Sunny sat in the barn silently waiting for her favorite pony to walk in for some chores. In her hooves was a birthday cake with two candles; one that said 2, and another that said 4. Yes, today was AJ’s twenty-fourth birthday, and sunny had a special surprise for her. Ew! Gross dude! Is that what you thought I meant!?

The birthday mare calmly walked into the barn, dropping her harness at the sight of Sunny Days. “What’re you doing here!?” She asked in a harsh whisper. “Ah thought we agreed-” The surprised mare was cut off by her own shock when she saw the cake. She was silent for several seconds. “Aww, you’re so sweet!” She said, hugging the pink mare.

“I got it from Pinkie Pie. She said she put apples in it, just for you.” Sunny handed her the cake with an innocent smile. “I also have a surprise for you. I needed Twilight’s help, but I think it’s still meaningful!” She then pulled out a history book. “She told me she found a much better time traveling spell that will let you go back for about five days!” AJ glanced over the pegasus’ shoulder, trying to see what was going on. Her friend then placed the book onto the ground so Applejack could see.

“…The Old West.” The mare chuckled. “Oh, that’s rich! You picked out the Old West ‘cause I’m southern!” She gave a good natured laugh.

“So…you don’t want to go?” Sunny asked, a hint of disappointment in her tone. Applejack wiped the hints of a tear from her eye.

“W-what? Of course Ah want to go!” Sunny laughed, her blonde mane getting a firm noogie from the farm pony. “Come on Sunshine, Ah bet Twilight’s waiting on us.”
///

“Applejack, are you sure you want to do this? If you go back to that time I fear something might happen to you!” Twilight said, her horn already glowing as she prepped herself for the spell.

“Aw, don’t worry, Twi! Sunshine here will take care of me!” Twilight rolled her eyes before lowering them. She sighed as her horn glowed even brighter.

“I’m just saying, the stallions back then were ruthless.” And with that, they vanished.
///

“Put ‘em up, ya gun slinging toad!” A unicorn howled from one end of the street.

“I will! And they’ll rip through ya faster than a Prench platter!” A pegasus said from the other. Before they could duel a bright flash knocked them backwards, and they stood slack-jawed as two mares stepped out of the pink smoke. One an Earth pony, and the other a Pegasus. The wingless mare wore a Stetson, and a sly grin on her face.

“Howdy ya’ll!” She howled. Sunny bounced up and down in enthusiasm when she saw the Stetson bearing stallions.

“Eee! I’m so excited I could explode!” A loud thudding came from behind them, making them spin around in confusion. There stood a dark brown stallion with a shaggy blonde mane, on a dragon. Needless to say, AJ nearly fainted.
///

“Howdy!” He shouted, trying to be heard over the dragon’s roar. Oddly enough, AJ saw a strong resemblance to Spike in the dragon; for one it was wingless.

“Hi!” Sunny said, flying up to him. The stallion’s eyes widened.

“You gals must be new here!” He stared the pegasus to the ground. “This town’s got a few rules. Pegasi don’t fly, and unicorns don’t cast. This place was meant for Earth Ponies, so for Earth Ponies it will stay.” Applejack quickly yanked Sunny behind her, smiling dumbly at the bulky stallion.

“Sorry about her, she’s a little mischievous.” The stallion chuckled.

“`Sall right! She’s new here, can’t blame her.” He hopped off of the dragon, tying it to a post. “I’m Sheriff Stars, but you can call me Stars.” AJ fell back onto her haunches, giggling dumbly. The stallion held out his hoof to Sunny.

“Sheriff!” The stallion stepped back before her hoof could reach his. “Sherrif! It’s them again!” The stallion quickly hurried to his ride and trotted over to the green Pegasus with a black mane.

“They can’t be here already! Ah thought they were hiding in the mountains!” Applejack chuckled at a joke nopony else seemed to get.

“They were Sheriff! But Ah just got news that they attacked a farm southwest of here! Old Cherry Mill is devastated!” Sunny raised her hoof in question.

“Um, who’s ‘them’?” Stars looked back at her with a face of sorrow.

“Bandits.”
///

“They’ve been going around stealing all the young mares for Celestia knows what!” Sunny gulped subconsciously. “I’m afraid they’re going to hit this town next!” The brown stallion sighed. “They’d take mah daughter. I can’t let that happen!” He declared, stomping a hoof in the ground. Sunny rested a reassuring hoof on his shoulder.

“Don’t worry. Just enjoy the time you have with her, and don’t think about that possibility.” She looked back at Applejack who wasn’t in her dumb psychosis anymore. “Me and AJ will take care of them!” The stallion stepped back in shock.

“Ya can’t be serious! Just look at ya’ll! If you walk up to the bandits looking like that-”

“Excuse me, but Ah like to think Ah look nice!” Applejack shouted in defense. The stallion blinked, and chuckled.

“That’s the point. You walk up to those bandits and they’ll consider you a grand prize!” The sheriff struck a pose to prove his point. Sunny and AJ blushed in unison.

“Uh…sheriff? Aren’t ya gonna get on it?” The sheriff bared his teeth at the green Pegasus, who ran away in fear.

“Dumb deputy. Anyway, you mares stay out of harm’s way, ya hear?” They both nodded, much to the stallion’s liking. He began walking away, and Sunny turned to AJ once he was out of earshot.

“I really don’t think this was such a good idea. There are bandits for Luna’s sake! I don’t want you getting hurt!” She cried, grasping the mare’s shoulders. The orange pony gently lifted each of her friend’s hooves off of her with a smile.

“Sunny, Ah appreciate how much you care about me, really, Ah do! It’s just…Ah wanna have some fun! Let’s go see what those bandits are up to! Come on, ya know you want to!” Sunny sighed and reluctantly nodded her head. “Awesome!”
///

Green eyes peeked over a rock in the desert, gazing from cactus to cactus. They widened when they caught glimpse of a campfire.

“Oh Celestia, they’re here!” AJ said, ducking down beside Sunny. Turquoise eyes widened and peeked over the rock. Sunny let out a yelp of surprise when a minotaur picked them up.

“Hey, Zip Line! Look what I found!” A scrawny stallion looked up and smiled at the two mares.

“Great job Hunch! The boss is definitely going to give us extra bits for these two!” He shouted, jumping up and down.

“Oh really? What makes you think that?” A deep voice said from behind a cape.

“We got two beauts!” Hunch answered, raising the two mares above his head. They could see a toothy grin come from behind the hood.

“Great job, boys. You’ll get extra food rations tonight.” The two mares hanging upside down from their tails hugged each other in fear.

“What did we do…?” Sunny muttered.
///

“Gentlecolts! I would like to present our newest arrivals!” The ‘boss’ said, swinging back his hood to reveal…the most handsome stallion Sunny Days had ever seen! The unicorn's black mane gave perfect contrast to his soft alabaster coat, and such alluring facial scruff. Sunny couldn’t help but stare. Of course, that was when she was slapped back into reality by AJ.

“Stop making goo-goo eyes! He’s foalnapping us!” The pegasus shook herself into reasoning.

“Right, sorry!” She said with a blush. The white stallion turned to the young mares with a hunger in his eyes.

“Hunch, take these two to my cabin. They will be my personal maids.” Sunny couldn’t figure out what, but something in that sentence made her tingle.

“You disgust me sometimes.” Applejack said with a huff, making Sunny blush.

Author's Note

I know people hate OC into the pony universe stories most of the time, but stay with me here. Wait and I'll give you a reference!