Ch.02

Chapter 2

   Welcome to Sweetapple Acres

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10:43 a.m.

Applejack's house

     The blue alicorn was tossing and turning left and right in Applejack's bed. He was obviously having a nightmare. He eventually rolled himself onto the floor and awoke in sweat and heavily breathing. As he was desperately gasping for air, he looked around at all of his surroundings. He knew EXACTLY where he was.

    "Huh. Applejack's bedroom. Interesting." He said with certainty . As he attempted to pick himself, he noticed the mirror on top of the dresser that was beside him. In the mirror was a blue alicorn with two tails. "Whoa. Is that what I look like? Cool. I've even still got hands!" he said as he looked at them through the mirror. In his mind, he assumed himself that he was probably the only pony with hands. He also noticed his cutie mark, but was confused about what it represented. He decide to figure that out later. As he was yawning, he tried to recall why he was here in the first place. Then he remembered: Find the Light Scepter.

      He tried to figure out where it could be. Equestria was a world he was somehow very familiar with, but he had never actually been there. He figured that time and exploration would be his guides, knowing that frantically searching for it now would be exhausting and take up too much time. With that set, he decided to exit the bedroom and head downstairs.

     Once he reached the bottom, he noticed that someone was in the kitchen. It was Applejack, who was making pancakes for breakfast. The alicorn was a bit hungry. Very hungry actually. He tried to think of away to make an entrance, but before he could decide, Applejack spoke. "Mornin' partner. Sleep well?" The alicorn jumped as he was caught by surprise. "Whoa! Don't scare me like that." "Sorry. Want some pancakes?" "Eh, I don't see why not."

     As the alicorn was walking to the table, Applejack put 3 pancakes on one of the plates beside her, poured maple syrup on top, and served them to him. As she began to sit down at the table as well, Applejack decided to ask the most obvious question to ask any stranger at this point of time. "Might ah ask who you are, partner?" "Oh, right. Sorry. Where are my manners? I'm Alex. Alex Armstrong." he answered as he began eating."Hi, Alex. I'm Applejack. Nice to meet cha." she said. "And might ah also ask why are you here?" She asked the next question. "Well, it's a little complicated to explain, but here goes. Do you know where I can find something called the Light Scepter?" He then asked.

     Applejack was stumped and confused. She had never heard of this Light Scepter before and she wondered why he needed it. "Uh sorry. Can't help ya there." She answered. "Darn." Alex said as he finished his breakfast. "By the way, what are those...things on your hooves?" asked Applejack as she pointed to Alex's hands. "They're called hands, and I'm guessing you've never seen anybody with these, huh?" Alex rhetorically asked. "You mean anypony." Applejack corrected. Alex facepalmed himself. "Oh yeah I forgot." he said. "Nope. I've never seen them before." Applejack answered his previous question.

     Alex stood up from his chair. "Thank you for the pancakes, Applejack. Goodbye." he said as he made his way to the patio door. "Wait!" Applejack shouted. Alex halted halfway to the door. He closed his eyes halfway and smiled, for he knew that Applejack would like to know more about him. "Where are you going?" she asked. "To look for that Scepter. I need to find it as soon as I can." he answered. "Well, before you look for that scepter of yours, can I give ya a tour of our farm?" she then asked. Alex thought about this offer for a few seconds before answering. "Sure. On one condition." "What's that?" she asked. "That you also give me a tour of the nearby town." he responded. "Deal!" she said.

     Applejack and Alex stepped outside and they saw that Big Macintosh was busy plowing. As they walked over to him, he noticed them and stopped for a minute. "Alex, meet Big..." she began but was then interrupted by Alex. "Macintosh. Your brother." "Eeyup." he said as he continued his plowing. Applejack was surprised, and a little bit scared. "Uh...how did you know mah brother's name?" she asked. "I'll...uh...I'll tell you later." he answered. Applejack knew that he was hiding something.

      "Anyhow, this here's Sweetapple Acres, where we grow the most delicious apple in all of Equestria. Big Macintosh here is in charge of plowin' so we can plant the seeds for not only our apple trees, but also our vegetables. Apples aren't the only thing we grow here, ya know?" Applejack explained. Alex looked around and asked, "I assume Applebloom's at school and Granny Smith's out shopping." "...y-y-yes." Applejack was now even more surprised than ever. How did this guy know about her and her family? Who was he?

      After Applejack showed Alex the barn, the apple fields, and everything in the house, they arrived at the Sweetapple Acres entrance gate.  "Well that's about it." Applejack finished. "Thank you. Now if you could be so kind as to give me that other tour, please?" Alex asked politely. "Oh, of course. Right this way." she said. Applejack led Alex on the path towards the nearby town up yonder: Ponyville.

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         It was a little difficult to make this chapter, but I did it!

Chao!