A Conclusion

~~~~~What A Day~~~~~

    Three months had past since Lowell returned from Baltimare, quite a lot has happened two both Golden Rays and Paint Drops both had moved out with their special some pony. Applejack has taken Golden Apple up to Applaloosa to visit some family leaving Lowell with the farm duties. Big mac wasn't going to help on the account that he had moved to Canterlot with Faded Night his colt friend, Lowell had a lot of things to do today.

“First.....I gotta wait for Fluttershy right here at the park, then she would lead me to go help her with the animal dens for winter....easy...then I gotta be down at the train station to pick up Granny Smith, and then wait for Applejack to come back.”Lowell listed off his mental checklist as he as sitting on a bench in the park.

He sat there wearing a full green hoodie jacket with his cutie mark on the front and back of it, whilst wearing his gray jeans and a pair of black fingerless gloves.

“Shy, Granny home...ah wait...and help Applebloom with something..wish she told me what it was...ah well..”Lowell muttered to himself as he watched Pinkie Pie hop by only to stop for a moment as her tail twitched and just as soon as that happened she zipped away.

“.....What the....which did that mean again....”Lowell questioned as he started to look around.

As if on cue Lowell was buried under a pile of snow that fell from the tree limb above him, groaning as he climbed out and dusted off his stetson.

“Twitchy tail means I gotta run....”Lowell muttered as he smiled and looked around some.

After about 20 minutes the pale yellow pegasus was walking up the snow covered walk way wearing a dark yellow turtle neck sweatshirt along with a pair of blue jeans.

“Oh, thank you for helping Lowell..I mean if its not too much trouble for you..”Fluttershy said softly as she hid behind her pink mane.

“Not at all Flutters, happy to help out the lil animals.”Lowell said as he smiled.

“W-well, thank you again Lowell.”Fluttershy yet again said softly before leading the stallion off towards the forest.

   Lowell learned the hard way never, ever, EVER look a bunny in the eye, he couldn't tell if any of them were Angel bunny or not given the fact that it was rabbit holes they were fixing up. After about an hour of all the fuss and bunny attacks Lowell stood there proud matted with dirt and a couple of scratch marks, By Celestia the rabbits....are a great pain to my flank..ah well helpin a buddy and animals is all good! Lowell thought to himself as he started dusting himself off only getting his cloths clean some what.

“T-thank you for you help today, I hope it wasn't too much trouble.”Fluttershy said with a soft smiled making him smile.

“Twern't nothing too it lil miss, always glad to lend a helpin ho-.....hand!” Lowell said as he grinned which caused Fluttershy to tilt her head some.

“C-can I offer you some tea for the help?”Fluttershy asked as Lowell shook his head.

“No thanks Flutters I gotta get to the train station to pick up Granny Smith!”Lowell said as he waved goodbye to the pale yellow pegasus.

    He slipped his hands into his pockets as he walked along the snow kicking it up now and then. Never questioned it, a few years ago back in my world I never seen snow...guess everyone was right ya get use to it.. Lowell thought as he grinned to himself. Finally arriving at the train station he sat down on a bench and leaned back some relaxing, he held up the locket and smiled as he opened it looking at the picture inside.

“A family of my own......wonder how...my parents are.....bet my dad is still going on his conspiracy theories and being an arse.....Loved him never the less.....my mom..bet she is just...writing..reading...or painting...I hated it with them...loved them....but hated it.”Lowell was muttering to himself as the train had pulled up.

The old mare slowly exited train as the conductor helped set her bags out cuing for Lowell to walk over and pick them up.

“Ah see Applejack hasn't run ya'll off yet..that's good.”Granny Smith muttered with a smile.

“I ain't goin no where..that mare is stuck with me.” Lowell answered with a grin.

The trip was a long one lucky for Lowell that the old mare had a tale or two to abide the time, till they arrived at the farm house.

“When can ah see that grandson of mine?”Granny Smith asked as Lowell looked at the older mare leading her to the farm.

“Well Jackie will be back in a few hours or so or so with Golden Apple.”Lowell answered as he opened the door for the mare.

“How are the other youngins?”Granny asked as Lowell's ears perked.

“Great, lets see....uh well Applebloom has..a well marefriend which is Rarity's little sis.....Golden Rays has just met up with some filly named Fire Flicker...and Paint Drop is dating Lightning's son Red Wing they even got their own lil place!”Lowell answered with a smile.

“Ah leave ya'll fer a couple of years and ya'll just start doin all kinds a things....youngins now a days.”Granny mumbled with a smile.

“Welp, at least we kept your old rockin chair about.....and well....I fixed it up a bit....twas a bit wobbly...”Lowell said as the mare said in the chair, no sooner she did the old mare as out of it dead asleep.

“.......One day....that's gonna be me...an old silly pegasi with a rocking chair.”Lowell grinned as he took the mare's stuff upstairs into her old room.

He was muttering a bit after he left the mare's room and went downstairs just to find the mare still sleeping.

“Right...helped Fluttershy...done...got Granny Smith...done....Now for Applebloom...”Lowell muttered as he closed the front door.

“Lowell!, there ya are!”Applebloom called out as she peeked from the barn.

“There ya are Bloom.” Lowell said as he walked over.

“Whatcha need help with lil sis-in-law?”Lowell asked as the filly blushed a bit.

“Well, ah was wonderin....since you know some things about...love...ah was wonderin....what would be some good things ta do fer a date?”Applebloom asked as the stallion only grinned.

“Now that depends on the ponies, but for you and Bellie....hmmm..you can try pulling some stuff you see in movies.....a picnic....maybe a movie....a nice dinner out....choose one I know I got some bits on me.”Lowell answered as the filly tilted her head some.

“But..those all sound good! Ah can't choose!”Applebloom replied as she crossed her arms in thought.

“Well, you can mix and match like see a movie and go get something to eat or vice versa....the point of a date really means you spending special time with the pony you love really.” Lowell said with a smile as he crossed his arms.

“How do ya make it sound so easy, what if ah mess up and she like never wants ta talk to me or something!”Applebloom said as she looked around nervously.

“Now now....that's just the jitters getting to you...its normal to be afraid of this kind of thing...just keep thou chin up and have fun...”Lowell simply answered as he held out a small bag of bits as the filly took it.

“That should be enough for to two of those things, just be yourself and have fun those two things are crucial..”Lowell stated as he smiled.

    After Applebloom left he walked out with a smile, Lowell started making his way to Ponyville. He made it back into the small town where he met up with Rarity who was looking rather distressed over something.

“What's up Rarity?”Lowell asked as the unicorn looked at him with a bit of a smile.

“Oh nothing deary.....just trying to get to the train station with all of these bags.”Rarity answered as she crossed her arms some before Lowell smiled.

“Well I can help!”Lowell replied as he picked up the two bags.

“Really, well thank you darling!”Rarity said with a large smile before opening the door to her shop as a lot more bags spilled out.

     Lowell only whimpered a bit looking at the mountain of bags. ...Better get started...maaaan. Lowell thought before he started at the task at hand, after two hours of going back and forth multiple times moving the bags to the train station. Lowell was planning on getting something at Sugarcube Corner, but tossed that idea away just wanting to go home and get some sleep. By the time Lowell made it back to the farm at a slow pace from being worn out of being a baggage pony, he slowly opened the door to find Granny still sleeping by following her example he sat down in a chair leaning it back some and tipped his stetson over his face going right to sleep.

About thirty minutes pass before Applejack walks in with a bag and a sleeping foal in her other arm, she saw him and chuckled walking over shaking him gently causing him to stir a bit.

“Ya'll sure ya wanna do that to the feller? He just went ta sleep.”Granny said as she looked over at the mare who jumped a bit.

“Sorry Granny Smith, ah didn't know.”Applejack replied giving a small smile.

“Oh its fine youngin...That stallion of yers has been runnin around all day helpin ponies and still managed ta pick me up in time.....Ya'll did good Applejack.....gettin yerself a stallion like that....even if he is a strange one at that.”Granny said as she smiled lightly.

“I know.. I got lucky...”Applejack answered as she smiled at the sleeping stallion.

“Oh? Ain't he the one that always sayin that?”Granny asked as she quirked her eye brow.

“He wishes he was tha one that got lucky.”Applejack replied as she chuckled.

“Ain't he? Cause no stallion ever got yer attention before, besides that one ya never talked about.”Granny said as Applejack's ears flatten.

“... Jus' cause he's asleep doesn' mean yah can talk about yah know who..”Applejack muttered as she crossed her arms.

“When do ya plan on tellin him, ah'm sure ya must have mentioned it once at least....”Granny asked as she looked at the younger mare.

“Jus' once... And Ah don' wanna tell him.”Applejack stated as she flattened her ears and leaned against a wall.

“...Yer afraid he won't take it well?”Granny asked as she slowly got out of her chair.

“I don't know... Lowell's just.. So much like him... so kind.. Sweet.. Strange... Sometimes I think it is him...”Applejack answered as she sighed looking at the stallion.

“Ah wouldn't know yah didn't bring him around ta meet tha family, that or ah was asleep...”Granny mumbled as she made her way to the stairs slowly.

“I didn' bring him around 'cause he was always away on business trips n' such...”Applejack replied as she watched the elder mare.

“Well, ya'll gotta tell him at some point, secrets in a marriage ain't healthy...Ah don't think anything ya do will drive this stallion off, besides yer brother when he use to chase him off the farm at night.” Granny said as she chuckled lightly.

“.. Ah jus'... Need time...”Applejack said as she sighed.

Ya'll had a few years now....It better be soon marriage takes trust and love....”Granny replied before she disappeared up stairs.

     Applejack sat there in silence looking at the foal then the stallion who muttered a bit rubbing his nose. She sighed before taking the foal upstairs laying him in his crib, only to come back down and picked up her husband making her way back up.

He snorted a bit and opened his eye some.

“Hmm?... Heh..Look at me....I'm hoverin..”Lowell muttered drifting in and out of his sleepy state.

Applejack chuckled softly and nuzzled him.

“...Hey...Jackie.” Lowell said as he yawned softly.

“Hey sugarcube...”Applejack said as she rested him down on the bed.

“When did ya get back?”Lowell asked as he rubbed his eye a bit.

“'bout a half an hour ago. But ya'll have been workin' all day so Ah didn' want to wake yah.”Applejack answered with a small smile.

“Its nothing...just helping out some friends..”Lowell said as he softly groaned sitting up.

“Sugarcube... Ah need to tell you soemthin'... We gatta.. Talk...”Applejack said as she sighed.

“Whats up?” Lowell asked as his ears perked a bit patting a spot beside him.

The mare sat down beside him keeping a bit of distance.

“Ah need to tell you about a certain stallion Ah used to be with..”Applejack replied as she looked off to the side.

“I'mma assume this is before we met?”Lowell asked as he tilted his head some.

She hesitated some.

“Well... The thing is.. He acted.. Exactly like yah... That's why Ah was so weary about yah at first..”Applejack muttered a bit as she looked at him.

“..Oh?..Wait this the same fella you mentioned after I got my cutie mark?”Lowell asked as the mare answered with a nod.

“Well, tell me if you want..I'm here for ya.”Lowell reassured her as he smiled softly placing his hand on her chin.

“The only difference was... Well... Have yah ever seen mah back..?”Applejack asked as the stallion only shook his head.

“...Uh....No....Now that you mention it you kind of shied away from ever showing your back.”Lowell answered not liking his gut feeling on what was going to happen next.

She sighed and pulled up her shirt showing long scars down her back.

“He....*clearing his throat some*...Did this to ya?”Lowell asked as his eye twitched a bit.

  Applejack put her shirt down and flattened her ears, nodding.  Oh! I got some pony to bucking murder.....name...no..take it slowly Lowell....comfort Jackie..then hunt..Lowell thought as he sighed a bit.

“He... Got drunk a lot...”Applejack muttered looking away from the stallion.

“.....Is that why your afraid of letting me drink?”Lowell asked as his ears flatten.

She answered with a nod.

“I. Would. Never. Harm. You...Ever...”Lowell reassured as he gently draped his arm around the mare's waist.

“No pony but Granny Smith knows..”Applejack whispered as she buried her face into his chest.

“I won't tell no pony....Though I got a few choice words....If I do meet the fella..what's his name?”Lowell asked as he wrapped his arms around the mare brushing her mane with his hand.

“You can tell me Jackie...I promise I won't hurt him....I'll just give him a piece of my mind...”Lowell reassured as he looked at the mare.

“Dusted Trinkets... “Applejack muttered as Lowell only blinked.

“Wh..What did you say?”Lowell asked hoping he heard wrong.

“Dusted Trinkets...”Applejack answered again as she sighed.

There was a bit of a silence before Lowell spoke up.

“Last time I saw him...My pistol was in his mouth.”Lowell said coldly as he was glaring towards the window.

She blinked as her eyes widened.

“...I..was so mad.....He took Breanna's life.....That poor filly died in my arms Jackie....cause of him.....”Lowell muttered softly as some of the flashback were coming to him.

The mare hugged him tightly sobbed quietly into his chest, he answered back by hugging her close.

“...Ah don' know what to say or feel Lowell...”Applejack answered as she looked up at him and sniffled.

“..What has been done can't be changed..”Lowell said softly as he softly placed his hand onto her cheek.

“I...hope it doesn't change how you think of me Jackie..I would do anything just to keep my family safe...”Lowell said as he pressed his forehead against hers.

“Ah'll never, ever, leave yah Lowell. Ever.”Applejack answered as she hugged the stallion tightly.

He wrapped his arms around the mare's waist and kissed her fore head.

“I love you Applejack.”Lowell whispered closing his eye.

“Ah love yah too sugarcube. Ah know that yah'll never hurt me... Yah jus' looked so much like him.. And he was a good pony at one point... “Applejack said as she looked up at him.

“....The only difference is that I lost an eye...... and I got a nifty black stetson that I prize from you..plus..I'm married and got foals.....”Lowell replied as he smiled softly at the mare who laid back on the bed.

He stayed sitting up as he smiled softly at her.

“..Need help with your hair bands?”Lowell asked as he watched the mare.

She flicked her tail in his face and stuffed her head in a pillow, undoing her mane band, his ears flatten some as he slowly undid her tail's band.

“Thank you...”Applejack whispered as she lifted her head up some.

“For what?....The band?”Lowell asked as he slowly laid down beside her.

The mare nodded and scooted over till there was no space between them and she buried her face in his chest, he wrapped his arms around her holding her close.

“Sleep, you had a long trip.....”Lowell whispered as he smiled at the mare who had already drifted off.

“....I'll watch over ya Jackie...”Lowell whispered as he leaned over kissing the top of her head.

She mumbled something about zap apple cider in her sleep.

“.....Zap apple cider?..*He stuck his tongue out some*...Never did get to try that..”Lowell pondered to himself before she shivered and clung to the stallion.

He wrapped his wings around her to act as a blanket, she relaxed a little but still clung to him.

“I'm here to fight away your demons Jackie.....*He smiled softly*....Your royal pegasi knight...”Lowell whispered brushing his hand though her loose mane.

She slowly loosened her grip and leaned into his wings, he smiled softly as his wings wrapped closer around her.

“To fight the battles you can't...I will.....to keep ya smiling...and laughing....I will......”Lowell whispered as he sighed softly.

She only smiled in her sleep and nuzzled her head back into his chest.

“There's...the sweet apple smile....”Lowell whispered as he brushed her mane.

She snored softly in response as he closed his eye drifting off as well, what a day it has been.