Title:           Do or Deer 1st draft
Author:          Robo-Hobo
Pastebin link:   http://pastebin.com/CLc1gxDZ
First Edit:      Sunday 31st of March 2013 08:19:06 AM CDT
Last Edit:       Sunday 31st of March 2013 08:19:06 AM CDT

I posted this in the thread where the project got started. Many details have since been changed.
 
 
>fluttershy goes into the everfree forest because of reasons
>stumbles across family of deer
>deer are semi-sapient, ponies and deer have a similar kind of relationship as humans and other great apes do.
>fluttershy about to leave, apologising
>hears voice telling her not to worry about it
>reveal young filly with branches on it's head
>fluttershy shocked into silence
>runs back to town
>tells mane6 about filly
>they set out to find mysterious filly
 
>after opening credits see flutters running through town
>gathers mane6 in library
>tells them
>they go into everfree to search for filly
>find her, along with deer
>they seem friendly
>they ask what she's doing there
"What do you mean? I'm a deer! I live here!"
>tension rises between rainbow dash, who insists she's a pony, and [insert pony, maybe Pinkie?] who says she's whatever she wants to be.
>Rest of cast say she can make up her own mind, but she should see the pony world first.
>convince her to visit ponyville, maybe with a song about how great it is.
>she agrees
 
End act one.
 
 
>enter ponyville
>everyone gives filly with branches on her head funny looks
>RD keeps trying to convince her to take them off / "Accidentally" knocking them off her head
>do tourist stuff, visit each pony's house/workplace
>she's not impressed
i'd like to make her nervous while indoors, but that might seem like a re-hash of chickenpone from Canterlot Games ep.
>most at home on AJ's farm, helping plant crops (she's an earth pony)
>She and AJ do farmwork while rest discuss her in the barn.
>half say she should stay in forest, half say she's better of in p'ville.
>twilight unsure.
>AJ walks in, having left her outside planting
>AJ voices opinion
Not sure what yet, but I think I can see her siding with RD on this.
>Discussion gets heated
>hear voice
>filly is at the door
"I-I think I want to go home now"
>ponies arguing for forcing her to stay look ashamed
>they agree to take her back to forest
 
End act 2.
 
>enter clearing where deer were
>they're nowhere to be found
>mane six befuddled while filly rushes around worried, examining clearing
>filly uses tracking skill to explain what happened with flashbacks, Aragorn style
>ambushed by timberwolves
>filly follows tracks into forest
>mane 6 give chase
>find deer family surrounded by timberwolves
>twilight catches filly before she charges with magic
"It's too dangerous for you"
>mane 6 attract timberwolves attention
>they turn to face mane 6, but deer are still trapped
>fight scene
>each of mane 6 at some point hesitate, allowing a timberwolf to knock them out of action in various ways
>timberwolves turn back to deer
>all seems lost
>filly charges with the force of a thousand suns
>knocks timberwolves apart in one charge
>timberwolves half reform and limp off with tails between legs
>filly knocked out
>she comes to surrounded by ponies and deer
>has bits of timberwolf lodged in head where antlers would be (not sure if this is a good idea), might have to scrap it
>mane 6 surprised with ferocity of her onslaught
>decide the deer are her real family and she belongs there
>possibly get cutie mark for tracking?
>letter to princess; "It's not who you were born to, but who raised you that makes you who you are" or something
 
end act 3