Golden Jollybaker was flying above a dirt path with bare trees on either side. His wings were getting tired so he landed on it and started to walk. He decided to take out the map and look at it again to see if he was going the right way.
"Okay, let's see. According to the map, I'm here on the..... Forbidden Path? That's a weird name for the only path into Equestria. And over there is Equestria. I believe I should be there in no time. All I have to do is cross the Bridge
of......No Return? Wow. They must really hate strangers coming to visit."
He looked up from the map. There was a long rickety bridge in front of him.
"That doesn't look safe to cross. Lucky for me, though, I can just fly across."
He started to take off.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," said a voice from behind.
Jollybaker stopped just at the edge of the cliff.
"Who said that?" he asked.
He looked around to see who could've talked. No one was there.
"Hello?"
"Hey! Up here!" shouted the strange voice.
He looked up, and seen who had been talking. It was a pony up on the branch of a tree. He was bright green with a long yellow tail and a backwards hat on his head. He had a horn sticking out of the hole of the hat.
"Hey. You're a unicorn! I've never seen one before! Hi! I'm Golden Jollybaker! Nice to meet you," he said, while landing back down onto the path.
The unicorn jumped down from the tree onto the path in front of him, and looked at him.
"I'm Honest Appleworm. You're not from around here, are you?"
"No. How did you know?"
Appleworm picked an apple up and looked at it before eating it.
"Because you almost tried to fly across the bridge."
"Yeah. So?"
Appleworm picked up another apple, again inspecting it before eating.
"If anypony tries to magic them self across or fly across, they fall to their doom. Over there is Equestria's borders and magic of any kind doesn't work there."
He picked up a third apple and looked at it. But instead of eating it, he tossed it. It splattered against a tree and worms fell to the ground from it.
"I don't believe that. Magic can't just disappear," said Jollybaker. He was starting to get annoyed.
"Okay, go ahead and try. But like my great-great-great-many more greats- grandmare, Applejack, I never tell a lie."
"Uh-huh. Okay."
Jollybaker couldn't waste any more time. His sister was expecting him any time now. He started to fly across.
Appleworm sighed. "They never listen."
Then he bit into an apple without inspecting it first. His eyes looked like they were going to pop out.
"Blech." He spit out a mouth full of worms on the ground.
Jollybaker couldn't stand him. He started mocking him as he flew across.
"You can't fly across. Yeah right. I..." His wings started to get harder to flap.
"...can fly...."
He started to lose altitude.
"...juuuust..."
He was really struggling to stay in the air now.
"....FIIIIIIIIINE!"
As soon as Jollybaker got half way across, he started falling like a rock.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh....."
He was going to fall to his doom, just like Appleworm said he would. But right before he hit the bottom, there was a flash.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"
"Hey! You can stop screaming now!"
Jollybaker stopped screaming and opened his eyes. Appleworm was looking down at him with yet another apple. He sat up.
"What happened? How am I back up here?" he asked.
"You're welcome, by the way. You're lucky I know how to do that," Appleworm said sarcastically.
"What happened to my wings, just now?" Jolly didn't understand at all what just happened to him.
Appleworm looked at him, and calmly said, "I told you. You can't use magic in Equestria."
Jollybaker stood up, and looked at him.
"But my wings aren't magic. Are they?"
"Without a proper wind draft, your wings fly by magic."
"But why doesn't magic work in Equestria?"
Appleworm was looking at another apple.
"Don't know. Been like that for years. Ever since the ponies started to not get along with each other. They have me here to keep any dumb Pegasi from falling to their doom. I always tell them not to cross it but no pony ever listens. Here. Eat this." He tossed an apple over to Jollybaker.
Jollybaker wasn't sure if he should.
"Don't worry. It's worm-free," said Appleworm, when he noticed Jolly wasn't eating.
Jollybaker ate it. He just realized how hungry he was.
"So how do I get across?" He asked.
"You walk across the bridge."
Appleworm saw him give a scared look at the bridge.
"Trust me. The bridge is sturdy. Bye now!" He used his horn and disappeared with a flash.
Jollybaker knew by now that this pony could be trusted, so he started to cross the bridge. When he got to the point where he fell before, he felt his wings stiffen up a little. This was going to be hard to get used to. Why his sister would want to live like this, he didn't know. He finished crossing the bridge and realized that Appleworm had called Pegasi dumb. Why would he say that? Jolly continued on through the dirt path into Equestria. He hoped that his sister could explain things.