"Keep close girls." Twilight says as the small group moves forward through the dastardly forest.

So far, their quest has been mostly quiet. If you count out being attacked by three Timberwolves and four random birds, than yes. Perfectly quiet. Twilight has been casting a cloak over her own magic as well as the members of the party to prevent ambushes from some of the more, undesirable creatures. They all know how deadly and unpredictable the forest can be. That's why they wish the best for Skull. Wherever he may be.

"You think we'll find him?" Rainbowdash asks watching their backs.

"Of course we will!" Applejack says scoffing, "That boy is powerful enough o protect himself. Whether it be Manticore, Timberwolves, or those freaky owl things. He'll send them all runnin with their tail behind their legs like a whooped dog!"

"Yea... You got to a point I guess." Rainbowdash says, "Besides. If he does into trouble than the awesomely awesome Rainbowdash shall bust him out of it! Than bust him up for being caught!"

"Heh. That's the spirit girls." Twilight says smiling back at them.

She can't say that she's too worried about them, but worried none the less. She usually doesn't have to worry about any of her friends because they all know how to get themselves out of trouble, but it seems that trouble always follows those two no matter where they go. Or at least that's what it seems like to her. They haven't even been here that long, and they're already fighting some new enemy when they still have a major one to beat. Plus they're trying to get home at the same time... It's ridiculous to her.

She been thinking over how she might be able to help them out with their home problem, but that would require her being able to be able to travel to their world and be able to travel back.

"Twi! What out!" Applejack yells as she tackles Twilight to the ground to avoid because taken out by a branch.

"Th-Thanks Applejack. I wasn't paying attention." She says watching as the branch slowly slides into the tree.

"New guests..." A voice whispers out from the dark.

"A bunch of new guests!" A more energetic voice puts in.

"They look really strong..." A sadder voice says

"I bet they'll be fun to play with!"

"Who's there!?" Twilight yells out as Applejack and her get up from the dirt floor.

The voice don't answer back. Branches start slowly coming out and vines start growing from the ground. Rainbowdash quickly takes to the answer ready to fight. Applejack jumps out of the way of vines trying to entangle her legs together.

"Hey Twi. Mine doing some of your fancy smancy magic." Applejack says as she ducks underneath a branch.

"Y-Yeah." Twilight says as her hands glow.\

"Oh! That's no fun!" The energetic voice says as two vines tie around her hands and yank them down.

They immediately sink into the earth upon contact with it. Twilight lets out a scream of horror at the sight and feel of her arms being consumed. It's a unnatural feeling for sure. One that feels much like someone is ripping your arms out of their sockets.

"Help! Oh god somebody help me!" Twilight screams as she starts crying.

"I'm coming Twilight!" Rainbowdash says flying past Applejack.

As she comes close a giant branch comes out and smacks down on Rainbow's back slamming her to the ground. She lets out a blood curdling cry as vines wrap around her body pinning her to the ground.

"L-L-Let me go! You over grown wee- Ah!" She screams out as the vines tighten against her.

"Let go! Let go!" Rainbowdash screams as she strains against the tightening vines.

Applejack backs up as the branches start leaning in all around her outstretched and ready to connect around her. Much like putting a creature inside of a cave. She grabs at the branches and starts breaking them apart to only have more shoot out and connect over and over again. She remembers the guns in her pocket and pulls out one. She points the revolver towards one of the trees.

"How does this thing work?" She questions as she remembers how Skull was holding it.

She feels the triggers and pulls it.

It's not the darkness that Skull shoots out. It's orange and penetrates straight through the tree putting a hole through it. The tree slowly turns gray and falls to the side along with it's branches. The other branches tend to back off and the forest seems to hold its breath.

Applejack smiles both is happiness and pleasure. Something perverse happens on the inside of her as she pulled that trigger. Something just seemed to sink into her. She just wants to pull it more and fire it into things.

"Where did you get that." The sad voice says more serious like.

"I don't think that's too much of yer business. Now let me and my friends by before I decide to fire more." Applejack says as her hand feels along the other gun in her pocket.

Both of them are almost pulsating at the thought of... killing.

The vines return to the ground to leave a weakened Rainbowdash on the ground silently crying to herself. Twilight's arms shoot up and swings limply beside her before she falls forward unconscious. The pain must of knocked her out. Someone like Twilight who is so unaccustomed to real pain.

"Please... don't hurt us..." The voice says almost crying.

"I won't have ta if ya act nice." Applejack says making sure she has the other gun visible before turning to her friends.

She lets go of the other gun and slips the revolver into her pants. She makes sure that its at easy access just incase. She picks up Twilight and places her on her shoulder before walking to Rainbowdash.

"Think ya can stand."

"Y-Y-yea... No plant going to keep Rainbow..." She says as she gets up to only falls back down to her stomach shrieking in pain.

Applejack thought they could move from here, but looks like they're going to have to rest up first before anything else. Applejack lays Twilight beside Rainbowdash and stands above them both.

"Now you two just rest up... I'll watch over you two."

Applejack takes both of the guns out and look them over. They just pulsate with power. And... something else too. But the power that they have, and the power that they use. It's so.... It's so...

"Good." She says as something dark flickers in her eyes.

Author's Note

Sorry about this short update.