mylittlejamjar | Second Attempt: Apples

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Second Attempt: Apples

[ The scroll shows Fluttershy in her cottage, looking incredibly embarrassed. Behind her, the room is completely filled with apples, all the way to the ceiling. ]

Um... Applejack, I picked some of your apples for you... and brought them back here. [ For some reason. And it's something of a hike from the orchard to the cottage. ]

Would somepony mind helping me move them to the barn? Even if it's only a few? I'm-- really sorry to be a bother.

[ The agitated pony looks fretfully around her cluttered cottage, trying to think of something else to say. ] Um... that's all... I ... [ and switches to private. ]

[ To Lyra and the Twilights, she adds: ] Could I... talk to you sometime? Not that it's a rush. Whenever you're free.

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[Skyfire doesn't know her, but he can at least offer to help. He'll never make friends here if he doesn't try... and it seems much more friendly here than at home...]

I'm willing to lend a hand if you have something to haul them in... I'll end up squishing them otherwise.

[He pauses and then adds] ... I would need directions too... [While he'd managed to get more familiar with his body, learning his way around the area, not so much.]

[ AHH DRAGON. A talking dragon who's offering to help her with apples. BUT STILL. ]

I- I- um...

[ Okay really why is there a dragon responding to her. ]

[ It's offering to help. Calm, Fluttershy. Calm.

Deep breaths. ]

A-A-Applejack's lending me a w-wheelbarrow... w-will that be all r-right?

I'm- ahh... [ She swallows again. ] CottageattheedgeofPonyville, lookforbirds, bereallyreallycarefulnottoscarethemplease.

[He gives her a little smile, and tries to hide the wince her reaction causes.]

That should be fine... It might take me a little bit to find it. I'm afraid I'm not used to the area yet. [That, and he's not dared to fly yet... so he's walking everywhere.]

Well... I don't think the birds will be much of an issue... [He sighs and pushes the scroll back so she can get a good look at his horns... there are birds perched all over them. Even a rather brazen little one trying to pull a hair off of his head.] There is a reason I normally sleep inside... [He chuckles softly, shaking his head a little to shoo them off... A few return, deciding a bit of motion isn't going to get them to leave their perch. He lets them be.]

I think I can be there in an hour if you'd still like me to come help? [He wasn't going to force his help on her if she wasn't comfortable with it.]

[ The birds calm Fluttershy down a little. A little.

If he has a scroll, then he's not usually a dragon and thus not intending to scare her. Which doesn't stop her from being a little apprehensive.

... She does appreciate the help. ]

I- yes, thank you. I'm sorry-- please do come over.

I'll be there as soon as I can then... Hopefully I won't get too lost.

[He gives her a sheepish looking smile and then ends the feed as he rolls up the scroll.

It takes him just over an hour and a half to find Fluttershy's home, after several wrong turns and a few moments heading in the wrong directions. He'll tap on the door gently, being mindful to try to not spook the birds.

Kind of hard to miss the massive white and red dragon though...]

Hello? Do I have the right place?

[ Fluttershy opens the door a crack to peer at the large red dragon. Reminding herself constantly that he is here to help, not eat, she opens the door. ]

H-hello. I'd ask you to come in, but... I don't think that you'd fit... I can get the apples if you wait a minute.

It's no problem... [He lets out a little sigh] I'm used to being too big for a lot of places, otherwise I'd offer to help you move the apples around inside if I could.

[He gives her a small and what he hopes is a reassuring smile as he settles down to wait for her.]

... My name is Skyfire, may I have the pleasure of knowing your name? [He's doing his best to take some of the 'fear' out of meeting him, since he does notice that she seems nervous around him.]

[ The politeness is putting her at ease a little bit, despite her fear of dragons. After a little while, she wheels the little wagon outside, now full of apples. It could easily be carried by the dragon, if he doesn't crush it. ]

I'm, um... [ mumble mumble. Well, it was worth a shot. ]

[Skyfire's ears droop and he looks a little hurt at her reaction, but he tries not to show it. The wheelbarrow wouldn't be much of a problem for him to move... he'd just be extra careful with it.]

Oh... uhm... It shouldn't take me too long to get this where you need it... Could you give me directions so I'm sure it's the right place?

[He's trying so hard to make friends... but he's starting to wonder if this was going to me more like 'home' than he'd wish.]

No... um, I'll come with you. [ Least she can do. She ducks back inside and emerges wearing a saddlebag full of apples. She doesn't leave by the path, though, but across the field. The pegasus looks back once at the dragon. ] Um... it's this way. Take your time, though...

[He gives her such a bright smile, with no teeth showing, his ears perk up and he looks so happy that she wants to walk with him.] That would be lovely.

[It takes him a moment, but he manages to get over to her, the wheelbarrow held carefully with his tail. Skyfire is very careful not to knock anything over and does his best to avoid startling any nearby animals.]

Thank you for walking me there... I have to say that I am getting lost far more than I would care to admit.

Ponyville is a little confusing to a newcomer. I got lost more times than I could count in my first year here.

[ She glances at his (very large) wings out of the corner of her eye.) It might help you to fly above Ponyville, too. It's easier to get some perspective from up there.

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I suppose the only remedy is time then... and perhaps a map.

[Skyfire gives her a little smile.]

Once I'm a little more secure in my ability to fly without crashing, I'll have to give that a try.

[Crashing into someone's home would be a very poor way to introduce himself after all.]

Right... the body dysmorphia. [ She winces a little. ] Sorry, I should have remembered. ... There are other new dragons here who could probably help you.

[ The more she remembers that this isn't usually a dragon, the better. ] Do you mind if I-- ask... what you were before?

It's no problem. [He tries to look reassuring, it wasn't something he took offense to.] I have spoken to a couple of them, but I think it will be just a matter of practice. [Skyfire can't help but chuckle.] I have a feeling I'm going to be dealing with a lot of bumps and bruises soon.

Feel free to ask me anything. I can't always promise an answer, but I'll do my best. As to what I was... err... What do you know about machines? Or aliens for that matter? [Better to figure out what she knew first rather than bog her down with a bunch of terms that she might not know or understand.]

Well, Twilight has some contraptions, I guess, but they mostly run off of unicorn magic. Which... I'm guessing you don't have at home.

And if you need help with bruises, I-- I can help with that. [ She puts as much bravery as she can into that sentence so that she doesn't waver. Because the truth is she does want to help animals in need. Even if she is completely terrified of them. ]

Not that I'm aware of. I've never seen a real dragon where I'm from either. This could be a little difficult to understand, but at home I'm made out of metal and non organic compounds, not flesh.

[He gives her a very grateful look.] I would appreciate that very much... [A chuckle] My tail is still stinging where I stepped on it while getting used to being organic.

Oh, no... [ She winces. ] You poor thing. Here, I can take a look at it...

[ She pauses in her walk and sets the basket down, then walks gingerly around to his tail. ] It's not that hard to understand. You're just different from us, and that's fine.

[He stops and sets the wheelbarrow down, careful to move his tail so that it's in front of her without smacking into her.] If you wouldn't mind that would be wonderful. I'm not entirely sure what to do about it.

[She'd see a couple of good puncture marks where he'd skewered his tail with the claws of one of his back feet and he looks a bit sheepish as he admits.] I didn't know where my tail was and well... [Most of them look to be healing over well, all but one that looks to be a little infected.] I figure it will heal on it's own soon enough...

[ Her eyes widen. ] Oh my goodness -- you need to take care of this! You come right back with me, mister.

[ She picks up her basket and starts flying back the way they came, towards her cottage. ]

[Skyfire looks highly amused as he turns to follow her back towards the cottage, picking up the wheelbarrow with his tail once more.]

[ They arrive back at Fluttershy's house. ] You stay here while I get medicine for you. [ And she ducks inside briefly, reappearing with long strips of gauze and some of Zecora's remedies. ] You should have said something before!

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