"Applejack, are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked. She grinned, but Skye couldn't see her face,

"The gang have to know" she said.

As they arrived at the outskirts of the market place, Applejack told Skye to stay where he was, and for Applebloom to keep him safe, she was gonna sort this mess out no matter what. She knew Skye wasn't a bad guy. Before she left, Skye looked into her eyes again,

"Thank you Applejack, I don't even know you and you're helping me. I wish I could repay you" he said. Then she galloped away. Skye looked at Applebloom, she looked really scared. "If you believe I'm evil, then I allow you to leave me" he said,

"There's no reason to fear me, but if you really do then you can leave, I admire you" he said.

Applebloom stood up, then she raised a hoof and pointed it at herself, "Why do you admire me?" she asked. Skye laughed,

"Because you're not afraid" he said. Applebloom just stared at him. Skye started speaking again, "It's not easy, being the only one that everyone hates. Being the punching bag, the trash disposal- Don't ask" he said. She didn't think to,

Applebloom's only remaining question was,

"How did you get here?" which needed Skye to think. He didn't know how he got there, or why he was there, but if humans were evil it was an antagonists design or pure mistake. Not many ponies would bring a human here, if they were smart enough.

"I don't know, maybe a unicorn wanted to see if humans were still evil?" he asked. Applebloom smiled,

"Yeah, that would make sense, they usually get their noses into things they don't need to" she answered. She looked at Skye, his eyes were full of emotions; worry, hope, anxiety. "You okay?" she asked. Skye nodded absent-mindedly, then said,

"Fine, it's just that I don't know if I will be alright here" he said.

Applebloom smiled the biggest smile that Skye had ever seen, she was grinning like a hyena or something, "Why are you smiling?" he asked. Applebloom opened her mouth, and then stopped to think about what she would say next.

"Well, I'm smiling 'cause you seem nice, and I think you should be fine here" she squeaked with her high-pitch voice. She was just a child though; maybe she didn't understand the complete situation.

"I sure hope Apple- Hold on, are you two related?" he asked, just realizing they both had Apple in their names. She giggled,

"Of course we are, how come you didn't realize sooner?" she asked, really confused. Skye looked at her with a sad look on his face, and Applebloom knew that he didn't have time to think about that when he was getting a chance to speak to the residents of a town he didn't know anything about. "Sorry" she mumbled, becoming slightly depressed.

Skye didn't like to see children, or fillies, sad since it reminded him of his terrible childhood, and s specificity horrible time in his life. "Applebloom, its fine, cheer up please" he begged, and she did.

"Do you suppose Applejack will get you to speak with Twilight?" Applebloom asked. Skye wiped his face and stroked the bristles of hair on his chin,

"She the purple one?" he asked. Applebloom jumped high in the air,

"You met her already?!" she screamed happily. But Skye looked at her again, shocked about how high she could jump; he stopped focusing on that and asked,

"Well, is she… kind?" he asked.

Applebloom stopped jumping, something set off in her mind, "Generally, but since… that doesn't matter, but she's really kind and talented and nice… and kind" she said. Skye giggled a bit, Applebloom he found quite funny.

"You already said that one" he said happily. Applebloom sniggered,

"See, you aren't as sad as before" she said through grins. She was right; Skye had been cheered up by a young pony, with very red hair.

"Skye?" said Applebloom, with a hint of seriousness. Skye felt uneasy, as if something bad was about to happen. It wasn't bad, but it might not have been good. What 'It' was, was applejack coming back with Twilight, the purple pony with a darker purple mane and a star tattoo on her flank. Skye also noticed that Applebloom didn't have a tattoo, and every… pony in that mob did.

"Twilight, just give him thirty seconds at least" begged Applejack, as Skye heard her coming closer.

"Applebloom, what do I say?" he asked, starting to sweat. Applebloom quickly came up with a smart response,

"As long as you're not evil, I don't see why you should be nervous" but Skye could think of a few things that could give Twilight the wrong impression.

She marched over next to Applejack; far behind her he saw a bunch of four other ponies. "Hello?" he asked. Twilight stopped in front of him, he was sat down and now half as tall as her.

"Who are you?" she demanded. Skye felt like he was being punished for something, but he might as well try to make a good impression.

"I-I-My name is Skye Dubson, I'm twenty-one and I-err-", at this point, he was interrupted by Twilight,

"Why are you here?" she asked, she seemed to have lightened up a little. Skye tried to stand up, but he felt sick,

"I really don't know, I just woke up in a field over a hill over there" he stuttered.

She examined him, "Do you know anything about humans here?" she asked. Skye put his hands on the dirt ground beneath him and pushed, he stood up, feeling like he was gonna be hit,

"I know from a few sentences that they're evil or something much worse" he said. Twilight looked him up and down, but Skye assumed that since Applejack was the element of honesty, Twilight could only try and think. "I have a question" he mumbled.

Twilight nodded, and then looked at Applebloom, who quickly ran over to the four ponies away from him and Twilight,

Applejack stayed with him. "Can you tell the shy one that I thank her?" he said.

Twilight gasped and jumped back, "You said thank you!" she shouted. Skye stumbled backwards,

"What, is something wrong?!" he shouted back. Twilight stood there stunned,

"No human ever says thank you" she said. Skye smiled,

"Well, I do" he said cheerfully. Twilight stuck out a hoof,

"Good to meet you" she said in a serious tone. Skye looked at her hoof and grabbed it, but not too hard as she could've taken it as a threat,

"Nice to meet you too, Twilight sparkles" he said. Twilight's eyes widened,

"You know me?" she questioned. Skye didn't know who she was,

"No, why, is Sparkle your last name?" he asked.

"Yes, it is, how did you know?" she asked, backing away a bit more. It was as if, the more she didn't trust him, the further back she went and vice-versa.

"I just said it because your tattoo, it's… nice?" he said, trying to fix the situation. She stepped forward,

"You mean my cutie mark?" she asked. Skye nodded. Twilight stepped forward and let go of his hand, "Well, I suppose that was a giveaway" she muttered. Skye smiled.