My Little Pokemon
Keldeo Meets Many
Previous ChapterKeldeo walked through the streets of Ponyville once more, as he did yesterday incase he missed something. He was forced to sleep in a Hotel last night, yet when they asked for 10 bits it got a little out of hand - or, in this case, hoof.
"Errr...bits of what, exactly?"
The mare with a golden coat and chesnut mane frowned. "What do you mean, bits of what?"
"You said I needed 10 bits to sleep here, and I said 'bits of what'. So, what kind of bits do I give you?"
"There's only one kind of bit around here, so unless you found some silver bit, I'm not sure what your talking about."
"No, there's bits of everything. There's bits of glass, bits of cabbage, bits of - oh, you get my point, don't you?" Keldeo sighed.
"No, sir, I don't. And I don't understand why you are saying there are bits made of glass and cabbage. What kind of country are you from, saying there are ridiculous bits like that?" She grunted.
"I'm from a region named Unova, and there, we use coins and dollars, not 'bits'."
"That sure is funny, because I remember back in Pre-school that my teacher said 'All countries use bits.' Plus, I've never heard of a country named, 'Younova'."
Keldeo slammed his hooves on the floor in frustration. "Just tell me what to get, and I'll break it into bits for you so I can sleep!"
The mare frowned even larger and rolled her hazel eyes before opening a cash register and pulling out a bit. She slammed it on the counter and crossed her hooves and said firmly, "That is a bit."
"Oh, you mean bits of gold?"
She was gritting her teeth by now. "Either give me 10 bits or I'll - ugh," She collapsed onto the counter. "Just go sleep in room 139..." She said, her face still smushed onto the counter as she reached behind a cabinet and pulled out a key.
"Oh...er, thanks! I...guess..." Keldeo muttered before walking to his desired room.
It wasn't exactly top perfect, but it sure was better than sleeping in vines and tree branches back in Unova. The bed sheets were just freshly smoothened out by a maid, the pillow was fluffed, and there were paintings of the owner of the Hotel placed here and there. Keldeo got into bed and slept early that day - he was supposed to only find the Pokémon and leave - no need to make big friends, as that would cause him to have heartbreak when he left, but there's no need to make enemies either.
So (as I was saying), he walked through the streets of Ponyville once more, as he did yesterday incase he missed something. Occasionally, he'd pass by a green mare and he turn around to see her, but he'd soon find out that it wasn't Virizion and he'd continue on his walk gloomily.
But how exactly was he supposed to find the Pokémon? They certainly wouldn't be running around the grass or something, because, for one, Shaymin and her followers might find them, and two, the civilians who work in farms might find them. And they definitely wouldn't be in people's houses, unless they were like Rattatas and such who hide in mouse holes. He thought about it for a second, but he shook his head. Caterpies are to fat to climb into mouse holes, and the Kanto starters are WAY too big to fit into any mouse hole or anything.
"Well," Keldeo sighed, sitting on a bench Lyra-style with his hooves between his legs (that were dangling off the edge of the seat). "While I think for ideas, I can at least admire this world." He looked up at the sky and saw a few ponies in the sky, pushing clouds around. This surprised him, because for one, they had wings, and two, he had no idea the fluffy clouds he saw earlier were movable. But what surprised him even more is that he saw one of them lay down on a cloud and rest!
Keldeo grunted and got off the bench, now walking towards a giant, pink building with a large cupcake and candle on top. I could really go for some cake or apples right now... He thought when his stomach growled.
When he opened the door, the fresh smell of Chocolate cupcakes slipped through his nostrils. The inside looked a lot like a Kalos ice cream shop, yet Cupcakes, cake, sweetened apples and mostly every other sweet were scattered among display cases. A pink pony with poofy hair was handing out a lot of sweets for free! Or, at least, the ones sitting at tables. Smiling, Keldeo walked to a seat and sat down. He placed his right hoof upon his right cheek and the left on the table, messing with a dirty napkin some other pony left behind. Finally, the pink pony came to him and she gasped, similar to how she gasped when Twilight first came into town. The pony dashed into another room and dashed back, a blue balloon's string being held tightly by her teeth.
"Welfome to Moniveil, newf mony! My nam is Pinkshh Pissh!" She squealed with excitement before quickly spitting out the ballon's string and holding it with her hooves. "Sorry about that! As I said before, Welcome to Ponyville, new pony! My name is Pinkie Pie! I saw that you were new and I decided to celebrate it! I've never seen a pony like you before, though! I'm on cake duty right now, so I'll just give you a balloon and a five-day free food card here at Sugarcube Corner! OH! And a blue balloon with your face on it! But I'll throw you a super duper awesome party later when my job time is over! Heeheehee! Oh, and here's also a free meal to go with it!" Pinkie kept talking before she slammed a lemon meringue pie on Keldeo's table, making him jump in surprise as she also thrust the balloon's string into his hooves, as well as smiling largely. "Oh, I'm so rude not to ask! What's your name, mister?"
"K-Keldeo..." He stuttered before Pinkie clapped happily.
"What a wonderful name! I have to go tell my friends of a party I'm going to throw later! They sure will want to meet you! Oh, I have to go bake some more sweets now! Bye mister!"
The Colt Pokémon looked at the mares and gentlecolts around him. They were all staring at him for something cool to probably happen, but he just laughed nervously and waved, which (thankfully) made them continue on to their original plan of eating. Keldeo picked up the five-day-free-food card and eyed the expiration date, title, picture and code. Then, setting the card down on the table, he pulled the balloon's string down so he could look at the picture. Surprisingly, Pinkie was telling the truth. His face was somehow drawn on the balloon with a black, permanent marker, and the face was badly colored with crayons.
Keldeo grabbed a fork and spoon and gladly dug into the pie. After all, it was free, so he wouldn't have to worry about paying them any of the gold they expected.
"I just wish the Hotel would do the same..." He muttered as he finished off the last few bites and thanked the pink pony watching him as he left.
When he left the shop, he was quite disappointed and shocked to find out that the sugary and sweet scent of the shop hadn't came with him when he went outside. He walked around the town, looking at the beautiful roses a peach mare was watering. He also noticed somepony else's flowers who were rotting a bit. He felt a little sad suddenly because the other pony (Her coat was pink and her mane was orange, her cutie-mark being a baker's hat) glared at the roses of her neighbor's before sighing and frowning at her own flowers.
"If only Shaymin was here to help her..." Keldeo muttered. He trotted over to the jealous mare and tapped on her shoulder. When her only response was a sniff, he pushed her on the shoulder a little bit. This time, she looked up at him with jealousy and sadness. Keldeo frowned and signaled to the flowers infront of her house. They were placed in a wooden case below her window, and still rotting as if dropping their head in sorrow. The mare frowned even more and glared at him.
"They've not had water for days, you moron." She grumbled before holding one of her daisy's rotten bud before it drooped when she let go. "I don't have enough money to buy a watering can, and my bucket in my house is somewhere beneath my clutter I'm too lazy to search through."
Keldeo thought about the situation. He knew he wasn't supposed to make friends, but as he also remembered, it isn't too smart to be enemies either. Along with that, he wasn't supposed to tell anypony about Pokémon, or something about the creatures of it, the regions being an exception since it doesn't reveal much. Using a move wouldn't hurt, would it? I mean, he's seen a few unicorns using magic, so having a horn and using a move will just make them think he used magic, right?
"I can help you water your flowers..." Keldeo said to her before she got annoyed he wasn't talking.
The mare's eyes glittered with hope when she looked up at him. "Really?" Her voice squeaked. Keldeo nodded before taking a few steps back and turning his back to her flowers; when he looked back, the mare's hopeful, glittery eyes turned to worry and anticipation. Keldeo crouched his fore-hooves and raised his back hooves into the air as if he were about to buck something. Ponies around them stopped doing what they were doing and stared, horrified to see what was going to happen next. Keldeo grunted, closed his eyes, readied his back-hooves and...
...he kicked, water spewing out from the back of his hooves and onto the window above the mare's plants. The water trickled down into the basket full of flowers. The mare was astonished at first, but then her face turned to complete happiness as her flowers all of a sudden started to grow; like that flower that Zecora said was the cure for the Cutie Pox. One grew into a scarlet rose, another grew into a golden sunflower, the rotten daisy grew more beautiful than ever before, and another grew into a lily. The mare clapped her hooves as fast as she could before squealing. After doing that, ponies started to form a crowd around the flowers. Fillies started to ask questions, adults stared in awe and others were looking with their mouths gaping open.
"How did you do that, mister?" One colt asked.
"I've never seen that before!" His mother stated, holding her child close.
"I agree with the kid," The mare with the newly-watered flowers said with a grin. "How'd you do that?" Keldeo lowered his back hooves and plopped them on the ground. He stretched his arms before shivering and talking to her. "Repeat that, please?"
"How did your hooves spray water like that? Are there holes in your hooves?" She repeated, lowering her head to look at his hind-hooves. Keldeo widened his eyes.
"I-I....uh...I don't have holes in my fee- I mean, hooves. At least, the last time I checked I didn't." Keldeo raised his right-hind hoof and looked at it. After a quick inspection he lowered his hoof and shook his head. "Nope, I definitely don't have any holes." Some of the ponies in the crowd gasped, while others smiled wide.
"I thought you were going to kick her flowers off the pot!" An mare's relieved tone said. Keldeo blushed from all this attention, but he shook his head. "Why would I ever do that?" He stated with brief laugh. Keldeo then continued to answer many questions coming from the crowd - some were about his hair, and he answered a little offended; some asked how he did that, and he simply said, "Magic." before pointing at his non-magic, peach-colored horn. Soon enough, the crowd seemed to decrease and he could finally rest from answering questions. He started walking back towards his apartment for a quick nap; he was exhausted and needed some rest from all that hullabaloo.
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Twilight sat in her library, reading a dictionary she had read thoroughly about 15 times. She had her right wing folded, but her left wing was being prodded and poked at by Solar. Finally, after a long time, Twilight shut the book with a slam as she levitated the book back to it's original spot on a shelf. She glanced at Solar.
"Why are you doing that to my wing?" Twilight asked. "It's getting a little annoying." Solar stopped poking and sat quietly with a small, curious grin. Twilight squinted her eyes at her, a little interested of what Solar had up her sleeve. Usually, Solar only made that face whenever she planned on pranking Twilight, Beauty or Flytrap. Solar never even dared of pranking Shelldon.
"Why are you smiling like that?" The alicorn eyed Solar. The Pokémon's eyes widened as her grin grew larger. Solar hopped off the couch and ran towards her room, giggling like a 5-year-old girl. Rolling her eyes, Twilight yawned. It was only 10:35 AM, so lots of stuff could be done without any worry. She could try to find out what these 'Pokémon' came from, and she could even help her friends take care of their own Pokémon. Just as Twilight began to think of more stuff to do, Solar came back into the room, still giggling with a piece of paper between her claws. Shelldon and Flytrap also followed her out, rubbing their eyes and yawning.
"Did you wake them up, Solar? That wasn't very nice." Twilight glared at her, but Solar jumped onto the couch and handed her the paper. Solar plopped down on the couch as a large and impatient smile plastered across her face. Twilight figured Solar completely ignored what she had just said, so she ignored it as well and looked at the paper. It was blank.
"Why'd you give me this?" Twilight asked her, giving her a confused look. Solar giggled once more and shook her head, flipping the paper over to revealing a picture drawn in crayon. "Oh."
Despite Solar being new to dealing with crayons, she did pretty well. It looked like a drawing that would've come from a little kid, but it was still clear of what it was. The picture was an image of a large, orange dragon with a yellow belly and large, bat-like wings. Along with having visible, black eyelashes, it was roaring towards the viewer. It's tail was orange as well with a yellow color similar to the belly on the bottom of it, and it had a large flame, burning brightly with dandelion yellow crayon; next to that was a picture of Twilight with her crown on.
"Is this your mother?" Twilight asked. She was quite touched by it, as it had a friendly, radiant feeling. The radiant feeling probably came from Solar's body temperature, but it was still touching. Solar looked at the picture and shook her head. She pointed to the dragon, then her chest, and then the Twilight on the picture, and then pointed to Twilight-in-real-life's muzzle.
"That's you?" Solar nodded. "And that's me?" Solar nodded again. "But you don't have wings or a large snout or those horns." Twilight was a little confused by this now, but her brain's lights were starting to flicker. Solar frowned, the friendly aura around the picture starting to break.
"Wait..." Twilight thought for a moment. "Oh! That's it!" She gasped, making Solar jump back in surprise. "You change just like Beauty does, don't you?" Solar nodded again, a small smile starting to form on her face. "So, when you change, you'll change into this?" This time, Solar raised her claw up and shook it horizontally in a "yes, but no" kind of way.
"What do you mean? Do you not know?" Twilight glanced at the picture again, and then at Solar. Solar face-palmed. How was she going to explain this if Twilight can't understand her? Sighing, Solar sneered and jumped off the couch. Before Twilight could protest or even speak, Solar flicked her claw up towards her. I guess that's her way of telling me that I'll find out when it happens...she was probably poking at my wing to tell me that she can't wait to have her own. Twilight thought with a sigh. Oh, wait! If Solar goes through the changing process, doesn't that mean Shelldon and Flytrap will go through it as well?
"Shelldon!" Twilight called; Flytrap had fallen asleep onto the floor with his claws in the air and Shelldon had gone back to his room to sleep. Soon enough, Shelldon started limping into the room with a groggy expression and Flytrap woke up due to her call.
"Will you change just like Beauty did?" She asked, and both of them nodded, despite Twilight talking to Shelldon only. "Really? Care to show me what?" Shelldon shook his head, and waved his pointer-claw at her while making a "tch-tch-tch" sound right before touching two claws together and moving them across his lips, like he was zipping his mouth shut. Twilight sighed.
"You won't tell me, and you want to keep it a secret?" Shelldon nodded and ran into the kitchen for a snack. Twilight looked at Flytrap. "Will you tell me what you'll turn into?" This time, Flytrap nodded and pointed to the bud on his back with his head. A thin vine creeped out from the bud and wrapped around a pink flower inside a vase and gave it to Twilight.
"The flower bud on your back will bloom?" The little bulbasaur nodded his head quickly and then smiled. He got up from the couch and walked towards the spot he was before and fell down as a low snore came from him. Twilight giggled and looked at the flower. She levitated it back into the vase and stretched her legs.
Might as well go check on Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. I want to see how their pets are doing, but I'm not really sure if I can trust my own Pokemon being left alone. Twilight thought. Shelldon was now exiting the kitchen with a blue poke-puff in his claws. He looked up at her. Solar also emerged from the kitchen, holding a bag of chips. Finally, Flytrap came out of the kitchen with an apple in his mouth.
"SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE!" Twilight screamed, making all the Pokémon jump and a shrieked, echoed, "META!" come from another room. Along with that, seconds later, a muffled, "Yeaaaaaaaah?" came from upstairs. "Can you take care of Solar, Flytrap and Shelldon while I'm gone?" Twilight yelled. Again, another muffled, "Yeaaaaaaaah!" came from upstairs. Twilight smiled to her Pokémon and yelled, "Thanks!" before leaving the house.
The warm sun bathed across Twilight's skin. Even though a few clouds littered the sky, it was still considered 'sunny' by most Ponyvillians. Rainbow was clearly visible ontop of a cloud, messing with something in her lap. Twilight opened her wings and flew upwards to see what it was. After coming up to the cloud's height, she saw that Rainbow was playing with her pet Weedle.
"Who's a good thorn worm? You are! Yes, yes you a-"
"Rainbow, what are you doing with that worm out in plain sight? It could be seen, you know!" Twilight loudly whispered.
"AH! Goodness gracious Twilight, you scared the living daylights out of me!" Rainbow yelped, holding her Pokemon close to her chest. Twilight rolled her eyes and grunted.
"You need to keep that creature hidden! What do you think will happen if Luna sees it? Or any other pony?"
"Pssh!" Rainbow laughed. "I doubt Luna - or anypony else - will be randomly flying around, looking specifically for my little Speary!" Rainbow got up and hugged her Weedle.
Twilight made a face. "You named your Pokémon 'Speary'?" Twilight said with a soft giggle. "Not to be offensive or anything, but that doesn't seem very...Rainbow Dash to me."
Rainbow blushed out of embarrassment and laughed as well. "O-Of course I didn't name my Pokémon 'Speary'! I actually named him Spear, but I call him Speary sometimes whenever I'm playing with him."
Twilight smiled. It made more sense now, but she decided to not say anything. "Just be sure nopony sees it, alright?" Twilight whispered before saying goodbye and gliding back to the ground. Now to check on Pinkie... Twilight thought, walking towards Sugarcube Corner. I could also get a cupcake or two while I'm at it!
She finally reached the Ponyville-exclusive sweet shop. As she opened the door, she immediately heard giggling from upstairs. She walked up to the counter and rang a small bell laying next to the register. A few minutes later, Mr. and Mrs. Cake emerged from another room. They gasped and bowed their heads before greeting her. Mr. and Mrs. Cake didn't seem to notice the giggling, and Twilight figured it wasn't the best idea to ask them why, whether they knew about it or not.
"H-Hello, your majesty Twilight!" Mr. Cake stuttered. Twilight waved her hoof once.
"No need to call me that. Just because I'm an alicorn doesn't mean you need to treat me like royalty all of a sudden. I'm still the Twilight you knew before my coronation!" She laughed. Mr. Cake smiled.
"Alright then, Princes- I-I mean, Twilight. What can I get you today?" He asked, pulling out a note-pad and quill. Twilight widened her eyes and laughed again.
"I'm not ordering that much, Mr. Cake," Twilight said with a giggle. "I'm only ordering a cherry flavored cupcake with oats." Mr. Cake's face went red as he put the notepad and quill away.
"O-Oh, s-so sorry, Twilight." Mr. Cake's face went back to normal before nodding to Mrs. Cake. She nodded as well and smiled at Twilight as she left for the kitchen to bake. "Please take a seat; your sweet will be served to you in a few minutes, Ms. Twilight." Twilight said, "Thank you" as she left for her seat. She sat down at a table with a used napkin. She sighed and levitated it over to a trash can - she hesitated, and then brought it back to her table before her magic aura turned red. The napkin burnt to ashes, and her aura returned to it's original color as the ashes were levitated to the trash can.
"Ms. Twilight, your order is ready!" A voice called from the counter. Twilight smiled and levitated the cupcake over to her table, and she levitated a few bits over to the bakers waiting for their pay. Once that was done, she hovered the cupcake over to her mouth and started eating. The flavor of cherry was almost exploding from the cupcake, and when she glanced down at it, she got the whole image she was awaiting. It had a scarlet-red wrapper with maroon cake and pink icing. It was really good, and before Twilight tried to take her fourth bite it was already gone! Sighing, she licked her hooves and licked her lips.
Twilight got up and pushed in her chair. She walked upstairs, towards Pinkie's room, and knocked on the door. A long gasp followed after, and the sound of whispering occurred before a squeak and a shush was made inside the room. Twilight laughed.
"It's me, Twilight! No need to be scared, Pinkie." She stated, waiting for the door to open. After a relieved sigh was heard, the door opened to reveal a smiling Pinkie Pie; and when Twilight tilted her head, she could see Fluttershy, waving at her with an unsure smile and a Pidgey perched in her lap.
"Come in, Twilight! Me, Fluttershy, Sasha and Peace were just talking about you!" Pinkie smiled wide. Twilight trotted inside and sat down next to Fluttershy. Pinkie shut the door right after that and went to go sit down next to her friends. The Pidgey in Fluttershy's lap fluffed it's wings and started to clean it's feathers. Twilight noticed one Pokémon was gone.
"F-Fluttershy?" Twilight stuttered. Fluttershy's eyes started to droop with worry. "Where is the Spearow I gave you?" Fluttershy's ears perked up tall before they were folded back. She blushed and started petting her Pidgey.
"It's fine, Twilight." Fluttershy released a relieved sigh before continuing. "Your tone made me think somepony...or something passed away." She hummed a cheerful tune and continued petting. "Since I had two of those bird Pokémon, I asked Applejack if she wanted it. She agreed and now it's even. I asked Rarity first, but when I told her it's a bit rough, she refused to even talk about it. And it was a little rough. Whenever Angel refused to eat his yummy food, that bird would peck him until he ate. Whenever I would agree to whatever Angel is persuading me to do, it would chirp loudly in this scratchy voice. But Applejack said that if she could stand vampire fruit bats, she could stand a pesky bird. " Fluttershy explained, petting her Pokémon as she said it.
"I see what you mean, Fluttershy. Care to tell me who 'Peace' and 'Sasha' are?" Twilight asked, nodding her head. Pinkie squealed with excitement.
"This is Sasha," Pinkie said while shoving her Rattata into Twilight's face. "And that's Peace!" Pinkie pointed to Fluttershy's bird. Twilight cocked her head at Pinkie.
"I understand why Fluttershy would have named her bird Peace, but why'd you name your rat Sasha?"
"Because it's a girl, silly! Plus, when I brought it home yesterday, it kept on saying, 'Rat! Rattata!' and so I named it Sasha because of it's name!" Twilight made a face.
"What does 'Rattata' have anything to do with 'Sasha'?"
"Duh, because it says, 'Ratatatatata!' like Sasha does!"
"I don't get it, and I don't want to know who Sasha is," Twilight grunted as she got up. "It's been fun being here, girls. Just be sure nopony sees those animals, alright? If they're seen, who knows what Luna would do to them!" Twilight waved goodbye at them before she teleported to Applejack's farm. She had teleported to the entrance of the orchard, where many of the tree's apples shined bright in the sun. Grunts of Applejack echoed throughout the entire orchard, and you could hear her loudly curse sometimes due to the echoing. Twilight teleported over to her.
"Darnit!" Applejack cursed. "Not again! That's been the 13th time today!"
"What's the matter, AJ?" Twilight asked as she watched Applejack stomp the ground in frustration and watch something fly through the sky. Applejack looked up at Twilight and smiled.
"Oh, howdy Twilight! What brings you here?" She asked.
"Why are you cursing and grunting?"
"Oh, it's just that me and Lasso are playin' a game. The main goal is to get as many apples as possible in a basket. Lasso 'ere has been beatin' me 4 times in a row, and just now she got 4 points in a row for the 13th time." Applejack explained, pointing up at the bird flying in the sky. She whistled a western tune and the bird instantly flew down and perched on the hoof AJ was holding out. "This 'ere is Lasso. Twilight, Lasso. Lasso, Twi."
Twilight giggled. "Pleased to meet you, Lasso." The Pokémon just stared at her with a look of discomfort and anger. "I-Is it okay?" Applejack laughed, and the bird seemed to smirk as she laughed.
"That's his normal face. I know this because I gave him a cracker and he snuggled with me with that face on. At first, I thought the same thing, but I got used to it as time passed by." Applejack looked at Lasso and it ruffled it's feathers before taking off to the sky to get more points.
"That's so sweet!" Twilight squeaked. "The only advice I really have to give you is that make sure it isn't seen, but I guess you aren't having trouble with that. If it ever is seen, by anypony, come and tell me immediately, okay?" Applejack nodded and bucked a tree.
"Ha! I've got 45 points now! I bet you won't even get close to 30!" She called out, and Lasso cried out, "SPEAAAROOOOWWW!"
"Applejack, Applejack! Guess what ah saw earlier today! Guess, guess, guess!" A familiar, young country voice screamed from the entrance. Twilight gasped, but when the young filly went over to AJ, she didn't seem to notice Lasso at all.
"What is it, little sis? Did you get your cutie mark?" Applejack laughed as Applebloom started jumping as if she just ate a bag of sugar.
"Nope, but the Cutie Mark Crusaders have come up with a new way of getting our cutie marks! But that's not the thing I was going to tell ya'. Listen to this, big sis - what if somepony had water shooting out of the back of their hooves?"
Applejack rolled her eyes and snickered. "That ain't possible, sugarcube. Somepony would get hurt doin' that." Applebloom laughed loud - like, really loud.
"It IS possible, Applejack! I just saw it!" Applebloom laughed.
"Was the pony a unicorn?" AJ asked. Applebloom frowned and her ears drooped.
"Y-yes..."
"Then it was just magic." Applejack said with a smile and a pat of her little sister's back. "Now go inside, Applebloom. Maybe Granny Smith is planning on making an apple pi-"
"Applejack!" Twilight interrupted just as Applebloom was walking towards the barn. "There isn't a spell that can allow a unicorn - or anypony - to squirt water out of their back hooves! And this is coming from an alicorn, AJ!"
Applebloom spun around. "So that must mean he's really experienced as a unicorn!" She squealed. "And it must mean the thingy he did was real!" Twilight furrowed her eyebrows as she glanced at a tree trunk. She looked back at Applebloom.
"Take me to this stallion you're talking about." Twilight shifted her wings for a more comfortable position. Applebloom frowned a little in confusion.
"I'm not sure if he's still there, Twilight."
"Well, then let's go look for him." The princess started walking towards the entrance of the orchard, but she stopped once she realized nopony was following her. "Well?" She said, looking back at them. Applejack shrugged, and Applebloom smiled wide as her stubby hooves started running to the entrance.
A few minutes later, At Ponyville...
After the three had finally managed to exit the Sweet Apple Acres, they reached Ponyville. It seemed as if nothing ever happened - everypony was calm and fillies and colts ran around each other in a game of freeze tag. Applebloom smiled and took a step forward to join the game, but Applejack put her hoof on her shoulder and shook her head. The 3 continued to walk around, occasionally asking Applebloom what the stallion looked like.
"I already told ya' a million times, princess! No offense, I mean, but I told ya' already that he was peach and had a weird, orange haircut with some blue hair sticking out of THAT haircut!" She whined when Twilight asked her for the 5th time. Twilight turned around at Applebloom, looking at her sternly.
"I only asked you 5 times, Applebloom! Plus, you have no reason to be acting like that. We aren't seeing that pony you speak of anywhere, and I'm starting to think you tricked us just to stop us from our work! Tell the truth this time, Applebloom; is that stallion actually real, or is he one of your jo-" Twilight was cut off by a pony bumping into her. She jerked her head around before she saw a peach stallion with puffy, orange hair and a somehow extremely sharp horn. He had some blue streaks of hair coming out of what seemed to be his eyebrows, and he had an unusually round muzzle. He smiled nervously.
"O-Oh! I'm so sorry, miss! I didn't see where I was going, it's totally my fault! I-I didn't mean to bump into you. I'm so sorry!" He apologized. Twilight's eyes widened as a wolf whistled in her head. She instantly blushed and backed away from him.
"N-n-no! You don't need to be sorry! It was m-me who didn't notice I was in the middle of the path, and I should've been looking at what I was doing." She stuttered, and Applebloom gagged behind her. The stallion laughed nervously and waved to her before he walked off, muttering. Twilight sighed happily before she looked at Applejack and Applebloom. AB was holding her muzzle and her cheeks were full and green, and AJ was face-hoofing. Twilight made a confused face until her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.
"Wait a second..." She said before jerking her head towards the stallion she bumped into.
