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// The Next Member 
// Story: Banished Far From Home 
// by SaraSantiago 
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Chapter 2 - Start The Journey


Twilight stood outside her library door, waiting for something....or should I say somepony. The sun was starting to go down, meaning Luna would bring up the moon soon. The beautiful orange colored the sky as it started to go down. Twilight was ready to go, even though it was hard. With Spike watching over the library with her pet owl, there should be no problems. Who knows? Maybe some other pony will come and take over it...Wait, what if that happens? Where will the two go? To Fluttershy's probably.

"Howdy Twilight! I didn't know you were home." Twilight flinched, looking to the orange cowpony.

"Oh, hello Applejack." Twilight forcefully smiled. Great...If Applejack knows about this, then she'd come too. Twilight thought, wondering what she would do when Rainbow comes.

"What's up, sugarcube?" Applejack asked. Oh no, did she figure out that there was something going on?

"N-Nothing, why?" Twilight wondered. Act normal, Twilight. Twilight told herself.

Applejack just shook her head, "Just wonderin'." she simply said, then looked to Twilight's saddlebags. "Um..Where are ya going?"

"Ah..." Twilight couldn't figure out what to say, making Applejack's eyebrow to lift. "I'm going to the store." Twilight quickly responded.

Applejack looked to Twilight, unsure if she should agree with the fib. "Hey Twilight! Hey AJ!" Rainbow Dash called, flying down for a landing.

Applejack looked to Rainbow, confused as why she also had a saddle bag. "Um, howdy Rainbow. Goin' somewhere as well?"

Rainbow looked quickly over to Twilight for help. Twilight bit her lip. She did not have the time to figure out what to say when this exact event would happen.

"I'm helping Twilight with her big load. Turns out she's gonna get a lot." Rainbow then replied as Twilight sighed. It was good that Rainbow decided to pick shopping as her topic.

"Oh really?" Applejack asked, lifting her eyebrow again. "And where 'ya going?"

Goodness...the orange pony was good at finding fibs. She is the Element of Honesty after all.

"To the store...?" Rainbow said in some sort of a question. Applejack then sighed.

"Y'all know I can see y'all lying." Applejack questioned.

The two gulped. I knew it was too great to be true. Twilight thought nervously.

"Now, Ah'm gonna ask once more, where are y'all goin'?" Applejack demanded a real answer, and both knew there was no going around this.

Twilight gulped once more and then sighed, "I've been banned from Canterlot and Ponyville."

"Say what now?" Applejack was astonished. How could Twilight, the most studious of the whole group, loyal to Princess Celestia and Luna, get banned from Canterlot and Ponyville? Twilight looked away, unable to repeat herself.

"Well then. Ahm comin' with ya." Applejack smiled.

"No, Applejack. Please, not you too." Twilight pleaded. She did not want AJ to get hurt as well. Rainbow was already enough!

Applejack shook her head. "Nope, Ah'm comin' no madder what."

"Twilight... There's no way to talk her out of this." Rainbow voiced.

Twilight sighed. "Fine...Just, don't tell the others. I don't want any other pony coming with."

"That's mighty fine with me." Applejack agreed. Twilight never really wanted her friends with... How would she be able to deal with loosing them? How would she forgive herself?! It was all in good time she guessed, but she hopes that they would be okay.