The lights activate, waking Applejack quickly and annoyingly. "Darn it!" She yells, waking up Greg.
"Is it morning already?" He asks with a quick yawn. AJ hops off the cot, letting Greg sit up and she stretches. Greg hears the field drop, the two look toward the door as it opens. A single alien enters the room, looks at them and beckons them to approach him.
AJ looks up at Greg who's standing up. "What's goin' on?" She asks.
Greg lets out another yawn. "Weekly socializing." He answers, looking at her. "You might be able to see your brother and sister." He says. AJ beams hearing this.
The two are escorted out of the room through a hallway with windows looking into space. AJ props herself up to look out, overjoyed to see her world. Greg looks out as well and looks over at AJ. "That's mah home!" She says optimistically, but Greg didn't understand her. She points to herself, then to the planet. Greg simply nods.
The two are finally escorted to a commons area. AJ was shocked to see how many different creatures there were. "Come on." Greg says. "Let's see if we can find 'em." She looks up at him and nods.
It doesn't take long before they ran into Apple Bloom on Big Macintosh's back. "AJ!" The big stallion yelled, galloping up to her and Greg. Apple Bloom hops off and the siblings give each other a hug.
"It's good to see y'all again." She said, overjoyed to be reunited with them. "Are ya alright, Apple Bloom?" She asks her little sister.
Apple Bloom nods. "Ah'm fine, AJ. Ah've had other kids keeping me company. One kinda looked like him." She says, pointing to Greg. "Except she's got pointy ears." She adds "What's yer name, mister?" She asks.
"I'm Greg. Your sister's roommate." He answers, looking over at an upset Big Macintosh, who was almost as tall as Greg.
"Nothin' funny happened between us, Mac. Ah'm sure you've got yerself an odd lookin' roommate too." AJ says, scolding her brother.
He nods. "Yup." Greg walks past the two.
"Come on. I'm sure you two have a lot of questions." Greg says.
The four approach an almost secluded area and sit down. "I'm sure the big question on all of your minds is 'will we go home'." He says.
Big Macintosh nods. "Yup."
Greg chuckles. "As we were coming here, Applejack looked outside, and if I'm right about her gestures, that's your homeworld." He says, looking at AJ, who nods. "It takes about a week before they leave a planet's orbit, so I figure we've got five days before we're stuck here." He explains.
Another alien walks by them. To Applejack and her siblings, it looked kind of like an upright Griffon, but instead of having lion parts, it was all bird.
"Greg!" He yells.
Greg stands up and shakes his talon. "Stor, it's good to see you again." He says. Stor nods. "Stor is an Avian and the one who got me comfortable living here." He adds, introducing him to the ponies. "Stor, I'd like you to meet Applejack and her siblings Apple Bloom and Big Macintosh."
Stor gives the three a hoofshake before sitting next to Greg. "What is with you lately, man?" He asks, jabbing Greg in the side. "First you had a Fellian, now a pony." He continued.
The ponies give Greg an inquisitive look. "What's a... 'Fellian', Greg?" Applejack asks. "A very intelligent race of cat people." He briefly described, then grumbles. "One that I'll never forget." He adds.
Stor bursts into laughter. "Yeah, me either." He said, trying to control his breathing. "I'll never forget the morning after she was put in your quarters." He continued, letting out a sigh of relief, but still lightly chuckling.
"Should Ah cover mah ears for this?" Apple Bloom asked her brother and sister. They both nod and Apple Bloom covers her ears.
"Let me guess..." Applejack begins, "she forced herself on ya." She finished.
Greg slowly nods. "Yeah... it was that time of the month for her." He says, shuddering. "She scarred me that night." He continued, turning his back to the ponies and lifting the back of his shirt. He wasn't kidding, there were a lot of scars on his back. He lowered his shirt and turned back around. At this point, Apple Bloom uncovered her ears.
"Lucky for you it ain't that time for me." Applejack says with a chuckle.
"Yup." Mac adds.
Several hours would pass and the group would eat lunch in the commons before everyone was escorted back to their quarters. Applejack and Greg enter their quarters. The barrier activates as Greg steps past it. AJ turns around and growls. "Why do they keep doin' that?!" She asks.
"Why do you think?" Greg asks rhetorically. She lets out a frustrated sigh.
"To prevent us from escapin'." She says with a frustrated tone. "Ah don't like bein' cooped up in here, and Ah imagin' you don't either." She adds.
"You're right." He admits. "But there's nothing we can do now." He adds, beckoning her to move closer to him and she does. Greg kneels down next to her. "We leave tomorrow morning." He whispers into her ear and her ears perk up. She nods.
Once again, Applejack found herself in Greg's cot. He didn't mind the company and AJ felt secure being with him. "Greg?" She calls, getting a quiet groan from him. "Who were ya before ya came here?" She asks.
"I used to be a writer." He answered. "I wasn't a big time one, but I had my fans." He continued.
"What kinda stories did you write?" She asked. "Adventure stories." He answered, flipping onto his back. "My girlfriend and I would go up to this cabin in the mountains when inspiration was running low." He continued.
AJ perked. "Ah didn't know ya had a girlfriend." She said. "Were ya both taken?"
Greg nods. "Yeah... unfortunately her roommate turned out to be a violent one."
AJ swallowed hard. "Wh-what happened to her?" She asked.
The question made Greg tense up. "She was... she was raped to death." He answered solemnly. AJ's heart sunk hearing this.
"And to her roommate?" She continued.
"Death by vacuum." He said, shaking his head. "Let's get to sleep." He finishes.
"Ah'm sorry, Greg." She says, using his arm as a pillow.