Applejack led the way back to her family's farm, staying away from the center of town for obvious reasons, each member of the group kept an eye on Renko as if wondering whether he was an alien or not. The three fillies eyed the device on his arm curiously, wondering what other stuff it could do, but none of them got close enough to touch it as if they thought it was poisonous.

When they got to the farm Applejack led Renko to the barn where a metal tub, large enough for a cow, was located.

"Well... it ain't a shower... but at least ya can get yerself and yer clothes clean"  Applejack explained.

"It's fine, I've had worse to work with before." After several 'thank you's and a bit of help filling the tub the group left Renko to wash up

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Rainbow Dash was walking next to Applejack on their way back to the farmhouse with the Cutie Mark Crusaders when she began speaking again.

"Applejack! What in Celesita's name makes you think that whatever that thing is should be able to stay with us?" Her voice was barely a hushed whisper, "Did you see the look in its eyes? That thing is a killer! And on that note, What about the weird lightshow it did with that timberwolf combined with the fact that it's dead now!"

"Rainbow, I can understand your concern... but he can't be all bad, seeing as how he came to our rescue when that timberwolf was about to make a meal out of us. I didn't hear you voicing any of your concerns when he kept you from gettin' eaten." The orange mare countered.

"But what if it decides to kill us just like it killed that timberwolf, can you imagine how that must've felt!?" The cyan mare replied.

"I highly doubt that, he did tell us that he'd explain everythin' when he was done with that bath. Now, if you could go get Twilight, I think she might be able to help us out."

"Why do you need me to get Twilight?" Rainbow asked.

"Because since it don't look like he can fly, he seems to have abilities that a unicorn would... so she might be able to help figure out exactly what he is." Applejack stated bluntly.

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The first thing Renko noticed was that he could actually take off the TMD here without needing some sort of complicated device. He slowly began to accept that he was no longer in the world of nightmares anymore and that he could quite possibly be in a world where no real threats existed outside of the creatures that attacked those children.

Twilight had just arrived at the Apple farm when Renko finally finished scrubbing most of the blood out of his clothes, as he waited for his clothes to air-dry, Applejack explained what happened to her, Rainbow and the crusaders earlier that day. Spike, knowing just how Twilight was, was already in the middle of writing the letter to Celestia when Twilight told him to start writing.

"Already halfway done..." Spike replied and he laughed at the confused look she gave him, "Twilight... I know so much about how you act I already knew you would want this in a letter to the princess." He explained. When he finished writing he used his green flames to deliver the letter right to the princess. As the letter dissapeared in a cloud of smoke Twilight gathered her two friends and began to discuss what was going on.

"Ok, so what do we know...?" She began.

"We know that he has the power to kill whatever he wants!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, a hint of panic was in her voice and only grew the more she thought about it.

"AND we also know that despite that power he has to easily kill us, he risked his neck to save us." Applejack added.

"Ok, and what have you seen of his powers?" Twilight asked with concern.

"He can levitate stuff like you unicorns can." Applejack replied.

"... And he managed to emit this blue light from his front hoof and turned that timberwolf into nothing but rotted wood and dust." Rainbow added with a glare to AJ, trying to emphasize her point.

"...He really does sound dangerous if he can do that... not even the best Chronomancer can do something like that with ease..." Twilight thought, understanding why Rainbow Dash was a little nervous around the guy.

"Well I doubt he can do it too often because even you saw how exhausted he looked after doin' that!" Applejack retorted. Twilight knew that if she didn't stop them her friends would get into another fight over something that needs a level head to solve. She pulled her friends apart and shouted.

"You two need to get a grip! We already know that he is dangerous... I've let the princess know that, but we've also figured out that he is capable of rational thinking and isn't acting hostile towards us in any way."

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Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle made their way over to the open barn door. Just outside the door the group stopped to try and figure out what they were going to do.

"Ok... so far he doesn't seem mean..." Apple Bloom began.

"He also smelled really bad..." Sweetie Belle added, remembering the smell of the man before.

"And AJ let him take a bath so I bet he doesn't smell anywhere near as bad as before." Scootaloo countered.

"Why don't we just try to talk to him... He did save us from that timberwolf after all..." Apple Bloom continued. At that point all three of them smiled and gave each other a high-hoof.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders: Creature Investigators!" They cheered in unison. As Apple Bloom approached the door she noticed that she was the only one approaching the door.

"What are you guys doing? And why am I going in alone?" she asked with irritation.

"Well... it was your idea... so you should do it." Scootaloo replied. Apple Bloom's mouth hung open at what her friend had told her.

"It's because you're too chicken to go in with me isn't it?!" She accused.

While Apple Bloom and Scootaloo bickered back and forth between who would go in to speak with the strange creature, Sweetie Belle had already started trotting inside.

Renko, fortunately fully clothed... even if he hadn't managed to get all the blood out, turned to see a tiny horse with a horn on it's head slowly approaching him. From everything he saw, the little creature had no intention of hurting him, and it's posture told him that this thing was curious. He slowly turned, so as not to startle the little thing, and sat down to bring himself as close to eye-level as he could with it. By the way the creature carried itself Renko assumed that it was a female child of whatever kind of creatures they really were.

Sweetie Belle sat down a couple feet from the person and got ready to ask her first question. After several quiet seconds she found the one she wanted and asked.

"So... what are you...?" she asked, trying to make her voice sound only curious and nothing else. Renko decided to be honest.

"Besides... what do I have to lose... I still have the TMD so I know I can make a getaway." He thought.

"I'm a human... What about you?" He answered.

"I'm a unicorn... Where are you from?" She continued her lines of questioning.

"these things must have some sort of educational system... they speak the same language as me, she's asking quite point-driven questions... even if they are simple. It's kinda enjoyable to be talking to a child again." he thought with a gentle smile.

Sweetie Belle noticed the man's face change from the hardened warrior to something much kinder, and she smiled in return.

"I'm from the United States of America." He answered. The little unicorn looked at him with a sideways glance.

"I'm in school and Cherilee has never talked about a place with that name, I pay attention to her geography classes..." She paused for a second, then asked another question, "Are you an alien?"

There was no doubt the question took him by surprise, but he quickly formulated an answer.

"Actually... If I'm right, I'm from WAY back in the past. Mostly because I'm a time traveller." he answered, he knew it was a long shot, but he had to say something even if he didn't know exactly why he was here. A very happy feeling managed to wash over him as he saw the little unicorn's face go from interested to incredibly happy.

"I TOLD SCOOTALOO THAT CREATURES USED TO EXIST HERE BEFORE PONIES!" She squealed happily, "She owes me five bits now!"

The sudden outburst caught her friends by surprise and they both stopped arguing to look in the door. Their jaws dropped as they saw Sweetie Belle dancing some sort of victory dance, and the person they were supposed to be talking to was trying to hold back laughter.