As Onyx was listening to Pinkie talk about her trip to Appaloosa with the girls to deliver a tress, he slowly took a sip of apple juice. Pinkie was taking a small break to eat some food. "So, where was I?"
Onyx quickly repeated her last line. "It was nighttime on the train, and Rainbow had just told you that she thought Fluttershy was a tree."
Pinkie nodded happily and decided to continue. "So, nothing happened in the middle of the night, but something did happen the next morning…"
---Train car to Appaloosa---
As the ground started rumbling, waking the girls from their sleep. Rainbow Dash was shaken from her bed and smashed into the ground. The girls were quick to look outside and were mesmerized by the Buffalo stampede. As the girls watch the Buffalo run, they were quickly getting excited. Rarity was quick to speak up. "I just love their accessories."
Twilight was the first to notice something was going wrong. She quickly pointed it out to the rest. "They are getting closer to the train."
As the Buffalo got into a direct line to the train, they started smashing into it. Every time they would hit their bodies into the train, it would rock further and further. Pinkie was quick to point out the Buffalo helping a young one get onto the train. "Look, they are doing tricks."
The girls watched as the young Buffalo jumped onto the train with a thud, quickly moving to the back of the train itself. At the same time, they could follow the noise Rainbow Dash informed them sarcastically. "Something tells me that this is not a circus act."
Rainbow quickly flew after the young Buffalo…
---Onyx house same time later---
"So, I did not see what happened on top of the train, but Rainbow said that she got the jump on her and was able to trick her." Pinkie informed Onyx with a little melancholy. "She got hurt from the trick Onyx. Her head got a little cut on it."
"She ok?" Onyx questioned because already the injures are getting more severe.
"Oh, she was perfectly fine. It is not even going to scar; she did get a little sick, but it was all healed up by the in-town Pony doctor." Pinkie exclaimed happily that Rainbow was fine. Before continuing her story, "So when we pulled into town, I was quick to go after Rainbow, so I totally missed what sounds like an awesome tour of the town."
---Outside of Appaloosa---
Pinkie was quick to find the trail of Rainbow, and as she watched Rainbow sneak around, she quickly hid in front of her path while Rainbow was muttering. "Boo!"
Rainbow jumped into the air and let out a soft gasp of fear while letting out a whisper. "Pinkie Pie."
"Ah, you caught me, Rainbow." Pinkie was quick to tease Rainbow while Rainbow was looking annoyed. "Looks like a tricked you and did not get away with it either."
Pinkie pointed at Rainbow as she was standing up. "Your good."
Rainbow quickly put her hands over Pinkie Pies mouth while hushing her Rainbow asked. "What do you think you are doing? You have got to get out of here, Pinkie."
Pinkie blinked at Rainbow's words and let out skeptical. "I do?"
Rainbow quickly admonished Pinkie. "You are going to blow my cover."
Pinkie looked more and more amused because she knew the Buffalo already knew where they were; after all, she waved at them. "I am going to blow your cover?"
Rainbow let out, exasperated. "I am trying to save Spike."
Pinkie could not help but snort. "Oh my gosh, so am I. We should totally team up."
Rainbow was not really listing to Pinkie Pie and pushed her back into cover. "And the more of us out here, the higher the chances of us getting caught!"
As Rainbow was explaining, not paying any attention, they were quickly surrounded by Buffalo. As she looked around, seeing them surrounded, she quickly jumped in front to cover Pinkie. "Run Pinkie, save yourself; I will hold them off."
As the Buffalo started charging, the girls heard Spike call out. "Stop!"
The Buffalo quickly hit the breaks and spread out so they could let Spike through. "Dash Pinkie, what is up."
The girls looked at Spike like he was crazy. Spike quickly informed the Buffalo. "Do not worry about the two of them. They are totally cool."
One of the Buffalo was quick to hold out his fist and bumped it with Spike. "If you say so, Spike. Catch you later, Bro."
As the Buffalo moved off, leaving the girls and Spike all alone.
---Onyx home---
"So apparently they took Spike by mistake and that he was not the objective." Pinkie explained as Onyx nodded his head in agreement. "Just so you know, do not ever have Buffalo food. It is dreadful."
Onyx snorted at Pinkies' priorities. "That is what you took from all of that."
"Should I have taken anything else?" Pinkie was confused
"Buffalo, at least from the reports I had read, are powerful fighters," Onyx explained before looking up in thought. "How is it that you lot keep finding the good groups."
Pinkie was confused about Onyx's complaints. Pinkie offered what she thought was an obvious answer. "Maybe it's the Elements inside of us that allow us to meet the goodness in people."
Onyx groaned and rubbed his face at her answer. "That is probably it, even though that seems so dumb."
"So, did anything else happen that night while you were with Spike in the Buffalo camp?" Onyx questioned Pinkie Pie.
Pinkie hummed in thought before shaking her head no. she opened her mouth to begin the next part of her story.
---Next day Appaloosa---
As Rainbow led the group, they quickly ran into the girls; as they met each other, Fluttershy ran into Pinkie hugging her. "Oh gosh, we are so glad you are safe."
Twilight looked confused as everyone comforted each other, so she just decided to ask. "How did you guys escape from the Buffalo?"
Pinkie quickly answered happily to see her friends again. "we did not escape."
A young Buffalo jumped out from behind a rock causing the girls to let out gasps while Rainbow stepped between them. "We promised them a chance to talk to you."
Applejack was looking at the Buffalo sternly. "Oh yeah, about what?"
Rainbow was quick to introduce them to each other. "This is our new friend Little Strongheart here to explain to the Appaloosians why they should move the apple trees off of the Buffalo land."
Breaburn quickly smiled, happy that talking was getting somewhere. "That information would truly be quite help---"
Applejack was quick to interrupt him and push him around. "That is weird. Cause my cousin Breaburn here wants to explain to the Buffalo why the apple trees need to stay."
As Applejack and Rainbow got into an argument, Twilight quickly moved the two uninvolved parties out of the way. Pinkie stood next to the group watching with interest Twilight was quick to talk to them. At the same time, Applejack and Rainbow argued in the background. "So, you two have reasons why they should be done this way?"
Strongheart quickly nodded her head. "It is the proving ground for young Buffalo to move along the path."
Breaburn nodded at this information before explaining his reasons. "It is the best place to plant trees because it is the best soil."
Twilight was quick to interrupt Rainbow and Applejack. "You both are being unreasonable; it sounds like both sides have an excellent reason."
---Ten minutes later---
"Well, that was a terrible performance." The Sheriff of Appaloosa could not help but comment to the Buffalo chief next to him.
"Indeed, it was extremely terrible." The Buffalo chief nodded before sighing. "The Sheriff and I have come to an agreement we cannot negotiate a changing of the situation. We both need the land."
---Onyx home---
"Twilight was heartbroken that there was literally nothing they could do for each other to stop the fighting." Pinkie looked equally heartbroken.
"They both needed the land, Pinkie; it is a tale as old as time itself." Onyx looked up at the roof in melancholy. Onyx hoped that this ended just like canon, but he felt this was different from what the girls were used to. "So, how did it end?"
Pinkie blinked before starting the next part of her story…
---Appaloosa---
As high noon approached, the girls were hopeful that they would not do it, and it was looking like it was not going to happen before someone lost their nerve. Rainbow was quick to point it out to the girls. "He is not going to do it."
The girls let out a sigh of relief before Pinkie started singing in celebration, and that caused the Buffalo to stampede down the side of the mountain. "Pinkie!"
"What I was singing because everything was going so well." Pinkie was confused why her singing caused the stampede. "I mean, they were going to share that is pretty much what my song was about."
The girls looked at each other as the Buffalo and the Appaloosians fighting in the city. Twilight looked around the city. "How can we stop this?"
What followed was a fight between the town's ponies and the Buffalo before the Chief was hit with a Pie. Twilight was confused about why he was acting like he died. "Is anyone just as confused as I am?"
The girls were quick to agree with Twilight as they watched the Chief lay there on the ground. Before, a piece of pie fell onto his tongue. The buffalo Chief quickly ate the pie from his face. "Yum."
He quickly spoke up. "I have a much better idea."
---several hours later---
The Chief and The sheriff were quick to hash out the agreement. "We will allow the Orchard to stay as long as a portion of the fruit makes its way to us."
The sheriff nodded his head in agreement. "That sounds like a fine agreement."
Applejack and the girls were overlooking the Orchard. Applejack was quick to narrate to the tree they were transporting. "Well, Bloomberg, this is your special day. Mama is so proud of you."
Rainbow and the girls looked at Applejack. Applejack asked the others, confused. "She does realize that it is just a tree, right?"
Twilight watched as Applejack was getting more and more emotional. "I am not 100 percent sure at this point."
---Onyx home---
Onyx was extremely confused because it looked it happened just like canon, but they were able to talk it out way before the fight. "How did you get the peace?"
Pinkie was confused before remembering something. "The Buffalo Chief was quickly able to negotiate a path through the orchard so there were no troubles for his herd."
"Yeah, I get that, but what is going to keep the peace, Pinkie? What stops someone from breaking their word." Onyx was questioning about the validity of the treaty.
Pinkie only smiled. "You need to learn to see the people better, Onyx."
---Ethereal Realm---
Harmony quickly used the Buffalo magic and Pony magic to make a contract that was bound on the soul level. 'There we go now no one be able to break their words.'
Discord let out a low phew at the sight of the contract. 'Contract magic Harmony, really.'
'I have been looking for a way to get this into the magic itself, and now they will always be able to talk it out.' Harmony answered while moving the contract to a stand with a lot of deals just like it. 'Now the Ponies and Buffalo will always have the option to negotiate in their magic, meaning only the super stubborn will be unable to make a compromise.'
Discord sighed before looking at the bored in thought. 'Want some help making it a little stronger?'
Harmony was looking at Discord with suspicion. 'What do you want in return?'
'Oh, just another favor.' Discord waved off her suspicion. 'nothing massive.'
Harmony let out a low hum looking at Discord in thought.