Zaphod and the girls soon found themselves at a small hut in the middle of the forest.

"It looks just like Ruler of the Universes house." Zaphod muttered.

"The Ruler of the Universe?" Twilight giggled.

"Yeah, if you met him you would laugh even harder." Zaphod said, laughing with Twilight.

Twilight then knocked on the door to the hut and Ford answered slowly.

"Ford? Where is Zecora?" Twilight asked.

"Who is Zecora?" Arthur asked from behind Ford.

"She is the zebra that lives here." Twilight said.

"And here I was hoping this place was abandoned." Ford said.

"I mean really, who would want to live in the middle of this place?" Arthur asked. "She must be insane."

"Zecora is not crazy. She brews potions and most of her ingredients can only be found in the forest." Twilight said

"A zebra, eh?" Zaphod asked. "I rememebr seeing one of those from my brief time on earth. You ever see one Trill?"

"I've seen pictures of them but I have never actually seen them." Trillian said.

"They're not much to look at." Ford said. "Though I've always wondered if they were white with black stripes, or black with white stripes."

"What if they have black and white stripes, and are a third color underneath?" Pinkie asked, she then gasped. "What if they are two different colors underneath on top of them having black and white stripes?"

Zaphod looked over at Pinkie and smirked.

"I like the way you think." Zaphod said.

"I like the way I think too!" Pinkie giggled.

One of the doors inside the hut swung open and Zecora came out with a confused expression on her face.

"Zecora I presume?" Ford said, extending his hoof.

Zecora glanced at Fords hoof warily. She looked over at the girls and eased up and grabbed Fords hoof and shook.

"My name is Zecora, that much is true. You seem to know about me, yet I know nothing of you."

"So she's a poet?" Zaphod asked.

"No, she just only speaks in rhyme." Twilight said.

"My name is Ford. The one that is talking to Twilight is Zaphod. The other girl is Trillian, one sitting next to her is Arthur, and the white pony with the green eyes is Marvin." Ford said.

"It is nice to meet Ford, even under this circumstance. But I still wonder, are you here just because of chance?" Zecora asked.

"Well we were just being chased by timberwolves, and I think they are still out there." Ford said. "I apologize for us barging in, but we were sort of in a hurry."

"Think nothing of it, a friend of Twilight is a friend of mine." Zecora said. "The timberwolves will leave soon, just give it time."

"That is getting annoying." Zaphod muttered.

"For once we agree on something." Arthur said.

"Hey Ford, how do you know so much about this place?" Zaphod ask.

"I have been here before..." Ford said.

"You have been here before?" Twilight asked. "Maybe I should tell the princess that you are he-"

"No." Ford said, interrupting Twilight. "I mean,uh , I'm sure Celestia is extremely busy."

Twilight shared a look with all the girls, but they just shrugged it off. The group of them sat down and waited for the timberwolves to leave. Zecora had went back to her room to research a flower that she needs for one of her potions.

"So do  you think they left yet?" Arthur asked.

"Yeah, they probably did." Ford said. "As I have said, they aren't out to kill us, they just want us to leave their home."

"This place is horrible." Marvin muttered, staring out the window.

"Yeah, yeah." Zaphod grunted. "This place is terrible, everything is depressing, all that jazz. Seriously Marvin, get some new material."

"You don't have to be so mean to him..." Fluttershy said quietly.

Zaphod looked at Fluttershy and she shrank and gave a whimper.

"Hey Marvin, it looks like you have someone who likes you." Zaphod chirped.

"Someone likes me?" Marvin scoffed. "I can tell that it is just pity."

"You're right. He is a downer." Rainbow Dash said.

"Let's just get out of here." Ford said, getting up off the floor.

The group of them nodded and made their way out the door. They trekked through the forest and in no time found them out of Everfree Forest. The sun has fully disappeared and the moon is slowly rising. Fords eyes lingered on the moon with a quizzical look but shook it off after a couple seconds.

"So what now?" Ford asked.

"I could use some sleep." Zaphod said.

"You were sleeping when you left her place though." Arthur said.

"Your point?" Zaphod asked.

"Well I have a spare room at my place, but not enough for all of you." Twilight said. "Does anypony else have a place for them to sleep?"

"We have a couple spare beds back at the acres." Applejack said.

"One of them could stay at Sugarcube Corner!" Pinkie said.

"That sounds like my kind of place." Zaphod said with a grin.

"So we need one more bed." Twilight said.

"One of them could sleep at my home, I guess." Fluttershy said.

Zaphod then pushed Marvin ahead of him and laughed.

"Looks like we have a volunteer." Zaphod said.

"I'll stay at Twilights place for now." Ford said. "I need to flip through some of her history books to check up on something anyways."

"Alright, looks like you two will be stayin' at my place." Applejack said, nodding at Arthur and Trillian.

"Sounds great." Trillian said with a warm smile. "Thanks for doing this."

"Don't mention it." Applejack said, meeting her warm smile. "How 'bout you Arthur?"

"Hm? Oh yeah, sounds good I guess." Arthur said.

The group then said their goodbyes and parted ways for the rest of the night. Ford and Twilight made good time getting to her house.

"So what book do you need?" Twilight asked, opening the door to her house.

"Any book that shows historical figures in Equestria." Ford said. "Preferably one that stretched at least one thousand years."