Title:           Ch2-Pt2: A Beast in the Night
Author:          preist
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First Edit:      Tuesday 27th of March 2012 09:15:53 AM CDT
Last Edit:       Tuesday 27th of March 2012 09:15:53 AM CDT

>The sun sets in this serene world.
>The forest becomes dusk as Celestia retires for the evening.
>Dusk isn't so bad.
>This world is still beautiful.
>Nothing has been said since that talk of the war.
>You don't blame Crius for getting upset.
>But you needed to know what happened.
>You needed to know how to confront it.
>Your mind continues to wander through everything you've witnessed.
>The more you hear of Celestia, the more you begin to hate her.
>Maybe not hate her.
>Maybe just really, really, really, really dislike her.
>Yet you still pray for her salvation, every night you do.
>But even a man of faith has his doubts.
>You snap your head back up towards the treescape.
>Things are becoming increasingly dark.
>You turn to Crius.
"It's getting dark, we should make camp."
>"If we made it through Tartarus we can make it through Equestria" he grunts.
>Nothing in this forest has concerned you so far.
>But you can feel a slight tugging at your soul.
>Almost like a sense that something isn't right.
>The sense that you should make camp.
>You brush the sense off and continue.
 
>The sun is gone.
>You are guided by Luna's faint moonlight.
>The forest grows darker.
>Your visibility is reduced.
>Dialog is almost at nil.
>He's probably not a talker.
>Spending a few thousand years in Hell could do that to someone.
>But you break the conversation.
"What will you do now?"
>"Hmph?"
"You're free from Tartarus, are you going to find your other minotaurs?"
>He's silent for some time, then he lets out a whisper.
>"I'm going to kill Celestia, then I'm going to kill Luna"
>It's too dark to see the expression on his face, but you can sense the anger in his tone.
>"Then, the Elements of Harmony. They will be thrown into the fire."
>The two of you stagger for a moment as you are interrupted by a strange whine in the distance.
>That howl, it sounded almost like a wolf.
>Were there wolves in this world?
>"Timberwolves, how could I have forgotten about them?"
"Wolves made.. of wood?"
>"No matter, it sounded distant."
>The two of you continue once more, both silent with weapons in-hand.
>If only you could see...
 
>You continue down this dark path of trees.
>The moon still centers in the sky.
>Every so often you are visited by that familliar sound of the timberwolf.
>Each time you hear it, it grows near.
>Then you see it.
>Three sets of glowing eyes.
>Almost as a minuture Cerberbus was creeping in the shadows.
>The three split into 30, as the two of you are surrounded by glowing eyes.
>And groals
>And barks.
>The Titan makes the first move.
>He charges full-speed into the front wolves.
>Growls and yelps are heard.
>Seddenly, a sharp pain in your back.
>The teeth sink into your shoulder.
>There are two of them on you now.
>You instintcively weild your blade behind you.
>A cry is heard from one of them.
>You smash the other in the snount with your pommel.
>The Titan is covered in wolves, he's falling to the ground.
>You try to rush over to him.
>You feel the rough splinter of these teeth in your right arm.
"GHA!"
>You yell in pain as you desperately punch the beast's shell with your off-hand.
>It's not letting up.
>You almost miss your armor.
 
>Crius roars in pain as he stands among the group of timberwolves.
>His battleaxe is down, but he doesn't need it.
>He's still a warrior.
>He grasps one of the beasts by the throat.
>It's too dark to see the shards of wood crumbling from the wolf's mouth.
>It seems these trees can bleed.
>The beast is brutally thrown into some others with a "THUD".
>Your friend raises his hoof and smashes it down into the head of another wolf.
>His fist crushes the chest of a third.
>You desperately grab a rock from under you and smash it into the glowing eye of your aggressor.
>It cracks like a lightbulb and the wolf falls silent.
>You take that free moment to run to the minotaur.
"GO FOR THE EYES!"
>In a battle of two beasts, the Titan picks the closest wolf and smashes his horn into the glowing eye.
>The wolf falls silent.
>Another wolf charges you, but you're ready. You stab the beast through its shining globe.
>The remaining wolves run away, but Crius charges after them into the forest.
>You're too weak to continue with him.
>You rest down by a rock and gather some leaves together.
>You spark some rocks and create a small fire.
>Timberwolf makes for decent firewood.
>The warmth of the fire would be comforting if it wasn't for the beasts crying in the forest.