The others were a little worried about Fluttershy, she had been craving cotton candy and chocolate milk lately and she was also easily prone to anger. Soon enough, she came to visit the doctor and the nurses came with a diagnosis which soothed their worries and it all made sense now: She had become pregnant.

"Pregnant!" Mo smiled.

Nurse Redheart soon came with information that Patch was looking for. "Here's your-" she was about to say.

"Thanks, ma'am, I really appreciate this!" Patch took it before she could finish as he had been anticipating this for a while. He first read Scootaloo's information.

Scootaloo's mother lived far out of Ponyville and her identity was shocking. She was AK Yearling, also known as the author of the Daring Do books and her father was a guard in Canterlot.

"Cool." Patch smiled.

"Anything good?" Nurse Redheart smiled.

"Yes, thank you very much." Patch said before then checking the Apple files, and where he found out everything about them he even found out about Apple Bloom's parents and where he was shocked at what he found out.

It was so devastating and surprising.

"Oh...So, that's what happened to them." Patch frowned.

"Everything okay, Patch?" Cherry asked after the others celebrated Fluttershy's pregnancy.

"I just found out what happened to Apple Bloom's parents." Patch said.

"Oh, my..." Cherry replied. "Um... What happened?"

Patch decided to let her read for herself. Cherry took a look and once she finished, she cupped her mouth with her hoof and her face turned deathly pale.

"We better be gentle when we tell Apple Bloom." Patch said.

"Yeah..." Cherry agreed. "It's always tougher on the youngest ones."

"Anyway, I better get going I gotta go and show Apple Bloom something." Patch said.

"Stay away from timberwolves." Atticus warned.

"Yes, Atticus..." Patch sighed.

Patch soon rushed to Sweet Apple Acres and where he was going to be going behind Atticus's back.

"Cherry, where's Patch going?" Atticus asked.

"Uh, you know kids..." Cherry chuckled sheepishly. "He's probably chasing a car."

"Cherry, where is he going?" Atticus asked.

"I think he just wanted to take a solo trip to SugarCube Corner." Cherry said, looking down from his eyes.

"Really?" Atticus asked. "Even when Pinkie Pie is right here?"

"Uh, sure why not?" Cherry said.

"Why won't you look me in the eyes?" Atticus asked.

"Uh... I love the floor tiles here..." Cherry was clearly lying now.

"You're lying." Atticus said.

"No, I'm not..." Cherry continued to stare at the floor.

"Yes, you are," Atticus said. "You won't look me in the eye."

Cherry then looked him right in the eyes.

"Now talk to me." Atticus smirked.

Cherry bit her lip and stuttered/stammered. Atticus hummed as he started to think of how to get her to tell him the truth. Cherry smiled nervously.

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Meanwhile, Patch had made it to Sweet Apple Acres. Patch panted slightly and took a stretch, then knocked on the front door, hoping Apple Bloom would be home.

Granny Smith answered the door and smiled softly. "Ah, well if it isn't my favorite visitin' little flibbery gibbet."

"Hello, Granny Smith, is Apple Bloom home?" Patch asked.

"She's doin' her chores right now." Granny Smith replied.

Patch nodded and went to the farm to see Apple Bloom was doing her chores alone and he decided to help her out. "Need a hoof?"

"Hey, Patch." Apple Bloom smiled.

"Apple Bloom, do you mind if after we're done with your chores that you come with me into the Everfree Forest?" Patch asked.

"Uh, Ah dunno..." Apple Bloom replied nervously. "Ah'd hate to go there without Applejack or Big Macintosh."

"I'll be with you." Patch insisted.

"Well... Okay..." Apple Bloom said then. "But why?"

"I have a friend there I want you to meet and possibly become friends with him," Patch said before whispering to himself. "And possibly more than friends with him."

"What was that?" Apple Bloom asked, noticing the whisper.

"Oh, nuthin'." Patch smiled innocently.

Apple Bloom glanced at him, but then continued her chores and did them a little quicker this time so she could go to the forest with him, and where after a while, they were finally done with her chores and were now ready to go into the Everfree Forest.

"Goin' out!" Apple Bloom told her family on the way out.

Patch smiled as he walked with Apple Bloom to the Everfree Forest.

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They both soon made it to the Everfree Forest, and where Apple Bloom had Patch go first.

"Timber! Are you here?! I have a surprise for you which might not be a surprise, since, well, just come out and you'll know what I mean!" Patch called out.

Apple Bloom looked nervous and curious of what Patch was up to.

"Now, Apple Bloom, what you are about to see might be shocking, but just stay calm and I promise that everything will be alright." Patch said.

"Um, okay?" Apple Bloom said, confused.

Then what happened next surprised Apple Bloom, but not in a good way as she saw Timber; a timberwolf. She had been warned to stay away from them, even if he was a pup.

Apple Bloom's orange eyes widened and she let out a yelp.

"Apple Bloom, it's okay, he won't hurt you!" Patch promised.

"T-T-T-T-T-Timberwolf!" Apple Bloom sounded terrified.

Apple Bloom soon rushed off and where since she wasn't looking where she was going, she was running right to a cliff.

"Apple Bloom, come back!" Patch cried out.

"I knew this would happen..." Timber sounded sad. He then saw where Apple Bloom was going and decided that he had to go and try to stop her from falling off the cliff.

Apple Bloom kept running blindly, then stopped as she noticed the cliff and she was close to slipping and falling, and where that was about to happen as the ground from underneath her gave way. Apple Bloom had tears in her eyes as this looked like the end for her. Timber rushed over and saw that the filly was about to fall to a possible untimely death like her parents before her, but he then reached out as he leaned toward her.

"Go away!" Apple Bloom swatted at him, thinking he was just trying to make her even more miserable, but she kept sliding and was close to the sharp and painful bottom, and where what happened next surprised her, Timber had saved her from falling. Apple Bloom yelled out until she then opened her eyes and found herself latched onto the timberwolf.

"It's okay..." Timber soothed. "I gotcha."

"Well, this is unexpected." Apple Bloom said before she was brought back up to safety.

Timber helped her up with a smile. "Feel better?"

"Well... Thank ya kindly for savin' me." Apple Bloom remembered her manners, even if he was a timberwolf.

"No problem, I didn't want you to get hurt or even worse." Timber smiled shyly.

Apple Bloom smiled back and seemed to blush slightly. "But, wait, you're a timberwolf, why didn't you hurt me?" She then asked.

"Well, it's because all I ever wanted was a friend., Timber frowned before blushing. "And I was hoping to become friends with you."

"Really...?" Apple Bloom asked.

"Yes, I would never wanna hurt anyone, but nobody back home understands..." Timber said softly. "I hope you do."

"Of course Ah do, I don't know what Ah'd do if Ah didn't have any friends." Apple Bloom smiled.

"Same here." Patch smiled back.

"Ah used to not have friends before Ah met Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle," Apple Bloom reminisced. "Sure, Ah hung out with this filly named Twist, but after she got her cutie mark, Ah didn't think she'd wanna be friends with a blank flank."

"Why wouldn't want to hang out with you just for not having your cutie mark?" Timber asked. "That's ridiculous."

"Well... There was Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon..." Apple Bloom shuffled her hoof.

"Those two must be bullies then." Timber said.

"By how they sound, yeah, they are." Patch nodded.

"Ah guess we aren't so different after all." Apple Bloom said to Timber.

"Yeah, I guess not." Timber smiled back to her.

"But we'll have to keep our meetings a secret." Apple Bloom said.

"Yeah, because if my tribe knew I was friends with ponies or any creatures from Earth, they would either freak out or they would want me to use our friendship to their advantage." Timber replied.

"Great thinking you two." Patch approved.

"Thanks." Apple Bloom and Timber smiled before they blushed at each other.

Patch chuckled to them.

"But from what time to what time?" Patch asked.

"Ah usally have an hour off after lunch if Ah still have chores before Ah finish." Apple Bloom suggested.

"That sounds like a perfect time." Timber smiled.

"Yeah, Ah usually take a walk to work off the food Ah just ate, so maybe we could walk together?" Apple Bloom replied.

"Yeah, and maybe play," Timber smiled. "I've always wanted to do that."

"Y'all know how to play 'Tag'?" Apple Bloom smiled. "I'll teach ya."

"Yay!" Timber smiled.

Apple Bloom giggled to his excitement. This was sure the start of a beautiful friendship. Hours went by as the three of them played. Patch laughed as he had a lot of fun.