The next morning, the apple family, excluding Apple Bloom, woke up and were about to start their apple-buck season duties when they saw something strange: all of the apples are off the trees. This baffles them, as Applejack, who was looking forward to the season, doesn't see one shade of red in the trees throughout the farm. They were about to freak out when they saw the bottom of the trees are baskets full of apples that came from the trees. "What in Celestia's name happen to all of our apple trees?" Applejack ask out loud as she, Big Mac, and Granny took a look at the trees to see if there is a reason why the apples are in the baskets. When Apple Bloom made it outside, she saw her family freaking out about the apples being in the baskets. She was about to ask them what is going on, when she took a glance at her bedroom window and saw Malbourne. She decided to ask her family what they are going to do as all the trees do not have apples thus ending their apple-buck season early. "Well sapling, I don't know why all the apples are off the trees, but I think we are going to gather all of these and see what we can do with them this season since we got them all early. But any who, we're going to be alright, so you can do whatever you want today so long you're back before it gets dark," Granny Smith said. Apple Bloom eagerly went to her room to tell Malbourne what happen, while Applejack laments missing apple buck season. When Apple Bloom went to her room, she saw Malbourne by the window and ecstatically told him that she is able to help him find a way for him to go home today. He went up to hug her, getting her to push him away. "Yeah, we have to go through town in order for me to get you home alright and you need to hide either your horn or your wings cause every-pony going to believe that you're a distant relative to Celestia, Luna or Cadence," Apple Bloom explained. "Why is it that everyone think that just because I have a magic horn and powerful wings that I am related to one of those three?" Malbourne complained. "Yeah, plus there's Twilight Sparkle, she was a unicorn before she became the Princess of Friendship and an Alicorn," Apple Bloom further explained. Knowing what Apple Bloom told him, he brought his left wing to cross his front area and brought his right wing to his back: this turn both of his wings into a cloak-like outfit. Apple Bloom became impressed with how he transform his wings into a cloak, when she remembered that they can't walk out of the house together, as her family will see him and freak out about him. He decided to take his cloak over his head and teleported outside by the trees and away from her family. After he teleported, Apple Bloom went to her dresser and took out some bits and put it in a satchel and got ready within a few minutes. When she finished getting ready, she went outside and told her granny that she will be back and that she was doing something in town and left in a hurry and made it to Malbourne. As the two started to go to the town, Applejack quickly spotted Malbourne with his cloak over his head and notice how similar he is to the silhouette, until she was called by Granny Smith giving her something to do. When the two made it to town, Apple Bloom and Malbourne were walking together with everyone looking at them. Apple Bloom notices that the folks are watching them and became embarrassed until she saw Malbourne wearing his cloak all over his head. She pull his cloak back but he kept putting it back on. She asked him why he is wearing his cloak like that only for him to answer, "I am not one of the sun so I rather keep myself covered or in little light." "Well maybe some sunlight might be good for you, ok. (Pulling his cloak off) Besides everyone is looking at you because you're wearing your cloak like that, and if you don't want to get too much attention, leave it off," Apple Bloom explained keeping Malbourne from putting his cloak over his head. After a small walk, Malbourne stomach started to growl and he became embarrassed because Apple Bloom heard it. "Guess I was excited about taking you to Ponyville so much that I forgot to get you some food. Since my family woke up earlier than usual, we can forget about having breakfast at my house so I know where we can eat, come on," Apple Bloom said as she took Malbourne by the hoof to the café and grab a table. The two sit down and saw that it is a slow day for the café, until they are visited by, unfortunately, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon who spotted Apple Bloom and Malbourne together in public. The two picked on Apple Bloom while ignoring Malbourne: from repeating that she is a blank flank, her family not being rich and calling her a liar for saying that she went to the Crystal Empire because she didn't have a Crystal Empire snow globe like Diamond Tiara does. During this, Malbourne started to grow a bitter taste from seeing them pick on her, which he questions as he always see people bullying others and he never felt a bitter taste before for any of them, yet he felt awful here. After some time of Diamond Tiara rubbing it in her face that she has a snow globe instead of her, Apple Bloom went inside to get some scones, leaving Malbourne with the bullies. "Hey, you're not from around here, are you?" Diamond Tiara asked the colt, taking a noticed to him. "He must be from Manehatten cause look at that cloak of his. He looks cute," Silver Spoon said, grabbing his hoof. "Oh come on, he looks like he's from Canterlot, if you're from there or that's where you get your wardrobe, you can hang out with us," Diamond Tiara said warming up to him. "You two are like my people, but unlike them you made me feel something I've never felt before," Malbourne said pushing the two away. "Wow, you sound rich if you have people, so you want to hang out with us instead of that pour no-pony," Diamond Tiara said pushing him. Almost immediately he told them how awful they are to Apple Bloom and that they should stop picking on her and called them filths out loud. When he did that, the two started to pick on him by stating his blank flank because he refuse to be their friend. "You have the audacity to ridicule me?" Malbourne asked, not giving either one a chance to answer him: what he did is use his red magic on the two and said, "If you love that snow globe so much, why don't you live in it." After he's finished, he used his magic to shrink the two and put them in the snow globe she showed off earlier. Once it is done, he started to shake his head and use his now orange magic to lift the snow globe, to see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon in the snow globe and see both of them screaming to get out. He asked himself what he has done when Apple Bloom went out and could tell by the look in her eyes that she saw the whole thing. He felt that she would tell him something about his action as he use magic to show her that he had put Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon in the snow globe. She reached her hoof to get the snow globe and see how it looks as Malbourne lowered his head. He was waiting for Apple Bloom to lecture him but instead he heard screams of terror. He look for where the screams are coming from only to see Apple Bloom, brutally shaking the snow globe, saying, "This is for picking on me for the past year." She continued to shake it to Malbourne surprise and he asked why she is doing that, only for her to say that if he was there for some time, he would want to do worst to them and continue to shake it. Not knowing what to do, Malbourne simply took Apple Bloom away and left the snow globe on the table. As the two remain trapped and shaken in the snow globe, they scream for help when Muffins came by and saw the snow globe and said, "Ooh, Pretty Castle," and begin to shake it, ignoring the two. He took Apple Bloom away from the scene and ask her where she was planning on taking him, thinking about what happened earlier. "Well, it's a surprise, but that was so much fun that I almost forgot, so let's go," Apple Bloom said with glee as she took Malbourne away and to the train station. "Ok, here's a map, now where is your home town?" Apple Bloom asked after giving a train map to Malbourne and waiting for an answer from him. He simply told her that the map doesn't have his kingdoms' location on it and asked what the long colorful vehicles are for after looking at the trains. She slapped herself in Malbournes' unknowing nature and bluntly told him that they are called trains and asked him how they can get to his home if they cannot travel through train. He was about to tell her when he spotted the Cakes. "Those breeders, where are they heading?" Malbourne asked. Apple Bloom look towards where he was pointing to see the couple and say, "Hey that's Mr. and Mrs. Cake, they're a married couple and if you must know, they are doing a delivery and need a train to do it, what makes you say they are breeders?" Apple Bloom asked in anger. He simply said it must be a lucky guess and asked where their offspring are. Apple Bloom answered that the twins are off with another babysitter and won't be back until later and that he would need to go home by balloon if they can't find it by train. He tried to convince her that she should let him stay for some time without mentioning the mission he is on, with no avail and that she will not keep him since he is better from both his hoof and wing. After she said that, he decided to make his horn invisible and make his cloak back to his wings to Apple Bloom questioning his methods. He put one of his wing out and used magic to pop up a huge rock and to crush his wing. Apple Bloom tried her best to remove the rock off of Malbournes' wing but she had no luck, as the rock is three times her size and very heavy. A short time later, Apple Bloom decided to stop trying to remove the rock and let it be as she ate a scone. The prince asked her to get the rock off, but she kept eating her scone, until he loudly say, "What do I have to say in order to get this confined rock off my wing?" "How about what you just said, but with a please," Pinkie Pie said, coming out of nowhere, scaring him. She lifted the rock with ease using her hoof and managed to get him up on his hooves. "How are you able to do that?" Malbourne asked with Pinkie Pie answering, "I grew up on a rock farm, so this is easy." Apple Bloom got back to Malbourne and said "Don't worry he'll be fine Pinkie, and Bourne (whispering to him) don't mind Pinkie, she's a nutso, so let's get you to someone that can treat your wing," Apple Bloom said taking his hoof and head to the hospital. When they just about to be out of the train station, Pinkie Pie realize that the pony she helped out isn't from Ponyville and she never threw him a party. She went up to the two, with huge eyes and a giant smile: scaring Malbourne as he doesn't know what she is capable of doing and did a spell that will send her away, with his orange magic and his eyes close. When he open his eyes, Apple Bloom took his hoof and direct him to the hospital, but he direct his attention to Pinkie Pie. What his magic did is make her go backwards: all of her actions that she did earlier, she did it as if she was on rewind. He questioned himself as this is the first time he noticed that his magic is orange instead of red and he check his satchel and wing to see if he still has all of his empty capsules there. He saw that he had everything and about to think more about it until Apple Bloom grab the wing that was crushed and continued to drag him. On their way to the hospital, they pass Fluttershy and Discord having lunch as well as tea. Fluttershy saw Apple Bloom and told her, "Oh hi, Apple Bloom." Apple Bloom simply said hey and continue on with Malbourne seeing the two and going along with her. While they are leaving, Discord noticed the two and went up to them, especially Malbourne. By seeing them, in a zany manner, he took both his eyes out, took out a napkin and thoroughly clean both of his eyes. When he is finished, he put his eyes back in his sockets and loudly scream in terror from seeing the colt and quickly grabbed Fluttershy and take her to her cottage. He placed her in the living room on a chair and lifted it and a table to float, after that, he close all of the doors and took the cottage off its ground and made it spin in the air, while Fluttershy is sitting down in the middle of the chaos. When Discord return, he brought Twilight, who was in the middle of a discussion with someone, to the two and hide behind a brick wall he created, loudly saying, "I just found friendship, I won't allow you to take it away from me, so go on Twilight." Twilight only look at the two in confusion, not knowing why Discord brought her there and asked why he brought her there. "Because he is dangerous and you should do that, hhm, what do you kids call it, um, Rainbow…x…Maci. (Snapping his fingers) Rainbow Ex Machina, yes, that's it. Do it, quickly," Discord said continuing to hide behind the brick wall. She took one look at Malbourne and noticed that he wasn't from around here and politely asked where he is from. He simply look at her and said, "So you're the princess of friendship, I have no clue about it." After he said that, Apple Bloom told Twilight that they can't talked as they need to take him to the hospital because his wing got crushed by the rock. "Oh, you don't mind if I join you guys walking over to the hospital, because it's urgent to get that wing looked at," Twilight asked. "Seeing as you'll do it even if we say no, go nuts," Apple Bloom said. Twilight took this as a rude remark, and asked if Apple Bloom is alright, only for her to drag Malbourne by his crushed wing away from Twilight. While looking at them leave, Twilight thought about Apple Bloom's tone in her voice, when Discord ask her why she didn't do anything, with Twilight responding she doesn't know what is dangerous about a Pegasus with a crushed wing. "Well I hope, you will learn the dangers of his kind, because he is clearly not a pony of this time, so be cautious of him," Discord said as he stomped his feet, in anger, away from her. The two finally made it to the hospital, Doctor Horse showed the x-ray for Malbourne's wing and kept it wrapped up and told Apple Bloom the details of his crushed wing as well as ask her questions. When he and all of the nurses are finished, he was left in the room with the doctor and he asked if Apple Bloom is going to visit him, which the doctor said, "You mean the little filly from earlier, she left a short time ago, she was rude when I ask her questions regarding your wing and she said she was going home and may visit later." After hearing this, Malbourne became somewhat sad because she left, only for Doctor Horse to tell him, "Don't worry, Bourne, you were well behaved during the treatment so we were able to treat your wing easily and with enough rest, you'll be out of here in no time." The Doctor left him there in his room leaving him to think, when the doctor went back and told him, "Excuse me, you have two visitors. He is right here your majesty." The doctor left the room and it was Twilight Sparkle and Applejack coming to visit him. "Hi there, how are you feeling Bourne?" Twilight asked. He became surprise by the fact that she visit him, as well as Applejack, which makes him ask, "Why are two visiting me, we have only met in a single moment princess and I haven't met you, Earth pony." "Call me Applejack, ok. Twilight brought me along because she saw you were hanging out with Apple Bloom and when she told me that your wing was crushed and you're in the hospital, I wanted to visit you," Applejack explained making him smile. The three got in a bit of small talk, mainly Malbourne ask what friendship is about to the two of them. The two explain everything they know about friendship and it didn't became long that Doctor Horse told them that visiting hours is over that they should leave him. He wanted to tell them thanks for spending time with him, only he doesn't know the words to say, until Twilight catches on and say, "Do you mean, Thank you?" He shake his head up and down and asked what the meaning of the word. Right when the doctor told them they need to go, Twilight told him that it is something that everyone say to be nice. Before they left, Applejack took one look at him and thought how similar he was to the pony she saw before as well as the silhouette until Twilight brought her down and the two left. Shortly after they left, Malbourne decided to take his journal from his wing, only this time, he brought out some capsules. He wrote about what happened that day, as well as the questions that he had for himself. When he look through the entry, he saw that he did it again: this time, it happen for Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle, even Applejack, even if he already draw her cutie mark. He is asked himself why as he didn't draw Diamond Tiara or Silver Spoons' cutie mark, which he felt relieved about. As he put away the journal, he thought about Apple Bloom and how her actions reminded him of his home. This also made him think about his actions and thoughts being different until he went to sleep. Over in Sweet Apple Acres, Apple Bloom discovered the bed Malbourne pop up, still being there. She never realize it was there, but she liked the gems in the frame and decided to sleep in it. She turn off the lights and went to sleep, but in a while when she was sleeping on it that the frame gave off a shadowy, dark red mist covering the filly as she sleeps.

A/N: Gogenyou, for those who wondered what the spoiler code last chapter was, it is, "The Next ch. will have everyone's favorite male non pony as well as the most hated female pony. Enjoy." Yeah, last time I am doing that, the code was referring to Discord and Diamond Tiara, respectively. I hope you enjoy what I did and as a a ballsy move, because I have a strong feeling about the next chapter, I am going to say that I will be posting the next chapter at around 10:30 p.m. to midnight, US Central time. Just after some debate, I was about to save the next chapter for another time but I think it fits the timing. If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave a Comment or review, but no spoilers. ;)