Apples Falling Down

Apple Jack sulked over to the gazebo on her Apple Fields as she remembered why she was going there in the first place. When she finally looked up at the small gathering of her family she realized how sad everyone looked,and how sad she felt. When she got to the gazebo she could see Big Mac, Granny Smith, Aunt Orange, Uncle Orange and little Apple Bloom who was sucking on an apple she found. The orange filly walked over to her older brother and looked at his eyes; his usually bright, green eyes were not dull and glazed over. Apple Jack looked down and sigh, then nodded to the priest pony to begin the funeral and he nodded back.

"We are gathered here to day to say goodbye to two beloved friends, and family members." The priest began," Mr. and Mrs. Apple were a pleasure to be around and would great us all with smiles. Would anyone like to say a few things before we put their bodies and souls eternally to rest?"

"I would." Aunt Orange said and stepped forward as the priest nodded and stepped back to let her speak," Apple Strudel, dearie, you were the best little sister I could ever have hoped for. Now we had our different quarrels," she choked up and tried to hold in her tears and managed to gasp out," over silly things.But I could never have asked for someone else to call my little sister." Aunt Orange let the tears roll down her face but didn't make any noises as she nodded to the priest and stepped back to stand with her husband. He placed his head slowly on hers and she leaned into his shoulder to hide her tears.

"Anypony else?" The priest said looking at the small group and Granny Smith slowly walked forward. She looked to the priest with red-ish orange eyes that shinned from her tears and he stepped back again.

"Dear Apple Strudel," she began," you were the sweetest, most kindest mare in all of Equestria and when my young little Red Gala brought you home, I knew you were the one for him. Not too later, you got married, right at this here gazebo. Let me say, that was one of the happiest days of my life." she sniffled a bit and wiped her tears away," Then you had three wonderful little ponies and I became a grandmother. Now your gone, but I will look out for them just as you once do. Now my little boy is gone, but he's with you, so I know hes happy." Granny Smith sobbed out the last part and walked back shakily and her sobs hacked out of her throat quietly. Apple Jack looked at Big Mac as he stared into space and saw tears trickling down his red cheeks. The priest cocked his head slightly as if to ask her if she wanted to say anything and she nodded.

Of the whole group, AJ was the most well kept, meaning she was bursting into tears like everyone else. When she walked up to the coffins contained her parents' ripped up bodies, she opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out and she collapsed onto the ground with one hoof on her father's grave and the other covering her face as she sobbed. "Why did you have to go! You were the greatest parents ever and that stupid train took you both away from me!" She cried out as she looked at the two dark brown coffins laid out before her. Apple Jack lowered her head into the grass and started to sob silently. She could feel the others looking at her with sorrowful eyes, but she didn't care about it. Soon she heard footsteps trotting away and after a minute or two, she heard them coming back and stopping next to her. Then she felt something being placed on her head and looked up; it was their father's hat. Apple Jack looked up with teary eyes at who put it on her head and saw it was none other than her big brother. "But... Big Mac..." he smiled at her but didn't speak. the only tears she could make out were the tear streaks that were there from when Granny Smith was speaking.

He helped her up and looked at the priest with shinning eyes. The priest looked surprised that the once gloomy, sulking colt was smiling and shinning brightly. The priest walked to the coffin and Uncle Orange nodded to him and went back to comforting his wife. "Then without anything further, I rest these pour souls to eternal rest." and with that the two dark coffins slowly lowered into the ground and disappeared. The priest said a prayer and then placed the gravestones into their spots. Apple Jack looked up at her brother and noticed that he was watching Apple Bloom play over by a tree. She sighed and tried to forget why she was there and looked up at the sky. She searched the sky for clouds to identify when she saw two clouds together that looked like her mother and father smiling down on her as she smiled back at them.