Spike felt something cold and wet splash his face, causing him to wake up in a hurry, as his dragon blood made everything that was cold to a pony much colder to him.

Snapping his eyes open quickly, he found himself propped up against an apple tree as Applejack and the two other ponies stared down at him.

"You okay, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked him, looking a bit worried. "Y'all fainted like ya just saw a ghost when my brother walked up to ya."

Spike looked over at the red stallion, who stood a few feet away, his muscular arms crossed.

Quickly looking away, he knew he shouldn't lie to these ponies. Lying to ponies only got him into more trouble and caused him to be beaten more.

"B-back in my old world…" The dragon started, looking away from the three ponies in front of him, afraid of what he would see in their faces. "Dragons… were hunted down and slaughtered by Princess Celestia."

He heard the three ponies gasp in shock, though he still refused to look them in the eyes. "The only reason why I wasn't killed was because the Twilight from my world hatched me, and I was her servant, though, she called me her little brother." He finished.

"Why would tha Princess do that?" He heard Applejack ask, sounding angry. "We have a peace treaty with tha dragons. No pony is allowed to attack a dragon and no dragon is allowed to attack a pony."

Spike looked up at her surprised before shaking his head. "I'm sorry, I'm not allowed to tell anypony what happened to her. If I even try to, a magic spell will kick in and punish me." He told her honestly.

Applejack's eyes widened before setting into a glare. "Those damn bastards." She growled out, causing Spike to cower in fear.

"Language, young lady." The elder pony reprimanded. "Ah think this conversation is upsetting tha poor dear. We should introduce ourselves so Big Mac can continue his chores."

"Eeyup." The red stallion agreed.

Spike slowly stood up, with some assistance from Applejack. "They're right, sugarcube. You sure you're gonna be okay?"

He looked at her before looking at her older brother and grandmother. "I think so. But, I don't think it's a good idea for me to meet anyone else for a while." He answered.

Applejack nodded, knowing he had to be more comfortable around her and the other girls before any of them introduced him to anyone else.

"Well, anyway…" she started, waving her hand toward the big red stallion. "This here is mah older brother, Big Macintosh, but we just call him Big Mac fer short." The stallion nodded to Spike, a kind smile on his face despite the intimidating muscles that showed with each and every movement of his body.

"And this," Applejack continued, motioning to the elder mare. "Is mah granny, Granny Smith."

Granny Smith smiled kindly at the dragon. "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, young'n." She told him.

Spike smiled a bit, still feeling incredibly nervous. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well." He replied, fidgeting a bit. "My name is Spike."

"Yer welcome ta stop by anytime ya want, Spike." Granny Smith told him, gently grabbing him hand in her own. "You ever need a place to relax and not worry about anything, the farm's always open to ya."

"Oh, uh, th-thank you." He replied, taken aback by her kind offer.

And Big Mac and Granny Smith walked back towards the farmhouse, Applejack led him back through the farm and toward Ponyville. "After hearin' what y'all went through where y'all are from, it's no wonder she made ya that offer." She told the drake.

"What do you mean?" He asked, trying to ignore the smell of the apples around him.

"Well, we look out fer our friends here." She told him, smiling at him. "And Ah think y'all could use some friends to help ya get by."

Spike stared at Applejack in disbelief. She wanted to be his friend? The Applejack he was used to would use him for sparring practice, and not as an opponent, but, as a punching bag, yet this Applejack was much kinder, and actually wanted to help him.

Any other thoughts he would've had on the subject were suddenly cut short has his stomach gave off a rather large growl, the smell of the apples around him becoming too much to ignore.

Applejack looked at the dragon in surprise. "When was the last time y'all had an apple?" She asked him.

"Um…. If you mean a whole apple, never." Spike replied, rubbing the back of his head. "I've only ever eaten the cores."

He could see Applejack look stunned, as if the thought of only eating apple cores was foreign to her.

"Wait right there a tick." She told him suddenly before hopping the fence and jogging to one of the apple trees that bore ripe fruit. Picking a nice, bug, juicy one, she turned it over in her hands a few time, inspecting it for any flaws.

Once satisfied with how the apple looked, she jocked back over to him, hopping the fence again before handing it to him. "Here "

Spike stared at it before looking back up at Applejack.

"Are you sure?" He asked her nervously. "I don't want to be-"

"Just eat the apple, Spike." She told him.

Quickly shutting up and nodding he grabbed the apple from her before taking a bite out of the red fruit.

His eyes widened as the flavor exploded into his mouth, the juices of the apple dripping off his chin as he seemed to be in pure bliss. The crisp crunch sounded much better than in his dreams, and the flavor was a million times better than what the apple cores tasted like.

Before he knew it, he had eaten the whole apple, including the stem and core out of habit.

"So, how did it taste?" Applejack asked, smiling at the look on the dragon's face.

*****

“WHAT?!”

Spike fidgeted uncomfortably as Applejack had just finished telling the others what he told her, and now seven of the eight mares were looking at him with varying looks of sadness, pity, and anger.

“But… How could princess Celestia do something like that?” Twilight asked, not wanting to believe it. She had taken the new rather hard, and had collapsed into her throne.

“Ah ain’t got a clue,” Applejack replied, crossing her arms under her breasts. “But, Ah know fer a fact that he ain’t lyin’ ta us.”

Sunset nodded, sitting next to Twilight. “We already knew he came from another Equestria. We shouldn’t assume that every Equestria is like ours.” She told the purple alicorn, trying to console her.

“That’s true.” Starlight suddenly spoke up, scratching the back of her head. “I mean, remember when I tried to stop you all from meeting each other? Every time you failed to stop me, you’d return to an Equestria in which the history got worse and worse.”

Starlight was a light purple, almost lilac-colored unicorn with a darker purple mane and tail that had two light blue strips running through them, with a pair of perky looking C cup breasts. She was wearing a dark blue sweater with shooting star patterns along the sleeves and a pair of black jeans.

Pinkie bounced up to Starlight and pulled her into a huge hug, lifting her off the ground as she did. “But you’re our friend now, silly billy!” She exclaimed.

Pinkie Pie was a bright pink earth pony with a slightly darker pink mane and tail that always looked like cotton candy and a pair of very bouncy DD breasts. She currently wore a sky blue long sleeve shirt and blue jeggings, which seemed hard to contain the… junk in the trunk that he’d heard several stallions say she had.

Spike’s thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a pair of soft arms pulling him into a tight hug, burying his head in a pair of soft E cup breasts. “I’m so so very sorry that all happened to you.” He heard Fluttershy tell him while she continued to bury his head in her pillows. “I promise to at least try and not be afraid of you so I can help you out as well.”

Fluttershy was a butter yellow pegasus with a bright pink mane and tail that she would always try and hide at least one eye behind whenever meeting new ponies, or, dragons in this case. She wore a sun yellow turtle neck sweater and a pair of blue jeans, which were slightly stained with dirt, since she was the sole caretaker of the Ponyville animal shelter.

“Careful there, Shy,” Rainbow teased. “You may end up smothering him in your big breasts.”

She and Pinke began to snicker and laugh as Fluttershy made a quiet “Eep” noise, quickly letting go of Spike and backing up a few steps with a massive flush on her face.

While the other ponies were laughing, Spike was starting to hyperventilate, memories of something similar happening back in his old world surfacing.

“Come on, Fluttershy,” Rainbow started again, suddenly sounding vicious. “We all know that dragons are nothing more than greedy horn dogs. You need to teach him a lesson.”

Spike was starting to feel dizzy, as if he were being spun around and around on the world’s biggest lazy cakey. Was he wrong about these ponies? Were they just like his old world? He couldn’t be sure, as all the laughter turned dark and sinister.

“Kick him in the stomach!” He heard Rarity call out. “I hear that’s the weakest part of a dragon.”

Spike brought his hands up to his head, his eyes dilated down to pinpricks as the room started to sway around him.

“No, that won’t do much.” He heard another voice reply, causing his heart to nearly stop.

No… He thought desperately. Please… not that voice. Let this all just be a nightmare, please.

“Let’s use a magical blade, that’ll cause much more damage to the beast.” Celestia continued.

Screaming in fear, Spike fell to his knees, gripping his head in his hands as he fought to keep the apple he ate from coming back up.

“Please, I’m sorry!” He begged his masters, shaking in fear. “I won’t touch her again, I promise!”

“Promise?” He heard Applejack say, spitting it out like it was venom in her mouth. “A dragon’s promise don’t mean nothin’ around here.”

“Please, I’m sorry!” He begged again, feeling sick to his stomach.

Unable to stop the rushing bile he felt in his throat, he collapsed onto his hands and knees as he barfed whatever little food his stomach still held. Even after all his stomach could give was out of his system, he still retched and heaved, crying, as he begged for their forgiveness, begged for them to be merciful on him.

He suddenly felt his head being lifted up and he stared into two pools of sky blue as they washed away everything else. It took him a moment to realize that the eyes weren’t angry or disappointed, but worried and kind.

“Shh…” He heard Fluttershy’s voice soothing him. “It’s okay. Just relax.”

With the power of her stare, he found his eyes growing heavy as she smiled at him. “That’s it. No one’s going to hurt you. I promise.”

“Th-Thank you…” was all he managed to reply before the stress of the day finally caught up to him and he collapsed into the arms of the Element of Kindness, succumbing to sleep.

Author's Note

Sorry for the late update on this story I just kind of ran out of ideas early on, but, now I have a whole bunch of inspiration for this story. Please keep in mind that I am writing 2 fanfics at once here, so, some story updates may take longer than normal to be released, but, I hope you all manage to stick with me and see this story to its completion.