2 weeks.

by nicohtvee

Summary:

2 weeks since AJs parents died
2 weeks since AJs friends got pulled apart by the gruesome sunset shimmer
2 weeks since AJ started feeling alone

Chapter 1: apologizin

Summary:

rahh first chapter out of prob many don't be surprised if I just randomly give up on this!

 

"hey, hey AJ listen to me. it'll be alright okay?"

"harvest they died, they're dead they-they...I'm never gonna see em' again..."

"AJ listen to me they-"

"H-HARVEST I-IM NEVER GONNA-"

 

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"applejack??" my younger sister mumbled, entering my room warily. 

my head shot up to the 4-year-old at my doorway. she has red hair tied up into 2 low buns with hair sticking out messily. she has orange-reddish eyes. She has a light green oversized sweater on it with a bear stitched in the middle. made by ma. 

"yeah, applebloom?" I responded, putting down the pictures in my hand. "yer' supposed to be sleep, y'know"

she nodded slightly and walked into the room more. "i-i had another nightmare..." she whispered. She was holding her plushie. a gift from Pa she's had since birth. Mr. Ted. "c-can I sleep with ya' tonight?" she added, nervously staring down.

She's been having nightmares since Ma and Pa passed. I never figure out what they're about. when I ask her she goes silent.

"Always, sugarcube. c'mere" I held my arms out for a hug and before I knew it she was in my arms with a tight grip around my waist. "it'll be okay, alright?"

she nodded slightly. once we pulled away she laid down in my bed with Mr ted and I tucked her in. "ya' think ya' can stay in here by yourself sugarcube? I'm gonna go get some fresh air. I'll turn the nightlight on okay?" I plugged an apple-shaped nightlight up and stood at the doorway. applebloom nodded and turned over to face the nightlight. 

I sighed deeply and turned the light off. I made my way downstairs, making sure not to step on the stairs that creak. I found Granny on the couch knocked out with the TV still on playing some bingo show. I carefully stepped over there and turned it off.

I put my jacket on and walked over to the door, carefully opening it and slipping through. I leaned on the fence and looked around before grabbing a pack of cigarettes out of my pocket and a lighter. I struck the sparkwheel, lit the cigarette, and took a puff. 

I looked up at the dark sky. a cover of stars. it was dark and beautiful. I swear I've never seen this many stars out. 

"ya' smokin' now huh, AJ?" a voice asked mimicking my accent. I saw a figure of a person from the corner of my eye standing on the other side of the fence. I knew who it was I just didn't want to look.

a light-skinned person with curly ginger hair and emerald green eyes. blue overalls covering a white shirt with a carrot hairclip in her hair. 

I sighed deeply before taking another puff. I looked down at the person and blew the smoke right in her face. I knew it was a pretty disrespectful thing to do but it was midnight and I didn't care about anything right now. let alone, the only person who's still a functioning friend in my life who cares about me.

"goodmornin' to you too harvest" I answered sarcastically. I knew it was midnight but again, I didn't care. she sighed deeply.

"it's midnight, AJ" 

"I know" 

I took another puff of my cigarette and golden harvest watched. when I blew out the smoke she attempted to snatch the cigarette from my hand but failed as ash got on her overalls. I stared at her then her overalls. "whatcha' get when ya' fuck around" I boasted and continued looking at the sky. 

I was being a total dickhead but again,

I didn't care.

she stared at me dishearteningly and crossed the fence. "y'know if they see you smoking out here you're in big trouble. especially ms porcelain" She looked down at the grass that had failed to grow about 1000 times.

"ms porcelain ain't awake" I responded, taking yet another puff. getting high out of my mind. 

we stood silent for the next 3 minutes. none of us dared to break the silence. I wondered what was going on inside the ginger's head as she shot a few glances at me. 

"y'know you can't be doing this applejack." she said, looking at my face as I took another puff. "you can die." 

"yeah no shit what if that's what I want.." I uttered to myself but she ended up hearing it anyway. 

"w-what?" she stuttered upon hearing my mumble. "are you still sad about-"

"ya' cant jus' magically get over yer' parent's dyin' harvest." I blurted out looking down at the grass trying to stop tears from falling. it's been 2 weeks and I've already fallen into unhealthy coping mechanisms. "'Course I'm sad."

"do you wanna-"

I cut her off by putting my cigarette out, dropping it on the ground, and walking over to the door. "goodnight harvest." closing the door and locked it. I stood there for a second, against the door. 

I sighed deeply. granny was passed out. Big Mac was asleep. applebloom was asleep. I bet no chores were done today. I hung my coat on the rack and headed to the kitchen. 

the dishes weren't washed at all, there was leftover food on the counter, a disgusting smell coming from the fridge, and the trash was piling up. "guess we can't live without ma after all..." I mumbled as I got to work quietly. I popped my headphones on and worked until dawn. 

washing the dishes, cleaning the refrigerator, putting the food away, taking out the trash, mopping all the floors, sweeping all the floors, doing the laundry, dusting, cleaning the window seals, wiping down the counters and stovetops anything to keep my mind away from ma and pa with dolly parton playing in my ears.

I finished around 3 am. somehow managing to not wake anyone up. 

I had to be at school in 4 hours. but I didn't wanna go. I didn't wanna have to face another fit of bullying, gossip, and calling me names from rarity. I didn't wanna face Rainbow Dash. 

I, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity used to date up until those rumors.

my ma was holding a charity event for a bunch of different charities she promised to help out with. She and Pa was gonna sing and everything. Rainbow Dash was supposed to bring the wondercolt soccer team. she promised! turns out she and no one else arrived so Ma didn't get to raise any money. ma kept reassuring me it was okay and telling me I had nothing to be sorry for but I just kept apologizing to her and Pa. I felt really guilty even though Rainbow was the one who stood us up.

she stood us up.

that was a week before Ma and Pa passed away. 1 week. Then Rainbow Dash suddenly stopped talking to me and became really hostile with me out of nowhere.

Rainbow Dash told Rarity about this and Rarity immediately took Rainbow Dash's side and became hostile too. She started spreading horrible rumors about me again and bad-mouthing me in the hallways. telling me my clothes were disgusting and dirty, to stop wearing that stetson hat, all kinds of things. a week ago it got so bad that she (if it wasn't her then it was someone else) wrote all kinds of shit on my locker. I remember students piling up at my locker, me going to go check, and seeing "LOSER" and many other names written on my locker. I tried to wipe it off but it was in permanent marker. students laughed at me as I wiped my eyes. wiping the tears. I saw rainbow dash at the end of the hallway smirking stupidly. 

rarity took the blame though and got suspended for a few days.

I can't believe I used to love those people.

I swallowed a mountain as I slowly walked up the creaking stairs and to my room. slowly opening the door to find applebloom asleep. I walked over to the bed and carefully got into it. trying not to wake up my sleeping sister.

I ended up trying to sleep until 4:30 am. I couldn't sleep.

the memories of Ma and Pa flooded my mind and before I knew it I was suddenly sobbing on the bathroom floor. I held my phone tightly in my hand. half of me wanting to go on a walk, half of me wanting to call harvest. but I knew Harvest was asleep and it was raining outside.

did I care about the rain?

hell no.

I slowly got up and quietly opened the bathroom door. I made my way downstairs and before turning the doorknob, I heard a voice come from behind me.

"applejack the heck're ya' doin'!??" Granny called. I stiffened up and slowly turned my body to face my grandma. she was watching a comedy show on the TV and I somehow didn't hear it. 

"I was uh... gettin''' some fresh air" I answered, wiping the tears off my face. my eyes were heavy with eyebags under them. if you looked carefully enough you'd realize I was crying before.

"have ya' been up all this time?" 

I gulped. "n-no"

"ya' got school in a few hours. reckon ya' go ta' sleep now applejack." she suggested, not taking her eyes off the comedy show. 

I nodded my head quickly and made my way back to my room. I threw my jacket off onto the floor and got in the bed with my sleeping sister. I'm glad she doesn't snore. if she does then god I wouldn't be able to sleep.

eventually, I dozed off after thinking up too many memories, more quiet sobs, and thousands of turns.

 

as I walked up to the school with the huge sign labeled "CANTERLOT HIGH SCHOOL" I let out a long sigh. I had on a green button-up shirt with my red jacket that had the words "sweet apple achres" on it with some boots and of course, my stetson covering my braided hair.

I saw multiple people stare at me. they giggled, mumbled to their friends, and did every act to make me stand out. I simply lowered my head and walked faster. 

I let out a shaky breath as I approached the new locker principal Celestia assigned me. I put my things in there then shut it. As I shut it a face jumpedscared me and before I could see who it was, they were already pulling me toward a random storage closet. 

I saw a blur of rainbow locks though. not a good sign. the only person that could be was Rainbow Dash but... there's no way. why would she wanna hang out with me? Doesn't she hate my guts? 

my suspicions were confirmed as I got pulled into a closet with my exes. rarity and rainbow dash.

Rainbow Dash had brown skin, a rainbow multicolored messy wolf cut, and magenta eyes, she had an oversized white t-shirt on with a rainbow lightning bolt in the center with an oversized red jacket over it. actually, it was one of the jackets I've been looking for. she had some freckles on her face that shined in the light. she was...insanely beautiful. 

then rarity. She also had brown skin, she had purple, curly, long hair, and blue eyes. She had a white and black dress that cut near her ankles on top of a white crop top that allowed her shoulders out with platformer shoes. she had a white baret on top of her curly hair and a lot of makeup on. She also looked beautiful. 

they both looked stunning and that was the issue. It was like they were trying to seduce me! I looked down at the floor avoiding looking at them as a blush crept onto my face and showed slightly. 

"applejack! pleasant to see you!" rarity said in a disinterested manner. "you didn't tell me she was coming" she added whispering to Rainbow Dash.

unfortunately, these stunning ladies still hated me for a crime I didn't commit.

"wh-i-she was the first person I saw!!!" Rainbow Dash attempted to whisper back but failed miserably. She was always a bad whisperer.

as the 2 continued to have a whisper shouting argument, unaware I could hear them I stood there looking between the 2. then down to my jacket. 

"ya' got my jacket." I nonchalantly interrupted the 2. causing them to both look at me. 

rarity looked peeved at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and started taking the jacket off before speaking. "i-uh-d-didn't realize it was...yours!" I could tell she was lying but didn't quite have the motivation to confront her.

"uh huh..." was all I simply hummed. "Uh-i'm gonna be late to my classes if I don't get a move on now so uh... yeah.." I said before turning around and making my way to the door.

"darling!" a Manhattan voice exclaimed, making me stop in my tracks. it's been so long since I heard that from her. I tried to stay calm but my heart was racing from both nervousness and the fact that I probably still loved these 2. 

I became hot and swallowed a huge lump. I turned around to face the 2 staring at me. rarity with a smirk on her face and rainbow dash obviously the peeved one now. 

"Rainbow Dash has something to tell you!" the smirking woman announced happily as Rainbow looked at her in surprise. 

rainbow slowly nodded. I stood there in confusion as the 2 mentally had a conversation in their heads until Rainbow spoke up. "I uhm-" she cleared her throat. 

"I'm sorry" she apologized. SHE apologized? Rainbow Dash apologized?? 

I started to chuckle a bit which obviously got a reaction out of Rainbow Dash. once I calmed down and wiped the tears from my eyes I looked at both of them. dumbfounded.

"sorry-sorry I just-YOUR apologizin'?" I asked, my eyes widening. "THE rainbow dash captain of bein' stubborn's apologizin'?" I didn't wanna act all dicky about it but I can't say I'm not surprised.

rarity started chuckling too as rainbow tried to protest.

"I-IM NOT THAT STUBBORN!" 

i and rarity just continued laughing and soon, we were all chuckling. I embraced the laughter in the room. this is what I missed. 

"th-this doesn't mean we're friends again b-but...do you wanna hang out after school? just the 3 of us? like...old times?" rainbow asked, lowering her voice at the sentence. 

i and rarity went up to hug rainbow dash and we sat like that for the next couple of minutes.

this is what i missed.

but it wasn't gonna last long.

 

 

 

 

Chapter 2: god, how i love these 2

Summary:

shorter then the first but i wanted to get smth out :3

YIPPIE!!!

"soooo what changed recently?" Rainbow Dash asked, licking her chocolate ice cream. we all decided to sneak out of the window and get ice cream together. right now we sat at a random park away from the school. "how's Ma and Pa?" 

I stiffened up. this was supposed to be a distraction from them- or- I felt it was. but I realized Rainbow Dash and Rarity don't even know they passed. I sighed and a frown appeared on my face.

"what's wrong darling?" rarity asked, eating some of her strawberry ice cream.

"i-uh...th-.." and I suddenly ran out of words to say. I didn't know whether or not to be honest or not. we all know Rainbow Dash had some sort of connection with my parents. all of them did! 

"uhm...t-two weeks ago they...passed in a car accident..." I muttered, refusing to look at the 2 as I fiddled with some grass. a nervous 5 minutes went by without a word from anyone and I was starting to think they left.

but then I heard a clear of the throat from Rarity as she spoke delicately. "applejack I'm..so sorry for your loss..." she sounded honestly heartbroken. I had to stop the tears from falling. I laid on the grass and looked up at Rarity, hovering over me with an expression I couldn't quite tell.

"i-its f-fine really.." I stuttered out. lied. it wasn't fine. at all. nor did I feel fine.

I looked to my side where Rainbow sat with widened eyes and tears in her eyes. Rainbow Dash was the one who came over more and Ma welcomed her with open arms. dash's parents are both homophobes and when my ma accepted her with a warm hug RD got a bit emotional. I guess Ma was just like a second mother (and a better one) to RD.

I immediately sat up and went to comfort her. but a hug was the best thing I could do cause I'm not the best at talking. that's more of a rarity thing. but as I heard Rarity's words I found myself starting to cry too.

she was saying stuff like "They're in a better place now" and trying to comfort us both as I pulled away from Rainbow Dash but I don't know if that's quite true.

ma always told us that whenever someone we knew passed. thankfully, she didn't have to tell us a lot since we didn't know a lot of people outside the Apple family and we never went to a lot of funerals.

I just wish I could've had more time with her. 14 years is not enough.

"do you wanna talk about it darling?" rarity asked, holding my hands in her own with Rainbow Dash laid on her lap with puffy eyes. I cannot believe just under 24 hours ago these 2 hated me.

I put on a believing smile. "Nah I'll be...fine.." I glanced at the now-sleeping girl in Rarity's lap. before she could question me I opened my backpack and got some money out. "y'all want some food? I can go-" I got cut off by Rainbow Dash, who jumped up out of Rarity's lap with huge eyes.

"YES!! RACE YA" she shouted and started to run down the hill. I faceplanted and looked at rarity.

"ya' don't even know where we're goin'" I grumbled throwing my hand up at Rainbow who was already down the hill. rarity started to get up with her backpack. 

"And you forgot your backpack" she added. holding it out for Rainbow Dash to grab it. rainbow dashed up the hill, grabbed her backpack, and dashed right back down. 

"ya' gonna walk?" I looked back at rarity.

"I'm gonna make sure you 2 ruffians don't get into any trouble," she responded smiling right after.  "but yes I'll walk" 

I nodded and immediately ran after Rainbow Dash and raced her all the way to the restaurant. sure, we were supposed to be in science class right now but did anyone really care?

 

 

RARITY'S POV:: (we're switching pov's WOOHOOOOO)

 

 

Watching Rainbow Dash and Applejack compete over who could run to Sugar Cube Corner the quickest made my cheeks flush with a bright pink and smile. back when we were all dating they'd do this all the time.

I smiled at the thought of us getting back together. I didn't know our current status but I know it's not dating. I mean, we bullied applejack pretty hard. well- not physically. I'd never go that but for the past 2 weeks, we couldn't get over our dumb issues.

I went back to gossiping, for fucks sake! haven't done that disgusting act since middle school...though, I do wonder if what Rainbow Dash is saying is true though. 

did AJ really invite her to some charity event just to stand her up completely and embarrass her in front of the Wonderbolts? that's what Rainbow Dash said. it doesn't sound like applejack though.

why would she do that? it sounds extremely out of character. I'll have to question them both about it later.

I feel insanely guilty for doing that to her. right before her parents died...? Things must be so hard for her...I'm gonna try and help her. It's the least I could do! I ruined her reputation in school! 

it'll be hell trying to get that back up...

as I entered the store, not far behind them they were arguing about who won. of course, every time they did these silly races they'd always tie. they have the same average mph and they'd always bicker about who won. sometimes they'd turn to me to determine and every time my mind went blank as I always watched the sweat dripping off of their glistening faces.

I cleared my throat as I walked over to the booth they were sitting in. 

"well, that doesn't mean you won!!!"

"Yeah, it kinda does rainbow!"

"pfft, I bet you dream about winning against me in a race!"

applejack leaned forward. I chewed on a piece of gum while watching the two bicker.

"oh I dream about you alright, dash." applejack responded and I suddenly choked on my gum.

the waitress came up and stood awkwardly above the table of 3 blushing teenage girls. once I looked up I saw who the waitress was i started choking more.

she had hot pink curly, long hair, dark skin,  and blue eyes. She had some facepaint on her face with 3 balloons. one blue, one yellow, one pink. She had her uniform on. a blue, black, and white dress with the same color palette hat that had words written in cursive. 'PARTY!!!!' and some sneakers on. 

I forgot Pinkie worked here. 

applejack stopped chuckling, Rainbow Dash immediately looked away pretending to be fazed by the parking lot out the window, and I just stared at the girl.

"um...hey!" pinkie was the first to speak. all I know is that Pinkie and Rainbow Dash didn't like each other. something about an argument or something? before what I call the drift they were good friends. awesome friends.

they caused trouble, sure but they caused trouble together. now that's broken cause of an argument I guess.

applejack waved. She and Pinkie were on good terms though from what I know. they're cousins and they visit each other a lot. 

"uhm-what would you guys like? all on me!" she exclaimed, pulling a yellow notepad and a pen out of her hair randomly. 

rainbow quickly raised the menu and her eyes wandered all around it. after we all ordered and Pinkie walked away I immediately went to question Rainbow Dash.

"what the hell happened between you two?" I whisper-shouted. although I knew what the answer would be. whenever I try to ask Rainbow about what happened with her and the others she ignores the question entirely. 

"I'd like ta' know that too. if I'm gonna be datin' someone I wanna know why they got such a rivalry with my cousin" Applejack added. we both looked at her once she said the word dating. so that's our status...?

"dating?" Rainbow Dash took the words right out of my mouth. "is that what this is? a date?" she crossed her arms and sat back. 

applejack mimicked her movements and put her head up dramatically. "y-yeah!" she tried to be assertive but still came out stuttering.

"awh you obsessed with us, Jackie?"  

applejack blushed at that name and I giggled. applejack always HATED when one of us used that nickname on her. i smiled as the 2 continued bickering again.

god how I love these two.

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3: lyin???

Summary:

LYK RN IM NOT DISABLED OR SMTH PLS LEMME KNOW IF I WENT A BAD WAY WITH SCOOTALOO BEING DISABLED THANK YOU!

(applejack's pov)

Rainbow Dash explained her situation with Pinkie. apparently, (though it is likely she isn't telling us the full truth) Pinkie got mad when Rainbow Dash and Gilda started playing some tricks on her. that's all she said. she also called pinkie pie "a petty bitch who needs to grow up" which is plainly not okay to say.

I and Rarity looked at her in total disbelief. we shot a glance at each other before I looked down at the table. 

"darling um-is that really what happened?" rarity asked politely. 

Rainbow Dash sipped her rainbow-colored smoothie loudly. "yeah??? are you saying I'm LYING?" 

"uh-now dash that ain't what she tryin' ta' say and ya' know it" I stated before pinkie pie came up to our table giddily. 

"whatcha guys doing?" she happily asked. spinning in her rollerskates. rainbow looked off to the side with her phone in her hand. 

"uh, eatin'" I took a bite of my mini apple pie and then looked up at the grinning girl watching us eat. "are ya' gunna stand there?" 

"do you mind if I sit?" pinkie asked pointing a finger at the seat next to Rarity. Rainbow Dash looked up from her phone and slammed it down on the table with an angry expression.

"Why?" she asked. I was surprised her phone didn't crack. "don't you have work, pinkie pie? Or are you too busy to do your damn job as well?" 

I and Rarity looked at each other with widened eyes. we both knew we had to stop this but none of us knew how. 

"now rainbow ya can't say that" I scolded. I earned a scoff from Rainbow Dash. 

she exited the booth, over me, and stormed out of sugar cube corner. we watched as she jogged down the sidewalk. 

"RD told us ya' got mad when she and Gilda played some tricks on ya'. that true?" I asked as Pinkie sat down next to Rarity. pinkie made a confused face. she pulled a lollipop out of her hair and Rarity cringed as she bit into it.

"no! She's got it WRONG!" she started. she got up and rolled (with her rollerskates) over to the counter. she picked a muffin up and rolled back over to the table. she sat on the table. "you see, that new girl Gilda, yknow the one with the extra messy white and brown hair and yellow eyes? Rainbow Dash COMPLETELY ditched me for her! They played REALLYY mean pranks on me and Fluttershy! fluttershy got suuuper scared cause of the 'my friends are dead' prank! She almost broke down crying! when I confronted Dashie about this she said 'its not my fault fluttershy's so sensitive" and we got into an argument! YOUR girlfriend's LYING!" 

"and I may have...ignored her a bit but THAT DOSENT MATTER!!!" she added after some seconds.

"THATS what happened?" rarity exclaimed. we both had widened eyes. we never EVER expected Rainbow Dash to be that rude. "and you ignored her?"

"mhm! she's RUDE! that's why we stopped talking!" she answered with a grin. 

"PINKIE! GET OFF THE TABLE!" a worker barked. "BACK TO WORK!"

Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes and got off the table. "BUTTTTTTT...nice to see y'all are buddies again!!" she hugged us tightly. "BYE!!" she skated back over to the counter and took another customer's order. I slumped in my seat and thought about that. 

rarity audibly huffed and turned her phone on. "should we confront her?" she asked, not taking a single eye off of the device. 

"she lied to us, rare. we gotta tell er' soon." 

after that, I walked Rarity home and returned to Sweet Apple Acres. I stood in front of the sign labeled "SWEET APPLE ACHRES. SINCE 1945" which was painted on wood. my pa did that. I dropped my head down and entered the house.

"APPLEJACK!!" my sister raced down the stairs and hugged me tightly around the waist to which I returned. "I missed you!!" 

once she pulled back - and I finally got some time to breathe - I saw her bright grin and smiled myself. "sorry sis I was out with friends. Where's granny and big mac?" 

she shrugged. "don't know! granny went hang with Auntie applesauce! And Big Mac ain't home yet!" so that means they left a 4-year-old here BY HERSELF in an unlocked house.

I mean- I get the whole "Sweet Apple Acres is supposed to be safe" thing but not safe for a 4-year-old to be left in an unlocked house alone! 

I grabbed ahold of my sister's hand. "when did granny leave?"  

applebloom shrugged in response. I was really mad actually. who leaves a 4-year-old in an unlocked house without supervision? I know if Ma and Pa were still here they wouldn't even dream of it.

"ya' wanna go over ta' the park?" I put on a smile and shook my sister's shoulders. her face lit up and she smiled too. 

 

 

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"harvest they left a 4-year-old in a house by herself! course' ima be worried..." I sat on a bench not too far from the playground set applebloom and the other kids were playing at talking to Golden Harvest. 

she sat next to me in an oversized white shirt with a tiny pin on it that had a carrot on it, symbolizing shes apart of the carrot family, and some skinny light blue jeans. her ginger hair flowing down her back. She was watching her little brother.

"do u know why?" she asked, turning to me. "I mean- they must've known she was in the house! Have u tried calling any of them?" 

"Granny Smith ain't got a phone, Big Mac ain't answerin' his. I wanna go find em' but I don't wanna worry applebloom. plus, this damned town is so big it'd take eons!" I looked down to the concrete. "If Ma and Pa were still here, this wouldn't be happenin'" 

"AJ-"

"APPLEJACK! APPLEJACK LOOK WHAT I AND PIP FOUND!" applebloom called from the playground next to the vitiligo 4-year-old boy with brown hair and brown eyes. She and pip ran over to me and held a snail in her hand. She showed us it and Harvest immediately cringed.

"uhm-applebloom don't you think that's a bit--" 

"ITS WHAT WE DO ON THE FARM!" 

I sighed. "applebloom why don'tcha play with the other kids?" I pointed at a group of kids who looked around 4-7 years old. "bet they need some new people right?"

she crossed her arms. pip mimicked her actions. "we tried! they kicked us out of their group!" 

I immediately sat up and exchanged a glance with Golden Harvest. I looked at the group and saw several kids surrounding 2 girls. I couldn't see them but they seemed to be popular. 

Golden Harvest got up from her seat and started walking over there but I grabbed her hand just in time and pulled her back into the seat. "what're ya' doin'?" I asked as applebloom and Pipsqueak sat down with their snail. 

"my brother's in that crowd. I'm not letting him get sucked up into mean girl heaven!"  

"then we go together, y'hear?" I responded. "I wanna give these girls a taste of their own medicine." I cracked my knuckles and stood up but that's when applebloom shouted something at the 2 of us.

"NO! Please don't! th-the other kids they'll never let me hang out with them then!!" she shouted while Pip continued playing in the sand. 

"ya' really wanna hang out with some bullies who called ya' names?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "when'd this start?" 

"uh...3 weeks ago..? Jus-applejack if you handle t' the way u 'handle things' they'll never like me!" she put "handle things" in quotes. "I've got it!" she put a thumbs up and sat back on the ground with Pip. 

Golden Harvest stood back up. "well still, my brother isn't falling for this." she walked up to the group, said some inaudible words, and grabbed a light-skinned boy with ginger hair and green eyes wrist. he protested a bit but after, he cooperated in a jiffy. 

he fidgeted with his hands, sat down next to applebloom and Pip, and they all started talking pretty fast. 

I thought I'd get out of talking my feelings with Golden Harvest but she's never the girl who lets that slide. 

"how about you guys go play over there?" she suggested, pointing at an empty playground set. in seconds, the 2 were off sprinting to the set. 

she turned to me and took my hands in hers. I avoided all eye contact I could get. if I looked her in the eyes I'm afraid I would've started breaking down right then and there. 

"AJ you can talk to me you know?" although she looked me in my eyes. she tried, at least to stare into the eyes that had been avoiding her. "you don't have to hold this all in cause Apple Bloom's young I bet she-"

"she doesn't know." I cut her off. I looked toward my 5-year-old sister. "she's too young." I wiped my face to avoid crying. I sighed deeply as my attempt to not cry failed miserably and the tears started coming.

how stupid was I? I've never been the type to vent to my friends. found it useless. I was instead, the one my friends could vent to. I didn't have any problem with that. but what would happen if I was on the other side?

well, this of course.

I dug my face into the palms of my hands to avoid harvest from seeing. I let out a few choked sobs before she wrapped her arms around me.

"Granny's gone completely lazy minded and Big Mac's gone nonverbal! they barely help me with a-anythin' and I...I have to be the one to take care of an almost 5-year-old!" I sobbed. "it's just-its hard!" 

part of me blames myself for Ma and Pa's death. I was the one who suggested they get some time out of the house and go on a date. I was the one who decided to not go even if they offered it. I still remember Pa's face when he saw how stunning Ma looked. 

When Golden Harvest continued to stay silent I said something that seemed to shock her.

 "it was my fault harvest! it was all my fault." I lowered my voice a little so that the other kids wouldn't look at us like we were insane or something. "i-if I were jus'...a bit more-more considerin' bout what could happen-"

harvest pulled back immediately with a shocked expression. her freckles shining in the sunlight. "AJ wha-no-it wasn't your fault! why do you think that?" she asked as she cupped my face.

normally, this'll be looked at as a flirtatious thing but it was just normal for us 2.

"i-i was the one who suggested they go on a date! who suggested they take the car! i-if I was just more careful-"

"applejack you didn't know. i-it was that drunk driver's fault!" her voice started cracking and she started to stutter more. "applejack don't ever say that again okay? it wasn't your fault and I will say that until you understand" 

I nodded slightly and wiped my tearful eyes. "I miss em', harvest." my voice was unsteady butt I had stopped crying. my puffy eyes stared down at the concrete. 

"We all do."

at that time I saw a familiar face at the entrance with one of Applebloom's little friends. rainbow dash. and scootaloo.

scootaloo was the kid Rainbow Dash babysat almost all the time. rainbow thought of the kid as her own sister! scootaloo could have better parents. they're barely around for their disabled 4-year-old. 

scootaloo has an amputated leg. She got in some rollercoaster incident when she was 2 and now has to wear a prosthetic leg. I've never seen a kid stronger than scootaloo though...she seems completely unfazed by this whole thing and has no problem with walking and running in a prosthetic leg. She is a strong kid. stronger than I've ever seen from a kid.

scootaloo has brown skin, pale magenta messy short hair, and light purple eyes. She had a white T-shirt and a blue jacket with a rainbow lightning bolt. rainbow dash's signature symbol. She said some words to Rainbow Dash and Rainbow groaned.

she pointed at me and golden harvest and I immediately wiped my face. making sure no trace of me ever crying showed. 

scootaloo went to play with applebloom and Pip while Rainbow Dash came up to us 2. She immediately noticed my puffy, red, face and turned her head a bit. She sat in between me and Golden Harvest.

"hey!" she said. "you okay?" she turned to me and grabbed my face.  though I removed her hand before she could say anything else.

"yea m' okay. why'd ya' storm off on me and rarity like that though?" I asked, changing the subject quickly. She focused her gaze on the ground and sighed.

"did you find out?" 

I nodded and looked over at Golden Harvest, who was very confused. I realized she'd never met Rainbow Dash before. just heard me speak of her. 

I straightened my back. "oh where's my manners!? rainbow dash, this s' golden harvest! harvest, s' is rainbow dash." I introduced.  Golden Harvest offered a hand for Rainbow Dash to shake but she politely declined and instead looked at the girl's face.

"well hey!" harvest said happily with a wide smile. 

rainbow's eyes widened. "YOUR NOT COUNTRY?" she shouted. "you live on the dusty path right?"  I threw my head back and groaned. forgot to tell her not all people who live on farms are necessarily country...

today's already been a wild day. my enemies and ex's apologizing to me, we went on some sorta date, I found out one of my now girlfriends lied to me...I vented to someone for the first time ever...

and its not even 6:30pm! how wild is that?

 

 

 

 

Chapter 5: south orchard.

Summary:

rah ive been focused on hamilton but i just posted a new hamilton fanfic! its about marliza (maria x eliza cause IDJIOFJOWIFJOWIEJKO I LOVE THEM))

if u wanna follow my twitter its @ heyoceanfanboy i just hit 1.2k!

 

 

"Bright Mac i-i don't know if we could hold her up any longer..." Pear Butter whispered. looking over to the ill grandmother in front of them. "what if...?" she held bright Mac's hand and her turquoise eyes became glossy.

"buttercup that ain't gonna happen alright?" bright mac reassured. he stared straight into his wife's eyes. 

applejack stood at the top of the stairs. listening to every word the 2 said. she stared with a look of worry in her eyes as tears started to flow down her mother's eyes. her father took pear butter in and Applejack could've sworn she saw a tear run down his eyes as well.

it was supposed to be a day of happiness. a day of presents, of laughter. but before they opened the Christmas presents, Granny started coughing uncontrollably, and Pear Butter sent Applejack, Big Mac, and applebloom upstairs to get changed and go to Golden Harvest's house. 

"What If she doesn't?" Pear Butter asked. earning a sigh from her lover and more curiosity from her middle child. was something wrong with granny...?

Before Applejack could listen in more applebloom ran out of her room and quickly down the stairs. Big Mac is right behind her. applejack stood up and made her way downstairs after her 2 siblings.

applejack stood worriedly with her hands in her jeans pockets staring between her passed-out granny and her parents explaining some rules. when they were done applejack whispered something that could only be heard by her mother's strong hearing.

"i-is granny gonna be okay ma?" 

With a bright smile, Pear Butter leaned down to her 12-year-old daughter. "she's gonna be okay applejack. don't worry. just go have fun with Harvest okay?" applejack slowly nodded and made her way out of the door with her 2-year-old sister and her 16-year-old brother. 

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no matter what my mind always seems to land on that night. what was so wrong with granny? why was she passed out? why were Ma and Pa crying...? so many unanswered questions...

it's been a month since Ma and Pa passed. autumn's coming soon, it's normal at school for all I know...just...I can't get that day out of my mind. I want to ask Granny about it but she's so worn out these days that I can barely say a single word to her without her zoning out.'

apple bloom's still the hyperactive excited 4-year-old she always is, big mac's been hanging out with this fancy boy named Shining Armor from the city, I'm still the only person who has to take care of all the shit on this farm + the 4-year-old. 

it's still as stressful as it'll always be.

Rainbow Dash, rarity, and I have been on good terms though. we confronted Rainbow Dash about her lie and she apologized. we tried to get her to apologize to Pinkie but she wouldn't budge. no matter how many offers and kisses we give her.

I sighed with my phone in hand. a passing time I thought as I opened the long-dead group chat between me and my "friends". the last message being one from Fluttershy, the day we all inevitably drifted away. She asked if we were all gonna talk and no one answered her.

I sighed as I scrolled up the year's worth of texts. from sleepovers to parties... all been there since 5th grade. It's all been there since I got my first phone. 

its been there for as long as we've known each other. elementary school. i still remember my first day of 3rd grade when Rainbow Dash sprinted through the playground and nearly knocked me over.

 

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"CATCH ME IF YOU CAN SLOWPOKES!!!" a small but unusually fast girl shouted as multiple other students raced to catch her. She nearly knocked applejack over. 

the girl had (assumed) rainbow-dyed hair, magenta eyes, and brown skin. she had a white t-shirt with a rainbow lightning bolt embroidered on it. over that, she wore a blue jacket and light blue shorts. she had white and rainbow shoes with the laces being wrapped in multiple Kandi bracelets. 

the country girl raised an eyebrow and walked up to the girl.

"what in tarnation are ya' doin'!?" she shouted, throwing her hand out. every student on the playground turned to face her and she could feel her face heating up.  though, she didn't turn around or stop. she was determined to find out just what was making this girl run so recklessly.

the rainbow girl slowly turned to face her and crossed her arms. "who are YOU?" she shouted back. applejack scoffed and rolled her eyes. 

"ya' nearly knocked me over! why're ya' even runnin' so fast?"  

she walked up to Applejack and got suspiciously close for an 8-year-old. "so you're the new girl?" she raised an eyebrow. applejack could tell this girl was gonna be exasperating from the start.

"answer my ques-"

"DASHIE! APPLEJACK!!" the annoyingly loud voice of Pinkie Pie beamed. She ran over to the 2 with a wide grin. "YOU GUYS ARE GETTING ALONG!!!!" applejacks ears started ringing. despite being her cousin for so long, it still seems to make her flinch. 

"no we arent-" 

Pinkie Pie shushed Rainbow Dash and squealed happily. "I HAVE to tell Fluttershy about this SHE'LL BE SO HAPPY!" she grabbed her cousin and her friend's hand and dragged them along to a secluded place. 

it was near the gate cutting off school grounds and the city. A tall white girl was sitting on a red blanket with food in her hand. She had blue eyes and long pink hair. She had an oversized brown sweater and a long yellow shirt on. beside her was a brown bag. She had a flower clip in her pink hair and a bunny in her hand. 

the girl looked up and immediately hid the bunny. Rainbow Dash groaned as Pinkie dragged them both to the girl. 

"FLUTTERSHY FLUTTERSHY!!!!"  she exclaimed. "LOOK!!!" she let go of the 2 and they both rubbed their own wrists in sync. pinkie pointed at the both of them. "THEYRE BESTIES!!" 

"uhm...that's wonderful pinkie..." the other whispered. applejack could barely hear her. 

"I TOLD YOU SHE'D BE EXCITED!!!"

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes and sat next to Fluttershy. "we're not besties. since you're here farmgirl do you want to eat with us?  ms cheerliee says to work on my kindness and this is step one!" she patted a seat signaling for Applejack to sit with her. 

pinkie sat next to Fluttershy and they started to talk. applejack thought 'why not?' it's just a simple group of girls with entirely different personalities.

little did she know that one decision would change her life . 

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if I say I don't miss that, I'd be lying. I would be lying big time. 

I sighed and leaned back into the chair. I was now sitting in one of the sheds at the back of sweet apple acres. where all the alcohol was. I kept looking between the table and the alcohol sitting in front of me wondering if I should take a sip. 

I've never really drunken it before...and I'm 14...rainbow dash says it's a weird substance and Rarity agrees but I just can't seem to believe it unless I taste it myself. 

I sighed. I picked up one of the bottles and popped it open. just before I took a sip I heard a knock on the door and someone rushed in. rainbow colored hair ran through the shed, knocking down some newspapers, and went in the back. 

I rolled my eyes and put the bottle down. "rainbow dash, the hell' are ya' doin'?" I asked before Rarity came in behind her in a more sophisticated manner. Rainbow Dash shot up, pointed at her, and shouted a loud "HA! I WIN!"  

"it was never a competition from the beginning, darling." rarity sat next to me and eyed the alcohol. she looked at me with a worried expression but all I could make out of that was beauty. 

she started with a sigh but before she could even say anything Rainbow Dash came plopping down on the sofa across from us. She also eyed the bottle with a determined look. "we're getting drunk tonight, fellas?" 

this time 2 eyes were on me. 

I cleared my throat. "I was just-" 

rainbow dash ran all over the place, scattered around, and messed up the perfectly stacked papers. "YA' GOT ANY SHOTGLASSES?" she shouted as she looked into a cabinet. 

"what-glasses...?" I mumbled. I have no idea what those are if I'm being honest...I just thought u drank from the bottle...

"darling you don't know what shot glasses are?" rarity asked. she stood up and went to where Rainbow Dash was. this time though she pulled out 3 plastic cups. "eh...do you happen to have...glass cups...?"

I shook my head. my eyes fixated on the bottle in front of me again and I couldn't help but think the possibility of these two actually wanting to get wasted is crazy. we're 14 first of all, I've never had a sip of alcohol, they both said it was weird and now they wanna drink some?

plus, all we have is plastic cups. it's clear that they need more. rarity huffed and she went to sit back down beside me. "I will refuse to take a shot out of a plastic cup," she stated with her arms crossed and head up high. Rainbow Dash groaned in response and sat back down on the couch. we all sat uncomfortably with a lot of tension in the air.

Rainbow Dash wanted to say something to rarity - probably about her sophisticated mind. "it's only a plastic cup!" is what I'd imagine. - rarity wanted to say something to Rainbow Dash but I couldn't really make up her words. I was just there in the middle of it.

it looked as if Rarity and Rainbow Dash were having some argument using their own brains. I cleared my throat slightly which caught both of their attention. "are ya' gonna keep carryin' on in ya' own heads or communicate?" I asked. my eyes were fixated on the ground. they both looked at me. "Ma always said communication was key. while y'all do that, I'll be out in the orchard," I added as I got up from the couch. 

I took one last look at the 2 and then walked out of the shed. I immediately heard hushed voices after some words and smiled. I rolled my eyes and faced the entrance to the many apple trees in the south orchard.

The last time I was in the South Orchard was before Ma and Pa died. they took me, applebloom, and Big Mac over there 3 weeks before to watch the sunset and have a picnic late in the evening. I immediately got a sense of deja vu entering. my mom's voice rang in my ears. "be wary of the sticks" I looked down to see a collection of sticks piling up and I jumped over them before I tripped.  

I avoided the tears pricking at my eyes and ventured deeper into the woods. forgetting about Rarity and rainbow dash as more deja vu settled in and I felt at peace with everything.