The Apple and his jewel

Epilogue: The Sweet Apple Acres life

Big Mac was bucking trees, like usual. With Applejack having moved out of Ponyville, work at the farm had been a little harder. But he could manage himself. He glanced over at the barn where the living room, bedrooms etc. were, and on a bench right in front of it, there she sat. Emerald had moved in with Big Macintosh.

He smiled, and waved at his now wedded mare. Emerald waved and smiled back in a similar way, and slightly blushed as she ran a hoof over her bloated belly. A very bloated belly. It wouldn’t be long before their foal would be born. Big Mac decided to take a break, and walked up to Emerald, sitting down next to her, giving her a kiss and resting a hoof on her belly, which was surprisingly bigger than his hoof.

Out of nowhere, a ball came rolling across them, chased by a little filly. She had a bright green mane, and a coat with a slightly darker shade of red than Big Mac’s. The comically-sized red bow she wore on her head was a gift from her aunt.

As the filly caught the ball, almost cuddling with it, so to speak, Big Mac lifted her up, nuzzling her. The filly giggled, and sneezed adorably when Big Mac placed her between her parents. Emerald looked at her, and asked her happily: “Apple Jewel, you wanna feel the baby kick?” Jewel smiled brightly, and began running her little hooves across her mother’s big belly, Emerald giggling at tummy rubbings she was receiving.

Jewel jumped a little when she suddenly fell a thud against her hoof. Smiling even brighter, nearly rivaling the old Pinkie’s smiles, she nuzzled her mother’s belly, and hugged it, as if welcoming the new foal to the family already. Big Mac chuckled, and slightly tussled Jewel’s mane. “What do y’all wan’ the foal ta be, Jewel?”, he asked teasingly.

Jewel tapped her chin, and looked up at Big Mac. Still young, thus incapable of actual speech, she replied, “Apple botter!” Big Mac laughed. Apple was Jewel’s very first word she had learned. “Y’all wan’ a baby brother?” Jewel nodded. She knew from Apple Bloom how great brothers were, but with Applejack gone, she knew little about sisters.

“Arright, back ta work ah go”, Big Mac said, getting off the bench, carrying on with his work. Emerald gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. Jewel had placed herself against Emerald, resting her head on Emerald’s lap. As Emerald used one hoof to stroke her belly and the other to stroke through Jewel’s mane, Jewel slowly fell asleep. Her adorable little snoring could be heard, and Emerald dozed off herself, taking in the nice summer sunshine.

Life was good at Sweet Apple Acres. And the Apple family grew bigger than ever.