Applejack was the first pony to be coming to meet the newcomer. From Twilights knowledge, she’s a hard worker, runs a farm with her family, very trustworthy and wields the Element of Honesty. In conclusion she was the same as a well know country woman, and Arcana messed up her farm, this wasn’t going to go well.
‘Knock knock knock,’ Twilight recognised the tone as Spike’s and went to fetch the door. “Ah Applejack it’s good to see you, come in,” Twilight greeted.
“Thank ya kindly Twilight, you wanted to see me about that thing we found at my farm?” Applejack questioned.
“Yes she’s here to meet you. Also we’re need at Canterlot tonight for a dinner to discuss her.”
Applejack thought for a moment. “Yeah I can come, there isn’t anything to be done cause we finished harvesting a couple of weeks ago.” Applejack paused again. “Are you sure you want to keep an eye on this person? You don’t deserve any more strife after what happened with Flash.”
Twilight sighed and motioned Applejack to follow her, “I’m not too sorry about what occurred between us, we knew it was coming and this unexpected person is more than enough to keep my mind off such things,” Twilight stopped by the door. “She’s behind here.”
Twilight had left to find Spike and make some drinks for the visitors and now had to mentally prepare herself for what was behind the door. Before letting nervousness getting the better of her Applejack opened the door. There was no surprise, no dangerous magic, the only out of the ordinary thing in the room was the woman Applejack found at her farm except she was now awake and looking out a window for no apparent reason. Even when she spoke it sounded normal but still very familiar.
“Applejack I assume?” She said, continuing to look out into the distance.
“Uh yes I’m Applejack it’s nice to uh meet you,” this new arrival didn’t seem too bad.
“Likewise, my name is Arcana Rasha or just Arc for short,” She moved and sat down on one of the chairs while motioning for Applejack to do so as well. “I have to apologise for my rather destructive entry into your farm, I’ll make up for it when I am more able.”
“Well that would be nice we never turn down a hoof willing to help on the farm.”
“That’s good then, so what is it you have on your farm?” Applejack didn’t expect this, first she apologised for the damage on her farm and now she actually asked what it housed. Sure ponies knew about the recognised land but no one talked about it.
“Um well, uh.”
“Really that’s it? I’ve seen the great orchards from Westmarch that has stocks that are world renowned and you can’t even say a word about yours.”
“I just didn’t think you would care, the acres never really come up in conversation,” as Applejack finished the sentence Twilight came in with the drinks.
“Hope I’m not interrupting,” Twilight set down the various drinks, a light cider for Applejack and grape juice for Arcana and herself.
“Oh no, we were just going to start talking about Sweet Apple Acres. From what I gathered it is the reason why Ponyville exists now.” Arcana said over her glass.
“Uh yes it is the reason, Twilight how does she know this?” Applejack asked.
“Well she read the history section of the library last night, all of it,” Twilight sighed after she answered.
“You’re kidding right, I can barely read a book in a day and Twilight had to take a whole weekend to look through twelve of them,” Applejack sat perplexed looking at Arcana.
Twilight wasn’t however and voiced her complaint, “I for your information finished them on the first day and if it wasn’t for that whole incident with the timber wolves would have been done sooner.” Twilight huffed and continued. “Also my fastest read has been twenty-five books in a day.”
“Okay, thanks for that Twilight, now can you get Fluttershy to come over while me and Applejack talk farming.”
Fluttershy was at her home near the edge of the Everfree, no one knew why she decided to stay there. She knew though, being away from the rest of Ponyville allowed her a more peaceful environment that she could use to house all the animals that she kept watch over. Fluttershy had always longed for the life she used to lead, for five years now she had been in Ponyville taking care of the local wildlife that she never lost interest in but had now left a hole in her.
Fluttershy moved to look at a picture that had been taken when she had met the Princesses personal protégé, the still forms of herself and her other five closest friends lay on it. All but one had no clue about her true past and even then that clue led nowhere. All of her friends had talked about their past at one point or another, most weren’t exactly great but they all had a happy ending that was caused by Rainbow Dash’s sonic rainboom. She had asked Rainbow to come up with a cover story to convince the others instead of telling them the truth.
Lying was easier.
Her friends would disagree but this secret belonged to her. Fluttershy could faintly hear someone coming to her door and readied herself. A sharp knock confirmed another presence and Fluttershy trotted to the entrance to open it. An easily recognisable purple dragon stood outside.
“Hello Spike how can I help you?”
“Erm Twilight sent me, she needs you and the other elements to meet a new visitor, and she has to go to Canterlot to meet the Princesses over dinner tonight to discuss the person.” Spike had been told what to say to Fluttershy about the situation and relayed it with ease.
“Ah ok I don’t have anything planned for later and dinner sounds nice, I’ll go get my things,” Fluttershy raced back inside to grab her bag and joined Spike so they could head off. The day looked rather nice but Fluttershy knew that the pegasus weather team had a scheduled rain and could see them preparing the clouds for the downpour. “Spike didn’t you say a person? Isn’t what we’re meeting a pony?”
“Actually no she’s not, her name is Arcana and she is a human apparently she isn’t from around here, um Fluttershy you ok? She’s not dangerous,” but Fluttershy was already lost standing there with a look of horror. As instantly as when she froze she started running, muttering something that Spike couldn’t understand. With no other choice Spike followed.
Applejack had just finished explaining how manage to grow nearly all the food Ponyville eats to Arcana when they heard another pony at the front door. “Ah that must be Spike and Fluttershy I’ll be right back,” Twilight said and left the room. The other occupants listen in to the conversation held at the door.
“Ah Fluttershy it’s good to see you, Where’s Spike?”
“He’s coming, where is she?” the voice guessed to be Fluttershy was straight to the point and hardly calm.
“I thought you girls said that she was supposed to be different than that,” Arcana asked Applejack.
“She is never usually like this.”
“She’s in the dining room, Shy are you ok?”
“Move”
The door burst open and a yellow pegasus with a pink mane stepped in, her face had an expression of hate and pain but only Arcana noticed that it hid fear. The pony scanned the room and saw Arcana.
In a second the pony was gone.
Something tackled Arcana to the floor behind her.
“Are they here!?”
No hate, no pain. Just fear.