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>>NARRATOR: Applebloom stood there for several
minutes staring in disbelief.

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She was now all by herself, in the middle
of the Everfree forest.

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She'd been inside before, but never farther
than her friend Zecora's house, and always

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on the designated path.

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Now the small hut the old zebra lived in,
or any kind of path seemed terribly far away.

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Then an idea occurred to her.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "I'll just follow the tracks!

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They've got to lead out of here at some point."

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So, feeling very proud of herself, she situated
her hooves right down the middle of the metal

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railings, and started walking.

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Sadly, things are rarely ever this simple.

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After walking for what seemed like an hour,
Applebloom's hooves were aching fiercely,

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but still she soldiered on continuing forwards
to what she was sure would be a break in the

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forest.

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Until she came upon a green saddlebag.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "Huh?..."

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She looked at it closely, there was an apple
on the side, along with the letters 'AB'.

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It was hers.

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She'd dropped it when the train dumped her
out.

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She was going in circles.

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The mare side of her brain railed against
this.

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How was that possible?

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The tracks had come from ponyville, they couldn't
go in a circle or she would have ended up

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back there, or at least run into the train
again.

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That was logic.

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The mare side of her brain continued to say
that it must have been some kind of mistake,

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perhaps her bag had gotten caught on the side
of the train and dragged along to this point

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before it had fallen off.

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This was by all rights a sound theory.

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The filly side jumped up and down and waved
its forehooves telling her that something

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was amiss.

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It's Magic it's Magic!

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She waved it away and nodded, that must be
it.

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It had gotten caught on the train.

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>>GRUFF VOICE: "It's about time you got back,"

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Applebloom's head whipped around to find a
small pig with a missing ear sitting a few

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feet away.

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It crinkled its snout at her.

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She looked around a bit more.

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>>PIG: "Yeah, it was me.

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It's about time you got back sweetheart."

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Applebloom's mind registered two things.

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The mare side registered that a pig was talking
to her, while the filly side very much wanted

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to buck it for calling her 'Sweetheart.'

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The filly side won out.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "Sweetheart?"

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Applebloom advanced on the small thing.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "Who are you calling sweetheart?"

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>>PIG: "That'd be you."

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The pig crinkled its nose again.

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>>PIG: "Sweetheart.

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It took you long enough."

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Applebloom glared down at the pig.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "If you don't want to find yourself
bucked halfway across the forest, I'd loose

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the nickname."

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It squealed a bit.

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>>PIG: "Fine 'AB'.

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No need to be so violent."

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "AB?"

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>>PIG: "That's what it says on your back ain't
it?"

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "That's Applebloom."

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As her anger drained, the mare side of her
brain took over.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "How are you talking anyway?

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And what do you mean 'It's about time you
got back?"

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The pig raised a stubby cloven hoof.

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"One, I could ask you the same question.

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Just 'cause we're quiet doesn't mean we pigs
can't talk.

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Two, the track goes in a circle, if you keep
that up you'll just go around till you drop."

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The filly side of Applebloom's brain gave
a little half hearted cheer for being correct,

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and briefly noted it was lucky the pig only
had two things to list.

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Its hoof only had two points.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "Well,[Huff] How do you suggest
I get out of here?

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And where is 'here' anyway?"

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"Here?

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One," it held up its hoof again.

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"This is Somewhere.

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Two, you'd have to ask the Unsure."

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Applebloom opened her mouth to ask another
question, but the pig headed her off.

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"Let me guess, more questions?

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Let me save you some breath sweethea-"

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At Applebloom's glare the word died in his
throat.

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"...I mean...AB."

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He held up his hoof a third time.

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"One, Somewhere is everywhere, everywhere
is Somewhere, Somewhere ain't Nowhere.

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Two the Unsure knows everything.

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It'll know how to get you out of here."

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Applebloom considered this.

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The filly side of her brain accepted it readily,
'It's just like the fairy stories I read as

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a foal', but the mare side of her brain balked.

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'None of this makes any sense, I should just
keep following the tracks'.

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Once again, the filly side won out.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "Fine, I don't rightly understand
all this, but if this 'Unsure' knows how to

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get me out of here, I sure as heck mean to
ask him about it."

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"It," the pig corrected.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "It?"

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The pig nodded.

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"It ain't sure if it's a boy or a girl, so
it's an 'it' til further notice."

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "Fine, Whatever 'it' is.

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I've got a couple of words for it."

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She looked down at the small pink pig.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "Take me."

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The pig made a snorting sound, which may have
been a laugh.

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"And why would I do that sweethea-....I mean
AB?"

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Applebloom floundered for a moment.

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"Uh..."

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"Exactly.

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I gave you the info, that's my good deed for
the day.

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You're on your own."

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The Pig turned to leave.

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"Wait!" Applebloom held out a hoof.

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"I don't know which way to go!"

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The pig squealed irritably.

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"Not my problem.

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Good luck, AB."

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Applebloom's mind raced, the last thing she
needed to do was get lost in the forest again.

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The filly side of her brain put its two cents
in again 'You should, chase him down and make

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him tell you!', but the mare side of her brain
politely suggested she try something else.

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Applebloom decided to listen to what the mare
side had to say.

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It suggested that she give the pig something
in return for helping her.

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'You get more pigs with slop than with vinegar'
it supplied.

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This made sense to Applebloom, she decided
to listen to the mare side.

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It gloated over its win while the filly side
sulked in the corner.

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Applebloom yelled one more time.

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"Hey pig!

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What if I had something to trade?"

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The pig stopped, cocking his good ear in her
direction.

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"I'm listening."

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She reached into her saddlebag, pulling out
the sandwich, setting it on the ground.

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"How's this?"

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The pig eyed the sandwich warily.

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"This ain't no trick?"

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Applebloom shook her head.

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"I swear on the Apple Family name it ain't.

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And you can take that to the bank."

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The pig eyed her for a moment, then it dived
into the sandwich like a ravenous lion.

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It was gone in a matter of seconds, the pig
smacked happily,

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rolling back and forth on the breadcrumbs
that had fallen during the massacre.

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"Alright, AB, you got yourself a deal."

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Applebloom smiled.

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"Great!

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There's some apple slices in it for you at
the end as well."

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"There's more!?"

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The pig, sounded, for the first time since
Applebloom had met him, happy or for that

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matter anything that wasn't surly.

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"Yep."

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She nodded.

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"Now,have you got a name?"

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"Sty," the pig said simply.

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"The name's Sty."

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He turned and walked towards the forest.

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"Now, we'd best get a move on."

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Applebloom followed close behind.

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"Agreed."

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Sty was faster than he looked, she had to
keep up a trot in order not to lose him.

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>>STY: "Good.

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Because if you're here when the sun goes down,
you might not be gettin' out.

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This is a dangerous place.

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Keep your wits about you..."

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Applebloom wanted to ask what he meant by
this, but he simply sped up.

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Her hooves still hurt from walking along the
train tracks for so long.

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But her years of helping in the fields of
her family's orchard had made her strong.

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She kept up despite their complaints.

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The mare side of her brain was still on the
fence about following a talking pig deep into

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a dangerous forest, but it was starting to
come around.

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The filly side bounced along happily, enjoying
the adventure.

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Sty said nothing more as they headed forwards
to meet the Unsure.

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The conductor's warning rose up in Applebloom's
mind.

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The filly side ignored it out of stubborn
anger at being dumped out of a train.

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The mare side told her she ought to be careful,
conductors were respectable citizens of society

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that should be heeded, even if they were made
of vines.

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Applebloom studied her surroundings, wondering
just how many ponies had been this far into

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the Everfree on hoof.

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It probably wasn't many, but then she wasn't
counting those who hadn't managed to come

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back out.

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She thought back to this morning, standing
at the train station, trying to figure out

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what had gone so wrong between then and now
to lead her to, wherever it was she was now.

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She could find nothing of any importance that
she had done in the hours leading up to her

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'arrival' nor could she think of any possible
reason for her sudden stop.

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Applebloom thought about magic.

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It was everywhere in the Everfree, and therefore
must have something to do with her predicament.

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She remembered the time only a few years back,
when Sweetie Belle had tried her hoof at being

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a magician.

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Scootaloo, being Scootaloo had found this
dreadfully boring as being a magician had

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a lot more book reading and far fewer card
tricks than she'd imagined.

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As a result she spent the majority of this
time laying around and moaning.

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Applebloom meanwhile had helped her friend
study in hopes that she might earn a study-buddy

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mark out of the deal.

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Neither of them had come away with a marked
flank, but she'd learned a thing or two about

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magic.

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Namely that it hardly ever quite as straight
forwards as it seemed to be and could be a

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disagreeable thing.

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She'd been proven doubly right when after
Scootaloo had spent the day as a rabbit due

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to a miss-aimed spell.

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Applebloom wondered if perhaps she were the
victim of a similar accident.

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Perhaps some wayward spell had hit the train
sending her here.

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The mare side of her brain accepted this,
the filly side was too busy laughing at the

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memory of Scootaloo twitching her nose for
a week and half after the fact.

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Sty slowed as they came into a clearing.

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"Are we there?"

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Applebloom asked.

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"No."

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Sty sniffed the air, his little piggy nose
crinkling.

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"There's something on the path."

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Applebloom peered around the clearing, it
appeared to be empty from what she could tell.

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The only thing she could see were flowers
and the occasional stray twig.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "I don't see anything."

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Sty snorted.

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"Of course you don't.

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You don't see it, you read it."

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Applebloom was now thoroughly confused.

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"What?"

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"It's a library."

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Sty said simply

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "A library?"

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>>STY: "Yeah,[Sigh] Whenever there's a storm
they end up everywhere."

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"Do they?..."

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Applebloom asked.

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She was starting to get the impression she
was getting her leg pulled.

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"I still don't see anything."

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>>STY: "Stop looking start reading.

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Follow me."

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Applebloom started after the little pig.

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Now questioning whether or not he was completely
sane.

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She was interrupted from questioning her own
sanity-which was very much up in the air since

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she was to the point where she could question
the mental health of a talking pig- When her

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head smacked into something hard.

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"Ow!"

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She rubbed the suddenly sore spot on her forehead.

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"You're not reading," said Sty, his voice
far from sympathetic.

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"You do know how, don't you?"

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Applebloom stomped a hoof.

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"Of course I do!

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My grandma read to me every night!"

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Sty looked her up and down.

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"Did she do it right?"

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"What do you mean did she do it right?

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You ain't making sense."

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The small pig snorted again.

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"Well if she did it right then read.

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Go on."

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Sty pointed an insistent hoof at towards the
middle of the clearing.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "There's nothing there!"

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Sty pointed again.

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"Look closer!"

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"Fine!"

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Applebloom squinted at the air in front of
her, trying to see something, anything that

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might have been there.

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Still she saw nothing except the green grass
and occasional flower.

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She was about to give up when a stray 'The'
floated by her nose.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "What in the...."

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Sty clicked a hoof on the ground.

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"There you go.

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Now read it."

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Ignoring the mare side of her brain, which
was having a minor breakdown, Applebloom read

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the words in front of her out loud.

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>>APPLEBLOOM: "The small pony with the red
mane squinted at the words floating through

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the air.

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As she read them they organized themselves
into a larger structure, which was magnificent

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in its splendor..."

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Indeed this exact thing happened.

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Though Applebloom could tell by the library's
actual condition that it was simply bragging.

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Far from being 'Magnificent in its splendor'
it was in fact rather run down.

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It was a what appeared to a be brick building.

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Though it looked as though a great number
of ponies had taken chisels to the walls.

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Several of its windows were cracked, or gone
altogether.

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In front of her was a sign which read 'Weco'
as most of its letters had fallen off, most

00:12:27.570 --> 00:12:29.910
recently the E after a collision with her
head.

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She noted that the whole thing smelled terribly
of wet books

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The part Applebloom was amazed about though,
was what it was actually made of.

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If she held her eyes close to any part of
the building she could see a running report

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of what was currently happening scrolling
by in fancy type.

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Sty scoffed.

00:12:50.220 --> 00:12:53.530
"There's nothing I hate more than a library
with an ego."

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He hopped up the first step with a bit of
effort.

00:12:56.070 --> 00:13:00.660
"Well, let's get a move on, there's no way
around, we'll have to go through."

00:13:00.660 --> 00:13:02.220
Applebloom looked up at the dilapidated building.

00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.220
"Through?"

00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:04.870
>>STY: "Yes, now come on.

00:13:04.870 --> 00:13:08.350
I can't push this door open on my own."

00:13:08.350 --> 00:13:12.700
Applebloom, decided it was better to just
go with it and stop asking questions.

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The mare side of her brain, along with the
filly side heartily agreed and followed Sty

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up the stairs.

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The door was heavier than it looked, this
is mostly due to the fact that words are a

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lot heavier than most people give them credit
for.

00:13:26.590 --> 00:13:30.030
But they finally managed to get it open with
a classic creaking noise.

00:13:30.030 --> 00:13:31.930
[Creaking noise]

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The interior was just as unkempt as the exterior.

00:13:34.410 --> 00:13:39.440
The shelves were almost entirely empty as
most of the books had taken up residence on

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the floor.

00:13:40.990 --> 00:13:47.471
Stray pages lay in every nook and cranny of
the main room, some even stuck to the ceiling

00:13:47.471 --> 00:13:48.471
with damp.

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The mare side of Applebloom's mind wept at
the sheer destruction of literature.

00:13:51.130 --> 00:13:53.480
>>STY: "Wow, the storm hit this place hard.

00:13:53.480 --> 00:13:56.700
It'll take a while for it to regroup without
a good librarian."

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He started forwards, his tiny hooves clicking
lightly on the wooden floor.

00:14:02.010 --> 00:14:04.380
Applebloom was briefly reminded of the library
back in Ponyville,

00:14:04.380 --> 00:14:07.500
though that one was a lot neater and a great
deal dryer.

00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:11.080
>>STY: "Come on then, we won't get closer
if we stand around gawking."

00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:13.020
Applebloom thought this was sensible advice.

00:14:13.020 --> 00:14:16.220
They progressed through the damp halls of
the library,

00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:19.970
avoiding soaking books and overturned shelves.

00:14:19.970 --> 00:14:24.450
The canopy of the forest let very little light
in through the old cracked and shattered windows

00:14:24.450 --> 00:14:30.250
above them, it gave the whole place the feeling
of a graveyard.

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Applebloom's curiosity, and fear, grew steadily
as they wore on.

00:14:33.300 --> 00:14:39.760
"Hey Sty, can I ask you a question?" she asked
as they passed the remains of the foal's section.

00:14:39.760 --> 00:14:41.470
>>STY: "You're going to anyway."

00:14:41.470 --> 00:14:47.540
>>APPLEBLOOM: "Well, everypony keeps telling
me I'm somewhere...but I'm not rightly sure

00:14:47.540 --> 00:14:49.050
where somewhere is."

00:14:49.050 --> 00:14:54.430
Sty had looked at her over his shoulder, somehow
managing to look down on her though he was

00:14:54.430 --> 00:14:56.320
little bigger than a soccer ball.

00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:58.030
>>STY: "It's here of course.

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Any more obvious questions?"

00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:03.050
Applebloom bristled, she didn't like being
talked down to.

00:15:03.050 --> 00:15:04.050
"No!

00:15:04.050 --> 00:15:05.050
You know what I mean.

00:15:05.050 --> 00:15:08.080
I ain't never heard of a placed called 'Somewhere'...."

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:13.190
Sty stopped walked at turned around, taking
on the expression of a particularly impatient

00:15:13.190 --> 00:15:15.990
teacher talking to a particularly slow student.

00:15:15.990 --> 00:15:18.090
>>STY: "Of course you have.

00:15:18.090 --> 00:15:21.320
Everyone who uses a map is trying to get Somewhere
right?"

00:15:21.320 --> 00:15:26.260
Applebloom opened her mouth, then closed it,
then opened it again.

00:15:26.260 --> 00:15:29.050
Sty turned away and continued walking.

00:15:29.050 --> 00:15:30.190
"Exactly.

00:15:30.190 --> 00:15:32.870
Now we haven't got time for thi-[Yelp]"

00:15:32.870 --> 00:15:39.180
He was interrupted as something black, white,
green and very loud came barreling out of

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the dark.

00:15:40.180 --> 00:15:46.440
It tripped over the small pig and went sprawling
into the opposite wall where it continued

00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:47.830
to spout gibberish.

00:15:47.830 --> 00:15:48.830
[Mumbling.]

00:15:48.830 --> 00:15:50.140
"Fih fwahw f- FLIES!

00:15:50.140 --> 00:15:55.740
Flies are an insect of the order of diptera!"

00:15:55.740 --> 00:16:00.029
>>APPLEBLOOM: "What was that!?"

00:16:00.029 --> 00:16:04.390
Sty groaned, picking himself up from the floor.

00:16:04.390 --> 00:16:07.521
"That, [Groan] Is the librarian..."

00:16:07.521 --> 00:16:13.800
As the thing got up Applebloom saw it was
not a thing at all, but in fact a rather tall

00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.800
zebra.

00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:18.279
He was perfectly normal in all respects except
that there seemed to be a large green sprout

00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:21.160
growing out of the top of his head.

00:16:21.160 --> 00:16:26.660
He looked at Applebloom, smiled maniacally,
then frowned, then smiled again before giving

00:16:26.660 --> 00:16:28.680
up and just looking confused.

00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:29.810
>>APPLEBLOOM: "Hello?..."

00:16:29.810 --> 00:16:30.940
>>ZEBRA: "Words!"

00:16:30.940 --> 00:16:32.080
He exclaimed.

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.080
Applebloom took a step back.

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.150
>>ZEBRA: "I like words!

00:16:34.150 --> 00:16:37.680
Words are good, words mean I can't be an end
table."

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:42.150
He looked around warily as though waiting
for the universe to correct him somehow.

00:16:42.150 --> 00:16:43.290
"Right?"

00:16:43.290 --> 00:16:44.430
"Um...no..."

00:16:44.430 --> 00:16:47.450
Applebloom pointed to a puddle of water on
the floor.

00:16:47.450 --> 00:16:48.450
"You're a zebra.

00:16:48.450 --> 00:16:49.450
See?"

00:16:49.450 --> 00:16:50.450
The zebra looked at the puddle.

00:16:50.450 --> 00:16:53.630
"So that's what a zebra is...I thought they'd
be a lot dryer."

00:16:53.630 --> 00:16:57.140
He stuck his tongue into the water and made
a face.

00:16:57.140 --> 00:16:59.980
"Eugh, they taste awful."

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:02.930
Applebloom felt thoroughly confused at this
point.

00:17:02.930 --> 00:17:09.990
"Um...no....I mean you're a zebra...that's
a puddle.

00:17:09.990 --> 00:17:11.680
Look at your reflectio-"

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.949
"Reflection!" he yelled.

00:17:12.949 --> 00:17:15.050
Sty sidled up next to Applebloom.

00:17:15.050 --> 00:17:18.240
"Looks like this one ran afoul of the Unsure.

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:21.980
Must have been in a bad mood.

00:17:21.980 --> 00:17:22.980
The poor mook."

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:24.260
The zebra studied himself in the puddle.

00:17:24.260 --> 00:17:29.700
"I'm a zebra...that means I taste awful and
am very wet..."

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:33.460
Applebloom opened her mouth to say something,
but the zebra beat her to it.

00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.460
"Wait!

00:17:34.460 --> 00:17:35.460
I'm not wet at all!

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:37.990
So in that case I can't be a zebra!"

00:17:37.990 --> 00:17:39.080
"No!" she stomped a hoof.

00:17:39.080 --> 00:17:40.120
>>APPLEBLOOM: "You've got it all inside out.

00:17:40.120 --> 00:17:48.730
You are a zebra, the wet bad-tasting thing
is a puddle,

00:17:48.730 --> 00:17:49.800
and the thing that looks like you is your
reflection."

00:17:49.800 --> 00:17:51.010
She paused for a moment, studying him.

00:17:51.010 --> 00:17:52.010
"Got it?"

00:17:52.010 --> 00:17:56.090
The zebra considered this, smiled, frowned,
then looked at the puddle again.

00:17:56.090 --> 00:18:01.260
>>ZEBRA: "So...I am a zebra, and therefor
not a puddle.

00:18:01.260 --> 00:18:05.040
That means that I must be very dry and taste
delicious."

00:18:05.040 --> 00:18:09.180
He put a hoof to his chin, looking up at the
slowly rotting ceiling.

00:18:09.180 --> 00:18:11.970
>>APPLEBLOOM: "Not exactl-"
>>ZEBRA: "I'm delicious!!!"

00:18:11.970 --> 00:18:15.670
He turned and began to viciously bite his
own leg.

00:18:15.670 --> 00:18:17.420
[Gnawing sounds]

00:18:17.420 --> 00:18:20.040
Sty tapped Applebloom.

00:18:20.040 --> 00:18:21.790
"Come on.

00:18:21.790 --> 00:18:24.130
There's no helping him, he doesn't even know
what he is anymore."

00:18:24.130 --> 00:18:29.040
Applebloom looked at the zebra, who was contemplating
the flavor of his leg.

00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:30.040
"What did he do to him?

00:18:30.040 --> 00:18:31.210
The Unsure I mean?"

00:18:31.210 --> 00:18:34.450
"It, kid, it," Sty corrected.

00:18:34.450 --> 00:18:37.690
He frowned at the zebra.

00:18:37.690 --> 00:18:42.330
"...You know that little bit of doubt in your
head?

00:18:42.330 --> 00:18:48.090
That tiny little voice that says
'Hey, maybe everything's not what I think

00:18:48.090 --> 00:18:49.090
it is?'"

00:18:49.090 --> 00:18:50.090
Applebloom nodded.

00:18:50.090 --> 00:18:51.420
"I think so..."

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:53.320
"The Unsure is that.

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:58.940
It takes that feeling and makes it...bigger...sometimes
for fun.

00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:00.580
The result-"

00:19:00.580 --> 00:19:04.080
The zebra yelped as he attempted to eat his
own tail.

00:19:04.080 --> 00:19:05.080
[Yelp]

00:19:05.080 --> 00:19:06.080
"...Isn't good."

00:19:06.080 --> 00:19:08.590
In Applebloom's head two emotions fought with
one another.

00:19:08.590 --> 00:19:12.120
On the mare side there was fear and apprehension.

00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:17.670
She very much wanted to get back to the train,
to get away from this nonsense and back to

00:19:17.670 --> 00:19:19.070
the sensible world she knew.

00:19:19.070 --> 00:19:24.870
Where libraries were made of brick, pigs didn't
talk and ponies rarely ever drove other ponies

00:19:24.870 --> 00:19:25.870
insane.

00:19:25.870 --> 00:19:32.750
On the filly side she felt anger, anger at
the Unsure, who she was now certain had something

00:19:32.750 --> 00:19:33.750
to do with her arrival.

00:19:33.750 --> 00:19:38.361
It only made sense, that's how it would've
gone in the stories she'd read when she was

00:19:38.361 --> 00:19:39.361
little.

00:19:39.361 --> 00:19:43.670
It's always the unseen obviously evil thing
that causes the main conflict.

00:19:43.670 --> 00:19:49.410
This, added to the fact that everypony she'd
met since she'd arrived seemed terrified of

00:19:49.410 --> 00:19:52.180
it, made her even more angry.

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:57.121
There's nothing an Apple hates more than a
bully, and as it's been said she was an Apple

00:19:57.121 --> 00:19:59.030
through and through.

00:19:59.030 --> 00:20:00.680
The anger won out.

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:02.760
"We have to help him."

00:20:02.760 --> 00:20:04.840
She took a step forwards.

00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:08.350
Somewhere during her conversation with Sty
the zebra had decided he was a dinner plate.

00:20:08.350 --> 00:20:13.840
He lay curled in a ball asking every now and
again that someone put some salad on him.

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:15.350
Sty jumped out of her way.

00:20:15.350 --> 00:20:17.960
"There's nothing you can do to help!

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:19.670
He's gone loopy, off the deep end!

00:20:19.670 --> 00:20:22.799
Let him rave in his library alone."

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:24.300
She ignored the small pig.

00:20:24.300 --> 00:20:29.000
"What's your name?" she asked, kneeling down
to eye level with the zebra.

00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:33.250
"Dinner plates don't have names," he answered,
trying to sound plate-like.

00:20:33.250 --> 00:20:35.559
>>APPLEBLOOM: "Dinner plates don't talk either."

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:37.760
The zebra looked blankly at her for a moment,
then grimaced.

00:20:37.760 --> 00:20:38.820
"Curse it all!

00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:41.050
I thought I had it this time."

00:20:41.050 --> 00:20:42.050
Applebloom put a hoof on his side.

00:20:42.050 --> 00:20:50.160
"How about I call you...."
she looked around the library at all the disintegrating

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:51.160
books.

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.160
"Tome."

00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:57.710
"Tome," he tired the name out on his tongue.

00:20:57.710 --> 00:20:59.780
"...Tome, Tome, Tome..."

00:20:59.780 --> 00:21:01.710
The zebra smiled.

00:21:01.710 --> 00:21:03.610
"I like it!

00:21:03.610 --> 00:21:04.930
I am Tome."

00:21:04.930 --> 00:21:05.930
"Yes."

00:21:05.930 --> 00:21:06.930
Applebloom nodded.

00:21:06.930 --> 00:21:07.930
"Yes you are.

00:21:07.930 --> 00:21:11.860
Now, tell me, Tome, what happened?"

00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:13.860
Tome's face clouded.

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:15.870
"I...I don't know...I...."

00:21:15.870 --> 00:21:19.730
He looked confusedly around the library.

00:21:19.730 --> 00:21:20.730
"Books..."

00:21:20.730 --> 00:21:24.470
>>APPLEBLOOM: "What about books?"

00:21:24.470 --> 00:21:26.370
"I....did I?....Yes...wait...no....maybe?

00:21:26.370 --> 00:21:30.170
Did I shelve books?"

00:21:30.170 --> 00:21:32.070
Applebloom nodded.

00:21:32.070 --> 00:21:34.610
"Yes, you were the librarian.

00:21:34.610 --> 00:21:35.780
Right Sty?"

00:21:35.780 --> 00:21:37.491
The little pig snorted and rolled his eyes.

00:21:37.491 --> 00:21:38.491
"Yeah, that's right.

00:21:38.491 --> 00:21:42.070
Not a very good one either by the looks of
this pla- [Grunt of pain]"

00:21:42.070 --> 00:21:47.580
He was silenced as Applebloom's left hoof
hit his leg.

00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:49.410
"Librarian..." said Tome.

00:21:49.410 --> 00:21:53.790
"Yes...I'm a Librarian!" the small sprout
on the top of his head suddenly grew a few

00:21:53.790 --> 00:21:58.160
inches, a small bud formed at the top.

00:21:58.160 --> 00:22:05.180
"Now...remember...remember what happened...I'm...I'm
not sure..."

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:07.190
He looked imploringly at Applebloom.

00:22:07.190 --> 00:22:08.970
"Why am I not sure!?"

00:22:08.970 --> 00:22:13.820
>>STY: "Because you met the Unsure, it kind
of goes with the title."

00:22:13.820 --> 00:22:16.600
All the color drained from Tomes face.

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:19.800
"I remember that....I remember that!

00:22:19.800 --> 00:22:23.690
Wait..." he looked at the ceiling.

00:22:23.690 --> 00:22:24.690
"...No.

00:22:24.690 --> 00:22:26.610
Yes....wait...wait again...Yes!

00:22:26.610 --> 00:22:30.110
The unsure...oh Celestia the unsure.

00:22:30.110 --> 00:22:31.110
That's bad.

00:22:31.110 --> 00:22:32.110
That's bad isn't it?

00:22:32.110 --> 00:22:33.309
Or was it good?

00:22:33.309 --> 00:22:36.350
No...no it can't be good,
because if it were good I would have remembered

00:22:36.350 --> 00:22:37.670
it, so it must be bad..."

00:22:37.670 --> 00:22:41.990
"...Yes, bad, not good at all, awful awful!"
he began to shake.

00:22:41.990 --> 00:22:44.970
"It was awful...so awful...my mind....it was...awful!

00:22:44.970 --> 00:22:45.970
Bad!

00:22:45.970 --> 00:22:46.970
Terrible!"

00:22:46.970 --> 00:22:52.110
The sprout on his head grew a bit taller.

00:22:52.110 --> 00:22:55.700
"Back up kid!" yelled Sty.

00:22:55.700 --> 00:23:00.010
>>TOME: "I was...I was cleaning...shelving...yes...my
library...because

00:23:00.010 --> 00:23:04.720
I'm a....yes ...librarian ...awful.. no...yes....you!"
he turned to Applebloom.

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.100
"...What is your name?"

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:10.300
The not-quite-mare took Sty's advice bad backed
up a few feet.

00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:13.600
"Applebloom....Are you alright?"

00:23:13.600 --> 00:23:14.700
"Applebloom!....Alright?"

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:19.540
He cocked his head to the side, the leaves
on his head shaking as he did.

00:23:19.540 --> 00:23:20.740
"Yes I'm alright!

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:22.050
I've got memories!"

00:23:22.050 --> 00:23:24.179
He smiled, then frowned.

00:23:24.179 --> 00:23:25.360
"Awful....awful memories..."

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:31.370
Applelebloom jumped as the shelf next to her
righted itself violently, slamming against

00:23:31.370 --> 00:23:32.370
the wall.

00:23:32.370 --> 00:23:33.790
[Large Wooden Impact]

00:23:33.790 --> 00:23:34.790
"Memories!

00:23:34.790 --> 00:23:35.790
Such memories!

00:23:35.790 --> 00:23:36.790
Of my Library!"

00:23:36.790 --> 00:23:38.770
Books flew from the ground, shaking themselves
off like wet dogs.

00:23:38.770 --> 00:23:39.770
Pages, torn from their bindings repaired themselves,
flying like birds to their shelves, the sound

00:23:39.770 --> 00:23:40.770
of crinkling paper was deafening.

00:23:40.770 --> 00:23:41.770
>>TOME: "My library!

00:23:41.770 --> 00:23:42.770
My library shouldn't look like this!"

00:23:42.770 --> 00:23:45.090
[Glass breaking in reverse, wind blowing doors
slamming and books falling]

00:23:45.090 --> 00:23:48.220
Glass flew backwards into cracked and shattered
windows, fusing in place like pieces of a

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.220
puzzle.

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:55.620
Applebloom took another step back as a mighty
wind started blowing, the water on the ground

00:23:55.620 --> 00:24:14.910
and in the air swirled through it like a tornado,
the doors slammed open sending it whirling

00:24:14.910 --> 00:24:15.910
out into the forest.

00:24:15.910 --> 00:24:18.090
The rot crawled away, leaving new wood in
its place as the library once again attained

00:24:18.090 --> 00:24:19.090
its former glory.

00:24:19.090 --> 00:24:23.910
The sprout on Tome's head grew another inch
before its bud burst open,

00:24:23.910 --> 00:24:28.250
a large yellow sunflower blooming outwards
like a small sun.

00:24:28.250 --> 00:24:30.740
Then everything was quiet.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:36.670
Tome got up calmly and waked behind a desk
that hadn't been there a moment before.

00:24:36.670 --> 00:24:41.490
From one its many drawers he pulled a pair
of glasses, which he placed on the tip of

00:24:41.490 --> 00:24:42.490
his nose.

00:24:42.490 --> 00:24:46.559
He looked down at Sty who was cowering behind
a bookcase, then to Applebloom.

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:48.500
"May I help you?"

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.309
He asked.