Chrysalis was walking alongside a river which ran through the dark depths of a forest very similar to the one she had woken up in. If you could overlook the scars that dotted her body, she looked like a regal Alicorn. Her horn, once curved and mishapen, had been replaced by one of pure white which contrasted quite nicely with her black coat. Her once filthy dark mane, was now a pristine teal, she looked gorgeous.
She had been following this river for about a week now nonstop, although she couldn't be sure of that as she no longer had a concept of time, and she was getting sleepy.
Her ears twitched, was that the sound of civilization nearby? She quickly covered her wings with a cloak she had found in the last town she had visted and began sprinting towards the direction from which the sounds of happiness were coming.
Chrysalis mentally grinned as she broke out of the forest and into what appeared to be an apple was quite hungry, and decided to take advantage of the plethora of nearly perfect apples that hung from the branches of the apple trees. Levitating a particularly shiny apple over to her she leaned forward to take a bite.
"An' what exactly do ya think yer doing'?"
Chrysalis closed her mouth angrily, whipping her head around towards the pony that had interrupted her meal, and glared at her. "I'm having an apple," She spoke through clenched teeth. "So unless you are so uncouth as to interrupt a starving mare who is trying to satisfy herself then I suggest you go back to whatever hole you crawled out of and leave me alone."
Applejack quickly glanced at the mare's flank and flinched when she saw how thin and frail the mare looked. "What happened to ya?" She asked when she noticed the scars on the mare's body.
"Oh I don't know..." Chrysalis paused to rip a large juicy chunk out of the apple. "How about life happened?" she said sarcastically.
Applejack frowned at the tone of the mare's voice. she would have to teach this mare some manners if she was going to help her. "Well since ya obviously need the food I won't charge ya for the apple ya ate, but ya better ask next time or I will."
"Now come along, we better get some more food into ya before ya starve ta death." She continued as Chrysalis polished off another apple.
Chrysalis reluctantly followed the farm pony to wherever it was they were going, not because she was told to, but because there was the promise of more food, something she desperately needed at the moment. "So... Peasant... What kind of food is served around here?"
"Applejack."
Chrysalis tilted her head to the side in confusion. "That doesn't sound like any food I've ever heard of..."
Applejack snorted. "My name isn't peasant, it's Applejack."
Chrysalis' eye twitched in anger. "That's a weird name."
Applejack paused mid-step before resuming walking. "No it's not." She replied. "I work on this here apple farm."
"Whatever." Chrysalis rolled her eyes. "Now what do they serve in this area for food?" She asked.
"That depends on where ya go to eat." Applejack began to trot a little faster, all this talk of food was making her hungry. "But since yer gonna be eatin' here, yer gonna be eatin' apple products." She informed the mare.
Chrysalis felt the need to groan, but held it in. At least she would be getting decent food for once in her miserable life, she had no reason to complain.
They continued walking in silence for what Chrysalis estimated was about five minutes, although she couldn't be certain, before the trees began to thin out and what looked like a giant red barn appeared behind the crest of the hill they were walking up. "Is that your home?" She asked Applejack.
"Yup!" Applejack exclaimed proudly. "My family an' I built it ourselves." Chrysalis' eye twitched again, this time in disbelief instead of anger.
"Couldn't you have just hired somepony to do it for you ?" She asked.
Applejack picked up the pace again. "Well yeah we could've, but us Apple folks prefer ta do everything ourselves, because instead of putting the money towards hiring somepony, we can put the money that would've gone ta the processional into helping the family business." She explained. "Plus, although Applebloom, my little sister, doesn't know it yet, she's gonna get her Cutie mark in architecture, so she's a great help whenever we have ta rebuild it."
"That makes sense I guess." Applejack just nodded as confirmation that she heard.
"Here we are!" Applejack said when they reached the barn. "Now Ah have ta officially welcome ya ta Sweet Apple Acres, so here's-" She grabbed a random apple from a nearby basket and held it out to Chrysalis.. "-an apple!"
Chrysalis picked the apple up with her magic and ate the apple in two bites before giving the core back to Applejack, who tossed it next to a nearby tree where it would decompose and help fertalize the soil.
"So-" Applejack continued with a smile. "-since ya've benn officially welcomed mind telling me yer name? Ya never told it ta me when I told ya my name."
Chrysalis hesitated. A weird feeling enveloped her entire body, it appeared to be telling her not to tell Applejack her real name. She decided to listen to it, after all, her instincts hadn't led her astray.
"My name... Is Chrystal."
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