Nothing Loves Me

Applebloom liked it when Applejack and Macintosh and Granny Smith took her to go see Ma and Pa. She liked it even though it was noisy, and some ponies yelled or whistled at them. She liked it even though she was only 3, and she wished she'd get to see them more often, but seeing them a little was better than seeing them never ever. Sometimes Applejack cried. Applebloom didn't like that.

She didn't like the glass, either. The concrete floors weren't clean, and the ponies that let Ma and Pa into the room didn't look like very nice ponies. They could only talk for a little while, then Ma and Pa went away. The big stallion in the blue clothes with the shiny gold shield on his chest talked a lot about 'mudda,' and Applebloom wondered what her mother had to do with anything.

One day Applejack told Applebloom that they couldn't see Ma and Pa anymore; that they had gone far away. Applebloom was sad at first, but then she was happy. Applejack asked why. Applebloom said because then we can go an see them someday. Applejack smiled and nodded, but Macintosh held her and cried. She'd never seen Macintosh cry.

She'd never felt Macintosh cry.

Mac, why are you crying?