The Apple of my eyeby axelbearChaptersChapter one*:The first dayChapter two*:Small problemsChapter three*:ReturnChapter one*:The first dayChapter one*:The first day (hey guys, this is my first work here, so any and all advice is much appreciated, Thanks!) My name is Alex, I'm just an average 19 year old guy, and nothing truly special ever happens to me. When my parents told me I was leaving to visit my aunt and grandparents, I reacted like this- "Ugh! Do we really HAVE to? All we are gonna do there is help move their cafe to a new location!" To be honest, I didn't really mean it. I wasn't as bummed as I implied; I loved my grandparents, but I was too stubborn to just leave without giving my parents a little trouble. In reality, I was ecstatic to see them again. We headed off in the family car, driving down the road to Show Low, a small town in northern Arizona; a nice enough place. It was the last time I ever saw my home... The first place we were to stay at while we were there was the HOLZ café, where we were to help move the contents of the building into storage so that they could move the store to a new location. While there, we were welcome to do whatever we wanted to with the walls. Being the Brony I am, I decided to attempt to create some Equestrian art. "Hmm... Oh! I know what I'll do!" I started with something simple. Since she was my favorite character, I decided to try my hand at Applejack’s cutie mark. As it turned out, I had a knack for drawing on large spaces. Seeing as I had done a fair job on her apples, I decided to try something... bigger. I decide on drawing... her. Once I had my mind set, I mentally traced around the area I would use; I started with her snout, moved on to her traditional cowpony headgear, then her tail, her mane, and finally... her eyes. I was only up to going to Show Low because of problems I had coming around in Phoenix; once my girlfriend dumped me I started doing worse in school, and I had succumbed to the depression slowly eating away at me. I could only find some form of solace in watching MLP. I immediately took a strong liking to AJ. I didn't know why, but there’s always been a special place for Applejack in my heart. But when I finished drawing her eyes, it was then that I realized I truly had fallen in love with her. A pang of sadness struck me as I realized it; she doesn't exist, well, at least here on Earth, in this reality, but if I had the kind of magic they had there, maybe I could do something... I concentrated as hard as I could when suddenly... Nothing... "Oh well, I guess no amount of magic can bring her to me." Disappointedly laughing at myself, I stood back to admire the finished work. The fatigue of the day’s work finally getting to me, I almost collapsed from the initial shock of realizing it was almost morning. I rushed to my quarters to try to get some rest before I had to start my work again. Another hard day ended as we finished loading the last truckload of goods and furnishings to be sent off. Determined to get some much needed rest, I headed straight for my quarters. I lay in bed, trying to find a way to get some sleep, but try as I might I just couldn't. I tried for an hour or so, until I just gave up and lay there. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a dim glow coming from the main room of the now mostly empty cafe. "Well now, what could that be?" I got out of bed to investigate the glow. Immediately after opening the door to the main room, I realized that the glow wasn't an electric light or a fire, but an arcane glow, surprisingly coming from my drawing of Applejack. When my vision finally came back into focus after being blinded by the brilliant light, I looked back to the source and saw that the picture was now warping, not twisting but bulging as if something behind the wall was trying to, or rather BEING pushed through. Whatever the case was, whatever was on the other side finally succeeded in getting through, and with a large pulse ripped through the air, collided with me and forcefully knocked me onto my back and subsequently knocked all the air out of my lungs. When I eventually returned to the land of the living, I looked around to see what had come through. "What on Earth was that?" I said, rubbing my head. The visibility was low, since the pulse caused several bulbs to burst... And now here I was, looking at a figure sprawled out on the floor just inches away from me. I tried to sit up so that I could get a better look at the new figure, just barely managing to prop myself up on my elbow. As I had got my first look at this anomaly, my eyes immediately grew wide as my scan caught a simple trio of apples nestled upon an expanse of orange fur. "Oh. My. God..." I could feel my eyes starting to water as I felt like some sort of subconscious prayer had been answered. I cut my Brony instincts down and switched into a worried/serious mode; I checked her condition and saw that she was fine, but unconscious. Knowing that I couldn't just leave her in the main room for all to see, I carefully put her on my back in piggy-back fashion,"Wow, she's a bit heavier than I thought..." I carried her to my room, lay her down on my bed, got a blanket for myself, and dozed off in a chair in my room. About an hour later, I was awakened by the sounds of the creaky cot I usually slept in shifting around, to find a drowsy equine slowly rousing from her slumber. She sat up with a tired and confused look on her face. She looked around until her eyes meet mine. the sight of me made her jump a little and she shakily asked "Where...where am I?" I quickly responded "Earth, but I don't know how-" but I was cut off when she jumped to her next question. "How did I get here?" she said shakily. I looked at her curiously and said "I don't know; I thought you would. Did a friend of yours use some sorta crazy mumbo-jumbo magic on ya an' it screwed up somehow?" She tapped her hoof to her chin for a moment and then said "The only pony I know that might have magic that strong is my friend Twilight Sparkle, and she doesn't usually mess things up; well, at least, not this bad..." she said kindly. "Well then, I'm stumped..." I said with a sigh. "So what are we- I gonna do now?" she started. "I guess we'll just have to wait a while and see what happens," I replied with a joking tone to try to ease up the mood a bit. "Hell, you've already made a friend here and you've only been here an hour!" I add happily. Applejack smiled and said "Well, I'm darn happy to have y'all as my first friend...well, here anyways." I could see a slight blush on her face. I don't know why she would blush at that, but I could feel my face starting to get warm at the sight of it. But then that pang of sadness returned to my heart, because I knew she couldn't have feelings for me, and even if she did, her friends would most likely come and get her soon, and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to go with her... Right? ******** For the next hour or so, I spent my time listening to Applejack tell stories about her friends, adventures, and anything else she could think of. "So then just before the others hit the ground, she blasted ahead, leaving the most colorful explosion I've ever seen!" When she finished laughing at my shocked expression she said "Well shoot, I've been busy talkin’ about myself, I haven't even learned your name, or even given mine for that matter. I'm Applejack." She blushed out of the apparent embarrassment of the situation. "Well then, I'm Alex, nice to meet you ma'am!" I said as I bowed, and looked to see her expression. As I expected, she was on the verge of cracking up. Her reaction to seeing the sly look on my face was to then pull me down. I fell directly on top of her and when I regained my bearings, I looked down to see that I was face to face with Applejack, She looked deeply into my eyes as I do the same to her, my heart beating at a ridiculous rate as I can feel hers do the same. After what seemed like forever, we shook ourselves back to our senses.I rolled off and said, "I'm so sorry for that, I don't know what I was thinking..." I stuttered, but then she put her hoof to my mouth to stop my babbling. "It's okay, Alex. After all I do kinda li-" She stopped when we heard a door open. Damn it! I never thought about what I was going to do about her when the others got up... "Applejack, we've gotta hide you for now. I'll check up on you every 10, 20 minutes, ok?" I asked. "Okey dokey sugar," she said "But we gotta talk. We gotta figure out a whole lotta stuff when you get a break, OK?" she asked. "That’s fine," I said nervously, "But where do you wanna hide?" I said. "Hmm... Oh! How about here?" she asked, pointing to the rather large pantry. "Perfect!" I said. She walked in and turned on the light. "Well, I'll be! This is one roomy closet... Hmm... Why's there so much food in here?" she asked. "Oh, because this is a café, and it's moving to a new location, but we aren't unloading this room or that closet for a couple of days because I'm staying in this room ‘til we leave," I stated. "So, I'll be back in a bit okay, Applejack?" She looked at me with an uneasy smile and a noticeable blush and said "Oh, o-ok..." As I worked on transporting the innards of the small restaurant, my thoughts were racing, thinking of the time I got to spend with her and of what happened. The thought of seeing her again pushed me quickly to my break. "Hey, I know it’s a bit much, but can I have my break last an hour today? One of my good friends needs to talk to me about something and I wanna have plenty of time for her!" I begged my aunt as she stood with her arms crossed and an irritated look on her face. She finally looked at me and said "Fine, but only today, got it?" "Oh, yes ma'am! Thanks again, aunt Pammy!" I ran to "my room" and closed the door, locked it, and went to the closet and stopped. I was unsure if what I thought I would see in there was real, or if I had either dreamed or just simply imagined the entire night. Slowly, I put my hand on the knob, turned, and pulled... What I saw next was, WAS, nothing. My heart sank, and I slowly walked back to my bed to lie down and think about the cruel trick my mind had played on me. I quietly lay down on my bed so as to not alert anybody near the room, as my mind wandered away, anywhere but where I was right then. I lifted the covers on the large bed and put them over myself, and started to drift off... I suddenly snapped back to consciousness when my arms extended and wrapped around something... warm... and... FURRY!?!? My eyes shot open and I saw the mare I had just moments earlier thought to be just a figment of my imagination once again face to face to face with me, but this time gently snoring. My sudden movements began to wake her from her slumber, so I immediately rolled out of the bed (apparently only adding to the waking). I stood up and looked at her, feeling an odd mix of confusion, relief, and excitement. She slowly opened her emerald eyes to see me with an extremely shocked look on my face. She sat up and said "Hey sugarcube, I'm sorry if I startled you. It started getting’ chilly in there so I moved on up into your bed... thing." I gave her a look, and then shrugged and sat down, and asked her "So Applejack, what did you wanna talk about?" She looked at me for a moment before figuring out what I was talking about. She blushed and said "Oh yeah, it's nuthin’ really I just wanna get to know the person who’s helpin’ me out a little better, is all. So tell me about yourself a bit." For the next ten minutes or so I told her about myself, just basic things like my age, what I like to do, etc. All the while feeling a little bit of sadness seeping into the joy in the moment. Once my break finally came to an end, I let her know how long until she could expect me back, and bid a short goodbye. As grueling as the work was, it passed by rather quickly. When the end of the day finally came around, I was drained of energy and wanted nothing more than to get back to Applejack. I walked into the room and saw her looking intently at me. Seeing her like this made me wonder what she had in mind. "Right on time, Alex! I was gettin’ bored in here," she stated happily. "So, what do you wanna do, Applejack?" I asked. She thought for a second, then said "How about we hoof wrestle?" "Is that a challenge, Applejack?" I asked jokingly. "Sure as sugar!" she said cheerfully, I pulled up a small table I had been using as a nightstand to use as a makeshift playing field. We put our appendages in position and prepared for the match. "Care to make this game interesting?" she asked playfully. “What, a bet? Sure, I'm game. What’s at stake here?" I said. Right away she snapped back "The loser has to do something of the winner’s choice, no questions asked, okay?" I gave her a quizzical look, and just shrugged it off and said "Fine, but I'm gonna enjoy that favor!" Chapter two*:Small problemsChapter two*:Small problems (Again, I'm open to all advice you guys have, enjoy!) "Shoot, that's three losses in a row! I knew you'd be stronger than me, but I didn't think you'd beat me this easy!" I said, rubbing my forearm from its repeated beatings."Alright, you win, but since I called for two rematches, does that mean I now owe you three favors?" She looked at me slyly and said "Darn tootin'! I won three times, I get three times the winnin’s, right?" I shrugged and asked "What do I gotta do?" With the same sly look she said "I never said they had to be used right away, now did I?" I thought for a minute, then shrugged and said "I guess not. So what do you want to do now?" She tapped her hoof to her chin for a moment before simply stating "Eat." I got up and went into the kitchen to make some salads (After having almost brought her a ham sandwich, but catching myself halfway back to the room with a facepalm). Once I got back, she looked at me with a hungry look in her eyes "Finally! I'm starvin'. Let’s eat!" I sat down next to her and watched as she dove into her salad "Slow down, I don't need a choking pony on my hands!" I said, laughing. She looked up at me, and blushed. "Sorry, I haven't eaten since last night," she said sheepishly. "It's fine, I just don't want a girl as pretty as you choking is all... oh wait, I mean-" I realized what I had said and tried to fix it. She gave me a sly look and said "Oh, so you think I'm pretty? Well, you ain't too bad yoursel-" She stopped immediately as we looked over to see my brother open the door. "Hey Alex, I know you're busy and all, but have you seen my cell pho-" He gasped and froze as he looked to see Applejack sitting next to me. I stood up and reached around him, closed the door and began to try stopping him before he flipped. "Alex, is that Appl-MMF!" I slapped my hand over his mouth and started. "Yes Nick, that is Applejack. I'll explain this to you in a minute. She IS here, I don't how, I don't know why, and the craziness you're about to exert, and waking up grandma will NOT help the situation, okay?" Slowly, he nodded, and I released my hand from his mouth, and he took a deep breath, "Okay, I'm gonna walk away and leave you to be alone with her, but if Fluttershy shows up and you don’t at least let me meet her, I WILL KILL YOU! Even if you go with them, I will find you and destroy you, capish?" he said, poking my nose. "S-sure thing bro." He gave me an evil look and left. I walked back in and I sat back down next to Applejack, this time face to face, as opposed to side by side like earlier. "Okay sugar, what’s the deal? How did he know who Fluttershy was, and how did he know who I am?" I gave her a bit of a scared look and said "Well, this is crazy, but you gotta believe me on this. In this world, we have a show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and it portrays just a few of you and your friends’ adventures, and in this world that show has grown a rather large fan base, and its members, including my brother and myself call ourselves Bronies, a mix between the words bro, and pony. As was just shown by my brother a moment ago, his favorite pony was Fluttershy, and mine was...you. Any ques-" My words were stopped cold as Applejack leaned forward and kissed me. My mind went blank as was over loaded with questions. WHAT? WHY? HOW IS THIS HAPPENING!? At the peak of my overload I suddenly relaxed as she put her hooves around me. Without even thinking I did the same and started pushing in with my own kiss. Eventually we needed air , so we parted and started breathing heavily. "O-ok, now I have to ask, what?... Why?... How?" She looked me in the eyes and said "That is what we needed to talk about earlier. I could tell that you were nice enough when I first met you, but after having spent these past couple of hours with you I started likin' you more and more. I kinda figured what you were gettin' at just now, so I cut to the chase for you, and apparently my hunch was very correct... also... I know i most likely wont be here forever... so i'm gonna make sure I don't have to have any regrets once i do go..." I looked at her for a moment with a surprised look, "Wow, does being the element of honesty let you read minds, too?" She chuckled and said "No, you're just that easy to read." I shot her a devious smile and tackled her, pinning her down. "Ha! I got you down pat! Who’s easy to read, now?" As these words left my mouth, she used my moment of cocky pride to her advantage. She flipped me over before I could even realize that I was moving "I believe that would still be you." I tried futilely to regain dominance, but she wasn't going to be letting me do that anytime soon. She leaned down and kissed my nose, I looked at her and said "So, is this going to be a regular thing?" She laughed and put her hoof on my face and whispered in my ear, "Only if you want it to be, sugar cube." She sat back up and laughed. Seeing the moment to strike, I flipped her over on her back and sat on her belly once again, this time holding her hooves down to prevent a repeat of the last time I held dominance; I leaned down and kissed her nose just as she had done to mine. I looked into her eyes and let myself get lost, and before I knew it, the sun poked through the window and its rays landed directly on my eyes. "Oww..." I looked up and saw that the sun had already started rising up out of the night. A knock sounded on the door; I dived to it, holding it shut. I motioned for her to hide under the covers of my bed or something, and she crawled into my bed and gave me a wink. "Who is it?" I said through the door. "It's your grandmother; we're taking the day off today. Biscuits and gravy for breakfast, come on out if you're hungry." I waited until I was sure she had gone before I walked over to Applejack and asked "Hungry?" She poked her head out and said "Sure as sugar!" I stood up and walked over to the door. I put my hand on the knob, when Applejack said "Wait, I got somethin' for you." She got out of the bed and walked over to me. She then gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for bein’ so sweet to me." I looked at her for a moment, then said "Any time..." With that said, i turned and left to get our food. Chapter three*:ReturnChapter three*:Return (Let me know of any mistakes, and also comments are always welcome.) When I came back with our food, I set Applejack's plate in front of her and I sat down next to her to eat, once we were done I took both our bowls back to the kitchen. when I came back I looked at Applejack and said, "Holy cow, I haven't slept in almost two days, not counting the little bit of rest I got when you first got here... umm, do you wanna take a nap?" "Hay yeah! I'm plum tuckered out from last night, and-...umm, what are you doing?" she asked me as i was putting a blanket on the floor next to her, "I'm letting you have my bed, I'm fine with the floor" I said with an eyebrow raised, she looked at me and said, "Why don't you just lay here next to me?" she said patting the space next to her on my bed, "well I, umm, don't know if you'd want me to, I mean-" she pulled me down onto the bed and gave me a soft kiss, "I think were close enough to at least sleep in the same bed by now, Hmm, sugarcube, but no funny stuff though alright?" She said with a chuckle. "I guess so," I said, laying down next to her, "Don't ever go away Alex..." she said, snuggling up close to me, "Don't worry Applejack, I'll never leave you..." I said, As I lie there I find myself finally able to let my mind wander again, but my thoughts always focus on one subject, I hope I can keep that promise Applejack, I truly do... ********** I woke up to see that we had slept through most of the day, slowly I sat up and looked at Applejack, How on earth did i get a girl like you? After my little thought, I lie back down and kiss Applejack on the cheek, slowly she stirs and eventually wakes up, she sat up and looked down at me pretending to be asleep, making exaggerated snoring noises, she lays back down and I look into her eyes and start to get lost in those emerald pools, it could have been weird, me staring at her like that, if she wasn't doing the same. "so are we umm, like, together?" I ask, "hows this for an answer?" she leaned in and we shared a soft kiss, "that'll do." I said, she chuckled and sat up and climbed out of the bed, she looked over to me and said, "Hey, when it gets dark, wanna take a walk?" I looked at her and thought for a moment before saying, "Well it is a small town so things'll probably be kinda dead around here, also there's the forest, so... yeah ok, but we can not let another human see you, ok? we still have to keep you a secret until you can go," she smiled at me and said "ok, so how long till we go? "we should be able to leave in an hour or two," I said, "that's fine," she said, For the next hour we talked and told stories, passing the time until we could get outside, "so are you ready to go?" I asked her, "You know it, I can't wait to finally get to stretch my legs after bein cooped up in here for so long," She said stretching out her legs "Lets go!" We walked out the back door and into the woods, after we were sure we were out of the towns earshot, we started talking, "So when your friends come to get you whats gonna happen?" Applejack stopped and thought about it for a moment then looked at me and said, "Well I hope you can come with me, sugar, I couldn't lose you, not now..." looked at her and could see her eyes start to water, the sight of Applejack on the verge of tears tore me up inside, I fell to my knees and threw my arms around her, I heard her let out a gasp of surprise, but then she relaxed and put her hooves around me neck and pulled me closer, obviously needing some comforting after having the thought of losing the one she cared about, then realizing how likely the possibility was, I pulled my head off her neck and looked into her eyes, "Applejack, no matter what happens, I will always love you, and I will do anything I can to stay with you." After that I leaned into her and gave her the most passionate kiss I could, as she pushed in with her own kiss, she pulled me in closer, and I decided to push the kiss deeper, my tongue met her lips and requested entry, she was slightly resistant at first but then she parted her lips and met mine with hers, dancing together I wasn't at all surprised at the taste (What else, but apples?) but the taste was almost shocking nonetheless, it was almost as if they were electrified, this is what I imagined zap apples would taste like, the passionate dance was ended however, by the basic urge to breathe, she leaned back, our eyes still locked, but now my tongue was hanging out of my mouth, she put her hooves over her mouth trying not to laugh until I noticed, and as soon as I did I snapped it back in and blushed, she then immediately fell back intothe leaves and burst out laughing, Once she had recovered, she sat up and said, "Not too shabby for a first timer, huh?" I looked at her with surprise and said," wait, havent you ever had a very special somepony before me?" "No, why?" she looked at me quizzically, "How? I would think you'd have stallions busting down the door the door to get to you,"i said in shock, "Nope, I didn't want to be romantically involved till I found somepony I truly cared about... somepony like, you..." Our moment was interrupted when we heard a deep pulse, we got up and ran to where we thought it came from, she got there first and I was right behind her, but I slowed down when I saw her freeze when she got there, When I had made it there, I realized what had made her react the way she did. "Applejack!" The five standing in the clearing said in unison as they ran over and hugged their friend, "Thank Celestia you're alright! we were worried sick about you when my teleportation spell backfired and pushed you into that portal!" Twilight said happily, "it's so good to see you guys again, but I uhh... I got someone I want y'all to meet, everypony, this here's Alex, he was the one who kept me safe and happy while I've been here" "Well thank you very much for helping Applejack out, so are you ready to go now?" "Umm.. hold on, where does this portal lead to?" applejack asked twilight nervously, "To the royal palace, why?" twilight asked, "well, can you go back through and get the princess to come here?" she said, "Probably, I'll be right back," said twilight as she walked into the portal, A moment later she reappeared but this time she had the princess walk out right after her, Applejack saw her and did a quick bow, seeing this I did the same and dipped my head to honor the royalty before me, "It's good to see you again, unharmed, Twilight says that you might have something very important to ask of me, is this true?" "Yes princess, since I got here, I've started to have feelings for Alex, and I'm not sure how I could continue to go on without him at this point, so I'm asking you if I can bring him with us back to Equestria." The princess thought for a moment before looking at me, "Alex, do you care for applejack like she cares for you?" "Yes, princess, I do, in the time that I've known her, I've come to realize that I care for Applejack more than I could care for anyone else on this planet" I turned to Applejack and looked into her eyes and said, "Applejack, I love you." I looked back to the princess, "Princess, I ask that you let me go with Applejack to your land." The princess looked from me to her then stated, "I can see that you two care for each other very much, and because of this I will allow it," Hearing this, Applejack tackled me with a hug and kissed me "I love you too Alex." We were entering the portal to leave when suddenly I stopped, "Oh no, WAIT I'll be right back! Applejack, come with me, and Fluttershy?" Hearing her name Fluttershys ears perked up, she walked over to me, "Okay so here's the thing..." "Okay Nick, you're gonna have to be calm when you meet her, ok?" "Of course, and, thanks for not forgetting me bro," Nick stated warmly, "Anytime, man," I said as we walked back to the clearing, when we arrived, I guided him to the shy yellow mare standing next to the portal, "Umm, hello Mr.Nick, I'm Fluttershy, your brother told me about you, and he said you wanted to meet me," "Yes and I know you guys have to go, but I just wanted to know if I could get a... Hug?" She looked at him and said, "of course," she leaned in and gave him a big hug, Nick then stood up and looked at me,"I'm going to miss you bro, I'll never forget the time we spent together and I'll always love you bro," "Good bye Nick," We gave each other a hug and with that, me, Applejack, and Fluttershy, left that world, forever... (A/N Okay everyone, with the earth part done consider that the prologue, now the real story begins.)
Chapter one*:The first dayChapter one*:The first day (hey guys, this is my first work here, so any and all advice is much appreciated, Thanks!) My name is Alex, I'm just an average 19 year old guy, and nothing truly special ever happens to me. When my parents told me I was leaving to visit my aunt and grandparents, I reacted like this- "Ugh! Do we really HAVE to? All we are gonna do there is help move their cafe to a new location!" To be honest, I didn't really mean it. I wasn't as bummed as I implied; I loved my grandparents, but I was too stubborn to just leave without giving my parents a little trouble. In reality, I was ecstatic to see them again. We headed off in the family car, driving down the road to Show Low, a small town in northern Arizona; a nice enough place. It was the last time I ever saw my home... The first place we were to stay at while we were there was the HOLZ café, where we were to help move the contents of the building into storage so that they could move the store to a new location. While there, we were welcome to do whatever we wanted to with the walls. Being the Brony I am, I decided to attempt to create some Equestrian art. "Hmm... Oh! I know what I'll do!" I started with something simple. Since she was my favorite character, I decided to try my hand at Applejack’s cutie mark. As it turned out, I had a knack for drawing on large spaces. Seeing as I had done a fair job on her apples, I decided to try something... bigger. I decide on drawing... her. Once I had my mind set, I mentally traced around the area I would use; I started with her snout, moved on to her traditional cowpony headgear, then her tail, her mane, and finally... her eyes. I was only up to going to Show Low because of problems I had coming around in Phoenix; once my girlfriend dumped me I started doing worse in school, and I had succumbed to the depression slowly eating away at me. I could only find some form of solace in watching MLP. I immediately took a strong liking to AJ. I didn't know why, but there’s always been a special place for Applejack in my heart. But when I finished drawing her eyes, it was then that I realized I truly had fallen in love with her. A pang of sadness struck me as I realized it; she doesn't exist, well, at least here on Earth, in this reality, but if I had the kind of magic they had there, maybe I could do something... I concentrated as hard as I could when suddenly... Nothing... "Oh well, I guess no amount of magic can bring her to me." Disappointedly laughing at myself, I stood back to admire the finished work. The fatigue of the day’s work finally getting to me, I almost collapsed from the initial shock of realizing it was almost morning. I rushed to my quarters to try to get some rest before I had to start my work again. Another hard day ended as we finished loading the last truckload of goods and furnishings to be sent off. Determined to get some much needed rest, I headed straight for my quarters. I lay in bed, trying to find a way to get some sleep, but try as I might I just couldn't. I tried for an hour or so, until I just gave up and lay there. Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a dim glow coming from the main room of the now mostly empty cafe. "Well now, what could that be?" I got out of bed to investigate the glow. Immediately after opening the door to the main room, I realized that the glow wasn't an electric light or a fire, but an arcane glow, surprisingly coming from my drawing of Applejack. When my vision finally came back into focus after being blinded by the brilliant light, I looked back to the source and saw that the picture was now warping, not twisting but bulging as if something behind the wall was trying to, or rather BEING pushed through. Whatever the case was, whatever was on the other side finally succeeded in getting through, and with a large pulse ripped through the air, collided with me and forcefully knocked me onto my back and subsequently knocked all the air out of my lungs. When I eventually returned to the land of the living, I looked around to see what had come through. "What on Earth was that?" I said, rubbing my head. The visibility was low, since the pulse caused several bulbs to burst... And now here I was, looking at a figure sprawled out on the floor just inches away from me. I tried to sit up so that I could get a better look at the new figure, just barely managing to prop myself up on my elbow. As I had got my first look at this anomaly, my eyes immediately grew wide as my scan caught a simple trio of apples nestled upon an expanse of orange fur. "Oh. My. God..." I could feel my eyes starting to water as I felt like some sort of subconscious prayer had been answered. I cut my Brony instincts down and switched into a worried/serious mode; I checked her condition and saw that she was fine, but unconscious. Knowing that I couldn't just leave her in the main room for all to see, I carefully put her on my back in piggy-back fashion,"Wow, she's a bit heavier than I thought..." I carried her to my room, lay her down on my bed, got a blanket for myself, and dozed off in a chair in my room. About an hour later, I was awakened by the sounds of the creaky cot I usually slept in shifting around, to find a drowsy equine slowly rousing from her slumber. She sat up with a tired and confused look on her face. She looked around until her eyes meet mine. the sight of me made her jump a little and she shakily asked "Where...where am I?" I quickly responded "Earth, but I don't know how-" but I was cut off when she jumped to her next question. "How did I get here?" she said shakily. I looked at her curiously and said "I don't know; I thought you would. Did a friend of yours use some sorta crazy mumbo-jumbo magic on ya an' it screwed up somehow?" She tapped her hoof to her chin for a moment and then said "The only pony I know that might have magic that strong is my friend Twilight Sparkle, and she doesn't usually mess things up; well, at least, not this bad..." she said kindly. "Well then, I'm stumped..." I said with a sigh. "So what are we- I gonna do now?" she started. "I guess we'll just have to wait a while and see what happens," I replied with a joking tone to try to ease up the mood a bit. "Hell, you've already made a friend here and you've only been here an hour!" I add happily. Applejack smiled and said "Well, I'm darn happy to have y'all as my first friend...well, here anyways." I could see a slight blush on her face. I don't know why she would blush at that, but I could feel my face starting to get warm at the sight of it. But then that pang of sadness returned to my heart, because I knew she couldn't have feelings for me, and even if she did, her friends would most likely come and get her soon, and I'm sure I wouldn't be able to go with her... Right? ******** For the next hour or so, I spent my time listening to Applejack tell stories about her friends, adventures, and anything else she could think of. "So then just before the others hit the ground, she blasted ahead, leaving the most colorful explosion I've ever seen!" When she finished laughing at my shocked expression she said "Well shoot, I've been busy talkin’ about myself, I haven't even learned your name, or even given mine for that matter. I'm Applejack." She blushed out of the apparent embarrassment of the situation. "Well then, I'm Alex, nice to meet you ma'am!" I said as I bowed, and looked to see her expression. As I expected, she was on the verge of cracking up. Her reaction to seeing the sly look on my face was to then pull me down. I fell directly on top of her and when I regained my bearings, I looked down to see that I was face to face with Applejack, She looked deeply into my eyes as I do the same to her, my heart beating at a ridiculous rate as I can feel hers do the same. After what seemed like forever, we shook ourselves back to our senses.I rolled off and said, "I'm so sorry for that, I don't know what I was thinking..." I stuttered, but then she put her hoof to my mouth to stop my babbling. "It's okay, Alex. After all I do kinda li-" She stopped when we heard a door open. Damn it! I never thought about what I was going to do about her when the others got up... "Applejack, we've gotta hide you for now. I'll check up on you every 10, 20 minutes, ok?" I asked. "Okey dokey sugar," she said "But we gotta talk. We gotta figure out a whole lotta stuff when you get a break, OK?" she asked. "That’s fine," I said nervously, "But where do you wanna hide?" I said. "Hmm... Oh! How about here?" she asked, pointing to the rather large pantry. "Perfect!" I said. She walked in and turned on the light. "Well, I'll be! This is one roomy closet... Hmm... Why's there so much food in here?" she asked. "Oh, because this is a café, and it's moving to a new location, but we aren't unloading this room or that closet for a couple of days because I'm staying in this room ‘til we leave," I stated. "So, I'll be back in a bit okay, Applejack?" She looked at me with an uneasy smile and a noticeable blush and said "Oh, o-ok..." As I worked on transporting the innards of the small restaurant, my thoughts were racing, thinking of the time I got to spend with her and of what happened. The thought of seeing her again pushed me quickly to my break. "Hey, I know it’s a bit much, but can I have my break last an hour today? One of my good friends needs to talk to me about something and I wanna have plenty of time for her!" I begged my aunt as she stood with her arms crossed and an irritated look on her face. She finally looked at me and said "Fine, but only today, got it?" "Oh, yes ma'am! Thanks again, aunt Pammy!" I ran to "my room" and closed the door, locked it, and went to the closet and stopped. I was unsure if what I thought I would see in there was real, or if I had either dreamed or just simply imagined the entire night. Slowly, I put my hand on the knob, turned, and pulled... What I saw next was, WAS, nothing. My heart sank, and I slowly walked back to my bed to lie down and think about the cruel trick my mind had played on me. I quietly lay down on my bed so as to not alert anybody near the room, as my mind wandered away, anywhere but where I was right then. I lifted the covers on the large bed and put them over myself, and started to drift off... I suddenly snapped back to consciousness when my arms extended and wrapped around something... warm... and... FURRY!?!? My eyes shot open and I saw the mare I had just moments earlier thought to be just a figment of my imagination once again face to face to face with me, but this time gently snoring. My sudden movements began to wake her from her slumber, so I immediately rolled out of the bed (apparently only adding to the waking). I stood up and looked at her, feeling an odd mix of confusion, relief, and excitement. She slowly opened her emerald eyes to see me with an extremely shocked look on my face. She sat up and said "Hey sugarcube, I'm sorry if I startled you. It started getting’ chilly in there so I moved on up into your bed... thing." I gave her a look, and then shrugged and sat down, and asked her "So Applejack, what did you wanna talk about?" She looked at me for a moment before figuring out what I was talking about. She blushed and said "Oh yeah, it's nuthin’ really I just wanna get to know the person who’s helpin’ me out a little better, is all. So tell me about yourself a bit." For the next ten minutes or so I told her about myself, just basic things like my age, what I like to do, etc. All the while feeling a little bit of sadness seeping into the joy in the moment. Once my break finally came to an end, I let her know how long until she could expect me back, and bid a short goodbye. As grueling as the work was, it passed by rather quickly. When the end of the day finally came around, I was drained of energy and wanted nothing more than to get back to Applejack. I walked into the room and saw her looking intently at me. Seeing her like this made me wonder what she had in mind. "Right on time, Alex! I was gettin’ bored in here," she stated happily. "So, what do you wanna do, Applejack?" I asked. She thought for a second, then said "How about we hoof wrestle?" "Is that a challenge, Applejack?" I asked jokingly. "Sure as sugar!" she said cheerfully, I pulled up a small table I had been using as a nightstand to use as a makeshift playing field. We put our appendages in position and prepared for the match. "Care to make this game interesting?" she asked playfully. “What, a bet? Sure, I'm game. What’s at stake here?" I said. Right away she snapped back "The loser has to do something of the winner’s choice, no questions asked, okay?" I gave her a quizzical look, and just shrugged it off and said "Fine, but I'm gonna enjoy that favor!"
Chapter two*:Small problemsChapter two*:Small problems (Again, I'm open to all advice you guys have, enjoy!) "Shoot, that's three losses in a row! I knew you'd be stronger than me, but I didn't think you'd beat me this easy!" I said, rubbing my forearm from its repeated beatings."Alright, you win, but since I called for two rematches, does that mean I now owe you three favors?" She looked at me slyly and said "Darn tootin'! I won three times, I get three times the winnin’s, right?" I shrugged and asked "What do I gotta do?" With the same sly look she said "I never said they had to be used right away, now did I?" I thought for a minute, then shrugged and said "I guess not. So what do you want to do now?" She tapped her hoof to her chin for a moment before simply stating "Eat." I got up and went into the kitchen to make some salads (After having almost brought her a ham sandwich, but catching myself halfway back to the room with a facepalm). Once I got back, she looked at me with a hungry look in her eyes "Finally! I'm starvin'. Let’s eat!" I sat down next to her and watched as she dove into her salad "Slow down, I don't need a choking pony on my hands!" I said, laughing. She looked up at me, and blushed. "Sorry, I haven't eaten since last night," she said sheepishly. "It's fine, I just don't want a girl as pretty as you choking is all... oh wait, I mean-" I realized what I had said and tried to fix it. She gave me a sly look and said "Oh, so you think I'm pretty? Well, you ain't too bad yoursel-" She stopped immediately as we looked over to see my brother open the door. "Hey Alex, I know you're busy and all, but have you seen my cell pho-" He gasped and froze as he looked to see Applejack sitting next to me. I stood up and reached around him, closed the door and began to try stopping him before he flipped. "Alex, is that Appl-MMF!" I slapped my hand over his mouth and started. "Yes Nick, that is Applejack. I'll explain this to you in a minute. She IS here, I don't how, I don't know why, and the craziness you're about to exert, and waking up grandma will NOT help the situation, okay?" Slowly, he nodded, and I released my hand from his mouth, and he took a deep breath, "Okay, I'm gonna walk away and leave you to be alone with her, but if Fluttershy shows up and you don’t at least let me meet her, I WILL KILL YOU! Even if you go with them, I will find you and destroy you, capish?" he said, poking my nose. "S-sure thing bro." He gave me an evil look and left. I walked back in and I sat back down next to Applejack, this time face to face, as opposed to side by side like earlier. "Okay sugar, what’s the deal? How did he know who Fluttershy was, and how did he know who I am?" I gave her a bit of a scared look and said "Well, this is crazy, but you gotta believe me on this. In this world, we have a show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and it portrays just a few of you and your friends’ adventures, and in this world that show has grown a rather large fan base, and its members, including my brother and myself call ourselves Bronies, a mix between the words bro, and pony. As was just shown by my brother a moment ago, his favorite pony was Fluttershy, and mine was...you. Any ques-" My words were stopped cold as Applejack leaned forward and kissed me. My mind went blank as was over loaded with questions. WHAT? WHY? HOW IS THIS HAPPENING!? At the peak of my overload I suddenly relaxed as she put her hooves around me. Without even thinking I did the same and started pushing in with my own kiss. Eventually we needed air , so we parted and started breathing heavily. "O-ok, now I have to ask, what?... Why?... How?" She looked me in the eyes and said "That is what we needed to talk about earlier. I could tell that you were nice enough when I first met you, but after having spent these past couple of hours with you I started likin' you more and more. I kinda figured what you were gettin' at just now, so I cut to the chase for you, and apparently my hunch was very correct... also... I know i most likely wont be here forever... so i'm gonna make sure I don't have to have any regrets once i do go..." I looked at her for a moment with a surprised look, "Wow, does being the element of honesty let you read minds, too?" She chuckled and said "No, you're just that easy to read." I shot her a devious smile and tackled her, pinning her down. "Ha! I got you down pat! Who’s easy to read, now?" As these words left my mouth, she used my moment of cocky pride to her advantage. She flipped me over before I could even realize that I was moving "I believe that would still be you." I tried futilely to regain dominance, but she wasn't going to be letting me do that anytime soon. She leaned down and kissed my nose, I looked at her and said "So, is this going to be a regular thing?" She laughed and put her hoof on my face and whispered in my ear, "Only if you want it to be, sugar cube." She sat back up and laughed. Seeing the moment to strike, I flipped her over on her back and sat on her belly once again, this time holding her hooves down to prevent a repeat of the last time I held dominance; I leaned down and kissed her nose just as she had done to mine. I looked into her eyes and let myself get lost, and before I knew it, the sun poked through the window and its rays landed directly on my eyes. "Oww..." I looked up and saw that the sun had already started rising up out of the night. A knock sounded on the door; I dived to it, holding it shut. I motioned for her to hide under the covers of my bed or something, and she crawled into my bed and gave me a wink. "Who is it?" I said through the door. "It's your grandmother; we're taking the day off today. Biscuits and gravy for breakfast, come on out if you're hungry." I waited until I was sure she had gone before I walked over to Applejack and asked "Hungry?" She poked her head out and said "Sure as sugar!" I stood up and walked over to the door. I put my hand on the knob, when Applejack said "Wait, I got somethin' for you." She got out of the bed and walked over to me. She then gave me a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for bein’ so sweet to me." I looked at her for a moment, then said "Any time..." With that said, i turned and left to get our food.
Chapter three*:ReturnChapter three*:Return (Let me know of any mistakes, and also comments are always welcome.) When I came back with our food, I set Applejack's plate in front of her and I sat down next to her to eat, once we were done I took both our bowls back to the kitchen. when I came back I looked at Applejack and said, "Holy cow, I haven't slept in almost two days, not counting the little bit of rest I got when you first got here... umm, do you wanna take a nap?" "Hay yeah! I'm plum tuckered out from last night, and-...umm, what are you doing?" she asked me as i was putting a blanket on the floor next to her, "I'm letting you have my bed, I'm fine with the floor" I said with an eyebrow raised, she looked at me and said, "Why don't you just lay here next to me?" she said patting the space next to her on my bed, "well I, umm, don't know if you'd want me to, I mean-" she pulled me down onto the bed and gave me a soft kiss, "I think were close enough to at least sleep in the same bed by now, Hmm, sugarcube, but no funny stuff though alright?" She said with a chuckle. "I guess so," I said, laying down next to her, "Don't ever go away Alex..." she said, snuggling up close to me, "Don't worry Applejack, I'll never leave you..." I said, As I lie there I find myself finally able to let my mind wander again, but my thoughts always focus on one subject, I hope I can keep that promise Applejack, I truly do... ********** I woke up to see that we had slept through most of the day, slowly I sat up and looked at Applejack, How on earth did i get a girl like you? After my little thought, I lie back down and kiss Applejack on the cheek, slowly she stirs and eventually wakes up, she sat up and looked down at me pretending to be asleep, making exaggerated snoring noises, she lays back down and I look into her eyes and start to get lost in those emerald pools, it could have been weird, me staring at her like that, if she wasn't doing the same. "so are we umm, like, together?" I ask, "hows this for an answer?" she leaned in and we shared a soft kiss, "that'll do." I said, she chuckled and sat up and climbed out of the bed, she looked over to me and said, "Hey, when it gets dark, wanna take a walk?" I looked at her and thought for a moment before saying, "Well it is a small town so things'll probably be kinda dead around here, also there's the forest, so... yeah ok, but we can not let another human see you, ok? we still have to keep you a secret until you can go," she smiled at me and said "ok, so how long till we go? "we should be able to leave in an hour or two," I said, "that's fine," she said, For the next hour we talked and told stories, passing the time until we could get outside, "so are you ready to go?" I asked her, "You know it, I can't wait to finally get to stretch my legs after bein cooped up in here for so long," She said stretching out her legs "Lets go!" We walked out the back door and into the woods, after we were sure we were out of the towns earshot, we started talking, "So when your friends come to get you whats gonna happen?" Applejack stopped and thought about it for a moment then looked at me and said, "Well I hope you can come with me, sugar, I couldn't lose you, not now..." looked at her and could see her eyes start to water, the sight of Applejack on the verge of tears tore me up inside, I fell to my knees and threw my arms around her, I heard her let out a gasp of surprise, but then she relaxed and put her hooves around me neck and pulled me closer, obviously needing some comforting after having the thought of losing the one she cared about, then realizing how likely the possibility was, I pulled my head off her neck and looked into her eyes, "Applejack, no matter what happens, I will always love you, and I will do anything I can to stay with you." After that I leaned into her and gave her the most passionate kiss I could, as she pushed in with her own kiss, she pulled me in closer, and I decided to push the kiss deeper, my tongue met her lips and requested entry, she was slightly resistant at first but then she parted her lips and met mine with hers, dancing together I wasn't at all surprised at the taste (What else, but apples?) but the taste was almost shocking nonetheless, it was almost as if they were electrified, this is what I imagined zap apples would taste like, the passionate dance was ended however, by the basic urge to breathe, she leaned back, our eyes still locked, but now my tongue was hanging out of my mouth, she put her hooves over her mouth trying not to laugh until I noticed, and as soon as I did I snapped it back in and blushed, she then immediately fell back intothe leaves and burst out laughing, Once she had recovered, she sat up and said, "Not too shabby for a first timer, huh?" I looked at her with surprise and said," wait, havent you ever had a very special somepony before me?" "No, why?" she looked at me quizzically, "How? I would think you'd have stallions busting down the door the door to get to you,"i said in shock, "Nope, I didn't want to be romantically involved till I found somepony I truly cared about... somepony like, you..." Our moment was interrupted when we heard a deep pulse, we got up and ran to where we thought it came from, she got there first and I was right behind her, but I slowed down when I saw her freeze when she got there, When I had made it there, I realized what had made her react the way she did. "Applejack!" The five standing in the clearing said in unison as they ran over and hugged their friend, "Thank Celestia you're alright! we were worried sick about you when my teleportation spell backfired and pushed you into that portal!" Twilight said happily, "it's so good to see you guys again, but I uhh... I got someone I want y'all to meet, everypony, this here's Alex, he was the one who kept me safe and happy while I've been here" "Well thank you very much for helping Applejack out, so are you ready to go now?" "Umm.. hold on, where does this portal lead to?" applejack asked twilight nervously, "To the royal palace, why?" twilight asked, "well, can you go back through and get the princess to come here?" she said, "Probably, I'll be right back," said twilight as she walked into the portal, A moment later she reappeared but this time she had the princess walk out right after her, Applejack saw her and did a quick bow, seeing this I did the same and dipped my head to honor the royalty before me, "It's good to see you again, unharmed, Twilight says that you might have something very important to ask of me, is this true?" "Yes princess, since I got here, I've started to have feelings for Alex, and I'm not sure how I could continue to go on without him at this point, so I'm asking you if I can bring him with us back to Equestria." The princess thought for a moment before looking at me, "Alex, do you care for applejack like she cares for you?" "Yes, princess, I do, in the time that I've known her, I've come to realize that I care for Applejack more than I could care for anyone else on this planet" I turned to Applejack and looked into her eyes and said, "Applejack, I love you." I looked back to the princess, "Princess, I ask that you let me go with Applejack to your land." The princess looked from me to her then stated, "I can see that you two care for each other very much, and because of this I will allow it," Hearing this, Applejack tackled me with a hug and kissed me "I love you too Alex." We were entering the portal to leave when suddenly I stopped, "Oh no, WAIT I'll be right back! Applejack, come with me, and Fluttershy?" Hearing her name Fluttershys ears perked up, she walked over to me, "Okay so here's the thing..." "Okay Nick, you're gonna have to be calm when you meet her, ok?" "Of course, and, thanks for not forgetting me bro," Nick stated warmly, "Anytime, man," I said as we walked back to the clearing, when we arrived, I guided him to the shy yellow mare standing next to the portal, "Umm, hello Mr.Nick, I'm Fluttershy, your brother told me about you, and he said you wanted to meet me," "Yes and I know you guys have to go, but I just wanted to know if I could get a... Hug?" She looked at him and said, "of course," she leaned in and gave him a big hug, Nick then stood up and looked at me,"I'm going to miss you bro, I'll never forget the time we spent together and I'll always love you bro," "Good bye Nick," We gave each other a hug and with that, me, Applejack, and Fluttershy, left that world, forever... (A/N Okay everyone, with the earth part done consider that the prologue, now the real story begins.)
