Applejack Is An Interdimensional Alien

Applejack stood surprised at what the pony said, though not completely shocked. After all, Angelina apparently knew who she was, too. It was unnerving though, to have somepony she had never met know who she were.

“Wow, you look just how I expected in real life,” Happy Hoof commented as he circled her. “Same cutie mark and trademark hat and everything. I’m surprised though, I honestly thought Twilight and her friends would be here too, with you. Unless you guys split up? Cause if so, that’s a horrible idea. Splitting up never leads to anything good.”

“How do y’all know who we are?” Applejack asked, a bit accusingly. “What’s goin’ on here?”

“That’s a good question,” he retorted. “What is going on here? Cause I’d certainly like to know. I mean, I like My Little Pony and all, but being turned into a pony is a bit much, honestly, even for me. I greatly preferred being a human, no offense.”

“All Ah know is that I was in Equestria before, and now Ah’m here in wherever this place is, talkin’ to you. Before last night, Ah was just a hardworkin’ farm pony. Still am, if ya ask me, but apparently this place is in a heckuva mess from the looks of it.”

“That’s the understatement of the year,” he mumbled, rolling his eyes before looking back at her. “So where’s Twilight and Fluttershy and them? Like I said, splitting up doesn’t ever lead to anything great. It’s never a good idea.”

“No, we didn't split up. My friends ain’t here, but Ah’m sure they’re comin’ soon. Twilight is one smart cookie. She’ll know something’s wrong.”

“Wait, what?” he asked, confused. “That guy said you guys were coming here, but… it’s only you? You’re sure nopony- no one- else is here?”

“Ah didn’t see anypony else. Ah guess they might be, but Ah’m not sure. But… somethin’s tellin’ me they’re still back home.”

“Oh...” Happy Hoof sighed, deflating slightly. “Well… I guess we’ll just all stay like this then. If it’s only you, then our lives are truly lost.”

“What, do ya think Ah can’t do anything ta try and help ya?” AJ asked. “Ah might not be as smart as some of my friends, but-”

“No, I don’t think you can, not on your own,” the stallion interrupted. “Neither would Twilight or Rainbow Dash or any of them. One pony being missing from the group is the same as all of them being missing from the group. It’s the magic of friendship that helps you all… are you really Applejack? You should know this by now. I shouldn’t have to explain this to you.”

“Ah know about the magic of friendship,” the mare said defensively. “I know we’re all stronger together… hmmm… maybe that’s why Ah’m here. Maybe that thing was tryin’ to break us up.”

“That would make sense, seeing how- wait, did you say Twilight Sparkle was coming? When will she be here?”

“Ah don’t know, but I know she is. She always comes, and things always work out. Ah’m sure it’ll be the same this time.”

“God, I hope so,” Happy Hoof sighed. “I mean, I like MLP, but even I didn’t want to be turned into a pony, especially not with all this… mess. Not even if it meant being my OC.”

“Your OC?”

“It means ‘original character’. I designed the character I transformed into. Well… mostly. My OC had a longer mane and was supposed to be a unicorn and was a mare, but…” He chuckled at the thought to himself, continuing, “I guess it’s a good thing I became an earth pony. I’m lucky.”

“You’re lucky being an earth pony? What’s wrong with being a unicorn?”

“It’s the magic,” he explained. “We’re not supposed to have magic here, so our bodies aren’t used to it and it hurts most ponies who take it in over time. Unicorns go crazy because they can’t do magic to release what they build up in their horn. Pegasi start to lose their memories because of the magic. They can’t fly to release the build up. But earth ponies like us are lucky. Earth ponies don’t really have any active magic. Anything we intake we just stamp back into the soil through our hooves, so we aren’t really affected by it. I’m pretty sure we’re designed to grow crops and be good with plants and things like that, but hey, even if we don’t, we still do it subconsciously, like breathing. Although maybe there is something that will eventually hurt us, and we just don’t know it yet. It wouldn’t surprise me. And too much magic all at once will still kill us. It’s still a good idea to avoid places with high magic content. It’s like radiation.”

“How do you know all of this?” Applejack asked. “You seem like you know more than anypony else so far.”

“Because I actually paid attention to that guy when he started talking about what was going to happen. I kept notes and stuff, and even got that magazine published to try and help other ponies- people. Not that anyone really bought it.” He shrugged at that statement, commenting, “Oh well. Their loss.”

She looked back at the magazine in her hooves and asked, “Okay, so if y’all know how to use magic even though yer an earth pony, then what are ya doin’ in a place like this? Why haven’t ya turned back into whatever creature you were before?”

“Well, it turns out, magic might not be as easy as I expected. Even with how much more of it we have now, it’s either that it’s not enough to do things with or I don’t have the right technique. I don’t know which. Besides, this place has food already here, so why leave? We already have years worth. I might be meant to be good at farming, but I can’t really do anything with these hooves, unfortunately.”

AJ listened as she flipped through the pages, reading what the pony had written. It detailed which areas of the world to avoid and where to head to, saying someplace called Pittsburgh was safer than somewhere else named Ohio. It also described the highlights of some of the speeches that creature gave out, as well as instructions for how to perform magic.

“Y’all don’t have a horn though,” AJ said. “Earth ponies aren’t supposed to do magic. We’re meant ta be working in fields and plantin’ crops.”

“Well, that’s a bit racist, but I’m almost positive anypony can do- anyone can do magic. Earth ponies just need to do it other ways, with runes and symbols and candles and stuff. That’s what that guy said.”

“And yer believing somepony who turned y’alls world upside down and inside out?”

“Well, he never explicitly lied about anything he said, not as far as I know anyway. But what other option do we have anyway? If he can get from Earth to Equestria like he said he would, then we should be able to go to Equestria, too, and we can get help for all the people here.”

“Yeah, but… what if you’re takin’ somepony’s place?” Applejack argued. “It said it needed me ta get here to go to Equestria in the first place. You might be sending some poor pony here in yer place.”

“It’d only be to get help,” he countered. “I mean, look at us! It’s only been a few months, and things already aren’t great. If years go by, everything is just going to fall completely apart! It’s not too bad right now, but eventually it’ll get to the point where buildings will start to crumble and reactors will melt down and stuff and ruin Earth even more!”

“Well… Ah do know y’all need help… but what am Ah supposed to do? Ah’m just me. Ah’ve been on my fair share of adventures, but it was always with my friends. Ah’ve never been alone like this.”

“Well… I guess there’s not much you can do anyway except for be here for when your friends come," Happy Hoof sighed sadly. "If they’re all in Equestria, they’ll notice you’re missing and find you… hopefully. Hopefully it doesn't take years to do. And you can’t do magic because like I said, even though it makes us sick, there’s probably not enough of it here to do anything with… except you have your own magic! That’s how you got a cutie mark! You have magic inside of you! You can probably cast magic for us!”