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// The Fateful Trip part  
// Story: The Broken Unicorn 
// by Red flame 
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Surprisingly Red Flame was able to recover from that injury in only three days after he woke up. His horn was still a bit sore, but otherwise he was up and walking around great. So the doctors decided he could be released from the hospital now, right now he and Applejack were at the front desk. AJ was taking care of the paperwork letitng them know who he was leaving with. Once that was done the two began walking towards the door. 

"I still don't really have an idea of where I'll be staying though." Red Flame admitted.

"Ah got something in mind for ya, so just come over to my home." Applejack smiled warmly.

"Well alright, don't really know any pony else anyway." 

"Ya shouldn't have any real trouble making friends, most of the ponies here are pretty normal."

Applejack pushed open the front door for them, when suddenly a pink blur zoomed past her and tackled Red Flame down to the floor right onto his back. He shook his head a bit to shake off the sudden daze, before seeing what had pounced on him. It was a pink coated earth pony, whoever it was  he noted the big smile plastered across her face. 

"Oh I'm so glad your alright, now I can throw you a big party to celebrate. You can call me Pinkie pie" Pinkie pie exclaimed happily

"Hehe well it's a pleasure to meet you. You have a unique way of greeting ponies." Red Flame chuckled.

Another pony walked into the hospital shortly after this, the wings resting on the sides of her purple coat and a horn on her head meant that she was an alicorn. The winged pony had an amused smile on her face as she moved next to Applejack. He instantly got the impression that these three were friends.

"Sorry, Pinkie can be a bit excitable when meeting new ponies. I'm Twilight." Twilight expressed.

"Oh I'm cool with it, I can use some positivity right now." Red Flame happily spoke.

"So you really got amnesia?"

"Yeah, but I can manage for right now." 

He tried to get up off the floor, but upon hearing about his amnesia Pinkie pie instantly grabbed him in a rather tight hug squeezing his body while trying to show comfort to the unicorn. He really did appreciate it and honestly it wasn't that bad, however he did want to actually make it out the hospital front door before the end of the day.

"You poor thing, I don't know what I'd do if I lost my memories." Pinkie pie expressed sadly.

"I-It's f-fine really, c-could I maybe-e get off the floor now?" Red Flame squeaked playfully.

He was pleased as this little comment seemed to bring that big smile back to Pinkie Pie's face, even getting some giggles from the pink pony from the silliness of this. Finally he felt Pinkie get off his body, he stood up on his four hooves and stretched out a bit before walking over to Twilight and Applejack.

"If you want, maybe I can find something to help get your memory back?" Twilight suggested happily.

"Oh well thank you, you can try if you want if it's no trouble." Red Flame answered.

"Of course not, Twilight here loves to research." Pinkie pie pointed out.

"Yeah, after your all settled and have a place to stay you should come by my castle. My assistant would be thrilled to meet you"

Red Flame gave a happy nod at this, finally the two ponies took their leave heading out of the hospital. He let Applejack get ahead of him, then followed along.  It seemed that AJ's home was a bit away from where the town was, and once it was in sight he kinda guessed why. They were at the front of a wooden gate, the top of it read Sweet Apple Acres. He could see the widespread fields that the farm had, along with one building, it seemed to do the job of a house and barn mixed into one. The barn part was on the right side of the house.

"Are ya impressed." Applejack smiled.

"Yeah actually, you certainly have a lot of room to work with." Red Flame noticed.

"Our farm is one of the best there is." 

Applejack grinned as she said this eager to boast about how successful the farm is. She leads Red Flame through the gate, walking toward the front door to the house. She opened it up, revealing a nice looking living room. A oval shaped table on top of a red carpet, with two couches and rocking chair next to the stairs. Red Flame was amazed as he glanced around taking in the new surroundings. He picked up the sound of hoof steps coming from the left. 

Three Earth ponies trotted on into this living room walking up to Red Flame and Applejack with smiles on their faces. One seemed to be a rather old pony with a green coat and a white mane tied in a bun on her head. A Stallion with a red coat like his own, but with a more muscular build to it. Lastly was a young filly with a bright yellow coat and red mane, a pink bow was in it. The little one glanced at Red Flame and leaped at him. Wrapping her front and hind hooves around his neck in a hug.

"So is this my new brother" Applebloom exclaimed excitedly.

This of course confused Red Flame had he had no idea what Applejack was planning.

"Brother, what do you mean by that?" Red Flame asked.

"Well that's mah surprise sugar cube. Since ah found ya, ah figured you could move in with us, and you can let us adopt you into the family too." Applebloom explained with a warm smile.

This took Red Flame completely by surprise as his eyes begin to well up with tears. He barely knew Applejack and already was willing to do so much for him. Truth of the matter was the whole thing had felt like a bad nightmare, and all he had been wanting to do was break down in tears. He had no idea who is real family was, where he came from,and he was on his own. All of this seemed to be far off at this moment, this pony had already saved his life and now wanted to take care of him.

"T-thank you Applejack, for caring enough to take me in. I'm so glad you found me, I don't know if I'd be able to survive on my own." Red Flame sniffed.

Finally the tears came pouring down his eyes as he laid on the floor crying. Applejack quietly and warmly placed her hooves around Red Flame's body, pulling the poor unicorn into a hug and Applebloom moved down from the neck to the chest to help her comfort him. Big mac and Granny Smith soon joined as well.

Red Flame let it all out for a good couple of minutes before he finally felt himself calming down. Seeing this the Apple family pulled away and they started some proper introductions with each other. They all got through their names.

"Ah'm the one who runs this farm, and plan to for a good long while." Granny Smith happily declared.

"Yyep don't mess with Granny." Big Mac added rather amused.

"I can't wait for ya to meet Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle" Applebloom expressed excitedly.

"Your all a very nice family, I'm glad I'm here with you ponies." Red Flame smiled.

They all looked at him as he spoke noticing he had more to say than that.

"I may not know who my own family is right now, but at least I can feel safe and loved right here until I can get my memories back." Red Flame expressed gratefully.

"Ya'll fit right in here." Applejack added.

After all of this was done with, she decided it was best to give Red Flame a tour of the house. The kitchen was the room connected to the living room. It also had it's own door that led outside, this was so they could get right to work on the farm if things were moving slow. Then they moved upstairs and all four of their bedrooms were up there. However there were three doors on the right in addition to Applejack and Applebloom's rooms. Red Flame noticed rather curiously that Applejack was moving a bit slower as she lead the way to the third door. Perhaps deep in thought about something.

However she turned the nob on the door to open it up allowing Red Flame to walk in first and then follows behind. Inside of this room was a bed up against the wall across from the door, with a red blanket spread on it. To the right of the bed was a closet, it was rather big taking up almost all of that wall, and to the left was a window as well as a small blue table. He couldn't resist, he pelt onto the bed and bounced on it with a lot of joy on his face

"He is still a kid after all." Applejack thought happily.

She watched Red Flame bounce on the bed for a few minutes before finally settling down and relaxing on it. Her face got a big concerned aware of how painful this whole thing has been for Red Flame. 

"Ya know Red, you don't need to hide ya'r feelings from us. It's only natural to feel scared and sad about your situation." Applejack explained.

"When I first woke up I was, but everything you've done for me really gave me some comfort and put my heart at ease. It still stings, but not nearly as much. So I'm just enjoying what I've got right now, the rest will come later." Red Flame smiled,

He hops off of the bed and walks over to Applejack, embracing the pony in another hug. Though this time unknown to AJ there was a bit of an ulterior motive involved with this one. Though of course it was a playful one. He noticed that AJ was so kind as to place a lasso on a hook by the right side of the door, remembering the tickling he got in the hospital he felt it was time to show AJ the more playful side of his gratitude. His tail sneakily looped around the hanging rope, and then he swept up Applejack's hind hooves from under her with his own. Landing gently on the floor belly up. 

"Ah hey, oh no what do ya think ya'r doing." Applejack smiled nervously.

"Having some fun with my new sister of course. I feel I might have trouble going to sleep tonight, so I want to see how soft that belly is." Red Flame grinned playfully.

Before she even had time to try and get away, she felt rope loop around her hind hooves tying them together, the same was done with her front hooves leaving her on the floor in an I-position. She was lifted up and lightly tossed onto the bed, then her little captor went to work securing the hooves to the bed. There was no doubt that Red Flame's talent involved tickling now. Despite the loss of memory the knots were tied rather expertly and firmly. She could pull and wiggle, bu there was no give at all. 

Her body could'n help but pull again on the ropes when Red Flame climbed back onto the bed. Holding a feather in his hoof that he had found in the closet. Her eyes locked onto the feather nervously while it hovered inches above the round orange belly. The big grin plastered on Red's face made it all worth it though, besides she loved being tickled.

"Ya better hope ah don't get out of these ropes." Applejack smirked playfully.

"I believe I'm the one in charge right now." Red Flame grinned back.

He began the silly attack to the belly, wisping the feather back and forth along the skin. He chuckled as Applejack tensed up but held back the laughter that was begging to come out. The body writhed around underneath the feather, twitching and shaking as it swished in place. He rather enjoyed this strong pony being so sensitive.

"Hehe aww, why don't you let it all out come on." Red Flame teased playfully.

"N-never" Applejack managed to say.

Her lips quivered as she felt she would burst at any moment. Which came when the feather suddenly twirled right on the center of her belly. This finally broke her, letting big laughter out of her body and shaking in place on the bed as well. Her back was made to arch upward as well, which only pushed her helpless skin into the feather further.

"Who knew you could be brought down by a simple feather." Red Flame teased.

"OOHHOHOHOHOOHHOHOHOHO YA'R SO GOHOHOHOHOHOING TO GET IT" Applejack laughed bravely.

After a good couple of minutes of this, he pulls away the feather from the belly. Applejack was honestly rather surprised it stopped so soon, but nonetheless took the time to pant a bit, her belly heaving up and down rather fast as a result looking adorable. A red hoof is placed on her belly, it seemed Red Flame was keeping the promise to see how soft if was. 

"Oh very nice, it'll make a nice pillow." Red Flame grinned happily.

"Aww alright ah guess we'll be even then. Just don't expect to get me off guard again so easily." Applejack warned playfully.

They both give happy giggles from this, it was strange it felt like Red Flame's body knew exactly how to best tickle a pony. Almost like it was doing the job of remembering for him, getting to tickle somepony he had grown to care for, and that she enjoyed this so much. Made him feel very happy and warm inside. 

"Planning to remove that hoof off mah belly." Applejack chuckled.

"Nah it's too nice feeling." Red Flame smiled.

"Ah guess ah can't blame ya then." 

With that the feather returned to the belly to continue the playful torment, though now that hoof helped as well scribbling along the skin with the tool. As Red Flame brought ought that really cute laughter from his captive. He thought about everything that happened one last time, he really had to wonder if he'd ever got his memories back or if he'd see his real family again. However as he watched the writhing pony under his own tickle torture. He at least knew that he wasn't alone, that one thought terrified him the most.

To be continued