part 4
Applejack, Winona, and their new friend (who Applejack decided to call Twicrow) found the yellow brick road going through a forest. they started through the forest as they didn’t know how to get back to the road if they went around. Going through the forest was slow since the road was uneven and Twicrow kept stepping in them and falling.
Eventually, Applejack sat down to have some lunch. As Twicrow was a scarecrow, she didn’t eat anything, so there was more for A.J. and Winona. Once the two were done eating, Twicrow asked a question. “Why is it you want to leave here? Wouldn’t you want to stay?”
Applejack replied, “Ah like it here, but ah got friends n’ family back home. Ahm also part of a big defence to help keep Equestria safe.”
“Well that must be important! let’s go!”
“Now hold on!” Applejack said as Twicrow tried to get up to leave, “While you’re a scarecrow and don’t need ta eat or sleep, ah need ta rest ‘fore we can go.”
“Well then, should I tell you a story?”
“You’d need a brain to make one up.”
“Well then, I guess it’s good that this is a real story. And that it happened recently.”
“What do ya mean?”
“The only story I know is how I was made.”
And so Twicrow began her story of how she was made. As she said, it was fortunate it had happened recently as it was, or she would have forgotten.
“The munchkins started by making my head, which included my ears. One of them said “How do you like the ears?” and the other said, “They aren't very straight.” but the first didn’t care.
“What color are you making the eyes?” said the second munchkin.
“Blue of course! Why use any other color?” as the first painted the eyes.
“Well you’re right about that. Make the other a bit bigger.” and the first made the other eye a bit bigger.
The first of the two had her mane in a braid and was wearing blue glasses. She had grey coat and a very, almost white, light grey mane. The second was wearing a blue ribbon with jewels on her head as a headband and a light and dark blue skirt. Her coat was a hot pink and her mane was purple and white.
The two made the nose and mouth before working on the rest of the body. Twilicrow did not speak as she did not know how to use her mouth yet. When the two finished, they hung her up. They tied the scarecrow to a pole and started to walk away. They didn’t notice the scarecrow try to follow them.
“A bit later, birds tried to come eat from the field I was placed in, but were scared of me and flew away and I was happy something good came from me staying on the pole. An old crow came closer than the rest and saw I was not real. He sat down on me, and the other birds came to join him in the field. the crow on me said ‘If you only had brains in your head you would be as good as any munchkin or better. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter what you are.’ So I decided all I need are brains, then you came along going to a place where I could get some. By the way, where are we going again?”
“We’re headin’ to the Emerald City,” replied A.J. “Seems like next, we go through here.”
Applejack was pointing to a forest, which reminded her of the Everfree Forest back at home. As Twilicrow told her story, the land lost more and more of it’s farmland look, and started to become more natural. Applejack and Twilicrow went in after Winona chased a squirrel in the forest. There was enough light coming from in between the branches that they could tell if it was night or day, but little enough that it was hard to see.
After a while, the little light the three had started to fade. It was almost night, so the group went a little faster. When almost all the light was gone, they found a small cottage in the woods filled with seeds, gardening tools, and dead plants. The cottage looked familiar to Applejack from the outside, but she didn’t recognise the inside. She grouped together as many dead leaves as she could and piled them in a corner. She then went to her saddle bags and took out one of the curtains she had grabbed to put over them. She fell asleep after about half an hour because she thought she heard a groaning and tried to see if she could find the source. After a while she stopped to got to sleep.