A/N: this is the first option that you can vote for on the poll, enjoy.
Family is Forever: prologue
It was a bright and shiny day in the peaceful town of PonyVille, the sun shined brightly in the sky, as everypony went about their daily business, the market place was full of ponies going about their day, while others went to work, everypony seemed to be happy, all but one.
Nopony seemed to pay attention to the mysterious stallion, walking through the market place with a black cloak on, and his hood up; nopony seemed to bother him as he made his way through the crowd, many of the ponies didn't even acknowledge his existence, but those who did, when they came to ask them a question, he would neither look nor speak to them, all he did was continue walking, eager to make his way out of the crowd.
After maneuvering his way out, he kept on walking through the streets, until he stopped in front of a building, in which he saw multiple ponies going in and out, he looked up at the sign that read 'Sugar cube Corner' on the sign that was hanging above the door.
"seems like a good place to start" he said in a low voice, with a slight southern accent. He made his way into the building, as he stepped in, the smell of fresh baked sweets filled his nose, but he wasn't here to eat.
He breathed in calmly, as he made his way up to the counter, the ponies in the room paid little attention to him, as they were busy doing their own things, they had no reason to pay any attention to him. When he reached the counter, he saw a small bell on the top; he looked around and raised his hoof up, and brought it down gently on it, just as he did it made a light ringing sound.
He waited for a few minutes, when he heard a voice come from the kitchen, "Pinkie can you get this one?" came a female voice from the kitchen, just as the voice said, a pink earth pony with a puffed up mane, slowly rose from behind the counter, with a wide smile on her face.
"hi! My names Pinkie Pie, welcome to sugar cube corner, I've never seen you around here, are you new, what's your name, and what can I get you?" she said in a fast pace, catching the strange stallion off guard, but he cleared his throat, and began to speak.
"sorry Miss Pie, but I'm not here to eat, I just arrived in town after being gone for a few years, I'm looking for a certain mare, maybe you can help me?" he said in an honest tone as he lowered his hood, revealing an earth pony with a light red coat, to Pinkie he reminded her of big mac.
After he asked his question, the two fell silent, Pinkie was staring at him with a suspicious look on her face, but the stallion remained calm, they stayed like that for what seemed like a few minutes, just then, Pinkie broke out in a huge grin, "sure no problem, I know everypony in this town, what's the mares name?" she asked leaning in closer, as he did as well.
He looked around himself, to make sure nopony was listening in on their conversation.
"her name…is Applejack, do you know where I can find her?" he asked in a low voice, Pinkie's eyes widened in surprise, she leaned her head back, and rested her front hooves on the counter top, her wide grin had returned.
"of course I can, she one of my best friends, she lives on her farm, with her older brother, as well as her husband and her son" she said with a smile, the last part appeared to throw him off, as his eyes widened in surprise.
He turned back to the pink mare, "well thank you Miss Pie, I'll be going now" he said as he slowly began to turn around, but was stopped by Pinkie, "wait, if you want Applejack and her husband are coming by here later today, you can wait around until they do if you want?" she asked with a slightly sad look on her face.
He didn't bother to turn around to answer her, he just turned his head slightly in her direction, "no thank you, but it would be a big help Miss Pie, if you deliver a message for her" he said, as he turned around to face her, all Pinkie Pie did was nod, he breathed in sharply, "tell her…" he began by saying as he turned around, and faced the door, "tell her that, Appleshine is back in town" he said as he began walking to the door.
Pinkie didn't bother to stop him this time; she just shrugged her shoulders, and walked away.
As he was walking towards the door, the ponies entering failed to notice the evil smile on his face, as he walked out the door and closed it behind him.
A/N: well there's the first choice, hope you all enjoyed, the poll is on my profile page.