Applejack was a little filly who lived in Sweet Apple Acres with her family which consists of her big brother named Big Macintosh, her baby sister, Applebloom, her parents and her grandmother named Granny Smith. There is nothing that she love more then anything but her mother and father. Pa Apple taught Applejack and Big Macintosh how to buck apple trees while Ma Apple taught them how to cook. When Applejack had a terrible nightmare, her parents would let her sleep with them making her feel better knowing that she is not alone. One day, Ma and Pa Apple has some great news for their children.
"We have been invited to go on a sea voyage for two weeks." Ma Apple told them. "Granny Smith will take care of you until we get back."
Applejack felt very proud of her parents but she also felt a little upset.
"What's the matter sugar cube?" Pa Apple asked as he kneeled towards her.
"I want to go with you." She sobbed.
"I need you here to help your Granny take care of your brother and sister. Can you do that for me?"
The little filly nodded.
"That's my big girl." He beamed.
"Just in case we mysteriously disappear, here is something to remember us by." Ma Apple added as she handed her children a special gift. It was an apple-shaped locket with a heart on the front and inside it is a picture of Ma and Pa Apple with Big Mac and Applejack when she was baby. "Take this and remember that no matter what happens to us, we will be with you in your hearts."
Both parents hugged their children for a moment before preparing to leave.
"Don't worry about a thing." Granny Smith told her son and daughter-in-law. "I'll take good care of these young fillies like I did with you when you were little."
"I'm sure you will, Ma." Pa Apple replied.
"Goodbye Mama, Goodbye Papa." Applejack called out "I love you."
"We love y'all too." The parents called back.
The two parents left the farm towards the train station. They are unaware, however, that this is the last time they see their children for a long time.
Soon the couple reached the boat docks of Baltimare. It didn't take long before they find the ship they're looking for. There, the captain of the vessel, Whitetip, is waiting for them.
"Welcome to the S.S. Oceania, I will be your captain for the remainder of the voyage."
"What will we do for food or water?" Asked Ma Apple.
"Allow me to introduce you to this incredible invention that will solve your food and water problem," White Tip responded. "I call it the 'Essential Maker 9000.' My brother is an inventor."
"What does it do and how does it work?" Pa Apple wondered.
"It converts fish into fresh fruit and vegetables to eat, and converts salt water into fresh drinking water." The sea captain explained. "For food, you just put in any average sized fish into the chute, set the dial to 'food', press the red button that says 'Start' and Viola, you have fresh veggies in a matter of seconds. You can do the same thing to sea water except you put it in the funnel and set the dial for 'Fresh Water.'"
The apple couple were amazed.
"And the best part," White tip added, "Thanks to this gizmo, we have enough food an water to last the entire voyage."
The couple got on board the boat thinking that nothing can go wrong. But they were wrong; for while out in the open ocean, an uncontrollable hurricane hits the proud vessel. The sailors scrambled to secure the sails as huge waves tossed the boat like a rag doll.
"It's no use, we can't take it any longer." White Tip cried. "We must abandon ship."
The crew and the passengers ran this way and that for the lifeboats. But Pa Apple began to worry.
"Where's my wife? Where is she?"
"HELP!" Shouted a voice. He looked up and saw that it was Ma Apple and she got her hoof stuck on a broken floorboard.
"We got to help her." Pa Apple hollered to the captain.
"It's no use, we must go on without her." He urged.
"I'm not leaving my wife behind." Pa Apple argued and he dove from the life boat and into the sea. He clambered up the side of the boat. When he got on, lightning struck the main masts which was leaning towards him, but he dodge them just in time. Then he rushed toward his wife.
"You came back for me." Ma Apple exclaimed.
"You can't leave family behind." Her husband told her. He then looked out and saw what appears to be a huge rock.
"If we don't make it, I want you to know that I love you."
"I love you too, dear." Ma Apple replied.
They soon kissed other thinking that this is the end. Then something strange happened, the rock raise higher and somehow revealed what appears to be teeth. The ponies on the life boat saw it with their eyes, but a wave blocked their sight before they realized what it really is. When the wave disappears, they manage to see what is now a whale's tail fluke as it dove into the deep. After that, the ship and the apple couple were gone.
Later that night at Sweet Apple Acres, Granny Smith was finished putting Applebloom to bed, When there was a knock at the door. Granny Smith answered the door, Applejack and Big Macintosh followed her. It was a messenger pony with some very sad news.
"There was a storm at sea and I'm afraid Ma and Pa Apple didn't make it."
Granny Smith and Big Macintosh were shocked, But Applejack was even more devastated, she ran into her room burying her face into her pillow crying hard believing that her parents are dead. However, she will someday realize the truth.
Author's Note
This first chapter takes place 7 years before the events of the series and shortly after the 1st Sonic Rainboom.
