What possessed you to do that?". She takes vines and tied up Spring so she couldn't fly and they continued their adventure.

Spring was speechless as she looked from Hallow to her now useless wings and back again. "what "Possessed" me was the spirit of adventure!!! The better question is what possessed you??" She strained to reach the vines that bound her wings but it was useless, she just couldnt get at them. She silently followed Hallow though the forest. Every now and then she would attempt to cut her wings free, but it was still as useless as the last time she tried. The territory was getting weirder and weirder as they continued on and Spring could see a huge cave coming up. "oooooohhhhhh Hallow we have have HAVE to go in there!!!!" Spring rushed into it without waiting for Hallows response.

"Wait, don't go in there!!! There could be an Ursa Minor or Major!!" But it was too late. Spring ran into the cave giggling. sigh She slowly walked into the cave and looked for Spring, whom was nowhere to be found.

Except for the feint light shining in from the entrance, the cave was pitch black and Spring could hardly see a thing. She trotted on further and further into the heart of the cave. She could hear the echoes of water dripping from the roof of the cave and something else. hoof steps? It sounded like somepony or something was following behind her. She silently hoped it was a somepony or that what ever it was, was friendly. Turning around she could kind of make out a shape but it wasnt exactly a pony shape or was it?? No, ponies didnt look like that. Curious she walked towards the shape until she was a few inches from it. "um hello?" The cave was suddenly filled with light and Spring saw she was nose to nose with a dragon, it was a smaller one, most likely a baby, but it was still a dragon. She had never seen a real dragon before but here parents had told her stories about them, instinctively she tried to spread her wings to take flight but the vines held as tight as ever.

Inside the tunnel, there were two paths: A left one and a right one. Hallow took the left path and hoped she'd find Spring. After a while, she heard deep breathing sounds. She wasn't sure if Spring was trying to prank her. "Come on out Spring! I know you're there!" No response. But something felt eerie about the cave. It had become silent. The breathing had stopped.

Hallow debated on turning back or not, she began to feel as if it was the wrong path. She told herself to move forward and light her horn in the dark. From what she could see, there wasn't anything in the cave. However, she heard a low, deep growl from her right side. Slowly turning, she found an ursa minor baring its teeth at her. She tried to slowly back away without saying anything, but the ursa minor swung at her, causing a high-pitched scream from Hallow and running as fast as she could.

Spring was unsure of how to handle a dragon, her parents stories had never had happy endings. Suddenly she heard a scream echo though the cave. "Hallow?!" She sounded terrified and close. Spring quickly ran to find her friend, with the little dragon following in close behind, but Spring didnt care she needed to find her friend. She ran back down the path she had first taken. Whatever light that had been lighting the cave seemed to be getting brighter down this path, could Hallow create light like that?? Spring wasnt really sure what her magic was limited to.

As she was debating this she crashed into something, looking up she realized it was Hallow. "Hallow, whats..." Her question was cut off by the sight of the Ursa Minor closing in from behind Hallow, Spining around she could see the dragon working its way to them from behind herself. "Got any plans here Hallow? since you know, your the one who chose to bring an Ursa to the party."

Hallow thought that the only thing she could think of is singing it to sleep. She was good at singing so she sang "Silent Night" and the bear slowly fell asleep. She would've given it some milk to keep it quiet but she didn't have any on her. However, the dragon was closing in on Spring and all she could think of was to dump water in the dragons mouth when it opened its jaws to snap at her.

Spring watched as Hallow began to sing the ursa to sleep and threw water at the little dragon as it neared her. As the water hit, the little guy began to cry. "aww poor little guy." Spring tried to wrap her wing around him for comfort but they were still bound, thanks to Hallows' vines, so she settled for giving him a hug. He was calming down some but his wimperings continued to echo through the cave. Suddenly the cave was filled with the sound of loud foot steps and an angry roar. "you dont supose the moms friendly do you?" she asked Hallow, half curious and half fearful.

"...uhhhh...", Hallow said, slowly backing away into a corner. "I don't want to find out. Spring, come this way to hide? Or are you going to confront the parents?" The ursa was still sound asleep, but the thumping came closer and louder. Hallows heart beat as fast as the footsteps coming towards them.

Spring kind of wanted to find out what the parents were like but could tell her friend was terrified. "alright, im with you." She said as she joined her friend in the darkened corner. The loud steps were nearing them and Spring wasnt sure they were going to be able to stay hidden. As she was cowering with Hallow, she felt a cool breeze from behind. Slowly feeling around blindly she found a narrow opening, just wide enough for a pony to fit through. Spring shoved Hallow down the narrow path and ushered her on hoping the path would lead somewhere safe.  The poundings grew quieter and quieter as they continued on and soon the only sound was the gentle rush of an underground stream. They walked on in silence and darkness until a feint light shown in the distance. Relieved they picked up the pace.

As Hallow was shoved into the narrow path, she fell on her face, due to Spring shoving her. But she kept on moving and eventually made it to a opening. Hallow charged down the hill and into the opening where she expected to find ponyville. But she was wrong. She stumbled upon a pony graveyard.

Spring blinked as she was once again brought to the surface and bright light flooded her vision. Looking around she saw a dreary grave yard and smiled. "Hallow have you seen this place?! Do you think we'll get to meet a real ghost? Or better fight off zombies!!!" Spring ran through the graves fighting off the monsters of her imagination. The grave yard stretched on for ever and as Spring ran she tripped over a rock, causing her to fall into a hole. Ground surrounded her on all sides and she began to feel a little claustrophobic. "Hallow!! A little help here!!" Even though she was trapped, she couldnt help but giggle to her self as her shouts seemed to echo endlessly through out the area.

Hallow was mesmerized by the headstones, looking at who died when she heard somepony call her. Spring had managed to fall into a 6 foot deep grave. "How'd you get down there?"
"I tripped over a rock and fell in" Spring said hysterically. Hallow jumped down with her and bit off the vined that tied her wings back...leaving Hallow stuck in the hole now.

Spring gratefully shook the vines off and stretched her wings painfully. "about time!! you know my wings would have been useful like five hours ago." She tried to fly up but her wings had been pined down so long that it hurt to even move them. "Uh Hallow..I cant get us out of here!!!!!!" She frantically looked around. "We're stuck in a hole. Hallow we're stuck in a hole!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!!"

Hallows looks at Spring with great concern and confusion. "Uhh, Spring? You okay?" Spring was talking gibberish, none of which Hallow could understand. She tried to think of some way to get out of the hole with Spring by using her magic. She knew there was a teleportation spell, but couldn't remember how to do it. "Spring, I may have a way out of here, but I'm not sure if I can remember the spell. You want me to try it anyways? It's a teleportation spell I learned a few weeks back."

Spring looked at Hallow in shock. "You could have just teleported us at anytime?? Naw. theres no adventure in that. lets just try to climb out, silly filly." Spring tired to climb out of the hole but couldn't get her footing and kept slipping to the bottom. Sighing, she gave Hallow the go ahead. "alright go for it."

Hallow cast a spell in which teleported them, but not outside of the hole. Instead, they found themselves on a luxury cruise ship. "What the heck" Hallow said looking around. "What did I do??? Spring? Spring where'd you go?" She searched frantically for Spring.