Chapter 20

Night Cloud, the chief and their clan have arrived in Appleloosa. Little Strongheart gave both of them each a piece of the pie. Raveon, Avery, and Braeburn watch as they each take a bite of the pie. Night Cloud and Powerhorn both love the pie! In fact, everybody had a plate on the apple pies.

Chief Powerhorn: "This is delicious."

Night Cloud: "This is really good. I would love another slice."

Raveon: "Me too. This is the best right Avery?"

Avery: "It sure is…"

Raveon: "Are you okay? Is something bothering you?"

Avery: "Not exactly."

Raveon: (raises eyebrow)

Avery: "Raveon. I'm fine. Really."

Chief Powerhorn: "Thunderhooves. Let us talk in private shall we?"

Chief Thunderhooves: "Of course old friend."

As the two buffalo chiefs talk in private, the ponies and the buffalos wait. Around 30 minutes has passed and they are still waiting. Avery watched as Braeburn and Little Strongheart were snuggling and it just brought her down. Raveon tried his best to read her mind just like he did with the Flim Flam Brothers, but still his powers can barely work in this world. A few minutes and the two of them were still silent. Raveon finally broke it.

Raveon: "Are you avoiding me?"

Avery: "I…I don't know how to answer that."

Raveon: "Did I do something wrong?"

Avery: "It's just that I feel like I'm jealous of her."

Raveon: "Who?"

Avery: The me in your world. "Uh...Little Strongheart."

Raveon: "Why are you jealous of her?"

Avery: "Because. She has Braeburn now. She was able to find happiness with her special somepony. I both envy and I'm happy for her."

Raveon: "But don't you have happiness too? I mean you have your friends right? And you got me don't you?"

Avery: "I don't know...Do I?"

Raveon: "I don't understand. What's that suppose to mean?"

Avery: "Nothing. You really just don't get it Raveon." (walks off)

Raveon: "Avery."

Finally the buffalo chiefs have come out. They both have decided to coexist with the settler ponies and the feud is once again over. Everyone cheered. And later on that night on Raveon and Avery's last stay here in Appleloosa, the buffalos both tribes and the settler ponies partied and ate more of the delicious apple pies. Raveon looked around to see if Avery was partying like everyone else, but she was nowhere in sight. Avery was up in the room…crying. It felt like her heart was broken.

The next day, it was time for Raveon and Avery to head on to their next destination: Winsome Falls.

Braeburn: "Well I hope you had yourselves a mighty fine time in A-a-a-pplelooosa!"

Little Strongheart: "It's cute how he does that."

Raveon: "We had fun. It was really great to meet you all. Right Avery?"

Avery: "Uh…yeah…right."

Night Cloud: "About what happened the other day, I'm truly sorry. Sorry for everything. I'm sorry I scratched your face a little. That slash wasn't meant for you."

Raveon: "It's okay. I'll heal. I hope we see each other soon Night Cloud."

Night Cloud: "Certainly."

As the settler ponies and both of the buffalo tribes watch the train go away, they all waved good-bye and Raveon and Avery waved good-bye also.

Raveon headed back to the seat while Avery went into the cart. It seemed that they were having trouble. But Raveon just doesn't know what's going in Avery's mind. He wished that he could control his powers in this world. In this unicorn body actually, but it still needs work. Winsome Falls was only a 4 hours away which means that they will be there soon. Raveon took out a piece of paper and quill and started writing a letter to Twilight and the others.

Dear Princess Twilight and the others,

You won't believe the adventure I had when I was in Appleloosa. Does the name Little Strongheart ring any bells? Well she was kinda kidnapped by another buffalo tribe that still hated your kind. She was taken because the other tribe thought that Chief Thunderhooves betrayed his own kind. They didn't like that they coexist with the settler ponies. But anyway, I tried to save Little Strongheart, but I couldn't the first time. It was because I was in this form. In my human form, I'm a great martial artist fighter and also I'm good with hand to hand combat, but in this form, in this body, I couldn't do anything. I felt useless and pathetic like I couldn't do anything. The things my mother taught me were gone. But then Avery told me about strengths and weaknesses. She also told me that I should make the best with what I got. And when I went to save Strongheart a second time, I remembered what Avery told me. Also, I remembered when I first came to Ponyville. I met Applejack. She used her hind legs to buck an apple tree. And that's where I learned that move to save Little Strongheart. So thank you Applejack. And now both tribes and the settle ponies are coexisting in peace. I realized that when you're in a tight spot like you're a human trapped inside a pony's body, I realized that you shouldn't feel useless because you're in a form that you're not used to. You should make the best with what you got. And maybe, just maybe you can find something in that form that might just work and be useful for you. Like bucking for instance and the horn magic. We will be in Winsome Falls really soon. Write back soon.

Your student,

Raveon C. Brooks

Raveon finished writing the letter and sent it out the window to Twilight and the others. There was still a little time left before they get to Winsome Falls. Raveon decided to take a little nap to pass the time. That's when came in and found Raveon asleep on the seat. She grabbed a blanket from their room and put it on Raveon and headed back to the room. Raveon had his eye opened a little and then he went back to sleep. He hopes that he can find out what is wrong with Avery and the sooner he finds out, the better.

What is going on with Avery? Why is she giving Raveon the cold shoulder? The truth will be revealed in Chapter 21. Stay tune.