The journey of a walker

Tranquility a strange emotion to feel in a moment of high tension, there is no pain, agony or fear, all of them disappeared with the Timberwolves, in addition to not feeling wet after their fall into the river, all around them is the imposing large trees that govern the forest, even so, the only peaceful noise he hears is the howl of the wind between the leaves.

Little by little he felt the heat that increased in his body, the gentle breeze accompanies him, he begins to remember the last events that happened shortly after the fall, he remembers the last events in which it had happened, this icy sensation of the water that little made him lose consciousness, before losing it he remembered one last thing, but in a very blurry way something was trying to reach him, he could not discern that mysterious figure before disappearing into the fog of unconsciousness, perhaps how Applejack were saved by that strange figure, but beyond that it is only a guess he has.

He leans on his back and sees in the highest clearings of the forest the moon that shines with great splendor, together with its countless stars adorns the night sky, he wonders if it is possible to contact Princess Luna and know about his current state like Applejack's, it is a fact that it is possible that his friends are looking for then, it is possible that Zecora was the one who saw the warning given to the danger posed by the Timberwolves. But without a way to communicate with them, it would be difficult for them to find them, and there is only one safe place in the entire forest and that is in the castle of the two sisters.

A great concern comes to him for Twilight, despite being sick when something very worrying happens she does not take a break for the moment of acting, it is possible that overexerting herself will only make her condition worse, he can only pray to Celestia that she will not do something crazy to try to find them.

The moon begins to shine much brighter than usual, and he sees that a figure rises from the Moon and lands gracefully in the small meadow, it is not difficult to know that this figure is of Princess Luna so much a long relief is presented in him little being of power at least to be able to ask for help.

"Princess Luna." He bows as a sign of respect to the princess.

The princess takes an action that to a certain extent leaves him surprised and that is to feel a hug from her, who grabs him with her hoofs and surrounds him with her wings, against all sense of formality he could not help but return the embrace to the princess.

"We are very glad that we find you safe" she said with a softness and motherhood in her voice.

"Me." "He swallows hard and gets brave enough to speak. "Please, I just want to know if Applejack is, okay?" He said fearfully and with a lump in his throat as he felt the weight that something bad could have happened to Applejack, Luna gives him a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, she's all right, though in a deep sleep," she said in a reassuring tone.

He could only have a great relief to know that at least she is fine.

"Thank you to Celestia that she is well. "One more thing comes to ask Luna."

Before his question answered, Luna talk.

"Don't worry, Twilight has already gone to bed so she can recover, and the others are looking for you and Applejack Little by little he begins to let go of his embrace.

At least he has good news, but he only has one more question left.

"Princess Luna, I don't know if I can answer this question, but do you know where we are?"

Luna looks at them with a smile.

"You're in the castle of the two sisters, don't worry about the possible animals in the forest, the spell that we and my sister made to keep the animals of Everfree away still works.

Well, at least that's good news for both Spike and Applejack, but how exactly did they get to the castle? The last thing he remembers is that there was something trying to reach him before he simply disappeared into the fog of unconsciousness, could it be that there was a third party involved in helping them?

"We see that you have many doubts, we will be happy to help you.

"How did you find out about our disappearance?" He had an idea of how.

Luna gives a little smile.

"We see you already have some ideas, but it was a double set who noticed your situation, the first was the element of Pinkie Pie's laughter that apparently her... "She said strangely in the last part, something Spike replies.

"It's best not to question it, the last time Twilight tried to understand it and try to find any logic we just ended up getting into a lot of trouble." He remembers those events, but in part he did not want to do it because of that part that was quite uncomfortable for him, and he still have serious doubts about how none of them had realized what had happened to him, but it is better to leave it there.

"Something like a special ability to sense certain things that call her a sixth sense," she said with doubt if she was saying it correctly.

"Yes, that's the idea." Although thanks to Twilight's classes and her books he told her that there were more senses, but it is not the time for something like that.

"Going back to the subject, shortly after Pinkie Pie's warning, an acquaintance of yours, Zecora if we remember the name correctly, came to warn you that the two of you could be in danger thanks to the fact that she heard the howls of the Timberwolves and went to ask for help.

"Yes, me and Applejack went with Zecora to pick up some potions especially to treat Twilight's illness, and you'll know the rest. "He remembers the last event and unfortunately the potions lost her shortly after they were attacked by the Timberwolves.

Mentally, Luna sees that even zebras keep their old and long-standing traditions of potion-making, but for now that thought is set aside.

"When they received the notice they all gathered and the element of loyalty Rainbow Dash was the one who would give the warning, Celestia used a powerful location spell that allowed her to see where they were and the good news is that they were both already close to the castle of the two sisters, for today your friend will return with the others to warn them, and if you can go back to Fluttershy's cabin."

On Spike's part, well at least that sounds like something that Dash would end up doing to show his great abilities as Pegasus, he notices that the surroundings of where they begin to disappear, he is about to wake up Luna also notices it and gives him a small smile.

"We'll see him next time, Spike," she said softly and gave a small smile.

Soon everything around him disappears leaving once again the world of dreams to return once again to reality, the first thing he begins to feel is like a soft and at the same time heavy touch of a cloth, when he opens his eyes in front of him he sees a fire that already seemed close to ending, beyond that, he see the shapes of stone structures and some of these are already demolished by the passage of time, Princess Luna was right they are inside the castle of the two sisters.

He turns to look to his right when he hears light breaths and sees Applejack who is deep sleep and in good condition, the strangeness arises, where had the fabric that wraps them both come from? If neither of them carried more than just their saddlebags to carry Zecora's concoctions, besides, why does this cloth weigh so much more than it seems?

He gets up from the place despite the protests of his own body to only stay a little longer to sleep, he refuses those thoughts given the situation in which he is, he remembers a little the state of the castle he looks up on the left side of his to see one of the holes in the roof and it is not far from dawn.

The moment he lowers his gaze against the corner of the window he sees something hidden in the shadows, he could not discern what it was until whatever is there it moves, he recoils instinctively while panting in surprise. In that back corner there is a huge black figure who is sitting behind the wall and with his knees hunched against him while two of his hands are placed on his knees completely sagging, Spike wanted to run for such a creature in front of him and find a place to hide, but another part of himself was telling him that that thing over there may be the reason why both Applejack and Spike he is here, he gathers a little courage and little by little and with steps as silently as he can approach.

He had woken up not long before Spike did it due to a not very pleasant dream, he notices that something is moving under his poncho, shortly after he gets up from the place and when he sees that it is the small reptile who gets up, he begins to look from one side to the other trying to figure out where he was, the first thing he does is look right at the hole in the ceiling, This already gives him a hint that he have possibly been to this place before.

Until he rests his gaze right where he is at first it seemed that he did not identify his shape, until he moves, his reaction is expected to be frightened by his presence, it seemed that he wanted to start running, but he is enigma by his action, he stays there looking at him with fear, the next thing he does is start to approach him with the quietest steps he can make, He may think he is asleep, but it is clear that his curiosity makes him want to get closer, he simply lets him get closer and not make any kind of sudden movement.

Spike gradually approaches this figure and recoils precipitously when he sees that his head is looking on him, at that moment he just wants to run, but he doesn't and they both just stare for an indeterminate amount of time, little by little Spike's fear begins to fade when he sees that the mysterious being did not seem to want to hurt him. He begins to get closer once again to have a better visualization of the being, but not so much that he touches it, the first thing he notices is that what he has on top of him is not his natural skin or scales but some kind of armor and his appearance is quite scary, only the only thing that did not make him run away is the non-action, A better idea comes to his head and it is perhaps better to start a conversation and see if he can at least speak the same language or at least something understandable.

Spike points at himself. "Can you understand me?" "He waits for the reaction of the being and this his action is to tilt his head to his left, apparently he had not understood what he said, he realizes that this was going to be much more difficult than he could have expected.

He looks at the sounds he had uttered curiously, they are quite peculiar being like a kind of sounds similar to a semi-sentence with some kind of sound that he does not identify, he looks at the moment the small reptile that seemed to be trying to create some form of communication and he simply cannot help but give a smile when he sees an effort to see how to communicate, out of the corner of his eye he sees that the other being begins to move. He looks at the little lizard and pulls his hand away from one of its legs to hit the ground hard enough for it to hear him.

Spike reacts to the sound, and he raises his hand, but avoiding stretching it he points one of his fingers points behind him, out of sheer curiosity he turns to look where he is pointing and sees that Applejack begins to move under the fabric.

"Applejack," he said with concern and begins to go towards her. When he heard the words spoken, he realized that it was a name, but for now he had to see from his small corner the stage that will soon show.

Applejack gradually begins to wake up partly because of his own natural clock for work time, also from the light that begins to enter little by little into the castle that begins to hit his face and feels something heavy, she opens his eyes somewhat unfocused around her and scratches a little with a leg that already allows him to see what is around, only to leave her quite confused by where she is.

"What in the hay, where I´m?" She said with confusion when he saw the entire stone structure facing forward and the fire that is also in front of him with its almost extinguished fire.

"Applejack."

She hears Spike's voice and turns to look at where the voice is coming from, and it is indeed Spike's giving him enormous relief.

"Oh, thank Celestia, Spike, you're all right...!" horse apple! She gives a slight groan of pain; Spike reacts with concern.

"Applejack." "He goes with her.

"I'm fine Spike, I only hurt one of my legs, possibly during the fall into the river, but it's not something I can't recover." She said proudly in the last part, the thought comes to her about her brother, for bad luck, Big Mac is going to have to do extra time until she recovers.

"At least things turned out better than I could have thought, don't you think?" He said with a small smile at the event, something that Applejack did too.

"You're right about that. "Now you have a long series of questions coming up and I was going to need some answers. "Well, looking all over the place, I imagine that we are in the castle of the two sisters, right?" She said in questioning.

"Yes, that's right.

"Now, how did you manage to bring me here and where did you get this heavy cloth?" She said curiously, noticing Spike's reaction already gives an idea of what happened, but it is better to let him tell him what happened.

"Applejack, I wasn't the one who managed to bring it here and besides that strange fabric belongs to him," he said with concern and turns to point to where the being is.

Applejack turns to look.

"If I will be convicted, that's new," she said more with curiosity than fear as he observed the mysterious figure that is hidden in the corner being partially covered by darkness, but that little by little was disappearing with the first light of day, in a way it relieved Spike's worry and nervousness, to which she looks at him and smiles. "You don't have to worry Spike, we've already dealt with many other types of creatures much bigger than him, the only thing I can tell you is that he looks quite unique," she said with a smile and a reassuring tone to Spike, which helps him and he turns to look at the being and Applejack also does the same action.

"I suppose we will have to put our trust in him. He said cautiously.

"Yes, we are directly at his mercy for now it is better not to try to do something that can be considered hostile or dangerous, although it may be somewhat doubtful that we represent a danger to him, but it is better to prevent in such a case, besides as much as his appearance does not give the slightest confidence if he had already wanted to hurt us, it would have already done it from the time it rescued us in the river or during the whole time we were asleep," she said seriously, but he also turns to look at Spike to give him a smile.

"You're right, but we'll have some problems with communication," he said with annoyance.

To which Applejack looks at him.

"Let me guess, doesn't speak the same language?" She said without being surprised by that fact.

"Yes. He tilts his head in affirmation.

No one told them that it was going to be easy to communicate with a being who speaks another language, like being part of the elements of harmony, but at least this was going to be something simpler.

"Well, you have some idea of how we could talk to him or at least give him some way to communicate ideas," she said concentrating on a practical option.

"Well, I had an idea, maybe it can be communicated by pointing to objects, which is possibly the first best step we can take." It is the first suggestion that came to mind.

"I think the first thing we should do is introduce ourselves earlier, don't you think so," he said with affirmation and a smile.

Spike realizes that it was better to do that first.

"Oh, you're right, let's start with that," he said a little embarrassed at first teaching someone the basics without even introducing him.

Applejack just tilts his head a little with a smile.

The two turn to look at the being who is still sitting there just watching them and listening to them speak without being able to understand a single word of them, then not knowing very well how Spike is the first to speak.

"Could you come here?" Emphasize more the movements of his hands so that he gets closer.

"Come," she said confidently, while also making the same gesture for him to come closer.

He understands the gestures that made to him, he is not sure if it is a prudent idea for them to do that, but if they insist, he will not deny their request. He gets up from his place and begins to walk towards them, leaving the darkness that the corner provided him.

They both see him with peculiarity given the strange vest full of saddlebags that he has in front of his torso that did not seem to be very comfortable, but from a certain point of view it would make sense that he had them in front and not on the sides as the ponies did, instead of going directly to them he walks a little to the side of the two to end up sitting on the other side of the fire while he both look at them.

Strange as it may seem, a peculiar silence made on the part of Applejack and Spike due to the peculiarity form of being, but they quickly put aside those ideas and if they return to concentrate on what they want to do originally, and the first to start is Spike. He draws the attention of the being by showing them his hands and directing them towards him.

"Spike, my name is Spike," he said slowly to emphasize his name. When he heard the name, he tried to pronounce it.

"Scriet," he said with difficulty, given the very strange form of pronunciation he has, having to strain his voice a little to do so, making it deeper than he could.

Spike looks at her clearly confused by the strange sound he made to pronounce his name despite failing in the attempt, he turns to look at Applejack so that it is his turn, she only gives a snort that calls the curiosity of the being given to the particular sound she emitted, but neither of them notices it, Applejack is the next to catch his attention and he turns to look at her.

"Applejack." That she points to herself as if at the same time avoiding her accent so that it can be the most understandable for him to be. He begins to try to pronounce the name.

"Altresark," he said once more, not pronouncing the word and seeing once that he was unsuccessful. Applejack just breathes a sigh of tiredness, at least he did not say something much worse than he might expect, Spike sees a certain quirkiness in the way he speaks.

"Well, at hand it seems that he can partially say something," said Spike.

"But it won't get any easier, let's leave the language classes for now, and ask him his name." "Something Spike himself was forgetting.

"How do we tell you what your name is?" She said with doubts about that report.

"Let's just improvise for the moment." He turns to look at the being, points to him and speaks to him. "What's your name?" He said slowly, so that he would understand him or at least interpret him, and so that he would understand himself better, Spike points to him and then does it to himself.

The being gives a small smile under his helmet as he shows his hands and puts them on himself. "Faltrun," he said softly in his voice, which unlike the last two attempts, his voice came out completely naturally, without a single hint of sounding overstrained.

Applejack and Spike hearing that sound was a much more peculiar one than they both predicted, the first to try to pronounce his name is Spike.

"Rutune," he said with effort, not knowing if he had done it correctly, and when he sees Faltrun, he only has his head tilted to the left, which shown doubts about what he said.

But instead with Applejack every time he tried to make the sound the word did not come out as such no matter how hard he tried; given the physical differences they have there seems to be no way he can make the sound unlike Spike who could be a little easier for him.

"All right, I don't think no matter how hard we try to pronounce his name we don't seem to be able to do it," Applejack said as he made a strange face because of the unnatural way he felt when he tried to make that strange sound.

"Well, at least we prevent you from ending up saying an even stranger word than the one I said." While he raises his shoulders at the situation he is in, while he gives a smile at the event.

Faltrun simply gives a long smile under his helmet at the reaction of the two to the attempt to pronounce his name but that it can be done, Faltrun notices that Applejack seemed to instinctively grab his hat, only to realize that he does not have it and it would seem that suddenly a strange sadness began to take over his features, before a simple action Faltrun catches the attention of the two touching the ground once again, it does not seem to work well at the first time and hits with greater force managing to make both look at him, and with attention he points to the place where he put the hat. Applejack looks at it as if it were the most precious gem, it had its moments when out of frustration she threw it to the ground, but she always cherished it until the last of her days.

"Thank you," she said with great relief and a smile at the small gesture he made.

"Ets yanka," he said softly while making a small bow of his head, they do not need translation to understand the meaning of his words, Spike looks at the roof of the castle to see that very soon the night is about to disappear.

"I think we'd better go back to the others soon," he said with concern, something that catches Applejack's attention and he puts on his hat and returns once more to the place where belongs, as well as Faltrun who looks at him with interest.

"We're still in a safe place, I don't think it's entirely necessary to have to get out of here," Applejack said.

"I'm not saying that because we're not in a safe place, it's Twilight that I'm worried about." Faced with that approach, Applejack perfectly captures Spike's idea as his concern.

"I understand and I will have to agree with you, but only one question: Where should we go?" "To Zecora's cabin or Fluttershy's one," she said doubtfully since they are the two possible places where they could be.

"Princess Luna visited me in my dreams and told me that the meeting point would be at Fluttershy's cabin." He know Applejack can get there without an extra leg, but it's slower and in case they have to run" it wouldn't be a good idea, another option is for Faltrun to take them there, but how was I going to tell him if he could take them there or even if he agreed to go there?

On Applejack's side he more or less has the same idea that Spike has, but beyond staying here maybe and good time to get attention Faltrun starts to gesture to him and gets his attention, just for a moment it occurred to him that it is quite easy to get his attention as if he were aware of his surroundings, but she leaves him quickly and does the best she can to indicate if she and Spike could try to take them, until Spike notices the gestures that Applejack is making and it seems that he forgot yet another additional problem they have.

"Applejack, we still have a problem.

"I know apart from the difficulty of communication, I don't think he knows much about where Fluttershy's cabin might be either, but we could still try to guide him there. Spike looks at him strangely and doubtfully.

"How exactly are we going to do something like that?" He said doubtfully.

"I guess we can just give directions, plus there's still a way to get the cabin and that's to go on the way down the river that crosses it," Spike thinks for a moment.

"You know it's the best idea, plus with your help we can dodge possible dangers," he said with a smile at the workable option.

"But I'm going to need your help, it seems that given the gestures you make with your fingers it seems that at least he can understand them better," she said a little embarrassed given her... In a failed attempt to communicate with Faltrun, Spike simply tilts his eyes at such a situation and gets to work.

Faltrun sees that Spike joins Applejack and begins to make signs trying to communicate, the first thing was to at least try to make him understand the houses with a mental image through an air drawing with the desire to try to return there, at first Faltrun was a little puzzled by the ideas that they were trying to convey to him until he realizes that the figure that they were doing is from a house, which allows him to grasp the idea that they want to return, he gestures to them as best he could, he would agree to take them there.

But Applejack and Spike misinterpreted his gesture with a denial, noticing the action Faltrun again indicated with a new one to indicate that he agrees to do it, luckily they seem to understand, one thing that Applejack and Spike have to agree on is that the form of gestures that Faltrun makes even though other species also have fingers, are quite confused, Faltrun who was keeping observes knew that they both agree that the way their gestures are strange. But leaving him aside, he sees that once again he sees that he makes another gesture, but this time he could not understand what they are trying to say, he puts his head aside in doubt. Applejack and Spike knew that it is not working since it is not easy to try to show a river and to be able to follow it and Spike produces an idea.

"Wait here, I think I know how we could tell you."

"It's okay but don't do something that involves fire, like the last time you tried to communicate through smoke flares, that part of the farmland has not recovered from the fire yet," she said seriously.

"Okay, let's not talk about it too much, and I was partly trying to help them see if I could get their cutie marks," he said, sorry for the event.

He quickly goes to where Faltrun is making signs to him to follow him.

Faltrun understands his signals and gets up from his place, he goes after Spike who arrive at the edge of the castle river, at first he thought he could be thirsty and did not want to put himself at risk of being attacked by some animal or that was what he thought at first, when he was already on the edge of the river he begins to point once again to the houses but this time pointing to the river. At this point he had already understood what they wanted to do, but not directly to the town but to another road that can take them there following the river. He thinks for a moment if at some point he saw a house near the river, but there was none, but the possible path they want him to take comes to mind and he remembers that there was a fork that took him out of the forest, but he did not have the opportunity to explore it.

Spike watches him waiting for some possible answer since it seemed that he got into his own thoughts and beyond just putting a hand under his snout, the moment is not long in coming and Faltrun looks at Spike who seemed a little anxious he didn't know if it was because of the nerves of being very close to him or for something else, he makes some signs of agreeing to take them to the destination they want to go. With this ready, Spike goes to Applejack to tell him the result.

"Applejack, you seem to have the idea of where we want to go.

"At last. "Take a look at the ceiling, especially at its opening to see the sky." "I think it's better that we leave now, if we're lucky we might find them on the way."

"In that case, I could tell you to get ready to leave." "Before leaving to warn him, Applejack stops him.

"I don't think it's necessary. He points to Faltrun that he is getting ready to leave.

"Okay, then we just have to list the... "He'd completely forgotten that he didn't have a scroll and pen at all to write down the things they were going to need, and Applejack tilts his head with a smile.

"I see that Twilight has long accustomed you to writing down every single thing you're going to need." They both hear the heavy footsteps of Faltrun who approaches the couple, he bends down and signals to the two of them in case they want that he can take them wherever they want to go.

"I think in this case Applejack is better to take you more than me given to your wound and before you say anything I insist, even if you still have a lot of strength to still walk, it is better for him to carry you, so would not end up hurting yourself in case some mishap happens," Spike said in suggestion knowing what Applejack was going to say, He only takes a breath.

"Okay, you beat me this time," she said, an eyebrow raised at Spike's words, but he is right in the end.

Spike turns to look at Faltrun to tell him that they are ready to leave and points to Applejack, with the order made he approaches her and bends down and with one hand he takes it with great delicacy, then he takes his poncho and begins to make several movements that make Applejack take by surprise.

"Wait, but what are you doing!" She said strangely at the rapid movements he made with her.

Delicate way so as not to hurt her while at the same time he did it with the poncho, and ends the action he had made a scarf with Applejack facing forward, she is not at all happy with what he has just done to him, he literally has her like a filly and hears a contained laugh and gives a deadly look to Spike.

"No, say, absolutely none of this, especially Rainbow," she said with venom in his voice before the situation in which he is, Spike begins to regain his composure a little and already manages to swallow his laughter before finally releasing it.

"Okay, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." By accident he ends up poking his eye and hurting himself in the process, he sees that Faltrun approaches and carefully bends down, apparently because of the body language with concern and with surprise for the action. "Oh no, I'm really fine," he said quickly with the necessary gestures to show that she is fine.

"Well, at least he cares about our well-being," she said curiously at the strange action. Faltrun reached out to Spike and was for a moment confused by the action. "It seems that he also wants to take you and again let's not argue, you are much smaller and younger, so you don't have the same resistance," she said triumphantly, Spike only sighs in defeat.

"At least he doesn't take me like a foal," he said with a smile to which Applejack only tilts his eyes.

Spike looking at Faltrun's hand grabs one of his fingers as a sign that he is smart and a gentle movement he takes it gently with one hand, takes it behind his neck and Spike grabs it as best he can, grabs onto small openings that allow him to hold on and puts his small legs as far in front as he can to keep his balance. With everything done, he goes once again to his little corner to pick up the last things he is going to take with him.

Both look curiously at what he is taking in his hands but it is not at all easy to discern, one of the objects sticks behind his back and Spike did not understand how he managed to hit behind him, the next thing he takes out is a war hammer, for the size of the two it is huge, but the normal size for Faltrun, The only curious thing is the head is accompanied by two picks, one short at the top and another larger one at the back and a strange sphere that he keeps inside one of his saddlebags.

With everything done he goes in the direction of the river and shortly before entering the forest he takes one last look at the castle, Applejack and Spike is curious about his line of thought, but having no way of seeing his facial features there is no idea what he thinks, he concentrates again at the front of the forest gives a deep breath ready to enter the heart of the forest and without hesitation.

At every step he takes; despite going deep into a forest with the strangest and most exotic creatures there is, calmer than expected. High up in the treetops you can hear birdsong being heard, it is strange to Applejack and Spike, but other than that Faltrun didn't seem to be baffled by the strange tranquility in the woods, they might even swear that he would seem much more relaxed in the way he walked and acted. Apart from all this, although it was noticeable that with a fast pace, it is noteworthy that his great height allowed him to cover much more path for each step, it is something that the two would notice since as such they did not have much to do and so as not to get bored of being alone observing the path Spike begins to talk.

"Hey Applejack, how fast do you think you need to catch up with his pace?"

Applejack thinks it for a moment, she wishes could put his hoof under his chin, but she is in a bit awkward position given the way he put it on.

"I suppose I would have to trot just to be able to match his pace, but what is that question about?" she said curiously.

"I was just asking, I just did it to distract myself with something else besides seeing everything around the forest and apart from having to be so high and on his armor it's not the most comfortable feeling," he said with pain due to the awkward position.

"But at least you can get comfortable, down here as much as I would like to do it is not easy and it does not help that all these bags that he have on his chest are already starting to bother me with the hard ones they can be," she said with a small irritation.

"Oh, point taken, each side has its advantage as a disadvantage.

Faltrun recorded each of the words they say so that in the future he can learn, he notices that in his sensors he begins to discover that there is something ahead and it is much larger than other points on the radar, he prevents himself from passing his left hand and grabbing Spike.

"Hey, but what are you doing?!" He said with surprise, something that captures Applejack's curiosity and he sees that he puts inside the wrap, Spike looks up with annoyance at the action he did only putting them in an uncomfortable position. "You could let me know beforehand.

Faltrun looks down and gestures to him to be quiet and points to the front of the direction they are heading, he understands that there may be trouble ahead, and Applejack instinctively pulls Spike closer to her to protect him.

He unhooks his war hammer and begins to move much quieter and hides as best he can from the shadows, Applejack helps him to function as an additional sentinel that watches on each side of him without knowing that it is not necessary, soon Faltrun detects the signal that from what he can locate it is right in the river seemed to be something quite large and he should see him soon.

As he approaches a more visible point among the foliage he sees a being very similar to a reptile, but he only has a long tail his size is much larger than him, but none of that would attract his attention as much as that peculiarity, that he has hair somehow very well groomed and has a magnificent mustache, Applejack tries to see what Faltrun is looking at to notice that it is Steven Magnet who had helped him in the past.

"Wait, he's not bad." While he attracts attention and Spike hears Applejack's voice he speaks.

"What's going on out there?" As he looks higher to see all the way up and sees Faltrun who lowers his head to Applejack.

"He's a friend. "She tries to signal to himself that he is not bad, but a friend of theirs.

"Wait, who are they talking about?" he said with serious questioning that answered by Applejack.

"It's a sea serpent that we became friends with during the Nightmare Moon rampage."

Spike has an idea of who might give that Twilight had told them a while ago. Faltrun grasps the idea that he is not hostile and hooks his war hammer again, they soon hear him calling them.

"Hello, is there anyone there?"

"Come, let's not keep him waiting any longer," said Applejack.

Faced with her vote of confidence, Faltrun has no choice but to trust, he leaves the part that allows him to stay moderately hidden to relieve himself, Steven Magnet hears the footsteps behind him when he turns to look he sees Faltrun who looks at him with curiosity before the peculiar being in front of him, and then he sees that he has something of a bright gamboge color on his chest and realizes who it is.

"Oh, you're one of Rarity's friends, Applejack, if I'm not mistaken," he said, glad to see one of Rarity's friends.

"If you're right." she smiles back.

Faltrun takes Spike and puts him back on his head while he only concentrates more on the conversation, in addition to being curious if Applejack's language is a common one spoken by other creatures.

"I guess something happened to the two of you for him to have to take you back, or I'm wrong," he said worriedly. Applejack sighs.

"If we had an incident with the Timberwolves not long ago and I ended up hurting my leg, but I'm much better," she said in a reassuring tone.

"Oh, that's good news, but hey, I'd better not delay them too long."

"Wait before you leave, where is the fork in the river that allows you to go further to the forest?" Spike said that he was a little quiet as he listened carefully, and Steve gives him a small smile.

"In that case, when you get to the fork, take the right river and it will take you to the outskirts of the woods," the trio soon prepares to leave when Applejack signals them to start moving forward.

"Thank you," Spike said.

"We'll see each other in better condition," Applejack said.

"See you next time and send greetings to Rarity from me."

Faltrun goes on his way to the river before leaving, he tilts his hand from side to side as a sign of farewell and to which Steve gives him a smile they also respond to him, Faltrun integrates into the forest and listens carefully to the different words that Applejack and Spike exchange in their conversation, she didn't know what or what they would talk about, but something told her that Applejack is telling her a little more about the aquatic reptile.

While both remain in conversation and Faltrun listens, he also remains vigilant of all possible in case there is something dangerous nearby, but for now his radars only detect movement of small animals and very far from each other, he notices that he is already close to the fork that he sees a little hidden from among the trees.

"We're here," Applejack said, looking at her that they are already in the area shown by Steve.

"He said we had to take the right side that will allow us to go out to the outskirts of the forest. "As long as you remember the indication.

"Well, tell him where we have to go." Spike taps Faltrun's helmet and raises his hand to show that he listens to him.

"Take that direction." He points to where the river was on the road. Seeing Spike's signage, he puts his hand in front with his thumb hidden while pointing his fingers outstretched to the direction Spike says to make sure it is the right path. "If it's that way." He nods his head hoping that he gets the idea and, he did.

He approaches the river holding a little under the wrap by accidentally touching Applejack's rump to which she blushes from the action, and was going to tell him not to do it, but he quickly realizes that he does it to raise her a little higher when he sees that the river is deeper than it seems. he enters the river and reaches him above his hip given to the mud under his heavy feet he walks with some difficulty, he reaches the bank of the river he drops the scarf, Applejack who looks at him with a raised eyebrow, but ignores the event, they are on their way to the outskirts of the forest.

Spike begins to feel tired and little by little he begins to feel the need to go back to sleep, Faltrun notices and carefully takes Spike and has him carrying his left arm while he settles a little to be able to sleep better, Applejack looking up and seeing the situation only gives a smile at the altercation that happens.

"Tef cilima iks ril rimialk," he said in a soft tone.

She might not understand his words, but I could understand in his tone how young Spike is.

"Yes, that is a long time ago given his young age," she said with a smile.

Faltrun looks at him curiously, gives a slight laugh, returns to his route, Applejack gradually felt a little tired and took a little nap. Little by little Applejack ends up falling asleep and Faltrun only tilts his head with a smile, carefully separating Spike from his arm and putting him inside the scarf making them both settle in.

He continues his way, but the quiet moment interrupted when he detects multiple signals that he began to approach them and hears sounds that are approaching. He moves through the trees and avoids the clearings to hide as best in the shadows and unhooks his hammer to prepare for whatever comes, the moment presents itself when he hears the sound of several bushes moving and to his surprise someone apparently trips in front of the place, he only stares with some surprise of who it is.

It is one of them that looks like Applejack, but aside from the colors and, he swears a little taller, but what catches his attention more is that it has wings.

"Ouch," Fluttershy said in a low, soft tone.

Faltrun just stares curiously, that is the softest and lowest sound of pain he ever heard, but he puts his thought aside and hides a little better, he makes the decision to better separate. He carefully puts his hand under the wrap to hold them both and with the other he unties his poncho, he hears more voices approaching, he gently puts Spike and Applejack on the grass, takes his poncho and to attract attention, he gently moves the bushes.

"Fluttershy, honey, you've got to be more careful," Rarity said as she helped lift Fluttershy up.

Before saying a word, they both listen to the bushes move.

"Hick! Fluttershy tries to hide. but on his way, she accidentally bumps into Big Mac, who offers a hoof to Fluttershy that helps to get back up, while hiding his blush.

Rarity carefully approaches the place where they heard the bushes move, she does it carefully both as a prevention in case there is a dangerous animal, and not to stain her perfect coat, carefully moving one of the bushes. There she sees Applejack and Spike asleep in the small clearing.

"Quickly, come here." She turns to look at others.

Given the urgency of Rarity's voice, Big Mac and Fluttershy quickly go up to her and they both look at them.

"Oh, thank Celestia, they're fine," Fluttershy said with relief, but she notices Applejack's splint. "Oh Celestia, what happened?" She said with concern.

Both see the splint.

"We'll figure it out later, come, help me carry then, but let's not wake up," Big Mac said in a soft tone to avoid waking them.

They both get the idea and carefully help Big Mac gently lift Applejack using Rarity's magic, they put her on her back without waking her up, Fluttershy puts Spike after use covering him with her wings, everyone starts to walk away from the place.

Without anyone noticing at a safe distance Faltrun observed their actions and making sure that they are in good hands, he goes in the opposite direction to the position of the others taking on route to the castle, it is only a matter of time before the two of them talk about him and he does not know the next interaction they are going to have, but it will be in the future what is going to happen and it will be waiting.