A lone carriage was parked in a clearing in the Everfree Forest, the single occupant pacing about.

“Trixie can't do this....” The pony exclaims. “...Though Trixie must. Trixie must confront her greatest foe...and ask for her help.” The pony opens the front door of her carriage and breathes deep. “Trixie asking Twilight Sparkle for help, Trixie has fallen so far.”

A group of bushes near the carriage rustle drawing the Trixie's attention.

“Who's there, Trixie warns you, you will perish!” Trixie lights up her horn. “Come out and face Trixie's wrath!” The bushes rustle again, followed by a long growl. “Or maybe...Trixie should just go.”

Trixie closes the door of her carriage and hooks herself to the front of the carriage. Trixie used her magic to get the carriage rolling before going into a trot, however Trixie noticed she wasn't moving.

“What's wrong now? Trixie has no time for broken wheels.” Trixie unhooks from the harness and walks around to check her carriage. “What could be holding Trixie's home in pl-” Trixie stops in mid sentence and freezes when she sees what was holding her carriage.

A beast was grabbing hold of her carriage preventing it from moving. Trixie stared at the creature but was revealed it hasn't seen her yet.

“Maybe Trixie should just walk away...Quietly...” Trixie whispers, only to walk back and step on a twig. The creatures gaze snaps to her and it's eyes narrow. Trixie turns to run but trips and falls flat on her face. Trixie goes to stand up but something heavy presses down on her back, a growl confirms her fear, the creature was pinning her down and she was all to aware she was vulnerable.

The creature rolls Trixie over so she was facing up and lying on her back. The creature grins down at her and licks it lips.

“Please! Trixie doesn't want to die! Somepony help me!” Trixie looks up to the creature to find it was now just staring at her, the grin was gone but something else was there in it's eyes. It was a look that Trixie didn't like, considering the creature wasn't looking at her body but something further down. It was then Trixie realised she was very exposed. “No! Don't look at Trixie like that! Trixie is no play thing!” Trixie shivers as something brushes against her inner thigh. Trixie looks down and sees one of the creatures claws dragging over her inner leg. “Don't touch Trixie there! It's not yours to play with!” Trixie uses a forehoof and swats the creatures claw away.

The creature looks at it's claws and then to Trixie, it's green eyes flash yellow before it backs away from her. The creature looks to her again and an expression of pain come over it's features, the creature extends out it's claws to Trixie. Trixie looks at the creatures claws with confusion.

“What are you?” Trixie asks, getting back to her hooves. “Trixie has never seen a creature like you before.” Trixie watches as the creature walks forward, it's claw still outstretched.

“Help....Me!” The creature growls out. “Pain! So...Much...Pain!”

Trixie steps back her eyes going wide. “You can talk!?” The creature slumps to the floor, it's eyes still locked onto her.

“Help....Hurt....Family...Can't...Stop!” The creature crawls forward on it's belly. “Help...Me...” The creature drops it's head and it's eyes close, but not before it utters two words that cause Trixie to freeze in place again. “Find...Applejack....” The creature seems to pass out before Trixie's eyes.

Trixie slowly walks towards the creature, her head hung low and her eyes never left the creatures form. Trixie gets within a few feet of the creature and gives it a once over, she slowly circle the creature and quickly understands what it maybe.

“Trixie knows what this is, but it's not possible. Now that Trixie can see it it's similar to the wereponies from that myth book Trixie's mother read to her when Trixie was young.” Trixie reaches out a hoof and prods the creatures side. “You certainly are big...” Trixie looks down and notices something was sticking out, probably a reaction to when she was on her back and exposed. “...and you don't lack in that department either, but Trixie must not get...distracted. Trixie needs to find help, and there's only one town close enough.” Trixie swallowed hard and moved her carriage so it was next to the creature. Trixie lit up her horn and placed a shield over the creature and her carriage. “Trixie's shield should keep you safe, it hasn't failed Trixie yet.” Trixie gave the creature one last look as she thought about what the creature said. “Trixie finds it strange, the beast asked for Applejack. If Trixie remembers that was one of Twilight Sparkles friends. Trixie doesn't understand why the beast would ask for her though, oh well Trixie has to help the beast, maybe then it may owe Trixie something afterwards.”

Applejack paced around the farmhouse kitchen, she was still in a heavy panic after taking Big Mac to the hospital. Applejack told Twilight and Rarity everything that happened and to Applejack's surprise they both offered to help. Applejack stop pacing when the farmhouse door opened and Twilight walked in with Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

“Where's Pinkie and Rarity?” Rainbow asked.

“They haven't arrived yet.” The girls all turn to the farmhouse door when it opens again and Pinkie walks in followed by Rarity. “Ah have to thank ya girls for doing this, ah don't think ah could find him by myself.”

“John risked his life to help me and Rarity, how could we not help?” Twilight says, nuzzling Applejack and having it returned. “With all six of us we should find him in no time.”

“Can't you detect him Twilight, you know with your magic spell?” Rainbow questions.

“For some reason I can't, I've tried.” Twilight looks down. “I've tried everything, I just can't seem to find him, it's like his magic is just gone!”

Applejack places a hoof on Twilight's shoulder. “It's ok Twi, ah know yer trying to help. There can't be many places John can go in his current form.”

“I just don't understand it, how did John turn into this creature anyway.” Rarity asks.

“Ah don't know, we went to bed together but in the middle of the night John locked himself into the bathroom. He said for me to keep away and there was this eerie green light.” Applejack states.

Twilight's ears pick up. “Green light?”

“Yeah, like the energy that John uses to change his arms.” A sudden realisation comes over Applejack's face. “His changeling magic!”

Twilight nods. “I think that too, John was quite drained after saving me and Rarity, it could be that in the absence of his natural magic the changeling magic could have asserted itself.”

“Wait a minute!” Rainbow says. “I thought you said that John couldn't do full body changes because he's not a pony?”

“I did, but it seems like this is not the case anymore.” Twilight looks to the others. “This is why we must find him and save him.”

The group all look to the farmhouse door when somepony gives it a knock.

“Ah wonder who that could be?” Applejack says walking to the door and opening it.

The group all gasp out loud when none other than Trixie was standing at the door.

“You!” Rainbow says darting forward and coming muzzle to muzzle with Trixie. “What are you doing here Trixie!?”

Trixie backs up. “Trixie is not here to fight, Trixie came for help.”

“Rainbow Dash, please.” Twilight says, placing a hoof on Rainbows side.

Rainbow huffs but drops to the ground and steps back. “Ok, Twilight. If she tries anything though...”

“Trixie swears! Trixie has learned her lesson.”

Twilight walks up to Trixie and gives her a smile. “Trixie, if we can help we will. What is wrong?”

“Well Trixie has a large problem and only fair Applejack can help, or so the creature asked.”

Applejack's ears perk up. “The creature?”

“Yes, it asked for you when it found Trixie.”

“The creature didn't happen to look like a wolf did it?” Twilight asked.

“Yes, Trixie saw it looked just like the wereponies from myth.”

Applejack suddenly lunged at Trixie. “Take me to him, NOW!”

Trixie reeled back, surprised by the sudden closeness. “Y-Yes, Trixie will take you, follow me.” Trixie takes off running with Applejack and the girls close behind.

Trixie leads the girls to where her carriage and the monster was located. Trixie was the first to enter the clearing and was instantly mortified at the devastation she saw.

“My home!” Trixie shouts, losing her third pony speech. “W-What is going on!? Why did my shield fail!?” Trixie lay down on the ground in front of the wreckage which was once her beloved carriage. Tears came to her eyes as Trixie lifted up a piece of broken wood. “Trixie has nothing left...Trixie's home...it's gone....”

Twilight and the girls all watch as Trixie breaks down into tears, her cries of pain echo around the clearing.

“Twi? Isn't there something ya could do?” Applejack asks.

Twilight looks to Trixie and taps her chin with a hoof. “I might know one spell but I'm not sure how effective it will be.” Twilight walks forward but stops when she senses somethings wrong. “I sense something girls and I don't like it.”

Rainbow flies over to Twilight. “What's wrong Twilight?”

Twilight turns and looks to the nearest treeline. “Something is watching us....I think it maybe John.”

Rarity steps forward. “Now you mention it I do feel kind of tingly.”

A growl rumbles across the clearing loud enough to even cause Trixie to stop crying. The girls all run to Trixie and stand by her forming a semi circle.

“Trixie is scared now!”

A louder growl echo's around the clearing which is followed by a tree being thrown out of the treeline and straight towards the group. Twilight just manages to get a shield up before the tree hits and bounces of her magic.

“I think we should leave!” Rarity says.

“No, we came to help John. I will not leave him!” Twilight replies. “We just need to lure him out then I can stun him.”

“Will it work on him?” Rainbow asks.

“It should if his normal magic is dormant.”

“Ah'll lure him out.” Applejack says walking forward.

“No Applejack! You have no idea what he will do to you!” Rarity states.

“Applejack's right...” Everypony looks to Fluttershy. “He...He does know Applejack on an...Intimate level....He won't hurt her...”

“I hope your right Fluttershy.” Twilight says.

Applejack walks away from the group and approaches the treeline.

“John? It's me Applejack, ah love ya John and ah want ya to come back home!” Applejack got a reply as the creature steps out of the treeline. “Ya have gotten big John...” Applejack says, swallowing hard and backing up a step. “Ah know yer in there John, ah know ya know it's me. Ah just want ya to come home.”

The creature walk towards Applejack, it's head down low. The creature circles Applejack a few times even giving her a sniff or two.

“Pony smell sweet.” The creature growl drawing Applejack's attention. “You smell of me.”

Applejack's ears perk up. “Ah smell of ya? Ya must mean....Ah smell of ya because yer mine! Ah am yer mate!” Applejack stands her ground when the creature reaches out a claw and drags it across her jaw.

“Pony, mine?”

“Yes, ah'm yours!”

The creature suddenly gets hit with a bright blue bolt of magic, the creature roars and backhands Applejack sending her sprawling.

Twilight raises her head up after releasing the bolt of magic, she grins when it hits but the grin fades when the creature roars and hits Applejack sending her flying.

“Applejack!” Twilight cries. “It didn't work!” Twilight exclaims before she sees the creature sway and then finally collapses on the floor. “Or maybe it did.”

The group all run over to Applejack and check her to see if she was ok. Twilight scans Applejack's body but lets out a sigh of relief when she finds no internal injuries.

“Twilight look!” Rainbow shouts pointing to the fallen creature.

The group all stare in awe as the creature glows bright green then in front of all of them the creature shrinks to become John once more. The girls all avert their eyes when they realise John is naked.

“You think he's ok?” Fluttershy asks.

“I don't know, let's get John and Applejack back home.” Twilight says.

“I will carry brother, it's the least I can do.” Pinkie walks to John and tries to get her body underneath him. “A little help.” Pinkie watches as John's body is levitated up and placed on her back by a blue aura. “Thanks Rarity.”

“No problem dear, you just get John home safely.”

“I will carry Applejack, she isn't badly hurt but she's out cold.” Twilight adds, picking up Applejack in her magic.

“Hey! What about Trixie? He owes Trixie a home!” Trixie says, walking up to the group.

“Why don't you stay with me Trixie, until you can get your home rebuilt.” Twilight replies with a smile. “John lives with Applejack so I have a spare room, it's yours until you don't need it no more.”

Trixie's eyes widen, she didn't expect to be welcomed to Ponyville let alone be offered to stay in one of her biggest rivals home. Trixie thinks the offer over as the group in front of her just stare at her. Trixie then realised this is what she wanted, she wanted a second chance a chance to start over and actually maybe get some friends. Trixie puts on her serious face and gives Twilight a nod.

“Trixie...I accept your offer Twilight.”

Twilight beams a smile. “Good! Follow us and I'll get you set up.”

Trixie gives Twilight a smile but she couldn't help but feel she forced it, Trixie frowned at herself when the group moved off. Trixie sighed and followed after the group though her eyes drifted to the sleeping creature on the pink pony's back.

“What is he?” Trixie mumbles.