Crystal friendship

Orange mare heavily sighed and stared on the ground, deciding how to answer.

“It happened two years ago in Ponyville. I was searching for mah dog in Everfree Forest when I met him. Better said, found him. He has been attacked by timber wolfes which are wooden creatures. He was badly hurt so I took him to Ponyville, where I discovered that hospital was closed so I took him to Sweet Apple Acres to take care of him by mahself.”

Deeter just noticed how sad her eyes were, when she looked on Snaky, who was still unconsciousness.

“It´s incredible how was that situation similar to this one.”

* * * * * * * *

“Big Mac. Bring same bandanges and desifection. This guy was attacked by timber wolfes!” shoiuted Aj at her brother, when she came home with wounded pony on her back.

“Yeup!” answered and quickly rushed away.

Meanwhile young mare put Snaky on hay and started to examine his wounds. He had several bites on legs and chest and also three deep injuries from claws.

“Damn sugar cube. Those pricks gave you really hard times.”

“Here you go sis.” spoke Big Mac behin her and handed her small box. Aj took out bottle with clear liguid and carefuly poured it on hurt pony´s wounds.

“Aaaaargh!” shouted Snaky when first few drops touched the flesh and instinctively kicked with his hind legs.

“Big Mac! Hold him so he doesn´t move!”

Large stallion did as his sis told him and soon the grey unicorn had all his wounds badaged and exhousted fell asleep.

“What will ya´ll do next sis?”

“I will stay with him for a while, just to asure that he is gonna be OK.”

“Yeup!”

Red stallion walked away and Applejack got left alone with Snaky.

“I just hope that he won´t get a fever.” whispered and put her hoof on his forehead.

“Eyes...”

AJ got startler and looked around who spoke, until she realized that it had to be pony next to her, so she tried to listen, if he will say anything else.

“Why...why does nopony look into my eyes?”

It definetely spoke him.

“Is he having a dream? About what could it be?”

Grey unicorn unfortunaly didn´t say more, except mumbling from his sleep. Applejack felt kinda bad for listening, but she was also very curious. What was he doing in Evefree Forest and why the wolfes didn´t eat him, when they had opportunity? And now on top of all that, this mysterious sentence.

Why does nopony look into my eyes?

What does it mean?

Later AJ had to do her chores so she left sleeping pony in the barn, since they hadn´t any better place to put him in.

“I will check on him few more times today and hopefuly he will get better tomorrow.”

* * * * * * *

“So this is how you´ve met? Snaky mentioned that he met nice ponies in Ponyville, but why he didn´t stay there?”

“Don´t worry, I´ll get to it. Did he explained to you what he meant by not looking into his eyes?”

“I just know that it´s his way hot to trap somepony in a illusion, but nothing what would explain his talking from sleep.”

* * * * * *

“Do ya fell better?” asked Applejack when she, next day, brought to Snaky bowl of mashed apples for breakfast.

“Not really, my whole body hurts like hell. Also who are you? And where am I?”

“Mah name is Applejack and we are in Ponyville. I found you in forest, wouded and took you here.”

“I remember now. Thank you...Applejack.” answered her still with very tired and quiet voice.

“Can I ask you a question?”

“Sure.”

“Why did you go through Everfree Forest? Everypony knows that it´s very dangerous place.”

Snaky guiltily looked away.

“It´s...hard to explain and I don´t think that I have enough strengh for it. Can you plase wait until tomorrow? I promise that I will give you answers on all of your questions.”

* * * * * *

“Did you get your answers?”

“Yes, but they weren´t what I expected.”

Orange mare sligtly shivered as she remembered things from the past.

“You know, this is something what you should as his friend learn. Snaky does care about physical wounds, but he has no regards for your emotions. His explaining back then...was kinda frightening.”

* * * * * *

Applejack was in the orchard, apple bucking as she did every day, when she heard trotting behin her. When the orange mare turned around she saw grey unicorn with back and purple mane, staring at her.

“You wanted to know why I went through Everfree Forest and not some safe way. The truth is that I am not sure myself. I needed time to think about my life and so I didn´t even noticed, what I´ve entered.”

“When I brough you here. You were whipering from the sleep a while.”

Snaky curiously looked at orange pony and waited for whatever she was gonna say.

“You said: Why does nopony look into my eyes? Please don´t be mad, but I got really curious about that.”

Sigh.

“I owe you my life so I think that you deserve the answer.”

Unicorn sat on the ground and AJ did the same in front of him.

“When I was small, I found out that I have very specific kind of magic. Shortly said I am able to trap into illusion anypony who looks into my eyes. I did what any other kid would do. Started to show it off, made pranks on everypony and generally was annoying. As time past ponies got scared of my magic, so scared that they stopped looking into my eyes, just to be safe from it.

Of course I was small and I didn´t understand it and nopony would tell me. Can you imagine how heart-breaking it is when you go talk to somepony and he will not look straight at you and will try to leave as fast as possible?

My parents weren´t like them, but also didn´t understand how I felt about it and so I grew up alone, just with my familly to count on.”

“That´s horrible!”

“Not as much as you might think. If you are alone whole life, you will get used to it and eventually start to enjoy solitude. And so I hated ponies in that city more and more until I left. You can imagine my suprise when I came to neaby city and everypony already heard of me and were hiding from me and looking away anytime I went around.

That is how I got Everfree Forest.”

Applejack wasn´t able to speak up for a while, until she found the courage to ask:

“How exactly are your illusions?”

Snaky´s horn shined and nearby tree bursted into fire, which immidietly spred on others and soon the whole orchard around them was on fire.

Apllejack was so suprised that she didn´t even force herself to stand up, just tears started slowly to flow out of her eyes.

Snaky noticed it and all flames suddenly disspeared.

“Now you know. I can make your worst fears come true or the opposite. Your happiest dreams. But everything will be real just in my realm and that is why everypony is cared of me and my eyes.”

“What...what are you going to do now?”

“Leave. I didn´t expect anything what happend. You were kind to me, even though I am competly foreing pony and that is more that anypony ever did for me. Maybe this world isn´t as bad as I though.”

Grey unicorn slowly started to wane.

“Good bye kind Applejack. We will meet again, if your life will be in danger, I am going to save you.”

With these last words Snaky dissapered.

“Damn!”

Orange mare quickly rushed back to farm, along the was she runned near local hospital where as every day worked the nurse Redheart. When AJ finally arrived home she right away entered the barn and looked for Snaky. Not only that he wasn´t there, but there was also no blood.

“Was all of this...just and illusion?”