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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[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!

[He sets down the wheelbarrow and offers her his tail with a curious look on his face.] I didn't think it was that bad? [Skyfire wasn't used to being organic and things like infection weren't something he was used to thinking of as applying to him.]

[ She pours some ointment on the wound. ] It's bad! It could get worse. You need to start getting used to when your body feels pain, because that means something really terrible could be happening that you need to take care of!

[ She rips some of the gauze off with her teeth and bandages the wound. ] You leave that on for a day and see if it gets better. If you come back tomorrow, I'll ch-change it.

[Skyfire watches her tend to his tail with interest, trying to learn a bit about how to care for damage like this again and nods at her statement.]

I didn't really think it hurt... but I suppose that I have to relearn more than just how to fly... It's not something I've really had to deal with before.

[He gives her a soft smile when she's done wrapping his tail.] Thank you. I will. I appreciate you doing this for me....

Shall we get these apples where you need them? [She'd fixed up his tail, the least he could do was actually get these apples where she wanted them.]

Oh, um... yes, we should get back to that. [ She gathers up the supplies and drops them in her house before returning with the basket. ]

I'm sorry I'm so... s-skittish around you. It isn't your fault you're a dragon. You actually seem very nice.

It's alright. I'm not offended. [He tilts his head a little, trying to figure out if there was anything he could do to make being around him easier.]

You've had problems with dragons before then?

They're ... well, they're not my strongest point. I've been scared of them - of you, ever since I can remember. Not of you in particular, I mean. Spike's okay because he's just a baby! But you're, well... [ Gulp. ] not.

[Skyfire's ears droop a bit, making him look rather pathetic. He doesn't like that she's afraid of him.]

... Is there anything I can do to... err... make myself less frightening? I don't think I can be made smaller... no matter how nice that would be.

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