Heroes travels

"So, how many of yourn friends are you going to introduce us to?" asked Callum

"You have already met Rainbow Dash but Ashley as also met Fluttershy" Twilight replied "I will ask Fluttershy to meet Callum. Applejack is very busy on the farm, Rarity is designing dresses and requires to be left alone for a couple of days so all that leaves is Pinkie Pie but she will bring too much attention to you right now"

"Well, why don't you go get Fluttershy and we will just wait here" Ashley asked as he picked up the blanket and pillows that Callum slept on and put them into an organised pile "you really need to clean up after yourself Callum"

"Geez, thanks mom" he responded in the tone that was similar to an annoyed teenager but put emphasis on mom. He sniffed his underarm and recoiled from the sweaty odour "Excuse me Twilight, but do you have a bath I can use?"

"Sure, it's upstairs at the end of the hall. There should already be towels in there"

Callum replied with a nod and made his way upstairs. Twilight looked at Ashley who gave her a smile

"He will take quite some time so it's best you go get Fluttershy now"

Twilight took Ashley's advice and decided to leave to retrieve her timid friend. Around 5 minutes after her departure. Ashley looked outside through the window to see any ponies nearby which there were none.

"All clear" he thought to himself.

He made his way to the front door and opened it quietly, exiting the library before closing it quietly. He took a long breath of fresh air and started to walk around. He noticed a red barn on the a hill "That must be Applejack's farm" he started his journey towards the barn. It took atleast 20 minutes for him to arrive near the farm. From what he could see, it was a apple farm due to the very large amount of apple trees covering the land. He saw (well what appeared to be in the distance) a large red pony which was pulling a cart towards the barn. Looking to the left, he could see a orange pony (wearing what appeared to be a cowboy hat) using its back legs to kick an apple tree and to his amusement, all the apples in the tree fell out and landed in baskets. Ashley could see a much smaller pony sitting on its haunches facing the direction of the orange pony.

***

"but why not sis?" Applebloom pleaded

"Because ah don't want ya'll to get hurt" replied Applejack in a strict tone

"But what if ma cutie mark is demolition?"

"Ah said no Applebloom!" Applejack was starting to get very annoyed "and that's final!"

Applebloom let out a groan of anger. She sat in silence for a few minutes before apologising "Ah'm sorry for making you angry sis. Ah'll just see what else we can do"

"It's fine Applebloom, ah'm sorry for getting mad at you but ya'll have to understand that you're family and we Apple's always look out for one another"

Applebloom stared at her sister and gave her a small smile before being pulled into a hug for which she returned. After both sisters let go of one another. Applebloom started her journey to visit Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo to plan their next shenanigan.

"Going to see Scoot's and Sweetie Belle sis!" she called out to Applejack

"Okay!" she shouted in response "Just be back in time for dinner and try not to hurt yerself!"

Applejack continued with her applebucking. Applebloom walked past the farm gates turned towards Ponyville instead something blocked her path, She looked up to see a very tall creature, standing on its back legs. It stared down at her. It gave her a smile which shown its teeth (Remember us humans have some sharp teeth? thats what she saw"

"AAAAHHHH!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Turning around, she ran as fast as her legs could carry her towards the farm "MONSTER!!"

Applejack heard screaming in the distance, she looked at where it was coming from to see her sister running back towards her. She ran towards Applebloom, who when they got to each other. Hid behind her "What the hay are you goin' on about Applebloom?"

"Ah saw a monster at the front of the farm! It was really tall and it had sharp teeth!"

"It's okay sis" Applejack nuzzled her sister to try and comfort her. She looked towards the farm gate and saw a figure standing there. Fear and anger ran through Applejack's body "Go get Big Mac. Nothing scares mah little sister and gets away with it" She began to charge towards the figure.

Applebloom nodded and ran towards the barn "BIG MAC!" she shouted at the top of her lungs.

***

Ashley was busy looking at the vast amount of apple trees on the farm. He heard something approaching him. It grew closer and closer before it stopped. He looked around to see nothing before looking down to see a very small pony before him. It wore a big pink bow in its red mane. It was too late to hide so he he tried the first thing that came to his mind. Smile (not the best plan since it shown the humans sharp teeth)

"AAAAHHHH!!" it screamed.

The sound almost made Ashley deaf. His natural instinct made him cover his ears with his hands and close his eyes. He opened his eyes and moved his hands away from his ears to see the small pony running away.

"MONSTER!!" it screamed as it fled.

"Well...That could of gone better" he thought to himself, he continued down the path and stopped at a sign "Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres!" was written on it.

"This must be the farm Twilight mentioned" he thought aloud. He looked towards the barn up the hill. Noticing the small pony running towards the orange one before hiding behind it. He watched as the orange pony nuzzled the smaller one before it looked towards him. They both continued to exchange stares until he saw the smaller pony started to run towards the larger red pony that went into the barn. His vision focused on the orange pony who was now charging at him

"Oh crap" he said to himself as he watched the pony growing closer at a very fast pace. He could see the rage on its face. He put himself into a defensive postion.

As Applejack sprinted closer and closer to the figure, she started to notice how tall it really was, not to mention what it looked like. It reminded her of a hairless ape but the only hair on it was on the top of its head. She continued her charge, she was only meters away from the creature, she lowered her head in the effort of using her speed as power.

Ashley saw it lower its head as it got closer "Oh no. Not this time" he thought to himself. He jumped into the air, spreading his legs out to the sides. The pony went right under him. He landed on his feet and turned round to the see the orange pony look around in confusion

"Where the hay did it go?" Applejack said to herself

Ashley coughed to signify his presence. Applejack turned round to see it staring at her, she dragged her front hoof on the ground angrily before initiating another charge which the creature rolled out of the way. She started to grow tired, she ran towards the creature again and stopped before turning round to use her back legs to kick him the chest.

Ashley repeated his first dodging tactic again but saw the pony stop and it turned around. Its back legs hit his lower chest hard. Causing his back to hit the ground hard. Pain surged through his chest, it felt as if one of his ribs was broken

"Note to self; this pony knows how to kick" he thought to himself as he rose back onto his feet

"How the?" Confusion struck Applejack's face "Nopony is capable of getting back up from one of mah bucks"

Applejack was trying to get her breath back. She could see the creature shrug off the pain as it got into another defensive position. She charged at it once more however, Ashley foresaw this and stepped to the side. he timed when to strike, he placed one arm over the orange pony and lifted it up to his side before using his other arm to help hold it infront of him. He stared into its emerald green eyes. He could see the fear inside them.

Applejack tried her best to struggle free but her efforts were meaningless "It's going to eat me. Ah know it" she thought to herself. She closed her eyes to for the worse to happen...

"You had enough yet?" Ashley asked.

Applejack's eyes shot wide open. She looked around to see if a nearby pony just said something to her. Her search came up negative. She looked back at the creature holding her off the ground with a serious look on its face.

"YOU CAN TALK!?" shouted the orange mare

"YES. I CAN ALSO SHOUT AT YOU ASWELL. THANK YOU FOR ASKING!" He returned but in a louder voice.

An awkward silence lingered between the pony and human. Only to be broken by the pony

"So...Aren't ya'll going to eat me?" she gave a look of confusion

"What? No of course not!" objected Ashley "What made you think that I was going to do that?"

"Well...Don't creatures with sharp teeth usually eat..." Applejack choked when she knew she would have to mention eating meat

Ashley opened his mouth wide which caused Applejack to pull away from him. She glanced at the creatures teeth. There were the sharp teeth but she noticed flat teeth near the back and larger teeth at the front. Presumably for biting into food.

"I'm an omnivore. I eat both meat and plants. Eating meat is optional so don't worry much. I won't eat any ponies" he tried to give her a smile

Applejack sighed in relief. Being the element of honesty, she could tell it was telling the truth.

***

Applebloom burst into the barn, her eyes darted around the room quickly before they locked onto a large, muscular, red pony

"Big Macintosh!"

Big Mac turned around to see his little sister in panic "What's wrong little bloomy?"

"Yer have to help Applejack! Ah saw a monster at the front of the farm and it was tall and had sharp teeth and Applejack ran towards it!"

Big Mac was silent. He made his way to the barn door and looked towards the front of the farm. He could make out his sister being picked up by a creature. His brotherly instinct kicked in. He went into a full charge towards the gate...