Applejack made her way out into the outer fields of Sweet Apple Acers, knowing that she should be sleeping but also knowing that the trees needed to be bucked tonight; otherwise they would have nothing for market the next coming months.

So it was to both her surprise and a little annoyance that she heard the sound of somepony bucking apple trees as she drew closer, causing her to shake her head as she thought of who it might be. “Darn that brother of mine, ah told him ah would take care of this mahself.”

She reached the top of the ridge, spying the pony who was bucking apples and getting confused, for it was not her brother who was bucking the tree. It was a young unicorn mare, though by her build Applejack could have sword she was an earth pony, for she was of strong build, yet it was all fine-tuned to where it was obvious that it was a female.

She walked down to the mare, clearing her throat as the other was wiping her brow, catching her attention and causing her to smile as she waved at her. “Well howdy there, ah saw that these trees needed tending to and thought I would come lend a hoof.”

“Well thank yah kindly sugar cube, ah must admit ah wasn’t looking forward to bucking all these trees mahself. My names Applejack by the way; what’s yours?”

“The names Fuji,” said the mare, “ah’m from the eastern land of Chi-neigh.” She then motioned with her head toward the trees, “shall we get started then partner, ah’m sure we can get all these done real fast, specially with a mare like you working the field.”

While Applejack was not unused to flattery, the comment for some reason caught her a little off guard, causing her to blush as the other mare giggled and went to work. Applejack soon followed, and the sound of wood being struck by hooves filled the trees, occasionally filled with the sound of a laugh or a giggle as the two mares worked.

And as they worked, Applejack found that she couldn’t keep her eyes off the mare working the orchard with her, gazing over every feature of the mare and committing it to memory. The mare was an apple mare, that much she could tell by here cutie mark, and red apple with a star emblazoned in the middle of it. But there were other features that demanded her attention, such as her raven black mane and tail, or her earthen brown coat. But she couldn’t distract herself, for she knew where such thoughts would lead her, and while it wasn’t frowned upon to love a mare in pony society, her grandmother was another story.

As if by cruel fate, the mare walked by her while she was having particular trouble with one of the older tree’s, this particular tree being stubborn due to its age. “Nah nah you’re doing it wrong,” she said, gently brushing up against Applejack to move her out of the way as she got into position. “You got to breath in deep before you strike with your hoof, and you have to exhale that breath with your strike, just watch.”

Applejack watched as she took in a deep breath, her leg moving up as she took the breath. Then as she breathed out, her leg shooting out and hitting the old tree dead center, causing all the apples to fall from it.

In that moment, Applejack realized she had been holding her breath, and slowly let it out. “Wow…”

“It’s not that hard,” said Fuji, smiling at Applejack as she turned around. “Now come on, we just got a few trees to go before were done, so get your fanny in gear.”

That got a smile for Applejack, causing her to smile as she got back to work, all the while watching Applejack. She had seen the mare watching her, and had smiled due to the way she was acting around her; for she knew that the mare was probably feeling conflicted about her own feelings. “It must be due to how she was raised…even in this day and age we still have issues like this, but no matter, I’ll have her again.”

They finally finished bucking all the trees, Applejack pulling off her Stetson as the other mare rubber her head with her bandana. They walked over to a nearby hill, sitting down as Applejack turned to look at the mare beside her. “Yah know, I was wondering why yah didn’t just use your magic to get all them apples down.”

Fuji shook her head, “Mah grandpappy always told me never tah use mah magic to pick apple, said that when yah did that, some of your magic seeped into the apple and take away some of the taste.”

Applejack raised an eyebrow, and Fuji could tell she didn’t believe her, which caused her to giggle. “Ah know what you’re thinking sugar cube, I didn’t believe him either, but he showed me the difference.”

She then used her magic to grab to apples, one from a bushel already lying under one tree, and another strait from another tree and floated them over to Applejack, offering her the one that had been in the bushel before letting her have the other one.

To Applejacks surprise, the mare’s words rung true, for the apple that had been plucked by magic tasted less sweet then the one which had dropped from the tree. “Well ah’ll be, ah never woulda thought that magic would have an effect on apples like that, even Granny Smith never told me that.”

“Ah know, but then again my grand-pappy was a smart one when it came tah stuff like that.” She then smiled at the other mare, slowly tracing her hoof along Applejacks back and causing her to shiver. “By the way, ah saw how yah were looking at me while we were working, and ah have to ask, did yah like what yah saw?”

Applejack froze…feeling herself grow self-conscious as she tried to explain. “Sorry about that, ah was just admiring the way yah worked and…”

“Now sugar cube, yah know as an apple mare ah can tell when a pony is lying tah me, so don’t yah start. Besides, you’re terrible at it.”

Applejack blushed, and then hung her head in shame. “Ah’m sorry…ah never wanted this tah hap…”

Applejack then felt a hoof on her cheek, and turned slowly, her eyes opening wide when Fuji leaned in to kiss her. Her body went rigid, her nerves causing her to freeze up as the mare continued to kiss her, till the mare finally pulled away, smiling at the mare as she opened her mouth to speak. “Ah’ve been waiting tah do that since ah first caught yah looking at me sugar, though ah wish yah had kissed back.”

“Bu…bu…”

Fuji put a hoof to her mouth, giving her a serious smile before speaking again. “Look sugar, ah know what kind of thing your granny probably told yah better than most, specially in regards to the feelings yah are obviously having. I know you don’t want to upset her; I never wanted to upset my grand-pappy neither. But ah know one thing, if yah deny yourself something important to yah, yah will never feel complete no matter how well yah live your life.”

Applejack stared at her for a long moment, and then she finally caved, moving forward and kissing the other mare straight on the lips, causing her to moan due to the contact. Applejack pulled her close, rolling her onto her back as she kept the kiss going, moaning into the other mares mouth before finally pulling away, panting as she looked down at the mare below her. “Sweet hayseed, yah have no idea how long ah have been wanting tah do something like that.”

“Ah recon ah might have some idea, but let’s not get anything started out here k, don’t want anypony accidentally stumbling upon us while were…busy…”

Applejack nodded, and then helped the mare up, leading her through the trees over to her the barn; peeking inside to check that nopony was inside and then gesturing for the mare to follow her in and up top. The moment she was safely inside, Applejack pulled her over to a makeshift bed before looking at her and beginning to speak.

“Look sugar cube, not that ah don’t want it, but if yah would be ok with it, ah would feel more comfortable if yah didn’t use any of your magic one me while we…well…sate our urges shall we say. Ah that yah unicorns are supposed to be able to do freaky things with their magic when it comes to…mating, but ah’m just nor ready for that yet.”

Fuji nodded, “Ah can understand that sugar, to tell yah the truth, ah’m not all that comfortable with mah magic at the moment, at least in…in that regard.”

Applejack nodded, then slowly made her way down the mare’s body, hearing her breath begging to quicken as she slowly began to nip her way toward the mare’s lower lips. Now Applejack had never really…“been” with a mare before, but she did have a bunch of…risqué magazines hidden under her floor boards in her room, as well as a copy of the Karmare Sutra hidden under there as well, so she sort of knew what she was doing.

Still though, nothing came to looking at the real thing, and she sat there for a long moment staring at Fuji’s sex in awe. It was swelled, ready and waiting for her touch, and after a moment’s hesitation, she finally moved forward, dragging her tongue along the mare’s sex and causing her to moan out loud.

Fuji was in heaven, the feeling of Applejacks tongue on her sex causing her to squirm and writhe in the mares grip, causing her to tighten her hold and prevent Fuji from moving. Then Applejack hit a particularly sensitive spot, causing Fuji to arch her back and accidentally light up her horn, brushing her magic up against Applejack’s sensitive area.

“Whoa nelly!” screamed Applejack, looking back to see a cloud of red magic hovering near her sex, then she looked back to see Fuji hiding behind her fore-hooves.

“Ah…Ah’m sorry sugar, ah know yah told me not tah use mah magic but ah lost control…sorry…”

“It’s alright sugar cube…to tell yah the truth, ah actually liked it…um, would yah mind doing it again?”

Fuji smiled, lowering her hooves onto Applejack’s head to cox her to get back to what she was doing, before focusing with her magic again. They slowly worked out a steady rhythm, Applejack tentatively licking at Fuji’s inner walls, while Fuji used her magic to explore Applejacks aching sex.

It wasn’t long before both mares reached the proverbial brink, Applejack having never experienced this kind of pleasure before and Fuji not having felt this way in…sometime, and after a few more moments of vigorous ministrations they both climaxed, one right after the other.

“W…wow…” said Applejack, moving up and nestling her head under Fuji’s chin as the mare wrapped her forelegs around her neck, smiling as she began to drift off to sleep. “That was…that was amazing…”

Fuji kissed her on the forehead, then rolled her over so that she could get up, walking out onto the balcony of the barn.

She saw the black mist approaching but before she could return to her natural state and return to it, one of the voices called out to stop her. “Fuji, I am afraid you will not be able to return to us at this time, we have run into a complication that makes it so that you cannot return with us.”

“What happened?”

“Nyx seems to have fallen asleep within the embrace of her lover, and as we cannot wake her, neither she nor you can return with us.”

Fuji looked concerned, but soon shook her head, smiling as she looked back at Applejack. “Ah guess were going to have to put our connections to the elements to the test then, lets just hope Twilight’s theory's are correct when it comes to them protecting us.”

The mist gave her a comforting flick, and then it vanished, leaving Fuji to head back into the bed, curling up with her lover and drifting off peacefully into sleep.

Author's Note

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