"And that's when I found those two asshats bothering you." Derpy gave me a quick nod as she swallowed the small bite of banana muffin before speaking.

"Sounds like you've had a pretty rough time here so far." I nodded, taking a small bite of my own muffin. Derpy had decided to duck into a cafe to buy her 'hero' a thank you muffin. In reality, I feel she just wanted to get one for herself, but I wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I was rather hungry anyways, and I've always loved muffins, even more-so than cupcakes.

We talked for a couple more minutes before we reached the boutique. The building itself was...interesting to say the least. Compared to all the other building in the area, and that I had seen on the way, it seemed to have a more fancy feel to it, which made sense when you thought about who lived there. The name was pretty accurate as well, the building looking much like a carousel.

I gave Derpy a quick farewell and another thank you for the muffin before knocking on the door to the boutique. Inside I heard someone call out in a singsong voice, "Come in darling, we're open!" I pushed the door open and made my way inside, the bell above the door ringing as I did so. My eyes began to wander around the interior of the boutique.

The inside, much like the outside, had an elegant feel to it. The room that I was currently in was rather large, and was mostly various shades of pink and purple. There were some mannequins...Marrequins?...There were some pony shaped mannequins sitting around the room, adorned in various dresses, suits and other types of clothing. Mirrors sat against the walls, which made sense I suppose, seeing as it was the living space of a fashionista.

I didn't have anymore time to look around before Rarity came waltzing out of the back room, smiling once she saw me, "Oh, hello darling. I didn't expect to see you here so quickly." I shrugged and gave the white mare a small smile.

"It certainly wasn't the first thing on my list originally, but I figured it was important to get some more clothing." She seemed a bit shocked by my comment.

"But darling, why would you ever want to wear anything but that fantastic suit?" I rolled my eyes at how dramatic she was acting over a simple attire.

"Even if I wanted to wear this suit all the time, I would still prefer to have a few more sets of clothing. Besides, I prefer wearing a more casual attire." She seemed to accept that as an appropriate reason as her horn lit up. I was going to ask what she was doing before I was practically assaulted by measuring tapes, "Rarity, careful with those! That one almost hit me! Not so f-" I was caught off guard as the tapes reached certain areas, "Watch where your grabbing with that magic!"

I would have said more, but some tape was put over my mouth, "Honestly darling, stop complaining. I can't do this right with you squirming about so much. Now sit still and let me get your measurements." I glared at Rarity but complied, finally sitting still. The next few minutes were awkward, weird and felt like they took way longer than they should have. It didn't help that Rarity was still talking to me, asking questions that I couldn't properly answer with my mouth covered. I let out a sigh of relief when she was done and the tape was removed, "There, that wasn't so bad, was it?"

I shuddered a bit, "I think you managed to put that tape in places I didn't even know I had." She rolled her eyes at me as she made her way towards a table in the back room. I followed behind her, seeing her grab a marker and start sketching up a couple different designs. I watched her for a moment before speaking up, "So, got any good ideas?"

She turned her head towards me, momentarily halting the sketching process, "How do you feel about more suits?"

I stared at her for a moment, "Rarity, I said good ideas, not stupid ones. I already have a suit, I don't need another right now. I want something more casual, maybe some shorts and a simple shirt." She didn't seem overly happy with the choice, but she shrugged.

"I suppose I can do that. If you come by again tomorrow I will have them finished for you."

I rose a brow, "Only one day? That's way faster than I was expecting. I don't exactly have a way of paying right now though.." She simply shook her head.

"Nonsense darling, consider it on the house. You just got here, and I never make my friends pay for their outfits." I was a little shocked that she already considered me a friend, but I still wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth...God, that's such a weird phrase to be using in this place.

"Alright, I owe you one Rares." She looked like she was about to comment on the nickname I had given her, but I was already heading out the door.

The streets were still bustling with movement. Mares, stallions, and even a few colts and fillies wandering around their town. I started to get a few more stares from those that hadn't seen me earlier, but it wasn't nearly as bad as before. I'm sure word about me had gotten around by now. Not really knowing what I wanted to do next, I decided to just wander a bit, hoping I would find something at least semi-interesting to keep me busy. Life was weird without my electronics.

After a bit of walking I found myself on some sort of farm. There were acres and acres of Apple trees far as the eye can see. It was amazing to look at honestly. I followed the pathway until I found myself staring at a large red barn. Somewhat in the distance behind it sat an orange house. I was about to turn around and walk away when I heard a familiar voice call out to me, "Well howdy there, didn't expect ta see ya round these parts Tiberius." I turned around to see the orange mare from earlier walking towards me. It took me a second before I remembered what her name was.

"Hey there Applejack. To be honest I wasn't exactly looking for it. I was just wandering and happened to make my way here." I looked back at the fields of apple trees, "You've got an amazing farm here, I can safely say I haven't seen anything like it." Applejack chuckled softly.

"Well shucks, that's mighty nice of ya to say, Ty. The Apple family have been workin' together to make this farm into the finest place it can be."

"Apple family? How many of you live here? It has to be quite a bit if you have all these trees." I turned back towards Aj.

She scratched at the back of her head, "Well, only four of us actually live here, but we do get the occasional help from some other relatives, and Twi and them help out if we need it as well. Fer the most part it's just us though." I was honestly shocked. Only four of them and they manage to maintain this much land. She chuckled at my expression, "As long as we Apples work together, there ain't nothin' we can't accomplish."

I smiled softly, "It's nice to see others care about their family so much. Back in my world, most of my friends hated their family, and wanted nothing more than to move away." Applejacks eyes widened as I continued, "We were a very different type of people it seems. Not all humans thought this way of course, but there were a lot that did. I never understood it myself." Aj just shook her head. It seemed she didn't understand it either. "As much as I'd love to stay and chat some more, I think I better look around some more. I'm trying my best to learn the layout of the town.

She gave me a nod and saw me off, giving me a wave as I started to make my ways back down the path I came from. About halfway back I began to hear footsteps behind me, or, hoofsteps I guess. I ignored them at first, but it became harder to do as I heard whispering, reminding me of the dream I had earlier that day. This lasted for about another minute or so before I turned around, only to see nothing. Huh... I turned back around, only managing to stop myself from walking into two little fillies that were staring up at me with wide eyes. I stared back at them, the only movement being the three of us blinking.

"Uh...hi?"

I would have continued, but something thumped me in the back of the head, knocking me down and making my vision fade to black.

Author's Note

Well then...it's been a while, huh? Over a year in fact. I'd give excuses as to why I hadn't written anything/continued this in so long, but I don't really have any. I just kind of stopped. having a full-time job paid a big factor for sure, as I don't get too much time to myself, and when I do, I usually prefer to relax or sing. For some reason I got a huge urge to write though, and I remembered this story. After reading through the chapters and laughing a bit at some of the things I had written, I decided I wanted to try and continue. So here is a quick chapter that hopefully means the start of Actual updates on the regular.