Finding a Friendby TotallyGoryChaptersFinding a Friend Part 1Finding a Friend Part 2Finding a Friend Part 3Finding a Friend Part 4Finding a Friend Part 5Finding a Friend Part 6Finding a Friend Part 7Finding a Friend Part 8Finding a Friend Part 9Finding a Friend Part 10Finding a Friend Part 1It was any normal day in the town of Ponyville. The ponies would go and do the regular thing that they do everyday. Do their work, talk to their best friends, or some other kind of thing. Take Big Macintosh for example, he does only one thing everyday; work at Sweet Apple Acres. As you can tell, he’s a quiet type of stallion. Sure he would sometimes go into Ponyville, but only for business. He wasn’t the type of pony you could get into a serious conversation in. Almost everypony already knew what he was going to say when they asked him a simple answered question. 'Eyup' or 'Nope.' It’s as if the ponies he tries to talk to just ask him questions on what he’s been doing. And when he tries to actually talk to them using words other than 'Eyup' or 'Nope', something comes up and they have to leave him their without ever hearing on what’s he been doing lately. I mean, all he does is work on a farm, and nothing else. But, he doesn’t mind. He’s pretty sure that the stuff he talks about is boring. He can easily talk to his family, because they know him way more than the other ponies. He also remembered that certain event that happened on Hearts and Hooves Day when he took that Love Poison that the Cutie Mark Crusaders gave him and Cheerilee. It felt like to him, the Love Poison was making him do that ridiculous talking that Applebloom told him. Shmoopey Doo, and Pumpkin Pie, and other names that he didn't want to mention. He just wants to talk to another pony using his own words, and just hang out with them. Just like Applejack's friends. Big Mac and Applejack slowly trotted into the Ponyville Market, where they sell their bucked apples. Big Mac was pulling the main cart, and Applejack was carrying large baskets full of more apples. Applejack would talk about how they bucked those apples right out of the trees, and asked if he agreed that they did another good job for The Sweet Apple Family. Big Mac would obviously say “Eyup” with a small grin on his face. After what seemed to be hours, they finally arrived in Ponyville Market. Big Mac stopped somewhere near the center of the market and started to set up their stand. Applejack put the baskets down on the sides of the cart, and put up a sign that said, One Apple- Two Bits Two Apples- Three Bits Three Apples- Four Bits “Come on everypony, come an’ git your one of a kind, freshly bucked Sweet Apple Acres Apples!” Applejack shouted to the oncoming buyers. The ponies quickly rushed over to the stand, and started lining up to buy some of their apples with bits in their saddle bags, and craving taste buds for delicious apples. All of the ponies got the apples that they have bought and left. Then, Applejack saw a white coated, light purple maned pony. She was wearing what she assumed was a new hat that she designed herself, since it had a couple gems on it. The light purple maned pony, with a slight diva walk in her step, came over to greet Applejack, completely not noticing Big Mac. “Hello there Applejack!” Rarity waved at her as she approached her cart. Applejack turned around as she was putting the bits in her bucket cash register, “Oh, howdy Rarity. I can see you have yourself a new hat.” “Oh yes, isn’t it simply magnificent?” Rarity pointed to her hat. “It sure is, it must of taking ya’ a long time to make it.” “No not really, Spikey Wikey came over and helped me make it” Applejack chuckled a little. That nickname that Rarity gave Spike was hilarious. “Oh really now, well that was mighty kind of him.” “It sure was, but I do say, I wonder why he was looking at my gems rather strangely.” She said while putting her hoof to her chin and pointing her pupils to the upper right side of her eyes. “Well he is a dragon after all.” Applejack laughed as she answered her friend‘s obvious question. “Oh, of course.” She said as she joined in with her friend in laughter. Minutes later, Big Mac assumed that he didn’t need to be here anymore. After all, AJ asked if he can help move the cart to Ponyville Market. So, he trotted away like a shadow in the darkness. He thought about that conversation that AJ and that, Rarity mare, had. Since that’s the only thing he could think of, aside from his work. He never actually had any close friends throughout his life. He almost felt like an outcast. Heck, he was an outcast. He never got to actually talk, or play, or just hang out with real friends. He wanted to ask an expert on how to make friends, but HE didn’t know anypony like that. He walked past a bunch of buildings that he never got to go into. Like that pony AJ was talking to, she said that she owned like a dress shop or something. And she also mentioned a pony with a pink mane, and a pink coat who helped at a store call Sugersquare Lane, or something like that. He got lost in his thoughts when something bumped into him. He didn’t fall over, but when he looked down, he saw a unicorn with a purple coat, with a dark purple main with a strip of light purple as well. She was using her magic to carry a book, but fell onto the ground, and she had a saddlebag that dropped of her back too, and scrolls landed near her hooves. She looked familiar, but Big Mac couldn’t put his hoof on it. He then quickly got on the ground and started to pick up the scrolls. It was difficult for him to pick them up, since he had massive hoofs. She then put her saddlebag back on her back, and used her magic to pick up the scrolls that Big Mac missed and put them neatly back in her saddlebag. She also put her book back in too, probably so she won’t run into anypony back to wherever she was going Big Mac assumed. He then held the scrolls out in front of her, and she used her magic to lift them into the air and again, neatly put them back in her saddlebag. Finally, he then helped her back to her hooves and was going to apologize for accidentally knocking her down, but was interrupted. “Please forgive me, I was just reading this book on how to use new spells by Starswirl the Bearded. This book was given to me by Princess Celestia, so I wanted to read it before I got back to my Library, so I can get an early start on writing them down on these scrolls.” Big Mac had no idea what she just said, all he did was stand their with a very confused look in his eyes. She noticed when she made eye contact with him, and put it into simpler details. “I want to write spells on these scrolls.” she told Big Mac as simpler as she could get. He then gave her a slight nod knowing that he understood. Then she realized she didn’t properly introduce herself. “Oh, I forgot, my name is Twilight Sparkle.” she said while holding her hoof out. Big Mac shook hooves with her and was going to introduce himself. “And your name is Big Macintosh, Applejack mentioned you, and I know you when you battled against Flim and Flam. And, she mentioned you lost in another contest between you and her, and you had to where one of Granny Smith's girdles.” she finished while chuckling. His face went darker than his coat. It was completely embarrassing when he had to do "that". When he walked down Stirrup Street, they all laughed at him while calling him names. Though, when he went back into town the next day, they didn't even point and laugh at him again. Probably because they rarely see him. Twilight stopped laughing. “Well thank you for helping me with my scrolls and everything. Hey, maybe we can meet up, and just hang out. I always love to make new friends, plus it will probably give me something to write about for Princess Celestia.” she asked with a bit of joy in her tone, waiting for an answer. He was surprised to hear someone asking to hang out with him. He just didn't know what to say, even though he rarely talked. Twilight was patient, and waited for Big Mac to say something. “Eyup.” Was all he could say about that. “Okay, well then see you tomorrow, maybe around 3-ish?” “Eyup.” “Alright then, see you tomorrow Big Macintosh.” Twilight said as she walked past him and onto the Library. For the first time, Big Mac felt excited to actually have a someone to talk to, and to hang out with. He just hopes that tomorrow will be what he expects. Finding a Friend Part 2Big Mac trotted back to Sweet Apple Acres with smile across his face. He was glad that he had an arrangement with Twilight to meet with her. She didn't say exactly where they were going meet up, so, he was going to meet her at her Library. Since he had no idea where that was, he was going to wait until Applejack got home so he can tell him. He also assumed that since it was Applejack's friend, she was going to be suspicious on why he was meeting her. It was going to be a long time until tomorrow, so he decided to do his daily chores early today, and early at sunrise tomorrow so he won't be late. However, he was interrupted by a small filly with a bow in her mane while he was bucking apples trees fit for his size. "Hey big brother!" Applebloom called out as she ran over to him, "Why are ya doin' yer choirs so early?" "Well," Big Mac began, "I'm meeting somepony tomorrow and I want to git' my choirs done early today, and early tomorrow so ah won't be late." Applebloom was confused. She always saw him at home after she was done crusading for her cutie mark with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. She couldn't imagine that Big Mac going into town to meet somepony. "Well, who's the pony yer meeting?" "Just somepony." Big Mac replied to her as he bucked a tree. "Is it Caramel?" "Nope." "What 'bout Mr. Cake?." "Nope." "How 'bout Spike?" "Nope." "Well, who is it?!" Applebloom exclaimed. Big Mac sighed, "Ah told you, I'm meeting her tomorrow." "Oooooh, it's a HER!" She said while elbowing him. Big Mac sighed again, "Yes, it's a her." "Is it Fluttershy?" She asked him while walking next to him "Nope." Big Mac was a little annoyed that she was still asking him about the somepony. "Rarity?" Big Mac decided not to answer anymore. "Rainbow Dash?" Still no response. She assumed that it wasn't her since he was being quiet. "Pinkie Pie?" Big Mac stopped at a tree and was about to buck it. "Or is it Twilight?" Big Mac stopped himself just as he was about to connect his legs to the tree, and looked at Applebloom. She gasped in a surprised tone. "So your meeting Twilight tomorrow?" she asked him while putting her nose up to his. He finally answered after a short silence. "Eyup." "Your going on ah date with Twilight, your going on a date with Twilight!" She said while jumping around him, and singing. Big Mac's face burned up. He stopped her with his hoove and managed to get her literally on his arm, and lifted her so he can get face to face. And told her very clearly, "No ah ain't." She was again confused when he answered. "Then why are you meeting up with her?" "We're jus' hanging out." "Oh, okay." she said while putting her hooves back on the ground. "Well, maybe I can help you out." Big Mac just looked at her. "What?" she asked him. "Do ya remember the last time you helped me out?" "Oh yeah, forgot." Applebloom completely forgot that she poisoned him and Cheerilee with the Love Poison. He was a little surprised that she forgot so quickly, since it happened about a week ago. "Well, ah can't wait to tell Applejack that yer meeting up with Twilight." she said while galloping back to the house. Big Mac caught up to her and stopped her dead in her tracks. "No yer not. Cause I'm gonna tell her." "Oh, well okay." Applebloom continued her walk to the house, still being happy for Big Mac. "How am ah gonna tell Applejack?" he asked himself. "She's probably gonna make a big deal out of it, and give rules on what ta do, and what not ta do." He chuckled at his little joke, and went back to his chores. It was sometime in the afternoon, and Applejack came back with a bucket full of bits, and with large empty buckets in the back of the cart that Big Mac pulled earlier. She pulled the cart into the barn with the rest of their equipment, and put the large buckets into their shed. She trotted into the house with their bucket cash register, and dumped the bits in a large glass jar, with a stick of tape on it that said, "NEW BARN ROOF". They've been saving up their money to buy a new roof, since the one that they have now, is starting to fall apart. And they want to save up as much as they can before winter comes. "Howdy ya'll." She said to her family members, as she walked into the kitchen. "We got ah mighty fine worth of money for our roof." Granny Smith turned her head as she was cooking dinner. "Well, that's always good. Ah remember back in my day I..." she fell asleep. The Apple Family assumed that Granny Smith was going to land her head on the mashed potatoes, but she just stood their, sleeping standing up. She was starting to snore louder than a cattle herd full of cows. As Granny Smith was taking a nap, Big Mac was nervous on telling Applejack, that he was going into town to meet Twilight. And, to ask where she lived. Sounds a little stalker like to him. But, he just had to straight out tell her. "Uh, AJ?" "Yeah big brother?" she turned her head to make eye contact with him, but his eyes were going from left to right. "Uuuh...um...well." he managed to stutter out. "Big Mac's going on ah date with Twilight!" Applebloom exclaimed. She also managed to wake up Granny Smith. Big Mac's face was in shock. He couldn't believe that Applebloom told her. Not to mention that she said it was a date. "Yeah, Big Mac's going on date with Twilight tomorrow and..." She was cut off with a hoof covering up her mouth. "Applebloom!" he exclaimed. "What? Your were stuttering, and it seemed you were having trouble." she told him. "Well, that's because I'm nervous, okay?" "So yer gonna to meet up with Twilight tomorrow?" Applejack interrupted their conversation. Big Mac looked back at Applejack, and looked down at the floor boards. "I said, are you going to meet Twilight in town?" she said in a very serious tone. Big Mac seemed he was going to have his face melted off with the hotness of his face. But, since the family were honest ponies, he should just tell her. "Eyup. I'm going into town to HANG OUT with Twilight." he said while turning his head to Applebloom for a brief moment. "The thing is, ah haven't gotten a clue on where she lives." Her serious/angry face went immediately to happy and surprised. "Oh mah goodness, Granny Smith. Big Mac is going to hang out with one of mah friends!" Applejack said to Granny Smith. "Oh, well isn't that swell. I remember when I got my first a best friend. Her name was...uh...uh... um, her name was..." Granny Smith put her hoof up to her chin. Shortly, after she chuckled. "Well, it seems I forgotten my best friends name." Everyone started to laugh. That's what happens in somepony's life, they start to forget the past. Applejack stopped laughing, and turned back to Big Mac, "Well don't you worry big brother, I'll be happy tah help you out." Big Mac gave her one of his warm smiles, "Thanks AJ." "Of course. Anything to help out mah big bro. Alright, here's where ya need tah go..." Sorry if this was short chapter. And, sorry if the grammar is messed up again. First fan fic and stuff. Finding a Friend Part 3Twilight was trotting back to her library, with that book she was reading before in her face. She was so eager on reading it, that she simply couldn't put it down. Even if she ran into somepony. But she was so intrigued on the magnificent studies that Starswirl the Bearded did back in the day. He created almost all of the magic that unicorns use today. After what seemed short minutes to Twilight, she finally arrived at her home. She used part of her magic to open the door in front of her, and went inside. She heard Spike humming in the kitchen, and put her things down on the sofa. Spike heard Twilight enter the room, and stopped what he was doing to talk to her. "Hey Twilight." Spike said to her. "Hello Spike." Twilight replied as she sniffed the air, "Boy, something smells delicious." "Yeah, it's this new recipe that I got from Pinkie Pie when I went to Sugercube Corner earlier. She said it's called 'The Pinkie Pie'." "The Pinkie Pie?" Twilight asked. "Yup, it has the mixtures of all of the pie's, but with some pink dough." "Wait, how did she get pink dough?" "Beats me, but I tried it, and it's actually pretty good. Here, try some." Spike then took a slice of 'The Pinkie Pie', and held it out for Twilight to taste, which she then put the bit of pie in her mouth. She chewed it for a while, then swallowed it. "Wow!" Twilight exclaimed. "I know, that's what I said!" Twilight then went to sit down at the table in the center of the kitchen, and waited for Spike to finish up the pie he was making. She insisted on making the food for herself and Spike, but since she had a lot on her schedule, Spike just started to cook for the both of them. Neither of them talked for some time, and Spike finally broke it. "So, how was your day today Twilight?" Spike asked, as he was finished up making 'The Pinkie Pie'. "I bumped into Big Macintosh today. Literally." she replied. "Isn't that Applejack's older brother?" "Yeah, I set up a schedule for me and him to spend the evening tomorrow." "Hmm." Twilight was curious on that "Hmm". "Is something wrong?" she asked him. "Well, I rarely see him around in Ponyville and he's was always at Sweet Apple Acres all the time." he told her. "That's the reason I wanted to hang out with him. It seemed that he didn't have any friends." "Kinda like a date?" Twilight's face quickly became red. "Absolutely not a date!" she told him. "Okay, okay. So you two are just hanging out?" "Yes." "Okay well, where are you guys going to hang out?" he asked her. Twilight completely forgot that she didn't mention on where they were going. "Oh no!" she exclaimed. "What, what is it?" "I forgot to tell Big Macintosh where I live. I only told him the time!" "Well what are you gonna do?" "I guess I'll wake up early, and meet him at the farm." Spike thought for a moment, and told Twilight, "That kinda sounds stalker like if you ask me." "How so?" "Well," Spike began, "your going to be waking early in the morning, going down to Sweet Apple Acres, and asking Big Macintosh to spend the entire day with him." "Look who's talking." Twilight chuckled a little. Spike blushed, "Hey! Just because I like Rarity a lot; doesn't make me a stalker!" "Well, you do go to her boutique quite often." Spike didn't have a comeback at all. "Alright, you got me there. But a least she actually needs help making dresses. I can see the stress that she goes through." "Yeah, I suppose so." Spike then went back to the oven, and pulled out another pie. He then slice it up; using his claws, into six different pieces. He then put two of the slices on two plates, and brought them over to the table. He set one down in front of Twilight, and one at his place at the table. They sat and ate in silence again. Then, Twilight got an idea. "Hey, maybe we can go on a picnic!" she said to Spike with some pie in her mouth. "A picnic?" he asked. "Yeah, I can bring some food at the park, with some of this 'Pinkie Pie', and we'll have a nice picnic together." "Don't you think it's a little too soon for that?" "No, why do you?" "Not really, but if that's what you wanna do." Twilight smiled, "Thanks Spike." "What for?" he asked. "For baking some more 'Pinkie Pie' for me and Big Macintosh!" Spike looked at her with a 'are you kidding me?' face. "I'll give you some tasty gems." Twilight said as she held out a bowl of all types of gems. Spike quickly gave in, "Oh, alright." "Thanks number one assistant." Again, another short chapter. I promise the next one will be longer. Finding a Friend Part 4The early morning sun beamed down on Ponyville. Down at Sweet Apple Acres, Big Mac was already out of bed, and out on the field doing what he promised himself yesterday. He put on his hitching collar, and went outside. The early morning temperature hit against his coat, and caused him to shiver. But that measly weather wasn't going to stop him. He wanted to finish his chores to spend time with Twilight. He first started by plowing the dirt fields. Granny Smith and Applebloom were going to plant corn, so they can have something to feed themselves. Well, mostly Applebloom, probably so she can get her cutie mark in gardening. Then, he moved on to painting the barn. Applejack asked him last night to paint the barn a new shade of red. It didn't take very long, he took his time and made sure that the paint was well designed. Finally, he finished up on bucking the apple trees that he had to do for the day. After a short while, he finally finished all of his chores. He was a bit cold due to the morning weather, and also tired. So, he went back inside to get warm. Twilight felt sunshine escape through her curtains next to her bed. She was a bit annoyed, but she had to get up anyway. She slowly got off her bed, and stretched. She looked to the right, and saw Spike happily dreaming, with what appeared to be pink stains on his scales. She chuckled a little on how he told her that getting a certain stain on his scales was difficult to remove. She then went down her stairs, and into the kitchen. She saw on the table, a picnic basket. She trotted over to it and opened it up. She saw four hay sandwiches, two water bottles, some carrots, two apples, two paper plates and 'The Pinkie Pie'. She smiled at the display, and muttered to herself, "Thanks Spike." She then used her magic to pick up the picnic basket and head over to Sweet Apple Acres. Big Mac was inside the house, sitting near the fire. He held out his hooves to get more warmth, since he had to walk on the cold ground. He was glad that he finished his chores early. A bit self confidence. "Now let me go over the directions again." He said to himself. "I go past Sugercube Corner, then trot on by that boutique. Then I swing by Ponyville Hall. And I reach Twilight's Library." He was about to go upstairs to look at something before he was about to leave, but there was a knock at the door. He was a bit curious on who would be up at this time of day. So, he went to go answer it. He then opened the door, and saw a unicorn. It was Twilight to be exact. He didn't think spending time with him so early would be a big deal he thought to himself. "Hello Big Macintosh." Twilight greeted to him. Big Mac was completely silent, still a bit surprised to see her. She was also carrying a picnic basket. "I forgot to tell you where we were going to spend time together. So I got up early, and thought we could go for a picnic." She finished explaining. He had a confused look on his face. Why would they go on a picnic? Especially early in the morning. This isn't what he had in mind on the day to hang out. He assumed they were going to just go for a walk. Or, do some activity. But a picnic? That seemed a bit rushed Big Mac thought to himself. "I know it's too early to go for a picnic, but I didn't know what else to think on what we should do. I mean, the stuff I do normally would probably be boring to you." Twilight finished saying. She did have a point. She heard plenty of stories from Applejack, on how she was always studying in her library with a book in front of her, not really caring about anything else. "So wad'ya say?" she asked him while smiling. There seemed to be some sort of squeak that came out of nowhere. He was back in surprise for a moment, but finally answered. "Eyup." "Great! Shall we go?" "Eyup." They trotted back into Ponyville, both walking the same speed. It was a quiet walk, but that seemed to calm Big Mac most of the time. When they arrived, all the streets were empty. There was nopony in sight. That's what both of them assumed since it was still in the early evening of the day. They then headed over to Ponyville Park. Twilight was going to set up somewhere near the center. She set the basket down, and took the food out using her magic. She also used her magic to pull out a white and red tiled blanket to lay on, and set the food on top of it. Big Mac's mouth watered up when she pulled the food out. He forgot to eat something before he left. But he was going to eat now. "Well, are you going to lye down and eat?" Twilight asked him. He forgot that he was still standing up. She took out a paper plate for both of them, and set it down in front of them. Twilight then got out a hay sandwich, an apple, two carrots, and the water bottles. She set them down on his, and her own plate. They finally had all the food out. But something caught Big Mac's eye. He say a rather funky looking pie. He had a very confused look, and Twilight saw it. "In case your wondering, my friend gave me that recipe for that Pie. It's called 'The Pinkie Pie'. It has mixtures of all various pies, combined in one." Twilight finished. Big Mac was still looking at the pink dough. "Also, I have no idea how, or even where she managed to make that dough pink. I'm just as confused as you are." After that short explanation, they ate in silence. Not one of them saying a word. But Twilight saw that he was having difficult eating. Probably due to his hitch. "Big Macintosh, why don't you take that thing off? It seems to be bothering you." Big Mac then got a nervous look on his face. "Nope." "Well, why not?" He looked away at Twilight. "Oh come on. I just want you to be more comfortable." she said with a bit of begging in her tone. He kept looking away for awhile, but finally gave in. He reached around to the back of his neck, and started to take it off. It took him a while, but he finally did it. He held it up using one of his hooves, and then lowered it to show his strong neck. He did feel much better, but had a sad look in his face. Exactly to the left of his neck, was a huge scar. It completely horrified Twilight. "Oh my goodness! What happened?" Twilight exclaimed. Their was no use trying to get out o this one. He had to tell her. "It all began back when I was just a small colt." he began, talking in a low deep voice. Twilight was surprised to hear Big Mac talking to her, but she was more interested in the story. It was a stormy night on the farm, and it was raining hard. My Ma and Pa and myself where out in the apple orchard, bucking the apples trees. Applejack was just a kid, and Applebloom was just a little filly. They were both inside with Granny Smith watching em'. She was a bit younger back in the day. We were behind schedule, so we had to work overtime. We spent at least all morning, and all night bucking apple trees. It felt like my legs were rubber the time we took a break. All of a sudden, I heard a loud growl. I looked to my left, and saw a pack of wild Timber Wolves. I could hear their growling in this rain. I couldn't just stand their and just let them come into our land and mess it up. So, I charged for the one in the middle, and kicked him with my back legs as hard as I could. The impact sent me down to the muddy ground. The one I bucked slowly came up to me, and lifted its sharp claws, and it hit me right on my neck. Surprisingly, it just about grazed me, but it sent me right into a tree. I could feel the blood coming out of my neck, down to the ground below. The same one came up to me, and raised its claws again, and was going to finish me off. But then, I saw my Pa run into that Timber Wolf, and put him to the ground. My ma then kicked a Timber Wolf back into the group. My pa then yelled out to me, "Big Macintosh, I want you to run back to the house, and barricade yourself, Granny Smith, and your sisters! Do you understand me?" I finally got back to my feet and yelled back to him, "Eyup!" "Now go! GO!" I ran as fast as my legs could take me. I didn't even dare to look back. All I could hear, was loud yelling, and roaring. I finally made it back to the house, stumbling inside with blood dripping down my body. "Oh sweet Celestia Big Macintosh! What happened to ya!" Granny Smith exclaimed to me. "Ma and Pa told me to barricade ourselves." I replied back to her. "Now why would we..." she was interrupted by loud a roar. She could recognized that roar anywhere. She put Applebloom down, who was crying, and started to help me put our furniture in front of our doorway. We heard Applejack come down from her room. She probably heard Applebloom crying. "Why in tarnation are ya'll putting the couch in front of the doorway?" she said with her cute accent. She too, heard that loud roar. "What was that?" she asked either one of us. But we ignored her. We didn't have time to chat. After we put as much objects in front of the doorway, we shut the lights off, and bundled together. It was all quiet, and we stared to hear multiple foot steps. We could hear the Timber Wolves at the door scratching it and hitting it. It seemed the door was about to knock down. But luckily, we stared to see lights coming from the base of the door. "Hey! Go on git you filthy animals!" one pony yelled to them. "Get on outta here!" we heard another pony. We heard the Timber Wolves steps getting farther away from the house, but we all still bundled up. It was all quiet again for quite a while. Then we heard a knock at the door. "Hello? Is anyone in their?" somepony said on the other side of the door. Granny Smith then got up, moved some furniture out of the way and answered the door. The pony was in shock to see us all inside the house. "Oh, thank Celestia you all are okay!" he said to Granny Smith, and to us. "Yes sir, we are okay." Granny Smith replied. "I thought for sure that the those Timber Wolves got you." "Well, what about my son, and his wife? Are they alright?" Granny Smith asked. The man looked down at the ground with a very sad look on his face. "I'm truly sorry ma'm, but I'm afraid that your son, and his wife didn't make it." Granny Smith was in deep shock. She stood their letting tears running down her eyes. We could hear her just weeping right in front of us. I too, heard the man, and started crying myself. I looked over to Applejack, and she was crying too and she started to shake. I nudged near her, and wrapped my hooves around her to comfort her. I held her close to me, and she was letting her tears fall down her face, and on my coat, but it didn't bother me. After a week or so, we finally had a funeral for both of them, and it was a difficult time for all of us. We stood at the graveyard with some family folks, and some of my parents friends. We all had a saddened look on our faces. We heard the priest saying some gibberish on heaven. He was also mentioning the last will of my parents. "If the Apple Family could step forward please." he called out to everypony in the crowd. We assumed it was us, so we got up, and got closer to their graves. "For a Granny Smith, they leave you the owner of Sweet Apple Acres, and to look after their children: Macintosh Apple, Applejack Apple, and Applebloom Apple." he told Granny Smith. "Also, for Applejack, the father leaves his hat, which it says, "I would like to give my lucky hat to my beautiful daughter, Applejack. Please treasure it like it was your own". And for Macintosh, a hitch left from the mother." Applejack and I went and got the things we were given to, and we watched as our parents were slowly being lowered into the ground, to put at peace. Big Mac felt the tears coming in his eyes. He started to full out cry right in front of Twilight. Twilight was speechless. She couldn't believe on what happened to his parents. She then got up, and sat next to him, and started to comfort him as best as she could. "Big Macintosh, I am so sorry for your loss." Twilight said with a soft whisper. Big Mac's tears didn't let up. He continued to let them fall down his face. He started to feel a little better after a while. "Yer the first pony I ever told this to." he said to her. She was surprised to hear that she was the first one he talked to her about this. "Why didn't you tell anyone else?" Twilight asked. "I don't normally go out on stuff like this. I'm just the plain old colt, who just works at a farm with no real friends." Big Mac said with anger in his tone. "No your not," Twilight began, "Your the bravest colt I ever met. You protected your family from danger. You are the one help secure your family's safety." "But I couldn't save my Ma or Pa." "At least you saved Applejack and Applebloom." Big Mac looked down, she was right. He did protect AJ and Applebloom. And even Granny Smith. He then looked back at her. "Thank you Twilight." "That's what friends are for, right?" "Yeah, right." They then, finished up their picnic, and started back into town. Finding a Friend Part 5Twilight and Big Mac walked back into town. There were finally some ponies coming out of their homes and some were opening up their shop. It seemed such a short time when they were in the park but, at least everypony is up. They saw Rarity open up her shop as they walked by. She came out of her store, and put up the opening sign. They also saw Sweetie Belle gallop off with a saddle bag on her back. They assumed that she was going to school. Twilight and Big Mac had no idea what they could do next. They both already ate and there isn't much do to around Ponyville. Like an activity they could do together. Wait, activity. Then Twilight got an idea. "Hey Big Macintosh, would you like to go bowling?" He focused his eyes on hers. "Bowling?" he asked. "Yeah, we can go bowling at the bowling alley." Big Mac never really got into that sport or activity or whatever you want to call it. So, he might as well give it a try. "Eyup." "Great!" They finally arrived at the bowling alley, and went inside. They saw some ponies already bowling. Some even had the same matching shirts on too. But their was this one colt that was disturbing both Big Mac and Twilight. Their was a colt in a what appeared to be a purple jump suit and a hairnet in is mane. But the most disturbing thing was he was cleaning his own bowling ball near his unmentionables. So, they both tried to ignore him the best they could. They went to the front desk and got a lane directly in the middle. As they trotting to their lane, they noticed that a purple jump suit colt talking to some other ponies. He was saying on not to mess with him or something. They looked up at the dashboard and saw their names up on the screen. First, was Twilight. She used her magic to pick up the ball, and went to the end of the safe part of the lane. You know the part where you can't put your hooves on or else you will probably slip and fall on your flank. As she did so, Big Mac noticed a familiar looking pony at the the snack bar. He had an orange coat, with a blonde mane, and he had his mane and tail, which was really long, braided at the end. He also had a mustache but it looked fake to him. Not to mention he was eyeing them the whole time they got here. Big Mac knew exactly who it was. He then got up and went over to him and left Twilight asking the colt next to their lane on how to bowl. Big Mac had a serious look on his face as he approached Applejack dressing up like a colt. She stumbled a little bit when she saw him, but she got her focus back. Big Mac started wondering how she knew they were coming here and how she got in this place so early. It was 11:00 a.m. right now, and this place doesn't open up until somewhere around nine. "Ahem, uh hey there friend." AJ asked Big Mac in a deep voice. "Hi." Big Mac said in a serious tone. He noticed she was starting to get nervous. "Uh, um... what can ah get ya?" "I'll have a burger." "Uh, ah beg your pardon?" "I said, I would like a burger." he said again. "Oh um sure thing." she replied. Big Mac knew Applejack only knew how to make apple related treats and nothing else. He saw AJ walk back into the kitchen, and started up the grill. While it was heating up, she trotted over to the fridge. She started looking for the burger meat, but Big Mac knew it wasn't in the fridge. It was in the freezer. She finally gave up after searching every corner of that fridge and turned around to look in the freezer. Surprisingly, there was a freezer in the back. Big Mac never assumed it could fit an actual freezer big enough for ponies to walk in. He then saw her go in the freezer, and he lost sight of her for a couple of minutes. He heard her grunting, and what sounded like slipping and falling. After a while, she finally came out with a small box of burger meat on her back. He could also hear her shivering. She walked back to the grill, and set the box down next to it. She pulled out a stack of meat, with thin pieces of plastic in between each patty keeping them from freezing together. And the next thing she was about to do, was absolutely foolish. She placed her hoof on the grill. She quickly pulled it away and shouted out in pain. She ran to the sink, which was already filled with water, and sighed in relief when she put her hoof in the water. She glanced back at her brother, and gave a quick chuckle, then went back to her work station. She finally put the patty on the grill, with a sizzling noise. She waited their while whistling and waving to Big Mac at the window frame. "Boy, that sure smells good don't it?" AJ asked Big Mac. He had to admit, that did smell pretty good. "Eyup." he replied. After a short while, there seemed to be some kind of burnt smell in the air. *sniff sniff* "What's that smell?" AJ said aloud. She looked at Big Mac who was looking at the burger. She then focused her eyes on the patty that had black smoke coming from it. "OH MAH GOODNESS!" AJ exclaimed. She forgot to get a spatula. She quickly ran over to multiple drawers trying to find a spatula. It seemed she looked in all these drawers at least twice already, until she heard Big Mac clear his throat. She looked back at him, who was looking at the window frame. The spatula was right there. She quickly ran over to it, grabbed it with her mouth, ran back to the grill, and flipped the patty on its other side. She saw that the side facing up was burnt , but, she decided to complete this so she won't blow her cover. Suddenly, AJ saw Twilight walk over to Big Mac, and saw they were actually started talking to each other. "Big Mac what's the hold up? It's your turn." she told him. Big Mac looked at the score board, and saw Twilight got an X. "Ah'm just waiting for mah burger to be done." "Well, he's taking an awfully long time." Twilight said while looking at her. He then whispered in her ear. "It's actually Applejack." She chuckled a little, "Really?" she whispered back. "Eyup." From AJ perspective, all she could see, and hear, was them laughing. "What in tarnation are they laughing about?" she asked herself. Big Mac and Twilight both sat their, and waited for Applejack to finish up his burger, which WAS taking longer than any other pony should. But, they they were in no rush. After about an hour, of cooking one measly burger, she finally got it on buns with some ketchup, and some pickles, with some lettuce and tomatoes. She almost dropped it on her way to the counter where Big Mac and Twilight were sitting at. "Here. Here's your burger sir." she said while setting down the plate in front of him. Big Mac then got an idea. "No thanks, ah'm not hungry no more." "WHAT!" AJ exclaimed. "Eyup. Me and mah friend here; are gonna go for a stroll in Ponyville. Ain't that right Twilight? Big Mac asked Twilight who was trying not to laugh out loud. "Eyup." Twilight replied. They both left their bowling game early, and went out the door. AJ stood their in anger. "After all that time, he just doesn't want it anymore?" she again said to herself. The colt in the jumpsuit came over to her and told her, "Hey, get me a burger." She ripped of her fake mustache, which landed right in front of him and said, "Ah'm on mah break. Here, have this one." She said while sliding the plate out in front of him. She then went out the door to follow Big Mac and Twilight. Finding a Friend Part 6Big Mac and Twilight came out of the bowling alley, and into Ponyville. The afternoon sun beamed on them, blinding them for a short moment, and were about to go about Ponyville and find out what to do next. As they walked, Twilight started suggesting other things that came to her mind. She mentioned getting something sweet to eat at Sugercube Corner, take a visit to Rarity's Boutique. Big Mac wasn't liking any of these ideas. He didn't really like sweets. They give his stomach an unease grumble. Also, he wasn't into the whole fashion dealio. He just had his hitch and that was good enough for him. "Oh come one Big Macintosh, you have to at least try some of the sweets at Sugercube Corner. They're out of this world!" Twilight said with some a begging tone in her voice. "Ah'm sorry Twilight, but like ah said, I don't really like sweets." He replied. "Pleeeeaaase?" She said while looking at Big Mac with a very irresistibly cute face. Big Mac tried to resist and look away, but it was just the cuteness got the better of him. "Oh alright." Big Mac finally said. "Great! Also do you wanna go see Rarity at her boutique?" She asked. "Ugh, now you're trying to make me go to a fashion designer?" "Well I don't mean to offend you, but you could use a touch up on your style." Big Mac was concerned, "What's wrong with mah style?" "I don't have a passion for fashion, so I'll suggest we see Rarity for that." "Fine. Also, it will probably get us away from Applejack." Big Mac pointed at her who was pretending to read a newspaper. Applejack looked up, then saw both of them looking at her. She quickly buried her face back into the newspaper. They both chuckled and were on their way. First, they went off to Sugercube Corner, Big Mac didn't want to go to that boutique yet. As they approached, they could smell a sweet scent in the air. The smell of cookies, cake, and other kinds of treats. Big Mac was a bit disgusted but Twilight seemed to take amusement in it. They opened the door and a sound of a bell was made when they opened the door. Immediately, they saw Pinkie Pie appear from the kitchen. "Hey there Twilight and Big Mac. It's super duper to see you." She said with her normal cheerful voice. "Hello Pinkie. Big Mac wanted to try out some of the treats here." Twilight explained. "Well we have THE best treats in Ponyville!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she quickly went back into the kitchen, then came out with all sorts of treats. "We got: cookies and milk, cupcakes, muffins, cinnamon rolls, cake, lollipops, ice cream, apple pie that I got from AJ and all sorts of candy!" "Boy, all of this looks delicious. What do you want Big Mac?" Twilight asked. Big Mac kept looking at the tray of treats. He wasn't sure what to have. They all didn't look very good either. But, Twilight really wanted him to at least try something. So, he picked up a cupcake. Twilight and Pinkie both looked at him with a bright smile and eye look. He looked at it with disgust, then slowly brought the cupcake to his lips. He opened his mouth, and gave it a small bite. He chewed it slowly, while Twilight and Pinkie were waiting for an answer. "So?" Pinkie and Twilight asked together. They both saw the cupcake chunk go down his throat, and saw a satisfied face on Big Mac. "Wow! This has got to be one of the best cupcakes ah ever had!" Big Mac exclaimed. Twilight laughed, "I told you they had the best kind of sweets." "Ah can see why." Big Mac said as he finished the rest of the cupcake in one bite. "Oh that's just one cupcake. You can try the rest of these treats!" Pinkie Pie pointed to the trey. "Don't mind if ah do." Big Mac said with a small grin. Then he quickly grabbed all the treats his hoofs can grab. He stuffed some of the cookies in his mouth, then chugged the glass of milk. Then, he ate the muffin as quickly as possible. Next, he stuffed the slice of cake in his mouth, leaving some frosting on his face. Twilight and Pinkie started to get worried. "Uh Big Mac," Pinkie began. "you may wanna slow down on those treats. You know what happens when you eat too many sweats." "Don't worry, I'll slow down." Big Mac replied as if he didn't even hear Pinkie Pie. He then dove face into the apple pie, gobbling it up in a flash. Then all of a sudden, he just looked up as if he was looking into space. After a short moment, he fell onto the floor groaning in pain while holding his hoofs on his stomach. "Told ya!" Pinkie Pie said. "Well, thank you for letting us try some of these treats Pinkie." Twilight said while using her magic taking a cookie and a cupcake. "No problem Twilight, come back anytime." "Come one Big Mac, let's go." Twilight said to a groaning Big Mac. "Uuuuugh, uh, give me a moment." After Big Mac got through the whole stomach problem, they slowly trotted to Rarity's Boutique. It took them awhile to get their, because Big Mac was walking slower than his usual rate. However, on the way, they happen to run into Applejack who was trying to be incognito. Applejack was in shock that out of all the ponies that were on the streets, they ran into her. "Oh, hello Applejack." Twilight greeted her. "Oh, uh, hey there Twilight. Um, hey Big Macintosh." Applejack said while giving a fake smile. "Hey AJ." Big Mac replied to her greeting in another serious tone. "So, what brings you into town?" Twilight asked. "Oh I'm uh...I'm uh...buying apples." she said while pointing at another apple stand. "But, you sell apples. And, you have an apple farm." Twilight pointed out. "Um, uh, more the merrier, right?" she said with a nervous grin. "Well it's been nice talking to y'all, but I really should get back to the farm, I gotta uh...buck some more apples. See ya!" then she galloped off back to the farm. Big Mac and Twilight stood there laughing. "That was the most made up story I ever heard!" Twilight said trying to breath and speak at the same time. "Well, she isn't the type that lies." . "I can see why. Well, let's go to Rarity's Boutique already. Big Mac stopped laughing. "Oh yeah." he grumbled. "Oh come on. She really isn't that bad, she is very generous." "If you say so." "I do say so." Twilight and Big Mac were directly out in front of Rarity's Boutique. They could hear the sound of machinery and a very frustrating sounding pony. Then, they heard a very loud crash inside They quickly ran inside and saw that Rarity was on the floor with some of her material on top of her. "My goodness Rarity, are you alright?" Twilight asked. "Well, I can't use my magic to get all of this stuff of me, so no, I am not alright. Would you mind helping me please?" Twilight was using her magic to the material off of her. After she got all of the stuff was back on the shelves , while Big Mac was getting her back on her hooves. "Thank you Big Macintosh, and thank you Twilight." Rarity said while brushing herself off. Then they heard her scream which made them both jump. "What's wrong Rarity?" Twilight asked. "Eeeh! Big Macintosh, I can't believe you!" Rarity exclaimed. "What?" Big Mac asked Rarity. "You got cake frosting on my hooves!" Rarity said while showing him her hooves, "They're simply ruined!" Big Mac looked at his hooves and saw that their happen to be frosting on his hooves. "It's just frosting Rarity." Twilight said. "Well, you know that I don't like things being messy." Rarity looked back at Big Mac, "Speaking of which, Big Macintosh when was the last time you ever bathed yourself?" Big Mac put his hoofs to his chin and thought for a moment. The answer was clear to Rarity when he was just being silent. "Very well, let's get you cleaned up." she said while walking towards him. Big Mac instantly started backing up, "I don't feel really comfortable with all this." "Well you simply can't go out looking like this." "I don't mean to misjudge you, but I like my style the way it is." "Very well then." Rarity said in a defeated sigh. "Twilight hold him down." "Wait what?!" Big Mac exclaimed. "I'm sorry Big Macintosh, but I just can't stand letting something like this go uncorrected." Rarity said while using her magic to get the comb out from her drawer, and using it on Big Mac's mane. But that had little success. His hair was just too thick. So, Rarity put away her comb and brought out her own personal brush from her drawer and gave it to Twilight. It was difficult at first, but she managed to get his hair better than before. Next, she asked Twilight to take of his hitch. As she did so, Rarity started working on something for Big Mac to wear. She started up her sewing machine and started sewing simple shirt surprisingly fast. As Rarity was finishing up her final touches on the shirt, Twilight was still combing his hair. After a while, Rarity came back with a shirt fit for Big Mac's size. She put it on for him, then Rarity and Twilight stood back to admire him. "There, that should do it!" Rarity finally said after a long moment of looking at Big Mac. "It just seemed like you just brushed mah hair and put a shirt on me." Big Mac said while struggling with his neck collar. "Well, I don't mean to be rude, but it does look better than just wearing that filthy hitch you wear all the time. Oh, do you mind?" Rarity said while holding a wet cloth near his hitch. "Nope." She then proceeded to clean every inch of his hitch to make sure it was perfected. After watching her for a moment, she finally stopped. She showed both of them the aftermath of the cloth. "Oh my, just look how filthy it was. "I just wanted to say thank you Rarity for doing this for Big Macintosh." Twilight said. "Not a problem Twilight. Generosity is my middle name." Rarity said while holding a hoof up to her chest. "It is?" "No not really, I hear people say things like that." Twilight giggled, "Well thanks again and goodbye." she said while her and Big Mac walked out. "Goodbye Twilight, goodbye Big Macintosh. You two would make a very good couple!" she shouted out to them as she went back inside. Big Mac and Twilight instantly stopped in their tracks and looked at each other. "Um...did she just say...?" Twilight asked while pointing a hoof back at Rarity's shop and blushing. "Eyup." Big Mac replied blushing as well. "Oh." They both stood there in silence for quiet a while just looking into each others eyes. "Pretend like we never heard that?" Twilight asked. "Eyup." "Okay, well Big Mac, this was a very fun day. I had a very good time with you. And sorry it was a little weird for you." "Don't worry about it Twilight. It wasn't your fault." Big Mac insisted. "Thank you. Maybe we can do this tomorrow." "I would love that." "Alright then, see ya tomorrow Big Mac!" Twilight said while trotting back to her home as well as Big Mac. As Big Mac was walking back to his farm, he re-messed up his mane again, and put his hitch around his neck over his shirt. Finding a Friend Part 7Big Mac finally arrived back at his home and it was about nine ,o, clock in the afternoon. He saw off in the distance, Applejack, bucking apple trees. He was going to talk to her later about earlier. He heard steps coming up behind him, and something landed on his back. It was Applebloom. "Hey there big brother!" "Hey Applebloom." "How was yer date with Twilight?" she asked. "It wasn't a date, remember?" "Oh yeah. Anyway, how was it?" "It was okay, Applejack was watching us pretty much the whole time." he replied. "She was? Why?" "That's what ah'm trying to figure out. I'm gonna talk to her later." "Okay then, my day was alright. Me, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, tried getting our cutie marks at the construction site." "There's a construction site? Where?" Big Mac turned his neck to face Applebloom. "Didn't ya here? The bowling alley got burned to the ground, but nopony got hurt." "What happened?" "Apparently, somepony who was working the kitchen, somehow got it up in flames." "You don't say?" Big Mac said, pretending to be concerned. "Yeah, I mean, what kind of dodo would do that?" "I dunno." Big Mac replied while looking forward again. "Well anyway, tell me how yer day with Twilight was." Applebloom sounded like she desperately wanted an answer. "I'll tell ya later. Right now, ah think we should go and get some dinner." "Okay." Applebloom replied a little sad on not hearing the answer immediately. Inside the Apple Family home, Granny Smith was in the kitchen again, making dinner. The smell smelled like she was making spaghetti with some boiled vegetables. Applebloom jumped off his back, and ran into the kitchen to help her granny. As for Big Mac, he went to his room to look at that thing he wanted to see before he left. He trotted up the stairs at his own pace, and reached his room that was the last door on the left. The first door was Granny Smith's room, then Applejack's, and on the right, was Applebloom's room, and finally, his room. He looked back, making sure nopony was looking. He closed his door behind him, and went to his chest on the floor. He opened it up, and pulled out a beat up old doll. He laid down on his bed, still holding the doll. He continued to stare at it, stroking its body with his hoofs. "Ah din't mean to take it Twilight," he said to himself, "I really mean it." "Big Mac, go get yer sister! Dinner's ready!" heard Granny Smith yell to him. He sighed and put the doll back into his trunk. He trotted back down stairs and went outside. He looked for Applejack at the place he saw her before. Luckily, she was there. He needed to talk to her right now. "Hey, Applejack!" he shouted out to her. She stumbled and missed the tree that she was about to buck. She quickly stood back up. "Hey their Big Mac, what's up?" she asked nervously. "What's up is why were you following me and Twilight all day?" he replied furiously. "What, me? Ah would never follow you." "Applejack, I saw you at the bowling alley, I saw you somewhere near town, and I bumped into you while you trying to buy apples!" "Alright, you got me. Ah just wanted to make sure everything went okay with you and Twilight. I never meant to hurt yer feelings." she said ever so quietly. "It did hurt mah feelings. It hurt me that you don't trust me with making friends on mah own." he responded in the same quiet tone as Applejack. "Ah'm truly sorry Big Mac. I shoulda known better on to trust you." "It's alright Applejack." he then hugged her, and Applejack returned the hug. "You do know you have ta go help with the construction site, right?" Big Mac said while still hugging her. "You heard about that, huh?" "Eyup, Applebloom told me what happened." Applejack let got of his hug, "Yes, I will." "Good, now come on, let's go get something to eat." and they both walked back to the house together. Big Mac and Applejack entered their home, and went to the kitchen to eat. His family members were talking to one another. As for Big Mac, he just ate his food in silence. He was still thinking about that doll, and Twilight. "She sure was nice to me today. I don't think ah ever met a mare like her. Actually, she's the only mare ah ever talked to." he was interrupted by Applebloom. "Big Mac, can you please tell us how yer day with Twilight was already?" "It was alright." Big Mac replied. "What did ya do?" "Well, we just hung out is all." "That's it, you just, hung out?" "Eyup." "That seems pretty boring, you guys coulda done some other stuff in Ponyville." "We just hung out is all." "If you say so." Applebloom finished up her plate, and went in the living room to do her homework. It was getting late, and Big Mac decided to go to bed. He said goodnight to Granny Smith and his sisters. When he closed his door, he went back to the chest again, and got out the doll. He started thinking about Twilight. For some reason, he couldn't get her off his mind. Sure she was smart, and pretty, and nice to talk to. But does she feel the same way? They only hung out once, and he already has these feelings. "She'll never go for a stallion like me," he said to himself quietly, "She's the smart one, and ah'm not very smart at all." he sighed. He held on to the doll in his hooves, and drifted off to sleep. Thinking of Twilight. Twilight used her magic to open up her door to her library/home, trotted inside, and closed it behind her. She was greeted by her assistant who was dusting on a ladder. "Hey Twilight! How was your day?" he asked while jumping off the ladder. "It was alright. Me and Big Mac saw Applejack today." "Really, how was that?" "Big Mac said she was following us, and I have no idea why." "Seriously? Heh heh, that's pretty funny." "It was I guess." "So, what did you do with Big Mac?" "Well, first we went to the park for our picnic, then we went to the bowling alley, and finally, we just spent some time in Ponyville." "Sounds like an average day to me." "Not for me." Twilight said quietly while blushing and looking at the floor.. "What was that?" Spike asked. "Oh, uh, nothing." Twilight replied quickly. "O...kay. Well, I'm gonna go to bed." Spike said while heading up the stairs to his small bed. "Okay Spike, heh, goodnight." Twilight waited for Spike to get into bed, and fall asleep. "Why did I say that? And why did I blush? Why can't I get him out of my mind?" Twilight started asking herself. "He's just a normal stallion. One who works hard, has a very strong voice, and is very nice. She sighed, "What does he see in me? I'm sure he likes other mares all around town better than me. Gosh, we only hung out once, and I'm already getting feelings for him?" she sighed again, and went upstairs to her bed and laid down while stared at the ceiling, "I'm just...an egghead." She finally fell asleep with one thing on her mind. Big Macintosh. Finding a Friend Part 8There was a clear view of a beautiful green meadow. There were all sorts of flowers and plants. Big Mac saw two butterflies, happily flying through the air, not giving a care in the world. He started to trot forward so he can explore this meadow some more. He looked up into the sky, and saw a shape of a heart in the sky. He observed it more closely, and just right to the cloud heart, was a shape of a colt. And on the left, it was a mare. Why did there happen to be, a perfect accurate shape of a colt and a mare? All of a sudden, the clouds he was looking at, turned to color. The colt on the right, changed to a bright red, with a brown color around his neck. And on the left, the mare turned to purple. And she had a horn too. It was him and Twilight. Suddenly, something shiny caught his eye as he was looking up. He looked forward again, and saw a purple shining dot at a distant tree. He suddenly started running towards it. Twilight was laying down, her eyes looking towards the sky. She was looking at the gorgeous blue sky. Two birds suddenly popped up in front of her. They started tweeting a random catchy tune. She joined in with them. After a short moment, they suddenly took to the skies. As she was watching the birds fly, she noticed three clouds shaped like a heart, a colt, and a mare. She saw the clouds move slowly across the sky when they started changing colors. On the right, the cloud turned red, they middle cloud turned hot pink. And the one on the left, it turned purple. She looked more closely at the one on the left, and noticed it had a horn. And the red cloud, had brown near its neck. She wasn't sure if that was her, or some other mare who was purple. That's when a red dot started blinking. She desperately wanted to know what was that red blinking dot. She started running towards the tree that the red dot was blinking next to. Both ponies were swarming with ideas on what it could be. A star that fell from the sky? Some sort of contraption that happened to blink red and purple? But all of these ideas were wrong. Instead, what they say before them, was even better. Big Mac and Twilight both looked at each other from each side of the big oak tree. They both gave each other warm smiles, and started to slowly trot closer to one another. They finally reached direct eye contact, and Twilight gave him a playful grin. She started running around Big Mac, then, around the tree. He then started chasing her, while they both laughed happily. Twilight ran around the tree multiple times, until Big Mac finally grabbed her. They both softly landed under the oak tree, lying next to each other. They continued to stare at each other for quiet a long moment, then their faces slowly moved closer. They closed their eyes, and flexed their lips. "BIG MAC, WAKE UP!" somepony yelled on the other side of his door. Big Mac saw he was kissing the beat up old doll. This instantly woke Big Mac, and he quickly put the doll back inside his trunk. Applejack finally entered the room, "Come on big brother, we got chores ta do." "Eyup." Big Mac said softly. He was a bit disappointing that a perfect dream, had to be ruined. He finally got out of his bed, and put on his hitch, then went outside to do his chores. "TWILIGHT, WAKE UP!" Spike yelled at Twilight, who was kissing her extra pillow. "Huh, uh, what?" Twilight said still half sleeping, and half awake. "It looked like you were having a weird dream." Spike pointed to her pillow which had drool on it. "NO! I had THE most perfect dream, and you had to ruin it!" Twilight yelled at Spike. "Geez, I'm sorry. What was it about anyway?" Spike asked. "It was about me and Bi-" she stopped herself. "Who?" "Oh, never mind." Twilight said sadly. "Alright then, well, we got some work to do today." Spike jumped off her bed, and then downstairs. "Yes, of course." Twilight got off her bed, and went downstairs behind Spike. Big Mac wasn't himself today. Usually, he would get these apples out of the trees in no time at all. But, he was thinking about that wonderful dream he had. Sadly, Applejack noticed this. "Hey big bro, what's eatin' ya?" Applejack asked as she trotted towards him. "Oh, just a bit tired is all." Big Mac replied. "Well, is anything on yer mind?" "No, not really." "I know that look Big Mac." "I swear, I'm fine." "Alright then, we gotta get these apples out of these trees by lunch time." Applejack said while moving back to her spot. "Eyup." Twilight was finding it difficult to do her normal studying today. She would read the words on the page a little bit, but then she would lose her concentration, and think about that dream. She was just so...happy. Spike noticed as he was dusting the shelves. He jumped down, and tapped Twilight on the shoulder. "Uh, Twilight, are you okay?" She jumped when she felt his claw, "Oh, uh, yes, I'm fine." "You want to talk about something? Anything at all?" "No, it's alright Spike." she said kindly. "Okay, but I'm over here if you need me." Spike said while climbing back up the ladder. "Okay." Twilight thought back to that dream. Everything just felt so...right. Even if it was a dream. After what seemed to be short minutes to her, she looked back at the clock, and it was 3,o,clock. She was again tapped by Spike on the shoulder. "Um, Twilight, are you hungry at all?" Spike asked. "Ooh, I know, I'll go get lunch with Big Mac!" she exclaimed happily, and then bolted out the door, to Sweet Apple Acres. Back at the farm, Big Mac continued to work at a slow pace. He looked back at Applejack, who was working harder as ever. Then, he heard hoove steps approaching, He looked towards the entrance, and saw Twilight. "Twilight!" he exclaimed happily, and left his station to go talk to her. "Hey Big Mac!" she replied, "So, I was wondering, do you want to go get some lunch with me?" "Ah would love to. See ya Applejack." "Wait, what?" Applejack was dumbstruck. In Ponyville, they decided to go to that place that Rarity mentioned to her one time. They decided to take a table outside to enjoy the beautiful day. After waiting a very long awkward moment, a unicorn waitress finally arrived. "Good afternoon, sir and madam, I'll be serving you today." she said with a very kind voice. "I will have a green leaf salad." Twilight said to the waitress. She saw her write the order down on her small notebook. "And for you sir?" "Ah'll have a hay sandwich." "Very well, I'll be back momentarily." She then trotted back into the restaurant. "So, Big Mac, how's your day so far?" Twilight asked. "Well, mah morning was pretty bad, but okay." he replied. "Yeah, same here. I had the most wonderful dream." Twilight said trying not to get to descriptive. "Me too, but Applejack ruined it." Big Mac said disappointingly. "Yeah, Spike ruined mine." "Well, do ya remember what it was about?" "Yes I do. I was laying down on a the most beautiful meadow, looking up at the clouds. When I saw clouds shaped like a mare, a colt, and a heart." "That was in mah dream too, only, they changed colors." "Really? It happened to me too. Then all of a sudden, I saw a blinking red dot out on the distance." "Same. But I saw purple." Twilight was a bit curious on why it seemed that they had the same dream, "So, I started running towards the light, and that's when I saw you." she pointed to Big Mac. "Ah did the same the same thing, but I saw you." "And, I saw...you." Twilight said blushing. "Eyup... and then we..." Twilight knew what happened next. They both started moving their faces closer to each other. They were at the same distance they were near the end of their dreams. Their lips almost touching again. "Aaaannnd, here's your salad, and here's your sandwich. Have a nice day!" the waitress said before trotting back in the restaurant. They both looked at their food, then back to each other, then sat back down to eat their food. They ate in silence, making things awkward again. They finally finished their dish, and started walking back to the farm. "Sorry if this was a short visit." Twilight said to him. "Nonsense, being with you is always the best." after a while, he finally realized what he just said, "Ah...ah...what I meant was." Twilight giggled while blushing, "It's alright Big Mac, I enjoyed it too." He sighed in relief, "Good." They finally arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, and saw Applejack still bucking apples. "There you are!" Applejack said furiously, "Now, why did you run off like that? We were supposed to buck the apples, and sell them at Ponyville Market. Now we're behind schedule." Big Mac was completely nervous. Then, he heard Twilight speak up, "Hey Applejack, I'll be more than happy to help you with your problem." "Really? You'd do that?" "Yes I would." "Oh, thank ya kindly Twilight. Now let's go. Twilight, you go with Big Mac and he'll show ya where ta begin." Applejack went back to her spot that she was at before. Big Mac gestured to her to follow him. She walked behind him, happily watching his muscular body. She ran into him when he stopped and quickly turned around. They both blushed, and quickly stepped away from each other. "So, uh, you can start right here." "Alrighty then." she moved to the tree in front of her, turned around, and kicked the tree with all her might. She only managed to drop three apples to the ground. She looked at the dropped apples, and gave a small embarrassed squee. Big Mac only laughed a little bit, and told her she can use her magic. She thanked him, and easily got all of the apples out of the tree, and put them in a large basket. After a countless tree count, they finally called it a day. They trotted back to the house with a wagon full of apples. Applejack had her money apron on, and had the wagon from the barn. "Wow! I didn't think Twilight had the leg power to get all them apples!" she said surprised. "Eyup, she sure is the worker." Big Mac complimented which caused her to blush. Applejack was a bit curious, but she let that curiosity go. "Anyway, ya'll wanna go into town with me to sell these apples?" Applejack asked both of them. "Uuuh, actually, ah think ah'm gonna stay here." "Okay, how bout you Twilight?" "I think I'll stay as well." "Oh, alright then. See ya guys later." Applejack then proceeded into town. When she was out of sight, Big Mac and Twilight went to the house to enjoy each others company. Finding a Friend Part 9Big Mac held the door open for Twilight as they entered Big Mac's home. She thanked him, and got a glance inside his home. It was like any normal kind of family home, you got your: couch, rug, chimney, a coffee table, and a recliner. Big Mac offered her a seat on the couch which she gladly accepted. He trotted into the kitchen to get some refreshments for both of them. As he did so, Twilight started looking around the living room some more. On the wall, were some pictures of his family. Going from left to right, there was a baby picture of Applejack wearing her hat, little filly Applebloom in a crib, and a picture of little Big Mac wearing an over sized hitch around his neck. And finally, there was a picture of teenage Big Mac, slightly teenage Applejack, a little younger Granny Smith holding toddler Applebloom, and an adult mare and colt. Then Big Mac came back into the room with two glasses of water. "Hey, uh Big Mac, who are those folk in that picture?" Twilight asked while pointing to that certain picture. He sighed, "That's my ma and pa." "Really? They looked so young." "Eyup, it was a blast being with mah parents. Ah don't think ah can ever remember a time, where I was happy, then back in the day." some tears started swelling up in his eyes. "Oh my goodness, are you okay?" Twilight asked. *sniff* "Eyup, ah'm fine." "Do you want to talk about it?" He stopped for just a moment, "You don't mind do ya?" "Absolutely not." she said with a smile. "Thanks." "Don't mention it." The beautiful sun was shining down on Sweet Apple Acres. The birds were chirping, the clouds were moving very slowly across the sky. And apples were falling. His dad out somewhere in the field, bucking apple trees. Inside the Apple Family home, his mom was cooking dinner, Big Mac was helping Granny Smith take care of Applejack and little baby Applebloom. Applebloom was chewing on one of her toys, and Applejack spelled the word "Apple" using her word blocks. "MACINTOSH! Come out here!" a colt's voice called out to him. He instantly knew it was his father. He quickly ran out the door, and started looking for his parents. "Macintosh!" his father called again. He was glad he called out again so he can follow his voice. Finally, he found him. "Ah, there ya are son." "Hey dad, whatcha need?" Macintosh asked him. "Well son, ah think it's about time you learn the ways of the Apple Family." He gasped, "Really?" "Eyup." Macintosh started jumping with joy, "Yay, ah can finally help out with the family! Hey, maybe ah can get mah cutie mark with apples!" "Now, calm down son, you have a lot to learn." Macintosh stopped jumping, and looked back at his father. "Now, first lesson: try and get some apples out of this apple tree." he pointed to the tree next to him. Macintosh trotted to the tree, and kicked the tree. But when his back legs made contact with the bark, he fell to the ground. "You all right son?" his father asked as he helped him up. "Eyup." he stretched out his legs to show him that he was fine. "Good, first of all, that ain't the way ya do it. Ya can't just go and kick the tree like a goofball. Ya gotta find the sweet spot first." he trotted to the tree, and started knocking on it using one of his hoofs. He started walking around the whole tree, while still tapping it with his hoof. Finally, there was a distinctive noise, and he tapped it some more so Macintosh can hear it. "Ya here that? That's were the sweet spot is. Now go ahead, try again." Macintosh turned around so his back hoofs were facing the direction were his father tapped. "Right here?" Macintosh asked "Eyup, right there. Now, remember, lean forward with yer front legs, and kick the weak point." Macintosh aimed his back legs at the weak point. He stabilized his front legs so he won't fall over again. Then, he finally kicked with all his might. He nearly fell a second time when he kicked the tree again. He looked on the ground, and saw a couple of apples on the ground. "Great job son!" his father exclaimed, "If you work real hard at this, you might become the best apple bucker throughout the whole Apple Family." After that day, Macintosh got up early every morning, to go on a run. He would run from his home, all the way to the school and back. And if he had time, he would run back to the school again. Every time he finished running, his mother would be up, cooking breakfast. "Macintosh, were you out on one of yer runs again?" his mother asked. "Eyup, ah really wanna make you and dad proud." Macintosh replied. "Oh sweetie, you already make us proud for just being yerself." she said while kissing his forehead. "Thanks mom." "Yer welcome. Now, how bout some pancakes?" "Oooh, mah favorite!" After eating his breakfast, Macintosh would head outside to the orchard, and look for his dad. When he found him, he would ask if they can start on their lessons. They would do some stretching first, then run a few laps to get their blood flowing, and finally, they would buck apples. Near end of the day, Macintosh's legs would feel like they've been replaced with rubber. It was quiet a work out for a small colt as himself. But later through the weeks, he was getting stronger. One day, Macintosh and his pa were working out on the field and something unexpected happened. Macintosh heard his dad call out to him. When he found him, there was a large branch on top of him. "Dad!" "Ugh, Macintosh?" he said weakly. "What happened?" "A...a large branch fell on top of me when I was about to kick this here tree." he replied. "What do ah do?" "Go an git yer mother." "Okay, I'll be right back." Macintosh quickly ran back to his home, and found his mom in the kitchen. "Mom!" "Macintosh, there is no yelling in the house." "Sorry, but a large branch fell on top of dad." She gasped, "Where?" "Follow me." Macintosh led the way were his father was. After a couple of minutes, they finally found him. "There!" Macintosh pointed out. "Honey buns!" his mother called out to him. "Hello dear." his father replied. "Are ya hurt at all?" "Ah think so, mah back is killing me. Can ya git this branch off mah back." Macintosh and his mother worked together to get the branch off of him. It wasn't that hard, since they worked on a farm and all. "Don't worry dear, we're gonna get you to a hospital." his mother said helping him up. "Ah don't think that's necessary." "It is, come on now." She walked him to the barn, and got out their cart. "Now Macintosh," she began, "we are gonna be gone a couple of days. Tell Granny Smith, to look after ya'll, okay?" "Eyup." "Now son," his father began, "even though ah'm gonna be gone for a while, ah'm counting on you to get yer chores done. Can you promise me that?" "Ah promise dad." "Thanks son." Then his mom carried his dad with the cart, into Ponyville. Macintosh trotted back to the house, hoping that his dad will be okay. He entered his home, and started looking for Granny Smith. She wasn't in the living room, and she wasn't in the kitchen. So, he thought maybe she was in her room. He went upstairs to her door, and knocked on it. "Uh, Granny Smith?" Macintosh called out from the other side of the door. "Yes Macintosh, come in." she replied. When he entered her room, it had a funky smell at first, but eventually he got used to it. Granny Smith was on her rocking chair, with a sleeping Applebloom in her arms. "What is it Macintosh?" she asked in a whisper. "Pa got hurt from a branch falling on him." "Oh dear, is he alright?" "Don't worry, ma is taking him to Ponyville Hospital." She sighed, "Oh, that's good." "And ma told me that you have to look after us 'till the get back." "Alrighty then." "Okay. See ya Granny." The next day, Macintosh trotted back out into the fields. He started on a random tree, and got to it. However, he didn't really feel like himself today. He usually found it better working with his dad. Since he wasn't here, it was difficult to keep his mind focused. But, he promised his dad that he would get these apples out of these trees. So, he used all of the lessons that his father told him, and worked his tail off. Later that day, his face was practically, filled with sweat. He has never worked this hard in his life. Finally, Granny just had to stop him. "Macintosh, how long have you been working?" she asked him. "Almost all day, ah can't let pa down." he was just about to kick another tree, but he passed out. When he finally woke up, he was in his room. He had an ice bag on his head, and a tray of food on his side table. It was one of Granny Smith's apple pies. He happily gobbled it down, and got out of bed. His legs were still very sore. He went down stairs to see if anypony was home. To his surprise, his mom and dad were already home. "Mom? Dad?" "Macintosh! You finally woke up." his dad exclaimed. "But, yer back..." "Oh, it was nothin' serious. But the doc said to keep away from the chores for a whi-" he stopped in mid-sentence. "What?" Macintosh asked. "Look." his mother pointed to his flank. He looked at it, and saw that there was half an apple. "Oh mah goodness! Ah finally got mah cutie mark!" "Son?" his father got up slowly. Macintosh stopped cheering, "Ah'm very proud of what you did with yer chores." "Really?" "Eyup, ah don't think ah could do all of that. But you showed real maturity, and ah proud of ya." he then hugged him, and Macintosh hugged him back. "Thank you dad." "So, that's pretty much it." Big Macintosh said while finishing his glass of water. "Wow, so that's how you got your cutie mark?" Twilight asked. "Eyup. Ah think, mah promise to mah dad that day, pushed me on getting mah cutie mark." "But, it didn't seem you actually knew what your cutie mark represented." Twilight pointed out. "Ah know. But hey, you don't see me complaining." "Yeah." They sat their in silence again, but Big Mac wanted to say something. "Twilight?" "Hm?" "Thank you." "For what?" she asked. "For listening and all. Yer the closest friend ah ever got." he said while blushing. "Your very welcome." "Sometimes, maybe...more than a...friend." he said quietly. "Really?" she said in a surprised tone. "Um, yeah. Even though we only hung out a couple of times, ah truly like every part of hanging out with you." "M...me too." she replied blushing as well. "Really?" he asked the same question as Twilight's. "Yes, I have the same reason as you do." They sat in silence again, but they maintained eye contact. Suddenly, they both moved towards each other very slowly. Their bodies and faces were both slowly inching towards one another. This time, there was nopony around to stop on what was about to happen next. Their lips were finally touching and the kiss sent chills to their spines. Twilight pushed Big Mac's body, so they can have more comfort. Big Mac was on his back with his strong hooves around her well fit body. Twilight had her arms around his neck, but his hitch was in the way. She slowly started taking it off. She only broke the kiss to put it down on the floor. She started kissing him again, this time, she finally had her arms around his very strong neck. Big Mac felt something against his teeth, and found out, it was Twilight's tongue. He slowly opened his mouth, and their slippery tongues had more of a kick to the kiss. He heard Twilight moan a little bit, and he assumed it was pleasure. Big Mac wanted this moment to last, but, a mare with a blonde mane, broke it up. Finding a Friend Part 10"What in the HAY, is goin' on in here?!" Applejack asked very furiously. Twilight quickly got off of Big Macintosh. "Applejack! Wha...what are you doing back?" Big Macintosh asked. "Ah came back to make sure SHE wasn't doin' nothin' to mah brother!" Applejack started moving towards Twilight, who was backed up into a wall. "Wait, so you never left?" Big Mac asked. "Never mind that, I saw that she was taking advantage of you. And that don't role with the Apple Family." Applejack then grabbed Twilight, and threw her out the door. "Now go on git Twilight! And never come back!" Twilight started tearing up. Big Mac could hear the sobs of Twilight as she ran back to her library. "There, that's takin' care of." Applejack said happily. However, Big Mac was furious. "WHY, did you do that!" Big Mac shouted with all his voice. "Well, I say her on top of ya, and ah figured she was just doin' it for our apples." "No! She had the same feelings as ah did with her. Ah can hardly believe, she would do that for apples." "Well...uh...I." "Never mind Applejack, right now, ah gotta go talk to her." Big Mac started galloped to Twilight's library as fast as he could. Twilight quickly went inside her library/home, put a force field around it, and locked the door. She ran upstairs, and cried on her bed. Spike only heard her cries upstairs, and quickly got to her side. "Twilight, what's wrong?" Spike asked. "EVERYTHING!" Twilight shouted at him. "What do you mean by "everything"?" "It's Applejack, she doesn't want me to see Big Macintosh anymore." she said while still crying. "Why?" Twilight didn't answer. Instead, she just cried. Several moments later, she finally said something. "I...I...I don't know what to do Spike." she said with a shaky voice. "Why don't you go talk to him?" "I...I...I." Twilight stuttered out. "Come one Twilight, you have to at least try." "I can't." she admitted. "Why not?" Spike asked. "I'm afraid." "Of what?" "Applejack..." she whispered to him. "Why are you afraid of Applejack?" "She threw me out of her home when me and Big Mac talked." Spike had a shocked facial expression, "Really?" Twilight didn't answer again. Then, there was a loud thud outside. Twilight went to her window, and saw that Big Macintosh was on the ground, rubbing his head. "Big Mac?" Twilight shouted out to him. "Twilight!" "What re you doing here?" "Ah had to know if you were okay." "I'm fine, alright?" Twilight then closed her window. Big Mac stood there, dumbstruck. Then, he called out to her again. "Twilight?" She opened her window again, "What is it?" "Why don't ya'll come down here and we can talk?" "No thank you." she re-shut her window. "Twilight!" Big Mac yelled out once more, "Twilight!" But it was no use. She never went to her window, nor did she even answer. Big Mac stood there for quiet a long time, until he finally gave up, and went back to Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack was sitting on the sofa, waiting for Big Macintosh to get back. The door swung open, and she saw him with a very sad look on his face. "Big Mac, is she alright?" she asked. That sad tone, quickly turned to angry, "Oh, so now you worry about yer friend, you threw her out of our home for pony's sake!" She looked down at her hooves, "Ah know, ah'm sorry." "Oh, ah know you are. Ah don't wanna hear it, maybe Twilight would!" Applejack's facial expression worsened, "I...I don't think she'll want to talk to me after what ah did to her." "Applejack please, she's your friend. You have to at least try." Applejack thought it over for a moment, then answered, "Alright, I'll go and talk to her." "Thanks sis." Back at Twilight's home/library, she continued to cry. Spike, was downstairs, trying to do his chores. But, every time he would, for example, put some of Twilight's books back on their proper shelves, she would make a loud crying shout, and he would drop the books in the process. Then, there was a sound of a pony hitting Twilight's force field, then falling over. Twilight went to her window, and saw Applejack. Out of all of the ponies, it had to be her. "Oh, well look who it is!" Twilight shouted to her. "Twilight, ah need to talk to ya!" Applejack replied. "Oh, what do you wanna talk about? Maybe throwing me out of her home?" "Twilight, ah'm truly sorry about that." "Oh, you're sorry now?" Twilight then teleported down to Applejack, "Now, you're going to tell me you're sorry? What, did Big Macintosh tell you to apologize because you threw me out of your home?" "Well...ah...ah." was all she could say. "I guess you have full control over your brother. You have to tell him to: go kick this tree, go kick that tree, hang out with one of my friends. Oh wait, I don't like her getting in a serious relationship with you, I'm gonna throw her out of our house. And now, I'll go apologize to her because my big brother told me to, after something I don't realize, is bad." "Now Twilight you listen to me!" Applejack shouted to her, "Now, ah KNOW what ah did to wasn't the right thing to do, but ah have no control over you and Big Macintosh. It's his and your choice if ya'll wanna be in a relationship. And if ya wanna, ah will support ya'll, one-hundred percent." Twilight was completely speechless. She wanted to scream and shout at Applejack, but she just couldn't. Instead, she was just stood their. "Thank you Applejack. And, I accept your apology. But I need to know something else." she then went back inside, and put up her force field again. Applejack was really confused. Was she suppose to feel happy? Well, her friend accepted her apology, but why did she put up her force field again? Applejack went back to her farm in deep confusion. Big Macintosh was patiently waiting for Applejack's return on the sofa. He was thinking to himself, if she would accept her apology or not. Would Twilight still be angry? Will they no longer be friends? Finally, Applejack came through the door with a confused expression. "So, what happened?" Big Mac asked. "Ah...ah think she accepted my apology." Applejack replied. Now Big Mac was confused as well, "What do ya mean, "ah think"?" "Well, she said she accepted my apology. But, she went back inside her home, and put her force field back up." "That's it?" "Well, she then said, "Ah need to know something else." and then that's it." Big Mac's confusion increased to: Whaaaaaat? He had no idea what Twilight meant by what she said. He then left Sweet Apple Acres once more, and on to Twilight's library/home. Twilight stopped crying after she had that conversation with Applejack, and was helping Spike with his chores. Spike was curious on why she suddenly turned from sad, to just her normal self. But, she still looked like she was sad. "Uh, Twilight? Are you sure you're okay?" Spike asked. "Yes Spike, I'm fine." she replied. "Are you sure you don't wanna go talk to Big Macintosh?" "No Spike, I need to know something else from him." "You can tell your number one assistant right?" "Sorry Spike, I just can't tell you why." "Alright then." Spike and Twilight finished their chores together, and Spike decided to take a nap on the couch, while Twilight, she started studying some more. However, she heard a knock at her door. She put her book down and opened her the door using her magic. To her surprise, it was Big Macintosh. "Hey Twilight." Big Mac started. "Oh, hello Big Macintosh." "So, um, do you wanna talk?" "I don't know, do you?' "Uh, well, ah was hoping we could talk about our relationship." "Alright." "Well, um, is it goin' to work out?" "I don't know, will it?" Big Mac assumed that she was going to be answering his questions when he got here. She was being so difficult to talk to. "Uh, ah hope it can." "Me too." They both stood there in an awkward silence, but Twilight was the one expecting something. "Is there anything else you wanna saw?" Twilight asked him. "Uh, well, um..." Big Mac was trying to say something. *sigh* "Very well then." Twilight then shut the door on him, then went back to her studying. Big Mac stood there for a moment, to realize what just happened. Applejack waited for Big Mac's return on the couch. She started rubbing her hooves nervously, thinking that Twilight would probably go in a serious relationship with her brother. After a while, Big Mac finally entered through the door with the same confused face as before when she came back from Twilight's library/home. "So?" Applejack asked as she got to her hooves. "Ah...ah don't know what happened." "Well, what'd she say?" "She said she wanted to hear something from me, and ah didn't know what to say." "So, she didn't want to be in a relationship?" "No, she didn't say that. She just wanted me to say somethin' to her." "What is that mare's problem? Don't she wanna be in a relationship with ya?" Big Mac blushed and answered her very quickly, "Well, uh, that....that's her decision." "Well, ah said it's yer and Twilight's decision to be in a relationship or not." This caused Big Mac to blush even more, "Ah geez AJ." "What? Ya'll would be a pretty cute couple." Now, Applejack could see past his maroon coat, and saw his full red on face. Big Mac went upstairs to his room, and shut the door behind him. He would lay down on his bed, and think on what Twilight would want him to say. He looked towards his trunk and got out the beat up old doll. "Ah Twilight, what do ya mean by, "Ah need to know something else"." He drifted off to sleep, thinking on what Twilight wanted him to say. Twilight finally left her home, and went to the market to get some food supplies. Some of the ponies would even look at her with a suspicious look. She assumed that they knew about Big Mac and herself. She ignored them and continued on her way to the market. When she arrived, some more ponies looked her way, and started whispering to one another. She pulled out her list and scanned it once more to make sure she's getting what she needs. First on her list, were carrots for herself. When she arrived at Carrot Tops stand, she looked her way, and looked nervous. "Hello Carrot Top." Twilight greeted. Carrot Top didn't even answer. "Um, well, I'll have four carrots please." The whole market fell silent, and looked her way. Carrot Top pulled out four carrots from behind her stand. "F-four bits please." she said nervously. Twilight pulled out four bits from her saddle bag and put them in front of her. She then left the stand and went to the next thing on her list. Water. She went to Rain Drops water bottle stand which she again, gave her her water nervously. Then, she needed to get something for Spike as well. So, she went to Rarity's boutique so she can buy some of her gems. When she entered her boutique, Rarity immediately stopped what she was doing, and went silent so she could listen on what she was about to say. "Hello Rarity." Twilight said. "Oh, um, good evening Twilight." Rarity replied. "Well, I was hoping I could buy some gems for Spike." "Oh, uh, but of course. Be right back." Rarity left the room to her dress making area. Twilight patiently waited for Rarity's return, getting her bits ready. Rarity returned with some gems floating around her. "Well, here you go Twilight." "Thanks Rarity. So, how much is that?" "Oh please Twilight, you don't have to do that." "No Rarity, I can pay for them no problem." "Sorry Twilight, but I simply cannot take them." *sigh* "Is this about me and Big Macintosh?" Twilight asked. "N-no, of course it isn't. I'm simply giving you these gems for free. It's um...a friend discount. So um, see you later." Rarity them used her magic to lift Twilight out of her boutique, and quickly locked the door. Twilight then put the gems in her saddle bag, and checked the list. Apples. Twilight then walked back into the market, looking for another apple stand other than Applejack's. But, there wasn't. She saw Applejack's stand somewhere between an old merchandise stand, and a Pegasus who was selling muffins. Twilight didn't to talk to Applejack right now, so, she decided the things that she had already, was enough. Big Mac was working out on the farm's apple orchard, still thinking on what Twilight said to him. Meanwhile, Applejack finally came back from town, with a pretty depressed facial expression. He looked her way, which she noticed, and he was hoping she talked to Twilight. Sadly, she just nodded her head, "no". Big Mac sighed, then went back to his chores. Later that day, the Apple Family was back inside their home, having dinner. Big Mac was the one that was silent, but too silent. Applebloom was the one to notice. "Hey big brother! How's everything with Miss Twilight?" she asked. Big Mac didn't answer. He continued to look down at his food. "What's wrong Big Mac?" "Oh, it's nothin." Big Mac replied. "Well, it don't seem like nothin." "It's complicated." "What in the hay does that mean?" "Applebloom! Language!" Applejack said. "What? I'm just sayin' the word "hay"." "Well, don't be sayin things like that, alright?" "Okay. But seriously big bro," Applebloom turned back to Big Mac, "why are ya so down?" He sighed, "Twilight's been sayin that she wanted me to say something to her." Big Mac finally answered. "Like what?" "That's what me an Applejack have been tryin' to figure out." "Well, maybe she wants to know if ya'll would be with her or something. Ah don't know." Big Mac looked at Applebloom with a confused face, and went back to not eating his dinner. It was about time the Apple Family should be getting some sleep. Big Mac went to his room, and got out the doll again. He got into his bed, and pulled the covers over him to get comfortable. He looked at the doll again, and thought of what Applebloom said at dinner. "Maybe she wants to know if ya'll would be with her or something. Ah don't know." He was thinking on how silly it was, that Applebloom would think of something like that. But suddenly, it hit him. He arose from his bed, and headed off to Twilight's home/library as fast as he could. But, he made sure to start running OUTSIDE. Twilight was in her bed, thinking of Big Mac. She started shuffling around in her bed uncomfortably. She looked at Spike, who was sound asleep. "Oh...oh Rarity." Spike said while still sleeping. Twilight giggled a little bit, but went back to her thinking. However, she was interrupted by a knock at the door. She got out of her bed, and answered it using her magic. "Twilight, I love you." Big Mac just went on and said it. "W-what?" Twilight said, assuring she was hearing correctly. "Twilight, I love you with all of mah heart. Ah wanna make you happy. Ah wanna make me happy. But most importantly, ah wanna be with you." "R-really?" Twilight asked. Big Mac then kissed her. It wasn't the kind of kiss they had at his house, but it sure was something. "Really..." Then they both hugged each other. "That's what I wanted to hear." END About two months later, after telling all of their friends about their relationship, Big Mac and Twilight were at the top of a hill looking down at Ponyville. Twilight was resting her head on Big Mac's shoulder, happily enjoying the moment. But, Big Mac finally broke the silence. "Hey, Twi?" "Yes Mac?" "Ah got a question for ya." "Okay, what?" "Why did you want me to say, "Ah love you" on that one day?" Twilight just knew it was going to be a silly answer. "Well, I read it from a romance book." Big Mac repeated what she said to make sure he was hearing things right, "A romance book?" "Yeah, it said not to be desperate, and to give the colt that you like, a clue." "Ah clue?" "Eyup, you have to give them a clue, so they can figure it out some time later." "So, you made me think, for all that time, just to make me say, "Ah love you"?" "Yeah, I know, it's kinda silly." Big Mac chuckled, "Yeah it was. But listen Twi." Twilight turned back to him. "Sometimes, ya can't do everything what a book is telling ya to do. Sometimes, ya gotta do things yer own way. Not just from a silly romance book. Ya could'a just told me ya loved me as well." "Thanks Mac." "Yer welcome Twi." They then gave each other a kiss, then looked back at the beautiful sunset looking over Ponyville.
Finding a Friend Part 1It was any normal day in the town of Ponyville. The ponies would go and do the regular thing that they do everyday. Do their work, talk to their best friends, or some other kind of thing. Take Big Macintosh for example, he does only one thing everyday; work at Sweet Apple Acres. As you can tell, he’s a quiet type of stallion. Sure he would sometimes go into Ponyville, but only for business. He wasn’t the type of pony you could get into a serious conversation in. Almost everypony already knew what he was going to say when they asked him a simple answered question. 'Eyup' or 'Nope.' It’s as if the ponies he tries to talk to just ask him questions on what he’s been doing. And when he tries to actually talk to them using words other than 'Eyup' or 'Nope', something comes up and they have to leave him their without ever hearing on what’s he been doing lately. I mean, all he does is work on a farm, and nothing else. But, he doesn’t mind. He’s pretty sure that the stuff he talks about is boring. He can easily talk to his family, because they know him way more than the other ponies. He also remembered that certain event that happened on Hearts and Hooves Day when he took that Love Poison that the Cutie Mark Crusaders gave him and Cheerilee. It felt like to him, the Love Poison was making him do that ridiculous talking that Applebloom told him. Shmoopey Doo, and Pumpkin Pie, and other names that he didn't want to mention. He just wants to talk to another pony using his own words, and just hang out with them. Just like Applejack's friends. Big Mac and Applejack slowly trotted into the Ponyville Market, where they sell their bucked apples. Big Mac was pulling the main cart, and Applejack was carrying large baskets full of more apples. Applejack would talk about how they bucked those apples right out of the trees, and asked if he agreed that they did another good job for The Sweet Apple Family. Big Mac would obviously say “Eyup” with a small grin on his face. After what seemed to be hours, they finally arrived in Ponyville Market. Big Mac stopped somewhere near the center of the market and started to set up their stand. Applejack put the baskets down on the sides of the cart, and put up a sign that said, One Apple- Two Bits Two Apples- Three Bits Three Apples- Four Bits “Come on everypony, come an’ git your one of a kind, freshly bucked Sweet Apple Acres Apples!” Applejack shouted to the oncoming buyers. The ponies quickly rushed over to the stand, and started lining up to buy some of their apples with bits in their saddle bags, and craving taste buds for delicious apples. All of the ponies got the apples that they have bought and left. Then, Applejack saw a white coated, light purple maned pony. She was wearing what she assumed was a new hat that she designed herself, since it had a couple gems on it. The light purple maned pony, with a slight diva walk in her step, came over to greet Applejack, completely not noticing Big Mac. “Hello there Applejack!” Rarity waved at her as she approached her cart. Applejack turned around as she was putting the bits in her bucket cash register, “Oh, howdy Rarity. I can see you have yourself a new hat.” “Oh yes, isn’t it simply magnificent?” Rarity pointed to her hat. “It sure is, it must of taking ya’ a long time to make it.” “No not really, Spikey Wikey came over and helped me make it” Applejack chuckled a little. That nickname that Rarity gave Spike was hilarious. “Oh really now, well that was mighty kind of him.” “It sure was, but I do say, I wonder why he was looking at my gems rather strangely.” She said while putting her hoof to her chin and pointing her pupils to the upper right side of her eyes. “Well he is a dragon after all.” Applejack laughed as she answered her friend‘s obvious question. “Oh, of course.” She said as she joined in with her friend in laughter. Minutes later, Big Mac assumed that he didn’t need to be here anymore. After all, AJ asked if he can help move the cart to Ponyville Market. So, he trotted away like a shadow in the darkness. He thought about that conversation that AJ and that, Rarity mare, had. Since that’s the only thing he could think of, aside from his work. He never actually had any close friends throughout his life. He almost felt like an outcast. Heck, he was an outcast. He never got to actually talk, or play, or just hang out with real friends. He wanted to ask an expert on how to make friends, but HE didn’t know anypony like that. He walked past a bunch of buildings that he never got to go into. Like that pony AJ was talking to, she said that she owned like a dress shop or something. And she also mentioned a pony with a pink mane, and a pink coat who helped at a store call Sugersquare Lane, or something like that. He got lost in his thoughts when something bumped into him. He didn’t fall over, but when he looked down, he saw a unicorn with a purple coat, with a dark purple main with a strip of light purple as well. She was using her magic to carry a book, but fell onto the ground, and she had a saddlebag that dropped of her back too, and scrolls landed near her hooves. She looked familiar, but Big Mac couldn’t put his hoof on it. He then quickly got on the ground and started to pick up the scrolls. It was difficult for him to pick them up, since he had massive hoofs. She then put her saddlebag back on her back, and used her magic to pick up the scrolls that Big Mac missed and put them neatly back in her saddlebag. She also put her book back in too, probably so she won’t run into anypony back to wherever she was going Big Mac assumed. He then held the scrolls out in front of her, and she used her magic to lift them into the air and again, neatly put them back in her saddlebag. Finally, he then helped her back to her hooves and was going to apologize for accidentally knocking her down, but was interrupted. “Please forgive me, I was just reading this book on how to use new spells by Starswirl the Bearded. This book was given to me by Princess Celestia, so I wanted to read it before I got back to my Library, so I can get an early start on writing them down on these scrolls.” Big Mac had no idea what she just said, all he did was stand their with a very confused look in his eyes. She noticed when she made eye contact with him, and put it into simpler details. “I want to write spells on these scrolls.” she told Big Mac as simpler as she could get. He then gave her a slight nod knowing that he understood. Then she realized she didn’t properly introduce herself. “Oh, I forgot, my name is Twilight Sparkle.” she said while holding her hoof out. Big Mac shook hooves with her and was going to introduce himself. “And your name is Big Macintosh, Applejack mentioned you, and I know you when you battled against Flim and Flam. And, she mentioned you lost in another contest between you and her, and you had to where one of Granny Smith's girdles.” she finished while chuckling. His face went darker than his coat. It was completely embarrassing when he had to do "that". When he walked down Stirrup Street, they all laughed at him while calling him names. Though, when he went back into town the next day, they didn't even point and laugh at him again. Probably because they rarely see him. Twilight stopped laughing. “Well thank you for helping me with my scrolls and everything. Hey, maybe we can meet up, and just hang out. I always love to make new friends, plus it will probably give me something to write about for Princess Celestia.” she asked with a bit of joy in her tone, waiting for an answer. He was surprised to hear someone asking to hang out with him. He just didn't know what to say, even though he rarely talked. Twilight was patient, and waited for Big Mac to say something. “Eyup.” Was all he could say about that. “Okay, well then see you tomorrow, maybe around 3-ish?” “Eyup.” “Alright then, see you tomorrow Big Macintosh.” Twilight said as she walked past him and onto the Library. For the first time, Big Mac felt excited to actually have a someone to talk to, and to hang out with. He just hopes that tomorrow will be what he expects.
Finding a Friend Part 2Big Mac trotted back to Sweet Apple Acres with smile across his face. He was glad that he had an arrangement with Twilight to meet with her. She didn't say exactly where they were going meet up, so, he was going to meet her at her Library. Since he had no idea where that was, he was going to wait until Applejack got home so he can tell him. He also assumed that since it was Applejack's friend, she was going to be suspicious on why he was meeting her. It was going to be a long time until tomorrow, so he decided to do his daily chores early today, and early at sunrise tomorrow so he won't be late. However, he was interrupted by a small filly with a bow in her mane while he was bucking apples trees fit for his size. "Hey big brother!" Applebloom called out as she ran over to him, "Why are ya doin' yer choirs so early?" "Well," Big Mac began, "I'm meeting somepony tomorrow and I want to git' my choirs done early today, and early tomorrow so ah won't be late." Applebloom was confused. She always saw him at home after she was done crusading for her cutie mark with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. She couldn't imagine that Big Mac going into town to meet somepony. "Well, who's the pony yer meeting?" "Just somepony." Big Mac replied to her as he bucked a tree. "Is it Caramel?" "Nope." "What 'bout Mr. Cake?." "Nope." "How 'bout Spike?" "Nope." "Well, who is it?!" Applebloom exclaimed. Big Mac sighed, "Ah told you, I'm meeting her tomorrow." "Oooooh, it's a HER!" She said while elbowing him. Big Mac sighed again, "Yes, it's a her." "Is it Fluttershy?" She asked him while walking next to him "Nope." Big Mac was a little annoyed that she was still asking him about the somepony. "Rarity?" Big Mac decided not to answer anymore. "Rainbow Dash?" Still no response. She assumed that it wasn't her since he was being quiet. "Pinkie Pie?" Big Mac stopped at a tree and was about to buck it. "Or is it Twilight?" Big Mac stopped himself just as he was about to connect his legs to the tree, and looked at Applebloom. She gasped in a surprised tone. "So your meeting Twilight tomorrow?" she asked him while putting her nose up to his. He finally answered after a short silence. "Eyup." "Your going on ah date with Twilight, your going on a date with Twilight!" She said while jumping around him, and singing. Big Mac's face burned up. He stopped her with his hoove and managed to get her literally on his arm, and lifted her so he can get face to face. And told her very clearly, "No ah ain't." She was again confused when he answered. "Then why are you meeting up with her?" "We're jus' hanging out." "Oh, okay." she said while putting her hooves back on the ground. "Well, maybe I can help you out." Big Mac just looked at her. "What?" she asked him. "Do ya remember the last time you helped me out?" "Oh yeah, forgot." Applebloom completely forgot that she poisoned him and Cheerilee with the Love Poison. He was a little surprised that she forgot so quickly, since it happened about a week ago. "Well, ah can't wait to tell Applejack that yer meeting up with Twilight." she said while galloping back to the house. Big Mac caught up to her and stopped her dead in her tracks. "No yer not. Cause I'm gonna tell her." "Oh, well okay." Applebloom continued her walk to the house, still being happy for Big Mac. "How am ah gonna tell Applejack?" he asked himself. "She's probably gonna make a big deal out of it, and give rules on what ta do, and what not ta do." He chuckled at his little joke, and went back to his chores. It was sometime in the afternoon, and Applejack came back with a bucket full of bits, and with large empty buckets in the back of the cart that Big Mac pulled earlier. She pulled the cart into the barn with the rest of their equipment, and put the large buckets into their shed. She trotted into the house with their bucket cash register, and dumped the bits in a large glass jar, with a stick of tape on it that said, "NEW BARN ROOF". They've been saving up their money to buy a new roof, since the one that they have now, is starting to fall apart. And they want to save up as much as they can before winter comes. "Howdy ya'll." She said to her family members, as she walked into the kitchen. "We got ah mighty fine worth of money for our roof." Granny Smith turned her head as she was cooking dinner. "Well, that's always good. Ah remember back in my day I..." she fell asleep. The Apple Family assumed that Granny Smith was going to land her head on the mashed potatoes, but she just stood their, sleeping standing up. She was starting to snore louder than a cattle herd full of cows. As Granny Smith was taking a nap, Big Mac was nervous on telling Applejack, that he was going into town to meet Twilight. And, to ask where she lived. Sounds a little stalker like to him. But, he just had to straight out tell her. "Uh, AJ?" "Yeah big brother?" she turned her head to make eye contact with him, but his eyes were going from left to right. "Uuuh...um...well." he managed to stutter out. "Big Mac's going on ah date with Twilight!" Applebloom exclaimed. She also managed to wake up Granny Smith. Big Mac's face was in shock. He couldn't believe that Applebloom told her. Not to mention that she said it was a date. "Yeah, Big Mac's going on date with Twilight tomorrow and..." She was cut off with a hoof covering up her mouth. "Applebloom!" he exclaimed. "What? Your were stuttering, and it seemed you were having trouble." she told him. "Well, that's because I'm nervous, okay?" "So yer gonna to meet up with Twilight tomorrow?" Applejack interrupted their conversation. Big Mac looked back at Applejack, and looked down at the floor boards. "I said, are you going to meet Twilight in town?" she said in a very serious tone. Big Mac seemed he was going to have his face melted off with the hotness of his face. But, since the family were honest ponies, he should just tell her. "Eyup. I'm going into town to HANG OUT with Twilight." he said while turning his head to Applebloom for a brief moment. "The thing is, ah haven't gotten a clue on where she lives." Her serious/angry face went immediately to happy and surprised. "Oh mah goodness, Granny Smith. Big Mac is going to hang out with one of mah friends!" Applejack said to Granny Smith. "Oh, well isn't that swell. I remember when I got my first a best friend. Her name was...uh...uh... um, her name was..." Granny Smith put her hoof up to her chin. Shortly, after she chuckled. "Well, it seems I forgotten my best friends name." Everyone started to laugh. That's what happens in somepony's life, they start to forget the past. Applejack stopped laughing, and turned back to Big Mac, "Well don't you worry big brother, I'll be happy tah help you out." Big Mac gave her one of his warm smiles, "Thanks AJ." "Of course. Anything to help out mah big bro. Alright, here's where ya need tah go..." Sorry if this was short chapter. And, sorry if the grammar is messed up again. First fan fic and stuff.
Finding a Friend Part 3Twilight was trotting back to her library, with that book she was reading before in her face. She was so eager on reading it, that she simply couldn't put it down. Even if she ran into somepony. But she was so intrigued on the magnificent studies that Starswirl the Bearded did back in the day. He created almost all of the magic that unicorns use today. After what seemed short minutes to Twilight, she finally arrived at her home. She used part of her magic to open the door in front of her, and went inside. She heard Spike humming in the kitchen, and put her things down on the sofa. Spike heard Twilight enter the room, and stopped what he was doing to talk to her. "Hey Twilight." Spike said to her. "Hello Spike." Twilight replied as she sniffed the air, "Boy, something smells delicious." "Yeah, it's this new recipe that I got from Pinkie Pie when I went to Sugercube Corner earlier. She said it's called 'The Pinkie Pie'." "The Pinkie Pie?" Twilight asked. "Yup, it has the mixtures of all of the pie's, but with some pink dough." "Wait, how did she get pink dough?" "Beats me, but I tried it, and it's actually pretty good. Here, try some." Spike then took a slice of 'The Pinkie Pie', and held it out for Twilight to taste, which she then put the bit of pie in her mouth. She chewed it for a while, then swallowed it. "Wow!" Twilight exclaimed. "I know, that's what I said!" Twilight then went to sit down at the table in the center of the kitchen, and waited for Spike to finish up the pie he was making. She insisted on making the food for herself and Spike, but since she had a lot on her schedule, Spike just started to cook for the both of them. Neither of them talked for some time, and Spike finally broke it. "So, how was your day today Twilight?" Spike asked, as he was finished up making 'The Pinkie Pie'. "I bumped into Big Macintosh today. Literally." she replied. "Isn't that Applejack's older brother?" "Yeah, I set up a schedule for me and him to spend the evening tomorrow." "Hmm." Twilight was curious on that "Hmm". "Is something wrong?" she asked him. "Well, I rarely see him around in Ponyville and he's was always at Sweet Apple Acres all the time." he told her. "That's the reason I wanted to hang out with him. It seemed that he didn't have any friends." "Kinda like a date?" Twilight's face quickly became red. "Absolutely not a date!" she told him. "Okay, okay. So you two are just hanging out?" "Yes." "Okay well, where are you guys going to hang out?" he asked her. Twilight completely forgot that she didn't mention on where they were going. "Oh no!" she exclaimed. "What, what is it?" "I forgot to tell Big Macintosh where I live. I only told him the time!" "Well what are you gonna do?" "I guess I'll wake up early, and meet him at the farm." Spike thought for a moment, and told Twilight, "That kinda sounds stalker like if you ask me." "How so?" "Well," Spike began, "your going to be waking early in the morning, going down to Sweet Apple Acres, and asking Big Macintosh to spend the entire day with him." "Look who's talking." Twilight chuckled a little. Spike blushed, "Hey! Just because I like Rarity a lot; doesn't make me a stalker!" "Well, you do go to her boutique quite often." Spike didn't have a comeback at all. "Alright, you got me there. But a least she actually needs help making dresses. I can see the stress that she goes through." "Yeah, I suppose so." Spike then went back to the oven, and pulled out another pie. He then slice it up; using his claws, into six different pieces. He then put two of the slices on two plates, and brought them over to the table. He set one down in front of Twilight, and one at his place at the table. They sat and ate in silence again. Then, Twilight got an idea. "Hey, maybe we can go on a picnic!" she said to Spike with some pie in her mouth. "A picnic?" he asked. "Yeah, I can bring some food at the park, with some of this 'Pinkie Pie', and we'll have a nice picnic together." "Don't you think it's a little too soon for that?" "No, why do you?" "Not really, but if that's what you wanna do." Twilight smiled, "Thanks Spike." "What for?" he asked. "For baking some more 'Pinkie Pie' for me and Big Macintosh!" Spike looked at her with a 'are you kidding me?' face. "I'll give you some tasty gems." Twilight said as she held out a bowl of all types of gems. Spike quickly gave in, "Oh, alright." "Thanks number one assistant." Again, another short chapter. I promise the next one will be longer.
Finding a Friend Part 4The early morning sun beamed down on Ponyville. Down at Sweet Apple Acres, Big Mac was already out of bed, and out on the field doing what he promised himself yesterday. He put on his hitching collar, and went outside. The early morning temperature hit against his coat, and caused him to shiver. But that measly weather wasn't going to stop him. He wanted to finish his chores to spend time with Twilight. He first started by plowing the dirt fields. Granny Smith and Applebloom were going to plant corn, so they can have something to feed themselves. Well, mostly Applebloom, probably so she can get her cutie mark in gardening. Then, he moved on to painting the barn. Applejack asked him last night to paint the barn a new shade of red. It didn't take very long, he took his time and made sure that the paint was well designed. Finally, he finished up on bucking the apple trees that he had to do for the day. After a short while, he finally finished all of his chores. He was a bit cold due to the morning weather, and also tired. So, he went back inside to get warm. Twilight felt sunshine escape through her curtains next to her bed. She was a bit annoyed, but she had to get up anyway. She slowly got off her bed, and stretched. She looked to the right, and saw Spike happily dreaming, with what appeared to be pink stains on his scales. She chuckled a little on how he told her that getting a certain stain on his scales was difficult to remove. She then went down her stairs, and into the kitchen. She saw on the table, a picnic basket. She trotted over to it and opened it up. She saw four hay sandwiches, two water bottles, some carrots, two apples, two paper plates and 'The Pinkie Pie'. She smiled at the display, and muttered to herself, "Thanks Spike." She then used her magic to pick up the picnic basket and head over to Sweet Apple Acres. Big Mac was inside the house, sitting near the fire. He held out his hooves to get more warmth, since he had to walk on the cold ground. He was glad that he finished his chores early. A bit self confidence. "Now let me go over the directions again." He said to himself. "I go past Sugercube Corner, then trot on by that boutique. Then I swing by Ponyville Hall. And I reach Twilight's Library." He was about to go upstairs to look at something before he was about to leave, but there was a knock at the door. He was a bit curious on who would be up at this time of day. So, he went to go answer it. He then opened the door, and saw a unicorn. It was Twilight to be exact. He didn't think spending time with him so early would be a big deal he thought to himself. "Hello Big Macintosh." Twilight greeted to him. Big Mac was completely silent, still a bit surprised to see her. She was also carrying a picnic basket. "I forgot to tell you where we were going to spend time together. So I got up early, and thought we could go for a picnic." She finished explaining. He had a confused look on his face. Why would they go on a picnic? Especially early in the morning. This isn't what he had in mind on the day to hang out. He assumed they were going to just go for a walk. Or, do some activity. But a picnic? That seemed a bit rushed Big Mac thought to himself. "I know it's too early to go for a picnic, but I didn't know what else to think on what we should do. I mean, the stuff I do normally would probably be boring to you." Twilight finished saying. She did have a point. She heard plenty of stories from Applejack, on how she was always studying in her library with a book in front of her, not really caring about anything else. "So wad'ya say?" she asked him while smiling. There seemed to be some sort of squeak that came out of nowhere. He was back in surprise for a moment, but finally answered. "Eyup." "Great! Shall we go?" "Eyup." They trotted back into Ponyville, both walking the same speed. It was a quiet walk, but that seemed to calm Big Mac most of the time. When they arrived, all the streets were empty. There was nopony in sight. That's what both of them assumed since it was still in the early evening of the day. They then headed over to Ponyville Park. Twilight was going to set up somewhere near the center. She set the basket down, and took the food out using her magic. She also used her magic to pull out a white and red tiled blanket to lay on, and set the food on top of it. Big Mac's mouth watered up when she pulled the food out. He forgot to eat something before he left. But he was going to eat now. "Well, are you going to lye down and eat?" Twilight asked him. He forgot that he was still standing up. She took out a paper plate for both of them, and set it down in front of them. Twilight then got out a hay sandwich, an apple, two carrots, and the water bottles. She set them down on his, and her own plate. They finally had all the food out. But something caught Big Mac's eye. He say a rather funky looking pie. He had a very confused look, and Twilight saw it. "In case your wondering, my friend gave me that recipe for that Pie. It's called 'The Pinkie Pie'. It has mixtures of all various pies, combined in one." Twilight finished. Big Mac was still looking at the pink dough. "Also, I have no idea how, or even where she managed to make that dough pink. I'm just as confused as you are." After that short explanation, they ate in silence. Not one of them saying a word. But Twilight saw that he was having difficult eating. Probably due to his hitch. "Big Macintosh, why don't you take that thing off? It seems to be bothering you." Big Mac then got a nervous look on his face. "Nope." "Well, why not?" He looked away at Twilight. "Oh come on. I just want you to be more comfortable." she said with a bit of begging in her tone. He kept looking away for awhile, but finally gave in. He reached around to the back of his neck, and started to take it off. It took him a while, but he finally did it. He held it up using one of his hooves, and then lowered it to show his strong neck. He did feel much better, but had a sad look in his face. Exactly to the left of his neck, was a huge scar. It completely horrified Twilight. "Oh my goodness! What happened?" Twilight exclaimed. Their was no use trying to get out o this one. He had to tell her. "It all began back when I was just a small colt." he began, talking in a low deep voice. Twilight was surprised to hear Big Mac talking to her, but she was more interested in the story. It was a stormy night on the farm, and it was raining hard. My Ma and Pa and myself where out in the apple orchard, bucking the apples trees. Applejack was just a kid, and Applebloom was just a little filly. They were both inside with Granny Smith watching em'. She was a bit younger back in the day. We were behind schedule, so we had to work overtime. We spent at least all morning, and all night bucking apple trees. It felt like my legs were rubber the time we took a break. All of a sudden, I heard a loud growl. I looked to my left, and saw a pack of wild Timber Wolves. I could hear their growling in this rain. I couldn't just stand their and just let them come into our land and mess it up. So, I charged for the one in the middle, and kicked him with my back legs as hard as I could. The impact sent me down to the muddy ground. The one I bucked slowly came up to me, and lifted its sharp claws, and it hit me right on my neck. Surprisingly, it just about grazed me, but it sent me right into a tree. I could feel the blood coming out of my neck, down to the ground below. The same one came up to me, and raised its claws again, and was going to finish me off. But then, I saw my Pa run into that Timber Wolf, and put him to the ground. My ma then kicked a Timber Wolf back into the group. My pa then yelled out to me, "Big Macintosh, I want you to run back to the house, and barricade yourself, Granny Smith, and your sisters! Do you understand me?" I finally got back to my feet and yelled back to him, "Eyup!" "Now go! GO!" I ran as fast as my legs could take me. I didn't even dare to look back. All I could hear, was loud yelling, and roaring. I finally made it back to the house, stumbling inside with blood dripping down my body. "Oh sweet Celestia Big Macintosh! What happened to ya!" Granny Smith exclaimed to me. "Ma and Pa told me to barricade ourselves." I replied back to her. "Now why would we..." she was interrupted by loud a roar. She could recognized that roar anywhere. She put Applebloom down, who was crying, and started to help me put our furniture in front of our doorway. We heard Applejack come down from her room. She probably heard Applebloom crying. "Why in tarnation are ya'll putting the couch in front of the doorway?" she said with her cute accent. She too, heard that loud roar. "What was that?" she asked either one of us. But we ignored her. We didn't have time to chat. After we put as much objects in front of the doorway, we shut the lights off, and bundled together. It was all quiet, and we stared to hear multiple foot steps. We could hear the Timber Wolves at the door scratching it and hitting it. It seemed the door was about to knock down. But luckily, we stared to see lights coming from the base of the door. "Hey! Go on git you filthy animals!" one pony yelled to them. "Get on outta here!" we heard another pony. We heard the Timber Wolves steps getting farther away from the house, but we all still bundled up. It was all quiet again for quite a while. Then we heard a knock at the door. "Hello? Is anyone in their?" somepony said on the other side of the door. Granny Smith then got up, moved some furniture out of the way and answered the door. The pony was in shock to see us all inside the house. "Oh, thank Celestia you all are okay!" he said to Granny Smith, and to us. "Yes sir, we are okay." Granny Smith replied. "I thought for sure that the those Timber Wolves got you." "Well, what about my son, and his wife? Are they alright?" Granny Smith asked. The man looked down at the ground with a very sad look on his face. "I'm truly sorry ma'm, but I'm afraid that your son, and his wife didn't make it." Granny Smith was in deep shock. She stood their letting tears running down her eyes. We could hear her just weeping right in front of us. I too, heard the man, and started crying myself. I looked over to Applejack, and she was crying too and she started to shake. I nudged near her, and wrapped my hooves around her to comfort her. I held her close to me, and she was letting her tears fall down her face, and on my coat, but it didn't bother me. After a week or so, we finally had a funeral for both of them, and it was a difficult time for all of us. We stood at the graveyard with some family folks, and some of my parents friends. We all had a saddened look on our faces. We heard the priest saying some gibberish on heaven. He was also mentioning the last will of my parents. "If the Apple Family could step forward please." he called out to everypony in the crowd. We assumed it was us, so we got up, and got closer to their graves. "For a Granny Smith, they leave you the owner of Sweet Apple Acres, and to look after their children: Macintosh Apple, Applejack Apple, and Applebloom Apple." he told Granny Smith. "Also, for Applejack, the father leaves his hat, which it says, "I would like to give my lucky hat to my beautiful daughter, Applejack. Please treasure it like it was your own". And for Macintosh, a hitch left from the mother." Applejack and I went and got the things we were given to, and we watched as our parents were slowly being lowered into the ground, to put at peace. Big Mac felt the tears coming in his eyes. He started to full out cry right in front of Twilight. Twilight was speechless. She couldn't believe on what happened to his parents. She then got up, and sat next to him, and started to comfort him as best as she could. "Big Macintosh, I am so sorry for your loss." Twilight said with a soft whisper. Big Mac's tears didn't let up. He continued to let them fall down his face. He started to feel a little better after a while. "Yer the first pony I ever told this to." he said to her. She was surprised to hear that she was the first one he talked to her about this. "Why didn't you tell anyone else?" Twilight asked. "I don't normally go out on stuff like this. I'm just the plain old colt, who just works at a farm with no real friends." Big Mac said with anger in his tone. "No your not," Twilight began, "Your the bravest colt I ever met. You protected your family from danger. You are the one help secure your family's safety." "But I couldn't save my Ma or Pa." "At least you saved Applejack and Applebloom." Big Mac looked down, she was right. He did protect AJ and Applebloom. And even Granny Smith. He then looked back at her. "Thank you Twilight." "That's what friends are for, right?" "Yeah, right." They then, finished up their picnic, and started back into town.
Finding a Friend Part 5Twilight and Big Mac walked back into town. There were finally some ponies coming out of their homes and some were opening up their shop. It seemed such a short time when they were in the park but, at least everypony is up. They saw Rarity open up her shop as they walked by. She came out of her store, and put up the opening sign. They also saw Sweetie Belle gallop off with a saddle bag on her back. They assumed that she was going to school. Twilight and Big Mac had no idea what they could do next. They both already ate and there isn't much do to around Ponyville. Like an activity they could do together. Wait, activity. Then Twilight got an idea. "Hey Big Macintosh, would you like to go bowling?" He focused his eyes on hers. "Bowling?" he asked. "Yeah, we can go bowling at the bowling alley." Big Mac never really got into that sport or activity or whatever you want to call it. So, he might as well give it a try. "Eyup." "Great!" They finally arrived at the bowling alley, and went inside. They saw some ponies already bowling. Some even had the same matching shirts on too. But their was this one colt that was disturbing both Big Mac and Twilight. Their was a colt in a what appeared to be a purple jump suit and a hairnet in is mane. But the most disturbing thing was he was cleaning his own bowling ball near his unmentionables. So, they both tried to ignore him the best they could. They went to the front desk and got a lane directly in the middle. As they trotting to their lane, they noticed that a purple jump suit colt talking to some other ponies. He was saying on not to mess with him or something. They looked up at the dashboard and saw their names up on the screen. First, was Twilight. She used her magic to pick up the ball, and went to the end of the safe part of the lane. You know the part where you can't put your hooves on or else you will probably slip and fall on your flank. As she did so, Big Mac noticed a familiar looking pony at the the snack bar. He had an orange coat, with a blonde mane, and he had his mane and tail, which was really long, braided at the end. He also had a mustache but it looked fake to him. Not to mention he was eyeing them the whole time they got here. Big Mac knew exactly who it was. He then got up and went over to him and left Twilight asking the colt next to their lane on how to bowl. Big Mac had a serious look on his face as he approached Applejack dressing up like a colt. She stumbled a little bit when she saw him, but she got her focus back. Big Mac started wondering how she knew they were coming here and how she got in this place so early. It was 11:00 a.m. right now, and this place doesn't open up until somewhere around nine. "Ahem, uh hey there friend." AJ asked Big Mac in a deep voice. "Hi." Big Mac said in a serious tone. He noticed she was starting to get nervous. "Uh, um... what can ah get ya?" "I'll have a burger." "Uh, ah beg your pardon?" "I said, I would like a burger." he said again. "Oh um sure thing." she replied. Big Mac knew Applejack only knew how to make apple related treats and nothing else. He saw AJ walk back into the kitchen, and started up the grill. While it was heating up, she trotted over to the fridge. She started looking for the burger meat, but Big Mac knew it wasn't in the fridge. It was in the freezer. She finally gave up after searching every corner of that fridge and turned around to look in the freezer. Surprisingly, there was a freezer in the back. Big Mac never assumed it could fit an actual freezer big enough for ponies to walk in. He then saw her go in the freezer, and he lost sight of her for a couple of minutes. He heard her grunting, and what sounded like slipping and falling. After a while, she finally came out with a small box of burger meat on her back. He could also hear her shivering. She walked back to the grill, and set the box down next to it. She pulled out a stack of meat, with thin pieces of plastic in between each patty keeping them from freezing together. And the next thing she was about to do, was absolutely foolish. She placed her hoof on the grill. She quickly pulled it away and shouted out in pain. She ran to the sink, which was already filled with water, and sighed in relief when she put her hoof in the water. She glanced back at her brother, and gave a quick chuckle, then went back to her work station. She finally put the patty on the grill, with a sizzling noise. She waited their while whistling and waving to Big Mac at the window frame. "Boy, that sure smells good don't it?" AJ asked Big Mac. He had to admit, that did smell pretty good. "Eyup." he replied. After a short while, there seemed to be some kind of burnt smell in the air. *sniff sniff* "What's that smell?" AJ said aloud. She looked at Big Mac who was looking at the burger. She then focused her eyes on the patty that had black smoke coming from it. "OH MAH GOODNESS!" AJ exclaimed. She forgot to get a spatula. She quickly ran over to multiple drawers trying to find a spatula. It seemed she looked in all these drawers at least twice already, until she heard Big Mac clear his throat. She looked back at him, who was looking at the window frame. The spatula was right there. She quickly ran over to it, grabbed it with her mouth, ran back to the grill, and flipped the patty on its other side. She saw that the side facing up was burnt , but, she decided to complete this so she won't blow her cover. Suddenly, AJ saw Twilight walk over to Big Mac, and saw they were actually started talking to each other. "Big Mac what's the hold up? It's your turn." she told him. Big Mac looked at the score board, and saw Twilight got an X. "Ah'm just waiting for mah burger to be done." "Well, he's taking an awfully long time." Twilight said while looking at her. He then whispered in her ear. "It's actually Applejack." She chuckled a little, "Really?" she whispered back. "Eyup." From AJ perspective, all she could see, and hear, was them laughing. "What in tarnation are they laughing about?" she asked herself. Big Mac and Twilight both sat their, and waited for Applejack to finish up his burger, which WAS taking longer than any other pony should. But, they they were in no rush. After about an hour, of cooking one measly burger, she finally got it on buns with some ketchup, and some pickles, with some lettuce and tomatoes. She almost dropped it on her way to the counter where Big Mac and Twilight were sitting at. "Here. Here's your burger sir." she said while setting down the plate in front of him. Big Mac then got an idea. "No thanks, ah'm not hungry no more." "WHAT!" AJ exclaimed. "Eyup. Me and mah friend here; are gonna go for a stroll in Ponyville. Ain't that right Twilight? Big Mac asked Twilight who was trying not to laugh out loud. "Eyup." Twilight replied. They both left their bowling game early, and went out the door. AJ stood their in anger. "After all that time, he just doesn't want it anymore?" she again said to herself. The colt in the jumpsuit came over to her and told her, "Hey, get me a burger." She ripped of her fake mustache, which landed right in front of him and said, "Ah'm on mah break. Here, have this one." She said while sliding the plate out in front of him. She then went out the door to follow Big Mac and Twilight.
Finding a Friend Part 6Big Mac and Twilight came out of the bowling alley, and into Ponyville. The afternoon sun beamed on them, blinding them for a short moment, and were about to go about Ponyville and find out what to do next. As they walked, Twilight started suggesting other things that came to her mind. She mentioned getting something sweet to eat at Sugercube Corner, take a visit to Rarity's Boutique. Big Mac wasn't liking any of these ideas. He didn't really like sweets. They give his stomach an unease grumble. Also, he wasn't into the whole fashion dealio. He just had his hitch and that was good enough for him. "Oh come one Big Macintosh, you have to at least try some of the sweets at Sugercube Corner. They're out of this world!" Twilight said with some a begging tone in her voice. "Ah'm sorry Twilight, but like ah said, I don't really like sweets." He replied. "Pleeeeaaase?" She said while looking at Big Mac with a very irresistibly cute face. Big Mac tried to resist and look away, but it was just the cuteness got the better of him. "Oh alright." Big Mac finally said. "Great! Also do you wanna go see Rarity at her boutique?" She asked. "Ugh, now you're trying to make me go to a fashion designer?" "Well I don't mean to offend you, but you could use a touch up on your style." Big Mac was concerned, "What's wrong with mah style?" "I don't have a passion for fashion, so I'll suggest we see Rarity for that." "Fine. Also, it will probably get us away from Applejack." Big Mac pointed at her who was pretending to read a newspaper. Applejack looked up, then saw both of them looking at her. She quickly buried her face back into the newspaper. They both chuckled and were on their way. First, they went off to Sugercube Corner, Big Mac didn't want to go to that boutique yet. As they approached, they could smell a sweet scent in the air. The smell of cookies, cake, and other kinds of treats. Big Mac was a bit disgusted but Twilight seemed to take amusement in it. They opened the door and a sound of a bell was made when they opened the door. Immediately, they saw Pinkie Pie appear from the kitchen. "Hey there Twilight and Big Mac. It's super duper to see you." She said with her normal cheerful voice. "Hello Pinkie. Big Mac wanted to try out some of the treats here." Twilight explained. "Well we have THE best treats in Ponyville!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she quickly went back into the kitchen, then came out with all sorts of treats. "We got: cookies and milk, cupcakes, muffins, cinnamon rolls, cake, lollipops, ice cream, apple pie that I got from AJ and all sorts of candy!" "Boy, all of this looks delicious. What do you want Big Mac?" Twilight asked. Big Mac kept looking at the tray of treats. He wasn't sure what to have. They all didn't look very good either. But, Twilight really wanted him to at least try something. So, he picked up a cupcake. Twilight and Pinkie both looked at him with a bright smile and eye look. He looked at it with disgust, then slowly brought the cupcake to his lips. He opened his mouth, and gave it a small bite. He chewed it slowly, while Twilight and Pinkie were waiting for an answer. "So?" Pinkie and Twilight asked together. They both saw the cupcake chunk go down his throat, and saw a satisfied face on Big Mac. "Wow! This has got to be one of the best cupcakes ah ever had!" Big Mac exclaimed. Twilight laughed, "I told you they had the best kind of sweets." "Ah can see why." Big Mac said as he finished the rest of the cupcake in one bite. "Oh that's just one cupcake. You can try the rest of these treats!" Pinkie Pie pointed to the trey. "Don't mind if ah do." Big Mac said with a small grin. Then he quickly grabbed all the treats his hoofs can grab. He stuffed some of the cookies in his mouth, then chugged the glass of milk. Then, he ate the muffin as quickly as possible. Next, he stuffed the slice of cake in his mouth, leaving some frosting on his face. Twilight and Pinkie started to get worried. "Uh Big Mac," Pinkie began. "you may wanna slow down on those treats. You know what happens when you eat too many sweats." "Don't worry, I'll slow down." Big Mac replied as if he didn't even hear Pinkie Pie. He then dove face into the apple pie, gobbling it up in a flash. Then all of a sudden, he just looked up as if he was looking into space. After a short moment, he fell onto the floor groaning in pain while holding his hoofs on his stomach. "Told ya!" Pinkie Pie said. "Well, thank you for letting us try some of these treats Pinkie." Twilight said while using her magic taking a cookie and a cupcake. "No problem Twilight, come back anytime." "Come one Big Mac, let's go." Twilight said to a groaning Big Mac. "Uuuuugh, uh, give me a moment." After Big Mac got through the whole stomach problem, they slowly trotted to Rarity's Boutique. It took them awhile to get their, because Big Mac was walking slower than his usual rate. However, on the way, they happen to run into Applejack who was trying to be incognito. Applejack was in shock that out of all the ponies that were on the streets, they ran into her. "Oh, hello Applejack." Twilight greeted her. "Oh, uh, hey there Twilight. Um, hey Big Macintosh." Applejack said while giving a fake smile. "Hey AJ." Big Mac replied to her greeting in another serious tone. "So, what brings you into town?" Twilight asked. "Oh I'm uh...I'm uh...buying apples." she said while pointing at another apple stand. "But, you sell apples. And, you have an apple farm." Twilight pointed out. "Um, uh, more the merrier, right?" she said with a nervous grin. "Well it's been nice talking to y'all, but I really should get back to the farm, I gotta uh...buck some more apples. See ya!" then she galloped off back to the farm. Big Mac and Twilight stood there laughing. "That was the most made up story I ever heard!" Twilight said trying to breath and speak at the same time. "Well, she isn't the type that lies." . "I can see why. Well, let's go to Rarity's Boutique already. Big Mac stopped laughing. "Oh yeah." he grumbled. "Oh come on. She really isn't that bad, she is very generous." "If you say so." "I do say so." Twilight and Big Mac were directly out in front of Rarity's Boutique. They could hear the sound of machinery and a very frustrating sounding pony. Then, they heard a very loud crash inside They quickly ran inside and saw that Rarity was on the floor with some of her material on top of her. "My goodness Rarity, are you alright?" Twilight asked. "Well, I can't use my magic to get all of this stuff of me, so no, I am not alright. Would you mind helping me please?" Twilight was using her magic to the material off of her. After she got all of the stuff was back on the shelves , while Big Mac was getting her back on her hooves. "Thank you Big Macintosh, and thank you Twilight." Rarity said while brushing herself off. Then they heard her scream which made them both jump. "What's wrong Rarity?" Twilight asked. "Eeeh! Big Macintosh, I can't believe you!" Rarity exclaimed. "What?" Big Mac asked Rarity. "You got cake frosting on my hooves!" Rarity said while showing him her hooves, "They're simply ruined!" Big Mac looked at his hooves and saw that their happen to be frosting on his hooves. "It's just frosting Rarity." Twilight said. "Well, you know that I don't like things being messy." Rarity looked back at Big Mac, "Speaking of which, Big Macintosh when was the last time you ever bathed yourself?" Big Mac put his hoofs to his chin and thought for a moment. The answer was clear to Rarity when he was just being silent. "Very well, let's get you cleaned up." she said while walking towards him. Big Mac instantly started backing up, "I don't feel really comfortable with all this." "Well you simply can't go out looking like this." "I don't mean to misjudge you, but I like my style the way it is." "Very well then." Rarity said in a defeated sigh. "Twilight hold him down." "Wait what?!" Big Mac exclaimed. "I'm sorry Big Macintosh, but I just can't stand letting something like this go uncorrected." Rarity said while using her magic to get the comb out from her drawer, and using it on Big Mac's mane. But that had little success. His hair was just too thick. So, Rarity put away her comb and brought out her own personal brush from her drawer and gave it to Twilight. It was difficult at first, but she managed to get his hair better than before. Next, she asked Twilight to take of his hitch. As she did so, Rarity started working on something for Big Mac to wear. She started up her sewing machine and started sewing simple shirt surprisingly fast. As Rarity was finishing up her final touches on the shirt, Twilight was still combing his hair. After a while, Rarity came back with a shirt fit for Big Mac's size. She put it on for him, then Rarity and Twilight stood back to admire him. "There, that should do it!" Rarity finally said after a long moment of looking at Big Mac. "It just seemed like you just brushed mah hair and put a shirt on me." Big Mac said while struggling with his neck collar. "Well, I don't mean to be rude, but it does look better than just wearing that filthy hitch you wear all the time. Oh, do you mind?" Rarity said while holding a wet cloth near his hitch. "Nope." She then proceeded to clean every inch of his hitch to make sure it was perfected. After watching her for a moment, she finally stopped. She showed both of them the aftermath of the cloth. "Oh my, just look how filthy it was. "I just wanted to say thank you Rarity for doing this for Big Macintosh." Twilight said. "Not a problem Twilight. Generosity is my middle name." Rarity said while holding a hoof up to her chest. "It is?" "No not really, I hear people say things like that." Twilight giggled, "Well thanks again and goodbye." she said while her and Big Mac walked out. "Goodbye Twilight, goodbye Big Macintosh. You two would make a very good couple!" she shouted out to them as she went back inside. Big Mac and Twilight instantly stopped in their tracks and looked at each other. "Um...did she just say...?" Twilight asked while pointing a hoof back at Rarity's shop and blushing. "Eyup." Big Mac replied blushing as well. "Oh." They both stood there in silence for quiet a while just looking into each others eyes. "Pretend like we never heard that?" Twilight asked. "Eyup." "Okay, well Big Mac, this was a very fun day. I had a very good time with you. And sorry it was a little weird for you." "Don't worry about it Twilight. It wasn't your fault." Big Mac insisted. "Thank you. Maybe we can do this tomorrow." "I would love that." "Alright then, see ya tomorrow Big Mac!" Twilight said while trotting back to her home as well as Big Mac. As Big Mac was walking back to his farm, he re-messed up his mane again, and put his hitch around his neck over his shirt.
Finding a Friend Part 7Big Mac finally arrived back at his home and it was about nine ,o, clock in the afternoon. He saw off in the distance, Applejack, bucking apple trees. He was going to talk to her later about earlier. He heard steps coming up behind him, and something landed on his back. It was Applebloom. "Hey there big brother!" "Hey Applebloom." "How was yer date with Twilight?" she asked. "It wasn't a date, remember?" "Oh yeah. Anyway, how was it?" "It was okay, Applejack was watching us pretty much the whole time." he replied. "She was? Why?" "That's what ah'm trying to figure out. I'm gonna talk to her later." "Okay then, my day was alright. Me, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle, tried getting our cutie marks at the construction site." "There's a construction site? Where?" Big Mac turned his neck to face Applebloom. "Didn't ya here? The bowling alley got burned to the ground, but nopony got hurt." "What happened?" "Apparently, somepony who was working the kitchen, somehow got it up in flames." "You don't say?" Big Mac said, pretending to be concerned. "Yeah, I mean, what kind of dodo would do that?" "I dunno." Big Mac replied while looking forward again. "Well anyway, tell me how yer day with Twilight was." Applebloom sounded like she desperately wanted an answer. "I'll tell ya later. Right now, ah think we should go and get some dinner." "Okay." Applebloom replied a little sad on not hearing the answer immediately. Inside the Apple Family home, Granny Smith was in the kitchen again, making dinner. The smell smelled like she was making spaghetti with some boiled vegetables. Applebloom jumped off his back, and ran into the kitchen to help her granny. As for Big Mac, he went to his room to look at that thing he wanted to see before he left. He trotted up the stairs at his own pace, and reached his room that was the last door on the left. The first door was Granny Smith's room, then Applejack's, and on the right, was Applebloom's room, and finally, his room. He looked back, making sure nopony was looking. He closed his door behind him, and went to his chest on the floor. He opened it up, and pulled out a beat up old doll. He laid down on his bed, still holding the doll. He continued to stare at it, stroking its body with his hoofs. "Ah din't mean to take it Twilight," he said to himself, "I really mean it." "Big Mac, go get yer sister! Dinner's ready!" heard Granny Smith yell to him. He sighed and put the doll back into his trunk. He trotted back down stairs and went outside. He looked for Applejack at the place he saw her before. Luckily, she was there. He needed to talk to her right now. "Hey, Applejack!" he shouted out to her. She stumbled and missed the tree that she was about to buck. She quickly stood back up. "Hey their Big Mac, what's up?" she asked nervously. "What's up is why were you following me and Twilight all day?" he replied furiously. "What, me? Ah would never follow you." "Applejack, I saw you at the bowling alley, I saw you somewhere near town, and I bumped into you while you trying to buy apples!" "Alright, you got me. Ah just wanted to make sure everything went okay with you and Twilight. I never meant to hurt yer feelings." she said ever so quietly. "It did hurt mah feelings. It hurt me that you don't trust me with making friends on mah own." he responded in the same quiet tone as Applejack. "Ah'm truly sorry Big Mac. I shoulda known better on to trust you." "It's alright Applejack." he then hugged her, and Applejack returned the hug. "You do know you have ta go help with the construction site, right?" Big Mac said while still hugging her. "You heard about that, huh?" "Eyup, Applebloom told me what happened." Applejack let got of his hug, "Yes, I will." "Good, now come on, let's go get something to eat." and they both walked back to the house together. Big Mac and Applejack entered their home, and went to the kitchen to eat. His family members were talking to one another. As for Big Mac, he just ate his food in silence. He was still thinking about that doll, and Twilight. "She sure was nice to me today. I don't think ah ever met a mare like her. Actually, she's the only mare ah ever talked to." he was interrupted by Applebloom. "Big Mac, can you please tell us how yer day with Twilight was already?" "It was alright." Big Mac replied. "What did ya do?" "Well, we just hung out is all." "That's it, you just, hung out?" "Eyup." "That seems pretty boring, you guys coulda done some other stuff in Ponyville." "We just hung out is all." "If you say so." Applebloom finished up her plate, and went in the living room to do her homework. It was getting late, and Big Mac decided to go to bed. He said goodnight to Granny Smith and his sisters. When he closed his door, he went back to the chest again, and got out the doll. He started thinking about Twilight. For some reason, he couldn't get her off his mind. Sure she was smart, and pretty, and nice to talk to. But does she feel the same way? They only hung out once, and he already has these feelings. "She'll never go for a stallion like me," he said to himself quietly, "She's the smart one, and ah'm not very smart at all." he sighed. He held on to the doll in his hooves, and drifted off to sleep. Thinking of Twilight. Twilight used her magic to open up her door to her library/home, trotted inside, and closed it behind her. She was greeted by her assistant who was dusting on a ladder. "Hey Twilight! How was your day?" he asked while jumping off the ladder. "It was alright. Me and Big Mac saw Applejack today." "Really, how was that?" "Big Mac said she was following us, and I have no idea why." "Seriously? Heh heh, that's pretty funny." "It was I guess." "So, what did you do with Big Mac?" "Well, first we went to the park for our picnic, then we went to the bowling alley, and finally, we just spent some time in Ponyville." "Sounds like an average day to me." "Not for me." Twilight said quietly while blushing and looking at the floor.. "What was that?" Spike asked. "Oh, uh, nothing." Twilight replied quickly. "O...kay. Well, I'm gonna go to bed." Spike said while heading up the stairs to his small bed. "Okay Spike, heh, goodnight." Twilight waited for Spike to get into bed, and fall asleep. "Why did I say that? And why did I blush? Why can't I get him out of my mind?" Twilight started asking herself. "He's just a normal stallion. One who works hard, has a very strong voice, and is very nice. She sighed, "What does he see in me? I'm sure he likes other mares all around town better than me. Gosh, we only hung out once, and I'm already getting feelings for him?" she sighed again, and went upstairs to her bed and laid down while stared at the ceiling, "I'm just...an egghead." She finally fell asleep with one thing on her mind. Big Macintosh.
Finding a Friend Part 8There was a clear view of a beautiful green meadow. There were all sorts of flowers and plants. Big Mac saw two butterflies, happily flying through the air, not giving a care in the world. He started to trot forward so he can explore this meadow some more. He looked up into the sky, and saw a shape of a heart in the sky. He observed it more closely, and just right to the cloud heart, was a shape of a colt. And on the left, it was a mare. Why did there happen to be, a perfect accurate shape of a colt and a mare? All of a sudden, the clouds he was looking at, turned to color. The colt on the right, changed to a bright red, with a brown color around his neck. And on the left, the mare turned to purple. And she had a horn too. It was him and Twilight. Suddenly, something shiny caught his eye as he was looking up. He looked forward again, and saw a purple shining dot at a distant tree. He suddenly started running towards it. Twilight was laying down, her eyes looking towards the sky. She was looking at the gorgeous blue sky. Two birds suddenly popped up in front of her. They started tweeting a random catchy tune. She joined in with them. After a short moment, they suddenly took to the skies. As she was watching the birds fly, she noticed three clouds shaped like a heart, a colt, and a mare. She saw the clouds move slowly across the sky when they started changing colors. On the right, the cloud turned red, they middle cloud turned hot pink. And the one on the left, it turned purple. She looked more closely at the one on the left, and noticed it had a horn. And the red cloud, had brown near its neck. She wasn't sure if that was her, or some other mare who was purple. That's when a red dot started blinking. She desperately wanted to know what was that red blinking dot. She started running towards the tree that the red dot was blinking next to. Both ponies were swarming with ideas on what it could be. A star that fell from the sky? Some sort of contraption that happened to blink red and purple? But all of these ideas were wrong. Instead, what they say before them, was even better. Big Mac and Twilight both looked at each other from each side of the big oak tree. They both gave each other warm smiles, and started to slowly trot closer to one another. They finally reached direct eye contact, and Twilight gave him a playful grin. She started running around Big Mac, then, around the tree. He then started chasing her, while they both laughed happily. Twilight ran around the tree multiple times, until Big Mac finally grabbed her. They both softly landed under the oak tree, lying next to each other. They continued to stare at each other for quiet a long moment, then their faces slowly moved closer. They closed their eyes, and flexed their lips. "BIG MAC, WAKE UP!" somepony yelled on the other side of his door. Big Mac saw he was kissing the beat up old doll. This instantly woke Big Mac, and he quickly put the doll back inside his trunk. Applejack finally entered the room, "Come on big brother, we got chores ta do." "Eyup." Big Mac said softly. He was a bit disappointing that a perfect dream, had to be ruined. He finally got out of his bed, and put on his hitch, then went outside to do his chores. "TWILIGHT, WAKE UP!" Spike yelled at Twilight, who was kissing her extra pillow. "Huh, uh, what?" Twilight said still half sleeping, and half awake. "It looked like you were having a weird dream." Spike pointed to her pillow which had drool on it. "NO! I had THE most perfect dream, and you had to ruin it!" Twilight yelled at Spike. "Geez, I'm sorry. What was it about anyway?" Spike asked. "It was about me and Bi-" she stopped herself. "Who?" "Oh, never mind." Twilight said sadly. "Alright then, well, we got some work to do today." Spike jumped off her bed, and then downstairs. "Yes, of course." Twilight got off her bed, and went downstairs behind Spike. Big Mac wasn't himself today. Usually, he would get these apples out of the trees in no time at all. But, he was thinking about that wonderful dream he had. Sadly, Applejack noticed this. "Hey big bro, what's eatin' ya?" Applejack asked as she trotted towards him. "Oh, just a bit tired is all." Big Mac replied. "Well, is anything on yer mind?" "No, not really." "I know that look Big Mac." "I swear, I'm fine." "Alright then, we gotta get these apples out of these trees by lunch time." Applejack said while moving back to her spot. "Eyup." Twilight was finding it difficult to do her normal studying today. She would read the words on the page a little bit, but then she would lose her concentration, and think about that dream. She was just so...happy. Spike noticed as he was dusting the shelves. He jumped down, and tapped Twilight on the shoulder. "Uh, Twilight, are you okay?" She jumped when she felt his claw, "Oh, uh, yes, I'm fine." "You want to talk about something? Anything at all?" "No, it's alright Spike." she said kindly. "Okay, but I'm over here if you need me." Spike said while climbing back up the ladder. "Okay." Twilight thought back to that dream. Everything just felt so...right. Even if it was a dream. After what seemed to be short minutes to her, she looked back at the clock, and it was 3,o,clock. She was again tapped by Spike on the shoulder. "Um, Twilight, are you hungry at all?" Spike asked. "Ooh, I know, I'll go get lunch with Big Mac!" she exclaimed happily, and then bolted out the door, to Sweet Apple Acres. Back at the farm, Big Mac continued to work at a slow pace. He looked back at Applejack, who was working harder as ever. Then, he heard hoove steps approaching, He looked towards the entrance, and saw Twilight. "Twilight!" he exclaimed happily, and left his station to go talk to her. "Hey Big Mac!" she replied, "So, I was wondering, do you want to go get some lunch with me?" "Ah would love to. See ya Applejack." "Wait, what?" Applejack was dumbstruck. In Ponyville, they decided to go to that place that Rarity mentioned to her one time. They decided to take a table outside to enjoy the beautiful day. After waiting a very long awkward moment, a unicorn waitress finally arrived. "Good afternoon, sir and madam, I'll be serving you today." she said with a very kind voice. "I will have a green leaf salad." Twilight said to the waitress. She saw her write the order down on her small notebook. "And for you sir?" "Ah'll have a hay sandwich." "Very well, I'll be back momentarily." She then trotted back into the restaurant. "So, Big Mac, how's your day so far?" Twilight asked. "Well, mah morning was pretty bad, but okay." he replied. "Yeah, same here. I had the most wonderful dream." Twilight said trying not to get to descriptive. "Me too, but Applejack ruined it." Big Mac said disappointingly. "Yeah, Spike ruined mine." "Well, do ya remember what it was about?" "Yes I do. I was laying down on a the most beautiful meadow, looking up at the clouds. When I saw clouds shaped like a mare, a colt, and a heart." "That was in mah dream too, only, they changed colors." "Really? It happened to me too. Then all of a sudden, I saw a blinking red dot out on the distance." "Same. But I saw purple." Twilight was a bit curious on why it seemed that they had the same dream, "So, I started running towards the light, and that's when I saw you." she pointed to Big Mac. "Ah did the same the same thing, but I saw you." "And, I saw...you." Twilight said blushing. "Eyup... and then we..." Twilight knew what happened next. They both started moving their faces closer to each other. They were at the same distance they were near the end of their dreams. Their lips almost touching again. "Aaaannnd, here's your salad, and here's your sandwich. Have a nice day!" the waitress said before trotting back in the restaurant. They both looked at their food, then back to each other, then sat back down to eat their food. They ate in silence, making things awkward again. They finally finished their dish, and started walking back to the farm. "Sorry if this was a short visit." Twilight said to him. "Nonsense, being with you is always the best." after a while, he finally realized what he just said, "Ah...ah...what I meant was." Twilight giggled while blushing, "It's alright Big Mac, I enjoyed it too." He sighed in relief, "Good." They finally arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, and saw Applejack still bucking apples. "There you are!" Applejack said furiously, "Now, why did you run off like that? We were supposed to buck the apples, and sell them at Ponyville Market. Now we're behind schedule." Big Mac was completely nervous. Then, he heard Twilight speak up, "Hey Applejack, I'll be more than happy to help you with your problem." "Really? You'd do that?" "Yes I would." "Oh, thank ya kindly Twilight. Now let's go. Twilight, you go with Big Mac and he'll show ya where ta begin." Applejack went back to her spot that she was at before. Big Mac gestured to her to follow him. She walked behind him, happily watching his muscular body. She ran into him when he stopped and quickly turned around. They both blushed, and quickly stepped away from each other. "So, uh, you can start right here." "Alrighty then." she moved to the tree in front of her, turned around, and kicked the tree with all her might. She only managed to drop three apples to the ground. She looked at the dropped apples, and gave a small embarrassed squee. Big Mac only laughed a little bit, and told her she can use her magic. She thanked him, and easily got all of the apples out of the tree, and put them in a large basket. After a countless tree count, they finally called it a day. They trotted back to the house with a wagon full of apples. Applejack had her money apron on, and had the wagon from the barn. "Wow! I didn't think Twilight had the leg power to get all them apples!" she said surprised. "Eyup, she sure is the worker." Big Mac complimented which caused her to blush. Applejack was a bit curious, but she let that curiosity go. "Anyway, ya'll wanna go into town with me to sell these apples?" Applejack asked both of them. "Uuuh, actually, ah think ah'm gonna stay here." "Okay, how bout you Twilight?" "I think I'll stay as well." "Oh, alright then. See ya guys later." Applejack then proceeded into town. When she was out of sight, Big Mac and Twilight went to the house to enjoy each others company.
Finding a Friend Part 9Big Mac held the door open for Twilight as they entered Big Mac's home. She thanked him, and got a glance inside his home. It was like any normal kind of family home, you got your: couch, rug, chimney, a coffee table, and a recliner. Big Mac offered her a seat on the couch which she gladly accepted. He trotted into the kitchen to get some refreshments for both of them. As he did so, Twilight started looking around the living room some more. On the wall, were some pictures of his family. Going from left to right, there was a baby picture of Applejack wearing her hat, little filly Applebloom in a crib, and a picture of little Big Mac wearing an over sized hitch around his neck. And finally, there was a picture of teenage Big Mac, slightly teenage Applejack, a little younger Granny Smith holding toddler Applebloom, and an adult mare and colt. Then Big Mac came back into the room with two glasses of water. "Hey, uh Big Mac, who are those folk in that picture?" Twilight asked while pointing to that certain picture. He sighed, "That's my ma and pa." "Really? They looked so young." "Eyup, it was a blast being with mah parents. Ah don't think ah can ever remember a time, where I was happy, then back in the day." some tears started swelling up in his eyes. "Oh my goodness, are you okay?" Twilight asked. *sniff* "Eyup, ah'm fine." "Do you want to talk about it?" He stopped for just a moment, "You don't mind do ya?" "Absolutely not." she said with a smile. "Thanks." "Don't mention it." The beautiful sun was shining down on Sweet Apple Acres. The birds were chirping, the clouds were moving very slowly across the sky. And apples were falling. His dad out somewhere in the field, bucking apple trees. Inside the Apple Family home, his mom was cooking dinner, Big Mac was helping Granny Smith take care of Applejack and little baby Applebloom. Applebloom was chewing on one of her toys, and Applejack spelled the word "Apple" using her word blocks. "MACINTOSH! Come out here!" a colt's voice called out to him. He instantly knew it was his father. He quickly ran out the door, and started looking for his parents. "Macintosh!" his father called again. He was glad he called out again so he can follow his voice. Finally, he found him. "Ah, there ya are son." "Hey dad, whatcha need?" Macintosh asked him. "Well son, ah think it's about time you learn the ways of the Apple Family." He gasped, "Really?" "Eyup." Macintosh started jumping with joy, "Yay, ah can finally help out with the family! Hey, maybe ah can get mah cutie mark with apples!" "Now, calm down son, you have a lot to learn." Macintosh stopped jumping, and looked back at his father. "Now, first lesson: try and get some apples out of this apple tree." he pointed to the tree next to him. Macintosh trotted to the tree, and kicked the tree. But when his back legs made contact with the bark, he fell to the ground. "You all right son?" his father asked as he helped him up. "Eyup." he stretched out his legs to show him that he was fine. "Good, first of all, that ain't the way ya do it. Ya can't just go and kick the tree like a goofball. Ya gotta find the sweet spot first." he trotted to the tree, and started knocking on it using one of his hoofs. He started walking around the whole tree, while still tapping it with his hoof. Finally, there was a distinctive noise, and he tapped it some more so Macintosh can hear it. "Ya here that? That's were the sweet spot is. Now go ahead, try again." Macintosh turned around so his back hoofs were facing the direction were his father tapped. "Right here?" Macintosh asked "Eyup, right there. Now, remember, lean forward with yer front legs, and kick the weak point." Macintosh aimed his back legs at the weak point. He stabilized his front legs so he won't fall over again. Then, he finally kicked with all his might. He nearly fell a second time when he kicked the tree again. He looked on the ground, and saw a couple of apples on the ground. "Great job son!" his father exclaimed, "If you work real hard at this, you might become the best apple bucker throughout the whole Apple Family." After that day, Macintosh got up early every morning, to go on a run. He would run from his home, all the way to the school and back. And if he had time, he would run back to the school again. Every time he finished running, his mother would be up, cooking breakfast. "Macintosh, were you out on one of yer runs again?" his mother asked. "Eyup, ah really wanna make you and dad proud." Macintosh replied. "Oh sweetie, you already make us proud for just being yerself." she said while kissing his forehead. "Thanks mom." "Yer welcome. Now, how bout some pancakes?" "Oooh, mah favorite!" After eating his breakfast, Macintosh would head outside to the orchard, and look for his dad. When he found him, he would ask if they can start on their lessons. They would do some stretching first, then run a few laps to get their blood flowing, and finally, they would buck apples. Near end of the day, Macintosh's legs would feel like they've been replaced with rubber. It was quiet a work out for a small colt as himself. But later through the weeks, he was getting stronger. One day, Macintosh and his pa were working out on the field and something unexpected happened. Macintosh heard his dad call out to him. When he found him, there was a large branch on top of him. "Dad!" "Ugh, Macintosh?" he said weakly. "What happened?" "A...a large branch fell on top of me when I was about to kick this here tree." he replied. "What do ah do?" "Go an git yer mother." "Okay, I'll be right back." Macintosh quickly ran back to his home, and found his mom in the kitchen. "Mom!" "Macintosh, there is no yelling in the house." "Sorry, but a large branch fell on top of dad." She gasped, "Where?" "Follow me." Macintosh led the way were his father was. After a couple of minutes, they finally found him. "There!" Macintosh pointed out. "Honey buns!" his mother called out to him. "Hello dear." his father replied. "Are ya hurt at all?" "Ah think so, mah back is killing me. Can ya git this branch off mah back." Macintosh and his mother worked together to get the branch off of him. It wasn't that hard, since they worked on a farm and all. "Don't worry dear, we're gonna get you to a hospital." his mother said helping him up. "Ah don't think that's necessary." "It is, come on now." She walked him to the barn, and got out their cart. "Now Macintosh," she began, "we are gonna be gone a couple of days. Tell Granny Smith, to look after ya'll, okay?" "Eyup." "Now son," his father began, "even though ah'm gonna be gone for a while, ah'm counting on you to get yer chores done. Can you promise me that?" "Ah promise dad." "Thanks son." Then his mom carried his dad with the cart, into Ponyville. Macintosh trotted back to the house, hoping that his dad will be okay. He entered his home, and started looking for Granny Smith. She wasn't in the living room, and she wasn't in the kitchen. So, he thought maybe she was in her room. He went upstairs to her door, and knocked on it. "Uh, Granny Smith?" Macintosh called out from the other side of the door. "Yes Macintosh, come in." she replied. When he entered her room, it had a funky smell at first, but eventually he got used to it. Granny Smith was on her rocking chair, with a sleeping Applebloom in her arms. "What is it Macintosh?" she asked in a whisper. "Pa got hurt from a branch falling on him." "Oh dear, is he alright?" "Don't worry, ma is taking him to Ponyville Hospital." She sighed, "Oh, that's good." "And ma told me that you have to look after us 'till the get back." "Alrighty then." "Okay. See ya Granny." The next day, Macintosh trotted back out into the fields. He started on a random tree, and got to it. However, he didn't really feel like himself today. He usually found it better working with his dad. Since he wasn't here, it was difficult to keep his mind focused. But, he promised his dad that he would get these apples out of these trees. So, he used all of the lessons that his father told him, and worked his tail off. Later that day, his face was practically, filled with sweat. He has never worked this hard in his life. Finally, Granny just had to stop him. "Macintosh, how long have you been working?" she asked him. "Almost all day, ah can't let pa down." he was just about to kick another tree, but he passed out. When he finally woke up, he was in his room. He had an ice bag on his head, and a tray of food on his side table. It was one of Granny Smith's apple pies. He happily gobbled it down, and got out of bed. His legs were still very sore. He went down stairs to see if anypony was home. To his surprise, his mom and dad were already home. "Mom? Dad?" "Macintosh! You finally woke up." his dad exclaimed. "But, yer back..." "Oh, it was nothin' serious. But the doc said to keep away from the chores for a whi-" he stopped in mid-sentence. "What?" Macintosh asked. "Look." his mother pointed to his flank. He looked at it, and saw that there was half an apple. "Oh mah goodness! Ah finally got mah cutie mark!" "Son?" his father got up slowly. Macintosh stopped cheering, "Ah'm very proud of what you did with yer chores." "Really?" "Eyup, ah don't think ah could do all of that. But you showed real maturity, and ah proud of ya." he then hugged him, and Macintosh hugged him back. "Thank you dad." "So, that's pretty much it." Big Macintosh said while finishing his glass of water. "Wow, so that's how you got your cutie mark?" Twilight asked. "Eyup. Ah think, mah promise to mah dad that day, pushed me on getting mah cutie mark." "But, it didn't seem you actually knew what your cutie mark represented." Twilight pointed out. "Ah know. But hey, you don't see me complaining." "Yeah." They sat their in silence again, but Big Mac wanted to say something. "Twilight?" "Hm?" "Thank you." "For what?" she asked. "For listening and all. Yer the closest friend ah ever got." he said while blushing. "Your very welcome." "Sometimes, maybe...more than a...friend." he said quietly. "Really?" she said in a surprised tone. "Um, yeah. Even though we only hung out a couple of times, ah truly like every part of hanging out with you." "M...me too." she replied blushing as well. "Really?" he asked the same question as Twilight's. "Yes, I have the same reason as you do." They sat in silence again, but they maintained eye contact. Suddenly, they both moved towards each other very slowly. Their bodies and faces were both slowly inching towards one another. This time, there was nopony around to stop on what was about to happen next. Their lips were finally touching and the kiss sent chills to their spines. Twilight pushed Big Mac's body, so they can have more comfort. Big Mac was on his back with his strong hooves around her well fit body. Twilight had her arms around his neck, but his hitch was in the way. She slowly started taking it off. She only broke the kiss to put it down on the floor. She started kissing him again, this time, she finally had her arms around his very strong neck. Big Mac felt something against his teeth, and found out, it was Twilight's tongue. He slowly opened his mouth, and their slippery tongues had more of a kick to the kiss. He heard Twilight moan a little bit, and he assumed it was pleasure. Big Mac wanted this moment to last, but, a mare with a blonde mane, broke it up.
Finding a Friend Part 10"What in the HAY, is goin' on in here?!" Applejack asked very furiously. Twilight quickly got off of Big Macintosh. "Applejack! Wha...what are you doing back?" Big Macintosh asked. "Ah came back to make sure SHE wasn't doin' nothin' to mah brother!" Applejack started moving towards Twilight, who was backed up into a wall. "Wait, so you never left?" Big Mac asked. "Never mind that, I saw that she was taking advantage of you. And that don't role with the Apple Family." Applejack then grabbed Twilight, and threw her out the door. "Now go on git Twilight! And never come back!" Twilight started tearing up. Big Mac could hear the sobs of Twilight as she ran back to her library. "There, that's takin' care of." Applejack said happily. However, Big Mac was furious. "WHY, did you do that!" Big Mac shouted with all his voice. "Well, I say her on top of ya, and ah figured she was just doin' it for our apples." "No! She had the same feelings as ah did with her. Ah can hardly believe, she would do that for apples." "Well...uh...I." "Never mind Applejack, right now, ah gotta go talk to her." Big Mac started galloped to Twilight's library as fast as he could. Twilight quickly went inside her library/home, put a force field around it, and locked the door. She ran upstairs, and cried on her bed. Spike only heard her cries upstairs, and quickly got to her side. "Twilight, what's wrong?" Spike asked. "EVERYTHING!" Twilight shouted at him. "What do you mean by "everything"?" "It's Applejack, she doesn't want me to see Big Macintosh anymore." she said while still crying. "Why?" Twilight didn't answer. Instead, she just cried. Several moments later, she finally said something. "I...I...I don't know what to do Spike." she said with a shaky voice. "Why don't you go talk to him?" "I...I...I." Twilight stuttered out. "Come one Twilight, you have to at least try." "I can't." she admitted. "Why not?" Spike asked. "I'm afraid." "Of what?" "Applejack..." she whispered to him. "Why are you afraid of Applejack?" "She threw me out of her home when me and Big Mac talked." Spike had a shocked facial expression, "Really?" Twilight didn't answer again. Then, there was a loud thud outside. Twilight went to her window, and saw that Big Macintosh was on the ground, rubbing his head. "Big Mac?" Twilight shouted out to him. "Twilight!" "What re you doing here?" "Ah had to know if you were okay." "I'm fine, alright?" Twilight then closed her window. Big Mac stood there, dumbstruck. Then, he called out to her again. "Twilight?" She opened her window again, "What is it?" "Why don't ya'll come down here and we can talk?" "No thank you." she re-shut her window. "Twilight!" Big Mac yelled out once more, "Twilight!" But it was no use. She never went to her window, nor did she even answer. Big Mac stood there for quiet a long time, until he finally gave up, and went back to Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack was sitting on the sofa, waiting for Big Macintosh to get back. The door swung open, and she saw him with a very sad look on his face. "Big Mac, is she alright?" she asked. That sad tone, quickly turned to angry, "Oh, so now you worry about yer friend, you threw her out of our home for pony's sake!" She looked down at her hooves, "Ah know, ah'm sorry." "Oh, ah know you are. Ah don't wanna hear it, maybe Twilight would!" Applejack's facial expression worsened, "I...I don't think she'll want to talk to me after what ah did to her." "Applejack please, she's your friend. You have to at least try." Applejack thought it over for a moment, then answered, "Alright, I'll go and talk to her." "Thanks sis." Back at Twilight's home/library, she continued to cry. Spike, was downstairs, trying to do his chores. But, every time he would, for example, put some of Twilight's books back on their proper shelves, she would make a loud crying shout, and he would drop the books in the process. Then, there was a sound of a pony hitting Twilight's force field, then falling over. Twilight went to her window, and saw Applejack. Out of all of the ponies, it had to be her. "Oh, well look who it is!" Twilight shouted to her. "Twilight, ah need to talk to ya!" Applejack replied. "Oh, what do you wanna talk about? Maybe throwing me out of her home?" "Twilight, ah'm truly sorry about that." "Oh, you're sorry now?" Twilight then teleported down to Applejack, "Now, you're going to tell me you're sorry? What, did Big Macintosh tell you to apologize because you threw me out of your home?" "Well...ah...ah." was all she could say. "I guess you have full control over your brother. You have to tell him to: go kick this tree, go kick that tree, hang out with one of my friends. Oh wait, I don't like her getting in a serious relationship with you, I'm gonna throw her out of our house. And now, I'll go apologize to her because my big brother told me to, after something I don't realize, is bad." "Now Twilight you listen to me!" Applejack shouted to her, "Now, ah KNOW what ah did to wasn't the right thing to do, but ah have no control over you and Big Macintosh. It's his and your choice if ya'll wanna be in a relationship. And if ya wanna, ah will support ya'll, one-hundred percent." Twilight was completely speechless. She wanted to scream and shout at Applejack, but she just couldn't. Instead, she was just stood their. "Thank you Applejack. And, I accept your apology. But I need to know something else." she then went back inside, and put up her force field again. Applejack was really confused. Was she suppose to feel happy? Well, her friend accepted her apology, but why did she put up her force field again? Applejack went back to her farm in deep confusion. Big Macintosh was patiently waiting for Applejack's return on the sofa. He was thinking to himself, if she would accept her apology or not. Would Twilight still be angry? Will they no longer be friends? Finally, Applejack came through the door with a confused expression. "So, what happened?" Big Mac asked. "Ah...ah think she accepted my apology." Applejack replied. Now Big Mac was confused as well, "What do ya mean, "ah think"?" "Well, she said she accepted my apology. But, she went back inside her home, and put her force field back up." "That's it?" "Well, she then said, "Ah need to know something else." and then that's it." Big Mac's confusion increased to: Whaaaaaat? He had no idea what Twilight meant by what she said. He then left Sweet Apple Acres once more, and on to Twilight's library/home. Twilight stopped crying after she had that conversation with Applejack, and was helping Spike with his chores. Spike was curious on why she suddenly turned from sad, to just her normal self. But, she still looked like she was sad. "Uh, Twilight? Are you sure you're okay?" Spike asked. "Yes Spike, I'm fine." she replied. "Are you sure you don't wanna go talk to Big Macintosh?" "No Spike, I need to know something else from him." "You can tell your number one assistant right?" "Sorry Spike, I just can't tell you why." "Alright then." Spike and Twilight finished their chores together, and Spike decided to take a nap on the couch, while Twilight, she started studying some more. However, she heard a knock at her door. She put her book down and opened her the door using her magic. To her surprise, it was Big Macintosh. "Hey Twilight." Big Mac started. "Oh, hello Big Macintosh." "So, um, do you wanna talk?" "I don't know, do you?' "Uh, well, ah was hoping we could talk about our relationship." "Alright." "Well, um, is it goin' to work out?" "I don't know, will it?" Big Mac assumed that she was going to be answering his questions when he got here. She was being so difficult to talk to. "Uh, ah hope it can." "Me too." They both stood there in an awkward silence, but Twilight was the one expecting something. "Is there anything else you wanna saw?" Twilight asked him. "Uh, well, um..." Big Mac was trying to say something. *sigh* "Very well then." Twilight then shut the door on him, then went back to her studying. Big Mac stood there for a moment, to realize what just happened. Applejack waited for Big Mac's return on the couch. She started rubbing her hooves nervously, thinking that Twilight would probably go in a serious relationship with her brother. After a while, Big Mac finally entered through the door with the same confused face as before when she came back from Twilight's library/home. "So?" Applejack asked as she got to her hooves. "Ah...ah don't know what happened." "Well, what'd she say?" "She said she wanted to hear something from me, and ah didn't know what to say." "So, she didn't want to be in a relationship?" "No, she didn't say that. She just wanted me to say somethin' to her." "What is that mare's problem? Don't she wanna be in a relationship with ya?" Big Mac blushed and answered her very quickly, "Well, uh, that....that's her decision." "Well, ah said it's yer and Twilight's decision to be in a relationship or not." This caused Big Mac to blush even more, "Ah geez AJ." "What? Ya'll would be a pretty cute couple." Now, Applejack could see past his maroon coat, and saw his full red on face. Big Mac went upstairs to his room, and shut the door behind him. He would lay down on his bed, and think on what Twilight would want him to say. He looked towards his trunk and got out the beat up old doll. "Ah Twilight, what do ya mean by, "Ah need to know something else"." He drifted off to sleep, thinking on what Twilight wanted him to say. Twilight finally left her home, and went to the market to get some food supplies. Some of the ponies would even look at her with a suspicious look. She assumed that they knew about Big Mac and herself. She ignored them and continued on her way to the market. When she arrived, some more ponies looked her way, and started whispering to one another. She pulled out her list and scanned it once more to make sure she's getting what she needs. First on her list, were carrots for herself. When she arrived at Carrot Tops stand, she looked her way, and looked nervous. "Hello Carrot Top." Twilight greeted. Carrot Top didn't even answer. "Um, well, I'll have four carrots please." The whole market fell silent, and looked her way. Carrot Top pulled out four carrots from behind her stand. "F-four bits please." she said nervously. Twilight pulled out four bits from her saddle bag and put them in front of her. She then left the stand and went to the next thing on her list. Water. She went to Rain Drops water bottle stand which she again, gave her her water nervously. Then, she needed to get something for Spike as well. So, she went to Rarity's boutique so she can buy some of her gems. When she entered her boutique, Rarity immediately stopped what she was doing, and went silent so she could listen on what she was about to say. "Hello Rarity." Twilight said. "Oh, um, good evening Twilight." Rarity replied. "Well, I was hoping I could buy some gems for Spike." "Oh, uh, but of course. Be right back." Rarity left the room to her dress making area. Twilight patiently waited for Rarity's return, getting her bits ready. Rarity returned with some gems floating around her. "Well, here you go Twilight." "Thanks Rarity. So, how much is that?" "Oh please Twilight, you don't have to do that." "No Rarity, I can pay for them no problem." "Sorry Twilight, but I simply cannot take them." *sigh* "Is this about me and Big Macintosh?" Twilight asked. "N-no, of course it isn't. I'm simply giving you these gems for free. It's um...a friend discount. So um, see you later." Rarity them used her magic to lift Twilight out of her boutique, and quickly locked the door. Twilight then put the gems in her saddle bag, and checked the list. Apples. Twilight then walked back into the market, looking for another apple stand other than Applejack's. But, there wasn't. She saw Applejack's stand somewhere between an old merchandise stand, and a Pegasus who was selling muffins. Twilight didn't to talk to Applejack right now, so, she decided the things that she had already, was enough. Big Mac was working out on the farm's apple orchard, still thinking on what Twilight said to him. Meanwhile, Applejack finally came back from town, with a pretty depressed facial expression. He looked her way, which she noticed, and he was hoping she talked to Twilight. Sadly, she just nodded her head, "no". Big Mac sighed, then went back to his chores. Later that day, the Apple Family was back inside their home, having dinner. Big Mac was the one that was silent, but too silent. Applebloom was the one to notice. "Hey big brother! How's everything with Miss Twilight?" she asked. Big Mac didn't answer. He continued to look down at his food. "What's wrong Big Mac?" "Oh, it's nothin." Big Mac replied. "Well, it don't seem like nothin." "It's complicated." "What in the hay does that mean?" "Applebloom! Language!" Applejack said. "What? I'm just sayin' the word "hay"." "Well, don't be sayin things like that, alright?" "Okay. But seriously big bro," Applebloom turned back to Big Mac, "why are ya so down?" He sighed, "Twilight's been sayin that she wanted me to say something to her." Big Mac finally answered. "Like what?" "That's what me an Applejack have been tryin' to figure out." "Well, maybe she wants to know if ya'll would be with her or something. Ah don't know." Big Mac looked at Applebloom with a confused face, and went back to not eating his dinner. It was about time the Apple Family should be getting some sleep. Big Mac went to his room, and got out the doll again. He got into his bed, and pulled the covers over him to get comfortable. He looked at the doll again, and thought of what Applebloom said at dinner. "Maybe she wants to know if ya'll would be with her or something. Ah don't know." He was thinking on how silly it was, that Applebloom would think of something like that. But suddenly, it hit him. He arose from his bed, and headed off to Twilight's home/library as fast as he could. But, he made sure to start running OUTSIDE. Twilight was in her bed, thinking of Big Mac. She started shuffling around in her bed uncomfortably. She looked at Spike, who was sound asleep. "Oh...oh Rarity." Spike said while still sleeping. Twilight giggled a little bit, but went back to her thinking. However, she was interrupted by a knock at the door. She got out of her bed, and answered it using her magic. "Twilight, I love you." Big Mac just went on and said it. "W-what?" Twilight said, assuring she was hearing correctly. "Twilight, I love you with all of mah heart. Ah wanna make you happy. Ah wanna make me happy. But most importantly, ah wanna be with you." "R-really?" Twilight asked. Big Mac then kissed her. It wasn't the kind of kiss they had at his house, but it sure was something. "Really..." Then they both hugged each other. "That's what I wanted to hear." END About two months later, after telling all of their friends about their relationship, Big Mac and Twilight were at the top of a hill looking down at Ponyville. Twilight was resting her head on Big Mac's shoulder, happily enjoying the moment. But, Big Mac finally broke the silence. "Hey, Twi?" "Yes Mac?" "Ah got a question for ya." "Okay, what?" "Why did you want me to say, "Ah love you" on that one day?" Twilight just knew it was going to be a silly answer. "Well, I read it from a romance book." Big Mac repeated what she said to make sure he was hearing things right, "A romance book?" "Yeah, it said not to be desperate, and to give the colt that you like, a clue." "Ah clue?" "Eyup, you have to give them a clue, so they can figure it out some time later." "So, you made me think, for all that time, just to make me say, "Ah love you"?" "Yeah, I know, it's kinda silly." Big Mac chuckled, "Yeah it was. But listen Twi." Twilight turned back to him. "Sometimes, ya can't do everything what a book is telling ya to do. Sometimes, ya gotta do things yer own way. Not just from a silly romance book. Ya could'a just told me ya loved me as well." "Thanks Mac." "Yer welcome Twi." They then gave each other a kiss, then looked back at the beautiful sunset looking over Ponyville.
