Cutie mark crisis

Chapter 6: Meeting old friends and getting new ones.
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‘’What do we do now?’’ Rainbow Dash asks her friends and starts hitting her head at the wall.
‘’Stop that! Well, when we are here, we could gather some supplies.’’ Twilight suggests.
‘’You six go gather supplies. I have someone I have to meet.’’ Lixidie says and pulls her robe on her back.
‘’And who is that?’’ Applejack asks and steps in front of Lixidie.
‘’One of the few persons I trust.’’ Lixdie walks out of the door.
‘’Meet me again in the Sugarcube corner at tomorrow morning.’’ She continues.
‘’We will.’’ Twilight says and waves to Lixidie.
‘’Zecora, do you know any way we could protect ourselves from that powder.’’
‘’I can mix you a special brew.’’ Zeacora tells.
‘’Can you mix it ‘till tomorrow morning?’’ Fluttershy asks from Zecora.
‘’I can try.’’
‘’Great. Now, Pinkie Pie and Applejack, you store us much food. Next time we won’t come back this soon.’’ Twilight starts giving jobs.
‘’Yes ma’am.’’ Applejack responses.
‘’Rarity, you get us some warm clothes and something we can sleep in.’’
‘’Of course Darling.’’
‘’Fluttershy, help Zecora mix the brew and find her herbs.’’
‘’Umm…Okay.’’
‘’Rainbow Dash, I will help you to find clues and ask the ponies from Ponyville about Zeabra.’’
‘’At your service!’’
‘’Everyone knows what to do?’’
Everypony in the room nods.
‘’Okay, now, let’s go.’’ Twilight says and everypony walks out of Zecora’s house.
Meanwhile Lixidie is walking towards Sweet Apple Acres.
‘’I hope she still lives there.’’ Lixidie mumbles to herself.
She knocks on the door and Big Mac opens the door.
‘’Umm.. Is granny Smith here.’’ Lixidie asks and looks Big Mac in the eyes.
‘’Eyup.’’ Big Mac lets Lixidie in.
‘’Thanks.’’ Big Mac points to the living room and Lixidie walks towards it. While she is walking there, she looks around her.
‘’Nothing has changed.’’ Lixidie whispers. Then she sees Granny Smith sitting on her seat. Lixidie sprints to her and starts hugging her.
‘’Oh!’’ Granny smith turns around and sees Lixidie standing there crying.
‘’Is that you Lixidie?’’
Lixidie nods, ‘’Yes. It is.’’
‘’It has been a long time since I’ve seen you, Lixidie…’’
‘’I’ve missed you so much.’’ Lixidie says and tears are flowing down her cheeks.
‘’Come here.’’ Granny Smith says and starts hugging Lixidie.
Granny Smith swipes tears off Lixidie’s cheeks.
‘’You still are one of the best apple buckers I have ever seen.’’
‘’Well, It has been a long time since I have done it.’’ Lixidie says and swings her mane off her face.
‘’Would you like to help us? A new season has just begun.’’
Just when Lixidie is about to answer, someone opens the door.
‘’I’m home!’’ It’s Applejack.
‘’You back already? You said that you won’t come back in a long time.’’ Granny Smith yells to the lobby.
‘’We had some problems. I will leave again tomorrow.’’ Applejack responses and walks to the living room. Then she continues.
‘’I also met..’’ Applejack stops when she sees Lixidie standing there.
‘’What are you doing here?’’ They both ask at the same time.
‘’Well, I live here. What are you doing here?’’ Applejack repeats.
‘’I told you that I will visit an old friend.’’
‘’Granny Smith is your ‘’old friend’’?
‘’Yes.’’
‘’She is as good apple bucker as you.’’ Granny Smith tells to Applejack.
‘’And how do you know that?’’
‘’I worked for Granny Smith when I was a little filly.’’
‘’Well, I guess that then you can help gather apples?’’
‘’If you can keep up with me.’’ Lixidie says and walks towards the door.
‘’Is that a challenge?’’
‘’Maybe.’’
They both grab their buckets.
‘’Ten minutes. The one with more apples then wins. Deal?’’ Applejack asks and swings her mane.
‘’Deal!’’
‘’Okay, Onetwothreego!’’ Applejack says and runs in the woods.
‘’Hey! Not fair.’’ Lixidie says and catches up with Applejack.
They both run like crazy and kick the trees like never before. When ten minutes have gone, they both jump to lie down in the middle of trees.
‘’I think, I won.’’ Applejack says and throws some mud on Lixidie.
‘’No you didn’t!’’ Lixidie says and grabs Applejack.
They both start rolling inside the apple forest. Then they stop and both of them laugh very hard.
‘’You are a lot nicer than I thought.’’ Applejack says and they both stare each other in the eyes.
‘’And you are a lot better friend than I thought.’’ Lixidie says and they both just lie there, silently, looking at each other.
‘’Come on. I’ll teach you how to make the best apple pie in the whole world.’’ Applejack says and helps her friend get up.
‘’Thanks.’’
‘’For what?’’
‘’For a great moment.’’
‘’No problem. That is what friends are for.’’
‘’Friends…’’ Lixidie says and starts smiling.
They walk to the house and they have a wonderful time together.
‘’It’s getting late. I guess I have to go now.’’ Lixidie says and starts to pick up her backpack.
‘’You don’t have to.’’ Applejack says before Lixidie leaves.
‘’What do you mean?’’
‘’We have extra beds. You can stay here over the night.’’
‘’Well in that case…’’Lixidie put her bag down.
‘’..I’ll stay.’’
‘’Awesome! I’ll show you my room and we can put a bed there.’’
When they are in the Applejack’s room getting ready to sleep, Lixidie tells.
‘’Thanks. You really are a good friend.’’
‘’I am just myself, guess I am a nice person.’’
‘’You are but…’’
‘’But what?’’
‘’This is just so kind. Look, I really didn’t have actually where to go.’’
‘’What do you mean?’’
‘’Well, You remember the story I told you?’’
‘’Yea.’’
‘’After that night, no one wanted to be with me anymore ‘cause I had been ‘’touched by witch’’ and finally they drove me so crazy that I ran, away, from everything. And now, when you six arrived at the house, I first time in a long time felt that someone cares. And I’m afraid that when this is over you will leave me and I think that I can’t take that sort of event again…’’ Lixidie starts crying and get under her blanket.
‘’Don’t worry sugarcube, we are not going to leave you. You are our friend.’’
‘’I am?’’
‘’Of course, and I never leave my friends.’’
Lixidie stops crying.
‘’Let’s go to sleep. We all had a rough day.’’
At dawn everyone except Lixidie and Applejack are in the Sugarcube corner.
‘’Where are those two?’’ Rainbow Dash and looks around.
‘’We have been waiting for them for half an hour.’’ Twilight says and looks at the clock tower.
‘’Maybe, Lixidie did something to Applejack.’’ Fluttershy says.
‘’Should we go search for them?’’ Rarity asks but then they hear a familiar laughing sound coming around the corner, It’s Applejack and Lixidie.
‘’What are you laughing at? We have been waiting a long time for you.’’ Rainbow Dash points at the clock.
‘’Oh, We’re sorry. We just had so much fun that we forgot the time.’’ Lixidie explains and smiles at Applejack.
‘’Well, now when we all are here, we must start heading towards Zeabra’s place.’’ Twilight says and looks at a list that is on her hoof.
‘’Zeabra’s place?’’ Lixidie says and looks at Rainbow.
‘’Yup.’’ Rainbow says proudly.
‘’How did you figure out, where she lives?’’ Lixidie asks from Twilight.
‘’I sent a letter to princess. She told me that she lives underground in the northern Everfree forest.’’ Twilight says and points towards the forest.
‘’Why doesn’t the princess go find Zeabra herself?’’ Applejack asks and bites an apple.
‘’She is too busy and no one has been brave enough to go there.’’
‘’So We have to go.’’ Rainbow adds.
‘’Can’t we go around the forest?’’ Rarity says.
‘’No. It would take too much time. We must go through.’’ Twilight answers and points the clock.
‘’We better start walking so we find a good place to set a camp before it’s too late.’’