She was about to run and tell someone, then she saw what it was doing. It was crying. "Humans don't cry" she whispered. She trotted a little closer; the human looked up and opened his eyes. He looked straight at the pony. Skye edged away from the pony, trying to hide behind the tree,

"Keep away!" he shouted, and "Don't hurt me, I don't want conflict!" he continued. He orange pony trotted up to Skye.

"I ain't ever seen a human crying so badly before" she said. Skye leaned against another tree and covered his face with his hands,

"If you're gonna kill me, please hurry up!" he shouted.

The orange pony came up by the side of him, checking to see if he was really scared or if it was a trap. "My… You're really frightened huh?" she said. Skye nodded,

"Yeah, I have never seen a talking pony, and they all tried to kill me" he said. The orange pony looked like she didn't seem to mind. She seemed to open up,

"The name's Applejack, you?" she said. Skye opened his eyes again, expecting her to be ready to kill him, but she had a hoof outstretched. "C'mon, surely you know how to shake?" she asked. Sky nodded,

"Sure" he whispered as he slowly outstretched his arm and took her hoof. He shook quickly.

"Well, yer cryin' ain't gonna get you anywhere" said Applejack, smiling. Skye looked into her eyes, she was being kind.

"My name is… err… Skye" he said, still nervous, "Why aren't you trying to kill me?" he asked. Applejack giggled,

"Well, you see, I am the element of honesty, and I can tell if someone is lying. Your expressions seem real, and you don't look like you know where you are" she said. Skye face-palmed,

"You're good" he said. He smiled.

Skye decided to try and stand up and see how tall he was compare to her. He was actually about the same height. "Say, thanks for not trying to kill me or nothing" he said. Applejack patted his back,

"I do hate humans, trust me, but I can tell you don't know anything about the humans from Ponyville" she said. Skye wasn't stupid; he knew that Ponyville was the place with all the markets. Skye decided to ask Applejack about the tomboy pony and the others,

"Applejack, who is the tomboy pony, the one with rainbow colours in her mane?" he asked. Applejack face-hoofed,

"Rainbow Dash, she would kill a human if she got the chance" she said.

"Maybe you could tell your friends that I'm not hostile?" he asked. Applejack looked threatened, "Well, if you wouldn't mind, but I think that they need to know I'm not a threat, or at least I don't want to be one" he said. Applejack looked at the ground, then tapped her chin with her left hoof,

"Well, I ain't a scientist, but humans like apples, right?" she asked. Skye nodded, they weren't his favourite food, but if she was offering, why not take it?

"Yes, are ya offering one?" he asked. Applejack simply looked at her backpack. Skye looked too, he saw an apple on the top of a bunch of herbs and spices and stuff.

Skye wondered if she had anymore, then thought to ask her if she was definitely okay with it, "You're sure?" he asked,

gaining a nod. He picked the apple form the backpack and looked at it; it was very shiny and very red. There were shades of red, but this was too red for words. As he took a bite of this too red for words apple,

Applejack looked at the tree and made a "Woo-hoo" noise. "What?" said Skye, his mouth full of delicious fruit. Applejack looked at him with big kind eyes, "You found ma special bucking tree" she said.

"I did?" he asked. Applejack was ecstatic,

"This tree has been handed down generation after generation, and I thought I lost it. It teleports ya see" she said. Skye suddenly realized that this forest was evil, which meant Applejack was evil, or lost too.

"Applejack, why are you in this forest?" Skye asked. Applejack gasped,

"Zecora!" she shouted. She started running off,

"Wait up, please!" shouted Skye. Applejack slowed down,

"Sorry sugar-cube" she said. Skye raised an eyebrow,

"Sugar-what?" he questioned. Applejack sighed,

"I don't have time for this, err, would you mind?" she said, looking at her back.

Skye didn't understand. "What?" he asked. She looked at him, then her spine again,

"You know right?" she asked, sighing even more.

"You mean… ride you?" he asked. Applejack cheered with sarcasm,

"Clever boy, now get on" she said. Skye wasn't sure about this,

"Won't I hurt you?" he asked. Applejack blushed,

"Goodness me, you are either very evil, or the most well-mannered, considerate human I have ever met" she said. Skye also blushed. He walked over to her and patted her back.

She flickered her ears, "Just get on, I'll be fine" she said. Before Skye could get on properly, she sighed "Good enough" and started racing off.

"Applejack…" mumbled Skye. Applejack slowed down for a few seconds while Skye got his balance. They soon arrived upon a small wooden hut tied together with only ropes and strings. Skye remembered Applejack mention 'Zecora', "Applejack what is a Zecora?" he asked. Applejack laughed,

"Not it, she's a zebra who makes potions and stuff" she said. Skye felt weird,

"Not that I'm being weird or anything, but you're the kindest person… or pony I've met in my life" he said, "The only one".

"Zecora, I've got yer ingredients" shouted Applejack. Suddenly, a very stripy zebra exited the hut,

"Ah, my brewing things you have received. One more thing will fill the deed" she said. Skye swore she rhymed on purpose,

"Applejack?" he said, Applejack shrugged him off,

"Sure thing, Zecora, what is it?" she asked. The zebra looked at Skye, he swallowed. Zecora spoke again,

"A human you have with you here, he has - I can see - a brand new fear" she said. Skye looked at her,

"Do you always rhyme?" he asked. She smiled,

"Rhyming is habit of mine yes, no discrimination I hope you digress?" he asked. Skye shook his head while Applejack unloaded the ingredients onto a table inside the hut.

Skye sniggered, "No, I think it's cool you can do that off the top of your head" he said, "I don't know many talented people" he finished. Zecora looked at Applejack and whispered,

"This one time only, I speak no rhyme. If you harbour no evil I wish you luck" she then retreated back to her hut as Applejack emerged with a younger pony.

"Applebloom, this here is Skye, he's a human, but don't worry, 'cause-", Applejack started, but the filly hid in her bag,

"Human!" she shouted. Skye tried to focus now,

"Applejack, what did humans do here?" he asked.

Applejack looked at her back again, "I'm taking you into town whether Twilight likes it or not" she mumbled. Skye walked over and sat on her back. She immediately started running one direction, which was the way Skye had recalled coming from; they were going back to the market place.