A teenage Apple Bloom feels the need to run away from home in order to find her place in the world. While running away she happens to run into Spike, who is running away as well, so the two eventually decide to go together. Now Apple Bloom has to figure out what is causing Spike to run away and try to help, while Spike had to try and find his own hope.
 
Fanfic can be found here: https://www.fimfiction.net/stories?q=blooming+travels  
(sorry, I don’t know how to link it properly, just copy and paste it on another window.)