//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 // Story: The Life of Golden Jollybaker // by Jollybaker //------------------------------// The next morning came sooner than expected and Jollybaker was still half asleep when Appleworm came walking in the door. "Are you ready to go?" Appleworm asked as soon as he entered. "Yeah." "Then let's go. We have a ten hour journey ahead of us to get to Canterlot." They headed out the door and followed the road to the right of the bakery. Three hours into their journey, Jollybaker started to ask questions. "Why don't you like Ponyville?" At first, he thought Appleworm didn't hear him or just didn't want to answer. But then he started to talk. "Isn't it obvious? I don't like it because it's where I found the only pony that really liked me. She left and never came back." "Then why did you stay? You said they had you there to keep ponies from falling to their death but they could have found anypony to do it." "I know I did but that wasn't the whole truth. I actually asked to do it because I believe she will one day make it back and I want to be the first one to greet her back." As Jollybaker thought about this, Appleworm stopped and Jollybaker ran into him. "What was that?" He asked. Jollybaker didn't know what he was talking about. "What was what?" As he said this, he noticed a white blur coming back towards them. "Stay here while I go check it out." Jollybaker did as he was told. Then he started to hear a familiar voice but it wasn't Appleworm.