AN: Howdy ya'll! Okay so I forgot to mention this earlier but this story takes place in an Alternate Universe. I am going to write a few of the MLP: FIM episodes but have Melody thrown in. I won't do all of the episodes, just a few of my favorites, but they will be in order of which they premiered.

I think that that's pretty much it. Now-

Pinkie Pie: (randomly appears next to me) HIYA! Whatcha doing? Huh? Huh? Huh? Whatcha doin? Can you tell me? Please! Please! Please! Please! Please!

Me: 0_0 Uh-Um I'm about to do the disclaim-

Rainbow Dash: BORING! Geesh! I am surrounded by eggheads!

Me: What are you two doing out of the story?!

Applejack: It's not just them sugarcube. were all here to (Gestures to Spike, Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Melody who are behind her)

Me: O_O Uh-But...But

Melody: I tried to keep them but well Pinke and Rainbow escaped.

Me:...Okay so disclaimer time

Spike: You want us to help?

Me: Sure!

Twilight: Flowerpower71 does not own "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"

Rarity: We all belong to the fabulous Lauren Faust and Hasboro

Melody: Flowerpower71 does however own me! :D

Fluttershy: (quietly) E-E-Enjoy the story...If you want to...

Melody had been in Ponyville for about two weeks now and had settled down quite comfortably and had become great friends with Twilight, Pinkie, Rainbow, Rarity, Fluttershy AppleJack and even Spike. 'Hoof Beats' had been getting pretty good business too.

"Is it just me or does the town seem to be deserted today?" Melody asked Monty as she stared out the window of her shop. Normally the streets were packed with ponies of all sizes and colors walking, talking, shopping ect. But today it seemed like Ponyville had been turned into a ghost town.

The aqua colored unicorn walked out of her house/shop and scanned the streets up and down with her brown eyes.

"Where is everypony?"

"That's what I was just asking Spike."

Melody whipped her head to the direction of the voice and smiled upon seeing Twilight approaching her with Spike riding on her back.

"Oh finally!" Melody cried with relief. "Your the first ponies I've seen all day."

"Really?" Twilight asked raising an eyebrow.

"Uh huh." Melody nodded. "I don't know why everyponies missing. It's a beautiful day."

"Is today some sort of pony holiday?" Spike asked speaking for the first time.

"Not that I know of." Twilight answered.

"I don't think were supposed to have another holiday for another month or so." Melody answered.

"Does my breath stink?" Spike asked as he burped letting out a gaseous greenish gray cloud of smoke. The cloud floated right in Melody's face and she felt her eyes instantly begin to water and bile rise up in the back of her throat.

"Not anymore than usual." Twilight answered not being affected at all by the stench.

"THAT"S usual?!" Melody gasped half coughing half gagging. Twilight had to hold back a giggled as Spike scowled crossing his arms.

"Come on, lets get going. Maybe we can find somepony to explain whats going on." the purple unicorn suggested as she started walking. Melody composed herself and followed them. As the three got deeper and deeper into town an eerie feeling began to crawl up their backs. All the shops and houses looked deserted and like before not a pony was to be found anywhere.

"This is getting kinda creepy." the aqua unicorn said uneasily flattening her ears.

"Well if it's not a pony holiday, or my breath," Spike said thinking thing aloud. His green eyes suddenly grew wide with fear as a new though entered his mind. "You two don't think it's ZOMBIES?!"

"Uh not very likely." Twilight said while Melody tried not to bust out laughing.

"N-Not very likely...But possible?" Spike whimpered as he bit his claws uneasily.

"PSST!"

Melody and Twilight stopped in their tracks when they heard the noise. It sounded like it came from the Sugercube Corner which they were standing right in front of. The two unicorns scanned the shop until a flash of pink through the door caught their attention.

"Twilight!" Pinkie Pie whisper yelled popping up in front of the open top half of the double door before popping below out of sight.

"Melody! Spike!" the pink pony hissed again popping up and then back down. She lifted up her hoof and motioned for them to get inside. "Come here!"

Melody, Twilight and Spike gave each other confused looks. Even though she hadn't been in Ponyville for long, Melody had learned that Pinkie Pie did some strange things but this was really strange, even for her.

"Come here! Hurry!" Pinkie whispered as loud as she could finally sticking her head completely out, her blue eyes wide with fear. "Before she gets you!"

Pinkie quickly pulled her head back inside and Twilight and Melody quickly ran in after her. The door shut tightly behind them and Melody couldn't help but let out a little squeak of fright. She suddenly found herself being blinded as Pinkie shown a flashlight right in her and Twilight's eyes.

"Who? The Zombie pony?" Spike asked fearfully as he wrapped his arms around Twilight's neck.

Pinkie Pie shone the flashlight on her own face and she began to tremble in fear. ""Z-Z-Zombie pony?!"

Spike let out a fearful noise and practically choked Twilight as he wrapped his scaly arms around her neck even tighter and squeezed his eyes shut.

"Spike there are no zombie ponies!" Twilight snapped trying to get the baby dragon to get control of himself.

"And what are you doing here alone in the dark?" Melody asked Pinkie, rubbing her eye as her vision adjusted to the darkness.

"I'm not alone in the dark." Pinkie replied.

The slightest amount of light emitted from somewhere and now Twilight Melody and Spike could see that the pink pony was indeed not alone. Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack and her little sister Apple Bloom were all there too.

"Okay what are you ALL doing here in the dark?" Melody clarified.

"Where hiding from her." Applejack said. She pulled back the curtain of the window and everypony crowded around it trying to look outside.

Melody was about to ask "Who her?" when she spotted who her friend was talking about. Not to far away she could see somepony wearing a brown cloak digging at the ground. Twilight starred hard at the figure, her eyes narrowed in concentration while Melody just stared at the stranger in slight confusion and the rest just looked at the pony in fear.

The cloaked figure kept pawing at the ground when it suddenly turned and looked toward Sugarcube corner right at the ponies. Everyone but Twilight let out a startled gasp upon seeing the figures eyes glowing yellow. Everyone but Melody and Twilight quickly ducked out of sight from the window.

"Didja see 'er girls?" Apple Bloom asked the two unicorns. "Didja see Zecora?"

"Apple Bloom! I told you never to say that name!" Applejack scolded.

"Well I saw her glance this way..." Twilight said uncertainly.

"Glance EVILY this way!" Pinkie Pie interrupted getting right up in Twilight's face. The purple unicorn gave her a slightly annoyed look and pushed her away before continuing on. "And the bunch of you flip out for no good reason."

"No good reason?! You call protectin yer kin no good reason?" Applejack asked putting a protective arm around Apple Bloom. "Why as soon as my sister saw Zecora ridin into town she started shaking in her little horseshoes." for emphasis the orange Earth Pony began to shake her sister back and forth.

"D-i-i-i-d N-o-o-o-ot!" Apple Bloom protested only to be tossed onto her big sisters back.

"So I swept her up and brought her here." Applejack finished.

"I walked here myself!" the yellow filly whined.

"Fer safe keepin!"

"Applejack I'm not a baby! I can take care of myself!" Apple Bloom cried as she scrambled off the older Pony's backside.

"Not from that creepy Zecora." the farming pony retorted.

"Why is she so creepy?" Melody asked.

"She's mysterious." Fluttershy answered in her usual quiet manner.

"She's sinister!" Rainbow Dash added.

"And SPOO-OO-OOKY!" Pinkie Pie said.

Twilight and Melody gave them all dead pan looks. Twilight rolled her eyes skyward and looked back out the window. The other ponies rushed over and looked outside, almost squishing Melody against the glass.

They watched as Zecora continued to dig for a few minutes until she abruptly stopped and then lowered the hood of her cloak.

"GASP!" everypony gasped upon seeing the back of her head.

"Will you cut that out?" Twilight asked annoyed.

"Just look at those stripes!" Rarity scoffed "So garish."

"She's a zebra." Twilight pointed out.

"A what?!" Everypony asked in unison.

"Oh yeah! I read about those once." Melody said remembering. "They're sorta like ponies but not exactly. They're all born with those stripes, but each zebra has their own unique stripe pattern and they come from some place called..." Melody paused as she tried to remember where zebras are from before she remembered. "Oh yeah! They come from a place called Africa."

"Wait a minute, did you say she was born with those stripes?" Rarity asked.

"Eeyup!" Melody answered.

"OOOHH!" Rarity cried dramatically as she threw the back of her hoof to her forehead and then proceeded to faint.

"But if she comes from this, "Africa" place then why is she here in Ponyville?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I'm not sure Rainbow." Twilight answered sadly.

"Maybe she moved here recently like me." Melody suggested. "Where does she live?"

"That's just it." Applejack said worridly. "She lives in...The Everfree Forest!"

A soon as she said the name of the forest the whole room shook and a loud boom of thunder sounded.

"SPIKE!" Twilight yelled at the sheepish looking baby dragon who stood in front of some knocked down pots and pans holding a cupcake in one claw and a candy cane in the other.

"Oops sorry." Spike apologized.

"What's the Everfree Forest?" Melody asked bringing the subject back on topic.

"The Everfree Forest just ain't natural." Applejack said. "The plants grow."

"The animals care for themselves." Fluttershy added.

"And the clouds move," Rainbow Dash added.

"All on their own!" All three finished in unison casing Rarity to let out another dramatic cry and then faint again.

"Seriously?" Melody asked sarcastically in disbelief.

"Yes seriously!" Pinkie Pie said not catching the musical unicorns sarcasm "And that wicked old enchantress Zecora lives there doing her wicked old...stuff! Why she's so evil I even wrote a song about her."

"Seriously?" Melody asked again raising an eyebrow.

"Here we go." Rainbow Dash sighed knowing what was coming next.

She's an evil enchantress

She does evil dances

And if you look deep into her eye

She'll put you in trances

Then what will she do?

She'll mix up an evil brew

Then she'll gobble you up

In a big tasty stew

So...Watch out!

Everypony just stared at the pink party loving pony as she stood up on a table on her hind legs panting heavily after finishing her song and dance...Literally!

"...Wow..." Twilight said after a minute.

"Catchy!" Melody said actually thinking the song was sort of clever being a song writer herself

"It's a work in progress." Pinkie Pie said snapping back to normal.

"This is all just a lot of gossip and rumors." Twilight said trying to bring order to the situation.

"Twilight's right!" Melody agreed. "None of you have ever personally met Zecora so you have no right to judge her."

Twilight smiled at her musical friend glad that at least one other pony was on her side. "Yes! Plus what exactly have you seen Zecora do?"

The ponies were silent as they thought up examples to show the two unicorns that Zecora was indeed evil.

"Well..." Rainbow Dash started. "Once a month she comes into Ponyville."

"Ooh!" Twilight said in fake dramatics.

"How horrible!" cried Melody.

"Then she lurks by the stores." Rarity continued.

"Oh my!" Twilight said sarcastically.

"Say it isn't so!" Melody said dryly.

"And then she digs at the ground." Fluttershy finished.

"Good gracious!"

"That fiend!" Twilight and Melody cried in fake horror.

"Okay I'm sorry but how is any of this bad?" Twilight asked. "Maybe she comes to town to visit."

"Yeah maybe she's just tryin to be neighborly." Apple Bloom put in standing next to Melody.

"And maybe she's not lurking by the stores maybe she's GOING to them lurk free to do some shopping?" Twilight continued.

"Yeah everypony likes to shop." Apple Bloom agreed. "You know what I think-"

"Apple Bloom! Hush and let the big ponies talk." Applejack scolded shooing the young filly away.

"I am a big pony." Apple Bloom mumbled under her breath as she walked away.

Melody frowned upon hearing this. She felt bad for the little filly. Applejack was being a little bit to harsh on her and treating her to much like a foal.

"What about digging at the ground? You've gotta admit THAT'S weird." Rainbow Dash said snapping Melody out of her thoughts and back to the conversation at hand-er hoof.

"What if she's digging for innocent creatures?" Fluttershy asked shuddering at the thought.

"Oh come on! You can't be serious! What in Celestia's name could she possibly want to use innocent creatures for?!" Melody asked getting fed up with all this nonsense.

"To throw them in an evil brew!" Pinkie Pie said before she broke out into her "She's an evil enchantress" song again.

"I'm sure there's an explanation for everything Zecora does." Twilight said. "And if anypony here were actually brave enough to approach her she would find out the truth."

"Well I'm brave enough." Apple Bloom said quietly while the rest of the ponies began to talk over the others trying to get their point across. "I'm gonna find out myself."

And with that the little yellow filly sneaked out the door without anypony noticing. She watched Zecora from a distance, jumping behind buildings and bushes whenever she'd glance her way. Once Zecora started walking out of town Apple Bloom followed after her.

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"YOU PONIES ARE BEING RIDICULOUS!" Twilight yelled about at her breaking point back at Sugarcube corner.

"Well I think that Zecora eats hay!" Pinkie Pie shot back causing Melody to facehoof herself.

"Pinkie Pie, I eat hay, you eat hay, we ALL eat hay!" the aqua unicorn yelled.

"Yeah but I heard it's the EVIL way she eats hay."

"Hey! Where's Apple Bloom?" Applejack interrupted suddenly noticing the filly's absence.

"The door's open!" Fluttershy gasped upon seeing the door wide open. Apple Bloom had apparently forgotten to close it when she left.

"She went outside!" Rarity cried in horror.

"And Zecora's still out there!" Rainbow Dash pointed out.

"That silly little filly, I told her to stay put." the farmer pony said worriedly as she and the rest of the ponies quickly ran out the door.

"Spike you stay here in case Apple Bloom comes back." Twilight ordered before she followed after her friends.

"Will do!" Spike said saluting wearing a pot on his head like a helmet and clutching a frying pan in his claw.

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A little while later Apple Bloom had followed Zecora all the way through Ponyville and watched from her hiding spot in a bush as the zebra began to enter the Everfree Forest.

The red haired filly felt her stomach turn into knots as she watched Zecora enter the forest, a mist surrounding her making her disappear. As frightened as Apple Bloom was she knew that if she turned back now her sister would never treat her like the big pony that she was. She didn't come all this way to chicken out now.

So with a little (Okay a LOT) of courage, Apple Bloom swallowed her fear and hesitantly exited the bush and started forward after Zecora into the forest.

She had to be extremely quiet. The plants on either side of the forest were to far away for her to jump into if Zecora should turn around and look behind her. They were passing through a field of blue flowers and all was going well until-

"APPLE BLOOM!"

Said filly let out a gasp as Zecora stopped and whipped her head around, spotting her. Apple Bloom looked behind her as well and saw Applejack and her friends standing behind her in the blue flowers.

"You get back here right now!" Applejack ordered.

"Beware! Beware you pony folk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke." Zecora warned in a thick African accent. As she spoke the fog began to role in around her giving her a very spooky appearance. Even though Melody didn't believe in Zecora being evil she couldn't help the shudder that ran through her body.

"Y-You keep your creepy mumbo jumbo to yerself ya hear?!" Applejack warned as she scooted her head under Apple Bloom and lifted her on top of her head. The other ponies began to throw out their own threats.

"Yeah!"

"Get away!"

"How dare you?! You stay away from us you horrible zebra"

"Was that supposed to scare us?"

Then she'll gobble you up

In a big tasty stew

"Oh brother." Twilight mumbled under her breath while Melody just had a sad look on her face.

"Beware! Beware!" Zecora called. Her voice fading as the fog completely swallowed her up and she disappeared.

"Yeah? Back at you Zecora!" Rainbow Dash called after her stomping her hooves. "You and your dumb curse are the ones who better beware!"

"And you! Why couldn't you have just listened to yer big sister?" Applejack scolded Apple Bloom.

"I-I..." Apple Bloom stammered.

"Who knows what sorta creepy curse Zecora just put on you!" Applejack continued.

"Just like in my song!" Pinkie pointed out. "Evil enchantress with the dances and the trances!"

"You guys there's no such thing as curses." Twilight argued.

"Well that's interesting coming from Miss Magic Pants herself." Rainbow Dash smirked as she flew over and tapped the purple unicorns horn.

"My magic, real magic comes from within." Twilight explained. "It's a skill your born with."

"And Curses are just a bunch of smoke and mirrors and junk meant to scare ponies." Melody added.

"She's right," Twilight agreed. "It's conjured up with potions and incantations. Curses have no real power. They're just an old ponytale."

"Just you two wait." Applejack said as everypony began to leave. "Yer gonna learn that some ponytales really are true." and with that the orange Earth Pony lifted her nose in the air and started out of the blue flower field, leaving Twilight and Melody alone.

Pinkie: Oooh! Scary cliffhanger! What happens next? What happens next?

Melody: Pinkie you already know what happens.

Pinkie: OH YEAH! It's when we all-

Me: NO SPOILERS! (covers Pinkies mouth with my hand)(I suddenly shudder and yank my hand away) EW! DID YOU JUST LICK ME!?

Pinkie: (Nods) Uh huh! Hey did you guys know that cotton candy is pink?

All: O_o

Me: So you licked my hand because you thought I tasted like cotton candy?

Pinkie: Hahahah! Of coarse not you silly filly! Well I guess I shouldn't say that since your not a filly. Actually what type of pony are you? I've never seen a pony like you before

Me: -_-

Melody: Wow...So anyway we hope you all enjoyed this episode

Twilight: And please don't forget to leave a review.

Fluttershy: If you don't mind.

Rarity: Have a fabulous day darlings! Ta ta for now