The Sour Apple

Sweet Apple Acres- 12:20 P.M.

"She's gone!", Big Mac exasperaterd.

"What, but... how? She was locked in a glass box with only one way in or out!", Applejack exclaimed.

"Ah don't know how she did it lil' sis, but Ah have a pretty good idea of where she's going.", Big Mac stated as his eyes scrunched together in anger.

"Ya don't mean..."

"Come on! We have no time to spare.", Big Mac shouted angerly, "WE MUST FIND HER!"

Ponyville Funeral Parlor- 12:25 P.M.

Everypony gasped as the door swung open aburtly, interrupting Twilight's speech, and Applebloom cooly stepped into the room. Her eyes were glued on the picture of Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash that was in the front of the room, behind the podium that Twilight was standing at.Everypony in the room trailed her with their eyes, as she proceeded through the rows of pews, to the front of the room, and up to the caskets that displayed the once dare-devil Rainbow Dash and the now infamous Pinkie Pie.

Applebloom stared blankly at the photogrgh of the two ponies and tilted her head to the side as a wicked smile appeared on her face.

"Why are you..."

Twilight was cut off by a giggle from the little filly, "Ya'll are holding their funerals together?", Applebloom smiled, "So, that's how ya'll plan to cope with what happened? Just try and forget it?", Applebloom giggled some more and as suddenly as she had appeared her face dead panned, "Ya'll never be able to forget the lesson that my mentor had taught ya'll.", she turned to the stunned crowd and whispered ominously, "Never."

Applebloom turned and walked over to Pinkie Pie's casket and gazed down at her mentor as a tear filled her eye she asked, "Why did you abandon me?", her voice turned from sadness to one of anger and disgust, "WHY? Why did you leave me?", she shouted at the corpse.

She reached in, and as gently as she could, she petted Pinkie's cold cheek.

"Ah would've helped ya if you had taken me with ya.", she whispered.

Twilight, who was now over the intial shock of Applebloom's appearance, enveloped the filly in an aura of magic and lifted her off the ground.

"How did you get here Applebloom?", Twilight asked the filly.

"We'll take her back home Twilight, let her go.", Applejack said as she entered the parlor at a full gallop with Big Mac on her heels.

"How did she get out?", Twilight asked.

"We don't know but we are taking her back home.", Big Mac said.

Twilight released Applebloom from her magic and walked back over to the podium. Applejack walked over to her sister and nudged her towards the door.

"Applebloom, we have to leave." she whispered quietly to her sister.

"And why is that?", Applebloom asked as se began walking towards the door.

"Cuz lil' sis, the folks of Ponyville are afraid of ya.", Big Mac said sullenly when the trio of Apples were outside.

Applebloom smiled lightly and thought to herself as she looked back at the parlor, 'And they should be.' Applebloom glanced back over to her sister, and a small sinister grin appeared on her muzzle, 'They should be.'