Chapter 17

                                    

                                          
"So, what did he want?" Sunset asked at dinner.
Without hesitation, Twilight explained the whole thing to her friends.
"So in assuming that you and Timber made up?" Sunset said in a falsely happy voice.
Twilight however, missed her tone.
"Yeah! I don't know if we're officially together again, but we are for sure made up." Twilight said happily.
"Fantastic!" Sunset said, with a fake smile.
Aj knew that sunset was jealous of Timber again.
"I wonder what could have caused this.." Sunset said.
"I don't know...have any of you guys experienced weird romantic things?" Twilight asked.
Aj did not know what to say to this. She did not know if she should mention what happened with Trixie. It was quite strange though. Trixie was kind of a blow hard, but would she really sink that low? She had also never showed any romantic or physical attraction to Applejack.
"I have..." Aj said tentatively.
"Wait, really?" Twilight said.
"Yeah. With...Trixie." Aj stammered.
Without anymore hesitation, she explained everything that happened.
" No wonder you didn't want to talk about HOW you two got together." Fluttershy said.
Aj and Rainbow avoided talking about how the got together because of this reason. They did not fel comfortable talking about it. But now that there is possibly more equestrian magic on the loose, they had to explain what happened. Rainbow held Aj's hand under the table as they spoke.
After the awkward breakfast, Aj and Rainbow returned to their cabin  To get ready for the nature walk. Fluttershy said that she was interested. So they all decided to go.
"I always love these!" Fluttershy said happily.
"Me too!" Sunset said.
The walk was quite pleasant. Being surrounded in nature gave the group a good feeling; but something seemed off. Aj felt as if someone was watching them.
"Hey Aj," Sunset said skeptically.
"Yea?" Aj said.
"Do you feel like you're like...being watched?" She continued.
"Actually, yes i do..." Aj said.
Aj hated this feeling. She never especially liked scary things but felt more...off.  Sunset and Aj found themselves paying closer attention to their surroundings. It did not help when the mrs. Pines explained the history of the forest.
"Many unexplained mysteries have went on in this forest," Mrs. Pines continued creepily.
"Yeah, right." Rainbow said with a smirk.
The rest of the group snickered; Except for Aj and Sunset. They still couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched. When Aj was looking at some bushes, she could have sworn she saw something staring at her in the bushes.
The figure has green eyes and fro what Aj could tell, red hair. She was not sure, however.
"What the-" Aj started 
"Did you see that too?" Sunset asked with exasperation.
"Y-yeah I did!" Aj replied.
It was official. They were being watched. And the spy must be the culprit of these issues. Now the question is, Why?