Ensis had settled down to sleep, and after an hour or two of staying awake, had managed to doze off. She found herself dreaming of a rather pleasant day back home, going around the university, talking to the professors and a few of the students, and going to get some tasty, tasty cakes from the bakery.

Around then the dream took on a more startling turn, where she was met by Pinkie Pie in the bakery and not her friend, then ran out to try and get back home, to see she was in Ponyville. Various ponies began to surround her, sneering and glaring, before charging at her, aiming to wound. She had galloped off to the library to try and find some peace and sanctuary, only to have Twilight and Spike and the owl there, ready to attack her as well. She ran up the stairs, attempting to avoid them, and made it upstairs, and went to close and lock the door before it was slammed open and the ponies of the town all charged in, forcing her to back up, up to the window, until she fell out. She let out a scream, knowing fully well she wa going to break her neck, but then woke up.

She looked around the room with wild eyes, breathing quickly and still panicking. Twilight looked down at her, concerned, and was about to ask her something before Ensis interrupted.

"No, no, I'm fine. Happens a bunch for me."

The alicorn shrugged it off, before heading downstairs, and Ensis followed, stepping carefully over Spike's tail, as the small dragon was still sleeping. Twilight got some cereal out for the two of them, and they ate in silence, before Twilight chose to break the silence.

"So, you're visiting Ponyville? Who have you met, besides Pinkie, of course?"

"There was a pegasus with a pink mane, I think she was named Fluttershy."

"Oh! That's great, then. She's a bit shy, so if she didn't talk to you, don't be offended. I think I'll introduce you to Applejack today. It would be less hassle than meeting Rainbow Dash and Rarity as well."

"Rainbow Dash and Rarity? I've heard of the latter, afraid I haven't heard a mutter about the first one."

"They're my friends. Rainbow Dash is a pegasus and she's fairly hot headed, you could say, at times. Rarity is.. Well, you've heard of her."

Ensis nodded, and the two soon finished the meal. By then Spike had awoken, and he quickly ate- faster than Ensis thought to be humanely possible- his breakfast, and the three set out to the orchard.

Ensis noticed it was a fairly large orchard, and that there seems to be a rather small amount of ponies there. An orange mare was bucking some trees, knocking the apples into baskets, and Twilight had to call out to her to get her attention. The earth pony turned around, and trotted over.

"Oh? Not from around here? Well, I'm Applejack! Pleasure to meet you! This is the my family's apple orchard."

"Ah. Nice to meet you as well, I'm Ensis Auctor. Yes, I'm from another kingdom entirely," the unicorn replied cooly, looking around. The trees went on for miles, and she could barely grasp how many apples there could be.

"Anyways, I'm about to make some apple pie. Wanna join me?"

"Oh, yes, please!"

Ensis galloped towards the house excitedly, and Applejack shook her head, laughing, before following close behind. This foreigner must sure love pie, she decided, as she entered the house and saw her getting out the stuff for baking.

They worked through the day, past sundown, making various pies and apple products, Ensis's favorite out of them all being the pie, of course. Applejack discovered that Ensis could go through at least three slices before she was satisfied, and that she became rather tired afterwards, as after they had began to eat the pie later at night, Ensis soon dozed off. Applejack went to get a blanket to cover the unicorn, before heading to bed herself.

Author's Note

Yeah, it's still pretty choppy, and I'm still unused to using canon characters.