The Outcasts Return

Redpine slowly approached the barn at Sweet Apple Acres. When he

arrived, he found the doors have been completely decimated. Shrapnel

from the doors could be found scattered all across the outside of the

barn. Whatever had destroyed the doors must have been powerful. He

cautiously entered the dimly lit barn, using his triple colored

(red/green/blue) eyes to take in the horror of what he saw. Laying there were the bodies of a mare and a filly. The mare’s body lay

on the ground, torn to shreds by some sort of beast. The filly

however, suffered a fate much worse. She had been solidified in

what appeared to be caramel. She had suffocated to death. Red

shuddered and shed a tear, utterly disgusted at the thought of any

pony doing this to another pony. He started to feel the change happening,

and there was no stopping it. His hair changed from green and blue to

solid black, his coat turned crimson red to dark grey, his tail from

dark and light red to pure white. A small scar appeared on his muzzle,

and his horn glowed pure white at the tip and black at the base. The

biggest change, however, were his eyes. One went black, while the

other went white, both with grey pupils.

As his magic began to encase the mare, Red closed his eyes and let the magic

build up. While the magic flowed through his horn he began to whisper

an ancient spell, a spell that had been hidden away for thousands of

years. A spell that not even the Great Star Swirl the Bearded would

have dared to use. As he spoke the mares body began to repair itself,

the bones, the sinew, then on to the muscle tissue and inner organs.

Once her lungs and heart were finished, she gasped and started

screaming in pain. This lasted for several minutes. The magic started

fading as her face was finally repaired. Once fully healed she stopped

screaming, but her breathing was still heavy.

        The Mare heard somepony speak. “It’s okay, you’re safe now. Do you know your name? Do you know who you are? ” The voice said.

        “A... Apple...Applejack.” She stammered out. Suddenly she gasped as

she realized that she was still alive. She looked all around her body,

wondering how she could still be there. Worst of all, she remembered

her death. “How... how ahm I... how is this...” Applejack started,

but didn't get a chance to finish. She got up to run to the filly, and

fell down immediately. “What... Whats goin on? Why can’t ah stand up?

What have ya done ta me?” Applejack said, still confused and

disoriented.

        “The reason why you can’t stand or move is because your body has just

been repaired. The muscle tissue and will take a few minutes to

regenerate to their previous strength.” said Applejack’s saviour, going

to her and helping her stand.

        “Please, take me to mah little sister. We have to get her outta

there.” Applejack said, starting to cry. She was quickly walked to the

body of her little sister, Applebloom. Applejack couldn't bear to

look at her little sister, but when she did, she broke down in tears.

Applejack said, “Please, please ahm begging ya, do something. She was

so young, she didn't deserve ta die. Ya have ta do something.” She felt

a wing fall over her, comforting her. She looked up and realized he

was an Alicorn. When he went to touch Applebloom, Applejack asked,

“Wait, before ya do anything, I want ta know who ya are.”

        He sighed and said “My name is Shadow Derivara. Now quickly we need to

get this rid of this caramel so I can get here lungs and heart

regenerated.” He and Applejack got to work chiselling the caramel

away, first from Applebloom’s head and muzzle. “Once we get her mouth

clear I can use my magic to remove whatever caramel chunks are in her

lungs. Then once she is revived it will be easier to get the rest of

her free.” All Applejack could do was nod and keep working away the

the caramel. It took almost a half an hour to get her head free, and

by that time Apple Jack’s muscular system was back to its full

potential. Shadowderivara brushed the last few crumbs away from

Applebloom’s snout as his horn began to glow. He muttered the same

spell he used before. Unlike with Applejack, Applebloom’s heart and

lungs were the only things that he needed to repair. It only took

moments for small chunks of caramel to fly out of her mouth.

At that exact moment, they heard a cough, then a scream.

        Applebloom jerked her head around and shouted, “Sta... stay back,

ple... ple... please, leave me alone!" Apple Jack grabbed her little

sisters chin, and said, “Applebloom... Sugarcube, calm down. Everything's

alright now. Aint nothing here that's gonna hurt ya now, ya hear me?.”

said Applejack.

        When Applebloom heard her sisters voice, she turned to her

and started to cry. “Oh, Applejack,  it was horrible I... I... I

had a nightmare that I was put into a pot of caramel, and you were being torn to pieces!

        “That was no dream little filly. You were put in a pot of caramel.”

said Shadow.

        The filly turned towards Shadow. “Who...who are you?” said

Applebloom, but gasped when she saw his horn and wings. ‘This pony is

an alicorn.’ she thought to herself.

        “Shadow Derivara,” he replied, “But you can call me Shadow for short.

Now this isn't going to hurt, you will feel pressure.” Shadow used his

magic and surrounded Applebloom with it. He shut his eyes to

concentrate, as not to cause any harm to her. The rest of the caramel

that surrounded Applebloom slowly started to dissipate and fall apart,

all the chunks falling to the ground as he also healed the burns that she sustained when she was in the boiling caramel.

The process only took a couple

of minutes, and Applebloom surprisingly sat relatively still, except

for the occasional stretching of a hoof as it was freed. When Shadow

was finished he ,created an exact copy of Applebloom out of the caramel, he stood up and nodded at his success,

“That should fool the thing that did this to you both” he said.

  Applejack ran over to the now freed filly and scooped her up.

“Ahm so glad your alright, I thought ah lost ya there for a minute. If

it wasn't for Shadow, ah think we’d both be goners.” Suddenly, without

warning, Shadow’s body was thrown into spasms. He was changing back,

his coat changed back to it’s crimson red, his tail and mane turned

back to their normal colors, his scar vanished and his eyes went back

to being tri-colored. As this was happening, Applejack backed away

and set Applebloom behind her. She had no idea what was going on.

And she didn't want to lose Applebloom again. “What the hay is going

on? Just who the buck are you?” Applejack said, moving towards the

back barn doors ever so slowly.

        The pony shook its head as the transformation completed. “That, my

dear Applejack, is a long story, but my names Redpine.” He said.

When he said his name, Applejack froze dead in her tracks. A dark and

grim expression appeared on her face.

        “Liar. That name belonged to the brother of my best and closest

friend Rainbow Dash, and he died two years ago.” Applejack said

dead-locking a penetrating stare into Red’s eyes.

        Red chuckled a little, “Well I did die,” he positioned his body

towards Apple Jack so she could see three scares on his chest and

says, “I still remember the look on her face that day, but I owe my

life to Shadow for saving me.” He said seriously.

“Look we don't have much time Applejack, the creature that did this will be back soon.”

He paused then suddenly he shuddered but this time his

body glowed, he eyes glowed pure green with a wisp of purple smoke and

he quickly made some clothes and a hat out of thin air and grunted as

if he was in pain.

“Would you mind covering the little ones eyes for a

minute?” Redpine asked

“Why?” replied Applejack

“Just do it please” Red replied.

She did and his form changed, his hind legs

got bigger and skinnier his for hooves changed completely into

something she had never seen before and his fur shrank to about

halfway its normal length and he was bucking naked. Applejack blushed,

Red quickly pulled some clothing onto his lower half and a top with

holes in the back on his upper body and he put a hat onto his head,

(which annoyed Applejack because it looked exactly like her hat) and a

red scarf with a triple colored lightning bolt. She hadn’t seen them before but there were two swords.

“What are ya?” She asked. Suddenly they heard

singing.

“Nightmare night such a fright give us something sweet to bite.”

Standing in the doorway of the barn was a filly covered in candy and

gore.

“Redpine take Mah sister and get her out of here! Ah’ll hold her off! Growled Applejack.

Redpine placed his hat on Applebloom’s head and grabbed her

“No! Let me go, I’m not leaving my sister!” shouted Applebloom as he

  took off, blasting a hole with his magic and fled from

the creature.