The Library of Forbidden Secrets

Ófærr and AppleJack

"Hey there partner" Applejack waved to Ófærr as she entered the long house he had built upon moving to Ponyville some 7 months ago. All in all it was pretty spacious. Wide enought to accommodate at the very least 7 mares from one wall to the other. With 4 rooms, each with their own furnishing. Each room contained a bed, one night stand, one mirror on the right side of the room. Each bed had a standard pillow with a sheet, comforter, and a mattress.

As for the rest of the house it was pretty bare. The living room only contained one hand carved couch with a pair of cushions, two sets of chairs and a fire place. The kitchen was an assortment of spices, jars, and herbs to use in his cooking. Ófærr hailed from the tiny providence of Nova. Out side of the Equestrian boarder to the north. Cold and harsh, it is a land where the strong survive only by luck. This was apparent on Ófærr, he was of strong build. Much like Big Mackintosh, but his muscles weren't developed from years on a farm. No, it was from years of living a lone in a harsh and unforgiving environment. In actuality Ófærr was stronger then Big Mac, years of having to fight to survive had sculpted his body into ever mares dream, but most can't see past his scar.

Ófærr was a blacksmith by nature, from everyday house hold items to work tools, he could craft them all with relative ease. That didn't mean that he couldn't make armor and weapons. Far from it. His weapons were strong enough to with stand blows from manticore, yet powerful enough to deliver killing blows with the simplest of ease. His armor could withstand the acid spit of a hydra and was as tough as dragon scales. What gives his forge such potency, was his knowledge in a long lost art. Rune Shaping. He could craft a shovel and on the back, etch a Rune of Quaking, causing the ground that was struck to quickly loose its density. There are many more examples of these Runes, but we are getting off track.

"Ah, Miss Apple, good mornin" Ófærr waves to her as she enters the forge. The waves of heat roll over her as well as the mixture of Ófærrs sweat and an earthy smell that comes from working with your hooves in the ground or at a forge all day long. AppleJack suppressed a blush as her eyes roamed over Ófærr, most of his chest and lower legs covered in a thick dragon scale blacksmith's smock. Before you ask, no, he did not kill the dragon to get the scales. Applejack's eyes wanded over Ófærr's front legs, taking in the powerfully corded muscles that sat just beneath a layer of almond brown fur.

Ófærr had not taken notice of Applejack's traveling eyes as he worked. His hammer come down on a chuck of iron, shaping it into a bar. Applejack winced as sparks flew from the bar upon contact with the hammer.

"Olaf, i don told ya ta call me Applejack or Aj got that?" Ófærr replied with a nod before she continued.

"Say Olaf? Mind fixed up this 'er old pitch fork? One of the spurs don rusted off" Applejack pulled the broken pitch fork into the forge room. Which contained an assortment of ores from the standard iron to the incredibly rare Sea Foam ore that can only be found at the lowest depths of the oceans. Above the 10 x 5 hoof tall forge stack, which about 3 hoovs up opened into a cirle, the remainder of the top was suspended by 4 long Dragon Scale coated rods that kept the top of the forge from falling down. This was to allow alloys to be worked upon. His tools hung around the forge room as well as his different projects he was working on at the moment or in the near future.

"I would be delisted to" Ófærr reached for it without looking from his forge, instead of hard iron, he grabbed hold of something soft, firm, and warm. Turning he sees he had accidentally taken hold of Applejack's hoof. A blush spreads across his face as he let go of her hoof and was about to start apologizing for grabbing her. Only to receive a hoof from the evenly blushing mare.

"How about ya take me 'ta dinner as an apology there partner. I'll be back here tonight." With a wink and a quick exit Applejack left a completely stunned Ófærr behind. Once she was out of sight Ófærr began to panic. He would need a suit, quickly finishing off his work in the forge he ran out. First he entered his Longhouse which was situated next to it, ran to his room and grabbed his bag of bits. He had remembered Applejack had mentioned one of her friends was a tailer so he headed there first. He passes his house, without noticing Applejack hiding behind a tree, a massive blush spread across her face.

"We'll dang' Apple, ya finly done did it" she whispered to herself as she watched the stallion rush past her hiding place into town. Her breathing was heavy for a while as she waits for the sounds of hoof beating the ground disappeared over a hill. Now she had a problem, she would need a dress. Nothing revealing, but something to keep Ofaerr's attention. To this end. She would need to visit her dear competing buddy, Rainbow Dash, seeing as how Ófærr was currently heading towards Raritie's shop for a tux, probably. Although she knew that scar would put Rarity off, but a customer is a customer.

Ófærr

Rarity, she had always fancied herself a prim and proper mare. Currently, she was in the middle of preparing a new set of dresses for the Grand Galloping Gala. When the front door to the Caracel Botique was flung open.  She nearly jumped out of her fur when it happened.

"How dare you enter this establishment in such a manner. I demand you vacate the premises imm-" she cut herself off as she entered the front of the shop. Standing before her was a stallion that could give any of the Royal Guards a run for their bits easily. He stood easily a head taller then Big Mac and was as muscular if not more then him. But this wasn't what made Rarity cringe in fear, it was his eye. Covering it was a tri-crescent scar that ran over the left eye and down to his chin.

"Do-do-don't hurt me!" Rarity turned to run till the stallion spoke.

"Tailor. I am here to purchase evening ware. Not to rob you!" his voice carries a very foreign accent.

"Evening wear? Wh-what kind?" Rarity asks with fear in her voice.

"Something for a" he trails off as he actually blushes.

"A date" he says half heartily. This causes Rarity to raise an eye brow.

"O darling~ why didn't you say so." Raritie's horn begins glow as both her and the stallion are transported to her work room.  She quickly gets to work, measuring out his sides and the like.  Half way thought Rarity asks the all important question.

"So....who's the lucky mare?" She asks as she is measuring out his right front leg. She does take notice of a strange marking in the hoofs of his front legs but pays it no mind as she thinks its just some strange tattoos or a fashion statement.

The strange stallion remained silent, Rarity quickly noted how nervous he was. It was kind of amusing, this stallion who looked like he could give any of the royal guard even Shining Armor, was nervous at the prospect of a date. She chuckled inwardly as she began to work.  She quickly ushered him out of her work place. Telling him to come back in a few hours and his suit will be ready. He replied with a huff and left.

Applejack

Rainbow Dash was lounging around on her usual cloud. When a rawhide lasso suddenly gripped it and pulled it to the ground. She tired with a huff and was about to begin yelling at the pony who had the nerve to interrupt her campaign of sleeping. It was none other then the farm mare herself.

     "Ok I'll bite. What gives. I was dreaming about the Wonderbolts and Sorain again!" Dash had begun to become angry till she noticed Applejack's fidgety behavior.

     "Hey... AJ you alright?" Applejack could only nod. Dash jumped off the cloud and landed next to her as she waited for a response.

     "Hey there...Sugar Cube. I got uh question for ya. ". Dash was perplexed for one but shrugged it off.

     "Ok, what's the question?" Dash asked.

     "Ya still got that dress ya wore 'ta Gilda's weddin ah few years back?" Dash was a little dumb struck she would ask and only nodded.

     "Ah'right. I need it for tunight." Dash'es jaw dropped a little more and blinked.

     "Alright....wait here for me to get it."  Dash quickly took off and headed back towards her cloud house. Leaving behind a very nervous Applejack.  It only took a few moments for the rainbow mare to return with a closed green box. She quickly passes it to AJ before returning to her cloud.

     "Thanks ya Dash" Applejack quickly left the cyan mare to do her own thing. Dash on the other hoof had already left to inform Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

[c]enterÓfærr

A few hours have passed since that strange stallion had made a request from Rarity. And as she had said, the door chime rang as she was putting on the finishing touches to the suit. She turned to see the very same stallion standing in the front of her boutique.

"Just in time darling. Come lets see if it fits." Rarity quickly ushered him into the changing room with the suit. A few moments later he retired. The suit fit perfectly, from the cuff links to the pants. It was a standard black tux with a white collar and red tie. The strange stallion who Rarity had only seen a few times thanked her for the work, payed the bits and a few rubies which caused her to grin from ear to ear. As he left the boutique a certain lavander mare just happen to walk in.

"Twilight, darling! How are you. I thought you would never come back after you had spent so much time with "thing" . Rarity had much distance for Dagon, after all he had caused her to vomit during their first true face to face meeting in the throne room of the Princess Sisters after his defeat of Discord. Vomiting is very unlady like.

     "Rarity, that thing you were referring to is quite the gentle...I don't quite know what he is but is is a pure gentle stallion. He is the nicest creature I have ever met." Rarity only hummffed.

     "Any way, who was that stallion with the box? Never seen him around before?" Rarity scratched her chin as she thought for a moment.

     "I actually don't know his name." Rarity shrugged as she looked at Twilight.

     "We'll what did he order? He doesn't look like the kind of stallion to order something from here." Twilight asked as she set down a ripped scarf on the counter. Rarity eyed it before going full gossip mode on Twilight.

     "Ah that's right. He bought a tux! Quick don't loose him. I want to know who this unlucky mare is he asked out." Rarity grins as she pulls Twilight out of her shop, turning the "We are open" to "We are Closed".

     "Rarity, that's not very nice. Who knows what kind of mare he asked out. Show a little consideration. Any way, why do you say the mare is unlucky?" Twilight asked as the two mares followed after the stallion heading towards the outskirts of Ponyville.

"O well he is obviously in a gang. Did you not see those tacky tattoos he had on his hooves." Rarity quickly etches the symbols into the ground as the two of them have stopped. Now hiding behind a bush a few hundred hooves from what appears to be a house. Twilight makes a mental note of the symbol then returns her attention to the house. It's unlike any other house in Ponyville. It's long, almost a few hundred hooves long and around 50 hooves across. It's built of what appear to be EverFree trunks. Who ever this stallion was, he had built his entire home out of the EverFree, which perplexed Twilight to no end.

A few hooves away from the two, they spotted another bush shaking, Twilight noticed a rainbow tail sticking out of it. It was then that she overheard the sound of approaching hoof steps. She quickly teleported herself and Rarity into the other bush. Quickly before Dash could tell, Pinkie could scoff in her depressive self, or Fluttershy could eep, Twilight silenced them.

     "What the hay Twilight? Why are you here?" Dash demanded.  The bush they were currently in was not in the line of sight of Ofaerr's long house.

"Well Dash. I had come back to have a scarf repaired by Raity when she dragged me along on this wild goose chase after a strange stallion who had left as I was entering with what appears to be a tux. Apparently he had a date and Rarity wanted to know about it." Twilight quickly summed up their being here.

     "And you three? What are you all doing here?" Twilight asked with a raised eye brow.

     "Well we are tailing Applejack" replied Dash, earning her a raised eye brow from Rarity and Twilight.

     "She asked to borrow that dress I wore to Guilda's wedding to Hard Hat a few years ago. Shhhhh here she comes!" They all got quiet as Applejack passed the buss, wearing a stunning red, long, fur tight dress that showed off her curves as well as  give her a more sophisticated appeal Rarity beamed as she saw her creation being put to better use then Dash sneaking into the Wonderbolts convention to try and hit on Soarin again. She could and would stimulate any stallion or mare if they were to see her.

     The mares in the bush waited till they heard a door open and a very Nordic accent float down to them.

"Ah Applejack. Your early." His voice trailed off as the mares could hear Applejack giggle at the door way.

"Wha's wrong there Sugar Cube~ cat got your tongue?" A few seconds of silence follow before the strange stallion and Applejack both share a laugh. He quickly ushers her in. Once the door is closed, the others spring from hiding, minus Pinkie Pie who just sort of walks over to the window.

"Did you hear Applejack. She was totally hitting on who here that was" Dash quipped before the others nodded.

"Girls. You may want to see this, if thats ok with you of cource?" Fluttershy quickly beckoned them over to the window. Their eyes beheld the stallion who had opened the door, and some of them were frightened.

"Look at the size of him. He's huge." Dash exclaimed as she saw Ófærr. Then she took notice of the food. Much of it was a combination of different foods, such as cheese, salads, or pastries. In the middle sat a plate of what the others deduced were nuts of some kind. Applejack had been laughing at a joke when she pops one into her mouth. Her eyes shoot open and she lets out a soft moan before staggering back. Ófærr rushes to keep her from falling. This causes the girls to jump into action till they hear Applejack speak.

"Sweet Celestia! That was the single greatest thing I ever don tucked into! Why ya never said ya was good with vittles before Ófærr?" The mares outside blink and sit down. Pinkie Pie shrugs off the challenge to her cooking skills. Ófærr lightly blushes, but the fire light hides it.

"I enjoy cooking a lot is all" He says grinning.

"I can tell Sugar Cube, now lets get back...." Applejack's voice trails off as she and Ófærr return to talking and eatting, much to the mare's disappointment.

"What kind of a name is Of...Of... I can't even pronounce that!" Dash quietly whispered. Twilight was as perplexed as the cyan mare.

The night quickly spiraled down to dinner, sitting by a raw ring fire and swapping stories, and then for the final piece. Ofaerr began to sing for Applejack, who was not expecting this.

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Journey - Faithfully

"♪ Highway run.

Into the midnight sun.

Wheels go round and round.

You're on my mind. ♪"

Applejack could only hold her mouth closed. She had expected his singing voice to be so so, but this....she had not expected this at all. The other mares outside the window were also a-taken back, they each had their expectations on how well his voice would sound, none of them were prepared for his voice. Like flowing silk he wove a tail of a Stallion who had been inlove with a mare, and missed her.

"♪ Restless hearts.

Sleep alone tonight.

Sending all my love along the wire.

They say that the road.

Ain't no place to start a family.

Right down the line it's been you and me.

And loving a music stallion.

Ain't always what it's supposed to be.

Oh Girl.

You stand by me.

I'm forever yours.

Faithfully! ♪"

By now, most of the mares outside the window were in tears over the beautiful song, the story it told was both moving and captivating at the same time

"♪ Circus life.

Under the big top world.

We all need the clowns to make us smile! ♪"

Applejack was utterly moved at this point, she couldn't say a thing as she listened to Ófærr continue.

"♪ Through space and time!

Always another show.

Wondering where I am lost without you.

And being apart ain't easy on this love affair.

Two strangers learn to fall in love again.

I get the joy of rediscovering you.

Oh girl.

You stand by me.

I'm forever yours.

Faithfully! ♪"

All the mares could feel the end was closing in on them as Ófærr moved on to the final verse.

"♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!

Oh oh oh oh oh oh!

Faithfully.

I'm still yours!

I'm forever yours!

Ever yours!

Faithfully! ♪"

As he finished, Applejack jumped to her hooves and began to clap excitedly, she was beyoned moved now. With tears in her eyes, she rushed and nearly tacked Ófærr to the ground before he could move. It was thanks to his years of fighting that he was able to stay on his feet.

"That was just the prettiest song I ever heard, Olaf, where did ya hear it?" Applejack asked as she whipped her eyes from the tears that had begun to form again.

"I wrote it" Ófærr's answer awarded him with a blank stare. "No really I did, came up with it after you left" Applejack was not prepared for this, she blushed. Ófærr was the first stallion to ever put this much effort into making her night special, let alone write Applejack a song. She was moved to tears once again, but Ófærr stopped her before she could give him another tackle.

"How about we enjoy some wine, then I walk ya home?" Ófærr asked as he put his hooves on Applejack's shoulders.

"That sounds lovely" Applejack replied as the two of them headed into the kitchen, althought Applejack stayed close to Ófærr. solicitying a blush from him that did not go unoticed by Applejack, which she immidatly used to tease him. Back outside of the house, the other mares had taken their leave. Ófærr had proven himself trust worth of Applejack's affections, but each of them, minus Pinkie Pie, would individually interrogate him to make sure he was safe for Applejack to be around.

About an hour later, Ófærr and Applejack trotted back towards Sweet Apple Achers. As they near the groves of Apple Trees, Applejack keeps close to Ófærr, something about him gives her a sence of securtiy. As they approach the front door to Applejack's home, she turns quickly to Ófærr.

"I had a very fun time tonight Olaf." She blushes as she gengerly pecks him on the cheek then rushes inside. Ófærr smiles as he heads back home, tired but happy.