Diamond In The Rough

Due to multiple requests, this is a chapter explaining the "Bipedal Friend" Twilight has. This character is not mine, it belongs to Bhaalspawn.

Applejack slowly approached Twilight's library, taking a gulp. She never liked the creature that Twilight recently befriended, but felt that this was too important to wait for the Princesses to deal with. With a deep breath, she knocked on the library door.

The door opened quickly, and a beaming Twilight was there to greet her.

"Hey Applejack, what brings you here?" she asked with a casual smile.

"Hey Twi... ah was wonderin' if... um..."

"Yeah?"

"If ya knew where ah could find... that friend'a yours?"

"And what do you want with me?" came a deadpan voice from inside the library.

Twilight beckoned Applejack inside as a tall woman, clad in green robes and armor looked the Earth Pony up and down.

"If I recall, you referred to me as... what was the phrase... 'slaughtering brute'?"

"Look... ah know you and I have had our differences and-"

The woman stood up, "Do not beat around the proverbial bush, Applejack. Tell me what you want."

Applejack looked her in the eye and glared at her, "Fine. I think the riches are doin' funny stuff with their daughter."

Twilight looked shocked, while the woman looked unphased. Several minutes passed until she spoke.

"Is there something else, or is that it?" she asked.

Twilight and Applejack both looked surprised.

"What'dya mean? Ah think the sentence speaks fer itself!"

"If that is all your problem is, why come to me?" the woman asked, "Why not take this matter to your local law enforcement?"

Applejack sat down and looked her right in the eye, "Well... you're... you can do things the Princesses can't..."

The woman's eyes went wide, "Twilight, leave us."

"Ascentia, I don't think she-"

"Now."

Twilight bowed her head and left the library, but remained outside the door, listening intently. Ascentia rounded on Applejack, her atrophied eyes glaring at her.

"Let us make something clear, redneck," Ascentia spat, "The powers and training I wield are not toys to be played with. I do not take the place of those who run your planet. And I do not take the place of your monarchs. To assume that I may interfere in how a planet's government works is not only arrogant, it is the assumption of an evangelical human dogma that died with them so many eons ago."

Applejack was getting angry, "Now hang on! Aren't you supposed to help us?" she snapped, getting to her hooves and in Ascentia's face.

"Not in trivial manners such as this," Ascentia replied, "I do not fight crime. I fight disaster. A supernova or meteor strike is my call. A case of pedophilia is not my concern. Take it to your Princesses or local police. I do not exist to solve all your problems like a fool's ideal of what Gods used to be. The creature you think I am is extinct, and they have been for a very long time."

Applejack growled for a moment, but relented. She figured she wasn't going to get anything out of Ascentia. However...

"If ah tell the Princesses that ah came to you..."

"This matter is none of my concern," Ascentia replied, "I will make no effort to resolve this issue. However, should your Princesses come to me for information, I see no reason to refuse."

Figuring that was the best she would get out of her, Applejack turned and left the door, to find Twilight looking worried.

"Ah don't suppose..."

"Spike's already taken the letter," Twilight replied, "It's on it's way to Princess Celestia."

"Thanks Twi..."