Flash and Braeburn walked from the Bar. Back to Braeburn's House. A nice one story home on a huge plot of land. Sporting a decently big Garage Door and a Grey exterior paint.

Flash's eyes. Widened to the house. "This is your house?" He'd never seen anything like it. It was a lot nicer then the place he was living at that's for sure. But still, this place looked amazing to Flash.

"It's actually mah Aunt and Uncle's House." Braeburn replied. "You'll be meetin' them shortly."

Braeburn got out his key. Putting in the keyhole and twisting. Turning the doorknob and opening it.

Walking inside. The House only looked even nicer. To be honest, he'd never been to somebody else's house. Due to...specific perception. But that didn't even matter at this point.

Braeburn upon entering. Called out to his Aunt, Uncle and Two Cousins. "Alright Y'all I'm Home!"

"It's About time." The Girl. The Same one that had hid with Braeburn earlier. The same one with the long orange hair. Sunflower Seed was her name. "Ah went home after tha' bandit ran off." She then glanced at Flash. Arching her eyebrow. "Who's this?"

Braeburn introduced Flash. "This here is ma new friend Flash Sentry! He's the guy who stopped that Bandit earlier."

Sunflower seed smiled. Walking Up to Flash. "Ohhh! So you're the guy everyone went crazy over. I saw everyone run out a' the bar but I didn't really get a glimpse a' who was responsible." She gave out her hand to shake. "I'm Sunflower Seed. But you everyone calls me Sunny."

Flash nodded. Smiling. "Uh, Flash." Grabbing her hand to shake. He went through the same drill as Braeburn. Getting greeted by the hard grip of her hand and the strong shake. Making Flash's eyes widen as he was shaking her hand.

When she finished. Flash finally decided to comment. "Wow you guys have really, really strong grip."

To that Sunny and Braeburn both folded their arms. Being quite proud of their strength. With Braeburn boasting. "Well we don't like to toot are own horns but are family's known for bein' pretty strong."

Flash didn't really catch the drift of Braeburn's and Sunflower's pride. So he just nodded.

It was there that the rest of the family had come to the front door. That being three more people. Sunflower and Braeburn's Aunt and Uncle. And finally Sunflower's Sister: Babs Seeds.

Babs Seeds. A younger eight year old girl. She had a fair complexion. She had tan skin and a Red haired undercut. With a Pony tail at the end

Aunt Orange. A woman with amber skin and the same Orange hair as Sunflower. While hers was in a perm. With a beauty mole to her cheek.

And Uncle Orange. A man with a darker shade of Amber with green hair.

The Latter of which wearing pretty casual clads. Well, for the area anyway. Flannel. Basic T-Shirts. Jean material. All of that.

"Well, Well, Well." Uncle Orange Chuckled. "You came home before yer curfew."

"And you made a friend." Aunt Orange continued.

Sunflower addressed Flash's presence to her Aunt and Uncle. "Aunt Orange, Uncle Orange. This is Braeburn's friend Flash Sentry."

Babs approached the new guest. With a huge smile on her face as she greeted him. "Hello there!"

Flash nodded. Smiling "Hi."

With that Uncle Orange gave out his Hand to shake. Much to Flash's hidden dismay as he knew what was next. Going through the same drill, getting a pretty hard Handshake. "So Flash I'll take it yer new here?"

"Umm." Flash shrugged. "To be honest I was originally kinda passing by. But...something's kind of come to my attention here."

To that Braeburn. Meanwhile Aunt Orange, Uncle Orange were unknown to the event that Flash was referring too. So in-turn. Uncle Orange asked for more context. "What do you mean?"

Braeburn sighed. Finishing for Flash. "He want's to go pursue the leader of the Deadly Endocarps."

Everyone in the room gasped. Even the youngest Babs. Hearing the shear idea of what Flash's intentions were.

Uncle Orange's eyes widened. "The Deadly Endocarps? You..."

Flash let out a sigh. Justifying for himself. "I kind of got into a little skirmish with a Bandit earlier. Braeburn here told me the story of this place. And well, I'm kind of familiar with situations like this."

Uncle Orange looked at everyone. Seeing the shocked look from everyone. He too sighed. Realizing why Braeburn had brought Flash home with him. So he decided to take control of the situation. "Y'all go help Cream with Dinner." He then glanced at Flash. "Son I'm gonna need to talk to you in private."

Uncle Orange and Flash both walked across the plot of land at the back of their house. Complete with a fully functioning farm.

Uncle Orange's hand was on Flash's shoulder as he the two walked across the plot of land. As Flash stood taller than the man of the house "Son...The Endocarps have been around for a while. The reason nobody knows about the situation is largely because Appleloosa is a relatively unknown area. Were not even on the map."

"Well you guys seem pretty warm to newcomers."

"That's the Appleloosa way. Hospitality to newcomers. Even including Me and well...Brisk Chaser when he had initially arrived."

Flash glanced at Uncle Orange. "But I still don't understand. Where's the line of Authority. Y'know Police and stuff..."

Uncle Orange sighed. "Somethin' tells me you're comin' from a Big City."

"Well you could sort of say something like that."

"Son, because were so unknown were practically lawless." Uncle Orange explained. "We had a Sheriff twenty years earlier. But..." He trailed off as the details were pretty disturbing to say. "Brisk Chaser made light work of him pretty quickly. Eventually, gathering some rogues of the town and creating the Endocarps. Ever since their creation. We've been livin' in constant fear. They've always been after the townspeople. Trying their best to extort as much cash as they could."

Flash frowned a little hearing that. It wasn't the Changeling situation from a day earlier but it was something else that's for sure. But he remembered something. Something Braeburn had said to him. So he made it known to Uncle Orange. "Braeburn had told me something in the bar. I mentioned I was from Canterlot City. And he had told me about someone. And how this whole place considered his part of the family as The Daring Rebels and The Lucky Ones."

Uncle Orange sighed once more as his frown grew bigger. "He was referring to my Wife's brother. Bright Mac." Uncle Orange inhaled before speaking. "It was around 2005. Bright Mac and his wife had their third Daughter. At the time, they were the only other relatives of ours to stay in Appleloosa. The rest of our family were spread out across all a' the land. Times by that point were a little relaxing. Brisk Chaser had passed on and that'd meant the Endocarp's where in shambles. So much so that they were no longer a threat to us. We could finally stand up for ourselves like the old days."

"But then something bad had happened and a new leader had risen."

"Essentially." Uncle Orange confirmed. "Just when we had thought things had gotten better for us. Brisk's son Deadeye had come right outta nowhere. Inflicting more harm onto others. More then his own father had."

"So then what happened?"

"That was the last straw for Bright Mac. He had watched as his own hometown had become slave to Brisk. He didn't want for his children to go through the childhood he'd already suffer through. He refused. So one day he had made a declaration. He would step up to the plate. And make sure that the Endocarps stayed dead for the rest of Appleloosa's history."

Flash tilted his head up. Understanding what Braeburn had told him in the Bar. "So that's why everyone refers to him Daring Rebel."

"He wasn't alone in his cause." Uncle Orange explained. "His Wife. Pear Butter. She was one of the most toughest women in all of Appleloosa. And that's saying a lot. Especially when you've lived in Appleloosa. She, Braeburn's and Sunflower's parents had all created a pact. They were determined to free Appleloosa and put an end to the Endocarps."

"So then why are they called the Lucky Ones then?"

Uncle Orange frowned to that. The next part of the story was not even so much Bittersweet. "They had gone through with the plan. But before hand, if anything were to happen to him. Bright Mac had ordered for a Horse Carriage to take his Mother and Three Children away from Appleloosa to a more safer place. A place he had known full well as his own father was from the city."

"That safer place being. Canterlot?"

Uncle Orange nodded. "Their Cause had...failed. Bright Mac and Pear Butter had died to Deadeye and Deadeye alone. While the rest of the group had been badly injured. They had managed to escape to tell us. And with that, it sent Bright Mac's whole family away. In a tearful goodbye we all had to send them off. But after that. The four others...had died."

Flash's eye brows furrowed to that. Hearing that, it made him wonder what Deadeye could actually do to them "What did he do?"

"When Braeburn and Sunny's Parents had come back. They had mentioned somethin'. Somethin' bizarre about Deadeye." Uncle Orange took an inhale. Wondering whether or not Flash would believe him. "They said he could fire some sort of lights outta his fingers. Like a gun, and those lights ended up piercing through them." Uncle Orange sighed. Frowning even more, "Each of them died only hours a part from one and other. The Doctors had no clue of what they were supposed to do. They essentially had a bunch of holes shot into them and they kept bleeding out."

"I think I might know what he's talking about." Flash's eyes narrowed to the thought. Continuing the conversation. "So that's why the three live with you."

"We originally were going to abandon Appleloosa as well. Not Wanting Braeburn, Sunny or Babs to be affected by The Endocarps and the city. So we had attempted to escape as well...But we were caught."

Flash's eyes widened a little to that. Realizing the real scope of the situation. "You're saying all of you are trapped here? As long as he's around no one can leave?"

Uncle Orange nodded. "Yes. It was like that with Brisk Chaser. He wanted no one to escape his wrath. It seemed his son had picked up that attribute."

Flash grit his teeth. Clenching his fists. "Then I gotta do something quickly. Before all else."

Uncle Orange walked in front of him. "No hold it there Cavalier. This Deadeye ain't no common crook. I mean who knows of what kind of light work he could make out of you."

Flash's eyes again narrowed. "Because I think I know what you were referring too when you mentioned him shooting lights out of his finger." Uncle Orange's eyes widened. Nonetheless. Flash continued. "In...Canterlot. Everyone is taught to use what is known as Latent Energy. 'Ki' in other words. We tap into it to and manipulate it to do things like taking flight or..." Flash stopped. Putting his hand out, he focused a tiny bit to his palm. Before a blue Ki Ball finally materialized. "We can manipulate it to become Balls of energy like this. It's endless."

Uncle Orange's eyes widened even more. Leaning closer to look at what Flash had just created into his hand. It was bright, like the sun, but not so much that it would blind him. But enough to radiate light into an entire room. A slight breeze came off of it. Something that was relaxing. He looked up at Flash. "How did you do that?"

"This is something that I've been learning since I was three. You'll be hard pressed to find somebody above the age of Six in Canterlot who can't create small Energy Balls."

Uncle Orange stood up straight. "You're really sure you can go out and stop this guy like you intend."

Flash nodded. "I've got some sort of experience in this type of work. I got this."

Uncle Orange still arched an eyebrow. As he wasn't doubting Flash's ability now that he'd seen what he could do. But rather his presence entirely. "Why did you come to Appleloosa? What was it that you had to come to this place specifically."

To that Flash's eyes widened. He couldn't say vacation because that would make no sense. But it hit him. He wasn't in Canterlot. He was in an entirely different place. A place where everyone besides the Endocarps was more wholesome than ever. They were a lot more nicer than any Canterlotonian. He let out a sigh. He knew that, they could be trusted with his story. "If I tell you. I want the whole family to know. But, promise me that outside of the land of Appleloosa, you wont tell anyone of what I'm gonna tell you."

Uncle Orange nodded. Getting his drift. "Alright. You have our word. Just know that we here treat promises like life debts."

Flash smiled and nodded. But another thing hit him. Braeburn had mentioned he and the rest of the town knew someone from Canterlot. But he didn't get their name. So he asked Uncle Orange. "Say. What was the name of Bright Mac's family. You know the ones that got to Canterlot."

Uncle Orange inhaled before replying. "The four? Well there was Bright Mac's mom: Ann Smith. His Son: Big Mac. And his two Daughters: Applejack and Applebloom."

Flash nodded. Turning around the two walked back to the house. Flash let those four names sit in his head. Thinking about each. But then it hit him for the third time. "Wait a minute?" His eyes widened instantly. "APPLEJACK!?"