

They find Apple Bloom when she is just behind Zecora, who is surrounded by many blue flowers. "Beware! Beware, you pony folk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke!" Upon noticing Apple Bloom's absence, the other ponies decide to leave the house to search for her. She follows Zecora to the Everfree Forest. While the ponies are busy discussing Zecora's nature, Apple Bloom decides to approach Zecora herself and slips out of the bakery. Pinkie Pie shares a song with the others, profiling Zecora as an " Evil Enchantress".įollowing Zecora " I am sure there's an explanation for everything Zecora does, and if anypony here were actually brave enough to approach her, she would find out the truth." - Twilight Sparkle According to books Twilight has read, Zecora's species is from "a far away land". The gray and white in her strange mane are really her natural colors. After seeing her pull her hood down, Twilight concludes that Zecora is a zebra and not an "odd-looking pony". They also know that she lives in the Everfree Forest, a self-preserving environment which is almost alien to Ponyville. According to the other ponies, no one in Ponyville knows what Zecora's reasons for visiting the town are, except that she does so monthly. The only pony not scared is Applejack's younger sister Apple Bloom, also present. Inside, they find Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy, who nervously explain that they are hiding from a strange hooded creature named Zecora.

While they speculate about where everyone could be, Pinkie Pie fervently calls to them from Sugarcube Corner, telling them to get inside before "she" gets them. Twilight Sparkle and Spike arrive in Ponyville's town square to find the town completely deserted. The friends hide from the mysterious zebra, Zecora. According to old notes by Amy Keating Rogers, Spike's nickname for Twilight Sparkle was originally "Droopi-horn".
