The Cowpony and the Librarian
Chapter 2
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Applejack and Twilight walked down the path to the barn in Sweet Apple Acres, where Rainbow Dash was waiting.
"Twi, ya' sure this is a good idea?" Applejack asked with a concerned look on her muzzle,
Twilight looked over at Applejack with a reassuring smile, "Applejack, all we're doing is switching lives for a day or two, there is nothing that could go wrong."
"We're gonna tell my family and my friends 'bout this, right?"
Twilight chuckled softly, "Well, duh. We won't look so alike that they won't be able to tell us apart,"
Applejack smiled weakly, "Yeah. Sure."
They both approached the barn, standing inside was a cyan blue Pegasus awaiting their arrival.
Applejack had gray glasses, and two books on her back. Her tail and mane were untied, and some make-up was used to remove her freckles.
Twilight was wearing Applejack's brown stetson, a handkerchief, and two red hair ties in her purple and pink mane.
Rainbow Dash caught sight of the two, and gasped in awe, "Whoa," She said, "You two look awesome!"
She flew over to Twilight, and picked up the brown stetson with her left hoof, "If it wasn't for your cutie mark, I would believe that you actually lived on a farm!"
Twilight giggled, "Give that back, Rainbow." She said in a half-serious tone.
Rainbow Dash set the stetson back onto the unicorn's head, then asked, "What about accents?"
Applejack looked up at Rainbow Dash, who was hovering a few feet above her, with a confused look,
"Whatcha mean?" She asked, tilting her head slightly.
The Pegasus rolled her eyes, "What I mean is, is Twilight going to talk like she's from the south for the next two days, and is Applejack going to talk like... however Twilight talks like.. for those two days?"
Applejack looked at Twilight with a small smile, "Twi, whatcha think?"
Twilight thought for a moment, then said "I could try. I have no southern blood in my family tree though, so this will be tough to maintain for 48 hours."
Applejack shook her head, "It's settled then, we'll fake each others accents."
Rainbow Dash grinned with excitement, "Okay then, let's get started!"
"Right now?" Applejack asked,
"Yeah, right now right now! I have cider to be drunk!"
Applejack groaned and rolled her green emerald eyes, then said with a mature-like calm and soft voice, alike Twilight's,
"Let's go meet up with the rest of the girls."
Twilight straightened the brown stetson atop her head, smiling confidently.
"Let's go see if thay-ar at Sugarcube Corn-ar, ya'll." The unicorn said in the best southern accent she could pull off.
Rainbow Dash laughed hysterically, "Ha! Your version of a 'cowpony' is terrible, Twilight."
Twilight's face turned a hue of pink as she placed the brown stetson over her purple eyes, "It ain't that funn-ay."
Rainbow Dash snickered into a hoof one last time before calming down and saying, "Yeah, sure. Anyway, let's go."
Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight arrived at Sugarcube Corner, in search of their three friends.
Mrs. Cake was standing at the cash register, and smiled when she saw the three friends, "Well, hello, dear's. What brings you here?"
Applejack smiled back, then motioned towards the stairs that were to the left that leaded to Pinkie Pie's bedroom, "We wanted to know if Pinkie Pie was home."
Mrs. Cup Cake was confused for a brief moment, "Deary, where's your accent?"
Rainbow Dash smirked, then turned to Applejack to see her reaction.
"Twilight and I made a bet, and Rainbow Dash was somewhat involved. Anyway, is Pinkie Pie home?"
The blue and pink pony shook her head, "Yes. She's upstairs feeding Gummy with Fluttershy."
Applejack nodded her head, then reached a hoof to her head to tip her stetson, then she realized that it wasn't there and smiled sheepishly.
The three ponies made their way up the blue and white staircase.
"Pinkie, are you in here?" Rainbow Dash asked as she trotted into the room with Twilight and Applejack beside her.
The room was silent for a moment, "Maybe she ain't in here." Twilight suggested, still faking the terrible southern accent.
Then the room lit up into several different colors of lights, and party streamers appeared out of nowhere.
"SURPRISE!" A pink pony shouted, grinning widely at her three friends.
The three jumped back at the sudden outburst, "U-uh.. hi, Pinkie Pie. Is Fluttershy here, too?" Applejack asked, stepping forward into the pink and blue room, trying not to trip over remaining party streamer that had landed onto the floor and could likely get tangled with her hooves.
Pinkie Pie grinned, then pointed a hoof over to Fluttershy in the corner.
"Hi, girls." Fluttershy said quietly with a small, friendly smile on her yellow muzzle.
"Why are you two talking funny?!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed loudly, looking at Applejack and Twilight.
Applejack then told her about the bet they had made, and Pinkie Pie nodded after she got done explaining.
"Oooh! Me and Fluttershy should do a bet like that sometime!"
Fluttershy's pupils shrank, then she said with a nervous tone, "Pinkie, I don't think that's such a good idea.."
"Okay then, next Tuesday it is!" The pink pony grinned.
"Oh dear.." Fluttershy squeaked, slouching further down into the corner.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes briefly, then said, "We were wondering if you knew where Rarity was."
Pinkie Pie bounced up and down excitedly, "Nope! Haven't heard from her since 12:43 AM last Sunday!"
"Pinkie Pie, that's oddly specific..." Twilight said, tilting her head.
Fluttershy stood up from the corner, untangled herself from a few streamers that had gotten in her tail, and said,
"I was in Ponyville Market earlier today, and I heard Carrot Top say something about her being in Canterlot for the week to help design dresses for Coco Pommel."
Pinkie Pie raised a hoof into the air with a look of determination on her muzzle,
"Then we shall go to Canterlot to see Rarity!"
"And it would be nice to see Coco Pommel again," Twilight added, shaking her head.
"It's settled then," Applejack agreed, "We'll catch the next train to Canterlot and go see Rarity."
Author's Note
Might I add that this was very hard to write because I had to write AJ and Twi OOC and.. that's just really hard to do because Twilight's normal dialog just comes naturally whenever I write as her and when I have to replace those lines with Applejack's lines IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT!
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