Applejack Is An Interdimensional Alien

“Hmmm…” Twilight thought to herself. “We need to find a way to actually test strange magic as opposed to just detecting it. It’d be interesting to have a report on what kinds of properties it carries. Oh well. Sending it back to where it came from will have to do.”

“Y’all can tell me how ta draw that stuff again, right Happy?” Applejack asked the stallion as she carefully stood up, trying to ignore the cuts in her back.

“Yes I can,” he responded, “but maybe you should get some medical attention? I mean, we have some stuff here somewhere, and I don’t want you to, like, die of an infection or something.”

“Ah’m fine,” she responded confidently, but realizing how stubborn she could be sometimes, quickly added, “But, um, if ya wanna get somethin’, that’d be mighty nice.”

“Hey kid,” Happy Hoof started, turning to Blue. “Do you think you can find us some first aid stuff? It’s gonna be near the pharmacy. Do you know where that’s at?”

“I can find it!” he replied eagerly, taking off from the backroom on his mission.

“Let’s get ta drawin’ that stuff,” AJ told him as Blue went looking for medical supplies. “Ah don’t wanna wait too long before we go there. Twilight needs ta know about what’s happening.”

“Okay… do you need any help standing?”

“Ah’m fine. I might be hurt, but Ah ain’t-”

“Oh my gosh…” Angeline suddenly said, closing her eyes and swaying to the side as if struggling to keep her balance. “Something… something’s happening…” She put a hoof to her forehead as she sat on her haunches, keeping her eyes closed and breathing deeply.

“What? What is it? What’s happenin'?”

“Something… something just rushed over me… like… a gust of wind or something and now… I need to lie down…”

“I felt it just now, too,” Happy Hoof said, “and it’s making me a little bit dizzy, but I’m not too bad off.”

“Ah didn’t feel anythin'” Applejack told them. “What’s goin’ on?”

“I don’t know. It could be anything though… maybe it’s you?”

“Me?”

“Yeah. I mean, like I said, you have a whole bunch of magic inside of you since you’re from Equestria, and Earth doesn’t have any magic, so maybe you brought some back when you came back here? I don’t know though. I’m just guessing.”

“Wait, doesn’t magic hurt y’all?” the earth pony asked. “Ah think ya said somethin’ about that.”

“It does, but I should be fine. It might be best if we got her out of this room though… where’s that other pegasus? The mare, I mean.”

“Oh, Ah don’t wanna hurt anypony… can we hurry this up? And Ah don’t know if y’all should come with me anymore, if y’all are gonna get hurt…”

“Let me move her out of here. It might be best if you got out of here, too. Like I said, I’m just guessing it’s magic, so for all I know, it could be a gas leak or something. Plus that kid is going to get your stuff, so we don’t want him coming in here when he gets back.”

With that, Happy Hoof carefully grabbed Angelina by the scruff of her neck to drag her out, Applejack carefully standing up and helping him carry her as well. In just a moment the three of them were outside of the backroom and standing on the white tiles of the store isles.

“Hey!” Blue called, seeing them as they moved out. “I got the stuff!” he said as he waved a wing and ran over with first aid equipment in his hooves.

“Thank ya kindly, little colt,” Applejack responded, patting his head with a hoof before turning back to the pegasus mare who still had her eyes closed. “Although frankly, I’d say she needs medical supplies more. What should we do for her?”

“Well… I’m no doctor,” the stallion started, “but since it’s probably magic that’s making her sick, there’s not really anything we can do, honestly, except wait I guess. The only thing I can think is because you have magic inside of you, it’s making her sick that way.”

“But Ah’ve been next to her all day!” the mare argued. “She didn’t get sick until just now!”

“I don’t know. I guess when you went to Equestria and came back it brought some magic back? I’m pretty sure Twilight Sparkle could figure this all out in a second and help her. Not that we can bring her to Equestria though, since she might die because of the magic there.”

“I’m… ugh…” was all Angelina was able to get out as she stayed laying down.

“Come on! There has ta be somethin’ we can do! Aren’t you like a whizz with all this stuff? I thought you had it all figured out, Happy!”

“I don’t know everything! But… I mean, she’s a pegasus! She doesn’t have any way to release magic that’s building up inside her. I mean, she naturally does very slowly, but not in any significant way. That’s why pegasi become forgetful. If she could fly, it’d be a different story, but-”

“Wait, if my mom flies, will she be able to remember stuff?” Blue suddenly asked hopefully, eagerly.

“I don’t know, maybe? But that’s a separate issue. I don’t think this mare’s gonna be doing any flying right now, assuming it is magic that’s making her sick and not a gas leak like I said.”

“Pony feathers… we have ta get Twilight back here, but we can’t risk bringin’ Angelina to Equestria, and Ah really don’t wanna leave her here by herself while you, Blue and Ah go back ta find her.”

“Well, actually, that colt wouldn’t be able to come with us either,” Happy Hoof explained, throwing a quick glance his way as his head slumped down sadly. “He’s a pegasus, so going there would probably be just as bad for him, too. Actually, it’d probably be bad for me, too, but I could stand the best chance if it was cause I’m an earth pony like you.”

“Ugh, of course he can’t come… and you have ta go because you know the most about what’s goin’ on, so ya can’t stay here ta watch over him.”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Hrrmmm… would it be too much ta ask you ta go by yerself?” the apple farmer asked. “Ah don’t wanna leave these two- err, three including his mom- here alone. Ah mean, I know it's dangerous and all, but... please?”

“I… don’t feel comfortable with that. I mean, I guess I could, but if something happened to me and nopony- I mean, nobody- knows about it, then… Plus I can’t even cast the spell. I’ve tried a bunch of times. That’s why I was happy to see you here.”

“Ah understand,” Applejack sighed disappointedly. “Let’s go get that stuff ta draw what we have to, Ah guess…”