The Grand Illusion and Other Short Stories of Pony Wisdom

by Knowledge


The Forest of Endless Paths

Equus Kilo - Equestria - Ponyville - Sweet Apple Acres

There once was a little filly with a bright red bow named Apple Bloom. She had a big sister and a big brother and an old grandmother. Together they lived on a farm next to the dark and mysterious Everfree Forest.

Her sister warned her to never go into the forest as nopony who had entered had ever returned, but Apple Bloom did not heed her sister's warning as the filly, curious as can be, entered the Everfree anyway.

At first, Apple Bloom thought the forest harmless; however, the moment she turned around, she couldn't see her way back home.

The little filly with the bright red bow galloped down a dozen different paths. Not a single one led home.

Despondent, Applebloom cried out for help. That is when an old zebra by the name of Zecora found her.

Zecora explained that she too had entered the forest as a foal but hadn't found the way out after a lifetime of searching.

The little filly questioned how the elder could possibly help find her way home if she didn't know the right path.

The elder countered Apple Bloom, saying that she might not know the right path, but she knew thousands that were the wrong ones.