Dear Princess Celestia,

Tonight I’ve begun my journey from Ponyville into parts unknown. I’m on the road heading away from Ponyville through the Whitetail Wood. Already I have passed Canterlot Castle (If only I had known it was there all these years, I might have visited sooner!) and am some distance into the night. When you bring the sun up, it will be over a sky I have yet to have seen and from there, new adventures await me.

As I promised, I have more to say about Twilight Sparkle’s friends. Though I do not know them all quite as well as I would have liked, nevertheless my opinions remain those of a peryton who has done his best to learn what he needs through distant observation. So these following reviews will be done in order of greatest to least I know them, and as I’ve said previously, I hope they provide you more insight into your protoge.

Applejack, as the Element of Honesty, has proven herself time and time again to be quite a versatile pony. While not a lady by any stretch of the imagination, she still contains the poise and elegance of one when she chooses, and displays the more tomboyish side on other days. Primarily a working pony, she gives herself wholly to the citizens of Ponyville by providing them food and a steadfast friendship to any pony who needs her help. She has come to town to divert a dangerous stampede, she’s organized a workforce to clear the fields after winter, and she’s shown up to one of your dreadful Galas dressed to the nines.

Even during the Discord incident, she proved herself to be still a loyal and dependable pony, even if her mouth was saying things she didn’t truly mean. One could interpret what she had to say if one simply remembered that she wasn’t telling the truth then. She stayed with Twilight through the maze (From what I could see of it, anyway, Canterlot isn’t exactly an easy place to approach from any angle!) and was the first pony to be released when Twilight realized how important her friendships truly were. This makes Applejack one of the more prominent figures of Ponyville and a true blue friend to Twilight Sparkle, and one who I feel will continue to be a great influence on her through the rest of her life as long as she makes her home in Ponyville.

In closing, I would like to say that of any of the ponies that I would have truly felt comfortable showing myself to, it would have been Applejack. I think she would have truly accepted me for what I was, just as she does any pony who she encounters for the first time. It is this strength of character that truly makes her one of the strongest Elements of Harmony.

Your Faithful Servant,

Skye

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