The Odds Aren't Small Though!

The Odds Aren't Small Though!

By Rhythmic Pata-brony

All “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” characters and cannon settings do NOT belong to me, this is a fan made story.

Only Nelly and any family belongs to me. (Duh!)

Warning: I did not have an editor but the edit tool of Google Drive is quite helpful when fixing things. Also it has only been pre-read once by a friend so expect what you want and learn from my many possible mistakes. So with that in mind, carry on and have a good day folks.

Chapter 1: Look before you leap? Eenope.

Welcome to the winter that blanketed the land of Equestria in pure white and watch the slowly falling snowflakes crafted by nature itself fall to the already blanketed earth of Everfree forest. Why here you may wonder? To find a certain soul. Who would come to such a dangerous place? Only a single earth pony mare who wandered the wild forest with little feeling of contentment and more importantly happiness. We shall call this mare, Nelly. She is an equine born in them magical land of Equestria with a unusual blessing that mirrors as a curse in her life. She is a mare endowed with a body that would rival an Ursa Minor in size but overpower it's mother in sheer earth pony strength. Despite the physical prowess she holds, her view in life is to be nothing less than a good pony to all she meets.

Yet despite her intentions, she has become an object of fear among those who are unable to hear out her attempted offers of friendship. This has unfortunately driven her from towns, to cities, to the royal nobility of Canterlot itself.

To make things much worse, she had been unable to get near the capitals famed castle to ask the regal princesses for help. This was usually because the local royal guards saw her as a monster and they would often chase her away when she attempted to get their attention. Nelly has suffered the pain of rejection and loneliness from her unheard plea but she won’t give up until she truly falls into despair or is simply banished from the land forever. Until then though, she had to keep going on and hope for a better future with a determined fire in her unwavering yet truly lonesome soul. She just hoped that fate would be kind to her endeavor and give her the chance she needs so she may find her happiness.

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Discord the dice if you please... no not those, I meant the glowing blue cubes not polyhedral dice with the body parts. Those are for tonights game with Amaterasu and Loki. I swear, freakin' Sleipnir better not eat Tomegatherion's arms again, that was only funny the first few times...

Right then, let's begin this mess shall we?

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Today was the first day of winter as gentle snowflakes fell over Ponyville for the first time this year with a silent ambient that would inspire the wistful imagination of the old and young alike. The ponies usually had a love for the summer heat and the clear blue sky, yet they still enjoyed their lives in the cold season with all the feelings of wonder and bliss. It was three o'clock in the afternoon as the mostly female residence of the town had taken to the streets to socialize with one another, or to simply shop for various ingredients to make tonights warm dinner. The stallions who had other ideas simply took to drinking with buddies or enjoying a good snooze in front of their fire place, sometimes as a guest at anothers home.

The foals had taken to playing in the snow wrapped in scarves and hats, pelting each other in snow, laughing with enjoyment. Few ponies had taken to doing other things that were a tad more dangerous and potentially harmful to everypony. If you don't know who would do such a thing then take this as a warning that might save your flank one day. Beware the three fillies who call themselves the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

They are a group of three blank flank fillies trying to get their cutie marks by doing anything they possibly can. From simple things like feeding a cat to trying extremely dangerous things involving fire, high altitudes, or dangerous animals with the maximum chance of extreme failure. Many residents had been victims in their often dangerous crusades and chances are you will too eventually.

If you want to avoid the antics of these fillies, here are their names and descriptions. A living dictionary or unicorn by the name of Sweetie Belle with a white coat and two toned grayish mulberry mane. The small winged pegasus tom colt named Scootaloo with an orange coat and purple mane. Next is the bow wearing earth pony farm filly known as Applebloom who sports a red mane and a yellowish coat. They are your cause of worry so do remember their descriptions. You have been warned so take care or else the future might be filled with injury or quite possibly, tree sap. Now that the important things have been explained, let's see what the energetic trio are up to this time...

Together the crusaders were currently working on project that was sure to get them their snow shoveling cutie marks out in the south western part of Sweet Apple Acres. The snow had piled up pretty nicely this year and had buried most of the apple trees, up their branches if you would believe it. This was all due to a mistake made by the local weather teams boss getting knocked out and replaced by a muscle bound pegasus named Snowflake, it went horribly right.

The three fillies had gotten an idea to get rid of the extra snow by sending it to the Everfree using the fastest method possible. Sending it flying by the loads using an altered siege weapon meant to take down castles and armies from afar. If you thought it was ballista you're barely even close to the mark, that counts as artillery. It was something that you used to make it rain boulders upon one's foes. Have you guess what it is yet? Whether you do or not, let it be explained anyways.

Applebloom had just finished putting together a very powerful wooden catapult and had begun to put away her tools into a red wooden box. She gave the high tension steel spring a final check by winding the the arm back and locking the release mechanism with a deep clunk noise. One minute later and the farm filly felt that it was showtime so she knew that it was time to rally her fellow crusaders.

"Alright Sweetie an Scoots, ah think she's ready ta go!" the farm pony announced with a hoof in the air.

Her fellow crusaders who had been making a hill out of gathered snow dropped their shovels and approached their friend. They both had excited smiles on their adorably heart stopping faces. It's not everyday you had this kind of chance to launch a possibly fatal amount of snow into the sky, with permission of all things.

"Finally, can we get this over with! How much can this thing hold anyway?" Scootaloo said, inspecting the monstrous snow launching device.

"It looks like it could launch a few hundred pounds of snow, pretty far too! Maybe we can hit those two from here..." Sweetie commented with a look of awe on her face.

"That sounds like something I would come up with, let's do it!" Scootaloo chuckled with a buzz of her wings and a devious grin.

Applebloom rolled her eyes as she giggled at the tempting idea but gasped when she heard an odd crunching sound. She found that the heavy catapult was now sinking into the deep snow. The crusaders had one thing to say about this unexpected scenario.

"Uh oh..." They said in wide eyed unison.

After a while the sinking stopped and the snow caved in on to it. This was not apart of their original plan at all, if their shocked faces were any sign of their feelings.

"Darn it... better get Big Mac or this might take awhile," Applebloom groaned, leaving the other two near the sunken device.

Scootaloo just fell to the snow in grumbling annoyance and started sinking in very slowly.  Sweetie just watched with a hint of amusement as she tried to avoid sinking herself. This went on for a few minutes until they heard the sound of crunching snow approach them. Looking to their side they found Applebloom with her well known brother, Big Macintosh. He was a huge red earth pony with an orange mane and stoic leaf green eyes. He currently was wearing a brown scarf with big snow shoes attached to his hooves that stopped him sinking into the snow.

"Alright Big Mac, this is where it sank and got buried. Could ya help us by diggin' it out, ah promise to make your favorite hot chocolate with the unicorn shaped marshmallows, please?" Applebloom nicely pleaded with her best cute face, big watery amber eyes and a small quivering lipped frown. It was truly a practiced art that could melt any heart, not to mention the butter on your waffles.

Big Mac looked at his little sister with his usual stoic gaze for a moment in silence.

"Eeyup," was all that he replied with a small smile. He honestly was immune to his sisters puppy face but he would always help her if the situation called for it.

So he passed by the half sunken Scootaloo and a giggling Sweetie Belle as he hopped into the large indent in the snow without thinking. A loud clicking noise echoed into the sky and then everypony’s blood froze instantly. The current season made the feeling literal in a sense.

"You didn't arm the catapult did you?" Scootaloo asked the tiny pupiled farm filly.

A loud clunk rang out into the ears of everypony and Applebloom gave a nervous and horrified chuckle as she looked at her brother with worried eyes. "B-big M-m-mac?" she uttered in complete horror as he sighed with acceptance.

"Ah want mah hot chocolate when ah get back..." was all the large red stallion could mumble before he was launched into the air, ragdolling towards Everfree with a load of snow. His whinny echoed throughout the town and caused a blonde maned pony wearing a stetson look out here the window of her room with wide green eyes as a red blur pulled off a sonic boom. A red and orange ring stretched outwards into the sky as the loud explosion caught everypony's attention. The mare realized that it was possibly her brother that was currently flying and quickly left to confirm what happened. Upon her arrival she would find was her crying sister and a set of large snowshoes at the place of her brothers departure. May the wings of fate help that poor stallion...

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Out in the depths of forsaken gloomy forest the sound of a tree trunk snapping echoed in all directions as a titanic equine with an molten iron mane tore into her favorite winter treat. It was something that never failed to please her taste buds, a maple tree. To her the smell was intoxicating as she lapped at the unrefined clear goo as it slowly made its way down her freckled brown coated muzzle. She would lick the stray sap up with her long pink tongue every so often. It wouldn't be a good day if she let the possible pancake topper drip onto the long fetlocks that hid more than half of her brown coated legs with a generous amount of mane matching fur color. Last time she let it happen she was almost forced to pull out a patch in desperation due to her pony tail getting glued to her forelegs. Thank goodness for the hot springs she found or that would have been truly painful experience.

Though it was her favorite lunch time treat, maple was only one of the many types of trees and plants she had to consume daily to survive outside of pony civilization, thankfully there was usually enough to remain quite healthy. She really wanted to buy different kinds of food but she couldn't go into a nearby town and get anything with the bits she didn't have, she wasn't a thief. Only the wilderness could provide her meals as it was her only choice but at least what she ate usually tasted good. She did have another kind of food source available to her unique nature, possibly due to what makes her such a big pony. Unlike normal equines she was an omnivore of the sorts, though only with a taste for a certain kind of prey that no one would miss.

Hydra's beware as you taste great to this carnivorous mare. For some reason they are a delicacy to eat with a bit of cooking and some sea salt. Sure the normal pony is usually an herbivore by nature and that she was born with a set of large canines but she was still a pony by most rights. If she could make friends with the regular equines she would swear off of meat completely for their sake.

As she finished off the final bite of her sweet lunch, an explosive boom made her look skyward as a red and orange ring expanded through the sky. The sound of a terrified whinny caught her rowboat sized brown ears and she noticed a red blur headed her direction. Her emerald green eyes widened in shock as it descended upon her location. Before she could react the blur plowed right into her white stomach and knocked the wind out of her as she was tossed to her back, skidding backwards for a few yards. She only stopped when her back hit some taller than average pine trees. It took her a minute to regain her breath after the vicious blow from the unknown attacker but when she did she found a shaking red stallion with green pinprick eyes repeating the word "nope" continuously. Only thoughts of confusion filled her mind. What in the name of Celestia is this pony doing all the way out here, better yet is he okay? She felt that asking him of his condition would help find out so she decided to do just that.

The giant lifted one of her legs that were covered with her molten iron colored fetlocks and nudged the much smaller pony as gently as possible. This got the red stallions attention and caused him to back pedal in shock. He was stopped from treading on to her personal region on accident by a huge wall of fluffy molten tail blocking his path.

"Um... are you okay mister? Usually earth ponies don't take to the sky on their own, or break sound barriers for that matter..." the giant said in concern and some confusion.

Upon hearing the slightly scratchy yet still feminine voice, Big Mac regained some of his composure and looked left and right before looking forward. He realized that he was being looked at by a pair of huge pony eyes and not the kind that predators have. They looked a tad worried to him but the sheer size made him feel like he was having a strange nightmare. Was this real or did he eat something funny before his flight?

"Ah lost mah snowshoes and mah marbles..." Big Mac groaned, rubbing his eyes trying to make sure what he was seeing was in fact real. He bit his leg hard and he felt a lot of pain. Eeyup, this monolithic pony was as real as it was gonna get and now his leg hurt.

"The good news is that you're sane and that I'm not a monster that will commit the act of eating a fellow pony, the bad news is that you probably did lose your snowshoes before you crashed into me, not to mention you're probably a couple miles away from your town in a dangerous forest. By the way, my names Nelly, whats yours mister?" she said, picking Big Mac up with her fore hooves and setting him on the ground before her. She sat up with a huff and wrapped her tail around her legs with care. She then proceeded to pick up a massive blue cloth that Macintosh guessed was a bandana with a pocket of the sorts and tied it around her neck. It reminded him of his cousin Fiddlesticks.

The stallion looked up at the massive pony before him and quickly took in what he was just told. He was stuck in the Everfree forest after taking an unexpected flight and he only had the help of a very huge mare that shouldn't normally exist. He was relieved that she had no hard feeling about him crashing into her but was still a bit worried for his safety nonetheless. Might as take what ya got and make the best of it. It would be a good idea to make a new friend if she can protect you from the pony eating monsters.

"Er... howdy miss, the names Macintosh or Bi- er... Mac if ya prefer..." he greeted carefully, keeping an eye on the titan of a pony. It's been time since he felt so small as he looked up at her, it was quite humbling.

"It's nice to meet you Macintosh," she greeted with a small smile, looking around her surroundings. She needed to see where he flew in from, maybe she could be of help to the stray stallion.

Nelly stood up on her back legs with her long fluffy tail wrapped around her like a skirt and looked over the forest in the direction Big Mac flew in from. At a distance multiple plumes on grey smoke lifted into the sky. They must be from chimneys being used since it is winter, right? She then landed on all fours again with a earth shaking thud and lowered her head at the red pony's level. After getting knocked over the shock wave and getting up once again, Big Macintosh backed up a bit unsteadily as he noticed the smile on her face.

"Need a ride home Big Mac? I think I can see your town from here and its only five or so minutes away," Nelly asked as nicely a tone as possible. No need to scare him off after knocking him over by accident.

"That would be much appreciated miss Nelly if it's not too much trouble that is," he replied with a nervous smile and nod. He was beginning to feel that he could trust this pony since since she was being friendly and offered a free ride yet he had to be careful of her size or risk injury. Luckily for him that she was also worried about her size and had a simple solution.

With a nod from Nelly he was lifted up and dropped on her mane with a small grunt. It felt like sitting on a nice and warm hill as the titanic equine turned towards the grey smoke pillars beyond the hundreds of trees that barely reached the bandana on her neck. Macintosh wondered where she got such a thing for her size. When she began to move he almost fell backwards but somehow kept on his hooves and retained his balance in the end. The sound of rhythmic thumping could be heard with each step as Nelly progressed at casual gait towards the town. She was careful to avoid knocking the trees over as they were a valuable food source to her main diet.

She could pick out the details as she got closer and closer to the town. Colorful blobs had soon become ponies. The snow covered buildings became more defined in shape and detail. Many a snow ponies of various sizes and clothing also came into view. It was odd that the towns ponies did not notice her approach at all with all the noise she made with each step as she got closer. As she kept going she noticed that the closest things she could see were the rows of hibernating trees and a red and white farmhouse with a few barns of similar coloration, they must be apple trees. All of a sudden she felt a tap on her head and she came to a halt.

"Yes, Macintosh?" Nelly asked, swiveling her brown left ear towards him, giving him a slight gust of chilled air. It made him shiver a bit but the warmth the giant mane gave off quickly countered that.

"Ya'll see that red farm house over there, miss Nelly? That's mah home and ah bet that the family is a mite worried 'bout now. Ah hope that Applejack didn't chew that poor filly out too bad while ah was gone..." Macintosh explained with a sigh and a shake of his head.

"Well alright then, lets hope that they are as composed as you were so far," she said as she continued on at a slower pace. She did not want to step on a pony by accident or it would literally kill her chances at making friends with anypony, forever.

A couple of minutes pass before they finally arrive before the Apple family home and stop. Putting her large head to the ground Big Mac jumps off of his friendly taxi and lands on the snow covered ground with a small thump. He turned back to her and found that she was turning towards the forest. He wondered why she was leaving so soon. "Reckon ya can stick around for a spell and meet the rest of us Apples?"

His invite truly surprised Nelly as she was about to leave back to the forest. She had forgotten the last time she was asked to stay as around. She turned to him with a wide eyed stare of disbelief. "Y-you don't mind m-me staying around?" she asked in stuttering confusion.

"What gave you the idea that ah wouldn't? You seem like a friendly pony since ya kindly helped me get home, even though you got crashed into. If you're all worried 'bout bein' seen as a big ol' monster then just don't act like one. So, when ya'll are done bein' all nervous, quit being a silly pony and come meet the family." He really meant what he explained, that and he also wanted some hot cocoa right now.

"When you put it that way... alright!" Nelly responded with a sense of personal accomplishment and a small smile.

Giving a stoic smile to the behemoth of a mare, he walked up the front porch of his home and knocked on the door.

The pony that answers the is none other than a very shocked Applejack with watery red eyes. It seemed that she was currently having an emotional breakdown. Upon seeing her brother she immediately tackled the red stallion leaving her hat to fall on the grounds.

"Consarn it Macintosh we thought we lost ya! How did ya survive that? Ah mean ya'll flew as fast Dash into the sky! How in tarnation did ya survive the landing? We were gettin' a search party ready to try and find ya right now!" Applejack cried like a foal as she hugged him tightly in a crushing grip that made him go wide eyed.

He began turning purple and desperately tapped his sister until she tearfully let him go with a sheepish smile. He took in a deep breath and returned to his usual red color.

"AJ... get Applebloom ah want y'all to meet a pony and don't go freaking out on me, she saved mah hide," Macintosh explained with a stoic smile, patting the orange mares back.

"Why can't she just come in so we can offer her some Apple family hospitality?" she asked in confusion.

"Won't fit sis," Big Mac explained with a weak chuckle, pointing to Nelly with his left hoof. She was sitting down and messing with her very tail as she stared at the now gaping Applejack. It was a special kind of shocking to for the honest mare that was clearly shown by her gaping apple muncher.

Big Mac gently closed his sisters mouth and lifted her off of him before putting her on the snow covered ground facing the family home and nudging her forward. She galloped into the house at breakneck speed and slammed the door behind her. The red stallion just chuckled shaking his head slowly.

"That was pretty good considering her reaction..." Nelly commented with a tilted head.

"Eeyup," he drawled with a slow nod.

All of a sudden the door slammed open and a tiny bow wearing filly known to all as Applebloom leapt at her brother in tears with Applejack following behind at a slower pace. The giant pony thought the filly was just plain adorable though her wracking sobs really tore at her heart like ten thousand parasprites on a single cup cake.

"Ah'm soooo sorry! Please don't hate meh, ah didn't mean to send ya flying like that and ah was so scared that ah killed mah brother!" the filly cried hugging as tightly as she could possibly muster.

"It's fine Applebloom, it was mah fault fer not lookin' before ah jumped on to that crazy contraption," Macintosh replied giving his little sister a careful hug that lasted for a few tearful minutes as kept assuring her that it wasn't her fault.

Applebloom had finally calmed down and let go of her brother, wiping her eyes with her forelegs. Once the tears were mostly gone she looked at her brother expectantly with a curious yet stiflingly confused gaze.

"S-sis said that you w-wanted us to meet somepony, where is she?" the filly asked, snuggling into her brothers chest.

Big Mac nodded with a simple smile and pointed at the titanic mare that overshadowed everypony present at the scene with her size. The filly could not believe what she was looking. She could not comprehend how a pony got so big, she was truly daunting in size. She didn't know what to do right now besides stare at the huge spectacle. Her presence made her feel like a flea right now.

"Er, hello... Are you two going to be okay?" Nelly said with a worried expression. The older sister looked at her nervously as the younger was just plain dumbfounded still.

Big Mac shook his head with a sigh as he decided that he'd had enough of their silly staring. He cleared his throat as he tapped their backs at the same time. Once he had their full attention he began the slightly overdue introductions. Anymore of this and he would have a full on panic on his hooves so he began to nip this in the bud.

"Ya'll need to show a bit more respect for towards another pony an quit starin' at her like that 'cuase it's gettin' plain silly. This here is Nelly and she saved mah flank, not to mention that she was kind enough to give me a ride through the Everfree so ah didn't have to risk mah neck gettin' eaten' by a manticore, or worse. Now would ya'll please introduce yourselves already?" Macintosh chided with a calm tone and expression.

The words of their big brother sunk in quickly and faces showed it. First they became embarrassed of their reactions but then they realized that they had a guest on their hooves that needed some good ol' Apple family hospitality as it were. Time to make a pony feel welcomed.

"Well shoot, sorry about being rude ah was just in a real tizzy over how big y'all are! Mah names Applejack an' theis here is mah sister Applebloom! Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres pardner, ya'll really did good savin' Big Macintosh for us! You're welcome to come by whenever you feel like it, we believe that ya deserve the friendship of the family!" Applejack chirped with a grateful yet friendly grin as she held out her right leg for a hoof shake.

"What she said, miss Nelly! Welcome to our home!" Applebloom greeted with a cheerful smile that would rival a certain unicorn foal that represents what it means to be cute.

With a teary smile the massive mare took hold of the offered hoof and gave a very careful shake so she didn't break their legs. She finally made some friends for once and had made a small step in her life. It made her feel truly happy for the second time in her life so far. The first time was the gift her mother had given her after earning her special talent in life, she wore it with pride ever since. Gifts of the past, achievements of the present, and hope for the future make her be happy to be alive.

"T-thank you f-for the w-welcome..." she happily whimpered, wiping her eyes with her fetlocks.

The sisters couldn't comprehend what could have brought tears to the giant pony but felt that asking would bring up a very unpleasant story. To the red stallion who watched his family members pass the days on with friends, he had a hunch as to why. Well, no time to think about the past so lets move to something more positive, like the present. Big Mac looked skyward and found that it was well past lunch time.

"Ah reckon that we missed lunch already," Macintosh announced casually, this caused the stomachs of his sisters to growl in agreement. Hey, what's that high pitched sound he was hearing?

"I'll get out your manes th-" was all Nelly could say before a rainbow blur hit the side of her head with a loud crack, knocking her to the snow covered ground with a yelp. Big Mac couldn't help but facehoof with disgruntled sigh. He quietly left the area to find something useful and he knew just what was needed for the situation.

"Ouch... stupid hard headed yeti, what gives!" the chromatic blur yelled as it flew skyward.

Applejack grumbled very dark things to herself before whispering something to her equally peeved sister. Applebloom took off into the family home to quickly retrieve something and came back out with her sisters favorite rope in her mouth. She gave her older sister the rope and backed off a bit. The multicolor blur was coming down for another strike as the dizzy giant covered her head protectively. The stetson wearing mare had her target in her sights and was about to rope it in when a giant snowball knocked it out of the sky and towards the ground. The downed blur skidded through the snow and into an apple tree with a thump that knocked the built up snow on to the flying assailant. The farm mare did not see that coming but at least she got to deal with a certain feather brain with a lot of explaining to do. Twitching cyan wings were the only things sticking out of the slightly messy aftermath. Applejack's emerald eye's looked around for the source of the snow missile and found her stoic red brother pulling a catapult towards her, whistling a catchy tune. Applebloom giggled as her sister went over the downed attacker and pulled it from the pile by the rainbow tail that stuck out by a tuft. It was a familiar pegasus mare that groaned in a daze. The farm mare felt like testing her rodeo skills so she tied up the pony up tightly just in case she was still looking for a fight.

"Wuh? What the hay hit me?" the pegasus groaned as she tried to move but failed due to being bound in rope. "Hey, what's the big idea, I was trying to get rid of that yeti!" she shouted at a glaring Applejack.

Applebloom came and sat next to her sister to join in the glare pointed at the brash pony.

"You too? Why are you looking at me like that?" she complained, struggling with the ropes.

"Rainbow Dash ya featherbrain... ya'll gone and attacked a pony, not a yeti ya darn fool!" Applejack growled angrily, pointing at the groaning giant with a hoof on her head.

When Dash actually took a good look with her rose colored eyes she had found that her friend wasn't lying about the yeti actually being a pony, a really gargantuan one at that but still a pony. She looked back at the farm mare with a look of fear.

"Aw pony feathers... I messed up, didn't I?" Dash asked sheepishly as she struggled in the rope.

"Eeyup..." replied the unison of the three glaring Apple siblings.

Applebloom galloped up to Nelly who was recovering her scattered senses as she sat down and held her head with a hoof. It honestly wasn't the worst hit she had ever taken but it still packed some power as a sucker punch from the sky. The worst it did was rattle her brain somewhat but the welt on her temple still stung nonetheless. She noticed the filly looking at her with concern.

"What just hit me?" Nelly asked the cutie mark crusader as she rubbed her own head.

"Ask the pony who thought it was a great idea to attack the yeti," Applebloom explained, pointing a hoof at a nervous Rainbow Dash.

The titan mare got up before moving closer to the pony who attacked her for no reason and laid her head in front of the very uncomfortable pegasus that was beginning to sweat. She looked at her attacker in curiosity. A chromatic rainbow mane and a cyan coat with lovely rose colored eyes. She could question one thing after this observation.

"Why would a very pretty pony like you go out of your way to attack a stranger? It doesn't seem to make sense to me, so why miss?" Nelly asked in a kind yet sad tone, ears flat against her head as her eyes became teary.

Everypony present gasped as Dash's eye's turn pinpricked with twitching right eyebrow as her face turned dark red. All of a sudden the ropes snapped like a rubber band before the mentally conflicted pegasi left the area flying full speed in a frantic craze. She pulled off a sonic rainboom as she tried to flee the area. The whole town looked up to the sky for the second time today as a ring of rainbow spread outwards with an loud explosion. It was a lovely sight to the giant who was knocked down by the force of the colorful explosion. Luckily for the Apple family home and residents, the windows somehow managed to survive the ordeal this time due to the giant taking the brunt of the blast.

"That was pretty yet very strange did I say something I shouldn't have?" Nelly asked in slightly miffed confusion as she watched the chromatic ring fade into the sky.

All of a sudden the sisters burst into uncontrollable laughter which made the huge mare more confused than ever. Big Mac just shrugged with a chuckle and went into the family home as he was hungry still and had wasted too much time standing around. He had left the catapult near the porch so his youngest sister could find it when she needed it again. A minute later he came outside with a stack of six fresh baked apple pies and walked over to Nelly as his sisters laughed on. The huge pony had noticed him approach when the enticing smell of baked apples and buttery crust hit her nose. He silently offered her five of the pies as he ate one himself and she curiously accepted them. She hasn't eaten apple pie since she was a young filly. She really missed moms cooking to this day. She tossed a couple pies into her mouth and slowly chewed them. She couldn't stop the tears from pouring out of her eyes as her taste buds exploded with a joy that made her heart thump with a sound that was quite audible Macintosh as he simply watched her very strange behavior quietly. What was she eating? There was no way that she was simply eating an apple pie. It was like eating soft soul bound bliss in a perfectly flaky crust of loving purity and happiness as her heart was caressed by an unexplainable warmth that could possibly challenge the comfort of the great planes. It was all so dizzying for her and she absolutely embraced what she felt with a passion that would border madness.

"By everything that makes up the spectrum of emotion and the physical... there are no words or logic to express how horrifyingly tasty these things are..." Nelly wistfully expressed as she wiped away her tears.

The ears of the two farm sisters pricked up as they calmed down and observed the giants reaction with amusement and pride. When she swallowed, she threw last three pies into her maw and continued to chew with a zoned out yet boundlessly fulfilling feeling. After a minute of chewing she swallowed again and let out a very cheerful yet somewhat regretful sigh with closed eyes. A giggle escaped Applebloom and the giant noticed that she was being watched. Her cheeks turned deep crimson in embarrassment as she gave an awkward smile.

"Mah pies really that good, sugar cube?" Applejack questioned curiously with an amused smile.

Nelly could only nod slowly as she continued to feel the warmth within her beating chest as it sadly began to fade away slowly. It's a shame that good things never last as long as she wished they could.

The farm mare chuckled as her belly let out growl of hunger that demanded sacrifice.

"Ah better grab some grub before my stomach eats itself so sit tight for a bit, c'mon Applebloom lets get ya somethin' too," the orange mare said before heading into the farmhouse.

"Ah'll make Big Mac's hot cocoa while we're at it!" Applebloom chirped as she raced into the farm home.

The red stallion watched as his younger sisters leave into the farm home they all shared until they closed the front door. He felt that now was a good time to ask a few questions to confirm his thoughts on the biggest equine he knew of so far. Time to see how deep the rabbit hole goes he felt. A silent sigh left him as he looked back at his guest.

"How long has it been since everypony began thinkin' that their lives were in danger when ya showed up?" Macintosh bluntly began, catching the mare completely off guard. He knew it was a loaded question but chances had to be taken.

"W-what, why a-are you asking m-me th-this?" Nelly stuttered with shock as mixed emotions took hold of her heart, fear was at the forefront of it all.

The Apple stallion just stared at her impassively as he waited for her to answer. She looked down with flat ears as she began to think back on her life up to this point and realized that this pony was a lot more observant than he seemed. At this point, she might as well be honest with him.

"It started when I turned six, at the start things were pretty normal for me as I was considered a normal big filly since it wasn't that uncommon for everypony in dads side of the family to grow up large. The odd thing though, colts were the only thing born in our families, but then I broke that long chain when I was born. At first it was just considered a fluke that I exist since it seemed impossible yet there I was. Around half a year, after I turned six, things began to change for me in the worst possible way. I kept doubling in size with each year until I turned ten years old before my growth slowed to a crawl. At this point I was a third of my current size and ponies outside the family had stayed away from me as I had too much power for any one filly to handle. There were those who tried to befriend me but they either had personal motives or simply got taken away by their fearful parents eventually. It was truly the worst thing to experience in my life at that point..." Nelly paused as took slow deep breaths to ease the heavy feeling in her heart.

"Things don't stop there do they..." Macintosh stated with a frown. He had an idea as to where this was all going but there had to be more to it.

"I wish they did but sadly nature waits for no pony and it got worse for me when I began to mature into a mare and my growth started to speed up a little this time. Dad and mom were forced to keep me under medically induced sleep when my cycles began. It was a time where we thought I would put everypony in danger for a full two sometimes three weeks until it was over. This went on until a strange event happened when I was sixteen. My cycle came early and yet nothing extreme happened. They usual side effects that usually afflicted other mares was very weak and I couldn't help but be thankful about it until the cycle came to strange end. It was at this time when I found something that was far too farfetched to make sense at all..." Her expression turned into a sad smile.

Pieces began to fall into place as Macintosh tried to figure out what was very big and was sentient. He thought of all the known creatures that could get very massive but couldn't think of anything that would fit due to physical complications. Wait, he was looking at this all wrong. He needed to take a chance and ask the right question...

"Ah guess that it probably had somethin' to do with your size, can ah assume that ya laid an egg?" He hoped that this was the right choice.

"W-what, how did you know? You aren't a creepy stalker are you!?" Nelly gasped scooting away from the slightly offended stallion.

"No, ah just used common sense with what ya told me so don't go callin' me such a crazy thing ya silly pony..." He explained with a groan. "Do ya know how ya did such a thing in the first place?"

The titanic mare had calmed down at the assurance and sheepishly decided to return to her original position before deciding to continue. "To be honest I didn't at first but dad began to have a nervous breakdown when he found out. Turned out that he knew something that was passed down over the generations but didn't tell us what until mom put him in the hospital in a fit of rage. His dumb reason was that only the first born stallions were supposed to know about it but mom convinced him otherwise. Turns out that there's a possibly evil dragon in our family tree, her name was Vurashna. It was hard to understand how that worked but then dad decided to take me and mom to see the family graveyard. It was there that they showed me the cavern that the our family graveyard was built around. What I was shown was a dragon skeleton hugging a coffin to its ribcage and strange thing was, it felt like it watching me the whole time. As we left I heard a female voice say something to me in a language that me and dad understood..." Nelly began to chuckle nervously at the last part with a gulp.

"Out with it, ah don't want nightmares tonight..." Big Mac nervously demanded in a low voice.

"Infinite darkness shall be thy key to a kindred understanding of thy so called chance when it embraces thy pulsing rhythm, so claims my Bellero. Pray tell as to what ye truly desire, broken child?" Nelly uttered with a shiver made the ground vibrate.

"Ah don't really understand that old speak stuff but ah do know that it isn't ominous from how it sounds, you should try to askin' Princess Luna about this if ya can find a way tuh speak to her." He knew that she was going to need help but he was just a simple farm pony and could only do so much.

"I'll keep that in mind then," Nelly replied, smiling with a nod. The question now was how she was going to do that.

"Well then, ah'm goin' inside to go get warmed up, it was nice meetin' ya Nelly. Feel free tuh come over tomorrow if ya want to talk or say hi, alright?"

Nelly gave a sad yet happy smile. "Alright, take care Macintosh and thanks for showing your concern..."

He simple nodded to her with a passive expression and went inside with a thirst for some cocoa.

With nopony outside, the huge mare laid on her side and took a deep breath and exhaling a gust of air with a bit of snow from the ground. Now that she had time to think she needed to figure out what she wants to do with her new found friends. What could she do with them that wouldn't hurt them in the process? Talking is a start but could get boring if that's all they did. How about playing games? That depends on the friends preferences but it should be easy to figure out with time. Helping out is also an option but only with what she could, she didn't want to make them angry at her by trying something that would naturally destructive. The last thing could be reading together if all else fails, but then she would need a magnifying glass or reading glasses...

Maybe she should start with what they want to do first and try to not become super clingy. There's also a reason why you make more friends when you can. It makes it so there are more things that can be done when others are busy or just want some space. Wait, what would be a good discussion topic? Looking into a friends interest would make things a lot more easier she figured. Wait, was this why gossip exist? Oh come on, that's just messed up...

As the huge mare thought, she failed to notice Applejack and Applebloom return. They noticed the vanilla colored chest and belly of the giants brown coat. The older sister whispered something to younger and they both gained a devious smile. They snuck up to their victim as quietly as possible until they they were close. The titanic mare didn't know what was happening when she burst into a squealing laughter and rolled onto her back with all four legs kicking in the air.

"HEEHEEHEE! UNCLE! HUAHAHAHA! PLEASE! SPARE ME!" Nelly pleaded loudly through her laughter.

All of a sudden she was given some relief as she felt two things hop off her belly and land in the snow with a slight crunch. Sitting up with a smiling giggle she noticed that her very merciless friends had returned. They both were both trying their best to retain a straight face but they couldn't do it when their guest gave a deadpan and barked like dog. It resulted with a certain collie looking through one of the farm homes many windows in confusion. She went back sleeping in front of the fireplace when she found only her masters outside.

"What brought that on that was just too much for me to handle!" the giant chuckled with a hoof on her belly.

Before AJ could answer the sound of a high pitched voice shouted out from the distance.

"Applejack, I brought Rarity like you asked!" a unicorn filly yelled as she slowly trotted towards the Apple sisters.

"Sweetie Belle? Aww... how could ah forget 'bout sendin' her and Scootaloo for some help!" Applejack groaned with a sigh as she also realized why Dash had shown up.

Sweetie had stopped in place, looking behind herself. Eventually a mare came up next to her and it seemed that she had a extremely light gray coat that bordered on white with a styled indigo mane and tail. Her azure eye had long lashes that screamed for some attention. Topping off her look she wore lovely white earmuffs and a white scarf embroidered with three diamonds that probably matched her cutie mark. A real classy bombshell of mare if the massive pony had ever seen one before, though something seemed unnatural about the pony for some reason. Oh, it seemed that she noticed Nelly's concentrated gaze trying to pick her apart her ensemble. Or was it that a giant mare was looking at her with a curious gaze? Her little sister seemed to notice too.

"Sweetie dear do you see what I am looking at?" Rarity asked with wide gleaming eyes.

"If you mean mean the pony about the size of an ursa minor, yeah!" Sweetie squeaked with higher than normal pitch in her voice, she was quite shocked.

"No the hugely statured mare is fine Sweetie Belle, I actually meant the sheer volume of those flowing fetlocks she has! I wonder if it's completely natural? Oh, I positively must find out!" Rarity gushed in excitement as she cantered towards the Apple family home with a dignified grace, lovely.

"Fetlocks? I just thought those were furry socks! Wait, where would you get socks at that size anyways?" Sweetie commented as she went after her sister, she didn't want to be confused and left behind.

As the two newcomers approached Applejack had wondered how she was going to deal with the fashionista and her sister without things getting out of hoof but had seen the look in the marsh mellow like pony’s eyes. It was a quirk that the farmer had grown aware of over the years and honestly found it to be quite irritating in large doses. The farm pony knew that this would be a long day for her guest.

"Here we go again..." Applejack grumbled quietly to herself.

Nelly was still trying to figure out what was unnatural about this classy pony’s looks as she stopped in front of her, then an idea hit her. The mascara was making the look complete so what if she took it away? One mental dissection of this pony's looks later and... "False eyelashes?" she realized aloud with a bit of confusion.

Everypony present swore they heard glass as the fashionista's face turned to shock and horror.

"B-but I put so much work into h-hiding it... how?" Rarity squeaked with teary eyes and flat ears.

Applejack looked at the huge mare who didn't have a clue what just happend with cocked brow.

"How'd ya figure that out and what in tarnation made ya have to announce that out loud, Nelly?" Applejack questioned with an edge of annoyance. She honestly didn't want to see the fashion mare dramatically cry, nopony ever does and for a good reason.

Nelly felt that she stepped on a huge landmine and had to think fast. She didn't want to lie as that would make her a bad pony so she might as well try to explain why she stupidly announced her thoughts like that. Gotta salvage her situation or this could really end badly.

"I need to explain something if you would hear me out but I need you all need to please promise me not to tell anypony what I tell you..." Nelly sheepishly asked with a nervous side to side glance.

This got a bit of curiosity from the present ponies, especially Rarity.

"Alright fine ah give ya mah oath not to tell anypony, what about you miss prissy britches?" Applejack said giving a deadpan to the now glaring unicorn.

"If I can fix this unpleasant exposure so be it, I shan't tell a soul if that's what you want," Rarity huffed, looking away in indignity with crossed forelegs.

"Can we hear it too?" Sweetie chirped with a wide grin.

"Please, we promise to keep quiet!" Applebloom begged with a cute smile.

The massive pony took a minute to think but agreed with a slow nod and so she began.

"My mother had raised me as a filly to be and extremely careful around ponies that are considered to be, bombshells. She told me that if I was anything like papa I would be wary of interacting with one as they are usually evil or manipulative to certain degrees. To be honest I think that mum was just possessive of papa, but she taught me to pick apart a bombshell for what he or she really is. Either a good pony that just looks very nice looking or a bad pony that uses their allure to manipulate a poor soul. Oh, if it makes you feel better I think you're a good pony miss Rarity. I just made the mistake of voicing my rude discovery, sorry..." Nelly explained in an embarrassed tone, looking away with flat ears.

Everypony took a minute to let they were told sink in, one thing had flown over the fillies heads.

"What's uh bombshell? Ah don't get it..." Applebloom asked in confusion.

"Are we talking about fireworks?" Sweetie added in confusion.

"No not fireworks, it's a very handsome or pretty pony that you can't keep your eyes off because you really like how he or she looks..." Nelly explained quietly.

"Ohhh," the two fillies said in unison.

"Well... ah guess that makes sense. Hey Sweetie, lets go find Scoots ah got an idea for our next crusade!" Applebloom chirped with a bounce. So many ponies are going to feel very self conscious, can you guess why?

Sweetie shrugged before the two fillies sprinted away with a full on gallop as Applebloom explained her plan. Applejack and Rarity were still thinking about what they were told. Questions needed to be answered before they could make sense about their confusing emotions. Should the unicorn be insulted or complemented by what was said, it was hard to tell really. Why did that explanation seem innocent yet somehow feel laced with a hidden meaning to the stetson wearing earth pony and her polar opposite. Maybe they were over thinking it?

"Well ah'm not sure how to react to what ya'll just told us Nelly, ya'll were taught some odd things as a filly," Applejack commented, rubbing her neck awkwardly.

"I do actually... you were quite rude to start off but you did compliment me for my looks, I think. Well, as long as you didn't mean to insult me then I suppose I can forgive you but do try to get know pony first or it could really hurt their feelings," Rarity chided the giant equine in a light tone.

"Thank you Rarity, I'm really am sorry about that..." Nelly apologized quietly as she chided herself with dark thoughts.

"It's fine darling, don't feel guilty about it!" Rarity said with a hint of mirth in her tone but that was until she realized she forgot something very important. "Applejack, I'm sorry to ask you this finally but you sent Sweetie for my help?" she asked in concern.

"Well ya see the problem sorta fixed itself somehow before y'all showed up but ah can explain what happened. Ya see it all started when mah sisters contration over near the house sent Mac flying into the Everfree with no parachute. To be honest ah thought mah brother was doomed with how far he went and if he did survive the landin' the critters would probably have gobbled his red hide. Lucky for us that Nelly here somehow caught him and even brought him home to us, we could never repay her for savin' him," Applejack explained happily with a cheerful smile.

"So I really wasn't crazy when I saw that ring in the sky, to think an earth pony would pull off a sonic rainboom or a Appleboom as it were!" Rarity commented with a giggle.

"Seems that Dash has some new competition," Applejack joked with rolling eyes.

All of a sudden a green apple clocked the farm mare up the side of her head, making her yelp in pain. The sound of a window being shut was heard from the second story of the family home. "Okay, ah may have deserved that one..." she groaned, rubbing the new bruise that began to form.

Rarity was trying her best not to laugh at her friend as a chilled gale made them both shiver.

Nelly look up at the sky and noticed that the clouds had begun to quickly darken as the winds picked up a bit. The farmer and fashionista had noticed this as well when a cold gale made them shake again. The air had a very bitter chill that seemed to have a very dark aura to it.

"Oh horse apples, got some nasty weather coming in soon! Why didn't Dash give us ah warnin' 'bout this?" Applejack voiced with concern.

"Maybe it's a freak snow storm from Everfree, though for some reason it's giving me a really bad feeling..." Nelly said as she kept looking skyward.

The stetson wearing mare felt that she wouldn't be able to find her sister in time so she decided to ask the pony who could help her out.

"Think ya could keep Applebloom over for a few days, Rarity?" Applejack asked with a slightly nervous tone.

"Of course darling, it would be a good idea until this dreadful storm passes," Rarity agreed with a smile. "Nice meeting you darling, ta ta!" she cooed as she took off, she caught a glance of the cutie mark on the massive pony's brown coated flank. It was a molten iron heart with a golden halo above it. On the heart the number "10" and the word "TON" was shown on it in purple. "What kind of talent does that represent?" the fashionista mused in her mind as she headed to town at a quick gallop, she had to find two crusaders before the storm really hit the town.

Applejack felt the air become much colder as a heavy gust of wind sent a shiver up her spine again. It was time for her to head inside to set up a warm fire and get some more hot cocoa made. She wondered why the massive equine seemed unaffected by the cold but she had other things to worry about for now.

"Well sugar cube take care out here, it's gonna be colder than a snow pony that got rejected by a ice sculpture on a Monday!" Applejack yelled through the now howling winds.

"Kay, keep toasty!" Nelly replied as AJ went into the farm home to warm up. She felt a pile of snow build up on her head and back so she shook it off. What could she do now? This weather is literally going to snow everypony indoors so she couldn't try to hang out with her new friends. Then a simple idea came to mind. She could build a snow pony to pass the day! But the next question was where to build it? Looking around, beyond the rows of hibernating apple trees she saw a open field. With the destination in sight the giant trudged her way down the path marked by logs that led to the exit of the apple orchard. Soon she found the sign that marked the name of the orchard, Sweet Apple Acres. The sign reached up to a third of her leg so she hopped over it with ease and casually followed the barely visible path as the snow storm got stronger.

After a minute she came upon a fork in the road, it had a sign the pointed to multiple directions. North-west would get her back to the orchard. South pointed to Everfree forest. East led to the fields.  South-east would take her towards to the nearby town of Ponyville.

All she had to do now was head east to get to the fields. As she was about to continue on her way the giant heard a shaky whimper, she looked around for the source. It took a bit of looking but among the piling up snow a yellow wing was found sticking out of a snow mound. That bad feeling came rushing back again and Nelly shuffled over to the shaking appendage.

Using her long poofy tail she swept the snow away, revealing an unconscious yellow coated pegasi mare with a pink mane, she wore a pink scarf but had no earmuffs. Her face was pale as she shivered. This pony looked like she really needed help so Nelly picked the pegasus up and held her close to her barrel with her left foreleg. She had to get her to some shelter and the town was closer than the apple orchard. Despite her worries of pitchforks and torches, this pony was more important at the moment. With a nervous swallow she took off in three legged hobble that would propel her forward much faster than any normal pegasis could fly.

Minutes of quick paced cantering pass by and the massive pony eventually found herself in the empty town streets where the windows had been sealed with wood planks to help prevent the frigid cold or windigo's from getting in. Speaking of which, Nelly noticed the evil wisp like spirits circling over a certain part of the sky wildly, it was an ominous sign that promised very bad weather. Most likely they were over the fields she was going to head to before. She was told as a filly that were attracted to feelings of hatred and fighting, but that didn't matter at the moment. She still had to get this mare to a safe place as her body heat could only keep her warm. She might already be sick and she had to medicine to give her. Looking around she spotted the most delicious building she had ever seen. It looked and smelled like it was made of many kinds of sweets but was obviously not edible to a anypony. This looked like it was a good place as any to find help right now since time was of the essence.

Laying her head down to the front door she let loose a quick flurry of taps with her free hoof, it sounded more like frantic pounding. With that she waited with baited breath. After a few seconds the door swung open revealing a sad looking dark pink mare a even darker pink mane. When her blue eyes caught sight of the mare in the giants leg she literally turned a much brighter shade of pink as she over dramatically gasped in shock.

"Please you have to help me miss! I found her buried the snow looking like this and I think she's sick! My home is too far away and I don't have medicine either, please help her!" Nelly pleaded with a desperate gaze.

The pink pony put on a determined look and then pulled a light pink nurse hat with a embroided medical cross out of nowhere before putting it on, it made no sense to the titan like pony. It was still cute to look at least, regardless of the dire situation.

"Nurse Pinkie Pie is on the job and I will care for your injured or sick when parties fail to make you smile or if they make you angry to the point of hurting yourself or others with acts of random violence using silly things like the cake, wait can you hurt a pony with a  ca-" was all the pink mare could say before several hay bales worth of fetlock silenced her through the door.

"Please don't rant miss, this pony needs help..." Nelly pleaded with flat ears.

Pinkie gave a nod and the fetlock was removed immediately from her maw. A leg came through the door again but this time with the still unconscious pegasi on it. The pink nurse carefully lifted her patient on her back and quickly took her upstairs to her room to be put into her bed. She then brought out a fluffy pink pillow, then she gave it a generous fluffing before put it under her patients head and covering the sick pony with a warm pink blanket made of soft wool. After that she went to retrieve a medical kit and took several bottles of medicine out. When she picked what she hopefully thought was the right one, she then poured a spoonful and carefully gave it to her patient. She then retrieved a glass of water from her bathroom sink and helped the unconscious patient drink it. Once that was done the pink equine rushed downstairs where her beaming smile was shown to her currently waiting guest.

"Patient Fluttershy has been admitted to my super comfy bed with a dose of medicine and should be fine after some sweet dreams about her animal friends!" Nurse Pinkie chirped with a salute and giggle.

Nelly let out a sigh of relief as she did not want to see the pony perish when it was possible to help her in the first place. Now she had a question that was on her mind since finding the poor mare. The town wasn't that big to the giant so she figured that miss Pie might know.

"Er... did you know that pony by chance Nurse Pinkie?" Nelly asked curiously.

"Be back in a jiffy!" Pinkie chirped before turning around. The pink pony ran off leaving her guest confused and came back wearing a pink jacket and a baby blue wool scarf with matching ear muffs. She came outside into the frigid howling winds with a cheerful toothy smile on her face and closed the door behind her. Then she finally decided to reply.

"Yep, her names Fluttershy and she really lives up to her name! She's a very nice mare despite being such a silly scaredy pony, though don't make her mad, she's really scary meany pants when it happens," Nurse Pinkie explained, bouncing back and forth. "What's your name miss fuzzy socks?" she asked cheerfully, bouncing in reverse.

"Nelly, by the way they are not socks just really long fetlocks. I can't even wear socks and yet everypony who doesn't run away in fear just says the same thing," the giant explained with a hint of amusement.

"Have you tried to visit a barber for a mane cut?" Pinkie asked curiously.

Nelly thought for a minute if she even tried such a thing and sighed as she remembered something.

"Two times, but they both freaked out and tried to slash me with those shaving razor things they always carry on them, in the exact same manner too..." the massive pony explained with a sigh.

Pinkie put a leg on her guest own in sympathy, giving a sad smile as she rubbed the massive appendage.

"Yup, that happens every time my messy wessy maney painey grows too wild for my noggin to keep up with!" Pinkie explained, waving a hoof for the fun of it.

Nelly looked up into the air to sigh and noticed the windigo's were still going nuts for some reason. What's up with those things? She felt a sudden tug on her leg and found the pink pony was looking a bit worried behind her smile.

"We should go see what's wrong before somepony becomes a frozen treat for those windigo thingies! I wanted to go earlier but I would've ended up like poor Fluttershy without something to keep me warm!" Pinkie explained with a tilted head.

"Okay, I was gonna build a giant snow pony with my free time anyways and some company would make it more fun!" Nelly picked the pink pony up and put the grinning mare on top her head.

"Yippee! I made a new friend and I get a pony ride!" Pinkie cheered with an explosion of confetti and streamer, it made her newly declared buddy yelp in shock.

"D-did you just explode in my mane?" Nelly groaned with her ringing ears flat against her head. That was painfully unexpected and uncalled for.

"Hehehe... Oopsy, I got too excited and couldn't hold it in, sorry!" Pinkie said sheepishly with flat ears.

That got a stinging slap to Pinkies flank from the giants furry left ear, this made the faux nurse yelp in stingy surprise. So with a snort the gigantic equine took off at at a gallop, barely dismounting her passenger with the sudden movement. It was a good thing that Pinkie's teeth had a strong bond with her gums. On a side note, she tasted cherry and sherbert as she held onto a rope of her taxi's mane.

"So what do you think is causing those things to freak out, Pinkie?" Nelly questioned as they passed down the town streets.

The pink mare couldn't talk as she as she was currently dangling through the winds like a flag but she still gave a hum that showed she didn't really know. The giant just giggled at the enthusiasm of her odd reply.

Soon the passed by the last of the snow covered buildings and ended up entering a open fields vast expanse. Looking to the sky once again they looked for the evil spirits and found that they were literally forcing the snow storm to intensify. Nelly took off in that direction in a thundering dash after another bad feeling told her to get her huge flank moving. What came into view was an unusual if not frightful sight that the two never expected to see.

It was a bout between a small squad of royal day guards and one cold looking dragon that was covered in icy scales with wicked looking spikes of ice jutting out of its large jawed head, somewhat like a porcupine. It two barely visible eyes gave off a purple and green glow that was similar to the windigos that swirled overhead in a mad frenzy. Unlike most dragons this one had two oddly small arm yet it had a pair of legs that sported very thick amounts of muscle mass that most likely held a lot of physical power. The small ribcage of the monster was attached to a bulging spine and a flailed tail that shared vicious amounts of wicked icy spikes. Though it seemed to be lacking wings it had large taloned feet to make up for it. Overall it looked like a spiky battering ram that was currently trying to trying to stomp the four earth pony guards it was chasing, they barely managed to avoid its attempts as they ran about. Every so often they are saved via four armored pegasi swooping in before they are almost crushed. They would drop the earth ponies at safer locations before regrouping against the beast. The two mares wondered what happened to their weapons, did the beast eat them? Nelly who was watching the action felt a tap on the top of her head that drew her out of her shocked trance.

"This party could use a bouncer! That super grumpy pants is going to hurt somepony!" Pinkie complained, pointing at the roaring beast as it swung its head at the pegasi guards.

"W-what why me? I can't fight, I don't know how!" Nelly shouted in fear, causing the much smaller mare to roll forward and off her mount, into the deep snow.

The giggling pink pony stuck her head out of the snow and shook off a scruffy snow beard. "Just do what what her a friend of mine would do to a apple tree and give it the ol' one two buck-a-roo and send it flying to the moon!" Pinkie explained with a buck that sent some snow flying.

Nelly looked at the raging snow dragon and back to Pinkie who had a sad smile. It was impossible to say no to that face so she relented with a sigh.

"F-fine... just don't get too close, okay?" the huge mare explained before turning to the frozen horror with a gulp.

"Sure, just don't run into it screaming like a silly filly, it doesn't end well!" Pinkie chirped with a jump into the air, forelegs waving about. She then pulled out a bag of popcorn out of nowhere and stuffed her face as she watched the unfolding scenario.

That actually sounded like some good advice to the giant as she reluctantly took off towards the large headed lizard in a frantic gallop. Her hooves made loud thuds as she pounded towards her target. As she got close she began to see that the frozen beast was about twice her size. It was time to try and save some ponies, so here goes nothing. With fear in her nerves she leapt straight at living glacier with a fearful scream that got its attention, just before she threw a crazed right hook with a foreleg.

*CRACK-BOOM!*

Before the frozen beast could possibly react it felt an explosion shatter it's razor sharp teeth with parts of it jaw before it blacked out during its flight across the snow field. The eight royal guards all gaped at the unexpected help from above while Pinkie cringed as the knocked out snow dragon hit the ground with a earth rumbling tumble until it stopped with a snow plowing skid. It now sported a smoking hoof print in its swollen cheek. That really had to hurt...

Nelly was panting as she let looked at her hoof work before her legs gave out and she fell to her rump with nervous and fearful chuckle. Her eyes were pin pricked due to fear and adrenaline pumping through her body. She felt absolutely unreal at the moment as the rush ravaged her nervous system. It was honestly a very unpleasant feeling to experience she felt.

Pinkie galloped towards her colossal friend as she cheered with multiple explosions of confetti, streamers, and balloons of various colors. The windigos dispersed in all directions with angry whinneys as the fight ended. The dumb struck guards had taken notice that the storm had quickly weakened before eventually stopping completely as the clouds began to disperse. The afternoon sun shone through with all its glory as the fresh snow glittered like stars.

"What a super crazy right hook, that was a stupendous flank spank!" Pinkie cheered in excitement, hoof pumping into the air.

"I never want to do that again, I almost wet myself..." Nelly whispered, taking in a shaky breath. If it had actually happened, she wouldn't be able to live with the embarrassment of it all.

"Never say never or he'll hear you, miss fuzzy socks!" Pinkie sang innocently, all the pink pony got was a sigh for a reply.

Nelly picked up the sound of multiple hoof steps crunching through the snow but thought it was just Pinkie moving about. That was her guess until the sound of clanking armor caught the giants attention. Looking around she found the herself getting a salute from some exhausted looking guards. After a few seconds go by, one of them came up to her. It was an earth pony.

"Thank you ma'am, we tried to stop that monster from reaching Ponyville but that snow storm made that beast much more harder to deal with than we could possibly deal with and it almost overpowered us. You have our sincere appreciation, thank you..." the guard said, giving another salute. He turned and then regrouped with the others and they headed towards town, they had to call in a clean up crew for the injured beast before it woke up.

As they left the area, Nelly was happily giggling with a sense of relief. She knew that she finally didn't have to worry about getting chased out of town by the local guards this time. Pinkie had joined in the giggling just because it was always fun to do with others. This went on for a few minutes before a loud growl came from the massive pony's stomach.

"Oh no, you forgot to double tap!" Pinkie screamed over dramatically before running around in crazed panic.

Nelly watched her run around for several agonizing minutes of the pointless yet amusing terror. This went on for long enough so she silenced her by using her huge hoof, squishing the hyper equine into the snow and muffling her ability to scream any further.

"Pinkie, please calm down it was just my stomach!" Nelly huffed with blushing, flat eared embarrassment. The screaming was quite painful to her now ringing ears.

Removing her leg she found the pink pony looking up with a giggling smile as she sat in the large hole in the snow. With a giggling shake of her head Nelly picked her pink friend up and put her on her head. They both noticed that it was already evening, the sun was nearly ready to start its descent into night time.

"I think I should drop you at home so I can go find some dinner," Nelly suggested, turning to town and moving at a quick canter through the field.

"Aww... okay. Hey, what do you eat anyways since you're so big and fuzzy?" Pinkie asked curiously yet still cheerful all the same.

"Mostly trees or fruit in the Everfree though sometimes it's whatever is kindly offered by friends, those pies Applejack made were crafted bliss," Nelly answered, drooling a bit at the thought of eating the heavenly apple pies. She quickly wiped it away with her fetlocks.

"Oh you know her too? She's one of my bestest friends! AJ is a really dependable and honest pony that sure knows about her apples!" Pinkie chirped excitedly. "Wait, you eat trees?" she added a minute later.

Nelly hummed in agreement and as a answer as she neared the towns snow topped roofs. She wondered if she could earn some pie later on tomorrow. She also wondered if her pink friend knew that pretty rainbow maned pegasus. Maybe asking would be a good idea.

"Hey Pinkie, do you by chance know a pony named Rainbow Dash? She kinda mistook me for something and attacked me. Applejack had decided to tie her up so she would stop but she broke free and flew away in a panic, all because I asked why she did it in the first place. I really don't understand why she did but it's been bugging me a lot," Nelly calmly questioned as she passed into the city streets.

"Dashie got freaked out by something you asked?" Pinkie pondered aloud, tapping her chin with her hoof. "That's not the kind of thing she would do from a silly question," she explained.

They finally reached the tasty looking home of the sugary pink mare. Using a large hoof, Nelly removed Pinkie from her massive head before putting the silly pony on the ground near the front door.

"Well alright then, if you see her could you please tell her that I'm sorry for offending her in any possible way?" Nelly asked hopefully with a pleading smile.

"Okie dokie lokie, you can count on me!" Pinkie chirped with a grinning salute.

"Thanks you, take care of miss Fluttershy and I'll see ya later you silly pony!" Nelly chirped as she began heading down a street towards Sweet Apple Acres direction.

"See ya later alligator!" Pinkie chirped before zooming inside her home to check on her sick patient.

Nelly nodded and she happily hummed as she left the area at a steady pace. Half way through town, she obviously passed by Scootaloo who was currently eating a warm cinnamon bun on a wooden bench. It was the second most shocking thing the foal had seen today after what happened with Applebloom’s brother. After a minute of staring, she just shrugged and took another bite of her treat.

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Meanwhile in the cup cake room that sat upon the very top of tasty looking building of sweets, a runny nosed Fluttershy was staring wide eyed at the very big pony as she left the area. She unsure how to react to what she was seeing but kept herself low as to not be seen by the intimidating pony of great big size. All of a sudden she felt a presence looming over her shoulder, then it spoke.

"Hiya Fluttershy, whatcha starin' at?" Pinkie asked in her usual, spontaneous manner.

The pink maned pegasus barely restrained her urge to give a weak squeal of terror before she realized it was just her hyperactive friend and gave a silent sigh of relief. She then realized that was ask a simple question and felt it rude not to answer, especially since she had a few questions of her own.

"Uh, hi Pinkie. Um, why am I in your room and why do I feel so tired?" Fluttershy gently interrogated with an edge of worry in her tone.

Pinkie jumped away from the nervous pony then began bouncing around her room giggling before deciding to answer her timid patient.

"Thats easy silly, Nelly found you unconscious somewhere out in that really weird snowstorm that turned out to be caused by those windigo thingies because they were going all loco over the royal guards getting their tushies munched on by a dragon that was gonna destroy Ponyville, though me and Nelly came in later on and she knocked that evil meany mcmeanerson into next week with a super explosive POW!" Pinkie explained with a swing of her right foreleg, unnaturally without a pause for air before ending with a wide grin.

It took a minute for the tired pegasus to process what she was just told, everything fit together and the idea of a dragon attacking town made her pale a bit. Another thing occurred to her as she went wide eyed.

"W-wait so th-that gigantic p-pony who was walking away w-was Nelly?" Fluttershy nervously inquired with wide eyes.

"Yepparooni, she's a really silly pony but she's not evil or dangerous, I mean she saved you from kicking the chilly bucket and she even risked her big furry socks to save everypony!" Pinkie said with a tone that was a little serious. She bounced up to her rooms window and beckoned her shy friend to take a look outside.

Fluttershy took a look and she let out a squeak of utter terror at what she saw. A group of four large royal zeppelins were hauling the titanic ice dragon's limp body towards the north using a network of chains and hooks that each airship held with even distribution. Fluttershy looked to her friend with a lot of fear yet a massive feeling of gratefulness that she and the girls didn't have to deal with that monster. Her pink friend gave her a gentle pat on the head as she smiled. This calmed the pegasus down as she realized that there are much more scarier things to fear than a giant pony. "I-is she really that n-nice a pony?" she asked as she watched the giant become smaller as she got further away.

"Well of course she is you silly filly, she just wants to let everypony know that she just wanted to make some friends and to not be treated like a meany pants monster, you know? Besides, she was ready to make a giant pony puddle herself if I hadn't cheered her on!" Pinkie explained with a giggling smile.

Fluttershy gave slow nod as a small smile crept onto her tired face. She yawned softly and Pinkie led her back into her bed. She still was recovering and they both knew that she needed more rest. The spontaneous thought that Nelly still thought was a nurse made the bubbly pink pony giggle, much to the confusion of her sleepy patient.

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Crickets began to chirp as a starry night blanketed the sky above the town of Ponyville and beyond. Well past the the road sign that Fluttershy was found near, the gigantic pony was calmly thumping down the snow covered path with a warm feeling of joy that she felt after becoming friends with the Apple family, not to mention Pinkie. Despite the nerve racking scenario with the scary snow lizard, the day had turned out pretty nicely. It was also good to know that the local guards would hopefully leave her be when she came to visit Pinkie's home. despite the possible panic that would likely ensue upon her arrival. Nelly was really looking forward to tomorrow as she began passing the tall pale white fence of the apple orchards boundaries.

The thoughts of eating those perfect apple treats reminded the the huge equine that she had to get a move on so she could get some dinner in her. Her stomach made that very clear with a monstrous growl that could easily be mistaken for a manticore. So with the thoughts of food on her mind she picked up speed as she took off in a earth rumbling gallop. Soon she came upon the border of the Everfree and jumped in with care as she didn't want to pointlessly knock trees over with her size. She felt that it would be reckless and destructive. It made made her nimble when needed to get around tight places due to all the practice she got.

Miles into the forest Nelly had come to an open grove that she had made into an area to sleep. She has been calling the grove home for the last month or so since her last failure of trying to make some friends in Cloudsdale. In hindsight, that was not a good idea since the residents thought that she was trying to eat them all for some reason. The memory of getting chased off by a swarm of pegasi armed with storm clouds still gave her nightmares every time it rained. On a lighter note she found that she could shrug off lightning strikes though the mass of panic and dangerous weather ended badly for her attackers, it made the front line of every newspaper as an unexpected mishap. No mention of her was ever made for some reason and she never learned why.

The matter of dinner was at hoof. She had a stack of sweet maple trees and a pile of rich tasting redwood branch's. She figured that she wanted something sweet yet she realized that she would spoil her appetite at this rate. With that she began tearing into her dinner, easily ripping away the bark and then biting away at the inner layers like a crunchy bread stick. The sounds of snapping and tearing echoed through the forest as Nelly happily filled her belly with the stuff that most would build homes or furniture out of.

When she finally had her fill, she fell to the ground and let out a content sigh as she rubbed her belly with a smile. She realized that she was thirsty and rolled to her hooves. She then made her way over to a river that ran through the eastern corner of the grove and took a few gulps of the clean water. With her thirst fully quenched she went to a nearby spot and laid down with a loud thud. As she closed her eyes she had one thing that she really was curious about. Why did that pretty pegasus freak out like that? She hoped to find out tomorrow so it would stop bothering her so much. With that final thought she closed her eyes and fell into a deep slumber that would put her dinner to shame.

As she slept peacefully with not a care in the world, a shadowy red horned form stood upon the very top on a pine tree at a distance. It was currently analyzing the strangely large equine with a look of curiosity in its scarlet and green eyes that gave off a purple mist. Muttering left its mouth with an echo of dark growling in its tone. Willing some kind of green and black magic, a large green tome with pulsing red runes was summoned before it. Opening the book, it began to read through the pages at a speed that would almost be on par with a certain lavender bookworm.

Pages into the book the shadowy form stops turning pages and as a vicious white grin took over its face. Snapping the tome closed, it poofs into a cloud of shadow to places unknown. With a deep chuckling hum that would make anypony shiver, it pointed its horn at the sleeping giant and fired a blast of magical fury upon her.

To its poisonously expectant delight, the blast of evil magic had literally bounced off her before flying off into a random tree, causing it to explode violently. This had caused the massive pony roll over in her sleep before hugging a large boulder like a teddy bear.

"Forbidden entity, ye hath my attention so thou shalt prove the horrors of thy bloodline..." the smoky being stated in with a chilling chuckle. The dark being then turned away and leapt into sky before turning to black smoke and fading into the air. One last thing echoed through the forest before it completely disappeared. "Amusing how even dragons have foes that haunt their past..."

Nelly did not notice this as she was unconsciously twitching her right foreleg with a drooling open mouth. She could only mumble one thing as she dreamed under the starry night sky. "No mummy... tasty pie... it won't fit... too big for tummy..." she grumbled in her sleep, as drool poured from her mouth and into the snow where it began to pool.

A nearby blueberry bush began to shake as a pair of long white ears popped out with a twitch. After they turn were sucked back into the plant, a white scowling bunny hopped out of the shrubbery with a blue stained face before sprinting off into the depths of the forest with an urgent purpose in mind.

To be continued...