"Here ya go, Zecora. The last Zap Apple of the bunch! You were lucky we kept one left from the harvest!" Applejack said, picking the literally last apple of the barrel.

"Thank you very much, kind Applejack."

"My pleasure to help but you know how Zap Apple Jam is made?"

That accidental rhyme made both mares blink in surprise and then laugh.

“Worry not, my dearest friend; for this single apple is not lunch but a special medicine.ingredient”

Applejack scratched her head, the first she had heard of Zap Apple having medicinal uses but she still waved the zebra goodbye.

On her way back to town, Zecora ran past a rainbow streak who was pushing some storm clouds off town.

"Hey Zecora! How´s it going?"

"Just fine, Rainbow Dash..."

Her usual ego prevented Rainbow to notice the odd mood the zebra was on, so she just flew by. Zecora watched her go and, with a very noticeable frown, checked her list. Only one item left but it was the most difficult to get. She needed the feather of an owl, an animal very elusive. There was one owl who will gladly lend one of his own but that would mean visiting the library and Zecora didn't want Twilight to know what she was doing.

Luckyly, fate decided that was the right moment to run into three little fillies.

"Hey Zecora! What´cha doing?"

Zecora smiled at Appleboom and offered the Crusaders yet another chance to earn their marks.

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Zecora keep stirring the brew while adding small petals of flowers that could only be found in the darker and deepest areas of the Everfree Forest. Once she added a few slices of the Zap Apple, the brew changed colors, turning into a glowing whirlwind. The last ingredient was the owl feather. Zecora hold it on her teeth and silently wished for the spell to work. For nothing to interrupt her...

"Hi Zecora! Applejack told me you get the last of the Zap Apples. Are you planning on making a pi-"

The words died in Twilight Sparkle´s mouth once she saw the zebra looming over the cauldron, a single feather on her mouth. She only need one look to recognize what potion she was attempting to create.

The second Zecora let go of the feather, Twilight yelled and used her magic to levitate both the zebra and the cauldron away, the content spilling all over the floor.

"No! Twilight Sparkle, what have you done? You destroyed all my work with just one move!"

"What I have done? What were you trying to do?! That potion would have changed the colors of your coat and mane permanently! You teach me about that potion and warned me never to use it carelessly!"

Zecora tried to grab the last remains of the potion and applied it furiosly on her mane but it was already too late. The floor absorbed too much of it and now it was useless.

"Zecora, what happened?

With tears of frustration and anger, the zebra began to explain: "What other purpose could I seek but to make this horrible stripes disappear?!"

"But why..."

"Look at me, so plain and dull; while any other pony is like a flower in bloom! Your friend Rainbow for example, has such a beautiful mane; every single colour of the spectrum, such a perfect name! While here I am, stuck in simple plain and white; with a mane so old fashioned that makes your friend Rarity cry..."

Twilight gently approached Zecora and caressed her mane. "Why are you saying such things, Zecora? You are such a pretty pony, well zebra..."

"Please do not lie, what part of me could somepony possibly like?"

"Well..." and Twilight slowly nuzzled her snout. "I like your snout."

She then moved her lips at the zebra eye, softly kissing her eyelid. "I like your eyes."

Twilight moved to the ear, playfully biting it. "I like your ears."

Zecora put an end to her tears as Twilight keep moving across her body. "I like your neck."

Twilight pushed Zecora into the ground as she kept placing small kisses across the fur of the zebra, occasionally biting her chest, grabing the skin with the teeth and causing a pleasurable amount of pain.

By the time Twilight reached Zecora´s nipples, playing with them, sucking and biting at equal amounts, the zebra had forgot all about her insecurities, lost in a world of pleasures. Twilight felt something went on the tip of her horn. She looked up and found Zecora licking it vigorously.

Twilight sighed. She wasn't a fan of hornjobs, her horn always ends up covered in drool which was a mess to clean and sometimes her magical "outburst" caused the other pony some inconveniences. Her first marefriend back in school end up turned into a cactus for a few hours. But since there was a big height difference between her and Zecora, this seemed like the best option so she played along.

Zecora happily accepted the offering and let the horn go inside her mouth, sucking on it like if it was a popsicle. Twilight kept kissing and biting the side of Zecora´s neck as she moved her hoof along the body. She finally reached Zecora´s sex, already wet so her hoof slide in easily. Instinctively, Zecora moved one of her rear legs so it get between Twilight´s legs. Soon, they were trapped in the perfect position, both receiving pleasure in both their upper and lower regions.

It didn't take that long for them to reach climax. Twilight was grateful that Zecora reached hers first and so she released her horn. Twilight kept rubbing against Zecora´s leg, just about to achieve orgasm herself. To avoid having an "accident" with her horn, she bit Zecora´s shoulder. She did it a little too strong, it will leave a mark but Zecora won´t probably mind.

They both laid there for a while, trying to catch their breath back. Twilight managed to crawl and rest her head on Zecora´s shoulder, gently nuzzing her cheek.

"And I really like your mane."