//------------------------------//
// Reintegration Into Society 
// Story: Monster's Parole 
// by Jaycren 
//------------------------------//

Cassandra awoke to the sun upon her.  Stretching her arm out to the heavens, she blocked the sun from her vision.  The wind brought her the sweet smell of apples, closing her eyes she rested her arm upon the ground, enjoying the warmth of the ground.  

"You Okay, Ms."  came a deep quiet voice.

Cassandra smiled.  She could feel the weave of fate, it pulled her to this one.  Opening her eyes, she beheld him.  He wore simple pants, with a red shirt, his blond hair a shock against his reddish skin.  He extended his hand, and waited.  Cassandra reached her slender arm out and found herself being gently lifted off the ground.  Setting her feet upon the ground, she stared into eyes the blue of the Aegean, placing her hand against his chest Cassandra found herself leaning more into him.

"My name is Cassandra."

"My Name is Big Macintosh, most call me Mac." he replied. 

His hand was now against her back as he himself began leaning forward.  Cassandra found her troubles fleeing this mans gentle strength, his kind power.  He was the exact opposite of Ajax and even Agamemnon.  They were hero's, Mac was a farmer.  Their strength was the forging of metal, his was of the dirt and trees, she knew which strength she preferred.  He smelled of apples and sweat, all things melting away.  Of course, it could not last.

"Tarnation Mac, Y'all found our guest eh?"  A woman of elder strength called out.

Disengaging from Mac, Cassandra nodded to the older woman.  "Greetings, Matron, I apologize for not introducing myself properly.  My name is Cassandra, might I have the honor of your name?"

"I know who ya be, young one."  Her eyes softened as she drew nearer.  "You've lead a tough life, just call me Granny, everyone does."

Cassandra's eyes widened in recognition, "You're Granny Smith?"  The older woman nodded, "The Noble Persephone told me to tell you that she regrets that she couldn't come as well."

Granny smiled, "Ah, I do miss Sephie, but I imagine she's pretty busy with who her Husband is, eh?  I do miss my older sister but we all have our paths, that was hers and this family is mine.  Now come over here girl, so I might have a better look at ye.  My eyes aren't what they used to be."  

Cassandra left Mac's side and walked over to Granny.  Her heart was lightening and raising as the future opened up, falling to her knees, tears falling from her eyes she beheld it.  She saw a simple dinner, Mac was to her left, another girl, slightly younger was to her left.  Her name was Applejack!  The youngest of the family, Applebloom, sat to the other side of Mac, while at the Head of the table sat Granny Smith herself.  All where laughing and joyous.  All ate until they where filled, thanking God before and after for the bounty that had been provided.  The vision fading she realized that tears had drenched her face and fell to water the ground.  On her shoulder Big Mac had placed his hand, which Cassandra clasped tightly.  

"My apologies, the visions sometimes take me like thus."

Another feminine voice cut through her happiness, "Visions?"

Cassandra Jumped to her feet as she turned to see Applejack, shaking her head she realized this was their first meeting.  Her heart beat faster, would she be believed?  Would they hate her?  She tensed, ready to run, but then Persephone's words returned.  The truth would be her reward.

"Yes, sometimes I am granted a glimpse into the future.  It has been my curse for some time now.  The vision I just had was the first one that was in anyway pleasant.  Usually I see doom and nothing else."  Cassandra smiled.  "It was glorious, a simple dinner, with you friend Applejack and your family,  You, Little Sister Applebloom, Mac, and Granny were all their." Her tears fell to the ground again as once more her happiness overflowed.  "It was the most wonderful thing I have ever experienced."

"Well that would explain why y'all knew me and mah little sister's name, and why ya called me friend."

Cassandra's eyes widened, she looked upon them with utter fear "I am so sorry, when the visions take me they gift me with the knowledge to understand them, as well as I can get swept up in the emotions of them, please don't hate me, please don't lock me away again." Her tears fell again this time with the knowledge that they would hate her now.  Damn this thing Apollo had given her.  It once again had ruined everything.  Sobbing she fell to her knees, certain that the future she had seen was forever removed.  A small shape with a red bow slammed into her.  Cassandra rocked over backwards, her hand instinctively pulling the shape to her center, putting herself between the ground and the little red headed girl that was now on top of her.

"That is Plum the dumbest thing I ever heard."  Came the stern voice of Granny smith.  "You where sent here for a reason, and twern't to be lock away.  It was so you could heal."

The little red headed girl, a Red Bow in her hair looked down at Cassandra, "No more sad tears, Ah only want to see my other big sis showin those tear of happiness I saw earlier."

Another feminine shadow drifted over her.  "Now I got no idea were you came from, but your home now.  And that's all there is to it."

Mac's shadow soon blanketed the three of them,  He merely looked down upon three of the most important woman in his life and with one word said all Cassandra wanted to hear 

"Eeyup"

Granny Smith had the final word, silencing all of Casandra's worries.  "Y'all are home Cassie, that's all there is to it, now c'mon we got to git ya all situated.

And with those words, Cassandra went home.