An Apple Short

by Violet Emblem X

Rating: everyone
Tags: Sad, Main 6, Apple Bloom, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Cutie Mark Crusaders, Other, Tragedy, Discord
Length: 1740

Appleblooms day starts out alright, but with a warning about something happening at school that day, what will happen to the young filly?

Applebloom goes through the same routine everyday, but this morning has been a little different for her and only goes down hill from there. Kidnapped by one of the most well know villains in Equestrian history, what will Applebloom do now? What will her fellow crusaders think about this? How will her family cope? Read it and see!

Published 2013-05-24 15:00:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-05-26 17:46:55 UTC

A letter to the princess

"BIG MAAAAAAACCCCCC!" Applejack sobbed as she ran back to Sweet Apple Acres. "Big Mac ah need your help!" Applejack screamed, drawing the attention of the two remaining family members at the house, Big Mac and Granny Smith.

"AJ?" Big Mac asked, worried about his little sister.

"Ahm sorry Big Mac ahm so so sorry!" AJ screamed, burying her face in Big Macs mane.

"AJ what are ya sorry for?" Big Mac asked now very worried for the orange mare.

"The pony, and Applebloom, a tried ta save 'er a really did, but he just used his fancy magic stuff an' he hurt me an' the crusaders an-" Big Mac shoved a hoof in AJ's mouth to keep her from talking any more, he felt he had heard enough. His youngest sister was gone.

"Now come on you two, inta the kitchen. Ahm sure we'll find 'er." Granny Smith said as her eyes started to tear up.

"NO! NO GRANNY AH NEED TA HELP 'ER!"

"AJ NO!" Big Mac yelled. "Ya can't, ah don't want to lose another sister..." The two siblings stared at each other for what felt like an eternity.

"Big Mac..."

"Yeah AJ?"

"Ahm still gonna look for her." And with that she darted away leaving Big Mac with a hanging open jaw, staring as she ran into the distance.

"Twilight open the door! Please Twilight!" Silence. "Twilight open the door now!" Silence. "Please, ah really need yer help!" Suddenly the door burst open to reveal a beaming Twilight Sparkle.

"Let me clarify this. Your finally admitting to when you need help?"

"What the hay, is that why ya didn't open the door fer me?" Twilight nodded in response. "Twilight I ought to buck y'all to tartarus!"

"Applejack! I'm only trying to help! If you want to be like this towards me then go home! I'm sure Big Mac or Applebloom can help you because I wo-" Applejack sat on the floor crying at the mention of her sisters name and that one of her supposedly best friends wouldn't help.

"Applejack?"

"It's- it's Applebloom, Twi please I really need yer help..." Applejack said with a quiver in her voice.

"It's okay Applejack just tell me what happened to her and I'll see what I can do." Twilight said, wrapping her hooves around her crying friend.

"Guards! I want you to find him and bring him to me IMMEDIATELY!" Yelled a very enraged Princess Celestia

"Yes your majesty!" The guars said simultaneously, and left with a salute.

"Big sis!" Boomed a voice from the throne room.

"Coming LuLu!" Celestia said in a sing song voice.

"WE SHALT NOT STAND FOR THIS!" Luna boomed through the entire castle.

"I'm coming Luna!" Celestia said poking her head into the throne room.

"TIA! Tell Blueblood NOT to speak ill of Minecraft!" Luna yelled

"Auntie Celestia this is simply absurd!" Blueblood whined. Celestia face-hoofed and escorted Luna out of the room to speak to her.

"Luna this is no time to be acting foalish, we have a crisis on our hooves!" Celestia said, while motioning towards the door with a hoof.

"I know Tia but I couldn't let him say that!" Luna huffed. Suddenly in front of Celestia in a green puff of smoke, a scroll appeared.

"Is this from Twilight? No it can't be, it's far to soon for another friendship report..." She said, while opening the scroll with her magic and reading it silently.

Dear princess Celestia,

I can guess you are confused as to why I have written another letter so soon and I am just as shocked at having to write this as you are to read it. It turns out that a tragedy has befallen us as my friend Applejack, the element ot honesty, is going through grief as her sister was kidnapped. The only logical explanation for it could be that it was a unicorn as Applejack explains it as her sister being shrouded in a pale orange glow. I would very much appreciate it i-

Please princess just find ma sis! A really need yer help! Am beggin ya here!

"Luna! I'm going to ponyville! Cover for me up here!" Celestia said and took of.

"Wha- Tia? TIA!? TIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"So Auntie Luna... Minecraft. Very silly game if you ask me." Blueblood said.

"....... TIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Irregular morning

The sun set over the horizon as a certain yellow filly awoke from her slumber. It was the crack of dawn, but there where many chores to do. The filly sat up in her bed and rubbed the sleep fro her eyes with her hooves. She groggily got up and trotted over to the small apple themed vanity dresser and picked up her hairbrush in her hoof.

A gentle breeze sweeps across the room through the slightly opened window, blowing the filly's hair as she brushes it into place. The top of her head is now adorned by a large pink bow in which the filly had always worn since as far back as she could remember. After fixing her mane, she followed the smell of apple and cinnamon pancakes down into the kitchen where Granny Smith, Big Macintosh, and Applejack all sat at the table.

"Mornin' lil' sis!" Applejack beamed, through a mouthful of pancakes.

"Mornin' Applejack! Did y'all save me some pancakes?" Applebloom greeted in her usual manner.

"Eeyup, but y'all best hurry before AJ eats 'em all" Big Mac said as he finished with his plate and took it over to the sink.

"Awww horsefeathers! I wanted that pancake!" Applejack moaned looking slightly upset

"Poor Applejack, maybe you should go up to bed like a good little foal." Applebloom cooed, chuckling slightly at her sister.

"Ain't no way, no how this pony is slackin!" Applejack yelled, slamming her hoof on the table. Applebloom, Big Mac and Granny Smith merely chuckled at the young mares foalish behaviour.

"C'mon young'ins that work ain't gonna do itself" Granny Smith said, slowly trotting to the sitting room.

"Ahm gonna go start ma chores so ah don't end up late for school 'gain!" Applebloom called, running through the door into the fields. The first job was to feed the pigs. All she had to do was go out to collect the fallen and bruised apples as they wouldn't be getting sold. She collected them all in a few tin buckets and carefully trotted back with one bucket on her head, one clamped in her teeth, and one sat on her back.

"Alright lil' piggies! Time for breakfast!" Applebloom said as she tipped the bucket loads in for the pigs. Suddenly she lost her footing and fell into the pig pen. "Ooof! What the hay!? AAAHH!" She yelled as the pigs trampled her. "APPLEJAAAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!" AJ came running from the southern fields to see what her little sister was yelling for and spotted her under the pigs, being trampled.

"Lan' sakes! Applebloom!" She gasped as she threw in her lasso in which wraped tightly around the filly's waist. "Jes how on now appwebwoom!" AJ yelled pulling on the rope with her mouth. Applebloom came flying out fro under the pigs and landed, not so gracefully on top of a glaring Applejack.

"Hehe, well ah fed the pigs..." She said, grinning nervously.

"Applebloom go and get cleaned fer school!" AJ shouted, watching the young filly scamper away.

"It's jus' not fair!" The young filly shouted at no-one. "Ah can't do anythin' right can ah!? Well ah'll show em' all that ah can! cause I'm a cutie mark crusader an' ah can do anythin' even if it takes-"

"FOREEEVEEEERRR!" Pinkie Pie said, materialising out of thin air.

"AAAHHH! Hones' ta goodness ya scared me Pinkie!"

"Heehee, sorry Applebloom, my pinke sense told me somepony was about to say 'forever' and it just so happened it was you!" Pinkie *squeed*. "Oh my pinkie sense also said you shouldn't go to school today!"

"It did?" Applebloom asked looking slightly confused by the bubblegum coloured mare.

"Yep! Don't go to school today!" Pinkie said with a grin.

"Hmmm, well Applejack tol' me not to disobey big ponies so okay!" Applebloom squeed, with an adorable smile on her face.

"Now hold on jus' a minute Applebloom! Yer goin to school an Pinkie don't tell her not to! Err, Pinkie where'd ya go?" Applejack said looking around for Pinkie.

"But y'all tol' me-"

"Ah don't care what ah said yer goin!" AJ said, picking up the hose and spraying Applebloom with it.

"................" SNAP!

"EEP! Applejack... did y'all jus' hear that?" Applebloom said, shivering although not from the cold water.

"Eenope! Lets go, here's yer saddle bag."

"umm, okay am ah comin'!" Applebloom yelled, running over to her sister who was now a good bit ahead of her.

"come on Applebloom! Yer late as it is!" Applejack yelled, getting annoyed by the filly. "Ah need ta go help Big Mac this is as far as ahm walkin' ya today, y'all can make it by yersel' right?"

"Of course ah can Applejack! Ahm a big filly!" Applebloom said, pouting in a very adorable way.

"Alrighty then! Bye lil' sis!"

"Bye AJ!" She yelled, turning around to make her way to school. Suddenly she was wrapped in a pale orange glow and lifted into the air.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPLLEEEJJAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCKK!
HELP MEEEEEE!"

"APPLEBLOOM! HOLD ON LIL' SIS AHM COMIN!" Applejack yelled running towards her sister full force. Other ponies noticed the commotion and gasped horrified at what was happening.

"Applejack HELP ME!" The filly yelled, tears sprining into her eyes as the pony ran of with Applebloom left floating behind.

"GET BACK HERE WITH MA SISTER YA NO GOOD VARMIT!" She yelled as two small fillies ran over to see why their friend was screaming.

"Hey! Give us back our friend!" Sweetie squeaked while Scootaloo attacked the ponies legs. He effortlessly bucked them into a tree head first and knocked them unconscious.

"GIRLS!" A lavender mare yelled, scooping the unconscious fillies up in her hooves.

"Miss Cheerilee, will my darling sister Sweetie Belle be alright!" Rarity yelled dramatically.

"Yes and so will Scootaloo but first we need to save Applebloom!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" BOOM! The orange farm mare landed on the ground staggering as she tried to stand up. "W-where is he!? T-that no g-good varmit!" She said, shaking her head.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! The filly yelled, her screams becoming more and more distant.

"No... Applebloom. Ah failed."