Applebloom was walking through Everfree Forest with her sister. She was looking around, searching for Gabriel. Applejack had a guilty expression on her face. Her head was hanging low. She felt awful about how she judged the wolf.
"Ah'm sorry" She told quietly.
Applebloom sighed. "You apologized 100 times. Ah told ya nothing happened. Ah understand that ya was afraid cuz he's a wolf, but ya shouldn't attack him"
Applejack felt even worse when she remembered how she tried to attack Gabriel. "Ah'm sorry... again"
Little filly sighed again "Just keep goin'. We have to find him before something bad happen to him"
Applejack looked at her little sister. She saw that she as worried about her friend. After a moment she started looking around. They were walking almost an hour when they saw a black creature under the tree.
"Gabriel!" Applebloom shouted and galloped to the wolf. Half way to him she realized that he was sleeping. She smiled and walked slowly to him. She poked his head with her hoof. He just frowned. She poked his head again. He frowned again and muttered "5 more minutes"
Applebloom's smile grew wider. "Ah think ya should get up now". She said and giggled.
"Applebloom?" He muttered. He opened his eys and blinked a few times. When he saw that it was she he shouted "Applebloom!". He quickly got up and hugged her.
After a few seconds Gabriel broke the hug and started talking "What happened? Who was that mare? She was scary…"
Applebloom giggled and said "She is mah big sis Applejack. Ah told ya 'bout her. She was afraid that ya will attack somepony"
The wolf lowered his head and said quietly "So... I'm afraid I can't stay here anymore"
Applebloom placed her hoof on his shoulder "Don't worry. Ya can stay"
Gabriel looked at her surprised "I can?"
When he told this Applejack came closer. He jumped in surprise and fear. When he saw expression on mare's face he calmed down a little. He sat on the grass. "H-hello" he said quietly. Applejack sat in front of him, still few meters away.
Applejack broke the silence. "Um… Ah came here to apologize. Ah know ah shouldn't judge ya. Will you forgive me?" She said looking at the ground. When she got no response she looked at Gabriel. He was smiling. When she smiled back at him he told "Of course".
They were all sitting for a few minutes. Applebloom looked at her sister and Gabriel. Finally she spoke. "Sooo… If ya buried the hatchet, can we go home? I'm hungry". They all laughed and got up.
On their way to Sweet Apple Acres Gabriel told Applejack his story. He told her how he was treated by family and friends, and why he escaped home. She was listening to him with wide eyes. Now she wanted kick herself for treating him like wild animal. He had hard past.
They walked all the distance in an hour. When they walked out of Everfree Forest they started walking to the Sweet Apple Acres through peripheries of Ponyville. It was morning so they had to be careful. If somepony notice Gabriel all town would started to chase him and it would be a huge problem.
Fortunately, they haven't meet anypony. Applejack thought the rest of ponies are in the marketplace in the centrum.
When they finally arrived to the Sweet Apple Acres they headed straight to home for breakfast. Applebloom and Gabriel sat in the dining room and started talking. Applejack walked to the kitchen. Her older brother already was there, preparing some sandwiches. AJ walked to him and told "Come here, Ah need to show ya somethin' ". Big Macintosh turned around and nodded. They walked to the door. Applejack opened the door quietly and pointed to the dining room.
Big Mac saw the wolf and started getting ready to attack, but then he saw that he was talking with his little sister. He was watching them for a moment. Then he turned to Applejack and gave her a puzzled look. She closed the door and walked to the table, her brother following her. She started preparing eggs for breakfast. Big Mac walked to the other side of the table and looked at his sister.
She stopped preparing breakfast and sighed. "Ah know what ya think. Ah felt the same when Ah saw him for the first time. Ah wanted to attack him". She looked up at her brother. He had a concerned expression on his face. AJ looked at the floor. She sighed and started talking again "Ah know somethin' 'bout him. We talked today a lot and Ah know he had a hard live. Gabriel and Applebloom are good friends. Ah think we should really help him" She said looking at the ground.
Big Macintosh sighed. They were sitting in silence a few minutes. Suddenly Big Mac spoke "We need to tell somepony". Applejack looked at him and nodded. She knew they can't keep it a secret forever. Somepony will finally find out.
"Ah'll tell somepony, but tomorrow" She told and got back to preparing food.
In the evening everypony was exhausted. Applebloom gone to her room and Applejack told Gabriel to follow her. They walked downstairs to the ground floor. AJ opened the door on the end of the corridor and let Gabriel inside. "This is our guest room. Ya can sleep here as long as ya want. If ya are hungry just go to the kitchen and make something."
Gabriel smiled. "Thank you" he said as he hugged her. She smiled back and turned away. When she was about to close the door she turned around and looked at the wolf. She closed the door and sighed.
"Tomorrow will be a long day…"