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// Chapter Thirteen : Butter Crisp 
// Story: Equestria; UNDEAD 
// by runningtoastgirl77 
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	I yawned and found myself being stored at by my group. "What?" I said.

"We've landed," Whirlwind grinned. 

I stood up and yawned. "Oh, okay... so... why were ya'll staring at me?"

"We weren't sure if we should wake you up or not. You must've had some problems sleeping last night." he sighed, offering me an apple for breakfast. "Oh... well, there was this storm..." 

"Oh, heck yeah! There was rain, hail, a little thunder, maybe even some snow! It was AWESOME!" Grella laughed. "That place's weather is UNBELIEVABLE! Yet... exhilarating. Nothing I couldn't handle, unlike marshmallow over here. Think I might fly through there again after this is all over... for fun!"

"So..." I said, "Where are we?"

"Only the most famous, historical land mark this side of Equestria!" Whirlwind tried, and failed, to contain his excitement.

I trotted out of the carriage and was greeted by a town now surrounded by an obviously makeshift yet strangely sturdy metal and wood barrier, and what seemed on top of that a light purple bubble shield. Red curvy cottages lined the streets, as well as trees, flowers, animals, and ponies casually going about their business. Our cottage was parked on the side of the road near a path leading to farms, and in the distance, a large purple crystal castle could be seen towering over the town. "Er... the crystal empire...?"

"Nooooooope!" Cherry smiled, jumping in excitement. "We're in Ponyville!"

I paused in hazy confusion, chewing my apple. "Oh... um... where?"

"Oh, nothing, just home of the CASTLE OF HARMONY?!" Whirlwind rolled his eyes whilst leaking his excitement. "The defenders of Peace, Friendship and virtue?! The elements of harmony?"

"I blame our schools," Grella sighed.

"Oh well.... cool."

Before Whirlwind could lecture further, Zian- who I only now realized was absent prior- ran. "Autumn! Your awake!" She gave me a hug with joy.

"Good morning... afternoon... whatever time it is."

She smiled and pranced with exuberance. "Ohhh how luck we were to come to Ponyville! I heard the element's own protege build the wall themselves, ain't that neat?! Not that I doubted her power, that is. It even goes into the farms!"

"So... judging by your excitement, I'm gonna take a wild guess and say you found her?" Zian smiled.

"Yeah! Come on, slow stacks, let's go!" Before I knew it, Zian hooked herself up to the cottage and was trotting away before I could say anything.

We all fallowed her to a small farmhouse literally just out of the living quarters district, it had a two story farm house and a small barn, a potato field out back. Outside of the farmhouse waiting for us was a short yet slightly more chubby mare with a  strait yet curvy white and burnt orange mane. Zian took no time to get out of the group and run up to her, pulling me along by the sleeve. The mare smiled. "This must me the lil' miss muffins who stole my lil sister's heart, hmm?"

I stood in shock, awkwardly making sounds that could be in some foreign language consisting of shy grunts. Zian took action. "Yep, this is my girlfriend, Autumn! She bakes."

"Well, mightly fine to meet you Autumn. My name is Buttercrisp Hashbrowns, though ponies around here call me Hash, Hashie, Buttercrisp, Buttercup, and the mare of your dreams... " she winked. Guess now I knew where Zian got her flirtatiousness.

"Wahhh... I... Autumn..."

I squirmed and then froze as she hugged me tighter than I ever had been hugged before. Grella walked forward. "Hey there, Hash. My name is Grella. The purple mare over there is Morning Glory, and the pegasus is named Whirlwind, Oh, and the filly is Cherry. " She held out her claw and exchanged a claw and hoof-shake (of which if taken in literal terms would be beyond disgusting, but moving on).

"I'm Zian's older sister. This is my family's farm, but this house is just mine. Everypony else lives further down working on their own farms."

"But... your not a Zebra..." Cherry interjected.

"Nope, genuine earthpony, though I have a lil' unicorn blood on my mama's side." She smirked. "Naw, Zian and I may not be real bloodlines, but she's still my little sister, through and through.

Cherry tilted her head. "... what?"

"I'm adopted." Zian smiled

"Ohhh... oki doki! she paused. "Hey, hey! Did you know Zian and Autumn are not leba- er, sorry lesbians- but they still like mares?"

I blushed and stumbled into further embarrassment. Buttercrisp glanced to me and smirked. "Yep' I sure do!"