Chapter 1

It was a warm summer's eve, and Eamon had just finished a day working on his boss's farm. It wasn't a well-paying job, but Eamon enjoyed it. He needed something to pay the bills, and he thought that he may as well do something that he liked. Ever since Eamon's parents died when he was young, he became very independent. Eamon walked towards his apartment door and reached into his pocket to get his when he hears a voice.

"Eamon… Eamon…"

He was a little creped out by this and quickly grabbed the key from his pocked, opened the door and rushed in. He then waited a moment before he opened the door to see if he could see the person who called his name. No one was down the corridor, so he thought that he was just hearing things. He went over to grab an apple that he had bought the day before to eat. It wasn't much, but it was enough for Eamon. He walked into his bedroom and sat on his bed. His room was nothing very special, just one bed and a dressing cabinet with some pictures on top. He reached over and grabbed a photo of a couple and their newborn boy. It was his parents and him, taken sixteen years ago; he still remembers it like it was yesterday. The pain and memories of their deaths would never leave him for as long as he lived. But he had come to peace with it, and knew that they would be remembered by him. That was enough to put a smile on Eamon's face. There was a loud nock on Eamon's door and Eamon heard someone speaking to him.

"Eamon, please open the door, I need to talk with you".

Eamon was very curious about this, because he did not have any friends or family members; this was a stranger to him. He walked slowly over to the door and asked the voice what she wanted. "I've been watching you for some time now, and I believe that you deserve a better life that the one you have here" she responded. Eamon opened the doors cautiously to be greeted by a fill grown horse. He was taken back by the sight and slowly realised that it was more than just a horse, it had large wings on its hips and a large horn sticking out of her forehead.

"I must be seeing things" Eamon thought to himself.

The large horse opened its mouth and said "do you want to live a better life than the one that you have here". Eamon was speechless, a horse with wings and a horn was speaking English, this must be a dream he thought to himself.

"I assure you that this is real" the horse said.

Eamon thought about her question for a bit before asking "can you give me a better life, and if so, where". The horse smiled and said, "I will take you to where I am from, Equestria". Eamon had nothing here that was very important to him except for the picture of his parents and him, so he decided to go with the horse. "I'll go with you, but I just need to grab something before we go, is that all right with you". The horse nodded and Eamon went to get his picture. He quickly returned to the horse and said that he was ready. The horse's large horn began to glow yellow, and then a bright light enveloped both Eamon and the horse. "Good bye everyone" said Eamon quietly.

"Ugg, my head, what happened to me" Eamon thought to himself.

"Are you all right there partner" a voice asked Eamon. Eamon opened his eyes slowly and saw an orange pony with a blond mane and ponytails wearing a cowboy hat standing in front of him.

"You've been here for days now, I was beginning to worry bout you" she said.

Eamon slowly began to get up to his feet and began to examine exactly where he was. It appeared to be a barn with lots of barrels and crates in it.

"Where am I, and who are you".

"Why, you're at sweet apple acres, home of the best apples in all of Equestria, and my name is Applejack." She replied.

Eamon was still getting use to the idea of talking horses, but he would get used to it.

"Do you have something to eat" Eamon asked.

The pony looked at Eamon with a grin "did you not hear me partner, we have the best apples in all of Equestria".

Eamon began to feel silly about his question, and asked if they could go and get an apple to eat. The pony smiled and nodded to him, she slowly began to walk away, signalling Eamon to follow. As the pair walked out through the barn doors, Eamon realised just how big there apple farm really was. Eamon was taken back at the sight of their apple orchard; its sheer size was unlike anything that he had ever seen before.

"Are you just goanna sit there with your mouth wide open or do you want something to eat" said Applejack.

Eamon quickly snapped back and nodded to the pony. The two of them walked silently towards a large house in the middle of the orchard. It was an old style of housing painted a dark shade of red. This place reminded Eamon of his boss's farm where he grew many things from cabbage to live stalk. As they made their way towards the house, Eamon heard another voice coming from the house.

"Hey sis, who's that you've got there".

Eamon didn't know where the voice was coming from, but Applejack seemed to know who it was.

"Let's get inside first Applebloom, and then he'll answer some questions for us".

Applejack opened the wooden door and was greeted by a small yellow pony with red hair and a pink bow.

"Hey there stranger, what's your name" the small pony asked.

"Let's get something to eat and then we'll sit down and talk, ok Applebloom" Applejack said.

Applejack went into what seemed to be the kitchen and fetched some apples for Eamon, and then they moved into the living room and began to talk.

"These apples are really good, thank you for your hospitality" said Eamon.

"It's our pleasure, besides… the princess asked fur us to look after you".

Eamon thought back to when the white horse met him at his apartment and was fairly sure that's who they were talking about and just nodded.

"So why don't you tell us a bit bout yourself partner" Applejack asked.

Eamon began telling them that he was a human from earth and that his parents died when he was very young.

"That's awful" Applebloom said.

As Eamon continued with his tale, Applejack asked him how did the princess find him and send him here.

"To be honest, I don't know how she found me or how she sent me here to stay with you and your family" Eamon said.

Eamon didn't seem to be lying to Applejack or her sister, so they had some answers as to who this stranger was.

"Well sugar cube, you seem to be a real good guy, and we would love to have you stay with us for a while" Applejack said with some enthusiasm.

Eamon looked around and noticed that this house was very big for just two pony's, he asked if there were any other members of her family that had yet to be introduced.

"Aww shucks, I almost forgot, Big Mac, get Granny Smith and come in here, there's someone that I'd like you to meet, is that understood" Applejack yelled from across the room.

"Eyupp" a deep stern voice answered.

This is commoneamondors new account Flaming Scratch. Due to recent events, i needed to rename my story and make a new account, but thats all fine now. I will see this story through to the end for you.

P.S. If you want to, im always looking for some help, message me if you are interested or if you can draw.