My Little AJ

                                                                          My Little AJ

The next morning, Applejack surprisingly didn't cry, she calmly awoke as I picked her up. I walked downstairs to get a bottle for her, and Austin texted me "Happy Fourth of July!". I smiled and could only think about later tonight, how Applejack would be wrapped up in my hoodie, how she'd see the beautiful night sky, littered with firecrackers exploding, making the dark, light.

As Austin came downstairs, Applejack was still sipping on her bottle, when he asks, "Where is that apple you gave her yesterday?". I looked over to the fridge, and he nodded. Applejack finished the bottle, and she starts to squirm around, and she fell asleep, nestled up against my body. I could always keep her warm, mainly due to my unusually warm body, the only time I could get cold was the surface of my skin, unless it was frostbite temperatures. Austin was on the laptop, researching a little more on Applejack, when he saw something that just, broke his heart.

"Jade, I'm glad we found Applejack, look..." He said, with a frown. The only times he frowned is when something horrible happened, and this, this was mortifying! "Applejack's parents, her birth parents, they're, dead." He added. A tear ran down my cheek. Knowing that her parents were dead, but it explains why she lives with Granny Smith. I was glad we found her, but, how long could I nurse her to health? How long will Austin and I get to keep her?

It was 8:00 p.m., it was dark, and I found myself sitting on the park bench, Austin by my side, and Applejack sitting between us, she liked all of the beautiful lights. We saw Emily and Jay at the firework show, and we asked if they wanted to come over after the firework show. They accepted and an hour after the firework show, we were on our way back to mine and Austin's house, when, we walked in on a burglary.

"I want, the pony!" The stranger said. I was glad Emily and Jay was there, or else, the police wouldn't have came, because I tried to call them, but the burglar smacked my phone out of my hands. Applejack was whining in the car, as I glanced behind me, I could see her trying to squirm out of Emily's arms, but it was hopeless. The orange pony was about to cry, but Jay and Emily had to keep her down so the burglar wouldn't spot her.

"We don't have a pony, so screw off," Austin said, growling in his voice. I backed up a few steps, Austin was getting ticked off, and Applejack was in the car, whimpering, and I just wanted to hug her and tell her everything was okay, but, I couldn't give her away. I turned around literally for a second, when I heard the sound of a punch, and then, I realized, Austin had punched the guy. Now, a fight was coming, and Emily had told me the police would be here soon.

Crap! I thought. Panicky, I tried to calm Applejack down by going over to the car and holding her for only a minute, but I also had to keep Austin from beating the crap out of that guy. Just then, the police arrived, as I pulled Austin off of the burglar, the police cuffed the guy, and told me that they've been trying to get this guy for weeks. Says he's looking for a pony. That was when my heart sank, what if he was looking for AJ? Austin's corner of his lip was bleeding, but the burglar had a black eye, and a bloody nose. After the police left, Emily and Jay got out of the car, and Jay handed Applejack over to Austin. I hugged Emily, and being my sister, she hugged back. After I let go, I saw Austin cradling AJ in his arms. The adorable sight drove my heart to explode. An hour later, I found myself lying in bed, wondering why would someone want Applejack?