Partners in Crime

The stench of rotting wood made both Applejack and Rarity nauseated, but they had a job to do. They weren't about to let some spooky forest get in their way. Putting on brave faces, they made their way through the Everfree forest. They had to time everything just right so they get there while Zecora was still gone.

Zecora's hut wasn't too far from Ponyville. The two ponies didn't even have to go through the bad part of the forest to get there. Unfortunately, they did have to go deeper to get to the Castle of the Two Sisters. They had better things to do than to get eaten by monsters, but the castle had too much valuable objects for them to resist.

Rarity saw Zecora's hut in the distance and ran at full speed towards it. Applejack followed her until she got a view of the inside of the hut. She noticed that Zecora hasn't left and grabbed Rarity's tail to stop her. Rarity glared at Applejack.

“Sorry, Rarity,” Applejack apologized, “Zecora is still home. We need to wait until she leaves.”

Rarity groaned, “We are too early.”

Applejack nodded in response.  Both of them spied on Zecora from a safe distance. They needed to wait until the Zebra left to rob the place for obvious reasons. Time passed, and the air grew colder. They forgot to bring warm clothes, but they weren't going to go back now. Just as they wondered if Zecora was ever going to leave, she left.

They waited for a bit just in case the zebra forgot something. She didn't return, so they took the oppurtinity and walked into her house. There were a lot of chemicals shelved around the place. It had a very modern feel to it. Rarity and Applejack agreed to not steal so much that Zecora would know things are missing. A lot of bits and some trinkets were good enough. They didn't want to carry too much back. Besides, they had to go to the castle, too.

After they put what they wanted in their saddle bags, they left and made their way to the castle. A fool like Zecora was not going to realize anything was missing. The two thieves wanted anything they could get their hooves on, but they didn't want to get caught. Sometimes, they hated having to leave valuable objects behind.

Applejack and Rarity found themselves on a cliff. There was a large portion of the cliff missing, but there was still a narrow area that they could walk across. They knew that they wouldn't have survived if they were to fall. The narrow area was too narrow for them to walk across on all four legs, so they had to slowly walk sideways on their hind legs. They did not dare to look down, and every step had to be careful.

They made it across the path, and Rarity suggested, "We should really find a safer path for when we return to Ponyville."

Applejack replied, "We just went this way because it was the closest path from Zecora's hut to the castle. We won't need to go back to that zebra's place again. " She didn't know if the other paths were any safer or not, but she knew that walking across a cliff with a saddlebag full of valuable objects was out of the question.

They made their way through a dark cave and pushed their way through thick shrubs until they stopped at a river. Rarity levitated a nearby stick and put it in the middle of the river. The stick was only able to go a foot into the river before it was stopped. The ponies walked across the shallow river. They heard stories of a sea serpent living there, but that couldn't be possible. It was far too shallow. That was unless they were walking on the serpent. They didn't want to check to see if it was true. Instead, they continued forward.

Finally, they saw the castle in sight. They casually crossed the bridge and entered the castle. It was filled with like heaven for thieves. Golden Rugs covered the floor, and statues of ivory and gold lined the perimeters of the room. The castle was still in great condition, but Princess Celestia and Princess Luna preferred their new castle in Canterlot.

Applejack and Rarity searched through the castle. It was much easier than they previously thought. They picked up all the jewelry that they could find. There were no bits inside the castle, but platinum horn rings and golden saddles where far more valuable. They filled their saddle bags with whatever they could find and decided to call it a day.

The walk back to Ponyville was boring. No monsters, no fires, just trees. They didn't expect everything to be so easy, especially with the Everfree forest. The forest wasn't near as scary as they thought. They were relived that they weren't attacked by any pony eating monsters, but at the same time, they found it boring.