Heh, sorry about that guys. I thought I posted this chapter but apparently I didn't... ANYWAYS... here ya go.

Oh, and about Dinky. I made her Derpy's sister because I thought that Derpy's personality and age (according to my story, at least) would not have allowed her to have a kid at the moment...

I stared at the phone reciever, along with the two ponies on opposite sides of me. The buzzing noise of the phone brought me back out of my thoughts, and I put it back on the holster with a rather skillful flip. Using my mouth of course. Maybe when I turned human again, my mouth would be just as handy. Then I realized how it might taste. Or look. Ugh, no one will EVER take me seriously ever again. As though they do now... STOP GOING OFF ON RANDOM TANGEANTS. I THOUGHT WE WENT OVER THIS I shook my head, and snapped out of my trance.

"Okay, um, that was kind of strange. Luckily, they're the kind of folk who blurt out their plans to everypony. That's good. Awesome. Right-o. But, I can't say everything out loud. As far as we know, they could be watching us right now. That's bad. I vote we all speak in sign language. I also vote that the Doctor's vote counts for five votes. Only I am clever enough to get five votes. So all in favor of sign language, say I. I. Awesome, five for me."

Derpy and Dash stared at me.

"You two aren't speaking. Okay, that's cool too. You catch on fast. Sign language wins." I held up my hoof, and remembered that my fingers were out of order. "Ok, just kidding. Forget sign language. Anyone know Gallifreyan? Of course you don't, that was a stupid question. Raxicoricofallapatorian? Ood? Judoon?"

"Ooh, say that second one again. The raxifalapatory thingy. That one sounds funny." Rainbow Dash said, obviously not seeing the whole picture.

"RAXICORICOFALLAPATORIAN! Ugh, ummmmm... Are you both fluent in Pig Latin? That's an Earth language."

"orta-say." Derpy replied, but it took her a couple of seconds.

"What the heck is pig latin?" Rainbow Dash asked.

I groaned. "Okay fine, we'll just stick with Equestrian for now. Learn Pig Latin. It's a useful skill... Oh, what am I thinking?! Of course they can understand whatever language we speak. That entire conversation never happened as of now." h

They stared at me. Again.

"Ok, we need to figure out why they are here. What their motive are, their goals, the reason. Have either of you two seen anything strange or out of the ordinary in Ponyville lately? It doesn't matter how small, anything."

Rainbow Dash spoke up. "Not really. Ummmmmm, well my friend Applejack left for Manehattan a couple days ago. She wouldn't tell any of us why, or how long she was going to be gone. Maybe we could go and check Sweet Apple Acres and see if she's back yet?"

I thought for a moment. That's it? That's all that's out of ordinary? Ponyville really was a boring town. "Okay, why not. But who's Applejack? Why is it so strange that she left?"

We left the TARDIS in it's invisible state (difficult to explain if it was suddenly stumbled upon) and galloped over to Sweet Apple Acres, wherever that was. As I ran and they flew, Rainbow Dash gave me a few basic details on Applejack. Her coloring, cutie mark, Element of Honesty, all that stuff. I also learned that Apple Bloom was her younger sister. As we ran far past Ponyville and onto a dirt road leading out into a grove of apple trees far away, I asked, "So why is it so strange that she left for Manehattan?"

"Because she hates Manehattan. She went there when she was a little filly and couldn't stand the city life. So she came back to Ponyville and found her calling as an apple bucker." Derpy said.

"Wait, how do you know so much about Applejack, Derpy?" Rainbow was confused.

"Dinky told me. Apparently Applejack came in to talk about cutie marks for Miss Cheerilee's class."

"Who's Dinky?" I asked.

"She's my younger sister. Unicorn. We still can't figure out how that happened, what with mom and dad both being pegasi..."

I saw the apple trees getting closer in my field of vision. As far as I could tell, it was a massive apple farm, with a big red barn and a smaller house in one section and tons of apple trees taking up the surrounding area. I followed Rainbow Dash and Derpy as they flew out to a section of the orchard that contained a red stallion hitting the apple trees with his hind legs. He waved as Derpy came up to him, and gave Dash no acknowledgement whatsoever.

"Big Mac, is Applejack back yet?" Derpy asked, landing on the ground. Rainbow opted to stay skybound.

"Eeyup." He said, and walked to the next tree.

"Well, could you tell us where she is?" Dash asked.

"... Eeynope."

"... what do you mean 'eeynope'?! WHERE IS SHE?" Dash asked, obviously annoyed.

Silence. Big Mac bucked the tree and the apples came raining down, one catching Dash on the head before falling into the bucket.

"Tell us where she is!" Derpy asked, trying to get Dash to calm down. Big Mac pointedly looked at Rainbow Dash, then went to collect the buckets of apples.

"Why are you looking at me like th- wait a minute. This isn't about the prank I pulled on you yesterday, is it?"

"Eeyup." Big Mac turned and showed us a bandage on his flank.

"I apologized! It's not my fault the party cannon went crazy. Although, it was kinda funny when it turned on you and then..." She blushed and stopped talking. "Anyways, PLEASE JUST TELL US WHERE APPLEJACK IS!"

Silence again.

"Now, what is all of this nonsense about? Good afternoon, Rainbow and Derpy. It is so nice to see you again!" An unfamiliar voice sounded behind us, and we all turned, with the exception of Big Mac, who had apparently lost interest in us and moved on to the next tree. Here was a strange pony with an orange coat and a yellow mane all tied up in curls. She had on a fancy looking dress, which seemed kind of strange considering we were out in a dusty old farm in a tiny town...

"... Applejack? What the hay happened to you?! Why do you sound so... weird?" Rainbow Dash was appalled, inspecting the apparent "Applejack" from all angles. Wait, this is Applejack? She is not at all like what Dash told me...

"What do you mean? This is how I have always talked, is that not true?" Applejack replied, a confused look on her face.

"Well... you sound like a Manehattanite. What happened to your accent?" Derpy asked, circling Applejack.

"What accent? I don't have an accent! This is how I have always talked!" Applejack said, her eyes nervously scanning our faces. "And who is this young fellow?"

Ha, young fellow. 906 years old and still a young fellow.

"I'm John Smith. Pleased to meet you, I guess?" I was still at a loss, this is not at all how Applejack sounded. The way Rainbow Dash spoke about her, she was a rough and tumble country girl who loved competing and never lied. In front of me was a posh and well put together mare who seemed as though she would shriek if a speck of dirt ever got onto her coat. Ok, this is really weird... The late afternoon sun cast long shadows across the ground, making Big Mac's, Rainbow Dash's, Derpy's, and my shadows twice as long as normal. It just looked so cool! I love that. It's like I'm a giant or something. Or a cyberman. Ooh, I wonder what a cyberman's shadow would look like. That would be cool. Or what abo- I THOUGHT WE WENT OVER THIS. NO. RANDOM. TANGEANTS.

Rainbow Dash was still arguing with Applejack about her new look and voice, while Derpy just looked confused. I walked over to Big Mac, who had moved to the next trees about twenty feet away.

"Sooo... what was all that about a prank and a party cannon?"

Big Mac blushed, and muttered a few things under his breath. "stupid... pinkie... streamers... banana..."

Okayyyy thennnnnn. I'll find out from Rainbow Dash later.

"Um, this is probably a weird question, considering the fact that I've never actually met Applejack until now, but is she a little... off?"

He looked at me and sighed. "She came back from Manehattan like that. Couldn't change 'er mind about who she was. Just kept on talkin' about how she was always like this and dressed like that. We stopped tryin' to convince 'er otherwise a few days ago, but she wouldn't listen. So... eeyup. She's way off..."

I blinked. Huh, I thought he could only say eeyup and eeynope. Apparently he had a bigger vocabulary than I had originally thought. Also, he had a strong country drawl. Come to think of it, so did Apple Bloom. So that must mean she also has a strong accent. So why is she talking like that? I looked back over in the direction of the three mares. Does this have something to do with the things on the phone? It's possible...

Suddenly, something clicked in my head. I looked back to the ground, taking notice of all of our shadows. They were all still twice as tall as the owners. Except for one.