Hi! Hyena king here! In this second chapter, the ponies (Thunder and Lightning included.) argue about what to do with the strange visitor. You probably could have figured this out by yourselves, but I had to say something. So, without further ado, here's chapter 2!

"Did you see her Twilight?" asked a terrified Apple Bloom , "Did you see...Zecora?" "Apple bloom, I told you not to say that name!" Applejack reprimanded Apple bloom.

"Well, I saw her glance this way." Twilight responded. "Glance evilly this way!" Pinkie corrected, taking on a more dramatic look. "And then a bunch of you flip out for no good reason." Twilight continued undeterred from Pinkie's interruption.

"Yeah, I don't get it," Lightning spoke up. "I was expecting some horrible beast or something, not a pony in a hood." "I agree with Lightning." Thunder said, "There doesn't seem to be a reason for any alarm over this."

"You call protecting your kin no reason?" Applejack responded, "Why as soon as my sister saw Zecora arrive in town, she started shaking in her little horseshoes." As she said this, she started to shake Apple bloom for emphasis. "Did not!" Apple bloom objected as she was being shaken. "So I swept her up and brought her here." Applejack finished, completely ignoring Apple Bloom. "I came walked here myself!" Apple Bloom protested. "For protection!" responded Applejack.

"Applejack, I,m not a baby! I can take care of myself."

"Not from that creepy Zecora!"

"Can we please get back on subject?" Thunder said, stopping the sister's quarrel. "Now, why are you guys so afraid of Zecora?"

"She's mysterious." Fluttershy responded.

"And sinister." Rainbow chimed in.

"And spooky!" Pinkie added with a wide-eyed stare. Thunder, Lightning and Twilight looked at each other, then turned towards the window to get a better look, along with the rest of the ponies. They peeked out the window just in time to see the strange pony take off her hood, revealing a striped, mo-hawked head, drawing gasps from all but three of the ponies.

"Will you guys cut it out?" Twilight said with an annoyed look. "Look at those stripes," Rarity said, taking on her fashion diva persona,"simply garish." "Wouldn't know about that," Lightning responded to her, "Those stripe look really good on her."

"She's a zebra." Twilight said, a little annoyed at how things were going. "A what?!" everypony, including Thunder and Lightning asked. "A zebra" Twilight repeated. "And those stripes aren't a fashion choice, Rarity and Lightning, those are what she was born with." This proclamation caused Rarity to faint while lightning gave her a dead-pan look.

"Born where?" asked Applejack. "I've never seen a pony like that before, except her." "She probably wasn't born here." "And she's not a pony." Thunder suddenly said, stopping Twilight from continuing. "Zebra's come from a far away land, but it's not known where and she's probably new around these parts."

"How do you know so much about zebras." asked Lightning with a raised eyebrow. "I read it in a book once." Thunder responded. "I wonder where she lives?" Twilight said after getting over the shock of Thunder's proclamation. "That's just it." Applejack said with terror in her eyes. "She lives in...the EverFree forest!"

The room suddenly filled with the sound of thunder. "Spike, stop it!" Twilight cried. Spike, who had been making the sound with pans and pastries, stop immediately. "Sorry." he said.

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

"The animals tend to themselves." Fluttershy added.

"And the clouds move." Rainbow finished.

"All on their own!" the three mares said together. this caused Rarity to faint again. "And that wicked enchantress Zecora lives there doing her evil enchanted...stuff!" Pinkie pie cried. "Shes so evil, I even wrote a song about her."

Here we go." Rainbow said with an exasperated sigh.

(One completely unnecessary song later.)

Pinkie stood on her hind legs panting after her dance number. "Wow, catchy." Twilight said. "It's a work in progress." Pinkie responded.

"OK, I've heard enough." Lightning said, "I,m going to choose not to listen to all this and go out there to do what everypony else is too afraid to do. Talk to her!" With that, he began to walk to the door only to have his way barred by the rest of the ponies. "We can't let you do that Lightning." Applejack said with a determined look.

"OK, what have you guys actually seen Zecora do?" asked Twilight.

'Well," Rainbow began. "First, she comes to PonyVille." "OOHHHHH" twilight said sarcastically.

"Then, she lurks by the stores." Rarity said. "Say it ain't so!" Lightning said with a comic scared look.

"Then, she digs at the ground." Fluttershy chimed in. "Somebody call the guards! There's evil afoot!" Thunder said in a mock mare's voice. The brothers then collapsed laughing on the floor. Twilight even allowed herself a small giggle at their shenanigans.

"The point is, there's a possibility that you never thought of." Twilight said after she recovered. "She's visiting PonyVille!"

"Yeah, maybe she's just being neighborly." Apple Bloom added, standing next to Twilight. "And maybe she's not lurking, she's just shopping." Twilight continued.

"Yeah, everypony likes to shop, you know what I think...? "Apple Bloom! Hush and let the big ponies talk." Applejack said, pushing Apple Bloom aside.

"I am a big pony." Apple Bloom whispered to herself. The ponies continued to talk for a few minutes until Thunder called for quiet. "OK, this ends now. Me and Lightning are going to go out there and talk to Zecora and we can get this whole thing straightened out."

"Where's Apple Bloom?" Lightning asked almost casually. "The door's open!" Fluttershy cried, pointing out said door.

"She went outside!" Rarity cried.

"And Zecora's still out there." added Rainbow

"Oh that silly little filly! I told her to stay put!" Applejack said. With that, the ponies all ran outside to find Apple Bloom. "Spike, you stay put in case Apple Bloom comes back." Twilight instructed. "Will do!" Spike replied as she left. Thunder and Lightning exchanged worried glances then followed after the ponies.

And there you go. If you haven't already guessed, this isn't exactly like the episode and for a reason. This was my attempt to give Thunder and Lightning a larger roll in the story then just background noise. Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter nevertheless. R&R please!