Applejack smiled as she walked away from the burning village that housed the bandit tribes. She looked over to see some of the wolves warriors helping the mares and stallions that were kept as slaves for the camp.

"AJ!" She looked over to see Savva running up to her making her smile a bit.

After their awkward moment a week ago, he had come and apologized to her profusely for insulting her in anyway. She in turn gave a playful punch to his shoulder and told him that she thought he was disgusted by her body.

After everything calmed down the two could be seen almost everywhere together around the village.

"Hello Savva, did you help with the other refugees?" She asked getting a nod from him as he took his position by her side making her smile a little at that.

"So what is your plan now AJ?" He asked while she rolled her eyes.

"Nothing has changed Savva, I need to get to Equestria so I can get home." She stated as he sighed and nodded.

"I see, so you still plan to leave?" He asked looking down at her while she looked away.

"I would be lying if I told you I didn't enjoy my time here with you and the other villagers." She sighed.

"Then stay AJ, stay with us once you have Discord and your soldiers are safe." He said as they saw Artyom walking towards them.

"I can't Savva, I have a home and a duty to my country first before my own feelings." She stated as he growled.

"No you don't, you served your country more than any of these soldiers around you. Don't you want happiness or a feeling of safety AJ?" He asked while she fell silent as Artyom got closer.

"Commander, we have secured the village and the slaves will be returned to the empire as soon as they get medical attention from Lucy and the other healers in the village." He stated only getting a nod from his commander.

"AJ?" He said as the mare continued to think as she looked up at him.

"Understood captain, begin moving them to the healers." She stated looking over at Savva and then back to him before moving away from the both.

"Tell the other captains that I want them in my office as soon as we get back, we need to plan on a way to find Discord and get home." She stated and looked over at Savva who sighed and began to walk away.

"Savva! Wait a second." She called out to her friend who turned with a raised brow.

"What is it AJ?" He asked watching her trot up to him.

"I want you to come with us, we need your help finding Equestria and we might need it later on for the mission." She said as his eyes widened in shock before he started to think about it.

"I need to talk to my father when we get back to the village." He said while she nodded heading over to one of the trucks where a most of the former slaves were huddled close together and hopped inside.

She moved to the radio in the back as the other ponies moved out of the way of her.

[Lets load up and move out.] She radioed and felt the truck lurch as they started to move back towards the wolf village.

While she rode in the back with the other ponies she began to ponder Savva's words.

'Will going back really make me happy?' She thought not noticing the whispering from the ponies as they kept glancing at her until one was shoved towards her making her whimper looking at the soldier in front of her. She had witnessed the mare herself kill many of the bandit mares and stallions in the camp in some of the most gruesome ways.

"Um excuse me?" She called out to the mare breaking her from her thoughts and look at the shaking mare.

"Yes, what is it?" She asked harsher than she intended.

"Um well I was wondering if you could tell me where you are taking us?" She asked.

"To the wolf village to be healed and then to the Crystal Empire, from there most likely back to your homes." AJ stated getting excited murmurs from the group.

"Thank you for saving us." She said smiling as AJ nodded looking back at the burning village in thought.

Meanwhile in the Crystal Empire things were not looking so well for the Captain of the Crystal Guard.

"So let me get this straight. You sent one of the elements of harmony out into a blizzard with some type of ape things that she helped kill a whole platoon of my ponies, some of the most elite of my guard. Explain yourself captain." Celestia stated as she, her sister, along with Twilight looked at him with neutral expressions to the sweating captain.

"We have been searching for Lady Applejack for years and you may have sent her to her death with things that no pony has ever seen! What in Equestria made you think that was a good idea?!" Luna yelled now glaring at the captain.

"Captain Armor, do you not realize the magnitude that you have messed up on? You find the element of honesty and in a matter of hours you send not only one of my best friends that's been gone for years, but one of the nation's heroes and our nations key to our greatest weapon, out into the frozen tundra." Twilight snarled at her brother who winced at her.

"Not only that but you let her leave with creatures, that from what you put in your report had highly advanced weapons and equipment. You should have summoned us the instant you realized who she was." Twilight growled as he looked away.

"No excuse princess'." He stated as they all sighed.

"Consider yourself on leave for the next four months." Celestia stated as he looked back at them in shock.

"Please princ-

"SILENCE!!" Twilight yelled glaring at Shining.

"Don't push your luck brother, you should be thankful that you have a job at all still or not in a cell awaiting trial. I will be taking a team and will find Applejack myself." Twilight stated making the other two princess' look at her in shock.

"Twilight? What are you talking about? We didn't discuss this." Celestia said as Twilight looked at her from the side.

"There is nothing to discuss, Applejack will know me more than she would my brother. I'll take a pegasus flight with me to save time, the captain said that she seemed to have some sort of memory loss. Maybe I could jog some of her memory." She said looked back at Shining.

"Captain bring me some of your best fliers, Sgt. Dash from the Wonderbolts Reserves we help me in leading the squad. We leave in three hours." She said nodding to the princess'.

"I'll them at the train station in three hours, once you have done that you are on forced leave captain. Dismissed." Twilight stated walking out the door heading to go talk to Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow had a serious look on her face while she flew in formation next to Twilight.

"Twilight, which way do you think they went?" Dash asked as they flew across the tundra.

"No clue we'll keep going west I guess until we see some- Dash look over there!" Twilight pointed to the large billowing cloud of smoke that rose in the air. The group shot towards it finding a burning village in its wake, at least what was left of it.

As the group landed they saw a few large wolves going through the wreckage.

"Excuse me, is anypony hurt?" Twilight called out making the wolves turn and snarl at them.

"More damn ponies." One growled snapping it's jaws at them making them step back.

"Alright! What's going on? Ambrosii, report!" They all turned to see Mihail come around a corner.

"Sorry captain, some more ponies just landed. What do you want us to do?" Ambrosii asked, he was a pure white wolf with a black snout.

"Ask them what their business is here today. None of them can understand russian." Mihail said flicking his arm at them.

"I can understand you perfectly captain." Twilight stated making the soldier look at her surprised before a frown came to his face.

"Very well, what do you want? I'm a bit busy if you can't tell, we are trying to find anymore survivors." He stated waving his hand out to the burnt village.

"What happened here?" Twilight asked as the wolves seemed to be circling them.

"We destroyed a bandit camp, freeing several slaves and who are at the moment about to be heading to the Crystal Empire after they are healed." He smiled as she nodded.

"It's alright boys, stand down." He stated as the wolves relaxed.

"Besides our guessed here couldn't hope to cast a spell or fly out of her if their life depended on it." He said as Twilight raised a eyebrow.

"What makes you say that?" She asked as he smiled.

"Because I hold all the cards my dear along with all of your lives." He stated waving his hand while a T-105 appeared behind the group.

"What is that thing!" Twilight yelled as the others screeched in a panic.

"That is the T-105 main battle tank of the red army. Now, you are going to tell me why you are here." He stated as she glared at him.

"Don't look at me like that, I lost comrades because of your soldiers. I won't make the same mistake again. What do you want?" He asked as she looked at the ape and sighed.

"I'm looking for one of my own, her name is Applejack Apple. She has a blonde mane and a orange coat. usually wears a hat." She stated as he looked at the wolves.

"Don't know anyone with that name." He stated as she narrowed her eyes.

"But you have seen one correct?"

"Maybe, it depends on your intentions with her."

"I want to take her back home."

"Oh good, that's what we've been trying to do since we got here. We just need someone called Discord to get us back home."

"I'm sure my fellow princess' and I will gladly find a way to send you home. But we may need Applejack to do that."

"Hold on and I will call her." He stated putting a finger to his ear.

"How are you going to call her, is she nearby?" Twilight asked as Rainbow growled.

"UGH! What's going on Twilight? I can't understand a word you or that thing is saying!" She yelled pointing at Mihail.

"Calm down Dash, it said it's going to call Applejack here us." She stated watching the ape nod.

"You will come with us horses, we will take you to Commander AJ." He stated as 12 more all black apes appeared pointing their strange weapons at them.

"We have a transport for you and your friends." He stated while a CV-99 pulled up lowering the back ramp.

"What is Equestria is that?" Dash yelled while something on top turned to them with a single red eye.

"Everypony climb inside, it's like a large carriage." Twilight stated eyeing the black apes along with the wolves.

"Alright everyone load up! We are heading back home!" Mihail said clapping his hands.

After a silent trip back Twilight and the others were greeted by ponies, wolves, and the ape like creatures walking all around the village exchanging greetings with one another like old friends.

"So I take it you bunch are the ones looking for me?" Twilight and Rainbow spun around in surprise to see Applejack looking at them with a small smirk.

"APPLEJACK!!" Dash screamed as she shot towards the mare only to be grabbed in Twilight's magic.

"Hey what gives Twi!?" Rainbow protested before she glanced at the ponies, wolves, and apes that seemed ready to attack.

"Why don't you calm down Rainbow until we met with the commander." She suggested as AJ smiled.

"Finally, someone with a bit of sense." She said and stuck out her hoof.

"Names, AJ. Just AJ, and you are?" She asked as Twilight's heart sank a little.

"My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle. On behalf of Equestria and the Crystal Empire, I can't tell you how sorry we are for the loss of your soldiers and to be thrown into a blizzard by one of our soldiers." She stated as AJ sighed.

"Thank you, your highness. We buried them in the Plains of Honor were the other warriors are buried." She sighed as Twilight looked away.

"Besides if you want to apologize, do it to their friends for your soldiers lack of control." AJ glared as Twilight winced.

"Where are they?" She asked while AJ pointed to a group of soldiers by a tank with some of the female wolves and ponies around them.

"Don't know if they will accept it but, it would help." She stated watching the mare trot away and head over to the group calling for their attention. She watched as the wolves and ponies walked away so they could have their conversation in private.

AJ could see how scared Twilight was but she put on a brave face looking at each her soldiers in the eye and apologized, and meant every word of it if the tears going down her face was anything to go by.

A lot of her soldiers glared or shouted at her while most stayed silent before nodding and trying to calm friends of the deceased down while Twilight bowed to them and took it all.

One of her soldiers took a knee beside her putting a hand on her soldier whispering something to her making her nod and smile a little as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

Twilight sniffed as she rejoined them looking back at the soldiers before giving a shaky sigh trying to calm herself.

"That was a great thing you did princess, in all my years of being a soldier I've never seen the one responsible for something like this own up to it face to face with who was wronged." AJ said putting a hoof on the mares shoulder only to be pulled into a hug surprising her as the mare started to cry. AJ sighed and wrapped her arms around the mare patting her on the back.

"Hey everything is gonna work out princess." She stated as the rainbow mare smiled down at them.

"You know she really missed you AJ." She said as the mare looked up at her.

"Missed me? What are you talking about? I was never her to be missed so how could she?" AJ asked as the mare sighed and landed beside them running a hoof through Twilight's mane.

"What do you know about since you got here AJ?" She asked as Twilight's horn lit up and touched AJ's head making her eyes go wide.

"Remember. Please." She heard Twilight desperately whisper as memories flooded into her mind.

"COMMANDER!" She heard as everything went white.

AJ groaned and started to sit up putting a hoof on her head only to be stopped by a large paw.

"Whoa there AJ, just lay back and rest. Whatever that princess did to you really knocked you down." Savva stated

"Where are they?" She asked as he sighed.

"Being held in the town jail till you woke up and decided what to do with them. Many thought they should just shoot them for assaulting you but I was about to calm them down with the help of some of your soldiers and friends." He stated getting a nod from her.

"What did she do to me?"

"Something about a memory spell and it would help you remember your time here before Discord sent you away." He stated smiling at her while holding up a glass of water.

"How long have I been out?"

"Just about a hour, maybe a hour and a half at the most. Just changed shifts with Nikolai." He smiled getting a tired one in return.

"Thanks Savva, bring them to me. I want to see them in private, her and the rainbow one." She said taking a sip of water while he nodded and left the room.

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