Life of an Apple

     Apple Drops and Redstreak had slept in, so only Big Mac and Granny Smith were there to say goodbye. Big Mac had to suppress his tears. Applejack, with her things packed over her shoulder, seemed pretty happy to be starting a new life with Aunt and Uncle Orange.

     It then occurred to Big Mac that Applejack still had not acquired her cutie mark. Big Mac earned his the other day, a while after Applejack told him her decision. He realized that he belonged in Sweet Apple Acres, bucking apples, not in a fancy city like Manehattan.

     Would Applejack be different? She really seemed to want to do this for herself. He knew he should've been happy for his sister, but he felt like sobbing instead.

     As Applejack headed off into the distance, farther away from Sweet Apple Acres and Ponyville, Big Mac asked Granny Smith, "Will she come back?"

     "Only time will tell," the old, frail green mare replied softly.